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Youtube.com/slash at the Brian Killmeat Show. And we'll be taking your calls too. Today is a big day. There's a lot going on. The house is back in session.

Can you imagine? I'm not saying they don't work when they're not here, but they're not here almost ever. And also today, nearly one year after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, a judge expected to decide today whether there's enough with the accused guy. We know this guy did it. I appreciate the fact that everyone gets a jury trial.

I understand it, but we all know that this guy shot him dead. We have his lover, his family admitting it. Please. Just like Luigi, we got him on tape. This guy's even more dead to rights.

I don't care what podcaster tells you it wasn't him, it was him.

Well, today we'll find out if Tyler Robinson gets a trial. If this judge doesn't give this guy a trial, I've given up on the judicial system.

So let's get to the big three. Number three. They pop up in places that nobody ever heard of before until they started the construction. They basically dug their own grave for the problem that's been caused for them, and that's why they got the backlash they deserve. Really?

All right, Governor Greg Abbott, data centers have may be increasingly, may be increasingly unpopular, but it has not stopped the Trump team from going to bat for them, why I believe it's the best thing to do for the country, even if it's not the best thing to do for politics. Number two. In their minds, so our audience understands, I mean, not talking about the damage we're doing economically and financially to them, but in their heads. They believe they can outlast us here. They don't care about the suffering of their people.

Unobtainable. That's what Gulf allies, unsustainable, I should say. That's what Gulf allies are saying about the ongoing battle between the U.S. and Iran. But is the U.S.

showing some military strain too? We will discuss. Number one. They're coming at me on fireworks. I'm like, all right, first, if your whole conception of America is that it's fireworks, I'm so sorry you don't have a complete conception of America.

But even then, right? Like, what is it I said?

Well, every time we do a fireworks show, it destroys the air quality and people have asthma exacerbations and heart attacks the next day. That's all I was saying. You know what I mean? Shut up. Who has heart attacks and asthma the next day?

Fireworks? If you have a susceptible to a heart attack and asthma, don't go. This guy, Abdul Sayed, the other thing we keep forgetting, among the things he doesn't like aside from football, is fireworks heating up. That's how I describe what's happened to Abdul El-Saeed as he continues to try and run from his deleted tweets. And he's ticked off Vice President Advance because he seems to have a problem with him.

We look at the ongoing clash, too, between the DSA and DNC, which is continuing. You know, guys like Rahm Emanuel. Uh guys like You know, James Carville, Van Jones. Uh uh axle rod. Sadly, not Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.

They are going along with the DSA. They think it's healthy. Healthy, are you kidding?

Some crazy philosophy that was espoused by Mao and Stalin and Lenin? You would say, well, it's healthy. It's healthy. And on what planet is it healthy? But Bernie Sanders says, I'm upset with the establishment.

The establishment wants El Syed to lose. Yeah, the establishment wants their party back. I don't speak for the Democratic Party, and I never will speak for the Democratic Party, but they're a little scared about where it's heading. How about this? Underreported on my show, and I blame myself for this, is that about a week and a half ago, the Democrats in the House put out a vote, and they said, We want everybody to stand for capitalism.

Sign up here. You know how many people have signed up for capitalism? 10. 10 people. Ten.

So only ten of the hundred plus Of the new, no, excuse me, 200 House members, Democratic House members, only 10 stood up for capitalism. That's how crazy the Democratic Party is and how scared all these people are. But El Syed represents that. This guy is deleting all his tweets because essentially they're embarrassing to his candidacy and embarrassing to his party. And somewhat might look the other way.

I'm not going to. How about the fact that Hassan Piker, they say, run away from Hassan Piker? How can you do that? When you asked Hassan Piker to come out and campaign for you and asked him to come the final weekend as you beat Haley Stevens, Hassan Piker, that's the person they're saying, a California streamer? No, he saved your candidacy.

Cut six is Hassan Piker. I'm talking about how he got on the campaign trail in Michigan, Cut Six. He asked me to stomp for him. And I had not considered that ever before. I did not realize that people would get so mad about it.

Because from my perspective, Who cares if I'm doing a rally with a politician? I'm like, I've already had the guy on like a hundred times on the broadcast. You know, I've fundraised for him. I like him a lot. I have my disagreements with him too, of course.

What? But that was when the onslaught came in. He disagrees with him. I assume so. I didn't see El Sayed running on the I Can't Believe Fidel Castro and Chai Quevera are dead ticket.

'Cause they I love them and they're geniuses and they're heroes. That's what Hassan Piker thinks. Listen, in the past, when I brought this up, if I was to describe this candidate and who they support and what they believe and what tweets that they put out, you'd say, Yeah, Brian, you get one percent of the vote. Why are you wasting my time? No.

This guy, I think, is up right now and they're real clear. Average on polls.

Now, the last poll that came out after he won the nomination, it was. Uh he was trailing by uh by four.

So, to Rogers, to Mike Rogers, who's a very solid conservative Republican, not a big Trumper, not anti-Trumper, not a big Trumper.

So, if you say, well, he's just going to do whatever Donald Trump does, I don't think so. Not really what he's about. And that's why Trump was a little reluctant to endorse him in the last cycle, and he barely lost. And but Trump did win Michigan, so that was a little strange. El Syed came out and basically said and I'll just paraphrase, I'm not going to bore you with the verbatim, he came out and said, I basically wonder what the grandparents J.D.

Vance would think that he married Usha. Because she happens to be of Indian heritage. You know what? There's over 150,000 Indian women in Michigan, and I hear that they are ticked off about the comment. Why wouldn't they be?

You're trying to call. A whole bunch of people from Ohio Racist.

Okay. Who happen to be working class or below poverty level, if I'm to believe what's in. J.D. Vance's book and what I saw in the movie, Hillbilly Elegy.

So, J.D. Vance said the first time to fire back after they put that out on social media. Cut one.

Now the last thing I'll say about Abdul Mr. El Syed. is he has a weird habit of talking about my family. Have you noticed this? Look, I don't know who his wife is.

I'm sure she's a lovely person. But I would never come to this state. and disrespect you? Or disrespect somebody's family by talking about another person's wife, a person who isn't on the ballot. And yet, Abdul El-Syed, every time they put a microphone in front of his face, he wants to talk about my wife or my grandfather.

Yeah.

So that is the vice president yesterday speaking in Michigan at a rally, and then he went over to Las Vegas to try to heal things with the Jewish community. I'm not sure. I think it was pretty effective for him, but they want him to walk away from certain podcasters. I don't think he wants to do it. But he said a guy like Nick Fuentes, he would never go along with it.

And Nick Fuentes basically insulted his wife, so he wouldn't even think about that. But he said other people like Joe Rogan and others he wouldn't walk away from, which I understand because if you listen to Joe Rogan on a regular basis, not listen to what other people say about Joe Rogan, this guy is not anti-anything. He's just inquisitive about certain things. He'll make statements about why he left California and he has opinions. But when you go on that show, he gives you a chance to talk.

So I think it would be detrimental if he walked away from Joe Rogan. Personally, I think they get along. They happen to be friends. AOC came out, defended Piker, and defended El Syed. I do not think that a Twitch streamer is what people of Michigan are concerned about themselves.

El Syed is now hiring a Jewish liaison. Isn't that great? Oh, nobody in the Jewish community likes me because I insult them all the time and try to justify would-be assassins and take the side of a Hezbollah affiliate. But so I'll hire a Jewish person as a liaison. I can tell you right now the job description, if accurate.

Do you agree with Bernie Sanders that Israel sucks and that other Jews are terrible? And just because you're Jewish, it means you would qualify for that job. Because I've never heard Bernie Sanders say anything positive about the Jewish community. Cut 10 is Bernie Sanders getting mad at the establishment on the Democratic side. Here's why.

Do these Democrats want to see El Saed lose? Do you think there's Democrats that want to see that happen?

Well, you know, it's a funny thing. The answer is, there are some who make. The truth is. That a majority of the American people. Do not want to continue to provide billions of dollars to the extremist government in Israel.

And among the Democrats, the number is off the charts.

So he went on to say, Yeah, he does. You know, if I'm a Democrat and I'm a moderate. I was John Fetterman, I absolutely want him to lose. If I'm somebody that cares about the poety. Yeah, I would absolutely want him to lose.

Even though you want the majority? You know, someone like Chuck Schumer says we're a big ten. He just wants the majority, wants to go back. I have news for you, Chuck. You're not going back.

One of the reasons by El Syed and why he's so bad is what he said in the past and what he actually believes, what he'll do in the future for sure. Remember, one of the things he said while he was in the primary process he would do is go after people like Jon Fetterman that don't go along with the crowd. He'd put his head on a pike and the other rest would follow. Can you believe this? One of the first things he would do if he got the job as a Democratic Senator is go after a Democratic Senator.

A deleted post on september eleventh, twenty twenty one. El Sayed said, He's mourning the roughly 3,000 people killed and 6,000 injured in New York on 9-11. And followed the following day he said he would mourn the roughly one million lives lost. And devastation in three countries from wars carried out in the name of my country. Listen.

You don't think we're going after bin Laden and the Taliban? You're crazy. If there are people that want to stand and fight against us, they will die. And Saddam Hussein, who supported terror, and whatever you want to say about the Iraq war, has been an enemy of ours since 92 in 2001. That would be something we followed through with.

You could debate that war. But you quickly have to say on 9-11, 2021, that you worry about those people that died in the name of your country.

Okay, let that stand. If you're so proud of it, why are you deleting everything? When we come back, I want to talk about Iran and some of the things that are happening today because tomorrow we'll have Marco Rubio on the show. I'm going to ask him about this because we are going to do secondary sanctions against anybody doing any type of trade with Iran. That means Turkey, that means India, that means Russia, that means China.

If that passes in the House, it already passed in the Senate. And the president's got to sign it.

Well, India looks like they're making moves to do a trade deal with Iran. How do we feel about that? Along with Pakistan, who basically set up some type of informal arrangement two weeks ago. Are these people on our side? I don't think so.

We'll discuss that. More in Iran and so much more when we come back on the Brian Killmeat show. Don't move. In a world of noise, get the signal. Sharp, informative, and always on point.

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You are who you are. And we have, I mean, this guy is so thick with that angry rhetoric about anti-Semitism, and it is causing real problems around the state. We talked to a Jewish woman the other day, Brian, of University of Michigan, who has to hide her Star of David because she's afraid to walk to class because of the aggressive behavior toward her because she's Jewish. We've got to stop this. Abdul is too extreme for this state, and we're going to beat him in November.

