PBD Podcast - Putin Criticizes Tucker, Kanye's Super Bowl Commercial, & Mass Tech Layoffs | PBD Podcast | Ep. 366

Starting point is 00:00:00 I Hey, this is how they run, homie, look what I become. I'm the one. Okay, so Rob, what episode are we on? What is it? 366. 366 it is, and we're about to announce our next live with two people that have never done anything together.

Starting point is 00:00:40 And they're from the opposing sides of ideas. Should be intense. It should be insane. I'm gonna announce it in the next five minutes So brace for impact by the way the last time we announced that the VIP tickets sold out within I think 17 minutes 18 minutes But you'll see here why that is anyway stories lots going on one this story came out about Obama using the DOJ CIA The story came out about Obama using the DOJ, CIA, to go after 26 of Trump's associates. We'll take a look at that.

Starting point is 00:01:11 And Trump even talked about this on 60 Minutes with Leslie. And she's like, come on, come on, this would never happen. And in Kansas City, unfortunately, there was a shooting at their celebration, the chiefs. I think 22 were hurt, one was killed. We'll talk about that tragic event. Half of Republicans say California isn't really American. California Congresswoman, folks, listen to this one here. Very impressive for some of you guys that are thinking about what state to move in.

Starting point is 00:01:38 This Congresswoman is concerned about you. And she's saying, running for Senate, she's calling for a $50 minimum wage. I think she thinks too small. I think she can go higher than that, but maybe we can encourage her to do so. Obviously they impeached the Majorcas, but not only that, FBI warns MS-13 and Brutal Venezuelan migrant could join gang forces in New York City. It could be a strong alliance between the two, the way it's looking like. San Diego border agents arrest 269 Chinese migrants and Mayorkas personally was the one that rejected RFK Junior Secret Service protection. I'm sure they'll be having dinner together here soon.

Starting point is 00:02:17 Unacceptable, uncancelable Kanye West's album reaches number one on the charts and he did a marketing campaign. He spent $7 million doing a ad for Super Bowl that you have to see. Okay. It gets a hundred twenty three million views, obviously, but you have to see how he does this ad. He does it on his cell phone and he makes $19 million selling merch, net profits. Okay. You just have to see this.

Starting point is 00:02:45 It has that many views. I'll show you, I'll show it to you in a minute. Putin said the interview with Tucker was one of the easiest interviews he's ever done. And he said he didn't enjoy it. He was hoping he would be pushed a little bit more. Maybe we'll talk about that. We'll show that clip. We'll show that clip. And then Biden and Trump, Putin apparently announced that he'll be voting for Biden, which you know, some similarities you guys have with the election. And aside, aside from that, what else? Zelinsky came begging for more and telling Americans if they don't send money, you know, how rough things are over there.

Starting point is 00:03:22 And then the moment after the Senate bill gets declined, you know, we're not gonna be doing it. And Johnson said, we're not gonna take it out. You know what happened? Everybody's going around yesterday saying something. We find out something terribly wrong with China that we can't tell you guys, but it's horrible. Oh no. It's horrible.

Starting point is 00:03:38 But we have to pass this bill because they're about to take out Ukraine. But this thing is very bad. It could threaten US. Did you guys see these old stories? Yes, based in Russia. Based in New York. Oh, horrible.

Starting point is 00:03:48 We need $95 billion to be sent to them. More fear porn, but maybe it's real porn. We'll see. Nancy Pelosi claims Joe Biden is very sharp mentally. Folks, if you mistaken it, she says it. You have to believe it. And AOC defends Biden as one of the most successful presidents in modern history.

Starting point is 00:04:08 If modern history, she considers the last three years, then that could be a proper statement she's making, because he's the only president we've had in the last three years. Dow tumbles 500 points, surging restaurant prices are making dining out even more of a luxury, and more restaurants are starting to sell right now than ever before like getting out of the business and I'll give you some more intel on that. Prices are more than expected in January as inflation

Starting point is 00:04:33 won't go away easy. Paramount to lay off 800 staffers, a CEO on VIL's broad streamlining costs, efforts, JetBlue shares spike after Carl Icahn takes 10% shares in it. Jeff Bezos, guess what state he's moving to? Not New York, not Oregon, not California, he's moving to California. And he's gonna be saving himself. I saw his yacht pulled into Daniel Beach the other day.

Starting point is 00:04:57 It's not a yacht, that's a city. That's a small city, that's what it is. Coca-Cola admits Steve Price's rise have hit sales. Gen Z, folks, if you're listening, very strategic, you gotta give these guys credit. According to Insider, Gen Z has discovered the ultimate anti-layoff hack. What is it called?

Starting point is 00:05:16 Government jobs. Can you imagine that? Hey, Joey, let's go get a job working for the government. They don't fire you, you get a 3% race every year. It's fantastic, right? You go to nice hospitals. Here's this next door. You don't have to work. You just look at Congress. They don't work That's right. This next one is so funny guys Lift share lift, you know like uber lift you don't use lift you're more over All baby. Yeah lift share jumps over

Starting point is 00:05:41 35% Retaining some giant after forecast error, instead of the guy was supposed to say 50% 50 basis point. He says we're up 500 basis point. The market loses their mind going to bind the stock in and that's a comeback and correct. You just gotta see it. It's such an hour.

Starting point is 00:06:00 An hour later, it is a crazy story. But if that works by accident, you could do all the lift I was also lifting Uber. I don't know if he's getting fine for this or not, but if you do something like this, there's a format that's like me. Like how do you know?

Starting point is 00:06:12 This is yesterday? You'll see why that is, yes. And then lift and Uber, I think we're on strike yesterday, not taking people to and from the airport for Valentine's Day. Oh, we are. Well, Bill Maher rips American Bash and liberal celebs

Starting point is 00:06:24 who vowed to flee the country under Trump. They're still here. They know why it's strangely storms off of how we mend those podcasts after 30 seconds. Billionaire survivalist bunkers go absolutely bonkers with fury, fiery moats and water cannons. Very entertaining to see this one here. And then we got a couple of the stories in the back that we'll go through as well. You know, TV ratings, John Stewart's Daily Show Return hits multi-year high. Wealthy Californians are ditching the state for the Beverly Hills of Arizona. And then maybe we'll touch up a couple funny stories here as well.

Starting point is 00:06:58 But before we get into the stories, let me make the announcement to you Rob. We have our next live coming up and we may be announcing back to back to back a few more lives here next couple months, but this next one's gonna be big. I've been working on getting this done with both groups finally agree to sit down and have a conversation. During 2024 election year,

Starting point is 00:07:19 both of them have a loud voice at one point. One of them was number one for CNN. And the other voice is a loud voice at one point one of them was number one for CNN and the other voice is a loud voice that when she talks people tend to listen but here's what happens when you come to the live guys there's about a couple hundred people there we have a bar we have a cigar lounge in the back the VIPs get to go in the back and do mingling and you know talking to other people taking pictures we'll be there I'll be there but Rob play the clip and then at the end you'll see who the next two are gonna be on my That is gonna get spicy. That's very first time ever. Candace Owens and Chris Cuomo. Sick.

Starting point is 00:08:32 Having a three hour conversation. Not a two hour. We're gonna touch up on so many different topics, issues. It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be entertaining. We'll be making some announcements on that day as well. So here's my suggestion to you if You're part of the text that you know when I send you text and you find that before everybody else

Starting point is 00:08:51 On any events that's going on You know you already got this text and you're tuning in to see who it is now, you know Candace and Chris Cuomo You got VIP tickets Rob if we put the link is that does that the QR code tickets straight to it? VIP tickets, Rob, if we put the link, is that the QR code tickets straight to it? Correct. Perfect. You got the VIP tickets where you get a chance to sit up front and hear all the exchange. Maybe even we'll go to the audience with the VIP ticket to ask a question, point it to Chris or Candace.

Starting point is 00:09:14 And then you have all the other folks. The VIP also gets the chance to go to the cigar lounge with us on the back. Have a cigar sit down, have a conversation. Just yesterday I'm sitting down with this lady in my office who is trying to sell us this land. Okay? It's a pretty big land. You know how she came and sat with me and sold me this land that she's trying to sell me We we had the most serious conversation yesterday. She came to one of our live podcasts She bought a VIP went in the back while I'm having a cigar. She's talking to me and then I realized she's got a property She's trying to sell me that's off the market that nobody and look it's creative

Starting point is 00:09:46 You gotta give a credit, but that's when you're in the right rooms to net that's what happens Anyways regardless looking forward to seeing you guys there get registered It's March 8th, which happens to be also the International Women's Day Which also happens to be the same day where the movie Cabrini comes out Which we had the owners of Angel Studios fly out to Florida yesterday, shut down a movie theater, and we took 30 of us and we went and watched a movie with them. Premier hasn't come out to the world yet.

Starting point is 00:10:14 The story of Cabrini, what she did in New York is absolutely legendary. All of it falls on March 8th from 9 a.m. to noon. We'll see you there. Take care. Okay, all right, so let's go to the next part, which is what's it called, the stories here. Number one, Rob, pull up the Putin clip about the interview with Tucker, okay? If you have that, he's being asked

Starting point is 00:10:37 about how his experience was with Tucker. And you know, there's a lot of different things that are being said, Rob, you have it on Twitter, we send them group chat, you should have it, yeah. It's sending said. Rob, you have it on Twitter. We send it in group chat. You should have it. Yeah, it's sending group. So he's being asked, so how was the interview for you? Was it what you expected? Was it tough?

Starting point is 00:10:52 Was it were you expecting tougher questions? Was it something that you thought it was going to be easier? And his response doesn't hold back at all. He straight up sits there and says, this was not the toughest interview I was hoping for more tougher questions because I was ready to answer tougher questions because I wanted to show how capable I was very

Starting point is 00:11:13 Interesting that he's taking this angle, but go ahead and play the clip себя агрессивно и будет задавать эти так называемые острые вопросы. Я не просто был к этому готов, а я этого хотел, потому что это давало бы мне возможность также острый отвечать, что на мой взгляд, придало бы определенную специфику всей нашей беседе, но он избрал другую тактику. Он несколько раз мне пытался прерывать, но все-таки на удивление для западного журналиста оказался терпеливым, выслушивал мои длительные идеологи, особенно касающиеся истории, и не давал мне повода

Starting point is 00:12:01 сделать то, к чему я был бы готов. Поэтому, откровенно говоря, я полного удовольствия от этого интервью не получил. Я-то честное. Да, держи, блять. Он хотел более тяжелее. Он был готов для плохого, но он... Ты называл это... Ты называл это softball interview, но не all of a sudden you trust everything that Putin say.

Starting point is 00:12:26 Well, yeah. Now he's the trustworthy. No, he's not. It's not the anti-agric. Like now you love the guy. Thank you for that, for validating my point is that you can't trust what comes out of you can't trust anybody. But no, but here's the question.

Starting point is 00:12:39 So how do you process this? So how do you process? You know, I hate to be that guy and say, I told you so. Forget this is, you know is Monday morning quarterback over here. Of course. Putin commenting. If you watch that interview, you were, and listen, you're talking to somebody that respects Tucker.

Starting point is 00:12:54 Is there anybody more prolific in journalism today than Tucker Carlson? No. So I can do accolades at the Wazoo for Tucker. But when you travel to Russia and you're sitting there with Putin, dude, I'm expecting some fireworks. Oh really?

Starting point is 00:13:09 I'm expecting some fireworks. I'm expecting some fireworks. Excuse me, Tom. Well, if the fireworks are too loud, Adam, you could wind up staying in Russia for the rest of your life. So, because you, but wait, that's all bullshit. You gotta be a risk taker.

Starting point is 00:13:18 You gotta be done blazer. You pissed him off, but wait, let me explain. Okay, Adam, you're talking out of your ass because if you go to Russia and sit in front of this killer and you say some crazy shit, you're staying in Russia your ass because if you go to Russia and sit in front of this killer and you say some crazy shit You're staying in Russia. Listen, there's nothing wrong with asking tough questions. Okay. No matter where you are At least he went there. I like give him I give him what I want to know guys guys guys

Starting point is 00:13:37 I'm asking you a basic question. Yeah, what do you think Tom? I'm gonna go to you What do you think about what Putin said forget about I'm right? You're wrong all this other stuff What do you think about what Putin said? Forget about I'm right, you're wrong, all this other stuff. What do you think about what Putin just said, Tom? Putin is a boss and he's responding like a boss and he's taking the road of power and the road of ownership. I owned the interview. I was in control of the interview. I was expecting more. I didn't get it. He also took a zinger back at Western journalists. Now remember, Tucker is there for a podcast, not a journalistic, like press secretary versus the press, you know, a briefing. That's not what he was there for. It was a podcast. And he's pointing out, he was surprisingly patient. Normally, Western journalists interrupt me and are not very patient. He actually listened to me.

Starting point is 00:14:26 So he gave credit to Tucker in a couple places here. And I don't think it was damning the faint praise. I think he's basically, you know, he's the boss. And he says, eh, I thought it would go like this. It went fine. I'm, you know, I wasn't particularly impressed. I thought he'd ask some tougher questions. But you know what?

Starting point is 00:14:42 He was surprisingly patient at times like this. So I'm thinking he's taking the boss position here and he is completely in charge. Okay, so Putin's your boss, I get it, Tom. So, like I said, what are the quips today, dude? You know, Benny got me fired up. Like I said before, it was a softball interview and it could have been tougher.

Starting point is 00:15:00 His words were, I was expecting him to be more aggressive and ask tougher questions. He went on to say, I was not just prepared for that. I was expecting that and I wanted that, but I didn't get it basically. And I gave him the opportunity to respond sharply. He didn't. Furthermore, he attempted to interrupt me several times as a Western journalist, as Tom pointed out, but he proved to be too

Starting point is 00:15:25 patient listening to my lengthy replies, especially about history. He just sat there and let him go for a half hour about Russian history. I'm sorry. There's a war in Ukraine right now, potential World War three. I don't need to know about Tsar Nicholas the 17th in 1750, whatever. It's pointless. And I'm dribbling and talker's dribbling. You're saying the same thing you said yesterday, Tuesday, which I get it, I understand what you're saying. What I'm asking you is what do you think about why he said what he said? Because right afterwards, what Putin turns around

Starting point is 00:15:55 and says is, Rob, what is that story about who he's voting for and who he would prefer? Yeah, I said in that clip. Can you tell me, okay, there it is. Let me just read this down and we're gonna do all this together. Okay, I'm gonna go to page, it's page 21 in the stories. Okay, page 21 in the stories.

Starting point is 00:16:10 And here's what you'll notice. Okay, so Putin says he prefers more predictable Biden over Trump. This is a Reuters story. In an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he would prefer Joe Biden to Donald Trump, but was willing to work with any U. S. President. He was asked by interviewer Pavel Zarbyn, who was better for us out of Biden, a Democrat

Starting point is 00:16:31 and a Trump or Republican, put in reply without a question, without hesitation. Biden is more experienced, predictable person and a politician of the old school, smiling slightly. But we will work with any U. S. President who is the American American people have confidence in when I met with Biden in Switzerland True that was several years ago three years ago people were already saying he wasn't up to it I didn't say and I didn't see anything of that kind while appearing of the Fender to defend Biden He brought up an episode that embarrassed the US leader when he banged his head while getting out of a helicopter in June last year Well, which of us hasn't banged his head somewhere, right?

Starting point is 00:17:05 Now here's the thing, key word to the question that Pavel asks, listen, Pavel asks, who was better for us? Who is better for us? Not who is better for America. Which president is better for us? Putin said Biden. Of course Biden is better for us? Putin said Biden. Of course, Biden is better for him than a Trump is. Now, a few things you got to also be thinking about here on all I'm thinking

Starting point is 00:17:33 about is the position, why he took the angle that he took. Because, okay, so Tucker, I said on the last podcast, Tucker took the approach of getting the other person to talk. Okay. The more they talk, the more they reveal. Now, do you think Putin was fully ready for any tough question Tucker was getting ready to ask? Yes. Do you think he would, I agree. I agree the fact that Putin was ready to be asked anything.

Starting point is 00:17:56 Do you think the risk factor for Tucker would be any higher or lower if he would have asked the toughest questions? Do you think anything would have happened to Tucker? No, not at all period. You're, this is a journal. Give me a percentage. I'll give, let's give percentages.

