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“Missile strikes intensified across the Middle East as Iran and its allies targeted US partners”
while the US Department of Defense expanded operations and regional tensions deepened with no clear diplomatic breakthrough.
Donald Trump said he is an open to a deal, but also floated aggressive options, including seizing Iranian oil infrastructure and nuclear materials, even as Iran rejected US proposals and demanded reparations. The conflict has disrupted global energy markets, especially around the state of Hormuz.
Raising fears of a prolonged war with major economic and geopolitical consequences. Raising fears of a prolonged war. Okay, we're four weeks into this. So it's prolonging and there are major geopolitical consequences. I have you'd been to the gas station recently.
Have you seen what's going on with the price of oil, which is high, but now here in Washington, all the people around the president are going, hey, you know, it might hit $200 a barrel. How would it do that? Well, if he follows through any of these advanced military options,
they're apparently moving 10,000 troops more into the region, because they've got some of these plans. Take Car Island or, and this is really the one that takes the cake in terms of lunacy, go in and get the fissile material that they have in Iran, which is buried deep underground, which is in the middle of a big city,
a lot of it, at least that was the thought that we had. And which would be an incredibly, incredibly dangerous operation, in which lots of people would likely get killed. And a lot of the nuclear material when it's transported is transported in the form of a gas in certain kinds of canisters.
You know, do the military math in your head about the chances that there could be loss of that material. There could be a breach of that material. There could be some kind of nuclear disaster along the way.
“Unbelievably challenging, which way is the wind blow?”
Are we going to all of a sudden cause of some kind of nuclear problem for our neighbors and allies in the Gulf? It's crazy. We're in crazy time in the president doesn't know what to do. And you could tell because he put out a true social post this morning saying,
"We are talking to a new and more reasonable regime in Iran." Really? Really? What is that regime? You know, what is their address? Show us a picture. Because the Iranians are saying they're not even having talks. And if there are any talks and they are in direct talks,
it also appears that the IRGC, the Revolutionary Guard,
is in control of much of Iran. So this is a mess.
The president is lying about it, which doesn't help.
And then saying, "If you don't do what we say,
“then we're going to go in and do these big things."”
Which looks to me at this point less like a threat. And more like preparation for next stage military operations. He likes to call them military operations because as he said, the other day, if he called them a worry, he would need Congress's approval. So let's call the military operation.
You know, you shouldn't say that stuff out loud. You know, this is how we're avoiding our constitutional obligations. But that's where we are, folks. The presidents in the biggest mess of his life. And that's saying something, six bankruptcies later.
But, you know, we'll be on this one each and every day this week, rest assured. Right.
The nationwide No Kings protest drew an estimated eight million participants
across more than 3,300 events in all 50 states, making them one of the largest single-day demonstrations in US history and a major show of opposition to Donald Trump. While largely peaceful, the protest span at big cities and small towns alike, with about two-thirds of participants coming from suburban rural or small town areas
and expressing a wide range of concerns from immigration to the Iran War. And let's say the scale of the turnout roughly won in every 50 Americans could influence the 2026 mid-terms that would also risk sparking a political backlash. Yeah, who says, who, what's the political backlash? They were going to have a mega movement in this country.
We already had that. This is the backlash. This is not the backlash, you know, that's going to produce a backlash.
The reality is two to an half percent of the American people went into the streets.
Political scientists say once he got about two and a half percent, that's the kind of political movement that can flip regimes, let's see. But it was the largest demonstration in American history. You know, the fact that we're sort of, okay, there were demonstrations on Saturday and not, oh my God, there was the largest political demonstration in American history
against the US government. Ever, we're not taking that in is a sign of the times that we're in. It's good that people are out. It's good that they're not being complacent.
“I wrote something on this for the Daily Beast, which if you want to go and read it,”
but I quote in it, or refer to a quote by Professor Timothy Snyder, in which he says, "Democracy is not a noun, it's a verb." And this is the lesson to America. You don't just live in a democracy. It's not a constant state.
