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The Brian Kilmeade Show 06-12-2026
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Brian Kilmeade
So glad you're there. It's the Brian Kilmeade show. We're out in Los Angeles having a great time. And of course, it's a really important day because the US Kicks off. There are three guaranteed games in the World Cup. They qualify because we host as traditional. Anybody who hosts, you get in and they got three games they got to win, especially today in Paraguay. Second is Australia and third game is Turkey. They're all one goal game. So they beat the first two teams 2, 1, which means it can go any other way. I do think we approved a lot more. So I'm out there covering the World Cup. We'll be doing that a lot through the bunch. You get, you can get it on Fox, you can get on Fox Sports app, this Fox One app, as well as anywhere you stream and of course on the Fox big channel on the big games. But first things first. You know, we've been talking a lot about Iran and we should be. And we talked about a lot of the challenges with Iran, excuse me, with China and through the Taiwan. And of course, it's always on everyone's mind. But there's been a story going on for five years. It's been a relentless, brutal war and it was started by Russia. They made up some story about Nazis being Ukraine and that being their naturalized land. And they thought they'd win this war in three days, maybe four. And now we're in its fifth year. And now things have changed, by all reports because of the innovation resilience of the Ukrainian people and the lack of conviction from the Russians, even though they are five times the population of Ukraine. Things are really going Ukraine's way. In fact, they've picked up over 100 square miles in 2026. And they're able to hit through their own innovation, their own Long distance rockets right in Moscow as well as St. Petersburg. It is incredible how this war has changed. And joining us now, Amanda's been living it, Tim, Mila Milavanov. He is the president of Kyiv School of Economics. He's a Minister of the Minister of the Economy. He was there from 2019 through 2020 and Associate professor now at the University of Pittsburgh. Tim, how have things reversed? And I know how much you want it to be reversed, but in reality, how much have things changed on the battlefield this year?
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Tim Milanov
So I was actually right now, today in some headquarters in Kharkiv with a brigade, and I've seen live missions carried out at about 60 miles away from the front, in the rear with drones cutting off Russian logistics. And they could do nothing about this. And then I went to a ranch to a R and D range where they are experimenting with new robots and new drones, which can be like motherboards, sending multiple FPV drones at long distances. This is just amazing. It's really turning into a lot of hipster engineering, as they call it. So it's basically a lot of engineers and a lot of operators running tech systems.
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Brian Kilmeade
That's pretty amazing. And so for a while, you know, the drones are still a challenge, but, but the battlefield has changed in that the drones are AI powered, so no one's really working the drones. They have a mission and they'll do anything to complete that mission, right?
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Tim Milanov
Yeah, so. So there's still some human. A human has to make a decision. So, you know, the gold standard, for example, in some drones is two click mission, meaning first click is to get to the, to the area of the target and, and click once the target is acquired automatically is to approve. So we should have a human approving a decision to kill or not. So, so that is, that is important and that's, I think, a part of regulation. But yes, otherwise it could be completely, completely AI without any humans.
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Brian Kilmeade
So right now you're focusing. They're focusing on the critical roads and railways, in some cases more than 100 miles from the front that feed the Russian troops. So that's what you're talking about with supply lines. So Kyiv is called, they're calling the effort the logistic lockdown. And it's reshaping the battlefield and allowing the Russians to retreat and you guys gain ground.
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Tim Milanov
Yes, that's absolutely correct. The missions that I saw today, video recorded, and some live, were killing or shutting down, you know, targeting trucks far away from the front line. Some of them were delivering ammunition for artillery, others were delivering soldiers or some Fuel or some other explosives. And just, you know, just as a civilian, I was able to see how sparse that area is already is because Russian trucks cannot travel in any kind of formations or any. I mean, for a long time, but now they're really, really sparse. They're very limited. And yet Ukrainians are basically hunting them down.
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Brian Kilmeade
Have you seen the casualty figures? There are over 25,000amonth, Russians dying. Have you. I mean, are there Russians everywhere every month?
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Tim Milanov
Yeah. So I think the numbers indeed are staggering. Some months confirmed video, confirmed killed and wounded, up to 30,000 plus. These numbers have increased dramatically this year. And the reason is that because of the technological advances, the kill zone, the sort of the gray area between the two sides through which Russian infantry is trying to advance, that area has increased dramatically now reaching tens of miles, sometimes even as large as 30, 40 miles. And so that's where Russians get killed.
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Brian Kilmeade
So it looks like the President Zelensky said to Vladimir Putin, let's meet one on one and end this war. And he said, no, in reality, do you think from your reports and talking to the people there that he's feeling the pressure?
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Tim Milanov
Yeah, I think so. I have spoken with commanders today and they are saying that, listen, Russia, we can suppress it. We can suppress the logistics and the. If we suppress the logistics, that means they cannot really operate on the front line at all. So I think President Zelenskyy is absolutely correct and I think Russia will feel it. And when Zelenskyy says that, listen, this is just June and July, we can do so much more to make Russia realize that the best course of action to stop it. I think that's probably true.
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Brian Kilmeade
So I want you. President Zelensky spoke about trying to get some security guarantees and started maybe getting a mediator cut.
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Mark Thiessen
One Europe has to be during any kind of negotiations, Europe can't just mediate. To my mind, because Europe stands on our side.
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Brian Kilmeade
Today I shared it with our partners.
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Mark Thiessen
It's very, I mean, dangerous just to mediate because, for example, if EU mediate, it means that they will think about to put sanctions or not, because they are mediators. They have to be in the middle. That's why I share my position that there is no lesbian fair, open and very clear to each of us and also to Russians, they have to know there is no just mediators.
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Brian Kilmeade
So he doesn't want to media. He says, listen, don't pretend like we're equal here. Remember, we're the good guys.
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Tim Milanov
Yeah, I think he's correct. And I also think there's a very pragmatic discussion here that, listen, if we're going to just let it go, Russia can rearm, resupply this logistics and then just attack again. So I think Zelensky is saying, listen, that's not going to work. Don't play your games. Let's stop it once and for all.
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Brian Kilmeade
Here's more from Zelensky. Cut to.
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Mark Thiessen
We need security guarantees from Europe and the United States. So we will be happy to see, of course, American team, but not, I mean this, not to repeat the, I think mistake when one country or another, big or small, make some decisions with Russia and then put on the table, look, this is the idea. No, we will not accept such idea negotiations without us, when war on our territory, when mostly Ukrainian losses.
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Brian Kilmeade
So that's why we.
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Mark Thiessen
Nothing about us without us.
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Brian Kilmeade
Tim Milanov, our guest, that's president, he's president of the Kyiv School of Economics, Minister of the Economy in Ukraine and associate professor, University of Pittsburgh. So he wants security guarantees for people that are in the know. That's the big thing. We can't be doing this every two or three years. And with that, the French and British have said we'll put some troops on the ground. We have not necessarily committed to that. In the U.S. what do the security guarantees look like in your mind?
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Tim Milanov
So I think what's important is for Ukraine to be able to protect itself. So this is supply chains, innovation, funding for weapons. The innovation cycle will continue. So Ukraine has to have to be able to pay for engineers for new weapons, for new developments. And I think it can share all of this with the allies, you know, with the United States, with European countries. So I think it could also be positive or phrased as a win win. But those structures have to be in place, realistic, practical structures, business like oriented, very pragmatic.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right. So economically, how is Ukraine doing?
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Tim Milanov
Struggling. It's doing very well in terms of innovation. And I think there are fantastic opportunities for Ukraine post war or post ceasefire to kind of apply to the dual use in its spillovers to grow its economy. But it also has to rebuild. It has to support its, its population, their demographic issues. A lot of people left. So I think, you know, it's not black and white. You know, military is committed, people around military leadership are committed, but people are suffering too. Civilians are suffering, no doubt about it,
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Brian Kilmeade
because they're aiming for civilian targets. What about the fought, what about agriculture? They're able to now get their shipping to their clients because through their drone navy they were able to push the Russians, weren't they?
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Tim Milanov
Yeah, absolutely. You Know, in a couple of years ago it was simply unimaginable and Russia was blackmailing Ukraine saying listen, we're going to kill your agriculture and we don't agree to any Black Sea routes, you know. But Ukrainians said, you know, doesn't matter, you know, we're going to do it anyway. We're going to protect our ships with drones, with air defense and we're going to also retaliate for anything you do. So, you know, that's working. I mean it's not easy. There are, there are explosions. We attack their ships, they attack our ships, they attack our ports, we target their ports. It's a lot of back and forth but I think it's working. Ukraine is able to export through the, through Black Sea.
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Brian Kilmeade
The way I understand it is the one thing that President Zelensky needs is Patriots or missile defense. Thaad missile defense. If there's a big push now to maybe give the licenses to the Ukrainians to build their own. From what, you know, from what people have told you, can they.
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Tim Milanov
Yeah, I think you can. I just talked to an owner of a pretty advanced and powerful, you know, defense tech company. They are doing their own cruise missiles and we have visited their facility. It's amazing what they have been able to do during the wartime and at, at a fraction of a cost. Now they are working on, on ballistic interceptors and they think if they get licensing at least for the part of the MoSC critical equipment from the United States, they would be able to run Ukrainian ballistic interceptor program.
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Brian Kilmeade
What about the draft? Do you guys have enough, Is there enough Ukrainian fighters?
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Tim Milanov
That is a real problem. We do not have that many people. It's not that we do not have people left, but that's not how we think about life. And it also, we do not want to, you know, turn our economy, market economy actually in a complete militaristic economy. So I think we're trying to substitute and save people, substitute people on the battlefield filled with robotics, with, with drones and I think I just talked to a commander today, earlier today and he said listen, the idea is to ready, let's say we now have 100% of infantry, let's move to 70% robotics and 30% of infantry. And it's absolutely feasible in the next six months.
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Brian Kilmeade
David Petraeus, General, told us that if you want to see the future of warfare, don't look at Iran, look at Ukraine. It's pretty amazing what has happened since this thing started when the Russians tried to roll tanks into Kyiv, isn't it?
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Mark Thiessen
Yeah.
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Tim Milanov
And I think it is a very different war. No one can, you know, take anything with tanks anymore. And all of these big platforms or big doctrines, they are irrelevant, frankly. The future is in robots, in AI, in engineers and in a lot of human thinking and intelligence and data collection. So in a sense, there is good news for everyone because kill zones mean they mean that the technology can stop wars by creating these buffers between the countries. And it's not going to be easy, but it is possible. And so no one can move through them. So I think I'm very optimistic about the future of the humankind unless we make some serious mistakes. I think the technology is moving us towards inability to fight.
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Brian Kilmeade
Regaining ground is the title of the story yesterday in the New York Post. Kiva gets back 230 square miles already in 2026 and you're on the march. Tim Milanov, Milvin, above, thanks so much for joining us. Appreciate it. And thanks for bringing us up to date in the Ukraine, on the Ukraine. Stay safe.
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Mark Thiessen
Thank you.
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Brian Kilmeade
All right, here in la, we're going to continue to update you and preview the World cup as it finally gets underway and all the challenges in this region because there's a lot and nobody, I don't think anybody could be happy happy about how they ran their election, have been running them. But now the whole spotlight is on it because of the candidacy of Spencer Pratt. But now we're looking at how he was handled, how he went from first to second to third over the course of two weeks. And you just get the sense there's no way that is no way to run election in the 21st century. Why people in California accept it, I don't know. You listen to the Brian Kilmeade Show. Don't move.
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Tim Milanov
They're going to start with one.