Well, so far, I know. I told you that one poll has Rogers up for. Knowing that he really hasn't spent any money and raised his name up again, he didn't have to because he had no opponent, which is good news for him. In the primary, but what he's going to do now is put a ton of money in that's going to flow into him. And he's trying to win over Democrats and the black community because the black community, for the most part, is not running to this socialism stuff.

They're believers in free market. You know, if you want balance in society and there's certain things that are going on, they didn't clamor for socialism, believe me. It sucks. Everybody knows it sucks. This is not, well, I w I want to do universal health care or Medicare for all and you could say this is what's good about it, this is what's bad about it, you want to talk about the immigration policy, this is what's good about it, what's bad about it.

Socialism totally revamps the entire country.

So that was Mike Rogers weighing in. And I think he's happy to have him as an opponent personally. One person to flat out against him. against the DSA is Josh Gottheimer. He joined me late last week.

Of course, he wants to call out Trump whenever he can. He gets scared if he says too many bad things about his own party. But clearly, he's one of the few to speak up for Israel, cut eleven. All I know is that the the I think The pressure is real on Asyed. He said he's not going to campaign with him.

I think the next step is to condemn him. And I think we just all have to be clear as Democrats that there's no place for this kind of hatred in our party, this anti-American hatred. And we've got to stand up to it. And frankly, just like I've said very clearly, we've got to make it clear that the DSA, the Socialists, are not Democrats. They're attempting to hijack the party, but they're not welcoming the party.

So, and that's true. And, you know, we got Moskowitz, Jared Moskowitz, there, also in Florida, saying something very similar. I do want to talk about Iran real quick, and I'll expand on that and talk about the Texas race with Alan West in 10 minutes when he joins me. But Axios reports that President Trump's considering a CENTCOM plan for additional limited strikes around the strait aimed at stopping Iran from rehabilitating, rebuilding its radar and missile capabilities that threaten the commercial shipping, because we basically are opening it up to the point where we're neutralizing any of their control without even dealing with them. It hasn't come out in negotiations.

Now, the President of Iran says, hey, can we go back to the MOU? Let's just go back. We'll all comply. We'll let traffic flow through. No.

The MOU is terrible. I don't need to tell you guys that. I think most of you agree. The MOU in 60 days would allow them to toll the strait. They said it didn't, but it absolutely was gray area enough, nebulous enough that they would say, yeah, it does.

And that's what they're negotiating. The proposal follows a fresh U.S. strike on Iran at Larick Island. Sent comments intended to prevent the IRGC from deploying sea mines into the strait. Trump is portraying the Iran's latest response as relatively contained.

Now, Pretzy and the president stuck to a dual message Monday. Saying we don't, they do not seek war, but warned Iran would respond firmly to any new aggression. They tried to hit the UAE, no avail. Five rockets into our base into Jordan, never hit because we knocked them out. But There is a report in the New York Times and it's not refuted.

They're just mad that it leaked to the New York Times and said, Our military is saying to Pentagon chiefs who's ever left at the Pentagon that we cannot continue to sustain this at this level, that the original conflict was looked at as a 45-day situation, and we stopped it 20 days short, but we're still in the area six months later, and it's costing our troops readiness around the world. I don't know. All I can tell you is what I read. They got mad at the leak, but they didn't get mad at the substance of the story.

So, UAE top officials, the UAE, who has been a loyal ally in the Gulf for us. warned that the current status of the Iran war is not sustainable for them. Uh after they fended off the attack. Their diplomatic advisor to the UA said: the current status in the region was unacceptable as the US and Iran renewed training boes because the state of neither war nor peace cannot be sustained much longer. We'll see what all this means, because things are coming to a head, I think, because nothing is getting into Iran.

Literally, as little as you can imagine. And you could see it. The lack of water. The lack of oil. The lack of gas, the lack of revenue.

Think about this. One dollar. is worth two point one million rials, which is their currency. There's not enough wheelbarrows in the world to have 2.1 million Real's to one dollar. Think about how worthless the money is that you may or may not getting paid with.

These people are selling their hair. Nobody wants them to be hurt. but it is the government. They will feel it if these people rise up again. And that's what they hear, their people.

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And how will you respond to this? Look, they're a failed nation. Yeah, they're a failed nation. Uh they've got 350% inflation, they have no currency. Uh they're not paying their soldiers.

Their leaders are largely dead. Their navy is gone, their air force is gone. Surveillance equipment is almost entirely gone. Uh that doesn't mean we won't smack 'em. We'll see what happens.

So that was the President yesterday taking questions. They'll come in fast and furious. But we did notice yesterday that Iran met with the President of Iran met with Modi of India. We also know they set up a week ago, they set up some type of trade deal, formal or informal with Pakistan. Isn't Pakistan supposed to be mediating Mediating some type of brokering, some type of peace deal.

Why would I mean, they got to be out after that? But I think Marco Rubio's got to, the State Department's got to crack down on this, too. Lieutenant Colonel Alan West joins us now. Colonel, welcome back. Your thoughts.

Uh your thoughts now about Uh what is uh the desperate nature of Iran? They basically made a statement earlier that we're look they were looking to go back to the MOU. I wouldn't trust them saying that they want to go back to the MOU. That has gotten us in the situation in which we find ourselves six months down the road from the 28th of February. We should have had the maximum pressure on them diplomatically, militarily, economically to completely isolate them.

And I think that's the task now for Secretary of State Marco Rubio: to call up Pakistan, to call up India, and say, you know, whiskey tango foxtrot, this is not the direction that you should be heading. This is a pariah state, it's a terrorist state. And again, I think that we have to stop looking at these mullahs and clerics and Ayatollahs from a common sense Western perspective because they don't care if their soldiers aren't getting paid. They have one goal and one goal only, and that is the restoration of a global Islamic dominant caliphate. And they see the nuclear weapon as a means by which they can get to that end.

So I think that we have to. To see them for the worst, the most dangerous enemy course of action that they can take, and we need to proceed accordingly. What about the report on Sunday, not denied, but people upset it was leaked, that the military feels the strain of the six-month conflict that's on and off?

Well, of course you're going to feel the strain. And I'm sorry to see that, you know, we continue to have these issues there in the Pentagon with things that are a classified report that's done twice a month to the Secretary of Defense that somehow gets out into the public sphere.

So we have to be very careful and understand where that leak is and patch that leak and make sure the person... Does the facts of that bother you?

Well, the facts are something that every single one of us that served in the military understand is that you do put a stress and a strain. You need to be able to say, here is a dedicated end state that we want to get to. And I remember when Secretary of Defense, Secretary of War HexF, said that we can continue on indefinitely. Indefinitely is not a strategy. And I'm not saying that you, you know, MAMBI-PAMBI are soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines that are deployed there, but you need to give them some clarity and the leadership, especially there are CINCOM.

The planners that are there, they need to have that strategic operational clarity, and definitely you can have the tactical clarity as well. You worry about how many generals have been fired? The Secretary of Army there just resigned? Yeah, I mean, look, Barack Obama, I think he was at some 150 generals. I know it was a little over 100 generals that he cashiered.

So, you know, we have that concern. But we do, without a doubt, have turmoil at the leadership level of the United States military. And look, I think that you will see Iran try to see that as a weakness, try to use that as a propaganda point as well.

So He evidently, the Secretary Driscoll, went to the President and said, I'm trying to modernize here, and I'm not allowed to. I'm trying to find out why these generals are being fired. No one's explaining it to me. Um Is that unusual? I don't think it's unusual for the Secretary of the Army to say, you know, what are my lanes?

I mean, if you put me in charge here, I mean, but yet my authority and my duties and responsibilities are being usurped. Can you explain it to me? And obviously, he didn't get an explanation that he thought was warranted. And so he turned in his resignation. Look, we have to when you put people in a position, you need to give them, like I said, their left and right limitations lanes and allow them to go out and do what is necessary to lead that organization.

I don't think anybody likes to be micromanaged. And definitely, they don't like to see their leadership be decimated without them understanding the reasons why. And I think that the Chief of Staff Randy George is a prime example of that. Have you heard good things about him? Because I've heard nothing but great things about Randy George.

Well, yes, I'll just leave it at that. Absolutely. Good things. Yeah.

All right, so J.D. Vance was asked yesterday by Lucas Tomlinson, what has he learned about going to war with Iran, CUD-15? What have you learned about going to war against Iran? I think that what I've learned is these guys are really, really, meaning the leadership of the country. They're really crazy, and they're willing to do anything, and I think not with a whole lot of strategic wisdom behind it, in order to accomplish.

as little flow of oil and gas as possible.

Now we expected they would do that. We know that they don't like us. But what's odd to me is they will sometimes fire at their own allies just to prevent the free flow of oil and gas.

So What do you think about the Vice President and what do you hope he takes away from this conflict?

Well, that's a bit of a naive response. I mean, to say that they're just crazy, that means that you don't understand their theocracy. And I think that's the most important thing. I would have loved for him to say that we misjudged the fact that they really were honest brokers when we tried to have an MOU. I understand grace, but when you go to battle, you have to understand your enemy.

And again, I said that I think that people need to read Sun Tzu, The Art of War, so that they can understand that mental aspect of combat operations and prosecuting warfare.

So here's General Jack Keene on where we're at now, Cut 18. Iran does feel the pressure of the straits of Amuz. This has became a strategic asset for them when they imposed their will on the ship owners back on March the 2nd. War began February 28th.

So within days, They shut it down. and oil and gas prices began to spike. We all remember that.

So He thinks they're feeling the pressure, and they see the gas lines, and that's what led to January's uprising when there's unrest. They fear their population more than they fear us.

Well, they absolutely should. And I think that that's one of the critical things that we should have been leveraging early on in the prosecution of this combat operation. And again, you and I have had this discussion several times that the Strait of Hormuz should have been one of those operational objectives early in this campaign to make sure that we ensured that free flow and they could not continue to hold other countries and other shipping assets hostage. This is an international lane, and I think that the United States of America, with other international partners, should have tried to create a Strait of Hormuz autonomous zone instead of having Iran in control of it and extorting money in order for people to transit through. It would have been great.

So let's talk about Texas and the Senate race. Ken Paxson was speaking over the weekend on is he going to he only has $2 million to I think $28 million for Tallarico. Here he's talking about President Trump has got a super The President was in Houston for you this week. Did he or any of his PACs make any commitments to you for spending?