Starting point is 00:18:10 I'll give you mine. Go for it. Less than 1%. Less than 1%. Like you're saying something bad would happen to Tucker? Yes, like they hold them hostage, you can't leave the stage. No.

Starting point is 00:18:19 Tom. I think there'd been a 0% chance of that happening. And I was gonna say, And Putin said, hang on my name, sorry. Putin said, I'm sorry, Putin said, I was ready for the tough questions. So he had his talking point. Okay, so I'm saying less than 1% chance

Starting point is 00:18:31 that I was gonna have. I'll just say 3%, we're going. Yeah, I'm like less than 1%. I'm with you. I'm with you. I mean, I don't think. Tucker is so high profile. You can't do that.

Starting point is 00:18:38 Can you lock him up? For sure. You're right. Yeah. So to that part, Putin's probably prepared for this. Putin's, now the only thing I would want to know from from Tucker did putin's camp Tell Tucker

Starting point is 00:18:51 Certain topics that are off the table that you cannot ask if That is the case then putin's playing games Of course, and that's not that's not cool to do that because if putin said Every question has to be approved by us and that's what his administration did to protect Putin and Tucker knew his boundaries, now he's coming and doing this, that's gamesmanship and I'm not okay with that. And that happens in politics and interviews all the time when people call you and they say, Hey, and then he'll say, I thought I told you, I don't want to talk about that today why are you bringing that up you

Starting point is 00:19:26 just agreed with me that you're not gonna remember I remember Glumbek was on one kind of one show and the specific conversation was George the Panopoulos I think was the interview. Rob can you pull up to see what's Glumbek George the Panopoulos he steps away and walks away he says I you agreed to not bring this up and you're still bringing it up right right? So if that's the case, then he lost some credibility with Tucker, not that there needs to be lost credibility. He doesn't go to sleep worrying about Tucker, who is Tucker to this guy, unless if Tucker's gonna be

Starting point is 00:19:54 Trump's VP, he doesn't sit there worrying about that Tucker. So for me, there's a lot of games being played at him, and I don't know if we have the intel to everything. It would be a question I wouldn't mind asking Tucker to see if there was anything that was off the table that you couldn't speak about. But on the other side with Biden, of course he's gonna wanna Biden instead of a Trump.

Starting point is 00:20:16 Are you kidding me? Any day do we keep gonna wanna Biden instead of a Trump? It wasn't George Steppenhoff. It was a- It's a blind stelter. Yeah, just one of the worst. It's a favorite guy. Well, for Tom, you wanted to say something, Tom. Yeah. And when you say who's better for us, now let's think about Biden. Biden is going to be on

Starting point is 00:20:32 continuing to fund Ukraine. Yeah. So if that's better for us, I think that's a sign that they believe they're winning. And there's a lot of analysts out there that say Russia is absolutely winning this thing. Then under Trump, better for us, I'm trying to, I think they're thinking about it a couple of ways because Trump is going to let them have Crimea and he's not going to have Ukraine join NATO. And those are things that Russia wants. So I also think that what you've got there is better for us means you don't have a strong America first leader who's going to take, you know, a heavier-handed approach. We talked about this on a podcast. Actually, you and I were on the same page. This war doesn't break out if Trump was president. I think there's

Starting point is 00:21:22 a discussion there. It's like, whoa, what are you guys doing? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we're not gonna do this. And I think the economic hammer would have been there And I think leadership would have shown forward So I find it interesting when you look at the two things that would happen under either president on how they are of the opinion That Biden is better for us and they're talking about predictability Vinnie but with Biden you still still get a lot of billions of dollars I want to ask that what what tough questions if you were Tucker what tough questions are you asking this guy? And I'm being I'm being I'm not being an ass

Starting point is 00:21:54 I'm being genuine besides the you know the reporter question and something about why and what we can do this What else could he have where would you have gone to let him to push his buttons even more last question? He asked was about Evan Gerskovich. Yeah, I think that's a very important question big time journalists Real journalism needs to be protected and the integrity of journalism to protected He's wrongfully accused of espionage sitting in a Russian prison cell rotting It's the number one story continually on Wall Street Journal if you read the paper. I would specifically focus on the war. I would spend two hours talking about the war that is continuing to plague Europe.

Starting point is 00:22:34 I don't care about Russian history, yet I do give them credit about asking about the Nord Stream pipeline. There's some tough conversations to be had about Russia. Look, here's the bottom line. Here's the reality of today. Right now, US and Russia relations are the lowest since the Cold War. We're not, Biden and Putin aren't even speaking at this point. So to the point where, you know, I don't know about this, Pat. I don't know if he actually would want Biden. It's pretty clear to me that the right side of the Republican

Starting point is 00:23:05 party wants no part of funding Ukraine. Nothing more than Putin would want is to stop funding Ukraine, take over the territory that they've basically wrongfully possessed and just trounce all over Ukraine and Kiev and Crimea and the Donbass and everything. So I'm not, I'm not fully convinced that he actually wants Biden. Now at the same token, Biden is clearly a weaker candidate than Trump in many facets. So it's, and by the way, just to circle back on everything, do you know what's going on next month in Russia? Take a guess. Election season, like in 2024, 40% of the world is being, uh, holding elections. Uh, Putin is, uh, shooing to win. In fact, uh, Wall Street Journal reported during the election, Russian authorities have a quote unquote eliminated any serious opposition.

Starting point is 00:23:55 Literally. Like literally that's the reporting. So Putin calls Biden, uh, experienced and predictable. We all remember the interview where he praised Trump as colorful and talented. If you wanna ingratiate yourself with Trump, just call him a nice guy, tell him he's great and he'll be your laptop. But so, I answered my question. Basically, what's-

Starting point is 00:24:16 Focused on the war. Well, hold on, which was focused on, he talked about the reporter, he talked about the North Stream Pipeline and CIA. What else would you ask that would have been this hard pushing question? I would have spent two hours on the war. I would have spent two hours on the war crimes.

Starting point is 00:24:29 I would have said, why are you doing this? You know, the one thing you said, do you have any regrets over the war? No, my only regret is that I didn't act earlier. Yeah, but well, Adam, because they listen to me, he had a red line. It even said, remember, nothing happened during Trump. He poon. I mean, I'm sorry, Biden said on camera, and Rob could find it, but you don't have to play it.

Starting point is 00:24:48 He goes, he invited them to attack. He was like, I'm not gonna do anything if there's a minor incursion. Biden said that about before this started. He goes, if they want to do a minor incursion, that's fine. Biden's words, not mine. So that's unbelievable that he would say that. And of course they won, but Biden's the most predictable, old man. And nothing else would have been asked, Adam, nothing else would have pushed this guy's

Starting point is 00:25:13 bunch. They talked about the war, he gave the history report, he talked about the Nord Stream Pipeline, he talked about the guy, and you know what basically said, Poo and said, your side doesn't even want to talk to me. The fact that it has to be a reporter to go talk to the leader of our adversary Should tell you a lot about what's up with our our political establishment Pat Well, so look here. I was a circle back to you PPD, you know, Putin just gave his response to the interview Well, you know who's gonna respond next Tucker probably Tucker, of course

Starting point is 00:25:39 And he's gonna answer those questions was anything off the table Was there anything they didn't tell you should or shouldn't say Did you feel for your life at all Tucker who's now safely back in the United States? You know railing on what he's railing on these days about enemies of the state and being a draft and all that Let's see what he has to say because he has a voice to let's see how we Did you see impact? Did you see him go to the train station and yes, how mind you, they, they, you went, if you think of Russia right now, you just think cold and they're poor. And this is just from what the media does. But Tucker went on Tucker shorts, I think they're called. He went into

Starting point is 00:26:13 the train station, bro, it looks immaculate. I mean, they played a nice song. Yeah. If we can play that, I actually have a response on what that is. I don't know before he plays it. Do you want to respond to what you think Tucker is going to do next pad or what? No, I can't because I don't know. I don't know before he plays that. Do you want to respond to what you think Tucker's going to do next pad or what? No, I can't because I don't know. I don't know if there was like, for example, when the Santas came here, obviously we're talking two different levels here, but when the Santas came, his press secretary called me the night before to get a feel about the questions. And I said, are you calling me to ask me to not talk about certain things? So he says, no, I just I just wonder what you're planning on talking about.

Starting point is 00:26:46 So I'm going to talk about XYZ. Okay, great. Looking forward to seeing the morning they came. So nothing was off the table. Like the Santas you're saying. No, so I was able to ask whatever the questions I wanted to ask, which I did. But to me, I don't know if that was the agreement. So then you as an interview has to sit there and say, do I take this interview with those five topics being off

Starting point is 00:27:07 or do I not take this interview? The last time somebody interviewed him was this many years ago. Maybe I will still take the interview because I'm still gonna be talked about worldwide. It's still gonna be trending. I'm still gonna get hundreds of millions of eyeballs if not billions of eyeballs.

Starting point is 00:27:20 Yeah, let's go ahead and do it without those five topics, right? Or you can say, I don't think Putin would care if you told to you know, brought up any topics I don't know. I don't know the dynamics of that organization I would love to do an interview with Putin. My approach would be a very different approach I would take but if I had two hours I would have taken a similar and a different approach in a couple areas because Because I think from his standpoint, Putin's standpoint, Putin is such a,

Starting point is 00:27:51 the word is the gangster. Putin's a gangster. And sometimes gangsters wanna talk to gangsters is what they wanna do. And you know, Tucker was, there's so much pressure on Tucker To go out there knowing no matter what you do. Guess what you're not Going to be seen as doing a great interview

Starting point is 00:28:20 There is no winning when you interview somebody that powerful nothing so you're not gonna win. It's a lose-lose win Meaning it's a lose-lose win. You're gonna win. Tucker won. Big time. But it's a lose, lose at the beginning. Then you win long term because after that comes through, anybody and everybody has to agree. You don't have the brass to sit down and talk to me and Putin did, you don't.

Starting point is 00:28:39 You're one tent of the him. You're one five. So I think this is gonna be the beginning of a lot of crazier interviews like this. Let me ask you a question. Pat, this is directed towards you. I want to do this last and I want to move on to the next door and look, I'm not trying to pull a day in a way right now. And I would a hallio mandel and give you all your praise and you walk off the podcast. So I'm not trying to do that. Pat, everyone knows you're a very gifted,

Starting point is 00:28:58 talented interviewer. You didn't go to school for this. This is just something that you've Columbia for years. Yeah, Columbia and South America. But you know, you've interviewed mafia bosses. You've interviewed presidents. You've interviewed the greatest athletes of all time. You've sat down with major, major people to Sanctis even everything you just mentioned. I think the next my personal opinion, I think the next evolution of what you're going to do is you're going to be interviewing the Putin's of the world. I think you're going to sit down with a Zelensky. I think you're going to sit down with a Maduro. I think you could sit down with a Xi. I think you could sit down with a Kim Jong-un. I see that for you. That's my opinion. But when

Starting point is 00:29:34 you go to sit down with these people, if they tell you, PBD, hey, don't ask these questions. These are questions you cannot ask while you're sitting down with Xi, while you're sitting down with Maduro How would you respond to that? Okay? So what things will I respect if it's a? Mistress wife Personal life. I'm not interested You know Michael had a relationship with the media. You never talked about his you know his girls and what he did party and all that stuff I'm not interested in that

Starting point is 00:30:04 Everything else I'm interested all that stuff. I'm not interested in that. Everything else, I'm interested in. So I'm interested in, when I sat down with Sammy, whatever you do, don't bring up my son and my daughter. No problem, I'm not interested in your son and your daughter. That sensitive subject, I'm interested in everything else. And I'm gonna bring up everything else. And I took six months of negotiation with Sammy the first time he did an interview. Sammy the Bull. This is Sammy just got out of jail. and I'm gonna bring up everything else. And I took six months of negotiation with Sammy

Starting point is 00:30:25 the first time he did an interview. Sammy the Bull. This is priest, this is Sammy just got out of jail. This is, the last interview Sammy did was with, Diane Sawyer got 20 million eyeballs and he's telling me it's on the phone. I said, I wanna talk about everything else, but I'm not gonna bring up your daughter

Starting point is 00:30:41 and your son. And then let's sit down and have a conversation and let the audience aside. But yeah, I would be open to that, but all the other things we have to talk. So if they said, hey, listen, you said, all right, respect. We're not talking about your personal life, wife, kids, family.

Starting point is 00:30:56 Don't ask me about this war. Don't ask me about this wrong thing. And it's not a real interview. OK. Because my emo is the following. Here's my emo. I ask you a question. OK?, because my my mo is the following. Here's my mo. I ask you a question Okay, you don't want to answer the question. Guess what you do?

Starting point is 00:31:09 Answer the question that you don't want to answer the question. Let the audience know you don't answer the question Yeah, you know what I'm saying. Hey, so what happened with you in the Novani? Hey, uh, you know next question Yeah, well guess what why is that a next question for you? Why is that a sensitive? Well, guess what? Why is that a next question for you? Why is that a sensitive topic? Exactly. So it's corner them. But it's not even cornering them. Even if I ask three, four, five follow up questions, your non-answer is an answer. And let the audience go and talk about the way we're talking about it right now is what is a non-answer? Why did he not want to answer that? Is it because he thought he was going to reveal something? Is it because, but that is still an answer, right?

Starting point is 00:31:46 A non-answer is an answer. Like how you, the conversation you had with Tom Brady, you said, hey, listen, the rings, Michael, Brady, Vela check, any, any swerved multiple times and Pat's like, well, look, you know, before I move on, I got to ask again, the way that you delicately kind of approached that respectfully, but forcefully. I can see that.

Starting point is 00:32:05 I think a great interview filled with tough questions, combined with respect, and a certain level of humility, and a level of curiosity, makes for the interviewer and the interview dancing. And when you watch two dancing in a great interview you enjoy it it feels great I don't know if these two were dancing I do know the direction and the style of an interview he took is to get Putin to speak as much as he did again I don't know the behind the scenes like what negotiation was taking place

Starting point is 00:32:40 now you're you know when an interview is working now I'm just envisioning Putin dancing doing some Russian he can do his he can do his kazachow and I would do my Armenian music anyways okay all right let's go to the next story here pop up pop up pop up pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop Retaining some gains after forecast error guys. This may be one of the funniest business stories of all time. So here we go. Lift share closed up 35% on Wednesday. Retaining some gains after the company said it made an error in a press release, reporting its latest result, but still outperform analysts estimates. A release initially said the company was forecasting a 500 basis point or 5% expansion of its adjustment earnings margin in 2024. The correct figure the company clarified

Starting point is 00:33:33 later should have been 50 basis points or half a percent. The CFO Aaron Brewer announced the correction during the firm's earnings call Tuesday. Lift stock initially shot up more than 60% in extended trade after the report before cooling significantly on the correction. The company's full year report adjusted earnings before the interest taxes depreciation. He bet a swung from 41 point 416 million dollar loss to 222 million dollar profit. Rob, if you can pull up the stock on what it looked like, I'm going to turn this over to Tom. Go ahead, Tom. Still saying nothing. Well, this is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. So the last two points you just made there,

Starting point is 00:34:14 they had a $416 million loss. Now they have a $224 million profit. This should be a celebration that Lyft who said, when we get big enough with enough volume We're gonna be profitable and they delivered they got there Yeah, so the stock should have gone up on those good news So they've got a really nice earnings report really good news and you send the CF CEO to the microphone And how did we do it? I'll tell you how we do it. It was a 500 basis point Expansion is that illegal Tom?? Can you get in trouble for that? You can get in massive trouble for this

Starting point is 00:34:48 because in some places it's called pump and dump where you put fake, you put fake news out that's really good and then the people that put the fake news out dump the stock when it jumps before the bad news comes out of what's real. Let's hope you get it up. You get innocent vibes here. Like it was an innocent mistake.

Starting point is 00:35:03 I think this was an absolutely innocent mistake. And they went to the microphone about how embarrassed they were and quickly. And remember, we're talking that days. Pumping dump is usually like a couple days where you put something fake out there and then insiders are trading off taking the win and then the average investor gets screwed.

Starting point is 00:35:21 That'll send you right to the Southern District of New York with the SEC and put you in prison, literally prison. This is just a couple hours later, wait, wait, wait, sorry, sorry. It's only this and apparently it was a CFO's fault. The CFO had a staff analyst, according to the other stories that came on that, that made the mistake and forwarded that stuff.

