No Spin News - TPM Edition - December 19, 2025

Summary

Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis

Episode: No Spin News - TPM Edition - December 19, 2025

Date: December 20, 2025
Host: Bill O'Reilly

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Overview

In this Talking Points Memo Edition, Bill O’Reilly covers recent events including mass shootings in the US and Australia, reactions to violence and evil, the latest US unemployment report and its media coverage, the significance of President Trump’s upcoming and just-delivered speeches, and the politics and substance of emerging Republican and White House messaging. With characteristic bluntness, O’Reilly analyzes media bias, political strategy, the challenge of confronting evil, and the complex landscape facing Trump and the Republican Party going into the new year.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Mass Shootings: Brown University and Bondi Beach ([00:35]–[04:31])

• Brown University Shooting:

  • A gunman attacked the science building, killing two students (Mohammed Aziz and Ella Cook) and injuring nine.
  • No known motivation or suspect identified at the time of recording.
  • Victim backgrounds noted (Cook: College Republican VP, Aziz: gifted science student from an Uzbek immigrant family).

• Bondi Beach, Australia:

  • Mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration – 16 murdered, including a Holocaust survivor and one perpetrator; allegations of slow police response.
  • Perpetrators: Sajid Hakam (killed by police, Pakistan origin) and son Navid Akram (in custody, Australian citizen).
  • Ahmad Ahmad, a Syrian immigrant, is hailed as a hero for disarming one shooter, despite being shot by the son.

• O’Reilly’s Perspective:

  • Warns against broad-brush generalizations about immigrants or specific ethnic groups.
  • Stresses the ever-present challenge of confronting evil, referencing the Cain and Abel story from Genesis.
  • Encourages listeners to alert authorities when encountering unstable individuals.

• Memorable Quote:

  “You can’t generalize about this. You got a Syrian hero, Pakistani villain. You know, you can't be lumping everybody into the same category.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([03:25])

• Trump’s Reaction (quoted):

  “So very brave person who’s right now in the hospital pretty seriously wounded. So I great respect to that man that did that…that was a purely anti Semitic attack.”
  — Donald Trump ([03:50])

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2. Confronting Evil and Societal Response ([04:31]–[06:32])

• O'Reilly advocates action over apathy in the face of evil, urging people not to ignore dangerous behaviors but report them to authorities.

• Criticizes those who “turn away” from involvement due to fear or annoyance.

• Connects vigilance with the Hanukkah and Christmas season, calling for realism and preparation, not despair.

• Memorable Quote:

  “For every mentally unstable evil people, I put the number of evil human beings at 15% of the world population... The problem is that with the good people, there are not 100% trying to mitigate the evil. A lot of people turn away. I don't want to be involved.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([05:30])

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3. Media Bias and Unemployment Coverage ([06:37]–[13:30])

• Analyzes November’s unemployment headlines from major media, accusing outlets like CNN and The New York Times of distorting the economic picture to harm Trump.

• Points out the 0.2% uptick is mainly due to federal layoffs during government cutbacks—not reflective of broader economic weakness.

• Notes job creation outpaced analyst expectations, but this context is ignored by left-leaning media, which dominates the national narrative (O’Reilly estimates “80% of the media, probably more” are left-leaning).

• Memorable Quote:

  “Most people are just going to read those headlines... Not reading an article about economics. Not doing it. Oh, the economy is terrible. Economy’s terrible. Economy is terrible.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([07:12])

• Warns that consistently negative coverage is designed “by design” to stoke anti-Trump sentiment.

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4. Rob Reiner’s Murder and Political Reactions ([13:30]–[15:55])

• Discusses the widely reported murder of progressive activist Rob Reiner and his wife, allegedly by their son.

• Critiques some liberals' public reactions when ideological opponents (like Charlie Kirk) die; says such displays are unseemly regardless of politics.

• Examines President Trump's comments on Reiner’s death and points out why such statements can backfire.

• Highlights Chris Cuomo’s more restrained media response, saying he “gets the bigger picture” and avoids “virtue signaling.”