So first of all, we had a three-month disadvantage because I had a runoff where I had to raise money and spend it.

So when I came out of that runoff, I had zero dollars left. He had three months to not spend money but also raise it. And he went out to California and he raised a lot of money. This is going to be like California's third senator. Yeah, he's very different.

He'd be very successful in California, but Tallarico is trying to make inroads in the border towns in Texas. And right now, in almost every poll, he's got a one or two point lead. What do you think, Colonel West? Yeah, look, again, you know, President Trump did an incredible job two years ago of flipping 12 or 14 of those border counties. And I think that that's where Senator, I mean, well, maybe I'm speaking truth to power, but Attorney General Paxton needs to get down there and remind them of what the open border policies of the Biden administration, which James Tallarico would support as a senator, what that would look like for them, once again, the lack of safety and security, the human and sex trafficking, the drugs trafficking, and the ability of the cartels, once again, to act with impunity all across that region.

I think that without a doubt, next week we're going to have this midterm convention here in Texas. And I believe that you'll see the President put more resources into this race because it is generally a race. This is not something you can take for granted. And remember, in 2018, there was only 2.3 percent between Robert Francis O'Rourke and Ted Cruz. Yeah, speaking of Ted Cruz, here's what he said about the race.

Ken Paxton can most absolutely win. He's been elected statewide over and over and over again. And Ken Paxton, I think, will win because he has a record. He supports policy positions that are consistent with the voters of Texas.

So he went on to say that he noticed the fracture with him and John Cornyn, and there's always rough edges after a battle like this. How much would Cornyn's help help? It would be immense. It would be huge if Senator Cornyn would come out and say that I endorse Ken Paxon. I stand with Ken Paxson to be the next senator from the state of Texas.

Because what you see happening on the other side, you have not seen Jasmine Crockett come out and support James Tallarico, but he is bypassing that. He's going into the black communities. As a matter of fact, he had a black pastor of a large church down in Houston endorse him from the pulpit, which I thought you weren't supposed to be able to do, but yet when you're a Democrat, there are no rules. I guess not.

So when you look at this racist 2.5, you think it'll tighten up? I think that, yes, it will. And again, early on in the results, you will see the I-35 corridor from Dallas down to San Antonio, and then, of course, Houston, Harris County. That will be the edge toward Tallarico. But when you start to get all the results coming in from West Texas, that'll push Ken Paxton over the top.

But every vote matters, and the important thing is the turnout. You've got to get the enthusiasm out there. You have to get the turnout. And I think that's going to be one of the important tasks next week when we have this midterm convention here in Dallas. All right, Lieutenant Colonel Allen West, thanks so much.

Appreciate it. Always a pleasure. God bless. Take care, Brian. You got it, 1866-408-7669.

There's going to be a convention. It's going to be unprecedented, and I think it's going to be beneficial at the very least. What you see in front of the camera, but also getting the consultants with the candidates, with the teams, with the Trump administration, letting them sound off on each other. What's working, what's not working. convention together it's supposed to actually be a convention so if they make the most of it I think it would really be helpful.

Get everyone on the same page. By the way, don't bring up this. When it comes to data centers, this is how to message it. When it comes to the economy, this is what we do. If the Iran war is still going, this is how you say.

This is what I'm finding successful. These are the questions I'm getting when I go out in the trail. I can think of nothing but help. Democrats couldn't do it, they have absolutely no money. Don't move.

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I don't know why. Breaking news, unique opinions. Hear it all on the Brian Kill Me Joe. I have set guidelines and guardrails that all data centers have to comply with. Number one, they must identify what water usage they're demanding and make clear they are not taking water from communities that need it.

Number two, they must not take power from the Texas power grid that's needed. Number three, they must actually lower the cost of electricity for consumers. Number four, they need to make sure that they are not disturbing neighborhoods or rural communities. These are standards that are now being universally applied by all the data centers in the state of Texas.

So that is the governor of Texas who's having a tough reelection, but I think he'll eventually prevail is doing a fantastic job. Came out. And uh was talking to Governor Abbott was about Data centers, building a ton of them, proud of them. All of a sudden, they're against them. Why?

Because the latest Fox News poll says only thirty percent of the American public approve of them. I think most don't even understand what they do. Why do I have this big monstrosity in my town?

Well, it's a long, sprawling, ranch-like Building that goes on and on and on. But you know what it does? Provide an unbelievable amount of tax revenue for whatever community they're in. You know what else it does? It has to provide its own.

Energy. Number two, it has to not pollute the environment. And it also, when it's in play, will not take any money from utility bills. But what it will do is provide tax revenue to allow to have the most beautiful schools and beautiful roads. It will be there for, in theory, ever, because people say, well, it's jobs, but they're short term.

Yeah.

Pipe fitters, plumbers, electricians, among those many construction people that are going to be employed early for two years. And then they'll move on. That's not dissimilar from people that build pipelines across the country. There'll be other data centers to build, and they'll be on the road building in. Building and surges, being part of a crew.

The backlash is bipartisan right now. Candidates and officials, several states have moratoriums on them. In New York, a moratorium. In Texas, a moratorium. In Wisconsin, Tom Tiffany is attacking his opponent by saying they're pro data center.

Of course they are.

Now look, I I know this is political games. Do you guys understand that if you're listening to me now and say, Well, I'm an anti-data center, Brian, so that's where I stand? Are you on a are you on PlayStation? Because are do you're watching Netflix? Are you upset that your storage costs are going up?

Because you're about to, if they stop building data centers, storage becomes rare, therefore prices become higher.

So if you are tired of waiting for your stream to buffer up, If you want to go back to that, like it's the 1990s or 2010s, go ahead. Start banning data centers. Feel good about it. Look, I now understand when the booming happened about AI and the commencement addresses. We realize this next generation thinks that AI is taking their job.

I have news for you: AI is here.

So far, unemployment remains at 4.1%, just like it has for the last. Two years. And it got really high during the pandemic and then came down right away. They're already saying, a lot of the doomsayers are saying, this is not as bad as they thought it was going to be.

So I think that we got to go to Baffer Data Center. It's the right thing. I know maybe it's not the best politics, but just explain it. Show up at a facility, say, notice there's no hum. They're not taking farmland.

It's billed off the beaten path. And guess what? Here are the tax dollars it's raised. Tell the story. Loudoun County.

Raises billions. New schools, great roads, because Uh doesn't uh raise costs either.

So, yeah, make some demands, but also know the flip side of it. If you decide you don't want it part of the data center, hand in your phone. I don't want to see you on Netflix, I don't want to see you on PlayStation. Here's Kim Strossel, cut 36. I think that there is some blame to go around that the AI companies probably stoked too many fears in the beginning.

Some of these AI heads were out there talking about how AI was going to take away people's jobs, etc. They've walked some of that back now, but they've also done a poor job of talking about the benefits. First of all, about what they provide. For instance, as Dan was saying, anything you like, you like that Zoom call that allows you to work remotely, that's because of a data center. You know, you like video gaming, you like using Instacart for your groceries, it's because of a data center.

See?

So just say I don't want data centers. Tired of my phone. Want to pay more for storage? Don't catch me. I will not be streaming anything.

And make sure that Uh people know. That utility costs are going to go up. Why? Because everything's going to go up. If you notice, your Apple payments have gone up.

Data centers are now on a pause in so many states. We got 3,000. All right, be smart about it, make demands about it. If they have to build a condo in your area, you vote on it. You should.

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From high atop. Fox News Headquarters. In New York City. Always seeking solutions, never sowing division. It's Brian Killmead.

All right, from 48th and 6th in midtown, Manhattan, heard around the country, around the world, the Brian Kilmeat Show. It's going to be a big hour coming your way. Majority Leader at Center John Thune is going to be with us. It's going to be great. And Roger's Akheim in studio.

He's got a book coming out shortly. Roger, is that right? November 17th.

Well, yeah, it seems like shortly. Peace through strength, how Ronald Reagan's military build-up won the Cold War, which, by the way, people forgot why we fought the Cold War. That's why socialism and communism seems to be back and seems kind of cool to some naive people. And by the way, you always have that YouTube channel, youtube.com/slash at the Brian Kilmeat Show.

So before we get to Roger and everything going on in politics and more, let's get to the big three. Number three. They pop up in places that nobody ever heard of before until they started the construction. They basically dug their own grave for the problem that's been caused for them and that's why they got the backlash they deserve. Data centers may be increasingly unpopular, but it has not stopped Donald Trump and his team from going to bat for them.

Why I believe it's the best thing to do for the country, even if it's not the best thing to do for your politics. Number two. In their minds, so our audience understands, I mean, not talking about the damage we're doing economically and financially to them, but in their heads, they believe they can outlast us here. They don't care about the suffering of their people. But they can't.

Unobtainable. Unsustainable, I should say. That's what Gulf allies are saying about the ongoing battle between the U.S. and Iran. But the U.S.

is showing some military strain as well. We'll discuss. Number one. They're coming at me on fireworks. I'm like, all right, first, if your whole conception of America is that it's fireworks, I'm so sorry you don't have a complete conception of America.

But even then, right? Like, what is it I said?

Well, every time we do a fireworks show, it destroys the air quality and people have asthma exacerbations and heart attacks the next day. That's all I was saying. You know what I mean? Yeah, that's exactly right. Let's stop.

People have heart attacks and asthma attacks during fireworks shows. That's a new one. El Saeed continues to try to justify his ridiculous view of this country and of our traditions, like football. We'll talk about that, as well as his battle with the Vice President of the United States. And let's welcome in Roger Zachim with that.

Roger, if people just review the Cold War, I think Democrats wouldn't have this wrestling match with socialism. Am I right? The people forgot what we were doing for 50 years.

Well, it's a couple generations. The answer is absolutely. We. not only won that war and removed a major military threat, Freedom advanced around the world. People were denied freedom.

The people who were protesting in Iran, that that regime slaughtered up to 40,000, perhaps more, they wanted. Exactly what the people in Eastern Europe wanted in the Soviet republics. And President Reagan. And America delivered that freedom, hands down. I mean, Mal.

I mean, this guy, people go, Hassan Piker, I'm listening to El Saeed say, I'm not into cancel culture, and we disagree on a few things. Really? Because this guy's pro-Mao, pro-Stalin, pro-Lenin, pro-Fidel Castro, pro-Te Cavarra. I'm pretty sure I couldn't be friends with that guy, let alone campaign with that guy. That's a little different from canceled culture.

