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00:00:53WITH TEN WEEKS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY 2026, WE'RE JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY JIM ANTLE.
00:00:57HE SERVES AS EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE.
00:01:01JIM ANTLE, WHO DO YOU THINK WINS TODAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT REPUBLICANS
00:01:04ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER FOR LINDSEY GRAHAM'S OLD SEAT?
00:01:08YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. I MEAN, DARLENE GRAHAM, SHE WON
00:01:12THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING, BUT
00:01:15AS WE SAW IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, THE PERSON WHO WINS THE
00:01:18FIRST ROUND DOESN'T NECESSARILY IN THE RUNOFF.
00:01:20AND SHE'S HAD A TOUGH WEEK OR
00:01:23SO, PARTICULARLY AFTER HER DEBATE PERFORMANCE.
00:01:28THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER HER LEVEL OF
00:01:32EXPERIENCE IS SUITED FOR SERVING IN THAT SENATE SEAT.
00:01:35SHE CLEARLY HAS A LOT OF HER
00:01:37BROTHER'S STAFF STILL WITH HER, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN
00:01:43INTERESTING AND IT'S ALSO A TEST
00:01:44OF OF TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT POWER.
00:01:47HE IS SUPPORTING HER.
00:01:49HE ENCOURAGED HER TO RUN FOR THE FULL SIX YEAR TERM RATHER THAN
00:01:52JUST BEING SORT OF A PLACEHOLDER
00:01:56IN THAT SENATE SEAT AFTER HER BROTHER'S DEATH.
00:02:00SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER HE CAN
00:02:02PULL HER ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL TEST. SHE'S HAD A TOUGH WEEK.
00:02:06WHY DO YOU THINK HE ENDORSED HER
00:02:08IF RALPH NORMAN WINS TONIGHT? WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE
00:02:12STRENGTH OF A DONALD TRUMP ENDORSING?
00:02:15AND AS WE GET THIS FAR INTO HIS SECOND TERM?
00:02:18SO I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN HE ENDORSES LOYALISTS WHO ARE NOT
00:02:21NECESSARILY THE STRONGEST CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW, HIS
00:02:25ENDORSEMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT
00:02:26IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DECISIVE IF
00:02:30IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOU KNOW,
00:02:34IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DETERMINE THE FUTURE, BUT YOU DRAFT AS A
00:02:38REPUBLICAN YOU'D RATHER HAVE IT THAN NOT. I THINK HE SAW IT AS A TRIBUTE
00:02:42TO THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY
00:02:45GRAHAM, WHO WAS A CLOSE ALLY OF THIS WHITE HOUSE.
00:02:48I, I THINK THAT HE THOUGHT IT
00:02:51WAS A, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A WAY
00:02:56OF PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIM AND HIS LEGACY.
00:03:00ALSO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, RALPH NORMAN
00:03:02IS A PARTICULAR REALLY STRINGENT
00:03:06MEMBER OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS. I THINK THE PRESIDENT PROBABLY
00:03:09DOESN'T WANT TOO MANY OF THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE SENATE.
00:03:13HE WANTS PEOPLE WHO ARE COOPERATIVE. HE WANTS PEOPLE WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
00:03:17ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA, AND HE WANTS PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR FOUR BILLS AND CLOSE
00:03:22CALLS. AND MAYBE HE DOESN'T THINK THAT NORMAL WOULD DO THAT. WE ARE TEN WEEKS FROM ELECTION
00:03:27DAY. THE ISSUES ON THE FRONT PAGES
00:03:29ARE TRADE WAR WITH CANADA, NEW SANCTIONS.
00:03:33THIS LATEST ATTEMPT TO CREATE SOME MOVEMENT IN THE ONGOING
00:03:37CONFLICT, IRAN. LAST WEEK IT WAS CROSSING THE
00:03:41$40 TRILLION DEBT THRESHOLD.
00:03:43ARE THESE THE ISSUES AND PLACES THAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE?
00:03:47TWO MONTHS AND TWO WEEKS TO ELECTION DAY? NO.
00:03:50I MEAN, I THINK THE DEFINING ISSUE OF THIS ELECTION IS GOING
00:03:54TO BE AFFORDABILITY, JUST AS IT WAS IN 2024 AND 2025.
00:03:59SO FOR THE FOCUS TO BE ON
00:04:01TARIFFS, FOR THE FOCUS TO BE ON HOW BIG THE DEBT IS GETTING TO
00:04:05FOR THE FOCUS TO BE ON HOW HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO
00:04:08REMAIN AND FOR IT TO BE ON A FOREIGN WAR.