• Memorable Quote:

  “It's hatred. That's where we are. There's no detente in America. There's no trying to understand the other side or trying to work out a compromise. It's hatred.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([14:08])

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5. Trump’s Upcoming Speech: Goals & Strategy ([16:01]–[20:35])

• O’Reilly sets expectations for President Trump’s major speech:

  • Intended as a “pep rally” to shore up the base, not convert undecided voters.
  • Predicts it will focus on accomplishments, criticisms of Biden, and “propping up the base.”
  • Offers his own speechwriting advice: focus on solving kitchen-table problems (food, insurance, affordability); relate more to voters’ daily struggles than the usual style and rhetoric.

• Mentions Trump’s work habits and schedule (working from Mar-a-Lago is not a vacation).

• Memorable Quote:

  “If I were writing this speech for President Trump, I would list accomplishments, but that wouldn't be the dominant part... I'd zero in on, look, here's the problem. We have high food prices, beach prices. Now we're getting a lot of the food prices down...but here's what we're going to do to get the meat down. Boom, boom, boom.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([18:10])

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6. Presidential Demeanor and Social Media ([20:57]–[24:37])

• O’Reilly asserts that Trump’s combative, bombastic style will not change.

• Recounts his own experience with personal attacks and threats, saying he understands Trump’s anger but urges caution—attacking in the media often hurts more than helps.

• Criticizes Biden for simply reading pre-written speeches, contrasting with Trump’s hands-on approach to speech editing.

• Reflects on the “list” of personal slights and the importance of not letting vengeance shape leaders’ responses.

• Memorable Quote:

  “When you’re dealing with a celebrity who gets his throat cut and his wife the same circumstance by their own son, stay away. Don’t say anything.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([22:40])

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7. GOP Messaging and Affordability ([24:37]–[25:52])

• VP Vance’s analogy likening Democratic criticism of inflation to “Charles Manson criticizing violent crime” is noted; O’Reilly says such rhetoric, while true, does little to help because voters focus on the present.
• Advises the GOP must address current realities and offer solutions for the coming electoral cycle.

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8. Trump’s Address: Content, Reception, and Analysis ([25:57]–[32:30])

• Speech Recap: O’Reilly critiques the delivery (“read too fast... like Joe Biden on speed”) but calls it “smart” for rallying Trump’s supporters.

• Poll Context: Trump’s job approval in the 39-46% range, below 50%—hence the need for motivational speeches.

• Key Excerpt from Trump:

  • “One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail...” ([27:16])
  • O’Reilly notes only Trump supporters believe this narrative; critics will never accept it.

• Policy Proposals:

  • $1,500 per person for Health Savings Accounts (tax-free contributions, phased out for families earning >$225,000).
  • $1,776 bonus for all military members via executive order.
  • O’Reilly points out legislative hurdles for health savings proposal (needs 60 votes in Senate).
  • Suggests extending Affordable Care Act subsidies by one year while both parties seek “a fair and equitable health care law.”

• Memorable Quote:

  “But if you extend for a year, then you have 12 months for both parties to come up with a fair and equitable health care law that doesn't add trillions of dollars to the debt. So that's what I am recommending. Possible. Sure hope it happens.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([31:30])

• Media Reaction and Viewership:

  • O’Reilly says CNN predictably “tries to punch it up,” News Nation is “the fairest.”
  • Low viewership expected around Christmas; only the already-persuaded tuned in.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On handling evil:
  “For every mentally unstable evil people, I put the number of evil human beings at 15% of the world population...”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([05:30])

• On media bias:
  “Most people are just going to read those headlines... Oh, the economy is terrible. Economy’s terrible. Economy is terrible.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([07:12])

• On partisanship:
  “There's no detente in America. There's no trying to understand the other side or trying to work out a compromise. It's hatred.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([14:08])

• On political advice:
  “If I were writing this speech for President Trump,... I'd zero in on, look, here's the problem. We have high food prices...but here's what we're going to do to get the meat down. Boom, boom, boom.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([18:10])

