Joe and Mika Boast About Hanging Out With 'Hitler'

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Welcome, everybody. Wow, I'm telling you, put on the big boy pants. Get some red bull, pour that on your fruit loops, and buckle up because it is going to be a wild ride for the next four years. You know, I was talking with a lot of folks at church on Sunday, and in between the two services, we have coffee. You have like little coffee bars set out all over the church.

And don't, well, not bar, and the bar says we don't have booze. We're not Episcopalians for crying out loud, but we are Baptist. And so we have donuts and coffee. And so you have a little bit of fellowship time. And in the fellowship time, folks are always coming over, and I'm always happy to have conversations about politics and how things are.

What do you think about Matt Gates? What do you think about Pete Hegseth? And we've been having those kinds of conversations. And I want to step back for a moment. And regardless of all the allegations out there surrounding some of Trump's nominees, you need to understand this one thing, all right?

And this will hopefully help you understand. Where all of this is going. Donald Trump is disrupting business as usual. And the people that he will be selecting, and we'll probably get some more names later today, all of these people are chosen because they are disruptors. You may not like their language, how they live their life.

Most of the people don't approve of some of the things Trump has done in his life. It doesn't matter because those things are not relevant to being able to disrupt the federal government as it now is.

So those are the kinds of people that President Trump is going after.

So I don't want you to be terribly alarmed by any of this. But, Todd, but Todd, have you seen the horrible things they've been saying about? Yes, I know. And I get that. And they are saying terrible things about the President's nominees.

And they're terrified of these nominees, and they should be. That's the entire point here. We want people that We want people that will cause angst. Among all of the folk that are out there in the federal government, many of whom only go to work physically one day out of the week and they're still drawing their entire paycheck.

So, a lot going on today on the program. We're going to be checking in over at the America First Policy Institute. Man, did they have a huge gala. over the weekend at Mar a Lago. Also, Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is going to drop by.

By the way, another disruptor. And many of you are fans of Jonathan Kahn, the New York Times bestseller. And Jonathan Kahn is of the belief that Donald Trump actually plays into biblical prophecy. And he's got a new book out called The Dragon's Prophecy. And we're going to talk to him a little bit later on.

That's going to be a fascinating conversation.

So I'm looking forward to you hearing that. All right. We've got to start out with. Joe and Mika. and Morning Schmo over at MSDNC.

So people are very alarmed over this, and there are people on both sides of the aisle. That have problems with what happened apparently this weekend. down at Palm Beach, Florida.

So the story is that Joe and Mika said they were granted an audience with President Trump. And they went down there. They haven't talked to the guy in what, seven years. How do you host a national cable television morning show and you not have any sort of communication with Donald J. Trump?

How is that possible? We've had Trump on this radio show, which, by the way, now has a larger audience than MSDNC. How do you we've had Trump on, what, a half a dozen times at least? Trump's been very gracious to our program. He loves you guys.

So, anyway, Joe and Mika are out there, and well, here's how they described it: going down and visiting Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Cut number 14, please. Over the past week, Joe and I have heard from so many people-from political leaders to regular citizens-deeply dismayed by several of President-elect Trump's cabinet selections. And they are scared. Last Thursday, we expressed our own concerns on this broadcast and even said we would appreciate the opportunity to speak with the president-elect himself.

On Friday, we were given the opportunity to do just that. Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally with President-elect Trump. It was the first time we have seen him in seven years.

Now we talked about a lot of issues including abortion, mass deportation, threats of political retribution against political opponents, and media outlets. We talked about that a good bit. And it's going to come as no surprise to anybody who watches this show, has watched it over the past year or over the past decade, that we didn't see eye to eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so. What we did agree on was to restart communications. My father often spoke with world leaders with whom he and the United States profoundly disagreed.

Um That's a task shared by reporters and commentators alike. We have not. Spoken to President Trump since March of 2020, other than a personal call Joe made to Trump on the morning after the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania. In this meeting, President Trump was tearful, he was upbeat, he seemed interested. In finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.

And for those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us, I guess I would ask back. Why wouldn't we? All right, I got a lot to say about this.

So, first of all, they're the ones that instigated this call. And let me, I'll get to why they did that in just a moment. But they she acts like it was sort of a happy-go-lucky. First of all, I don't think they even got to talk to Trump. I think they had to go through several layers of people.

And when they finally got to Trump, I guarantee you this is what happened. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Joe, get over here. We're so sorry, Mr.

Trump. We're so sorry. Can we can we try to make things better? Joe, get over here We're really sorry for calling you a Nazi. I don't wanna lose my job.

I don't wanna be a cashier down at Kroger. Uh That's what I think happened. Today, I think that Mika broke down and realized: holy cow. We are about to lose our jobs.

So, the New York Times has a piece out, and it is, I'm just shocked that the New York Times has this story up. But here's the headline: Viewers flee MSDNC and flock to Fox News in wake of election.

So, primetime viewership at MSDNC has fallen. Get this 53% since October. They've lost over half their audience, people. They've lost over half their audience, and they very well may lose the other half just by going down and visiting Donald Trump.

So, look, Donald Trump is a gracious man. And he said, sure, come on down, and you know, we'll be happy to visit. And so they did. But what I find fascinating about all of this, Donald Trump is a good and decent and gracious man, but Joe and Mika. Really?

Stepped in it here. And I know a lot of you are really upset. How could Trump do something like that? He's a bigger man.

Well, he is a bigger man. He really is. He's got a big heart, and he is a forgiving person. He does Demand loyalty, and I think all of us out there in positions of some authority or some leadership, we would want the same thing among our people, right? We would want loyalty.

But what happened here? And this is my thinking: is that this is not meant to be a kumbaya moment for Donald Trump. And Joe and Mika. What Trump did was he actually exposed Joe and Mika for who they really are. Because think about this for a minute.

What have they been doing for the past what? How many years since what, twenty fifteen? They've been talking about how Trump is the is evil, he's the Antichrist, he's Satan, he's Hitler, his followers are Nazis. I mean, it's just over and over and over again. Nobody wants to hear that as they're trying to eat their fruit loaves.

And they have spent countless hours on MSDNC convincing their viewers. That Trump is Hitler and all the rest of us are just, I don't know, barefoot fascists. Within that context, understand this, ladies and gentlemen. Joe and Mika just admitted that they accepted an invitation to Hitler from Hitler to go to his residence and drink iced tea With Hitler.

Now that says more about Mika and Joe than it does about Donald Trump. Lost in all this media coverage is that. Trump's gracious invitation actually exposed Joe and Mika for who they really are. We got to look at their innards, the dark innards of Joe and Mika. And what did we discover?

We discovered that at the end of the day, They're nobodies. They're just a pair of groveling grifters, ladies and gentlemen, and they have no moral center. Otherwise, Why would you drink a refreshing glass of iced tea on Hitler's front porch. Why would who does that?

Now, Todd, they were just chushing. No, no. Let me say this about Joe and Mika and all the rest of them, because you're going to see a lot of this, right? You're going to see a lot of people trying to make the Mia culprit. Honestly, I don't think Trump ought to sh sh step foot on MSDNC.

I really don't. But that's just me. What they have done to this man? I would contend the rhetoric coming from Joe and Mika's mouths led to not one but two assassination attempts on Donald Trump. I mean, again, if you're just asking me here.

But at the end of the day Who are Joe and Mikah? They host a morning show that nobody watches on a failing cable television network that's already lost half its audience since Election Day.

So, understand why Joe and Mika were there in the first place. They weren't going there to apologize. And honestly, if I'd have been Trump, if I were Trump and I am not, but again, Trump is the bigger man. If that was me, I would say, you know what, Joe Mika, I'm happy to meet with you. But first, you have to sit there on your morning show and you have to apologize and retract every single lie that you have said about me.

And then I'm happy to meet with you. That's what they should have done. They did not do that. Because again, that's not why they were there. They were really not there to apologize.

I suspect what happened was the bosses at MSDNC, which by the way, Comcast getting ready to offload MSDNC and a lot of people, including Joe and Mika, could be out of work. And at the end of the day, Mika could be, I don't know, slinging hash down at the uh the Walmart. or the Waffle House And Joe could be, I don't know, pumping gas down at the um the Schlitz. No, wait, that's beer. What's the other oh, sheets, thank you.

That's I'm sorry. It's Monday. Bear with me.

So they realize their jobs are on the line here. They're like, holy cow! Over half the country, they say Trump got what, 70 some odd million votes. No, there's a lot more than that. They are still they're still Changing votes from Republican to Democrat in a couple of states out there.

I will talk about that a little bit later, but let me ramp up this thought here on Joe and Mika. If they weren't there to apologize, what were they there for?

Well I'm going to tell you. They were there to Kiss Trump's ring. I don't know, Dylan. He could have said, You have to kiss my butt. I don't know.

They may have. They're so desperate, they would have. But their job Was to go down there and kiss that ring. and beg President-elect Trump to make them relevant again.

Now I believe that Donald Trump can fix a lot of stuff. I think he surely can make America great again. But I don't think there's any way, barring a miracle from Almighty God, that MSDNC Can be relevant again. All right, got to take a break here. 901-260-5926.

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So happy to have you with us today, and thank you for listening to us noon to 3 Eastern. Let's go to Eads, Tennessee. Amy is listening to us on KWAM. Hi, Amy. What's on your mind today?

Hey, good morning, Todd. I just I just love your show so much. I had to call in again and just tell you that I think that Mika and Joe's desperate plea for relevance is why they went to Mar a Lago. The allure of Mar a Lago and the success And quite frankly, the shock that the whole nation on the left is in, I think they're waking up. Even the New York Times and other papers are saying we've got to be we're losing our our business model because we're not relevant to the American people.

