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So glad you're there. Brian Killmee Joe, moving your direction. We have Lieutenant Colonel Alan West at the bottom of the hour. We'll talk about what's happening in Texas with their data centers pushback, as well as what's going on, too. They might be getting Paramount if this merger takes place.

Oracle is so upset, by the way. California's treating them. The AG over there is treating them. They might be picking up and going into Austin, another major corporation getting out of California. We'll discuss that.

Let's get to the big three. Number three. Let me be clear. Any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S. dollar system.

All right, the clock just started ticking. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, as competent as there is in America, Operation Economic outcast fully operational as Scott Besson squeezes Iran and its evil allies. We'll bring this or will bring you the latest and hopefully find out if this will bring the radicals to their knees or to the table. Number two: I think the last thing we need right now. It is a trade war with Canada.

The tough line President Trump draws, it usually is accompanied with short-term action and hot rhetoric. We're getting the same from the Canadians. Trade war all set to begin at the worst possible time with Canada. We bring you the details and the possible effect on the midterms. Number one.

I reject Hassan Piker's ideology, whether it was seeming to celebrate or at least excuse 9-11. The Democratic Party does not stand for what Hassan Piker stands for. Democratic Congressman Aachenschloss, midterm madness, radical Dems running from anti-Semitism to racially charged comments from their extremist candidates. But they have a big tent policy, which is come one, come all. That's giving them big time problems, don't you think?

And please, and I was, I said this at first and I shouldn't have said it. Do not make this akin to the freedom caucus on the right or. Uh uh or any Tea Party movement on the right. Because those were not radical causes. Those were fiscally responsible.

We're spending too much. We have to have a balanced budget amendment. Those were different, and those were aggravating, but that's not this. This is different from the country. And for those candidates like Abdul Sayed, who said, I'm not a DSA guy, you're acting like a DSA guy.

You talking about defunding uh The Ice. You hear about defunding ICE is defunding law enforcement. You hear about Medicare for all. Keem Jeffrey's not Medicare for all. Sanderschumer's not Medicare for all.

Nobody can Medicare for all when you actually do the math.

So you have these extreme candidates who, once they win the nomination, traditionally go to the middle. I mean, for example, Kamala Harris. She's she was not for a long she was so so-called moderate. Then when she runs for office, she becomes an extreme liberal. And then when she gets the nomination, She goes and for fracking all of a sudden.

She says, I got to appeal to moderates, I got to change. El Syed is somebody that got the nomination. Troy Jackson got the nomination by the Democratic side over in Maine, and they have not gone to the middle.

So yesterday, Abdul Syed brought his smirk over to Jesse Waters and the Jesse Waters show on primetime, where the most interesting tactic I've ever seen deployed.

Sometimes people don't answer a question, but they'll be circuitous about it. Like when you don't study for an oral report, you gotta get in front of the class, so you BS. You could tell, but at least you try to address the question. That you didn't read the book. Abdul Syed would take a question from Jesse Waters and just answer something totally different.

Cut one. Getting rid of Sharia law's white supremacy. Can you explain that one? Do you know what canon law is, Jesse? I assume you're Christian, right?

Yeah, tell me.

Alright, so canon law is the name for Christian law. I don't begrudge you your right to practice your faith as you choose. I don't know why the idea that I could practice my faith as I choose is a problem. Nobody is trying to push Sharia law on anyone else, just like I hope nobody is trying to push canon law on anybody else, because we live in an America where you should have the freedom of your religion. Know what the question was?

Is Sharia law white supremacy? If you are protesting Sharia law, is a white supremacy. And by the way, in there are many places, including in Dearborn, where they're practicing Sharia law, which is not compatible with America. Which is based on Judeo-Christian principles.

So even the explanation was fallacy. He was ready for the answer, but the answer was: did you or did you not say it's white supremacy? How is it white supremacy? Don't get that answer. In case you don't know, this is what he said: cut to.

I don't have to tell you that the same exact forces. That drove native peoples from their land. Two centuries ago. destroyed Black Wall Street a century ago. Bombed a building decades ago and tried to ban Sharia law.

Not a decade ago, Those forces are alive and well today. Sharia law should be banned. They shouldn't have bombed Black Wall Street. We all know that. It's terrible.

Segregation was terrible. Slavery was terrible. But we should not be talking about reparations. A hundred and fifty years later. If you're going to deal with that, it's 18.

Sixty eight Or, if you want to deal with the end of segregation and the tremendous courage it took to end that in the South because Democrats didn't want to let go of it. We could talk about that. But not in 2026. Because people aren't alive. It doesn't affect them.

Society has moved on. We've gotten better. Constantly getting better. Not just America, the whole world's gotten better.

So they got huge problems. And Abdul Syed, who's trying to become, you would think, would try to tell people: listen, I'm a normal guy. I'm just a guy who went to college, became a road scholar, pretty unique, and I'm just trying to work my way through, and hard work matters, and capitalism matters, and just start going. And when someone brings up something you said in 2022, I'm used to people saying, well, this is what I was thinking. I should have said it better.

But instead they just talk over and change the topic. Which it means to me, if this guy gets in He's going to be as radical as it gets. And the reason why he says, well, I'm running on affordability and I'm running on Medicare for all. I'm not running on men and women sports. I'm not running on canon law versus Sharia law.

Well, the thing is, when you get in there for six years, You have no idea what issues are going to be hot. And we need to know, everybody needs to know, what matters to you. What your character is. How are you going to react in certain situations? For example, he does not want to spend $1.5 trillion on our military budget, but I assume he wants to stay in NATO because NATO is now committed to 5% of the GDP.

5% of the GDP is $1.5 trillion.

Now, when Ronald Reagan built up our military, it was 5% of the GDP. Yes, it was less money, but the GDP was not as big. We are making more money. For those people who think the tax cuts. or hurting our economy, know that revenue is up seven percent.

The deficit's up too, but revenue is up. You can't blame tax cuts and incentivize. You can't take money from successful people. I wouldn't even say rich people, successful people. Because a lot of times successful people take big risks to get there.

They'll go through a bankruptcy. They'll have many failures and then they'll get that success. And now people say, give me more money.

So I'm just going to give you an idea of the frustration in this conversation. Because if I ran on Medicare for all, And there's some good people out there who want to get health care for people. You know, situations where really good families have gotten bankrupt because they've gotten cancer diagnosis or forced to deal with the disease. Nobody wants that.

So let's try to fix those problems.

Now, his answer to fixing all problems is Medicare for all. That's not my answer. No one who does the math thinks that works. No one who says Canada and the UK have universal health care, nobody wants that. Because it's not good.

They don't want it in Britain. They don't want it in Canada. They want to come here.

So how do we keep up the quality while making it fiscally responsible? AI is helping a lot with this.

So is so is AI is helping a lot. And so is innovations, and so is biotech. And now we have Trump RX, which is driving prices down. Not me just saying that. You got somebody, a Kamala Harris supporter like Mark Cuban, saying that.

So you want to have Medicare for all. Let's hear your explanation. Medicare for all destroyed for the people that have it, and it's unaffordable. They say what he said in the past is those CEO salaries that are five million, six million they don't have to pay that anymore.

So if you're not paying big salaries in the insurance company, that's going to make it cheaper overall to pay for health care.

Well, there's a lot of people employed in the insurance business. Good people, human resources people. You work for Aetna, you work for US Healthcare.

Now, all of a sudden, he wants to get rid of all of it so we could have socialized healthcare.

So just explain it. You're a road scholar who's gotten his doctorate. Explain it. Cut four. You say you want socialized health care.

Abdul, how much is that going to cost? It's going to cost the average Michigandra a whole lot less than they pay right now. But I'm just going to tell you voted to raise prescription drug prices 19 times, 19 times, right? And so I'm just saying I want to bring your costs down. The price of the program is going to be substantially less for an everyday person who's out here who can't afford their health care and worried about losing their health care with their job.

Give me the total number. While you're out here trying to talk about the broader national budget, I'm a lot more interested in the everyday budgets that Michiganders are thinking about. And that's exactly the budget that Donald Trump and Mike Rogers are blowing up right now.

Okay, Mike Rogers not in office. President Trump in office. And since when does the Federal budget not concern a U.S. Senator? I'm not concerned about a federal budget.

What about the federal programs like Medicare is a federal program? That has everything to do with the budget. How could a Rhodes Scholar not know how much it's going to cost? How could he not break it down and say, okay, if I get rid of the private health care company and tens of thousands of jobs? This is where they're going to benefit.

This is how I fold them in. And I did not know this, but Gallup poll says seventy five percent of the people are happy with the health care programs they have. Look, I pay into I have a great we're in a great corporation here, but I pay we all pay in this company into our own health care program. I don't want Medicare for all. Hakeem Jeffries doesn't want Medicare for all.

Chuck Schumer doesn't want Medicare for all.

So, at the very least, tell me, Mr. Rhodes Scholar, why it works for you. Because you have a chance now to talk 25 straight minutes in other formats, like a podcast format. You could talk for hours about this.

So tell me you're you won't got your doctorate. You can't sit down with some other healthcare experts and tell me the principles of why Medicare for all is going to work. You know, it costs, I just saw it, costs something like $7.8 trillion. If you start taking all the money from all the billionaires and the one trillionaire in this world, They'll be out of money in 18 months. 13 months, excuse me.

So I I just thought It was almost a waste of time, except for exposed somebody that was smug. Self-important. And hasn't even thought about other answers. I mean, if I'm sitting there and I say, okay, I want to be a U.S. Senator, what have I said in the past?

Well, oof, I said, uh. Said, if you're against Sharia law, it's white supremacist. I said, football is racist. Michigan State, Michigan, University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan, probably not going to like that. And the Detroit Lions fans aren't going to lie.

What's my explanation? Know what his explanation is? It's too expensive. Oof, I in the past I said that trans men should be playing in women's sports. 80% of the people disagree with me.

What's my answer going to be? But instead, you thought you just talk over it. And if he's in friendly interviews, won't even get it.

So JD Vance came out and and talked about Last week, kind of called him out and said, There's this radical guy who got the Democratic nomination to be a senator from Michigan. He's in Ohio in his hometown. He's talking about that.

So This guy comes out. El Saeed and basically says, Yeah, I wonder how I wonder how J. D. Vance's grandparents would have viewed Usha Vance as his. Wife.

assuming and insinuating that white grandparents From the 1980s? Nineties? 2000s? would be racist and would never accept J. D.

Vance marrying Usha Vance. It's crazy.

So Ushi Bance was asked about that to Rachel Campbell Stuffy. The interview is going to be tomorrow in Fox and Friends. Here's what she said. Karen.

So I actually saw that this morning. I don't have.

social media, so I missed it. But someone showed it to me and I mean, I have to admit, I kind of laughed because, yes, I never met JD's mamma and papa. But I do know and love the children that they raised, you know, his mom, his aunt and uncle. And they have never been anything but incredibly loving. I mean, his aunt is like a second mother to me.