• On Trump’s communication style:
  “…He did it on bombast. He did it on attacking the system and his opponents. Okay, so he's not going to change, but he has to think about what the repercussions of what he does on social media might be.”
  — Bill O’Reilly ([22:10])

• On the health plan:
  “The current Unaffordable Care act was created to make insurance companies rich. It was bad health care at much too high a cost.”
  — Donald Trump ([28:55])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:35]–[04:31] — Shooting incidents at Brown University and Bondi Beach
• [04:31]–[06:32] — Confronting evil: societal vigilance and reporting
• [06:37]–[13:30] — Analysis of unemployment media coverage and job numbers
• [13:30]–[15:55] — Rob Reiner’s murder, media reactions, Chris Cuomo segment
• [16:01]–[20:35] — Trump’s speech preview, O’Reilly's speechwriting advice
• [20:57]–[24:37] — Presidential demeanor, Trump’s approach to speechwriting, personal reflection
• [24:37]–[25:52] — GOP strategy, Vice President Vance’s comments, campaign messaging
• [25:57]–[32:30] — Recap and critique of Trump’s speech, policy rollouts, Senate outlook, media coverage

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Conclusion

O’Reilly closes with a frank assessment of the political and media landscape leading into 2026, drawing connections between violence, the challenge of confronting evil, the need for practical solutions, the pitfalls of political rancor, and the strategies both sides employ to sway public opinion. With a focus on truth, vigilance, and action, he urges listeners not to be passive amid social and political turmoil, emphasizing realism and engagement over apathy or despair.

Transcript

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[Bill O'Reilly (Podcast Host)]

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[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

So I started Brown University up in Rhode Island. Ivy League school. A gunman still at large. While we are taping this, he might be caught later on. Killed two students, injured nine others at the science building, engineering and physics building on Saturday. Nobody knows who the guy is or motivation or why he attacked that building. Nobody knows. Two students are dead. Mohammed Aziz and Ella cook. All right, Ms. Cook, age 19, was the vice president of the College Republican Club. Mohammed Aziz, age 18, a brilliant science student, and his parents had immigrated here from uzbekistan. All were U.S. citizens. Okay, so those are the victims. And the nine others are in the hospital. Then in Australia, one of the worst mass shootings that country has ever had. Bondi beach, which is a very popular place outside of Sydney. I've been there, Was having a hanukkah celebration party. Two guys show up and they kill. They murder 16 people. Boy, that includes one of the gunmen who was killed by police. And there are allegations the police did not act quickly enough, but we don't know for sure, so we're going to hold back on that. Victims were aged 10 to 87. Want a Holocaust survivor? Okay, so the murderer killed by police is Sajid Hakam, age 50, from Pakistan. Australia used to have very stringent immigration laws, but they lessened over the years. His son, 24 year old Navid Akram is in custody. He survived the mass murder and he is an Australian citizen. It would have been a lot worse if not for a man named Ahmad. Ahmad, age 43, who's a Syrian living in Australia. He attacked one of the gunmen and disarmed him. You can see that tape has been all over the world and stopped one of them. Now. That's the father. The son shot Ahmad Ahmad and injured him and he's in the hospital. But he is a worldwide hero and saved many lives. So you can't generalize about this. You got a Syrian hero, Pakistani villain. You know, you can't be lumping everybody into the same category. Now President Trump obviously had to react to this and here's what he said over the weekend.