Starting point is 00:35:41 CFO said, yep, that's good, it's Aaron Brewer, hands it to the CEO. He goes to the microphone and makes the announcement. How do you as a CEO not know the difference between half a bay, huh? 500 basis points and 500 basis points. By the way, let me, okay, okay, let's go there. What did we spend, not we spent, what did you green light the spending of millions of dollars to build at PHP?

Starting point is 00:36:04 Bamboo. of millions of dollars to build at PHP, bamboo, which was an amazing dashboard that gave us up to the minute insights on every statistic. What numbers as a management team, you insisted that we all were aware of it. What didn't we know? There's nothing we didn't know about it. That's what I'm saying.

Starting point is 00:36:19 For example, practical meeting like this, you're doing a quarterly call, you're meeting with your executives, you're having a conversation with them on what the numbers are like, your CFO is spending time with you, and you don't know the difference between 50 basis points and 500 basis point?

Starting point is 00:36:36 Exactly, for the CEO and the CSO. I don't know about that. A little shady. Not to go, wait a minute, can that be right? That's what you say that? Okay, let's just put shady, which I don't think it's shady. Two, it's sloppy and lack of communication. It just tells me you're not a quali...

Starting point is 00:36:53 How are you a guy running a company and not communicating with your CFO to know what your exact numbers are? How often do we talk at the beginning of the month to say, Tom, what's the EBITDA looking like? What are we looking like? What's the number looking like? It looks like we're gonna end up with this. It looks like we're gonna end up with this.

Starting point is 00:37:05 It's like we're gonna end up with that. And then you give me the final number. So imagine all of a sudden, I do a call and I say, yeah, our EBITDA this month ended up being $72 million. One of the most incredible months we've ever had. Oh, we apologize, it was only $7.2 million. You don't make a 10 time mistake like that. So to me, a part of it feels a little bit sloppy.

Starting point is 00:37:27 I wanna say innocent, but this doesn't feel innocent to me. Because about whatever it was, it worked. You know what I mean? Look at that, look at that, because it's staying up there, right? It's not gonna drop. Well where the stock settled is the credit to now being a profitable company from unprofitable.

Starting point is 00:37:41 Going from about 12.50 a share to about 16, that is a sign of their up thing, 25% there, because now they're profitable. But the initial super spike that they got, you know, that was because instantly people thought that they had just cured cancer, you know, so it's dumb. It's really dumb because to Pat's point, how do you not look at something and just say to yourself, wait a minute, that can't be right? If you know your numbers

Starting point is 00:38:08 and you're really driving your company, that's gonna be your first thing. Hey Fred, can you check this? That just can't be right. Well, speaking of dumb, shocker alert out there guys. I've made this mistake before. What'd you do? But it was when I first started out

Starting point is 00:38:22 in my financial career. I'm not the CFO of a fortune 500 company But this was 2008 and the recession just kicked in and I'm in the settlement game and they start talking about basis points and Dude, I can't even spell for 1k at this point. I'm doing this for 17 years now. This is year one Okay, possibly year two and they start talking about basis points. They're like, yeah, you know, the cost of borrowing money and the credit crunch and everything going out there.

Starting point is 00:38:48 And it looks like we're gonna have to raise our price by 200 basis points. And I was like, holy shit, 200% that's insane. I'm going back to my CEO's like that. They're gonna raise the cost of the money by 200% as what's happened right now. He goes, what do you mean 200%? Yeah, He said 200 basis points. He goes, yeah, that's 2% guy. I said, what do you, what's a, by the way, what's a basis point? I had no idea.

Starting point is 00:39:14 You, I guarantee you on my word to God, you have no clue what a basis point is. Absolutely. Thank you for confirming. I'm going to go to Tom. So that's what I'm going to do. 100 basis points is 1% got you. So you just add two zeros to it. So that's what I'm going to do. A hundred basis points is 1%. Got you. So you just add two zeros to it. So if it's 50 basis points, it's a half a percent. The average person may ask, so why not just say 1%. Why do you have to say that?

Starting point is 00:39:34 Why so kind of, why do they do that? Do you know? Confusing. So that, so this type of stuff happens. So what I'm saying is for the community. All these. This community, it's for the community of all these But if you're part of this community, you know, we have our traditions and our language That's true. Yeah, the language of the of the wise. All right, so let's go to the next story

Starting point is 00:39:56 We're gonna say anything. I was just gonna say for you know, sales person to make that mistake It's cool. Okay, for Vinnie to not know what that is, I get it. Let's help out. With a CFO of Lyft? No, so good. No, good. Let's help out Gen Z, guys. Let's listen. I think one of the things we are very charitable, let's give some great strategy to Gen Z. Gen Z has discovered the ultimate anti-layoff hack. Ready? Government jobs. Bingo. Gen Z and Millennial Workers' disillusion by the recent wave of

Starting point is 00:40:25 layoffs hitting even healthy companies like Meta. Google are considering the unthinkable working for the government. At a moment for young people when job security can be dicey career development seems fraught and loyalty to one's employer is in the toilet. Working in a public sector suddenly has a lot to offer. Good health insurance, strong benefits, guaranteed early retirement ages with a pension, and as a cherry on top, student loans are wiped clean after 10 years for certain public sector jobs. Sign me up.

Starting point is 00:40:58 Tom, you hear a story like this. We're going and working for the government. What's the first thing that comes to mind for Gen Z's? Well, guess what? We're going to work in for the government. What's the first thing that comes to mind for Gen Zers? Well, guess what? Lazy people find a lazy magnet and they have found it. They have found each other. I think it's at one level, there's something there.

Starting point is 00:41:15 If they're saying, hey, I'm looking for stability. I see all these layoffs and all this stuff is seasonal. You know, wow. And the other side of me says, well, the reason you're worried about that is because you're being lazy about career planning and you just wanna go set some place in cruise. That's not how life works. It takes planning and response.

Starting point is 00:41:33 Things happen, economies come and go. So I think it's a sign of just how incredibly lazy they are about their career, that now they've found a place where you can be ultimately lazy and not even tasked to work hard. the other element I see here you know what are they also worried about? Gen Z also, you know, survey show, they are very irritated by annual reviews and accountability. What? They think is harsh. That's so harsh.

Starting point is 00:42:03 Judge me? Their favorite word. So now they found a job that's not harsh, doesn't have accountability, and you can cruise and be lazy. They have found each other. I've found a, I know a CTO named Harsh, but let me continue. Fortune also reported on Tik Tokers who are hyping up the benefits of working for Uncle Sam. Having witnessed hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs in the past year,

Starting point is 00:42:23 to the tune of 240,000 job cuts in the tech sector, along graduates now rank stability as their top factor. They're reaching, searching for job. One of the biggest benefits, especially in the difficult job market is security, a recruiter said on TikTok Watch this year, people in private sector jobs are three times more likely to lose their jobs than people in federal government jobs. She said adding the public sector worker can also expect to enjoy a better work-life balance but a lot more time, pay time off.

Starting point is 00:42:53 Adam. Well, you know, it's funny. I've been going down the rabbit hole randomly on Richard Nixon lately. I don't know. I think I watched a Richard Nixon video and then you know the algorithm of YouTube would just keep having a pop up. It turns out that you know the Water Gate scandal is what he's known for. Even China relations. He was actually a very brilliant politician and he started talking about the bureaucracy, right? And just the gluttony

Starting point is 00:43:18 within government. You know, when they talk about small government and big government, what does that actually mean? It's just the amount of jobs and the amount of waste that's happening internally within government. And he basically used this word. He says, you know, what I've found is that oftentimes it's little people with big jobs and they use their authority to basically push down on the little man

Starting point is 00:43:41 and push down on the private citizens. And I found that so interesting because we've heard this theme pop up from time to time. Vivek talks about the wasteful spending and the bureaucracy. We even talked to Putin brought that up to Tucker, your boy. So it's interesting here, these government jobs and going to get these jobs. It's, there's a couple of different themes here within that. They all start with S the stability of, you know, having a job for life. Basically, it's hard to get fired out there. If you've ever gone to the DMV and you want to know what it's like having a government position,

Starting point is 00:44:14 there's zero accountability. You talk about going through clear versus TSA pre-check different world, different world, private sector versus public sector. The next X is security. They're not worried about losing their job They're not worried about Performance reviews or anything like that. They're pretty secure and they're pretty stable The last s is student loans if you're coming out of college And you have a hundred grand of student loans and you put in a decade of work and all of a sudden Wala your student loans vanish. That's very attractive. You know what I do like I actually like the fact that

Starting point is 00:44:42 Your student loans vanish, that's very attractive. You know what I do like? I actually like the fact that those people who don't like to compete, those people who don't like the pressure of free market capitalism, those people who don't want to be judged on their work performance, those people who don't want to work in a fast-paced environment, go work for the government. Because that allows us to filter out people that we shouldn't be hiring and don't want to be hiring who do a great job interviewing. Amen.

Starting point is 00:45:08 There's a lot of people that are great professional interviewers and then you hire them, they're terrible employees. There's a lot of people that are very, very good at interviewing and you sit down with them, you're like, wow, I did this guy's role-played every single question you could ask them, you know, or they're full of it, they're delusional, right? So yes, this is actually very good news on behalf of many people in the private sector who appreciate people who like competition. I'd like to thank all of you, Jen Ziers, who are going and working for the government.

Starting point is 00:45:36 Thank you so much for saving this time. We are super grateful for you. You guys are awesome. Keep at it. Which looks right. All right, let's go to the next story. Let me see which one I'm going to do here. You guys are awesome. Keep at it, which looks right. All right, let's go to the next story. Let me see which one I'm gonna do here.

Starting point is 00:45:47 Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, da, da, da, da, da. Coca-Cola admits deep prices rise have hit sales, okay? So for those who drink Coke, okay? Prices for Coke have, Tom, this is an inflation story, I'm assuming, right? Let me get to it here to read it through. Here we go. Coca-Cola aggressive price hikes have led to a 6% increase, 6% revenue increase, totaling

Starting point is 00:46:11 $45.8 billion in 2023. Despite a 10% average increase in drink prices globally, with sales volume rising by 2% globally, but declining by 1% in North America, C.O. James Quincy acknowledged the impact of high prices on consumer spending in North America and pledged to moderate price increases. Recognizing the need for affordable options, Quincy assured investors that successive quarterly price hikes would cease aiming for normalized pricing levels globally in 2024. While Coca-Cola successfully passed increased costs onto consumers globally, its rival Pepsi-Cola experienced a quarterly revenue drop

Starting point is 00:46:46 for the first time in 14 quarters due to consumer resistance to higher prices. Interesting. So customers are open to Coca-Cola raising prices but not Pepsi raising prices. Go ahead Tom. Well, first of all, Coke versus Pepsi, Coke did a better job of managing inflation.

Starting point is 00:47:01 It had inflation on labor, it had inflation on fuel costs, getting raw materials around, and it had inflation on things like sugar, which is huge, and the chemicals that go into Coke. Coke experienced inflation, and so ladies and gentlemen, your Coke costs more because of inflation. But Coke apparently did a better job than Pepsi of raising the prices and doing it sequentially. And you notice it was telling investors, we won't be raising the prices quarter to quarter because why do they have to tell the investors or why do investors care?

Starting point is 00:47:35 Because it means they make more revenue and it means that they will maintain their profit or maybe make a scotch more profit. You see what they said, 6% rise in revenue and then sales volume rising by 2%. So they got continued growth even though they had to raise prices on consumers and they did a better job of managing inflation than Pepsi did. And Pepsi was a little too aggressive and it was too sudden and people backed off. Well, America, look at me right now, America. If you want to know why you're fat,

Starting point is 00:48:07 you want to know why that over two thirds of Americans are obese, check the stats on that. You want to know why your freaking kids are fat because they're drinking too much soda. A 12 ounce can of Coke has what? I think 40 grams of sugar. 30 some grams. 39, 40 grams of sugar.

Starting point is 00:48:23 There it is right there. One in three men and one in four men are overweight, two and five adults. All right. So I overplayed it a little bit. You're fat America. Stop drinking soda. Your kids are fat. Stop giving them soda. I will say that every once in a while I'll have a diet Coke, maybe a Coke zero, maybe one. When I finished playing football and I was in the party scene in Miami, I was a one 95 slender, six foot wide receiver. I got into the party scene in Miami. I was a 195 slender six foot wide receiver. I got into the party scene. I would party for free all night at the end of the night to have a slice of pizza and a Coke. I ballooned up to 235.

Starting point is 00:48:54 Okay. I made a decision in my life. I said, I got a, what am I doing here? I've always been an athlete. I've always been in shape. I cut out carbs. I cut out sugar. I cut out soda. I've been 200 pounds consistently for 15 years now. If you want to look in the mirror and say, I got to cut this nonsense out of my life. Uh, that's where you should start. Number two, you should be thanking Joe Biden while you're not as fat as you possibly could be. Thanks to shrink flation. Cause I remember a time in my my day back in my day He's been 50 cents on a coke you get 12 ounces 39 grams of sugar Thank God you got shrinkflation these days because now you're 12 ounce coke is now seven and a half ounces You've seen this situation. Yeah, you should thank God they got shrinkflation

Starting point is 00:49:35 They're going half the chips in your bag fat America. Anyway, clean it up out there But what's the last time you had a coke like an actual can of Coke and you finished the whole thing? Sip. I just want to quote, I mean, he just said something very powerful, right? If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make the change. Change, like, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na. Would it be true, Pat, you, you.

Starting point is 00:50:00 Last time I had soda. Like a sip? A sip? No, no, zero. Last time I had soda was July of 2019. Is the last time I had soda. Like a sip? A sip? No, no, zero. Last time I had soda was July of 2019. It's the last time I had soda. I said this due to David Hayes and Ian Benedict because Ian said he hadn't had soda for seven years.

Starting point is 00:50:14 I said I'm gonna try it for seven days. I was drinking three Coke zeros a day. I dropped it, I lost four inches in my waist. Yep. And by the way, the only caveat to that, which is very important, you have to know this, the only thing for me, if I go to the movies mandatory due to my religion and my faith, I have to have a popcorn and Coke slushie. Of course. That's a spiritual thing though. You have to do that. But you do that once a quarter, once in a bloom. That's okay.

Starting point is 00:50:43 That's not a regular thing. Everything in moderation. Not at all. But for you fat once a quarter, once in a bloom, that's okay. Everything in moderation. But for you fat people out there, just chugging sodas left and right. Listen, something tells me Adam's in too big groups. Adam like big butts. I like big butts and I can't lie about that. Let's go to the next door. Something your other brothers might deny.

Starting point is 00:50:58 By the way, for the Gen Z people, I got the right person for you to vote for, honestly. For the Gen Z community that was thinking about getting a government job because it's more safe, more stable, and they're willing to pay off your student loan 10 years later, I want you to consider this California Congresswoman running for Senate who's calling for a $50 minimum wage.

Starting point is 00:51:20 True story, sweetheart of a lady, let's go through it. All right, so here she is, okay? Page number four, Democratic Representative Barbara. Why is it all Democrats are Barbados? All Barbados. Barbara Lee is defending her call for $50 minimum wage. I think you're thinking too small, Barbara. We got to go to $100. $100 minimum wage. That's more than six times the current federal minimum wage in the U.S. Lee is running in a competitive Senate race to fill the seat of the late Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein.

Starting point is 00:51:53 She argues California cannot get by on less than $100,000 due to the state's cost of living crisis. Lee was asked during a Senate debate on Monday how her $50 minimum wage proposal would be economically sustainable for small businesses. She claimed she has been a small business owner who's created hundreds of jobs and argued employees need to be taken care of and have a living wage. Just do the math, just do the math,

Starting point is 00:52:16 Lee said during the debate, the current national minimum wage, 725 California minimum wage, $16. Just do the math, honestly, is this really when she's being asked a question? Can I just see the way she says it? I'm actually really curious at this point. You're smiling already. Go ahead.

