The Philip DeFranco Show - The Trump Tylenol Autism Situation Is Crazy & Trump’s UN Speech Was a Weird Humiliating Mess

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

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during the Volvo Fall Experience event. Conditions supply, visit your local Volvo retailer or go to explorevolvo.com. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show you daily dive into the news, and we have a lot to talk about today, starting with this. Tylenol causes autism. That is what President Trump and RFK Jr. told America last night, and we should talk about it. Or because you have the president saying, effective immediately, the FDA will be notifying physicians at the use of acedia. Well, let's see how we say that.

Acidaminopin. Acetaminopin. Is that okay? which is basically commonly known as Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with a very increased risk of autism. So taking Tylenol is not good. I'll say it. It's not good. Which is then going on to add that this can be ignored in situations where a pregnant mom has an extremely high fever, though he emphasized to use as little Tylenol as possible. And then you also add RFK Jr. speaking saying that under his leadership, he directed various government agencies to look into

all causes of autism, including the possibility that pharmaceuticals could play a role. And then RFK went on to say that the previous administration refused to do this and only researched the genetic component of autism, which I will say is just not true. And researchers have long explored a plethora of possible causes with the consensus being that the best studies look at genetic, medical, and environmental data. Also, I'll say while this announcement, it was very controversial, it didn't come as a surprise. And that at least in part, because since, last week, Trump's been teasing that this was coming. And then on Sunday, he said that he strongly believed that there was a link between Tylenol and autism. So of course, that begs the question

is there, right? And the short answer right now appears to be no, and the more nuanced answer appears to be still no, but it's also not like Trump at RFK Jr. completely made this up. Their best evidence is a paper from August by Harvard and Mount Sinai researchers, which suggests that acetaminophen use early on in a pregnancy might lead to a tiny increase in autism rates. And you've had the Make America Healthy Again crowd bringing this paper up as proof that there is a link between the two and that Tylenol use needs to be stopped during pregnancy. Even the researchers on that paper, they didn't roll out taking the drug entirely. Instead, they suggested that mother should take the lowest possible dose since, quote,

the drug is important for treating maternal fever and pain, which can also harm children. Which experts have noted is different than Trump's recommendation to only take it during an extreme fever. And that is, as Trump said, toughing it out would be better. However, a big part of the situation is that there's a lot of research indicating that there is no link whatsoever. In there, you have one of the biggest studies being done by Swedish researchers in 2024. In there, they looked at cases of autism among nearly two and a half million kids, and they found what looked like a very small association with a set of metafin use early on in pregnancy and autism.

But then also, when they compared the findings among siblings who had similar conditions, that link completely disappeared, and it led them to conclude that, quote, a set of metafin use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, and sibling control analysis. This suggests that associations observed and other models may have been attributable to familial confound it. What's kind of crazy is that even the FDA has a, distance itself from claiming that there is any real link here. Right at the bottom of the page announcing this new recommendation it added, it is important to note that while an association

between acetametaphon and neurological conditions has been described in many studies, a causal relationship has not been established and there are contrary studies in the scientific literature. And adding, it is also noted that acetamethin is the only over-the-counter drug approved for use to treat fevers during pregnancy and high fevers and pregnant women can pose a risk to their children. And then also with this situation, you can't talk about autism without mentioning diagnosis rates. And Trump and RFK Jr. both called it an autism crisis. And Trump went on to say, just a few decades ago, one in 10,000 children had autism. It used to be one in 20,000, then one in 10,000. And now it's one in 31, but in some areas it's much worse than that.

