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00:00:01WITH CARLO DAVID, DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY AT THE
00:00:04UNIVERSITY OF. CALGARY THEN REPRESENTED.
00:00:08JOYCE BEATTY, A MEMBER OF THE KENNEDY BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
00:00:12DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ADD PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME TO THE
00:00:14KENNEDY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND
00:00:16LATER AGRICOLES CONGRESSIONAL
00:00:19AND TRADE EDITOR OLIVIA BRIDGES ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
00:00:23TEMPORARY ELIE LIFTING BEEF TARIFFS IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER
00:08:13A BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
00:08:16REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS OVER WHETHER OR NOT THE TRADE WAR
00:08:19MAKES SENSE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS POLITICAL TEAM,
00:08:22ESPECIALLY WITH HIS MIDTERM ELECTIONS PICKING UP.
00:08:26WE HAVE REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS
00:08:29HERE ON CEASE-FIRE DEBATING IT.
00:08:31HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
00:08:37>> POLITICO POINTS OUT THAT
00:08:54SHOWS CANADIANS ACROSS THE
00:08:56SPECTRUM ARE WILLING TO STAND UP TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THE
00:09:00OPPOSITE ISN'T TRUE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE EVEN MANY IN
00:09:04THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY OPPOSE TRUMP'S TRADE AGENDA,
00:09:08PARTICULARLY HIS TARIFFS ON CANADA.
00:09:09>> I WILL SAY THIS, GOOD FOR THE
00:09:13CANADIAN PEOPLE YOU DECIDED TO STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING BIG.
00:09:16GREAT FOR YOU. I WILL ALSO SAY IT'S EASY TO SAY
00:09:19THAT, UNTIL YOU'RE LIVING THE REPERCUSSIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT
00:09:23IS SAYING THEY CANNOT SUSTAIN
00:09:26LONG-TERM SMALLER AND MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESSES SO IT SOUNDS
00:09:29GOOD ON THE FRONT END BUT THE REALITY IS, THEY WOULD BE
00:09:32DECIMATED IN THIS FIGHT. IN THIS UNITED STATES WE'VE BEEN
00:09:35LIVING THROUGH THIS FOR A WHILE. SOME REPUBLICANS DO STRONGLY
00:09:39DISAGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS. BUT DONALD TRUMP IS TRIED AND
00:09:43TRUE, THE MAN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT TARIFFS AS A MEANS FOR
00:09:47NEGOTIATIONS AND TRADE SINCE THE 1980S. THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE FOR
00:09:51ANYBODY. I KNOW REPUBLICANS HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH IT BUT THE
00:09:55CANADIANS CAN SOUND BLUSTERY.
00:09:57THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ECONOMIC,
00:10:00GEOPOLITICAL POWER OR THE STRENGTH AND WILL THEMSELVES TO
00:10:03SEE THIS OUT FOR LONGER. I DON'T SEE THAT. >> THIS IS GOING TO BACKFIRE ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
00:10:07THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO CAME TO OFFICE PROMISING AN ECONOMIC
00:10:11ROBUST PERIOD OF PROSPERITY WE
00:10:13HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
00:10:16PROMISED TO BRING DOWN PRICES, GET A GRIP ON INFLATION AND
00:10:20WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
00:10:23THINGS HAVEN'T GOTTEN BETTER FOR MOST AMERICANS SO HE CAN SAY
00:10:26WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS
00:10:28GREAT, DO THIS, MAKE THINGS
00:10:31BETTER BUT NOBODY HAS SEEN THE PROGRESS IN THEIR POCKETBOOK SO
00:10:34HE HAS NO CREDIBILITY AT HOME.
00:10:36THE THING THAT HURTS REPUBLICAN
00:10:39CHANCES IS THE LONG-TERM ABILITY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE IMPACTFUL.
00:10:43IF HE LOSES CONGRESS HE'S WEAKER, LIKE HOW DOES THAT PLAY
00:10:46OUT. HOST: THAT WAS PART OF THE
00:10:49DEBATE PLAYING OUT ON CEASE-FIRE
00:10:52WHICH AFTER TODAY'S SHOW YOU'LL
00:10:54WATCH HERE ON CSPAN, THAT WAS
00:10:56AARON MAGUIRE AND KURT BARDELLA
00:11:01OBVIOUSLY DISAGREEING ON THE TRADE WAR WITH THE U.S. AND
00:11:05CANADA. LET'S GO TO YOU.
00:11:08WE'LL START WITH WILLIAM IN OHIO ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:11:11GOOD MORNING, WILLIAM, YOU'RE ON WITH US. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:11:14I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY. THE TRADE WARS ARE CRAZY.
00:11:18THE WAR IN IRAN IS NUTS.
00:11:22TRUMP IS JUST AN IDIOT, HE DON'T
00:11:24KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
00:11:27I THINK HE'S CAUSING CHAOS IN THE AMERICAN -- IN THE AMERICAN
00:11:30PSYCHE RIGHT NOW. HE'S DESTROYING MY BEAUTIFUL
00:11:34COUNTRY AND I DON'T LIKE A NEWCOMER LIKE HIM DOING THAT.
00:11:38MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS NOW.
00:11:42I THINK HIS BEST BET IS GO TO
00:11:45THE PUMPKIN PATCH AND WAIT ON
00:11:49LINUS. ANYBODY THAT BELIEVES IN THE
00:11:53STUFF HE BELIEVES IN IS WHACKY.
00:11:56THE ELECTION WAS A FAIR ELECTION
00:11:59AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS HIS DOWNFALL AND PEOPLE BETTER TALK
00:12:03ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS WORLD.
00:12:06AND MOSTLY DOING THIS -- HE'S A
00:12:17DIRTY OLD MAN TIME TO GET HIM OUT.
00:12:19HOST: LET'S GO TO JOHN CALLING
00:12:24IN. WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY? CALLER: THE TARIFF PROBLEM --
00:12:27LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU SOMETHING IN THE PAST REPUBLICANS
00:12:31ALWAYS -- PRESIDENTS ALWAYS SOLD OUT AMERICAN.
00:12:34NIXON SOLD US TO THE CHINESE,
00:12:37REAGAN CAME ALONG, KILLED THE
00:12:41UNIONS, OKAY. AND EVERY TIME A REPUBLICAN GETS
00:12:43IN THE OFFICE, INFLATION GOES UP.
00:12:46WHEN TRUMP WAS ELECTED THE
00:12:50SECOND TIME, PRICE OF GAS IN MY
00:12:53AREA WENT UP 80 CENTS A GALLON AND IT'S STILL GOING UP.
00:12:56AND THE WORST PART IS THAT I WAS GOING TO GO TO CANADA FISHING.
00:13:00I ALWAYS DO. AND NOW I'M AFRAID TO GO THERE
00:13:04BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THEY MIGHT
00:13:06CLOSE THE BORDER.
00:13:09IS THAT STUPID OR WHAT? THEY'RE THE ONLY PARTNER WE HAVE
00:13:13IN THE WORLD THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY RELY ON.
00:13:17OKAY. AND THE -- AND THE OTHER SUBJECT
00:13:21WAS WHEN THEY -- WHEN WE DO
00:13:24SOMETHING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY,
00:13:26OKAY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T GET
00:13:30AN ADVANTAGE. WE LOSE.
00:13:33AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE WITH
00:13:36THIS DEAL HE'S PULLING WITH CANADA.
00:13:38AND IF HE WANTS HIS NAME ON A
00:13:40MONUMENT, HE BETTER LOOK AT HISTORY.
00:13:43KENNEDY DID NOT PUT HIS NAME ON THAT MONUMENT.
00:13:46LINCOLN WAS DEAD -- THEY WERE
00:13:49ALL DEAD BEFORE THEIR NAMES WENT
00:13:50UP ON THE MONUMENTS.
00:13:53LINCOLN, WASHINGTON, KENNEDY AND
00:13:55EVERYBODY ELSE WITH THEIR NAME
00:13:58ON SOMETHING WAS DEAD WHEN IT WAS PUT THERE.
00:14:02IF HE WANTS HIS NAME ON SOMETHING HE SHOULD DIE, GIVE US
00:14:04A BREAK AND THEN WE'LL PUT HIS
00:14:08NAME ON SOMETHING. HOST: JOHN, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
00:14:11LET'S GO TO NAPELES, FLORIDA.
00:14:18GOOD MORNING, LIZ WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY OF THE WEEK.
00:14:21CALLER: SERIOUS DISAGREE WITH
00:14:24WHAT MR. CARNY HAS SAID WITH
00:14:27REGARDS TO THE TRADE RELATIONS
00:14:30OF THE UNITED STATES. I JUST WISH WE HAD A CLIP OF ONE
00:14:33OF THOSE BECAUSE I HEARD ONE
00:14:36TALK ABOUT IT AND IT WAS SO REASONABLE WHAT SHE WAS SAYING
00:14:39IN TERMS OF HOW IT WAS AFFECTING HER PROVINCE.
00:14:41THERE WERE TWO PROVINCES, I
00:14:46DON'T REMEMBER WHICH PROVINCE SHE WAS REPRESENTING, BUT I JUST
00:14:50THOUGHT IT WAS A HELPFUL PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF HOW
00:14:53OTHER PEOPLE IN CANADA FEEL
00:14:56ABOUT THIS TRADE ISSUE.
00:14:58THE OTHER ISSUE THAT -- I
00:15:06UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE PULLING
00:15:07OUT THEIR LINCOLN MANUFACTURING
00:15:11AND BRINGING IT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OF
00:15:15IT. THEN I SAW SOME REFERENCE TO THE FACT IT WAS ONLY PART OF IT.
00:15:19AND I WAS WONDERING IF CSPAN
00:15:23COULD GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL
00:15:26IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY IS DOING RELATIVE TO
00:15:30PRODUCTION. HOST: GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, LIZ. I WAS HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE
00:15:34HEARING YOU BUT I WILL LOOK UP
00:15:36THE CHINA ASPECT THROUGHOUT THE
00:15:40PROGRAM. YOU BROUGHT UP WHAT CANADIAN
00:15:42LEADERS ARE BRINGING UP.
00:15:44I JUST PULLED UP THIS PIECE FROM
00:15:48"THE NEW YORK TIMES", THEY WERE PARTNERING WITH THEIR CANADIAN
00:15:51COLLEAGUES REPORTING OUT THIS TRADE WAR AND WHAT THE PERSPECTIVE IS FROM CANADA.
00:15:55I THINK THERE'S SOME INTERESTING BULLET POINTS TO GO THROUGH.
00:15:59SAYING OUR KEY FINDINGS CORROBORATED BY OFFICIALS ON
00:16:03BOTH SIDES OF TRADING TABLE,
00:16:05TRADE TALKS WERE POSITIVE TILL
00:16:09TUESDAY NIGHT, MR. CARNEY AGREED
00:16:14TO COLLABORATE ON THE KEYSTONE
00:16:20PIPELINE,.
00:16:21THIS IS LAST WEEK, PUSHING FOR
00:16:24TARIFFS ON STEEL, AUTOS, AND
00:16:27AUTO PARTS.
00:16:29THE U.S. INSISTED ON THE FREEDOM TO CHANGE THE TARIFF POLICY
00:16:33WITHOUT A DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM OR WARNING.
00:16:36IT ALSO ASKED FOR CANADA TO
00:16:39COORDINATE WITH THE U.S. ON STEEL TARIFFS THAT CANADA
00:16:42ENFORCES ON OTHER TRADING PARTNERS.
00:16:46THEY ALSO WRITE THAT MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
00:16:50ISSUE AS A DIVIDING LINE IN THE TALKS. OUR REPORTING SHOWS THAT THE
00:16:54U.S. SIDE DID ADVANCE A PLAN FOR
00:16:58CANADA TO AMEND OR APPEAL LAWS
00:17:01ASKING STREAMING PLATFORMS TO
00:17:05SURFACE IT MORE PROMINENTLY.
00:17:08THAT'S REPORTING FROM "THE NEW
00:17:11YORK TIMES", U.S. REPORTERS HERE AND TEAMS IN CANADA.
00:17:15LET'S CONTINUE TAKING CALLS. YOU CAN GO BEYOND THIS TOPIC IF
00:17:19YOU WANTED OR IF THIS MATTERS MOST GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS.
00:17:22LET'S GO TO MASSACHUSETTS, JOE IS ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
00:17:26WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
00:17:28CALLER: I LIKE TO WORK ON MY SIDE.
00:17:30AND KURT BARDELLA IS NOT A
00:17:33REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST. HE'S A DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST.
00:17:37MY SECOND THING IS LINDSEY
00:17:41CLANCY SAID A MALE VOICE TOLD HER TO KILL HER CHILD.
00:17:44SUSAN COLLINS NEVER MISSED A
00:17:48VOTE IN MAINE AND AS A DEMOCRAT
00:17:50HOW CAN WE PROMOTE FIRST GRAHAM
00:17:53PLATNER AND NOW A CANDIDATE WHO
00:17:58HAS TWO KIDS WITH THEIR COUSINS, THAT'S SICK WHO DOES THAT.
00:18:02WE HEAR ABOUT ALL THESE SOURCES
00:18:04THAT WANT TO TELL US -- YOU
00:18:07KNOW, WHISTLE BLOWERS WE DIDN'T
00:18:09WANT TO LISTEN ABOUT BIDEN AND
00:18:14YOU USE THE NAME ANONYMOUS. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTUAL PEOPLE.
00:18:18BECAUSE WE HAD ACTUAL WHISTLE
00:18:21BLOWERS ON THE BIDE ENFAMILY AND
00:18:23DEMOCRATS AND WE WOULD IGNORE THEM.
00:18:27HOW MANY TIMES CAN THEY SAY THE BORDER CAN'T BE CLOSED WE NEED
00:18:30TO DO SOMETHING AND WATCH THEM CLOSE IT. FOR FOUR YEARS THEY LIED TO US
00:18:34AND LET MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL
00:18:37ALIENS NOW OUR STATE IS WILLING TO LET ABORTION GO TO NINE
00:18:41MONTHS ALL THE WAY TILL LABOR STARTS.
00:18:45THEY JUST SIGNED A BILL AND WANT
00:18:47TO TALK ABOUT PROTECTING KIDS.
00:18:49THEY NEED TO GET THE LINDSEY
00:18:51CLANCY AND PUT HER AWAY UNLESS WE'RE EXTENDING ABORTION TO
00:18:55EIGHT YEARS, FIVE YEARS, FOR HER KIDS.
00:18:58A MALE VOICE TOLD HER, HOW DID SHE KNOW IT WAS A MALE VOICE.
00:19:02IT'S A BIG LIE. HOST: YOU TOUCHED ON A LOT
00:19:05THERE, ONE THING A QUICK FACT
00:19:09CHECK.
00:19:09YOU TALKED ABOUT CURT BARDELLA,
00:19:14HE WAS KILLED AS A REPUBLICAN
00:19:17STRATEGIST, BECAUSE HE IS, BUT HE'S BEEN AGAINST TRUMP.
00:19:21HE SERVED AS A GOP CONGRESSIONAL
00:19:23STAFFER AND A SPOKESMAN FOR
00:19:27"BREITBART" NEWS, SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THAT'S WHY THERE WERE TWO
00:19:31REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS BUT ON OPPOSING SIDES FOR THE PROGRAM.
00:19:34WE'LL PLAY THAT FULL EPISODE OF
00:19:38CEASE-FIRE AT 10:00.
00:19:40THAT LINDSEY CLANCY TRIAL
00:19:43GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY UP IN MANY MASSACHUSETTS.
00:19:46LET'S GO TO THOMAS IN DAYTONA
00:19:50BEACH, FLORIDA.
00:19:51WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
00:19:55ARE YOU ON WITH US, THOMAS?
00:19:58ALL RIGHT. LET'S TRY ANOTHER FLORIDA CALLER.
00:20:02PAUL IS CALLING IN MANY FROM
00:20:05WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:20:07GOOD MORNING YOU'RE ON WITH US. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:20:10THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INFLATION
00:20:13BECAUSE YOU HAD A CALLER SAY
00:20:17INFLATION GOES WAY UP EVERY TIME WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
00:20:20I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GETTING
00:20:21HIS FACTS BUT I GOT MY LARGEST
00:20:25INCREASE IN MY SOCIAL SECURITY,
00:20:288% INCREASE BECAUSE OF JOE BIDEN. ISN'T HE A DEMOCRAT.
00:20:31LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO INFLATION. ALL THESE AMERICANS THAT ARE
00:20:35COMPLAINING ABOUT CANADA, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO CANADA, POOR
00:20:39CANADA, PACK YOUR BAGS AND MOVE TO CANADA IF THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL.
00:20:43YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY'VE GOT FREE INSURANCE.
00:20:46YEAH, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A
00:20:48YEAR AND A HALF TO GET A HEART
00:20:52SURGERY. SO YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TARIFFS
00:20:56WORK. IT'S HORRIBLE FOR AMERICA TO PUT
00:20:58TARIFFS ON OTHER COUNTRIES' GOODS COMING IN BUT OTHER
00:21:02COUNTRIES DO IT TO US AND THAT'S JUST FINE.
00:21:05IT SHOULDN'T WORK THAT WAY.
00:21:07IF YOU WANT FREE TRADE, THEN
00:21:10TAKE OFF ALL TARIFFS. BUT OTHERWISE IF OTHER COUNTRIES
00:21:12ARE GOING TO PUT TARIFFS ON OUR
00:21:15GOODS OR THEIR GOODS, OUR GOODS
00:21:17GOING INTO THEIR COUNTRY, THEN
00:21:20VICE VERSA WE SHOULD BE TARIFFING THEIR GOODS.
00:21:23THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. HOST: ON THE TOPIC OF INFLATION, A LOT OF HEADLINES
00:21:27SURFACED YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL
00:21:31RESERVE KEVIN WARSH GAVE HIS
00:21:36FIRST BIG SPEECH SINCE TAKING
00:21:39THE CHAIR.
00:21:41WARSH SAYS THE FED MAY NOT BE
00:21:43DONE FIGHTING INFLATION WITH THE SUBHEADLINE WE MUST BE CONFIDENT
00:21:47THAT UNDERLYING INFLATION IS MOVING TO OUR OBJECTIVE THE FED
00:21:50CHAIR SAID FRIDAY IN A HEAVILY ANTICIPATED DEBUT SPEECH.
00:21:54WE'LL PLAY A CLIP OF THAT SPEECH.
00:21:58PREVIOUS FED CHAIRS HAVE USED THIS EVENT IN JACKSON HOLE TO
00:22:01INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THE FEDERAL RESERVE WOULD RAISE
00:22:04INTEREST RATES IN THE COMING MONTHS.
00:22:07WARSH DID NOT DO THAT BUT LEFT
00:22:09THE DOOR OPEN WHILE COMPLIMENTING THE STRENGTH OF THE ECONOMY.
00:22:13>> THE RECENT RISE IN OVERALL COMMODITY PRICES ALSO BEARS
00:22:17WATCHING. WHAT WHAT WE NEED TO JUDGE IS
00:22:20WHETHER THE TRENDS WE SEE
00:22:23INDICATE UPSIDE INFLATION RISKS.
00:22:25NOW IT MATTERS TOO WHETHER THE
00:22:27INFLATION READINGS OF THE PAST
00:22:30FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEPED INTO EXPECTATIONS.
00:22:32THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MEASURES
00:22:35OF INFLATION EXPECTATIONS IN THE
00:22:37MEDIUM TERM BY AND LARGE LOOK
00:22:41STABLE. AND INFLATION COMPENSATION
00:22:43MEASURES FROM THE SWAPS MARKET
00:22:45SEND A STRONG AND SIMILAR MESSAGE.
00:22:49ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.
00:22:52IT'S A CREDIT TO THE FED AS AN
00:22:56INSTITUTION, CONSISTENT WITH THE
00:22:57BEST OF THE FED'S TRADITIONS
00:23:00THAT MARKET PRICES SHOW CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL DELIVER
00:23:04PRICE STABILITY. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, THEY'RE
00:23:07RIGHT. THE THING ABOUT MARKET MEASURES
00:23:10OF INFLATION EXPECTATIONS IN
00:23:13ECONOMIC HISTORY, EVEN THOUGH
00:23:15SOME ECONOMIC HISTORIANS IN THE
00:23:17AUDIENCE, THEY ALL TEND TO LOOK
00:23:20STRONG AND DURABLE UNTIL THEY DON'T. THESE EXPECTATIONS ARE NOT
00:23:24PUSHED AROUND EASILY AND RIGHT
00:23:26NOW THEY ARE VERY WELL ANCHORED. BUT THEY MUST BE CLOSELY MINDED
00:23:30AND IT'S THE FED'S JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFLATION
00:23:34EXPECTATIONS DO NOT GET UNANCHORED.
00:23:37NOW, THERE IS ONE SIGNAL NOBODY CAN MISS.
00:23:41RESPONSIBILITY FOR 65 MONTHS OF
00:23:44SUSTAINED ELEVATED INFLATION
00:23:46SITS SQUARELY WITH THE CENTRAL BANK AND THAT'S WHERE IT
00:23:50BELONGS. SO HERE IS MY STANDARD.
00:23:53WE MUST BE CONFIDENT THAT
00:23:55UNDERLYING INFLATION IS MOVING TO OUR OBJECTIVE.
00:23:59CLEARLY AND AT SUFFICIENT SPEED.
00:24:02OTHERWISE, WE HAVE WORK TO DO. THAT'S OUR JOB.
00:24:06THAT'S OUR MANDATE AND THAT'S OUR CHARGE TO KEEP.
00:24:10HOST: THAT WAS THE NEW FEDERAL
00:24:12RESERVE CHAIR, KEVIN WARSH SPEAKING AT THE KANSAS CITY
00:24:16FEDERAL RESERVE'S EVENT IN
00:24:19JACKSON, WYOMING WHERE TOP ECONOMISTS WERE GATHERING TO
00:24:23TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE COMMITTEE. "THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL" GOES ON
00:24:26TO SAY TRADERS RAISED THE RATE
00:24:31INCREASE TO 35% ON THURSDAY. IN HIS SPEECH WARSH STOPPED
00:24:34SHORT OF THAT OFFERING NO HINT OF THE FED'S NEXT MOVE IN
00:24:38KEEPING WITH THE APPROACH HOW THE CENTRAL BANK SHOULD
00:24:41COMMUNICATE LESS SAYING I STAND HERE TODAY COMMITTED TO A
00:24:45DISCIPLINE NOT A DECISION. SO THAT'S ANOTHER BIG STORY.
00:24:49SEVERAL FOLKS WRITING IN WITH
00:24:50THEIR TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK.
00:24:53KEVIN SAYS MY TOP STORY IS THE
00:24:55KENNEDY CENTER MEMORIAL.
00:24:58I HOPE AMERICA DOESN'T LET TRUMP DESTROY THE KENNEDY CENTER
00:25:02MEMORIAL.
00:25:05PRESIDENT KENNEDY FOUGHT IN THE WAR AND SAVED AMERICA.
00:25:09THE KENNEDY FAMILY SHOWS THE
00:25:11BEST OF WHAT AMERICA IS MADE OF.
00:25:14I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE KENNEDY FAMILY FOR THE THE CAMELOT YEARS.
00:25:18IN THE NEXT HOUR OR HOUR AND A
00:25:19HALF WE'LL TALK TO JOYCE BEATTY,
00:25:23THE OHIO DEMOCRAT LEADING THE
00:25:26LEGAL CHALLENGES AGAINST THE
00:25:29CHANGES TO THE KENNEDY CENTER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TRYING TO MAKE.
00:25:33THERE WAS A HEARING ABOUT THAT ON THURSDAY.
00:25:36WE'LL SPEAK WITH JOYCE BAITTY.
00:25:41ALLEN SAYS HIS TOP STORY IS THE
00:25:44DEBT REACHING 40 MILLION DOLLAR.
00:25:49SIMPLE MATH SHOWS IT WILL TAKE BOTH SPENDING CUTS AND INCREASED
00:25:52TAXES TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL.
00:25:56SUE FROM NEW JERSEY SAYS HER TOP STORIES ARE TRADE WARS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS.
00:26:00WE MAKE THESE TRADE AGREEMENTS
00:26:01DON'T WE WE'RE THERE AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.
00:26:05WHY ARE WE NOT HAPPY WITH THE END RESULT? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE
00:26:09NEED FOR HIGH TARIFFS. WHY DON'T WE MAKE BETTER DEALS
00:26:12IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:26:14YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON FACEBOOK OR
00:26:19TEXT. THERE HAVE BEEN CALLERS ON THE LINE, LET'S GET TO THEM.
00:26:22TIM ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE FROM
00:26:27ALABAMA. HAPPY START TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL
00:26:29SEASON WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
00:26:32CALLER: THERE'S TWO, ONE I LIKE
00:26:34TO TALK ABOUT THE KENNEDY CENTER.
00:26:36JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS A WAR HERO.
00:26:41IF THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT
00:26:43HISTORY, YOU SEE PT 109.
00:26:45HE WAS A WAR HERO IN WORLD WAR II.
00:26:49PLUS HIS FATHER JOSEPH F.
00:26:52KENNEDY, HE SERVED IN -- HE WAS A WAR HERO TOO.
00:26:56HE SERVED ON A TOP SECRET
00:26:58MISSION BACK IN 1943.
00:27:01SO THE FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF
00:27:04SERVING THIS COUNTRY.
00:27:06UNLIKE DONALD F. TRUMP WHO SEEK
00:27:12TO EVADE VIETNAM BY SOME FALSE
00:27:17CLAIMS OF A HEEL SPUR THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
00:27:19HE CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH FOOT IT WAS ON, BY THE WAY.
00:27:23THE OTHER THING I LIKE TO TALK
00:27:24ABOUT IS THE REPUBLICANS TALKING
00:27:27ABOUT SOCIALISM AND USING THE
00:27:30WORD COMMUNISM.
00:27:34WELL, WHAT WOULD THE PEOPLE OF
00:27:38THIS COUNTRY PREFER.
00:27:39MASKED MEN GOING AROUND
00:27:43TERRORIZING, LOCKING UP AND
00:27:44SHOOTING AND ARRESTING AMERICAN
00:27:48CITIZENS? THAT'S NOT SOCIALISM. THAT'S COMMUNISM AND THAT COMES
00:27:52FROM THE DAYS OF HITLER AND ALSO
00:27:57BUILDING THESE DETENTION CENTERS
00:27:59WHICH ARE ANALOGOUS TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
00:28:03SO IF THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNIST OR SOCIALISM.