Starting point is 00:52:30 You're calling for a $50 an hour federal minimum wage. That's seven times the current national minimum wage of $725 an hour. Can you explain how that would be economically sustainable for small businesses? You have 60 seconds. First let me say, I owned and ran a small business for 11 years. I created hundreds of jobs, benefits, retirement benefits, also health care benefits. I know what worker productivity means, and that means that you have to make sure

Starting point is 00:53:01 that your employees are taken care of and have a living wage. In the Bay Area, I believe it was the United Way, came out with a report that very recently $127,000 for a family of four is just barely enough to get by. Another survey very recently, $104,000 for a family of one you can stop it barely enough to get by here's the question yeah she says the math doesn't add up exactly the math doesn't add up why do you think big max are 18 bucks now that the some of these places are selling it for the combos rating buck

Starting point is 00:53:39 because if you raise the minimum wage to 50, every single price of food, restaurants, everything is gonna go to the roof, everything. 50 bucks an hour minimum wage in California. I'd love to see what she was paying her employees that she claims she had hundreds of employees. What were you paying them compared to the market rate at the time? Yeah, America, let me introduce you

Starting point is 00:54:04 to the most clueless delusional politician in America today. Well, I mean, that's saying a lot because Adam Schiff was next to her. So he was up there. Say what you want about Schiff. He hasn't asked for $100,000 annual salaries for employees because if you want to understand how salaries work

Starting point is 00:54:22 and what you get paid an hour, all you have to do is times by two divide by two So fifty dollars an hour times two is one hundred thousand dollars a year Wow It's a hundred thousand dollar a year job to flip burgers as a minimum wage at Burger King Process that for a second. Just let that sink in clearly this woman has never run a successful business That's why she's basically trying to be a career life politician at this point There's no way that she's run a successful business calling for $50 an hour because she would understand the economics of supply and demand and what they would basically mean for

Starting point is 00:54:52 the business and for the economy. Keep in mind, she's not calling for a $50 minimum wage for comifolia out there on the West Coast. She's calling for a federal minimum wage. For everybody. So if you're in Iowa. If you're in Oklahoma, if you're in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, shout out to you, Nick Saban. You now have to pay your employees. You're 16 year old kid working a part time job, $50 an hour. Do you not understand how nonsensical this is? This is, it's an absolute travesty that this one is actually running for Congress.

Starting point is 00:55:23 Do you think she's doing it just to make these like fake promises that politicians do just to be like, hey, I'm running on this. She can be dead serious. There's two sides to it, I think. And the first side is to your point, she thinks that this is going to guard, curry favor with voters. Oh my gosh, I'm going to go, she's got the voter in mind. So it's voter manipulation and she's insulting the intelligence of voters to think that they're gonna gravitate to her on this claim. The second thing that's going on, this is classic,

Starting point is 00:55:54 classic uninformed downstream liberal thinking. Remember I talked about the lake, there's a polluted lake downstream. The liberals want to pay for a $1 billion filter to be put into the lake to clean it up. The conservative says, why don't we go up and see what the stream's putting into it and go up the stream and find out there was pesticides running off and factories putting things and stop that from happening and guess what?

Starting point is 00:56:20 The lake is cleaned up all of a sudden because we go upstream. Why is it she needs to go upstream and take a look at this. Why do you need $100,000 for one person and 127 for a family of four, according to those surveys in California? One, oh why? The gasoline tax, the income tax, high both of those highest in the nation outside of Manhattan.

Starting point is 00:56:40 What a point. Manhattan. And why? How about energy? There are articles last week about Californians got hit with a surprise energy surcharge on their bill. Why? Because of mismanagement of the California energy infrastructure that led to those aging power lines that were sparking wildfires. That's a fact. PG&E was allowed to not upgrade equipment and they were sparking

Starting point is 00:57:03 wildfires. They took nukes offline in California. Oh, we're not going to have nuclear, we're going to have only green energy. They've told people they'll be 30 percent, have to be green energy. Green cars, electric cars, EVs cost more than regular vehicles right now or hybrid vehicles. So why don't you go upstream and look at all the things that you've done to make California expensive rather than going downstream and saying, oh, we need a $1 billion filter in the lake to clean it up. In this case, we need a $50 minimum wage here so people could afford to live here after all these things have happened. These

Starting point is 00:57:40 things are you. Go back upstream, California, you voted for them and you need to vote them out and you need to reverse these policies because it is, it is changeable, but it's going to take a decade to do it. I love that Tom story when he brings up the upstream downstream because it's very valid. I'll tell one quick story. When I first started doing social media content, I just went around interviewing everyone and anybody about money, everyone. Millionaires, homeless people, college kids, athletes, rappers, everyone in between. One of the more memorable men on the street segments

Starting point is 00:58:12 that I did was that I went down to downtown Miami. This is probably 2018 or so. There was a Fight for 15 campaign going on in Miami and all around Florida. And it was all the airline workers, the people that are handling your luggage, just the people that are checking your bags, just they're fighting for 15.

Starting point is 00:58:33 I went down there and started asking these people, how much do you make? What's going on here? Well, I make 7.25 and I have to have two jobs. The vast majority of them were immigrants. The vast majority of them didn't speak English well. The vast majority of them were immigrants. The vast majority of them didn't speak English well. The vast majority of them were new to this country. Now I'm not going there looking for,

Starting point is 00:58:51 asking for documents and citizenship. And I'm sure there's a lot of questions regarding that. These are people that were employed by the airlines and they were fighting for 15. And I remember hearing their stories and I was like, I just, I can barely get by. How do you make it to this day? But at the end of the day,

Starting point is 00:59:04 there's upstream problems and downstream problems rather than trying to fight for more money, right? Rather than trying to say, give me more money, give me more money. What are you doing to improve your life? To speak English to improve and have better skills. Is this the community health alliance, the company that she started?

Starting point is 00:59:20 Yes, but I don't know if the one that she started is still active. Back in, prior to taking office, she founded what was called the... She can't say I employed 500 people and the journalist not doing proper research to find out what that is because I just want on right now, on this Community Health Alliance, on Indeed, with their available jobs that you can go apply for. One of the jobs is a case manager.

Starting point is 00:59:49 Guess what they're paying for this case manager? $17,000 salary. $37,000 a year. Yeah, that's so I want to know because her son runs an insurance company and I want to I actually am very interested to know when you're asking for 50 bucks an hour for employees, did you ever pay that according to inflation to today? What did you pay your employees, Barber Lee?

Starting point is 01:00:12 Maybe, maybe you're right, and then we'll say you're right. You overpaid your employees in a marketplace. You overpaid more than anybody else did, and we will gladly give you a ton of respect here, but odds are you're gonna be like Bernie Sanders asking for 15 bucks an hour for the people while you're paying interns, 13 bucks an hour. And then all of a sudden you have to finish your campaign because hypocrisy is out and people are laughing at your philosophy.

Starting point is 01:00:33 Remember that guy you interviewed at Dan Price, I believe the name was, he was the guy that was basically saying that everyone who works for his company would get a minimum $70,000 salary, which is basically the equivalent of what, $35 an hour? How's that company doing these days? How's he doing? Oh, do you want to know what's going on with him? Yeah, tell me that. He's being sued by every one of his relatives.

Starting point is 01:00:52 What? He's being sued by every one of his relatives, and he had to step down because of some sexual scandal, allegedly, I believe. That's what story that came out. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff that this guy deals with. And he was one of the most interesting guys I interviewed because you could tell when I asked him,

Starting point is 01:01:10 I said, I pay everybody $70,000 a year because that's the right thing to do. I said, really? Yeah, interesting. Because the story went viral. Because he lowered his salary and paid himself 70, he paid everybody 70. I said, okay, so just out of curiosity,

Starting point is 01:01:23 who owns the company? I own 100% of it. Really? Yeah. How many employees you got? 200? I said, listen, if you're going to do this, bro, why don't you give everybody half a percent equity to the company? Just be fair. Why would you keep 100% of it? Because they want me to keep the equity. No, no, no, no, they don't give them the equity. Let them own it as well. Why you own 100%? What makes, I said, is it like a Jesus kind of thing? Or you like God to them is that what it is a picture? But anyway, that's a very very Unique situation. I pay everyone 70. What do you pay your C-suite executives is 70,000?

Starting point is 01:01:56 That's why they love so the minimum wage guy makes 70 your C And they love that make 70 so it's not a meritocracy. It's socialist That's exactly what it is and it failed and it failed and it made one guy rich through equity And it's the owner anyways half of Republicans say California isn't really American This is an LA Times story 50% of us adults perceive California to be in decline 50% of us adults Not Republican adults us adults perceive California to be the client while Republicans particularly negative at 48% not really American. Many Republicans view California unfavorably,

Starting point is 01:02:29 with 30% believing it has a worse natural environment than any other state, and 40% not considering it a good place to visit. Christian Bork of a leger noted, if you are a more conservative American, you basically do not like California. Despite political division, 60% of adults nationwide Asia might see California as a trend-setter, with 70% of younger Americans expressing their sentiment. Well, move there. It's a great place for you. Additionally, younger individuals are twice as likely

Starting point is 01:02:54 to consider moving to the state. Fantastic. Siding job opportunities as a primary reason, conservative attacks on California, fueled by media and politicians, contribute to negative views with 75% of Republicans considering the state unsafe Governor Newsom progressive agenda including climate and health care policies has intensified this divide Did you see the recent clip with the girl that was on?

Starting point is 01:03:19 On oh, that's the one. Yeah, she what's her name? She's the fitness What's her name? Julian Michael Jill fitness. Julian Michaels. What's her name? Julian Michaels. Julian Michaels, go out and play this clip. I thought it was very interesting. Trying to get Gavin to run for president for a very long time. Ah!

Starting point is 01:03:32 Are you serious? Are we living in Gavin Newsom's California? Why? Yeah, and I'm sure your life is just a dream. I'm looking at him. I'm looking at him. Oh, right, you're in flying? To Miami.

Starting point is 01:03:43 You know what? Jillian, hit me up. I'll tell you something. If you're my whole life. 2020, I've lived here since 83. Okay. And I love where I live. I love California. I love Denver, Malibu.

Starting point is 01:03:53 I'm dug in here. I did, in 2020, when there was a week when the sun was blotted out from the sky because of fires, I did look at moving to Florida. Now, I think it was a little like when I was contemplating suicide when I was in high school and college. If I got laid once, I would stop to kind of, and I don't think I was ever really gonna do it.

Starting point is 01:04:15 But I did actually get married. I was engaged once, but there are things in your life you're like, you know what, I might do that. And part of you is like, never gonna do that. Okay, so I mean, and I think moving to Florida is in that category, but I did look at it because I share your frustrations with California. I do.

Starting point is 01:04:35 And those are the things I was saying to you. I mean, this is one I think I could be too pretty, pretty, pretty, electrically. Are you happier in Florida? Yeah. What is it in Florida? Yeah. What is it in Florida that's over, that compensated more than what you had here? It feels less crazy than it does here. Here you just-

Starting point is 01:04:57 Florida's less crazy? Yeah. Yes, yes. You're mad on this. Really? The place where the people are- Okay. ...on bath salts, like fucking an alligator?

Starting point is 01:05:05 Sage Steele, actually. That's what we're all doing over here. What was the moment when you felt like California had lost its mind? And it was a piece of legislation that I can't recall. Did it affect your life? A bill. Did it affect your life?

Starting point is 01:05:18 Is the crime affecting our lives? Is the homelessness affecting our lives? Was crime affecting your life here in California? Absolutely, my house got broken into. Your house got broken into you. Yes, and it's a shock. It's a shock. Relationship with PG&E, my house burned down in 2018.

Starting point is 01:05:31 Where's your house? I haven't been Malibu. Nothing like in Malibu. It's a PG&E, there it is. It's a joke. It's a Malibu. Things are rough out there. No, they're like, oh, it was so nuts.

Starting point is 01:05:42 I'm body-prosy. Who wants to go first on this one? Well, and I made this point. I'm making a joke about her house burning down. Wow. Things are rough out there, and she quoted PG&E, which we were just talking about. It's a clear case of, especially people like him, the elite.

Starting point is 01:05:57 He's living in the hills. He's guarded. Dude, none of the things that are affecting average people is bothering him. And then when you ask him, like, he's like, oh, what was so bad? My house was burned down. You know what I mean?

Starting point is 01:06:09 They broke into the house, crime is up, and he's like, oh, really? Yeah, it is, Bill. You're out of touch, bro. He goes from his car to the house, to the studio, and nothing. He doesn't have to deal with anything. The average American, the average Californian does.

Starting point is 01:06:24 And, bro, I'm telling you right now, when's the last time you were in California, Tom? On purpose? Yeah, but you see it, right? You're seeing the homelessness, you're seeing the- When we went to the Republican debates. Yeah, we went to Reagan National Library.

Starting point is 01:06:37 I'll tell you, I go to California, business, a random wedding, and unfortunately- And you leave. A few years ago, a funeral. Yeah, and you leave. So in other words, it's life appointments. It's not unfortunately, um, and you leave years ago, a funeral. Yeah. And you leave. In other words, it's appointment. It's life appointments. It's not like, Hey, let's take a vacation back and go down to Dana point. Nope. Sorry. I just don't, I just don't like the shock. I don't like the shock factor of bill. Like what? Yeah. Yeah. Bill at normal people have problems with the fricking state. It's, it's going to shit. Let me tell you,

Starting point is 01:07:04 there's a difference between stereotypes and reality. I listened, born and raised in Miami, lived in Florida my whole life, went to Florida state. I've lived in every city up and down the state of Florida. The stereotype of we're all just having sex with alligators on bath salts is such a ridiculous slander. But here's the reality of going in California and bill talks about this all the time. It's so crazy. He can go to the ninth step. We just can't get to that 10 step. He's constantly talking about the woke ism. He's constantly talking about kids being indoctrinated about the regulations,

Starting point is 01:07:35 trying to build something on his house and extension of the house that's taken seven years when it should have taken seven days. He talked about the taxes. He talked about the crime. He's talked about the homelessness, but there's some personal relationship with Gavin Newsom, which is mentioned on the podcast with you. He said, I love him. That he can't just take that next step. So yeah, here we'll get to that. So the reality is he's like, he's, he's 90% there, but that he can't just basically recognize what the hell's going on here. You know, they say the flay in our Florida is Florida man. It's Florida man. I'll use it. I've been sex

Starting point is 01:08:08 alligators. Well, California man is actually a woman now because they're transitioning and all the kids are basically woke. Now. So what is California man to you? Bill? So it's like that. And then, you know, you want me to read this story right here? So there is, I will say this. I'm, I'm a Bill Maher fan on real time with Bill Maher. Why? Because it's written and 30 writers, 30 writers are writing and it's so well done. There's a difference between club random when he's just smoking a joint and just kind of like, you know, going on his own, but his writing on a real time is fantastic. It's not his writing, but go ahead.

Starting point is 01:08:43 But the, his writers, I'll give him credit with that. But here's the story right here. Bill Maher rips America bashing liberal celebrities who vowed to flee the country under Trump. Yet they're all still here. Here's the story. So Maher bashed Americans who complain about living in the U S beginning with politicians like a progressive state representative of Canada in New Hampshire. Do you have a video on this rap to just, oh. Okay. Who posted on social media saying, I need to get that out of this country. That's a candidate for Congress. Go ahead and play it.

Starting point is 01:09:13 There's a long list of liberal celebrities who swear that, oh, if a Republican is elected then no one ever does. My Lee Cyrus once said, I am moving if Trump is my president. I don't say things I don't mean. Here she is looking miserable having to endure America.

Starting point is 01:09:32 I had the Grammys last Sunday. I guess she, uh, I guess she flew back from Tajikistan. Still here. By the way, in that segment, he goes on to Eddie Griffin. I guess she, uh, I guess she flew back from Tajikistan. Still here. But by the way, in that segment, he goes on to Eddie Griffin. Still here. I think we have a couple of pictures of that, don't you? Uh, Rob, I don't know if you want to pull that up. So Eddie Griffin, the comedian, he basically said, um, if Trump wins, I'm moving to Africa. Yet still here. He talked about Mali Cyrus, our friend George Lopez. We have to worry about immigration. We'll all go back. Nope, still here. So all these celebrities who are basically saying, I'm leaving to Canada, I'm fleeing to Canada. We've seen, we've seen another

Starting point is 01:10:13 girls on the view. We'll be Goldberg. All these people yet are still here. You know, talk is cheap guys. If you want to leave America, okay, you can go get a one way ticket. Anybody ever actually leave Rob,? Did anyone ever leave? Because if they did, you gotta respect them. I, while he's looking, I don't think so, but you know he has on his show a new rule, new rule. How about this as a new rule? If you ever publicly utter the words, I am moving out of the United States if, and that if happens, you have have to leave and don't let our flag hit you on the ass on the way out.