Um and So I I have to think that if they raise children like that. They would have been loving as well. And I would have really, really, really loved to have met them. Listen, when we get back, I'm going to play some clips.

So people just keep saying, I saw what? Big Ten. We're going to be a party. We're going to work as one. We just got to get into the majority, get into power, and start prosecuting Trump family members.

You gotta stand for something. Because you're going to lose your whole party because these people are getting financed from somewhere. These socialists, I have no idea how they keep growing members. There's nothing about it that's well thought out. We're watching socialist capitals just fall apart.

Look at Russia. Look at Cuba. Nobody wants that.

There were some socialist rules and regulations in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. They're all walking away from that. You see Ukraine battling to keep their democracy intact. You see some of the socialists and how socialist policies have dragged down Europe. And now you have the DSA growing in the Democratic Party.

Will you please make a stand for the good of the country, even if it hurts the Republican Party in the midterms? I know it's too late for this midterm. It's single-handedly put the House and Senate, keeps the Senate, and puts the House in play for Republicans. I'll explain when we get back. You'll listen to the Brian Kilmead show.

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From his mouth. To your ears. It's Brian Kilmead. I think he would like Canada to come to the table and. negotiate in good faith, that they were offered quite a good deal.

Last week, they chose to reject it. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Kearney rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump platform. I believe he was more than 20 points behind, and he seems to have gone back to his old playbook. And I think one has to ask oneself, is he trying to benefit himself, the Liberal Party, or the Canadian people? Because they were offered a very good job.

And evidently, I'm seeing multiple reports. One major sticking point was the auto sector. Canada says the U.S. proposal would gradually undermine Canadian vehicle production, even though the U.S. and Canada auto industries operate through deeply integrated cross-border supply chains.

For example, if you build a car, you don't just build a car with American parts. Canadian parts are a part of the car.

Sometimes it leaves, sometimes it comes back. Mexico, too.

Meanwhile, in Ontario, a conservative guy named Uh, you guys have seen him. Doug Ford is taking an especially aggressive stance. He says Canadians are prepared to endure economic pain rather than give in to the U.S. pressure, and everything is on the table. Ford raised the possibility of using electricity exports and critical minerals as leverage.

Ontario supplies electricity to parts of the U.S., while Canadian minerals are important to American manufacturing. Really? You're going to hold it back with what might amount to rare earth from us. That's interesting. Bottom line, the U.S.-Canadian dispute has shifted from a conventional tariff negotiation to a broader confrontation over autos.

Manufacturing. Energy critical minerals and Canadian economic sovereignty. President came out after him, said Doug Ford is not the guy his brother was, his twin brother who passed away. I think he had some type of terminal illness.

So these guys are getting personal.

Now the President's looking to rename Lake Ontario Lake America or something like that.

So here we go. There's another report that says Peter Navarro and Howard Luttnick were both yelling at Jamison Greer that he was giving the Canadians too good a deal, saying this is stupid. You know, we're not giving these things away. Late in the talks, the U.S.

sought to exclude from tariff reductions heavy trucks produced in Ontario. Such as the Ford F350 and the F-450, and the GM Silverado. saying that we got to bring that manufacturing back. To me, is there a negotiation there?

Something was happening. Friday afternoon, the president said this deal was done. Friday night, it blew up. And the reason why I think it's important, especially because it's going to affect Michigan, it's definitely going to affect Maine, which means it's going to affect the midterms. Brian Kelmie, Chair.

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Any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S. dollar system. The clock just started ticking.

So that is the Secretary of Treasury talking about extreme sanctions, not only on Iran and cracking down on the crypto for the IRGC and these other higher-ups, the new leaders there. Find out. I love that the UAE has joined in right away. I think that I think all almost the trade in the Gulf is done with the UAE. They stopped over the weekend, they weren't waiting for this press conference, they said we're done.

We're done trading with them. We're done refining their oil. I did not know. UAE does a ton of refining of the Iranian oil. They're going to stop.

So, of course, this opens it up to being rocketed. We've got to really protect them and show people what we're able to do. And then we got to crack down on Pakistan, Iraq. China? Russia Turkey those predominant and India.

Those are predominantly the trading partners of that ugly regime.

Now we're not doing it right away for a couple of reasons. They don't want to destroy the world economy, but they also want to give these nations a chance to change course. Why we needed to warn them about changing core six months into a conflict, I don't know. Joining us now, Lieutenant Colonel Alan West, American Constitutional Rights Union Executive Director, former Congressman from Florida. Colonel joining us from Texas.

What do you think the Treasury Secretary accomplished yesterday? Yeah.

Well, I think that it's very important that we let these other nations that are supporting Iran know that you're not going to be immune from this. And we want to economically isolate Iran as well as diplomatically isolate Iran. The only question I ask is, you know, why did we not pursue this early on in the onset? Because if you sit down and you look at this, you know, a good national security advisor would have said, at the strategic level, here are the tasks that we need to be doing. Not just the military thing, that's operational and tactical, but this is what we can be doing geopolitically to isolate Iran.

And I think that, you know, sometime after the 28th of February, we should have start looking at increasing these sanctions and sending that message to those partners, those trading partners, economic partners. But instead, we kind of got on to an off-ramp, then we got back on the highway, then we went to another off-ramp.

So hopefully we are on the highway, and we are going to leverage all the elements of our national power against Iran. And we're sending a clear message like You say to China, to Russia, to Pakistan, to Iran, I mean, to Iraq and others that are doing the business with Iran. But, Colonel, we already see that they just hit a merchant ship today. Uh hour shifted.

So they blew up the engine of a and they were going across the Oman side of the strait. Yeah, we've been getting a lot of A freighter's threw.

So they hit him.

So don't you think we got to hit back as soon as that happens?

Well, yes. I mean, that's what the thing is.

Well, see, that's why I said you don't look at these things in isolation. You don't look at these things in silos. You can continue to prosecute military operations. You can continue to have economic sanctions as a part of this. You can continue to have diplomatic isolation as a part of this.

You have to have a very direct and concerted and dedicated information operation campaign targeting to the Iranian people to let them know what is going on because they're just getting propaganda.

So all of these different things have to be together. You don't say that now we're moving to this phase and we're going to not use so much a military phase. They're all interrelated. They're all integrated. And that's why you have to have a good, solid strategic plan in order to execute that.

Here's what Ismail Bagai said. He's the Iranian foreign minister, Cut 33. Iran will make use of all its multilateral capabilities to counter the economic sanctions. All right. Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary just got the job, Cut 34.

If Trump decides to take further action, our response, our retaliation will be seismic. First, we'll tell all neighboring countries and countries around the world not to join the United States in its economic war. Any country that takes part in imposing economic restrictions on us will be regarded as enemy.

So that's where they stand. Let's see what they do. Yeah, and I think again that's where you have to continue to have the military options and continue to prosecute that, find the targets for these ballistic missiles and things of this nature. And I know that everybody is always so apprehensive and risk averse about the quote-unquote Buddhists on the ground things, but at some point in time, we have to have raid operations. We have to go after certain key points.

Again, when I look at Kesham Island and some Bandar Abbas, which is right there at the Strait of Hormuz, those are key strategic points. You look at Carg Island, those type of things. Or even if you know that there are certain launch points, certain facilities that are affecting that Strait of Hormuz zone, I mean, you need to be able to go after that to eliminate that and make sure, without a doubt, that it is no longer functional, capable, or has any capacity.

So I think that, again, this is where you sit down and you look at the strategic, the operational, and the tactical level. You have to make sure that all the Different tasks and purposes are intertwined with each other to make sure that you have the right type of goal. And I think the right type of goal now is to ensure that Iran cannot be a menace to the region. You have to ensure that now we are doing everything possible to degrade the decision-making capability and capacity of that ruling body, the IRGC. They're going to continue to come out and have these belligerent messages.

But this is where the information operation has to come in to let people know that here's the truth on the ground. All right, let's talk about Texas. And let's talk about what's happening with the Senate race there, which could make or break the Senate in the majority. Ken Paxton's got his hands full. He's trailing in most polls, but it's close.

He's really not working too hard. He's traveling with his girlfriend, and we know he's not even raising that much money. Governor Greg Abbott was asked about that over the weekend. I've heard from Republicans, Texas Republicans, who have real concerns about Ken Paxton, the nominee for Senate and for your party. They say he's not working hard enough, he's not raising money, he's got too much baggage.

Do you share some of those concerns?

Well, let's put in context where Kim Paxton is in his campaign, and that is he was in a three-month-long runoff that demanded capital, it demanded campaigning, demanded his attention. And so he's just now catching up in the campaign process with Tallarico. Listen, I've talked to him, and we're working with him, and he knows clearly the contrast he's going to be able to show with Tallarico. Tell Rico got away with something, and that is with Kim Paxton campaigning, I guess, John Cornyn as opposed to Tallarico.

Well, he he uh Tellerico had At Crockett, whether you agree with anything she says or everything she says, that was a race. Yeah, and I will tell you that without a doubt, you sit around here and you see James Tallarico all over the place. And especially he is going into black communities, into the black churches. He got an endorsement from a pastor down in Houston, Texas, which again is a head scratcher. But he is trying to make amends and trying to get that black vote, which is questionable since you have not had Jasmine Crockett come out and endorse him.

And I would say to Governor Abbott, who has a pretty good award chest himself, I don't know how well he is being threatened in his own reelection campaign, but maybe he should cut a check over to Ken Paxon to show that he is willing to stand and support him to win this Senate race. But right now, we've got to see a little bit more effort and talk about these issues. Talk about the oil and gas. Talk about the border, because these are critical issues to Texans. When you talk about affordability, the less answer to affordability is just for the government to take it over.

That contrast when you talk about rent control housing and how that looked over in the Soviet Union or East Berlin. We don't want these type of things here in Texas. We want to continue to have a great booming economy, and I think that Ken Paxton needs to get out and deliver that message.

So, what's it going to take to get him to work? Why does he want the nomination if he's not going to work for it? What work do you have to do? Brian, I think that you should have him on Fox and Friends, or you should have him on One Nation, and you should ask him directly. I can't get inside his work ethic.

Incredible.

So much at stake. I don't understand it. And I guess we're going to see what's going to happen because sooner or later, you just got to show up. And then it's what you believe, what you're going to say, and are you capable? We'll see where we stand.

So, when you look at what's happening on the left right now, the best thing to happen to Republicans is what's happening with the so-called big tent on the left, where they're accepting DSA members who get the nomination. I think about eight are going to get through. They got a lot of local wins, over 40 local wins in state and city. Chris Van Hollen was asked: Would you accept A endorsement from the DSA. Um here it is, cut 13.

Do you think the Democratic Socialists have a place in the Democratic Party, Senator? Yes, they do, as part of the debate. And in this upcoming election, Candidates can be very clear about where they strongly disagree with the DSA, which is probably on most issues. But they can also talk about their own plans.

So, you know, I'm not afraid of debate. I think that those in the Democratic Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point because voters, including Democratic voters, they don't want to simply return. to the pre-Trump status quo. What's he talking about? Debate.

