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Bill O'Reilly
You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the News with Mike Slater.
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Mike Slater
Thank you, Bill. It is Thursday, May 22, 2025. Here's what's happening today in America. A presidential ambush, arson at historic church. Another Democrat congressman passes away. An American returned home. That's all coming up. Then Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, the president of South Africa was in the White House yesterday and he was asked if there's a genocide in his country. He said there isn't. And then Trump said, turn the lights down, roll the tape. And played a video of leaders in South Africa chanting, kill the boar, the white farmers. Lamestream Media's response is that it was an ambush. Every media outlet Trump Ambushes South Africa's President with False Claims of white Genocide. New York Times, Trump lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Ambush Washington Post, Trump confronts South African President pushing false claims of genocide. The Guardian, Trump ambushes South African President with video and false claims of anti white Racism. BBC Trump ambushes South African President with claims of white Persecution they got their marching orders. They got the script. CBS News says some Africana say Trump's being lied to about a white genocide in South Africa. Quote, it's not happening. Amazing. The media defending a genocide. Trump derangement syndrome striking yet again. A fire has destroyed a historic black church in downtown Memphis. This church was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr's final campaign in 1968. The fire was intentionally set in the inside of the church. Police have released a video or picture of the suspect, who is a black male. The church was in the midst of a $25 million renovation project, also revitalizing the 3000 pipe organ. The church is now a total loss. Democratic Congressman Jerry Connolly of Virginia has passed away. He was 75 years old. He's been in Congress since 2009. Last month, he announced he was stepping down from the top Democratic position in the House Oversight Committee because the cancer of his esophagus has returned. Connally is the eighth congressman to die in office since November of 2022. All of them have been Democrats. Venezuela has freed an American prisoner, Joe St. Clair. He's been detained for six months. He's 33 years old. He was wrongfully detained October of 2024 while traveling as a tourist near the Venezuelan border with a friend. He claims they were arrested by Venezuelan authorities and then transported across the border to a Venezuelan prison. The US Presidential envoy for special missions, Rick Grinnell, announced the release of St. Clair by traveling to a neutral country to negotiate with Venezuelan officials. He said it's only possible because Donald Trump puts Americans first. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. Hope you can join us over there. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next.
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Bill O'Reilly
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I was hoping he would pick Tahiti or some South Seas island. Instead, he came back with North Asia. That's what happens when you major in political science. So we are off to Japan, South Korea and China, where I've been invited to do an event based on my book, the United States of Trump. It's a speech, then Q and A with government officials and Chinese media in Beijing. Please pray for me. One word I cannot say is Orient. That's banished officially in the USA and also most Asian nations. But why? The original Orient description came from the Romans. Orens means east of Rome. Then Chaucer used the word Orient in the Canterbury Tales. So far harmless. Enter the hideous newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst. In 1909, one of his papers headlined Oriental Contamination. Hearst himself is quoted as saying, I'm strongly in favor of Japanese exclusion to prevent orientals from swarming into the country and absolutely overrunning it. Unquote. Nice. That was it for Oriental. 2016, President Obama signed HR4328, highlighting Oriental as a racist term. Yes, it's woke, but there is valid context. So it is North Asia for us. We definitely live in a complicated world. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. You can reach me billorilly.com, billoriley.com, name in town if you wish to opine. Now, let's go to the mail. Let's go to Mike McCarthy in Chicago. Hey, Bill. I watch the notesman news every night. I get a physical each year. I'm 70 years old. PSA standard. And a standard for me, too. So that's why we need to hear from the president's physician. All right. Colonel o' Connor, under oath. Need to hear that. Carl Olchefsky, Altoona, Pennsylvania. Hey, Bill, you've explained your opinion that Comey should not be prosecuted. It was terrible the way General Flynn was treated. So maybe Comey doesn't get convicted, but he does go bankrupt defending himself. So you want to do that. Don't you want to be a little more noble than that? Carl, I agree with you about Flynn. Do you want to do that to another human being? Even though I don't like Comey, you don't like him. I don't think we want to do that. Tanya, on the message board, what happened to the option of destroying Russian economy through the banking system? You said that would happen. Does the option no longer exist? No, it exists. Trump is absolutely trying to get the ceasefire in Ukraine without dropping bombs on Putin economically. That's what he's trying to do. But it's still in play. Concierge member, Janet, concierge membership very important to your life. Please check it out on billowrilly.com my team will help you. It is worth it. Bruce Frankstein should be deported. Citizenship denounced. Any American citizen with a big microphone should not in another country denounce their country. You can't deport over speech. I mean, you could do it if you're not a citizen. That's what Trump administration is doing to the anti Semites. But they're not citizens. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 401 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 998999. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. A report from Gallup recently ranked the happiest countries on Earth. Predictably, the list highlights the socialist nations of Scandinavia, with the USA lagging way behind. But the rankings are not what they seem to be. First, the list. According to Gallup, the 10 happiest places, Mexico, Luxembourg, Israel, Norway, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, and the happiest country, Finland. The USA takes 24th place in between Belize and Great Britain. However, the methodology behind the survey has big flaws. The list is compiled from just a single question given to a small sample of people. Here it is. Imagine a ladder with steps numbered 0 at the bottom, 10 at the top. If 0 represents your worst possible life and 10 your best, which step of the ladder do you feel you are standing on at the present time? That's it. Are the folks in Mexico really very happy? The country is extremely violent, run by the drug cartels. Are you kidding me? I don't think I'd be very joyous about that. Finland and Sweden have the worst suicide rates in the European Union. Denmark ranks near the bottom of the list for mental illness as a percentage of the population. The Netherlands has more drug users than anywhere else in the world. They are escaping something in Holland. And here's something else you might not know. According to actual data, the happiest place is really Australia. The country occupies an entire continent, no neighbors, strict immigration system, few natural disasters, usually universal health care as well as private insurance for those who want it. The downside? You have to say the word mate at least 20 times a day. Oz ranks number one in access to nature, adventure, financial mobility, pleasant weather. Unlike Finland, Australia does not experience two months of total darkness. And it's not nearly as chilly back after this.
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Bill O'Reilly
Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly Update. I am Bill O'Reilly. No spin, just facts. And always looking out for you.