And Trump, like many of his followers, have come to conclusion that something is causing it to rise. But there, you also have experts noting that he's ignoring probably the biggest factor of all. We've learned a lot about autism over the years, and we're now far better at diagnosing it. According to Dr. Christine Ladd Acosta, who helped gather the data on autism rates that the CDC uses, the rapid rise and raises because of two things. The first is the broadened definition of autism spectrum disorder, which means that more people are meeting the definition now than previously. And second, there have been many widely successful public health programs that increase screening at wellness visits for children, age 18 to 24 months to look for signs of autism. And then she also pointed out that almost everyone in a child's life is far more aware of the symptoms.

of autism, making early diagnosis way more common. Also, as far as where Tylenol stands on this, they were not happy about being singled out, saying in a statement on Sunday, we strongly disagree with any suggestion otherwise and are deeply concerned with the health risk this poses for expecting mothers. And saying acetamedifen is the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women as needed throughout their entire pregnancy. Without it, women face dangerous choices, suffer through conditions like fever that are potentially harmful to both mom and baby or use riskier alternatives. And then all of this, it's playing out as you have many warning that what we're seeing here, it's very likely just going to be the tip of the iceberg.

Especially because Trump spent almost half his time also talking about vaccines and suggesting how quickly they're given to kids could contribute to autism, which again, right now has zero underlying evidence. But then next up in the news, Jimmy Kimmel, he is coming back tonight, but you may not actually be able to watch him. Because like I briefly touched on yesterday, it happened right as I was uploading the show. ABC announced that Kimmel is returning to air, releasing a statement saying last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country. It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus

insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy and after those conversations we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday. Of course, we can't mention the suspension without kind of mentioning the quick TLDR that led to it. Because you had many saying that this was a free speech issue. This was Disney caving to the FCC after its chairman suggested that he might take regulatory action against the network. Right. And Kimmel's suspension also came after two major station owners, Neckstar and Sinclair denounced Kimmel and said they wouldn't air him last week. And well now, despite A.B. bringing Kimmel back, both companies seemed to be sticking with their decision.

But yesterday you had Sinclair saying that Kimmel's show would be replaced with news programming and discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return. That was something that really wasn't surprising, right? Because in addition to preempting the show last week, Sinclair also demanded that Kimmel apologized to Kirk's family and make a substantial donation to the family and Turning Point USA. And then this morning, we heard from next door. With them saying, we made a decision last week to preempt Jimmy Kimmel live following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel's ill-timed and insensitive comments at a critical time in our national discourse. And doubting, we stand by that decision pending assurance that all parties are committed to

fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve. And this could really limit Kimmel's audience. I mean, Nextar owns around 30 ABC stations, and Sinclair owns and controls around 40. In fact, between the two, it's been reported that they make up around 25% of ABC's affiliate reach. You know, while many might think as a consumer, okay, well, I don't really care. I'm going to watch it on YouTube or streaming. For advertisers and connect to that Disney, that could be a problem because they buy time during the broadcast.

And we're going to see in the very near future how big of a chunk of that audience has been taken out. And I say in the near future, because like the views that he's going to get in the 24 hours, maybe even one to two weeks cycle, that that's going to matter less than the long tail. Because we should expect at least a short-term increased interest. But also, I'll say, you know, we'll have to wait to see where the fallout leads us because both Nextstar and Sinclair, they could face viewer backlash from those who want access to the program.

Also, Disney, very likely going to be exploring what actions they can take from here. And as far as Next Star, I mean, they in particular have already caught a ton of heat for their decision. Right, and that in part because they're currently in the middle of a $6 billion merger that's going to need FCC and Trump administration approval. And so with that, you had people like Elizabeth Warren writing. If approved, Next Star would control TV stations reaching 80% of households violating the cap set by Congress to protect against monopolies. This censorship of Kimmel reeks of corruption. But then also with this whole situation, as for how Kimmel came back on air, you have reports saying that he's been meeting with Disney execs since Thursday to discuss