This should not be hard. I mean, Piker wears the uniform literally and figuratively. Did you see what he wore? Unbelievable. Yeah, it's just insane.

And the fact that he can't remove himself from Piker, does Al Said, reflects that they have a kinship, they share a worldview, and he should be doing it every time, anytime, and he refuses. And Mike Rogers needs to hold him accountable, and I think he's doing a decent job at it. Yes, I think that he is more of a traditional Republican. Do you think personally, as he approaches things pragmatically, diplomatically, with a smile on his face, do you think that's the right approach here? Or do you have to have more of a combative approach?

I think it needs the Mike Rogers approach. I think my assumption is on politics, it's all local, right? And you got to be yourself. This is a strong person. FBI, you know, intelligence committee chairman.

He knows what's actually happening. Who's in the military? In the military. And so he's going to do it his way. He's a gentleman.

And I think people in Michigan will pick up on that.

So here's Hassan Piker talking about his relationship with El Saeed, cut eight. And by the way, excuse me, cut six. He asked me to stomp for him. And I had not considered that ever before. I did not realize that people would get so mad about it.

Because from my perspective, Who cares if I'm doing a rally with a politician? I'm like, I've already had the guy on like a hundred times on the broadcast. You know, I've fundraised for him. I like him a lot. I have my disagreements with him too, of course.

But But that was when the onslaught came in. Not helpful. Am I correct for El Saeed? I mean, this is what, this is the recipe. I mean, he made this for himself, but it's not just Piker.

I mean, you look at the the case of the attack on the synagogue and the person who carried out Ghazali. I mean, his family were members of Hezbollah, and El Sayyid... Defended it, right? In the standpoint of saying, well, you know, um, Somebody who is hurt will hurt. I mean, it's a mindset.

It's not just association with Piker. It resides within the candidate. And what happens is when you delete your tweets, are you saying that's not going to be helpful for my true feelings to come out? You're not saying, well, I was drunk when I didn't. You know, you're not saying that I'm a different person now.

I've been through rehab. No, it's not going to be helpful for you to know what I thought about in 2022 if I want to win election in 2026. This is the wink, wink, nod, nod. I'm not a member of the DSA, but the DSA supports me. I mean, spot on.

Right. The only reason why I guess El Said cannot be a member of the Democratic Socialists of America is because they want to abolish the Senate. And he's running for a Senate seat.

So it sort of doesn't quite add up. But in every other respect, it's there. And the notion that somehow he's a born-again capitalist after advancing all the policies. That would effectively, I mean, this is Marxist communism, giving the means of production to the state. That is where he resides.

You have the hatred, you have the fanaticism that comes from third worldism, Islamism, and you also have the biggest kind of big government Democrat that would take away freedom from the American people. This is the road to serfdom. And by the way, nobody wants. Medicare for all. Nakeem Jeffries doesn't want Medicare for all.

Seniors don't want you to have Medicare for all because they'll go to the back of the line. It's not sustainable, costs $4 trillion. Nobody wants the quality that comes with Medicare for all. You need a supplement if you have Medicare in order to have insurance.

So it's a non-thinking thing for a Rhodes Scholar to say. I mean, this is, do the math. It's just part of the geology. This is not about dollars and cents. The framework is.

Government is a solution.

Now, from where you and I come from, government's the problem, it's not the solution. This is the direction where Democratic Socialists want to go. And of course, what it means at the end of the day, it's just a few people making decisions for all people. Let's talk about our military.

So there's a report that came out over the weekend that says our military leaders have told the Secretary of Defense, hey, this is unsustainable for us to continue to wait on and off war in the middle, to have on and off war in the Middle East. This operation was supposed to be 45 days, and now it's six months. No one said the report was wrong. They said, how did it leak?

So Roger, what's your takeaway? It's the least surprising thing I've seen come out. That's not to say it's not concerning. I'm just not at all surprised that you have our commander from Pacific Command saying, hey, I got vulnerability here because I'm sending aircraft carriers to support my buddy in Central Command to get those carriers into the Persian Gulf. I'm not surprised that the Chief of Naval Operations saying, hey, having this blockade that's doing great work and having great effect in the Persian Gulf means that the readiness of the Navy is really strained.

We knew this forever. It comes from a defense strategy problem that we've known for a long time, which is. The United States has interests in multiple regions of the world, Brian. We have interests, of course, in the Pacific. We also have it in the Middle East and Europe.

But our military has not been built. It's not big enough to deal with what we call a simultaneity challenge, to do two things at once.

So we're in a conflict in Iran. It hasn't been kinetic for like a month. But just to be present in one place in a serious fashion means that we have vulnerability elsewhere. That's what's going on there. That's a problem.

We need a bigger military. We need a $1.5 trillion budget. Trevor Burrus, Jr.: And that is only 5% of the GDP. It's not even what we're asking NATO to do.

So people say, well, that's higher than ever. Yes. But think about how much revenue we are generating as a country.

Well, I guess in pure dollars, it's higher than ever. I look at it from a percent GDP, and it's below what we did during the Cold War. I mean, for a long time, as a Republican and Democrats, going back, and this is in the book that you referenced at the outset, we had Democrats advocating for 5% GDP during Jimmy Carter. Great story. You're probably aware of this, but you had senior Democrats in the Senate.

In 1979, 1988. Close to 1980, telling Jimmy Carter, you need to give 5% of the budget, GDP, to defense. Yeah, and that's not the case right now, but it's interesting. There's a lot of people on the right that are not looking to sign up on the one point five trillion on the right.

So let alone what you need to actually get the $1.5 trillion budget. That's what's at danger. That's what's at risk with this midterm.

Well There is reconciliation.

So they're doing this kind of unique budget approach to try to get just a pure majority could allow you to get. A big down payment on that $1.5 trillion. It needs bipartisan support. You can't get an appropriation through without Democrats, given the rules in the Senate. And you're right, there are Republicans out there that understandably are worried about.

$40 trillion threshold pass on the debt. But we know that unless we're investing in national defense, our economy is at risk. And if we don't have a huge economy, a growing economy, Right? We can't support a defense budget. They go hand in hand, but we can't give it up.

That's the key. Procurement is the issue. The mass-producing weapons is an issue. And we're already talking about getting interceptors that aren't quite as sophisticated, which is fine. We're also talking about getting Silicon Valley involved with some of these other Andorol and some other companies.

Have you seen a gelling of the two with the behemoth defense contractors along with the upstarts? Great question. Not enough. And here's like the very simple test. About are we seeing this technology have a meaningful effect on our military?

There's one exception I'll get to in a second. But if you look at the battlefields that matter, Ukraine. You look at the battlefields that matter, Iran. Are we seeing U.S. drones?

Right. having a material impact on the US military and advancing our interests. Not really. The Iranians are using drones to greater effect than the U.S., one exception, and that is surface boats.

So we have autonomous boats that have been used in a couple of cases, and that's been a great example of what our capacity is, what are really what the potential is out there. But in reality, not enough, Brian. And you remember where the drones came from. It was Donald Rumsfeld saying, can we put a Hellfire missile on some of these unmanned planes?

So we should be first, and we should be mature enough to say Ukraine has surpassed us in their technology. They want to help us. Why aren't we utilizing that?

Well, you've been leading on this for a long time. I completely agree with you. You recall, as we've discussed in the past, the president said, Hey, you don't have the cards. That changed. A year later, Zelensky was back with the president and he knew he had a card, and he offered the president.

Ukrainian technology for drones, and the president as President Trump was interested in it. We have to take advantage of their know-how. The Europeans are doing it. Germans, the UK, the US has to work with them as well. They know how to defeat Russian EW and other defenses against drone warfare.

See, what's interesting is. The drones are now striking deep within Russia. They have blown up, they have attacked every single Russian refinery. They're blowing up the Russian version of Amazon. You could no longer say the Russians are insulated from this war, the Russian people, because it's hitting everywhere.

So, what do you think, and you might know, or if you want to speculate, I would certainly appreciate that, Roger Zach. I'm John Ratcliffe's message was when he went there for 72 hours. Yeah.

Six hours on the ground. And I think what he was saying to the Russians is We know. We validated that a Russian recruit who lands on the battlefield in Ukraine has a life expectancy of 20 to 30 minutes. Ratcliffe said that publicly this past July, Senator Dave McCormick's defense event. And I think he went over to say, listen, you think you want to escalate to de-escalate, attack NATO so we'll compromise on Ukraine?

Not going to happen. You're losing in Ukraine, and the same will happen to you if you attack a NATO ally in Europe. I think that was the message. Listen, there's over half a million KIAs killed in action on the Russian side since this war began. And over a million casualties, people no longer are able to go back to the battlefield.

Look, and the president said to me the other day, he's like, well, you know, Ukraine is almost, no one's coming back to Ukraine. It's a message. I go, yeah, for now, Mr. President, but they're going to come back. And these people are fighting.

They're going to be, they are the premier fighting force, pound for pound in Europe right now. You know, Henry Kissinger, before he passed. Passed away, changed his tune on Ukraine. You may recall this. Originally, he said Ukraine should never be a member of NATO.

Then he saw what the Ukrainians did after the invasion in twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three, and he's like, this is the best fighting force Europe has to offer. Of course, they should be part of NATO.

So I think that mindset is making a huge impact. And Raj, now that you're here, I just want you to take on this. America gave Russia no choice. It allowed NATO to grow so close to their border they felt a threat, and that's why they're lashing out, making sure Ukraine doesn't end up like the Baltics. Do you believe that line of thought?

Do you build an excuse for Russia to act the way they acted? No excuse for the act. This is aggression. You shouldn't even sort of accommodate an argument that somehow we're going to be able to do it. We hear this argument all the time.

100%. But it's, to me, they're so-called realists, so-called restrainers. Like, somehow we have to give them their due, that this is their historical right. Absolutely not. There were agreements signed.

The Ukrainians rightfully had self-determination, and these people are free in our system, U.S. values, right? Going back to our Declaration of Constitution, that free people should be able to determine their future. The Ukrainians voted their feet, and they're fighting for it as well. Freedom.

So many times, people don't understand who the good guys are in this country. I mean, they look at what's happening in the Middle East and they say Israel's the problem. They look at what's happening around the world and they go, America's the issue. When they don't under they don't understand fundamentally, while we're not playing the perfect game, we're on the right side. Can you believe that we have to do this?