[Donald Trump (President, quoted)]

And in Australia, you probably read it's been a very, very brave person actually who went and attacked frontally one of the shooters and saved a lot of lives. So very brave person who's right now in the hospital pretty seriously wounded. So I great respect to that man that did that. But we're here for a different reason. We're here to celebrate Christmas and to celebrate, and I think today we can very say loudly, we celebrate Hanukkah because that was such a horrible attack. That was a purely anti Semitic attack.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

And it was no reason for it. Nothing accomplished, Mentally unstable people, there's no doubt about it. And again, it's, you know, I have in confronting evil, the first senseless murder was Cain and Abel in Genesis, the book of Genesis, I mean, and that was, that story was put there for a reason. This is always going to be with us. Doesn't mean you accept it, doesn't mean you turn away from it. That's the worst thing you can do. So if you see an unstable person, you let the authorities know, okay, you can do it anonymously, but you let them know you see somebody who's shaky or doing something. If you see somebody evangelizing on you, you call that 9, 1 1, as fast as your thumbs can hit those numbers. And because the good people outnumber the bad people and in terrible things like this, that becomes obscured for every mentally unstable evil people. I put the number of evil human beings at 15% of the world population. The problem is that with the good people, there are not 100% trying to mitigate the evil. A lot of people turn away. I don't want to be involved. I ignore it. Nothing I can do, I'm afraid, whatever it may be, wherever it may be. All right, you got to protect yourself. We all understand that. But you also have to get involved, in my opinion. So, you know, Hanukkah is here. Christmas, two weeks away, ten days away. Geez. We don't want you to be depressed. We want you to be realistic. We want you to read Confronting Evil, digest it. Get a plan of action for yourself in case you encounter any of this stuff.

[Bill O'Reilly (Podcast Host)]

You're listening to a special edition of the no Spin News.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

So if you are in the social media, on the Internet looking for news coverage, you get this headline from CNN and other left wing organizations. Unemployment rate hits a four year high last month, November. Okay, that's CNN, New York Times. U.S. unemployment rose in November. A warning sign for the economy. Miss. Unemployment rate reaches a four year high as Trump's economic woes continue. USA Today, US added 64,000 jobs in November as unemployment hits a four time high. Now, most people are just going to read those headlines. They're not reading a article about economics. Okay? Not doing it. Oh, the economy is terrible. Economy's terrible. Economy is terrible. Okay, so let's analyze what actually happened yesterday. So the November unemployment rate is stated 4.6%, up from 4.4 in September. There was no report in October because of the government shutdown. Okay. So it ends up 0.2%. It's not anything significant. But here's what the articles will not tell you. On the last day of September, continuing into October and November, hundreds of thousands of federal employees were furloughed. Hundreds of thousands let go because of Doge and the Trump administration cutting back the federal payroll. That's where all of the jobs were lost. Is that going to be in the article? No, no. The other thing is that analysts were expecting 40,000 jobs to be created in November and the number came in at 64,000. Higher, significantly higher. Not going to see it. Okay, so again, this is all by design that we're going to take stuff out of context, throw it out there. And the left wing media is 80% of the media, probably more. All right? And then hope that the American people rebel against Donald Trump because the economy, they think the economy is bad. Economy isn't bad. Might get that way, but it's not bad now. All right, so added to this are the distractions like Vanity Fair and Susie Wiles. And the biggest distraction came this week when Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered, allegedly by their son. Horrible. I mean, there's no other word for it doesn't get worse than that. Rob Reiner was a militant who hated Donald Trump, despised him, and a very involved person in the progressive movement. But that doesn't mean you're happy when he dies, because it's just like Charlie Kirk. Remember, the people were happy when he died. So the President comes out and says, I think it's because, 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 five 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 998899. Have you heard of Gold Belly? 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. Goldbelly'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. Rob Reiner was a far left politician who hated me, and that led to his death. That's a stretch. But even if that's what the President thinks, it's the wrong time to say it again, referencing Charlie Kirk. You know, there are millions of people who didn't like Charlie Kirk, but you don't say it when he's assassinated. Now, the exchange caught my attention on News Nation last night between Chris Cuomo and a caller, and the caller desperately wanted Cuomo to ram these comments down Trump's throat. Okay? But Cuomo didn't do it on a show. He mentioned it, but he wasn't virtue signaling like all the other liberal commentators were. He didn't do that. Roll the tape.

[Chris Cuomo (News Commentator)]

We all know to be better than that.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

But why?