It's not a thing you are given by prior generations. You have to fight for it every single day. As Benjamin Franklin said, when I asked what kind of government we were going to have, a republic if we can keep it. And this is the business of keeping it.
And it's going to take demonstrations like this. It's going to take people showing up to vote. It's going to take people being activists for many, many months,
and likely many, many years to come in order to get back to first principles,
representative government, government by four and of as a people. Government that's not corrupt. Government's not for a bunch of oligarchs. Government that is not discriminating against people. Government that honors and respects our fundamental.
Institutions and laws. We're not there. We're along the way from there. And we need to get there pretty quickly, because while all this is happening, and I'll have a substeck piece coming out on this a little bit later today.
Guess what? The world isn't stopping. Well, America spent $8 trillion so far in wars in the Middle East in the past 25 years.
“You know, how many trillion dollars China has spent on wars?”
Zero. Well, the America spent $20 trillion on defense in the past 25 years or so. How much China has spent on defense? A fifth of that. Well, where's their money going?
Going into infrastructure where they have invested far more than we have. Education where their standards are rising, where ours are falling. Science, technology, research, and development where we're cutting back with an anti science administration. We're rejecting green energy. China's leading the world in it.
We are following a course that has made it so that the majority of AI development scientists in the world live in China, not here.
We've got a political problem.
We've got a military problem.
And all of our day-to-day problems are distracting us from strategic collapse relative to other countries in the world, including notably our biggest rival, the Chinese.
“That's where we are, folks, and that's why we've got to get this work done, but we can't take forever to do it.”
We've got to get it done as soon as we can. Don't go away yet. We've been in a row. I know you feel like I just motivated you and you want to go march someplace. Be an activist.
Let's finish the podcast. Marching can wait.
We have to talk about the TSA first.
Tom Homan. Yes, you're flying. If you're flying to a protest, maybe you ought to rethink your plan. It could take six or seven business days to get there. So plan accordingly.
Exactly. Tom Homan said ice agents will continue assisting at airports alongside the TSA until operations return to normal, despite Donald Trump moving to restore. For TSA workers during the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shut down. He indicated the ice presence could expand if TSA staffing shortages persist emphasizing airport security amid what he describes as heightened threats.
The shutdown remains unresolved due to conflicting funding bills in Congress in ongoing disputes over immigration enforcement policies.
So where's Congress? Are they in Washington? Or are they at home at Easter break?
“You should just think about that when you're waiting in line.”
There were solutions for this. Republicans accepted the solutions, which is fun to everything including TSA. Let's get to ice later. But President Trump called up, hit that little L who runs the Congress for in Mike Johnson. And said no, and so they killed it.
And so we continue to be in this crisis. It's not just a crisis, by the way, for people who are traveling and who are inconvenienced. But we have a bigger crisis in our traffic control system in the way that the country's airports were. And people willing to come to this country. Tourism is off, travel is off, and we are getting towards the summer season.
Price of gas is up. You can't travel that way very economically anymore either. This is kind of knock on a fact that leads to increasing and unanticipated economic slowdown. And that's the headline for this year. Watch this story. Last year we created not millions of jobs as we did each year of the Biden administration. We created 180,000 jobs.
This year is going to be slower. That's a kitchen table problem for each and every American.
“And that's why these are not just political stories.”
They're day to day life stories for all of us. A Russian tanker has arrived in Cuba to deliver a hundred and thousand tons of crude oil. Providing vital humanitarian lifeline during a severe national energy crisis. The shipment falls in a parent policy reversal by President Trump, who recently signaled a softening of a de facto oil blockade by stating he had "no problem"
with Russia sending supplies. Cuba's situation has grown increasingly dire with nationwide blackouts and hospital shortages occurring after the U.S. disrupted the islands at previous oil arrangements with Venezuela. While the delivery system offers short-term relief, the long-term outlook remains uncertain as both governments maintain rigid political and economic red lines.
