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Contact us before canceling entire account to continue bill credits or credit stop and balance on required finance agreements. Do you have bill credits and if you pay off devices early today I'm joined by a true heavyweight in American media. Sean Hannity is a number one New York Times bestselling author, a nationally syndicated radio host, and the longest running primetime cable news anchor in history. I'm also proud to say a personal friend. And we're going to be diving into the chaos and hopefully gaining some clarity behind the reorganization of the State Department, the escalating trade war with China, the firestorm surrounding due process rights under Trump's revived Alien Enemies Act. And that is just the beginning. So let's get into it. Keeping It Real with Jillian Michaels. Mr. Hannity, the man, the myth, the legend, the most asked of the freaking podcast. How are you? What's going on? Have you quit vaping?
Sean Hannity
It's great to be here.
Jillian Michaels
I wanted to start out the show waxing poetic about you. And I often say that of all the people I have had the absolute pleasure and privilege of meeting, there has never been a person who is as magnanimous and gracious and lovely and intelligent.
Sean Hannity
We meet and then you send me, you know, thousands of dollars worth.
Jillian Michaels
Oh my God, Sean. It was the smallest thing I could do.
Sean Hannity
I want people to know because I think People see you, saw you on Biggest Loser. And well, I will say this, and I know from personal experience you might want to think about lying to Jillian if you're doing something you shouldn't be doing. I will say that part. But however, she's so passionate about what she does. That and she so believes in what she says. She's like, no, no, no, no, no, you're eating the wrong stuff. I will send it to you and spend, you know, and we've become great friends since and I'm honored to be on with you. Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure having gotten to know you and your family's been amazing for me too.
Jillian Michaels
So I'm exceptionally grateful that you would come on. And I want to disclose this to everybody watching. There are times where you're talking to me at 11pm at night and essentially talking me off a ledge and I'm like, sean, we're invading Greenland. Like, we are not going to invade Greenland. So I have more questions. There's so much going on in the world and I'll be honest, it is, it is a bit scary and confusing. And I want to start with one that I'm hearing a lot about from my friends on the left because I feel that they need a rational, reasonable explanation if there is one. And I'm, I'm struggling for a personally right now. You said I could ask you anything. So the immigration piece I want to throw out there right now, obviously we know that hundreds of thousands of people poured over the border every single month over the Biden administration. If only 1% of them were criminals, that would be unacceptable. That it overwhelms the infrastructure, that it hurts American workers. You're giving food stamps, phone cards, interest free loans in California, health care in California when my 35 year old brother can't afford health care, but his tax dollars are going to pay for an illegal person's health care. You can understand why the mandate was enough is enough. However, you're seeing the outrage and it's, it's hard to defend over the due process piece. So let's start with that and I could give you the scale of the. Guys, answer that with a question, please.
Sean Hannity
Okay. You don't respect our laws and our borders and our sovereignty and Joe Biden allowed this all to happen. And by the way, I will argue and I will make the strongest case if you'll allow me, please. And Kamala and Mayorkas all have blood on their hands. And Lake and Riley, Rachel Morin, Kayla Hamilton, Jocelyn Nungarry, I Used to scroll during the campaign, the list of Americans murdered, raped, victims of violent crime, because they allowed somewhere between 10 and 15 unvetted illegal immigrants from around the world. Now, among that group, Gillian, we know known terrorists are in this country because they allowed it to happen. Donald Trump has pretty much effectively shut down the border. Yes, it's a 97% reduction. As we take this podcast, I may be live. I don't even know it's 97% reduction. We have known terrorists, murderers, rapists, cartel members, gang members. And the left constantly talks about due process. Well, if you talk about, you know, a grail Garcia, for example, okay, everyone, he's a Marylander. He's a Marylander.
Jillian Michaels
He's a dad.
Sean Hannity
He's an El Salvadorian. He entered our country illegally. You know, we just learned this very day that a number just a couple of years ago that he was stopped by a police officer in Pennsylvania and he had people in the back of his car, and he said he was driving a friend's car. Turns out the guy was a human trafficker and admitted human trafficker.
Jillian Michaels
Right?
Sean Hannity
Here's a guy whose wife who's now apparently advocating for his return to America, who wrote a handwritten complaint to the police department that he beat the hell out of her, was a wife beater. This is a guy that not one, but two separate judges said was a MS.13 gang member, not Sean Hannity. That is due process to me. Now, the idea that you enter the country illegally, and now all of a sudden we're going to accept the fact that, what, you deserve due process. He admits he's in the country illegally. That alone means goodbye. And don't quote me, quote Hillary Clinton back in 2008. Send you home. And the Democratic Party is now evolved. Look, this is a party, and you really were in the forefront of this.
Jillian Michaels
I know the argument. I'm going to hit you with all the arguments because I've been contending with them now for days. They're going to tell you the Constitution says persons not citizens. It's like that by design and therefore irregardless of whether he crossed the border illegally, according to our Constitution, he gets due process. Sean, here. Ready? Let's keep going. I then say, okay, hold on. The guy's a scumbag. He's suspected of trafficking. I know all of his stuff. They got the tattoos, et cetera, et cetera. He then says, I don't want to go home because other gangs will kill me, therefore I need asylum. Mind you, people on the left are like, he's a dad. He's a Maryland man. But it's like, well, if he's not.
Sean Hannity
A gang, Maryland man, one more time.
Jillian Michaels
I'm with you, boss. I'm here with you.
Sean Hannity
As a Marylander, Rachel Morin was a Marylander. Kayla Hamilton was a Marylander. Rachel was a mother of five. She was brutally raped and she was murdered. And by the way, Chris Van Hollen never called the family of the real Marylander and offered his condolences and sympathy. Never did he call another real Marylander by, by the name of Kayla Hamilton, raped and brutally murdered in both cases by illegals from El Salvador. Now, let me address, I don't know how, how deep in the weeds you want me to go here, I'll go there.
Jillian Michaels
I want you to go there because I'm having these, these conversations and to a certain point, and I'll get to it with, with one individual, I start to, to lose my perspective on it and shift sides a little bit. Like with the gay makeup artist who wasn't a criminal and applied for asylum upon entering and was doing everything the right way. And then we sent him to a prison. And so the Kilmar, I'm, I'm there. I'm like, okay, hold on, guys. You know, we could have deported him to a third, a separate third party country. He had a deportation order. Shut up. You're insane. And I can make all these arguments, but when we get to the gay guy, the gay Venezuelan makeup artist who has no criminal record, Sean. And this is the part where I just think to, like, why Trump, Why do this one? I don't understand.
Sean Hannity
I am not familiar with the case. I can't comment on that one intelligently. So I want to, but I will look into it and I'll examine it. I will start with this, though, and that is every country, if you don't have borders, you don't have a country. And we now have Iranian assassination squads. We know for a fact in our country, we have known terrorists, known cartel members, known gang members, known murderers, rapists. Donald Trump now has the task, impossible of finding and deporting all of these people. And what frustrates me is Democrats, not only do they champion the right of men to play women's sports, they put the rights of those illegals over the safety of Americans. To me, American safety ought to come first. And if you didn't respect our laws, border and sovereignty, you buy the very. You're a criminal by nature. Now, let me go back to Garcia for just a minute because I think this is an important distinction. And this is the weeds part that I don't want to bore your audience.
Jillian Michaels
You're not boring anyone. Please talk, talk to them like you talk to me at 11 at night when I have.
Sean Hannity
This act was used by four presidents, was passed in the late 1700s. Okay. The last time before President Trump used it was, I believe Harry Truman. And it got challenged in Court. The U.S. supreme Court, historic precedent setting case weighed in. And once the president, first of all, they viewed it as constitutional, well within the president's executive authority as commander in chief. If we have now designated. He has designated Ms. 13 and Trend Aragua as designated terrorist organizations, that means that the Alien Enemies act is applicable. That means when you have two judges in this case, in the Garcia case that say, okay, they had determined on their own. I don't know if he's Chris Van Hollen didn't even ask him. He should have your wife, Peter. He didn't ask him that either, you know, because I would like answers to those questions. I'd like to know why you didn't call Rachel Morin's family.
Jillian Michaels
That's your poster child. The reason I also bring that up is because you had another option. You could have like dug up this, found this kid, this makeup artist kid. And I know you're not familiar with this one and to be honest, Sean, you can't find out what happened to the kid. I tried to figure it out online. It's like we don't know. There's no update on his status. But the fact that the Democrats literally sanctify criminals is the reason they lost the election.
Sean Hannity
Good, let them keep it up because they're going to lose every other election. And as somebody that believes in conservatism, I don't want them in charge. I think what Joe Biden did was the greatest preventable national security disaster in our history. I'm going to take it a step further and I've said this publicly, all these people murdered, raped and victims of violent crime by their unvetted illegals. That's why I say they have blood on their hands. And here's my prediction. And I pray to God, and I believe strongly in God that I am wrong. And I do believe that it's not a matter of if, it's when. This country is going to be attacked from within because of their open border policies. They have allowed too many people in here. And so now Donald Trump inherits again, task impossible. Find and deport the murderers, rapists, cartel members, gang members and known terrorists that are here so, you know, people want to, want to talk about individual cases, but this is the difficulty of your former party is they have now evolved into the party in the U.S. senate. They had a chance to stand up for women's rights. Democratic senators chose not to. And they want to champion the right of men to play women's sports.