Well Listen, the people who make the most noise are often not most representative where the American people are. I'm a we the people person, you're a we the people person. The American people know, we do polling on this all the time at the Reagan Institute, overwhelmingly understand, I mean, super majorities, that Israel is in the right here, that Ukraine is in the right here, that Taiwan is worth being defended. The American people fundamentally stand with freedom. The people making the noise on the far right and the far left want to tell you otherwise, but they're marginal players in the overall view of the American people.

We just have to tell Darlene Graham that last thing. Taiwan needs to be a department. We're working on that, step by step. She's smart. She'll pick it up.

Roger Zachim, thanks so much. I cannot wait for your book to come out, Peace Through Strength, coming out in November. Great to see you, Roger. Appreciate it. Back in a moment.

Diving deep into today's top stories. It's Brian Kilmead. Uh The fastest three hours in radio. You're with Brian Kilmead. Well, it's not surprising Secretary Driscoll, who's a close ally of Vice President Vance, has been butting heads with Secretary Hegseth for months now.

In fact, he had disagreed with Secretary Hegseth's decision to fire many of the Army's top generals, top leaders, leading to a bit of a brain drain in the Army. And now we understand that Secretary Driscoll has submitted his resignation, Brett.

So, yeah, Secretary Driscoll, great guy, and I know really dedicated. He met Vice President Vance in college. I don't know if this shows a rift within the administration between people that like the Vice President, people like the Secretary of War. The Secretary of War are much more pro- Iran war than the vice president was clearly. I'm not sure where Driscoll stood, but I had a chance to meet her a number of times, extremely smart.

One of his focuses was modernizing. And trying to modernize the military. And he was doing with the Secretary of the Army, excuse me, the Chairman of the Joint Chairman of the Army. That was Randy George, and he got fired.

So he got fired and then they thought Driscoll's days are numbered. They asked him to stay through the holidays, and he said no, essentially. Went to explain it to the president, and it looks like he is gone. They're looking to put Sean Parnell, who I got a chance to meet in the past, great guy. Uh wrote two very good books.

He is now the head of the media. uh media relations with the Pentagon.

So I'm not sure if that's the right Secretary of War, but he certainly would get along with Pete Hagseth.

So we'll see where that goes, but there's just a lot of vacancies. I worry about any nomination. that is vacant right now. Because nobody knows what's going to happen with the Senate. And you just know that almost nobody's going to get confirmed.

They'd rather leave seats open. Than confirm people for Trump. That's how much they hate this guy.

So, whether it's Secretary of Labor or on down, you got to fill up all these seats as quick as possible in the next few months. And I'm not sure that Democrats aren't going to go out of their way to hold things up. When we come back, we always love when Senate Majority Leader John Thune joins us. The senator from South Dakota will be here talking about the agenda going forward. You'll listen to Brian Kilmey Show.

So glad you're here. The talk show that's getting you talking. You're with Brian Kilmead. Senator John Thune joins us now. The majority leader, who has been working hard, even though he has not been in Washington, is now back with us today.

Senator, great to know you're here. I'm not seeing you, not on Zoom this time, but thanks so much for joining us. The one thing that's changed so much since the last time we spoke or you've been in Washington is we're now in the middle of a trade war with Canada. Are you to believe there's something you can do to get us back on track there? It seems that both sides lose in this.

Right, yeah. And I I'm hopeful that they can Figure something out there, Brian, that will allow the United States and Canada to continue to do business. Canada is our number one trading partner here in South Dakota, and so having access to that market and them having reciprocal access to the U.S. market are big pieces, really, of why I think we have such a robust economy here at the state level. And I know the President's focused on trying to help American farmers and workers, and we certainly hope he's successful in reaching a deal that benefits our producers.

And I think that's the ultimate objective. And I think, really, I'm not a big fan of tariffs. I'm supportive of them as a tool to achieve reciprocity if some countries taking advantage of us. And that appears to be what the President is trying to achieve here.

So let's hope he's successful and that we can get things back on track. Do you see a role for yourself in this?

Well, I think that, you know, we need to be there's a role, obviously, for the Congress. We had to approve the USMCA, the trade deal that was enacted in the President's first term, which I think has been a great success, frankly. And so if there's another opportunity to re-up that, or does the President, he's going through a process now to attempt to make changes to it, but I expect Congress will have a voice in that. We'll find out. I think the President is using authority here that probably has not been tested recently in court.

And I'm sure that this is going to probably at some point go to the courts, and they'll have to decide whether or not he has that authority on his own or whether he has to come to Congress to get it. But we'll be prepared to act. I think in the meantime, it's conveying to the administration, the President and his team, the concerns that we have, particularly in states like South Dakota that have a significant bilateral trade relationship with the Canadians. Do you get concerned that Cornell? Is playing politics in America when he sends out an email or a letter to all these governors essentially saying, hey, side with us in this, and we're hoping to play a role in the midterm elections, and this is our point of view, especially knowing that Michigan and Maine are up for grabs, and they'll probably be the most affected.

Yeah, I think there's no doubt he's playing politics. I think he's going to try and gain an advantage any way he can or try and leverage that position against the President. I think it's important, obviously, this is an election season, that candidates in those states make their views known. And in some cases, they are, and quite vocally at the moment, with the administration. But I don't think there's any I can't imagine governors in the U.S.

are going to be siding with the Canadians on something as important to the U.S. economy as trade. And I'm just hopeful, like I said, that the White House, the President and his team, USTR will figure out a path forward that enables us to continue what has been, I think, a very important not just for South Dakota, but for our entire country, bilateral trading relationship and with our neighbor of the North. How concerned are you, if at all, that the Secretary of the Army has now resigned? We lost General Randy George.

He was fired. Donahue, the head of Southern European Command, was fired. How are you are you concerned at all about what's happening at the Pentagon? Yeah, we're obviously paying attention to that. And there are concerns, obviously.

There are a number of our I know my Senate colleagues who have weighed in, in particular, with some of the changes that are being made over there. And I think it's something that the White House needs to be very dialed into. Obviously, it's a big department, and there are a lot of moving parts in any administration. But when it comes to national security, it's important that we get it right. And that means we've got to have the right people in the right position.

So I think that the White House is obviously paying attention to what's happening there. And I think there are a lot of members of Congress, myself included, who are concerned and want to know the rationale and explanation, the justification for some of the decisions being made. And as soon as the Congress is back in session here in a week or two, I expect a lot of those questions will get asked. What is the answer to procurement? We have the great sophisticated weapons, but not in mass.

And that's been a problem now for a lot of people. You know, we've heard that about for the last four or five years. Where are we at in terms of fixing it? Have you seen a plan to fix this? I think that they are I've seen yes, I've seen attempts and Sort of the folks over there at the department spelling out how they're going to go about doing this.

But frankly, Brian, it comes down to, I mean, we need procurement reform. We've needed it for a long time. And there were people who were sounding that call several years ago. And I think it's even more true now as technology has changed and the battlefields change, the weapons of war are changing. And we've got to keep up with that.

And that means we're going to have to start doing things differently. And I think that's why it's so important that you have good, strong leadership at the Army, for example, the Air Force, the Navy, obviously, all essential elements of America's national security strategy. But that also entails making sure they have the latest technology, innovation, weaponry, training, et cetera. And I think we have to be flexible, adaptable, innovative to adapt to the times because the battlefield is a changing place. And the United States has an incredibly vital role when it comes not only to our national.

National security, but to that of our allies around the world. And that umbrella of security that we provide around the world depends on us having the weaponry and the assets that we need to be able to shift to other countries that are our allies. And so I'm a big proponent of procurement reform and doing things in a new and different way. And I think they're making some headway there, but we've got a lot farther to go.

So, how do you feel about, you know, right now, the Ukraine and the President and Zelensky, the President and President Zelensky are getting along much better clearly. And as challenging as it is, Ukraine's not losing, but they do ask for patriots. We have essentially said we need them. What do you what would be Senator Thune's answer to the Patriot problem in the hope of helping? Ukraine while not hurting us.

Well, I think we've got to scale up on that front, Brian. That's why when the President has asked for additional resources for a military, it's to replace depleted munitions and supplies and get our supply chain up and going again. There are demands for patriots, among other things that we make in this country and can provide that we need to do to be able to support our allies. And Ukraine is a perfect example of that. And that's why I think it's really critical that we do what's necessary to provide the funding, but then also to adapt our procurement practices in ways that make us a more efficient producer so we can get things there in a more timely way.

So I know Mike Pence came out last week and said, listen, South Korea's got a ton. If they're looking to get on our good side, and there's been a little bit of stress there because they refused to help in the Iran war or helping at all in the strait. That will be one way to do it. Have you thought about talking to our ally, Senator Thune, about maybe contributing to Ukraine or the Gulfs some way, shape or form with interceptors? We have, and I think that those conversations need to continue.

Whenever I'm outside the United States traveling, you certainly hear it from our allies. They rely on the U.S., but there are other countries now who are stepping up production in some of these key areas. And yeah, and we need to be accessing that, which is why I'm a big believer, Brian, that you've got to have a successful world power has to have allies. And I think to the degree that we work with other countries who share, in many cases, not only our values, but a lot of our national security interests from a strategic standpoint, if they've got the weaponry that can provide support to some of our allies, be it in other places around the world, say Europe, Ukraine, yeah, we ought to be accessing that. And I think that's why continuing to build out those relationships with a lot of our allies and ensure that we've got a shield for the free and democratic world against the bad actors out there is critically important.

How do you explain only 30% of the country? In support of these data centers, yet they're vital to everything we do, from the phone we're holding to the games we might be playing to the movies we might be streaming. But yet only 30% of the country said bill more, and there's freezes among Republican governors and Democratic governors. I'm talking about Texas as well as Wisconsin. How do you explain this?

Where do you stand, Senator Thun?

Well, I think we've got to win the AI race with China. We can't lose that. That has lots of implications not only to our economic vitality and prosperity in this country, but also it has a lot of national security implications. I think the important question for communities all across our state and across the country to consider, and I know a lot of them are working through it as we speak, is how do you, you know, if you're going to do this, how do you go about it? And I think it is primarily a state and local issue, and that's why it's really important that there be strong engagement at those levels so people's concerns can be heard and that any potential issues can be mitigated.