Starting point is 01:10:47 I love it. I'm tired of all this talk about how shitty this place is and if this happens it's just out of touch insane people. It's like just shut up. But I think like new rule. Okay, get the hell out of here then. Stop talking because that if if Trump wins, guess what the odds are he is, if they don't freaking illegally try to hold him out, leave, go, where would you go?

Starting point is 01:11:10 Go somewhere else. Yeah, Americans don't cut and run, Americans stay and fix it. Rob, these are more people that threaten. I'm sorry, Tom, I just wanna see the share. I know John Stuart say that or no, on the bottom. Yeah, he did. He said what? Did he really say it?

Starting point is 01:11:23 What'd he say though? John Stuart said he also- Getting in a rocket and going to another planet because clearly this planet has gone bonkers This is a neo who else neo came around or later on by the way. I think Chelsea Oh my girl. Yeah shocker. Oh hot. I don't know who this is Impel oh, Kim peel. Okay. No for sure. She's not a Gen Z by the way go to Canada leave Campbell All these people Ryan keep friends and shut up

Starting point is 01:11:51 Barbers did she leave no barber still here. They're all still here Tom. Go ahead Tom So I'll give you three words on this arrogant Petulant and headlines so first of all it's arrogant to say me and my great talent Scolch as one of the best. Errogance. Me and my great value I will deprive you of me. It's just pure arrogance and self-importance. Pettulent. It's like stomping your... I will hold my breath till I die if I don't get ice cream. It's just a petulant scream and then what celebrity doesn't like headlines? And this is a way to get headlines appearing to lead the resistance as this voice of the opposition. That's all this is. Nobody's ever serious about doing

Starting point is 01:12:35 it. Just arrogance, petulance and looking for headlines. That'd be great though. If you think about it, if we had like a like a department of law enforcement that shows up to your house and goes, Hey, Barbara, you know that if Trump won, you gotta, you gotta leave, pack up your shit and go. I would love that. I'd have a, if I was president, I'd have a new cabinet, secretary of consequences. And when, when things happen like this, I would say I am, I am referring this matter to the secretary of consequences. And we're going to move straight to that. That's so beautiful. Love it or leaveration. So we're gonna move straight. Yeah, that's so beautiful I love it. I love it. I'm gonna talk as much shit as you want and there's no accountability right there

Starting point is 01:13:09 But Vinnie wants to put a council of accountability out there percent you threaten to leave We go back it up brother love it or leave it. Hey, buddy. Get the hell out of here. You want that drink? I'll go get it, brother It fell. Yeah, I can roll. Yeah, that's American Brotherhood right there there guys look at Vinny in that shot right there yeah right Vinny one thing I know about Vinny hates the camera does not so Vinny what happened with Obama CIA can you give us a little bit info what happened let me uh what's happening in the news yeah something in the news. So Obama, his CIA, asked foreign agencies to spy on Trump's associates. And Roger Stone was one of those guys.

Starting point is 01:13:51 I know, like, I talked to him yesterday, he was one of these people. It's your buddy. So which if you think about it, what, this is the best way to do it. Have someone else do the dirt and you get the goods. You know what I mean? So this report has not been confirmed by mainstream media But why would they confirm it when they're all biased against Trump? So why you know I mean like it's it's it's obvious

Starting point is 01:14:11 So the people who reported it are credible as hell Matt Tai Ebe and Mike Schellenberger and let's not forget Do you know who the CIA director was at the time of all this guys anybody John Brennan? Okay, mr. Deep State himself. He despises Trump. Do you guys know what his job is right now? Tom, the ex-director of the CIA. Guess what he does right now? He's working for a think tank for international interests.

Starting point is 01:14:36 MSNBC analysts. You know what they do? They just bash Trump every single turn he gets. He's been bashing him from the beginning and if you hear the report from two credible reporters It's not hard to believe that Trump was spied on and Rob Do you have the clip that I sent you of of of Brent? This is John Brennan in 2018 By the way, this is the guy that's supposed to be non-bias. Look at how he talks about Donald Trump Look at this guy do we on any reputation of the office of the presidency?

Starting point is 01:15:09 He is, I think the most divisive president we've ever had in the Oval Office. He is. Oh, what the heck? Oh, damn. Sharmin. Because you're so full of shit, Vinny. They want you to wipe your ass right now. We'll basically look at hatred and animosity and misunderstandings among Americans. I and so many other former national security officials are speaking out because of the abnormal and aberrant behavior of Mr. Trump. This is a very large and painful national kidney stone. The relief we feel afterward is going to be just exhilarating.

Starting point is 01:15:44 He's the kid who's the most important. He's a, yeah, well, I put your deposits. The relief we feel afterward is going to be just exhilarating. Why didn't he do that? Yeah, by the way, put your deposits. So think about this. And people are like, it's not widely reported. Dude, they were 100% spying on him before. This guy hates Donald Trump. And then add onto it, Hillary, meanwhile, was with the FBI, all these Pfizer reports and all this stuff,

Starting point is 01:16:05 doing the fake Russian collusion, it's like, bro, Trump had, everybody was against him, he still won, and that's why, bro, and then they made his life a living hell once he got in. That's why, Adam, I know we talked about this last time when they were talking about the Trump presidency with the pro redemption, bro, that'd be the first thing I would come in and I would be.

Starting point is 01:16:22 He has every right to be upset. It's called election interference Obama had the CIA doing this before he even got elected Hillary was doing her thing once he got it made life for him and for the rest of us living hell Still to this day people like no, he's a right. He's a Russian asset. Don't think about that No accountability for Obama your CIA that scumbag Mr. Deep state was spying on everybody, looking and digging for dirt to get them, to put them in jail. It's, it's unbelievable. And then today, look what they're doing with them. This guy's nonstop. That's why more and more

Starting point is 01:16:54 about every single day that goes by. I'm like, dude, this guy actually came in and genuinely gave a shit about us. Adam thoughts. I, uh, this is the beauty of America guys. John Brennan, um, he's entitled to his opinion, but this, we, we, we know what happens when you just pick a side. MSNBC has chosen their side. This is sort of irrelevant, but it's very relevant. There's a reason that Greg Godfeld is the number one late night talk show in America today. He's not the funniest. He's not the most talented. He's certainly not the most creative Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, all these guys, infinitely

Starting point is 01:17:30 more talented, probably not Kimmel, but certainly the other guys, but 50% of the country, at least you're alienating. And when you call someone deplorable, when you call someone an idiot, when you basically say there's a basket of deplorables, you're basically admonishing everybody else and calling them losers. So if John Brennan wants to basically dismiss half the country, that's his choice. I get it. Just like MSNBC has basically done. There needs to be accountability accountability. But what I'm saying is, does it bother you that these reports from credible, these are credible guys, Matt, Tybi, Michael Schellenberger,

Starting point is 01:18:04 they're not lightweights, bro. These guys are doing actual work. Do we have the Leslie interview call? Oh yeah, that's the thing. Okay guys, thanks for reminding me, Pat. This is Trump telling Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes, they are spying on me. He obviously has evidence and look at her,

Starting point is 01:18:19 leftist liberal attitude. The biggest scandal was when they spied on my campaign. They spied on my campaign. Well, there's no real evidence of that. Of course there is. It's all over the place. Leslie, they spied on my campaign and they got caught. Can I say something?

Starting point is 01:18:36 You know, this is 60 minutes. Really? And we can't put on things we can't verify. You won't put it on because it's bad for Biden. We can't put on things we can't verify. Leslie, they spied on my campaign. Well, we can't verify that. won't put it on because it's bad for Biden. We can't put on things we can't verify. Leslie, they spy to my campaign. Well, we can't verify that. It's been totally verified. No.

Starting point is 01:18:49 It's been just go down and get the papers. Get the papers. They spy to my campaign, they got caught. No. And then they went much further than that and they got caught. And you will see that Leslie. And you know that, but you just don't want to put it on.

Starting point is 01:19:01 No, as a matter of fact, I don't know. Yes, and can I say one thing? Yeah. The old adage, fool me once, right? Can't get fooled again. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, show me. There's a lot of Americans, myself included, fell for a lot of this. And this isn't left-wing talking point. 60 Minutes is a very mostly moderate, sensible,

Starting point is 01:19:22 longest run on the run, one of the longest running television news shows in American history. Moderate? Okay, I'm saying mostly. very mostly moderate, sensible, longest run on the run, one of the longest running television news shows in American history. Moderate. Okay. I'm saying mostly did you watch? Thanks, Tom. But for the most part, they actually are journalists, traditional journalists, but a lot of them are left, but they're not far left. No, they're not far left at all. I don't know. I guess anything that is center left to Tom is, is a, is a whack job. Come communist, but that's another point. But as a lot of Americans who basically were looking to this and they

Starting point is 01:19:49 watched 60 minutes or they watch what's formerly known as CNN or they watch 2020 and they just get their normal news or they watch late night news and they're like, holy shit, this guy, Trump, he's really, he's really this, that and the other. I guess, I guess it's true. But fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice. I mean, a lot of the stories that Trump basically refuted and a lot of the stories actually turned out to be true. But my question was going back to us, like, like, does it bother you that Obama's, because this is Obama, I hate when they say Obama's CIA, Barack Obama had the CIA use for it and foreign agencies to spy on 26 people for Trump, looking for something to get, that's cheating, election interference, it's unbelievable, there's gonna be no accountability

Starting point is 01:20:31 because he's untouchable. And then look at, I sent Rob this one too, CNN and all these leftists, Don LeMond, the fruity last name, this is him, look at the coverage of how they covered Trump. Listen to this. Maybe the biggest lie of all, repeatedly and with no facts to back him up, making the outrageous claim that the so-called deep state spied on his campaign, he did it again today. No. But I hope it's not true, but it looks like it is.

Starting point is 01:21:01 Yeah. It's not true. It's a lie. No, it's not. Did the intelligence community spy on President Trump in his campaign? No, we did not. This is not just an angry president popping off. This is a deliberate and coordinated effort to save his presidency, to cast doubt on the

Starting point is 01:21:19 Russian investigation by repeating a lie, repeating it every chance he gets. And that repetition is a key part of the strategy here, because if you hear him say the same thing over and over and over, it gets into your head. You may even start to wonder if there's some truth to it. This is concerning new report accusing President Obama of CIA, of curing. CNN saying, talking about somebody else lying cracks me up. And that's why it drives me crazy. Like, do you think, Adam real quick question.

Starting point is 01:21:48 Do you think Don LeMond, he really feels that type of way? Or he's just saying it because they're telling him, like, you have to report this honestly when he was there. Cause he's not with us. You know, for the viewing audience, it's Don Lemon, but you know, he's, I guess French now. Yeah. No, it's LeMond. It's Le guess French now. Yeah, no, it's Le Mans. Okay, so

Starting point is 01:22:08 There's a lot of journalists of have unfortunately turned into activists and you know, you have to respect who Whoever you would consider to be Actual journalists you talked about Matt Taiyibi that guy gets a lot of praise out there. You talk about Barry Weiss There's some legit journalists out there, Especially some of the guys on Wall Street Journal Unfortunately a lot of talking head journalists are now just activists and that goes for both sides of course on the modern The left certain people hand any on the right whatever you want to say these aren't journalists These are talking head activists, so they're gonna active actively basically campaign who they want Here's what's gonna happen within time. we're gonna find out exactly what happened.

Starting point is 01:22:46 If this story is coming out now, and this creates momentum, guess who this hurts the most? If this creates a lot of momentum. Michelle? Michelle Obama. Damn right. Bingo. If this thing creates momentum, Michelle Obama,

Starting point is 01:22:59 and that means that Trump will be, lamba, he will be constantly over and over and over again, doing to Michelle what he's done to everybody, repeatedly talking about the fact that what her husband did and she knew and she was a part of it as well, et cetera, et cetera. It's not gonna be pretty, but eventually we're gonna find that.

Starting point is 01:23:21 Unfortunately, the damage is already done. They already were able to get him out after four years. Question is, when he gets back in, But eventually we're gonna find that. Unfortunately, the damage is already done. They already were able to get him out after four years. Question is, when he gets back, what he's gonna be doing? Next story I want to go to is the story of Kanye West. Can you pull up that video Rob with Kanye West? So Kanye West, you typically do an ad. You spend a million dollars, two million dollars,

Starting point is 01:23:44 creating the ad to be so sick production-wise to put it on Super Bowl, but Kanye decides to do this ad on his phone in his car while he's driving and he spent seven million dollars for this Super Bowl ad. I'm going to play this clip for you to get your reaction. You're gonna think this is a spoof, but let me first read the article to you from the economic times. How did Kanye West Super Bowl ad shot on zero budget spark $19 million in Yeezy sales? Kanye West made a headline yet again with this unorthodox Super Bowl commercial promoting his Yeezy fashion line, opting for a stripped down approach. West 30 second spot reportedly

Starting point is 01:24:27 cost him seven million dollars. Stood out of Mr. Glitz and Glamour, typically associated with Super Bowl commercials, filmed entirely on a cell phone camera with the backseat of a car. West delivered a straightforward message urging viewers to visit his commercial website, Yeezy.com. Hey y'all. I'll play the clip for you here. This gamble paid off handsomely for the rapper turned entrepreneur following the ads airing West Abdel album, search at the top of the billboard ranking in a number one in 100 countries. At the top of the day, a testament to the commercials impact more of our social media

Starting point is 01:24:59 posts from West revealed a staggering 290,000 orders was placed on Yeezy, resulting in a remarkable $19.3 million dollar sale. Rob, play the clip. Tell me how impressed you are with this clip, everybody. Ready? Here we go. This is Yeezy and this is my commercial. And since we spent all the money on the commercial spot, we actually didn't spend anybody on

Starting point is 01:25:18 the actual commercial. But the idea is I want you to go to Yeezy.com, Y-E-E-Z-Y.com, and I'm gonna write it at the bottom of the screen and I got some shoes and, mmm, that's it. And they played that at the Super Bowl? Did they play that on the Super Bowl? Mmm That's it Think about the level of boldness to be driving probably the guy he may be going up McDonald's Cab that looks like a truck

Starting point is 01:26:05 Super Bowl, huh? They play this at the Super Bowl. They play this at the Super Bowl. This is a Super Bowl commercial. That's crazy that they let, I mean they, they're saying that he's anti-Semitic and they let him play that. Well, money talks. Well, money talks. Well, of course he paid $7 million. Kanye is a walking, talking, rapping car accident and you just can't look away. He threw some golds in. Now he's got a list. Apparently it's probably too much of the golds in his mouth., and he spent seven million dollars on a Superbowl commercial and he spent about three data minutes Putting them together a video and click the link in the bio. Yeah, but guess what though and Mike just sent this to me

Starting point is 01:26:38 But he just passed Taylor Swift on the Spotify charts He just passed her and not to mention he promised to sell everything on that site for $20. Vinnie, you a Kanye fan? I love his music. I used to love his music. No, I name one song he's done in the last five years. I'm going to be one song in the last five years. I'm going to be 100 with you. I love all my phones saved on my phone or all his old school stuff. I mean, the moment he got with your, your friends, the Kardashians, everything went, the moment actually the moment I remembered I was in Los Angeles the moment he wore the red hat and said I support Trump They grabbed his ass off stage after one of the shows and they're like he's mentally crazy. He's losing his mind

Starting point is 01:27:15 So supporting Trump the mom not everybody loved Kanye till the moment he wore that red hat and guess what he's crazy He's anti-Semitic. he's on drugs, he's bipolar. It's the power of... He was asked again. All of that is actually true. He is bipolar. He is anti-Semitic. Rob, can you pull it off?

