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free of charge. BetMGM operates pursuant to an operating agreement with Eye Gaming Ontario. It's like the Europeans just won't learn their. lesson. I really don't know how else to describe this here as we get word that Maloney decided to strike out at Donald Trump earlier this morning, responding to some comments he allegedly made about her, although some are questioning the translation. Nonetheless, he did then go back and sort of reiterate what he thought to NBC. So this is turning into kind of a big old mess for one, George Maloney and for the Italians. Welcome to the program. I'm Trish Riegan. Good to have you here.

Georgia Maloney freaking out after Donald Trump said, you know, really he didn't appreciate very much what she did in terms of not allowing us the use of Sigonella. That wasn't very wise, right? And then on top of that, she kind of seemed to be cozying up to him a little bit too much, maybe for his taste at the G7 meeting. He said, oh, she really wanted a photo op. For goodness sakes, this lady really wanted her photo taken with the president of the United States. Well, who wouldn't, right? So apparently he thought, well, be nice, I'll let her do that. And he went on to a television program, La Seven's Aria KTira News in Italy today and said, and I quote, she begged me for a photo. I didn't have to do it,

but I really felt sorry for her and agreed. She's probably happy. I talked to her, he said. So, this got broadcast this morning all over Italy. So I wake up and I'm like, okay, well, we got a today, folks, because we've been talking a lot about Georgia Maloney and how she's on this thin eyes. And we've talked a lot about how this relationship is kind of blown up in real time. And now, I guess, well, we were right. Okay, it's blown up. And now I don't know what Italy is going to do in terms of its sum, ka-ching, because we were giving billions of dollars. Don't forget, for all of those bases that we have over there. But, you know, she couldn't let sleeping dogs lie. she had to come out immediately and make a statement on social media on her own social media account

saying that they're fabricated, she's so surprised by this, it's really a shame, blah, blah, blah, and that no, she does not, nor does Italy beg. Here we go. Georgia Maloney, I will translate. Okay, certain things merit an response immediate. Okay, a response, forgive me, immediate. So certain things deserve an immediate response. She goes on to say that Donald Trump's statements are completely fabricated.

I am frankly appalled, she said. I do not know why. Or you could say shocked. It depends on the translation there. I'm shocked. Or I am stunned. Maybe it might be a little bit better. I am stunned.

I am frankly stunned. He did say he was shocked at her. I don't know why the president of the United States behaves this way towards his allies. I can only say it's a pity that he doesn't show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with leaders towards whom he instead proves to be much more accommodating. But he, I guess leaders that he doesn't get along with. He proves to be much more accommodating. But he must remember one thing.

Italy and I, she said, never beg. Huh. Okay. Well, Georgia, we're glad you cleared that up. I think you might want to start begging, and I'll explain why, but this is all over the Italian press. So the channel that did this interview, they have not released the English version of it. They have only released a translation, but let me just tell you, they are going back and forth and back and forth debating whether or not really Donald Trump said what he did.

I can tell you he probably did because he kind of came out and said the same thing moments later on NBC which we're going to get to you but watch what's going on oh I should tell you

I should tell you before I show you this oopsie daisy I should tell you that you know how I keep saying like Georgia Maloney is like La Donne Emobil from Rigoletto the Verdi opera

the big tenor area where they sing La Donne Emobil you know she's so fickle she's so you know flighty, she's whichever way the wind blows. That's what that aria is about. And it's, you know, the Duke is singing about women and just, you know, they're this and that. And well, I was thinking about it with her, right? Because she seems kind of flighty. And she kind of seems like

she's all over the place. And one day she loves you and the next day she hates you. Georgia. Georgia, Georgia. Georgia. Where are you today? Okay. Well, today she hates Trump. And she's making that rather, rather clear. She doesn't appreciate. what he's saying, but, you know, I'm still going back to this. He didn't appreciate that. You wouldn't allow us the use of our own darn base there in Sicily, Georgia, okay? That's kind of a big deal. And then he had to come out and, you know, sniping him with the Pope and everything. That didn't go over so well either. Oh, and let's not forget, you were like Miss Anti-immigration, and then all of a sudden you welcomed with open arms 500,000 migrants coming into Italy over three years.

It's like, I don't know who this lady is. On top of which, she's supposed to pay her NATO bills, right? She's like, oh, everybody should pay 5%. Everybody should pay 5%. But Italy, no, you know, we're not going to be able to pay our 2%. Because you see, we're heading into a recession because of oil prices, et cetera. In other words, again, that operatic aria from Verdez Rigoletto kind of fitting her to a T. So I went and did a search to just see if I could show you maybe a little excerpt. Pavarote saying this so beautifully on Twitter.

And so I typed in La Donde Emolvile and guess what came up? Georgia, like Georgia, okay? I got such a kick out of this one. Okay, let me see if I push it all the way over here. I just want to show you my, my ex-search, okay? So I type in, La Donne immobilé, okay? And what is the first thing that comes up, you guys, the very first thing? It's all about this journalist claiming the translation,

Mi fa pena, referring to Maloney would not be correct. You know, they're having this debate apparently all along on Italian cable. Can I just a little correction semantica. We have all all of all the traduto me fa. Okay.

So this is what is being discussed, but I just got a kick out of it because apparently when, you know, there's other people that think like I do. La Donne are Movieve, yes. You type that in on X

and up comes this clip and they're trying to figure out what the president was saying when he basically said she was out there begging for a photo and he said he felt bad for her. In other words, this was kind of embarrassing, as he's indicating, to her position.

And again, just to go back to his quote, she begged me for a photo. I didn't have to do it, but I felt sorry for her and agreed. She's probably happy I talked to her. So he wasn't too chummy chummy with her. I mean, he really wasn't. Normally he would have been, but let's not forget, Alda has transpired. And so now this is dominating the news cycle. And I'm going to tell you, I don't think this helps her in Italy because I think a lot of the people in Italy that voted for her feel like she's deserted them.