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Brian Kilmeade
So that is General Jack Keane was with me on Fox and friends about 90 minutes ago. And we're talking about the moving parts, the what is changing right now with Iran. So we know we took two days and bombed a number of sites, took out their eyes and ears for the most part, while at the same time disabling another ship trying to get through our blockade of the blockade. So why are we convinced or why are some convinced we have a deal now? Well, one of the reasons to think this could be different is because when we went back to kinetic action, there was panic. There was panic amongst Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait and they all scrambled to talk to us and talk to Iran. They said, hey, we got inroads. If you could just stop bombing, we think we can get a deal by the weekend. So the President was convinced by that explanation, not looking forward to an all out war again and you know, rocketing up the price. Oil said, all right, I'll give you to the weekend. They said we think we can get a memorandum of understanding and you could probably send J.D. vance out to Europe somewhere and go and sign it. So the President said, okay, let me think about this, I'll do it. Now. Something else came out that you should not be surprised about and I was given a heads up on is a lot of these Gulf states have been double dealing Qatar meeting with Iran, saying leave my gas, my, my natural gas fields alone and I'll make sure to not export at the same rate we're going to export, to upgrade and, and put stress on, on our energy outlets around the country. Put stress around the world and it will put stress on the US to stop the military action. Think about that. Qatar is supposed to be our ally during this. Knowing that Iran is our enemy, double dealing, I'm not sure that you could put UAE in that category. I think they are an up and up and in terms of our allies in the area, I think you put UAE right behind Israel in the, in the region. But some are still skeptical that Iran would ever sign off on a deal. To me, they'd have to be forced to live up to that deal. Here's Josh Holmes of the Ruthless podcast cut 13. Iran has certainly given people reason for skepticism on this front. I mean, look, it's a pretty unconventional day in global diplomatic policy when you start with Fox and Friends in the morning and news of Carg island being a target only to mid afternoon have this announcement about a potential deal imminently. I remain skeptical that Iran is anywhere close to being able to adhere to the terms that they even agree to. That being said, any sort of progress at all is going to be welcome news to a whole bunch of people on Capitol Hill and elsewhere who like the progress the president's making here. Look, I'm for him finishing the job. That's where I stand. I know it's going to be. It's going to be uneven, but we can finish the job. We have the assets in the area, more assets in the area. We went to school over the last eight weeks about what they were able to dig up and bring out and that's going to be a target now and we can open up the strait ourselves. My goodness. It's just been revealed we're taking 20 or 30 ships out there a night anyway without even telling them they show up. Their transponders just dragged them through. So I'm out in Los Angeles now because the USA team is taking on Paraguay tonight. Talked to Clint Dempsey last night and I talked to Carli Lloyd last night as well as Rob Stone, the Fox guys, and they tell us what to expect. You'll get that interview next.
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Brian Kilmeade
Hey, welcome back, everybody. I'm coming to you from our L. A bureau. It's a beautiful place. I'm really. This is a. This is a full TV set up here and I'm here for the first game, the world Cup. The world cup came here one time in 1994. Came here in 94. It was such an outstanding success. In fact, the numbers in terms of ticket sales and attendance have not been reached since that have come back. And there's going to be games in Canada, there's going to be games in Mexico. The first one kicked off in Mexico yesterday. They beat South Africa to nothing. And then Korea won yesterday in the nightcap. But tonight at 6:00 clock local and Pacific time, 9:00 clock Eastern time, the US is going to take on Paraguay. One thing about it, I mean, everyone's just making it clear whether you're on the Fox sports desk or you're on the sideline. Well, the sidelines a little different. We're pulling for the US And I Think that people who love soccer want to see, want to see America do well. I mean that's really. It's going to get the national interest for non soccer fans and non soccer players. They'll tune in if the US can get on a run. And the key would that be getting. The key to that will be getting off on a great start. And that is there's three automatic games. You got to be first in your group, then you get the lower seed as you, as you ascend and more and more teams get eliminated. So the US Is favored to win their group. But that would mean that they, that would mean that they have to win today against, against, against Paraguay. They beat him two one last time. So I talked to Clint Dempsey, one of America's finest forwards ever. He led the NCAA in scoring, I think for two years. He played at the University of South Carolina and then starred for the national team. One of the leaders in the 94 squad. He's now on the Fox Sports desk. I asked him what to expect. Let's listen. So Clint Dempsey, we had a chance to see our first game. Mexico comes away with a 2 nothing win. What's your takeaway from that game?
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Clint Dempsey
I mean, I think it's pretty much the perfect start. They were able to get three points. They were able to get a clean sheet. The only blemish on the game is their center back getting the red card. But it's great for them to get off to that type of start because it allows their fan base to kind of get behind them and they've now set the mark right for other host country teams to do the job. So the US Is next team up and Canada as well. They got to go out there and, and make sure they started off right to, to get their own fan base behind them.
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Brian Kilmeade
So it looks like it's finally here, you know, game day. Game one against Paraguay.
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Clint Dempsey
Yep.
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Brian Kilmeade
Do you think the team feels the pressure to get off to a fast start? Because people say you got to come out of your group, you got to win your group if you want to advance.
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Clint Dempsey
Yeah, I mean, I think there's always pressure and like you said, even more so now being on home soil. But you got to control what you can control. Right. How hard you work, how hard you prepare. And I think they'll be ready for it. I'm excited for what I've seen in the attack, the way that they're able to create chances for each other and whether or not taking players on whipping balls in getting goals. It's been exciting to see But I'm a little bit worried about them defensively. They've conceded 11 goals in the last four games. If you want to go far in this tournament, you can't do that. But I'm glad to see Chris Richard Richards back in the lineup, hopefully, and that will give a big boost to our backlog.
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Brian Kilmeade
For people that don't know, what role does he play with the team? How valuable is Richards with this squad?
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Clint Dempsey
Yeah, I mean, he's one of the first names that's on the roster sheet. He's the center back. He's part of that spine of your team that you need to be successful as you go from the goalie, center back, midfield to striker. So glad to see him back. He's someone who's performed well at Crystal Palace. He's won two trophies there and I think that gives you that confidence of that winning mentality that you can kind of bring to the team and help them perform better.
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Brian Kilmeade
So tell me what you think is going to happen in goal. Most people think Matt Fries is going to start. People remember that Matt Turner's already got the World cup experience. I saw Bruce arena said I would go with Turner.
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Clint Dempsey
Yeah.
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Brian Kilmeade
What do you think?
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Clint Dempsey
Look, I'm not the coach. I can't really decide. I mean, it's up to them who's performing best in training. But if you're going off of who Pochettino seems to go with, as of late, the main guy's been Matt Fries for him. But take nothing away from Turner. I thought he performed really well against Senegal. I thought he had a great first half and I think it's really up for grabs, which is kind of weird when you think back to other World Cups. It was always clear and cut who was going to be the goalie. Whether it was Tony Meola, Brad Friedel, Casey Keller or Tim Howard. It's really kind of the first time we've been in this situation, but. But hey, that's up to the manager. That's why he gets paid the big bucks and that's why he's going to be graded on how well they perform.
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Brian Kilmeade
Is this the sweet spot for the so called golden generation? And no longer emerging, no longer potential, is the time for them to perform if they're ever going to come together.
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Clint Dempsey
Yeah, I would say so in the terms of they've already had a lot of the players have World cup experience. You think back to the 2020 World cup, it was a lot of their first time. So they know what it's like to be around that type of Situation to be on the world's biggest stage. Yes, it's a little bit more added pressure being on home soil, but hey, this is what it's all about. This is what you live for. And if you're going to, you know, have a good legacy, having a strong tournament is what you need to happen. And when I think back to the 94 World cup and how well our team performed and because of that performance got the domestic league of mls, what could be the thing that comes about from a good performance here? Hopefully it's the situation. We're not waiting every four years for soccer to move the needle in the States. Hopefully we'll see it being something that's one of the top three sports every single year.
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Brian Kilmeade
What are you going to be looking for in this game? So a lot of people look at this game, they hope the US wins. What is Clint Dempsey look for for
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Clint Dempsey
in an ideal situation? I think you getting goals and assists from your attacking players. So whether that's ball again and Christian, I think we need a clean sheet. Like I talked about, we've conceded 11 goals in last four games. And so. So hopefully no injuries, no red cards, three points. I mean that would be the perfect scenario.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right? And how would this team, what's the formation for this team? How do you think they're going to line up against Paraguay?
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Clint Dempsey
I mean it's different. It depends on what they are in attack, what they are defensively.
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Brian Kilmeade
Would you put three in the back?
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Clint Dempsey
Well, it kind of looks like, you know, at certain times it's a 4, 2, 3, 1 and at times it looks like it is a 3, 5, 2. I think what you will see is Anthony Robinson getting high on the left and Sergino Dess getting high on the right. And I think Freeman kind of sitting a little bit more and making up that back three like you talked about with Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Freeman. I think you're going to see Weston McKinney being more of a box to box midfielder, arriving late and timing those runs and getting on the end of things. And I know that on paper sometimes it looks like Christian is playing on the left, but I see him operating a little bit more in the middle, left, left, middle, being able to take people off, cut in on his dominant foot, whether he's, you know, link up, play with Balligan, which I'd like to see a little bit more of, or bringing the ball and creating his own chances. I think those are a few things that we're going to see.
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Mark Thiessen
Right.
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Brian Kilmeade
And lastly, just playing for Your country at home in year 250. I think the coach, even though he's from Argentina, has really tried to get into the team that you're playing for your country, that this is different. You guys kind of understand, understood that. Do you think this team understands that?
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Clint Dempsey
Yeah, I mean, I think they understand it. I think what's been a difficult situation is them not having to qualify for the World Cup. When you qualify for the World cup, you have to earn it and you have to have your back against the wall. And you saw what they did in 2022, being able to qualify, and I just think it kind of brings you more together with not really having that. I think it. Sometimes you can kind of take your foot off the gas a little bit. But now, hey, the World cup cups here, it's all about, you know, your legacy, and it's all about, what are you going to do with this once in a life opportunity to have a World cup on home soil. Then I'm eager to see if they can get it done.
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Brian Kilmeade
I know what you want to see happen. You want to see them get through and go as far as possible. What do you think is going to happen?
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Clint Dempsey
I mean, I think that's what's going to happen. I think they're going to either win the group or get second. I think that they're going to get to the round of 16 and hopefully be able to get through that Achilles heel of, you know, the past World Cups that I was a part of. Whether it was 2006 or whether it was 2010 or 2014, we weren't able to get past that round of 16. You know what I mean? We lost to Belgium in overtime. We lost Sagana in overtime. So being able to do what the team did in 2002, you know, getting to a quarterfinal or trying to get to a semifinal, that would be, you know, historic. So with my heart tells me I want that. My head tells me, you know, they get to the round 16 all right,
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Brian Kilmeade
and a lot of times people say, if we're going to win, Clint Dempsey had to score. A lot of people say if they were going to win, Christian Pulisic has to score. You know what it's like to have that pressure on your shoulders. What advice do you give? How do you handle that?
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Clint Dempsey
I mean, I'm not going to give any advice. I mean, he's someone that's made for these big moments, and he's shown over time that he steps up. You look at how he performed in the last World cup, got a goal Got an assist. Saw how he performed in World cup qualifying when we were playing together, and also when they qualified for 2022. It's one of those things. He's going to create chances. I think he's going to get looks, and I think he's going to score. So I'm excited to see what I'm going to, you know, watch. And I think he understands what's at stake here. So there's nothing I really need to say. These guys got to go out there and do it. And I look forward to watching them and cheering them on, because now that's all I can do, is be a fan and hope that they are the people that inspire our youth, inspire my kids to want and believe that they can go do something special. So we'll have to wait and see, like hockey did. Exactly. Anything's possible. Why not us?