[Chris Cuomo (News Commentator)]

Why? Why do you need it?

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

Why do you need it?

[Chris Cuomo (News Commentator)]

Why do you need it like it's a dog treat? Why do you need it like it's a. Oh, Chris is Okay, he gets that Trump is a monster. Look, the guy's not a monster, okay? He plays the system.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

All right, so again, virtually every single broadcaster ran with that. Trump's horrible, but Cuomo didn't. Because Cuomo understands the bigger picture, okay? And he's not justifying Trump's statement, okay? Not doing that. He's just saying, look, this is where we are politically now. It's hatred. That's where we are. There's no detente in America. There's no trying to understand the other side or trying to work out a compromise. It's hatred. Now, you can blame whoever you want to blame, but I'm not going to be a part of it. And Cuomo, to his credit, doesn't seem to be either. That's what happened. Okay? So now every single day, it's this crazy kind of stuff, and it is affecting President Trump's legacy. Now, he will speak to the nation tomorrow night, Wednesday night, and on Thursday, we'll have a full, fair and smart analysis of the president's speech. Important speech for the president. Okay? It is because his legacy has to survive next year. He can't lose the House or the Senate because he won't get anything done the rest of the way. So this is a legacy thing. Now, final point in the memo, the White House desperately needs a rapid response team to correct the press when it lies like it did about the unemployment numbers. Okay? Lie by omission. They had to have somebody. In addition, Caroline Levitt can't do it. She's got the day to day. But a rapid response team comes out, boom, boom, boom. This is what they're like that desperately need that. Okay? And I hope the president who does follow this broadcast gets it up and running.

[Bill O'Reilly (Podcast Host)]

You're listening to a special edition of the no Spin News Talking Points Memo.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

Tonight is President Trump's speech. 9:00pm Eastern diplomatic reception room at the White House. Very important speech for the president and very simple reason is polling numbers are going down and the Republican Party is very concerned, very concerned about it. So the president, according to Caroline Levitt, his press secretary, is going to discuss his accomplishments. And they've been many. If you want to be honest about it, though, his first year, he's done a lot of good things. He's going to run him down. But that sends the message that the speech this evening will be targeted to his supporters and Republicans. He's not trying to persuade people who don't like him or even independents who are shaky to come join him in the next three years. He's trying to prop up his base. Okay, so we expect a long speech. That's President Trump's style. And a lot of stuff about, you know, we've done this, we've done that. Biden is dumb, Biden was a jerk, you know, okay, I, I hope it isn't too repetitive because then viewers will tune out I'd like people to watch it, Americans, all Americans, to watch the speech. Then you make up your own mind and write me a letter. Bill o'reilly.com after the speech, Billo reilly.com Give me your reaction. I'll report it tomorrow. All right. So the president is scheduled to go down to Mar a Lago on Friday and stay there till Sunday, January 4th. Now people go, oh, that's a long vacation. It's not a vacation. He's got his office down there. He'll be working a lot of time. I know President Trump pretty well. He said take vacation. He'll play golf. He'll do that. But the president is a workaholic. I think that is accurate. Okay, so if I were writing this speech for President Trump, I would list accomplishments, but that wouldn't be the dominant part of the speech I zero in on. Look, here's the problem. We have high food prices, beach prices. Now we're getting a lot of the food prices down. Give some examples, eggs, things like that. But here's what we're going to do to get the meat down. Boom, boom, boom. Two, three things. Then insurance. That is really the kill when you talk about that cliche affordability. That's what's really gutting working men and women who have to pay their mortgages and their utilities and they have to eat and they have to gas up their car and they have to have leisure activities. Some of them are paying for education. When you see the graph for how much the house and car and health insurance are paid, charging us, it is staggering over the last five years. That's big. And President Trump has got to go in and he's got to say to these companies, look, either you moderate it or we're going to open it up, cross state lines. We're going to make it much easier for insurance companies to compete. That's what he should do anyway. But immediately you get those premiums down if you make the threat. So that would be a big part of a speech I would write. It's all about problem solving. It's not about Trump's style or anything like that, although the Reiner thing hurt him. But people will forget that. But they're not going to forget what they're paying because that is something they have to deal with. A lot of Americans in debt, like of Americans would like to buy a new car or maybe a new house. And interest rates are coming down, home mortgage rates. So more methodical, less emotional, less repetition. I'm the speechwriter. That's what I'm doing now, how this works is the speechwriter gives a first, what they call a first draft to the president. And like Barack Obama, okay, Donald Trump is very active in wording, okay? So he takes a big part in that.

