Minnesota Fraud: How Far-Left Leadership Enabled a  Somali Scandal — Richard W. Painter Weighs In, Marjorie Taylor Greene Bashes Trump on 60 Minutes, & Coast Guard Scores Record Drug Bust

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Episode: Minnesota Fraud: How Far-Left Leadership Enabled a Somali Scandal — Richard W. Painter Weighs In, Marjorie Taylor Greene Bashes Trump on 60 Minutes, & Coast Guard Scores Record Drug Bust
Date: December 9, 2025
Host: Bill O'Reilly
Featured Guest: Richard W. Painter, law professor, University of Minnesota

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Bill O’Reilly takes a deep dive into the massive taxpayer fraud scandal in Minnesota, discussing how state leadership and lack of oversight contributed to a billion-dollar scheme largely involving members of the Somali community. O’Reilly is joined by Richard W. Painter to dissect accountability at the state and federal level. The episode also covers recent media events—Marjorie Taylor Greene’s criticism of Trump on “60 Minutes,” commentary on media hypocrisy, and a record-setting drug bust by the U.S. Coast Guard, with further reflection on America’s role on the global stage and attitudes towards the U.S. in Europe.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Talking Points Memo: Minnesota Fraud Scandal

[01:52–12:14]

• Outline of the Scandal:

  • O’Reilly introduces the “disturbing story” of a billion-dollar taxpayer fraud in Minnesota, primarily implicating members of the Somali community.
  • Under the Biden administration, “trillions of dollars flowed into communities all over the United States during the COVID years. They were unregulated. The money was not watched by feds or State. That’s on Biden’s watch.” [03:06]
  • Three main fraudulent schemes, notably under the “Feeding Our Future” program, allowed criminals to divert government aid into private pockets.

• Accountability and Demographics:

  • “A billion dollars. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. A billion dollars.” [04:38]
  • 87 people are charged, 61 convicted (federal charges); “79 of the 87 Somalis, according to The Hill newspaper…” [05:36]
  • Minnesota is described as “very liberal,” with “Democrats control the Senate... attourney general is a Democrat… House is Republican. But nobody knew about this for years and years…” [05:41]

• Political Reactions and Media Coverage:

  • O’Reilly reads a Wall Street Journal quote attributing Democrats’ lack of acknowledgment to reliance on welfare for their “political business model.” [06:18]
  • Minnesota spends “$46,000 per welfare recipient” [07:14], second only to Massachusetts in means-tested entitlement spending.

• Defending the Somali Community:

  • Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan passionately defends the Somali community against Trump’s criticism: “You're disgusting… I just watched the video of Donald Trump attacking the beautiful Somali community that calls Minnesota home. They are part of the fabric of our state.” [08:38]
  • O’Reilly: “But you don’t care about a billion dollar grift. Apparently you don’t care at all, do you? What have you done about it? Nothing.” [09:05]

• Media’s Role in Uncovering the Fraud:

  • “This would still be going on if not for two reporters… They broke the story. Not Minnesota law enforcement, not federal law enforcement.” [09:23]

2. Interview: Richard W. Painter’s Analysis

[12:14–18:44]

• Painter’s Key Take:

  • “We have an incompetent governor, Tim Walz, and an incompetent Lieutenant Governor, Peggy Flanagan. They’re responsible. They were overseeing these agencies. They’re just handing out money, no questions asked to criminals.” [12:19]
  • Painter notes only a small percentage of the Somali community was involved but underscores lack of governmental oversight.

• Comparison to Massachusetts:

  • “Massachusetts… hands out a lot of money, but we haven’t heard about anywhere near as much fraud… the government has been a lot more responsible.” [13:13]

• Motivations and Political Partisanship:

  • Painter: “He wants power and he doesn’t care.” [14:20]
  • O’Reilly pushes further on why voters keep re-electing such leadership; Painter points to uncompetitive Republican Party candidates.

• Community Responsibility Discussion:

  • O’Reilly presses on Somali community silence: “I haven’t heard anybody in the Somali community speak out against this, have you? … Not one person at 100,000 say I’m ashamed. And we Somalis aren’t like that.” [17:17]
  • Painter: “We can either fight the mafia or we can blame it on all the Italians. The real answer is to fight the Mafia.” [18:24]

• On Ilhan Omar:

  • Painter criticizes Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar: “She is an incompetent Congress[woman]. But she’s also anti Semitic. And we’ve all known that… She should never have been nominated for that seat.” [17:43]
  • Both agree local activism against corruption from within the Somali community appears minimal.