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah, why not you guys? And I see if people. I was watching Bruce arena, one of the greatest coaches in American soccer ever. And Bob Bradley also did a fantastic job at University of Virginia. The Metro Stars, the Red Bulls, and with the US national team, his son Michael Bradley's now coach of the Red Bulls. They both said that they think the quarterfinals, but if you can get to the quarterfinals, you can go all the way. I mean, literally, it's. You watch the US Four years ago tie England, the number three team in the world, and they outplayed him. So if this team is better and things break your own way, I mean, we're watching right now. I watch right now what the Knicks are doing in basketball. Nobody thought the Knicks were going to do that. They were down 2:1 to Atlanta, the number three seed in the Eastern Conference, thought to be the weaker conference. Then they reel off the second greatest winning streak in playoff history. And then at the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history. So please stop telling me it's impossible. You can't really say it's impossible. And although people have told me that, you know what those college kids did in beating the Soviet Union, who would beat a. Who beat the NHL All Star team, they say that upset was more likely than the US Winning the World Cup. I wouldn't say so, because you have 11 players in that team that have gone the duration, they've gone to the highest levels and are playing at the highest levels in leagues around the world. And I'll factor in one more thing. It's kind of odd that they now have hydration breaks in the game. One of the great things about soccer is you got to keep running or pace yourself within the game for 90 minutes, 45 minutes a half, injury time. That's why it goes later. Why are you taking a hydration break? It's called summer. I mean, that's what happens in the World Cup. Unless you're playing in an off season, a different hemisphere like Brazil, it's going to be hot. But that's one of the advantages. Look, don't you think Brazil and El Salvador and Ecuador and all the Central and South American countries want to be able to play in this climate because they excel. They used to. They grew up in this. That's how they've always learned to play. The ones that can handle it are the Europeans, the Nordic countries. They can't handle the humidity, but that's an advantage. That's just like the field. You have your home field, you get familiar with it. So I think that's a big mistake, dehydration mistake. But it's also a way to insert more commercials. After all, it cost $1 billion. When we come back, I'll be able to take some of your calls at 1-866-408-7669. We're also taking a look at more revelations the New York Post got about this Platner situation over in Maine where he ran away with the Democratic nomination. True. And he got a lot of votes and a lot of money as more revelations came out about his Nazi tattoo and the way he treats women. Well, guess what? Another one just came forward. And the only reason they bonded originally, she says, was over their political ideology. So you can't marginalize her and just say she's a political hack. She does not want to be a Republican. So we'll just talk about one of the worst nominees in the history of the country and why Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will not, will not back down. I know exactly why. I'll explain when we return.
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John Fetterman
I think what you're hoping for is that the other side is willing to blink and compromise. And I think that's what Iran's hoping from the United States. And I think that's what the United States is hoping from Iran. And that's why, frankly, these negotiations have gone nowhere. I'd be very surprised if what the president says today in fact happens.
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Brian Kilmeade
All right. How would you know? You have no idea. You don't even know the supreme Leader. You know, the Ayatollah I don't think you ever talked to the Ayatollah. So that's Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, former CIA director, former chief of staff for Bill Clinton. So he'd very be surprised if it's happened. The only thing that made me think that something could be brewing is because the Gulf states went all in multiple states to say to the President, please back off, we'll handle it from here. We've been in communication with them. That's Leon Panetta. Surprise. It's going to happen. Look, I'm befuddled by the stop and starts because the President gets one indication from the foreign minister who's in regular communication with Steve Witkoff and then finds out that some somebody else doesn't approve it. Now the IRGC is, that's the elite arm of the military, different from the Supreme Leader who reportedly the President is speaking to, has spoke to the Supreme Leader, you know, through an interpreter. So we'll see what's going to happen. But I just openly see Democrats and not saying Leon Panetta is that, is that blatant a partisan but obviously Brady actually rooting for the other side like Seth Moulton Bolton, what a huge disappointment the former Marine is. Listen to this guy. Cut 10 well, this is apparently the
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Mark Thiessen
37th time that he has said that
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Brian Kilmeade
Iran's at the table, they're making a deal.
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Mark Thiessen
We just can't trust anything that he's saying.
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Brian Kilmeade
So in other words, he's trying to say he's hearing one thing from one set and hearing another from another set of leaders. He said I can't trust anything that Trump says. Adam Smith, somebody else that used to be somewhat straddling the middle. Cut 11. I don't, I don't think anything has really changed. As you've pointed out, Trump has been
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Mark Thiessen
making this promise for quite some time,
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Brian Kilmeade
sometimes claiming that it actually was done.
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Mark Thiessen
We're still stuck in the same basic position.
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Brian Kilmeade
There's been no progress made. And to date, whenever Trump says we have a deal and Iran says we
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Mark Thiessen
don't, Iran turns out to be right.
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Brian Kilmeade
Which part of Iran? So if a deal is done, then who gets credit for it? I thought it was a deal is a deal. So they feel as though they're on a cusp and they change their terms. Now they came back and said we change our terms. My feeling is there's two things on our side in terms of releasing funds. We can't do it, cannot release funds until there's a drawn out show of competence and compliance. And number two is we can offer to release the blockade on the strait. I don't have a problem with that. But in terms of sanctions relief, I'm more apt to for that than I am unfreezing funds. What I love is Scott Bessant, one of the record, secretary of treasury and said we're looking at all the damage you did to the Gulf states and we're taking the money that's frozen and we're going to pay to repair all of that, including on our basis. I love that.
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Mark Thiessen
That.
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Brian Kilmeade
Meanwhile, the other big story that it does not the least surprising story in the history of the world is that Graham Platner has more revelations negative to his background that contradict what he's been saying as he got the Democratic nomination to be what he hopes will be the next Maine mayor. The main main senator against Susan Collins, who whatever you think of her, not right enough, too conservative, whatever he thinks, class never really said a negative thing about her. Say say anything negative about anybody, just about issues. But Graham Platner in an exclusive New York post, evidently Platner was engaged at the time when he had this relationship that he started on Tinder. Guy loves being online. If he's not posting on Reddit or on the teen site Kick, he's on Tinder. The report says that he's got controversy about his so called Nazi tattoo. He kept saying I didn't get that Nazi tattoo knowing it was a Nazi tattoo. It was just a bond for me and my unit. Well, it turns out another woman echoes with this other New York Times witness said who dated him. He was happy about it. He bragged about it. He bragged about his whole unit getting it again. You know, this is the Tottenham car and that is something I didn't know anything about happily, but it's a death's head and it's a skull tattoo. And he once again said, I got drunk and got the tattoo. You're probably drunk, but you got the tattoo and you had no sense of regret and you keep taking your shirt off, which is kind of weird, don't you think? Brian? Kill Me channel.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
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Brian Kilmeade
Everyone. So glad you're there. It's the Brian Kilmeade Joe. I come to you from Los Angeles, the beautiful LA bureau because the USA is playing Paraguay. World cup begins. Historic World Cup cup, second one ever. The U.S. is hosting. Six million tickets already been sold and Fox is hosting. So we've got great access and that's we're going to show you today. I've talked to Clint Dempsey, one of the anchors, one of the anchors on FOX Sports's World cup coverage. But the more the bigger story Clint is he was one of the, he's tied with Landon Donovan for most goals ever scored by a US national team player in US History. So he knows what it's like performing in the clutch. He knows what it's like when people say if we're going to win, you got a score. And that's what Christian Pulisic has with him today. So we'll talk about that. That's why I'm out here. And we're also following all the other breaking news. So this hour going to be joined by Franklin Foer. He's the author of How Soccer Explains the World. And I'm going to talk to Mark Thiessen is standing by. So let's get to the big three, number three. But, but I, I think platinum might, might be just his ideas and the things that his courage and also his imperfections are imperfections that we can all identify with. Are you nuts? James Carville identify with his Nazi tattoo and his abuse of women? No, thank you. It's the most predictable story in political history. More ugly revelations about the Democratic Senate nominee from Maine, Graham Platner. This is what you want. Elizabeth Warren. This is what you needed. Bernie Sanders. We have, we have the least of which would be the great benefit to Susan Collins because she's the exact opposite of him in terms of class number two.
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Carli Lloyd
There's been a whole lot of talking, especially on the US Side. You know, these past two friendlies against Senegal and Germany. I thought that they really put in some really good performances or some good things that they can now carry into this game against Paraguay.
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Brian Kilmeade
That is of course, Carly Colliloid. And talking about the World Cup Day 2 and Game 1 for the US against Paraguay, it's a must win for the team. They got to come in first place in their group. This way they'll get the wild card as they ascend to the knockout round.
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John Fetterman
Number one, I think what you're hoping for is that the other side is willing to blink and that's why, frankly, these negotiations have gone nowhere. I'd be very surprised if what the president says today in fact happens.
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Adam Hunter
Yup.
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Brian Kilmeade
Deal or no deal, Iran getting pummeled yesterday and is about to sign a deal today. Could this outline be linked be inked in Switzerland this weekend with the vice president of the United States? Let's debate that because we have to See what's happening. We know for two straight days the president hit, hit Iran and strategic to take out their radar, their command and control center there. They did leave a lot of their missile structure into place. There were so many other targets to hit. Remember, they need about two more weeks of 400 hits a day to finish off their target list and then see where we stand. But the Arab nation nations, the Gulf states evidently rallied to the president and they said, listen, we could get Iran. We've been talking to them all along. Oh, isn't that nice? And we can get a deal. We just need you to stop the war. So the president's giving them some time. Mark Thiessen joins us now, as you know, Washington Post columnist, Fox News contributor, and he's got a great podcast. Mark, your thoughts about where we're at.
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Mark Thiessen
Well, first of all, I want to make sure that you're be, you're able to get your butterfly refresher over there on the, on the left coast, because I wouldn't want you to not be refreshed.
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Brian Kilmeade
Okay, now I have to take a step back. The butterfly refresher is a new drink introduced by the Starbucks Corporation. It's a, it's, you can, it's one of these things that gives you an option of lemonade or no lemonade. And you, by the time you're done, you do feel refreshed. I mean, they gave this, they gave this to countless studies, to children, and they noticed that children feel refreshed. So now they're trying it on adults.
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Mark Thiessen
Now they're trying it on, on radio and TV talk shows. Good. Excellent. Well, I'm glad you volunteered.
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Brian Kilmeade
So I am full, but I'm not. I didn't get a butterfly today, but I would not hesitate in getting another one. Go ahead.
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Mark Thiessen
Well, I'm glad, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I think they need some butterfly refreshers in the negotiating room because we're just getting exhausting.
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Brian Kilmeade
I know it's the same story, but do you think this is different?
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Mark Thiessen
So, I mean, Trump just put out a post on Truth Social just a few minutes ago saying that the reports in the media of what the Iranians are saying and that their deal contains is wrong. So good, because that deal would be disastrous. So I'm glad that's not the deal, but I don't know what it is. Here's the big problem that Trump is facing right now. He looks like he wants a deal more than the Iranians do, and he's defining victory as getting a deal, which Means that the Iranians have leverage because they can either give him a deal or not give him a deal. Right. And so if he defines for the American people success as being a deal, then they are in control. He doesn't need a deal in order to win this. In fact, I think he would be better off not having a deal in this. We stopped at the ceasefire, happened when we were on the five yard line. We had taken it. We took out more like the 20 yard line. We took out 82% of their defense industrial base. We sunk their entire navy, we've grounded their entire air force. Midnight Hammer buried their nuclear dust so deeply that the Iranians have actually told us in negotiations that they couldn't get it if they wanted to. We would have to come in and excavate it if we wanted to take it out of the country. Right. So we've, we've done enormous damage, but 82% is not 100%. And they can rebuild it. And they're, and they're determined to rebuild it. So we have to finish the job. We're at the 20, we're at the 20 yard line. We need to get into the end zone. We have a specific list finish. I don't know. I, honestly, I don't know. Because he's, he's, he's a deal junkie. He love, he loves to make deals. He thinks the deal that he, in his mind, success is a deal and he wants to bend the Iranians to his will. And they're not bending. And so I think, and the, and the other problem is, let's say he got the perfect deal, Ryan. Let's say they said, okay, we'll never have a nuclear weapon. You come in, you take everything, you dismantle our. Just like what we did in 2004 with Libya, right? We take it all, we put it on a US Military aircraft, fly to Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Arab states say, this is wonderful. We're going to join the Abraham Accords. You know, we have peace in our time. What is the price of that? The price of that is giving them back their frozen assets. They're talking about a $300 billion fund for the reconstruction of Iran. It's a lifeline to the regime. And when the regime, they are on the mat right now, and a deal would help them up off the mat and recover. And then they will, as soon as Donald Trump is gone, they'll just completely renege on it. And you think they're going to, they're going to abide by any deal. Trump costs with mayor. With President Gavin Newsom or President Aoc or insert your. Your nightmare Democrat into that. Do you think they're going to care? No. So you see, you don't want to deal. You want to crush them.
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Brian Kilmeade
All right, I hear you. Here's what the president said on your True Social Post 28. 28 min ago. Is it. Wait, did you put it on Truth Social? Because this looks like it's old. The fake news media refuses to report how effective the US Blockade is. Okay, maybe I need to be refreshed. I can. Do you have. You have, like, a special WI fi. Do you. I mean, do you. I mean, there are people that, you know in SpaceX or something.