Jillian Michaels
They keep digging.
Sean Hannity
Sorry, I. Okay. This drives you crazy? Drives me crazy.
Jillian Michaels
I just can't understand. They lost the election and I don't know what it is. I continue to ask myself why I'm disappointed in the response. By the way, there are things like I'm talking to you about Trump. I wish he would get this Venezuelan makeup artist kid back to the States and say, okay, oops on this guy, let's keep going forward, but with the left. You want to talk, ask your question.
Sean Hannity
What would be so bad if every illegal goes back home and if you self deport, you can come back legally? If you don't self deport, if you don't self deport, you never get to come back.
Jillian Michaels
Love that. No problems with that. Love legal immigration. Huge fan. My. Here's the problem. The problem is that when you take a kid and this is, again, I hate to do this because you don't know the case, there's another guy, this guy who. Stephanie Gallagher, a Trump appointed judge just ordered the Trump administration to bring back a 20 year old who came in as an underage minor. And there was a rule with, or, I'm sorry, a settlement with Department of Homeland Security that it would refrain from deporting any of the individuals in this little group. The kid was arrested for cocaine. Um, but we had, she says it's, he broke the contract. It's a breach of contract to the Trump administration because they agreed they wouldn't deport this kid. So they're going to go back to the argument of if you don't provide due process and you're breaking the law here with your own judges, what's next? Right? It's a slippery slope. Don't become a monster when you're dealing with monsters. Then you've got this kid who wasn't a criminal and is from Venezuela, but we sent him to a, a prison in El Salvador. And this is where I want to say, Sean, get him back. And then we can say that we're right here.
Sean Hannity
You want to bring Garcia back?
Jillian Michaels
No. Oh, God, no. The gay Venezuela gay makeup artist who's not a criminal that did apply for asylum and did it the right way and is now in an El Salvadorian prison and I feel like if you're going to be the party of common sense and be the good guys, then you gotta. I see the pushback. I see the struggle. I saw Trump's posting. Let me do my job. And I felt that so strongly, his frustration. But he.
Sean Hannity
He's the pro. Here's the problem. And I totally. I know where you're coming from. I know you have a great heart and you're looking at somebody. Hey, wait a minute. Yeah. This is not. This is not the trend iragua ms.13 guy. This is not the guy. Khalil. That. Another.
Jillian Michaels
I hate that guy. I can't. We can get into my mood. Khalil, who celebrates. Yeah, I mean, okay, I'm with you 100%. Bye bye. Mahmoud Khalil. Yeah, you can go celebrate October 7th. By the way, Sean, can we throw this out there real quick, just in case? Because there are so many people who are like, that was a fake social media post. This is a guy who's a spokesperson for the Columbia University apartheid divest group that on their sub stack celebrated October 7th. And Yaya Sinwar, he is celebrating terrorism. This is not what we give people green cards for. For celebrating the murdering of Jews. Get out of here. I am with you completely. This is where it's like, there's a continuum. And I can make all of these fights, but it's very difficult when a frigging Trump appointee judge is like, okay, Trump, you gotta bring him back. And he's like, nope, I'm not gonna do it. Then they get to say, look, he's authoritarian. That's what they keep giving them, a talking piece.
Sean Hannity
Well, frankly, there was. There was interpretation in terms of the first Supreme Court edict. He is abiding by the second one. I do believe the court has been ducking their responsibility. You know, every Supreme Court justice or wannabe justice, or if you're. You're being vetted by the Senate, they'll always ask the question, do you believe in Supreme Court precedents? And they'll all say, yes, this. This should have been. We already have the precedents on the. The Alien Enemies Act. We already have it. What's so fascinating about that case is that not only did they say that the president has the constitutional authority under executive. Under his executive powers, but it also said once the president makes that decision, there is no further judicial review, meaning it doesn't get to go to the courts. It actually was in the ruling. But let me put that aside. I have been down on the border at least 15 times. All the Way from the Rio Grande all the way through Texas and Arizona, all the way to San Diego. I've been on horseback with agents. I've been on all terrain vehicles. I've been on foot. I've been on helicopters, I've been on boats. You name it, I've done it all. I've been in an office building in your former state of California where they had built a sophisticated tunnel from Mexico up into the floor of an office building in San Diego. Now, let me say something that may surprise you. Now, I'll never forget. On one side there was a huge fence, and it was in San Diego, which, by the way, is the Del Coronado. Not the greatest hotel in the history. In the history of Manha. That's like the breakers in Palm Beach. I mean, only two great places.
Jillian Michaels
I agree. I agree.
Sean Hannity
I divert your attention here. All right, I digress. So I have seen all of this. Now, I'm on that border. I see a fence. On one side of the fence, you see young children. And I happen to have a heart for kids. You have a heart for kids. I know that. And they're playing in what we would describe accurately in this country as a dump, as a junkyard. I mean, a hole with tires and crap and all refrigerators and metal and garbage. That's right across. I'm standing right there. I have the video of it. On the other side, at the time, it was like 2013 for. I don't remember what year on. On the other side you got million dollar homes. Now, if I'm the person on the side of poverty where I'm raising my kids, and then I'm looking over there saying, boy, that looks like the land of milk and honey. I think I want to be over there. And all I got to do is cross over that border into that country and maybe I'll be able to have that dream come true for me. If you don't think I sympathize with that, I do.
Jillian Michaels
Me, too.
Sean Hannity
And I don't blame them. It's America's job to secure its borders. But now we've got such a mess. I know people want to focus on one case or another case and. But if we don't get rid. We don't find these people, get rid of these people, Americans are going to die. I go back to it's not if. It is when we are going to be attacked. And there is already so much blood on people's hands. And what I don't understand in this entire argument, the Chris Van Halen's of the world or the four congressmen that went down and their performative art.
Jillian Michaels
It's exactly what it is. You know that. Yeah.
Sean Hannity
Not. We have researched, we have not found one instance where they ever called the family of any American murdered by one of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's unvetted illegals or the family of somebody raped or the family of a victim of crime. And to me, it's like, okay, if that's the party you want to be, you want to champion the rights of illegals over the safety of Americans, and you want to tell. You want us to have compassion for a guy that was designated by two separate judges as an MS.13 gang member whose own wife, in her own handwriting, says he's a wife beater over Rachel Morin, you know, Kayla Hamilton, Jocelyn Nungarry, and Lake and Riley. Go right ahead. But I'm going to tell you something. This is an 8020 issue, and there might be individual cases. And I'm going to. I'll concede your point that you're probably right about this. This makeup person. You're probably right. However, how does. When we're dealing with 14 million, how do we have time to go through all that? Logistically, it's almost. It's impossible. What I would say to people that want to be here, that were on the other side of the fence, and my heart breaks for them. My grandparents came here at the turn of the last century. They were broke. They had nothing. Both my parents grew up very, very poor. My mom in the South Bronx, my dad in Bed Stuy in Brooklyn. My dad lost his mother from complications giving birth to him. He was shuffled around family to family. His dad worked full time. They had nothing growing up. But I know I stand on their shoulders. Then my parents, okay, it was a big deal that I grew up In Long Island, New York, on a 50 by 100 lot with, you know, three older sisters and one bathroom that's called Hell on Earth because they liked makeup. And makeup takes forever. And when you're there, like, ah, I gotta go to the bathroom. That's not. That's not the best place. But you know what? It was better than where they grew up. And my mom was a prison guard. My dad was a waiter on weekends, family court probation officer during the week. So, you know, that was. That's the story of immigrants. I. I don't care where people come from. I don't come in legally. Go through the process now. We need to vet you. We need to know you don't have radical associations yes. After a post Covid world, I want a health check and I want to know you're not going to be a financial burden on the American people because we already have $37 trillion in debt and we can't afford to take care of you. That means you provide for your own health care. You show you have the means of taking care of yourself, then welcome to America. You know, you're part of our family, and I mean that. I don't care where you come from.
Jillian Michaels
How do you get there, though? Because we've talked about this kind of reform of like, okay, you know, how do you get more judges to the border to adjudicate more cases? Do you. How does that happen? And then I would also say shifting over to why? Well, let's start with that. How does, how does that happen, Sean, is the plan. Stop the flow, which he's done. Get the people that don't belong here out of here and living off the dole, so to speak. People who can barely make ends meet for themselves, having to utilize their tax dollars to make ends meet for people that can't pay into the system because they're not legally here. Okay, does Trump have a plan for that? I think that for some reason, nobody's even touching upon the issue of legal immigration. So it just becomes he's a monster. He's Hitler, which we've heard so many times. He's authoritarian and he doesn't even care about people. He has no empathy for these people. Does he have a plan to say, all right, let me, you know, it's a 1, 2, 3 process, you know.
Sean Hannity
Well, first of all, you know, you keep saying that you're your liberal friends. Yeah. You know, they keep bringing up the words due process. I have something you can throw at them. But Lake and Riley have due process.