And this election was the biggest proof in the pudding and I think I don't think Joe and Mika need a job. I I don't think they will be slinging hamburgers or pumping gas. I think that They've got if they're smart, they have plenty of money, they made plenty of money, maybe their investment portfolio can sustain them, hopefully. But I don't feel like they're worried about their jobs per se. I think they're just they did it as more of a We want to be there too because we like a winning team.

You know, I've seen this mentality, Amy, and there's a local business, and I don't want to dwell on this, but there was a flower shop in the Memphis area, and they went out of their way to say, if you're a Trump supporter, we don't want your business. And look, I appreciate that.

Okay, fine. That's good to me. I just think that's a bad business model. But. Among these leftists, Amy, their ideology is so important to them that if you don't agree with what they believe, you don't exist.

And even if it means killing their business, you know, if and that's what's happening at MSDNC, over 50% of their audience is just left. They've got nothing left. Yeah, they didn't learn anything from Bud Light. And you know, people don't realize if you're in the business of Marketing to the masses. Leave your own beliefs out of it.

You cannot turn fifty percent or more, now more. of the market share away because you don't believe you don't like Trump.

So TDS is real. I've never seen anything like we've never this is the most I feel like we're lucky to have lived during this time. generation of what's going on because It's almost unbelievable. I mean, I cannot believe where we've come from from twenty sixteen. I just Amy, I think what's going to happen is the historians will look back on this second Trump presidency as a transformational event for the country, much like FDR's was from a negative position where really the government grew massively under FDR and then again under LBJ.

I think you're going to watch the government literally shrink back to the size it needs to be under Donald Trump. Yeah, and y the culture shift is happening. You can see the NFL players out on the field doing the Trump dance and At the at the fight, the UFC fights, they're doing the Trump dance and blacks are hugging the whites. I mean, Trump will re he will reunite this count this country and he's already doing it and picking the cabinet he's picked. Stellar picks, by the way, at light speed.

Sends a big message to the left that he's serious, he's already working, and we're going up, we're going up, and we're going to go up from there and get on or get left out. Amy, I got to get on or I'm going to get left out here. We've got to take a break. Thank you for calling in. What do you think about Trump's pick so far, ladies and gentlemen?

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Well, we are dealing with an electrical crisis. Ben Dieter, is it fair to call it a crisis now that we're dealing with here at the Talk Radio bunker? I mean, you're short of doing the show without a shirt. It's that warm.

Okay, that's inappropriate. I hate to be too descriptive, but it's warm.

So last Thursday, we had an issue with the AC going out. And so the AC people came down, and they're very nice folks. And they came and they said, no, no, no, the AC is fine, but your breaker's broken.

So we reached out this: you need an electrician.

So we called the electrician, and the electrician came, and they replaced the breakers, and we still have no AC. And now, Ben Dieter. We're being told by the air conditioning people that just came during the commercial break, and they said they replaced the wrong breakers. And unlike Whoopi Goldberg's account, this isn't because you're a conservative, Todd.

So it's 90 degrees here, and we're trying to keep the lights off and everything as cool as possible because it's hotter than blue blazes in here.

So, the conundrum, because everybody driving in their cars right now are asking, why doesn't one simply roll down every window? pull down the windows, open up the windows in your building. And you want to say what?

Well, the reason there's one drawback to owning a radio station because hornets and wasps are attracted to our signals or something.

So that's always a big issue.

So we would rather not have the hornets in here. And we opened the windows for about 10 minutes and we had four hornets.

So pick your death. Do you want to die from heat exhaustion or die by a billion stings of bees? But if there's an electrician who's a conservative in the Memphis area. Mayday. If Todd kills over in the middle of this broadcast, you know it's heat.

Heat stroke. It's the heat stroke. That's it. All right, let's enough of our problems. Todd, put your shirt back on.

Get back to work. Let's go to the phone line. Oh, geez, Lou. Let's go to the phone lines here. Gary, Daytona Beach, Florida, listening to us on WOCA.

Hi, Gary. What's going on? Hey, good afternoon, Todd. How are you doing? I'm well.

Thanks for asking, Gary. Good. Picture fine, I think. There's uh A few may be challenging, but Overall, the pictures are fine. My really quick comment, and then I'd like to listen to you is When you're considering selecting the cabinet, it's amazing that Biden put through.

Rachel Levine, Grand Holme, Pete Boutejud, who believes most bridges and roads are racist. Granholm, who believes that we should be carbon neutral totally, even if it's $27 trillion. Majorists believe that the border has been secure and the children are safe. Uh Mayor Garland. who believes white extremists is the extremism is the biggest threat.

Milly. He also wrote a book on you know, making lots of money on peril and understanding white rage. Austin, who went AOL and worked for Raya-Thom, And Janet Yellen, who thinks uh Transitory inflation.

So I think our pics are fine. Yeah, look. Gary, well, when you put it like that, Gary. And don't forget, we've got a Supreme Court justice who can't tell you what a woman is.

So. Right. And she happens to be one. Wanted to hear your comments on those. Yes.

People should think about it. Look, Gary, here's the thing. And I'm, you know, I've got a beef with Matt Gates, but that aside, I think he'd make a terrific AG. You know, again, if he is accused of doing, you know, he's been accused of all this stuff, but there's no proof to back it up. Otherwise, he'd be in jail right now.

I mean, that's just the reality of it.

So, President Trump. Wants to put disruptors in Washington, D.C. and in his cabinet. This is not a go-along to get along cabinet, Gary. We're about to blow stuff up, and that's the way it has to be, and that's the way it should be.

And if President Trump believes that the little gecko on the TV commercial will be a great fit for his cabinet, then I say confirm that little critter. Take care. All right, Gary, thanks for calling in. Let's go to Keith in Palm Bay, Florida. Hi, Keith.

What's on your mind today? Hey, Todd, thank you very much for taking my call. And first off, I'd like to thank you. When you had President Trump on, you had us call in for questions for him and stuff, and you relayed my question of changing make America great again to make America grateful again. a process that need to be done before we can be great But my question is on the Jill and Mika thing in MSNBC, and I I usually call them MS thirteen NBC.

I love that. How much does the MS Microsoft have to do with them? Because they have always had low ratings. I mean, all of their shows have always had low ratings. Is the Microsoft the biggest backer of MSNBC?

Is that where all the money's coming from?

Well, it could be. And look, again, when it came to second place, and really you had Fox and then MSDNC and then CNN was even worse in the ratings than they were. But I got to tell you, Keith, their ratings were not always bad, and there was a lot of concern back several years ago after Roger Ailes was fired, when MSDNC actually started beating some of the Fox shows.

So their ratings haven't always been bad, and that does seem to be the network of choice for the liberals and the progressives. But I think what's going to happen now with Comcast is they're hemorrhaging money. Right now, with MSDNC. And so they're going to be offloading the network. That's what's going to happen.

And then everybody's going to be out of work. And by the way, that's why CNN, all the anchors are freaking out because they're going through the same thing over at CNN. Yeah. What? It'll be a change up.

I mean, I I still like hearing all them voices. Uh I've listened to them for twenty years now. I've on my cable channels, they're all three right next to each other. And I like to see the different ways of them reporting stuff. It's very interesting and very mind enlightening.

Well, the way I see it, Keith, and we watch, you know, Ben Dieter has to watch MSDNC. I watch CNN, and we do it so that you guys don't have to, right? It's like a public service here on the program. But I got to tell you, I mean, I cannot watch MSDNC. I just can't stomach the two dudes in primetime.

It's Chris Hayes and his twin brother, Rachel. Rachel, thank you. Yeah, geez a little. Keith, appreciate that call. Let's go to Shannon in Cordova, Tennessee, listening to us on KWAM.

Hi, Shannon. What's on your mind? Hey. I just wanted to say I actually think that the reason that they are going to Mar a Lago is because they're hoping that they can get Something on him. Oh, you think they might be snooping around in Melania's drawers?

Well, whether it's her whether they're going to go through her drawers or they're going to try to get into certain other areas. I'm just hoping I just think that they are thinking that they can catch him in a aha moment. I gotcha. I can prove that yes, you're a racist, you're a Hitler, you're this, you're that. Oh, that's good.

I mean, if there's a Jerusalem cross around, you know, they're going to get triggered by that lickety split. I can tell you that much. And for the record, I will say Joe may have been wanting to get into Monia's drawers, but Mika, I don't think she swings that way.

So I'm just sorry about that. But I just I think that they're after the aha moment, the oh, look at this, I can prove it. Gotcha, moment. See, I was right all along moments. that type of stuff.

It's not a meacopa, we were wrong moment, so we're here to apologize. It's a what can we catch you in if we can catch you in something, whether it's you or one of your staff or one of your family members, That's what I think they're after. They're after that. See, thereafter that, see, I was right moments instead of that, oh, I've been wrong this entire time, but I've been lying to you. And therefore, because I'm lying to you, you need to believe what I'm saying.

Yeah, look, I think there's a lot to that, Shannon, and that very well may be the case, but I think at the end of the day, That their bosses, the people that signed their paycheck, said, You guys got to knock this stuff off. This is killing our business. And if you want a job, you're going to have to suck it up and you're going to go fly down to Mar-a-Lago. We're not going to let you stay there. You're going to stay at like the Hampton Inn because they get the free breakfast, and we're going to be cheap like that, but you are going to get down there and make things right.

Shannon, I suspect that's ultimately what this was all about. You think so? I think so. In regards to the lady that owns the flower shop here locally in town. Oh, yes, yes.

I think. I think she's a complete moron. I really do. How can you sit there and say, I'm not going to serve this? half of the country that bel you know, that supported him and expect to be able to survive.