00:04:11NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE. BUT THAT HAPPENS TO BE WHERE
00:04:15THEY ARE. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT ON THAT TERRAIN.
00:04:19AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO TRY
00:04:23TO TO GET REPUBLICANS TO STAY
00:04:26THE COURSE ON. IRAN. HE'S GOING TO SHIFT THE FOCUS
00:04:30AWAY FROM MAYBE KINETIC MILITARY
00:04:32ACTIONS TOWARDS THIS IDEA OF
00:04:35MAXIMIZING ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.
00:04:39BUT OBVIOUSLY, THAT DOES COME AT
00:04:41SOME COST TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS. WELL, AND CERTAINLY ACCESS TO
00:04:45THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS KEEPING
00:04:48GAS AND OIL PRICES HIGHER.
00:04:51THE NEW IDEALLY LIKELY TO BE, IF YOU'RE REPUBLICANS DEFENDING
00:04:54YOUR NARROW CONGRESS MAJORITIES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A
00:04:58LOT OF VOTERS WHO WHO WANT THE PRESIDENT'S FOCUS TO BE
00:05:02SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN WHERE IT IS. BUT THIS IS WHERE THINGS ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
00:05:06YOU WROTE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. DOES ANYBODY CARE ABOUT $40
00:05:10TRILLION IN DEBT THAT THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY IN AND
00:05:12COUNTING, I SHOULD SAY, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 30 PLUS YEARS
00:05:16AGO, THE DEFICIT WAS A MAJOR
00:05:18POLITICAL ISSUE AND WE DID HAVE
00:05:20A SHORT LIVED BALANCED BUDGET AT
00:05:23THE END OF THE NINETIES, THE BEGINNING OF THE 2000 DIDN'T
00:05:28LAST VERY LONG, BUT AT THAT
00:05:30TIME, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT IT AND IT WAS A LOT
00:05:34SMALLER THAN IT IS TODAY HERE WITH $40 TRILLION NASH OLD DEBT
00:05:37THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE QUITE THE SAME URGENCY REALLY IN
00:05:41EITHER PARTY. BUT I MEAN, A BIG PART OF IT IS
00:05:45AND IN THE EARLIER PART.
00:05:49OF THIS CENTURY, INTEREST RATES WERE LOW. AND SO THE COST OF SERVICING THE
00:05:51DEBT WAS RELATIVELY LOW.
00:05:54NOW IT'S A LOT HIGHER. IT'S CROWDING OUT A LOT OF PARTS
00:05:58OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET THAT I THINK VOTERS WANT.
00:06:01SO THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO
00:06:04HAVE A REAL ECONOMIC IMPACT,
00:06:07WHICH IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE EARLIER, OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE
00:06:12YEARS PRIOR, IS MUCH HIGHER. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF THAT
00:06:16MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW VARIOUS POLITICAL ACTORS RESPOND TO IT.
00:06:20JIM ANTLE IS OUR GUEST THIS MORNING.
00:06:22A GOOD GUY TO TALK POLITICS WITH AND A GOOD DAY TO DO IT.
00:06:25WE'RE ABOUT SEVEN DAYS FROM
00:06:28ELECTION DAY, TEN WEEKS, TWO MONTHS, TWO WEEKS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SLICE IT.
00:06:32GIVE US A CALL. PHONE LINES ARE OPEN.
00:06:35REPUBLICANS 202748 8001.
00:06:38DEMOCRATS 202748 8000
00:06:41INDEPENDENTS 202748 8000. TO JIM ANSEL WRITES FOR THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE.
00:06:45WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT THIS WEEK? SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE
00:06:49GOING TO REMAIN PRETTY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:06:53WE'VE GOT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 911 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN
00:06:57THE UNITED STATES COMING UP.
00:06:58SO WHAT IS THAT MEANT FOR DOMESTIC POLITICS?
00:07:02WHAT DOES THAT MEANT FOR
00:07:03AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD?
00:07:07YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY
00:07:09SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE AND IT
00:07:13FEELS LIKE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU
00:07:17KNOW, IN THE DAYS AFTER 911, IT
00:07:19WOULDN'T HAVE SEEMED LIKELY THAT
00:07:21ZORAN MAMDANI WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY.