And so you talk about use of electricity. There ought to be if I was a you know, if I'm an AI company that wants to build data centers and I was going to go into an area, I'd tell them we're going to be net negative energy users. In fact, we're going to be positives to the grid in your state. And we're not going to be using your resources and your utilities. That's all they're going to be self-sufficient.

And I think they need to talk about the impact they can have on the economy in terms of jobs created and that sort of thing. And I don't think that message probably has gotten out. But I think it's really important, and we're having that debate right here in South Dakota at this moment, that these state and local entities be heard from because it's really critical that they be engaged. Senator John Thune, thanks so much. I look forward to what we can accomplish before the end of the year.

Thanks so much for joining us. Uh Now The Brian Kilmead Show joins Fox Business's Varney and Company with Stuart Varney live on your radio and on Fox Business. Here's Brian Kilmead. Hey, we're back. Gonna go do a simulcast with Stuart Varney shortly.

And then afterwards, we'll take some of your calls: 1-866-408-7669. We're also finding out a couple of things we're waiting on today. We're going to find out if Charlie has enough information and evidence to go forward on Charlie Kirk's killer, Tyler Robinson, which is farcical because everybody knows he got more than enough. His own family turned him in. And so it is roommate.

So let's listen in. Here we go. It is precisely 10 o'clock. That means it's Kilmead time. Brian, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El Saeed, facing new scrutiny for deleting old tweets about 9-11.

In those posts, he compared response to the terror attacks to the COVID response. By the way, he's also going after fireworks. Brian, you gotta listen to this again. Watch. If your whole conception of America is that it's fireworks, I'm so sorry you don't have a complete conception of America.

But even then, right? Like, what is it I said?

Well, Every time we do a fireworks show, it destroys the air quality and people have asthma exacerbations and heart attacks the next day. That's all I was saying. You know what I mean? I'm not saying we shouldn't have higher fireworks. I'm just saying, maybe, like, there are other ways to show your love.

You know, Brian, it sounds like he thinks the media has been distorting his views. Is that accurate? No, he can't even do it. I mean, his explanations are ridiculous. Fireworks cause heart attacks and asthma.

That's what he's worried about in the open air, causing heart attacks. Why? Because of loud explosions. I'm pretty sure a car backfiring would do the same thing. It's like saying: if you think life's about a birthday, just because you celebrate your birthday, if you think life is just about your birthday, you're really missing something.

No kidding. We're allowed to celebrate America's birthday the same way we did almost every year since 1776. He doesn't like football. He thinks it's racist. He doesn't like fireworks.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't really like America. Medicare for All for a Rhodes Scholar doesn't work out in anybody's math nor in anybody's party. The seniors don't want it. Hakeem Jeffries doesn't want it, but he's running on that and he wants to help everyone's life get better. And then when it comes to Hassan Piker, why are you making a big deal over a streamer in California?

Because you brought him out on the Campaign trail, you used him up until the last day of campaigning. You went to a barbecue with him and invited him there. You're the one who went on his podcast dozens of times.

So if you thought he was so insignificant, why are you spending so much time with him and why are you being seen with him? Yet he wants to blame it on the audience. He can't do it. When you have other people saying, like Bernie Sanders, oh, you guys just want him to lose. No.

And admit to what goes on. The guy that's following him around doesn't just have different views, as he explained to Charlemagne the God. This guy is pro-Mao, who killed 20 million people. He's pro-Stalin, pro-Lenin, pro-Chevara, pro-Fidel Castro. Let me ask you something, Stu.

I know you're open to different people in different walks of life, but if those five brutal dictators were part of the fabric of a friend of yours, would he be a friend of yours? Everyone watching would say no, but he thinks we're going to buy it because we don't like cancel culture. Nice try. Nice try indeed. RNC chair Joe Grutters.

He's calling out Democrats, Democrat candidates, for embracing anti-Semitism. He says the Jewish community has a home in the Republican Party for years to come. Watch this. Here's the hard truth that too many Democrats do not want to say out loud. The same ideology.

The same hatred that fueled october seventh. is growing right here in our backyard. And it has found a home in the Democrat Party. This did not happen overnight. It happened step by step as radical extremists took over the party.

And the Democrat leaders let them. Is there any sign that Jewish voters are indeed switching to the Republican Party in significant numbers? I'll tell you, if they aren't now, they never will. I've not seen the polls, but if you're a Jewish American that's pro-Israel, they don't want you in the Democratic Party.

So if you want to stay, just know that almost everything you hear at a convention behind closed doors and in front of the podium and on mic is going to be something you're not comfortable with. And in case people out there are saying, well, I'm pro-Jew, I'm pro-Jewish or I'm not anti-Semitic. I just don't like Netanyahu, just do some polling or talk to people in Israel. Even if Netanyahu left tomorrow, do you know they'd be doing the same thing with Hamas, same thing with Hezbollah, taking on Iran? Those are the fundamentals.

Israel knows who's attacking them, Islamic Jihad. They used to be Syria. It's really just Iran and those others who are Iran who's supporting. When you get a different prime minister, they might be a little bit more liberal, a little bit more conservative. It doesn't matter.

They will do the same fundamental thing.

Some people say, I'm not anti-Israel. I'm anti-Netanyahu. There is no difference. This is they're practicing self-defense. They don't want one ounce of land that doesn't belong to them.

They want security. They're not taking land in Lebanon. They're pushing out Hezbollah because they're trying to clear out the northern part of Israel.

So there is no place for the Jewish community in the Democratic Party. Just ask them. Just tell it to the Democrats. Brian, thanks very much. Histo ahead.

Cuba preparing to loosen some of the people.

So there you go. And that's what's going on there when we talk about foreign relations. And I think the vice president yesterday got pushback as he spoke to conservative members of the Jewish community at Las Vegas yesterday. I know Sid Rosenberg, who is with the morning show, number one morning show in New York with our affiliate WABC, was out there. And J.D.

Vance came out and was very critical of the Israeli government in a big speech that he had about two months ago. And they really are as much as Yeah. JD Vance is very impressive on the stump. A lot of people wonder how different he is from some of the podcasts he goes on.

Now there was push, they say, you know, why are you going on these podcasts? They're so anti-Israel. And he says, look, there's certain ones I won't go on. But when there are people that just don't agree with everything I agree with, I'll still go on. And he was doing a book tour, he hopped on with them.

Many of which are friends of mine. I just don't agree with their foreign policy at all. And that's going to be a question the Republicans will have for him when Ted Cruz gets on that stand. You know exactly what he's going to go after. If they have Youngkin get out there, you know exactly what they're going to get after.

With Glenn Youngkin, if you have Nikki Haley or Governor DeSantis, you know exactly what they're going to do when they go out there.

So, or if there's other people in the administration that want to run that have been rumored to be interested in running for President of the United States. Quick note, United States, my book is coming out in November, excuse me, October 13th. If you want to order it, I hope you do. It's going to be the six crucial moments that forged the American miracle. Another reason to love the country.

But these six moments, I think you'll love it. It's easy to explain and very readable. And I'll be on stage talking about it. It'll be in Clearwater, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Red Bank, New Jersey, and Westbury, Long Island.

From the Fox News Radio Studios in Midtown Manhattan. It's the fastest-growing radio talk show. Brian Kilmead. Hi, everyone.

So glad you're there. It's the Brian Kilmeat Show. Bottom of the arrow. We always love having Vice Admiral Robert Harwood on, Senior Advisor with the Iran Policy Project. You know, he was raised in Iran, and then when it went sideways with the revolution, he got out of there and became a valuable member of our military.

Now he offers great insight with being able to text inside Iran as that country slowly falls apart. With us right now is Senator Ted Cruz. Not only is it always great to have the Senator Arns, Chairman of Commerce, you know, he's working on a reform bill when it comes to college sports, doing great bipartisan work there. He's got a new book out, and I downloaded it last night. I could not put it down.

Going further, the incomparable Clarence Thomas, who he clerked for. Senator Cruz, welcome to Brian Kilmeat Show. Welcome back. Brian, good morning. Great to be with you.

Thanks for having me. Hey, first off, about what's going on with college sports. As I talked to Drew Rosenhaus on Sunday night, he told me I don't want to see any reforms. And he kind of laughed afterwards because he's actually recruiting high school players now. Uh because high school players are earning NIL.

And they know they're going to get million dollar contracts going to college.

So, what you've been working hard on is bring some type of semblance of order. When you guys come back to work, Where is the college sports reform bill at?

Well, we're going to vote on it either the second or third week of September.

So it is locked in to be voted on. I think we're going to get it passed, and I think we need to. What's happening in college sports right now is just chaos. There are no rules. All the rules have been thrown out.

So right now what you have is you have athletes going into the transfer portal. They transfer two, three, four times. you have essentially zero eligibility rules.

So you have athletes playing six, seven, eight years. You have twenty seven, twenty eight year olds competing against seventeen year olds. And you've also got, and we're seeing this right now, Pros, NFL players going back and playing college football, NBA players going back and playing college basketball, and the entire system. Is trapped in this cost spiral where the costs are spiraling up and up and up, and almost every program in the country. Is losing tens of millions of dollars.

And the result is every week. You see another program being canceled. You see women's sports being canceled. You see Olympic sports being canceled. And if Congress doesn't act, within five years we're going to see maybe thirty to fifty competitive college football programs remaining, and everyone else is going to go out of business.

So the programs are going to end. And when football ends, all of the rest of the programs end because it's football that pays for every other sport. That outcome would be a disaster because college sports is something amazing that we have in America. It is something unique we have in America. Every year, About five hundred thousand college athletes go to sport, go to college.

because of sports. And if we sit by and let that go away, we'll see those opportunities take away. We'll see hundreds of thousands of athletes have the chance to go to school and get an education and get the skills that put them on a path to success. We'll see those opportunities go away. We can't do that.

And so I've authored the Protecting College Sports Act. As you noted, it's bipartisan legislation. I authored it with Maria Cantwell, Democrat from Washington State. We voted it out of the Commerce Committee, which I chair. It was a big bipartisan vote.

It was 19 to 9.

So 70 percent of the members of the committee voted for it. We're going to be on the floor second or third week of September. And what this bill does is it brings order to the chaos. It sets simple rules.

So for example, Every athlete gets one free transfer, not unlimited transfers, one transfer. It sets eligibility. five years for eligibility. It ends at age 24. It gives the ability to have basic rules such that, for example, if you're gambling, You can lose your eligibility.