Debate about should we abolish the Senate? Should we abolish the police? Should we abolish prison? Should we abolish the War Department? I mean, what's the about the border?

You want to I'm afraid of a debate? I mean, I just I gotta stop laughing. Yeah, you know, Cliff Connolly, who is on the political committee of the DSA, one of their leaders, is quoted as saying that he and his organization hate the Constitution. And they see the Constitution of the United States of America, our rule of law, as an obstacle to what their goal is. And so that's the question.

Does, you know, Chris Van Holland, who was there in the House of Representatives with me, does he believe in his oath? to the Constitution or does he believe that the Constitution is an obstacle for these people and their goal?

So I think that that's the contrast that we need to be making is that here is a group of people that do indeed hate our rule of law and they're seeking to overturn the basic foundation of the United States of America. And either you agree with it or you don't agree with it. If you agree with it, then I got to tell you, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I know where the line is drawn.

So I want you to hear what Abdul Sayed said about Sharia law. And you know, he got the Democratic nomination for Michigan to take on Mike Rogers, cut one. Getting rid of Sharia Law's white supremacy, can you explain that one? Do you know what canon law is, Jesse? I assume you're Christian, right?

Yeah, tell me.

Alright, so canon law is the name for Christian law. I don't begrudge you your right to practice your faith as you choose. I don't know why the idea that I could practice my faith as I choose is a problem. Nobody is trying to push Sharia law on anyone else, just like I hope nobody is trying to push canon law on anybody else, because we live in an America where you should have the freedom of your religion. So do you like that analogy?

No, it's a horrible analogy. And I would ask him how many churches are being built in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran. How many Christians do you see running for elected office in some of those countries as well?

So there is no freedom of religion. As a matter of fact, Sharia law in Islam is apostasy, leaving Islam for another faith, or just leaving Islam. That's punishable by death in several countries, to include Qatar. One of the things I think we need to understand is that Abdul Al-Syed is about to go speak at the Islamic Society of North America annual conference. The Islamic Society of North America, or ISNA, is one of the organizations listed in the 1991 Muslim Brotherhood explanatory memorandum where they call for a civilizational jihad.

See, that's what Jesse should have asked him about. Why are you going to speak at an organization that is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is a terrorist organization?

So we've got to get very savvy in how we are looking at these candidates that, and again, Sharia. Sharia law is something that is antithetical to our rule of law. And you see what is happening in the United Kingdom where they have these no-go zones, where they have this Sharia law jurisprudence instead of English common law. We don't want to have that in the United States. We won't.

How do you feel about Oracle possibly moving to Austin, Texas? You're getting a whole lot of that happening here. You know, you've got the Texas Stock Exchange that is coming here to the Dallas area where I live. The only thing I say is to those employees that are moving here, don't vote like you did in your previous residence and location. Don't screw up what we have here in Texas because the reason why you're coming here is because we have these economic opportunities.

We don't want to go in a different direction. All right. Colonel Allen West, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Always a pleasure.

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Uh A radio show like no other. It's Brian Killmead. What's up, y'all? Just finished up an event here in the community in Brooklyn. I wanted to give you a little real talk on this Jared Kusner situation.

He asked for a meeting. And I took it to discuss the affordability crisis that exists that is not a hoax. At the same period of time, I shouldn't have to say it, but I am. No one is going to get a pass. We're going to hold every single member of the Trump cartel accountable beginning on day one.

If you're stealing from the American people, shortchanging the American people, or screwing over the American people, You're going to be held accountable.

So Hakeem Jeffries is responding to some backlash that he got from his party because he met with Jared Kushner. I don't know where it went, who set it up. They have a mutual friend that did it, saying that Jared Kushner called him, works for him politically. We'll find out. But what Kushner did is a filling out process.

They know each other because they worked on criminal justice reform together. They're both from New York City, one Brooklyn, one Manhattan. And I think Jared Kushner pretty much is a Democrat who works for his father-in-law and is extremely loyal. I'm surprised you would pick up the phone and talk to him unless there was something else going on. Because I think it's far from a done deal that the Republican is going to lose the House.

You got to be kidding. Why if Akeem Jeffries became the Speaker, likely to become the Speaker, I could see reaching out. But I also think it's the wrong message to send the Republicans. Wait, Jared? That means you assume?

They've already saying the president when he goes in there, after all, he's related to the president.

So then everyone on the left says, is Keem Jeffries being, I guess, Wind and dine in order to not prosecute and not offer subpoenas. But it does give you an idea of what everyone expects on the left. When you get in there, you're going to sue. When you get in there, you're going to offer subpoenas. When you get in there, you're going to impeach.

Is that really what the cycle we're going to be back on? And I think Republicans are not immune from that either. They'll do an investigation, absolutely, try to find out what goes on in 2020, what happened those ensuing years, what happened in Afghanistan, because no one ever looked at it. But Democrats are going to go right back to January 6th and go right back to trying to impeach the President, which is, by the way, a huge distraction and a benefit of Republicans. You're not going to impeach him.

And it's a huge distraction because as everyone tries to position themselves from 2028, you're still fighting the last war, which would be a President in his last year.

So that is sad that Akeem Jeffries has to do damage control and open up a statement of a future speaker if he ever gets the majority and say. Hey you all. As if he's from the South. Kind of a Interesting way to approach everything. But the whole Big Ten thing is a huge problem for Democrats.

Hillary Clinton spoke about it.

Now, I would think Hillary Clinton, like James Carville, Who, by the way, was outraged that Akeem Jeffries met with the president. The guy's crazy. But Hillary Clinton Basically, he said get out of the party. Rob Emmanuel said, get out of the party. Here's Hillary Clinton in East Hampton, New York on C-SPAN, cut 11.

You know, Democratic Party right now is, I think, going through a kind of experiment. Like, who can actually respond, particularly to young people's very real concerns about where they are at this point in their lives and what kind of future do they have for themselves? And I think that's healthy. You know, I don't agree with a lot of the positions that people take, but I want to see results. Come on, can you at least make a stand?

You're out of politics now. Can you do the right thing and say that is not a democratic message, abolishing the Senate, prisons, border? You can't have that. They're as simple as that. But no, oh, it's a big tenant, it's an experiment to see what works.

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So glad you're there. It's the Brian Kilming Show coming to you from Midtown Manhattan, heard around the country, around the world. Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann is going to be with us too, conducting coordinated task force pineapple, author of Nobody is Coming to Save You, Goreen Beret's Guide to a Successful Life. We're also looking at a five-year anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal, which is one of the biggest disasters in American history, and the Abbey Gate bombing on top of that. Also mentioning he's also had a one-man play.

We'll do a simulcast with Stuart Varney and Doug Collins is here, the 12th Secretary of Veterans Affairs. But first, let's get to the big three. Number three. Let me be clear. Any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S.

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It's not good timing for the midterms, especially when it comes to Michigan and Maine. Number one. I reject Hassan Piker's ideology, whether it was seeming to celebrate or at least excuse 9-11. The Democratic Party does not stand for what Hassan Piker stands for. Democratic Congressman Jake Auchinschlaus of Massachusetts, midterm madness.

Radical Dems running from anti-Semitic, racially charged comments from their extremist candidates. Big Ten policy is turning into big-time problems. And Doug Collins, in your former life, Not only are we in the military, But in your form of life, you're also in politics. Just a little bit. And it seems like some of the stuff that's coming out of the Democrats, why they accept a big tent for some of the with these radicals there that want to abolish the borders, abolish the Secretary of War, the whole department, abolish prisons.

And even some of them say, well, that's not all me. The one in Florida, pretty much, yeah, that's it.

Well, it's amazing to me. Used to, when you run as Republican, we always had to make the implication. And I will say this, you know, 15, 16 years ago. Democrats want to take your guns. Democrats want to have socialized medicine.

Democrats want to tax the rich. It was sort of implication because the Democrats will sort of hide their motives as they go. They don't hide them anymore. And to me, this idea is what I just said, the congressman just said, is the first standing up to say, no, this is not a big tent. You're actually inviting socialists to come into the country and to our party and change historically who we are.

Right. And go ahead, I guess. Numbers are numbers. But Medicare for all, you know, Matt, you're dealing with healthcare now in the VA. It's impossible.

Yeah, the math is wrong. And for him to get on that interview last night and say, well, I don't know how much it's going to cost. Look, that's a cop-out. But here's how they're getting elected. And this is the thing you talked about in Michigan.

Michigan voters need to see what has been said before he got on the campaign trail. They need to see where these candidates were. And this candidate is for all those things.

Now he's saying, well, I think voters want to do this more than this. He tries to play the off number, like, you know, ask about guns. I think more people are worried about cost of living than they are about gun control. No. You didn't answer the question.

You didn't answer the question. You're going to be a United States senator who votes on everything from seemingly trash pickup to fundamental go to war. I said, you have to have answers for this to know. What's really interesting to me, have you noticed this? In South Carolina, Senator Graham's darling.

Darlene. She answered a question that most, you know, everybody sort of jumped on her about on foreign policy. Media jumped on it, everybody jumped on it. I don't see the left-wing meeting, everybody else going after him for dodging every question he was asked last night. He came on to show himself as this middle-of-the-road kind of guy.

Y'all have all made these stories up about me. This is crazy. And it's just not. You've got to answer questions. I know.

I'll say, too, the thing is, politics. A lot of it is uncomfortable situations, how do you get out of it? But one way is To And be asked a question and just answer a totally different question. And then when you said something in the past, you can't say, well, no one cares about that.

Well, people do care about Sharia law. I'm pretty sure most people are against it. Yeah, when he also gets on the stage and he didn't Break himself from Piker. You know, he didn't Hassan. And what made it, he got on stage.

There's an inherent implicit, especially if you do it more than once. I mean, sometimes, you know, if you've been to events and I've been to events where, you know, all of a sudden somebody that you know or, you know, really don't get it, but you see each other, there's a picture taken, whatever. When you're getting on stage, And they're supporting you and you're supporting them. That's implicit. Anti-Semitic.

That's implicit that you are agreeing with this person. Otherwise, why would you bring their back in the middle? This is the last days of a campaign. Yeah, why would you bring them on the table? Right.

Now, we deserve 9-11 and the I'll take Hamas any day over Israel. And basically, it says the Jews are going to get shot in the street yesterday. Oh, yeah.

So it's just incredible.

So let's talk about the VEA right now. You've been there for about two years. What do you think your greatest accomplishment is? I think right now is a culture change in the sense of taking the veterans, putting them first, and having our staff. Understand they have the freedom to do exactly that.

That was the one thing, and you and I have talked about this a lot over the last year and a half, and just saying, what was the changes being made?

Well, it only came after our employees who had been told basically for so long to stay inside this little box, everything you do is wrong, this kind of thing.

So they got to where they were only, quote, following the book, even if the book was not veteran friendly in many ways.

