Ceasefire in Gaza: How Trump's Influence Has Already Transformed the World

Summary

Podcast Summary: Louder with Crowder - "Ceasefire in Gaza: How Trump's Influence Has Already Transformed the World"

Release Date: January 16, 2025

Hosts:

• Steven Crowder
• Gerald Morgan
• Dave Landau

---

1. Introduction

The episode kicks off with a brief promotional segment for the upcoming inauguration livestream scheduled for Monday at 11:30 Eastern. Steven Crowder humorously interacts with his co-hosts Gerald Morgan and Dave Landau, setting a light-hearted tone before delving into serious political discourse.

---

2. Biden's Farewell Speech

Timestamp: 03:00 - 08:33

Steven Crowder critiques President Joe Biden's farewell address, highlighting perceived dishonesty and lack of substance. He mocks Biden's use of metaphoric language about the Statue of Liberty and accuses him of being a negative influence on the presidency.

• Joe Biden's Quote:

  "We are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people."
  (02:52)

Crowder and his guests express disdain for Biden, labeling him as unfit for leadership and dismissing his farewell speech as mere lip service devoid of genuine intent.

• Gerald Morgan's Commentary:

  "Number four."
  (03:47)

Crowder further dissects Biden's claims of job creation, arguing that most job growth was a rebound from COVID-19 and that a significant portion of new jobs were government-related rather than private sector growth.

• Steven Crowder's Analysis:

  "25% of the jobs under the Biden administration were government jobs. Native-born Americans had zero job growth."
  (14:09)

---

3. Influence of Trump on Ceasefire in Gaza

Timestamp: 20:22 - 31:04

A substantial portion of the discussion centers on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Crowder attributes the initial success and ongoing negotiations to Donald Trump's influence, emphasizing Trump's strategic posturing and threat of military action.

• Steven Crowder's Insight:

  "The mere threat. If people believe that you will follow through... Russia, China, Mexico, Hamas, they're afraid of Donald Trump counting to three."
  (03:47)

Crowder argues that Trump's ability to project strength has altered the geopolitical landscape, leading to immediate consequences such as Mexico addressing illegal immigration and China reconsidering import strategies.

---

4. Posturing and Its Impact on International Relations

Timestamp: 32:02 - 43:24

The hosts discuss the concept of posturing in politics, comparing it to animal behavior where displays of strength deter conflict. Crowder credits Trump's adept use of posturing in various international negotiations, including threats that led to Mexico addressing cartel activities and reducing Chinese imports.

• Steven Crowder on Posturing:

  "There's a value in posturing. The positioning, the threat is a very valuable tool provided your enemies or bad actors believe that you'll follow through."
  (22:26)

They examine specific instances where Trump's threats resulted in tangible policy changes, reinforcing the effectiveness of assertive diplomacy.

---

5. The TikTok Ban and Xiaohongshu

Timestamp: 45:29 - 57:20

Crowder critiques the ban on TikTok, attributing its necessity to national security concerns related to data privacy and Chinese government influence. He introduces Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) as a more invasive alternative, emphasizing its deeper ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and potential for propaganda.

• Steven Crowder's Argument:

  "Xiaohongxu literally translates to Little Red Book. That is a direct homage to the Little Red Book from Mao."
  (51:14)

The discussion highlights the inadequacies of libertarian conservatism in addressing platforms controlled by authoritarian regimes, arguing for a more nuanced approach to free speech and national security.

• Steven Crowder on Freedom of Speech:

  "Freedom of speech, when you talk about foreign entities run by a communist dictatorship, they don't have a constitution that includes the freedom of speech that cannot be reconciled with ours."
  (55:04)

---

6. DEI Rollbacks and Corporate Responsibility

Timestamp: 33:52 - 34:15

Crowder praises the rollback of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives by major corporations, attributing this shift to Trump's influence. He cites examples such as Facebook and Ford reversing DEI policies, framing it as a victory against corporate overreach.