This is, you know, it's not quite up to the level of a five-alarm fire or, you know, right now, given everything else that's going on, but watch this space. Trump has said he wants Cuba to be next. The reason he went into Venezuela largely has to do with Marco Rubio's long-term plan to try to push out the government in Cuba, which is a personal thing for him and for his family.
The way they did it is they stopped Venezuela in oil for going to Cuba. This is led to a series of blackouts in Cuba. This is a form, by the way, of punishing everybody in Cuba for political reasons, also, by the way, war crime illegal to do that. But the U.S. is behind the crisis.
So the U.S. therefore is allowing somebody to help solve the crisis. Who is getting the benefit of solving the crisis?
Making the money off of solving the crisis?
Getting the goodwill that generates from solving the crisis?
“Oh, if the Russians isn't our relationship with Russia just a little strange.”
Why over this weekend, your peer leaders have pointed out that they too have information that the Russians are giving the Iranians information to target Americans. And yet, we remove sanctions on the sale of Russian oils, big windfall for the Russians. We continue to deplete our weapons resources and are now sending out messages that some of the weapons that were intended for Ukraine aren't going to go to Ukraine.
Big wind for the Russians. Our principal negotiator Steve Whitgoff is regularly saying, "Hey, the Russians are the good guys here. They're the ones telling the truth.
They want peace. The Ukrainians have got a vote.
The government that's echoed by the president of the United States. Big wind for the Russians. Ukraine has been putting this tainings cruise on Russian in a number of ways. We are helping the Russians in that respect. Very weird, right? The Russians are targeting Americans.
“Remember that? They are targeting democracy.”
They are targeting Europe. They are targeting our European allies. And what are they getting from Trump? Cash. The ability to sell oil again.
Ending sanctions on some of their oil attacks.
The benefit of our diplomatic support. It's one of the most bizarre stories in recent American history. It would be more bizarre. If we hadn't been saying Russia Russia since 2015. And guess what, Mr. President?
The reason we keep saying Russia Russia is because it's not a hoax. Your relationship with the Russians is directly contrary to US national interests.
“And borders on something even more pernicious.”
The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of birthright citizenship. A 14th amendment practice that the Trump administration is attempting to end the executive order. While roughly 90% of Americans support citizenship for children of legal immigrants. A research shows a sharp 50. 49% split regarding children of those who come in the country illegally. Racial data further illustrates this divide with 75% of Latinos in 61% of black Americans.
In favor of citizenship for children of undocumented parents. Compared to 48% of Asian Americans and 42% of white Americans. In a normal country, this would be completely an academic discussion. Because the constitution of the United States is explicit in this matter. Specifically the 14th amendment to the Constitution, which gives people who are born in this country.
Automatic citizenship. If you don't want everybody to have automatic citizenship in the language is very explicit. Pass a constitutional amendment. That's the way the system is supposed to work. If we get to a system or constitutional amendments can be written by the president signed by his auto pin in the White House.
We're in real trouble. Because that means the president's going to go into the business of wholesale revision of the constitution. And we've seen how they operate. That means stripping away the rights of people, minority people, women, people who choose different lifestyles to choose to love it away. That is not consistent with the teachings of some of the supporters of the president.
And we are going to be in a big mess. It's going to be disturbing if the court is not. The fact that they even heard this case frankly is disturbing to me. Because they should have said no, this is Constitution clear on this. We reject it.
Watch it closely because this is one of those pillars of American democracy that is showing cracks. And how the decision comes down from the Supreme Court on this. Well, determine whether our institutions or constitution or values are going to hold up in this country. Anyway, well, let's heck of a Monday. More to come to speak, of course, from us.
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“This school of school is just a bit different.”
And then it's open. No, not at all. It's like my safe space. Are you all right? Yes, exactly.
This building is a kind of building.
“It's just a building, a job or a building.”
It's just a building. It doesn't look like a building. It's a building. It's a building. With this building.