Memorable Quote:
Richard Painter: “This was something that I don’t think should be blamed on the Somali community. At least be blamed on the criminals in the Somali community who took advantage of the Somali community and on the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walsh, the lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, both of them in cop.” [16:59]

3. Media Madness & Marjorie Taylor Greene on 60 Minutes

[20:17–25:00]

• Media Critique:

  • O’Reilly draws distinction between commentators and reporters: “He wasn’t suggesting that he was lying in his commentary. Has anybody with an IQ over 50 would know. But this is what it is.” [22:02]

• Selective Media Coverage:

  • O’Reilly claims networks routinely exclude pro-Trump voices unless they become critical of him.
  • On Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “60 Minutes” appearance: “Once she got away from that and started criticized Trump. Oh, yeah, Marjorie, come on in.” [23:33]

Notable Exchange:
60 Minutes: “Is there in that [Trump] support fear?... Does the support come about because they’re afraid they’ll get death threats?” [23:41]
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I think they’re terrified to step out of line and get a nasty Truth Social post on them. Yes. And they’re watching what happened to you? Yes. Behind the scenes, do they talk differently? Yes. How? Oh, it’s. It would shock people.” [23:49–24:16]

• O’Reilly’s Reaction:
  • Downplays Greene’s importance as a “fringe player” and sees her new anti-Trump stance as opportunistic: “She gets on 60 minutes or does whatever she wants to do.” [24:27]

4. Drug Bust by US Coast Guard

[25:00–28:06]

• Significance:

  • Recent interdiction of 20,000 pounds of cocaine is “largest at sea interdiction since 2007.” [26:57]
  • O’Reilly explains difference between Coast Guard and DEA operations regarding drug smuggling.

• Consumer Blame:

  • O’Reilly blames the domestic drug demand: “If you buy illegal narcotics, you are hurting your country and rewarding evil. Evil people.” [27:16]
  • Argues for a public awareness campaign to match the scale of the problem: “We consume... more narcotics than any other nation on earth by far, because we got the money, and we don’t have the ethical willpower to stop it, do we?” [27:56]

5. America’s Global Perception & European Attitudes

[28:06–31:19]

• Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy View:

  • O’Reilly summarizes the administration’s critical take on Europe as “a declining power that has ceded authority to the EU.” [28:50]

• European Poll Data:

  • Shares results of a Euro bazooka poll, noting low percentages of Europeans considering America a “friend.” (e.g., Belgium: 7% friend, 62% enemy. Poland is the outlier.) [29:11]
  • Attributes European anti-American sentiment to predominance of state-controlled, left-leaning media.

• Personal Reflection:

  • O’Reilly: “Is this a big deal about Europeans not thinking we’re friends? No. It’s not. You know, without us, Europe is at the mercy of Putin.” [31:19]

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• Bill O’Reilly:

  • “America, I think it’s fair to say, remains a bit unsettled.” [01:12]
  • “A billion dollars. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. A billion dollars.” [04:38]
  • “If you criticize the Somali community, who is obviously behind most of them this fraud, you get branded a racist.” [08:05]
  • “This would still be going on if not for two reporters… They broke the story. Not Minnesota law enforcement, not federal law enforcement.” [09:23]
  • “I haven't heard anybody in the Somali community speak out against this, have you?” [17:17]
  • “She [Marjorie Taylor Greene] gets on 60 minutes or does whatever she wants to do.” [24:27]
  • “If you buy illegal narcotics, you are hurting your country and rewarding evil. Evil people.” [27:16]
  • “Is this a big deal about Europeans not thinking we’re friends? No.” [31:19]

• Richard W. Painter (Guest):

  • “We have an incompetent governor, Tim Walz, and an incompetent Lieutenant Governor, Peggy Flanagan. They’re responsible. They were overseeing these agencies. They’re just handing out money, no questions asked.” [12:19]
  • “He [Walz] wants power and he doesn’t care.” [14:20]
  • “We can either fight the mafia or we can blame it on all the Italians. The real answer is to fight the Mafia.” [18:24]