Starting point is 01:27:32 But he is a little bit freaking... He was asked... That's actually true. Guys, guys. He was asked again about Trump, I think yesterday or three days ago. You can pull it up on Twitter, but go ahead, Tom. What do you think about the 7 million turned into 90 million dollars in profits? Look, he's successful and he knows he has a brand and he knows he has a following and he put a Super Bowl ad up and

Starting point is 01:27:56 He sold stuff, you know, you may not you may disagree with him on so many levels You may even be shocked or puzzled by his his his life and how he you know lives it out and deploys himself But what you can't argue with is a guy with a brand and a following just did a commercial and sold a lot of stuff. By the way, 7 million, 19 million in profits, 24 hours. That's crazy. I like the idea of what he did. Anyways, so next story we're going to go to is Jeff Bezos moves to Florida saving him hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. For those of you that were concerned about Jeff, he saved some money. He's going to be okay. I know some people were deeply worried about his situation. Yeah. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,

Starting point is 01:28:32 relocating from Seattle, Washington to Miami, Florida is yielding significant tax savings, particularly in capital gains taxes as moves pairs him from Washington, 7% on capital gains over 250 Tom, potentially saving them upwards of $610 million on his planned $2 billion Amazon stock sale in 2024. Bezos decision is moved to Florida, came ahead of the implementation of Washington's new capital gains tax. Despite selling billions in Amazon shares annually since 98, he relocated before the tax went into effect leveraging the Florida's tax friendly environment to maximize its financial gains. Bezos cited familial ties and operational consideration for the relocation stating that he moved closer to his parents in Miami and the Blue Origin, his space exploration

Starting point is 01:29:18 companies increasingly based in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Washington now has a 7% capital gains tax, Tom. That's correct. For so long, there is a list of states in Washington, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, were the ones that would attract people because there was cities that are a quality of life and things like that.

Starting point is 01:29:41 Nevada was there, I think, North Dakota, South Dakota, I think one of them. But anyway, most people, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. So of all the places you could go and avoid, you know, paying, you know, income tax, all of a sudden Washington puts up tax and capital gains. This is called cause and effect, very simply, cause and effect. And it's not just Bezos. There's going to be a lot of people that simply, you know, relocate. There were people that were in venture capital and in early stage startups and tech that up prior to 1995, because they started this enforcement, they used to live in this pool place called Incline Village, which was right over the border in Nevada, the other side of Sacramento and people would commute back and forth

Starting point is 01:30:28 To California then California did this thing if you're more than 186 days of the year in California like half the year then You you had to pay taxes in California. This is a cause effect You know wealthy people or people selling a business that are about to become wealthy are voting where they want to live on where they're going to be taxed. Why is this so shocking? And by the way, it kind of is annoying to me why he has to say, well, you know, Blue Origin is up in Cape Canaveral, my parents are Miami. He doesn't need a reason. We have freedom in this country.

Starting point is 01:31:03 I like the weather in Florida. My wife and I have a very large yacht. We'd like to park it in Miami. Can you pull up the yacht? He doesn't need an excuse. He doesn't need a reason. Why are you moving to Florida? That's correct. I'm moving to Florida. That's all I'd say. Literally that's all I would say. Mr. Ellsworth, you sold this company you're moving to Florida? Yeah, that's right. I'm in Florida Why are you moving to Florida? I'm moving to Florida. That's the out right there. Yeah, 417 foot yacht that he's got Yeah, it's pretty fine. There's one of the pulling into Daniel Beach, and I'm not that little tugboats pulling it. Yeah, if you see this thing it's

Starting point is 01:31:42 Satellites, it's insane. Well, insane. How big this thing? How much? 485. 485 million dollars. 485 dollars was a good deal. That's a great deal. 45. Well, you know what's going on this week in Miami is the Miami boat show. There was just a four-bottled old boat show. So all the big bad boats are coming into Miami this weekend so regarding Bezos we all know who the richest person in the world is right what me because I've led me to go out me put the richest guy in the world it is no long it is no longer Elon Musk it is now officially been out I'll know

Starting point is 01:32:18 officially I mean officially but not a pull up the real-time billionaires list well here we go it owns Russia I think he's the one that was to scroll down a little bit. And I'll just scroll down, Rob. Yeah, where's it's Louis Vuitton Hennessy. The whole, the whole Elon Musk is no longer the richest person in the world. Jeff Bezos is a close third is that Elon Musk, 191 billion alien on the fourth. Oh, that's Mark Zuckerberg. That's Mark Zuckerberg. He's an alien Elon Musk is at 200 billion Bernard I'll know is 220 billion Ask yourself this question. Would you rather live in Miami or Seattle at this point? Especially if Seattle

Starting point is 01:32:54 Has a seven percent Seattle is unbelievable. Nothing's better than cold rain. That's not snowy and it's not warm enough to go out Enjoy the day. It's freezing out there, but little little little known Jeff Bezos grew up in Miami. Shout out to another Miami boy went to Paul Meadow high school. So he wants to be with his family. He wants to be able to park his boat. He wants to enjoy the sunshine. He wants to enjoy the weather. And he wants to save, I don't know, hundreds of millions on taxes. What's his number right here? 7% on capital gains over $250,000. Yeah, I think he's a little bit over $250,000 when your net worth is close to $200 billion. So good for Jeff Bezos. Welcome to Miami, buddy. Hit me up. Yeah, he's for sure hitting you up tonight. So I'll see him on his boat. Yeah,

Starting point is 01:33:38 for sure. Lawrence Sanchez. Absolutely. So Tom, let's go to the story here. Paramount lays off 800 staffers as CEO on Vils Broad streaming cost effort. This is a Hollywood reporter story. Here we go. CEO Bob back ish recently has asked the staff to prioritize managing costs as earning growth amid expectations of Lumen layoffs and deal chatter surrounding the entertainment giant on Tuesday the CEO made things official unveiling plans for job reductions in the US and estimated 800,000 800 according to sources and cuts abroad over time the company had about 24,500 employees as of its last 10k disclosure which reflects staff account in December 2022 back is memo coincides with what's been expected significant move to cut costs

Starting point is 01:34:25 nearly this year. As Wall Street evaluates Paramount's prospect as standalone company, the announcement was made just after its channel. CBS Nickelodeon Paramount hosted Superbowl, which prokering record of 123 million people CEO added, there will be also impact in some of our offices based outside of the U.S. Tom, thoughts on this? Well, first of all, for Paramount specifically, they're a standalone company. Paramount Plus is struggling on streaming growth. I mean, really struggling. They haven't been able to get above a certain level.

Starting point is 01:34:55 Disney is stuck, so streaming's there. And also, the Super Bowl ad rates that were big headlines aside, overall ad rates are down, and the ad market is actually struggling right now. So streaming ads, there's a lot of headwinds against the business. But that's they're not the only layoffs, there's a ton of layoffs. And we did this last

Starting point is 01:35:17 year. And now I'm ready with the with the layoff rundown, you're ready? Go for it. Okay, I'm going to go to x ready. So last week Cisco announced 5% job cuts a couple thousand cuts down there. DocuSign slow down. It's okay. Tell us about the second the trees that you killed. Take your time. DocuSign. This is just February. DocuSign 6% down. Estee Lauder 3100 people 5% Instacart 250 jobs 7% Morgan Stanley 1% of total worldwide,

Starting point is 01:35:45 Okta, 7%, Paramount Global, the 800s we talked about here, Snapchat, 10%. After laying off last year, they're just struggling. They're waiting for TikTok to get outlawed so they can pop up. Warner Music, 10% of their jobs being cut. Zoom, 2% being cut after cutting 15% last year, Alphabet, 3100 job cuts, press release issued at midnight, literally, and 5% of their workforce. Amazon announced film, TV, and Twitch will have, Twitch is the gamer communication platform.

Starting point is 01:36:20 Hundreds of jobs will be cut because certain parts of those are simply not performing. Black Rocks, 600 people, 3%. City Group, 20,000 jobs will be eliminated between now and the end of 26 and a progressive contraction restructuring. Woof! Discord platform that kids use in messaging for games also, 17% being cut. Duolingoingo my favorite one We're cutting 10% of the workforce, but most of that will be replaced by wait for it AI

Starting point is 01:36:51 There it comes. Yep eBay a thousand or 9% of the workforce. I robot, you know, they make little They make vacuum cleaners around your house room. But my room but well, they're not merging with Amazon So they're cutting 31% of the workforce Macy's cutting 2400 jobs 4% Microsoft cutting 8% 1900 saying that their acquisition of acquisition of Activision Blizzard they have a lot of redundancy PayPal cutting 9% of the workforce Sales force 2% of the workforce 700 people sports illustrator already knew about that 65% of the whole publication If you want to buy sports maggots for sale United Parcel Service workforce, 700 people. Sports Illustrator already knew about that. 65% of the whole publication,

Starting point is 01:37:25 if you want to buy a sports mag, it's for sale. United Parcel Service, we covered that. The number that's come out now will be 12,000 jobs globally. Universal Music Group, 300 jobs being cut. Wayfair after a bad December, the selling season for the holidays, 1600 people, 13% of the workforce, and Xerox, 15% of the global workforce or 3000, all since January 4th. And everything we just listened to January 4th. And people say, why is the stock market up? Cause the stock market loves layoffs.

Starting point is 01:38:00 Cause they think it's not. So in other words, by dynamics is working. Oh yeah, working great for all these poor people. Yeah. So, but how does that translate to the average person? To the average person? How does that translate to the stock market? How does that translate to what's being felt out there?

Starting point is 01:38:15 Well, right now, in technology, communications, and entertainment, it's harder than ever to find a job. If your job's switching right now, the number of jobs that these companies are hiring less and all of these other people are now out there competing with you for the jobs because they just got laid off. That's what's happening to the regular person. And what was really interesting to me,

Starting point is 01:38:38 they announced, remember a week ago, 353,000 jobs in January, woohoo! Two days later, they announced that the unemployment rate was steady at 3.7%. So the BizDoc is curious, saying, how the hell is unemployment steady at 3.7 if you add a third of a million jobs? Shouldn't unemployment go down? So I went and found a chart at the St. Louis Fed and found out that second jobs have been spiking since October. Six percent of the workforce now has a second job and they believe that the majority of those 353,000 jobs were barely part time

Starting point is 01:39:14 or menial service level jobs was in the 353,000 and it was people getting side hustles because of the long term effects of bidenomics and inflation. By the way, I'm not putting a plug here. I can't tell you how many people are using the app Manect and the stories that we're getting, literally the stories that we're getting, career stories that we're getting,

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Starting point is 01:39:55 Some questions are career questions. Some questions are business questions. Some questions are relationship questions. But Menecht, maybe this is also a sign why a software and technology like this has grown because people want advice on what do I do with my career at a time like this. And there's also plug for experts. If you have an area of expertise that you know a lot of, Menecht may be a good app for people to want to pay for your expertise, where you can answer back from anywhere in the world, answer in text, in video, or

Starting point is 01:40:25 you can answer back in a 15 minute call. You can go to any one of these guys. If you want to talk to Tom Vinnie, Adam or myself or plenty of the other 5,000 experts that are on the net, that's one of the ways to get an answer to your question. But you know what I'll tell you when I hear that question, when I see here, all these layoffs, there's a lady that's running for senator to replace Diane Feinstein's job, Barbara Lee, that if you move to California, she wants to give you a job for 50 bucks an hour. And also on top of that, there's another great story that's taken place with that,

Starting point is 01:40:54 that a lot of Gen Z are working for the government. Go to the government, join the military, do something different. There's ways to solve for that. Anyways, alright, so Paramount, not a good thing. A lot of people getting laid off. Tom just gave you a bunch of different people getting laid off just since January next story to go to is Restaurant prices are making dining out even more of a luxury restaurant prices are making dining out even more of a Luxury so here we go. This is CNN restaurant food prices have searched 5.1 percent year over year Contrasting sharply with a 1.2 percent increase in grocery prices was a 4% more than that indicating a significant Affordability gap between dining out and eating at home while overall inflation has slowed food prices rose to their highest monthly rate

Starting point is 01:41:41 In a year impacting consumer sentiment about the economy particularly particularly in election year, where Joe Biden campaign may face challenges. Again, this is CNN. Factors behind the shift include a 0.7% monthly increase in prices for services, encompassing dining down transportation and entertainment contributing to 148% of the overall 0.3% monthly price increase driven by robust wages, wage growth in sectors such as healthcare, government, and leisure and hospitality. A restaurant broker in Miami said he was getting, five years ago, he would get five calls a day for people that are selling their restaurants to now it's 15 calls a day. He says Art Basil, people who came to Miami Art Basil, they were

Starting point is 01:42:26 expecting for that Art Basil to drive restaurant sales to the roof and it didn't happen because restaurants are not packed right now like they once were. Now obviously for days like last night, Valentine's Day or this weekend you're gonna have a hard time going to the main restaurants, the car bones of the world are gonna be fine, the nobles of the world are gonna be fine, but there are a lot of other restaurants that are getting destroyed right now. Again, for those who think let's raise the minimum wage, the first business that feels minimum wage increase the most. Guess what it is? Restaurants. First place that feels it is restaurants because their margins are so small. Adam thoughts on the

Starting point is 01:43:01 story. So, uh, I can see it. I mean, we've seen what's going on in the economy. As we see what's going on inflation, the first thing that a lot of people are going to cut out of their, of their budget are their subscriptions. That's easy to do. You go to your phone and then you just say, all right, cool. I'm paying this much for this app. This is what's going on here. The hardest thing to do is really factor in what you're spending on food. I always say that everyone has the same big three expenses as part of their budget. The number one expense that you have is your housing. Whether that's your mortgage or whether it's your rent, that's your biggest expense. That should be no more than

Starting point is 01:43:32 30% of your overall budget. That's easy to track. You know how much you're making from a gross income standpoint. How much is your rent? How much is your mortgage? 30% that's the number. Second biggest expense that you should try to manage is your transportation expenses. Car prices are more expensive than ever. Car payments are more expensive than ever. Interest rates are higher than they've been in decades. But that's easy to understand what you're spending on a car payment, your insurance, it's trackable.

Starting point is 01:44:00 You should be spending no more than 15% of your overall budget on your car. What's my point? The third biggest expense is what I call your F and B, your food and beverage expense. Very hard to track. Very hard to track. How much are you spending when you're dining out? How much are you spending on grocery shopping? How much are you spending at the bars? How much are you spending on restaurants? You know, how much are you spending at the nightclub? Not that many goes there these days, but that's the hardest thing to do. But everyone sits down there and looks at a menu, especially if you're on a date and

Starting point is 01:44:30 you're looking and you're like, okay, all right. So the steak is $58. This girl better not order the steak. Oh my God. All right. All right. The, you know, the salad looks pretty good. Restaurants are one of those things that you're going to take out of your budget when you're paycheck to paycheck, or you're struggling or you're feeling inflation. And I can totally understand and totally empathize with people cutting this out of their budget. And I feel bad for restaurants. What percentage of restaurants actually make it these days?

Starting point is 01:45:00 It's not shocking amount. Shocking amount. And then at one time I interviewed a restaurant owner I think 10% is Their survival rate no not not their survival rate like if you make a million dollars a year as a restaurant The national restaurant. Oh, there it is the national restaurant association Estimates a 20% success rate for all restaurants about 60% of restaurants fail in the first year of operation 80% fail within five years of opening. It's such a hard business. It's such a hard business. And the people that, that start restaurants, they're, they love cooking. They love hospitality.

Starting point is 01:45:34 They love seeing people enjoy their family and their friends. It's just such a hard business to do. And that's in good times. These times now validate basically there's going to be a lot of restaurant closures Is all this guys Tom is all this by dynamics inflation It isn't ever gonna come back down or are we is it gonna stay here? For good like we have to just start getting used to this because it doesn't seem like there's anything Inflation no just any all this the prices of restaurants and it's just, and it's just everything is expensive. Everything is going down. Inflation has gone down tremendous.

Starting point is 01:46:06 No, but what I'm saying is like, well, stories like this will like, oh, listen, inflation or whatever, when I go to the supermarket, bro, I'm spending double than what I did two years ago. It's not double. You're asking exactly 10%. You're asking not a hundred percent. It's almost double.

Starting point is 01:46:18 You're asking a great question. And the question you're asking, it goes to the mind of voters and what they want to spin on you during election year. When they say inflation is going down, that just means that the rate of impact is going down. Some of the impact stays. Right now, fuel has gone back down significantly.

Starting point is 01:46:40 That really helped a lot of people in the Northeast where fuel oil is what used to heat your homes. That helps. Gasoline being down, that helps. But there's other things that have not retreated. Certain food-based commodities have not retreated. When we had all of those wages, remember when people were bidding up the wages by going across the street for another job? I remember we used to talk about that here on the podcast. Hey, people are insisting, I want a 20% raise or the America couldn't find workers. They, some of them got that. That is a permanent impact on the cost of the company,

Starting point is 01:47:15 which means a permanent impact on the price of the food. So a lot of things, Vinny, don't come down. Yeah, you asked a very good question. Rob found a great clip. Rob, can you play this clip, please? I love this guy. Kenny's the prices Caused by by the nomics are here to stay on thing. Yeah, well the high high prices were not caused by by the nomics We suffered a

Starting point is 01:47:40 pandemic that Resulted in severe dislocations. But if I can ask you, they're here to stay on thing. I don't expect the level of prices to go down. Sure. So that's the answer is my point. Exactly. That clip got cut off.