We've had with the Brendan Sorsby case, what we have right now is governance by injunction. One trial lawyer finds a friendly local judge, and it doesn't matter that the player has gambled on his own games for years. The judge says he can play. That doesn't make any sense. And so, this is a bill that is designed to protect college sports, to protect it for the student athletes, to protect it for the colleges, and to protect it ultimately for the fans.

Have you been in contact with the House leadership? Are they going to adopt this? And I know they have a different version, right? Look, what I believe will happen is in September, the Senate's going to pass this, and I think we're going to get a big bipartisan vote. We have to get at least 60 to pass it out of the Senate.

I think we're going to get a lot more than 60. And in my view, what will happen then is it will go to the House, and the House will take it up and pass it. President Trump enthusiastically supports this bill. He and I talk about it every few days, and he very much wants it to pass. He is leading in.

The House has their own version, but they haven't been able to pass their own version. And so I like their version, but it has the support of no Democrats. The version that they have is not going to become law. This bill, particularly with the support we've got behind it, We have twenty four conferences that have endorsed this bill. We have three hundred sixty colleges and universities that have endorsed this bill.

The historically black colleges and universities have endorsed this bill. We have the support of the NDA, The NFL, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League. We have the support of the NBA Players Association, the NFL Players Association. We have the support of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

And we also have the support of coaches like Nick Sabin and John Calapari and hundreds of coaches across the country who've endorsed this as the only and best hope to save the incredible institution that we have that's college sports.

So Senator Ted Cruz, our guest, working on that. And the other thing was, at the last minute I heard when you guys tried to pass this this summer, is that there was a big thing. It doesn't protect against men playing in women's sports, that trans thing. Have you added anything to that to make sure it's biologic, the gender you were born?

So the language is explicit that it does not touch the laws in states like Texas and West Virginia and twenty seven states across the country that have acted to protect women's sports. Look, Men should not be playing in women's sports. Boys should not be playing in girls' sports. States that that are not Haven't lost their minds, have acted and passed legislation to protect that. The language in the bill unequivocally protects.

Those laws, and we've got to protect those laws.

So I want to talk about your book now. The day was October 11, 1991. Clarence Thomas, in his last day of his hearing, one of his last days of his hearing, spoke out against the Anita Hill and the attacks against him. Cut 45. This is a circus.

It's a national disgrace. It is a high-tech lynching. for uppity blacks. who in any way deign to think for themselves. And it is a message.

that unless you kowtow to an old order. You will be lynched. destroyed. caricatured. by a committee of the U.S.

U.S. Senate. rather than hung from a tree.

So that was Clarence Thomas, fed up and speaking out. And that is all in the book going further, the incomparable Clarence Thomas. Senator, how much did that hearing and the turbulence around the country play into Clarence Thomas, who he is today, and how he acts on the Supreme Court? Yeah.

Well, I think he went through fire in the confirmation hearing. And what the Democrats did, that committee was chaired by Joe Biden. And what they did, it was wrong. They smeared him. They blindsided him.

They had accusations, which they just sat on throughout the entire hearing. And then they leaked on the eve of his confirmation to just attack him. And what happened there, and I cover the confirmation hearing in full detail, what happened there is the committee convened a new hearing. And the American people listened to Anita Hill, they listened to her allegations, and then they listened to Clarence Thomas. And more than two-thirds of Americans watching those hearings, they looked in their eyes and they believed Clarence Thomas, and they did not believe Anita Hill's allegations.

That's why he got confirmed to the court. But I'll tell you, that experience going through that searing attack when other men, when lesser men would have quit, would have stepped down. Part of the reason they did this And it's the same thing they did to Brett Kavanaugh. The Democrats followed the exact same playbook where they had the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh for weeks, did nothing with it, didn't ask him about it, did nothing. And on the eve of the vote, they leak it to the press to try to smear him.

And actually, I cover this in the book as well. We had to do the exact same thing in the Senate Judiciary Committee for Brett Kavanaugh, which is give both of them an opportunity to be heard. And again, the American people believe Brett Kavanaugh. You know, I'll tell you, Brian, that this book, what I've tried to do Is tell the story of Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas is someone I've known for over 30 years.

I think he is. an American hero. He's an extraordinary person. He was born In abject poverty. He was born in Pinpoint, Georgia, tiny rural town in Georgia.

He lived in extreme poverty. He was raised by his grandfather, who was a very difficult man, a very a disciplinarian, but was the most important man in Clarence Thomas' life because he worked and taught him discipline. And he taught him, he would work him, get Clarence and his brother up at 3 and 4 in the morning. They would go deliver fuel oil, which was his grandfather's job, and the boys would deliver it with him. in the bitter cold He would not let the boys wear gloves because he would say, you know, gloves are for the week.

And he made Clarence Thomas tough, and he worked him from early in the morning till late, late at night. And the one exception Was school a reading? And so young Clarence would go to the library and he would read for hours and hours on end. That's how he could get out of hard physical labor. And he grew to love learning.

He became an excellent student. Clarence Thomas then decided that his calling in life He wanted to be a priest, and so he went to seminary. And the world, instead of Justice Thomas, Almost that father Thomas. But in seminary He was deeply troubled. It was the 1960s.

He was deeply troubled, and he became disillusioned with the church because he felt that the church. Was not acting vigorously enough against racial discrimination, against racial bigotry. And so he left the seminary and he went to Holy Cross and then Yale Law School. And Brian, it's an amazing thing. When he was in college and law school, young Clarence Thomas was a radical left-wing activist.

He wore camo pants and combat boots. He had a poster of Malcolm X on the wall. He would go to Black Panther rallies. He participated in a riot in Harvard Square. He was an angry young man as he describes.

And so, what I try to do in this book is: number one, Tell the journey, no justice in history has gone from such abject poverty. To the absolute pinnacle of American law. But I also try to chronicle the intellectual journey. of going from an angry left-wing radical to one of the most important conservative thinkers has ever lived. And finally, Clarence Thomas has been is the second longest serving Supreme Court justice in history.

He's been on the court over thirty years. In two years, he will become the longest serving Supreme Court justice in the history of our country. What I try to do in this book Is take 30 years of jurisprudence and explain it in ways that are real and that are understandable. You don't have to be a lawyer, you don't have to be an expert. This is designed for a smart high school kid to be able to read it and understand it and know who is Clarence Thomas.

Also, I want to bring in what happened. This is how optimistic people were, how different it was. Congressman Democrat James Clyburn on C-SPAN testifying in favor of Clarence Thomas in 1991 in September, Cut 48. It's a pleasure for me to Be here today to present testimony in favor of my good friend Clarence Thomas. I've known class for 10 years.

And I consider him to be a personal and professional friend. In spite of the fact that he shares a conservative Republican philosophy. But this is what he said Sunday about that support, Cut forty nine. Do you stand by your decision to make the case for Clarence Thomas' confirmation? Absolutely not.

You know, I have made mistakes in my life. And that's one uh that I made. and I will own up to that mistake. Uh the fact of the matter is I had faith and confidence. uh in the fact that his background and experiences would instruct him uh in his professionalism, especially sitting on the bench.

So he feels the opposite of you. Your thoughts about James Clyburn.

Well, I saw that on Sunday, and I thought that was unfortunate, but then it also wasn't surprising. Look, look, James Clyburn is responding to the Democrat Party of today, and their base is so angry, it's so extreme. And they hate Clarence Thomas. That's one of the things I talk about in the book a great deal. The level of contempt and hatred directed at Clarence Thomas is unlike any other justice.

You know, Anthony Scalia. was every bit as conservative as Thomas. But they didn't hate him the same way because Clarence Thomas is a black man, and the view of the left. is that no black man Has a right to think the way he does. You know, here's how the book opens.

It opens as follows. Imagine a man who came from nothing. who endured bleak poverty. who stood up to crushing racism, who is right now on track to become the longest serving Supreme Court justice in American history. You don't have to imagine.

That man, of course, is the incomparable Clarence Thomas. There is nobody else quite like him.

Somebody so extraordinary, you would think, would be venerated. And if he were politically liberal, he would be. Change that one small fact, and dozens of law schools would have given him an honorary degree. Elementary schools would be named after him. Late night hosts would invite him on adoringly in chic t-shirts.

Sync notorious RBG. would be aggressively marketed to young people. Instead, the response is silence. and hate. It's time for that silence to end.

That's why I wrote this book, because you know. We have such a divided time, there's so much hate, there's so much anger, that there's a shortage of role models. And I think Clarence Thomas is an extraordinary person. He agreed to sit for nine and a half hours of one-on-one exclusive interviews with me for this book. And I want to tell his story because I want people.

I think if you're looking for a role model who could not do better than Clarence Company, I just want to encourage your listeners to go to Amazon and buy the book. You'll enjoy it. It's a fun read. And buy an extra copy for your family. Buy one for your kids or grandkids.

But don't expect to go to the African American Museum and see much on him, which is insane. Real quick, I only got 30 seconds. Senator Cruz, do you think he stays past the Trump term? I do. I think he is not going anywhere.

He is going to stay, I think, at a minimum until the spring of 2028 when he becomes the longest-serving justice in history. And I think as long as his health is good, he's going to stay there. He is at the pinnacle of his game, and he is fighting for the Constitution in a way that is changing the world. And that's what this book explains: why it matters for your life. Senator Tate Cruz, the name of the book is Going Further, The Incomparable, Clarence Thomas.

Thanks, Senator. Great talk to you. Thanks, Brian. Back in a moment. The headlines, the stories behind them, and the people who make them only on the Brian Kill Meet Show.

He's so busy, he'll make your head spin. It's Brian Kilmead. Well, what the president said about data centers is they're an important part of the AI economy. When people build them, they have to build the power plants along with the data centers. I think probably 99% of the backlash to data centers has come in areas where building a data center means higher utility and higher electricity for the people on the ground.

So I think what these companies have to do is take advantage of some of the federal deregulatory efforts that we've undertaken. If you build a data center, you should be putting power back into the grid, not taking it out. And communicate with the community. But people say look at the data centers as big tech trying to muscle them out and hurt their, I guess, ability to build other things in those areas. And they look at it as maybe AI taking their jobs, which basically I'm not going to predict the future, but anyone who said, you know, a couple of years ago, they said, all these jobs are going to be gone, our unemployment range of 4.1%.

So it hasn't really budged in the last two and a half years.