It's why you have that generale, the general who's about 57 years old, and he's kind of, he started this whole new party to take on Georgia Maloney. And so the right, it's never good, right? Because now they're splintering, and you don't want that to happen. But at the same time, she's not living up to the values that she had promised. So here's what Donald Trump then came out and said. All right, later, during a phone call with NBC News, so this is today, Trump doubled down on his claim that Maloney begged for a picture together. He said, that's true. And then he said, she wasn't there for us. We know that, right? Remember when he told Maria Bardo

a couple of weeks ago? She was not there for us. Italy wasn't there for us. I was kind of surprised because, you know, Italy used to be our friend. She was a big fan, he said, but I don't want her as a fan because she was not there, along with the NATO group. He's really done with all of them, having to do with the straight, he said. Referring to the straight of her moves, the vital waterway, as you well know, that Iran blocked after Israel and the U.S. launched attacks in late February. Trump has complained that NATO allies did not offer help to American forces after the war begins NBC News rights, and of course, they're talking about what happened with Georgia Maloney, and he said, you better believe it. You know what? I don't have a lot of use for this woman.

My word's not his. He said, that's true. He said she wasn't there for us. He said she was a big fan, but I don't want her as a fan because she was not there. In other words, none of these people were there when you needed them to be there. And this has been brewing for a while. I mean, we go back about a month or so. And I showed you this at the time in Corriere de la Cera, which is the Italian newspaper, kind of like the New York Times over there. They did a little interview with Donald Trump, and back then he started criticizing her. Of course, she was criticizing him. She was the one out there saying, you know, that the Pope was right and he was wrong,

and she was out there saying, you know, she couldn't give him Sigonella, again, the base that we pay for in Sicily. And so he came on, he gave her AT-E-D-L, and he called up one of the newspaper reporters in Italy, and he said she doesn't want to get involved, even though she gets her oil from there. I was wrong about her. I thought she had courage. You know, Pope Leo, he said, he shouldn't talk about war. He has no idea what's happening in Iran.

And then, of course, George is out there backing the Pope. Do they like the fact that your president isn't giving us any help in getting the oil? Do they like that? President Trump said to this Corrieta della Seda newspaper. I can't imagine that. And then he said, I'm shocked at her. Georgia Maloney, I am shocked. I thought she had courage.

I was wrong, which is why it's really interesting. interesting that when she came out with her statement today, she said, and you can debate the translation on this, I am frankly appalled, I am frankly stunned, I am frankly, oh, did she say it? Copycat, copycat, copycat, I am shocked. We're shocked. You didn't let us to use our own base, right? We have an important base, and it's kind of strategic, and it kind of is a good little pit stop on the way to the Middle East, and you wouldn't let us refuel. So now we're kind of rethinking all of these bases, every stinking one of them, all right? And that's going to hurt, Georgia. I'm telling you it's going to hurt because we're going to be taking hundreds of millions of dollars, if not

billions from you, that we put in to fortifying these bases. We don't need all of those. You do. You know, and you don't even want to pay your two and a half percent. You know, certainly don't want to pay your 5 percent. You're kind of thumb in your nose at the EU's gift. They're going to loan you this money at a really low interest rate and you don't even have to pay anything but interest. Like for the first 10 years, it's kind of an amazing deal. Like you take that, you take that, you take that, you take that and then some, and you try to build up a little bit of industry there in Italy. I mean, you know, I know you got Ferrari, but those guys are all over EVs these days and nobody's buying their cars. Okay? Like so you might want to think about defense is perhaps

even a good line of manufacturing for you. I don't know, but you know, pay something. Pay something. Or, you know, Roberto Vanacchi, this is the Italian general I told you about, he may just be coming for your job. I mean, she's got some serious competition from this guy. Don't forget, she had some vote that didn't go her way. She had some referendum a couple of months ago, and she does not have the people with her. That's really, really clear. So perhaps there's a method to her madness, and isn't this sad?

I don't think this is going to work. I don't think it's going to work. The method to her madness might be, okay, I'm going to come out and I'm going to respond to Donald Trump right away. I'm going to make sure that I'm not even just making this about me. Notice that she says at the end, he must remember one thing.

Italy and I never beg. And she's also saying there are things that deserve an immediate response. And she's really pitting herself against Donald Trump, someone that she was well aligned with. So what is the methodology? behind that.

I think that she's buying into the median narrative in Italy that is perpetuated by lots of liberal publications Ala Corriere de de la Sera or wherever this cable show is. They're all a bunch of libs

and so they're looking at this and saying, oh, well, she will actually be in better standing with Italy as a whole if she looks like she's against Donald Trump and maybe her political consultants are telling her this, maybe she's telling her this, but, you know, I would just say, people are people. I don't care if you're in Italy.

I don't care if you're in Georgia. And I mentioned Georgia, not because of Georgia Maloney, although that might have been on my head, but because of Marjorie Taylor Green. Okay, look at what Marjorie Taylor Green did. Look how that worked out for her. In other words, whether you're in Rome or whether you're in Georgia, the U.S. of A, Georgia, This is a message for you, Georgia. Okay? You know, people are the same. And what it's come to there in Italy is that they are so frustrated with the lack of economic

opportunity, they are so frustrated with the immigrants, the migrants that have come into Italy, and you can't kind of have it both ways. I realize, you know, a lot of old-school politicians thought they could. But then we got social media, and we got sort of this direct connection with people. In some ways, she's employing it well, right? she's taking her phone and she's giving an immediate response to something as opposed to going through an intermediary, just like Donald Trump would send things off on X or now true social these days. So that is new media, but she's still stuck in this old line political world where you think it can

have your cake and eat it too, and you think it can be all things to all people. And right now, the media she knows does not like Donald Trump. So therefore, she's saying, well, I'm going to go with where the media is. And I think that's going to cost her. I really do. And I think that, you know, this Italian general is going to be rising up. And unfortunately, for the right in Italy, if he doesn't get enough play, if he doesn't join forces with her, then you're at risk of having total commies come in and take over. They got one, I think she's in the, I want to say in the Tuscany area, they've got some young woman who's just, you know,

like the new Mamdami, if you would, or the new AOC. except maybe with blonde hair. And so she's trying to push her version of socialism. And so George is really up against it. So I would just say, you know what, for George's sake and for the world's sake, I would prefer to see. I would really prefer to see a conservative in that slot. So I would say, Georgia, just own up to what you are, okay?