Starting point is 01:47:56 Did she say in the next year or two, I would like to know where that clip ends. Well, she looks at it. That's where it ends. She doesn't say that. She doesn't say anything else that is over. I could have swore I saw or in Lord of the Rings. Listen, from a standpoint of yourself, if a person's watching this, your job is to increase your market value.

Starting point is 01:48:14 Okay, that's simple. Your job with all the stuff that's going on is to increase your market value. A documentary came out 15 years ago, 16 years ago, maybe 18 years ago. It's called IOUSA. Type an IOUSA documentary. It's actually the letter IOUSA. Yeah, I know it's it's no, no, just go the letter IO No, Rob. It's just the letter IO. No, no, put all of it together Rob. Like in one word IOUSA. There you go. Yeah So if you type that up and just bring it up if you can That that's the documentary. So if you type that up and just bring it up if you can. That's the documentary. Okay. That documentary came up. I don't know when it came up. What's the date? Is it 08, 07? Whenever the time is? 2008. So this thing came out on 08. And

Starting point is 01:48:55 in that documentary, there's a lady that's asking Warren Buffer the question. She says, I'm a single mother. I don't know what to do. What's going to happen with all this debt that the US has? We're never debt that the U.S. has, we're never gonna pay back. We're gonna, America may go bankrupt and blah, blah, blah, blah. She is sincerely scared. And Warren Buffett, calmly respond and says, the market will, ma'am, the market will always pay

Starting point is 01:49:18 for expertise, always. So what does that mean? Find a way to become an expert in the marketplace. Okay, get yourself to be so good in a marketplace that you're gonna get noticed and people Are gonna say we have to do something with this guy. We just had a meeting this last what do you call it? This one was our company kickoff. It was the last Friday or Thursday last Friday, wasn't it? Yeah, we go yeah Friday was a kickoff. And I went through our 12 values and principles for Vagatainment, line holding,

Starting point is 01:49:48 all the companies that were running with them, Vagatainment. And the conversation was very simple. Some of the speakers were coming on stage and they're like, it's so great that we're attracting all these tents here. Yeah, I believe in everybody. Yeah, I believe in everybody. It was kind of like the message was getting a little bit

Starting point is 01:50:03 too much like that by one or two of our guys, which is great. They're optimistic. They're excited about the future because we have our clear goals, everything that we're working on. And I came up and I said, let me kind of get something going here for everybody to understand. Number one, I don't know if I believe everybody is going to do their part. I don't know if I believe everyone's going to pick up their game and improve in the 2024 and and to say we're tracking tense We don't have a single 10 in this room right now. I said I see myself as an eight and a half I don't even see myself as a nine. I see myself as an eight and a half thinking about getting better There's things that I'm still not doing that I can get better to improve myself in a market place. What's the moral of the story?

Starting point is 01:50:40 What are you doing with your work? How are you improving yourself? You're driving in the car. What are you learning? All that drive time you have if you calculate how many hours you drive, what's the last audio book you finished? What's the last 10 audio books you finished? Whose story are you studying? Whose biography are you studying?

Starting point is 01:50:57 What courses are you taking? What skill set are you adding? Are you really learning how to use chat GBT? Are you really learning how to use advanced AI? Are you really learning how to use chatGBT? Are you really learning how to use advanced AI? Are you really learning how to negotiate, how to sell, how to communicate, how to better deal with conflict? What are you doing to increase your market value? Because these prices are here to stay.

Starting point is 01:51:15 Yes, they're not going away. And prices are just going to get higher and higher and higher. It's not going to get any lower. The question becomes, will your market value outpace inflation? If your market value doesn't outpace inflation, hell is around the corner for you and your family. Damn. If your market value outpaces inflation,

Starting point is 01:51:39 you have nothing to worry about. The future looks very bright for you and your family. That part right there, you control and it's not on anybody else. If we choose to increase our market value in that area, you're saying even for anybody, even for somebody like Tom, even for somebody like myself, it doesn't matter what level of a title you got. What are you doing to improve your market value? If you are, you sleep on a soft pillow at night, you say to yourself, yeah, the market definitely needs somebody like me. I'm going to be okay. Nothing's going to be, but if you're coming from a place, if you're the same as you were today, as you were six months

Starting point is 01:52:13 ago, as 12 months ago, as two years ago, as three years ago, yeah, capitalism's not going to favor you. I highly recommend you go look for a government job. Tom, you look like you're dying to say something. No, no, no, not dying to say something. I want to compliment you on something. Back in 2010, 2011, as I was really starting to become aware of just the power and the breadth of PHP's mission and where it was going, at one of the big events Pat had, David Walker, who is one of the... You were at that event? Yeah. Wow.

Starting point is 01:52:46 For you it used... It's 2010, 11, I think it's maybe 2012, something like that. Yeah, yeah. But he had David Walker, who is in the movie I.O. USA. Is the former Comptroller General of like the US accountant. Correct. Yeah, did CFO of the USA, if you want to look at it that way. And David Walker was on there talking about the sensibility, but more importantly, Pat brought him on stage because he wanted everybody in that room

Starting point is 01:53:08 that were forming their entrepreneurial foundation on the structures that were being offered by PHP to be an insurance agent, build an agency, and be an entrepreneur under that structure. He brought him on there to evangelize these messages. And so, and I really appreciated that at the time because I sat there and I said, how many people, and remember David put things in very clear, simple terms, similar to what you see in the movie where he's going from town to town talking to people. And I was very impressed.

Starting point is 01:53:37 I said, Pat's bringing these people in, not just celebrities to talk about leadership and stuff, which is helpful, very helpful. High-end athletes talking about mindset that's very helpful he's bringing a David Walker to put in common sense terms the dangers of debt and the structures that are in the the country in which you live to elevate people's mindset as voters and as they manage themselves and I was really impressed by that yeah I love that you I think, but I think more than anything goes today, there needs to be a reality check conversation.

Starting point is 01:54:10 Some people may need a second job right now in the interim while they're figuring things out. God knows I've had early on in my career, I had multiple jobs trying to find ways to make money to make it work. By the way, just so you know, things are so bad right now, I have nine jobs right now. Okay, and I'm trying to really make it work. By the way, just so you know, things are so bad right now, I have nine jobs right now, okay?

Starting point is 01:54:26 I'm trying to really make it work, Tom. Well, according to the Fed, I got nine jobs right now. According to the Fed, more people have second jobs now that any time going back in the 2000s. Yeah, what does that mean, Tom? As you said, it was 6%? They say 6% of the total full-time workforce

Starting point is 01:54:43 have second jobs, and it's the highest percent going back to 2008. It was almost this high right before pandemic, and we're back. 6% doesn't seem terribly high. What were the numbers previously? It was about 6% for pandemic. Now, remember, they're talking about of the full-time adult workforce.

Starting point is 01:55:03 So, you're not saying 6% of 300 million people. You're talking 6% of the full-time adult workforce. So, you know, you're not saying 6% of 300 million people. You're talking 6% of the people that are the full... Of 150 million people. Of 150 million, or something like that. That are supporting the 350 million. I'm actually shocked it's that low. I would expect it to be more, actually. 6% seems pretty low.

Starting point is 01:55:18 Only 6% have a part-time, second job. Is 6% of the full-time workforce have... I think that's a low number. I agree with you This is a Louis Fed by the way, it could be it's another W2 Maybe people have a secondary income that doesn't include in that they do real estate. They do insurance Yep, maybe the 1099 contractor Do me do us all a favor go kill a couple more trees get some more research. I'd like for

Starting point is 01:55:41 I'll say this to get some accurate What we're saying is that the problem We think from our knowledge and our scope that the problem is probably bigger than the government is reporting Wait, wait, you think the government would lie to us. Are you crazy Tom? Seriously though the level of integrity They have yeah, are you nuts? I'm Janet Yellen. All right. Let's go through a couple other things in and we'll wrap up I want to talk John Stewart. I want to talk a border of my orcas and we'll wrap up. So House Republicans vote to impeach Alejandro, my orcas on second attempt. And there's a bunch of other stories tied to the border here.

Starting point is 01:56:14 Let me read a couple of them here together, maybe show clip and we'll go from there. Number one, he is officially impeached. Numbers wise, Rob, can you go to my Twitter account? Can you go to my Twitter account on the number of people have been illegally coming to the states? The numbers are staggering. House Republicans successfully impeached the Majorcas on their second attempt, accusing him of failing to uphold immigration laws and lying to Congress about US Mexico border.

Starting point is 01:56:36 The historic vote to 14 to two 13 marks the first cabinet official impeachment in nearly 150 years, despite facing impeachment. My orchestras continues to say that he is focused on his duties and dismisses the allegations as baseless. Biden criticized the impeachment as blatant nonconstitutional, unconstitutional partisanship. Right. The impeachment effort highlights the partisan divides with Republicans pushing forward. Anyways, Myocas ends up becoming a person, by the way, that also rejected Secret Service

Starting point is 01:57:03 protection for RFK. Homeland Security Secretary Majorcas personally rejected an urgent appeal from independent presidential candidate. RFK, in a letter dated July 21st, 2023, two weeks after the urgent appeal, Majorcas dismissed the request without any explanation. Now, keep in mind, this is a Kennedy that we're talking about. Simultaneously,. These are illegal immigration in the States. If you show up the numbers here, Rob, look at the numbers. 210, 2010 was 460, 3000 illegal immigrants next year, 340 next year, 340, 360, then 420, then 486,

Starting point is 01:57:36 then 337, then 415, then 310, that's all over all Trump right there. Then eight 59, then four or five. And then all of a sudden Biden by 1.9 million next year, 2.7 million next year, 3.2 million. And on track this year to shatter that record. It's so bad. Look who commented. Go a little bit lower to see you. Elon Musk said, insane. Even Elon is noticing the fact that I mean, the market is looking at this data. By the way, to continue on, Tom, go ahead. Back up a second. Yeah.

Starting point is 01:58:10 And before Adam said, hey, that's Trump, I wanna make something clear. Trump owns 17, 18, 19, and 20, because he's not inaugurated till January. He fought, people say he didn't get the wall built and all these things, he fought, and they fought against him, which was what was going on in 19,

Starting point is 01:58:28 and he pushed it back down. Yep. And then- That's a great observation. He was being fought by our Congress, where it jumped up, that's what they wanted. And he actually pulled it back and then he got unelected thanks to COVID.

Starting point is 01:58:41 I will give you credit on that, but also in 2020, there was that little thing that happened when people stopped moving around so much, you know, that whole COVID thing. I just said that a lot of times has to do with numbers went down. They were letting people in though, during that, but they didn't have to wear a mask. By the way, check this out. While this is going on to add more, and then I'm going to open it up to you guys. San Diego border agent arrest, 20 or 69 Chinese migrants in a single day underscoring the search in Chinese nationals crossing US Mexico border despite contrast sparkle. Starkly with the 2023 fiscal year's record of 37,000 Chinese migrants intercepted by

Starting point is 01:59:18 CBP with 2024 fiscal year already exceeding 20,000. Holy shit. Okay. Yeah. That is insane. And then simultaneously, this is San Diego, California. Some of you may say, well, does New York have to do anything with the border? Look at New York.

Starting point is 01:59:36 FBI warns MS-13 and brutal Venezuelan migrant gang could join forces in New York City. The FBI's warning of this alliance between the two, Tren de Argo Aragua, and in the Tory SEMS 13 expressing concerns about their collaboration as its criminoptic activities, particularly cell phone theft in New York City, Agent John Morales emphasizes the FBI's monitoring the gang, growth highlighting the possibility of temporary alliances between the two gangs. So again, growth highlighting the possibility of temporary alliances between the two gangs. So again, it's not just happening to the Southern board

Starting point is 02:00:08 or other states are also feeling this, Adam. So you know what's interesting? You know, we watched the Super Bowl at Vytaemon Studio and it was awesome, it was an amazing thing and a lot of PHP folks were there. And I sat there, remember we were sitting in the cigar lounge, I don't know if you saw how I was sitting next to one of your top cigar lounge. I don't know if you saw what was sitting next to one of your top PHP guys, I don't want to say his name because he didn't want to really disclose this but it starts with an R

Starting point is 02:00:32 You know who I'm talking about he makes a lot of money and he's You know, you know who it is and I said hey look you're you're an immigrant You came from a country in Latin America. I don't know if I should say the country, but it's the same country as MS-13. It's from El Salvador, you know who I'm talking about. And I said, look bro, you came here legally, right? Of course, of course. Give me your perspective on what's happening in the border. You are a proud Latin American.

Starting point is 02:00:59 You've made a lot of money. You used to be a security guard making, you know, minimum wage. Now you're making millions of dollars. You are the American dream. He's gone from being very ordinary to incredibly extraordinary. And said, make sense of what's going on at the border here.

Starting point is 02:01:14 He goes, it's all criminals. It's all criminals. I said, how could you say that? He goes, because they are. I said, what do you mean by that? I said, some of these people, and I'm giving him pushback, but also trying to understand, he goes, I said, you have to admit that some of these people

Starting point is 02:01:28 are here to have better lives. He goes, yeah, you know, a percentage of them. I said, give me the percentage that you think as a proud Latin American person from El Salvador, who's moved here, who's come here legally, give me your perspective. He goes, 20% are coming to have a better life. 20% are coming to have a better life. 20% are coming to escape

Starting point is 02:01:46 what they're escaping. 80% of them straight up criminals. I said, how could you say that shocking number? He goes, I stand by that. And he goes, I can't say these types of things out loud myself, but this is what I stand for. And Mara said a tucha. How do you say Mara? Yeah. I'm s13. They are brutal. They are disgusting. I don't even want to show some images of these guys, just MS 13. They are as violent and as ridiculous and as dude, he basically just said they are pure evil. They're not trafficking. They're not selling drugs is what he says is that they are just, they just want crime. And you got to give a shout out to Naibu Kelly, the new president or the ongoing president. I think he just got reelected. Didn't he not? Or an El Salvador for putting these people in jail. These people

Starting point is 02:02:30 are just straight up criminals. And this is who's coming in our country at the border, take it away. Vinnie. I kind of, I don't know. It sounds like that guy, he has weird blonde hair when he said, and I quote, they're not sending their best. I, somebody warned us all the stuff that's happening. I don't even, I forgot what his name is yet. Weird, blondish hair. But anyway, in regards to your golden hair, beautiful golden hair in regards to the, the Chinese situation, which people don't, I saw a video bro, it's thousands and it's not like they're with the kids. It's suspicious looking dudes, well dressed, briefcases, bags, really nice bags. And a report just came out past Sunday, same

Starting point is 02:03:10 Sunday Super Bowl, everybody was chilling. The FBI and the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency is called SISA just published a guide to living off the land techniques. They're warning you guys ready for this? It was a response to two publications of reaction to recent warnings about attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure. Adam, you're talking about this about the grid, right? By groups allegedly connected to the Chinese PRC government. How would these people come here and they're coming through the border? Our government, my orcas, is 100% at fault with the Biden administration. They're setting up these pieces to the pie. Just in case Trump does beat all this and he beats the late, late, you know, fourth

Starting point is 02:03:52 quarter news summit, Obama, if they're going to stop at nothing to stop this dude, and I'm telling you guys, if that's the clear indication where guess what? He's coming back and he's going to hold everybody accountable. Some, something, mark my words, something bad is going to happen in this country. And I'm telling you guys right now, be ready for it. And the second thing about it, my orcas is a snake, but he's gonna be protected

Starting point is 02:04:15 for the rest of his life, like Fauci by the Secret Service, your tax dollars. The fact that my orcas, that same rat, is rejecting RFKk secret service production what does that say you know what that says as the Department of Homeland Security you can go ahead and die the guy's father the guys uncle was assassinated and we just found out a couple years ago the CIA was you know they had a hand in it you're denying this guy security what does that say

Starting point is 02:04:42 that says listen good luck if you get killed so be it it's a Spit in the face and my orcas deserves to be in prison bro Because guess what one American if one American and it's has happened has died because of an illegal coming into this country because it's out There you belong in prison for the rest of your life, but he'll never be held accountable and by the way Let's put the invasion into numerical terms be held accountable. And by the way, let's put the invasion into numerical terms. Two years ago, the number of illegals that had been here within the last 36 months was one in 70. Yeah. One in 70 of us. Right now, it's one in 50. By the end of next year,

Starting point is 02:05:17 at this rate, it'll be one in 35. That is that that is that is what we're looking at here. And if 80% of those have ill intent, that's bad. This is beyond bad. Think about that. I've been thinking about it in these terms. I mean, I'm hoping these are people looking for freedom. You know, we live in Southern California and we would run into people all the time that said, listen, I lived in a northern province. I saw the bodies that would be hanging from the bridges, you know, the beheaded bodies. They would hang from the bridges. That's how they would send messages. The cartels did.