• Peggy Flanagan (Minnesota Lt. Governor, quoted):

  • “You’re disgusting. And the people of this country deserve so much better. I just watched the video of Donald Trump attacking the beautiful Somali community that calls Minnesota home. They are part of the fabric of our state.” [08:40]

• Marjorie Taylor Greene (on "60 Minutes"):

  • “I think they’re terrified to step out of line and get a nasty Truth Social post on them. Yes. And they’re watching what happened to you? Yes. Behind the scenes, do they talk differently? Yes. How? Oh, it’s. It would shock people.” [23:49–24:16]

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Additional Segments

• Media as Gatekeeper: O’Reilly criticizes mainstream media’s selective coverage of dissenting voices and underscores hypocrisy regarding those who break with Trump.
• Personal Note & Sign-off: O’Reilly encourages organization for the holiday season, touting personal discipline as key to a successful Christmas. [31:19–32:50]

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Summary in Brief

This episode confronts the explosive story of Minnesota’s billion-dollar welfare fraud, with O’Reilly and Painter criticizing state leaders for lax oversight and exploring the intersection of ethnicity, immigration, and political partisanship. Media patterns and the narrative surrounding Trump loyalty are dissected via Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mainstream media appearance. O’Reilly highlights America’s consumption-fueled narcotics problem following a major Coast Guard bust, and closes with discussion of European-American relations, ultimately framing U.S. global leadership as essential despite waning popularity abroad.

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Useful for listeners wanting a detailed analysis and the perspectives behind the headlines, along with memorable quotes and arguments straight from the episode.

Transcript

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[C]

Hey, Bill O'Reilly here. Welcome to the no Spin News. Monday, December 8th, 2025. Stand up for your country. 23 days left into the year 2025. America, I think it's fair to say, remains a bit unsettled. I think that's a fair word. High prices, hateful politics, collapsing traditional media, a lot in the air. And next year is going to be even more intense, as we reported last week because of the midterm elections. Now we here at the no Spin News.

Keep it simple, keep it very fact based, rigorously checking facts. Today I spent my whole morning doing that. Okay, because we want you to see the picture clearly. What is happening, because what is happening affects you directly and your family and your friends, everybody. That is our mission. And that separates us from the corrupt corporate media, which is in it for the money. We're not in it for the money. We're in it to give you our loyal viewers and listeners on the radio all across the country to give you an advantage. You watch us with regulation. You are way ahead of the news cycle. Now, the Talking Points memo this evening is a very disturbing story. The massive taxpayer fraud abroad in Minnesota. All right, so President Trump is blaming the Somali community out there. Close to 90,000 Somalis live in Minnesota, most in Minneapolis, St. Paul. And the reason they live there is because that was a magnet in the beginning when the first Somalis came over. And that's what always happens. Ethnic groups go to where their predecessors are. So the Irish went to Boston and New York. The Italians went to New York. That is the pattern of migration. Mexicans go to California. So Somalis headed on in. Now, the president of the United States and I talked to him about this directly a few days ago does not think in general the Somali community really helps this country, okay? And he's pretty blunt on it. And part of that is their congressperson Omar, who is a far left progressive, you know, put any other adjective you want in there. But Trump despises her. And now with this massive fraud, he is down on the Somali community. So what happened? Okay, so under the Biden administration, trillions of dollars flowed into communities all over the United States during the COVID years. They were unregulated. The money was not watched by feds or State. That's on Biden's watch. Remember Joe Biden, the four years he was in highest spending President by far in US History Ran up the debt in an astronomical way. So the money pours in to Minnesota, all right? And then three big schemes emerge, all right? Fraud, absolute fraud. Now if you want to learn about that, you can go and do the Nexus search or the Wikipedia or whatever. Feeding our future. I mean, they all got names and. But it would be too much for me to explain all this fraud, but it was. They were diverting money. The criminals were diverting money that was supposed to be used to help people into their own pockets in three major ways. Total money. A billion dollars. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. A billion dollars. All right, so there have been 87 people charged with crimes, 61 already convicted. These are federal charges. 79 of the 87 Somalis, according to the Hill newspaper, did analysis.