If we know what you are. Again, la domen immobile. Verdi, Rigoletto, funny, funny little aria. Parvarty did it so beautifully. But, you know, look, Donald Trump is saying, I'm in control here. I'm the one who's calling the shots. I'm the boss. I mean, literally, he said that.

I'm going to show you the clip. It's hysterical. And then he doubled down on that one today, too, in an interview with Axios. But, you know, he is the boss. Don't forget it, okay? El Hefei has spoken. He walked into the G7 meeting this week, and he surveys the room. You know, don't forget, they've been in there for quite some time already.

I had looked at the footage ahead of time. and they're talking to one another, and they're having these little meetings, and they're talking and talking, and all of a sudden the room gets kind of quiet because they get the announcement that he's coming in, and look what happens. Let's cue the tape. In he goes, kind of smiling. Don't forget he had had the big UFC event the night before, and there you see all of them, Modi right there I see from India. He's not part of what you said. I'm the boss.

I'm the boss. Just great. He goes over to Stommer, pats him on the shoulder. Oh, you're a nice kid. Look at you, little Macron. McCrone gets a meeting started. Okay. Okay. Yeah, so, you know, he is the boss. Indeed, he's the boss. I mean, why wouldn't he be the boss? He's the leader of the free world. He's the leader of the world's largest economy with the best per capita GDP. Well, actually, Ireland might have a speed on that one. That's why I say Ireland has a Ireland hasn't shot at really being on its own. Forget about the EU. Who needs them, right? Anyway, Donald Trump speaking with Axios earlier today,

and he was asked about this, are you the boss moment? Here's what he said. You mentioned the G7. You saw a number of world leaders. You walked in or you said, I'm the boss. How many of them believe that? All of them. But I was just being funny. What happened is they were all sitting, and then I walked into the room, and it was just sort of funny because there was very long table, but there's only seven of them. The table was meant for like 30 people. So the whole end of the table, it looked like almost the perfect podium type setup, right? And I saw them all sitting. They're all well-known figures, right? The heads of countries. We had a couple of others in there, too, as you know, some, like as an example, Modi of India, a great guy. A lot of people came. they're allowed to come if they want and sit. But I walked in there, these leaders, and I just looked at him. I said, I'm the boss, and you remember. And you know that was done as a joke.

This thing got carried all over the world. I can't believe it. I was just being cute, funny. I wasn't trying to be the boss. Oh, okay, but you are. You so are. And he knows it. By the way, reminder, subscribe, subscribe, make a comment.

I'm looking at what you're saying. in real time, you guys are like, the Don. Yeah, he is funny. He is really funny. I agree with you. And thank you for your kind comments. God bless you guys, too. I mean, it is hysterical. He is the boss. He knows he's the boss. He's the leader of the United States of America, for goodness sakes. That's a big deal, okay? He's got all the little Europeans and all the other, you know, the other players that aren't big enough to be part of the Europeans, right? The whole G7 there. And it's true, he is the boss. But by the way, if you didn't hear him once, If you didn't hear him twice, let's repeat it.

The United States is the boss, okay? Whether you like it or not, let me remind you that we hold the world's reserve currency, and we have ever since World War II. Why? Because they all bombed the heck out of each other, and they had no more gold left. Well, who was the only place in sight with gold, the United States of America? And so then you had the IMA. the Bretton Woods Agreement. I love that, you know. I spend time in the gold room at Bretton Woods,

New Hampshire with the kids, and I remind them of the gold standard. And when we first went on, of course, in the 70s with Nixon, we had to go off, et cetera. You know the drill. But we are the world's reserve currency because we had the most gold. And so you needed to create some kind of fluidity and you needed to peg it to something. So we pegged to the gold standard and the rest of the world pegged to the U.S. dollar. A quick reminder, if you are interested, I'm just going to throw this on here because I'm talking about gold. I didn't anticipate this, but Trish loves gold and silver. If you're interested, these are my friends over at KEPM and Dr. Kirk runs that place and they just, they have a really good setup there and they'll take really good care of you,

concierge service. If they don't, let me know, okay? Eight percent is the fee on the way in, but there's no fee on the way out. It's very transparent and it's bullion that they sell. So gold and silver. Take a look at it when you can, but I digress. The point is being that the president is in charge. And so for George Maloney or for any of these leaders for that matter to sit there and be like, yeah, F you.U. And then to get out on their phone and be like, da-da-da-da, you know, F-U to the world. Well, they didn't actually say that, but you know what I mean. Their version. Their version. They're like French, Italian, British version of that. They're trying, I get it, you know, they want to have some backbone.

She is concerned that she doesn't maybe look strong enough if he's presenting her as trying to take a picture with him. I think that she was doing whatever she could to repair her relationship. Remember what she said, was it yesterday or the day before, maybe the day before, over G7? She said, well, because the war is now ended, we're going to send two minesweepers ships, two little boats into, from the Italian Navy, into the straight of her moves and they're going to try and clean up all those minds. And she said, we're ready to do it now. And he's like, well, who cares? You're two little boats. Like, who cares? Where were you when I needed you, lady? Where were any of you? And so he's frustrated. He's disgusted. He's had it. And you know what?