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Mark Thiessen
I just got. I just got it off the. Off the interwebs, Webb.
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Brian Kilmeade
Okay. All right, so we'll see, because this is. This. What did you see the story of how all the Gulf states rallied to the President, almost panicked and said, please, can we stop this? I could deal with Iran. We'll get them to the table.
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Mark Thiessen
Yeah, I just, I. Look, we started the combat operations again, but they weren't. And by the way, we kept Israel out of it. We didn't allow them to participate. We did. We're not doing. We were not doing leadership strikes. These were all combat. These were all military strikes designed to bring them back to the table. It's all about the deal. The deal is not necessary. You do not need a deal to win. And this is the biggest problem we have going, and everybody's panicking about the effect of Iran on the midterm elections. You know what the effect of Iran is going to be on the midterm elections? If we don't have a victory, that's what's going to hurt us in the midterm election. Americans will. If Americans have been paying high gas prices now for several months. Right. For what?
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Brian Kilmeade
They get nothing out of it.
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Mark Thiessen
We get something. I mean, we've done some damage, but it's hard to understand it unless we have a clear, decisive end to the conflict. Then they're gonna say, I've been paying gas prices for what? For the JCPOA redux. You know, it doesn't make any sense politically, it doesn't make any sense. Militarily, it doesn't make any sense. And one of the things I've admired so much about Donald Trump until this moment is that. That he actually was. This was not helping him politically in any way, shape or form, but he was doing it because he knows it's important, because he knows he's the only President who has the nerve to do what's necessary to stop the Iranian regime from getting a nuclear weapon. And so he's like, politics be damned. I'm gonna do the right thing for the country and for the world. But now it's like all of a sudden we're hesitating because we're getting close to the midterms. It's like, finish them. Finish the job, right?
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Brian Kilmeade
You know, they're still far away. He's worried about his birthday. UFC. July 4, November 4, November 5. That they try anything like this, that'll be a totally different story. So I want to fast forward, if I can, to Ukraine. They want $20 billion, and they said they could finish off Russia. They just need Patriots. They're not even asking for drones. They're not asking for cash. They want Patriots. Thaad missile system to be able to stop the rockets. Word is that in Russia, they, for the first time, they're not able to replenish their defeated forces and their dead forces and. But they are planning for a winter hailstorm of missiles and rockets. Do you think Putin lasts that long if things continue like this?
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Mark Thiessen
Well, you know, it's funny. While we've all been focused on Iran, the Ukrainians have completely turned around the war in Ukraine. They're now on the offense. Russia, last month, for the first time in a couple of years, the Russians had a net loss of terror territory on the ground. Ukraine has been firing deep into Russia. They're producing there. One of the things that untold stories of this war is that Ukraine now has the most robust defense industrial base possibly in the world, and certainly in Europe. So there's a real easy solution. We've used a lot of Patriots in the Persian Gulf. We've used a lot, and we've given them a lot of Patriots. We need to rebuild, restock. One of the things we do with Japan is we give the Japanese a license to produce their own Patriot interceptors, right? So why don't we do the same thing for the Ukrainians? Give them a license, let them build the Patriot interceptors, and as a price for that, they give us 25% of whatever they produce. So not only is Ukraine producing its own Patriots, but they're refilling our stockpiles as well. And the American and Americans are making money off the process. There's lots of creative ways to solve these problems, and that's certainly one of those. And we could be doing that with all sorts of weapons system. Let's go into business with them. We're going into Business with them in the minerals in the mineral sector. Why don't we go into business with them in the defense industrial sector as well?
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah. How do you feel about us pulling back a third of our air force from NATO? NATO bases?
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Mark Thiessen
It's not a good idea. Look, I'm completely in favor of punishing the countries like Spain and Britain who are not helping us. But there are lots of NATO. Everyone thinks about NATO as a whole. It's not a whole. It's a bunch of individual countries. And there were some countries who are reliable and some that are not. Romania has been fantastic. Poland has been fantastic. Greece has been fantastic. There have been a number of countries that have really stepped up and helped us. Let's reward those countries. And besides, we don't need troops in Germany the way we did during the Cold War, because we're not trying to stop a Soviet invasion across the Fulda Gap anymore. Those troops are there as a legacy of the Cold War in World War II. Let's move them east, move them to Poland. Let's build for Trump that we should, we shouldn't be with. I'm completely in favor of having the Europeans take the lead on their own security, but we need to be there as well, and we need to move our forces east as a deterrent to Russia.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah, we'll see what happens. Because the President is going to the NATO conference. I was surprised at that. So he's going to be over there in a week, so we'll see what he's going to say to our allies. I mean, they could have opened up the strait. That would certainly have helped. Instead, they said they might do something after the war is over. So now the President stopped asking, but they certainly had the equipment to be able to do it. And we see that the UK is just had their defense minister resign because they would not spend on defense and he could not be a part of it. So this really is a tipping point for our allies and our enemies. They're going to view whether NATO gets stronger through this or gets weaker through this and ultimately will decide how to act. Although Russia, when they're done with Ukraine, will not be prepared to act many places. So we'll see what happens. Here's what General Jack Keane told me this morning. Basically this cut 12. Even if they sign on a dotted line and we get everything we want on paper, what are they going to do in terms of implementation? They're going to stall it, and that's what they're doing. Now, I got to ask you about the worst candidate in my lifetime. Graham Platt Ratner. Shocker. He was on Tinder. I could have knocked me up with a feather. I had no idea that he would leave cake for Tinder. Or you do both at the same time. How does he. No wonder his oyster production was so low. He spent all this time online. I mean, he made. He's the worst oyster farmer ever. He made. He made $5,000 in oyster sales. I mean, is it. He's got to get his pitch better. Oh, wait a second. You know who he sold it to? His parents restaurant. This guy's a total phony and a danger. So a woman just came forward and said, yeah, he knows exactly what the Nazi tattoo is and all this thing. So does this matter, though?
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Mark Thiessen
So I think we're all being very too hard. I think we're being too hard on Graham Platner. Who among us, in our lowest moment, hasn't gotten a tattoo with the symbol that Heiner Kimmler had on his. On his uniform, on our chest? People make mistakes. You know, I think we need to lighten up a little bit. You know, it's like, you know, there but for the grace of God, go you, Brian.
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Brian Kilmeade
Well, I know you're being sarcastic, so why does he get more money after this? And do you think that. And do you think that Susan Collins is gonna have her hands full with this candidate?
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Mark Thiessen
Well, yes, but first of all, this is the best candidate Susan Collins could have drawn if he could. If she created one in a laboratory to run against. But we also. What happened with Jay Jones in Virginia, where he had a guy who's running for chief law enforcement officer of the state of Virginia and literally wanted to see his opponents, like children killed. Right. And that wasn't disqualifying, and he won with the votes of suburban women. So nothing is disqualifying anymore in politics, as far as I can tell. But, you know, yeah, this is. Maine is always hard. Susan Collins almost never wins a poll and never loses an election. So, you know, I think she's got a very good shot, but it's always competitive. And this guy could be in the United States, Senator.
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Tim Milanov
So we've.
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Mark Thiessen
This is. This is a, you know, a guy who was on a. That the national center for Sexual Exploitation on sexual exploitation called a predator's Paradise. There's no reason to be on this app for that is benign. So, you know, what was he doing there? We need to know.
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Brian Kilmeade
Mark Thiessen. That's a. That's a cliffhanger. What was he doing there? What is he doing anywhere I have no idea. You Mark T. Thanks so much. Back in a moment.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah, we got. I went a little lower Marquis, but so much to talk about around the world, around the country. And what's going on with this guy Platner in, in Maine is so disturbing. It's so there's not that you have to be a perfect person to get through, but the fact that you were on this kick website up until like a month ago or two weeks ago, that's the crazy thing. Well, it's not. They were on Kavanaugh for something that they couldn't prove in high school and the guy's in his 50s. This guy was on five minutes ago. He was on all these sites. How could you believe a word he says? But I think the scarier thing for me is what he thinks and what he's going to be is another socialist in the Senate. He's going to join Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, moving the whole party. That's why they're looking over these personal transgressions. That's what's, that's what's really scary. In fact, the transgressions allow him not to talk about his book beliefs, which I think that that's one place that Colin should really jump on because she is not a socialist. Center. Center, right, yes. Socialists, no.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
If you're interested in it, Brian's talking about it. You're with Brian Kilmeade.
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Franklin Foer
I think people are underestimating them. I think they're going to do a good job.
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Brian Kilmeade
I'm very excited to see what they bring to the table. USA team.
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Franklin Foer
They will go at least for the quarterfinal. That's what I think.
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Brian Kilmeade
They're pretty good team. Yeah. I like how they play together. Hopefully we get super, super far. I think we're going to be okay
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Mark Thiessen
in the group stages.
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Brian Kilmeade
We got a little bit of a tough play with Paraguay way but they set us up okay.
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Mark Thiessen
To move on.
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Brian Kilmeade
So I think it should be. I'm thinking 2, 1 in the opening match.
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Tim Milanov
We're going to win that game for sure.
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Brian Kilmeade
I know we're going to win that game.
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Adam Hunter
I think we're actually going to destroy Paraguay.
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Brian Kilmeade
Hopefully we get the win tomorrow. I think it's not going to be an easy game.
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Adam Hunter
I think Paraguay is coming in with
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Brian Kilmeade
a lot of good players, too. Physicality.
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Adam Hunter
But I think the US Will get an edge,
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Mark Thiessen
really.
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Brian Kilmeade
I hope. I mean, people just flat out rooting for them here in America. And I'll tell you what, you know, the network executives here at Fox, I'm sure rooting for them because it creates more interest. We like to know. I don't care what sport it is. You have figure skating, downhill skiing. What if that. If that sport can get people excited just for the Olympics or just for this World cup, then that's exactly what's happened before. I mean, good. The USA Hockey team in the Olympics. All of a sudden, everybody's talking about the Olympics, which were entertaining and interesting, but nothing like the USA Hockey team as much as the women did a great job. When the men beat Canada. Things went absolutely crazy. And they weren't just. Just hockey fans. Franklin Ford knows all about it. He's the author of How Soccer Explains the World, An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. Franklin, first off, how good do you feel that you no longer have to sell the sport you have so much respect for in America?
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Franklin Foer
No, it feels great. I mean, it really does feel. I mean, I think. Are you excited for this World Cup, Ryan?
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Brian Kilmeade
Sure. Absolutely. Yeah. 94. I was unable to cover it, and I've been playing since I was 5 years old when no one knew what soccer was.
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Franklin Foer
Yeah, you know, it takes. I think yesterday it kind of just really hit me with the start of this thing in Mexico City. And you saw the passion of the fans there.
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Brian Kilmeade
It was.
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Franklin Foer
It was a pretty terrible game, actually. There were three red cards in it. But the fact that this game is the second. Second night of the World cup, and I think Los Angeles is going to be rocking. I think home field advantage matters so much in this sport. And, you know, playing this on there really is a golden opportunity for what they call the golden generation here to do something.
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Brian Kilmeade
So it kind of worries me. So many red cards. I wonder if that's going to be a trend because, you know, you have all these ejections, and if people don't know you get a red card, you're out of the game. Your team plays a man down, and that Player misses the next game. So the one thing is notable, notable. Mexico sold out their game, but the second game was not sold out. Do you think we're going to see that a lot? The, you know, the countries with, you know, there's not a lot of South Africans in Mexico, for example, or, excuse me, South Koreans in Mexico.
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Adam Hunter
Right.
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Franklin Foer
It's also these stadiums, American stadiums, Mexican stadiums. They're bigger than the stadiums that were in Qatar last time. There were empty seats in Russia in 2018. The tickets were priced so high at the beginning of this. I think for people who want to go to the stadiums and want to buy tickets at the last minute, there are actually going to be deals out there because FIFA is going to be dying to put seats in the bodies. But, yeah, I do. I do worry about it. It's not a great visual for FIFA. And you were talking a minute before about kind of how excited I am that there's this organic enthusiasm for the game that Americans are getting, getting into this. I worry that that visual of empty stadiums isn't great for marketing the game. This is supposed to be the showcase event for the sport. We shouldn't want there to be empty seats.