So it was a Somali problem. Okay? Now the government of Minnesota, as you may know, is very liberal. All right, Tim Walls, former vice presidential candidate under Kamala Harris, is the governor. There he is. There's Tim. Apparently Tim says he didn't know anything about this. Hard to believe, but that's what he says. Democrats control the Senate in Minnesota. The attorney general is. The Democrats is a Democrat. House in Minnesota is Republican. But nobody knew about this for years and years and years and years. Just unbelievably disturbing. Why? This is what the Wall street journal wrote on December 4. Quote, Democrats won't acknowledge fraud because they want more Americans on the dole. Welfare is central to their political business model. Republicans who make the scandal about immigration are missing the point and missing an opportunity to educate Americans about the entitlement state. Grift. Okay, I wrote a column Yesterday on Billow Reilly.com I got into this a bit, but Minnesota is second in means entitlement spending behind Massachusetts. Ready for the stat. $46,000 per welfare recipient in Minnesota. $46,000.

The state funnels into entitlements, not Social Security. Or Medicare, anything like that, giving people stuff. And they're proud of it. Proud of it. It is the second.

I don't know what the second state that spends that much. Minnesota. It's only 6 million people there. They spend more on means entitlement in California.

It's just crazy. It really is crazy. TIM Walls VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE okay, now the population of, as I said, is approaching 90,000 smiles. I'm adding legal and illegal in there.

And if you criticize the Somali community, who is obviously behind most of them this fraud, you get branded a racist. Here is the Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. Go.

[A]

You know this vile racist stream of consciousness from President Old MAN yells at cl.

You're disgusting.

And the people of this country deserve so much better. I just watched the video of Donald Trump attacking the beautiful Somali community that calls Minnesota home. They are part of the fabric of our state.

[C]

Yeah, well, I can't argue with the problem with part of the fabric of your state, madam. But you don't care about a billion dollar grift. Apparently you don't care at all, do you? What have you done about it? Nothing.

And this would still be going on if not for two reporters, guy named Ryan Thorpe, another one, Christopher Russo. They both worked for the Manhattan Institute conservative think tank. They broke the story. Not Minnesota law enforcement, not federal law enforcement. Let's face it, the US economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver through the only dealer I trust, American Hartford Gold. And you can do this. Get precious metals delivered to your door or place in a tax Advantage Gold IRA. They'll even help you roll over your existing IRA or 401k tax and penalty free with billions in precious metals delivered. Thousands of 5 star reviews and an A from the Better Business Bureau. You can trust American Hartford Gold as I do. Please call 866-326-5576 or text Bill to 998-899. Again, that's 866-326-5576, or text Bill to 998-899. Have you heard of gold? It's this amazing site that celebrates the best of America by shipping our country's most iconic foods from legendary restaurants straight to your door anywhere in the usa. Now I tried Gold Belly's Maine Lobster Roll Kit and Deep dish Pizza. Incredible. Both of them. So this holiday season I'm gifting a coconut cake and Junior's red velvet Cheesecake. To friends and family. Gold Belly's food is high quality. Ships reliably makes giving deliciously easy. So if you're looking for that perfect gift for everyone on your list, or want to impress your friends and family with an unforgettable meal and make hosting a breeze this holiday season, please go to goldbelly.com get 20% off your first order with promo code Bill. That's goldbelly.com, code Bill. 20% off your first order. Journalist. And that's the memo. All right, let's get into the point of view. Somebody on the ground in St. Paul, which is the capital of the state. Richard Painter is a law professor at the University of Minnesota, and he's a former chief White House ethics lawyer under Bush the Younger. So, professor, pleased to have you. In my analysis, am I making any mistakes? Am I being unfair?

[D]

Well, let's start with who's responsible for the massive fraud in the state of Minnesota. In addition to the criminals? Dozens. And it's going to turn out they're probably well over 100 criminals end up going to jail in connection with this fraud. Now, that out of an 80,000 or so Somali community, that's a small percentage. But who's responsible for what happened here? We have an incompetent governor, Tim Walls, and an incompetent Lieutenant Governor, Peggy Flanagan. They're responsible. They were overseeing these agencies. They're just handing out money, no questions asked. Two criminals. And we've had Tim Walsh now for two terms, and he wants a third term as governor. Peggy Flanagan wants to be our United States senior senator. This is a disaster in Minnesota. You also mentioned Massachusetts, which has a lot of social programs, hands out a lot of money, but we haven't heard about anywhere near as much fraud. Yes, there's fraud in Massachusetts, but the government has been a lot more responsible.