00:07:24BUT HE IS. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR
00:07:28BOTH, YOU KNOW, FOR NEW YORK
00:07:30CITY AND FOR POLITICS
00:07:34NATIONALLY, AS YOU SEE THIS ASCENDANCE OF THE SOCIALIST WING
00:07:38OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHERE
00:07:40DO YOU SEE THE SOCIALIST WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
00:07:43HOW DO YOU SEE IT PERFORMING IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, A PRIMARY IS
00:07:48DIFFERENT THAN A GENERAL
00:07:50ELECTION OF THE CANDIDATES THAT
00:07:52WHERE WE SAW SURPRISES THAT THE
00:07:55SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS DID WELL IN THIS PRIMARY SEASON.
00:07:57WHO SHOULD REPUBLICAN BE MOST WORRIED ABOUT?
00:08:00SO I, I THINK ALL OF THE THE SOCIALISTS WHO WON HOUSE
00:08:05PRIMARIES ARE GOING TO DO WELL. THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THEIR ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN
00:08:09DEEP BLUE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SO THE REAL QUESTION IS GOING TO
00:08:13BE HOW SOME OF THESE SENATE CANDIDATES FARE.
00:08:15YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AT LEAST
00:08:18SOCIALIST ADJACENT CANDIDATES IN
00:08:21IN MICHIGAN AND IN MAINE AND IN MINNESOTA.
00:08:25SO HOW DO THEY DO? YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE SETBACK
00:08:27IN WISCONSIN FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN THE GUBERNATORIAL, BUT
00:08:31THEY'VE DONE WELL OVERALL IN IN
00:08:35DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. AND THE THEY'VE BEATEN SOME
00:08:39ENTRENCHED INCUMBENTS IN HOUSE RACES.
00:08:42SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS
00:08:44HAS MADE SOME OF THE BLUE STATE
00:08:46SENATE RACES MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE
00:08:50BEEN WITH, YOU KNOW, SAFER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES,
00:08:53PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS A LIKELY TO BE A PRETTY GOOD
00:08:57DEMOCRATIC YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT TO
00:09:01WIN A SENATE RACE IN MICHIGAN,
00:09:04YOU KNOW, SUSAN COLLINS IS ALWAYS BEEN A TOUGH OUT FOR
00:09:08DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY'VE TRIED TO CHALLENGE HER. AND SHE'S GENERALLY OUTPERFORMED
00:09:12HER POLL NUMBERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
00:09:14HAVE PRETTY BIG 2028 IMPLICATIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE,
00:09:18YOU KNOW, IF IF THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING IN
00:09:21THE BATTLEGROUND STATES, IF THEY
00:09:23DO WELL, THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY
00:09:27BOON FOR, SAY, ALEXANDRIA OR
00:09:31CORTEZ OR ANY SOCIALIST TO DECIDES TO RUN FOR THE
00:09:34DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. WHEREAS IF THEY DON'T DO WELL,
00:09:38IF IF A NUMBER OF THEM LOSE OR IF THEIR THEIR RACES ARE REALLY
00:09:44DEMOCRATS. SO ELECTABILITY CONCERNS WOULD PROBABLY BE BECOME A REALLY BIG
00:09:49PROBLEM FOR THAT WING OF THE PARTY. WHOEVER DECIDES TO BE THEIR
00:09:51PRESIDENTIAL STANDARD BEARER. AS WE COME TO THE END OF THE SUMMER.
00:09:55DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE IMPROVED THEIR CHANCES OF TAKING
00:09:59THE SENATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST THREE MONTHS?
00:10:04I DON'T I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'VE IMPROVED THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE
00:10:09NOMINATED SOME CANDIDATES THAT I
00:10:11THINK MAKE SOME OF THESE BLUE
00:10:13STATE SENATE RACES LESS CERTAIN THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE
00:10:17BEEN. BUT THEY'RE STILL IN A PRETTY
00:10:19GOOD POSITION AND THEY SEEM TO
00:10:22BE WELL, EVEN IN SOME OF THE RED
00:10:25STATES WHERE WE HAVE SENATORS UP.
00:10:27SO, YOU KNOW, THEY MOSTLY GOT
00:10:31THE NOMINEES THEY WANTED AND ARE
00:10:34POLLING PRETTY WELL IN PLACES
00:10:36LIKE ALASKA, IOWA, OHIO,
00:10:40CERTAINLY NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. YOU KNOW, GEORGIA, THEY'RE
00:10:44THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD A SEAT IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEY'RE TRYING TO PICK UP ONE.