his return. And while he's yet to publicly address the situation, we should expect to see his thoughts on the matter tonight. Though also on the aspect of thoughts being shared, a lot of people have been supporting Jimmy Kimmel. And we've seen that and people speaking out as well as there being many efforts to boycott Disney and cancel streaming subscriptions and hopes that withholding dollars could force the company into changing course. And in fact, with that you had Anna Gomez, the sole Democratic commissioner of the FCC giving a lot of credit to those boycotts writing yesterday. I am glad to see Disney finds its courage in the face of clear government intimidation. More importantly, I want to thank those Americans from across the ideological spectrum

who spoke loudly and courageously against his blatant attempt to silence-free speech, adding we must combat these efforts to stifle free expression, and saying it will continue to be up to us as citizens to push back against this administration's growing campaign of censorship and control. I will keep fighting to ensure local broadcasters have the independence to stand up to government threats. You know, with this, even though many, especially on the right, have argued that ABC's initial choice to suspend Kimmel was not the results of government pressured censorship and just a regular business decision, you had Gomez arguing,

that's just not the case, calling it corporate capitulation, and claiming that the Trump administration is, quote, not afraid of using the full power of our government to silence government critics. And so for now, we'll have to wait to see what Kimmel says tonight, the reaction and fallout from that, and then how things continue with Nextar and Sinclair. And then we've got more we've got to dive into, but first, let me say, you know,

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But then next up in the news, this is crazy. we've got to talk about how the Secret Service just took down a network that could have crippled New York's telecom systems. Right, and this is more than 100 world leaders have gathered in the city for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, including Donald Trump. But with this crazy situation uncovered by the Secret Service, it reportedly followed a month's long investigation into what authorities have described as anonymous telephonic threats made against three high-level government officials. Right, one, in the Secret Service, and two, who work at the White House. And these threats, reportedly, they may have been something like the swatting calls we've seen directed at more and more public officials over the past few years, but also this network, according to at least one official, the agency had never seen something like it before. Right, it reportedly would have been capable of sending an encrypted and anonymous text to every human being in the country within 12 minutes.

Right, with investigators finding more than 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers at several locations within a 35-mile radius at the UN's headquarters. And with that, you had Matt McCool, which, yes, sounds like a made-up secret service name for a CW show. Actually, really quick, when you think of Matt McCool, what do you think of? I think of a humanoid dog that can skateboard. Right, like Poochee from The Simpsons. Anyway, Matt McCool, real person, top agent at the Secret Service's New York Field Office, said, this network had the potential to disable cell phone towers and essentially shut down the cellular network. Or with it reportedly becoming clear to law enforcement that what they had discovered had been built for far more than just making untraceable swatting calls.

Like, in addition to jamming the cellular network, the system could be used for surveillance. And so the investigators, they'd been going through the data on the SIM cards that they recovered to see if they could figure out exactly what this was all about. And in McCool saying, they expect to find that other senior government officials had also been targeted. And of course, that begs the question by whom? And so far, an initial analysis identified ties to at least one foreign nation, as well as links to criminals already known to law enforcement, including cartel members. And so you've got experts saying at the scale of this operation, it suggests that it could be part of a nation's espionage operation. With one also explaining that only a handful of countries could pull off an operation like this, including Russia, China, and Israel. Though also, this could just be the tip of the iceberg with McCool explaining.

This is an ongoing investigation, but there's absolutely no reason to believe we won't find more of these devices in other cities. Or with them then going on to say that they're looking into whether this network was aimed at disrupting the U.N. Assembly or spying on the people there, but there's also no evidence of that so far. But then also, I would say that wouldn't be without precedent. In a number of countries, they've been accused of spying on UN officials or UN facilities, perhaps chief among them, being the United States. I mean, in 2009, for example, a classified memo appeared to direct American diplomats to gather intel on UN leadership.

In 2013, you had Edward Snowden leaking documents, indicating that the NSA had successfully hacked into the UN's internal video conferencing system the previous year. And then in 2023, the UN actually spoke out against the U.S. over reports that it had spied on private conversations involving Secretary General Antonio Gutera's and other top officials. Right. But in any case, fast forward to today and you had Trump addressing the General Assembly for the first time since 2020. And as you might already know, he has made it more than clear. He is not the biggest fan of the U.N. Right. Back in February, he signed an executive order with drawing the U.S. from and ending funding to certain U.N. organizations, including the Human Rights Council.