Until recently, they had Governor Baker, Charlie Baker, who was a good governor. We'll see how things work out under the.

[C]

Yeah, Healy's not at that level. Yeah, but let's stay in Minnesota. You say that the Governor Walz is incompetent. So there are two questions then that arise. How is he incompetent? Is he just not smart enough? And why do the people of Minnesota keep electing him?

[D]

Well, he's smart enough to do what's politically good for him, to get himself reelected, which is to have friends in the state, in various communities, including the Somali community, who have influence. And unfortunately, there have been organized criminals who have abused, taken advantage of influence in the Samaritan.

[C]

So you're saying basically he doesn't care about that. He just wants power, Is that what you're saying?

[D]

Exactly. He wants power and he doesn't care.

[C]

He doesn't care what happens. All right. I don't know, Mr. Walls. I certainly didn't respect his campaign. I thought he looked like a fool out there. But, you know, I've been to Minnesota many times, and folks don't seem. It's not San Francisco. All right, but they seem to. They elect the people who don't care. And I agree with that assessment. Why?

[D]

Well, it seems to be about partisan politics. Who gets elected? I mean, look at our crime rate. It's sky high.

[C]

Why do the good people of Minnesota keep electing these people that allow crime, fraud and everything else? Why do they keep casting the ballots for them?

[D]

Well, part of the problem is our Republican Party is not competitive anymore in statewide races. The Republican Party is competitive in several congressional districts. Indeed, four of our eight congressional districts have elected Republicans. But in statewide races, they can't find candidates who will appeal to a broader base. Candidates appear to be too much in line with President Trump or too extreme on some social issues where they don't need to be. We used to have some very strong Republicans. Governor Arne Carlson, a Republican. Governor Tim Pawlenty.

[C]

Tim Pawlenty, Yeah, I remember Pawlenty. Oh, yeah. Look like Oregon and other states, Minneapolis, St. Paul dominates. That's where all the people are. But what strikes me about this is that you have a very fervent liberal.

Climate in Minnesota. And I guess that stems back to the Scandinavians coming there. I guess. I don't know. But when you see terrible crime, as you've seen in Minnesota and, you know, after the George Floyd stuff, and then you see this massive fraud, and rather than deal with the fraud and say, gee, we're sorry, because remember, this tax money is not Minnesota tax money. This is everybody's $1 billion. Everybody. I haven't heard Walz or anybody else say, really sorry about this. I wish it didn't happen. Have you?

[D]

Well, they say they're sorry, they wish it didn't happen and they're going to make it better.

[C]

But I haven't heard their. So they said they're sorry. I haven't heard any apology.

[D]

They're not sorry for their own conduct because they were negligent. They don't want to recognize they were. The government was in charge and also have to say, President Biden, they were just handing out all this money.

[C]

Ridiculous. Right.

[D]

And the President of the United States was half asleep. So this was something that I don't think should be blamed on the Somali community. At least be blamed on the criminals in the Somali community who took advantage of the Somali community and on the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walsh, the lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, both of them in cop.

[C]

But let me challenge you there. I haven't heard anybody in the Somali community speak out against this, have you?

[D]

Well, I haven't say the problem is the political leaders who get elected.

[C]

I haven't heard anybody, not one person at 100,000 say I'm ashamed. And we Somalis aren't like that. I haven't heard anybody do that. And Omar, your congressperson is outrageous.

[D]

Yeah, some people, you know, I don't think she speaks for the Somali community. She is an incompetent Congress. But she's also anti Semitic. And we've all known that that's been a serious problem within Ilhan Amar, that she should never have been nominated for that seat. Once again, the Republicans are not competitive in that race at all because it's.

[C]

A Somali dominated district. So.

[D]

Well, it's a lot of. But others as well, white liberals.

[C]

Yeah, but you know, our left, far.

[D]

Left white liberals and I deal with all the time at the University of Minnesota. The biggest anti Semites we have at the University of Minnesota are not Somali at all. They're white leftists.

[C]

Interesting.

[D]

Running Minneapolis politics for a long time and then you get the Somali community is being taken advantage of. We've been through this before in this country. We can either fight the mafia or we can blame it on all the Italians. The real answer is to fight the Mafia.