00:28:07LOOK AT WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE
00:28:09SUPPORTING AND TAKING AWAY THE
00:28:11VOTING RIGHTS OF THESE -- OF OUR
00:28:15CITIZENS. AND I THINK THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD
00:28:17POINT THOSE THINGS OUT.
00:28:21THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOST: THANK YOU, TIM. APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN.
00:28:23I PULLED UP, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE KENNEDY CENTER WE'LL TALK
00:28:27ABOUT IT LATER WHEN WE INTERVIEW
00:28:31CONGRESSWOMAN BEATTY, THE DOJ
00:28:33SAYS NO ACTION TO AD TRUMP'S
00:28:37NAME TO THE KENNEDY CENTER BEFORE OCTOBER. WRITING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
00:28:40NOTIFIED A JUDGE THURSDAY THAT THE KENNEDY CENTER WILL DELAY
00:28:43IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION HONORING PRESIDENT
00:28:46TRUMP FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. IN A FILING THE DOJ SAID THE
00:28:49EFFORT TO ADD TRUMP'S NAME TO
00:28:51THE FACADE AND PLAZA WILL NOT BE
00:28:56EFFECTUATED BEFORE OCTOBER 8TH. THE FILING CAME BEFORE A
00:28:58TWO-HOUR HEARING ON THURSDAY,
00:29:05DURING WHICH THE CENTER URGED
00:29:06HIM TO DELAY HIS PLANS.
00:29:10THAT STORY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION HERE IN D.C..
00:29:12I SPENT TIME ON THURSDAY COVERING THINGS AS THAT COURT
00:29:16HEARING PLAYED OUT. MET A WOMAN PROTESTING, SHE
00:29:20SHOWED UP EVERY DAY SINCE APRIL BECAUSE SHE WORKED AT THE
00:29:22KENNEDY CENTER DECADES AGO AND FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS
00:29:26KAUS. IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE HERE LOCALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
00:29:29LET'S GO OUT TO DICKINSON, NORTH
00:29:33DAKOTA JOHN IS CALLING IN FROM THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
00:29:36GOOD MORNING, WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
00:29:39CALLER: GOOD MORNING, SIR.
00:29:42I WAS TURNING ON MY -- I THINK
00:29:48MY TOP NEWS STORY IS THE TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
00:29:52SEE, WE'RE A BORDER STATE OUT HERE.
00:29:56WE GET -- USED TO GET TONS OF
00:29:57PEOPLE IN HERE FROM CANADA TO
00:30:02BUY OUR PRODUCTS.
00:30:04THEY'RE NOT COMING DOWN HERE ANYMORE.
00:30:08THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY UP THERE.
00:30:12AND AS A RESULT, I THINK WE
00:30:16MIGHT BE LOSING HUNDREDS OF
00:30:18THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON THIS DEAL.
00:30:21I MYSELF USED TO GO UP TO
00:30:29CANADA, LAKE LOUISE AREA, THE
00:30:32NATIONAL PARK, AND VACATION.
00:30:35AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS CALLER
00:30:40SAID, I'M SCARED TO GO UP THERE ANYMORE, OR CROSS THE BORDER
00:30:43BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THEY DO NOT LIKE US.
00:30:46THEY DON'T WANT US UP THERE
00:30:49RIGHT NOW APPARENTLY.
00:30:53THEY'RE NOT COMING DOWN HERE, SO IT'S A BAD DEAL.
00:30:56A REALLY BAD DEAL, IF YOU ASK
00:30:59ME.
00:31:01I'VE FOLLOWED THIS TRUMP GUY
00:31:04SINCE SOME OF THESE -- USED TO
00:31:08LIVE IN MANHATTAN.
00:31:10AND PEOPLE HANG OUT AROUND
00:31:13HIM -- SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY END
00:31:19UP BROKE, IN PRISON OR DEAD.
00:31:25TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
00:31:27THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME. GOOD MORNING. HOST: THANK YOU, JOHN.
00:31:30INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FROM A BORDER STATE AS THE TRADE WAR PLAYS OUT.
00:31:34LET'S GO OVER TO ILLINOIS, SCOTT
00:31:37IS CALLING IN ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:31:40GOOD MORNING, SCOTT WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY OF THE WEEK?
00:31:44CALLER: GOOD MORNING AMERICA AND FELLOW PATRIOTS.
00:31:48I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY A LITTLE BIT. I THINK I GOT A LITTLE FIX HERE.
00:31:51I WISH ALL RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL
00:31:54SECURITY WOULD CONTACT THEIR CONGRESSMAN OR WHOEVER AND TALK
00:31:57TO THEM ABOUT MY THEORY.
00:32:00WHEN WE PAID SOCIAL SECURITY WE
00:32:02WORKED OUR WHOLE LIFE I'M AN OLD VIETNAM VETERAN.
00:32:05WE MADE 4, 5, 7 BUCKS AN HOUR
00:32:09AND PAID $2,025 A -- 20 OR 25
00:32:18BUCKS IN SOCIAL SECURITY. THE KIDS TODAY MAKE MORE AND PAY
00:32:21MORE, THAT'S FINE. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE
00:32:24ELDERLY PEOPLE, I TALK TO A LOT
00:32:26OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN MY AGE,
00:32:29GETTING 750 OR 900 A MONTH.
00:32:31I DID NOT SIT AT A DESK FOR 40
00:32:33YEARS AND GET 300 POUNDS, MAKE
00:32:3838,400 A MONTH. I WANT TO SAY, IT'S SIMPLE MATH.
00:32:41WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT THE RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE
00:32:45THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE SAY 2.5%, LIKE LAST YEAR.
00:32:49THE GUY AT 3,800 DOESN'T NEED
00:32:542.5%. IT'S THE LOWER INDIVIDUALS.
00:32:58IF THEY DO SIMPLE MATH AND FIGURE OUT THE GROSS AND HAVE A
00:33:02CUTOFF POINT AT 25 OR 2,700 SURE
00:33:06IT SEEMS I'M NOT GETTING A RAISE BUT IF YOU HELP THE ELDERLY
00:33:10PEOPLE, MOSTLY WOMEN BECAUSE THE HUSBANDS ARE DEAD. TALK TO THEM IN THE MARKET,
00:33:13THEY'RE MAKING 700, 800 AND IT'S HARD FOR US.
00:33:16IF THEY GIVE US -- SAY IT GOES UP TO 3%.
00:33:20IF THEY GIVE US 6%, AND THEN
00:33:23GIVE THE CUTOFF AT 2500, 1%
00:33:27THEY'RE STILL GETTING SOMETHING
00:33:28BUT THEY HELP OUT THE YOUNGER ELDERLY.
00:33:32IF THERE'S EXTRA THEY CAN PUT IT INTO THE ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE
00:33:36SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS. IT'S SIMPLE MATH.
00:33:39PLEASE AMERICA TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND SEE IF YOU CAN
00:33:43GET IT ON THE DOCKET. IT'S SIMPLE MATH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.
00:33:47HOST: STAY ON THE LINE FOR A SECOND. I WANT TO ASK YOU A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
00:33:51BECAUSE NPR HAS THIS STORY OUT
00:33:55JUST YESTERDAY, THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND IS RUNNING
00:33:57OUT YET IT'S NOT A TOP CAMPAIGN ISSUE. THEY WRITE CONGRESS HAS SIX
00:34:01YEARS TO SHORE UP THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND EXPECTED TO
00:34:04RUN OUT OF RESERVES BY THE END
00:34:06OF 2032 AND ACTING SOLUTION IS
00:34:08LIABLE TO BE A POLITICAL BATTLE
00:34:10INVOLVING CUTTING BENEFITS FOR
00:34:12SOME AMERICANS OR RAISING TAXES
00:34:15ON HIGHER EARNERS OR BOTH.
00:34:20WRITING ELIZABETH WARREN AND
00:34:25BERNIE MARINO PROPOSED RAISING
00:34:27THE PAYROLL TAX FOR SOME AMERICANS.
00:34:31BUT THAT WAS BANNED BY CONSERVATIVE GROUPS.
00:34:34I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR
00:34:36WITH THAT PROPOSAL AND WHAT YOU
00:34:39THINK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS BIPARTISAN?
00:34:42CALLER: IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THEY JUST WANT TO TAX MORE AND
00:34:46TAKE MORE OUT OF THE WORKING CLASS RIGHT NOW.
00:34:48NOW, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE SOLVENT.
00:34:52I TALK TO 25-YEAR-OLD KIDS ARE THEY SOLVENT AT 65?
00:34:55I THINK THEY'LL RAISE IT TO 70
00:34:58BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING LONGER,
00:35:01EVEN THOUGH I GOT MEDICAL
00:35:03PROBLEMS, THE OLD VIETNAM CRAP IS GETTING ME.
00:35:06THERE'S GOING TO BE FIXES BUT GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID.
00:35:09MAYBE A PERSON AT 3800 -- I
00:35:13DON'T KNOW THE MAXIMUM, MAYBE IT'S 4,000. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY DON'T NEED THAT.
00:35:17IF THEY HAD SAVED LIKE WE WERE TAUGHT TO SAVE AS YOUNG CHILDREN.
00:35:20WE HAD SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN
00:35:24ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE TEACHER WOULD CHECK YOUR
00:35:26BOOK, A QUARTER AHEAD, YOU GOT A
00:35:29GOLD STAR, IT FELT GOOD.
00:35:32IF YOU SPENT MONEY YOU DIDN'T GET A GOLD STAR, I BETTER SAVE MONEY.
00:35:36THAT'S HOW WE WERE TAUGHT.
00:35:38I WAS FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
00:35:45AND I DON'T HEAR THEIR MOTHER TALKING TO SAVE.
00:35:48WE HAD ONE COME AND WE GAVE HIM
00:35:51$500 FOR HIS COLLEGE. THAT'S GOOD WE DON'T MIND
00:35:55HELPING PEOPLE OUT. IT COMES DOWN TO THE MATH.
00:35:58I SAID THIS MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO AND NEVER HEARD ANYTHING SINCE.
00:36:02MAYBE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TALKING WITH THEIR SIGNATURES.
00:36:04YOU CAN CALL THEM ON THE PHONE, GO VISIT THEM.
00:36:07AND JUST TALK TO THEM, SAY LISTEN. THIS IS SIMPLE MATH.
00:36:11MAYBE THIS GUY HAS GOT AN IDEA.
00:36:14IT'S -- MAYBE IT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT'S FINE.
00:36:17MAYBE IT'S 1,000, I DON'T CARE.
00:36:20JUST PUT A POSITIVE INTO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
00:36:24OKAY. HOST: ALL RIGHT, SCOTT. THANKS FOR THE DIALOGUE.
00:36:27THAT TICKER IS TICKING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
00:36:31THE TRUST FUND SET TO RUN OUT OF
00:36:33RESERVES BY THE END OF 2032. INTERESTING YOU BRING THAT UP
00:36:37AND IT'S NOT TALKED ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
00:36:40TALKING ABOUT TOP STORIES OF THE
00:36:44WEEK, ANOTHER IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENT
00:36:48TRUMP ABOUT A DEAL WITH THE U.S. AND VENEZUELA HAVING TO DO WITH
00:36:52OIL RESERVES. WE'LL PUT UP THIS POST.
00:36:55HE SAID BREAKING NEWS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
00:36:59THE COUNTRY OF VENEZUELA. THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD
00:37:03HISTORY.
00:37:04AT MY DIRECTION, MARCO RUBIO AND
00:37:08PETE HEGSETH WORKING WITH THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA
00:37:11AND THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS HAVE SECURED
00:37:14MAJORITY U.S. CONTROL OF MORE
00:37:16THAN 65 BILLION BARRELS OF
00:37:19PROVEN OIL RESERVES IN VENEZUELA
00:37:21AT NO COST TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER.
00:37:25THE PRESIDENT WRITES THIS
00:37:27DOUBLES AMERICAN RESERVES, AND
00:37:30WILL LOWER GAS PRICES FOR ALL
00:37:33AMERICANS LONG INTO THE FUTURE WHILE SETTING VENEZUELA ON A
00:37:37COURSE TOWARD GREAT SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY.
00:37:40SAYING IT'LL STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND THE U.S..
00:37:43THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS GROUND BREAKING MATTER.
00:37:47THAT NEWS COMING OUT LAST NIGHT. A LOT OF QUESTIONS SWIRLING
00:37:50ABOUT THE TIMETABLE FOR THIS POTENTIAL AGREEMENT.
00:37:53VENEZUELA'S INTERIM PRESIDENT DID RELEASE A STATEMENT
00:37:56PROMOTING IT AND CHEERING IT ON, SAYING IT WAS SOMETHING GOOD.
00:37:59SHE'S BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
00:38:02SINCE HER FORMER BOSS, NICHOLAS
00:38:06MADURO WAS CAPTURED AND PUT INTO PRISON BY THE UNITED STATES
00:38:10EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS OVER THE TIMETABLE BECAUSE THIS COULD
00:38:14TAKE YEARS TO GET INTO PLACE, MAY NOT TRIGGER IMMEDIATE GAS
00:38:17PRICE RELIEF AND WE'RE HITTING
00:38:20THE SIX MONTH MARK OF THE
00:38:23U.S./IRAN WAR, GAS PRICES ARE A DOLLAR HIGHER THAN THEY WERE IN
00:38:26FEBRUARY WHEN THE CONFLICT STARTED. IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT,
00:38:30WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. LET'S CONTINUE TAKING CALLS.
00:38:33WE'LL GO TO DELAWARE NOW, CHRIS IS CALLING IN ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
00:38:37CHRIS, WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
00:38:40CALLER: TALKING ABOUT THE
00:38:43KENNEDY CENTER AND VOTING.
00:38:46HOST: GO FOR IT. GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS.
00:38:50CALLER: I FEEL LIKE KENNEDY WAS
00:38:53A WAR HERO.
00:38:57ALL PRESIDENT GOT NAMES ON
00:38:59PLACES, THEY ALL DID -- I DON'T
00:39:02UNDERSTAND THIS MAN.
00:39:04I THINK HIS DEMENTIA IS KICKING
00:39:07IN P WORSE FOR NOW BECAUSE HIS
00:39:09NIECE, MARY TRUMP, SAID THAT HIS
00:39:12FATHER HAD DEMENTIA BAD AND SAY
00:39:16HE WAS GETTING IT TOO NOW.
00:39:18YOU CAN TELL HE'S GETTING SOMETHING. I NEVER SEEN A PRESIDENT THAT
00:39:22WANT TO PUT HIS NAME ON EVERYTHING. AND HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT
00:39:25THAT I EVER SEEN.
00:39:27AND ALL LIKE 2024 WHEN HE WON
00:39:32THE ELECTION, EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT.
00:39:36BUT NOW HE'S IN THE HOLE NOW AND
00:39:38NOBODY AIN'T GONNA VOTE FOR HIM.
00:39:41WE GOT TROUBLE WITH THE VOTE AND STUFF LIKE THAT NOW HE WANT TO
00:39:45PRETEND. WHEN HE'S WINNING IT'S GOOD BUT
00:39:48WHEN HE'S LOSING EVERYTHING IS WRONG.
00:39:51HE'S THE ONLY PRESIDENT THAT
00:39:53BEEN IN THERE THAT ALWAYS COME
00:39:55UP WITH A VOTE AND THERE'S
00:39:57SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VOTING.
00:40:01AND GOVERNOR CHRISTIE -- CHRIS
00:40:04CHRISTIE FROM JERSEY SAID HE
00:40:07KNOW HE LOST THE ELECTION WITH
00:40:10BIDEN IN 2020, BECAUSE HE SAID IT.
00:40:14TOLD HIM WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE WITH HIM.
00:40:17HE SAID, WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO?
00:40:23GOT TO TELL HIM HE LOST. HE SAID SINCE HE TOLD HIM THAT,
00:40:27TRUMP NEVER SPOKE TO HIM AGAIN. HE JUST KEPT SAYING HE LOST,
00:40:31THAT THEY WON, AND HE KNOW HE AIN'T NEVER WON.
00:40:35HE LOST. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THAT MAN, THEY NEED TO GET HIM
00:40:38OUT OF THERE, DO SOMETHING WITH
00:40:40HIM, PUT HIM IN A PLACE HE CAN
00:40:44GET DEMENTIA MEDICINE AND STUFF. HOST: CHRIS, THANKS FOR CALLING
00:40:48IN. MORE FOLKS WRITING IN WITH THEIR
00:40:51TOP STORIES, A GUY IN OKLAHOMA
00:40:55SAYING CANADA MAKES 60 BILLION DOLLAR OFF THE UNITED STATES
00:40:58EVERY YEAR IN IMPOSED TARIFFS AND DEMOCRATS ARE MAD THAT TRUMP
00:41:02WANTS FAIR TRADE. WOW. THERE'S A SUPPORTER OF THE TRADE
00:41:05WAR. LET'S GO TO NEW YORK, ROBERT IS
00:41:09ON THE PHONE FROM THE INDEPENDENT LINE. ROBERT YOU'RE ON WOULD YOU SAY.
00:41:13CALLER: SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING. THE LAST GUY THAT WAS JUST
00:41:16CALLING IN, FIRST OF ALL HAS NO CLUE WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:41:19YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING, MADE NO SENSE AT ALL,
00:41:23SAYING THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS EVER. TRUMP IS ONE OF THE BEST
00:41:27PRESIDENTS WE'VE HAD IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
00:41:31DONALD J. TRUMP STRUCK A DEAL WITH VENEZUELA, THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED WE'RE GOING TO
00:41:35BENEFIT BILLIONS BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL.
00:41:39DONALD J. TRUMP IS THE BEST PRESIDENT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN
00:41:43THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. HE'S A BETTER PRESIDENT -- I'VE
00:41:46BEEN SAYING THIS, HE'S A BETTER
00:41:49PRESIDENT THAN RONALD REAGAN. WHAT HE HAS DONE TO AMERICA.
00:41:52DID YOU SEE HIM HANDING OUT THE
00:41:54MEDAL OF HONOR TO THE SPACE
00:41:57TRAVELERS, AND HE DOESN'T STOP. HE'S FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:42:01A MAN WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
00:42:02DOES NOT HAVE TO DO THIS.
00:42:05HE COULD BE ON THE GOLF COURSE ALL DAY.
00:42:08THIS GUY IS THE BEST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND ABOUT
00:42:1216, 17 YEARS AGO I MET HIM IN HIS OFFICE IN NEW YORK CITY
00:42:16THROUGH A FRIEND ON A SPECIAL
00:42:17DEAL WE WERE DOING WHEN "THE APPRENTICE" WAS NUMBER ONE.
00:42:21HE WAS ALL BUSINESS. HE'S A BUSINESSMAN. THAT'S WHAT THE UNITED STATES
00:42:25NEEDS IS A BUSINESSMAN. DONALD J. TRUMP.
00:42:27THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE
00:42:30SOCIAL SECURITY SITUATION.
00:42:32THE MOST TO DO WITH THAT IS WE SHOULD TURN AROUND LET THAT
00:42:37MONEY PUT IN THE STOCK MARKET,
00:42:39THE S&P 500 WHICH THE STOCK
00:42:43MARKET HAS HAD A RECORD HISTORY, A RECORD HISTORY, EVERY DAY IT'S
00:42:46MAKING A NEW HIGH. WHAT DOES THAT DO, EVERYBODY
00:42:49SAYS WHAT DOES THAT DO. MOST PEOPLE HAVE A 401(k) AND
00:42:53RETIREMENT PLAN IN THEIR BUSINESSES THEY WORK AT OR COMPANY THEY WORK AT.
00:42:56SO THE AMOUNT OF RETURN IS
00:42:59JUSTIN CREDIBLE. BUT DONALD J. TRUMP WILL GO DOWN
00:43:02ONE DAY, THE LIBERALS HATE HIM,
00:43:06LOVE DOLLY PARTON BECAUSE SHE
00:43:07WAS PRO-GENDER AND ALL THIS
00:43:11NONSENSE.
00:43:14DONALD J. TRUMP WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
00:43:17WE LOVE YOU. HOST: CAN I ASK YOU A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
00:43:21MAYBE NOT, HE CLICKED OFF. FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE
00:43:24VENEZUELA DEAL I PULLED UP THIS ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
00:43:28THE DETAILS ARE EARLY ON.
00:43:30BUT DELL SEE RODRIGUEZ HER
00:43:34GOVERNMENT SAID, IT INVOLVES THE
00:43:37DEVELOPMENT OF 17 FIELDS. IT SAID THE AGREEMENT COULD DRAW
00:43:41100 BILLION DOLLAR OF INVESTMENT INTO VENEZUELA'S OIL INDUSTRY
00:43:44AND YIELD OVER 209 BILLION
00:43:45DOLLAR IN TAXES FOR CARACAS.
00:43:49RODRIGUEZ PREDICTED THE DEAL
00:43:53WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NATION'S REVIE SAL. IT ALLOWS THE U.S. TO PARTNER
00:43:57WITH AN UNNAMED PRIVATE OPERATOR IN VENEZUELA TO CREATE A NEW
00:44:01PRIVATE COMPANY TO TAKE HOLD OF THE RESERVES ACCORDING TO AN
00:44:05OFFICIAL FAMILIAR WITH THE DEAL. THE OFFICIAL ADDED THAT
00:44:09RODRIGUEZ GRANTED THE COMPANY
00:44:11100 YEAR RIGHTS TO DEVELOP THE OIL FIELD.
00:44:14WE KNOW FOR MARCO RUBIO, HE'S BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED IN ALL
00:44:18THESE TALKS WITH VENEZUELA, WITH
00:44:21RODRIGUEZ AS SHE'S BEEN TRYING TO PROVE HERSELF SINCE HER
00:44:24FORMER BOSS, NICHOLAS MADURO,
00:44:27WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. INTERESTING STORY WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT.
00:44:31LET'S GO TO TAMPA, FLORIDA. MIKE ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
00:44:34WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY, MIKE?
00:44:38CALLER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO
00:44:41WEIGH IN ON. FIRST OF ALL, THE DEMOCRAT CALLER THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT
00:44:45WAR HEROES AND HOW TRUMP NEVER
00:44:50SERVED, I DON'T RECALL BIDEN EVER SERVING.
00:44:52I THINK HE DEFERRED SIX TIMES.
00:44:55OBAMA NEVER SERVED HE WAS GETTING HIGH AT 16 IN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:44:59AND CLINTON NEVER SERVED EITHER.
00:45:00SO IF WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE
00:45:03APPLES TO ORANGES, THERE YOU GO.
00:45:06AND AS FAR AS VENEZUELA, THAT 65
00:45:12BARRELS -- OR 65 BILLION BARRELS
00:45:14OF OIL IS GOING TO CRUSH CANADA,
00:45:19BECAUSE THAT'S THE SAME TYPE OF
00:45:21OIL THAT OUR REFINERIES USE. AND ALSO CANADA THINKS THAT
00:45:25THEY'RE GOING TO CRUSH US ECONOMICALLY.
00:45:29THEIR PIPELINES GO INTO AMERICA AND THEN BACK UP INTO THEIR COUNTRY.
00:45:33THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PIPELINE
00:45:35THAT GOES EAST TO WEST ACROSS THEIR COUNTRY.
00:45:39SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ALWAYS GET THE CANADIAN
00:45:43NEWS WHEN -- I MEAN, I KNOW WHY,
00:45:47BECAUSE IT'S TRYING TO SMEAR
00:45:49TRUMP, THE REPUBLICANS, THIS IS
00:45:52ALL SORT OF PUSHED THE MIDTERMS.
00:45:54AND IF YOU LOOK AT MARK CARNEY'S
00:45:59CABINET, THERE'S A DEMOCRAT IN
00:46:00THERE WHO WAS IN WITH THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
00:46:04NOW, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, RENAMING LAKES AND THINGS LIKE
00:46:08THAT, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER
00:46:11THAT DEMOCRATS RENAMED
00:46:14MONUMENTS, TORE DOWN STATUES AND
00:46:18OBAMA RENAMED MOUNT McKINLEY,
00:46:21DIDN'T HE?
00:46:23TO DENALI BUT NOBODY PULLED
00:46:28THEIR HAIR OUT AND WENT CRAZY FOR THAT.
00:46:30BUT I'M REALLY CALLING ABOUT THE
00:46:34BRAND NEW DREDGE OR DREDGE
00:46:37STRAIT THAT WAS CREATED ON THE COAST BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.
00:46:41YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY
00:46:43THINKS THAT THERE'S NO FOOD OR
00:46:46TAMPONS ON THE BOAT.
00:46:48WELL, WE JUST DREDGED AN ENTIRE
00:46:51SHIPPING LANE ALONG THE OMMANI
00:46:55COAST THAT IRANIANS CAN'T EVEN
00:46:57SEE BECAUSE IT'S OVER THE HORIZON.
00:47:00SO THE DOOM OF EVERYTHING,
00:47:03IT'S -- IT'S -- IF YOU'RE -- IF
00:47:06YOU LISTEN TO CNN, AND
00:47:09APPARENTLY C-SPAN, YOU'RE GOING
00:47:11TO GET THE DEMOCRAT AGENDA,
00:47:14ANTI-TRUMP, PRETTY MUCH
00:47:17ANTI-AMERICA -- HOST: MIKE, COULD I POLITELY INTERJECT.
00:47:21WE PLAYED PETER NAVARRO, THE
00:47:23PRESIDENT'S TRADE ADVISER WAS ON THE PROGRAM ON WEDNESDAY DEFENDING AND TALKING ABOUT THE
00:47:27U.S.'S APPROACH WITH THIS WHEN IT COMES TO TRADE TALKS. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY
00:47:31ON C-SPAN WE'RE NOT AIRING BOTH
00:47:33SIDES WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRADE WAR. CALLER: OKAY.
00:47:37WELL, THEN -- OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH.
00:47:39BUT THAT WAS ALSO -- HE WAS ALSO
00:47:42GRILLED INCESSANTLY ON THAT.
00:47:46BUT AND -- WELL, YOU BROUGHT UP THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
00:47:49THAT WAS ALL BROUGHT UP BY THEM. BECAUSE WE WANTED A DEAL, TRUMP
00:47:52WAS GOING TO SIGN A DEAL BUT
00:47:56MARK CARNEY WANTED THIS FOR
00:48:00ELECTION PURPOSES. I FOLLOW CANADIAN POLITICS AS
00:48:04WELL. DURING THE TRUCKER CONVOY THEY
00:48:08BASICALLY FROZE PEOPLE'S
00:48:12ACCOUNTS. BUT I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT BEFORE I GET CUT OFF.