00:10:49YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE.
00:10:52BUT THEY DO HAVE A VERY TOUGH SENATE MAP.
00:10:54AND THEN TO HAVE PLACES LIKE MICHIGAN AND MAINE REALLY NOT BE
00:10:58A SURE FIRE OR DEMOCRATIC HOLDS
00:11:02PICKUPS IS IS PUTS THEM IN A
00:11:06SOMEWHAT TOUGHER SPOT. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW,
00:11:09THEY'RE CLEARLY FAVORED TO TO
00:11:11RETAKE THE HOUSE, BUT THE SENATE, IN MY VIEW, REMAINS A TOSS UP.
00:11:15WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STRATEGY OF OF CLEARING THE ROAD
00:11:18ESSENTIALLY FOR INDEPENDENTS IN
00:11:20PLACES LIKE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA?
00:11:23I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMEBODY
00:11:27WITH A DEMOCRATIC LABEL IS NOT GOING TO DO WELL. I MEAN, THOSE ARE REPUBLICAN
00:11:31STATES. THIS GIVES THEM A BETTER CHANCE.
00:11:34OBVIOUSLY, IT LOOKS LIKE A
00:11:36LITTLE BIT OF SHENANIGANS AND
00:11:38CHICANERY, PERHAPS, BECAUSE, YOU
00:11:42KNOW, YOU HAVE THESE DEMOCRATS
00:11:44WHO ARE NOT RUNNING AS DEMOCRATS. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO
00:11:48BOTHER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VOTERS. BUT, YES, CLEARLY THAT IS
00:11:53STRATEGICALLY SOUNDER AND WE'LL HAVE SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT.
00:11:56I DON'T EXPECT IT THAT THAT MANY OF THOSE CANDIDATES WILL WIN.
00:12:00BUT BUT IT OBVIOUSLY MAKES REPUBLICANS SWEAT AND IT ALSO
00:12:03MAKES THEM HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN STATES WHERE THEY WOULD THEY WOULD RATHER NOT.
00:12:07WE'RE CHATTING WITH JIM ANTLE THIS MORNING. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK POLITICS WITH HIM.
00:12:11PHONE LINES ARE AS USUAL.
00:12:13DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS.
00:12:16AND THEY ARE OPEN FOR YOU TO CALL IN. AND ED IS IN CLARKSBURG, WEST
00:12:21VIRGINIA. INDEPENDENT. ED, GO AHEAD. YES.
00:12:25UH OH. NINE, EIGHT. ONE YEARS OLD.
00:12:30FIRST TIME I VOTED WAS IN 19.
00:12:34AND, UH, I'LL I'LL CHANGE MY POLITICS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND
00:12:38VOTED FOR MY PRESIDENT THAT I DEARLY LOVED.
00:12:42JOHN F KENNEDY. I VOTED TILL 19.
00:12:48SUDDEN THE EIGHT. I QUIT VOTING.
00:12:51I NEVER VOTED UNTIL THE LAST ELECTION.
00:12:55I VOTED AND I'M AN INDEPENDENT.
00:12:58I VOTED BECAUSE THE DEMOCRAT SUPPORT, THE ONE.
00:13:02NO, NO, THAT JOE BIDEN BELIEVE.
00:13:07GET OUT THERE AND RUN. AND ARE YOU GOING TO. ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER?
00:13:12UH, YEAH. I HAVE THE RIGHT WHEN I VOTE, I'M STILL BACK.
00:13:15ANOTHER ROUND BECAUSE I'M SAYING
00:13:18ANYBODY I LIKE, THEY'RE ALL
00:13:22LIKE, I CAN'T VOTE IN THE
00:13:24PRIMARY IS ANYWAY I'M THEN, UH,
00:13:30AND NOW I'M OFF MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT GOES I'M NOT EVEN ONE YEARS OLD. THAT'S OKAY.
00:13:34THANKS FOR CALLING IN. THAT'S ED IN WEST VIRGINIA.
00:13:36ED CERTAINLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MIDTERMS AFTER NOT VOTING
00:13:40FOR A LONG TIME. IT SPEAKS TO THE QUESTION OF
00:13:44TURNOUT IN A MIDTERM VERSUS THE
00:13:46PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
00:13:48ED CAME BACK TO VOTE FOR SURE, MEAN TURNOUT WILL BE LOWER.
00:13:52TURNOUT GENERALLY LOWER IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:13:55BUT IT CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TURN OUT.