They can't continue on like this. We've talked about it at length. They can't continue on. Oopsie, Daisy. Yeah, you know I love gold and silver. Okay. They can't continue on because we can't support it anymore, which is why you had Pete out there the other day saying, okay, guys, you know what, you get a pay up. And we're now putting you under review. We need a NATO 3.0. NATO 1.0 was actually supposed to be you guys getting your act together pretty soon. And then somehow it turned into NATO 2.0 where we were just supporting you and supporting you and supporting you and guess what? You were able, because of that support, to go out and do really stupid things, like open your borders up to all kinds of migrants,

who now you're trying to get rid of in Germany, for example. Imagine that. They're 30% migrant. And Fred Mertz, Friedrich. Like, you know, if you ever watched I Love Lucy Reruns, or, you know, for some folks, you may have seen it back in the day, there was a character Fred Mertz. Anyway, Friedrich. Friedrich over there is very, very disliked.

And he's like, I'm doing what I can, right? They're trying to change it. And you saw what Europe is doing, the EU Parliament, just voting to deport? Deport. Illegal migrants. Well, they've been doing all kinds of stupid stuff. there's social welfare programs. And so Pete's like, okay, here you are.

You're on notice. We're giving you six months. And Georgia. Oh, Georgia. Georgia. I'm pretty sure you're on the naughty list. The really naughty list, okay, especially after that little outburst earlier today.

Here is Pete. At the same time, going forward, our annual NATO dues will be contingent on other countries meeting their defense spending targets. Where other allies do not spend with urgency, our dues contributions will go down. NATO will be a two-way street. It's only common sense. America cannot care for or pay more for Europe's defense than our allies do.

And this review will think outside the box. Our national defense strategy states clearly that we're going to incentivize and enable. our allies to step up and do their part. So we're going to keep a close eye on allies who are not doing that. And who say no or maybe or wait and see when it matters most. It's a review that some countries will fail and others will pass with flying colors. In the end, the review is intended to both improve U.S. force posture and basing and strengthen NATO 3.0. It's intended to be constructive, as we have always been.

There are no strategic surprises here. There haven't been. I've been clear with all of you since my first remarks to this body in February of 2025. President Trump has always done the same. Our direction of travel is and has been clear. This is the right thing to do by the American people. It's the right thing to do by this alliance. Europe can and must take primary responsibility for its conventional defense as it plagued at the Hague summit. In other words, you guys said you were going to do it. So we're going to hold you to that agreement, just like we're holding you to the Turnberry agreement. You got like a couple weeks to make sure that you have invested $600 billion in the United States of America.

We're looking for receipts, okay? You say you're going to contribute 5%? Well, are you doing it? Are you on the way to doing it? Clearly not. I mean, in the case of Italy, Georgia Maloney was out there, rah, rah, rah, right, everybody should contribute 5%. We need a strong NATO, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And then she can't come up with the money. So they're taking names. You heard Pete. What did Pete say? We're reviewing all of you. We're looking at every country. Some of you are going to pass with flying colors and others. Not even close. Well, what happens to the ones that aren't passing? We are going to reduce investment as a result of their reduction in investment. And so a lot of people think that this is the precursor to getting out of NATO altogether. This is the bombshell report that came out earlier this week from Carnegie. And they were saying more recently angered by Allied reluctance, allies reluctance to support U.S. military action against Iran. Trump has slowed the possibility of leaving NATO altogether. And they think that that indeed

maybe in the cards. Well, I will say this. We would be in a better position. You would be in a better position. Italy, France, UK, Spain, I think we just have to like let you go. And, you know, you can join some kind of Iranian Chinese alliance of some sort. I don't know what to tell Spain, for goodness sake. Spain is just game over.

But I would say for the rest of them, we want you to be strong, okay? We want you to be strong because when you're strong, we're strong. And then we're all stronger together. Okay, rah, rah, rah. Like, we got to treat them like five-year-olds right now. We've got to treat them, actually. Just like young adults, okay? Let's go with young adults because they're young adults.

They have mature economies. In other words, these are kids that are like earning their own living. They got their own health insurance. They got their own place. And yet they're still bugging us every week for money. Play money. And for the weekend house that they've now taken over at the lake. Okay?

And then when we want to come and stay, we're not allowed. That's what it's come to if you think about it. So we would be better off as we get into our older years. I'm going to use the parent analogy again. Having kids that can take care of themselves, right? You want the kids to be able to take care of themselves. And it's kind of pathetic and annoying and disgusting. when they keep coming to mom and dad, when they're well into their 30s now, and saying,

I need a handout. Well, Marco Rubio trying to explain this to the Europeans to their faces at the Munich Security Conference most recently this year. I want you to hear this soundbite. We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled by guilt and shame. we want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization and who together with us are willing and able to defend it. Yeah. Right? I mean, then we're all better off.

Then we're not getting bogged down in stuff that, you know, not everybody needs or wants or can be bogged down in. So, yeah, pay your bills, guys. Okay, pay your bills. In Georgia, you're going to have to do a lot better than two little boats from the Navy and go into the Strait of Hermuz to clean up the mines. I think you're going to have to really think this one through. She's doubling down, increasing problems, of course, for herself because she decided that her number two would not go to D.C.

for meetings with Marco Rubio. Remember, Marco was over there. Marco was over there maybe six weeks ago or so. He met with the Pope and then he met with Georgia and he sent Georgia a big old warning. And he sent Spain a warning too and he kept making a point out of Spain. And he saved himself from actually going for the jugular with Italy because I think he figured Georgia Maloney wasn't that crazy, only to find out. Again, Verdi's getting some really good play here today.