I suspect that in six months She's going to, A, number one, she's going to regret those decisions if she doesn't already. Yeah, three.

Well, she had to shut down. Shannon, she posted a message over the weekend, and so now she is claiming to be the victim. I have been victimized, and she shut down her business for the week. And first of all, I don't think she got any threats. I mean, if there are threats, come on, folks, but that's not who we are.

Conservatives don't do that at all. But I will say this, Shannon: that she shut down for the week. And I think the reason why is because every one of her orders got canceled. Oh, I bet. Absolutely.

I cannot. Does she honestly think that she'll be able to survive? On orders from only the pink, blue, green, yellow, purple-haired people. I mean, is she that delusional? And thinking that they're creating that much business for her.

I can tell you, Shannon, our story about that and K-Wham's coverage of it locally got millions of people enraged. I mean, I have never seen people respond to a story, but I mean, she was just so straightforward. If you supported Trump, I don't want your business. And okay, well, that's on you then.

Well that exactly. Could you imagine if half if every single business did that? How many of those businesses would shut down? Because people would be like, Well, then you know, we're just going to take our business. Our money Elsewhere.

It's a good point. End of discussion. Yeah, I don't get it. But anyway, you know, there you go. It's just very, what's the word I'm looking for?

Bigoted to me. Shannon, we got a skedaddle. Thank you for that. Wyatt Cox needed clarification, Penn Dieter. He said: Are you talking about actual wasps or are you talking about?

WASPs, which would be the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant wasps. I wish it were those ones. No, no. I mean, well, I think we're infested with both. But we're below the Mason-Dixie.

Right? Mason Dixon, yes. Dixon? Mason Dixon. See, I'm from the north, so I've only heard pre-tell of the Mason Dixon line.

Mason Dixon. What does that mean?

Well, that signifies the good people, bad people. That signifies where you need air conditioning and you don't. And we're on the need air conditioning side. This couldn't have happened at a worse time because we're in a heat wave in Memphis for some reason. By Thursday and really across the country, we're going to see freezing temperatures essentially here in Memphis.

Well, we have no heat, so that's either. Oh, no, really? That's how that works. There's no AC, nothing, nothing. All right.

Got to take a break. Oh, before we take a break, because Steve and Maine, we're going to get to Steve's call in just a moment, but Steve reminded me of this crazy story that happened yesterday where President Biden has announced a major, major change in policy when it comes to Ukraine. And so Biden is.

Now giving permission to the Ukrainians to use our. Long-range missiles against Russia. Ladies and gentlemen, go back just a few months ago when Vladimir Putin said: if you do that, then we will consider ourselves to be at war with the United States.

So I'm not sure we saw the October surprise. What we may be looking at is a November or December surprise. This administration Is taking us to World War III. That's where all of this is going.

So we're going to take Steve's call after the break. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. Balance of Nature's Fruits and Veggies Supplements, Changing the World One Life at a Time.

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All right, let's go to the phone lines here. Steve in Maine, WLOB, our great affiliate. Hi, Steve. All right, so here's the deal. Looks like Biden is really goading Putin into WW3.

Yeah, thanks for taking my call, Todd. I love the show. Um I was skeptical. about Trump winning, but I kept listening to you and And I'm so glad it turned out the way he did. The way it did.

When it comes to Ukraine and Russia, Todd, I wonder if Biden is just trying to hamstring Trump because Trump has been saying that he's going to be seeking peace like from day one.

Okay, no. I think it's extremely reckless. Ava To a wow. them to use our missiles to strike deep into Russia. I I just think it's crazy You know the old saying, you poke the bear.

And I just think it's a bad idea. And I'll hang up and listen to you comment, Todd.

Well, Steve, first of all, thank you for those kind words and thank you for listening. And by the way, all of our WLOB listeners, it would be very prudent of you to download our app so you can listen to us whenever you want to listen to us. But you want to do that between now and the first of the year if you listen to us on WLOB. Look, I think this is a big problem, but I don't think it's Trump and Putin have an understanding.

So I don't, unless there is a massive U.S.-led missile attack on Moscow, I can't imagine. Putin taking us to World War III. But I wouldn't put that past Joe Biden and the administration. And again, you had Anthony Blinken out there over the weekend saying they are authorizing billions of dollars, billions of dollars in more spending to Ukraine. And you had the State Department saying they're going to be sending as much money as they can to Ukraine.

Until Inauguration Day. That's That is a frightening thing, ladies and gentlemen.

So the question is not so much about Putin, it's and You don't like to think this about your government. But we have a corrupt federal government right now, ladies and gentlemen, and I wouldn't put it past them to try and goad Russia into some sort of a conflict.

So the question is what will Putin do?

So that's where we're at with all of this.

So I appreciate that call, and we'll get into more of that. Coming up, by the way, there's been a lot of controversy surrounding RFK and McDonald's.

So we'll get into that a little bit later in the next hour. Mark Lauder is going to be here to weigh in on Mitch McConnell. Turtle is snapping back. And he says that there will be no Recess appointments. Telling Donald Trump.

We're not going to let you have the cabinet you want. That's what McConnell says.

Now, McConnell may not realize that he's no longer in charge. He is a man of feeble mind, and that's an age thing. But the reality is, he's a rhino. And we need to pay very close attention to his threat because many of the other rhinos follow his lead and we can't lose too many rhinos.

So we'll get into more of that with Mark Lauder, who is the Chief Comms Officer at America First Policy Institute. Also, coming up a little bit later on, Jonathan Kahn is going to be here. Brand new, great book, New York Times bestseller, The Dragon's Prophecy. How does President Trump factor into biblical prophecy?

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So Jamie Raskin. Over um over on the left. Really upset about President Trump's cabinet. Here's what Jamie Raskin had to say about the president's cabinet picks, cut number 10. This is the absolute triumph and takeover of the Republican Party by MAGA, and it will be the takeover of the U.S.

government by MAGA if the Senate lets all of these people go through. Yes, absolutely, Jamie Raskin. Let's celebrate. Wow, I finally agree with this guy about something.

So now you have the ex-Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, and he was over the weekend. It was a very weird thing. The New Yorker posted this and then they deleted it as soon as all you know what broke out. But you had Senator Turtle out there, and he had this to say about President Trump and the idea of recess appointments. And so again, people were like, wait, what?

You have no say in this anymore, Turtle. What's wrong with you? And it's true he doesn't. Jon Thune is a Senate majority leader. But the concern is that the Rhinos could try to upset Trump's apple cart.

Well, let's go to the Patriot Mobile newsmaker line. Say hello to a good friend of the program. He is the chief comms guy at America First Policy Institute, Mark Lauder. Mark, good to have you with us today. I agree with you, Todd.

And by the way, were you at the big, you know, they had that huge shindig, what, down at Mar-a-Lago for the America First Policy folks? I was. It was a great event.

So great to see the President and a lot of friends I hadn't seen in a while. Very celebratory mood, as you would expect after the election a couple of weeks ago.

So really excited to see everyone and a great time. And great to hear from the President.

So, over the weekend, we heard that the President was naming Caroline Levitt to serve as the White House press secretary. Caroline's a great friend of this program and me personally, and I can't think of a finer pick. And there have been some others coming down the pike, and others will come down the pike, I have to imagine, this week. Mark, any of the selections thus far that really stand out to you as like, wow.

Well, I think j generally speaking, you know, going across the board, I mean, obviously, Caroline's going to be great, and she's a huge champion of the president. It's historic. She's the youngest press secretary to ever be named. Which is something significant. But then look at Caroline or Susie Wildes, the first female chief of staff in history.

So who says President Trump doesn't support women? But when You look at all of them across the board. You look at the ages of some of them, you know, 39, 40, 42, 44.

So many of them, they are the next generation. of the America First Leadership Team. And you can see Donald Trump is not just talking about these next four years, he's talking about building a movement. That takes on decades. And we're going to see these names keep coming up over and over again.

So that's the thing I'm most excited by, that he's empowering not only women. But the next generation of leaders in our country. You know what it was for me, Mark? And over the weekend, I was just sort of going over notes, getting ready, doing some show prep, and I was going through that list. And you're right, all of these folks are so young, and it really reminded me of our founding fathers.

And many folks think our founding fathers were these old guys, but by and large, they were pretty young people, most of them under the age of 40 years old. Yes, at the time they were taking all these historic steps, they were young, as you're right. We remember them in the powdered wigs and later and later in their lives. But where would we be without them as the young leadership? And I think that's just the most impressive part President's off is to a great start here, and who knows what's to come next?

Mark, when you look at the policy part of it, which is what you guys do there at the Institute, the America First Policy Institute, what are some of the things that you anticipate the President doing day one? And I have to imagine this guy is a multitasker, so what are some of the things that you think we're going to see him do?

Well, I think it makes sense right off the bat he'll come out with dealing with the with Immigration. energy, because that the energy is the most important driver right now to the sky high inflation.

So it would not surprise me to see him take action on both of those things from day one, if not on day one. Of course, I don't speak for the President. Or his transition. But what he has said and what he plans to deliver, it would not be surprising to see either of those things be front and center. And that's what the American people elected.

They wanted someone to actually get to and get in and deal with these issues. that have been such a problem for our country. And uh with it with the Senate, with the House, I think we're stepped very well to get at that. Mark, one of the things that I'm excited about is the President's continued influence on the judiciary and especially appointments to the federal bench. It was interesting.

There's an idea being floated around on social media. I don't know the validity of it, but I kind of like it. Maybe naming Ben Shapiro, age 40, to the Supreme Court of these great United States.