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Brian Kilmeade
So looking at this game they already beat, they already beat Paraguay 2 1. Last year, I asked Carli Lloyd about what she thought is going to happen. You know, one of the greatest female soccer players ever does a fantastic job on the desk at Fox Cut 19.
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Carli Lloyd
There's been a whole lot of talking, especially on the US Side. You know, how are they going to do? What are the starting lineups? I think, you know, everybody's ready for them to play their first game. It's going to be electric. It's going to be amazing. You know, these past two friendlies against Senegal and Germany, I thought that they really put in some really good performances or some good things that they can now carry into this game against Paraguay. They're familiar with the team, but we're all just ready to see them play.
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Brian Kilmeade
And they did. You know, their friend leaves Belgium. They got crushed 5, 2. But they did empty the bench and try some new things that didn't work out, out. And then they lost to Germany 3, 2, but battle back after giving up an early goal. Clint Dempsey told me the thing that worries him is they gave up 12 goals in the last five games or something to that effect. So he's worried about their defense. Are you?
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Franklin Foer
Yeah, I am. I mean, traditionally, goalkeeping, defense, these are the great strengths of the U.S. men's National Team. And they really, they're not, they're not great. We don't have a world class goalkeeper. Our defense has been a little bit rocky. We've given up a lot of goals. You look at tonight's game, the United states is ranked 17th in the world. Paraguay is down in the 40s. The last time that we played it was feisty. There was fisticuffs at that game. And I think that both sides are going to be going to bring that intensity to this game. But I'm worried that the leakiness of the US Backline is going to cause unnecessary stress for this team.
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Brian Kilmeade
Chris Richards, for people know you, they got to get to know these players that he might be the best on the team and he was. He turned his ankle but he says he's 100% now he's going to play center back ready to go. And the question is when you give up goals, people are. Well, they're playing the backs well. What are the defensive assignments of the midfielders? Especially if you line up three backs, you're never supposed to leave three backs isolated. It's who's getting back and that's up to the coach to come up with a guy. The guy that's going to be okay. More defensive minded against a team that maybe you'll have an easier time on paper with Australia in game one in game two than you will with Paraguay in game one. And they say Turkey is the toughest of the three. So it's up to the, up to the coach. Now he knows these players well enough to make those moves. So the midfielders understand the defensive assignments, correct?
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Franklin Foer
That's correct. One of the things that's, I think fun to watch about this team is the, that their coach Mauricio Pachettino plays with a more attacking style. Our attacking, yeah, our attacking talent on this team is something that, that, that will make this team kind of very lovable. I think to a lot of fans the games will always be entertaining, but there's so much pressure on this team to advance if the team isn't structured like you're saying in a way in which you have a midfield that's, that's kind of shielding that back three that provides a foundation for the team to go out and do the attacking things up front. And that's, that's a big, that's, that's putting a lot at risk for U.S. soccer.
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Brian Kilmeade
So let's see. Okay, we got this game tonight and people are going to be watching. I think the ratings will be extremely high. But when you look around, tell me about the attraction Every time Brazil plays, we're going to expect big crowds, a lot of emotion and a lot of excitement, a ton of time. Portugal plays with Cristiano ronaldo. Can the 41 year old understand he's not the best player on the team anymore? Does Messi look as good in the end, is going to look as good at the national team as he has in the MLS at 37 now? So, I mean, there's certain storylines. Could you talk about that, Frank?
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Franklin Foer
Yeah, well, I'm just going to add one other thing, which is that for people who are watching this maybe for the first time, one of the things that's interesting about a World cup and interesting about soccer is that when you play a game where, where 110 scorelines are usually decisive or often decisive, it creates the possibilities for world for upsets. And so it's always possible to have a team. Paraguay historically has been really good at this, that kind of knuckles down and defends as if their life depends on it. And they're able to upset the giants of the game. In the last World Cup, Saudi Arabia beat Lionel Messi's Argentina in one of the early match when Argentina's first matches. And Argentina of course went on to
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Brian Kilmeade
win the World Cup.
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Franklin Foer
But to have a tournament like that, where it's possible for a team who nobody expects to get a result to turn out one of those massive upsets makes every game especially entertaining. But when we're looking at this, of course you have Lionel Messi and potentially Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the greatest players of all time time, playing in what, what probably is their last World Cup. You know, Messi has totally lost a step. He's not fast, but that he still has these moments where he's able to just turn it on. So he'll manage himself through this tournament. He's going to walk through these games. This, this World cup is going to be played in really intense heat, which is going to shape how everybody plays this game because you can't, you can't defend, you can't press ass all out without killing yourself in this environment.
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Brian Kilmeade
So Franklin, the other thing is, I think it benefits essential South American teams into a degree the US because we're used to this climate. And you know, I already saw some of the English players complaining about the humidity in their friendly game. So the Europeans, they complained. I didn't wasn't cognizant of this. But they have complained about the weather in 94. Now they have hydration breaks. I mean, I could understand that in high school but are you okay with hydration breaks?
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Franklin Foer
Yeah, actually, I think I am. I mean, I don't, I would rather not see it, but I'd also rather not see players passing out on the pitch. I was talking to Gary Lineker yesterday, who was in 1986, he was the top, he played for England, he was the top scorer in the 1986 World cup which was held in Mexico. And he was describing to me how he trained for it, which was that he would go running in saunas. And if you, if you're not prepared for this, you are screwed. England, I think has been scheduling. They went to Orlando to train. Now, if you're trying to ease into the American climate, going to Orlando in the middle, in the middle of June is not the best thing to do. Except if you're trying to stress test your body, you're trying to get these players to kind of wake up to the, that fact, fact that they're playing in this, these, these relatively extreme traditions that conditions for them kind of comically. All the English players kind of walked, walked out sunburned. I don't know if you've seen any of these pictures of Declan Rice and the rest. They're just completely red faced as if they had no idea what they were getting into.
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Tim Milanov
Yeah, come on.
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Brian Kilmeade
I have no sympathy. These are elite athletes. This is all they do, you know, come on. And frankly, you know the whole thing too about elevation. When you know, anyone goes to the Broncos, they want to get there early. And the same in Mexico City, you got to get there early. They go, what an advantage. Yeah, that's an advantage. You know, you play in a home field, that's an advantage. But I think it's, you know, this is why you host. Now here's the negative thing. It was really emphasized to me that it's great to be able to get, not have to qualify for the World Cup. You don't get beat up, you don't demand so much of your players, players. But here's the bad side. You don't have to qualify for the World cup, therefore you're not gelling. You're not able to look at combinations of players. You're not able to lose a stunning game to one and see how you bounce back and test your mettle. So this team is really, even though they have a World Cup, 13 played it already, but the US team didn't have to qualify, Canadians didn't have to qualify, Mexicans didn't have to qualify. So they might not have the cohesiveness that other teams had to that had to earn it.
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Franklin Foer
Yeah. Well, that's, that's the, that's an excellent point because you have, you have a coach who's Argentine, who's coaching the American team, who coached in the English Premier League. He was a very successful coach there. And in order for a coach to kind of make the most out of the raw materials, he needs to test out combinations. He needs to figure out the chemistry of his team. And if you're not playing in those intense matches is you're not getting that kind of feel for how your players work together, how you can best utilize them. And I do think that that's something that's going to be missing.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah. I want you to hear Coyloid just talks about how people, the. The players are going to be keyed up, but you got to strike the right balance. As you know, she performs in the clutch like maybe nobody else in the history of women's soccer.
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Carli Lloyd
Cut 20, you know, once the roster got finalized. It's sort of like a. You can all bring breathe because it's cutthroat. It's hard. You know, you've left some guys off the roster who have been, you know, part of this team for the last four years or even eight years. A lot of these guys have played together. They've been the World cup together. They've grown up playing with each other. But I think you've got to strike the right balance of being locked in, but not too locked in and not, you know, not putting too much pressure on yourself, but not too loose. And so it's kind of that fine balance of kind of getting in that sweet spot where they can kind of go out and still play freely and still not be afraid to make mistakes
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Brian Kilmeade
and lose their position. You know, you have a bad game to, you know, Tim Waya is dad. Famously, that was the World football of the year. Tim Waya is not starting. So if you have a bad game, get beat a couple of times, you could say to yourself, I might be sitting the rest of the World Cup. You got to somehow not let that paralyze you. You.
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Franklin Foer
Yeah, that's. That's right. I mean, it's. And I think that that is one of Mauricio Pochettino strengths as the manager. I mean, he's. He's not. I think historically he's not known as kind of a master tactician, but he's a good man management guy. He's able to put his arm around a player and kind of. And guide them through a situation where they may. May be Getting benched. You know, Know what I would love to see? I mean, this is. We talk about the golden generation of American talent, and we have a lot of players who've gone off and played for top European sides. They are in their athletic primes, and it's a team that if they're able to get the balance right and they're able to kind of master a strategy that allows them to stop other teams from pouring in goals, they should be able to. To produce something that's. That's incredibly attractive, that's incredibly entertaining. And I think that that's maybe one of the things that U.S. soccer has missed in the past, that we've. We've produced teams that have been gritty and that have been very lovable. You got players like Landon Donovan who are in Clint Dempsey, scrappy as hell and are able to. To score in important moments and in big games. But we've never had a team that's been able to attack in a way that's just entertaining, that's been able to possess the ball, that's been able to work things in a way that kind of dazzles us who are watching. And we have the capacity to do that this time, especially against teams like Paraguay and Australia. And I think it would do so much for the game for them to unlock that.
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Brian Kilmeade
And Franklin, I'll tell you what I am going to know. If there's going to be a special team, I want to see the look on their face when they play the national anthem. Because if they just go out there and try to do their best, but they have to play for something bigger, bigger than themselves. And on year 250. Forget politics, it's your country.
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Franklin Foer
Yeah.
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Brian Kilmeade
You've chose the ones that weren't born. You know, they all have American roots, but the ones that aren't born yet chose to be here. Please play like it. That's all we ask. Because you have the talent to play with anyone. Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World, An Unlikely Theory of Globalization. Frank, thanks so much.
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Franklin Foer
Pleasure as always.
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Brian Kilmeade
Okay, back in a moment.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
It's Brian Kill Me. Radio. That makes you think this is the Brian Kilmeade Show.
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Brian Kilmeade
Hey, we're back and you know, I'm in Los Angeles, gonna watch the game tonight. Be talking about that on Monday with you guys. But Sunday night at 10 o', clock, got a great show queued up. I want you everybody to listen to one nation. That's 10 o' clock Eastern Time, 7 o' clock Pacific Time. We're going to talk to Adam Hunter and have some fun about some of the crazy things been happening in the news. Jamie Kennedy on what's going on in the with the mayor's race and Spencer Pratt, what he could have done had he advanced to the finals and would have probably torn up Karen Bass in a political way. And then the chance Steve Hilton has here, as well as bringing back the industry to California, Jamie Kennedy, the outstanding actor. And we're also going to talk to Lee Zeldin. Lee Zeldin is one of the key to unleashing the energy in this country. Also the data centers. Nobody wants a data center in their backyard, but everybody wants to use AI. People want to create jobs, a lot of blue collar jobs, electricians, pipe fitters, plumbers. But they say that they don't want to build these data centers. What's the reality? Does it really hurt a community to do that? And we'll talk to Lee Zeldin about that. And then Joel Pollack, Joel Pollack, the opinion editor of the California Post will talk about this massive fraud allegations and investigation when it comes to the homeless. How about a billion dollars dollars just lost? We're going to talk about all that and more with Joel Pollock. You listen to the Brian Kilmeade show on the road. Do not miss a minute. So and always, by the way, go to Brian kilmeade.com too. History, Liberty Laughs is coming up on July 11th. Gonna be in Pensacola, Florida as I morph into my new book, United the States. I'm trying to bring history to life in a fun, entertaining way. And yes, they include skits and a lot of fun and a lot of Q A. So go to Brian kilmeade.com streamed on Fox Nation Dope.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
From high to Fox News headquarters in New York City, always seeking solutions, never sowing division. It's Brian Kilmeade.