So now they're free up by our executive directors. We've reorganized our hospital system and we're in the final stages of that, which is making it easier for our directors to get answers, our veterans to get care. We've opened up three million new appointment times. I mean, we've done stuff that is pretty amazing. But it took those employees saying, you know, hey, I've got a secretary now that's got my back.

There's somebody that said, if we go out and we help somebody, they're not going to turn on us.

So right now, when you talk about a wait, what time of wait times are you looking at? We're back within our normal wait time.

Some areas, it's just like every other healthcare system. I think that's one thing we have to take. We're the only hospital system that actually measures wait times. Nobody else, none of the hospitals around here, what measures. They wouldn't even know what you're talking about if you ask them.

For us, it was because of the disasters of Phoenix and Augusta and everything on the wait list stuff.

So we said if you don't do it in 20-something days, or you live so far away, you can go to community care.

Well, I've taken a whole different tact. We've actually opened up more community care opportunities, which is the law under the Mission Act, than anybody has since the Mission Act came in. President Trump said, Let's get these folks where they need help, and we're saying we're doing our hospitals or we're doing it in the community. Have you felt the impact of the Iraq conflict? Not really in this point.

I mean, we will, again, most active duty folks. I mean, I think probably for some who, you know, have buddies still out there or there's some discussions about that. It brings back thought I've seen several times. But for us, we're keeping on what we got. PTSD is still in majority?

Oh, very much so. It is. And it's coming off everything. We still have that. I mean, going back as far as Vietnam and others.

So we're still, but we're also making new treatments, new opportunities, new telehealth options. I've been the last... About three weeks, I've been on the road constantly from Alaska to middle of the country to back to here and back and forth. And, you know, what we're seeing is we're operating opportunities in rural areas, urban areas for people to get care and to not feel like they're alone. And also, just since the first year, we've added over 250,000.

New people to the system.

So we're actually growing the system of people who didn't want to come in or didn't know they had the ability to come into the VA system. That's going to help us long term because if we can get them earlier when they're in crisis or if they're in earlier and they're not taking care of themselves, it cuts the cost and enhances their life history. What about psychedelics? Because we watched that press conference with Joe Rogan on a Saturday, and I thought, what's that going to do for veterans? Yeah, it's going to help out.

I think one of the things, for anything, it just gives the veteran another choice. This is big in the veteran community, especially the Ibogaine issue, which right now is still not legal in the U.S.

So veterans are having to go across to Mexico and everywhere to get it. Ibogaine is a treatment that is frankly psychedelic, but it's a nasty treatment. I must be honest. Even the ones who've had it, and I know that they've had the treatment and they said they work for them, you're sick. It's one that just sort of.

It's really sick. Yeah, it wrings out the body, but it actually, what they say is it's actually helped. Undlike MDMA, psilocybin, some of these others, which is more of a. Traditional psychedelic experience. But we're not able to do it here.

So we're working through FDA right now to get at least some kind of trial. VA is working closely. We have signed a memorandum understanding with Bobby Kennedy and the rest of them to get this done because we needed to make sure that the protocols were in place so that we could make sure this was working for how we needed to work.

So what do you have to do to get the FDA to ever green light this? There are right now. In fact, the EO said you will. You're going to find a way to get this done on a fast track to get some treatment or some trials going.

So we're working with them. It's going to take probably through the end of the year, first year, but hopefully by next year, we'll at least have a path forward. What's the suicide right now? I think, depending on the number, it's still in the 17 to 30 range. Again, some of it's lower, some of it's higher, depends on the thing.

But I think what we're seeing now is more people getting help, more people coming forward getting help. We're opening up more mental health opportunities, counseling opportunities. There's still a big thing, just as it is in regular society, that people don't want to admit that there's an issue. Um How many times have you and I, or friends that we know, just carried something, carried something, carried something? And then finally, when you talk to somebody, you know, either what you've had built over your hand didn't exist or it was just that worry that wasn't there.

So, um, but for folks coming out of war zones and who experienced bad stuff, I mean, you carry that stuff long enough. You know, your body will only take it. You know, to a certain extent.

So what is your thoughts five years since uh Abbey Gate? Is this one of the saddest part of history? To me. There's a big difference right now in President Trump and the Trump advance administration when dealing with what we're doing in engagements is there is at least a A focus, a purpose. Here's what we're doing.

Here's why we're doing it. Here's who we're doing it to. You didn't have that. And for those of us who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, when you saw what happened under Obama, how we left Iraq and it just was up and gone. We got Afghanistan where we moved from our biggest base, just gave it to them, moved to downtown in an area that we knew was full of insurgents.

It's just really sad. And they're blaming it on Trump. They said what Trump was pulling out. No, no, no. Here's a flashback to President Biden.

Talking about how successful the Afghanistan exit was, Cut 42. The extraordinary success of this mission. was due to the incredible skill Bravely. And the selfless courage of the United States military and our diplomats. and intelligence professionals.

So, for all this talk of chaos, I just didn't see it. Not from my purge. It was a logistical success, but a strategic. Failure. Was it perfect?

Of course not. I recommended that we maintain 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. Yeah, those guys kind of outed him eventually, but it was Joe Biden's sole decision. Yeah.

Well, it was a political decision. And if you remember, this was 20 years ago. This was the 20th anniversary of 9-11. He announced it in the end of the spring. I mean, it's like telling somebody you're going to go steal something from their house, but I'm going to do it in three months.

Don't be there.

Well, you sort of get, and look, everybody, you know, he goes back and tries to do President Trump on this. I was there in Congress and we were listening to President Trump, how his withdrawal was going to go. And there were going to be troops left. We were going to get all of our main troops out, but we're going to leave some there. And it was always going to be contingent upon there being security in the country.

And Biden just threw that out the window. Yeah, circumstances. Certain goals met. And you know Trump's ego. You think he would have allowed the Taliban to take back Cobbled?

Have you met him? No. You remember he said here's a picture of your family if you make a move? Exactly. And Doug Collins, I just do want to ask you a little bit about Georgia.

You have John Ossoff. People look as a presidential candidate as if they're going to run right through Mike Collins. I don't really know Michael Collins. Can you tell me about this man? Yeah, I mean, Mike's a good guy.

He's a working class Georgian. He knows the folks down there. He became rich. Yeah, he had a trucking company. His daddy was a congressman before.

He ran later. But I think he relates well to people. The big thing right now is Osoff has what Democrats always do. He's little substance. He's, you know, frankly, you know, I've watched him run now down there several times.

He stayed under the radar. Nobody really knows his, you know, he tried to hide his liberal positions. And the Democrats are peeling it with money down there. It's going to be a close race. You think it's going to be close?

I'm going to be close. But Mike is. You know, then our voters have to show up. I think that's the big key. President Trump talked about this in South Carolina a week ago.

You know, act like he's on the ballot. And because we've seen this before when he's not on the ballot, just like, but also I'll be very clear. We've seen this beginning to be a process in presidential years and off-presidential years on both parties as we go forward. But I think Georgia's going to be close. Georgia is a lean right state.

Um that in certain conditions, if our voters don't show up, then it leads over because our five metros are beginning to grow. Wow. I mean, it's still growing. Oh, very much so. So what do you think, Governor Kemp?

Why didn't Governor Kemp not run? Do you think he's got a president? No, I think he's I think frankly he's Brian. I've known Brian for 25 years. I think he's tired.

I think he's ready to he's had a I mean, think about his eight years has encompassed the 2020 election, COVID, I mean, their aftermath and everything else. And so I think he'll do something. I mean, there's a lot of talk about him doing other things. Maybe, maybe not. Are you staying with the administration?

I'm staying right now. I got a job I love what I'm doing. You love what you're doing? I do. We're able to make changes, Brian.

I think that's the biggest issue that we've seen. At times, I've got to do that. But you cut back. Oh, yeah.

And you've got criticism for it.

Well, we refocused. And what we're saying is, do we have enough to do the job that we have? And we let roughly 30,000 people take early retirement. And we've seen successes since then because what we did is the group that we allowed to take early retirement were not our clinical care, were not the people who were actually doing the actual jobs the VA is supposed to be doing. The Biden administration just went.

Wild hiring people. Didn't really care where they went, their administration positions, you know, clerical positions, everything else. But, you know, So, when we looked at it, said, do we need this amount of people? And can we take that money and refocus it on clinical care, claims work, disability claims, those kinds of things? And so far, we've seen really good results from it.

I think the biggest thing is just like every other hospital system in the country, I need doctors, I need nurses, I need LPNs. This is a clinical shortage. For folks listening to your radio show, if they've got kids right now, encourage them to go. If they want a job, go into the medical profession, go into the doctor, nurses, LPNs, CNAs, even. I mean, those are the kinds of jobs that we need.

But it's not just me, it's overall. Healthcare. Healthcare as well. But for me, one of the things we're working with Congress on, and I'm looking forward to hopefully they'll go and get this, is I'm going to disadvantage on doctors because I can't pay them as much as private and public do. And that is a real problem for me when I hire because I have a cap on my mouth.

And so I have certain doctors like anesthesiologists and some others. The gap is several hundred thousand dollars. Yeah, you and football and the NBA want that salary cap raised. Absolutely. Can we help this a little bit?

I'm not going to bring College Pro back to college, though. You don't do that yet. You're going to keep him pro. Doug Collins, thanks so much. The 12th Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Thanks, Doug. Brian, it's good to be with you. Back in where big stories meet bigger conversations. Stay informed and energized with the Brian Killmeat Show. Yeah.

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Really? So, if Jewish, is this idiot Hassan Piker's premise that if you back Israel, you're gonna get shot? If you're Jewish? Are you cra is this guy crazier, getting crazier every day?

So this is the guy that has RoConna says, what's wrong? I want a big tent. This is the guy that the Democrats outside Jake Oshin cost and a few others like Former Governor Cuomo. You know, find that you can tolerate this guy. It's no problem.

This guy has son. Sam Piker is the one that That's what it is. Um That Abdul El-Saeed decides to campaign within the final days of his campaign to get the Democratic nomination from Haley Stevens. And he says crazier things every single day, including singing a mocking song about Charlie Kirk's death over the weekend and then giggling through it. who, by the way, he had a chance to meet and debate.

So Not only should you not be doing that, a guy that just got assassinated. Around your age, a year ago. By some psycho. And you're mocking him. And this is the guy, this is the thought leader on the left.

I mean how much how much longer would you would you ever tolerate that That was your company, your party. I know you wouldn't. We come back. Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann will be with us. Hewlett and the Brain kill me each other.

Then we'll do a sample cast, Stuart Born. If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmead. Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann joins us now, conducting coordinated task force pineapple, author of Nobody's Coming to Save You, a Green Beret's Guide. It's a five-year mark since the Afghanistan withdrawal that resulted in many things, including our reputation, but also the bombing at Abbey Gate.

Colonel, welcome back. And of course, you also have your one-man show. Yeah, thanks for having me, Brian. What is the latest on that? This is your second show.