00:48:15I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T
00:48:17BRING UP THE KABUL 13, THE 13
00:48:23KILLED IN THE AFGHAN'S SURRENDER.
00:48:27>> THERE'S A BIG ANNIVERSARY THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS MARKING.
00:48:29I HAVEN'T WATCHED EVERY HOUR OF OUR PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
00:48:32SO I CAN'T SAY IF IT WAS BROUGHT
00:48:35UP BEFORE OR AFTER THEN. I SAW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT,
00:48:39THEY GO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR, THEY RELEASED A BUNCH OF
00:48:42VIDEOS MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY,
00:48:49THEY TALKED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES GOING THROUGH IT AND REACTING TO IT.
00:48:53SO THAT IS A BIG STORY AND THE PRESIDENT POSTED AN IMAGE FROM
00:48:56THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHEN HE MET WITH THOSE FAMILIES IN THE
00:48:59SUMMER OF 2024.
00:49:01WITH THE IRAN IN IRAN GOING ON,
00:49:0418 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED
00:49:07IN THAT SO FAR. WE JUST HIT THE SIX MONTHS OF
00:49:11THE IRAN WAR, SEVERAL YEARS LATER AFTER THE AFGHAN
00:49:15WITHDRAWAL. TO ADD YOUR COMMENTS I DID DO A
00:49:18BIT OF FACT CHECKING. YOU ARE CORRECT THAT PRESIDENT
00:49:22OBAMA CHANGED THE NAME FROM
00:49:25MOUNT McKINLEY TO DENNALI.
00:49:29AND PRESIDENT BIDEN RECEIVED
00:49:33FIVE STUDENT DRAFT DEFERMENTS THAT KEPT HIM OUT OF THE
00:49:37MILITARY IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE TOPIC OF GAS PRICES WHETHER
00:49:41OR NOT THE DEAL IS GOING TO IMPACT THINGS IN THE IMMEDIATE
00:49:44TERM THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN BECAUSE WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE DEAL.
00:49:47BUT TRIPLE A HAS THE NATIONAL
00:49:51AVERAGE AT $4.08 A GALLON AND A
00:49:55YEAR AGO IT WAS $3.20, GAS IS
00:49:58ABOUT $1 MORE EXPENSIVE NOW THAN
00:50:01IT WAS WHEN THE WAR AGAINST IRAN STARTED ON FEBRUARY 28TH.
00:50:04LET'S FIT IN A COUPLE OF MORE
00:50:07CALLERS BEFORE TAKING A BREAK. LORETTA IS CALLING IN FROM
00:50:11FLORIDA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING YOU'RE ON.
00:50:15CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HOST: WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY. CALLER: HELLO?
00:50:19YES.
00:50:20MY CONCERN IS ABOUT DONALD
00:50:23TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO INTERFERE
00:50:26WITH PEOPLE RIGHT TO VOTE AND
00:50:30HE'S -- HE'S -- HE SENDS IN A
00:50:35MAIL-IN BALLOT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE SHOULD
00:50:37NOT EVEN BE INVOLVED WITH THE
00:50:40STATE'S RIGHTS OF VOTING.
00:50:42AND AS A PERSON WHO HAS
00:50:46COMMITTED CRIMES HIMSELF, WE ALL
00:50:50KNOW THAT HE CONTACTED GEORGIA
00:50:54ASKING, ALL I NEED, ALL I NEED,
00:51:0111,800 VOTES AND WHO KNOW HOW
00:51:05MANY OTHER SECRETARIES HE CONTACTED REGARDING THEM GIVING
00:51:09HIM EXTRA VOTES IN ORDER TO WIN.
00:51:12AND HE NEEDS TO STOP THAT.
00:51:14ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR
00:51:18REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CONGRESS AND
00:51:20THE SENATE AS WELL AS THE
00:51:23SUPREME COURT NEED TO DO THEIR
00:51:25JOB AND STOP ENDORSING THINGS
00:51:28THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE CONTRARY TO WHAT IS RIGHT.
00:51:32AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU.
00:51:36HOST: THANK YOU, LORETTA. YOU BRING UP THE MAIL-IN VOTING
00:51:39CASE AND STORY LINE PLAYING OUT.
00:51:42HERE'S AN ARTICLE FROM CBS NEWS.
00:51:45A FEDERAL JUDGE ON THURSDAY BLOCKED THE POSTAL SERVICE FROM
00:51:49ENFORCING THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR MAIL VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:51:53THE ORDER IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEGAL BATTLE
00:51:56OVER EFFORTS TO TIGHTEN MAIL VOTING AHEAD OF NOVEMBER
00:52:00ELECTIONS. THAT FIGHT ESCALATED AFTER THE
00:52:02SUPREME COURT HALTED A DECISION
00:52:04IN A DIFFERENT CASE BLOCKING THE
00:52:07TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN AN
00:52:10EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT AIMS TO
00:52:14RESTRICT MAIL VOTING.
00:52:16SO THEY WANT TO MAKE CHANGES HOW THE BALLOTS ARE PROCESSED.
00:52:20THE PRESIDENT VOTES BY MAIL HIMSELF HE HAS MULTIPLE TIMES
00:52:23THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT INSISTS THERE SHOULD BE LESS OPPORTUNITY FOR IT.
00:52:27HE CONTINUES TO PUSH ALLEGATIONS THAT AREN'T THERE ABOUT VOTER
00:52:30FRAUD RELATED TO MAIL-IN BALLOTS
00:52:34BUT THIS CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT IN THE COURT SO IT'S A BIG STORY.
00:52:37THANKS FOR RAISING IT.
00:52:38LET'S GO OUT TO MINNESOTA,
00:52:42VULKER IS ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING.
00:52:45YOU'RE ON WITH US. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THIS MORNING I SAW ON THE NEWS
00:52:50THERE WAS -- I THINK IT WAS
00:52:53PROFESSOR FROM HONG KONG AND HE
00:52:57TALKED ABOUT THE DISASTER IN
00:53:02NEPAL.
00:53:04AND CONNECTED IT WITH OUR CARBON
00:53:09DIOXIDE PRODUCTION.
00:53:11AND HE POINTED OUT IN THAT
00:53:14CONNECTION THE GREAT DEAL WITH
00:53:21VENEZUELA, CHEAP OIL, AND QUICK MONEY.
00:53:24AND SO, THAT IS CONCERNING
00:53:30THAT -- THE THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE
00:53:32AN IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT AND
00:53:35LIFE OF OTHERS.
00:53:36IT'S NOT A PART OF OUR POLITICS.
00:53:40I MEAN, TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS
00:53:43AND WHATEVER, THAT JUST STRUCK ME THIS MORNING.
00:53:46AND YEAH, I HAD TO GET THAT OUT
00:53:50IN THE AIR. HOST: THANKS FOR RAISING THAT.
00:53:54THAT HORRIBLE DISASTER IN NEPAL
00:53:57HAS BEEN DREADFUL. THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE
00:54:01AND THERE'S TALK ABOUT WHAT
00:54:03CAUSED THAT DISASTER. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAY EXPERTS
00:54:07SAY THE COLLAPSE WAS DIFFICULT
00:54:09TO PREDICT GIVEN THE CHALLENGES IN FORECASTING AND DETECTING
00:54:13SUCH CALAMITIES, RESEARCHERS
00:54:16ADVISE BANNING CONSTRUCTION ON FLOOD PLAINS AND MARKING OUT
00:54:20CLEAR EVACUATION ROUTES BUT IT
00:54:23APPEARED THAT WAS CAUSED BY A
00:54:26PIECE OF GLACIER COLLAPSING.
00:54:33THANKS FOR THAT.
00:54:35HOST: LET'S GO BACK TO THE
00:54:39BUCKEYE STATE, RICH IS CALLING IN.
00:54:42WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY.
00:54:44CALLER: THE DEFICIT, IT SEEMS
00:54:47LIKE IF PEOPLE COULD PUT MONEY -- PARTICULARLY RICH
00:54:51PEOPLE, THE MONEY WOULD GO TO PAY OFF THE DEBT, NOTHING ELSE,
00:54:54IT GETS FROZEN AND STRAIGHT INTO THE DEBT.
00:54:57BY DOING THAT WE COULD HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO COULD PUT MONEY
00:55:00IN TO PAY OFF THE DEBT. THE OTHER WAYS THEY COULD PUT
00:55:04MONEY TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE HEALTH CARE IS SUCH A
00:55:07BIG PROBLEM, IF THEY COULD PUT IT INTO A DISEASE, YOU IT TAKES
00:55:11MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, JUST LIKE
00:55:14IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE SOLVED POLIO IT TOOK MILLIONS OF
00:55:18DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST SHOTS OF POLIO AND LATER ON IT WAS
00:55:22NOTHING FOR THE PRIZE WISE AND
00:55:24LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE
00:55:27FOR OUR GOVERNMENT. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CURED.
00:55:30THE PAIN EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH. BECAUSE WE'RE LIABLE FOR ALL
00:55:34THIS HEALTH CARE, THE GOVERNMENT IS, IF WE CAN TAKE THE TOP 20
00:55:39DISEASES AND CUT THROUGH THEM AND NOT WASTE IT ON SOME OTHER
00:55:42GOOFY THINGS WHEN WE WIN ON THESE DISEASES.
00:55:46THE OTHER IS THERE'S GOOD AND BAD SPENDING, AS WE KNOW ABOUT
00:55:49THE GOLDEN GOOSE, GOT TO FEED
00:55:52THE GOLDEN GOOSE IF YOU WANT TO GET GOLDEN EGGS.
00:55:55IT'S THE SAME IN OUR ECONOMY. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD
00:55:58DINNER, A NICE DINNER WITH THE GOLDEN GOOSE, GOOD LUCK.
00:56:02BUT DON'T COMPLAIN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE EGGS.
00:56:04THE OTHER ONE IS, IT'S REALLY
00:56:07IMPORTANT FOR US TO PULL
00:56:10TOGETHER AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY WOULD BE PUT INTO THIS
00:56:13FUND THAT WOULDN'T GET WASTED. THE OTHER THING I THINK WE'RE
00:56:16GIVING UP, NOT PAYING ATTENTION
00:56:19TO THE SMART PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO -- THEY WANT TO
00:56:23AVOID TAXES WHY? BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING
00:56:25TO WASTE IT AND WE DON'T WANT TO
00:56:28PAY TAXES WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WASTES IT.
00:56:30IF YOU HAD THE FUNDS THAT THEY
00:56:34WOULD NOT WASTE THE MONEY AND IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO THE DEBT
00:56:37YOU MAY HAVE IDEAS COMING FROM THOSE PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET THEIR
00:56:41POWER, PLUS THE INDIVIDUAL
00:56:42PEOPLE PUT $1,000 TO TAKE DOWN
00:56:46THE DEBT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS
00:56:48TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
00:56:51WE'RE SPENDING -- HAVE 5
00:56:54TRILLION COMING IN WE CAN DO
00:56:57GOOD THINGS WITH IT OR WASTE IT. THANKS.
00:57:00HOST: THE HEADLINE IS THE NATIONAL DEBT HIT 40 TRILLION
00:57:04DOLLAR, AND BOTH PARTIES POINT IT OUT BUT NOT MUCH IS BEING
00:57:07DONE TO FIX IT OR TRY TO LOWER IT.
00:57:10IT'S AN EYE POPPING NUMBER, 40 TRILLION.
00:57:14TO SOUTH CAROLINA, LEE IS CALLING IN ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
00:57:17WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY, LEE?
00:57:19CALLER: I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AIR FORCE OFFICER BEING COURT
00:57:23MARSHALLED FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST TRUMP.
00:57:25AND I WOULD RELATE THAT TO THE
00:57:29AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ASK WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE UNION AS IT
00:57:32WOULD RELATE TO THE MILITARY.
00:57:36YOU GOT OTHER STORIES ABOUT
00:57:42THE UNITED STATES OR THE ARMY,
00:57:45EXCUSE ME, NOT SUPPORTING SOUTH
00:57:51KOREA AND KEEPING THE DMZ STRONG.
00:57:54YOU HAVE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,
00:57:56YOU HAVE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO
00:57:59WIN THE WAR IN IRAN. AND I DON'T THINK THOSE THINGS
00:58:03ARE POSSIBLE IF THE MORAL IN THE
00:58:07MILITARY IS SO POOR AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
00:58:11THERE'S A TREMENDOUS UPTICK IN
00:58:13THE NUMBER OF OBJECTORS WHICH IS
00:58:19A DIFFICULT STATUS TO ATTAIN TO GET OUT.
00:58:22SUPPOSEDLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY
00:58:26OVER THE LAST, I WANT TO SAY, 100 YEARS.
00:58:29AND SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT AMERICA
00:58:35NOT WINNING THE FIRST DAY YOU COULD HAVE ENDED THE WAR IN
00:58:39UKRAINE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS BOOST WHICH OVERLAPS
00:58:43TO THE ALLIES AND THE ALLIES
00:58:48ISSUE IS A HUGE ISSUE.
00:58:50IT ALL GOES TO SUPPORTING
00:58:54AMERICA OR THE NAVY. YOU CAN'T OPERATE WORLDWIDE
00:58:57UNLESS YOU HAVE THESE PLACES THAT CAN SUPPORT YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN.
00:59:01AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LINCOLN
00:59:04AND PROBABLY AN ENTIRE SHIP OF
00:59:05PEOPLE WITH PTSD THAT WE HAVE TO
00:59:09DEAL WITH NOW.
00:59:10YOU LOOK AT A PRESIDENT THAT
00:59:13DECIDED TO HAVE A PHOTO OP IN
00:59:17ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, THE PLACE WHERE PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS
00:59:21LAID TO REST. A PHOTO OP FOR WHICH HE HAD TO
00:59:25CAUSE A DISTURBANCE BECAUSE THE RULES SAID HE SHOULDN'T DO THAT
00:59:29AND HE'S CAUSING THIS
00:59:31DISTURBANCE IN THAT PLACE OF REST.
00:59:34HE HAS TROOPS, SOLDIERS,
00:59:38FLYOVERS AND THESE THINGS TO
00:59:41CELEBRATE HIM IN THE SAME
00:59:44PRESIDENT THAT WE SHOULD BE
00:59:46CELEBRATING AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY.
00:59:49SO HE DOES NOT COMMAND A RESPECT.
00:59:52HE GETS A HEGSETH THAT COMES IN,
00:59:56WHO COMES UP WITH THIS DEI
01:00:00POLICY, WHICH IS VERY UNMOTIVATING BECAUSE IF YOU
01:00:03DON'T PROMOTE AND -- IT CREATES
01:00:07SUCH A HIGH DEGREE OF DISRESPECT
01:00:10IN THE RANKS THAT WHEN YOU CAN'T
01:00:13HOLD PEOPLE TOGETHER THEY WILL
01:00:16JUMP--
01:00:22YOU WILL SEE THE ARMY NOT FUNCTION.
01:00:25WE WILL GO BACK AGAIN TO THE
01:00:30LEADER OF CHINA. HE SAID HIS GOAL WAS TO MAKE
01:00:33CHINA A WORLD EMPIRE.
01:00:38AND SO, IF YOU DON'T HOLD
01:00:39AMERICA UP, YOU ALLOW RUSSIA TO
01:00:45BE UNDER SIEGE FROM ITS OWN
01:00:48DOING, GOING INTO UKRAINE.
01:00:53WHEN CHINA DECIDES TO MOVE, IT CAN MOVE BIG.
01:00:56IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND
01:00:57YOU DON'T HAVE THE ALLIES TOGETHER.
01:01:01HOST: I'M GOING TO POLITELY
01:01:04INTERRUPT BECAUSE HE TOUCHED ON A FEW TOPICS WORTH RAISING.
01:01:08YOU TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER THAT HAS
01:01:11BEEN DEPLOYED IN IRAN FOR MONTHS. SOME OF THEM ARE NOW BEING
01:01:15SWAPPED OUT. YOU BROUGHT UP THE STORY, I PULLED UP A MILITARY TIMES ARTICLE.
01:01:20AIR FORCE MAJOR WHO KEEPS CALLING FOR TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT
01:01:24CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS UNDER MILITARY LAW. THEY WRITE LEGAL ACTION UNDER
01:01:27MILITARY LAW IS BEING TAKEN
01:01:30AGAINST JASON WATSON, KNOWN FOR
01:01:33HIS REPEATED PUBLIC CALLS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT.
01:01:36HE WAS CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF
01:01:40MILITARY JUSTICE. CHARGES INCLUDE THREE RARE COUNTS OF SHOWING CONTEMPT
01:01:44TOWARD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. HE FACES CHARGES UNDER ARTICLE
01:01:4788 FOR CONTEMPT TOWARD OFFICIALS, ARTICLE 92 FOR
01:01:51DERELICTION OF DUTY AND ARTICLE 133 FOR CONDUCT UNBECOMING OF AN
01:01:55OFFICER. A CHARGING DOCUMENT WATSON'S
01:01:58ATTORNEY SHARED WITH CNN LISTS THREE SPECIFICATIONS UNDER
01:02:02ARTICLE 88, 5 UNDER --
01:02:07IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
01:02:11SECRETARY HEGSETH SEEING A CRACKDOWN AGAINST OFFICERS.
01:02:14WE HAD THIS, EMILY FROM ALBANY,
01:02:17OREGON WROTE IN AN IT WAS SORT OF RELATED. HER BIGGEST NEWS STORY OF THE
01:02:21WEEK IS THE SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE IRAN WAR.
01:02:24TRUMP PROMISED HE WOULD NOT GET
01:02:27US INVOLVED IN ANY MORE POINTLESS WARS YET HERE WE NOW ARE.
01:02:31THE SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY WAS YESTERDAY.
01:02:33THERE IS NO LINE INSIGHT FOR THE WAR ENDING.
01:02:3718 SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED, 750 HAVE BEEN INJURED.
01:02:40THE LATEST PRICE TAG WAS $37.5
01:02:45BILLION AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO RISE. WE WILL CONTINUE TAKING SOME CALLS.
01:02:49THANKS TO EVERYONE PATIENTLY WAITING ON THE LINE PRINT LET'S
01:02:52GO TO TO LEAVE IN LAUREL -- TAL
01:02:58IB IN LAUREL, MARYLAND.
01:02:59CALLER: I'M 81 YEARS OLD.
01:03:03MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY, MY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
01:03:08FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE 16 90'S.
01:03:12AS A LITTLE BOY GROWING UP IN PHILLY, MY PARENTS AND
01:03:16GRANDPARENTS TAUGHT ME THE TRUE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
01:03:18WE WERE WORKING CLASS. MY FATHER NEVER WENT PAST THE SEVENTH GRADE.
01:03:24ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS
01:03:26TAUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU
01:03:30KNOW THE TRUE HISTORY OF THIS
01:03:32COUNTRY AND YOU DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, IT CAN GO A LONG WAY.
01:03:36MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME YOU HAD TO
01:03:39DO TWO TO THREE TIMES BETTER THAN THE WHITE MAN JUST TO SURVIVE HERE.
01:03:43NOW, YOU LOOK AT DEI, WHITE
01:03:49MALES HAVE HAD AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR 407 YEARS.
01:03:53YOU HAD LEGACY ADMISSIONS FOR
01:03:58WHITE PEOPLE IN ALL THESE UNIVERSITIES.
01:04:01THROUGH COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT, I HAVE LIVED
01:04:04ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
01:04:08MY PARENTS WERE POINTING THIS OUT TO ME IN 1954 AND 1955, WHICH STARTED THIS.
01:04:16NOW, THIS IS LIKE THE TWILIGHT ZONE. EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP, IT'S
01:04:20LIKE ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE. IT'S 1959. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
01:04:25TRUMP IS A NINE-YEAR-OLD
01:04:28MENTALLY DERANGED WHITE
01:04:32SUPREMACIST DUMMY. HE'S A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.
01:04:35HE'S AN INSURRECTIONIST.
01:04:37HE IS A SERIAL SEX ABUSER AND SERIAL RAPIST.
01:04:41HE SAID THAT HIMSELF WHEN HE SAID I GRABBED WOMEN BY THE P.
01:04:44HOST: I WILL SAY HE WAS FOUND
01:04:49LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, TECHNICALLY NOT FOR RAPE AND
01:04:52THAT IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT HAS SOUGHT TO CLARIFY IT REPEATEDLY.
01:04:56OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE VERY CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT. IS THERE A POLICY DISPUTE YOU HAVE?
01:05:00YOU'VE MADE CLEAR IF YOU DON'T FEEL HE'S FIT FOR OFFICE.
01:05:02IS THERE AN ISSUE THAT YOU THINK IS YOUR TOP POLICY ISSUE RIGHT NOW?
01:05:09MAYBE WE LOST HIM. THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
01:05:14LET'S GO TO MASSACHUSETTS. ANTHONY IS ON THE LINE, THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
01:05:17THANKS FOR CALLING IN. WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
01:05:19CALLER: I WANT TO STRESS THE
01:05:23IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE
01:05:26PRESSURE ON IRAN.
01:05:28I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S A
01:05:36POINTLESS WAR. I DON'T THINK IT IS. I THINK IT IS THE FURTHEST THING FROM THAT.
01:05:40THERE IS A QUOTE FROM SOMEBODY
01:05:46ABOUT ONE DEATH BEING A TRAGEDY
01:05:49AND A MILLION DEATHS BEING A STATISTIC.
01:05:54AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE
01:05:57NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
01:06:00PROPORTIONS OF TRAGEDIES.
01:06:04AND SO WE LOST ABOUT OVER 3000
01:06:12PEOPLE ON 9/11.
01:06:13AND MAYBE 7000, COUNTING THE
01:06:17PEOPLE WHO DIED LATER.
01:06:20BUT, IF WE HAD A NUCLEAR ATTACK
01:06:23ON OUR COUNTRY, THAT WOULD BE
01:06:27MAYBE NOT MILLIONS OF TIMES BIGGER BUT 1000 TIMES WORSE.
01:06:34IF A MAJOR CITY JUST DISAPPEARS.
01:06:38THE IRANIANS ARE NOT EVEN THE
01:06:44NORTH KOREANS, WHICH ARE
01:06:48RESTRAINED SOMEWHAT BY CHINA.
01:06:51THEY ARE FANATICAL, RELIGIOUS NUTS.
01:06:56IF ANY COUNTRY WAS GOING TO
01:06:59ATTACK US WITH NUKES, I THINK IT WOULD BE THEM.
01:07:04WE HAVE TO, IF WE WANT A SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY AND WE WANT
01:07:08TO AVOID TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES,
01:07:10WE HAVE TO BE RATIONAL ABOUT THE
01:07:14PROPORTION OF DAMAGE THAT WE CAN
01:07:19SUSTAIN FROM AN ATTACK. WE WENT TO WAR WITH TWO
01:07:23COUNTRIES, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN DURING 9/11.
01:07:30TWO BUILDINGS GOT KNOCKED DOWN.
01:07:31IF WE GET NUKED, THAT WILL MAKE
01:07:35US FORGET ALL ABOUT 9/11. HOST: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP
01:07:40THE IRAN WAR. WE'VE HAD SOME SOUND ON DECK FROM THE PRESIDENT.
01:07:43HE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THURSDAY ABOUT WHERE THINGS
01:07:46STAND, ESPECIALLY WITH PEACE TALKS HAVING STALLED. WE WILL PLAY THAT AND THEN WE
01:07:50HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE TOP SENATE DEMOCRAT, CHUCK SCHUMER.
01:07:54HERE'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ON THURSDAY.
01:07:58PRES. TRUMP: IRAN RIGHT NOW ARE
01:08:02NOT PAYING THEIR TROOPS. THEY ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE. THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE CAPACITY.
01:08:08WE ARE TAKING THEM THROUGH ALL THE TIME.
01:08:12IT DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE FINISHED
01:08:13WITH THE MILITARY BUT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPEN.
01:08:19WE HAVE CONTROL. WE HAVE THE BLOCKADE.
01:08:22IRAN IS NOT GETTING ANYTHING, NOTHING IS GOING THROUGH. NOT ONE SHIP.
01:08:29IT DEPENDS. SO FAR, I THINK RUSSIA HAS
01:08:32BEHAVED QUITE WELL, HAVING TO DO WITH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
01:08:36FOR EVERYTHING WE DO -- EVERYTHING THEY DO, WE DO ALSO.
01:08:43WE SPY ON THEM TOO.
01:08:44>> WHY NOT SANCTION CHINESE BANKS?
01:08:50PRES. TRUMP: WHO SAID I'M NOT? YOU SAID WHY NOT, WHO SAID I'M
01:08:54NOT? I DON'T HAVE TO ANNOUNCE EVERYTHING, DO I?
01:08:59HOST: PRESIDENT TRUMP ON
01:09:03THURSDAY DISCUSSING THE LATEST IRAN WAR NEWS.
01:09:05HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT ON
01:09:08FRIDAY WHICH WAS TECHNICALLY THE SIX MONTHS ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR STARTING.
01:09:13IT STARTED ON FEBRUARY 28,
01:09:18YESTERDAY WAS AUGUST 20. -- ROAD DONALD TRUMP TOOK
01:09:21AMERICA TO WAR WITH NO PLAN TO
01:09:22WIN IT AND NO PLAN TO END IT.
01:09:28SIX MONTHS LATER, AMERICANS ARE PAYING FOR BOTH.
01:09:3018 SERVICE MEMBER'S ARE DEAD,
01:09:32GAS PRICES HAVE SURGED, IRAN IS
01:09:36HOLDING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HOSTAGE, AMERICA IS LESS SECURE
01:09:40AND THE PRESIDENT SO CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN WHAT VICTORY IT LOOKS
01:09:43LIKE OR HOW THE WAR ENDS. SENATE REPUBLICANS KNOW THE COSTS AND THE MASS RISKS AND
01:09:47STILL, WHEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ACT, THEY COWER BEFORE DONALD
01:09:51TRUMP. MANY SENATORS RELEASED STATEMENTS COMMENTING ON THE
01:09:54SIX-MONTH MARK OF THIS WAR. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE CALLS
01:09:57AS WE DISCUSS YOUR TOP NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK.
01:09:59SO MANY DIFFERENT STORIES SWIRLING AROUND OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS.
01:10:03LET'S GO TO VIRGINIA. TROY IS CALLING IN FROM
01:10:06CLARKSVILLE ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. HEY, TROY. YOU ARE ON WITH US.
01:10:13CALLER: GOOD MORNING AND THANK
01:10:17YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. MY TOP STORY WAS OR IS CONCERNED
01:10:20THE OIL DEAL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED BY TRUMP.