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Brian Kilmeade
All right. From Los Angeles, California, it's the Brian Kilmeade show on the road for a very good reason. The World cup is back. It's back for the first time since 94, second time ever. It's the world's biggest event. I mean 104 games, 70 plus here in America. We're sharing with Canada, Mexico, but all the focus here on the United States team because everybody's guaranteed three games and how you emerge from those three games to the so called knockout rounds, we'll see this quality opponent again. You come in first in the knockout round, you're in better chance to advance because you are arguably playing, you know, the wild card team at a different in a different group. And this is the D group. So the US Plays Paraguay tonight and we're going to be talking about that. We got a great hour coming your way. We have Joel Pollock is here. He's opinion editor at the brand new California Post, New York Post's sister publication and amount of hunt. Adam Hunter, one of the funny behind Greg Gutfeld. He's one of the funniest writers around. You all often see him on the panel. Great stand up. He's going to be in studio because this is his home game. He chooses to live here. So let's get to the big three number three. But, but I, I think platinum might be just his ideas and the things that his courage and also his imperfections. Imperfections that we can all identify with. Really. No. Thank you. I do not want to identify with a guy with a Nazi tattoo. That is not somebody I want to identify with. That is a little bit more than an imperfection. But I digress. In the most predictable story in political history, more ugly revelations are out about the Democratic Senate senator nominee Graham Platner. And the New York Post has him today.
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Carli Lloyd
Number two, there's been a whole lot of talking, especially on the US Side. You know, these past two friendlies against Senegal and Germany, I thought that they really put in some really good performances or some good things that they can now carry into this game against Paraguay.
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Brian Kilmeade
Carly Lloyd, one of the finest female athletes in American history, certainly female soccer players talks about the World Cup. Here we are day two, but game one for the US It's a must win for the team that has to advance in first if they want to go deep, deep this summer. Clint Dempsey and Colleen Lloyd also talked to me. We'll bring back some of their sound.
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John Fetterman
Number one, I think what you're hoping for is that the other side is willing to blink and that's why, frankly, these negotiations have gone nowhere. I'd be very surprised if what the president says today in fact happens.
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Brian Kilmeade
Leon Panetta has no insight to President Trump, but does have a lot of experience. Former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, former secretary of defense and former CIA director. Deal or no deal, Iran getting pummeled yesterday and is about to sign a deal as early as Saturday in Switzerland. Could this be a deadline that we just forget about or one that will actually work where we go back to violence? Let's bring in Joel Pollack, the opinion editor of the California Post. Joel, do you have a theory on why this might be different? Because we've heard about a deal was Just about done multiple times over the last eight weeks. Weeks.
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Joel Pollack
It could be different just because we're starting to get into midterm season and our priorities are shifting. The President I know is hearing from two factions in the administration. One is adamant that this is your chance to take out the regime. The other is saying, the economy, the economy, the economy going into a midterm election, cannot lose midterm election, can't spend the next two years answering subpoenas from Congress. We still have things to do. And so he's also got this issue to resolve. He's got to have this balance within his administration so he can govern effectively. There's another factor here as well, which is the Arab states are getting hit by Iran. And on the one hand, it makes them angry and they want to unite behind the war effort. On the other hand, they don't really have the same effort to defend themselves. They don't have the ability to bounce back from this, and they have to live with Iran when all this is over. And I think the President is also quietly trying to herd all these cats behind the scenes to keep all these countries on board inside a coalition. Once you get one of these countries coming out and saying, we think the war should, should end, he has very limited room to maneuver. He's got to then wind it down from an even worse position.
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Brian Kilmeade
See, I laugh when people say, well, this is really Israel's war. I mean, just take a step back and just do some analysis. And Israel hits Hezbollah and the President got kind of mad. Wait a second, they're hitting Hezbollah back. They're not initiating contact. And if you think Israel's the problem, let me ask you, when's the last time Israel had a problem with Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia? No, they don't have a problem. You know why? Because they don't have a problem with, with them. They're not looking to fight anybody. But they're never going to be victimized again. Somehow we lost that narrative. Can you explain it, Joel?
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Joel Pollack
A year ago today was the day that the 12 day war started. And Israelis had at that point been at war for two years, since October 7th. Many of the fathers, sons, brothers had been away at the front front talking about a reservist army. These are guys with jobs, families. And the Israelis are done with it. They are tired of war. They're not trying to initiate something. They don't want to have spent all this effort and lost all these lives for nothing. They don't want Iran to come out of it stronger or in the same position it was before. But they're not looking to initiate conflict. And almost every Israeli I talk to says, if we can get a good deal, that's what we want. We want to go back to work. We want to get out of the bomb shelters. We want to go about our lives. Our kids need to grow up and not grow up in, in this shadow of war. So they're not looking to initiate anything, but they're wary about a deal that would give too much to Iran because then it means they've sacrificed for nothing.
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Brian Kilmeade
Talking to someone really tight with the Trump administration, high up, and he says, well, you know, Bibi Netanyahu is running for reelection in September. I mean, listen, I'm not in on the talks, but the Israeli people don't want to be victimized. They know that Hezbollah is keeping them out of the northern part of their country. So if he didn't do anything, that would be bad. But have you met Netanyahu? Does he ever not do anything? If anything, he's too aggressive in this situation. The Israeli people, if I'm to believe their Jerusalem post, they want to make sure you act so they're not victimized.
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Joel Pollack
Israelis want to feel secure. They find it intolerable that residents of the northern towns are still in bomb shelters or evacuated. And they will back a strong leader. And if Netanyahu does not act against that threat, then even a left wing leader who is generally less inclined to war will attack him and say he's not doing enough to defend the country. The country's unified on that. Netanyahu might have problems for other reasons. And remember, this is the first election since October 7th. I know it was a long time ago, but a lot has happened since then. But this is the first reckoning that he'll face with the Israeli public. And they do think that was a failure.
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Brian Kilmeade
There was no question that was a failure. But mean 911 was a failure. When people hit you, there's a failure. Pearl harbor was a failure.
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Joel Pollack
Right.
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Brian Kilmeade
So Lusitania, I'm not sure, is that a failure? Well, we'll see.
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Joel Pollack
For the main.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah, I know. So I mean, there is a failure in there. I just think they're a fantastic partner to have and somehow we lost, we lost that narrative. And I don't know where it's gone. It brings me to politics story actions over the week, and I know you've written it before too, is that if the Democrats actually in danger, instead of just talking about it, of losing the Democratic vote, the anti Semitism, you see, the The AIPAC being a four letter word now among Democrats. Do you think the Jewish community, Jews in America, are understanding that the Democratic Party has turned on them.
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Joel Pollack
You'll see a shift at the margins. So my old professor, Alan Dershowitz, who swore up and down he'd never leave the Democratic Party, has left the Democratic Party. He is now a Republican. And when he talks about Republicans, he uses us and we, which is just unthinkable. I mean, Dershowitz was so close to the Clintons, civil libertarian, opposed to many Republican social policies. He's now a Democrat. Excuse me, he's now a Republican because the Democrats are lining up behind Graham Platner. I mean, if there's anything that Dershowitz stands for, it's fighting Nazis. But you have to look at the Jewish community as a diverse community. And there are Jewish people who are very involved in their community and their institutions. It's not just about Orthodox Jews and reformed Jews. You can be very involved and be a reformed Jew. Basically, if you are invested in the life of the community, you tend to vote Republican. And there are a lot of people who will identify as Jews and say, yeah, I'm Jewish and you know, that's my identity. But they don't really do anything. It doesn't involve them in everyday life. And they tend to vote liberal, they tend to vote Democratic. And I don't think they're moved by any of this at all. In fact, I think that they've identified the Democratic Party almost in a religious sense as part of their identity. In their minds, being Jewish is being a Democrat. And I would look at Jewish voters the same way that we often see black voters behave, which is that people vote against a perceived threat rather than around the actual interests of their community. I mean, look at cities that keep electing terrible mayors. Chicago, where I grew up, I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, went from Lori Lightfoot to Brandon Johnson, who's even worse. And that's partly because Democrats always go to these minority groups, particularly blacks and Jews, and they say, you can't vote for the white evangelical blah, blah, blah on the other side. And these communities react out of fear because they fear prejudice, which had some historical basis, but which is no longer a real threat. But that is how the Democratic Party whips these communities. And Democrats do that to the Jewish community as well. And that's why you see this marginal movement toward Republicans. But I don't think it'll be a big one.
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Brian Kilmeade
Joel Pollack, our guest with the California Post, and I want to talk to you about what's happening in California in a moment. But before we leave, you know, Netanyahu said something two weeks ago and he said, we fully plan on being able to manufacture our own weapons because we think basically, regardless of who wins the next election, we're going to be on our own. And there's such an anti Israel. So among the Jewish community, there's an anti Israel strain, mostly younger. Do you think that when the polls say that, do you find that practically.
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Joel Pollack
I think ultimately Israel will always be supported by the American public for so many reasons, but mostly because Americans like winners. And Israel is a winning society in every way. Just look at its economy, look at its military strength. Also look at its birth rate. It's the only industrialized country in the world that has a birth rate above replacement. Israelis have families, they have kids, they're a joyful society. So I think they'll always maintain that American support. Having said that, you're right. There is a social media driven hostility that's growing. It's cool now to be anti Israel. And the Israelis learned not so much from that, but from Biden, Biden's treatment of Israel. Israel convinced them that they had to manufacture their own weapons domestically, even if that means giving up the money that comes from Congress, because a lot of American aid is tied to American procurement. But Biden could cut them off at any moment. And they said, we can't allow ourselves that again.
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Brian Kilmeade
And by the way, Kamala Harris said one of the things that hurt her because we were too nice to Israel. Yeah, that's why she's so awful.
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Joel Pollack
You know, that's become the dogma in the Democratic Party that they were too nice to Israel, which is why they lost. No, they were weak on Israel. If you're going to take a position, take a position. But by Biden went to Israel after October 7th and he threatened Iran. He said, don't. You know, the infamous don't.
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Brian Kilmeade
And then he did nothing.
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Joel Pollack
And then he started denying weapons to the Israelis. So he kind of wanted both ways. He wanted to appease both sides. You have to have a clear set of interests and objectives. And look at what Trump does. I mean, Trump can be harsh toward Netanyahu and use some four letter words and things like that, but when it comes down to it, he's always standing with Israel, which is why Israel is strong. You gotta pick a lane, pick a side. I know, you know, that's the way.
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Brian Kilmeade
But it's a real relationship with Trump and Netanyahu. They let it have it. There's no formalities. It's more like a business relationship. Relationship to between two friends. They get mad at each other.
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Joel Pollack
It happens.
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Brian Kilmeade
Joel, don't move. We're going to talk about California and massive fraud here and then we're going to talk about. You're going to be on One Nation 2 Sunday at 10 o'. Clock. Don't move.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
Keeping you informed, engaged and always a step ahead. It's the Brian Kilmeade Show. Breaking news, unique opinions, hear it all on the Brian Kilmeade.
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Brian Kilmeade
Joe. All right, Joe Pollack is here. Still the California Post opinion editor. Not, I shouldn't say still. Joe, I'm happy that you're still here. I don't want to make it seem like I wanted you to go and you wouldn't leave, but I want to talk about what's happening in California. First off, the fraud. The president says no more money for homeless from federal, from the federal government. We're finding millions, millions of dollars of fraud. Yet you, you guys, not you, but California spends more than anybody else and you got more homeless than anybody else. And they keep pointing, well, it's decreased by 3%, by 7%. What if they discovered about fraud and what prompted the president to take this action?
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Joel Pollack
So the fraud has to do with an agency called the LA Homeless Services Authority, LAHSA or lassa, and it is so bad there that even LA county stopped doing business with them. But billions of dollars have flowed to this agency that's supposed to provide homeless services. And there a court ordered audit that came out last year. They don't know where the money went.
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Brian Kilmeade
They lost track of it in Los Angeles or California.