Well, I obviously can't speak specifically to the name. Obviously, Ben would be amazing. But you saw that with the president, with his nominations, whether it was Justice Barrett, whether it was Justice Kavanaugh. And then so many of his appellate court and his and his district court appointees were folks in their 40s. Yeah.

he really is going to have a lasting impact from his first term, let alone what he's going to do with his second term, on the judiciary for decades to come, because these people are going to serve for maybe 20, 30 years, maybe in some cases 40 years. Uh so it's gonna be Great that even then, well after I'm long and gone out of here, that President Trump's impact will still be being felt in our country. Yeah, I'm with you, and that's going to be a huge thing. Just imagine this: you could have Donald Trump naming five picks. to the Supreme Court.

That's just unprecedented, and it really does, I think, bode well for the future of the country. And really this America First Movement mark. No, you're absolutely right. I mean, this is really so often, and I give President Trump so much credit for this, we often look at just in terms of policies, bills, laws that were passed, even executive actions. But when it comes to these nominees, when it comes to removing regulation, when it comes to the judiciary, These are things that the President's going to do that are going to long live past His actual time in office.

And I think that's the biggest impact that we're going to see. All right. Well, Mark, congratulations again. I know you guys are doing some incredible work. And really, the work you guys were doing laid the foundation for this massive victory, not only for President Trump, but also for those down ballot candidates.

So I really appreciate the great work you guys are doing.

Well, thanks, Todd. We've just getting started. It's easy to put it on a bumper sticker.

Now you've got to go out and actually do it. That's true. It's a great point. All right. Mark Lauder, everybody, Chief Comms guy over at America.

First policy is to do it. Thanks a lot, Mark. Good talk, you Todd. All right, good man right there. All right, 901-260-5926.

That is our telephone number. If you would like to join the program today, 901-260-5926. By the way, where's that? Oh, yes, here's the story I wanted to share with you from. Campus reform, ladies and gentlemen.

A fascinating story coming from the University of Virginia. Oh, Virginia. And a young man who comes from both Jewish and Christian heritage was walking around campus wearing a red Make America Christian. Again, ball cap. It looks just like the MAGA cap.

Oh, by the way, the brief aside here: I have decided to take on RFK Jr.'s big challenge, the Maha movement. I have joined the Maha movement. And so this morning, I was actually yesterday, and where's Ben Dieter? Ben Dieter may have stepped out. I was at the local coffee shop yesterday afternoon, Ben Dieter, and I decided, you know what?

Caleb Park was back in town from Newsmax. He was here for a wedding. And Park said, you got to start. Really taking care of yourself. And I thought, you know, RFK has inspired me.

I want to become a part of the Maha movement. That's Make America Healthy Again. And so I thought, what better place to start? I was getting ready to order my regular coffee blend. Which is black coffee.

And I said, you know what? I'll have one of those matcha things. You didn't.

So the order comes and they bring it to you. There's this massive cup, and it looks like that green film sludge that you see if you're in the swamp. Right? And it's like they just walked out to the swamp and scooped it up and popped it into the cup and they microwaved it. Did it taste like that?

So, in fairness, it tasted exactly like you would expect liquefied lawn clippings. I felt like I smelled like a freshly mowed lawn. That's what I smelled like for the rest of the day. Did it did you feel different? Did you feel healthier?

Got a little indigestion, to be honest with you.

So is matcha, is that a coffee or is that a tea? Does it come from China? I couldn't tell. It's a Japanese thing. Oh, it's an Asian thing.

Okay, that's well, that explains why because our shit out with chopsticks.

Well, our missions pastor texted me and says, oh, do you want to come with us on the next mission trip to Japan? And I'm like, well, I hadn't really thought about it, but let me think about it.

So that explains that question. And also, I got a call from Todd at 5:30 this morning, and Todd had worked up a sweat before the crack of dawn. That's right. I'm out doing the walking through the neighborhood. You're not just talking the talk.

You are walking it. But I grabbed my MAGA hat. I'm tying all this into what happened at the University of Vision.

So I grabbed my MAGA hat. I'm walking outside the condo, and they had these three women, and they're out there exercising. And I hold the door open, and they all three said, love the hat. Really? Thank you, ladies.

Oh, wow. I use my deep voice. Did you get a number? Thank you, ladies. No, I'm working on it too.

I don't want to be too aggressive. You know, it's so we'll, you know. I'm probably going to run into it. That's another good reason to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go exercise. The yoga people are out there.

And yoga people are typically attractive. I tried yoga back in my younger years. There was an unfortunate moment with a full moon, if you know what I mean. It was unpleasant. Nobody wanted to see that.

It was a pale moon. Wow.

So anyway, so this poor guy deeter, he's wearing the MAGA the it's the the MACA, Make America Christian Again hat. Oh. And somebody reports him. To the school's Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights. And so the compliance director calls the kid and says, We have to have a meeting about your hat.

And so the guy went into the meeting and they said, Are you aware that your hat makes people feel uncomfortable? And he said, Why do I care about that? And then she asked the guy, Well, are you gonna move moving forward? Are you going to consider wearing another hat? And he said no.

And I say, good for him. What did they want him to do? Take it off? Take it off. Because it was offending people.

The only thing that triggers. The left more than Donald Trump is Jesus Christ. Mm-hmm. And it's kind of neck and neck.

Well, I I did he so he's not in trouble. He didn't go to the the like ethics board of the campus. No, no, no, not yet.

Well, they know he got summoned. He got summoned, and but they're they're not punishing him just yet, but they're trying to intimidate him.

So I guess now they at the University of Virginia, if you're just walking across campus wearing a MAGA hat, somebody could report you. And you could be summoned. Wow.

So, lickety split, what needs to happen is that office has to go. Period. I'm curious if more people are wearing the hat now that we won. Because think about this. Let's go to that dark place in our minds.

If Kamala Harris would have won, I don't know that a ton of people would have been wearing Trump hats. I feel like the country has shifted. There's a new energy. It feels like we're back. And I, too, have been noticing a lot more people wearing Trump hats.

Had it all ended, that would have been Trump's last campaign rally. It would have been, it would have kind of been over. But now I feel like there's been new breath breathed into this movement. I wear mine every day, everywhere. I wear it proudly, and I've had nothing but positive feedback from people.

You should come to a party. I swear. Go downtown. Go to mid-time beds. You won't get the same response.

Not everybody loves it.

So, here's my question: For the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights at the University of Virginia, do they have similar conversations with kids wearing the rainbow flags, waving those rainbow flags, or wearing the Antifa shirts? Or the Satanist hats? Or BLM I always thought they went for bowel movements. No. Yeah.

That's liberal bowel movements. Nobody wants that.

Well, I guess you do want that, actually. We want them consistently.

Okay. I'm going to take a break. Much always helps with that. All right. 901-260-5926.

Have you noticed people? Ben braces a great point here. Have you noticed people around your town proudly wearing their own? Or are they wearing them? Yeah, you may be.

All right. 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, welcome back. Got an interesting note over the weekend, and we've got the story up at ToddSterns.com.

The Air Force Academy now refers to fathers as non-birthing parents. This is coming from Senator Mike Lee from Utah, and he shared. shared a note he got from the father of a cadet, And the official forms at the Air Force Academy refer to the father as the cadet's non-birthing parent. But here's where it gets really weird. They also identify the mother as the Non-birthing parent.

So how did she give birth? By the way, these two individuals are in fact the birth parents. It does take two to tango, ladies and gentlemen. Don't want to get too graphic this afternoon during the lunch hour, but um It takes two to boot scoot and boogie and make a baby.

So anyway, this sort of woke Gender denying nonsense is why Pete Hagseth is the perfect choice to be the next Secretary of Defense. I was listening to KWAM on Sunday mornings, and we broadcast these different church programs. And one of my favorites is the First Assembly of God in Memphis. And the pastor there is just great because he mentions the radio station during his sermons. For all you people in the audience and listening to us on K-Wham, and I'm like, wow, that's.

And I perk up, I listen. And he said something yesterday that really stuck with me. He said, Biology is not bigotry. And I thought, wow, what a terrific way of explaining that boys are boys and girls are girls. And I just I thought that was a terrific, terrific sermon.

So anyway, Pete Hagseth, he saw Senator Lee's post and he said, Yeah, those forums aren't going to be disrespecting moms and dads for too much longer. And by the way, this is why and I'm curious to hear from you, ladies and gentlemen. Are you now hearing from your sons and daughters that maybe they are now reconsidering a career in the military? On social media, we're starting to get messages. And I know that Pete got a couple from dads who said, you know what, my son didn't want to be a part of any of the woke nonsense, but now he's reconsidering and he's going to join the military.

And I'm curious if you are hearing the same thing. Like Pete said, the dumbest phrase on planet Earth in the military is: Our diversity is our strength. And Hagseth is going to go in there, and he is going to be a great disruptor. And we're going to talk about this on the Newsmax show at 5 o'clock Eastern in a little bit of detail. But all of the people Trump.

Is now picking for his cabinet are disruptors. They're not going in to hang out at the country club and the Georgetown cocktail parties. That's not what these people are doing. They're coming to DC with sledgehammers. All right, 901-260-5926.

That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, one of the good guys out there, and he has really been fighting this war. In the classroom. And by the way, before we get to Ryan, we have an insane story up on our website, ToddStarnes.com.

Somebody, a teacher at a grade school in Wisconsin actually had the American flag upside down in the classroom. On Veterans' Day. And again, ladies and gentlemen, we are now starting to see a we're starting to see conservative kids standing up and fighting back from Beverly Hills High School all the way to New York City. And these kids are sick and tired of all this woke stuff that their far-left progressive teachers are shoving down their throats. And I don't blame them one bit.