Starting point is 02:05:51 And I just had to get out of that. We came to them. Pat and I both knew we would run into families, maybe at a restaurant, maybe something. And they would openly say, well, I came here. My parents brought me here. So there was a time and there were people. This surge coming across here, it's just being sent. And you're seeing images where you've got 400 men.

Starting point is 02:06:11 It's like 400 men in a row. And there's no women, there's no children. And we saw a guy that was identified as a... 12 year terrorist. 12 year terrorist. And now we see 260 Chinese nationals. Gee, what are you boys up to? And the dilution effect, folks, it was one in 72 years ago.

Starting point is 02:06:30 It's one in 50 now. And in a year and a half, it'll be one in 35 people. That's a scary thought. That's so... One in 35 people are recent illegal immigrants within the last 48 months. And this is why, Tom Tom immigration and the border has now overtake inflation as the number one concern and the number one issue on voters minds in America today. And what it took care of who you are in America. If you see this just coming

Starting point is 02:06:57 into your country, how do you say let them all in this open border policy is not sense at them because they sold everybody that not not me not us They sold that whole BS. It's some open arms when when Jim Acasa another Snake for CNN when Trump was like these caravans. He's like it's an invasion. You could look it up He said Trump said it's an invasion you're Jim Acasa said it's not an invasion They're just people looking for a better life. Are you letting them in your house? It's un, and you nailed it. That number is not, by the way, those numbers,

Starting point is 02:07:29 I think it's more than that. I think in four years, it's gonna be at $20 million, 20 million people, and it's a wrap, guys. The damage has been done. Biden, congratulations, did an amazing job. Mayorkas did an amazing job. Love them or hate them. They did exactly what they wanted to do and it's, it's all wrap. I will say this, like to try to give a fricking positive spin

Starting point is 02:07:50 on this because I don't know how you're going to remove these people from this country. You're not. I don't know how. Yeah. Somehow there needs to, and I'm not advocating for this, but I'm trying to take a positive direction on this. How do we get these people to assimilate and love America? You're not going to- Okay, that's what I'm saying. No way. You're fleeing your country for a reason. How are we going to get them to appreciate America?

Starting point is 02:08:14 You came here for a reason. You fled your country for a reason. I know a lot of immigrants who have come here legally, some even illegally, love America. Love America because it gave them an opportunity, the land of opportunity, the land of the freedom, the land of the brave, where they can make something a better of their life. How can we get these guys to assimilate America? You've seen these men on the street interviews when they say who was the first president. They're

Starting point is 02:08:38 like, uh, uh, Abraham Lincoln. No, wrong. Like, uh, who, who was in the American Spanish war? Uh, China. It's like, no, American Spain, basic questions, basic things about America. If they're going to be living in this country, not that I'm condoning that you need to understand what America stands for. You need to love America. It's not, Adam, there's absolutely no way when I asked Dick Durbin, Dick Durbin's like, let's just have them join the military. Are you freaking bananas? Are you nuts? When I say the damage is done, Adam,

Starting point is 02:09:09 20 million people are gonna be here in this four years. So what's your solution for this people? Adam, that's what. Look, guys, guys, you need a leader, you need a leader with the will to handle the criminal element and the will to make America a manufacturing power and tariff the hell out of China

Starting point is 02:09:24 and give these people jobs. Yeah, no, that's one of the ways. The other way is no illegal immigrants, no border, close up the border. We're not taking anybody in for a year, one by one by one. You're going to have the greatest, biggest deportation we've ever done in the history of America. Then we're talking legally people coming in of America, then we're talking legally

Starting point is 02:09:46 people coming in. That's what we're going to be doing. So what's going to happen? You have to shut down for a year and a half. I say shut it down till end of 2025. I love it. End of 2025. It's that problematic. One, one out of 71 out of 50 by the end of your next year, this time one out of 35, you know what this means? This means at any point you're walking around, you know, you saw what happens. So imagine you win the Super Bowl, you're out there trying to celebrate the time

Starting point is 02:10:12 with your guys that won the Super Bowl, and what happens? Shooting takes place. People are afraid to go, you had one at the church, you had one at a celebration. People are like, what's the level of risk I got to go places? You know, what do I do?

Starting point is 02:10:24 You know, you have the, what do you call it? These sanctuary cities just releasing him. The girl that was on the Bill Maher, he says, yeah, as if something happened to you. Yeah, a guy came. He came and robbed my and broke it in. And guess what? Newsome released him.

Starting point is 02:10:42 He released him for the third time. He released him and he's out there in the streets again. Yeah, I don't feel safe in a place like this. Guys in New York, give it every one of the two. Getting built up and then in Detroit, there's a migrant gang that's going to all houses in Detroit and stealing millions of dollars. And they're shooting, but in New York migrants

Starting point is 02:10:58 are shooting people in the street. How do we get over? Okay, you're not going to get a number one step is you need a president that's going gonna defend America and stop apologizing Conversation on a couple days ago. We were talking about money being sent to Rob, do you have the clip of all these guys selling fear porn that rushes up to something unless if we give money to Ukraine Do you have that clip or not if you if you can find any of it? I don't know if you can or not They're gonna scare the crap out of America

Starting point is 02:11:26 I don't know if you can or not. They're gonna scare the crap out of America, crap out of America until that money is given to Ukraine. They're gonna scare the crap out of America until that money is being given to Ukraine. Zelensky comes out and talks about how, you know, we need your support in the Senate, that the right thing, now it's on, you know, the House. I'm grateful to every U.S. senator who made a morally strong choice today. Such a choice matters right now, not just for Ukraine, but for every nation whose independence is a target for Russian strikes, current and planned include those planned for coming gears. The next step is a vote in the US House of Representatives. We anticipate an equally strong moral choice and a decision that will work for the benefit of our shared security.

Starting point is 02:12:04 Who the hell are you, bro? To lecture. Who are you? I'm sorry. If there's anything out of all these stories that irritates me is who? There's this. Who are you to tell the House and the U.S. that we're supposed to do the next step is to vote?

Starting point is 02:12:22 The House will represent, be anticipated, equally strong moral choice. Who are you, the moral compass, and the decision that will work for the benefit of our shared security? What do you mean the benefit of our shared security? What the benefit of our shared security? So they're gonna sell for your porn, America's gonna fall forward,

Starting point is 02:12:39 that 95 billion's gonna be paid out. You have the Johnson clip where he says, we're not gonna be given the money. I don't know if you have it or not. The Mike Johnson talking about the fact that we are not gonna be supporting the, no, I don't think you have it in here. I don't think he said he's gonna take a vote.

Starting point is 02:12:53 Yeah, they're not even gonna take up a vote for Zelinsky. So, but the one reality that is real, that we're experiencing in America, that border crisis is a real issue. We have to address that. And you shudder that. It's got to be a very bold, bold statement and a leader that has the brass to do something about it. Rob, is this it? No, I don't believe so. Okay, then don't worry about it. Let's go to the last story and let's wrap up. John Stewart, okay, is back. And I'm sorry, he's back.

Starting point is 02:13:27 And I'm sorry, his back, a TV ratings, John Stewart daily show returns hits multi year high on who was the guy before him on daily show, Trevor Noah. If you want to know what a DEI hire looks like these, by the way, he's the most unfunny person. I can't believe the label comedian. It's shockingly how funny. Here you go. So Hollywood reporter, John Stewart's first show back as part time host of Comedy Central late night flagship drew 930,000 viewers on Monday, the most for Daily Show installment in almost six years. Simon, Simon Cass, another paramount own channels

Starting point is 02:13:53 and TV paramount. And a later reply, a replay on Comedy Central brought the total for the night to 1.85 million viewers with Stuart who left the anchor desk in 2015 hitting familiar comic beats and an aggressive marketing push behind his return to Daily Show also recorded his best same-day rating amongst his adults 25 to 54 since August of 2017 the final 10 weeks of Noah's term as a host after he announced he would depart the average viewership was 416,000 nightly. Was it that bad? I never watched it. It's the work like you're talking to somebody that used to watch the Daily Show all the time with John Stuart all the time

Starting point is 02:14:33 in Comedy Central I started watching When Trevor newer no work in 2016 was torture. I haven't watched since yeah, it was that bad. Why was it that bad? He's not a number one. He's not American. What's this whole fascination of having non Americans come in and just basically start talking about American politics. I love that. South African. He's half black. He's half white. That's irrelevant to me. The number one thing you have to be if you're going to be on the daily show is funny. Just be slightly funny because it's on comedy central. Is it not one? Comedy is the word in there. I would look at this guy and I'm like, and talk, and this is somebody who was not exactly a fan of Donald Trump in 2016. Now I'm very even keel on the

Starting point is 02:15:15 guy and I'm looking at this and I'm like, I'm on your team, buddy. Give me something good, Trevor Noah. It was painful to watch. And he said, DEI hire. So what happened with John stew arrived? Do you have a clip to show? Do you have any clips something good Trevor Noah it was painful to watch and he's a DEI hire so what happened with John Stuart do you have a clip to show do you have any clips of show let's see what John Stuart's doing his video by the way he did two days ago well three days ago Monday six million views already he called it WTF is wrong with America going on right go ahead and play this they are both similarly challenged and it is not crazy to think that the oldest people

Starting point is 02:15:45 in the history of the country to ever run for president might have some of these challenges. Now, Democrats will say that any criticism like this, especially of Biden, is unfair. Because you just don't know Biden like they know Biden. President Biden, who I've been around numerous times just in this last year, is sharp. He's focused. He's bright. He is sharp

Starting point is 02:16:07 Intensely probing and detail-oriented and focused. This is a man who is sharp who is on top of his game Who knows what's going on? He's smart. He's on his game I was in almost every meeting with the president Look at her look at her was in front of and on top of it all, coordinating hand gestures and directing leaders who are in charge of America's national security, not to mention our allies around the globe. How many people are on top of this game? James and Juan.

Starting point is 02:16:41 Film. John, go back. What does he say? One. National security, not to mention our allies around the globe. Did anyone film that? No. No.

Starting point is 02:16:56 No. Film Biden being sharp, what you said. Because if you're... This is the Daily Show crowd clapping and applauding. If you're telling us behind the scenes, he is sharp and full of energy and on top of it really in control and leading, you should film that. That would be good to show to people. You know I respect this? You know I respect this?

Starting point is 02:17:17 He talked crap. This is the beauty about John Stuart. By the way, the timing is perfect because they know Biden and the left are in trouble. Bring somebody to add some comedy, but the beauty about John Stuart, by the way, the timing is perfect because they know Biden and the left are in trouble. Bring somebody to add some comedy. But the beauty about John Stuart, he is crapping on both sides equally. He talks about Biden. He talks about Trump. Let it be fun. Like Trevor Noah was just Trump derangement syndrome at its highest level. Everything was divisive, divisive, divisive, unfunny. You're a political activist. Your stand-up special is trash. They could use it like when they're trying to torture terrorists and they want to get

Starting point is 02:17:49 information. Just play that. And I would spill all the beans. The hell with waterboarding. Just play his special. I'm glad he's back and I love to see it. I'm glad he's back because he's the way he's calling it. But also underlines something that's going on here behind the scenes. How many of those people said sharp and on top of his game? All of them. Like they, yes, that's the talking point. They were all sent out with the talking point. And I think that, look, there's three chapters to this. The first chapter was early last year, the media was allowed to actually say things about Hunter Biden and the laptop and they were, they were, they were started to say things. Then they started to say things about Biden himself and then there was talk

Starting point is 02:18:27 about stepping aside stepping aside stepping aside coming from people inside DNC coming from people in his own party maybe it's time maybe it's time that was that first chapter second chapter oh all the sudden Gavin Newsom's got the shadow campaign going and he's showing up and there was chitter chatter and that second tab now the third chapter is well we can't seem to the media was really unleashed on the negatives so we can't seem to get him just to go this way so now they're all you you had the whip now here comes the honey so they're trying it now it's like what a great guy what a great guy

Starting point is 02:19:04 what a great guy sharpened on game. They're trying to get him I don't I think he is stubbornly sticking with it and is refusing to step aside What one of the problems I have is anyone who's on the extremes. That's one of my enemies Extremes so anyone on the left who's, he says sharpen as smart as it gets. He's on top of it again. So no, he's not dude, but on the far right, they're like, well, he clearly has dementia. It's probably some sort of Alzheimer's. He's probably has major brain damage. It's like, well, I don't know if it's that, if you've ever met anybody with dementia, they're not exactly getting up and giving speeches, but the reality is the gray

Starting point is 02:19:43 area and the black and the white here is clearly he's lost a step or two. And if you don't want the leader of the free world who's supposed to have strength and power and conviction out there, sort of bumbling and stumbling out there, and he's always been a gaff machine, but it's getting worse. We saw what happened when he basically is talking about Israel and Gaza and Egypt and CC. And he's like, I was talking with the president of Mexico, Mexico is like, no, that wasn't what it is, Joe. And I understand you're not always going to give the correct things out there, but sharp and vibrant and on top of it is not what he, I think, I think it's such an understatement when people, and I keep hearing this, he's lost a step or two. That's

Starting point is 02:20:23 BS. He's lost more than a stepper two. It's horrible. It's unbelievable. He beat you on a bike ride. Yeah, exactly. It's unbelievable. God knows how many drugs they plump into him just to speak, and that guy is in charge.

Starting point is 02:20:36 So, I mean, he's not in charge. The they that he always talks about are in charge, but it's not a stepper two, bro. He's lost a full mile of steps. That guy, he is lost his gourd. But like, you think he'll ever sit just on a one on one? No, but like, though every question that he's asked, he'll never sit and have. Imagine you sitting with him one on one. Who do it Biden? Are you crazy? A daily podcast at 9pm in his bedroom with no camera or nobody's there back to the original back to the original point here John Stewart welcome back

Starting point is 02:21:09 1.8 million total views at night. That was three times what CNN got in prime time That's what the youthful America and the people that following him that was just on TV though. That's Nielsen ratings, right? Yeah, yeah, okay, but but apparently you to That was just on TV though. That's Nielsen ratings, right? Yeah. Okay. That's six million views on YouTube. Yeah. Now you extend the social side, which CNN does not do well at all that he's and his folks and his generation, they're watching him are consuming rabbi, rabbi, rabbi. He's just, he's just there for the, this political season, right? He's he's, he's not coming back. I mean, that's what he's a necessary voice and who knows where he goes with this. The reality with John Stuart is that he's a funny year, wittier, more reasonable. Bill more good form to be back.

Starting point is 02:21:55 Congrats to him. I'm glad he was able to leave amicably with Apple when they were not wanting him to talk about China, China AI and different kind of issues. And good for daily show to be so desperate to the point where the viewers were getting to 300,000 views. It showed at the end of a Don Lemon after the writers, it was at 300,000 people watching it to now being these types of numbers. But that's only going to be once a week.

Starting point is 02:22:17 That's what DEI looks like versus a meritocracy. Damn right. Is that you're just going to double down on Trevor Nowher, unfunny,unny un-American and you're just gonna let your ratings tank and look at you now now you go back to the way guys capitalism always wins at the end you guys are fired up we looks like it's gonna want to go on another 30 minutes maybe you guys can do a sauce cast or biz doc or like this guy by the way sauce cast today 4 p.m. it's the Valentine's Day after my oh Join in four o'clock today me a dating coach and lovely ladies So let me say this to you guys before we wrap up the podcast Cuomo and Candace Owens VIP is already sold out

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