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Joel Pollack
In Los Angeles they don't know where the money went. You're talking bill, 2 billion on that level. Yes. And 1 billion has come from federal taxpayers since 2021. And they don't know where the money went. They don't track their vendors. They don't even know if homeless people received services in some cases. So rampant financial mismanagement and the city of L A is now trying to figure out what to do about it because they also deal with this agency. So this is a local agency that received a lot of funding from various levels of government. Trump has cut them off and he's not even the first. It shouldn't even be controversial because LA county did the same thing. Their CEO resigned earlier this year because she was found giving a $2.1 million contract to another organization where her husband was a senior officer. That's the level of self dealing that was going on. And generally the problem is this Lassa or Lahsa was at the center of what people call the homeless industrial complex. That's where you have this homeless problem. You say, we need money to fix it. So the taxpayers give money and then the money gets spent. However, there's been fraud, fraud convictions of guys who've taken this money and speculated on real estate for themselves and bought cars for themselves. I mean, people have.
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Brian Kilmeade
There's a sense of impunity. Like you would say, oh, my goodness, I'm going to get caught, unless you're a criminal. But there's a sense that no one's ever going to crack down on this.
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Joel Pollack
Right. So we've got Bill as Haley, who's the first assistant U.S. attorney in L. A. He's Trump's.
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Brian Kilmeade
Talk to him today.
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Joel Pollack
Yeah, he's the federal prosecutor in L. A, and he has led the crackdown on this fraud. And so a lot of these indictments have come out since Trump took office, and people in L. A are quietly grateful for it because it's the only check on this rampant fraud. And again, what also happens in these homeless industrial complex organizations is that they are employing political actors, activists as well. And that gets into another kind of shenanigans, you know, where you're getting people to register voters, and then what happens? And how are these voters getting their ballots? How are they filling them out? How are they returning them? So these are kind of permanent employment or sheltered employment for political people who can mobilize around getting more funding for homeless services. It becomes this kind of self, this spiral that never ends.
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Brian Kilmeade
The story is percolating across the country. You know, first time we really start seeing it is Minnesota. Then we see it over in Maine, and then we see it in New York, and now California. California might be the worst, the size and scope of it. But this is one thing. Kamala Harris was given a mandate early on. President Biden said, go fix the border. You know, work on the border. And she. And the word was, he's trying to destroy me. He's giving me a job that's impossible to fix. So she barely engaged, she said, I'm going to go to the root causes of the problem. Ask Visa to invest in Ecuador for some roads and streets and soccer fields. It was a joke. Now the vice president was given a job crackdown on fraud. Every week I'm seeing a different press conference, and these are. These are substantive press conferences about real dollars recovery and real criminal charges. I think this says a lot about. He's trying to be taken seriously, do you? My overstaying that?
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Joel Pollack
It's absolutely true. And I think he could be doing it for political reasons. So that doesn't matter. It's the right incentive to get the right job done. And in California it's exactly the inverse. So in California, the people we elect, like the attorney general, well, they depend on the same state officials that they are supposed to investigate. They depend on them for political support. Is Rob Bonta, the Attorney General here in California going to investigate Gavin Newsom's administration? No, he's not. It's all an internal one party system. When you have a one party state and you don't have any opportunity for political competition to generate some of these investigations. So yeah, it's a huge problem. I mean, Gavin Newsom, Unemployment department here In California lost 20 billion, $30 billion during COVID because of fraud. And they don't have investigations and prosecutions. In fact, the woman who was in charge got a promotion. She became assistant labor secretary under Biden and now she is the deputy mayor of New York. So she went from California to D.C. to New York. She's now the deputy mayor for social justice or something like that in the Mamdani administration. But there's no accountability for losing tens of billions of public money. You just get promoted.
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Brian Kilmeade
Do you think this could have ripple effect, man? I'm not going to do this. I'm watching arrests, I'm watching this crackdown. I'm seeing funds get cut off. Could you get scared straight of these white collar crimes?
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Joel Pollack
Yes and no. So yes, in the sense that I think people who aren't in it already will start to look at the world differently and say, you know, I'm going to stay away from this at least while Trump's in office. But the other problem is this. A lot of the fraud that happens when you look at why people do this is they get themselves into debt. So people with massive housing debts, consumer debts, they have to commit this crime to stay afloat. That's how they see it.
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Brian Kilmeade
Pick up the California Post. Joe Pollock is the editor there and we'll see him on One Nation. That is Sunday night at 10 o'.
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Joel Pollack
Clock.
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Brian Kilmeade
You'll be joining me then, right, Joel?
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Joel Pollack
Yes, sir.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
The fastest three hours in radio. You're with Brian Kilmeade.
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Clint Dempsey
I firmly believe that we're up against fascism. I firmly believe that we are up
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Brian Kilmeade
against entrenched corporate interests and an oligarchy
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Clint Dempsey
that is not going to give this up lightly.
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Brian Kilmeade
We're going to have to fight them
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Tim Milanov
for it and it's going to require
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Brian Kilmeade
all of us pitching in.
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Franklin Foer
Right.
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Brian Kilmeade
Well, how motivational. Graham Platner, what a great leader he is when he's not on Tinder or Kick. It's unbelievable what's come out. We have New York Post with an exclusive story today. Woman came out, says, we bonded. I knew he was engaged, but we bonded over the fact that we had the same political beliefs. Okay. It's interesting. And then we found out that he also bragged about his Nazi tattoo. And they said part of a killing machine over in Iraq. So he says he and his unit, he said to another woman, he and his unit all have the same Nazi tattoo. So that's wrong. So we know that he's a fake. Oysterman makes $5,000 a year. Either mains out of oysters or he's terrible at it, or he's not trying at it. People just are trying to make excuses for him. The worst is Jim James Carville. Listen to this. Oh, by the way, who covered up for Bill Clinton for years. Cut 27.
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Tim Milanov
But.
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Brian Kilmeade
But I, I think Platinum might be just his ideas and the things that his courage and also his imperfections are imperfections that we can all identify with.
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Tim Milanov
Yes.
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Joel Pollack
And also I think there's forgiveness.
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Brian Kilmeade
Identify with police. I mean, you said he's a. He goes, I fight for regular guys. Please, on behalf of regular guys everywhere. Don't, don't put yourself in their category. Other people meant not making excuses. Senator John Fetterman. He's going to town with this. And keep in mind, he calls him P Hustle because that's the word. That's the, the handle he uses on his dating sites. Cut 29.
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John Fetterman
Let me make a deal. Make a deal. You know, I'll tell. I'll tell P Hustle. I'll wear a suit every, every day if he releases all those texts and messages that he's had for the dozen women, you know, and you could prove America, what you really. What's these conversation, you know, can, Can P. Hustle prove how old these people are? Who was he really talking? You know, were they underage? You know, what were these conversations doing that. And why would you do that as a married guy?
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Brian Kilmeade
Right? So Senator John Fetterman, who calls him Pete Hussle because that's what he uses on his dating sites. He liked to know. Just tell me exactly who you're going. Interacting with. Find out how old they are. Because most of the people on that kick side are teens. And if you are in fact not dealing with somebody underage and if you provide all those, all those people that you're interacting with. He will wear a suit every day. Would Adam Hunter ever put his reputation on the line like that? And would he use the pseudonym of Pete Hussle to describe Graham Platner? We'll find out. Adam Hunter, outstanding comedian, writer, and also performer for with the Gutfeld. Joe, we're in your town and you came to see us. Adam, thanks so much.
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Adam Hunter
Thanks for having me.
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Brian Kilmeade
How do you refer to Grand Potter? Do you call him P. Hustle or do you call him future Senator Icon?
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Adam Hunter
I don't know, I mean, role model? I mean, I think everything's. Ever since Fetterman, like got the brain damage, he's just been right on the money. I know, like, you almost kind of wish all, all the congress people would go through whatever he is, but I mean, this dude Platner, I can't believe he's their best, best choice, like out of all of Maine. This is the guy. I mean, they should have, like, figured it out right away when he was like, posting things on Reddit, which was like, do black people tip? That was the first flag. Which, by the way, I went to high school in Maine. There are no black people in Maine.
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Clint Dempsey
Right.
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Adam Hunter
So he wouldn't even know, like, that makes. Makes. That was number. That was number. That was number. There's like 2.7% people, but that was number one. And then with the Nazi tattoo, which he did, he didn't know then. Then it was just. He was calling girls slash gashes. Gash wounds.
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Brian Kilmeade
I don't even know what that means.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, yeah. And I mean, some of the pickup lines he was using allegedly were like, hey, you know, I want to invade you. Just like, you know, Poland. And then he was like, why don't you come over and let's play duck, duck, goose step. You know, he had all these like, I'm a Fetterman, you know, Right. This guy, this guy can't be the number one guy for them.
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Brian Kilmeade
What's amazing is, and we're going to talk of this around One nation on stage Sunday, is that they really didn't even Google them. So if Adam Hunter wanted to run for office, Adam, you know, the first thing you would probably say is check me out thoroughly. I want to get all the opposition research out because I don't need to destroy my family and running. So you would think that this guy wanted the operators before he jumped in, but they go and find him. He's a fake oyster man who says he's a working class guy whose dad was rich and he went to a prep school. It cost 70,000. So there's nothing authentic about him. And then the people that screened them, I mean, do they ever work again, period?
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Adam Hunter
No. I mean, I look, you look at those people, it's like it's like a testosterone ad or like, is it. Basically, I've never seen more estrogen. These people make Tim Wallace look like Chuck Norris.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
It's just the late, the late Chuck Norris rest in peace. But. But yeah. No, and then when I was on Last Comic Standing and I was in the finals, they. They knew every parking ticket I got. They knew every speeding ticket.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
Like, I mean, they really do it when you go, when you want a reality show, Survivor or Big Brother, they find things out. I mean, how do they not know any of this stuff? I mean, he was blasting Purple Heart people saying horrible things about them. He's not, I mean, we're not even talking about the fact that he's like a communist. You know, his policies are terrible.
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Brian Kilmeade
See, I have a theory. Do you realize in terms of, let's see, get past the personal faux pas, you know, you know, Donald Trump didn't have a perfect past. Bill Clinton didn't have. Doesn't have a perfect present. I mean, he had huge problems. But let's see, we get past that. The scary thing is he's not a center left guy. He's a. He is Elizabeth Warren, he is Mayor Mamdani. You know, he is aoc.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah.
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Brian Kilmeade
So that's the thing. Is this almost a distraction. You look at the Reddit stuff is like the good news about him.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, yeah. I mean they can't. I can't believe. Because Maine. I grew up on the high school in Maine called the Hyde School in Maine. And it is hard working people. Oh yeah, it is blue collar.
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Brian Kilmeade
It's not a lot of people. Right. A lot of open land. Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
It's freezing, but it is beautiful. It's a beautiful place. And the fact that they have this guy, I just think that they can't cut their losses. Sometimes you just got to cut your loss and be like, this is not the guy and run anybody else.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
This can't be the number one guy.
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Brian Kilmeade
I want you more from Senator Fetterman. He was on just talking about this. Who he is cut 30.
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John Fetterman
How would a Democrat describe P Hustle if that was a Republican and the terms that they would use that would be true. That's exactly who he is. Now you don't have to actually insult P Hustle. You know, he has already defiled his own character and behavior. And you know, he hasn't. It's not about. It's not about redemption. This is a guy that's pleading after he got caught and lying. He lies about everything. He was in D.C. last week and he lied to, you know, the people here in our caucus, like, oh, no, there won't be any more scandals. And then there is. And there, you know, he likes to rough up his ex girlfriend. So now there will be more shoes dropping.
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Brian Kilmeade
So, I mean, it's going to be tough for them to go against Paxton, who's got huge problems, too. I don't know why the people in Texas get all angry, but John Corny is a classy guy. You disagree with him on a couple of things. Raised like $400 million for the senators and they go, got to go with Ken Paxton, who's going to be on trial. His wife's like, taking him to court. This is going to be a public hearing. I mean, this is not going to be. To be good.
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Adam Hunter
No, I mean, look, it's not like. Look, the guy in Colorado is pretty bad too, though. The Republican who, like, who lied about. Seems to be lying about killing people at seven years old. You know that guy?
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Brian Kilmeade
No, I didn't even know this guy.
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Adam Hunter
There's a guy in Colorado who's, who's like the number one guy for the Republicans who they're just blasting about. They just keep catching him in all these kind of lies. It's almost like they just. Everyone's focused on who the worst person is, you know, like, like, like they have their guy. And then now that we have this guy. But yeah, I mean, I heard at Platner's victory party he was sending everyone who vote for him free penis pictures. So that's. Yeah, yeah, he was sending them all that, which was nice. And then like, we talked on Gutfeld. He said any guy that, like, came in, whatever, he would just. He would rape them, but not in a gay way.