Regalato, I think it's Act 1, the Duke's area, La Donner Mobyla. She is just so flighty, okay, flighty and all over the place and doesn't seem to know which end is up. Well, Georgia, you know what? That's going to cost you. It's going to cost you dearly. And can't say, I didn't warn you. Oh, we got a new Air Force One.

Did you guys see this? The President of the United States unveiling this puppy today. Wow. We're going to take you for just a quick tour. The press is actually going to, oh, look at them. They're actually smiling. Are you smiled? The first time I've seen them smiling years, they don't smile at Republicans.

They should smile at Republicans because we're the ones that make America great. Anyway, but that's good. You're happy about that? We'll do it. All right. So when I leave, they're going to take you for a little tour. You'll see something you wouldn't even believe. And you'll be spending a lot of time.

We're going to do, we're doing a lot of trips. We'll be going to Turkey. We'll be going at some point during the year, back to China. Back to China. He's got Starlink, by the way, on board that Air Force One. Makes sense, right? Elon hooked him up there. And he's pretty excited about this plane because it's a big upgrade from the one that is being retired.

This is the one that is the 747-8 jet that was gifted to him by Qatar. We've got the unveiling that took place just a short time. ago and what happened he came right out of the plane and walked down the stairs to Lee Greenwood's proud to be an American. This is a temporary Air Force one, I should point out, temporary Air Force One. What does that mean? They're waiting on Boeing to finish the real one. So this is just what he's going to use in the interim. I want to show you. Here he is coming out of that new plane that was gifted from Qatar. It's worth about $400 million, the 747 jet luxury Boeing jet. It's now becoming the interim Air Force One and they're going to wait for

the permanent planes which were delayed back in, well, they're delayed all the way to 28, right? So he needed something in the here and now. And you've had a lot of criticism, right? The left is out there saying, oh my gosh, he can't accept this. It's unethical. It's possibly illegal. It's a national security risk. And the Constitution, of course, bans federal officials from accepting any gifts. You've got the emolument clause. And so they're trying to say, hey, he's accepting this without Congress's approval, and that's a violation to which you said, no, I'm not. I'm saving the U.S. taxpayer a lot of money. This isn't my plane. This is for governmental use. And so I'm doing this on behalf of the taxpayers. You see him there with some of the generals, et cetera, that are there. Again,

there's been a lot of discussion about this, whether or not it's Cutter's way of trying to buy influence and he's maintained that, no, you know, I'm looking out for the American taxpayer. It's a free plane. It's a free plane. And it's going to go, apparently, he's suggesting to his personal library when it's all said and done. Oh, we've got to talk about Obama's personal library. Ouch. Okay. That's one ugly piece of brick, right? Anyway, we'll get to that and pour, poor, poor, poor, poor. Joe Biden, I can just say, thank goodness that guy, didn't become our president. But, you know, look, the cost of taxpayers is nothing. So it's effectively free, although we are spending money to retrofit it and to make sure that security-wise, it is completely up to snuff. Let's go back to the

president talking there at the ceremony today about the... Our pilots, designers, and engineers prepared an aircraft that is the largest Air Force One ever built. It flies further and faster than any Air Force One. Those are the giant engines, those are incredible engines. It's the fastest. Flies further? You don't have to stop for fuel every few hours. You maybe will never have to stop for fuel.

They call it unlimited. Well, it's pretty close to unlimited. And which is among the most beautiful aircrafts. The Air Force will ever see or operate. You'll never have this opportunity again, and I want to thank everybody involved, including Tamim. But every man and woman here today should

The other one was 35 years old, so it was getting a little long in the tooth, and the spiffy new one is what we now have. So this is a plane that the cutter just kind of had sitting around and looking for some good use. And the president found out they had it. They offered it, actually, I think, to him. And he was like, well, heck yeah, why not? I'll save some people some money, and then we will have the brand new plane, which will be more efficient because they can go longer distances.

He talked about how they're actually going to be going to China at some point in this plane. He's like looking at the press saying, hey, you know what? I bet you're going to like it. It's so nice, right? I did this for you guys. Anyway, again, new Air Force One on the scene. While he was talking about Air Force One, he did get into Iran a little bit. Don't forget, Iran, that deal is apparently still happening.

But, you know, the big ceremony that they were going to have in Geneva today, that didn't happen. I mean, I kind of thought, dare I say, when they were sending J.D. Vance, I thought, you know, I'm wondering if he's really going to go and sign it because Marco wasn't going, and the president certainly wasn't going. And so it's a little easier to pull back with J.D. The stakes are less high, which told me, I wonder if they're really going to see this thing to fruition as early as this week. Apparently, they need to really finesse some of the points. And so J.D. is holding back. And all of the people, I mean, we have the greatest military anywhere in the world. And you saw that in Iran where in one week virtually we knocked out their entire Navy, their entire Air Force,

their anti-missile weapons, their radar. We knocked out everything. Now, some of the fake news would say, oh, we didn't do it fast enough or something. We took about a week. We're a little spoiled by Venezuela, but equal, I would say equal. And now we have an agreement that was signed last night, and it's 60 days. They have to make a deal. Otherwise, we will do things that won't make them happy, but I don't think it's going to get to that.

I think it's going to be very good. Remember, if we do that, then all of a sudden you're not going to have the oil flowing out of the strait too quickly because people that own billion-dollar ships don't love missiles flying over them, don't love mines all over the water. And this is going to be amazing. What's happening now, because we have the greatest economy

that we've ever had. We have $19.2 trillion coming into our country from other countries and people, but a lot of other countries that are coming in, including Qatar, who was so nice. So he's talking about Qatar there.