01:10:23EVEN THOUGH, EVEN IF WE DON'T
01:10:31SEE RESULTS TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY, SO WHAT?
01:10:34YOU DON'T BUILD A HOUSE ON MONDAY AND MOVE IN ON TUESDAY. IT TAKES A WILD.
01:10:39THE ANNOUNCEMENT ITSELF WAS GREAT. THE INFORMATION WAS GREAT. THE COUNTRY WILL BENEFIT GREATLY.
01:10:48AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
01:10:49BRING UP WAS CONCERNING THIS
01:10:55COUNTRY'S LACK OF WILLING TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR ANYTHING.
01:10:59NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO WAR. WAR IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD.
01:11:03IT'S THE WORST. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU HAVE TO GO DELIBERATELY.
01:11:07YOU HAVE TO GO WITH INTENT.
01:11:11YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION. YOU CAN'T GO IN TO BE TOWING. WAR IS TERRIBLE.
01:11:16AND FOR EVERYONE WHO LOOKS AT
01:11:19THE SITUATION AND, WITH A
01:11:22NEGATIVE VIEW, OF COURSE.
01:11:25NO ONE WANTS IT.
01:11:28BUT FOR IRAN, THE LEADING SPONSOR OF TERROR FOR THE LAST
01:11:3147 YEARS, ESPECIALLY AGAINST US,
01:11:36IRAN HAD TO BE DEALT WITH. EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
01:11:41I SAY DEAL WITH IRAN NOW.
01:11:43THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE
01:11:45EXECUTION OF THIS WAR IS WE WERE, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE
01:11:50BIT RECKLESS.
01:11:54VIETNAM LASTED MANY YEARS, OVER 58,000 SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN
01:11:58VIETNAM. VIETNAM WAS NOTHING ANYONE AGREED WITH.
01:12:05AND IN MY OPINION, IRAN IS MUCH
01:12:06MORE DIRE THAN VIETNAM EVER WAS,
01:12:10AS FAR AS VESSELS AND OUR WELL-BEING IN THE WORLD.
01:12:16IRAN WANTS TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY.
01:12:17HOST: TROY, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
01:12:21THE PRESIDENT, HE THROUGHOUT THE
01:12:24LAST SIX MONTHS HAS OFFERED MANY
01:12:27DIFFERENT PUBLIC PREDICTIONS OF TIMELINES. HE SAID THIS WOULD BE OVER IN A
01:12:30COUPLE OF WEEKS. IN MARCH, HE SAID THE WAR HAD
01:12:33BEEN WON.
01:12:36HE HAS EXTENDED THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT BEING
01:12:39FECKLESS IN YOUR VIEW EVEN THOUGH YOU SUPPORTED THE OVERALL MISSION.
01:12:45DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
01:12:46TRIPPED HIMSELF UP BY ANNOUNCING
01:12:51THOSE TIMELINES? >> PROBABLY SO A LITTLE BIT.
01:12:54BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
01:13:00TRUMP IS SURROUNDED BY ALL OF THESE ADVISORS.
01:13:04YOU HAVE THESE EXPERT ADVISORS TRYING TO TELL HIM THIS.
01:13:07HE NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHATEVER.
01:13:11HE HAS TO RELY ON THESE EXPERT ADVISORS THAT ARE AROUND HIM ALL THE TIME.
01:13:16NOT THE TV PUNDITS.
01:13:18NOT THE ANCHORS THAT, TO ME, EVEN THOUGH LESS.
01:13:26AS TO WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT
01:13:26BE DONE, AS OPPOSED TO REPORTING
01:13:30THE NEWS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, INSTEAD OF
01:13:36INTERJECTING SOME OPINIONS WHICH
01:13:37I THINK ARE LESS WORTHY THAN --
01:13:41I THINK HE'S GOTTEN HIMSELF IN A
01:13:45TRICK BAG BY COMING OUT AND
01:13:50SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE JUST TOLD THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH.
01:13:53TOLD US WHAT WAS GOING ON, DID IT AND GOT IT OVER WITH. AND GET BACK.
01:14:00BECAUSE PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH.
01:14:02YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF SMALL
01:14:05PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME A BIGGER PROBLEM IF IT IS NOT DEALT WITH.
01:14:08HOST: THANKS FOR THE DIALOGUE. APPRECIATE IT.
01:14:12LET'S GO TO A NEIGHBOR OF YOURS JUST NORTH, EDWARD IS CALLING IN
01:14:15FROM MARYLAND ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. WHAT'S YOUR TOP STORY?
01:14:18CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:14:21FIRST OF ALL, IRAN WAS NOT AN
01:14:25IMMINENT THREAT TO US. OK, LET'S GET THAT CLEAR.
01:14:38WHAT DID THE SUPREME COURT SAY? I THOUGHT THE SUPREME COURT TOLD
01:14:42HIM HE DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER TO
01:14:47DO THIS.
01:14:49BRING SOMEBODY ON THE SHOW AND
01:14:54YOU CAN LAY OUT THE DETAILS OF THAT RULING.
01:14:59THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THESE
01:15:01TARIFFS, THE COUNTRY, THE UNITED
01:15:04STATES IS NOT BEHIND TRUMP ON
01:15:07THIS. THE MAN IS AT 33%.
01:15:12THE COUNTRY IS BEHIND CARNEY.
01:15:15I THINK HE HAS THE BIGGEST HAND.
01:15:21ANOTHER THING, IT WAS AN A
01:15:25LITTLE -- IT WAS A LITTLE ELECTION CALLED THE PENNSYLVANIA
01:15:2812 DISTRICT. THIS WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION AND IT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO.
01:15:32A DEMOCRAT AGAINST A REPUBLICAN.
01:15:40THIS WAS A DEEP RED DISTRICT.
01:15:42THE DEMOCRAT, TRUMP WON THE
01:15:50DISTRICT BY 18.5 POINTS. THEY FLIPPED IT. THEY FLIP THAT DISTRICT.
01:15:59AND THEN ALSO, ACROSS THE
01:16:01COUNTRY, I'M TALKING ABOUT
01:16:05STATEHOUSES, THERE HAS BEEN 25
01:16:11STATEHOUSES OR STATE SENATE
01:16:15SEATS THAT HAVE BEEN FLIPPED FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT.
01:16:23AND REPUBLICANS HAVE FLIPPED ZERO.
01:16:32HE'S BACK IN COURT AGAIN, SPENDING TAXPAYERS MONEY.
01:16:36THIS WAS NAMED AFTER KENNEDY
01:16:41BECAUSE HE WAS ASSASSINATED.
01:16:45AND THAT WAS AN HONOR THAT WE
01:16:49GAVE TO HIM. YOU THINK TRUMP CARES ABOUT THAT?
01:16:58NOT AT ALL BECAUSE HE'S A NARCISSIST.
01:17:00HOST: THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE HILL.
01:17:04DEMOCRATS FLIPPED PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE SEAT.
01:17:07THIS WAS EARLIER THIS MONTH. BRANDON DUKES DEFEATED
01:17:11REPUBLICAN SCOTT TIMKO WITH A LEAD JUST SHY OF 100 VOTES IN
01:17:15THE RACE TO REPRESENT PENNSYLVANIA'S 12 DISTRICT. YOU ARE CORRECT.
01:17:19THE DISTRICT INCLUDES SOME OF PITTSBURGH AND HAS NOT ELECTED A
01:17:23DEMOCRAT TO THE STATEHOUSE IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
01:17:24PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE DISTRICT
01:17:28BY 18 POINTS IN 2024 SO THAT IS A NOTABLE WIN FOR DEMOCRATS.
01:17:31THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN CALLING IN. WE'VE TOUCHED ON SOME HE TOPICS
01:17:35AND WILL CONTINUE TO. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK.
01:17:38A LITTLE LATER, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER TRADE CONVERSATION
01:17:42RELATING TO AN INTERESTING TOPIC , HAVING TO DO WITH PRESIDENT
01:17:46TRUMP WANTING TO IMPORT DISCOUNTED BEEF TO LOWER THE
01:17:50PRICE FOR GROUND BEEF. HE'S PUTTING ASIDE TARIFFS ON
01:17:53THOSE IMPORTS AND IT'S LED TO A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM
01:17:57REPUBLICANS, AGRICULTURE GROUPS. WE WILL HAVE OLIVIA BRIDGES, THE
01:18:01CONGRESSIONAL AND TRADE EDITOR
01:18:01FOR AGRO PULSE -- AGRI-PULSE.
01:18:13LOTS OF HEADLINES IN THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD.
01:18:16STICK WITH "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," BECAUSE WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
01:18:21>> AMERICAN HISTORY TV.
01:18:25SATURDAYS ON C-SPAN TWO, EXPLORING THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS
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01:18:32TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OF THE IOWA STATE FAIR FOR A LOOK AT THE
01:18:35ANNUAL CELEBRATION'S FAMOUS LANDMARKS, STORIES FROM THE FAIR'S PAST AND AN UP CLOSE
01:18:39ENCOUNTER WITH THE ICONIC BUTTER COW.
01:18:41LATER, A HISTORICAL TOUR OF THE
01:18:45MARINE BARRACKS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S
01:18:48OWN U.S. MARINE BAND. YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE BANDS DRUM MAJOR AND SEE THE WEEKLY
01:18:52DRILL PARADE IN CONCERT OF THE MARINE CORPS AT 5:00 P.M. EASTERN.
01:18:56AT 7:30 P.M. EASTERN, AS PART OF OUR IN PURSUIT SERIES ON
01:19:00PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP, JOURNALISTS AND HISTORIANS
01:19:03REFLECT ON THE LEGACIES OF PRESIDENT WARREN HARDING, FIRST
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01:19:35AT 1:45 P.M. EASTERN, JOANNA
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01:19:43USED AI AND ROBOTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE.
01:19:47AND CORY DOCTOROW.
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01:19:57ALSO AT 10:30 P.M. EASTERN,
01:19:59ANNIE JACOBSON, AUTHOR OF THE
01:20:02BEST-SELLING BOOK "BIOLOGIC
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01:20:31>> SUNDAY ON C-SPAN'S QUEUE AND DAY, THREE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG MILLS REFLECTS
01:20:34ON DECADES COVERING AMERICAN POLITICS.
01:20:36HE TALKS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHING MULTIPLE PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING
01:20:40THE 1990 TWO CLINTON-GORE CAMPAIGN.
01:20:44PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON NINE AND CAPTURING THE ATTEMPTED
01:20:47ASSASSINATION OF -- 911 AND
01:20:51CAPTURING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
01:20:53>> I'VE LISTENED TO HIS SPEECH
01:20:57ON THE CAMPAIGN HUNDREDS OF TIMES. AND I KNEW WHEN HE SAID
01:21:01SOMETHING ABOUT A CHART, I THOUGHT WOW, THE CHART IS TYPICALLY THE END OF THE SPEECH.
01:21:04THAT REGISTERED RIGHT AWAY WITH ME. SO THEN WHEN HE GESTURED OVER
01:21:08TOWARD THE CHART, THAT'S WHEN
01:21:09THE SHOTS RANG OUT.
01:21:12WHEN HE WAS GESTURING, I WAS NOT
01:21:15AS CLOSE AS WE ARE BUT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE FEET BACK.
01:21:18I HAD MY LENS ON HIM, I WAS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OF HE
01:21:21AND THE FLAG, WHEN HE GESTURED TO THE RIGHT AND THE SHOTS RANG
01:21:26OUT, I WAS TAKING THE PICTURE
01:21:28AND I KEPT MY FINGER ON THE
01:21:31BUTTON AS SOON AS I HEARD THE BULLETS RING OUT.
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01:21:38ALL OF OUR PODCASTS ON OUR FREE C-SPAN NOW APP OR WHEREVER YOU
01:21:41GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES.
01:21:45HOST: WELCOME BACK ON THIS BUSY
01:21:49SATURDAY MORNING. WE ARE GOING TO DIVE A BIT FURTHER INTO THE U.S. AND
01:21:53CANADA'S TRADE WAR. WE ARE JOINED BY OUR FIRST GUEST OF THE DAY.
01:21:57CARLO DADE. HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF
01:21:59INTERNATIONAL POLICY FOR THE NEW
01:22:02NORTH AMERICA INITIATIVE. HE'S JOINING US FROM CALGARY. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
01:22:06GUEST: GOOD MORNING. MY PLEASURE.
01:22:09HOST: FOR FOLKS UNFAMILIAR WITH
01:22:12YOUR INSTITUTION, TALK ABOUT THE NEW NORTH AMERICA INITIATIVE AND
01:22:16THE WORK THAT YOU FOCUS ON.
01:22:17GUEST: THE NEW NORTH AMERICA INITIATIVE IS IN THE NAME.
01:22:21A NEW INITIATIVE FOR A NEW,
01:22:25FORWARD-LOOKING VISION OF HOW WE SHARE THE CONTINENT. IT'S BASED IN THE PHYSICAL REALITY THAT WE ARE HERE
01:22:30TOGETHER. FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WE ARE
01:22:34GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO
01:22:36WORK TOGETHER, LIVE TOGETHER, BUILDING ON THE PRESENT REALITIES.
01:22:41OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WORKED IN THE
01:22:42PAST IN TERMS OF GUIDING THE
01:22:45EXPERIENCE BETWEEN US OF COEXISTENCE HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
01:22:49NOT JUST ON THE RIGHT OF THE U.S., BUT POTENTIALLY ALSO ON
01:22:53THE LEFT WITH THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
01:22:56SO, WE ARE STEPPING BACK, LOOKING BEYOND THE TRADE
01:22:59RELATIONSHIP AT THOSE THINGS
01:23:02THAT ALLOW US TO PROSPER TOGETHER ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.
01:23:06HOST: WE HAVE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT
01:23:10OF CALLERS OFFERING THEIR TAKES ON WHETHER THIS TRADE DISPUTE
01:23:13MAKES SENSE FROM THE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE. FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE OF
01:23:16THINGS, ARE YOU SURPRISED IT'S GOTTEN TO THIS POINT?
01:23:20GUEST: FROM THE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE, YES.
01:23:24BUT STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS
01:23:26WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE AT THE INITIATIVE, NOT AT ALL.
01:23:29THE U.S. HAS DONE THIS WITH 21,
01:23:3320 TWO OTHER COUNTRIES BEFORE US, RANGING FROM ARGENTINA ALL
01:23:37THE WAY DOWN TO THE U.K., JAPAN,
01:23:40KOREA, WHICH HAD A FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT LIKE CANADA, HAS GONE
01:23:44THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS AS THE U.S. REWRITES GLOBAL TRADE
01:23:48RULES. IN ONE SENSE, LOOKING AT THE
01:23:50EVIDENCE, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SURPRISED.
01:23:53BUT GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP, THE CLOSENESS, HOW
01:23:56DEEPLY INTERTWINED WE ARE, THERE
01:23:59IS SOME SURPRISE THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO A COUNTRY SO CLOSE TO
01:24:02THE U.S. AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT TRADE PARTNER FOR SO MANY STATES.
01:24:06HOST: YOU ARE A PIECE IN THE
01:24:10WALRUS THAT SAYS WHY AMERICANS
01:24:10-- WHILE AMERICANS MAY NEVER
01:24:14FEEL THE TRADE WAR, OTTAWA IS
01:24:17BETTING THE TARIFFS WILL ANGER TRADE CONSUMERS.
01:24:20CAN YOU EXPAND UPON THAT AND WHAT YOU ROW IN THE PC?
01:24:22GUEST: SURE, THAT APPLIES SPECIFICALLY TO CANADIAN
01:24:26TARIFFS.
01:24:29THE TARIFFS ON CHINA DO HIT CONSUMERS.
01:24:33THE COSTS, ELEVATED COSTS OF
01:24:35THOSE GOODS MORE QUICKLY AND MORE HEAVILY SHOWS UP FOR
01:24:39CONSUMERS.
01:24:40IF YOU ARE BUYING A RATE DEAL
01:24:44FROM CHINA, IT'S A FINISHED PRODUCT AND THE PRICE GETS PASSED ON.
01:24:49WITH CANADA, IT IS WHEAT AND OIL.
01:24:51IT REDUCES CROPS.
01:24:54YOU DON'T SEE THE COST THAT IS
01:24:57HEAVILY FROM CANADA.
01:24:59OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN LOOKING AT
01:25:02THIS FROM THE GRASSROOTS. WE HAVE DONE A DEEP, DEEP DIVE,
01:25:06STARTING IN COLORADO WITH IDEATION WORK.
01:25:11AND WE WERE JUST IN DENVER TWO
01:25:13WEEKS AGO, INTERVIEWING COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, BUSINESS
01:25:17LEADERS. THIS IS NOT THE TYPICAL WAY THE
01:25:19WORK IS DONE FROM THE ELITE OR TOP-DOWN.
01:25:22WE ARE STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM IN THE U.S..
01:25:24AND LOOKING FOR IMPACTS.
01:25:29OUR TAKE AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU
01:25:31NORMALLY HEAR INSIDE THE POLICY
01:25:36GENERATION CIRCLES, INSIDE WASHINGTON, D.C.
01:25:38HOST: THAT'S AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE.
01:25:41WE ARE SPEAKING WITH CARLO DADE, THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL
01:25:44POLICY FOR THE NEW NORTH AMERICA INITIATIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS
01:25:49OF THIS NEW TRADE WAR BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CANADA. IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN AND ASK
01:25:53HIM A QUESTION OR SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, WE WELCOME THAT. WE WILL PUT THE PHONE LINES UP
01:25:57ON SCREEN. WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.
01:26:01I NOTICED THIS STORY FROM A LOCAL PAPER IN MAINE, ONE OF THE BORDER STATES WITH CANADA.
01:26:05THE OUTGOING DEMOCRATIC
01:26:09CONGRESSMAN, JARED GOLDEN, ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS IN
01:26:13CONGRESS SPOKE TO HIS LOCAL PAPER AND SAID IT WON'T GO WELL
01:26:15FOR THEM, THE HEADLINE IS JARED
01:26:17GOLDEN STICKS WITH TRUMP IN CANADA TERROR FIGHT.
01:26:22HE'S NOT SEEKING REELECTION AND
01:26:23HAS BACK TRUMPS AGGRESSIVE
01:26:29TARIFF ACTIONS. HE ESSENTIALLY SAID, SPEAKING TO HIS CANADIAN NEIGHBORS, THIS WON'T GO WELL FOR YOU BECAUSE
01:26:33YOU RELY ON US MORE THAN WE RELY ON YOU. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
01:26:38GUEST: IN THE MOST PLAIN AND
01:26:42OBVIOUS SENSE, NOT PICKING ANY
01:26:45NUANCE OR DEPTH TO IT, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE OF THE ECONOMIES.
01:26:50EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT.
01:26:52POPULATION, MILITARY POWER, ETC., ETC..
01:26:54BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF THE DEEPER INTEGRATION, IT'S NOT JUST TRADE.
01:27:03WE RELY ON HELP FROM CANADA.
01:27:06I KNOW THAT --
01:27:10OUT WEST, WE FIGHT FIRES TOGETHER.
01:27:13WE JUST LOST A CANADIAN. A CANADIAN GAVE HIS LIFE
01:27:17FIGHTING THE FIRES IN COLORADO.
01:27:19SO, ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER
01:27:22MOST DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES, THERE ARE
01:27:26IMPACTS FROM CANADA. WE ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOING
01:27:29TO HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES.
01:27:33THE LONG-TERM DROUGHT, DEALING
01:27:33WITH MANAGEMENT OF THE
01:27:37ENVIRONMENT IN THE WEST. AGRICULTURAL TRADE, PROTECTING
01:27:40THE AGRICULTURAL INTEGRITY OF BEEF, LIVESTOCK IN NORTH AMERICA.
01:27:44WE ARE A CRITICAL PARTNER.
01:27:48YOU CAN'T GROW CROPS IN THE U.S.
01:27:52WITHOUT IT. WE IMPORT 80 SOMETHING PERCENT OF IT.
01:27:55ANOTHER 80% OF THAT COMES FROM
01:27:59CANADA. THERE ARE WAYS THAT ARE MORE
01:28:02SUBTLE THAN THE CONGRESSMAN'S
01:28:09STATEMENT. IN THE END, NO ONE WINS FROM THIS, NO ONE BENEFITS.
01:28:12THE LONGER TERM DAY IN AND DAY
01:28:17OUT REALITY, I THINK AMERICANS KNOW THIS, THE DAY IN AND DAY
01:28:19OUT REALITY IS YOU NEED A FRIEND
01:28:24ON YOUR NORTHERN BORDER, NOT AN ADVERSARY.
01:28:26WE HAVE BENEFITED FROM A
01:28:29RELATIONSHIP AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE THROWING THAT AWAY.
01:28:31HOST: WE HAVE A CALLER FROM
01:28:35VANCOUVER, CANADA CALLING IN. RODRICK. WE WILL SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
01:28:38YOU'RE ON WITH OUR GUEST. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
01:28:40CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
01:28:46THIS IS DIRECTED TO YOUR GUEST.
01:28:48YOUR WORK RELATING TO TRADE
01:28:53BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED
01:28:53STATES, I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE,
01:28:58IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT.
01:29:01AND I'M WONDERING WHETHER YOU
01:29:03WOULD AGREE THAT CANADA HAS A
01:29:08ROLE TO PLAY IN PUSHING BACK
01:29:14AGAINST ROGUE MISCONDUCT BY THE UNITED STATES.
01:29:17FOR EXAMPLE, THE BLOCKADING OF OIL GOING INTO CUBA.
01:29:20THE KIDNAPPING OF MADURO FROM
01:29:23VENEZUELA, KILLING 200 PEOPLE AT THAT TIME IN THE OPERATION.
01:29:29THE MURDERING OF PEOPLE IN THE
01:29:33BOATS IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE INSTIGATING OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
01:29:37THERE ARE TOO A TO NAME.
01:29:39AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
01:29:42ONES, VERY RECENTLY, IS THE UNITED STATES'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A WAR AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL
01:29:46CRIMINAL COURT, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SANCTIONS
01:29:50AGAINST ITS CHIEF JUDGE.
01:29:53A CANADIAN JUDGE, KIMBERLY, A
01:29:59JUDGE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WAS SANCTIONED BY
01:30:02THE UNITED STATES ONE YEAR AGO. CANADA REMAINED SILENT. HAS NOT PUSHED BACK ONE BIT.
01:30:06NOT A SINGLE WORD ABOUT THE
01:30:08SANCTIONS AGAINST KIMBERLY FOST
01:30:11OR THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.
01:30:15YET, AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE
01:30:17ASKING THE UNITED STATES TO BE A WITNESS.
01:30:21WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THE UNITED STATES'S LEADERSHIP INVOLVING
01:30:25TRADE NEGOTIATIONS VIEW US AS A DOORMAT?
01:30:29OUR LEADERS ARE TOO GUTLESS TOOD
01:30:34TO PUSH BACK PUBLICLY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES' MISCONDUCT ON
01:30:38THE WORLD STAGE, SO THEY KNOW -- AMERICAN NEGOTIATORS -- THEY ARE
01:30:41DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO BACKBONE, NO PRINCIPLES, SO WE
01:30:45CAN WALK ALL OVER CANADA IN TRADE ISSUES AND NOT WORRY ABOUT
01:30:49IT. DO YOU AGREE?
01:30:52GUEST: SO, LET'S LOOK AT THE
01:30:56PREMISE OF THE QUESTION. THE START WAS, CANADA'S ROLE
01:31:00GLOBALLY IN THIS GLOBAL PHENOMENON.
01:31:03YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT IN THE ANALYSIS OF THIS BEING A GLOBAL PHENOMENON.
01:31:07I MENTIONED 22 COUNTRIES HAVE
01:31:10HAD TRADE AGREEMENTS OVERWRITTEN
01:31:14OR NEW AGREEMENTS ESSENTIALLY
01:31:16IMPOSED IN NEGOTIATIONS BY THE AMERICANS. THIS IS A GLOBAL ISSUE BEYOND
01:31:20JUST CANADA, AND HOW WE REACT AS
01:31:23PART OF A GLOBAL RESPONSE.
01:31:29IN CANADA WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHERE WE SPEND SCARCE FOREIGN RESOURCES.
01:31:34WE'VE HAD MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS, AS HAVE MOST OTHER COUNTRIES, AT
01:31:38THE FOREIGN MINISTRY.
01:31:38THAT WEAKENS OUR CAPACITY.
01:31:44WE ALSO HAVE TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS MOST IMPORTANT DAY IN AND
01:31:48DAY OUT TO CANADIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT IMPACTS PEOPLE?
01:31:53HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS. WHAT IMPACTS PEOPLE IN THEIR
01:32:11COMMUNITIES. THAT PRIORITY IN CANADA NOW IS DEALING WITH THE UNITED STATES. WE ARE ALSO ENGAGING MASSIVELY IN EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC.
01:32:15WE MADE A GENERATIONAL COMMITMENT TO GROWING OUR RELATIONS, NOT JUST TRADE, BUT RELATIONS AND INDO PACIFIC. THOSE TAKE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RESOURCES.
01:32:18YOU CAN'T BE EVERYPLACE AT ONCE DOING EVERYTHING. WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THE HUMAN
01:32:22RIGHTS AND OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE TRADITIONAL ELEMENTS OF
01:32:25CANADIAN POLICY, BUT IN THE CURRENT MOMENT, CURRENT PRICES,
01:32:29WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS MOST
01:32:31IMPORTANT FOR CANADIANS, THE
01:32:35MARITIMES THROUGH THE PRAIRIES, AND THAT IS DEALING WITH THE UNITED STATES.
01:32:38HOST: RODERICK, THANK YOU FOR
01:32:42CALLING IN. JOHN FROM FRANKLIN CAP NORTH CAROLINA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE.
01:32:48JOHN, YOU'RE ON WITH OUR GUEST.
01:32:49CALLER: I WAS JUST THINKING, WHY
01:32:52WOULD CANADA WANT TO DEAL WITH A
01:32:55CORRUPT GOVERNMENT TO TRADE WITH ANYWAY?
01:32:58WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO?
01:33:02I HOPE THEY STICK TO THEIR GUNS
01:33:03AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SHOW
01:33:07TRUMP AND HIS GOVERNMENT, HIS
01:33:12CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, THAT THEY AREN'T GOING TO TAKE WHAT HE'S DISHING OUT. THAT'S ABOUT ALL.