Jillian Michaels
I saw that.
Sean Hannity
Did Rachel Martin have due process? Jocelyn Nungary was a 12 year old girl. I've interviewed her mother, I've interviewed her grandfather. I can tell you haven't spoken to Patty Moore, Rachel's mom, Lake and Riley's family. I never interviewed them. I just called to offer condolences. And I was aware that they, they liked my show. And I said, I'm not calling for an interview, I'm calling to offer my condolences. And Alexis, Nun, Gary, Jocelyn, that little girl, I believe 12 years old, was brutally raped. She bit them, she scratched them, she fought back with all her, the might of a little girl.
Jillian Michaels
Yeah.
Sean Hannity
Was raped, murdered, and thrown in the river. Now, I'm sorry, she didn't have due process and her life was ripped away. And her parents and her mother and grandfather will never be the same again. Patty Moore will never be the same again. Lake and Riley's family's, They'll never be the same. This is why you want to talk about due process. Tell me why they don't care about these families.
Jillian Michaels
I was going to ask you that.
Sean Hannity
Why didn't Joe ever call these families? Why didn't Kamala ever call? Why didn't. Why did they lie to us for four straight years? I know the borders closed, the border secure. I play a montage. I could play it for 20 minutes of them lying to us. We all knew it was wide open. Now they opened the door for Donald Trump to win. Now it's an 8020 issue. The country, I know that we want to sometimes focus on one case. I would say this. If you want a middle ground solution, I would say, and they're offering this, or they were discussing it in the past week, offering this, an open window, give people an opportunity to self deport. If you self deport, then you will have a chance to immediately apply to come into our country legally. That, that saves us a lot of money having to try and track you down and find you. And it shows that you're willing to abide by the laws of this land. Isn't it the prerequisite, or shouldn't it be a prerequisite that if you want to be in America that you got to follow American law?
Jillian Michaels
Yes, of course, of course, of course.
Sean Hannity
I could see both sides. But I will tell you, every other government on the face of the earth has borders and laws. Give me an example. Australia. All right. If you try to get into Australia, you are going to be met on the high seas and they're going to be very nice to you. They will give you food, water, medicine if you need it. If you need medical care, they will take you to another island and provide it free of charge for you. Then you're getting your ass back in that boat and you go back to where you came from and you're never going to set foot on Australian soil. Just not going to happen. Does that make them bigoted, racist, xenophobic? No, it makes them a nation of laws.
Jillian Michaels
Speaking of why the Democrats don't have.
Sean Hannity
Sympathy, you want to talk about health, wellness.
Jillian Michaels
I want you to make fun of.
Sean Hannity
Me because I, I'm not perfect.
Jillian Michaels
You are pretty close to perfect. I happen to just think you hung the moon and that's why your opinion matters so much to me. And that's why I want to share your voice. If I could get people on the left to listen. Although now it's like, oh, she's maga. Okay, sure, I'm maga, whatever you guys want to call me. Because they, I don't think they see the other side. There's a selective outrage that I continue to try to point out. And it's like, I'm outraged about this. And it's like, well, why weren't you outraged when they were flooding in? And like, why weren't you outraged about why that was allowed? Oh, I'm outraged about Bobby Kennedy. He's not a doctor. I'm like, why weren't you outraged when the former guy who ran HHS was also not a doctor and tried to remove any and every age limit for kids to get gender affirming care? The medicalization of, you know, sterilizing them, like, it's insane. Where was your outrage? Because I think for you and I, we can, we can concede points for sure and we then play a game of lesser evils. And I've had this conversation quite a bit. Right. Well, okay, we can't get everything right, you know, which one do you want to pick? I guess for me, I'm feeling like I want, I feel like there is so much pushback on Trump and so much like he's Hitler and he hands off protests all over the country and the left is just flooding the zone. Sean, it is crazy.
Sean Hannity
Look, it's getting loud, yes, but whenever. Look, you've experienced this in your life. When I heard your comments, were you really, like, I've known about you forever, but I've always known you in your professional capacity and how great you are in that area now that I know you personally and we have these discussions, but where you really broke through and probably lost a lot of friendships in your life as well, but you also gained friendships was when you were on with Sage Steele. And I can't even say it as good as you. I don't have it, you know, perfect in my memory, but that was the moment. I check every box in your. Do you remember exactly what you said.
Jillian Michaels
In your game of woke victimology? Poker. Got a black kid, I got a brown kid. I'm a Jew, I'm an Arab.
Sean Hannity
That's so good. It's brilliant.
Jillian Michaels
And still it's like when I leave California and, and that's the thing. I, I had thought when the left lost this election and they go back to. I don't know why I care. But I had hoped they would think, wow, we've gone too far. But instead, I see them leaning in like, you've got AOC being touted as the potential front runner for the Democrats. Does it get more extreme than aoc? I have no idea if she is a good person or a bad person. All I know is I find her to be divisive. I find her to race bait constantly. I have. Unless I'm wrong and I'm open to.
Sean Hannity
Being corrected here, I don't look, if she's going to be. And Jasmine Crockett and Bernie Sanders and the squad are the face of the Democratic Party, I can make the argument to you that they're never going to win another election again. Now, Republicans also have to deliver. And the Trump agenda is he's doing the biggest things. He's trying to tackle the biggest issues, which if he's successful, and I believe he will be, I believe in. I'm not a conservative just to put a name on me. I'm a conservative because I believe conservatism works. And I can give you the chapter and verse on why I believe it works. You know, everyone says cutting taxes, you're helping the rich. You're not helping them. No. Reagan cut taxes, doubled revenues to the federal government in eight years, created the longest period of peacetime economic growth. 21 million new jobs were created in that period. Cutting taxes results in more revenue, not less revenue. So that is a liberal fallacy. Also, the left also believes people need to ask themselves, why do they want the Green New Deal, which is represented by aoc? It's guaranteed daycare, guaranteed healthy food, guaranteed health care, guaranteed college, guaranteed, I guess a box that they can put you in when you're dead. Cradle to grave, wound to the tomb. Government, this. Okay, I have questions for those people. Tell me why you have so much faith in government. What does government do so? Well, they said they put Social Security in a lockbox. Oh, sorry. They open the lockbox, they put it in the general fund, and they squandered your money. And it's now headed towards insolvency along with Medicaid. How is law and order and safety and security working in the country? Oh, yeah, well, we have defund, dismantle, no bail laws. I would argue that they're failing there. We spend more per capita on education than any other industrialized country in the entire world with the worst results. How's that part of government working out? How's that promise of Obamacare working out? Keep your doctor, keep your plan, and the average family saves $2,500 a year. Well, millions lost their doctors, millions lost their plans. And we're now paying about 300% more on average. And about 45% of the country have one Obamacare exchange option. Why do I say this? Because they want more government. They want cradle, grave, womb, tomb. I don't. I don't believe. I believe in a meritocracy. I believe in freedom. I believe in America first. And then we get. We from a position of strength, can help the world as we deem it, deem it the right thing to do. And I just think that the Democratic Party, there's been no introspection. No, I actually, I always am looking at myself. I'm always trying to say, all right, what can I do better in my life? On my shows, there's been no course correction whatsoever. It was interesting to watch this battle emerge between the vice chair of the dnc, David Hogg, this week, and the chair of the dnc, because Hogg is like, no, I'm raising tens of millions of dollars and if you're not radical enough, in other words, then we're going to primary you. This is elected Democrats. And then finally the chair of the DNC said, no, that's not going to be our policy. And you can't be the vice chair of the DNC if you're not going to support elected representatives in our party. You see the conflict right now. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are scared to death. Chuck Schumer this week shows up in a poll in New York, the lowest number he has had since the history of Siena polling in New York. And guess who's on the rise? Aoc. And if she primaries him as of today, I bet she wins over him. They got furious that he did something that he has been consistent on his entire career. And by the way, I can't stand him. He is a jackass. He is a mean guy. You know, how far am I allowed to go here?
Jillian Michaels
You're all the way down. Is this when he didn't shut down the government? Because he was.
Sean Hannity
But he said that. But I have a montage of him saying it all throughout his career.
Jillian Michaels
Right.
Sean Hannity
So he was consistent. Then the left turned on him. And do you think Hakeem Jeffries or Chuck Schumer are going to stand up to Jasmine Crockett, aoc, the squad and Bernie Sanders? I don't think so. And this is now what has dramatically shifted. The party's been radicalized. We were talking about it. Champion right of men to play women's Sports put the rights of illegals over the safety of Americans. And it gets worse than that, you know, claim that we're having a constitutional crisis if we discover, right, as of today, $150 billion spent abroad, not even in this country, on wokeism, DEI ism, transgenderism, LGBTQism, Green New Deal ism. Guess what? We have 37 trillion in debt. We're robbing from our kids and grandkids. Stop wasting our money. Because you know who's paying for that? Nurses are paying for that. Electricians and plumbers and contractors are paying for that. The people that get up, work hard every day. They deserve better stewardship of their money. And this is now. And that is the party now. It's also a party. I got a kick out of it and I talk about it all the time because it's like my favorite moment for the Democrats. And it shows no introspection, as I said. And no course correction.