Look, does this deal happen? I think some version of this deal happens. I really do. I think that there are a lot of reasons why they want this to happen. I think he's absolutely correct to say he did a lot more than Barack Obama did when it comes to taking out the military. Heck, they took out leadership team number one, leadership team number two. I also understand and appreciate that there's some consideration. that the UN is going to have some jurisdiction over this and that there's some fear that they're

not having to do quite as much as we want them to do, and yet we're going to relax the embargo. I would also say, again, in the spirit of realism, we need to make sure that we're not looking at an eternal picture of higher and higher and higher gas prices, right? Like that's just the political reality of this situation. So I think this president is forced up against it in the – he did what he could to make sure that they didn't have the nuclear weapon. He did what he could to ensure that he took out all military strength that they may have thus far assembled. They got rid of the Navy. They got rid of the army. They really just have a few little, you know, rafts that are causing a lot of havoc. And so that is

the plus side of this. So does it get done? I actually do think it gets done. I mean, it could be volatile for the next 60 days, so buckle up, you know, especially in terms of your investments as you watch them all. But again, he did a lot more. in some ways than Barack Obama. So a lot of people are comparing this to Obama's deal and saying, well, which one was better? He wants you to know. Well, he wants you to know.

Of course. Of course. No brainer. Let's go back to Axios in their interview. You know, I hear the JCPOA, the Obama nuclear catastrophe, which was so bad. When Obama left, he didn't hit their military.

Sure. He didn't damage their Navy or destroy their Air Force. I'd destroy the Air Force. I destroyed their anti-aircraft weapons. That's why we were flying over there, totally unimpeded. We turned off all the stealth. They couldn't do a damn thing.

He didn't do any of that stuff. He didn't kill their leadership. I did twice, two and a half times, to be exact. He didn't do anything to Salamani. I killed Salamani. And you killed the Ayatollah. And I killed the Ayatollah. And I sadly hurt the other Ayatollah.

Who is apparently. not in very good shape. So, gosh, darn it. We'll see how it shakes out. As we get into next week, I'm watching the markets very, very carefully, obviously, because a lot of what's happening is really shown to you in those markets. And by the way, if you aren't investing, you need to be.

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Gosh, guys, did you see what went down in Chicago? So they had this big dedication ceremony for Barack Obama, and it was like a who's who in the, you know, Democratic circles all out for a good time. Hey y'all, it's Kelly Clarkson with Wayfair. Ever order furniture online and wonder what if? Like, what if it doesn't hold up? That sofa was four days old. You should have ordered from Wayfair. With Wayfair, there's no what if. Just style you love and quality you can trust. Visit wayfair.com. Wayfair, every style, every home. But one poor guy. Oh my gosh, this poor guy, just be thankful he's not the president of the United States. Let's cue the tape. This is from my shorts feed for one, Joe Biden. Dazed and confused.

When I first saw this, I thought it was AI. But nope, nope, it's just Joey Boy. Getting deserted by the likes of Barack Obama, who's having a grand old time dancing away at his library center dedication. Oh, even Jill Biden is having so much fun that she's walking out, stage left leaving. Poor Joey Boy, looking for his granddaughter.

My granddaughter. Unbelievable. I mean, really, really unbelievable. just be so thankful. He's not actually our president. They wanted him to be. I thought that was AI. I kid you not. Like I actually went over to Grock and I double checked it. I'm like, are you serious? He's really not well. He's really, really, really not well. And if you watch that whole tape, it's just incredible. I mean, he's just wandering around on stage and I'm like, Dr. Jill, where are you? Oh, we know. she was willing to sell him out pretty quick, right?

And then sell him out again for that book that she just did. Which is it, Jill? Did you really think he was having some kind of neurological event or did you not? Because if he was having a stroke or some other kind of thing, like you're now suggesting in your new book, then why on earth would you allow for him to run again, right? Why wouldn't it wouldn't the logical for any normal woman if you saw your husband and you were concerned about him,

wouldn't you say, honey, you know what? It's been a good run. We need to actually take a break from politics. We need to think about, you know, our summer by the sea this year. We're going to enjoy the grandkids and settle down because, you know, you only have so many years left at this point. I mean, what kind of, you know what it was? It was power. I'm sorry. Like there's a thing about a political wife, right? And don't kid yourself. They also like power. The politicians themselves are into their power and the wives that support them are into their power. A bunch of people on a power trip.

And, you know, the poor guy, he's like clearly senile at this point. Just look at that tape. He's the one that suffers. Oh, and you had a kid, Hunter, on a power trip too. It was like a power bananza. Anyway, speaking of power bananas and people that are very self-centered and focused on themselves. Well, did you see this one? Michelle Obama proving, yes, it really is me, me, me, me, me.

That's all she cares about. Watch. One word to describe your next chapter. One word. Fun. Me. That's what you call. Drop the mic.

You know what? You seem to be grading her higher on her answer. Oh my gosh. You know what? He should say, can we do a redo? Because I have one word, one word to describe, you know, the future. After she said, me? I got the word.

Aniston. Go with Aniston, Barack, and, you know, that would have gotten her. Jennifer Aniston denies it, et cetera. But let's just say there were a lot of tabloid reports, us weekly. She even had to go on, was it Jimmy Kimmel? Or the other Jimmy. I'm not sure. One of those late night shows to tell everyone it wasn't actually true.

So here's the library, okay? Barack Obama has spent 10 years working on this puppy, 10 years and a billion dollars for this lovely piece of, you know what. And there it was. A sideways cinder block dropped in the middle of Chicago, like a dud that didn't detonate. He's funny. He's a good guy too.