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[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

He changes, he edits, he does his. Make suggestions about ads, all that. Obama did the same thing. Biden didn't do any of that. Whatever they put in front of Biden, Biden read, and he didn't read it well. Okay, so Trump's involved with that now. One last thing, the demeanor, situation. President Trump is not going to change, all right? He has been elected twice to the highest office in the land with no political experience, and it is a stunning historical achievement. Stunning. Never been done before. And he did it on bombast. He did it on attacking the system and his opponents. Okay, so he's not going to change, but he has to think about what the repercussions of what he does on social media might be. I would never say, hey, Mr. Trump, you have to change. That would be ridiculous. But when you're dealing with a celebrity who gets his throat cut and his wife the same circumstance by their own son, Stay away. Don't say anything. Now I understand why the president does what he does because I went through maybe 15% of what President Trump has gone through. My family was attacked. I was attacked. To this day, everybody knows me in the country. If I go certain places, I have to have security because I don't want to be assassinated like Charlie Kirk. All right? I don't want to be attacked, certainly don't want my family in jeopardy. So I understand the anger President has, and it's legitimate anger. I mean, just last night, the senator from Iowa, Charles Grassley, put out a report that backs up the FBI had no probable cause under Biden to raid Mar A Lago on the classified document thing. None. They did it anyway, and they only did it to embarrass Donald Trump to give him hardship. Now, you add that by a thousand, you're going to be bitter. I have a list. I do. I'll admit it. I have a list of names of people who have hurt me and my family. And if I could, I would visit those people, and I wouldn't be bringing Christmas presents, if you get my drift. But that would hurt my family if I did that. Okay? It would make the situation worse. Now, if I get an opportunity to right the wrong, I'll do it. Absolutely going to do it. None of those people have ever apologized or asked for forgiveness ever. Okay? They just do bad things. And not just to me. They do bad things to a lot of people. So I can identify with President Trump right down to it. But if I'm a counselor to him, certain things that he wants to say come back and hurt him and by extension, the country. That's where thought, deep thought, has to be put into your presentation on demeanor. Now, last night in Pennsylvania, Vice President Vance set the table for tonight's presidential address.

[Chris Cuomo (News Commentator)]

Roll was the third day in the White House and some reporter said, what are you doing about the price of eggs? Haven't you seen? They're so expensive. And the president's like, lady, we've been here for three days. It takes a little bit of time to fix something that was so fundamentally broken. And so when I hear the Democrats talk about the affordability crisis that they created, it's a little bit like, you know, Charles Manson criticizing violent crime.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

That is true. But it doesn't help you, Mr. Vice President, because people live in the moment. They know Biden was a screw up. They know he had no control over what was happening in the country. Any, any intelligent American knows that. Even if you're a Democrat, liberal, you know it, the facts back it up. But if that's the centerpiece, it doesn't do you any good. What you have to say is here's where we are in the moment. December 2025, the new year coming. Here's what we're going to do in this 2026 cycle. That could move the polls, but Trump will. And that's the memo.