Jillian Michaels
None.
Sean Hannity
So Trump the speech before the joint session. Right? Okay. They wouldn't stand for mothers that lost their children. They wouldn't stand for mothers that lost their children. Okay, you don't want to stand for Trump. I can deal with that. I still think you should stand for the first lady of our country. I once went to an Obama State of the Union. I sat in the gallery upstairs. He came in, I stood up and he's our president. Didn't like him, didn't like his policies, but I stood up out of respect for the office. But then they didn't stand up for a 12 year old young man that had survived cancer. You can't stand up for that. I kid, what a cool story that was. That was a tearjerker. Then they can't stand up for the wife of a slain officer hero, who, you know, whose husband gave everything for his community and country. Then they couldn't stand for a young man who lost his father and that night got a commission to West Point because he had done so well in school with like a 4.5 GPA. They couldn't stand for him either. And they hold up their bingo cards. Now. That wasn't just one Democrat, that was every one of them. They've all been radicalized. And the leadership, if they're not radicalized, they don't have the moral courage to stand up for them. I'll give you another example. Where are the Democrats standing up against these Hamas sympathizers in the halls of Congress and condemning them or on college campuses? Where are they standing up against domestic terrorism and bullets being shot into Tesla dealerships? Or assassination threats to Elon or Trump or charging stations set ablaze or Tesla's set ablaze or doxing Tesla owners or riding Nazi on the side of Tesla cars. I thought they were the party of J6, I know. No, they're the party that in the summer of 2020 when we had 574 riots, they said they were mostly peaceful and dozens of Americans died, thousands of cops were injured, billions in property damage. We had all the evidence in the world and they only cared about one riot. Forget about the 574Riots. Then they voted for a vice president that year who then became four years later their presidential candidate, who said, oh, no, those rioters aren't going to stop, they shouldn't stop, and we're not going to stop supporting. So they've been radicalized and they feign this moral outrage. Oh, Trump, Trump, Trump. They're full of Adam Schiff. They're just full of it. They're hypocrites.
Jillian Michaels
If I was to point at what gets them extraordinarily upset, because they aren't seeing that. Right? They don't. They're not looking at that. And their news isn't feeding them that information. I've had the conversation about the Summer of Love in Seattle where all those girls were raped in the chop zone and Trump wanted to send in the National Guard. And again, he was a hit larian authoritarian lunatic. I have had those conversations and they don't see it. What they do see is Rubio is restructuring and reforming the State Department. And they're. I've literally written it all at Sean, and here's what they're doing. They're going after the refugees and the gays, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. How do you think I'm quoting this from a friend in my text message? How do you interpret the shift in policies? What message do you think it sends to the international community? Don't you think that reducing emphasis on human rights will embolden authoritarian regimes? Who have you become, Jill? So that is what they're seeing. They're not.
Sean Hannity
Have a few expletives I might throw.
Jillian Michaels
Back, you know, maybe.
Sean Hannity
Yeah, I love to say. I love to say to liberals, let me educate you and start from there. Because, you know, one of the things. I've known Trump for 30 years. It's amazing. He's been on the political stage since 2015, and the moment he came down the escalator, and they still have not even tried to figure this man out. They don't know how he thinks now he is the master number one. Everything with this guy is a negotiation. Everything. He's constantly negotiating. He takes up more space in more people's minds than any other person, single person on the face of this earth. And he does it on purpose. He knows what he's doing. Very intelligent, very smart, very successful guy. And they threw everything they had at him. All these people that are writing you right now are the same people as. They didn't care that they raided his home, but they didn't. Hillary Clinton had more top secret information on her servers and they gave her a pass. No reasonable prosecutor would prosecute. They didn't care that Joe Biden. A top secret classified information at four separate locations, his locations didn't.
Jillian Michaels
The answer is he returned. Trump wouldn't return them. I've had that argument. And they're both, why wouldn't Trump return them?
Sean Hannity
But they're like Alka Seltzer and water, Jillian, you know what the problem is? You cannot convince them. There's nothing you're going to be able to say.
Jillian Michaels
No.
Sean Hannity
They're like Alka Seltzer and water, Trump. Bubble and fizz and let off energy and feel better. I hate Trump. Trump's a Nazi, fascist, racist. Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini. Okay, how'd that work out in the last election, Sean?
Jillian Michaels
I said that too. I was like, what happened when the Russia, Russia, Russia gate thing. Listen, Trump is not perfect, in my opinion. There are things I, I would like. I want my Venezuelan gay makeup artist back. There are things, listen, that I would.
Sean Hannity
Like the makeup artist, I would like.
Jillian Michaels
For him to slow down a bit. Like, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the terror of situation. The China thing scares me. Like, they're being super aggressive with cutting everything, and it's like, you can't follow it. It's a bit intense. I, I wanted to even ask you, like, what the hell is going on with China? On one hand, it's like, we gotta hold on it. China's like, no, you don't. We're not negotiating with you. We're not even gonna negotiate with you until you put all these tariffs on pause. And it's, it's affecting me. I'm seeing it. But I, I default to all the things you've just said. I just also see some of the things they talk about, like this. And this is where I would say to you, like, why did we have to take on every single trade war at the same time? Couldn't we have gone?
Sean Hannity
He's, look, maybe it's because I've known him for so long and know him. And I think the system needs the shock. You know, if you open your pool, well, you live in Florida, so your pool's open year round. You lived in California, so your pool was probably open year round. But when I did live in New York, you'd open your pool and you'd have to shock your pool. He is the very definition of a disruptor and an iconoclast. He shatters illusions. And if you really want transformational consequence of consequential change, you gonna have to break things. And he's fully aware of what he's doing, that I know for sure. Let's look at tariffs, for example.
Jillian Michaels
I was gonna say, can you update me on this? Like who showed up? I got, I trying to follow it chunks like 20 countries are here negotiating. We've got 18 proposals on the table. I get no one can follow it. And we are all trying and I've had very intelligent people try to disseminate it.
Sean Hannity
We don't know how it's going to end yet. He's, he's also a risk taker. I mean think about this. Probably if, if he would have said after 2020 he wasn't going to run, I would argue the odds were very high. They probably would have left him alone and moved on. Yeah, they probably wouldn't have gone after him with all that lawfare. But he took, he was at the table in Vegas, he pushed all his chips in the middle of the table. Now this is what he's trying to do on terrorists. This is just a fact. For the last 50, 60 years, establishment types, institutionalists if you will, in Washington, they have allowed America, he's not wrong. They have our countries, our friends, our foes have ripped us off, they have abused us, they've taken advantage of us and it's been unfair. And the most frustrating part to me is a lot of these countries are allied countries. We are providing for the overwhelming amount of security for Europe and for Canada and all these other countries. We pay the bulk of that money and without America they're screwed. Okay, explain to me, I'll take the European Union for example. They put a 10% tariff on any American made automobile being brought in to their country. And before Trump decided to disrupt this, we only put a two and a half percent tariff on it. But then it runs deeper because I'll give you Germany, for example, they sell $50 million of cars in America annually. We sell about eight and a half million of our cars to them. Because after the 10% tariff, which is 7.5% higher than what we have. Then you have a 30% VAT tax, value added tax, national sales tax. Okay, that raises our sticker price over 30% higher than what it would normally be, which makes buying an American car completely unattractive, and yet we've given them free access to our markets. So what Trump is doing is negotiating. All these companies have been in, Mercedes, BMW, they, they, trust me, they all want a deal. They want access to our markets and so does China. Now, China, definitely, they have weapons in their arsenal. We've got weapons in ours. Their economy is going to hell. And they, they, they need our markets for, for access. They have rare earth minerals that we need. Here's how I think it ultimately plays out.
Jillian Michaels
I was gonna say, how does it.
Sean Hannity
Play out, countries, one by one, we'll start making deals with our country. If I was President Trump, I would do it with great fanfare. I don't know what his plan is on that. And I would let America know. Like, America knows he secured the border. America knows he's deporting people, and 80% of Americans support him. If Americans could see, all right, India, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Great Britain, other European countries, it's, it's going to be, to me, every deal is a win after win after win. And he promised that. You're going to get sick of winning. I'm never going to get sick of winning. I'm just not, I like winning.
Jillian Michaels
I see that, to be honest with you. And I'm like, well, but look at this, look what's happening. The only problem is you've got the 800 pound gorilla in the room, which is China, and they can sink our battleship. And that's what people see because it's like, oh my God. And the China, they're not seeing all these, these wins that he's getting along the way.
Sean Hannity
They can sink our battleship. We have a lot of, we have a lot of bullets in our gun too. Really? Oh, yeah.
Jillian Michaels
We get so much crap from them. I don't even have the name.
Sean Hannity
First of all, they need energy desperately. Right? We can help them with energy. There's a deal to be made here.
Jillian Michaels
Okay.
Sean Hannity
They need, I think they have like a 70 day supply of energy. They don't have a lot of energy. They need energy.
Jillian Michaels
It's from Russia or Iran or something. Can't they go get it from the.