• Steven Crowder's Commentary:

  "He was going to crack down on DEI in his second term. The win is with huge companies rolling back DEI."
  (33:52)

This segment underscores the broader impact of political leadership on corporate policies and societal values.

---

7. Red Dye 3 Discussion

Timestamp: 34:15 - 43:24

A lively debate ensues over the safety of red dye additives in food, particularly focusing on red dye 3. Crowder criticizes the FDA for its delayed response in banning harmful additives, contrasting it with European standards.

• Steven Crowder's Critique:

  "We've got almost a thousand chemicals in our food that are either outright banned in Europe or actively discouraged."
  (35:45)

Gerald Morgan and Dave Landau join in the discussion, expressing personal actions taken to avoid red dyes, thereby emphasizing the perceived negligence of regulatory bodies.

---

8. Deep State and Department of Justice (DOJ) Allegations

Timestamp: 38:18 - 43:24

The conversation shifts to allegations of a "deep state" within the DOJ, accusing Biden's administration of weaponizing government institutions against political opponents. Crowder highlights high-profile resignations, such as Jack Smith and Chris Wray, as evidence of systemic corruption.

• Steven Crowder's Assertion:

  "These institutions that exist and how they were used against Donald Trump, they bear no resemblance to the institutions that you believed existed."
  (39:05)

Gerald Morgan expands on the narrative, suggesting that the dismissal of DOJ officials is a tactic to undermine trust in government bodies.

---

9. Community Standards and Free Speech Concerns

Timestamp: 57:20 - 63:30

Crowder elaborates on the restrictive community standards of Xiaohongshu, comparing them unfavorably to Western platforms like TikTok. He underscores the dangers of censorship and propaganda inherent in platforms controlled by authoritarian regimes.

• Steven Crowder's Warning:

  "This is a communist Trojan horse... a very small horse."
  (57:08)

The hosts mock the absurdity of banned terms related to Chinese leadership, illustrating the extent of censorship and control over user content.

---

10. Conclusion

In wrapping up, Crowder reiterates the importance of assertive political posturing and the tangible impacts it has on international relations and domestic policies. He encourages listeners to remain vigilant about free speech and the influence of foreign-controlled platforms, aligning his viewpoints with a staunchly conservative and anti-authoritarian stance.

• Steven Crowder's Final Thoughts:

  "Freedom of speech absolutism... It does not work when you are talking about a platform run by literal communists."
  (64:29)

Crowder also promotes his membership club and forthcoming livestreams, maintaining engagement with his audience through promotional content interspersed with political commentary.

---

Notable Quotes:

1. Steven Crowder on Biden's Job Claims:

   "25% of the jobs under the Biden administration were government jobs. Native-born Americans had zero job growth."
   (14:09)

2. Joe Biden's Farewell Statement:

   "Our democracy is held strong, and every day I've kept my commitment to be president for all Americans."
   (15:27)

3. Steven Crowder on Posturing's Effectiveness:

   "Russia, China, Mexico, Hamas, they're afraid of Donald Trump counting to three."
   (03:47)

4. Steven Crowder on Xiaohongshu:

   "Xiaohongxu literally translates to Little Red Book. That is a direct homage to the Little Red Book from Mao."
   (51:14)

5. Steven Crowder on Freedom of Speech:

   "Freedom of speech, when you talk about foreign entities run by a communist dictatorship, they don't have a constitution that includes the freedom of speech that cannot be reconciled with ours."
   (55:04)

---

This episode of "Louder with Crowder" presents a critical analysis of current political dynamics, emphasizing Donald Trump's influence on international diplomacy and domestic policies. Through a blend of humor, critique, and commentary, Crowder and his guests advocate for strong, assertive leadership and caution against perceived institutional biases.