01:33:16HOST: CARLO, LET'S EXPAND ON
01:33:20THAT. YOU HAD AN INTERESTING PIECE PUBLISHED LAST MONTH BEFORE THE
01:33:24TRADE WERE EXPANDED IN THIS WAY
01:33:25WITH THE HEADLINE, "TRUMP'S NEW
01:33:29TARIFFS ARE DESIGNED TO TEAR
01:33:31CANADA APART: WASHINGTON CAN NOW REWARD SOME PROVINCES AND PUNISH OTHERS.
01:33:36THE POLITICAL DANGER MAY BE CONSIDERABLE." SINCE LATE JULY
01:33:39DO YOU FEEL THERE HAS BEEN A UNITING FACTION ACROSS CANADA
01:33:43CAP OR IS THIS PROVINCE BY
01:33:46PROVINCE DEBATE PLAYING UP TO THAT COLORS POINT TO FIGURE OUT
01:33:48HOW MUCH TO DABBLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
01:33:52GUEST: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
01:33:56THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE UNIQUE NATION OF CANADA'S CHALLENGE WITH THE U.S..
01:33:59I MENTIONED TO 22 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS.
01:34:03IN THE CANADIAN CASE THE
01:34:05AMERICANS UNIQUELY DECIDED TO
01:34:07USE SECTION 338 TARIFFS THE
01:34:111930'S PROVISION.
01:34:15WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
01:34:17PROVISION AS OPPOSED TO IEEPA
01:34:21WHICH THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK
01:34:24DOWN AND NATIONAL SECURITY TARIFFS, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT
01:34:28338 IS THERE IS EXPLICIT
01:34:30LANGUAGE ALLOWING A PRESIDENT TO
01:34:34TARGET SOME NATURAL JURISDICTIONS IN THE AMERICAN
01:34:37CASE THAT WOULD BE STATES AND THE CANADIAN CASE PROVINCES.
01:34:45MOST OF YOUR LISTENERS KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A SEPARATISM IN QUEBEC.
01:34:49WE HAVE SEPARATIST TENDENCIES IN
01:34:52WESTERN CANADA AS WELL.
01:34:56WE ARE FRAUGHT AS A NATION IN
01:35:01TERMS OF REGIONAL TENSIONS. IF THE PRESIDENT HAS THE ABILITY
01:35:04TO REWARD ONE PROVINCE AND
01:35:06PUNISH ANOTHER THE INHERENT
01:35:09TENSION WITHIN CANADA CAN BE
01:35:14WORSENED BY A PRESIDENT SEEKING
01:35:14TO PLAY ONE PROVINCE AGAINST THE OTHER.
01:35:18NOVA SCOTIA, IF YOU PUT CANADIAN
01:35:21LIQUOR BACK ON THE SHELVES, WILL
01:35:27ALLOWED NOVA SCOTIA 1 -- YES, WE PRODUCE WINE IN NOVA
01:35:31SCOTIA -- WILL ALLOW YOUR WINE
01:35:34TO COME IN. BRITISH COLUMBIA, YOU ARE NOT
01:35:37BEHAVING, LIQUOR OFF THE SHELVES, WE WILL TEAR A FEW 50%,
01:35:41I THINK YOUR LISTENERS CAN IMAGINE HOW THAT COULD PLAY ONE
01:35:44STATE AGAINST THE OTHER.
01:35:47IN THE U.S., CALIFORNIA VERSUS TEXAS.
01:35:52NORTH CAROLINA VERSUS NEW YORK. THIS IS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE ONLY
01:35:56CANADA FACES FROM THE U.S.. WE ARE DEEPLY DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS.
01:36:02WE CONDUCTED WORKING CANADA
01:36:05TESTING RESPONSES TO THIS, WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN RESPONSE.
01:36:07THE THREAT FROM THE U.S. IS
01:36:11NUANCED AND DEEP. HOST: THAT'S A HELPFUL BREAKDOWN.
01:36:15WE HAD A CALL CALLER BEFORE YOU ARE ON ASK HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP
01:36:19IS ABLE TO ISSUE THESE TARIFFS BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT UP THE
01:36:23SUPREME COURT CASE.
01:36:30THE SUPREME COURT TALKING ABOUT THE IE FOR TARIFFS, SECOND EMERGENCY ACT, MULTIPLE TARIFF
01:36:32TOOLS THE U.S. PRESIDENT CAN USE
01:36:34AND HENCE DEPLOYING THEM AGAINST CANADA SEPARATE FROM WHAT THE
01:36:37SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN. WE HAVE A FEW MORE WHO WANT TO
01:36:41PICK YOUR BRAIN. STEPHEN FREDERICKSBURG ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
01:36:45YOU'RE ON WITH OUR GUEST, CARLO. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:36:48I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THIS
01:36:52CONVERSATION AND I AM JOINING A BIT LATE.
01:36:55I JUST SPENT THE WEEK IN ONTARIO
01:37:00THROUGH PART OF THE PROVINCE AND
01:37:00I WAS STRUCK -- I WAS STRUCK BY
01:37:05THE FRIENDLINESS AND THE
01:37:07CLOSENESS AND IT TOLD ME HOW
01:37:11STRONGLY OUR RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN OVER THE DECADES. I WILL BE HONEST.
01:37:15I FEEL BAD ABOUT HOW WE HAVE BEEN TREATING CANADA, THE LACK
01:37:18OF RESPECT WE SHOWN.
01:37:22I DID ALSO CAPTURE WHAT YOU WERE JUST PICKING UP.
01:37:24YOU WERE JUST PICKING UP, SIR,
01:37:27ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE DIFFERENT
01:37:31PROVINCES AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE
01:37:35ATTEMPT TO PLAY OFF ONE TO THE OTHER -- I WAS STRUCK BY THE
01:37:38TEAM CANADA MANTRA IT WAS
01:37:44PUSHING. I WAS LISTENING TO THE PREMIER
01:37:45FROM MANITOBA REGARDING ALCOHOL.
01:37:49HIS COMMENT, LET THE DUST GROW
01:37:55ON THE SHELVES OF AMERICAN ALCOHOL, IF IT WERE TO COME BACK
01:37:58ON BEFORE THIS LATEST BREAKDOWN.
01:38:03SHOULD YOU SEE THAT KIND OF TEAM
01:38:07CANADA CONTINUOUS THE U.S. DOES TRY TO APPROACH THIS STRATEGY,
01:38:10AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, OF TRYING
01:38:13TO, KIND OF, TEAR CANADA APART, PITTING ONE AGAINST THE OTHER.
01:38:17DO YOU NOW SEE CANADA REALLY
01:38:19THINKING MORE STRATEGICALLY AS
01:38:23TO THE U.S. POLITICAL SITUATION IN WHICH CERTAIN STATES ARE
01:38:26VULNERABLE WITH HIGHER PRICES,
01:38:29ETC., WITH OUR MIDTERMS COMING UP? THANK YOU.
01:38:31GUEST: RIGHT.
01:38:35IN TERMS OF TARIFF POLICY, I THINK EVERY COUNTRY IS DOING
01:38:38WHAT CANADA IS DOING. IT'S THE STANDARD PLAYBOOK WHEN
01:38:41DEALING WITH THE U.S. ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WHEN THE U.S.
01:38:45HAS IMPOSED TARIFFS OR CHARGES. YOU TARGET HARLEY-DAVIDSON'S,
01:38:48YOU TARGET SOMETHING DIFFICULT
01:38:53FOR US TO DO IN ALBERTA -- YOU TARGET PRODUCTS WITH CERTAIN
01:38:58STATES, CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
01:39:02THAT WILL CONTINUE. IT HAS BEEN STANDARD. I WILL NOT CANADA IS THE ONLY
01:39:05COUNTRY -- WELL, ONE OF TWO
01:39:09COUNTRIES ABLE TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE U.S.. THE OTHER BEING CHINA.
01:39:14WE'VE TAKEN AN EXTRA SPECIAL HIT FROM THE U.S. BECAUSE WE HAVE
01:39:21RETALIATED. THE LAST TIME I WAS AT USTR IN WASHINGTON THE FIRST THING THEY SAID TO ME AFTER GOOD MORNING
01:39:25WAS, YOU DO KNOW THAT ONLY TWO COUNTRIES HAVE DARED TO
01:39:29RETALIATE AND BOTH BEGIN WITH A C.
01:39:32THE IMPLICATION IS THEY CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT CHINA, BUT A SMALLER
01:39:35ECONOMY LIKE CANADA THEY CAN. WE ARE GEARING UP.
01:39:40THIS IS PARTIALLY WHY YOU ARE SEEING THE HARSHER TREATMENT FOR CANADA.
01:39:46SOFTWARE JAPAN, ARGENTINA, KOREA, THE U.K., BECAUSE EXPAND,
01:39:50THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT THE U.S. FORCED TO SIGN AGREEMENTS.
01:39:54ON THE PROVINCES I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR AMERICAN AUDIENCES
01:39:56TO UNDERSTAND THAT CANADIAN
01:40:01PROVINCES AREN'T U.S. STATES. IN MANY WAYS CANADA IS MORE THE
01:40:05UNITED EMIRATES OF CANADA THEN
01:40:11IT IS THE FEDERATION. PROVINCES HAVE EXTRAORDINARY
01:40:14POWERS OVER THINGS THAT IMPACT TRADE.
01:40:18WORK TOOLS, GOVERNMENT
01:40:19PROCUREMENT, LIQUOR ON SHELVES.
01:40:23THERE ARE WAYS THE PROVINCES PLAY A ROLE THAT IS VERY, VERY
01:40:27DIFFERENT THAN U.S. STATES.
01:40:30ON ONE HAND IT ALLOWS MORE LOCAL CONTROL.
01:40:32ON THE OTHER HAND, WELL, IT
01:40:35ALLOWS PROVINCES TO GO ROGUE. WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO MANAGE
01:40:39THAT TENSION. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO
01:40:42DEAL WITH THIS. CURRENTLY, TARIFFS FROM THE
01:40:46U.S., SECTION 232 TARIFFS,
01:40:49STEEL, ALUMINUM, NATIONAL
01:40:50SECURITY TARIFFS, 60% OF WHAT
01:40:54ONTARIO AND QUEBEC EXPORT TO THE
01:40:57U.S., 60% BY VALUE, ARE SUBJECT TO TARIFFS. OUT HERE IN THE PRAIRIES OF
01:41:05ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, AND LESS THAN 5% OF WHAT WE EXPORT.
01:41:12NEWFOUNDLAND LESS THAN 1%.
01:41:13YOU HAVE THIS REALLY DESPERATE
01:41:16ECONOMIC IMPACT ALREADY ON THE
01:41:20PROVINCES. THAT CREATES A BASELINE TENSION
01:41:23AS SOME PROVINCES SUFFER AND OTHERS DON'T.
01:41:26SO WE ALL ALREADY IN A WEAK POSITION TO BEGIN WITH.
01:41:29AND THIS 338 SECTION ON TOP OF
01:41:31IT POSES A REAL THREAT.
01:41:34WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO
01:41:39DESTABILIZE YOUR NEIGHBOR, WHO FOUGHT SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH
01:41:42YOU IN AFGHANISTAN -- I
01:41:44MENTIONED AT CANADIAN
01:41:47FIREFIGHTER HELICOPTER PILOT WHO LOST HIS LIFE FIGHTING FIRES IN
01:41:51COLORADO -- THAT'S REALLY CAUSING PROBLEMS APPEAR, AS YOU
01:41:53CAN WELL IMAGINE. -- UP HERE, AS
01:41:57YOU CAN WELL HOST: IMAGINE. HOST:THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL,
01:42:01ESPECIALLY HAVING TO TRAVEL TO CANADA. WE HAVE A GRAPHIC I WANT TO PUT ON SCREEN.
01:42:06THE FIRST OVERALL IS A BREAKDOWN FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
01:42:09THE NEW TRADE WAR, U.S. TARIFFS
01:42:11ON CANADA, 50% ON ABOUT $20 BILLION WORTH OF GOODS.
01:42:15THE INITIAL ROUND WAS IMPLEMENTED AUGUST 22.
01:42:18THE NEXT PHASE PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED WHICH TARGETS THINGS
01:42:21MORE LIKE CAR PARTS GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2027.
01:42:25THEN WE HAVE THIS BREAKDOWN FROM U.S. TRADE REPS OFFICE OF TOP
01:42:29U.S. IMPORTS FROM CANADA. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A BIG TRADING RELATIONSHIP.
01:42:33100 $19 BILLION FOR MINERAL FUELS AND OILS.
01:42:3845.8 BILLION DOLLARS FOR VEHICLES AND PARTS.
01:42:4130 POINT $1 BILLION FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.
01:42:44$12.8 BILLION FOR PLASTICS. 10.2 BILLION DOLLARS FOR LUMBER.
01:42:50FROM LONG GROVE, ILLINOIS, SHE
01:42:52SAYS WHAT IS MR. DADE'S VIEW OF THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
01:42:56CANADA HAS GIVEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES?
01:42:57GUEST: SURE.
01:43:02PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IS STANDARD INTERNATIONALLY. THE U.S. HAS AGREEMENTS -- I
01:43:05FORGET HOW MANY -- BUT
01:43:09AGREEMENTS WHERE YOU GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OTHER COUNTRIES. IT'S CALLED TRADE AGREEMENTS,
01:43:19ESSENTIALLY. I THINK LISTENERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE U.S. HAVING TRADE AGREEMENTS AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAVING TRADE AGREEMENTS.
01:43:22WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS TO THE BENEFIT OF CANADIANS AND THE
01:43:25COUNTRIES WITH WHOM WE TRADE. IT'S NOT SURPRISING.
01:43:29WHAT HAS OCCURRED RECENTLY, THE
01:43:31U.S. HAS ATTEMPTED TO HAVE A SAY IN NOT JUST OF THE AGREEMENTS
01:43:35THAT CANADA CAN SIGN, BUT AGAIN
01:43:37-- I KEEP MENTIONING THE 22 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT PRECEDED US
01:43:41IN DOING THIS WITH THE U.S. --
01:43:43IT HAS HAD -- IT HAS FORCED
01:43:47THESE COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT U.S.
01:43:49VETOES, U.S. INFLUENCE, OR U.S.
01:43:52DIRECTION AND AGREEMENTS THAT SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES CONSIGNED
01:43:57WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. ESSENTIALLY, THEY ARE FORCING
01:44:00OTHER COUNTRIES TO ALIGN WITH U.S. DEFINITIONS OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY.
01:44:05THIS WAS THE CASE IN THE DEAL THE U.S. SIGNED WITH MALAYSIA.
01:44:09OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR INDEPENDENT,
01:44:13SOVEREIGN NATIONS TO BE ABLE TO
01:44:18TAKE THE U.S. HAVING ANYWHERE
01:44:18FROM A SAY TO A NUDGE, TO WHAT
01:44:24SOME PERCEIVE TO BE A VETO OVER TRADE POLICY.
01:44:30IT ACTUALLY STARTED UNDER THE
01:44:32CURRENT USMCA AGREEMENT WHERE WE AGREED WITH THE AMERICANS THAT
01:44:35WE WOULD SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT
01:44:39NEGOTIATIONS WITH NONMARKET COUNTRIES, BY WHICH OF THE U.S.
01:44:42MINT VIETNAM AND CHINA -- MEANT
01:44:49VIETNAM AND CHINA. WE AGREED ON USMCA TO SHARE
01:44:53INFORMATION AND ESSENTIALLY NOT SIGNED WITH NONMARKET COUNTRIES.
01:44:57BUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE INK
01:45:02DRIED ON USMCA THE TRUMP
01:45:05ADMINISTRATION, THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, TURNED AROUND AND ASSIGNED A TRADE AGREEMENT
01:45:08WITH CHINA THAT TOOK MARKET SHARE FROM CANADIAN FARMERS.
01:45:12THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A STORY THAT'S NOT WELL
01:45:16KNOWN IN THE U.S., BUT THIS
01:45:19POINTS TO THE UNDERLYING RESENTMENT AND INABILITY TO TRUST THE U.S.
01:45:23WE OF COURSE HAVE NOTE CHOICE
01:45:26BUT TO WORK WITH THE U.S. -- NO CHOICE BUT TO WORK WITH THE U.S..
01:45:29YOU ARE OUR NEIGHBOR.
01:45:3175% OF OUR EXPORTS GO TO YOU.
01:45:34WE HAVE DEEP, DEEP FAMILY TIES,
01:45:37HISTORICAL TIES, ETC.. WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO WORK
01:45:40WITH YOU, BUT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
01:45:43I THINK THE STORIES THAT DON'T
01:45:44MAKE THE NEWS, LIKE STABBING US
01:45:47IN THE BACK OR MORE LIKE
01:45:50SHIVVING US IN THE PRISON
01:45:55EXERCISE YARD WITH CHINA IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS HAS BECOME.
01:45:57HOST: THE OVERALL FIGURE 75% OF
01:46:01YOUR EXPERTS COME INTO THE U.S. IS NOTABLE, THREE QUARTERS.
01:46:05LET'S HEAR FROM A COUPLE MORE CALLERS. ERIC FROM MINNESOTA ON THE
01:46:09DEMOCRATIC LINE. ERIC, YOU'RE ARE ON WITH OUR GUEST.
01:46:10CALLER: YES. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
01:46:16THE PROBLEM IN THIS BIG WORLD IS
01:46:19THAT WE ARE AT A KEY JUNCTURE
01:46:20WITH OUR ENERGY REQUIREMENT.
01:46:24AND FOR TRUMP IT IS ALL OIL ALL THE TIME.
01:46:27HE IS TRYING TO GET MEMBERSHIP INTO THE BIG CARTELS.
01:46:31TO DO THAT HE'S GOT TO TAKE OIL.
01:46:34AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE CALLED IN
01:46:38HISTORY THE OIL WARS. IF WE GO DOWN THE TRAIL
01:46:41EXCLUSIVELY THERE WILL BE BLOOD ON THE TRAIL.
01:46:44AND IF WE ARE A BIG COUNTRY WITH
01:46:46BIG ARMS, WE WILL TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE.
01:46:49AND WE'VE DONE IT TO VENEZUELA. WE ARE DOING IT TO IRAN.
01:46:53HE'S NOT TELLING US WHY HE'S IN IRAN, BUT 10% OF THE OIL
01:46:57RESERVES ARE IN THAT COUNTRY. HE'S GOING FOR THEM.
01:47:01THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO GO -- YOU KNOW, TRY TO GO GREEN.
01:47:05CHINA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE COUNTRY WHICH PLAYS BOTH CARDS.
01:47:09THEY ARE DEVELOPING THEIR EAT
01:47:12-- THEIR E-CARS AND
01:47:19ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. WE HEAR ABOUT IT. IN OUR COUNTRY TRUMP HAS NOT
01:47:22ONLY GONE ALL OIL HE HAS CANCELED ALL GREEN.
01:47:25CANCELED THE CLEAN AIR
01:47:27INITIATIVE, CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE, EVERYTHING THAT
01:47:31WOULD PURSUE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ACROSS THE BOARD.
01:47:34AND CANADA IS IN THE GUNSIGHT OF
01:47:39THAT BECAUSE CANADA HAS OFFERED US SOME OIL, BUT PRINCIPALLY THEY ARE A COUNTRY WHICH COULD
01:47:43PLAY GREEN VERY WELL.
01:47:46THEY HAVE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND SKI AREAS AND SUCH.
01:47:50IT'S ALL ABOUT WHICH WAY WE GO IN THE WORLD.
01:47:53DO WE GO ALL OIL, ALL IN?
01:47:56IF WE ARE WE HAVE TO BE ARMED TO THE TEETH BECAUSE WE WILL TAKE
01:47:59MORE AS WE NEED IT. IF WE GO GREEN, EACH COUNTRY CAN
01:48:03PRODUCE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
01:48:05IT CAN BE LITTLE ENGINES OF
01:48:10DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN RACING TO DO THE BEST GREEN. THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO GO.
01:48:14TRUMP IS A MAD MAN FUELED BY PUTIN AND THE CARTELS AND THEY
01:48:17ARE INSTRUCTING HIM ON HOW YOU
01:48:20BECOME THE PATIENTS AND GO FOR
01:48:23OIL ALL THE TIME WITH BLOODTHIRSTY INTENT. THANK YOU.
01:48:26HOST: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT ARGUMENT?
01:48:30HE CLEARLY WAS NOT A FAN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT HOW DO YOU
01:48:33FACTOR OIL INTO THIS BROADER TRADE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE
01:48:37U.S. AND CANADA AND THE LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP?
01:48:40GUEST: IT'S INTERESTING.
01:48:41BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ALBERTA IS AN OIL PRODUCER.
01:48:45MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. IT GOES TO THE U.S..
01:48:49WE ARE THE LARGEST SUPPLIER FOR
01:48:52I THINK ONE OR TWO OF YOUR PETROLEUM AREA RESERVES.
01:48:56YOU GET 100% OF THE OIL FOR THOSE RESERVES FROM CANADA.
01:49:00SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.
01:49:04WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT IT THOUGH IS OUT HERE IN THE WEST
01:49:07THE TIES IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST,
01:49:09THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, GO BEYOND OIL.
01:49:12EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUR LARGEST EXPORT.
01:49:15WHAT LINKS US WITH THE AMERICAN MOUNTAIN WEST AND THE AMERICAN
01:49:20PRAIRIES IS NOT OIL, REALLY.
01:49:24IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO IN COMMON. THINGS THAT TOUCH PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
01:49:29I MENTIONED DEALING WITH FOREST FIRES, AGRICULTURAL ISSUES,
01:49:33HEALING THE URBAN/RURAL DIVIDE
01:49:35IS AN ISSUE THAT WE UNIQUELY SHARE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE
01:49:38U.S., CERTAINLY IN ITS WESTERN
01:49:43MANIFESTATION. OIL IS THERE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK
01:49:45BEYOND OIL YOU SEE SO MUCH MORE.
01:49:48ON CLEAN ENERGY, THIS IS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE.
01:49:52WE ARE WORKING ON ENERGY TRANSITION IN CANADA.
01:49:55HERE IN ALBERTA, EVEN THOUGH WE
01:49:56PRODUCE SO MUCH OIL, WE HAVE THE
01:50:00HIGHEST PER CAPITA PRESENCE OF WIND POWER I THINK IN NORTH AMERICA.
01:50:03WE HAVE LOST AN ALLY IN THE
01:50:04CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT FIGHT
01:50:10GLOBALLY WITH THE U.S.. WE USED TO HAVE AN ALLY.
01:50:13THIS IS HOW WE WERE GOING TO GROW THE INDUSTRY TOGETHER.
01:50:17YOU ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO LOOK
01:50:18TO CHINA TO DEVELOP CLEAN
01:50:23ENERGY. THOSE COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT LOOKED TO THE U.S. FOR
01:50:27LEADERSHIP IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION ARE NOW FACED WITH THE CHOICE OF TRYING TO GO IT
01:50:31ALONE, WORKING TOGETHER, OR,
01:50:34POTENTIALLY, WORKING WITH CHINA. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THE
01:50:37U.S. HAS MADE IT TO WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL WITH CHINA.
01:50:41THE ONLY QUESTION IS, DO YOU DO IT A LOT OR DO YOU DO THE BARE
01:50:45MINIMUM? WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE DEALING
01:50:47WITH CHINA, THERE REALLY ISN'T A CHOICE.
01:50:51THAT IS THANKS, I WOULD ARGUE, LARGELY TO POSITIONS THE U.S.
01:50:55GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN RECENTLY. HOST: CARLO DADE IS THE DIRECTOR
01:50:59OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY FOR THE
01:51:02NEW NORTH AMERICAN INITIATIVE THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY. CARLO, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHT.
01:51:08GUEST: MY PLEASURE. HOST: THANKS TO EVERYONE CALLING IN.
01:51:12IT'S A FASCINATING TOPIC PLAYING OUT IN REAL TIME. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT
01:51:15STICK AROUND BECAUSE WE WILL RETURN WITH OPEN FORUM RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK AND AFTER THAT
01:51:19WE WILL TALK ABOUT ANOTHER
01:51:20ASPECT OF TRADE, BEEF IMPORTS.
01:51:24OLIVIA BRIDGES FROM THE OUTLET AGRI-PULSE WILL JOIN US.
01:51:27A LOT OF FARMERS AND RANCHERS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE MOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE THIS WEEK
01:51:30SO WE WILL DIVE INTO THAT. THERE ARE THE NUMBERS TO CALL
01:51:34IN. WE WILL RETURN SOON TO OPEN FORUM. ♪
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01:52:13DAYDREAM, DO YOU EVER LOSE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT, OR ARE YOU
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01:52:19>> I DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
01:52:22I TUNNEL VISION AND LET MY IMAGINATION RUN.
01:52:25I'VE FOUND WHEN I TRY TO KEEP MY IMAGINATION AND CHECK I MISS OPPORTUNITIES.
01:52:28I DON'T WANT TO MISS OPPORTUNITIES.
01:52:30PEOPLE ASK, WHERE DO I GET MY IDEAS FROM?
01:52:33I GET UP EVERY DAY, WALK OUT THE DOOR, AND I SEE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME.
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01:52:44TALKING AND I'M WONDERING, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
01:52:47MAYBE I CAN ANSWER THAT MYSELF.
01:52:49OR I SEE WITH THE GUY WITH A BOX ON A BUS.
01:52:53I WONDER WHAT'S IN THE BOX AND WHERE IS THE BEST GOING WITH THE GUY?
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01:52:59IT'S JUST YOU ARE NOT RECEPTIVE TO SEEING THE OPPORTUNITIES.
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01:53:54>> I'VE LISTENED TO IT IN HIS SPEECH ON THE CAMPAIGN HUNDREDS
01:53:57OF TIMES, AND I KNEW THAT WHEN
01:53:59HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A CHART,
01:54:03I THOUGHT, THE CHART? THE CHART IS TYPICALLY THE END OF THE SPEECH.
01:54:07THAT REGISTERED RIGHT AWAY. WHEN HE GESTURED TOWARDS THE
01:54:10CHART, THAT IS WHEN THE SHOTS RANG OUT. WHEN HE WAS GESTURING I WAS NOT
01:54:14AS CLOSE AS WE ARE, BUT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE FEET BACK AND I HAD
01:54:18MY LENS ON HIM TRYING TO GET
01:54:21SOMETHING OF HE AND THE FLAG. WHEN HE GESTURED TO THE RIGHT
01:54:25THE SHOTS RANG OUT AND I WAS TAKING PICTURES AND I KEPT MY FINGER ON THE SHUTTER AS SOON AS
01:54:29I HEARD THE BULLETS.
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01:54:51EVERY SEAT IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS UP
01:54:53FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH 33 U.S.
01:54:56SENATE RACES AND THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD RESHAPE THE BALANCE
01:54:59OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
01:55:01VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36 GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS.