Sean Hannity
Can and they can't, you know, but again, Trump's trying to do a lot of big things simultaneously. He's taken on a lot. I admire him for it. But, you know, let's see. One thing I would say is we're not even 100 days. We're taping this. It's not even 100 days yet, which is why I have my Zen right here. And that's a different story. And he has done a lot. He moves at the speed of light. Some people don't like the style. I happen to like it. I love the fact that he disrupts that. He challenges the old order. I think the system needed an earthquake. Trump's that earthquake.
Jillian Michaels
I get it.
Sean Hannity
And I'll tell you the reason why. Because I want to return this country to constitutional order. I want to return to founding principles. If you read our framers, our founders, they believed in greater freedom and limited government. We've gotten away from that. We're not the land of the free and home of the brave. We're the land of the nanny state, where the left, if they had their way, would provide. I don't want them to provide. They've already screwed up our kids school. Give me, give me half of what you're spending and I'll buy my own teacher. You could create an education cooperative. You get 10 families. Let's say we give them all 15 grand each a year, granted money for schools. Go out, hire your own teacher or teachers, you know, give them a good salary, benefits, retirement, healthcare, and then you'll have, you know, 10 kids with one teacher. Those kids are going to focus on reading, writing, math, science, history and computers. They're not going to be focused in on. I want to identify as whatever. I'm so sick of it.
Jillian Michaels
I, I don't disagree with you. And you know, when a lot of people are up in arms about that. There were concerns about some of the grants to underprivileged kids. And it was like I was one of those kids, they find one issue, one issue, like with Doge. Well, now we're not feeding children in Ethiopia. Like, that's not. Hold on, that's not true. This is more complicated. But they find one issue and they go to town on it and they flood the zone. And nine times out of ten, it's not accurate. Like Kilmar or Borrego Garcia or oh, my God, now we're starving children all over the world. But the. They do this all of the time with one issue, and they somehow negate 99.9% of the rest because he did keep those loans for the underprivileged kids he folded into.
Sean Hannity
You're worried, like, it's getting louder in your head. And Louder from maybe I want Sean. It sounds like people are getting loud in your life. Hey. Because, Jillian, what he's doing is controversial. What he's doing is disruptive. Now, let me. Let me go back to a show where you were a total star and you helped to save people's lives, and you went so hard deep in the paint that if it meant I'm going to shock you and wake you the hell up and you're going to lose this weight or you're going to die, you would go to whatever length it would take. There was no holding back.
Jillian Michaels
And I did.
Sean Hannity
How are you any different than Trump? I watched that show and you scared the living shit out of me. I mean, you were great on that show. But you know what came across more than anything? The woman that sent me. You know what was it? Corn fed? No.
Jillian Michaels
Grass fed. Meats. You're eating this fast food burgers.
Sean Hannity
The smell. I didn't like the smell part, but I got used to it. And you did it because you cared. You. You would yell at people because they needed. They needed to be hit between the eyes. You need to hit hard, throw them an elbow, wake them up, because if they don't wake up and you're £400, you're gonna die, period.
Jillian Michaels
Okay?
Sean Hannity
You didn't want them to die, and you cared enough to yell at them sometimes and then at other times inspire them and at other times push them further than they thought they can go. Donald Trump's doing the same thing. Donald Trump is you. You are like twins.
Jillian Michaels
I know, though. I know. See, people just go, he's unhinged. I'm like, well, he's not unhinged. You know, he's bringing manufacturing back. All the things you just said, all the things you. You've told me, all the things I understand now. It's just like, did you have to. Although I appreciate what you're saying, this is his style. And we're along for the ride. Now we're in a game of chicken, though, with China, and this is like, you got two guys with an ego that is not containable. What do you actually think happens?
Sean Hannity
So I can say what I've known has been going, okay, they're already talking.
Jillian Michaels
They just said they weren't talking.
Sean Hannity
I just know this is mutually assured destruction. China needs access to our markets. We need their rare earths. They. They don't want this. Even. Everybody's acting tough and it's. Let's see how it settled. I can't guarantee it.
Jillian Michaels
Okay.
Sean Hannity
If I had to predict today Okay. I would say there's a deal there.
Jillian Michaels
Got it.
Sean Hannity
And the deal could be simple, or it could be extensive. It could be. Look, if you look at China started this tariff war. Donald Trump says the only one that had the guts to confront him on it. I have a list, and I've scrolled it on my TV show. Pretty much anything that we sell in China is tariff to death.
Jillian Michaels
Right.
Sean Hannity
And it's been unfair. They're ripping us off, and then they get free access to our markets. And, you know, American companies have been fine with it because they want cheap labor. They don't want to pay Americans, you know, a fair rate. And I think it's a part of our economy. I don't want our pharmaceuticals coming from China. I don't. I don't want rare earths coming from them. I hope we learn our lesson and now become rare earth independent of China. And manufacturing of important essentials like pharmaceuticals, which we learned during COVID you know, we had a shortage of. I don't want that to continue, of course. So, you know, there's. This is going to play out. It. It's unsettling. Wall street is notoriously skittish. But then if there's a day where Scott Besant will say, oh, just had a conversation with this country, bingo, the market goes up, or Donald Trump, like, for example, I was glad to hear him say this last week that he was not gonna fire Powell.
Jillian Michaels
I was gonna ask you that. Why does that matter? I don't understand that. That was such a.
Sean Hannity
That was horrible. I think. I don't get it.
Jillian Michaels
I thought this guy, like, how come that was so great? I don't get it.
Sean Hannity
Well, because Trump is unhappy with high interest rates and thinks they're artificial. I agree with him. I think they can come down. I think we could easily come down a half a basis point to start. Home sales have slowed, refinancing has slowed. That it puts a little into the economy and muddies up the waters. And I would like to see the economy flowing. I think it will play out. Look, one other thing we got to remember on the economy is we're still living under the Biden Harris economy. Donald Trump now is working through. He got the continuing resolution that's funding Joe Biden and Kamala Harris government. His first budget will be when the fiscal year ends September 30, and the new budget year begins October 1. So that'll be his first fiscal year. Now, in the interim, thank goodness we have this little procedural loophole when it comes to spending in Washington. Now I'm getting so ridiculously deep in the weeds. Most people don't want to hear this. Their eyes are going to glaze over. What it's called reconciliation. And rather than having to reach cloture and 60 votes as the threshold to get a bill to be voted on when it deals with financial issues in the Senate, these arcane rules, you can have a simple majority of 51. That means if it, if it. As long as it meets the definition of financial reconciliation. That means the Trump tax cuts can be made permanent. That means that no tax on tips, Social Security, Medicare. That can happen. That could also include energy. What Trump's goal is, which is energy dominance. Energy policy can shift, probably monies can be used for the border as well as part of that deal. That's the hope. But we got thin margins in terms of majorities in the House and Senate. So it's. Not everyone's gonna be happy, but they all better understand it's better than what we got and hopefully they'll get that done.
Jillian Michaels
Why are people happy though that he didn't fire Jerome Powell? That's the part I don't get. Even you're like, I wish he could.
Sean Hannity
I don't. It would be a legal battle that would go on.
Jillian Michaels
Oh, I see. And it will be get more chaos and instability basically, is what you're saying.
Sean Hannity
Powell already said if he tried to fire him, he wouldn't leave.
Jillian Michaels
Right.
Sean Hannity
Okay. And then so now you're setting it up for legal. You have to fire him as the Fed chair for causes, in my understanding.
Jillian Michaels
So got it.
Sean Hannity
They have to find a cause. I don't think he did the best job during the Biden years. I look inflation, we're going to get first quarter GDP numbers. The left will panic and like this is Donald Trump's fault. Meanwhile, it's not even his economy yet. Now he's made moves that have resulted in lower gas prices, lower egg prices, grocery prices. We are creating more jobs than people thought. 1. Here's the thing about tariffs that I didn't mention that I think is important. When he started threatening tariffs, we had over 8 trillion with a T dollars committed to investments in America. Nvidia, Apple, $500 billion. Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, all going to build plants in Mexico. Oh, Trump's president. We'll build it in America. That'll create high paying career jobs for Americans. I like that. I want to, I want, I'm, I am a blue collar guy.
Jillian Michaels
Yeah.
Sean Hannity
I worked in construction 10 years. I worked a restaurant 10 years. I was 12 years old, washing dishes, you know, by hand in a busy restaurant. I was a cook at 13. Yeah, it was great. I'd say working 2, 3 in the morning, have to St. Pauli girls at the bar at 12 and 13 fly home literally on my bicycle. It was a great time of my life. I loved it.
Jillian Michaels
You know, you are exactly what you espouse. You came from poverty, you've been working since you were a child and you're a self made man. I mean, it's incredible. So you can understand why all of the entitlement programs that the Democrats are wanting to put forward are. They don't work. I, I find that they don't work. They infantilize people, they make them victims. They never have the ability to take agency because you never empower them to do so. You understand this, I understand this. But as a kid now, and you're seeing the outrage over, I thought this was ironic to ask you about the student loan collection resume resumption, resuming that Gen Z and Millennial are outraged. And what I, what I'm trying to understand is as an Xer, I, I dropped out of college, but all of my friends went to college and just.