This is a second show. The first one was Last Out Elegy of a Green Beret, which was also about Afghanistan. But this one is adapted from Operation Pineapple Express, the book. I do 24 characters in 90 minutes, and it's called 11 Days. Story of Operation Pineapple Express, and it's touring the country.

We're in New Jersey tomorrow night, the anniversary, the five-year anniversary of Abby Gate in Carteret, New Jersey, honoring the 13 who fell. And Gary Sinise is going to be there to help us honor and remember, and it should be a very powerful show.

So, how do you get tickets? If you go to tfpineapple.org. Tf pineapple dot org, you can get tickets there. What are your reflections of the disaster which was at the Afghanistan pullout? Oh, man, I mean, I don't know what you're hearing, but because we travel with the play, Brian, and I do so much work with veterans in the talk backs afterwards, I've traveled all over the country, more than 40 cities, and I'm listening to what they're going through.

And these are amazing humans that volunteered multiple times, gold star mothers, gold star spouses. And they're honestly wondering, you know, five years later, did what we do matter? Did it matter? Did we make a difference? Because the page was turned so quickly.

And I think that's the biggest thing right now is that we're doing with this play is to remind them it absolutely did matter. It did make a difference. You kept us safe for 20 years, and we're never going to forget it. And also, Al-Qaeda has been wiped out. You're talking about generations of their leadership, and ISIS been beaten down.

And we got a looking glass view of what it was like in that terror-torn region. And you gave them 20 years to get a sense of Western culture, a chance at education, women's rights. You cannot prop up another nation. Infinitely, but the way we left just made everything worse. Just the way we left, and I think that I do believe you're right.

I think that the chapter has not been written on Afghanistan. I think there's still a world where they rise back up on their own, and I hope they do. The other thing I think, though, is also just the moral injury that was inflicted on a lot of our veterans with their value code, just the betrayal. You know, just leaving your allies like that in a lurch. That's something we were raised not to do.

And the way that our government did that, it really put these veterans in a place where they've been on the phone with these people for five years.

Some have cashed in their pensions, their retirements, their mental health is in the toilet. And so I think that's the other thing we're trying to do with this play is to just help Americans remember that there's a whole generation of warfighters that are still feeling this, much like our Vietnam veterans did, and we don't need to just turn the page on. Here's hit General Frank McKenzie, who has owned up to mistakes. And I've enjoyed his insight. I've never met him, but I enjoyed his insight in other things.

But when, in my view, when he was told by Joe Biden that you're going to have to leave a certain amount of troops, he just said, no, we've got to totally leave. He should have stood up and just said, it's impossible. This is going to be a disaster. Here he is explaining the pullout, Cut 41. We believe that Kabul would fall if we pull out our troops.

It was just a question of when Kabul would fall. And we have been saying that really since the fall of the year before. That had been a consistent position of Central Command, our subordinates in Afghanistan, that if we leave, they're going to collapse. And they did. Yeah.

And they're all. And Billy knew it too. Yeah, and there were a lot of us who just asked, you know, why didn't you put your stars on the table? You know, and it's five years later, and, you know, look, these general officers are feeling a lot of the pain, just like other people do as well. And I don't want to take anything away from that.

I do think, though, it's time for the leaders of the military, veterans and active duty, to come together and really do some work on crystallizing the lessons learned from this. What went wrong, what went right, what do we need to do differently next time? Because we're getting a habit, Brian, of bailing on our allies. And that's what I worry about a lot having a kid in the military. I don't want to see my children have to go and try to build rapport in a place because we've eroded our reputation for sticking with our friends.

And by the way, Ukraine, too. 100%. I'm 100% with Ukraine. They deserve to be supported. They'll fight like warriors, like Spartans.

That's right. And you will never find in modern history an insurgency that stands on its own without outside support, including the United States, right? When we revolted against Great Britain, we had outside support. It's called France. That's right.

And for us to just sit by and watch Afghanistan and Ukraine flounder like that, to me, it's not just bad policy. It's immoral. And so one of the things that we're trying to do with our storytelling, with our plays, is to help Americans understand that when you make a commitment, when you make a promise, you break it, you buy it. You've got to honor it. You don't just throw young men and women into the fray.

Have them make these commitments and then just turn the page when it becomes politically inconvenient. That's not who we are as Americans, and we're better than that, whether it's Republicans, Democrats. And so that's what this play is about. It's me testifying for 90 minutes as 24 characters in a House Foreign Affairs Committee testimony that was just political theater. This time we're testifying for real.

So how much of an aide has been Gary Sineese since he understands the military as much as anyone can as a civilian, and he's a fantastic actor? You know, he is. And by the way, he started his own theater company. He is amazing. Everything you see on him on TV is that he's exactly that way.

You know, he sponsored Last Out in 2023. For us to tour around the country. He has come to the show. He has been there for us at every turn. He is our generation's Bob Hope and then some.

And when I called him and I said, hey, Gary, on August 26th, we're going to honor the 13 fallen. We're going to honor all those who served and even the veterans who stood up. He said, I'll be there. He didn't even blink an eye. And even after losing his son Matt to Cantor and trying to get his music out into the world, Gary's kind of hitting the pause button to come be with us for one night and put his arm around all these veterans and tell them that they matter.

So let me ask some. And you might not know, but I know you know a lot of people involved with the Pentagon today. Do they understand that a lot of those officers were asked to do a job and they're not political? It seems like anyone that helped with Afghanistan had been fired. Yeah.

And it's not politic. If they told Lieutenant Scott Mann to help out Barack Obama's administration, you're wearing a uniform. That's it. It doesn't mean that you voted for him. Yeah, no, I appreciate the intellectual honesty on it.

I honestly. I gotta believe they know that. You know, I've got friends in that building. But what I will tell you is that I kind of scratch my head when I look at that because it's-so many people gotten fired. Yeah, a lot of people have.

And my thing is, every single officer and leader has to make up their own mind in those moments of moral choice. You know what I mean? Like, you have to decide if you're going to put your rank on the table or not. But I will certainly tell you that the men and women that were implementing on the ground, executing, they had no choice. They did the best they could with what they had.

What does bother me, Brian, is that all these years later, five years later, we still have not had an effective after-actions review on what happened, what went wrong. How can we keep this from happening again? Because the best way out of a moral injury to moral recovery is to go over what went wrong and put assurances in place that it won't happen again. Lieutenant Colonel Scott Manner, yes. Scott, I know people that did the report that Joe Biden wouldn't hear.

First, they said he won't sit through a half-hour demonstration. They go, what about he'll hear an oral report?

So he did it. Then he said, well, he'll do 10 minutes. Then he said, the 10 minutes is canceled. But the reports have been written. Oh, and they're exhaustive in detail.

I know exactly who you're talking about. He's been a huge asset to Pineapple Express as well, post-report. And he told me the same thing, that he couldn't even get an audience with President Biden's chief of staff. And that's my point. I think on both sides of the aisle, our senior leaders are so far removed from what went down there and, more importantly, what our men and women are feeling right now.

That's what I worry about. And if they're feeling that, and this is two generations. Vietnam and Afghanistan. We can't continue this. A volunteer army is not an entitlement, it's a social contract that has to be preserved.

Also, look, I don't hate generals. Uh I mean, I I look at uh Chris Donahue. Had a chance to get to know him over the last five years. Everybody who talks to him, it's a reputable reputation, he's got this unbelievable reputation. He gets fired because he's the last man out of Afghanistan as if it were his idea to leave.

Yep. And, you know, Chris Donahue, Scott Miller, Ed Reeder, a lot of these humans who carry amazing loads on their backs, they did everything they could for years. They gave more than most of us will ever be able to fathom. And honestly, in the beginning, I was hard on them too. When I wrote the book, I asked questions that were hard questions, but I felt like I was asking questions that the men and women wanted to know.

But at the end of the day, no, I'm the same way. I think it's about time we come together and find ways to address what went wrong, crystallize the lessons learned, and let's tell the story so the next generation of warfighters doesn't inherit this.

So why is recruiting up? Yeah.

Well, look, I think a lot of what's going on.

Well, first of all, Americans have short memories. I mean, all you have to do is look at the institutional multi-decade abandonment of our country. We forget it. We turn the page like it never even happened, Brian. And you see it over and over again.

And Americans are always kind of focused on what's going on in the here and now. I do think the Pentagon has done a good job of basically changing the focus of the military. It's making it cool to be in the military. I like it. It's going to be in the military again.

However, I think that we've turned the page on a chapter of a 20-year war. Without reading the chapter. That we didn't read the book. Read it. We just turned it.

We said, you know what? Those kinds of wars are not for us anymore. We're going to focus on China and Russia.

Well, we know from experience that when you do that, that kind of stuff follows you home. And if we don't learn these lessons, my fear is al-Qaeda, ISIS-K, they reconstitute, and we have an October 7 on our own shores, not another 9-11, if we don't learn these lessons and learn how to be better partners with our country. We're coming up on 25 years since that day. 11 Days, the story of Operation Pineapple, a nationwide tour right now. One more time for tickets?

Yep, Carteret, New Jersey, August 26th, tfpineapple.org, tfpineapple.org. All right, Scott, great to see you again. Thanks, Brian. Back in a moment. We do a simulcast with Stuart Varney.

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So we'll be able to do that. You know, it's just interesting. One of the things that we're not going to be discussing, but I want to bring up, you know, I love the fact that Akeem Jeffries met with Jared Kushner. I wonder about morale. On the right, if you think that Jared Kushner is meeting with as if he's going to be speaker already, when it's very much in play.

But the fact is I think that both sides got to be working with each other. I've been saying this. for a while. They got to get to a point where you have an election. And you win?

but the other side doesn't lose. But now it seems like it's not possible. Just after 10:51 Eastern, that means it's Brian Kill meantime. Brian, great to have you here. Last night, let's get right to it.

Far-left Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El Saeed joined Fox News. He was grilled on his stance on the Second Amendment. Listen to this, I'll get your comment. You want to replace the right to bear arms. with the right to health care.

You don't want to replace the Second Amendment, do you?

Well, look, man, I think more people are more worried about whether or not they can see a doctor than the question. I mean, you're dodging the question. Do you want to replace the Second Amendment? More people are more concerned about seeing a doctor. 75% of the country likes the health care coverage they have.

I don't want to screw that up. No, 75% of the country wants guaranteed health care through Medicare for all.

So maybe you have your facts out here. I know you have the alternative facts over here. You know, Brian, you never did answer the question, do you want to do away with the Second Amendment? I mean, surely, does this turn away Michigan voters? What say you?

Of course it does. But the thing is, Ashley, if you have these beliefs, whatever they are, Just be willing to back it up. Don't change the subject.

So let's say you're pro-Second Amendment, you want everyone to have a gun. When someone asks you about it, don't say, can you believe this weather? You just, what are you afraid of? Just answer the question because you've said that in the past.

Well, you know, no one cares about that. No, no, you said it. And people care about it. You might want to run on four things, but if you get this job for six years, This is not going to be just four things on your plate. People want to know during the interview process, which the campaign is, how are you going to react in different situations?