So it's a really ugly, ugly mom's. of a thing. And it's not just that it's ugly. It may actually represent, dare I say, something more? Like in that, you know, I think it might actually stand as an example of the problem with socialism and the problem with communism and the problem with hardworking people not getting what they deserve. Because according to a new report in Crane's business, which was then cited by the Wall Street Journal, this monstrosity of a library, this debacle that cost a billion dollars and took 10 years to build, well, it may not have had enough money and as a result might be stiffen the contractors. Yeah, the contractors that built this thing. Let's go back to Fox.

Apparently, Obama stiffed the black subcontractors who built this stone slab. Some of all contractors are already in bankruptcy. That's what they're saying, that if it It wasn't the fact that they worked on this Obama project. They would not be under this type of problem, filing the bank roughly for protection. The overall monies expended on this project have now reached nearly $4 million in the red. And what sense is accelerating June 10th if our black contractors are not getting their money? Barry built a billion-dollar vanity project, booked celebrities to serenate them,

and didn't pay the black construction workers. This isn't Donald Trump. This is Barack Hussein Obama who did that. How's that for irony? So here's the story first reported in Cranes, accusing Barack Obama and his team of stiffing the contractors, many of whom were DEI contractors, which is really kind of, there's a special irony, right, to all of this.

Very, very special irony. And this really is a symbol, not of hope, but of devastation, I mean, just look at that ugly thing. Anyway, the Obama presidential center was meant to lift, lift up local contractors. They write in Crane's business, some are now fighting for survival. Oh, it was touted as launching, or being a launching pad for jobs and workforce development on the south side of Chicago. But some of the local contractors hired to help build it say they are paying the price

for the project's delays and cost overruns. Wow, wow, wow. I mean, apparently the guy who's representing some of these folks that are now involved in litigation is saying that seven different Obama Center subcontractors were muzzled by non-disclosure agreements. Well, they have sought his help in pursuing their claims over the past four months. Several said that they are owed seven-figure sums. He said, but they're willing to settle for less just to be able to stay in business. It's to the point that they wish they never had done the project. Yeah.

And for the rest of us, we're looking at that thing and saying, we wish that thing had never been built either. But there's a lot of I wishes, right, with one Barack Obama. I mean, we could be here all day. I wish, let me start with this. The guy had not been elected. And I say that because he did so much to damage this country and to divide this country

and to give birth to this entire deal. DEI nonsense movement that has just been horrific and destructive. Barack Obama did not help us. He was kind of a cult personality, if you would, as a president, and we're paying the price still now. He got a handle on the deep state, though, did he not? He really did. I mean, I think about his deep state.

That was the one thing, you know, I'll say this about the guy. He was not great, but he was effective, and that he got stuff done, and we shouldn't have ever wanted him to get anything done. I think about even as recently as the first presidency for Donald J. Trump. I mean, he didn't have full control because all of Obama's people were still in there. Comey with his little, you know, dossier. I mean, all of this stuff was a hangover from the system that had been put in place by one Barack Obama. I mean, granted, it might have taken years to get to there. It took years to, you know, for the, I mean, for, for, for, for, for Barack Obama to have that kind of hold on things, that kind of hold on people, that kind of hold on the deep state,

that says a lot. But this is important. So Tulsi Gabbard on her way out of deep state, just blew the lid off the place. And Tulsi Gabbard is burying one Anthony Fauci. Take a listen to this. Now, the release also includes whistleblower allegations that in intelligence analysts who supported the lab leak theory faced career consequences. Now, one of the most explosive claims out of these documents is that Fauci allegedly lied under oath during his 2024 congressional testimony. The accusation being circulated that I influence these scientists who change their minds by bribing them with millions of dollars in grant money is absolutely false and simply preposterous.

Well, not according to one Tulsi Gabbard. Like I said, on her way out the door, she decided to give a little gift if you would. And that little gift is designed to help lawmakers to go after one Anthony Fauci. Don't forget Dr. Rand Paul, or Senator Rand Paul, rather, was, oh, I guess he's a doctor as well. So there you go. He was very upset and believed that Fauci had lied under oath. And then the question was, because of the statute of limitations, could they go after him? Well, she's saying this happened in 2024.

That statement that you just heard that he made, she's got proof in these document releases that just came out today that in fact he may have been lying. According to her, he was, let's go to Tulsi, who just blew the lid off the place today, last day in the gig. Before the COVID pandemic, Dr. Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, provided millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain of function research on bat coronaviruses

at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic. I'm releasing never-before-seen communications and documents that expose exactly how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the intelligence community to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus's lab leak origins, and his role in directing U.S. funding for this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives. You know what was crazy about that back then was that you could not have any other viewpoint. Remember that? No other viewpoint was allowed. I'm looking for a soundbite that I want to show you. It is from 2020. In April of 2020, I think it was April 15th. We actually had the president

being asked about that Chinese lab coronavirus report. I want to tell you guys, you know, I'm a reporter, I'm a journalist, and I have a lot of sources. And I had sources within the administration that were telling me as far back as February of 2020 that they believed that that virus had been something that was not, they didn't think it was deliberately released. They didn't say that, but they said they did think that it came from the Wuhan lab where they were working on this stuff. So that was February, okay? And then it took until April for this Fox reporter to ask the president about this. And the entire media came down so hard on him for what he said in response. Now remember, this information was out there. It was out there for any good journalist to find. It just wasn't

being reported because Fauci had such a darn hold on the place, okay? And then finally they dared to ask the question. April 15th, 2020, here we go. Sources are telling Fox News today that the United States government now has high confidence that while the coronavirus is a naturally occurring virus, it emanated from a virology lab in Wuhan that because of lack safety protocols, an intern was infected, who later infected her boyfriend, and then went to the wet market in Wuhan where it began to spread. Does that correspond with what you have heard from officials?