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01:55:17>> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" CONTINUES.
01:55:19HOST: WELCOME BACK ON THE SATURDAY MORNING.
01:55:22WE HAVE BEEN HOPS CUTTING ACROSS SO MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS AND HER BACK AND OPEN FORUM.
01:55:26-- WE HAVE BEEN HOPSCOTCHING
01:55:29ACROSS SO MANY DIFFERENT TOPICS AND ARE BACK IN OPEN FORUM.
01:55:33WE WILL PUT THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU TO CALL IN.
01:55:36WE HAVE CALLERS WHO HAVE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.
01:55:39ANGELA FROM CALIFORNIA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
01:55:41GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE ON WITH US. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:55:45THANK YOU FOR TAKING TO MY CALL. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOUR GUEST
01:55:49FROM CANADA, BUT THIS IS THE QUESTION I HAD FOR HIM.
01:55:54I AM NOT AFRICAN-AMERICAN, I AM BLACK AMERICAN.
01:55:57MY GRANDFATHER TOOK HIS FAMILY OFF A PLANTATION IN 1946 IN
01:56:01LOUISIANA AND MOVED US.
01:56:03MY GRANDFATHER KEPT A COW, A
01:56:05HOG, AND WE GREW OUR OWN VEGETABLES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NECESSITIES
01:56:09OF LIFE, IT LOOKED LIKE THE
01:56:14UNITED STATES HAS OUTSOURCED ALL OUR NECESSITIES TO OTHER
01:56:16COUNTRIES.
01:56:1975% OF OUR PRODUCTS IS COMING FROM CANADA.
01:56:2285% OF OUR PRODUCTS IS COMING FROM CHINA.
01:56:26NOW THEY TALKING ABOUT BRINGING BEEF IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.
01:56:29WHEN I GO TO SAM'S CLUB I SEE
01:56:34THE SHELVES ARE GETTING EMPTY. I GO TO WALMART I SEE NOTHING
01:56:38BUT -- ACROSS THE SHELF TRYING
01:56:43TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S FOOD.
01:56:46TAKING THE NECESSITIES OF OUR LIFE AND SENDING IT OUT TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND WHEN THESE
01:56:50COUNTRIES IN THE BACK TO US THEY WANT US TO PAY TRIPLE AND DOUBLE
01:56:54FOR IT. WHERE IS THAT GOING TO LEAVE US AS THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
01:56:57STATES AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?
01:57:00I LEFT WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS AND
01:57:02STUFF AND I SAY I NEED TO BUY A
01:57:05COW, A HOG, AND I NEED TO START GROWING MY OWN VEGETABLES.
01:57:10THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN. WE'VE OUTSOURCED OUR
01:57:13NECESSITIES. NOW THEY ARE MAKING US PAY TRIPLE AND DOUBLE TO GET BACK
01:57:17INTO THE UNITED STATES. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
01:57:21HOST: ANGELA, ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S APPROACH
01:57:24IS ON THIS WITH THE TARIFFS AND THE COUNTRY TO COUNTRY SPECIFIC
01:57:28BACK-AND-FORTHS?
01:57:29CALLER: I FEEL LIKE DONALD TRUMP
01:57:35THINKS HE'S DOING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO TO BRING THE MONEY BACK TO
01:57:37THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT'S ALSO HURTING THE MIDDLE CLASS.
01:57:42I'M A SINGLE GIRL. I PAY A LOT OF MONEY IN TAXES.
01:57:45I THINK ABOUT 60% OF MY MONEY
01:57:48GOES TO TAXES. AND I'M LIVING KIND OF GOOD, BUT
01:57:51I'M NOT LIVING GOOD.
01:57:53SO MY WHOLE THING IS I THINK
01:57:57WITH THE UNITED STATES NEED TO
01:57:59DO IS WE NEED TO BRING BEEF IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND HURT
01:58:03OUR FARMERS. WHY ARE WE HURTING OUR FARMERS
01:58:07WHO IS GROWING ALL OUR FOOD IN
01:58:10LOUISIANA, TEXAS, ALL THOSE COUNTRIES? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
01:58:15MOM USED TO MAKE HER OWN CLOTHING BECAUSE SHE WAS SO POOR.
01:58:19WE'VE OUTSOURCED EVERYTHING TO
01:58:20OTHER COUNTRIES THAT WE NEED AS A NECESSITY.
01:58:24I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
01:58:25EVERYBODY IS SO UPSET AT OTHER
01:58:30COUNTRIES WHEN HE HIT THEM WITH
01:58:32TARIFFS, BUT AMONG THEMSELVES,
01:58:36CHINA AND CANADA I BET GOT A
01:58:39LITTLE DEAL GOING WHERE THEY ARE NOT PAYING AS MUCH AS WE ARE
01:58:42PAYING FOR THE SAME GOODS. WE'VE GIVEN AWAY AMERICAN STEEL
01:58:45SO WE DON'T HAVE STEAL CARS NO MORE.
01:58:48WE HAVE PLASTIC CARS. EVERYBODY TALKING THE WINDMILLS.
01:58:52WE ALL GOT THE SAME SUN AND THE SAME WIND.
01:58:55WE DON'T NEED CHINA. WE DON'T NEED CANADA TO MAKE
01:59:00STUFF FOR US OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
01:59:02WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT HERE. I DON'T NEED THEIR ELECTRIC CARS.
01:59:06I DON'T NEED TO PAY $80,000 FOR
01:59:11A FORD TRUCK. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
01:59:14I BOUGHT A MATTRESS THE OTHER DAY.
01:59:18$6,000 FOR A MATTRESS TO GO ON MY BED.
01:59:22THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
01:59:22HOST: I HOPE IT HAS A MASSAGE
01:59:26FUNCTION OR SOMETHING. THAT'S PRICEY.
01:59:28CALLER: IT IS FROM SIT AND
01:59:32SLEEP. I'M GOING TO PAY THAT MUCH FOR A
01:59:35MATTRESS, AS WILL GET THE LIFT TO IT. THAT'S WHAT I DID.
01:59:38HOST: WE WILL HAVE THE GUEST FROM AGRI-PULSE WHO WILL TALK
01:59:42ABOUT THE BEEF STORY, WHICH TO YOUR POINT HAS GOT A LOT OF
01:59:45PUSHBACK FROM THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY IN THE U.S. THANK YOU FOR CALLING.
01:59:49APPRECIATE IT. LET'S GO TO PENNSYLVANIA, MARK HAS BEEN WAITING ON THE LINE
01:59:53CALLING IN ON THE REPUBLICAN CHANNEL.
01:59:56YOU ARE ON WITH US. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, TYLER.
01:59:59HOW ARE YOU DOING? WE HAD A COUPLE OF CALLERS:
02:00:03ABOUT TERMS POLICIES TO CHANGE SOME ELECTION STUFF.
02:00:06CAN ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
02:00:10WE'VE IDENTIFIED --
02:00:12OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME
02:00:16ILLEGALITY HAPPENING IN NEW JERSEY. AND TENS OF THOUSANDS ALL REGISTERED.
02:00:21WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
02:00:24YOU GET YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE.
02:00:28IF YOU MAKE ONE MISTAKE, YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE. THESE SCHEMES THAT SEND OUT
02:00:31BALLOTS TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE
02:00:33REGISTERED, ILLEGAL VOTERS -- I
02:00:38CALL THEM NONCITIZENS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO TOLERATE. THEY GET A VALID.
02:00:42THEY CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE OR NOT.
02:00:45WHAT HE IS TRYING TO RESTRICT IS THE BALLOTS GOING OUT TO PEOPLE
02:00:48WHO ARE NONCITIZENS THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE VOTER ROLLS AND
02:00:52CLEAN UP THE VOTER ROLLS. THE STATES THAT DO THIS DO NOT
02:00:56WANT TO GIVE HIM THE RECORDS SO WE CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THIS.
02:01:00WE HAVE SEEN TENS OF THOUSANDS REGISTERED IN NEW JERSEY.
02:01:03YOU HAVE NOT HAD ONE SHOW ON THAT. YOU BARELY MENTIONED IT.
02:01:07YOU WON'T EVEN READ THE ARTICLE UNTIL THE PERSON CALLED SIN,
02:01:10WHICH I'M KIND OF SHOCKED BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE STORY.
02:01:12THE IDEOLOGY YOU HAVE BEEN USING
02:01:16TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH VOTER FRAUD WE HAVE IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT HOW MANY PROSECUTIONS ARE DONE.
02:01:20VOTER FRAUD IS RARELY PROSECUTED.
02:01:23DOES NOT MEAN IT DOES NOT HAPPEN BUT RARELY PROSECUTED.
02:01:26THERE IS NO MOTIVATION FOR ANYONE TO PROSECUTE.
02:01:31THAT GOES FOR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
02:01:32HOST: I WOULD ARGUE IT IS RARELY
02:01:35PROSECUTED BECAUSE IT IS RARE.
02:01:38EVEN CONSERVATIVE FOUNDATIONS LIKE THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAVE DONE DEEP DIVES INTO THE
02:01:42DATA AND THERE ARE INSTANCES OF VOTER FRAUD BUT THEY ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE.
02:01:46SINGLE DIGIT PERCENTAGES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MILLIONS OF
02:01:49VOTES THAT ARE CAST ON AN ANNUAL OR BIANNUAL BASIS.
02:01:52CALLER: LIKE I SAID, NOBODY IS INVESTIGATING.
02:01:57IF YOU CAN'T GIVE THE FACTS -- NEW JERSEY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
02:02:01SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE ARE
02:02:03HUNDREDS OF VOTERS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS SENT OUT.
02:02:08THAT IS A CRIME. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SEND
02:02:11BALLOTS TO NONCITIZENS OR PEOPLE NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
02:02:15HOST: THE NEW JERSEY STORY -- I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE SHOW.
02:02:20I'M ALSO FROM NEW JERSEY SO I PAID ATTENTION TO IT A LOT.
02:02:23IT WAS A BIG MESS UP ON THEIR PART IN THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGED THAT.
02:02:28I GOT THE PRESS RELEASE WHEN HE GOT SENT OUT.
02:02:31SHE DISCLOSED THIS ON HER OWN
02:02:34BEFORE -- IT WAS NOT LIKE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COMPELLED INFORMATION OR WAS BEGGING NEW JERSEY TO ADMIT IT.
02:02:39THEY SAID WE FOUND THIS UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION,
02:02:43PHIL MURPHY. THIS WAS BAD. I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT,
02:02:47BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A RARE
02:02:49EXAMPLE OF A STATE SAYING WE
02:02:52SCREWED UP PUBLICLY, NOT
02:02:54COMPELLED BY A COURT OR
02:02:58ADMINISTRATION IN SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE DISCOVERED.
02:03:00CALLER: THE DHS WAS ALREADY INVESTIGATING IT.
02:03:04THEY HAD NOT TAKEN INTO COURT YET BUT SHE KNEW IT WAS COMING
02:03:07SO SHE GOT OUT FROM UNDER IT AND HE ONLY USED A TWO-YEAR WINDOW WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT.
02:03:13THEY DID NOT LOOK AT 10 YEARS, FIVE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, THEY
02:03:16LOOK AT THIS TWO YEARS AND THEY
02:03:21SAY THERE IS MORE THAN WHAT SHE HAS SAID. FOR A DEMOCRAT TO SAY THERE IS
02:03:25THIS WHEN THEY COMPLETELY DENIED IT FOR YEARS IS A BIG DEAL, DUDE.
02:03:28THAT PROVES IT IS NOT BEING INVESTIGATED. THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT
02:03:32YEARS AGO.
02:03:33LIKE I SAID, WHEN YOU TRY TO SAY
02:03:37A CRIME -- HOW MANY TIMES DO WE
02:03:39SEE PEOPLE RUN STOP SIGNS, DRUNK
02:03:42DRIVE, AND THEY DON'T GET PROSECUTED? DOES THAT MEAN IT DID NOT HAPPEN.
02:03:47HOST: I HAVE REPORTED FROM
02:03:50GEORGIA AND I HAVE TALKED WITH REPUBLICAN ELECTION OFFICIALS THERE.
02:03:53THEY TALK ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE
02:03:55EFFORTS THEY GO TO FOR RECOUNTS
02:03:58AND FOR AUDITS AND FOR PAPER AUDITS TO TRIPLE CHECK THINGS.
02:04:02THEY ARE JUST NOT FINDING THIS PROOF OF WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD
02:04:06THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTS HE HAS. THOSE ARE REPUBLICAN ELECTION
02:04:14OFFICIALS. I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S NO VOTER FRAUD. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD FRAUD AND ANY OF THE RECENT ELECTIONS.
02:04:18NEW JERSEY IS A SIGNIFICANT STORY IN A SIGNIFICANT SCREW UP
02:04:21BUT NOT AN EXAMPLE OF AN ADMINISTRATION HIDING IT.
02:04:26THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE MISTAKE AND THEN PUBLICIZED THAT IN COURSE CORRECTED.
02:04:31--AND COURSE CORRECTED. CALLER: PENNSYLVANIA HAS THE
02:04:35SAME LAWS AND THEY DON'T LOOK HOW MANY BALLOTS WANT TO WHO. THEY DON'T KNOW.
02:04:38THEY DON'T KNOW WHO IS NONCITIZEN AND WHO IS.
02:04:43IT IS THE LAW AND HOW THEY
02:04:47ADMINISTER THE BALLOTS WHICH CREATES ILLEGALITY. WHO CARES ABOUT THE FRAUD?
02:04:52YOU CAN'T PROSECUTE THAT BECAUSE
02:04:54ELECTIONS ARE -- IT DOESN'T
02:04:57MATTER EVEN IF YOU PROVED IT.
02:05:01YOU WILL NOT PROVE WHO THEY VOTED FOR AND IF IT WILL IMPACT ELECTION. THEY DON'T INVESTIGATE FOR THAT REASON.
02:05:06THERE IS NO GAIN IN DOING IT. HOST: I WILL POLITELY CUT YOU OFF.
02:05:10I HOPE YOU CALL BACK IN. WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST ON THE
02:05:12LINE WHO IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER STORY THAT A LOT OF CALLERS HAVE MENTIONED.
02:05:17THE ONGOING LEGAL DISPUTE OVER THE FUTURE OF THE KENNEDY
02:05:21CENTER, THE PERFORMING ARTS VENUE HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
02:05:24THERE WAS A COURT HEARING ON THURSDAY ABOUT THIS BACK AND
02:05:28FORTH, DISCUSSIONS OVER WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME SHOULD BE
02:05:32ALLOWED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, OVER WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT TO BE ALLOWED TO
02:05:36TEMPORARILY CLOSE THE CENTER FOR TWO YEARS TO DRAMATICALLY
02:05:39RENOVATE IT, AND A THREAT FROM
02:05:43THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYING IF THE PRESIDENT CANNOT RENOVATE IT THE WAY HE WANTS, THEY MIGHT
02:05:45LEVEL THE CENTER AND REBUILD IT
02:05:50IN THE FORM OF AN OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER.
02:05:55WE ARE JOINED BY JOYCE BEATTY, DEMOCRAT OF COLUMBUS.
02:05:58SHE IS THE FACE OF THE LEGAL CHALLENGE.
02:06:02IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
02:06:04GUEST: IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
02:06:07HOST: I SPENT FIVE YEARS
02:06:12COVERING OHIO'S DELEGATION FOR SPECTRUM NEWS. THE CONGRESSWOMAN AND I GO BACK QUITE FAR BACK.
02:06:17IT'S BEEN INTERESTING AS I COVERED THE WHITE HOUSE TO SEE
02:06:20YOUR BACK AND FORTH OVER THIS.
02:06:22EXPLAIN FROM YOUR VIEW -- YOU ARE TECHNICALLY A MEMBER THE
02:06:26KENNEDY CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS BEING A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
02:06:29THERE HAS BEEN DEBATE OVER
02:06:31WHETHER THESE MEMBERS AS EX
02:06:34OFFICIO'S HAVE FULL VOTING POWER AS THE MEMBERS PRESIDENT TRUMP
02:06:37IS APPOINTED.
02:06:40EXPLAIN WHY YOU THINK AS AN EX OFFICIO YOU HAVE THE LEGAL
02:06:44STANDING TO PURSUE THIS AS YOU HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
02:06:47GUEST: LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU
02:06:50FOR COVERING THIS AND TO THE VIEWERS WHO ARE INQUIRING ABOUT
02:06:54THIS. I AM A BOARD MEMBER.
02:06:56THEY ARE A HOST OF EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS.
02:07:00WE HAVE HAD THE FULL RIGHTS TO VOTE AND WE ARE VOTING AGAIN.
02:07:04LET ME CLARIFY THAT.
02:07:05WE WENT TO COURT ABOUT MAKING
02:07:09SURE WE COULD SPEAK IN THE
02:07:10MEETINGS AND THAT ALTHOUGH I WAS
02:07:14FILING A LAWSUIT I WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS I WANTED.
02:07:19IN THAT MEETING AFTER OUR FIRST LAWSUIT WHEN WE WENT BACK, WE
02:07:24WERE ABLE TO VOTE AND I HAVE VOTED IN EVERY MEETING, AS WELL
02:07:27AS ALL EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.
02:07:31RIGHT NOW WE WENT TO COURT, AS YOU MENTIONED, ON THURSDAY.
02:07:35ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE ARE BACK IN COURT.
02:07:40THIS TIME BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP
02:07:42AND HIS HANDPICKED BOARD MEMBERS SIMPLY WANTED TO SKIRT THE LAW OR GET AROUND IT.
02:07:47THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.
02:07:49IT SAYS THAT NO ONE BUT THE
02:07:53CONGRESS CAN NAME THE KENNEDY
02:07:57CENTER, WHICH THEY DID.
02:07:59IT DOES NOT ALLOW ON THIS ONLY
02:08:04LIVING MEMORIAL WE HAVE TO THE
02:08:05LATE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY,
02:08:09YOU CANNOT ADD HIS NAME. WE SUED IN FEDERAL COURT.
02:08:13THE RULING CAME OUT IN OUR FAVOR
02:08:16AND DONALD TRUMP'S NAME WAS ACTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE
02:08:20KENNEDY CENTER.
02:08:21THIS TIME THEY WANT TO ADD AN
02:08:26INSCRIPTION THAT SAYS SOMETHING
02:08:27LIKE RENOVATED BY DONALD TRUMP.
02:08:33IT HAS NOT BEEN VERY INVADED AND
02:08:35HE HAS NOT RAISED -- HE HAS
02:08:39RAISED ZERO DOLLARS TO PUT TOWARDS THE FUND, THE FOUNDATION.
02:08:42IN COURT HIS LAWYERS WERE NOT
02:08:44SURE OF HOW TO DEFINE OR WHICH WAS WHICH.
02:08:49IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN WE WERE IN COURT THAT THEY WERE GRASPING FOR STRAWS.
02:08:54WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE DOLLARS HE WOULD RAISE, SAYING
02:08:58HE WAS THE MOST PROLIFIC FUNDRAISER, YET ON THE OTHER
02:09:02HAND, THEY WERE SAYING THE KENNEDY CENTER HAD BEEN RUN INTO THE GROUND.
02:09:07WELL, PART OF THE REASONS, THE
02:09:09MAJOR REASON THE ARTIST DID NOT
02:09:12WANT TO PERFORM THEIR ONLY HAPPENED AFTER DONALD TRUMP PUT
02:09:15HIS NAME ON THE KENNEDY CENTER,
02:09:19AND THEY KNEW IT WAS UNLAWFUL.
02:09:21HERE WE ARE AGAIN BACK IN COURT ON THE SAME ISSUES.
02:09:26THEY DID PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH
02:09:29THIS MAGICAL SEPTEMBER 8 DAY
02:09:31THAT THEY WERE SAYING THEY WERE
02:09:35GOING TO PUT HIS NAME BACK UP ON
02:09:36THE KENNEDY CENTER IN THE MIDDLE
02:09:41OF THE JUDGE REVIEWING THE CASE.
02:09:44AFTER WE LEFT COURT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CALLED IN
02:09:47AND HAVE TAKEN THAT MAGICAL
02:09:52SEPTEMBER 8 DAY AND PUSHED IT
02:09:55BACK TO OCTOBER 8, GIVING THE
02:09:57FEDERAL JUDGE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS LAST LAWSUIT.
02:10:01THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE WENT INTO COURT BECAUSE THE
02:10:05LAW IS ON OUR SIDE. IT IS VERY CLEAR. IT IS NOT DEBATABLE.
02:10:11WE FILED THIS IN FEDERAL COURT. WE ACTUALLY WERE IN WASHINGTON'S
02:10:15DISTRICT COURT. WE HAD A UNANIMOUS DECISION FROM
02:10:19THE THREE PANEL JUDGE THERE. WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
02:10:25IT IS DEFINITELY UNLAWFUL.
02:10:28DONALD TRUMP IS JUST UPSET BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF
02:10:30HIS VANITY PROJECTS AND HE LOST
02:10:34AND HE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT. NOW IT IS LIKE A CHILD THROWING A TANTRUM.
02:10:39IF I DON'T GIVE MY WAY, I WILL
02:10:41TEAR IT DOWN AND PUT IT INTO SOME TYPE OF ARENA VENUE.
02:10:46AGAIN, UNLAWFUL.
02:10:50HOST: YOU SPOKE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE ON THURSDAY AFTER THE HEARING.
02:10:55BEFOREHAND, HOWARD LUTNICK SHOWED UP TO REPRESENT THE TRUMP
02:10:57ADMINISTRATION IN-PERSON AND HE
02:10:59SPOKE AND HE HAD THIS INTERESTING TAKE WHERE HE
02:11:02BASICALLY SAID BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BACKGROUND IS
02:11:05A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER THAT TRUMP ENJOYS THESE RENOVATION
02:11:08PROJECTS AS A HOBBY AND A WAY TO DECOMPRESS AFTER WORK.
02:11:13HE CLAIMED THE PRESIDENT WILL CALL HIM ON WEEKNIGHTS AT 11:00
02:11:15AT NIGHT AND TALK ABOUT THESE
02:11:18PROJECTS BECAUSE HE HAS FUN WITH IT AND HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE FUN WITH IT IN THAT WAY.
02:11:23WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY SAY THE
02:11:26PRESIDENT IS A DEVELOPER, HE
02:11:29WANTS TO BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON,
02:11:31WHY NOT LET HIM HELP THE
02:11:39CENTER? THERE WERE A ROSTER OF PERFORMERS BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE COULD STAND TO BE
02:11:42UPDATED IN THE CENTER COULD BE INFUSED WITH MORE MONEY AND
02:11:45MAYBE A BETTER BUSINESS MODEL MOVING FORWARD. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE COMMERCE
02:11:49SECRETARY?
02:11:50GUEST: FOR SECRETARY LET NICK TO
02:11:53EVEN SAY THAT, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
02:11:57PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HE SPENDS HIS NIGHTS
02:11:59WORRYING ABOUT FUN ON THE
02:12:02KENNEDY CENTER WHEN WE ARE AT WAR? WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO
02:12:07DECIDE ABOUT PUTTING GAS IN THEIR CAR TO GET TO WORK OR
02:12:11BUYING FOOD OR TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND HE'S UP LATE AT NIGHT?
02:12:15IT WAS LIKE A BOARD MEETING WAS FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS.
02:12:20FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SAY I HAVE A LISTENING TO THIS CALL THE
02:12:23ENTIRE TIME, AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT
02:12:25HIS VANITY PROJECTS AND HOW GREAT HE IS, IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT.
02:12:31WE HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TALKING
02:12:35ABOUT AND ASKING FOR HELP. HE'S TALKING ABOUT FUN AND BEING
02:12:38A DEVELOPER. LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS
02:12:42HE'S BEEN WORKING ON, LIKE THE EAST WING. NOT FINISHED.
02:12:47WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LINCOLN CENTER REFLECTING POOL AND ALL
02:12:50THE DRAMA THAT HAS GONE ON WITH THAT.
02:12:53ALL OF THIS IS VERY QUESTIONABLE, BUT DOES HE LIKE
02:12:57HAVING VANITY PROJECTS? ABSOLUTELY.
02:13:01PUTTING HIS NAME ON THINGS. THIS TIME IT WAS UNLAWFUL.
02:13:04IT IS UNLAWFUL. THE COURT HAS RULED ON IT.
02:13:09THAT IS WHY WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE.
02:13:13IT IS UNLAWFUL.
02:13:17HOST: TO THE POINT YOU JUST MADE I'M CURIOUS -- YOU WERE SPEAKING
02:13:21TO US FROM YOUR DISTRICT IN
02:13:27COLUMBUS. WHEN YOU'RE BACK ON TALKING WITH CONSTITUENTS I HAVE TO IMAGINE THEY ARE COMING TO YOU SAYING THINGS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE, MAYBE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE WAR,
02:13:31BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN THE STATE OF THE KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON.
02:13:35TO YOUR POINT THERE ARE BIGGER ISSUES, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR
02:13:37CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHY YOU HAVE CHOSEN THIS FIGHT TO BE SO
02:13:42PUBLIC AND COME BACK TO WASHINGTON WHILE CONGRESS HAS BEEN OUT OF SESSION FOR THE COURT HEARING/
02:13:46-- HEARING?
02:13:50GUEST: IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY I'M FIGHTING BECAUSE I'M FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE AND HOPEFULLY THIS
02:13:54IS A CARRY OVER TO MY FIGHT FOR AFFORDABILITY, FOR MY FIGHT FOR HOUSING.
02:13:58I HAD SIX BILLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING.
02:14:03WHILE I HAVE BEEN HOME I HAVE ATTENDED MANY GROUNDBREAKING'S.
02:14:06WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE BILL WITH CORPORATE AMERICA, WITH
02:14:10EVERYDAY COMMUNITY CITIZENS BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL HELP THEM
02:14:14MITIGATE THEIR MORTGAGE AND NOT HAVE IT FORECLOSED ON.
02:14:20WE ARE IMPROVING THE SUPPLY
02:14:24AND DEMAND OF HOUSING. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING TO ME
02:14:27OVERWHELMINGLY, THANK YOU, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE SOMEONE FIGHTING.
02:14:32THEY CAN MAKE THAT TRANSFORMATION FROM FIGHTING FOR
02:14:35THE KENNEDY CENTER, TAKING ON DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S WRONG.
02:14:40WE WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR THEM. THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING
02:14:43PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHEN ARE
02:14:47PEOPLE GOING TO STAND UP FOR US? WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO FIGHT?