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Brian Kilmeade
Which, by the way, you're quoting.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, I'm quoting.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
I don't even understand that.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
And then now, now his ex said that he had a really small, you know.
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Brian Kilmeade
Don't know what you mean.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, yeah, he was very small down there. She could almost not see it. So that. Yeah, it's just Nazi.
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Brian Kilmeade
That's the only thing he denies.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, that's the only thing.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah, the Nazi tattoo. Oh, yeah, it's a Nazi tattoo. But let me just tell you.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, I mean, it's just. And then, and then even like, the whole thing with, like. I don't understand where the. Like the whole me too movement. I guess if your estate starts with me, me too doesn't work.
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Brian Kilmeade
Really? Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
Because, like, how are we just. How are they just letting this guy get away with it? Even the woman on the. On the New York Times last night, she said, oh, well, you know, as far as these women, it's a little different than other things. You know, it's just one allegation.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
I thought it was believe all women right now. It's just one. Oh, it's only one.
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Brian Kilmeade
He would grab them, be rough with them, and then lock them in rooms. Okay.
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Adam Hunter
It happens while filing his acts.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
Who has an axe that they're filing all day? Well, a woman's. I mean, this is like a Stephen King.
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Brian Kilmeade
Well, the funniest thing. Adam, I don't know if you got this. There's so many anecdotes. He said, look, I didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo. My brother married a Jewish woman. I never would have taken my shirt off at his wedding if I knew it was a Nazi tattoo. Would have been so insulting. Now, let's break that sentence down a little bit. When's the last time you were at a wedding? Just to be honest. And when did you take your shirt off?
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Adam Hunter
Never.
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Brian Kilmeade
Have you met somebody that took their shirt off at a wedding?
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Adam Hunter
I didn't take my shirt off after my wedding. Like. Like that.
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Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
I didn't take my shirt off. Yeah.
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Brian Kilmeade
You don't want to ruin the night.
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Adam Hunter
No, I think I fell asleep. Yeah. I mean, he's just. It's all bad. It's just so funny that this is the number one guy.
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Franklin Foer
Right.
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Adam Hunter
I mean, that woman who. The woman who. Who dropped out, like, two weeks ago,
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Brian Kilmeade
that he was the governor. The governor. She's 78 years old, Mills. Yes.
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Mark Thiessen
She.
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Adam Hunter
She has to be kicking herself. Like, why didn't I just wait? Why. Why did I wait to the first.
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Brian Kilmeade
Well, this guy's got. This is this sad part, and this is why the next chapter could be written. Now, Susan Collins, whatever you think of her, she's center, right? And she's classy woman. I don't picture ever cursing at all, let alone Nazi tattoos and has a dark side. It would be stunning. But, you know, she's got a. She always seems to find a way. But the money. The more allegations come out, the more money pours in. And Bernie Sanders, all these people have not backed off. I couldn't believe. I mean, I just played James Carville. Before, before you walked in. So I won't play it again. But James Carville Harville says I think people like, he's just like a normal guy. People relate to him. Excuse me, don't think so. There's, there's some others like Ro Khanna actually appear with him last Friday night. So they think that this guy is, is going to be good. He's going to be good for everybody.
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Adam Hunter
No, they're not looking at bigger picture. Bigger picture is anytime they call anyone a Nazi now or anyone, they call anyone a racist or it's like you're going to. Oh really?
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Brian Kilmeade
Right. Here's Sony Hostin of the view. Cut 28. I don't think Republicans at this point can ask us to take the moral high ground. There you go. That is over. At this point. That is over.
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Carli Lloyd
It's time for Democrats to stop that nonsense.
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Brian Kilmeade
Put emotions on the side.
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Carli Lloyd
Let's be strategic, let's get some power.
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Brian Kilmeade
All right. We're going to take a time out so don't worry about it. He's going to run so he's going to stay in. And I think these revelations are going to come fast and furious. Why that can kick site. The more people tell me about the kick site, it's like 2/3 are teenagers. So I mean come on, if you, if you link him with a teenager,
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Adam Hunter
the pictures haven't even come out yet, right? They haven't Even like the 12 picture 12 women that he was text.
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Brian Kilmeade
They haven't.
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Adam Hunter
And then time puts them on the COVID like Time magazine puts this guy on the COVID Like who, who do they not put? O.J.
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Brian Kilmeade
i know who's runner up. All right, Susan, we come back. I don't know if you heard Adam, I know you live in California now, but the Knicks biggest comeback in NBA history. I want to talk a little bit about that and also get your take on what else is going on in the world and what would you be. Do you think you should take over negotiations for the with the Iranians? And lastly, one of the people most upset by the cancellation of the White House Correspondents Dinner because of the would be assassin is Adam Hunter.
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Adam Hunter
Yes.
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Brian Kilmeade
You'll find out why when we come back.
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Brian Kilmeade (Radio Show Intro)
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- [106:33]
Brian Kilmeade
What the hell did you just say?
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Franklin Foer
Take you back to November 2022 when Joe Biden turned 80 and he really tried to Downplay it. He knew there was already talk about his age. He spent that week. This is how he celebrated. It was a birthday brunch, Thanksgiving week between a family trip and his granddaughter's wedding. Very low key. He stayed out of the spotlight that week. President Trump, meanwhile, is building an illuminated octagon with a 92 foot portable canopy stage known as the Claw, where he and thousands of spectators will watch half naked men brutally assault each other. So to each their own, I suppose.
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Brian Kilmeade
For more on this, let's go to political commentator Adam Hunter, known outstanding comedian Adam Hunter from Gus Felt in his own stage career. How do you feel about that comparison, Adam?
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Adam Hunter
I mean, it's ridiculous.
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Brian Kilmeade
Look, half naked men. It's called ufc.
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Adam Hunter
It's better than when Al Sharpton called it, like, slavery, which I said, like, you know, which. One of the jokes I wrote for Greg was like, yeah, I never masturbated to ruse. But it's just, look, Trump likes a lot of the things that I like. He likes all these, you know, rush hour, he likes fighting.
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Brian Kilmeade
He likes rush hour movies. Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
Some of the same music. So I happen to love it. You know, I happen to love. I used to work for the ufc. They hired me to roast fighters. Very, very safe. Very, like six years. Sorry, Safe job. A couple fighters got mad. Jon Jones is like the most powerful black heavyweight since Lizzo. Like, he got upset other people, but I think it's great, you know, I mean, a lot of people are excited about it. I don't know if you know this, but Don Lemon has already asked to check all the cups on the guys, which is good.
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Brian Kilmeade
He's volunteering.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, he's volunteering. Bill Clinton is our. Already in the. In the dressing room with the ring girls, which. Which is nice.
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Brian Kilmeade
Make sure they know what they're doing.
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Adam Hunter
They're basing the leather on Nancy Pelosi's face.
- [108:41]
Brian Kilmeade
Right.
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Adam Hunter
With gloves, it's gonna be. And they have a couple backups, like, in case the fights don't happen. They have a couple guys, like, they're gonna have John Fetterman versus pants. They're gonna have Laura Loomer fight. What's her name? Caitlyn.
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Brian Kilmeade
Caitlyn Jenner.
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Adam Hunter
No, no, Caitlyn.
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Franklin Foer
She would lose.
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Adam Hunter
What's my. Whatever. Her name is?
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Brian Kilmeade
Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Brian Kilmeade
Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
I mean, just might as well. I. I think it's. I think it's gonna be great. I'm excited for it. They say it might rain.
- [109:09]
Brian Kilmeade
And her butch body and her.
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Adam Hunter
Yeah, butch bodily.
- [109:11]
Brian Kilmeade
Yeah.
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Adam Hunter
And Jasmine Crockett. They're all going to be there. No, Candace Owens is what I was talking about. But they're saying it might rain, which is not good because I think Liz Warren was dancing on the White House lawn trying to get a rain dance
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Brian Kilmeade
going because he's against it. Against it is an outdoor event. Do you know this? I'm just going to throw this at you. Do you know that Karen Bass brother is suing the city of Los Angeles because his house burned down? Does he know who his sister is? The mayor that let it bride burn down?
- [109:41]
Adam Hunter
It's the craziest. You know, it's the worst sibling feud since Elliot Ilhan Omar and her brother got divorced.
- [109:47]
Brian Kilmeade
Right? It's still hurting.
- [109:49]
Adam Hunter
Yeah, that's still hurting. It's crazy. I mean, can't, like, Karen Bass just like Venmo, the guy money at the dinner. I mean, how awful awkward is. First of all, the class, is some
- [109:57]
Brian Kilmeade
hospice money laying around you could use?
- [109:59]
Adam Hunter
I think it's in the reservoir. I think. I think that's where the votes were for Spencer, for. What's your name?
- [110:03]
Brian Kilmeade
Spencer Pratt.
- [110:04]
Adam Hunter
Yes, Spencer Pratt. Oh, God. I mean, they can't fix anything in California except an election, right? Nothing else can be fixed.
- [110:10]
Brian Kilmeade
And we don't know if it's fixed.
- [110:12]
Adam Hunter
We don't know if it's.
- [110:12]
Brian Kilmeade
Because remember, when you're on with me, I'm a journalist, and you have to be Adam Hunter, the journalist. Why is everyone. Why were you the most upset about the assassination attempt or one of the most upset at the White House?
- [110:24]
Adam Hunter
I got hired to write jokes for the president, for Trump, which, by the way, I'm a comedian. If. If Biden would have hired me, I would have wrote jokes for him. I would have wrote jokes for Bill Clinton, Obama, George Bush. It just happened to be Trump. You know, I got hired for a speech that went. One of them went really well. I said, like, for one of the speeches I wrote, Liz Warren would be here but couldn't get a reservation. That went viral. That went all the way to Scott Bessett on the Senate floor. She's like. He's like, you hear that, like, joke
- [110:53]
Brian Kilmeade
that I said about you?
- [110:54]
Adam Hunter
And she's like, I heard about Trump said about you. So, yeah, I got hired to write for the White House correspond. We were all excited. I had my whole family.
- [111:01]
Brian Kilmeade
And it was a tough. It was a tough monologue.
- [111:03]
Adam Hunter
It was. It was gonna be great.
- [111:04]
Brian Kilmeade
It's.
- [111:05]
Adam Hunter
I don't want it because he's still gonna do it in July.
- [111:06]
Brian Kilmeade
He's gonna do it.
- [111:07]
Adam Hunter
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [111:08]
Brian Kilmeade
Did he want an up, an update?
- [111:09]
Adam Hunter
I'm gonna give him an update. I don't know what jokes from the past one he's gonna use because he's like, it was rough. He's like, I was all ready to go in there. It was a tough one. But the crazy part was like while the shooting was happening, they're like, it's like still might go on. Like the whole. So I was writing jokes while people were underneath the table shooting. Yeah, like people were, were under. People breaking news under the table. And I'm like, her. Bill Clinton heard there were girls at the table and ran to the event. And man, that mentalist couldn't predict anything. Like I was like, cuz they say it might go on. You know, they told everyone to get down and Nicki Minaj started dancing. So yeah, I was, I was cranking them out, but you know, maybe the next.
- [111:48]
Brian Kilmeade
So you answer the question. Adam Hunter can handle breaking news with breaking jokes.
- [111:52]
Adam Hunter
Yes, you have. All right, so Adam.
- [111:53]
Franklin Foer
What?
- [111:53]
Brian Kilmeade
Would you join me Sunday at 10 o' clock on One Nation? Is it too much to ask? Is it too much? Brian, Kill me.
- [111:59]
Adam Hunter
Of course, I'd love to.
- [112:00]
Brian Kilmeade
Eastern time. Yes, it's seven o'.
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Tim Milanov
Clock.
- [112:02]
Brian Kilmeade
You still get home on time.
- [112:02]
Adam Hunter
Thank you.
- [112:03]
Brian Kilmeade
All right, go next, right?
- [112:04]
Adam Hunter
Yes, of course, yes.
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Brian Kilmeade
Keep.