[C]

Look, I get it.

I'm a reporter here on President Trump. I understand that all Somalis aren't bad. But I disagree with you a bit. I don't think there's any activism in that community in Minneapolis St. Paul that are standing up and saying we need to clean it up. I haven't heard it, I haven't seen it. Somali crime is higher than the other groups, as you know. And until I see it, I'm not going to attack President Trump for his categorization that we were very generous in accepting these people from one of the most horrendous countries on earth and they came here and they're not doing what they should do. Anyway, Professor, I want you to have a very merry Christmas, say hello to everybody at the university and it's a pleasure to talk with you. Thank you. All right. Media madness. I remember Dan Bongino, I guess he was had a radio show and he was on Fox occasionally, I guess I never had any use for him and vice versa. I mean, he just despised me. And that was fine. You know, sometimes you judge yourself by the quality of your enemies. But anyway, Bongino, the reason I didn't like him as a media person was he just say that his stuff, he never back it up. He was a commentator, he had a right to do that. But, I mean, I'm a much more methodical guy than he is. Then he gets appointed to be second in the FBI. His whole profile changes. Now he's a public servant. So.

I supported Cash Patel as the director when he was nominated. Bongino, you know, I just went, all right, Patel's gonna be running the show anyway. Bongino is being treated unfairly. I have to report.

So he goes on Hannity's program and he says this. Go. Listen. I was paid in the past, Sean, for my opinions. That's clear. And one day I'll be back in that space. But that's not what I'm paid for now. I'm paid to be your deputy director. And we base investigations on facts.

[E]

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[C]

Okay, so when he says that we based investigations on facts, then the far left, liars, and I hate to use that word, but it's absolutely true. Go. Oh, so he wasn't basing his analysis on facts. I'll just give you a sample of this garbage. Go.

[B]

What world were you living in before when you were getting paid that you thought you would just ignore facts? This is why things are so broken, because there is just a movement, especially on the right, to say to hell with facts. We're going to do whatever gets me the most clicks and gets me the most money. This is how we're going to own the liberals.

[C]

No, this guy's ridiculous. What Bongino is saying was he wasn't a hard news reporter, he was a commentator, which is true. He wasn't suggesting that he was lying in his commentary. Has anybody with an IQ over 50 would know. But this is what it is.

So anyway.

I'm a fair man, okay? If somebody's being treated unfairly, I'm going to point that out, even if I'm not a super fan of that person. More media madness. So here's the game. If you support Donald Trump, you're not going to get on the network news or the network entertainment programs. You're not. If you have any sympathy for Donald Trump at all, you're not going to get on him. And we've documented that this won't book anybody. But if you turn on Donald Trump, everyone wants you. Therefore, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has turned on President Trump, appeared suddenly out of nowhere on 60 Minutes last night. Now, before last night, they never would have put on Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congresswoman from Georgia, because she was a conservative who supported Trump. But once she.

Got away from that and started criticized Trump. Oh, yeah, Marjorie, come on in. Roll it.

[F]

I'm going to ask you about this almost solid support he has among Republicans in Congress. Is there in that support fear? Does the support come about because they're afraid that they'll get death threats? I think they're terrified to step out of line and get a nasty truth social post on them. Yes. And they're watching what happened to you? Yes. Behind the scenes, do they talk differently? Yes. How? Oh, it's. It would shock people. Well, let's shock people.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks.

[C]

So what?

So this, this is where the corruption comes in. All right. Once again, Ms. Green would never have been interviewed by Leslie Saul if she had remained a supporter of President Trump. Secondly, because she turns on Trump and says things about him that he doesn't like, he in turn says bad things about her. That's what Donald Trump does. Always has and always will do. He will never change. But as soon as Trump fights back against this, oh, he's the villain now, I don't care what Marjorie Taylor Greene says. He never have. There wasn't one moment in my life that I ever cared about what she said. I considered her to be a fringe player. Now, was I surprised that she turned into a Trump critic? A bit. A bit. But she's not running again, so why not? She gets on 60 minutes or does whatever she wants to do. I thought she was going to run for governor of Georgia, but she said she isn't, so I'll take her out of work. But 60 Minutes, come on. You know, geez. Okay, drugs. So there's a huge seizure by the US Coast Guard, 20,000 pounds in the Eastern Pacific, south of Mexico. That's Costa Rica territory, Panama, all those Central American countries. 20 tons, okay? Largest at sea interdiction since 2007. And people are confused. They go, wait, what about? Why wasn't the tanker that the Coast Guard sees blown out by. Because it's different operations. So the speedboats, they're getting blown out from Venezuela. That's a DEA operation. Drug Enforcement Agency. DEA's agents inside these country, Covert agents, okay? They're in the population. They tell the US Government what's going on. They tell the US Government, hey, this speedboat loaded with cocaine is coming out. Boom. Coast Guard operation, totally different, okay? They have their own intel, military intelligence. They do what they do. All right? Everybody understand now, it's not tied in. The only overarch is that President Trump wants to stop the importation of narcotics into the United States. But there's one other aspect to this story that's interesting. 20,000 pounds of cocaine. Who's using that?