02:14:52I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FIGHTS THAT I'M ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
02:14:56WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST
02:15:00DONALD TRUMP ON THE 21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING.
02:15:02IT WAS A BIPARTISAN BILL OVERWHELMINGLY.
02:15:07SOMETHING INITIALLY THIS PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD SUPPORT. WHAT HAPPENED?
02:15:11WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE WERE FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
02:15:14AND WE PUT FORWARD SOMETHING THAT WAS GREAT, HE REFUSED TO
02:15:18SIGN IT. AGAIN, THE LAW PREVAILED.
02:15:23IT SAT THERE FOR 10 DAYS AND THEN IT BECAME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE.
02:15:29HOST: ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK.
02:15:32I WAS OUTSIDE THE KENNEDY CENTER ON THURSDAY WHEN YOU WERE OVER AT THE COURTHOUSE.
02:15:37THE BIG TARP IS STILL UP IN FRONT OF THE FORMAL NAME OF THE KENNEDY CENTER.
02:15:42I'M CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW, HAS THE ACTUAL LETTERING OF DONALD TRUMP'S NAME THAT WAS PUT HAVE
02:15:46BEEN TAKEN DOWN OR IS THE TARP COVERING IT?
02:15:49DO YOU KNOW WHY IT IS STILL UP? GUEST: LET ME ANSWER THAT BY
02:15:53SAYING I WAS THERE WHILE THEY
02:15:56WERE TAKING THE NAME DOWN.
02:16:01AROUND 4:00 A.M. ON THAT DAY, THE LETTERS CAME DOWN.
02:16:06I CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY TELL YOU HIS NAME IS NOT ON THE KENNEDY
02:16:10CENTER. THE TARP IS THERE I THINK
02:16:13INITIALLY TO COVER UP, BECAUSE
02:16:17HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS LOSS. I THINK HE THOUGHT SOME PEOPLE
02:16:21MIGHT BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS STILL UP THERE.
02:16:24WE LATER FOUND THERE HAS BEEN
02:16:26DAMAGE TO THE MARBLE.
02:16:30A VERY DISTINCTIVE MARBLE THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET OR REPLACE.
02:16:34WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THAT FROM THE WAY THEY REMOVED THOSE
02:16:38LETTERS.
02:16:40HOST: CONGRESSWOMAN, GREAT TO
02:16:44RECONNECT AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING. GUEST: THANK YOU. ANY TIME.
02:16:48HOST: WE ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK.
02:16:52YOU CAN DEFINITELY CALL IN. WE WILL BE JOINED BY OUR NEXT GUEST.
02:16:56WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BEEF IMPORT STORY GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.
02:16:58OLIVIA BRIDGES FROM THE
02:17:00AGRI-PULSE WILL JOIN US TO BREAK
02:17:04IT ALL DOWN. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪
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02:20:03HOST: WELCOME BACK AND HAPPY
02:20:07SATURDAY IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US. OUR NEXT GUEST IS IN STUDIO.
02:20:11OLIVIA BRIDGES IS THE TRADE EDITOR FOR THE OUTLET AGRI-PULSE .
02:20:17OLIVIA IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN A SPECIFIC STORY THAT HAS GOT A
02:20:19LOT OF ATTENTION THIS WEEK HAVING TO DO WITH A BEEF IMPORT DEAL PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS STRUCK.
02:20:25THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
02:20:28HOST: WHAT IS YOUR OUTLET AND YOUR AUDIENCE?
02:20:33GUEST: AGRI-PULSE PRIMARILY
02:20:37COVERS AGRICULTURAL POLICY. I DO A LOT OF ON THE HILL
02:20:41REPORTING ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
02:20:45WE COVER USDA, FDA, HHS, AND ALL THINGS THAT IMPACT FARMERS.
02:20:52THAT IS AGRI-PULSE.
02:20:54IT WAS FOUNDED BY SARAH ALLIANT.
02:21:00ON THE CONGRESSIONAL AND TRADE EDITOR. HOST: ROAMING THE HALLS TO GET
02:21:04ANSWERS FOR THE AG COMMUNITY. LET'S START WITH A 30,000 FOOT
02:21:08VIEW OF THE STORY. IT HAS TO DO WITH GROUND BEEF.
02:21:11THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT HE WAS GOING TO
02:21:15BASICALLY PUSH AWAY TARIFFS ON GROUND BEEF IMPORTS TO TRY TO LOWER THE PRICE OF IT HERE AT HOME.
02:21:19THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACKLASH.
02:21:21DID THIS COME OUT OF NOWHERE? DID THIS SURPRISE YOU?
02:21:28GUEST: IT DID KIND OF COME OUT OF NOWHERE. HOWEVER THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
02:21:32BEEN TAKING STEPS TO TRY AND LOWER BEEF PRICES.
02:21:35THEY RECENTLY REOPENED THE SOUTHERN BORDER FOR LIVESTOCK TRADE.
02:21:42IMPORTS FROM MEXICO, FOR FEED CATTLE.
02:21:45THEY JUST REOPENED ON AUGUST 24
02:21:48THE DOUGLAS, ARIZONA
02:21:54PORT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO REOPEN NEW MEXICO. WITH THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THEY
02:21:57ARE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO LOWER
02:22:00CONSUMER PRICES, ESPECIALLY WITH
02:22:04BEEF, WHICH IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.
02:22:07RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT $6.89 PER
02:22:11POUND.
02:22:12TO PUT THAT IN
02:22:16PERSPECTIVE, IN 2020, THE
02:22:19HIGHEST PRICES AROUND WAS $4.74.
02:22:24IT HAS SKYROCKETED. HOST: WHAT IS DRIVING THE PRICE INCREASE?
02:22:30GUEST: A LOT OF IT IS OUR DOMESTIC U.S. HERD.
02:22:33IT IS AT A RECORD LOW. THE LOWEST LEVEL IT HAS BEEN
02:22:38SINCE THE 1950'S.
02:22:40THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF ISSUES
02:22:43WITH DROUGHT AND ALSO THE COST
02:22:47FOR RAISING CATTLE HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
02:22:52IT IS EXPENSIVE. FEED IS EXPENSIVE.
02:22:56THERE IS LESS INCENTIVES RIGHT NOW TO REBUILD THE HERD.
02:22:59THAT MEANS WE HAVE LESS DOMESTIC
02:23:04CATTLE AND LESS DOMESTIC GROUND BEEF.
02:23:07WE ARE HAVING TO IMPORT A LOT OF OUR BEEF.
02:23:09HOST: THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS THAT
02:23:13FOR 90 DAYS HE'S OPENING UP A WINDOW WHERE BEEF COMING FROM
02:23:16OTHER COUNTRIES CAN COME INTO THE U.S. BASICALLY WITHOUT TARIFFS.
02:23:2025% LOWER, RIGHT?
02:23:24THE REASON BEEF PRODUCERS IN THE U.S. GOT UPSET IS THEY ARE SAYING THAT MESSES WITH OUR BUSINESS MODEL.
02:23:29THAT UNDERCUTS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
02:23:32TALK ABOUT THE OUTRAGE FROM THE AG COMMUNITY IN THE U.S.
02:23:38WE HAVE SEEN REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS, THE CATTLEMEN'S
02:23:41ASSOCIATION, GROUPS THAT ARE NORMALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT SAYING YOU HAVE CROSSED IS HERE.
02:23:47GUEST: THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACKLASH. THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU
02:23:51FEDERATION SENT A LETTER TO
02:23:53TRUMP SAYING THIS IS GOING TO
02:23:57IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO REBUILD THE HERD.
02:24:02IN ADDITION TO THAT, 70% OF SPRING BORN CAPS ARE GOING TO BE
02:24:07SOLD DURING THAT 90 DAY WINDOW
02:24:08-- CALVES.THIS
02:24:19COULD IMPACT PRICE IS TO THREE YEARS DOWN THE LINE.
02:24:22THE BRIGHT SPOT IN AGRICULTURE IS ACTUALLY THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
02:24:27WE ARE SEEING FARM COUNTRY STRUGGLE.
02:24:30THEY HAVE TO RELY ON ASSISTANCE.
02:24:38NOW YOU ARE INSERTING SOME MARKET UNCERTAINTY.
02:24:41BY TRYING TO LOWER THE PRICES
02:24:45RENTERS ARE NOT GOING TO SEE AS MUCH RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT
02:24:48-- RANCHERS. THEY WILL NOT BE AS WILLING TO
02:24:52TRY TO REBUILD THEIR HERD.
02:24:54THAT IS THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM
02:24:56WITH THE HIGH BEEF PRICES.
02:24:58IF WE WANT TO LOWER BEEF PRICES, WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS SAYING IS
02:25:03THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE HERD LONG-TERM.
02:25:07HOST: THE PUSHBACK HAS BEEN STRIKING.
02:25:11IF FOLKS WANT TO CALL IN TO ASK
02:25:12OLIVIA BRIDGES ABOUT THIS TOPIC
02:25:16OR JUST TRADE MORE BROADLY WHEN
02:25:17IT COMES TO THE AG WORLD, THERE
02:25:21IS A REPUBLICAN MONK, DEMOCRAT
02:25:25LOT -- REPUBLICAN LINE, DEMOCRAT LINE, INDEPENDENT LINE.
02:25:31YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WANT YOU RESPONSE.
02:25:35I HAD A CHANCE INTERVIEW SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS EARLY THIS WEEK AND WE TALKED ABOUT
02:25:39THIS TOPIC. I WANT TO PLAY THREE MINUTES OF THE CLIP AND THEN I WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS.
02:25:44I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW UNPLUGGED SHE SEEMED TO BE FROM THIS DECISION.
02:25:49HERE IS THAT EXCHANGE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. [VIDEO] >> WE TALKED ABOUT BEEF EARLIER.
02:25:54I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND AN
02:25:56AG GROUP OR REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
02:26:00SUPPORTING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IMPORTING BEEF TO LOWER PRICES.
02:26:03WHY DO THIS IN THE FACE OF VERY WIDESPREAD CRITICISM?
02:26:10>> I THINK, AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT, I DO KNOW THERE'S BEEN A PRESIDENT MORE PRO FARMER
02:26:13AND PRO GRANTOR -- PRO
02:26:20RANCHER.
02:26:22THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL OPENING UP 5 MILLION ACRES OF
02:26:26GRAZING LAND, THE MOST PRO BIOFUEL PRESIDENT ON RECORD,
02:26:30OPENING UP DOMESTIC MARKETS. THE 20 NEW TRADE DEALS AROUND
02:26:33THE WORLD CUTTING THE
02:26:35AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEFICIT FROM $50 BILLION UNDER JOE BIDEN TO
02:26:39HALF OF THAT IN JUST OVER A YEAR.
02:26:41PUTTING AGRICULTURE -- THE
02:26:43PRESIDENT HAS PUT AG AT THE TOP
02:26:46OF EVERY TRADE NEGOTIATION.
02:26:50I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEVEL SET.
02:26:55THE PRESIDENT IS THE CHAMPION OF
02:26:56ALL AMERICANS.
02:27:00RANCHERS AND FARMERS ARE MY WORLD AND I'M FOCUSED ON THAT. THE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM IS THAT WE INHERITED AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.
02:27:04WE INHERITED THE LOWEST HEARD ON
02:27:08RECORD -- HERD ON RECORD.
02:27:13THE BEEF TODAY WAS BORN UNDER THE BITE ADMINISTRATION.
02:27:16THESE ARE NOT EGGS.
02:27:19IT TAKES YEARS TO REBUILD THE HERD.
02:27:23THE PRESIDENT MADE THE DECISION
02:27:25FOR A SHORT 90 DAYS THIS IS
02:27:29JUST GROUND BEEF. IT IS SITTING IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
02:27:34THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY HELP SERVE AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY LOWER INCOME AMERICANS WHO
02:27:37REALLY LEAN INTO THE LEAN GROUND BEEF.
02:27:42THIS IS A VERY SHORT-TERM FIX
02:27:43FROM THE PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE THAT HE BELIEVED NECESSARY TO
02:27:47GET LOWER COST BEEF ON AMERICAN PLATES.
02:27:50WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN WE ARE EATING MORE BEEF THAN EVER
02:27:53BEFORE, OUR PROGRAMS LIKE HARVEST THE HALLWAYS, A BIG PART OF THAT IS GROUND BEEF.
02:27:58IT IS GETTING PROTEIN ONTO THE SCHOOL LUNCH PLATES. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A HIGHER
02:28:02DEMAND FOR BEEF AND PROTEIN DOWN THERE IS TODAY.
02:28:06THE NEW DIETARY GUIDELINES.
02:28:11THAT SHORT-TERM EFFORT TO GET SOME OF THAT GROUND BEEF SITTING OUT THERE IN THE WORLD INTO AMERICA, THE PRESIDENT FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
02:28:16FOR THE LONG-TERM, AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE ON THIS, WE HAVE NEVER
02:28:19BEEN MORE COMMITTED. YOU CAN SEE THAT.
02:28:23TWO WEEKS AGO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS, THAT HEIFER
02:28:26RETENTION NUMBER WENT UP. IT WAS AT 3%.
02:28:31THAT'S PRETTY CRAZY. THE COST OF GROUND BEEF IS
02:28:33ALREADY GOING DOWN. IT WENT DOWN TO THE BIGGEST DROP
02:28:36SINCE 2020. ALTHOUGH NUMBERS ARE WORKING.
02:28:40ALL THE PLANS PUT IN PLACE ARE WORKING. THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO
02:28:44SUPERCHARGE THE COST OF BEEF SINCE HE'S BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT FROM THE AMERICAN CONSUMER.
02:28:47>> DURING THE SHORT TERM WINDOW,
02:28:50WHICH COUNTRIES ARE WE IMPORTING BEEF FROM?
02:28:53>> I WILL BE TRANSPARENT. THAT IS OVER AT THE U.S. TRADE.
02:28:57I'M NOT PART OF ANY THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
02:29:00I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I THINK WE WILL KNOW VERY SOON.
02:29:07HOST: THAT WAS MY CONVERSATION WITH THE SECRETARY ON TUESDAY. THEY GOT A GOOD AMOUNT OF
02:29:10ATTENTION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HOW DOES THE AGRICULTURE
02:29:13SECRETARY NOT KNOW WHAT COUNTRIES WE ARE GOING TO IMPORT BEEF FROM?
02:29:16THAT WAS A LONG CLIP BUT WHAT'S IT OUT TO YOU?
02:29:20GUEST: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNTRIES THIS BEEF IS COMING FROM.
02:29:24THE PROCLAMATION THAT PRESIDENT
02:29:28TRUMP SIGNED ON WEDNESDAY SAID
02:29:31IT'S GOING TO BEAT ALL OTHER COUNTRIES OR AREAS.
02:29:36THAT GENERALLY APPLIES TO COUNTRIES THAT DON'T HAVE A QUOTA OR AGREEMENT.
02:29:39EARLIER THIS WEEK OVER A FEW
02:29:41DAYS AGO, I SPOKE WITH DARREN PARKER AT PMI FOODS.
02:29:45HE SAID THAT COULD MEAN BRAZIL,
02:29:50PARAGUAY, PERHAPS EVEN ANOTHER
02:29:52LENS. -- THE NETHERLANDS. WE DON'T KNOW.
02:29:57THE ADMINISTRATION IS PLAYING THAT CLOSE TO THE VEST. USTR HAS NOT RELEASED A LIST OF
02:30:01THE COUNTRIES THIS WILL BE COMING FROM.
02:30:05NEITHER HAS USDA.
02:30:07IT IS VERY INTERESTING THAT BROOKE ROLLINS SEEMS TO BE OUT
02:30:10OF THE LOOP WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CONVERSATIONS.
02:30:15THIS IS A VERY BIG IN AGRICULTURE AND THE BEEF
02:30:18INDUSTRY IS UPSET ABOUT THIS.
02:30:22THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
02:30:2480,000 METRIC TONS OF
02:30:28--
02:30:3180,000 TONS OF ARGENTINIAN BEEF WHICH THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THE
02:30:35ARGENTINE BEEF. THE 80,000 TONS WILL COME INTO
02:30:39THE U.S. DURING THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
02:30:40THERE IS JUST A OF QUESTIONS GOING AROUND.
02:30:44IT RAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
02:30:48ABOUT FOOD SAFETY. ARGENTINE BEEF, BACK IN THE
02:30:51BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH, IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, THERE WAS A
02:30:55RECALL BY THE USDA. AND SO, CONSUMERS ARE CONCERNED
02:30:59ABOUT THE SAFETY OF --
02:31:03HOST: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP
02:31:07THE ARGENTINIAN BEEF. THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION AND PEOPLE STARTED SAYING ONLINE
02:31:11INCORRECTLY THAT THIS BEEF ANNOUNCEMENT LED TO THE
02:31:14RECALLING BUT IT'S TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS.
02:31:17PEOPLE CAN LOOK UP THE PROCLAMATION PRESIDENT TRUMP
02:31:19SIGNED THIS WEEK FOR THIS BEEF IMPORT STORY AND IT DOESN'T LIST ANY OF THE COUNTRIES.
02:31:23IT SAYS 90 DAYS AND HOW MANY METRIC TONS WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN.
02:31:27IT'S BEEN STRIKING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING IT CLOSE TO THE BEST.
02:31:31LET'S GET TO SOME CALLERS WHO I'M SURE WANT TO PICK YOUR BRAIN SINCE YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON
02:31:35THIS. DANNY IS CALLING IN FROM ROCK ISLAND, TENNESSEE ON THE
02:31:38DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE ON WITH OUR GUEST.
02:31:42CALLER: YES. I AM A BEEF CATTLE FARMER.
02:31:46I'VE BEEN IN IT FOR 60 YEARS.
02:31:48IF HE WANTS TO GET THE PRICE OF
02:31:50BEEF DOWN, LET HIM GET THE PRICE
02:31:54OF TRACTORS DOWN. JOHN DEERE HAS GONE UP 1200%
02:31:57SINCE THE 1970'S. YOUR POTATO CHIPS HAVE GONE UP 500%.
02:32:03EVERYTHING FERTILIZER IS IN ORBIT.
02:32:05IT'S ALMOST $800 A TON.
02:32:08IT COSTS ALMOST $150 TO $200 AN
02:32:13ACRE JUST TO PUT THE FERTILIZER DOWN.
02:32:15A HAY BALE OR HAS GONE FROM
02:32:19$14,000 TO 105,000 DOLLARS IN 25
02:32:24YEARS. GET THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING ELSE
02:32:29DOWN IF YOU WANT TO HELP A FARMER.
02:32:32THAT'S WHY THE FARMERS ARE JUST STRESSED OUT, MAN.
02:32:34HOST: THANKS FOR SHARING THAT
02:32:38PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU COULD TALK TO THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD
02:32:40YOU SAY TO HIM ABOUT THIS TOPIC?
02:32:42ESPECIALLY AS THE ACT SECRETARY
02:32:47SAYS THE PRESIDENT VIEWS THIS AS
02:32:48A SHORT-TERM FIX TO THESE BEEF PRICES.
02:32:52YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS THE LATEST IN A LIST OF PAIN FOLKS IN YOUR BUSINESS ARE DEALING
02:32:56WITH, IS THAT RIGHT? CALLER: EXACTLY.
02:33:00THE CORN AND SOYBEAN FARMERS HAVE LOST THEIR SHIRTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
02:33:05WHY ANYBODY IN AGRICULTURE WOULD VOTE FOR THAT MAN IS RIDICULOUS.
02:33:08IT'S JUST -- HE HAS FOR US IN
02:33:13THE CROSSHAIRS. IT WAS THE ONLY THING ON THE FARM MAKING MONEY WAS THE BEEF
02:33:17CATTLE. NOW, HE'S GOING TO GO IN.
02:33:20THEY DROPPED $150 TO $200 PER HEAD.
02:33:24THAT'S ALL OF THE PROFIT.
02:33:26HOST: THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
02:33:29HAVE YOU IN YOUR REPORTING COME
02:33:31ACROSS ANY AG GROUP OR LAWMAKER
02:33:36WHO SAID THIS IS A GOOD IDEA? GUEST: I HAVEN'T.
02:33:39THERE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK BY SEVERAL GROUPS.
02:33:42THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU
02:33:45ASSOCIATION, THE U.S. CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION.
02:33:49THEY ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.
02:33:52LOWERING THESE PRICES, IT'S
02:33:56GOING TO FORCE DOMESTIC PRODUCERS TO TRY AND COMPETE, TO LOWER THEIR PRICES.
02:34:01BUT, IT IS A SHORT-TERM FIX.
02:34:04THIS NEEDS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
02:34:07AND SIMPLY BRINGING IN FOREIGN BEEF, THAT'S NOT GOING TO
02:34:11REBUILD THE DOMESTIC HEARD.
02:34:13HOST: I THOUGHT THE DOLLAR
02:34:15FIGURE HE PUT TO THE VALUE OF
02:34:19THE COWS WAS INTERESTING TOO.
02:34:22I TALKED TO A COUPLE WHO WAS RUNNING A CATTLE FARM AND THEY
02:34:25WERE GETTING READY TO SELL 70
02:34:29COWS AND THE PRESIDENT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND EACH OF THE
02:34:32COWS LOST $200 TO $300 IN VALUE AND THAT AFFECTED THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
02:34:36AS A NON-FARMER, I WAS LIKE OH MY GOSH, THAT'S A CRAZY EXAMPLE.
02:34:40I'M SURE YOU ARE HEARING A LOT OF STORIES LIKE THAT.
02:34:42GUEST: FARMERS ARE MAKING
02:34:46DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT BEEF PRICES TWO TO THREE YEARS DOWN THE LINE.
02:34:49IF THEY ARE SEEING THE MARKET PRICES ARE DROPPING, THEY ARE
02:34:52NOT GOING TO WANT TO BUY MORE
02:34:56FEEDER CATTLE, MORE CATTLE TO REBUILD THE HERD.
02:35:01WE MIGHT SEE SHRINKING OR IT WILL STAY STAGNANT AS IT IS.
02:35:04THERE NEEDS TO BE LONG-TERM
02:35:06SOLUTIONS THAT'S MORE THAN JUST AD HOC FARM ASSISTANTS THAT WE
02:35:09HAVE BEEN SEEING COME OUT OF CONGRESS AND THE USDA.
02:35:12HOST: LET'S GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
02:35:16WALT IS CALLING IN FROM EASILY ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
02:35:19CALLER: THE MORNING.
02:35:22IT SEEMS LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION IS MORE INTERESTED IN DOING THINGS THAT GRAB HEADLINES
02:35:28VERSUS ACTUALLY RESEARCHING WHAT DECISIONS ARE GOING TO DO AND
02:35:32HOW IT WILL AFFECT FARMERS. DANNY MADE SOME GREAT COMMENTS.
02:35:35I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH HIM. I GUESS THE ONLY SUGGESTION I
02:35:38WOULD HAVE IS MAKE SURE THE
02:35:44IMPORTED BEEF PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT WILL BE SAFE FOR
02:35:48CONSUMERS. PERHAPS ROBERT KENNEDY JR. SHOULD TEST IT AND EAT SOME OF
02:35:51IT BEFORE IT IS RELEASED FOR SALE. JUST A THOUGHT.
02:35:53HOST: THANK YOU, WALT.
02:35:57LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW DOES THE U.S. GO ABOUT CHECKING IMPORTED
02:36:00BEEF AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS SAFE? DO WE HAVE AN IDEA, WE TALKED
02:36:04ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION THE PRESIDENT SIGNED WITH A LACK OF
02:36:08INFO. DO WE KNOW THERE WILL BE A FAST-TRACK INSPECTION PROCESS?
02:36:12IS THERE ANY INFO AVAILABLE?
02:36:16GUEST: WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFO
02:36:20AVAILABLE. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH COUNTRIES THIS WILL BE COMING OUT OF.
02:36:24WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP OUR FOOD AND MEAT INSPECTION,
02:36:28SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, WILL BE SUFFICIENT.
02:36:31AS WE MENTIONED, THERE WAS THE
02:36:33ARGENTINE BEEF RECALL.
02:36:36SO, THAT'S A BIG THING. CONSUMER SAFETY IS SOMETHING
02:36:39THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
02:36:44AND THEN SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS WITH THE BEEF POTENTIALLY
02:36:48BEING FROM BRAZIL, THIS IS A
02:36:51BLOW TO FARMERS AND THE CATTLE
02:36:53INDUSTRY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE
02:36:56U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE'S OFFICE, THEY POSTED SECTION 301
02:37:00TARIFFS WHICH WERE INTENDED TO REPLACE THE IEEPA AND SECTION
02:37:04122 LEVEES.
02:37:05HOST: WHICH WERE THE ONES STRUCK
02:37:08DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT. GUEST: YES.
02:37:12AND THE BEEF INDUSTRY URGED USTR
02:37:14TO EXCLUDE BEEF FROM BOTH THE
02:37:18GLOBAL ONES THAT IMPACTED 60
02:37:21NATIONS AND THEN ALSO THE
02:37:23BRAZIL, THE 25% BRAZIL. USTR DID NOT EXCLUDE BEEF.
02:37:26SO THAT AGAIN IS SHOWING THE
02:37:32DIFFERENT ACTIONS THE ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING TO TRY TO LOWER BEEF COSTS.
02:37:35IT'S NOT GETTING DOWN TO THE
02:37:39CRUX OF THE ISSUE, WHICH IS WE NEED TO REBUILD THE HERD.
02:37:42HOST: WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
02:37:46WRITING IN. STEVE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA SAYS
02:37:50PLEASE ASK YOUR GUEST TO CONFIRM THAT THE MAJOR REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN BEEF PRICES
02:37:54IS THAT THE CATTLE HERD IS THE SMALLEST IN MANY, MANY YEARS AND
02:37:56AT THE SAME TIME, CHICKEN PRICES ARE UP BECAUSE CHICKEN IS
02:38:00CHEAPER THAN BEEF AND IT'S IN HIGH DEMAND SO CHICKEN PRICES HAVE BEEN RAISED.
02:38:03IS THAT CHICKEN ASPECT ACCURATE?
02:38:05GUEST: I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT.
02:38:09PRODUCTION COSTS FOR BEEF HAS INCREASED BY 30%.
02:38:14WHICH NECESSITATES INCREASING
02:38:17PRICES IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE LOWER HERD.