In those and other cuts, they've left the U.N. short on cash and struggling to stay afloat. And then in today's speech, Trump made it clearer than ever that he is not too worried about it. Before we actually get into specifics, I'll note that, you know, each speaker, they're traditionally given like 15 minutes to address the assembly. But with Trump, he ended up talking a little over 56 minutes, which was actually longer than any speech in American president has ever given at the U.S. And so with that lane, we're going to be highlighting things. If you want to watch the full thing, I'll get the link in the description. Right. But one of the recurring themes that's worth pointing out here is that as Trump often does, he repeatedly pointed the finger at Joe Biden in the previous administration.

Four years of weakness, lawlessness, and radicalism under the last administration delivered our nation into a repeated set of disasters. And then sort of on the flip side of that, he took credit for digging America out of this poll that Biden created in record time. One year ago, our country was in deep trouble. But today, just eight months into my administration, we are the hottest country anywhere in the world. And there is no other country. even close. On the world stage, America is respected again like it has never been respected before. And then with that, he made a number of, let's call it, bold claims about the state of the American economy, saying he built the greatest economy and the history of the

world during his first term and is doing it again now. You then also had Trump celebrating other perceived successes, including the drop we've seen in crossings of the southern border. With Trump comparing the U.S. and other countries' immigration situations and saying, It's destroying your country, and you have to do something about it. It's time to end the failed experiment of open borders. You have to end it now. Let's see, I can tell you. I'm really good at this stuff.

Your countries are going to hell. Right, and with that, you actually had him blaming not only Biden, but the U.N. itself. Not only is the U.N. not solving the problems it should. Too often, it's actually creating new problems for us to solve. The best example is the number one political issue of our time, the crisis of uncontrolled migration. It's uncontrolled. Your countries are being ruined. The United Nations is funding an assault on Western countries and their borders. And then you also had Trump accusing the UN of not even trying to end wars while repeating the false claim that he has ended

seven of them. No president or a prime minister. And for that matter, no other country has ever done anything close to that. And I did it in just seven months. It's never happened before. There's never been anything like that. I'm very honored to have done it. It's too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them. And sadly, in all cases, the United Nations did not even try to help in any of them.

I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal. All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle. And then with an escalator comment,

he also went on to complain about the teleprompter, which apparently wasn't working at the start of his speech. And this kind of devolved into a weird tangent that seemingly got at the heart of his problem with the UN, which is apparently that several years ago, like before he was president as a real estate developer, he bid on a project to remodel the UN building, and the UN had the audacity to go after another offer.

But then getting back, to ending wars as far as specific conflicts, you had him touching on Israel and Gaza, and specifically the question of Palestinian statehood. Because yesterday, there was a meeting, which was boycotted by the U.S. and Israel, focused on drumming up support for a two-state solution. And that ended with several countries, including France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, and Monaco announcing or confirming their recognition of a Palestinian state. Right in that, it came a day after the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Portugal did the same. But here, you had Trump repeating the argument that's been made by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu,

which is that doing so is just a reward for Hamas. So very notably, you already had Secretary General Gutera is pushing back on that idea yesterday saying that statehood is a right, not a reward. But then also, you had Trump addressing the war in Ukraine, which like Israel and Gaza is going to be discussed a lot this week. And in fact, yesterday you had an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council focused on recent and repeated incidents of Russian aircraft flying above or crashing in NATO countries. And you're the UK and Poland vowing to shoot down any Russian aircraft violating their airspace. But as far as what Trump had to say, you actually had him admitting that he thought ending it would be easier because his relationship with Putin, even saying, that he thought it would be the easiest one. And then beyond that, he claimed that the U.S. was willing to do more,

but that Europe had to do more first. In the event that Russia is not ready to make a deal to end the war, then the United States is fully prepared to impose a very strong round of powerful tariffs, which would stop the bloodshed, I believe, very quickly. But for those tariffs to be effective, European nations, all of you are gathered here right now, would have to join us in adopt. the exact same measures.