00:13:58AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
00:14:00EXCUSE ME, MIDTERM ELECTIONS
00:14:02TEND TO GO BADLY FOR THE PARTY THAT CONTROLS THE WHITE HOUSE IS
00:14:06THAT THEIR VOTERS TEND TO BE
00:14:08EITHER COMPLACENT OR DEMORALIZED BY THAT TIME.
00:14:11AND THEN THE VOTERS FOR THE
00:14:13OTHER PARTY ARE ANGRY AND THEY'RE REALLY MOTIVATED TO TURN OUT.
00:14:17SO THAT EVEN A PART FROM ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING
00:14:21ON RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO OUR OUR NATIONAL CONDITIONS
00:14:24AND SPECIFIC TRUMP SPECIFIC TO
00:14:26THE POSITION OF THE REPUBLICAN
00:14:28PARTY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IF YOU'RE THE PARTY IN POWER TO
00:14:34MOTIVATE YOUR PEOPLE TO TURN OUT, WHEREAS THE PEOPLE WHO WANT
00:14:37TO VOTE AGAINST YOU ARE VERY PRIMED TO SHOW UP AND VOTE.
00:14:41IN TERMS OF THE MECHANICS OF VOTING, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT IN OUR FIRST SEGMENT.
00:14:45THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
00:14:50MAIL IN BALLOTING? THE SUPREME COURT'S MOVE
00:14:52YESTERDAY TO, AT LEAST FOR NOW, ALLOW THAT ORDER TO MOVE
00:14:56FORWARD. IT COULD CAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
00:14:59SAYING, A LOT OF CHAOS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. WE'RE JUST TEN WEEKS FROM
00:15:02ELECTION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY MAIL IN BALLOTS
00:15:06ARE SENT OUT AND HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE DEALS WITH THOSE BALLOTS.
00:15:10YEAH, I MEAN, IT IT IT DEPENDING ON HOW CLOSE SOME OF THESE
00:15:14ELECTIONS ARE, THIS COULD BECOME A REAL ISSUE.
00:15:17I MEAN, IF IF THERE ARE
00:15:19ELECTIONS THAT HINGE ON ON THE
00:15:21MAIL IN BALLOTS, THAT THEN YOU
00:15:25COULD YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD THIS HERE AND TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE AN
00:15:28ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL IS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS. YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE COVERAGE
00:15:32JUST A SECOND. TREE NUTS ARE GOING TO BE UP. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL. AND MORE DEALS ARE BEING
00:15:37NEGOTIATED TO IT AS WE GO. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEVEL SET THAT, FIRST OF ALL,
00:15:40THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS REOPENED
00:15:42THE WORLD TO AMERICA AND GOODS.
00:15:44AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL GOODS, WHICH IS PART OF THE THE BIG
00:15:50REASON AND SOLUTION THAT WE NEED FOR OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS WITH REGARDS TO CANADA, THE
00:15:54PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF
00:15:57THAT THE WAY THEY TREAT OUR DAIRY FARMERS IN AMERICA IS JUST
00:16:02NOT IT IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE ANY LONGER THAT THE INTENT OF
00:16:06THE USMCA AND IN OTHER DEALS
00:16:09THAT WENT WENT WAS THAT OUR
00:16:11AMERICAN DAIRY FARMERS WOULD BE TREATED AS THEY DESERVE TO BE
00:16:15TREATED. AND IN FACT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE WAY THAT CANADA IS
00:16:19APPLYING IS SOMETIMES A 200,
00:16:22300% EXTRA TARIFF ON MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS GOING INTO
00:16:26CANADA. SO I KNOW I LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO GO MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT
00:16:30BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE PRESIDENT OR OUR INCREDIBLE TRADE REP.
00:16:32JAMISON GROWERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT FROM AN AGRICULTURE
00:16:36PERSPECTIVE AND SPECIFICALLY TO OUR DAIRY FARMERS, THE
00:16:40IMPORTANCE THAT THAT WE ARE BATTLING FOR YOU, BATTLING FOR
00:16:43THAT EXIT ACCESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OPENING UP THE
00:16:45MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH WE ARE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE TREATED FAIRLY BY
00:16:50COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA. THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING YOUR ISLANDS. YOU'VE CERTAINLY SEEN THE
00:16:54REACTIONS, THE SUSPENSION OF TARIFFS ON GROUND BEEF FROM REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THIS IS THE
00:16:58WRONGE.