02:38:21HOST: JESSE FROM WISCONSIN
02:38:24RIGHTS IN ARE THAT LEGITIMATE
02:38:27SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH FOREIGN BEEF THAT JUSTIFY
02:38:30COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING OR IS IT MERELY A TRADE BARRIER MEANT
02:38:33TO PROTECT DOMESTIC PRODUCERS? GUEST: THERE OBVIOUSLY IS --
02:38:37COUNTRIES HAVE THEIR OWN DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
02:38:40SO, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU HAVE FOOD COMING INTO THE UNITED
02:38:44STATES, YOU WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS UP TO OUR STANDARD.
02:38:47BUT TO OUR POINT ABOUT MANDATORY AND COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, WE ARE
02:38:51SEEING A PUSH IN THE SENATE TO
02:38:54MANDATE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF SPECIFICALLY.
02:38:57DURING THE SENATE AGRICULTURE
02:39:01MARKUP, HE INTRODUCED AN
02:39:05AMENDMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED THAT WOULD HAVE MANDATED IT.
02:39:09BUT, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE TRIED MANDATED COUNTRY
02:39:12OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF.
02:39:14IN THE 2002 FARM BILL AND THE
02:39:182008 FARM BILL, WE HAD THAT.
02:39:22BUT, IT EVENTUALLY HAD TO BE ROLLED BACK, BECAUSE THERE WAS
02:39:25ISSUES BETWEEN CANADA AND MEXICO.
02:39:28OUR SUPPLY CHAINS ARE VERY INTEGRATED.
02:39:31SO, CATTLE MIGHT BE RAISED IN
02:39:34MEXICO OR CANADA AND THEN COME INTO THE UNITED STATES FOR PROCESSING.
02:39:38PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS IN ORDER TO GET THAT MADE IN THE USA
02:39:41LABEL, IT HAD TO BE BORN, RAISED
02:39:46AND PROCESSED IN THE UNITED STATES. MEXICO AND CANADA WENT TO THE
02:39:50WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND SAID THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE WTO.
02:39:54ULTIMATELY, IT WAS WITHDRAWN
02:39:58BACK IN 2016.
02:40:02SO, THUNE AND ALSO SENATOR HOEVEN, THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING
02:40:06FOR THIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.
02:40:08IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WTO STANDARDS.
02:40:13SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT OUR INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAINS.
02:40:16HOST: IT'S BOTH A DOMESTIC AND
02:40:20INTERNATIONAL ISSUE. DAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA WRITES IN THAT IT SEEMS TO ME TARIFFS PLAY
02:40:24AN IMPORTANT VALUE TO --
02:40:28IMPORTANT FACTOR TO PROVIDE BALANCE FOR DEMAND AND SUPPLY NEEDS.
02:40:31IS THERE AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT THE WAY PRESIDENT IS
02:40:35HANDLING THIS FACTORS IN A
02:40:39CONVERSATION OF FAIRNESS, BOTH FOR U.S. FARMERS BUT ALSO FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE OF
02:40:43THINGS? GUEST: THAT'S AN INTERESTING
02:40:46QUESTION. WE HAVE SEEN THE ADMINISTRATION
02:40:50USE TARIFFS IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.
02:40:53THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SECTORAL TARIFFS.
02:40:55WHETHER THAT'S 232'S, 30 ONES,
02:40:59WHICH ARE THE REPLACEMENT -- 300
02:41:04ONES, WHICH ARE THE REPLACEMENT FOR IEEPA.
02:41:08BUT, WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE
02:41:12TARIFFS ON CANADA THAT THERE HAS BEEN RETALIATION.
02:41:16THAT RETALIATION ALWAYS TENDS TO FALL ON FARM COUNTRY.
02:41:19THAT WAS THE CASE DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
02:41:23CHINA RETALIATED THROUGH SOYBEANS. WE SAW THAT AGAIN.
02:41:28BUT THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE
02:41:29THE DEAL WITH CHINA TO PURCHASE
02:41:33SOYBEANS. AND CHINA HAS BEEN ON TARGET THUS FAR.
02:41:37HOST: WITH THAT DEAL. GUEST: WITH THAT DEAL.
02:41:43THEY ALSO AGREED TO BY $17 BILLION IN AGRICULTURAL GOODS.
02:41:46THE NUMBERS ARE LESS CLEAR IF THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING UP ON THAT SIDE.
02:41:49BUT THEY HAVE AT LEAST MET THE
02:41:51PRELIMINARY NUMBER THAT THEY AGREED TO.
02:41:54THERE HAS BEEN SOME -- WE ARE
02:41:58SEEING THAT SECTOR GO UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT, THAT WAS AFTER IT WENT DOWN
02:42:02IN THE FIRST PLACE.
02:42:05HOST: LESS INTERESTING WITH XI
02:42:08JINPING SET TO COME HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO VISIT
02:42:11PRESIDENT TRUMP THE WHITE HOUSE. LET'S HEAR FROM A FEW MORE
02:42:15COLORS. ERIC IS CALLING IN FROM NEW JERSEY ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE.
02:42:19ERIC, YOU ARE ON WITH OUR GUEST. CALLER: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
02:42:22HOST: YEP. LOUD AND CLEAR.
02:42:25CALLER: I HAVE TWO POINTS.
02:42:29DANNY BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS.
02:42:32WHY DON'T THEY START A COMMITTEE
02:42:40WHERE DIFFERENT FARMERS CAN MEET MONTHLY AND SAY WE HAVE TO WORK
02:42:43ON XYZ AND KEEP IT UP MONTHLY.
02:42:49MY SECOND QUESTION IS
02:42:58[INDISCERNIBLE] CAN THE PUBLIC CONTRIBUTE TO
02:43:02THAT?
02:43:03HOST: RI, ERIC.
02:43:07THANKS FOR WEIGHING IN. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE KENNEDY
02:43:11CENTER. I WILL LEAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE CONVERSATION. I GUESS HE MEANT THAT THE
02:43:16FEDERAL LEVEL OR NATIONALLY,
02:43:19OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE GROUPS LIKE THE AMERICAN FARM BUREAU WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR FARMERS.
02:43:25DO YOU FEEL IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYDAY FARMERS THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH OF
02:43:28A VOICE IN WASHINGTON AND ON THE NATIONAL STAGE?
02:43:32GUEST: THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
02:43:35I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME
02:43:40VETERAN AGRICULTURE SECTOR
02:43:42LEADERS THAT TOGETHER A CAMPAIGN
02:43:47CALLED RESTORE AMERICA AGRICULTURE. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET FARMERS
02:43:50TO SPEAK OUT MORE.
02:43:52I GO TO A BUNCH OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS.
02:43:56THERE ARE ALWAYS FARMERS WHO ARE
02:44:00THERE TO TALK TO THE PRESS AND
02:44:04SHOW THEIR VOICE AND TRY TO GET IN FRONT OF CONGRESS. THE MAIN THING FARMERS ARE
02:44:07SAYING, FIVE-YEAR FARM BILL, WE
02:44:10ARE NOW ON OUR THIRD EXTENSION.
02:44:11WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY A FOURTH EXTENSION, THOUGH THERE
02:44:15IS A PUSH RIGHT NOW IN THE HOUSE
02:44:17AND SENATE TO TRY TO GET THE
02:44:20FARM BILL TO CONFERENCE. IT HAS NOT LEFT THE SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE YET.
02:44:24HOST: AND THE DEADLINE IS SOON.
02:44:27GUEST: IT'S A LITTLE INTERESTING.
02:44:30THE FARM BILL EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30. A LOT OF THE FUNDING WILL GO UP UNTIL THE NEW YEAR.
02:44:37THERE IS A BUFFER. BUT ROUGHLY, THE SENATE COMES
02:44:40BACK ON SEPTEMBER 14. WE KNOW SENATOR BOSEMAN WANTS TO
02:44:44TRY AND DO ANOTHER VOTE.
02:44:45HOST: HE'S THE HEAD OF THE AG
02:44:50COMMITTEE. GUEST: YES.
02:44:54THE COMMITTEE HAS A 1211 SPLIT. THEY PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON THE FARM BILL.
02:44:59-- 12-11 SPLIT AND THEY PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON THE FARM BILL.
02:45:02CHAIRMAN BOSEMAN, HE SAYS HE
02:45:06THINKS HE CAN ADVANCE THE FARM
02:45:07BILL WITHOUT SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL.
02:45:11HOWEVER, THAT WOULD MEAN GETTING
02:45:13DEMOCRATS TO FLIP SIDES.
02:45:17THAT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF DEMOCRATS
02:45:20CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROVISIONS
02:45:23REGARDING SNAP THAT WERE IN THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
02:45:29THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW. BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS A
02:45:32FIVE-YEAR FARM BILL.
02:45:36AND LESS RELIANCE ON AD HOC ASSISTANCE. NOW, THEY NEED IT BUT THEY WOULD
02:45:40RATHER HAVE RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND INVESTMENTS, SO THAT
02:45:42THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT FARM AID.
02:45:46HOST: FARMERS SAY THEY DON'T
02:45:50WANT BAILOUTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THEY WANT MARKETS
02:45:53THAT THEY CAN DO BUSINESS WITH. MITCH MCCONNELL HAS BEEN OUT BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES.
02:45:57HE'S RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT HE'S NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO ON THESE KEY THINGS.
02:46:01DEMOCRATS LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS BE FOR IMPORT ISSUE AND HERE IS
02:46:05ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PRESIDENT DOING SOMETHING WE DISAGREE WITH SO WHY WOULD WE HELP OUT IN
02:46:09COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS? AND THE ISSUE IS THE BROADER
02:46:13FARM BILL. IT IS FASCINATING TO ME. A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING IN ABOUT
02:46:17THIS. SUSAN FROM BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE ON WITH US.
02:46:21CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
02:46:25I HAVE TWO COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE IS BEHIND THIS.
02:46:29WE HAVE A LOT OF U.S. BANKS,
02:46:33INVESTORS INVESTED IN ARGENTINA.
02:46:35AND I BELIEVE THAT THE BEEF THAT
02:46:38THEY ARE GOING TO IMPORT TO OUR COUNTRY WAS GOING TO GO TO
02:46:42CHINA.
02:46:45CHINA JUST REFUSED ARGENTINA'S
02:46:48BEEF BECAUSE IT WAS TOXIC, POISONED WITH A LOT OF CHEMICALS.
02:46:52THEY DO NOT WANT THAT IN THEIR COUNTRY.
02:46:54SO, BEING THAT OUR U.S.
02:46:58INVESTORS ARE INVESTED IN ARGENTINA, RATHER THAN LOSING
02:47:02THEIR INVESTMENT ON THAT BEEF, TRUMP IS GOING TO BRING THAT
02:47:06BEEF INTO THIS COUNTRY, SO THEY DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY.
02:47:10SO, IT'S ANOTHER BAILOUT FOR THESE INVESTORS.
02:47:14YET, WHILE WE EAT THIS JUNK, WE
02:47:16ARE GOING TO BE POISONED BY THIS BEEF. TRUMP DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT
02:47:21US.
02:47:21MY OTHER POINT IS HE SCREWED THE
02:47:26AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT IN HIS FIRST TERM.
02:47:28HE SCREWED THEM AGAIN WHEN, IN THIS TERM NOW WITH THE SOYBEANS.
02:47:32LET'S NOT FORGET THAT.
02:47:35HE ALSO BAILED OUT AMERICAN INVESTORS WITH THAT.
02:47:37NOW, HE'S DOING IT AGAIN WITH THE BEEF.
02:47:40HOW MANY TIMES ARE THESE PEOPLE
02:47:42GOING TO PROMOTE REPUBLICANS?
02:47:48I'M A VEGETARIAN.
02:47:50I THINK IT'S TIME FOR PEOPLE TO
02:47:52STOP EATING THIS STUFF AND KEEP
02:47:56VOTING FOR TRUMP. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF HIM. THANK YOU.
02:47:59HOST: THANK YOU, SUSAN.
02:48:03LET'S START WITH HER LAST POINT. I'M CURIOUS, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE
02:48:07YOU BEEN COVERING AG OVERALL?
02:48:11GUEST: I STARTED COVERING ALMOST
02:48:152.5 YEARS AGO NOW. I'VE SEEN BOTH ITERATIONS OF THE
02:48:19DRAFTS TO COME OUT OF THE FARM BILL.
02:48:21THE 2024 FARM BILL THAT WAS
02:48:23AUTHORED BY HOUSE AGRICULTURE
02:48:28CHAIRMAN GIGI THOMPSON AND THEN THIS MOST RECENT VERSION.
02:48:32HOST: I ASK BECAUSE TO HER
02:48:35POINT, WHEN I TRAVELED AND WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, I GOT
02:48:38THIS QUESTION A LOT FROM VOTERS TO DOUBLE. THEY SAY IT SEEMS LIKE PRESIDENT
02:48:42TRUMP AND HIS POLICIES ARE MAKING LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR
02:48:45THE AG COMMUNITY ON A DAY-TO-DAY
02:48:51BASIS BUT TIME A TIME -- TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THEY
02:48:55OVERWHELMINGLY VOTE FOR HIM.
02:48:58-- WHY THEY PULL THE LEVER FOR REPUBLICANS WHEN THERE'S CHAOS ON THE TRADE FRONT RELATING TO REPUBLICAN POLICIES?
02:49:02GUEST: THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
02:49:06I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THIS PERSONAL POLITICS.
02:49:13-- THEIR PERSONAL POLITICS AND
02:49:13WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO -- I
02:49:17WOULD SAY WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM AS A BOATER.
02:49:21BUT YES, THE FARM COUNTRY HAS
02:49:24BEEN, THEY SEE RETALIATION AS A
02:49:29RESULT OF THE TARIFFS.
02:49:30AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT COUNTRIES
02:49:35ARE BUYING MORE OR LESS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
02:49:37THEY ALSO, WITH CANADA, THEY
02:49:41TARIFFED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT. THAT IS GOING TO RAISE PRICES FOR FARMERS.
02:49:43HOST: WHICH DANNY BROUGHT UP,
02:49:47JOHN DEERE PRICES AND EVERYTHING. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IF YOU DON'T COME FROM AN AGGIE
02:49:51BACKGROUND, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH A TRACTOR COSTS,
02:49:55ESPECIALLY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. WHAT ABOUT THE POINT WITH THE INVESTOR SIDE OF THINGS?
02:50:00ANYTHING YOU PICKED UP IN YOUR REPORTING THAT ECHOES WHAT SHE WAS SAYING?
02:50:04GUEST: I'M NOT SURE.
02:50:08I THINK IT'S JUST A VERY
02:50:10INTERESTING TIME FOR FARM
02:50:14COUNTRY. THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP.
02:50:15THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY FARMS.
02:50:18WE ARE SEEING LESS TRUMP FARMERS. WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE FARM
02:50:22BANKRUPTCIES.
02:50:22THEY NEED TO GET WHAT -- ANY
02:50:29KIND OF BRIGHT SPOTS WHERE THEY CAN.
02:50:31HOST: LET'S GO TO MASSACHUSETTS.
02:50:35BRANDT IS CALLING. GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE ON WITH US.
02:50:38CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A STRAIGHT
02:50:42UP, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE
02:50:43AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD GOES TO FOOD
02:50:47FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS -- GOES
02:50:51TO FOOD? FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE
02:50:55GOVERNMENT WAS BRAGGING ABOUT
02:51:0050%. GO AHEAD AND ANSWER, NOW.
02:51:02GUEST: I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
02:51:06I KNOW THAT 300,000 METRIC TONS,
02:51:10WHICH ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO
02:51:12ABOUT 661 POUNDS OF BEEF, THAT
02:51:14ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 2% TO 3% OF OUR TOTAL BEEF.
02:51:22IN GENERAL, IF THAT GIVES ANY TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE.
02:51:24IT IS A SMALL NUMBER, IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL BEEF PRODUCTION.
02:51:28HOST: WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE
02:51:33TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHEN THEY RELEASED THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE BEEF IMPORTS, THEY WERE
02:51:37EMPHASIZING TO ME WHEN I WAS TRYING TO COVER IT THAT THE
02:51:40PRESIDENT IS SAYING THIS WILL IMMEDIATELY HELP LOWER THE PRICE OF GROUND BEEF.
02:51:43BUT ON THE SAME FRONT, THEY EMPHASIZED THIS IS A SINGLE
02:51:47DIGIT PERCENTAGE OF THE BEEF MARKET, WHICH SEEMS TO CONTRADICT ITSELF.
02:51:51GUEST: WE WON'T KNOW IF THIS
02:51:54WILL ACTUALLY LOWER BEEF PRICES UNTIL IT HAPPENS IN THE PROCLAMATION.
02:51:58IT DID DIRECT AGRICULTURE
02:52:01SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS AND USTR AMBASSADOR JASON GREER TO MONITOR WHETHER OR NOT EXPORTERS
02:52:05ARE ACTUALLY DISCOUNTING BEEF OR
02:52:10BEEF TRIMMINGS AT 25% AND THEN,
02:52:14IF THEY ARE NOT, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO TRUMP AND
02:52:17FIGURE OUT ADDITIONAL ACTIONS. BUT, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
02:52:22HAVE A MINIMAL EFFECT. AND IT IS A THREE MONTH WINDOW.
02:52:26SO, IT'S NOT, AGAIN, LONG TERM.
02:52:29WE WILL PROBABLY SEE PRICES GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE UNLESS
02:52:33THERE IS ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.
02:52:35HOST: LET'S GO TO GARY FROM
02:52:39SEVERN, MARYLAND ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. GOOD MORNING, GARY. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:52:44HI, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I'VE BEEN LISTENING PATIENTLY TO
02:52:48YOUR GUEST AND C-SPAN, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO -- LIKE YOU TO
02:52:53DO IF YOU WOULD, IS HAVE A GUEST
02:52:55ON THAT IS JUST AS INTO THIS
02:52:59SUBJECT AS THE GUEST, BUT WILL
02:53:02COME FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT, IF YOU WILL.
02:53:06THIS PERSON IS A RANCHER AND
02:53:10THIS RANCHER TALKED TO PRESIDENT
02:53:11TRUMP JUST LAST WEEK.
02:53:15IT WAS ON THE INTERNET AND IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE, THE LEGS GOT
02:53:19CUT OFF OF IT FOR PUBLICITY.
02:53:23BUT THE MAN'S NAME IS GLENN BECK. YOU MAY KNOW HIM.
02:53:27AS A BEEF RANCHER, HE BEGGED
02:53:28PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PLEASE
02:53:37LIGHTEN THE RAGS BECAUSE AS A
02:53:41BEEF RANCHER HIMSELF, HE'S GETTING CROSSED AND SO ARE THE OTHERS, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
02:53:45PROCESS THEIR OWN CATTLE. AND IF THEY COULD, IT WOULD OPEN
02:53:49UP THE MARKET IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY.
02:53:53AND IT'S GOTTEN TO WHERE WHAT HE
02:53:59SAID --
02:54:02HE BEGGED.
02:54:06AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS OPEN TO THESE THOUGHTS AND HE WAS VERY
02:54:09HUMBLE AND HE SAID HE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO THIS.
02:54:14AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
02:54:18THE NEXT MONTH, IS WITH HIS
02:54:22ADMINISTRATION, AS HE DELEGATES THINGS, AND I BELIEVE HE DOES
02:54:24GREAT, YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT
02:54:28TERRACE BEING BAD, THEY ARE NOT.
02:54:32THEY HELP OUR COUNTRY ALL THE WAY AROUND. IF YOU WOULD HAVE GLENN BECK ON
02:54:34YOUR SHOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE
02:54:38GREAT TO AIR ON YOUR AUDIENCE,
02:54:39TO US, ALL OF US, A WHOLE
02:54:42DIFFERENT SIDE OF THIS ARGUMENT. HOST: GARY, THANK YOU.
02:54:47I WILL FIRST POINT OUT THAT
02:54:49OLIVIA IS NOT HERE TO REPRESENT ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
02:54:53SHE'S A JOURNALIST AND AN EXPERT ON THE POLICY ASPECT OF THIS
02:54:56WHICH IS WHY WE WERE EXCITED TO HAVE HER COME IN. HE DID BRING UP AN INTERESTING STORY.
02:55:01GUEST: YESTERDAY, TRUMP POSTED
02:55:05ON TRUTH SOCIAL THAT HE IS GOING
02:55:06TO LOOK AT ALLOWING RANCHERS AND
02:55:10FARMERS TO PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
02:55:16BUT, IT DOES RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
02:55:22THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT. WE COULD BE SEEING THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS.
02:55:26THERE IS ALSO SOME LEGISLATION OUT THERE TOO A.
02:55:28WHETHER OR NOT WE SEE THIS GO
02:55:32THROUGH, WITH A PROCLAMATION OR AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR EVEN
02:55:35THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE ROUTE. THAT IS ONE ASPECT THAT THE
02:55:39ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING AT. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED ON THAT
02:55:44REGARD, IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW THE USDA WILL MANAGE FOOD INSPECTION.
02:55:48HOST: WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S
02:55:52TRUTH SOCIAL POST ABOUT THAT. I LISTENED TO THE PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW ON GLENN BECK -- THE
02:55:56GLENN BECK SHOW AND GLENN BECK
02:56:00MADE THE EMOTIONAL PLEA SAYING I HAVE MY OWN RANCH THAT I RUN AND WE ARE GETTING DESTROYED BY
02:56:06THESE MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS. AND HE SAID THE PRESIDENT SEEMED
02:56:09TO BE TAKEN ABACK BY IT. I WAS LIKE WOW, LET ME LOOK INTO
02:56:12THAT AND THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, IT WAS THIS TRUTH SOCIAL
02:56:16POST. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY REACHING OUT TO HIM, A
02:56:19CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALLY BUT GETTING HIM INSTANTLY. THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS
02:56:23ABOUT HOW QUICKLY AND WHAT THAT
02:56:25MEANS AND WHAT FOLKS WHO HAVE
02:56:28THEIR OWN RANCH MIGHT BE -- TO
02:56:32IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
02:56:35BARBARA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE, GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE ON WITH US.
02:56:38CALLER: HI, YES.
02:56:41I WANT TO SAY FIRST OFF, I
02:56:44APPRECIATE IF A PERSON WANTS TO
02:56:45RAISE BEEF, THE FACT IS THEY
02:56:49NEED TO HAVE THE LAND THEMSELVES AND OWN IT.
02:56:54I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ROUNDUP
02:56:55OF THE HORSES.
02:56:58PROJECT 2025 SAID THEY ARE ROUNDING THEM UP BECAUSE OF THE
02:57:02RANCHERS THAT WANT THE LAND, FOR THEIR BEEF TO GRAZE ON.
02:57:05THOSE SOURCES DON'T EAT A WHOLE LOT.
02:57:11THEY SAY THE HORSES HAVE NOT BEEN HERE A LONG TIME BUT A
02:57:14HORSE -- THEY HAVE BEEN ON THIS
02:57:20EARTH FOR 50,000 YEARS. LONGER THAN HUMANS.
02:57:23I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE OF HORSES
02:57:27THAT ARE SOLD TO A BUYER FOR $25 EACH.
02:57:29AND THEN THAT BUYER, BECAUSE WE
02:57:32HAVE A HORSE ACT THAT SAYS YOU
02:57:37CAN'T DO THAT.
02:57:44THEY ARE ENTITLED TO GOVERNMENT LAND. AND THEN THE BUYERS BUY THEM UP
02:57:48AND THEY TAKE THEM TO SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND THEY ARE SENT TO
02:57:52MEXICO, SENT TO CANADA. THEY ARE SENT OVERSEAS.
02:57:56THE MEAT IS GOING TO BE GROUND
02:57:58UP AND SENT BACK, THE GROUND
02:58:02BEEF THAT YOU'RE EATING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
02:58:09YOU CAN'T TASTE IT, UNLESS IT'S PURE HORSE ME, THE DIFFERENCE
02:58:13BETWEEN BEEF AND THAT. IT REALLY BOTHERS ME.
02:58:16PROJECT 2025 SAYS ROUND THEM UP.
02:58:22THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW AGAIN.
02:58:26THEY HAVE TO GO TO CONGRESS TO GO AROUND THESE THINGS.
02:58:28HOST: THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN.
02:58:32I WILL SNEAK IN ONE MORE CALL HER AND GET OLIVIA'S CLOSING CLOTS.
02:58:35MARY FROM OHIO ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. I CAN GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS SO I CAN LET OUR GUEST RESPOND.
02:58:39GO AHEAD. CALLER: THE U.S. DID HAVE
02:58:43MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF IMPORTS BUT IT WAS AMERICA'S TOP TRADING
02:58:48PARTNERS, CANADA AND MEXICO, WHO ARGUED TO THE WTO THAT IT WAS
02:58:52UNFAIR AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THEM. AND OUR CONGRESS QUICKLY HAD TO REPEAL THAT LAW.
02:58:57IT IS CANADA AND MEXICO THAT WE CAN THANK FOR LOSING THE ORIGIN LABEL.
02:59:01THANK YOU. I WILL LISTEN. HOST: THANKS FOR KEEPING IT
02:59:04QUICK. YOU ALLUDED TO THAT EARLIER, ABOUT THE USMCA.
02:59:07THIS LAST MINUTE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE WATCHING, MOVING
02:59:10FORWARD ON THIS BEEF STORY BUT ALSO THE BROADER AD STATE OF THE
02:59:14ECONOMY RIGHT NOW -- AG STATE OF
02:59:19THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW?
02:59:20GUEST: WHETHER OR NOT WE GET
02:59:23ANSWERS ON THIS 300,000 METRIC TONS THAT COMES IN.
02:59:29IT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN OVER
02:59:30THE COURSE OF THREE MONTHS,
02:59:36100,000 METRIC TONS PER MONTH. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
02:59:38IT WILL IMPACT PRICES AND IF IT
02:59:43DOESN'T IMPACT PRICES, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT THE
02:59:46ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO? BUT THEN FROM A BROADER
02:59:50PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
02:59:52IN THE MIDDLE OF THE USMCA RENEGOTIATION.
02:59:57AND WITH THE TARIFFS AND THE
03:00:00RETALIATION, THE U.S. AND CANADA
03:00:04, HOW THIS WILL IMPACT
03:00:07NEGOTIATIONS GOING FORWARD.
03:00:08THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES IN THE
03:00:12USMCA THAT IMPACT FARMERS AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY SPECIFICALLY. THOSE ARE THINGS TO KEEP AND ON.
03:00:18-- KEEP AN EYE OUT ON.
03:00:24WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TARIFF RETALIATION.
03:00:27HOST: I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF IF THAT'S OK.
03:00:31OLIVIA BRIDGES OF AGRIPULSE,
03:00:36THANKS FOR WEIGHING IN TODAY. CEASEFIRE IS UP NEXT.
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