So, our next guest has been fighting this good fight. His name is Ryan Walters. He is the state superintendent of schools in Oklahoma, and Ryan's been a guest on the program many times in the past. Ryan, good to have you back with us. Great to be back.

I mean, that's that America first energy right there. I'm telling you, President Trump has really, I mean, changed the game here with such an overwhelming. Victory here, and Todd, you and I talked about it before. He's won the education debate. I mean, what it's funny to see in none of the debates did they mention education.

Did any of the left-wing mainstream press bring up education when that used to be their favorite subject? I just think. Parents have gotten out. President Trump's been a great spokesman for this. And the Democrats magically didn't want to talk about education this election because it was a loser issue for them.

And I've got to give President Trump all the credit for really fighting that fight. And, of course, he's promised that he's going to shut down the Department of Education. Do you think that's a good idea? I think it's a great idea. I mean, look, the Department of Education, let's go back to it real quick.

I know your listeners know this, but. They brought us Common Core math. They brought us critical race theory. They brought us DEI. They brought us this transgender nonsense of pushing flamer and gender query into the classrooms trying to turn your kids into transgender activists down there, okay?

That is what came out of that agency. Don't forget last summer when Joe Biden threatened every state in the country and said, You have to allow boys and girls sports and boys and girls bath things, or I'm taking your funding. And by the way, I'll also see you in court because I'm going to come after you all and hold you all legally responsible for not respecting the rights of transgender kids and pushing that ideology on them. That's what came out of that agency. We do away with it.

We return power back to the state. States should do what we do here in Oklahoma. I know that you guys do in Tennessee: get power back to the parents. Parents should be in charge of kids' education, full school choice. Give them the accountability that they need.

Schools will take off. The country will be better off for it. And let's teach our kids to be patriotic and love this country. Hey, we're unapologetic about that, so is President Trump. Our kids should love this country, not be taught to hate it the way the Teachers' Union and the Department of Education have been pushing for decades now.

1,000% accurate. And just look at the blowback you got for wanting to put the Bible back into the classroom and to teach kids about the importance of Christianity and the founding of our nation. Look, that's exactly right. And you see that pushback that comes that's just so, you know, it's so over the top. You look at We want to put the Bible back in the classroom.

We want the Constitution. We want the Declaration of Independence. The same people that are fighting us, getting back to understanding this country's greatness, are the same people fighting to put gender, queer and flamer in there.

So on one end, inclusivity mean Put graphic Transgender, homosexual pornography in front of kindergartners. But hey, I mean, listen, we can't talk about the Bible. We can't ever mention that our rights came from God. We can't ever mention Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from a Birmingham jail, where he talks about Daniel, talks about Chadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being examples that he used when he pushed for the civil rights movement. Oh, you can't mention pilgrims.

Why'd they come to America?

Well, you can't mention their religion. I mean, it's an absurd position, but the left has dominated education for decades. President Trump said, hey, prayer's coming back. Hey, we're going to talk about the world Christianity played in history classes. We're going to create a generation that understands American greatness and is going to continue us towards that path.

It's incredible to be in education. It's incredible to be an American right now after that election. You know, Ryan, you've been one of the few people at this level that seems to get it. And I'm wondering, you know, and I don't blame the, you know, for the millennials, that was the generation that was taught to hate America. And so was, to a great extent, Generation Z.

So you really can't fault them. I mean, they've been indoctrinated in their classroom.

So it really does make you wonder what this country is going to look like 10, 15 years from now when you're finally teaching kids about the greatness of America. That's right, you go back to a time, and again, one of my favorite things I love to do with the kids in my history classes was read the letters from World War II. Those soldiers knew what they were fighting for. They knew what those country's principles were. They were willing to risk their lives for this country.

Now you've got kids that hate the country, think it's an evil, racist country. Think about if we can go back to that time. We have Americans growing up with not only, I mean, people forget that they act like, oh, what's going to happen without a Department of Education? The country existed for over 200 years without a Department of Education. That's a recent development.

So that is a complete red herring when they try to push that on you and act like that's something strange. The thing that's strange is we built the greatest country in the history of the world without a federal department of education. We did it with one-room schoolhouses where we focused on the basics and we focused on American exceptionalism. The strange deviation in American history is the last 40 years with the Federal Department of Education teaching the next generation to hate their own country and their country's values. We know from history, civilizations don't move on and don't survive that type of indoctrination.

We have got to turn the ship around. Thank God for President Trump. He has got us on the right direction. And when he does away with that agency, that Federal Department of Education, I'm telling you, the difference is going to be tremendous in all the states around the country. Ryan, I'm curious, from a practical standpoint, they do away, they abolish the Department of Education, which, by the way, we did not have before Jimmy Carter.

He is the one who made that a cabinet-level position. What practically will that do?

So it goes away. What happens at that point? Absolutely. So, what happens at that point is: you know, President Trump and his team have some options here. You know, for one thing, all of these strings that come, all the regulations that come with, hey, you better do these things.

When you teach math, you better do DEI with your math classes. If you want to do history, you've got to make sure that you talk about the 16-19 project. All that goes away.

So, all of that goes away where states can actually go solve their own problems. I mean, so you can actually go in there and determine what you're going to do with your history classes, what you're going to do with your math classes, and not risk. First of all, the funding going away. Number two, you don't risk being under investigation. They have slapped these investigations on all these red states across the country.

Don't forget they've been targeting Christian colleges too. Grand Canyon University. Look at all the scandals, quote scandals, doing air quotes over here, Todd, but from Grand Canyon University and the Federal Department of Education. That was just because they were a Christian university that was growing in rapid numbers. The feds over the Federal Department of Education targeted them.

Look at the parents that they targeted through the Department of Justice who showed up at school board meetings.

So every step of the way, they undermine school choice, they undermine transparency, and they push woke indoctrination and curriculum.

Now you shift to going, oh, that's gone. The NAV states truly empowered through school choice. And by the way, remember, the president says he is gonna do national school choice tax credit.

So it doesn't matter if you're in red state, blue state. You choose as a parent. You choose a school. Kiss crap. in blue states, blue cities that are undermining their education, dictating to parents what their kids will learn, boom, all of a sudden you allow parents that decision.

It's going to be tremendous. See you partner that with the Federal Department of Education going away, with patriotism back in the classroom and national school choice, wow Todd, I'm telling you, that is the his plan is tremendous. That's the recipe for tremendous success in education. Ryan, we could spend two hours talking about all this. What a great, great thing that's about to happen.

And by the way, as you and I were chatting, one of our radio station owners out in the great state of Nevada points out that arts classes went away after the Department of Education, physical education. I mean, there really has been really a crackdown on the things that we all grew up with that today's kids don't have the opportunities to take part in. Yeah, remember, they're a bunch of woke Marxist elitists that think they know better than parents.

So yeah, they have done, think about this, and so this is one of this a little in the weeds, but you've seen the resurgence of the science of reading across Red State. Why do we have to have a resurgence of the science of reading? I'll tell you why, because the Federal Department of Education was pushing this nonsense, this 3Qing, this you guess at words. You don't actually understand phonics same way with math. You don't understand basic mathematics.

You just kind of think about it. You critically think your way to the answer.

Well, we all know that's the dumbest thing we've ever heard. They were pushing that from the Federal Department of Education.

So yes, physical education went away. Yes, the arts, the vocation, the vocational methods went away as well. Your voice were damaged. Hey, everyone had to go to college. And by the way, in college, we're going to push the most left-wing agenda you have ever seen.

We've got to get back to the basics. America and American education was better off before there was a federal department of education. We go back to that time in education and refocus on the basics as President Trump has laid out. And I'm telling you, it's going to make a huge difference in the trajectory of this country. All right.

Well, Ryan, we're going to leave it there. Great work. Congratulations. I suspect we're going to have a fun next four years. It's going to be great.

Yes, sir. I appreciate you, Todd, very much. How are you? Ryan Walters, everybody, the state superintendent there in Oklahoma. And I love it.

And, you know, this poor guy, he got so much grief from the media. And you've got all these stories out there of horrible things happening in classrooms. And I'm not talking about the woke stuff. I'm talking about teachers attacking kids, doing very inappropriate things with the kids. You've got all those stories out there, but they'd rather focus on Ryan Walters, who's out there in his crime, according to the media.

And the National Education Association is wanting to make sure that kids are taught American history and they're taught the Bible. I find nothing wrong with that at all. All right, we got to take a quick break here. 901-260-5926 is our telephone number. That's 901-260-5926.

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Be sure to consult with your attorney or financial advisor. Again, that website, newsmaxinvest.com. Did you uh watch? Did you watch the big fight? Actually, there were two big fights.

Well, actually, there was one big fight and one sparring session in a ring. Um the uh the This Jake Paul fight. Mike Tyson. Um Interesting. Look, I don't know if you about you guys.

Was I the only one dealing with buffering issues during the entire fight on Netflix? I know Netflix thought it was like the best thing ever, but I was having to sign in and out, having to restart Netflix every five minutes just to be able to watch the fight. And honestly, the two gals that were fighting, man, they really got into it. The Mike Tyson, Jake Paul.

So look, here's my take on it. And I think everybody knew That it was what it was. This was not a real fight. And that Jake Paul. I got to give the guy credit.

He showed great respect to Mike Tyson after the match. After the bout, I thought he did a classy thing. And there's some people that are speculating that this was the plan all along: to make sure that Mike Tyson got a boatload of money. You know, Tyson's been dealing with some financial issues. And Jake Paul said, you know what, let's give the man his dignity and let's let him do a fight.

And you got to give him credit. What other 58-year-old is going to go out there? And he took some punches to. Tyson did, but he also delivered some. There are a couple where you could tell that.