But then finally, the last bit I'll touch on are Trump's comments on climate change, and you should probably just hear them for yourself. It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion. Climate change, no matter what happens, you're involved in that. No more global warming, no more global cooling.

All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong. They were made by stupid people. people, that of course their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success, if you don't get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail. And I'm really good at predicting things, you know? Actually, with that, you had a BBC reporter in the room reporting that there were actual audible gasps when Trump called climate change a con job. The really not the most

surprising thing to come out of Trump's face. Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement and his administration is dismantling climate policy within the states. With that, I also have to note that The world is having a hard time with all this. In fact, there's a special climate summit that's going to be taking place tomorrow with the U.N. Right, and that is focused on the commitments that most nations besides the U.S. have made to weaning themselves off fossil fuels.

Though a big thing with that is, while they were supposed to come up with new five-year plans to curb carbon emissions, by February, it's now September, and only 47 of the 195 nations have actually done so. You know, a lot of play here, we're going to have to wait to see what the continued fallout and reactions are.

And in the meantime, of course, I'd love to know your thoughts here. Well, this is a news show. I, of course, also love for it to be a conversation in those comments down below. And then we've got to talk about even more, but first, just one minute. Let me say, you know, I remember when the first drink of the night, it was a shot, chased by a beer, followed by feeling rough the next morning.

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And in case you don't know, the Pentagon, they're one of the most prolific users of PFS, and part because they are a key ingredient in firefighting foam. And for decades, you've had crews at military bases across. the country, starting jet fuel fires for training purposes, and then they put those out using mass amounts of this foam, which leads to PFAS leaching into the soil and groundwater. And then, when you know, in 2017, military communities across the country, they start reporting alarming rates of forever chemicals in their drinking water. And that's horrifying because there's a growing body of research that's linked exposure to the chemicals to serious health concerns,

including some types of cancer as well as child developmental and fertility issues. New Mexico even sued the Air Force over in 2019, saying that the federal government should clean up the pollution and pay for the damages to the natural resources and private property. But then with, and on top of that, there's been a couple of pretty massive problems with the cleanup effort, right? The sheer scale and the price tag. Reportedly, the Defense Department has spent $2.6 billion since 2017 just investigating the extent of the contamination. And the government, they estimate that the process for cleaning up the chemicals around contaminated military sites, that'll take decades and cost nearly $7 billion a year.

You've got the director of Defense capabilities and management at the government accountability office saying, it's a very long-term process, and there's just so much uncertainty. This is going to be a massive effort, but that shouldn't be confused with, so let's not do it. And now, like I mentioned, the DOD just quietly delayed the cleaning up of these chemicals at nearly 140 military installations across the country. And this is a very big change because in the last days of the Biden administration, the Pentagon released a general timetable for handling the pollution problem. But in a revision that was recently posted by Trump's DOD, with no announcement in a New York Times analysis, found that this new timeline it would delay cleanup around military sites by a decade in some cases.

And specifically, you've got delays that mess with the work that needs to be done before the actual cleanup, which, I mean, the cleanup itself can take years to complete, which means that the actual cleanup process won't start in some places until 2039. And these delays reportedly caught the military installations affected completely off guard. Or if you got a city counselor in Westfield, Massachusetts, for example, home to the Barnes Air National Guard Base saying, there's been no discussion of delay. It's very upsetting and depressing that we haven't had clearer communications.

And that, as you had Democratic Representative Kristen McDonald, Rivett from Michigan, speaking out against the lack of communication, saying communities impacted by PFAS chemicals have been waiting decades for cleanup, and they've been kept in the dark. When cleanup timelines change, residents deserve to know. And then I've got to mention, like, the timing here. These delays, they come as the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026 is, one, looking to cut funding for the cleanup of toxic sites.