So it hasn't happened. And data centers should be looked at totally separately, but I 100% agree with the Vice President of the United States when he said, come with your own power source and make sure the water is under control and make sure communities understand what you're doing. Once you do that, you should be able to build because you get the tax dollars to help everybody. Information you want, truth you demand. This is the Brian Kill Me Show.

Iran's conclusion there is they're losing this strategic asset because it's been their leverage point. And that is why they likely were firing those missiles to sort of use another device to disrupt. They're transiting through the straits. pressure point they have that has worked for them. Is they threaten the Saudis and the Gulf states' oil and gas infrastructure.

In other words, they claim they're going to devastate it. That is Jack Keene weighing in. Let's bring in Admiral Harwood, who grew up there. He is a senior advisor to the Iran Policy Project. And at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.

Admiral, always great to see you. Your thoughts about where we're at right now as we gradually begin to open up the Strait, much to the consternation of Iran. I think we're getting about 30 ships there through a day. We want 100. What do your sources say we're at?

Brian, we're past the tipping point. You're watching the demise of the government of Iran. There's no doubt about it. They are economically being destroyed. When people can't get gas in their cars, they can't feed their families, they aren't getting paid, you're going to see the internal dynamics.

Remove this regime. There's no doubt about it. They're still hanging people for videotaping long gas lines. Or show saying anything negative on camera about their country or the conflict.

So is that keeping the population in place? Without a doubt. But now they're using all their resources and time and energy to quell the internal dynamics. Sure, they've got some drones, some missiles left. They've got shoot to show they have power.

But at the end of the day, this regime is a lost cause.

Now, the only problem, will they try to mass what they have less? Left in missiles and drones to do some mass attack, thinking the midterms are going to influence the president. And I think that's a failed strategy on their behalf because this president's committed to the long haul. This is no longer about the midterms. This is about his administration and what it will define them.

So they're going to stay the course and ensure that this regime is financially asphyxiated. Causing the internal dynamics of Iran to change catastrophically for them. UAE came out and said, we're cutting off relations with Iran, but we still had to come up two days later and say, you still got banks dealing with Iran, and we cracked down on them. I hope they woke up. But are a lot a lot of these Gulf states double dealing?

Well, some of them are still concerned, and rightfully so, on U.S. policy. Will the president leave them in the mix, or is he committed to the long haul? I think the more they come to the realization that the president is in this for his whole administration, not just the midterm, to see the demise of the regime, they will come to the table in force.

So, that's always been their concern. Are we in this to the end state they need for long-term stability and security? And if the president articulates that, they'll jump on board the team very quickly.

So, Admiral, how many people are you in touch with in Iran regularly? Uh dozens? And that's, I think, indicative of the numbers. I think there are 75 million Iranians who want this regime left. And the rest are those who have been co-opted by the regime, believe in the ideology.

And in fact, it's life or death for them. When the people turn on them, they will be held accountable. They'll be ripped to shreds. But the numbers are vastly. Opposite.

And so ultimately, it will be the demise of this government in Iran as we know it today.

So that's why we heard the president come out and say, hey, let's go back to the MOU. That we had, that sixty-day MOU where all sanctions get lifted and they can sell oil again, which they broke foolishly. It was the best deal they ever got. But we should not go back to that MOU, should we? Without a doubt, there's no going back.

This is now what the President initially said when this first started: unconditional surrender. That's what this has to be. The MOU is like the dodo birds. It's gone. There's no going back.

There's no reason not to. The president now controls all the elements of power and can leverage all that to get the long-term goals. Of security and stability in the region by ha ensuring that this regime no longer exists when this conflict is over. I would hear what General Jack Keene said that Iran is up to. And I know we're listening to almost everything they're saying.

Cut twenty-four. What they want to see be achieved as a result of that is that the Democrats win this midterm election so they would shut the war down. That's their thought process. And listen, no one knows and nor do the Iranians know what kind of pressure it would take. to have them stop everything they're doing and sort of cap capitulate.

That's not knowable. They don't know themselves. But the pressure is the right thing. My gut feeling is it would likely take a combination of what Secretary Besson is doing and some military action to force the kind of end result we're looking for.

So, do you agree with that combination? Do you think we definitely need military, too?

Well, I think you use all the elements of power. Military, as we saw the recent strikes, whenever they're going to use weapons, be it drones or mines, strike them and remove that from the table. Ensure they have no military power at the end of the day and use your military force to achieve that. But as we're seeing now, the President and Secretary Bissett have applied this financial tourniquet that's just going to strangle them. And then ultimately, what you're seeing more play out is diplomatic power.

Hey, Oman, Pakistan, you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem, and we're going to hold you accountable.

So I think all these things show the success. I think the more we see success, Will influence the midterms of that, what I'm seeing positively for the president and the Republican Party. And all the naysayers who say, we can't do this. This is going to be more catastrophic. We'll be proven wrong.

I think the American people are seeing that play out.

So, again. I think this could work out very well for the president, not only for the midterms, but more importantly for the long terms and how he has evolved the Republican Party and what it means to Americans and why that will play out in his favor over the long term.

So let's say disaster for Republicans happens and they lose a House and Senate. Do the Iranians know that that doesn't stop the war? Do they know I have to believe that it's all about Trump? They know Trump, if that happens, Trump will even double down more to make sure this is part of his legacy.

So the Iranian people, when you talk about those 75 million, realize that it's this regime that does not or wants to disavow it because to them it's an existential threat and they'll be killed by the rest of the American people if it turns out that way. And I'm sure it will.

So, do you think there's anything in terms of a program to arm the Iranian people? or to get to them and find out where the Basij are and the location of the IRGC. You know, the people that provide the intelligence of the Mossad to allow them to be so effective over the last few years. Do you think there's any movement about anything that we're not seeing? If I were planning this, I would address that issue, but also the Tekette, the conventional Army, Navy Air Force.

Those are much larger than the IRGC, but they're not as well armed. As the rest of the IRGC.

So there are a lot of components where you can draw support to drive that internal dissent. And revolt against the regime.

So I know what it involves. I just don't know what's going on in that realm because, of course, that's classified and should be. And our adversaries should not know what we're doing in those realms.

So here's what the president of Iran said: that he said that he had double. He says they do not seek war. They will look to go back to the same deal. The RRDC issued a much sharper warning saying that every new U.S. attack will be met with even more devastating responses.

We saw they hit the UAE, I guess, 12 hours ago. It was blocked. And the Jordan 2, it was blocked. You know, most of the weeks were intercepted. What are you hearing?

I mean, same thing, Brian. That's all they've got left. That's all they can do to demonstrate they have any power left. If you look at their surrogates, Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, they're on their tail. They're running out of money.

You're seeing the political efforts of the outreach by the Lebanese government with Israel to disarm Hezbollah. You're seeing others add in with the Saudis to go after the Houthis in Yemen.

So again, on all fronts, the pressure is building, and ultimately it will overwhelm the regime. They cannot sustain. Their surrogates or their political power, and that's what's going to end up being their part of their demise. Admiral, the big story on Sunday was evidently a lot of our. A lot of our military heads informed the Department of War that this is very stressful on us.

On our military, the strain of doing this for six months on and off. And no one said, hey, this is not accurate. This is a forgery. They said, who leaked this?

So if it might have believed these reports What is your takeaway as a military guy? We have never had a more professional, better trained, and educated military in our history. And that's demonstrated through Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, the things we've been involved with. No one has the experience. And all our service members, remember, are volunteers.

They come into this knowing the sacrifice they're going to pay, and they take that on voluntarily. Ultimate trust and confidence in our people and their ability to sustain the fight. And again, We have not made this the biggest priority. We still have large commitments in the Pacific and Europe, and we have not rebalanced all that long overdue, I'd say, to make this area the priority for now and the near future.

So, again, I have no concerns about our ability to sustain this effort or the morale and well-being of our forces. What about the fact that you read that in the New York Times, like all of us? Again, it's kind of like the Iranian rhetoric. I read a lot, I hear a lot of it, but based on my experience, I discount it to some point. Sure, you have to consider it, but at the end of the day, this is what our military has always done and will do.

And never have we been better trained, equipped, and prepared to do it. Yeah, it seems like Russia is taking great pride, says we're happy to supply Iran with the equipment they need to sustain themselves through this difficult period.

So the Russians are saying out loud, well, we already knew. That on some level they're supplying and sustaining Iran. I mean, we already intercepted some ships, and so the Ukrainians en route there. What's the proper response from us?

Well, you're exactly right. This is the evil empire. Iran is tied to both China and Russia and their strategic interests, and we've taken that into account.

So we've got to continue to press on the diplomatic fronts with both those countries, reinforcing that their effort and support of Iran counterdicts our efforts, and we will hold them accountable for that. And look, Russia's got big problems. They've got about 160 million people. They've lost millions in Ukraine. And post-Putin, who knows what Russia is going to look like.

So they've got bigger issues at play here, and we know that.

So all of that will play into how the administration deals with Russia and China on this issue. But to them, it presents another. Existential threat beyond Ukraine. How effective have they been in stopping grain sales from the Ukrainians and shipping to Africa and other places? Yeah, I just don't know, Brian, but that's part of this economic bottle.

And don't forget. Russia, Iran, China have been fighting us asymmetrically for decades. Everything other than confrontation, cyber activity, illegal financial transactions, as you're talking about, moving stuffing off the grid that's outside the world economy, they're going to be held accountable now. And that's why I think this strategy by Secretary Bessant has been so important and long overdue. But how powerful it is and the effects it will have not just in Iran, but also in Russia and China.

Got 30 seconds left, Admiral. Are you disappointed that there hasn't been one NATO member to step up strongly and back us? Without a doubt, this is in their best interest, and our partnerships are too important not to see that.

So, yes, I am disappointed. Admiral Robert Harwood, always great to talk to you. Always appreciate it. As a very fluid situation in Iran, but it's breaking our direction. We come back.

We'll find out if there's more to know. Also, going out, number to the top of the hour. Keep it here on the Brian Kilmey Show. And also, the pre-order Uniting the States, go to Amazon over BrianKilmey.com and order it now out October 13th. More to know.

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Not a surprise. He's 39 years old. He said it hurts him a lot. Messi also said the recent death of his dad, Jorge, made him even think more uncertain about and more certain about stepping away.

However, he is not done playing altogether. He's still with Inter Miami, where he remains under contract in the MLS. I'm sure they hope he plays forever.

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