Jake Paul got stat, he staggered a little bit.

So then you had UFC fight night in Madison Square Garden. Trump shows up, and the media is just livid. And they're saying that it was just like the Roman conquerors coming into the arena with the gladiators. Yeah, that's exactly what it was, actually. That's ex I'm glad they picked up on that.

It wasn't actually that subtle nuance, right? It was exactly what you think it was. And then you had the winner of the match who then presented the Trump dance. Did you see that? He did the Trump dance in the ring.

And then you had the whole crowd just chanting over and over and over again: USA, USA. John Jones is the winner, heavyweight champion. And knock the guy out. And he gets up there and he talks about Jesus Take a listen. How do you feel right now?

You know, look, while I got the moment, while everybody's cheering and so happy, I want to acknowledge Jesus Christ. Mm-hmm. I tell you what, man. I cannot take credit for a gift like this, man. I really owe it all to him.

And I know that there's millions of people around the world watching right now. And I just want to let you guys know that Jesus loves you so much. That's all I'll say about that. And as far as my future in the octagon, I decided that maybe I will not retire. And that uh I have some conversations to have with Dana and Hunter, and we have some negotiating to do.

And if everything goes right, maybe we'll give you guys what you want to see. And what would that be? Is that heavyweight? Or is that Alex Barreira right here? Heavyweight, what is that?

What are you thinking? You know, I know that we have options. And so I'm just going to see what Uncle Dana wants and what Uncle Hunter wants. And you guys will hear about it soon, I'm sure. I also want to say a big, big thank you to President Donald Trump for being here tonight.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, can I get it? Hey, what do you guys think about my version of the Donald Trump? Check it out. USA. Safe, let's go!

And you are. Hey, That's what I like. I'm proud. I'm proud to be a great American champion. I'm proud to be a Christian American champion.

Oh Lord, you know, everybody got triggered. All those liberals out there got triggered. But look, can we just say this? That President Trump made it okay to be a man in America again. Right?

Where you don't have to worry. You know, who cares? Who cares what these woke feminazis think about you? Nobody cares anymore. Nobody, just shut up, ma'am, and go make me a sandwich, please.

I'm going to get in trouble for that. But you know what I'm talking about. And that's what was on display. Beautiful women out there. And by the way, did you see Mike, Mike?

Uh, not Mike Penza, Mike Johnson. Little Mike Johnson.

So he was invited to be part of the entourage and the optics here. or not so subtle. And he's like a teeny, tiny little fella. He's actually shorter. He's shorter than I am.

And you know, Trump and all these other guys are huge. And so the appearance was that it was like little Timmy, the kid brother, tagging along. That's exactly what it looked like as they were walking into the arena. And then they were on Trump Force One. You had what?

RFK was there, Tulsi Gabbard, you had Bongino there. Who, by the way, is up for Secret Service, and I think he would be a terrific choice. Brief aside, what Bongino, during the event itself, if you watch Bongino's body language, he's not watching the match. He's watching around scouting out for somebody who might. be a bad actor out there.

That's pretty. Look, that's the guy you need protecting Donald J.

So anyway, they're on the plane and they're sitting there. Is it Don Jr. and you had RFK? And so they're eating McDonald's and everybody's giving RFK Jr. grief for eating McDonald's.

Do we actually know if RFK ate the burger? I don't know. But then here comes Little Mike and he was like, he's photo bombing the photo. He's like trying to lean in over the seats. Yes.

Oh, little Mike. Oh, little Mike. Anyway, all right. Maybe, well, maybe next, maybe at Thanksgiving, do you think he'll be able to sit at the grown-up table? I don't, at Mar-a-Lago.

I don't know. That's a good question. All right, hang tight, everybody. Hour three of the big show coming up next. Hi from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite gun totem, Bible-clanging, deplorable American.

Yeah. That's right. I love this American ride. Todd starts. All right, attention up, Man of America.

Whoopi Goldberg has a message for all of you fine folk. Here's what Whoopi has to say. I dare, yeah, you didn't get here by yourself, man. You can't do this without us. And if we don't let you, you don't get any.

It's that simple. It's that simple. Well, there you go. Whoopee says it's that simple: no more sex, so she's threatening to withhold sex. From the Men of America.

And I think the men of America are. The good lord, I thought. Breathing a sigh of relief.

So there is a fellow who is they call themselves what is it, the white men for Harris or White Dudes for Harris. They're really sort of borderline there. But anyway, this white dude for Harris says that he has a theory as to why all of the white men of America voted for Donald Trump. Let's take a listen. If you are wondering why we will never have free college in the United States and why we will continue to lag behind other countries in reading and writing, it's because the only voter base that is still voting Republican is non-college educated whites.

If non college educated whites didn't vote in this election, Kamala Harris would have won in a landslide. The reason that there will never be free college is because people who have a college education vote Democrat. The reason that we will never have free college in the United States of America is because non-college educated whites are the only voter base continuing to prop up the Republican Party. And the only way the Republican Party can stay in power is by making sure that as few white people get a college education as possible. There you go.

You know what it is? I think part of this is that a lot of these white guys who voted for Trump did, in fact, not go to college and they were not indoctrinated. And when you look at the landscape, just think about this for a moment here, folks. There were a growing number of young people who chose not to go to college mainly because they couldn't afford it. And that was happening really towards the tail end of the Barack Hussein Obama.

Era where you had Obama telling all these millennials, you can't be a success in life if you don't get a college degree. And so what happened?

Well, a lot of these kids went out there, and I mean, I don't know how many lesbian pottery majors we have out there, but they're all unemployed. It's terrible. They can't find work.

So now you had a generation coming up, and they saw their brothers and sisters still living at home in their parents' basement, and they're like, that's no life for me. And so they decided who needs college.

So they decided to go to either a trade school or they just went right into the workforce. Those people, I guarantee you. I would say about 90% of those people are as conservative as the day is long. And I know we put labels on things, but really, if you believe in freedom and liberty, I mean, those are conservative, those are just, those are American ideals. Only one political party is defending that, and that's the the Republicans.

Now, those kids may not go out there and call themselves, oh, yeah, I'm a Republican, but they don't know it, but they are. And I think those people Made the difference. In this election cycle, because many of those guys and gals are probably in their mid to late 30s now. And they lived through all of that. And they said, you know what?

Forget this, we're done.

Now, that's not saying that college is bad. But the reality is, a lot of you moms, you're getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner, and if your kid is going to a taxpayer funded school, there is a very good chance your child is going to go home and not know what their pronouns are. And I feel bad for you. I really do. But that's the reality of it.

So you've got to be smart about where you send your kids to school. 901-260-5926. Oh, by the way, have you heard about all these people that are leaving X now? It's like, I thought they were, and by the way, they also said they were going to leave the country, but they checked it out on that because Tehran gets very hot this time of year. And so they decided, you know what, we're not going to move to Gaza, we're not going to move to Tehran after all.

So there's stay input, which is unfortunate. I was willing to help charter a one-way flight to wherever. I mean, Spirit Airlines is almost bankrupt. I figured we might be able to get them on the cheap, loaded up with a bunch of Hollywood folk. And uh that flower shop owner in Memphis, and uh then they could just fly to wherever they want to go.

Mm-hmm. It's sad. But instead of leaving the country, they've just decided to leave X or Twitter. And so now they're joining a new social is that a new social media platform? Is it called Blue Sky?

Is that the uh it's called Blue Sky? At first, I thought it was Blueski, but I think it really is pronounced Blue Sky. And apparently, it's um It's really for social media for perverts. I mean, that's basically what I've been able to ascertain. There's some really weird stuff going on down there.

Joy Reed, cut number nine. Hey guys, so today I finally did something I've been meaning to do for a while. You need a new hairdo? And the reason for doing it and kissing goodbye, my 1.9 million followers over there, is because I hadn't been posting for a long time. I just didn't want to contribute content once it was purchased by its present owner.

But just having it there, I was only holding on to it. Because I, you know, really didn't want someone trying to take over that name and using it for nefarious purposes.

So I was a little bit worried about that. And also, every so often I would use it to just look at news that was trending and what's happening, and I would just sort of use it as an aggregator. But I just realized that that's not really worth it. Because in order to do the news aggregation and just look at all, You have to wade through a lot of drech and a lot of just abuse and a lot of just negativity, and it's just not worth it. And, you know.

Oh, geez. You know, it's not just that she's joyless, she's a bore. I mean, really? That's it. Okay.

See you later. Whoopee, Whoopee Goldberg saying, I'm not going to have sex with men anymore.

Okay. Have have a great life. Joyless Reed, I'm not going to be on exit.

Okay. See you later. I I Just don't understand that. Then you've got this guy named Destiny. Is this a.

This is a dude.

So, Destiny, who is Dylan shaking his head as a singer, is that like a. That's Destiny's child. Yeah, yeah. You're close, though.

Okay. So, who is this guy? He's like an influencer that does a lot of debating and a lot of left-wing stuff.

Okay. Hopefully, he's in Secret Service custody right now. Take a listen to what he had to say. Conservatives have been disgusting for years, which is why I don't give a f about anybody that winds up at any of these rallies and gets shot or whatever the f, okay, because they had no problem making fun of Paul Pelosi. The entire world would be better off if these people were permanently removed from these platforms.

Like, there is no downside and only upside to see people like Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Tim Poole never be allowed to publicly broadcast their opinions ever again. It's exclusively bad stuff that happens.

Somebody want to explain why this dude, Destiny, By the way, who names their kid Destiny? Who does that? You know, he's getting picked on at school. All right, so that's an aside. Here's my question: So, why is it that this guy can go out there on a social media platform and announce to the world that conservatives and Trump supporters should be shot and killed?