But also, two, is trying to undo a ban on the purchase and use of PFA as firefighting foam, which could just make the problem worse. And at least as a recording, we've yet to see a response or explanation about this whole thing from the DOD or the Trump administration. But then also, this isn't the only environmental ruleback we have to talk about today. Because you're also seeing Senate Democrats all coming together to sign a letter in opposition to the Trump administration's proposal to acts of 2009 endangerment finding. Right, and if you're unfamiliar, the 2009 endangerment finding is the scientific determination

that concludes that planet-warming greenhouse gases are, in fact, a danger to the public. It's basically the framework that nearly all greenhouse gas regulations sit on. And both the Biden and Obama administration used it to set strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions, cars, power plants, and other industrial sources of pollution. Then back in July, the Trump administration proposed rescinding the endangerment finding and said that the subsequent research cast a doubt on its conclusion. Though big note there, the studies that Team Trump reportedly used to support this argument were authored and published by scientists who denied the existence of climate change, and they've been trying to plant doubt about it for years. But regardless of your opinion on climate change, though, I do think that your opinion on climate change matters.

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said that this proposal, if approved, would be the largest deregulatory action in the history of the United States. And so then, as you might imagine, we've seen a lot of pushback against this. Especially since the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report with the strongest evidence to date that, greenhouse gases are threatening human health. Right, and then you had Democrats in this letter saying, scientists, financial experts, international governments, and the American public agree that climate change is a looming crisis.

And they added that greenhouse gas driven climate change is causing all sorts of extreme weather and saying, these effects drive illness, hospital visits and deaths, as well as displacement, asset loss, infrastructure damage, rising insurance premiums, declining home values and long-term destabilization of the national economy. And yet, in this proposal, EPA proposes to abdicate all responsibility

to address this dangerous pollution. But at the end of the day, A letter is a letter, and the Democrats don't have control of any power, really. So for now, it's very likely this is just going to keep moving forward. But then, finally, for your last thing today, I just had a conversation with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about the state of political violence, especially because he himself was a target, what's next for our country, and how he can justify saying things like Jalen Hertz is a better quarterback than Josh Allen for a mini episode of my podcast in Good Faith.

And that full conversation, that full podcast, it'll be out in the next 24 to 48 hours. But also, Kamala Harris's book coming out today, I just had to ask him about an excerpt where he was mentioned on the note of speech we we might you might not like and on the the note of learning more I know that in recent podcasts and interviews you've said that you have not read Kamala harris's book one do you want to book club it together and two um apparently in one of the excerpts harris said that you were more focused on defining the role of VP for yourself instead of helping her win and that you were already asking aids about artwork that you could put up in the naval observatory. Is that, is that true? No, and listen, the only thing I was focused on was helping

her win. And once she made the determination that Governor Walls was going to be a running mate, by the way, Tim's a really good friend of mine. Gwen, his wife's a really good friend of my wife, Lori's. And I can tell you, we were genuinely happy for them. And then I worked my ass off in Pennsylvania and across this country to try and help get elected traveling with Governor Whitmer, Governor Evers, to all the battleground states. Heck, I was sure. shown up in rural communities in Pennsylvania where the Harris campaign never showed up. I was trying to do everything in my power to help her win. The only thing I was focused on was making sure she defeated Donald Trump.

And while that, it brings us to the end of this video, you got even more just a click away. Or because I've just been doing more and more podcasts. I got a brand new podcast with Ed Ellison from Prof G Markets over here. And I also just did this new podcast with Mr. Beat. You can click or tap to watch either of those, but also I've got links in the description to our Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube version so you can get filled in wherever you like. But no matter what you do, let me just say thank you for watching. I love yo faces. And of course, I'll see you right back here tomorrow.