Sean Hannity
Just, I went and paid my own way, but I didn't have enough money to finish.
Jillian Michaels
They're literally still, some of them are still paying off those loans. And then what about the people alone?
Sean Hannity
Exactly 10 years.
Jillian Michaels
Why do you think that this generation would feel. I thought it was bold too, because Trump is compromising all of those voters. They're going to want that. I don't think. They feel as though it's infantilizing them and it's disempowering them. They want the frigging college loan forgiven. Why do you think he'd made that move? I mean, I love it, especially for the poor guy that's a friggin plumber. Why should he have to pay for your college loan? It's ridiculous.
Sean Hannity
Why should a carpenter, plumber, electrician, nurse, whatever you do, why should you be paying for some Ivy League institution that has, in Harvard's case, backtrack fiscal year 24. We spent, Harvard got 686 million taxpayer dollars. They have an endowment, $53 billion. They don't need a carpenter, electrician, a nurse's tax money when you have an endowment that large? It is a complete BS now if we're going to help people with education, not the kids. When I signed, I paid every penny for college in my life. And because I had worked all those years from when I was eight, when I started as a paper boy. You'll have to say boy. Is that gender neutral?
Jillian Michaels
I think you're fine.
Sean Hannity
Bartender. I have to be a mixologist now. Whatever. You're a good company, so. But I said my, my father used to come in. I, when I was tending bar, like at 17 years of age, I come home with a lot of cash like this. I made a fortune. And my father would sneak in the middle and take my money. It drove me nuts. He wasn't stealing it, he was putting in a bank account. So putting it away from me, he leave me like a little stack. I'm like, dad, stop. I wanted my money. But I will tell you, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. That I worked, that I was independent, that my parents, they were too busy really to be hands on in terms of raising me. Explain to me, you can analyze this. How did I then become a helicopter parent? Because I'm awful. I'm, I'm terrible.
Jillian Michaels
How you giving Ainsley's kid a freaking present every time she comes to the house? What happened to you? Where's tough love?
Sean Hannity
Hand parts.
Jillian Michaels
Easy.
Sean Hannity
My older kids, I was a helicopter parent, but they were both, you know, high performing athletes. And we spent, they, they dedicated a lot of time to their sport and both of them did really well. I'm very proud of both of them. And they're doing well now, thank God. I forgot what I was saying, but. Oh, I got it. So they have this endowment. Why are we paying all that money? Use your own money. And maybe if we're going to spend money on post high school education, maybe it should be for a community college, maybe it should be for trade schools. There was a great article that came out, I don't know, maybe about a month ago, and it talked about the new generation of millionaires. Guess who it's going to be? It's going to be tradesmen. Yeah, I mean, here, think about this. Everybody says, oh, AI is the future. I'm like, it's not the future, it's now. If you ever want to think, just, just go to AI. I have gone. I have now been working with Brock at a very high level. And I am telling you, it is scary how good it is. I talked to somebody that's really an expert in this and I actually sat down with them. We started doing some, just experimental stuff. And, and, and he was the one that gave me the line, I stole it from him, which is, anytime you're going to think you can use AI and then he. I have asked it to Write monologues, which I've never used. I always write it. My own words for my show that I can argue are at times as good as what I could possibly ever write. He told me that he could create with my own voice, and given enough opinions, he could create something that would live in perpetuity, that my kids entire lives, whatever issue they would ever face, they'd be able to go to their AI and ask dad what he would think about a situation. And it would be exactly what I would tell them. Think about that. If you go to, you know, how can Jillian Michaels become a multi. Multi, you know, billionaire, it will give you an answer that, by the way, is extremely intelligent. It's crazy.
Jillian Michaels
That is wild. I'm gonna ask that actually, as soon as we're done. I'm like, what is. Although you've been helping me with that, you were very disappointed that I did not yet own my own plane, and you've been helping me work on that, and I am. I am exceptionally grateful. I know I've kept you.
Sean Hannity
You happen to be a great businesswoman, you're very smart, and you know what? Just. Just get grok. Just get it. And then just start playing with it and ask your questions and. And then ask it questions about what you're interested in. Ask it business questions, ask it fitness questions. You know, one thing that. Who was it Gary Brecker said, by the way, he's a big fan of yours because I interviewed him after I'd interviewed you on my podcast. We have an area. And he said, if you survive the next five years, the odds go up exponentially that you might live to over 100. Now, first of all, I don't know if I want to live to over 100 unless I can live really healthy. I do work out hard. I'm way more dedicated in part thanks to your help, your assistance, your persistence, your.
Jillian Michaels
No, you are disciplined. You just vaped.
Sean Hannity
You've got a deep friendship. But think about that, because AI will probably figure out the next generation of medical science that will detect disease that much earlier with probably information for cures. It's so. It makes sense, right?
Jillian Michaels
It does.
Sean Hannity
Really does. Interesting.
Jillian Michaels
You think about if you could just keep.
Sean Hannity
Tradesmen are going to get rich as hell because you can't replace them.
Jillian Michaels
Let me tell you, in remodeling a house in Wyoming, I have decided I am actually going to get into plumbing or wallpaper that I used to hang.
Sean Hannity
Wallpaper for a living.
Jillian Michaels
Oh, my gosh, Sean, you could retire. I'm like, wait, how much Is it? Tell me.
Sean Hannity
Into my good ear in construction. I first started as a house painter. Then a friend of mine, I got a big job, and part of the job was to hang really expensive wallpaper. And I had no clue how to do it. I said, no problem. Yeah, we do this all the time. Lied through my teeth. I'm admitting it in retrospect. But a friend of mine had gone to the Vermont school of wallpaper hanging. I called him, he came and I learned how to hang wallpaper to your home. Where? In Wyoming. Wyoming. And I will hang your wallpaper and paint your house. I do. I don't know when I'll get the time, but I would if I could.
Jillian Michaels
I need you in other places. As tempting as that places, I know I need you. I need you dealing with these issues. Because as tempting as that sounds, trust me, they still have, like, shock from the bill. Like, I can't even tell you. I need you disseminating this information for us. I think much of America would agree with me.
Sean Hannity
If half of America wants me to shut up, Jillian.
Jillian Michaels
I don't agree, Sean.
Sean Hannity
I left New York. I walk in a restaurant and it's like daggers, you know, you could see that my presence would trigger and you'd see disgust on the face of a lot of people. And I felt at some point it was getting too hostile and that whoever might be with me, I felt, you know what? I can't put them in jeopardy now. I do. I do situational self defense every day. I don't ever want to ever have to lift a finger and hurt anybody. I don't want to do it. So I don't want to be in that environment. And I want to put people that I love or care about now. Environment.
Jillian Michaels
You know, you, you.
Sean Hannity
I don't have that problem in Florida.
Jillian Michaels
You bring that up, that the you. You feel this hostility and this aggression. This is definitely something. And I hate, I hate to make it a right or left issue, but it, it very clearly is at this moment in time. You know, Bill Maher, this sits with Gavin Newsom. You sit with Gavin Newsom, and it's like, oh, well, okay, they're talking. What'd you think of Gavin? Oh, I can't stand the guy. Whatever. We. We even had the same conversation.
Sean Hannity
I didn't dislike him. He's very personable. But he's, you know, he's slick, Sean. And he doesn't tell the truth.
Jillian Michaels
Right? But you sat with him, and no one, no one on the right was like, Shanity, you sat with Hitler. The op ed.
Sean Hannity
I didn't get that. I didn't get criticized for that interview.
Jillian Michaels
Ok?
Sean Hannity
I really didn't.
Jillian Michaels
But Bill Maher goes and sits with Donald Trump and Larry David just wrote an op ed in the New York Times mocking him. I read it, Sean. What is that?
Sean Hannity
I'll give you my take on it.
Jillian Michaels
I hate it. What is it with Tom Hanks on SNL in a MAGA hat pretending to be a Klans member, saying everybody who's in a MAGA hat is a racist. Racist. Like, what is this? What is it? And I only, I only see that coming out of the left. I really do. I, I don't, I don't see anybody.
Sean Hannity
Doing it on the right party, the party that allows people in the halls of congress and to be pro Hamas, a designated terror organization that has in its charter the destruction of Israel or the psychos that are the super fans of Luigi Mangione or the radical left that sits silent as we have act after act after act of domestic terrorism against Elon Musk and Tesla. And somebody's going to die if this keeps going on. And you know, I hope not. But you know, here's what my take on the Mars situation. When Joe Scarborough and Mika, all right, after Trump wins, they call him. I know they want to meet. They're such phony hypocrites. They, they spent, you know, years trashing him. Threat to democracy, every name in the book. And now he's going to be president again. Oh, I got to suck up to him. That was a suck up. Bill Mars wasn't Bill Maher. Kid Rock and I talked to Kid Rock, interviewed Kid Rock about it. Kid Rock made the offer to Bill and so I think you should meet him. You're critical of him. He's cool, he can handle it. Come meet him. And Bill Maher, so he worked it out. Bill Maher accepted the invitation. I give him credit.