And that's okay, but an elderly grandmother is currently in prison. For praying outside an abortion clinic.

Somebody want to explain that one to me? Got to take a break. 901-260-5926. That's 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show.

All right, welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Great to have you with us. Our next guest has a terrific book out. It's called The Dragon's Prophecy It's pretty fascinating. This guy, a New York Times bestselling author, Jonathan Kahn, joins us on the Patriot Mobile Newsmaker line.

Jonathan, welcome to the show and congratulations on the book. Thanks, Sod. Great to be back. So, you know, a lot of people in the Christian community have been talking almost in biblical terms about President Trump's victory. And I'm wondering what does that victory mean for America and really for the world?

Is there a sign that we should glean from all of that? Yeah, I I wrote a book called The Paradigm, and in it, speaking about Donald Trump, and there actually is this biblical prototype. And not that he's meaning to follow it, but he's following it, and that's of Jehu. And Shahu was wild, unpredictable. Uh He was used by God to Uh to deal with a a nation that had known God was falling away from God.

It was it was an apostasy. And he came in like a steamroller and he actually made an alliance with the religious conservatives. of the land. Yeah. for the capital was to drain the swamp.

On air. Yeah. Basically, it was to slow down the fall of the spirit. or turn it back. Um and you know he was feared by something he was controversial we don't know So with Jehu, where he was at with God, but he was using by God.

This is a window we have right now. This is a reprieve, a window. But the thing is Yeah. Answer. You know, politics are not the answer for God.

And so the is what comes. through the window. turnaround America is revival and return.

So I ask, you know, I'm charging people who have been praying for the election, don't stop praying now. We need to pray for Yeah. to be used powerfully all out this I'm with the Lord. Because only turning Back to God can do it. It's really fascinating when you look at the Bible, especially, Jonathan.

That, how many times has God been able to accomplish his goals through using very complicated, flawed individuals? Yeah, like every time. Yeah. aren't any Except for the Lord himself, there aren't really any. He always does, you know, and you know, Jay.

Yeah. Controversial, and we don't know where all he was at. But he was huge. We have to recognize both things, absolutely. Jonathan Kahn, the author of The Dragon's Prophecy, it became the number one best-selling book in the country.

Why do you think that is? Why are people drawn to things like The Dragon's Prophecy?

Well, I think it's because people are sensing you know things are kind of spiraling out of control. and they look at the world. Yeah. What is going on? Is there a reason?

And even people who are not. Yeah. Are saying, wait, wait, wait, is this what the Bible talked about? And so much has been happening in this last year. Yeah.

I'm cautious. About this, but But literally Prophetic things. linked to prophecies in the Bible. Yeah. that we've crossed some real strong prophetic red lines.

So I wasn't even tough. I wasn't even planning on writing this book. I was writing another one. I got into. It's by the Lord to write this, and as I'm writing it, Literally, the things I'm writing are coming.

I had to keep on updating it because of that. And after I finished, it also did.

So this is the only book I wrote that really opens up the realm of end-time prophecy and it has It keeps coming true. Joel Rosenberg, you know, right? Remember Joel? He would write a book and those were novels and they would come true. And you're like, wait, how did he know that?

And every time I read your work, I think the s the same thing. And you wrote about October the 7th, and you said there's some sort of an ancient mystery there. What do you mean by that? Yeah, a lot. First of all, you know, I it was uh it was a Friday.

I I leave Beth Israel, the congregation up here in New Jersey and I'm Um Chairing a Bible from Leviticus. And this mystery, and I'm not saying I know all these things. this mystery ordained. Yeah. Two, there would be an attack on Israel.

Yeah. What happened to You're by surprise. Yeah. In the year 2020, 2023. happened in our October of that year would fall on a a Saturday would on a Hebrew holiday and it would happen on the first Saturday of October of 2023.

And the thing is, October 7th, that was October 7th, and that's when the attack happened. I shared it on Friday night.

Next morning, it happened. what began. The book. And the thing is that this is one of the mysteries which I believe you actually. can enable us to know future events.

And in some cases, even When they would happen.

So there's so much about. about this but this was the beginning of it it was actually linked to the Mystery of the Jubilee.

So let's talk about also in connection to October 7th, Hamas. And um you're you're talking in in the book that um uh that um the book foretold about the invasion by Hamas, but is does Hamas actually appear in the Bible anywhere? Yeah. Yeah. words that It exists in Arabic as It means the Islamic resistance movement or fervor.

But it also is a Hebrew word. at the same time, ain't you? Yeah. And in Hebrew, Hamas means means evil the Violence and destruction. And the thing is, it actually appears in the Bible.

One of the things I bring out in the book. I mean, you wouldn't see this if you're reading in English, but it's there. It says, for instance, in the Bible, it says, Lord, save me. Yeah. It's a it's a Hamas has risen up.

in the land and the land is filled with crimes of blood. bloodshed. You know how a moss hides in the tunnels? It says in the Bible. That Hamas dwells.

in the dark places. Of the earth. And it literally at one point in the past. Prophets, God says to Israel, rid Hamaz from the land. And in the promise of Messiah, when it says he'll.

Rain, it says to Israel in that day. For masterpieces. shall no longer be heard in your land. This is fascinating. Again, the book, folks, The Dragon's Prophecy, it came out in September, and you've got to read this.

Also, there's an audio version as well as the Kindle version. But get a copy of The Dragon's Prophecy. Of course, prophecy means there's some sort of a revelation.

So, what does all of this mean for us?

Well, so much. You know that the largest Part of the book is called The End of Days because there's actually prophetic events. Ezekiel speaks of them, and there are things linked to Revelation that are actually, we've crossed certain lines. And without going into, there's so much. We can't go to the Yeah.

But one of them purchases There are nations that Ezekiel speaks about that will be involved in an invasion. Of Israel. It's still yet to come. But the amazing thing is, those nations were actually part of. the invasion of Israel.

behind Hamas of october seventh for the first time ever. You know, the Bible says that Iran is going to attack Israel. Never did. Yeah. Year, you know, and so.

All you know, we are also Yeah. Yeah. Of anti-Israel hatred throughout the entire world. Math. I think, well, the Bible says.

in the last days the nations are going to come against Israel.

So it's all happening.

So one thing is the prophetic. We do, we are to know the signs of the. Yeah. But the other thing is that, you know, I speak about the dragon. The dragon is the sign.

Yeah. Yeah. the Bible, the devil. And the thing is that he war, it says he wars against Israel.

Well, he's been warning against the Jewish people. But at the same time, it also says he wars against the church. or those who follow Jesus.

So we have to be ready. And he wars against anyone in the image of God. Yeah. As these days progress, number one, if we're living in the last days, we have to be aware of it. If we're in a war, spiritually.

Actually we got to be aware of that too. or we're not going to win.

So the last part of the Dragon's Prophecy is what is the war we're all dealing with? And how do you overcome? and how do you get ready for what is yet to come? All right, Jonathan, we're going to have to leave it there. Again, folks, the name of the book, The Dragons Project.

Prophecy. What does the Trump victory mean for America and the world? It's, folks, you got to read this book, and it's going to start to make sense for you. Jonathan, congratulations. I also want to give your website a shout-out, hopeoftheworld.org.

That's hopeoftheworld.org. And you can get Jonathan's books wherever you buy books. All right, Jonathan, God bless you. Thank you. God bless you.

Thank you, Todd.

Alright, there you go, folks. Wow, do you Do you see how all of this is playing into biblical prophecy as Jonathan just described? 901-260-5926 again, 901-260-5926. This is the Todd Starring Show. All right.

Welcome back, everybody. This is the Todd Starnes Radio Show. Let's go to the Patriot mobile newsmaker line. Our good buddy from radio station KXEL Jeff Stein joins us. Jeff, hope you're doing great today.

Not as good as you, Todd, but I still keep trying every single day. Hey, look, there has been a huge, huge national story coming from your neck of the woods involving pollster Ann Selzer, who is now stepping aside. Of course, her poll that came out just before the election predicted a massive victory for Trump in Iowa. How did that, first of all, how did that turn out? Yeah, when she has a poll that drops two days before the election saying in a stunning reversal, Kamala Harris is going to win Iowa by four points and Trump winds up winning by 13.

Yeah, that's not a good way to go out. And the news of this is that over the weekend, she wrote a piece in the Des Moines Register, the newspaper that hired her company to do the poll. They had a business relationship for 30 years. And her story now is that before the beginning of this calendar year, she told the Register she would not be renewing her contract after November 2024. This has led a number of people to be suspicious about the timing of the announcement.

What I'm waiting for is for the register Todd to tell us who their new polling firm is going to be because they've had a year apparently to interview and vet people. And yet, that was not part of this announcement, which again makes us a little skeptical. This was my station's poll question of the day: Do you believe that the newspaper was told in advance? 83% of my listeners, many listening to this program right now, say they don't believe this story for a minute. Yeah, it's somewhat dubious.

I'm very curious, though, to know exactly how this woman's getting paid. Were there any checks coming from a Kamala Harris campaign or campaign fund or a PAC or someone who might be connected to Democrats somewhere? I'm going to take it a little more broadly because I've never met her. I've only met the current editor of the newspaper a handful of times. But this is a Gannett owned newspaper that was told by its corporate ownership, you cannot endorse a candidate in the election.

This is also a state that had not one but two very close congressional races that the Democrats were hoping to flip back from red to blue.

So for these numbers to drop, The way they did, the time that they did, it is more than a little suspicious. And you have to understand, again, the newspaper is hiring the pollster.