For example, you think $1.5 trillion is too much for defense.

Okay, now I know you might be shutting down the government because of that. But do you know that that's 5% of the GDP? And you're pro-NATO, yes, right?

Well, NATO says you have to spend 5% of your GDP.

Well, that's more than Reagan.

Well, the GDP is a lot bigger now. Oh, you don't like the tax cuts?

Well, do the math. Revenue grew 7%. Maybe not as fast as the deficit. You want Medicare for all? How much is it going to cost?

This guy's a Rhodes Scholar.

So you're not pulling him off the, you know, you're not pulling him out of grammar school. This guy's a Rhodes Scholar.

So if I'm going to say Medicare for all, I'm just going to know how much it's going to cost. Instead, when asked, he changes the subject. And we all know this. We're not going to be, we're not, we're not, the wool is not over anybody's eyes. You're saying, wow, he does not know what Medicare is.

for all means, money-wise. Yeah.

Absolutely. He doesn't want to get into it. But I've got to get to this one, Brian, very near and dear to your heart. Senator Bernie Sanders says he's fed up with the cost of youth sports in the U.S. He says corporate greed is to blame for all of this.

And I know, Brian, you played soccer, so did your kids. I mean, do you feel like costs are getting out of control? What a bizarre thing to focus on. You know, it's interesting, Ashley, it is an issue, and I know it because so I played soccer my whole life. I took five, six coaching courses in order to learn how to teach it.

Just because you can read, I don't know, I can't really teach reading. I need to go to school to learn how to teach.

So still When I was coaching, I watched the transfer. Parents want the trainers now.

So even though I played, they'll take a former NFL player and say, no, no. I you know, I want somebody else coaching my kid because they don't want You know, you're coaching your kid or whatever it is. It's nothing to do with corporations at all. It's just one of those things where you want your trainer, you want your team, you want to travel. And next thing you know, a middle-class person or a working-class person going paycheck to paycheck says, My kid can't play baseball, soccer, lacrosse, and football.

I can't afford it.

So we're at that point. The problem he has is forget about corporate. It's not corporate. It is capitalism. And what you do is you come up with a model.

That doesn't cost as much, and people will run to that model. Or you go out and get corporate sponsorships. Dick Sporting Goods is sponsoring a lacrosse club. Boom, there you go. That's going to be affordable.

You come up with a model that works. I am concerned about youth sports, but school sports is free. And there are ways to go around it. Very good.

So very good, Brian.

Sounds like you got a career ahead in that championing that cause. Brian, we're out of time, but great stuff as always. Go get him, Ashley. Thanks so much. Appreciate it.

And we were talking about that today on Fox and Friends. It's a hot issue for the American public. I will say right now, growing up, I played soccer. And if there was the cost there is today, you know, $4,000 season. I would not have been able to play.

So, your answer is: you just play for school, or you just end up doing other things. There's ways around it, but there really shouldn't be ways around it. But here's the other thing. How many people Are happy when parents coach. There were people complaining a lot about parents.

Oh, my parent, the parent who coaches their kid thinks their kid is fantastic, or is really hard on their kid, or plays their neighbor more than they are their neighbor, or because parents don't get along, the kid doesn't get picked.

So, a lot of that stuff figures into this too.

So, I had Rob Gronkowski on. And he said to me, There are plenty of things to play. He played three, four sports up until his senior year in high school. It wasn't even football. It wasn't clear it was going to be football.

And he says, there's always things you can do for free.

Well, what happens is, When you have Rob Gronkowski on your team, one of the best athletes in the country. If your dad, if their deaf mother or father couldn't afford it, Miraculously, that kid gets scholarship. Because that kid produces wins. The other thing you're gonna think I'm crazy at Not enough about standings and victories. Too much about team.

I want to play on this team that's going to be in this showcase, and not enough. I've been on my team for three years, and we're finally ready to win a division. or win a state championship. Not enough of that. I want to keep standings and keep score early on.

But just don't make it all about winning, but make the goal winning. Understood? See how you feel about that. BrianKillme.com. Just go ahead and click on comments.

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So glad you're there. It's the Brian Killmead Show moving through. We're going to be breaking down what's going on with this Ron Deal and Operation Screw Ron to the wall. Benham Ben Tableau will be with us from the, he's director of. FTD's Iran program, and we're gonna find out where you go from there.

Kennedy is here in studio. She is from the Crime. She's from the she's the host of the Kennedy Saves the World podcast. And the world needs saving. Sure does, Brian.

Sure does.

So should I stand too? The problem is we don't I mean can you put the Mike up? Because it seems Oh, here you go. Ha ha ha. But in case people don't know, we want to see in the stream, you were holding it up like a rock star.

Metal screaming rock star. Right. How many shows are you on today?

Well, I did uh America's Newsroom doing this, doing the big money show. Prior to go home, write an article for the Daily Mail. Ah, this is hurting my neck. Do you know what you're going to write on? No, no.

I wrote three articles last week. It was a very busy week. Euphel Mu ha what does your editor do to your articles? They usually help with punctuation or no, I'm pretty good with punctuation. I actually am very good at finding other people's typos.

So, when my editor goes through and edits it, I'm always like, this needs a capital M. And I think I kind of drive him crazy.

Okay. But they take out. I I d I definitely like put in some racy language and they take that out. They soften the Daily Mail is trying to be a little less racy. Yeah.

So. I I'm s I'm struck by this. Let's big picture.

Okay. With Jared Kushner. Yeah.

Okay. It's a pretty good start. What's wrong with that? Both sides are outraged. We're Democrats more than Republicans.

Democrats can't believe it. That means they're trying to soften you up. You're here to prosecute. You're there to impeach. Republicans are, hey, we didn't lose the House.

Why are you giving in?

So Well, if if you do lose the house Oh, there's that guy. Who is that guy? That's Craig Carton from WFAN. Wow. That's a big deal.

He's coming to outkick. He's coming out, Kick. Good also. There's Gary Schreier. Could also, Gary.

He can't really hit. He's going to hit the showers.

So But if you do lose a house, like Jared Kushner is a negotiator. Like, he is a bring the two sides together person. Does the outrage get out of this? Right. Does the outrage show you that both sides are going to be afraid?

to once they Become a majority, whatever it is, to ever do any type of job. Yeah, it's really stupid. Like, I'm fine with it, and that I love an impasse in Congress because we spend less money. That's why I like it. I don't like this dug-in, you're either on my side or you're dead to me.

Like, we have to somehow get past that mentality. Like, it is so far past time that we do that. When I do my live shows, like, I'm doing big live shows this weekend in Tacoma, Washington at Tacoma Comedy Club. When I do my live shows, the very so I do a 45-minute set with PowerPoint. It is so much fun.

I tell stories about MTV. I tell some really racy stories that my daily mail editor has never seen. Tell some stuff about my daughter in college, which resonates more than anything. The number one question I get is. How can you stand sitting next to Jesska Tarlov?

Without fail, or How Dumb Is Jessica Tarlov? How often do you want to punch Jessica Tarlov in the face? And I answer things like, I like Jessica, she's my friend. Jessica Tarlov is a PhD. I could call her Doctor Tarlov if she were like Dr.

Joe Biden. She's not, thank God. And of course, I don't want to punch Jessica Tarlov. Right. I get that a lot too.

Yeah.

And I don't even sit next door to that off. And I tell people: we don't talk about politics. We talk about our kids, we talk about sports, we gossip about work. Wink. Every aspect of life outside of politics.

And we have a great friendship. More people need to know how to do that. And the ones who are in politics, there is so much common ground between individual legislators. There are so many bills that are written by Democrats and Republicans that don't make it to the docket. That maybe should, maybe shouldn't, but the point is, there is so much more cooperation than anyone that's on.

So the outrage is phony. And it's exhausting. After this came out on Sunday, I had to find a camera. Here's what he said in his green Yankee hat, which the Yankees should not have a green Yankee hat.

Well, maybe for St. Patrick's Day. CUD 43. What's up, y'all? Just finished up an event here in the community in Brooklyn.

I want to give you a little real talk on this Jared Kushner situation. He asked for a meeting. And I took it to discuss the affordability crisis that exists that is not a hoax. At the same period of time, I shouldn't have to say it, but I am. No one is going to get a pass.

We're going to hold every single member of the Trump cartel accountable beginning on day one. If you're stealing from the American people, shortchanging the American people, or screwing over the American people, you're going to be held accountable. How does that lower my rent payment? How does that lower the price of gas? How does that lower my insurance?

How does that do anything that people really care about? Like, sure, there are a lot of Democrats who hate President Trump, but still, those people, if they are in their own affordability crisis, Yeah. That's what you're going to do? Like impeachment, the Trump cartel, like tough guy language?

Well, I mean, where's your agenda? This is why the DSA is winning. This is it right there. But you know, they want to prosecute Trump, too. They will do that.

Oh, they want to shred the Constitution. They don't even want a president.

So, Catherine Clark is a minority whip. How did she respond to this deal, Cut forty-five? We are going to hold the crooks accountable. And so we will work with the White House. That's going to be part of our job and priorities.

So, which is it? Yeah.

Hard to have that one both ways. You know, there's a Democrats who said one of the worst things that could happen is for them to win the House because they'll focus on Trump. Where, if they're not, they'll focus on an agenda. Yeah.

And they're going to be fighting Trump. And look, he's not going to get impeached. You can say whatever you want, do an investigation. You could be outraged. And then they're going to say, wait, we're done with two years.

Like Gavin Newsom's and this guy, John Ossoff, is fighting Trump. They go, wow, he's taking a page from Newsom's book.

Well, what did Newsom get with that? Newsom peace. Lower poll ratings. Right. Like, he is absolutely evaporated in Democrat.

Presidential polling. And it's like, it hasn't worked. Like the knee pads and, you know, the stupid. Posting in Trump's voice on X, like all of it. Is so useless and people see right through it.

That's a problem. Like when you build your agenda on, you know, I hate Trump and we have an affordability crisis, and all you're doubling down on is the I hate Trump part, he's not gonna be president after 2028. Like, you gotta have more than that. That's why Their party has been eaten from within. You know, what's interesting is maybe it's a.

Trump, but I remember when George W. Bush, we had the economic crisis, John McCain's running for president against Barack Obama. I didn't hear anyone really ripping bush. He was like, okay, you know, John McCain's big decision was how much can I pay with him? Spend my campaign.

Yeah, yeah. Which was the dumbest thing. And Obama's like, thank you. I'm going to keep talking about people. Yeah, I mean that's is it, but like would they ever think of George Bush?

Now he's at like 60% approval rating. People go, I don't care about his decisions. I think he's a nice guy. And I think that. It sends such a great message when you see Bush 41 and Clinton getting along, and Bush 43 and Clinton getting along.

You hear them say nice things about each other. I think it brings the country, I think it brings the country together because you have less of the polarization because when you see less of it on top, I have a hunch. I don't know when it's going to happen, but I think it's going to be soon.