Jillian Michaels
I do too.
Sean Hannity
Invitation of Biden's wasn't there, but I would have been talking to a corpse, just to be honest. Yeah, the thing, the thing, you know, the amazing thing is they lied about that for four years. I'm like, it was. So I was saying it in 2020 and people were assaulting me verbally because I stated the obvious. Yes, up until the end these people knew that this guy was a mess, but they still were willing to stick by him. Anyway, back to Mark. Watched his show after the meeting and I felt what I liked about it and he does have this quality that I like. I don't think he's a fan of mine. I know he's not. And, however, what's interesting about him is he's calling out his own party. He's right in his criticism. He's wrong in some of his criticism of conservatives and of Trump. But he was honest about that night because it's exactly what Trump told me about that night, and it's exactly, exactly what Kid Rock told me about night. So I appreciated his honesty. And he's not wrong. This is a guy that donated a lot of money to Democrats. Why didn't they ever invite him to the White House? Why? You know, I mean, not only that.
Jillian Michaels
She didn't show up for an interview with him.
Sean Hannity
She.
Jillian Michaels
I remember him saying, like, I, hello, I'm on your team. She didn't show up for an interview with him. She didn't show up for an interview with Rogan. Like, they don't show up. And not only do they not show up, they then do this kind of evil. I'm sorry. Like, I thought what Larry David did was gross. Simply because you're. You're mocking him for trying to bridge this gap. And what you're doing is you're saying, hey, if any of you other people try to bridge this gap, try to have this conversation, try to find common ground, we're gonna humiliate you. We're gonna put a scarlet letter on your back. We're gonna strip you naked and march you through the town like Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones. And that's what that was. And that is just another reason that I can no longer identify with the left. I don't get it, Sean. And you see so much more tolerance. I'm sorry, you do. If Matt Walsh is against gay marriage and, and he'll sit here and show up and talk with me about it, and we'll find common ground on other issues. We don't agree. I hope he doesn't get to change laws involving my marriage. And if he does, I will fight him in the appropriate arenas, but the fact that he'll sit down with me, I'll sit down.
Sean Hannity
Most conservatives. Most conservatives are not. Most conservatives I know are, like me, libertarian.
Jillian Michaels
I know you're my 90s liberal.
Sean Hannity
That's a separate. That's a separate issue. What's that?
Jillian Michaels
It's not a separate issue, though, because, first of all, I joke that you're my 90s liberal, which I know you don't like, but to a certain extent, Sean. But it is important, because I think that most people look at the far, far Right. The alt right, if you will. And they wipe the whole party with that. And it's just not the case. It's simply not. And you're a perfect example that it's not.
Sean Hannity
You know, look, those people I respect people of all different views. Back to mar, just for one second, I have one more thought on him. I actually admire him more for doing it and what I love, at the end of his commentary, at some point during his commentary, he said, I told him that there are people that are not going to like what we're doing here. And then he said, I don't give a shit. And you know what? I like that even before the election he said something that very few people on the left would say, said, oh, if Trump wins, I'm going to come here, I'm going to make jokes about him, I'm going to do my show and go about my life. You know what? Because that's what was going to happen come Biden won. I didn't love it. I tried to point out his failures wherever I could. When Obama won, I didn't love him as president particularly either. I think they're both weak and I think their policies are ineffective. But you know, I wasn't moving to Ireland like Rosie and I never made any proclamations. I didn't lose it.
Jillian Michaels
At least she did what she said.
Sean Hannity
You watch the ladies of the View, that hard hitting news show, they're like every day, oh my God, the world is, you know, it's crazy. It's, it's actually funny.
Jillian Michaels
If you were to give one message to the left, if we could get one freaking person on the left to.
Sean Hannity
Just listen, don't stop, keep doing what you're doing, don't change, you make. Sorry. I mean, I want to, I, I think their positions are so awful for the country. I don't think they have the ability for introspection, reflection and course changing right now. Now for my conservative friends that think, oh no, no, we've got them in a box, it's going to be this way forever. You're out of your mind. Political wins change. I've lived through many of them in the course of my life. And don't think just because you won this time, you're going to win every time, because you're not, things will shift and change. A lot of the future of the Republican Party remains in their hands. They got the bat, they got the ball, it's their backsides on the line, their ass on the line. And now they've got to deliver and they've got to figure out a way. Look, the Democratic Party has had a history of this. You can go back to 72 against Nixon, and, you know, we go back to Humphreys or go back to McGovern and go back to radical left and the beginning of redistributionism, statism, socialism, whatever you want to call it, whatever ism it is. And so they flirted with this now for a long time. And then when they lose badly, then they become a little more clever and a little more obscure, and they're not as honest about what they really believe in, and they try to tighten up the middle person that did it. The best by far in our lifetime was Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton pushed Hillary Care, failed miserably, got killed in the midterms, and then came back with the era of big government is over, the end of welfare as we know it. Both he and Al Gore, interestingly, and I've played this thing many times, we're talking about eliminating waste, fraud, abuse and corruption. And they went pretty hard at it. And lo and behold, Clinton worked with a dear friend of mine. I was the MC the night he became speaker of the House. Newt Gingrich. He's like my older brother. I love him. And I was the emcee that night. I was a local radio host in Atlanta. It was 94, two years later. I began at Fox, and it was a great experience for me. But Clinton and Gingrich were the last people to balance the budget, and they did it five times. We've never balanced it since. And they did. Was in both of their best interest to do it. Clinton was smart enough to adapt, to change course, to reflect, and then he won a pretty easy reelection in 96. He did really well.
Jillian Michaels
Will we ever see that kind of collaboration again, do you think?
Sean Hannity
Yeah, I think so. You know, history, ebb and flow.
Jillian Michaels
Okay.
Sean Hannity
There's. I think we're. If Donald Trump is successful in. In being able to disrupt the system but also repair it at the same time. And that's. This is a little bit of a process. You can't, you know, if you got, if you picked up tennis tomorrow, you're not gonna be good at tennis. So it's a process to become a good tennis player, a good athlete in any sport. Right. So there is a process of breaking down institutions that are used to doing things one way and then shifting the mindset. People must adapt to thinking anew about government. That's a big thing he's trying to accomplish. And I think he's going to be able to do it. I think the country will be better off for it. I think we'll save money. I think people's mindsets, that they think that the government's going to provide for them successfully when they fail at pretty much everything they do now will slowly erode away. And I think people hopefully at the end of the process will realize freedom is the better choice and that this is the greatest country God gave man and it's, it's responsibilities on your shoulders. I was talking earlier about my, my life. The best thing that ever happened to me is that I worked, I lived my own life. My parents let me be me and left me alone. They really did. And they had no reason really to except that they were working so hard they didn't notice. And that's really, that was a bless the greatest blessing of my life because I, I've always been able to fend for myself. It was cool. I mean I was like 12, 13 years old. We didn't have dinner at 6:00 on the table. That was not my reality. I mean, and I'm kind of glad because I got to go get four pieces of pizza. Then I'd come home and my sisters were like vultures hovering around me trying to steal it and I'd have to grab my food and run into my room and close the door and barricade it or you know, I, I would get these huge, not even like a roll, these huge heroes. Roast beef, lettuce, tomato, mayo, salt and pepper or eggs and potatoes and bacon and sausage on a sheet. I'm talking about Italian breads size roll. At that point in my life I was able to eat anything I wanted. I missed those days. Just saying. I'm venting a little bit.
Jillian Michaels
You're allowed. Sean, I can't thank you enough. You're absolutely fantastic and I am so grateful. You're the best for everything you do. And I know you're. This is the most ridiculous question to ask you, but I hear you have a little show on Fox. Where do we get, where do we get more from Sean Hannity?
Sean Hannity
You know what? I, if I didn't love what I do, I wouldn't be able to do it for as long as I have. I'm now I'm very grateful. I call it an undeserved life. If I was going to write two more books, these would be an undeserved life. The second would be everything I really wanted to tell you but knew would get me fired immediately. Like that's the crazy thoughts that go through my head.
Jillian Michaels
I want both of them. When are we getting.
Sean Hannity
It's just a good title.
Jillian Michaels
I want both of those books. I'm going to push you to run for office and write both of those books.
Sean Hannity
What office do you. Dog catcher?
Jillian Michaels
Yeah, no, I. Rat czar. You know where I stand on this. I want you to run for office. Come on, John. Just think about it. Just keep it in your mind.
Sean Hannity
If I can continue to do what I do, which I love to do every day, three hours of radio, hour of tv. I have my podcast beyond shows with people like great people like you, I'm happy.
Jillian Michaels
Thank you for everything.
Sean Hannity
I'm a blessed man.
Jillian Michaels
I adore you. And please give Ainsley and the family my love and go make yourself a grass fed steak.
Sean Hannity
Likes her more than me. I have a complex about that.
Jillian Michaels
Well, just, you know, she's like, she deserves it.
Sean Hannity
I got it. She's more likable. I got it. You're saying it with your body language. She's more likable.
Jillian Michaels
No, no, no. It's equal for sure.
Sean Hannity
Equal.