So they have some idea of what they want to have asked and the way they want the questions to be phrased, etc. And anybody who knows anything about public opinion research knows that the way you ask the questions helps dictate the kind of response you get. I've had many pollsters over time tell me, not necessarily political pollsters, but they'll say, you tell me what you want me to find, and I'll write the questions to fit. And it's the same sort of thing here, where a newspaper that was solidly behind Democrats just stunningly two days before the election has a poll that is quite an outlier. I think it's internal groupthink.

I'm not above believing that there are some payoffs, mind you, but I don't have any evidence to suggest it. But when you have a mindset that you'd like to see a certain result and numbers come in, well, you just tend to interpret them the way that fits your world view.

Now, let's keep in mind one thing. We keep hearing phrases like gold standard for this pollster, but In the Democrat caucus in 2020, this was the one that Kamala Harris didn't even make the finish line to. You may recall that the Register and the Iowa Poll, which is their brand name, got together in partnership with CNN that year. And on the Saturday night before the Monday caucus, there was a big prime time special planned where they would release the final numbers of the Iowa poll for the Democrat caucuses. And an hour before this big prime time TV show, I think Jake Tapper was already mic'd up and ready.

They pulled the plug because they pulled the poll. The poll, moments before it was going to be printed, had to be pulled because it could not be verified. Why? Because some Pete Buttitage voters complained that his name was not included in the telephone survey. Why?

We found out later that the people that the poll hired to call you and ask your thoughts, they couldn't pronounce Buddhej.

So they skipped it. That's the kind of policy. Yes. They did not know to say booty juice as you do, and so they just simply skipped it. And once they found out that that happened a couple of times, where again, Mayor Pete voters were saying, Wait a second, we wanted to weigh in, but he wasn't listed, The pollster had to pull the plug, and you want to talk egg on your face in front of a national audience.

That was just for the caucuses for the Democrats four years ago. That's it's just shocking. Jeff Stein, joining us on radio station KXEL. You know, Jeff, I want to kind of throw you for a loop here. Sure.

We've been following over the past couple of weeks, just in the radio industry, this really devastation by some of the massive conglomerates out there, hundreds of our colleagues across the nation getting laid off, well-known talk radio hosts getting the heave-ho as well. I still believe, and I am still of the opinion, that radio can be done well and it can be profitable, but we've got to get the conglomerates out of the way. I am fortunate to work for a company that is based right here in my home market. They run stations in four states, about 40 stations in the Midwest.

So I have the cell number of the CEO and can use it anytime. That also means they can call me, which may not be as beneficial. But just as you are doing there in Memphis with your operation, small ownership groups that are not tied to publicly traded stock, I maintain that once the broadcast networks 45, 50 years ago, and then radio stations more recently, once they were owned by publicly traded stock companies, you lost the integrity of the product, certainly as opposed to how it was previously. And so if you've got these big conglomerates who only look at the bottom line and try to cut their way toward profitability, That's a proven recipe for failure. But yet that's what they're doing.

And they're doing it, Todd, at a time when the FCC ignored foreign ownership rules so that George Soros could buy a couple of hundred radio stations that just happened to have conservative voices on them. How about that? I'm telling you, and you guys do a great job there in your community. And again, I think it's all about the ownership. And the reality is these big conglomerates, they don't care about local markets.

All they care about is Los Angeles, Chicago, New York. But even then, they're whacking those stations as well.

So, you know, it's really unfortunate. But I still think radio, locally owned radio, has a bright future in this country. It absolutely does because it is the unifying force that we have had, the unifying communication method for a century. Mm-hmm. And it doesn't need to buffer.

You don't have to worry about missing your Netflix fight because of buffering. We come through the public airwaves, and if you treat that as a public trust as it is, the audience will respond. And if you treat it like you're producing widgets or selling breakfast cereal, the public will shy away. as they have done in some of these bigger markets with some of these corporate-owned stations. Real quick, before we let you go, Stein, you've got your U.S.

Senator there. Is she going to stick with the plan? Is she going to support Donald Trump's nominees? I have no reason to believe that either Senator Ernst or Senator Grassley are going to stray. Grassley, I just did an interview with, and he's going to be chair of the Judiciary Committee again, as well as President Pro Tem.

And I asked General Principal, and he said, in his mind, generally speaking, the president gets their nominee. And he pointed out he did vote against some of Biden's, but those were special cases. And so I think people are going to stay in line. Look, Senator Ernst talked to me right before the election when she was on the trail in Georgia and even had learned the Trump dance. And so, you know, once you are on social media doing the Trump dance, it's a little hard to moonwalk your way back on that.

You see what I did there with the moonwalk? I see what you did there. I see what you did there, Stein. And by the way, CBS, they took CBS Sports, they edited out the football player doing the Trump dance.

Well, I didn't think he did it all that well, but there was no reason to edit it out. I mean, I think that you should do a primer on your social medias of how you properly do the Trump towel dance, as I've been told it is known. Yeah, I'll well if we're going to do a towel dance, I'll get Tieter to do that. I think it's in his contract. If not, it will be.

All right. Jeff Stein, always good hearing from you, sir. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Have a great day.

All right. By the way, I got a text message from our former EP, Grace Baker. She's doing well. And Merlot won a prize, won like a blue ribbon for some sort of a contest. It was her first true trial, and Grace says she is very proud.

So there you go. All right. The the dog's gonna be like a Hollywood star. All right, let's go to the phone lines here. 901-260-5926.

Bob in Moorhead City, North Carolina. Hi, Bob. What's on your mind today? A couple of points. I think Trump ought to start immediately to put in there or go to the RNC and RANC to state GOP.

Of these rhino Republicans, if they start to wiggle and go against the agenda, They ought to get an immediate start to a recall of those centers. There's no states. Immediately. whether they're due up or not, but they should be recalled by that state that doesn't support the MAGA agenda For this country. That's point one.

Markle Vinn Sunday night had two super points for Trump to two. to help this country Stop. chain migration And stop. Birthright citizenship. A thousand percent.

Absolutely. And I know this is going to be painful. You actually had a Republican congressman, I believe out of Texas, who's like, oh, well, we can't have Trump out there deporting our grandmas.

Well, if grandma is here illegally, I'm sorry, but grandma's got to go too. I mean, at the end of the day, you came here illegally. And you know what that tells me, Bob, is that there are some sweet, precious grandmothers waiting to get into the country, and they're being denied a place because another grandma cut the line. Yep, get rid of the crooks and the criminals and the terrorists first. Exactly.

And then work your way down the list. Exactly. I'm with you. All right, Bob. Thanks for that call.

901-260-5926. This is the Todd Stern Show. All right, welcome back, everybody. Happy to have you with us.

So, again, a couple of things here. We now know that Trump is planning on using some sort of. Of a national emergency, he's going to declare a national emergency if necessary. To utilize military assets to deport the invading horde of illegals. Keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, our nation's been invaded.

All right. We've got twenty, thirty million illegals here. Many of them are living off the taxpayer dime. Many of you in your towns and your communities, you've been inundated. And so this is going to be a great reset for us.

And just imagine the amount of money we're going to be able to save as taxpayers, knowing that the illegals are going back to wherever they're coming from. And by the way, I heard this argument Uh on another national show today. That the reason why we need illegals here is because American-born citizens won't get up at the crack of dawn and pick lettuce.

Well, first of all. I don't believe that. I don't believe that. Second of all, if it is true, We've got even bigger problems. Because you know what?

There was a time in this country where every job was important. There was a time in this country when you would get up early and you would if you're on a farm, you get up, you milk the cows, you feed the livestock, you get out there and you do what has to be done. There was a time in this country w if a man was without a job and the only job that was available was picking lettuce or cotton or whatever. He'd go out there and do that. Every job matters, and every job is important.

That's what Donald Trump was trying to convey to the country when he went to go work at McDonald's and worked the drive-through. And made the most delicious, the hottest, the saltiest fries ever known to McDonald's. Donald Trump did that. Donald Trump talking to the fry guy and explaining and listening to the fry guy explain the intricacies of his job. And Trump is eating it up.

And people were mocking Trump. But what Trump was doing is he was showing there is nobility in every job, even if you're the fry cook at McDonald's. Every job matters in this country.

So Yeah, I I hate that. You are going to have some families, they're going to be uprooted. But they should not have been here in the first place. And they can come back and and hear me on this. That is a family.

That is taking a position that should have gone to a family trying to get to this country legally. Nobody wants to talk about that. Nobody wants to talk about the millions of people wanting to legally come to the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Nobody wants to do that. And they should.

They shine. Here's Speaker Mike Johnson. And he's talking about Trump's cabinet picks, cut 13. This is what I'll say about the nominees that the president has put forward, is that they are persons who will shake up the status quo. And I think what the American people have believe and what they've delivered with the mandate in this election is a demand that we shake up the status quo.

It's not working for the American people.

So use the term in the opening about how these are disruptors. They are. I think that's by design. Any president has the right to name their own cabinet, to nominate persons that they think will fulfill their agenda. And the people that are on this list will do that.

They will go into the agencies that they're being asked to lead and they will reform them. These agencies need reform. And I think the vast majority of the American people understand that. You can't have status quo appointments in a moment like this. And that's a fair point.

I think Johnson's nervous. And that's why he's tagging along like a little little tiny brother. A baby brother to Donald J. As they're going from one event to the next, I think he understands that his future rests with Donald John Trump. Can he be the man that Trump needs him to be in the House of Representatives?

I don't know. I hope so. He didn't do a very good job. In the last session of Congress, I'll tell you that much. Again, the verdict is out on Speaker Little Mikey.

We're gonna call him a little Mikey. Remember Remember the commercial, the cereal commercial? Let's get Mikey. He'll eat anything. That's the vibe I'm getting here on Speaker Mike.

I could be off base.

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