[Bill O'Reilly (Podcast Host)]

You're listening to a special edition of the no Spin News.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

All right, Talking Points memos on President Trump's speech last night. 18 minutes. He read too fast. I don't know why. You know, sound like Joe Biden. Remember that time Biden was like on speed. Read it. Trouble is in. That bad? But he was humming. I don't know whether he had something going on afterward or not, but I kind of would have did less than a temple a little bit. Speech itself is what I reported on News Nation pep rally. And that sounds dismissive, but it isn't. It's smart. What he did was smart because the polling, latest polling, Reuters got his job approval at 39%. The liberal polls have him at 40, 39. The conservative polls have him at 45, 46. Job approval, there's a five point gap. And no matter how you look at it, he's below 50% in job approval. He's got to get it up to 50, at least among the conservative pollsters. And he knows it. And so it was a pep rally. Here's what I've done for you. I'm not going to play a lot of speech, but this encapsulates what the President was trying to get across. Go.

[Donald Trump (President, quoted)]

One year ago, our country was dead. We were absolutely dead. Our country was ready to fail, totally failed. Now with the hottest country anywhere in the world. And that's said by every single leader that I've spoken to over the last five months.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

All right, so the President's opponents are not going to believe that. They don't want to believe it, they won't believe it. And there's nothing you can do to make them believe it. And the President's supporters, most of them will, unless they're in dire straits, unless their whole economic world is collapsing. Most of them, I think. Remember, 77 million people voted for Donald Trump. A record amount of people voted for Americans, voted for him. I would say 85, 80% are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt a little bit more time. That's my measure. And for him to get out there and say, look, it's going the right direction was a smart move. Now, there were many problem solving specifics in his speech, with one exception. President wants to give Americans fifteen hundred dollars to put it to a health care savings account, tax free. So you build this up in the health care savings account and then when the bills come in, you can pay them. All right, that is the plan. Here's what the President said.

[Donald Trump (President, quoted)]

I'm also taking on the gigantic health insurance companies that have gotten rich on billions of dollars of money that should go directly to the people. The money should go to the people, that's you. So they can buy their own health insurance, which will give far better benefits at much lower cost. It will be far better health insurance. The current Unaffordable Care act was created to make insurance companies rich. It was bad health care at much too high a cost.

[Bill O'Reilly (Main Commentator)]

Okay, so 1500 doesn't sound like much, but when you compound it because you, if this passes, you'll be able to put money in it yourself, like an ira. It won't be taxed. So you build and build and build and build and build. And then there, there's a formula on how the money is invested safely so it grows. That is the plan. But not everybody would get it. All right, so if you are a family of four making more than 225,000, which not many families are doing, then you would not get the money. Okay. And it will cost federal government 10 billion, it says, I figure about 20 billion. They always underestimate. Now, it's got to pass the Senate and that means it's got to get 60 votes to advance to the floor for a vote. For some reason, democrats opposed this. 1500. Why? Why would you do that? You know, so the Care Freedom for Patients Act, 20, 25, 51, 48, to advance the bill to the floor, that's not going to cut it. You need 60 votes in the Senate. Now, it might come back. They might get it if they sweeten it up for the Democrats a little bit. My solution is this. Extend the Affordable Care subsidies for one year and it is a disaster. It is just hemorrhaging money and causing the whole health care industry to rise in cost. That's what Obamacare is doing because more and more and more people are trying to get it than was originally thought. And then the deals they're making with the insurance companies, as Mr. Trump said, benefit the insurance companies, not you, not the government. All right, but if you extend for a year, then you have 12 months for both parties to come up with a fair and equitable health care law that doesn't add trillions of dollars to the debt. So that's what I am recommending. Possible. Sure hope it happens. Also, the president is giving each military member $1,776. It's a bonus payment. They all get it. It's going to cost the federal government 2.6 billion. That's okay. Now, the president doesn't need Congress to accrue that. He can do that by an executive order. So that's what happened last night. Just wrapping it up. Smart move, President Trump to give the speech. I don't think it was well watched because people are distracted around Christmas time. And anybody who doesn't like Trump not going to watch it. And you know, right away, as soon as he got off the air, I switched over to cnn. I never watch Ms. That's ridiculous. CNN was trying to punch it up like they always do. News Nation falling away. The fairest. If you're looking for fair on in America.

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