Soon it's going to be cool to do deals.

Soon it's going to be cool too. The immigration thing. They admitted they should never have collapsed the border. Yeah.

Now they admit the border was open. The Majorca lied to us flat out.

Now they admit the border is closed.

Now they can't just say we're not going to build a wall. The wall is going to be done soon. Yes.

So everyone said you can't get a deal done about immigration till they seal the border. They actually seal the border. If Trump is smart, He'll say Everyone's concerned about everything just going back when he's done, because did there anything executive orders? Let's do something on immigration reform.

So, Kennedy, when you When your daughter goes to marry that Norwegian and you want to get him, he wants to come over here and work for a while. Erling Holland. I would love for him to play soccer. Even with the hair cut. Don't like the haircut.

Not a fan. It's not a good haircut. That was my problem with it. It's not that, yeah, but it's like it looks piecey and bad. Like, they did a horrible job.

And we watched it. We watched it be cut and then shaved. Yeah.

Come on, man. But I'd still accept him into America. I would just the easy part about immigration I would do, I'd get our first-round draft picks here and let them stay. And when we have work visas, expand the work visas to make it to you know, make it to maybe longer, have a screening process.

So we expand the screening process in other embassies. We get more workers here. We look at the situation when it comes to the Stanford student or the Yale student that wants to stay. We do the background screening and we say, okay, why are we training you to go back to Bangladesh if you want to stay here?

So I think there could be stuff to be done.

So a lot of the conservatives will say, oh man, that Trump sold this out. And other people will say, the Democrats will go, how could you possibly do a deal on this? But for the most part, the American people will be like, good.

Now, all of a sudden, immigration, my passport, things could be modernized. We haven't touched it since 1980. Oh, I like that. Yes, I absolutely think there are deals to be had because Democrats who are very open border look at what's going on and like, oh, wow, maybe it is better to have Some sort of flow control like every other country does. Yes.

Like that is not, it's not a racist concept. It's actually, you know, it's like. And I am I'm Like you, I'm pro-immigration for people who want to come here, get PhDs, work hard, even seasonal labor. I am for that. And I know that is a very unpopular opinion to hold right now.

But the reason we have so much illegal immigration is because we have created a black market. Because it is so restrictive and confusing, and it is so difficult to move in and out of this country legally that people are just like, oh, screw it. Then I'll just go around. And then the flip side was it was so easy. Why wouldn't I do that?

Oh, I could stay in Ecuador. I can go to America, go to California, and no one's going to throw me out. I'm going to get paid. And free health care. Free health care.

You get paid to go to college. Yeah.

You get, you know, free elementary, high school, like all of it. And the part of the deal would be: you can't do that. Yes.

Yeah.

Hey, listen, we got to get more workers in here, but you've got to get paid. They've got to get paid a wage, to competitive wage, and then they're not going to get free health care. Unless you're going to give it to them, your farm's going to give it to them. Hey, if you want to do that. We just cut a deal.

But a lot of people, like every conservative listening to this right now, drove off the road. And every liberal says, no, no, of course we got to give people health care. And of course, we have to apologize for slavery in 1865. Yeah.

My family wasn't here. They were in Romania. Right. And they were serfs. Could write a check.

At the time. You were serfs. Yes.

Had that pay. didn't pay well. And then when my family finally bought a hep farm, it was taken over by the Soviet Communists in the forties. And that's how my family ended up here. Which work it worked out for me.

I know, thank God. You should call Maria, my mom, and say, listen. And you really saved me. She doesn't watch Fox. No?

Mm mm. Even when you're on? I don't think so. Wow. So uh I want to bring up the Abdul El-Saeed.

Did you see the interview last night? I saw parts of it. And did you find it rewarding? I've had Jesse did a really good job. I think Al Saeed is creepy.

Like the fact that he was asking Jesse Waters about his genitals I I found to be off-putting. Like then he was he had that question ready. He's like, I really got him now. And it's like you circumcise like Why are you asking? Like that's uh fetish, sounds like.

Right. Uh Eric didn't pull that clip. But I do have a different clip. Yeah.

That's like the big one everyone's talking about.

Well, yeah. But I've you know what? I'm not a big groin guy.

Okay, all right, you know. Butts and boobs, I guess, right? Yes, if you don't mind. Abdul El-Sayed on Medicare for All. You've got to be thinking, he's a PA.

He is. Uh He's a doctor. Not a doctor. He's not an actual doctor. True.

But he says he chose not to. Practice.

Okay. What? He had Conrad Murray? He wrote Scholar. Can we say that?

I know that's good. Sure. Can we say that? I don't know. I don't know enough about him.

Maybe he's a road scholar. Here he is.

Now, you would think that if he's going to have a policy, he'd worked it out. Cut for it. You say you want socialized health care. Abdul, how much is that going to cost? It's going to cost the average Michigandra a whole lot less than they pay right now.

But I'm just gonna tell you who voted to raise prescription drug prices 19 times, 19 times, right? And so I'm just saying I want to bring your costs down. The price of the program is going to be substantially less for an everyday person who's out here who can't afford their health care and worried about losing their health care with their job. Give me the total number. While you're out here trying to talk about the broader national budget, I'm a lot more interested in the everyday budgets that Michiganders are thinking about.

And that's exactly the budget that Donald Trump and Mike Rogers are blowing up right now.

So Just talking in circles, talking in circles, not saying anything. That is the Communist Manifesto. In action. Really $7 trillion, but it's almost as big as the entire budget. It looks like Medicare for All will knock everybody, like seniors, off Medicare for All.

And what do you mean that you don't like the federal budget? The money is from the federal government.

So I don't want to talk about the federal government. But you would just think a guy that just had worked it out that would get into detail on what he means because he has a PhD who prides himself on the great work he did in the medicine. But they just need to keep it vague. They just need to say Medicare for All. And if you don't.

Parrot that, then you are a heartless person who wants people to die.

So My husband has a lot of experience. At the VA. The VA sucks. Doesn't matter who's in charge, it still sucks. They need to essentially privatize it, give everyone vouchers and let them go everywhere but the VA because what they're doing, it's not working.

It doesn't work for veterans. It doesn't work for older veterans. It's an awful system. And that is supposedly the gold standard of public health care.

So, you were going to put everyone on a single-payer system like the VA? Like Canada? Like the UK? Does no one remember when Bernie Sanders was the chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee and all those veterans died on wait lists trying to get into the VA? And they couldn't?

And Kennedy, that's why Bernie Sanders never run anything, and when they gave him a chance, he fell flat on his face. When do we see you on stage? Oh, I'll be in Tacoma Comedy Club this Friday and Saturday, Friday at 7, Saturday 4 and 7. I will have Kennedy for president T-shirts, and it's going to be amazing. All right.

I hope you win. Oh, thanks, Brian. That's what an endorsement. Back in a moment. Where big stories meet bigger conversations.

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Now, economically, knowing that the military remains an option, we'll talk about that with the director of the FDD's Iran program. You'll listen to Brian Kilmuch. Uh Breaking news, unique opinions. Hear it all on the Brian Kill Me Show. Let me be clear: any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S.

dollar system. The clock just started ticking.

Operation Economic Outcast is fully in stride right now. Although every secondary, anybody doing business with Iran hasn't felt the wrath yet, voluntarily, they're supposed to pull out like the UAE did over the weekend. Benham Ben Talibu joins us right now. He's senior director of the defense, the Freedom of the Defense of Democracy is Iran. program.

Ben and welcome back. Great to be with you. Good morning. What do you think of Scott Besson's program? Listen, I think it's quite impressive.

He cast a really wide net, and concurrent with his statement about this economic D-Day and the threat. And I would really say the promise of secondary sanctions was a massive Designation volley by the Treasury Department at the same time, about 60 entities, including ships, ship owners, those engaged in oil smuggling.

So, this is pretty important stuff. But I would say the part that's least paid attention to is the five sectors the Secretary of the Treasury laid out that have been places where the regime has busted sanctions in the past. And it clearly shows that the U.S. government under the Trump administration has done its homework and is preparing to sanction this broader threat architecture.

So, quite impressive. It's a shot across the bow. A lot more to come, I think. Slap sanctions on 60 different entities and individuals, and we'll find out. Also, cracking down on crypto.

That's where a lot of the IRGC has been moving their money and holding it, right? Absolutely. You know, cryptocurrency, digital assets, digital wallets, that whole space is one of those five sectors.

So, again, really, the government has done its homework as to how the Islamic Republic has been able to breathe, how it's been able to export oil, and most importantly, how it's been able to repatriate revenues, even though it's been cut off from the formal financial system through these different informal means and sectors, such as, of course, the crypto space.

So, again, kudos to the folks at the Treasury Department who identified this, have done the clinical homework based on real targeted financial intelligence, and I think is a growth space for the U.S. government to be able to punish those who are trying to get around the strength of the U.S. dollar.

So, Ben, who are the countries that deal with Iran right now? Who are the countries for the most part? It looks like China is the most consequential, remains their largest oil customer. Above board and below board. We know they're coming in September.

President Xi is. How aggressive should we be and do you think we will be on China not buying their oil?

Well, I think we should be fairly aggressive, even though the Chinese have proven in the past that they do respond to market incentives anyway. The art of the deal for the Trump administration is how to get the Chinese to sell out the Islamic Republic for the right price. And the key word there is for the right price, because how the Iran sanctions issue, the threat of secondary sanctions, and the real threat potentially against moving against foreign financial institutions, particularly in mainland China, that's something that's going to have to be nested and racked and stacked in terms of the list of the priorities the president has with the Chinese based on the U.S. national interest. I mean, as you know, other things include safety in the Pacific and perhaps most importantly for the U.S., where the administration has been racking up some wins, cooperation on fentanyl, where the cooperation is good but could be significantly better.

So I think the president is really going to have to learn how to fit in the Iran issue into the larger China challenge, but that doesn't mean he has to hold back on sanctions. If anything, there's a whole bunch of regional countries that could be finger wagged and subject to sanctions. And more importantly, a whole host of industries and networks, such as those who provide fuel to Iranian ships, for example, those who provide insurance, and those who actually own the shipbuilding and the shipping companies that are tied to the Islamic Republic's illicit exports of war.

So Pakistan is one, they just cut an informal trade deal with Iran while trying to be a mediator and pretending as if they got both sides' best interests in mind. Should we be looking at Pakistan as a mediator? Shouldn't we be pressuring them to cut off trade?

Well, I certainly think we should be making sure that no country in the region is adding layers of trade. The model to follow here is the UAE, which unfortunately in the past had retained significant workarounds to U.S. sanctions and was previously a major importer of Iranian petrochemicals.

Now, their statements and their intention, and I think post-war their sincerity about trying to pivot away from the Islamic Republic, that's a model to really be able to follow. The Pakistanis, I think, are doing the exact opposite. We shouldn't be doubling down when it comes to diplomatic or economic ties. We should be severing them because that's, after all, what maximum pressure is all about. I want you to hear what Abdul El-Saeed said about this conflict.