Millions of Americans buying that stuff. Now, if you buy illegal narcotics, you are hurting your country and rewarding evil. Evil people. We got two chapters on it in Confronting Evil. You know, you read that book, you find out how evil these are. You are helping them, you're putting money in their pockets. If you buy illegal narcotics, that should be a huge ad campaign, and the government should pay for it. The Justice Department should pay for it. Because where the problem here? We consume the United States population more narcotics than any other nation on earth by far, because we got the money, and we don't have the ethical willpower to stop it, do we?

Okay, so President Trump issued the Trump administration National security strategy, Global threats and foreign policy. This was put out December 4, 2025. Again, you go to your computer, you punch it on up, and everything appears. National security strategy, global threats. So it portrays Europe as, quote, a declining power that has ceded authority to the eu, European Union. So the report says, no longer are they our individual countries. They're all being weakened by this collective, which is supposed to help economically. That's the Trump administration's conclusion on it. Okay? I'm not going to argue with that. But the Europeans don't like us saying they're weak.

They don't like that. And so there is a Euro bazooka poll. That's great. Euro bazooka. All right, about.

Do you consider asking Europeans, America to be a friend or enemy? Here we go. Belgium, friend, 7% enemy 62. France, friend, 9% enemy 57. Spain, friend, 8 enemy 53 Italy friend 8 enemy 50. Wow. Netherlands friend 13 enemy 49 Germany 8% friend 46% enemy Portugal 7% friend 45% enemy Croatia 18% friend 37% enemy Poland 24% a friend 19% an enemy. The only country that consider more friends is Poland. Now why? Because of the media.

Sound like in the United States where you got myriad vehicles to get information. You don't. Most of the media in Europe is controlled by the government. BBC, Agent de France, the Francais press. And they just anti, anti, anti, anti, anti, anti. Does it bother me? No. When I go to Europe, everybody's fine. Nobody gives me a hard time. Obviously, no American. In certain countries, they know what I do. Other countries block billow reilly.com. we told you about that because the government controls the press. They don't want me in there. And their excuse is you got to pay $250,000 in insurance costs to the company. So if I want to get into France, all right, I got to pay the government 250,000 for insurance, defamation insurance. Come on. What a scam. Do that. But Ireland, we're huge. Great Britain, huge inroads there. And some European countries allow us and some do not. Is this a big deal about Europeans not thinking we're friends? No.

It'S not. You know, without us, Europe is at the mercy of Putin. Okay, I'm back with a final Christmas suggestion in a moment. All right, so Christmas coming in. What do we got now? 17 days. Yeah, 17 days. I got my lists. You know, I'm so happy that I am a disciplined person. So I forgot somebody. And when I was writing a list out, I looked at. Who am I missing here? Popkin. So I don't want to miss anybody on Christmas, right? So I got the Christmas gift list. There it is. Then I have the social events list. Where I have to be, what I have to do, time frame. That's the second list. Third list, the purchases I have to make beyond gifts, food, snacks, beverages.

Got that list. In fact, after this broadcast, I'm going out and get some of that stuff. And then finally, I have the nap list with days I have to take a nap. Gotta schedule that nap in. Winston Churchill, every day took a nap, 20 minutes. I think he was gassed because he drank all day and that's why he had to take the nap. But I could be wrong on that. Winston Church.

Okay, so make your Christmas season much more fun by being organized. Thank you for watching and listening to that no spin news. I'm Bill O'Reilly. We'll see again tomorrow.