Jillian Michaels
Yeah, yeah.
Sean Hannity
Your voice went up. That means you're not telling the truth. Listen, you're one of the most generous people I've ever met. You've been really kind to me and you definitely have helped me become healthier. And I'm still working on it. I'm going to get better and better. You've been, you've been a great inspiration. And also you've been an inspiration to others and I appreciate that so much about you. And because health, wellness, fitness, you don't have your health. There's a reason that I lift weights. There's a reason that I do push ups and sit ups every day. There's a reason I punch the bag every day. There's a reason that I do, you know, fighting and situational self defense is to stay in shape. You know, I'd like to. All the years that God gives me on this earth to be healthy, you help people do that. And a lot of your work has been life saving for people and that transformational. So I hope you're really proud of that. That's pretty cool.
Jillian Michaels
I am. When you say it like that, and I get to hear it from Sean Hannity, then I am.
Sean Hannity
That makes it so much smaller. All right. Anyway, you're the best, Gillian. Great to see you keeping it real. We kept it real today.
Jillian Michaels
We sure did. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for watching. If you enjoyed the podcast, please, like comment, subscribe and share and make sure to let me know what guests you want to see on in the future.
Episode Title: Hannity on Trump Behind The Scenes - Due Process Battles, State Department Shake Up, China Showdown & More
Release Date: April 26, 2025
Hosts: Jillian Michaels & Sean Hannity
Guests: Sean Hannity
In this compelling episode of "Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels," host Jillian Michaels welcomes Sean Hannity, a prominent figure in American media, best-selling author, and long-standing primetime cable news anchor. The conversation delves deep into the current political landscape, focusing on critical issues such as immigration, border security, trade relations with China, and the internal dynamics of the Democratic Party.
Jillian Michaels initiates the discussion by addressing the rampant immigration issues plaguing the United States. She points out the influx of hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the border monthly during the Biden administration, highlighting the strain on infrastructure and the economic burden on American workers.
Jillian Michaels [02:15]:
"Hundreds of thousands of people poured over the border every single month over the Biden administration... your 35-year-old brother can't afford healthcare, but his tax dollars are going to pay for an illegal person's healthcare."
Sean Hannity vehemently criticizes the Biden administration's handling of border security, attributing the chaos to lax policies that fail to vet migrants effectively. He emphasizes the security risks posed by unchecked immigration, citing cases involving criminals and terrorists.
Sean Hannity [05:05]:
"Joe Biden allowed this all to happen. Kamala and Mayorkas all have blood on their hands... We have known terrorists, murderers, rapists, cartel members, gang members."
The conversation intensifies as they discuss the controversial due process rights extended to migrants under Trump's revived Alien Enemies Act. Michaels questions the rationale behind granting due process to individuals who have admitted illegal entry, especially those with criminal backgrounds.
Jillian Michaels [03:24]:
"It's hard to defend over the due process piece... You're giving food stamps, phone cards, interest-free loans in California..."
Sean Hannity [06:25]:
"He admits he's in the country illegally. That alone means goodbye. Don't quote me, quote Hillary Clinton back in 2008."
Hannity elaborates on specific cases where due process was waived, resulting in tragic outcomes. He references individuals linked to violent crimes and how their cases were mishandled, leading to victims' families suffering irreparable losses.
Sean Hannity [07:45]:
"Rachel Morin was a Marylander... brutally raped and murdered by illegals from El Salvador... The Democratic Party is now evolved."
Delving into legal frameworks, Hannity explains the Alien Enemies Act's historical context and its application under Trump's administration. He argues that the president's executive authority should supersede judicial review in these cases.
Sean Hannity [11:18]:
"The Supreme Court ruled that once the president designates a terrorist organization, there is no further judicial review."
The discussion shifts to the tumultuous trade relations between the U.S. and China. Hannity praises Trump's assertive approach in addressing unfair trade practices, implementing significant tariffs to protect American industries.
Sean Hannity [46:41]:
"Trump is negotiating. All these companies have been in Mercedes, BMW, they trust me, they all want a deal. They want access to our markets and so does China."
Hannity outlines the economic benefits of these trade policies, including reducing the trade deficit and encouraging domestic manufacturing. He criticizes previous administrations for allowing foreign entities to dominate critical industries.
Sean Hannity [49:37]:
"China, they have weapons in their arsenal. We have a lot of bullets in our gun too... Rare earth minerals that we need."
A significant portion of the episode critiques the Democratic Party's shift towards radical policies and lack of introspection. Hannity attributes the party's failures to its embrace of progressive stances that alienate moderate voters.
Sean Hannity [14:20]:
"The Democratic Party has had no introspection. No course correction whatsoever. They got furious they didn't shut down the government because he was."
Hannity discusses internal conflicts within the Democratic leadership, highlighting tensions between progressive members like AOC and traditional leaders such as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
Sean Hannity [39:01]:
"They have no introspection... The leadership, if they're not radicalized, they don't have the moral courage to stand up for them."
Hannity dismantles liberal economic arguments, asserting that policies like tax cuts are beneficial and debunking the notion that they only aid the wealthy.
Sean Hannity [32:13]:
"Reagan cut taxes, doubled revenues to the federal government in eight years, created the longest period of peacetime economic growth. Tax cuts result in more revenue, not less."
He emphasizes the importance of fiscal responsibility, criticizing the current administration's $37 trillion debt and the detrimental effects of unchecked government spending.
Sean Hannity [25:04]:
"We already have $37 trillion in debt and we can't afford to take care of you. That means you provide for your own healthcare."
Michaels introduces the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its burgeoning role in education and personal development. She discusses its potential to revolutionize learning and provide personalized guidance.
Jillian Michaels [69:08]:
"AI will probably figure out the next generation of medical science that will detect disease much earlier with information for cures."
Hannity shares his skepticism towards current educational policies, advocating for more practical approaches like community colleges and trade schools over traditional four-year institutions.
Sean Hannity [63:36]:
"If we're going to spend money on post-high school education, maybe it should be for a community college, maybe it should be for trade schools."
Throughout the episode, Michaels and Hannity share personal anecdotes, strengthening their rapport and highlighting their mutual respect and camaraderie.
Jillian Michaels [86:02]:
"You are exactly what you espouse... You can understand why all of the entitlement programs that the Democrats are wanting to put forward are... infantilizing people."
Sean Hannity [85:27]:
"I know you're my 90s liberal, but it's important... You're a perfect example that it's not [the entire party]."
Their conversation underscores the blend of professional collaboration and personal friendship, with Hannity expressing gratitude for Michaels' support in his journey towards better health.
Sean Hannity [86:24]:
"You've been really kind to me and you definitely have helped me become healthier."
The episode culminates with Jillian Michaels and Sean Hannity affirming their commitment to "keeping it real" amidst a polarized political environment. They emphasize the importance of honest dialogue, mutual understanding, and the pursuit of policies that prioritize American safety, economic prosperity, and individual empowerment.
Jillian Michaels [87:42]:
"I adore you. And please give Ainsley and the family my love and go make yourself a grass-fed steak."
Sean Hannity [87:56]:
"We kept it real today."
Jillian Michaels [03:24]:
"It's hard to defend over the due process piece... You're giving food stamps, phone cards, interest-free loans in California..."
Sean Hannity [05:05]:
"Joe Biden allowed this all to happen. Kamala and Mayorkas all have blood on their hands... We have known terrorists, murderers, rapists, cartel members, gang members."
Sean Hannity [11:18]:
"The Supreme Court ruled that once the president designates a terrorist organization, there is no further judicial review."
Jillian Michaels [14:20]:
"The Democratic Party has had no introspection. No course correction whatsoever."
Sean Hannity [32:13]:
"Reagan cut taxes, doubled revenues to the federal government in eight years, created the longest period of peacetime economic growth. Tax cuts result in more revenue, not less."
Jillian Michaels [69:08]:
"AI will probably figure out the next generation of medical science that will detect disease much earlier with information for cures."
Immigration Reform: The episode underscores the urgent need for comprehensive immigration reform, emphasizing stricter border security and effective vetting processes to ensure national safety.
Due Process Debates: A heated debate on the balance between due process rights and national security, highlighting the complexities of legal frameworks governing immigration.
Trade Policies: Advocacy for aggressive trade policies to counteract unfair practices by countries like China, aiming to protect and boost American industries.
Democratic Party Critique: A critical examination of the Democratic Party's internal dynamics, suggesting a shift towards radicalism and a lack of effective leadership.
Economic Strategies: Support for conservative economic policies, including tax cuts and fiscal responsibility, as means to spur economic growth and reduce national debt.
AI in Education: Exploration of AI's potential in revolutionizing education and personal development, alongside advocating for practical educational pathways like trade schools.
Personal Narratives: The episode highlights the importance of personal resilience and the impact of strong interpersonal relationships in navigating professional and ideological divides.
This episode offers a deep dive into pressing political issues, enriched by the dynamic interplay between Jillian Michaels and Sean Hannity. Their candid dialogue provides listeners with a nuanced perspective on the challenges facing America today, advocating for solutions rooted in security, economic prudence, and individual empowerment.