Cut 35. But you brought up the war. Are you glad the Ayatollah is dead? Yeah, I mean, look, he was a terrible person, but that's beyond the point. The bigger question is: should we have gone to war in the first place?

Look, I just want to be clear with you, right? I mean, I'm never going to defend the Iranian regime, but I am going to defend the idea that we probably shouldn't be fighting wars we don't know how to get out of. I mean, look, I understand selective memory about history, but we had a JCPOA that was well negotiated, that actually had nuclear non-proliferation far more securely than what we have right now after having gone to war for better part of six months.

So I want you to take that on in the JCPOA, which I hear every Democrat bring up, as if we don't remember that. Ben Cardin, Chuck Schumer, Senator Menendez, and others wouldn't vote for it because it would have expired by now, anyway. Exactly. And forgive me, I was chuckling there because this is a trope that many have brought out to, I think, unfairly criticize the Trump administration, including a heck of a lot of former Obama-era veterans. You know, we haven't forgotten as Americans, as taxpayers, as voters, that it was the Obama administration that literally put pallets of cash on a plane and sent it to the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism.

Syrians, for example, haven't forgotten that it was the blind eye that America turned to the Assad regime's bushery in Syria, brought about by the Russians and the Iranians, by the way, that actually created a migration crisis in Europe that changed demographics and politics on the European continent for so many years to come. We haven't forgotten, by the way, that the Islamic Republic, which now actually has been firing its missiles from those underground depots that apparently even not all U.S. bombers have reached, that it was built and sustained and grown with the sanctions relief and the money that the regime felt so comfortable flexing mere months after the JCPOA.

So there are so many own goals of strategic proportions here that when it comes to the JCPOA, but if a political candidate for office is claiming to not defend the regime and then pivoting to the JCPOA, something which gave this regime billions of dollars and a new financial lifeline, I for one think they should not be taken seriously when it comes to foreign policy in defense of the national interest.

So, Ben, what do you think is going to happen next? My sense is that around October, they're going to start trying to inflict casualties on our guys. Because Donald Trump has been the worst president from their perspective, which means from America's perspective, foreign policy versus Iran, the best. And they want to see him damaged in his last two years.

So don't you look for something like that? You know, absolutely. And these guys aren't quiet about it. Across the Iranian quote-unquote podcast space, these official and unofficial commentariat that they have in the Islamic Republic, all of them are keen to make him pay a price earliest at the midterms and perhaps even sooner than that at the pump. And that means get ready for Iranian escalation.

So what the president has to prepare for is not the failure of his new sanctions policy, but the victory of it. The fact that there will be a macroeconomic crunch, the fact that the maritime blockade will reduce Iranian exports, the fact that many multinational businesses are going to pick doing businesses with America over business with the Islamic Republic of Iran. And ultimately here, the regime is going to escalate to try to get out of the box.

So we have to keep the military option in waiting and not let this terrorist regime be able to pull an October surprise against the president who's been the most effective against them compared to all others from the U.S. in the past 47 years.

So keep your eye on the fall. I'm looking at a lot of the Arab English newspapers and publications. And there's all types of talks going on. Qatar is trying to get involved. Pakistan's talking to the Iranians.

We know Oman and Iran are talking. Qatar is trying to tell. Qatar is trying to tell Iran that you can't charge tolls. America's never put up with it.

So we're seeing a lot of a flurry of activity. Is there any any v a avenue of talk that you would pursue? You know, actually, I think the president should and should be seen as publicly pushing away from the table. The problem is, you know, when the U.S. publicly pushes away, so many in the region try to hedge and act on America's behalf, even though we may not have necessarily authorized them to.

I think the president should retain the bully pulpit, you know, should continue to communicate from true social. But I believe there's no deal to be had with a terrorist regime that is not just trying to kill the president, but as we just saw reportedly on Iranian state TV, is airing videos of threats to his own son. There really is no deal to be had here. They're trying to simply make him pay a price, and we shouldn't reward them for it by coming to the negotiating table. When it comes to these interceptors that would keep the Gulf States safe, there seems to be a massive push to get more affordable interceptors into the theater.

What could you tell us about that, Ben? There's a massive push, and USG is indeed in talks with major defense contractors about trying to expedite that which has actually been expended in the course of this conflict, as well as the stocks that we may need for future conflicts. And obviously, that is going to be a time span measured, unfortunately, in years rather than months. But let's think about more creative options if the fighting continues about how to go on the offensive and how to more cheaply go on the defensive. On the defensive side, the Ukrainians have a lot to teach us and a lot to teach our Gulf partners in the region, for example, about how to fight low and slow drones with also low and slow drones and low and slow interceptors rather than expensive ones that have to be fired from missile launchers and things that cost somewhere in the category of three to five million dollars per projectile.

So, a lot to learn from our Ukrainian friends. I would further those ties. And also, going on the offensive. Not a lot of things in the Islamic Republic need to be hit with a B2, but many of them creatively could be subject to drone strikes.

So, to flip the script on the Islamic Republic, and make them face a persistent threat. Yes.

Um if uh if we there are to amp up Uh military action. What targets should we be hitting? And what do you think they would What have we avoided to this point and makes you confounded that we have?

Well, I'm not gonna lie, I haven't served in uniform and I'm not gonna play Armshell General, but I will tell you one thing during the course of the 40-day war. The Israelis had begun to hit a series of targets that you might call the repression apparatus, the besiege, the law enforcement forces, even the judiciary of the Islamic Republic. Uncle Sam did not weigh in on that effort. That, I think, actually could be a key effort if indeed there is renewed fighting and if indeed the Islamic Republic does lead with its chin and starts targeting our interests, our assets, or our allies in the region. That would flip the script, level the playing field, and actually pave the way potentially for the Iranians to take back to the streets again.

It's, you know, in my view, absolutely unrealistic to want Iranians or to seek Iranians to come out again, given what happened this January, without helping them level the playing field first. And despite all the wars that the regime is fighting at the moment, the one it's the most afraid of is the one closest to home, the battle for the street. Wow, Benham, Ben Taliblu, thanks so much, Senior Director of the FTD's Iran program. Thanks, Ben. Pleasure.

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Both companies were very dependent on that trade. And the fact of the matter is, in terms of the trade deficit, that comes just from heavy oil crude that we export from Canada for our refineries. They can't use any other kind of crude. And so, when you take out that critical crude, we actually have a surplus with Canada for those who take trade deficit surpluses so seriously.

So, I think they're going to find a way to tamp this thing down. But these threats just create uncertainty, which hurts economic growth and investment.

So, remember, tariff is another word for tax, and putting taxes on products means there's less economic activity. That, of course, is Steve Forbes, and they're talking about the Canadian-U.S. rift, which is now we're trying to work out some things, got to eliminate some tariffs. They were the ones, Canadians and the Chinese were the only ones who retaliated against us when we looked to rebalance trade on Liberation Day. And then we since have walked things back, worked out deals.

Courts got involved, and now the president's. Uh tariffing again.

So he's doing retaliatory tariffs on Canada for not coming to the table sincerely. It looks like Canada, they say, is falsely claiming that we change the circumstances. At the last minute, we didn't, according to some reports. I don't know what to believe. I'll find out directly for tomorrow's show, I promise.

One major sticking point was the auto sector. Canner says the U.S. would gradually undermine Canadian vehicle production, even though the US and Canadian auto industries operate through deeply interdependent supply chains. But one of the things they don't like is we want to pull the Ontario. Our production about the F-150 and all the four trucks.

We want to pull that out of Ontario and bring it back to our country by putting tariffs on it and making it more economically infeasible to do it in Canada. And they said, oh, we don't want to do that.

Now, that's part of the give and take. They are trying to bring production home, especially in Mexico, but Canada too. And Carney said Canada will retaliate on September 8th now, since everything fell apart with brand new tariffs. They say we'll get dollar for dollar.

So the dispute has shifted now from conventional tariff negotiation into a broader confrontation over autos. Energy critical minerals and Canadian economic sovereignty. There is this story out there that. Jameson Greer had the deal done. And Peter Navarro and Howard Luttnick Found out about it, and they started screaming at him.

What are you doing? The deal is stupid, but We're not giving in on these things. And then the talks fell apart.

So if that's true, presidents got to step in there, find out who's right. And I think he put a lot of faith in James and Greer. It's hard to upend him in the middle of these talks. And if they want other guys to have a final say in it, they should be in the talks when they're actually working out the deal.

So James and Greer was in wall-to-wall negotiations for over a week, got close to landing a deal, and then it all fell apart.

So I'm not sure here is Prime Minister Carney, cut 19. When the Americans go to the negotiation table first with the right attitude towards our industries and a true partnership, of course we'll come to the negotiating table. Doug Ford, who's Premier of Ontario, cut twenty. Watch how he does cartwheels and he showed some screams when we put the surcharge on. Matter of fact, I can't wait.

So, Doug Ford is a wise guy, and he considers himself a Conservative, but he says that we are getting electricity from Ontario, and now he's going to put a surcharge on it. I have no idea why we need electricity from Ontario. Why are we doing that? That makes absolutely no sense. Here's what Scott Besson said: Cut twenty-two.

I think you would like Canada to come to the table and negotiate in good faith. They were offered quite a good deal Last week, they chose to reject it. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Carney rose to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump platform. I believe he was more than 20 points behind, and he seems to have gone back to his old playbook. And I think one has to ask oneself, is he trying to benefit himself, the Liberal Party or the Canadian people?

Because they were offered a very good job. So I know the Dairy Barners, the Dairy Association, Liquor Association, they want a deal done. They're both paying the price on both sides. of the border. Stephen Vaughan, former general counsel to the U.S.

Trade Representative, weighed in on what Canada is getting away with CUP 26. The President has identified three big issues. One, they're discriminating against U.S. alcoholic goods. Two, they're discriminating against U.S.

motor vehicles. And three, we disagree with them over the amount of access we should receive to their dairy market, which is one of the most protected markets in the world. Those are the three issues that the President identified. It sounded like they had a deal to address those three concerns. But the Canadians wanted more access to the US market in terms of things like steel and autos, and that's where the negotiations really broke down.

See, to me, if it's steel and autos and it's a few percentage points here, do it. And then you have the US MCA right after. Why? Because the President could actually hurt Michigan and Maine and the outcome on the midterms. And I know you've got to think bigger than midterms, but if President is really the midterms will control what he does over the next two years.

So I think it would absolutely be worth it. I do think it's a very good point. That the Prime Minister of Canada got the job because he was tough on. Trump Then he gave that speech overseas and he got his approval ratings up high. But when you look around, he's actually hurting his country and hurting a lot of the trade.

There was a clear imbalance between the two countries going through. But I'd much rather be dependent on Mexico and Canada than I would be on the Strait of Hermuz in the Middle East. We have enough oil and gas here and enough material to really be formidable against any Chinese hedge, any Middle East hedge. And I hope we get back to that. Make sure you keep it here on the brand.

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