Well, I don't want to say that, John, but I will tell you more and more we're hearing the story. And we'll see when you say multiple sources. Now, there's a case where you can use the word sources. But we are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation that happened. Go ahead. So remember, he actually, I thought, said, yeah, like this school of thought is out there. we're examining it. He actually answered the question.

But boy, did they go nuts. I want to show you some of the coverage. Look at this. Media slams Trump, they write. I mean, the Guardian, April 15th, as soon as he said that immediately, here's the headline, okay? Trump fans flames of Chinese lab coronavirus theory

during daily briefing. Oh, except that it turns out that was true. They're calling it, a theory, and that it's somehow this whacked out theory. And then you see in the Washington Post, what caused the coronavirus a skeptical take on the theories about the outbreak's Chinese origin? And so they go on to say, you know, the president's wrong. NBC News did a report that night, actually the next morning, April 16th.

And they reported about how Trump is apparently looking into this unverified theory of the Chinese lab origin. The BBC, they were covered. it. They actually had talked about the conspiracy as well, that Trump was promoting a conspiracy, and they said there was no scientific evidence to support this idea that it was coming out of a lab. Vox on April 29th, a little later, said Wuhan lab, coronavirus leak theory is unlikely. Scientists say, I mean, they jumped over this and over this and over this, and they kept saying over and over and over again. The next day, the headlines everywhere. That night, that day, CNN, you know, oh my gosh, he's just a conspiracy theorist. except the Intel community, the few people in the Intel community that were communicating this,

they were right. And there are people, according to the whistleblower reports, that lost their jobs. Because they dared to think differently. I mean, hey, I'm a journalist, right? I dared to say something. I'm an opinion journalist. I dared to say maybe we shouldn't be lucking down the entire country right now. You couldn't say that.

either. Okay, like a lot of people paid the price because there was only one narrative and you had to have that narrative and everybody had to go into state TV mode and just echo that narrative. The Washington Post, this one cracked me up. They actually put out a headline saying Trump dodges question about Wuhan Lab Report. I don't think he dodged it. I think he said to John, John Roberts, the Fox reporter, yeah, you know what? It could be. I've heard that. Some people are looking at that. And they were furious. They were furious. because he was there for condoning, condoning a conspiracy report. Listen, I'll tell you, this is group think all the way, all the way. Reminder to subscribe to the show. I want to say something actually on a

personal note right now for you guys. You know, one of the advertisers on our show is a company called ethos, ethos.com forward slash Trish, and it's for life insurance. And I actually don't have an ad or anything with them today and didn't need to do this, but someone who, you know, who I know well, actually, I don't know well, but somebody I know well, a few people I know well, have a friend who was in his early 50s and died very unexpectedly. I mean, he got noticed like 10 days ago that he had a very rare disease and actually like four days ago passed away. And so a lot of people are really grieving that I know. And they're very upset. And making matters even worse, I was told he does not have life insurance.

And he's got two young kids and a wife that he lives behind. And it's sort of strange because, you know, a lot of people, we just assume they have it. Like all of these friends of mine, they were like, we would have thought he would have had it. We just assume that he had it because, you know, there are certain things that you check off in life and that you just do. And when you have a family, you need to take care of this. And so I actually told them I was going to do this little spot today for ethos because I wanted. to help anybody I can out there in all seriousness. Like, this is not an ad I'm paid for today or anything,

but they happen to be an advertiser on the show. And I thought, you know what, this is kind of a public service message in a way today. Make sure you have life insurance, okay? Like, just make sure you have it. You never know. I mean, this guy certainly didn't know. Imagine finding out 10 days ago that you have a very rare form of cancer. I mean, he was tired for a few months.

He was very, very tired, I'm told. and then all of a sudden, you know, he got that diagnosis, and then within the week had passed away and leaves behind two young kids. And it's just awful. It's absolutely awful. The family doesn't know what they're going to do. And, you know, friends of mine are chipping in, et cetera. So I just say, you know what?

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all right just just do that if for me and for my friend group that um said to me gee trish you know you've heard this on my show before and they said you should you should say something you should you should so it's Friday it's the end of the week I didn't have to do this but I want you guys to make sure that you have insurance and and you can do it online it's easy easy peasy okay you don't even have to go get all these exams and everything you do easy pizy so go to ethos.com forward slash Trish today for that. And thank you for being here. Thank you for all you do to make this show a success. I know you're you don't want to see Fauci getting away with this one. You just don't. Keith, I know, you do have to feel bad for people. I agree. I feel terrible for this family. I just,

it's such a downer, right? It just, I didn't even, I actually didn't know them at all, but so many people, so many people I do and that I'm close to did. And, I just, it's awful. It's awful. Those kids will never get their dad back, but, you know, making it even worse, of course, is that the mother's sitting there saying, well, how am I going to pay for college? How am I going to, how am I going to pay the mortgage? How am I going to take care of us? And this is not somebody who's a businessman. This is not somebody that I would have thought of would have not had life insurance. But, you know, people surprise you. So, um, go ahead, get it. Again, I'm going to put this up. I should put it in the show. I think I put in the show notes, ethos.com forward slash Trish. Go go check that out today. And thank you for being here. Thank you for everything. Cat Crazy Sam. I think they do, actually. My friends told me that, that they have a GoFund me. You know, it's just, it's tough. There's a little boy in eighth grade and a young girl in high school. It's just awful. I don't want to start crying here. But like, again, I did not know them, but so many people I know in my community knew them. So I feel terrible for them. But, you know, if nothing else, make sure you have life insurance guys. Make sure you do that. Anyway, I'll look into that, Cat Crazy Cam, Sam. I'm all tongue-tied. This is what happens. I get kind of emotional.

You guys know that about me. Anyway, unc Andy, great to see you. Peace of my mind. Great to see you guys. Thank you all for being here. And I may check in over the weekend. We got a lot more content coming your way, and I'll see you Monday.