Transcript

[Steven Crowder]

Hey, audio, listen. Sorry, I was working on my RFK Junior. Hey, audio listener. The intro here's a little bit of a promo reel for the very special inauguration livestream we have Monday, 11:30. It'll be extra long. It'll be a lot of fun. Some surprises for you, 11:30 Eastern on Monday. So I'm just letting you know here because you can listen to my. My soothing voice, I guess. I don't know. I think we have sleep sound somewhere on here. Enjoy the show. See you Monday. Hey, man, this is a great barbecue, right?

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

The perfect yard for this, too. Yeah. It's such a great house, man.

[Gerald Morgan]

Thank you, guys.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, check them.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, nice. Nice.

[Dave Landau]

But that's not how it actually went down. No. Nick never got to deep fry that turkey for his holiday barbecue because Nick never bought that dream home with that big, beautiful yard. You see, Nick didn't think he could qualify for a home loan. He just assumed that his credit would be too low and his debt would be too high. If he just called the experts at American financing, they could have helped him overcome those doubts and misconceptions. But he never called. Here's how it actually went down. Call American Financing. American financing is helping homeowners save an average of $800 a month. And there are no upfront fees to say how much you can save. And if you sign up today, you may even delay two mortgage payments. Call 1-800-974-6500 today or go to americanfinancing.net Crowder.

[Steven Crowder]

I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States today. We are not merely transferring power from one administration to another.

[Joe Biden]

We are transferring power from Washington, D.C.

[Steven Crowder]

And giving it back to you, the people. Xiaohongzu We've been practicing that around the studio all day. We have Xiao Hongshu, Xiaohang me.

[Dave Landau]

No.

[Steven Crowder]

So a lot to get to here today. You know, Biden's farewell speech was yesterday. Former vice President, soon to be former former Vice President Biden respect the office. It's about what you would expect. And of course, if you go on the leftist message boards, you see them really pointing out the idea of an oligarchy failing to understand that's what we've lived under for four years. So we'll get into that. And also the value of posturing here today. We were talking about obviously, the Gaza, Israel, ceasefire, Hamas, I should say ceasefire. It's already starting to disintegrate a little bit because it turns out Hamas are not necessarily super honest, not great at keeping deals. But there still is value of you see it with the president of Mexico, you see it with China. A lot of people will say Donald Trump is being so extreme in his. These aren't policies yet. Red dye 40. We'll get into that.

[Gerald Morgan]

Number four.

[Steven Crowder]

There are threats. The mere threat. If people believe that you will follow through. Here's the beauty. You can say a lot of things about Donald Trump. He doesn't get to three without consequences. And even if you think that he does, guess what? Russia, China, Mexico, Hamas, they're afraid of Donald Trump counting to three. Do you understand? That changes the landscape. Also, TikTok is out banned. We've talked about that. I think it's a perfect example of where libertarian conservatism has failed because people think it's a free market. When you're dealing with the Communist Chinese party, what is now in and many influencers are migrating is Xiaohengshu, which is quite literally even more communist. The name is literally a communist name.

[Dave Landau]

So also a sneeze.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes.

[Dave Landau]

God bless you.

[Steven Crowder]

Also, they really like girls in. In in small hyahong shoes. They like the.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh my gosh.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't know when that became attractive.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Oh, size four. Yeah, yeah. Size three.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, mo better.

[Steven Crowder]

Don't threaten me with good times.

[Dave Landau]

So look at this Yahoong Shi factory.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, they do. When I was 12, yeah, 19 hours a day.

[Dave Landau]

That was hard.

[Steven Crowder]

It was very.

[Dave Landau]

Made me a man.

[Steven Crowder]

So at some point, as we discuss I hate China, not a race thing. I hate the country. You'll likely see this head on over to Rumble. It's a live show weekdays, 10am Eastern. We will be live tomorrow, of course, Friday. For those who are members of Rumble Premium every day of the week. I don't know why we call it a weekday. I mean they're still all days of the week, but it's a weekday. And next Monday, inauguration special livestream more to come. How long do you think the Gaza ceasefire will. Oh, it's done.

[Gerald Morgan]

There's already news this morning.

[Steven Crowder]

And what's your favorite win thus far? Is it the red dye? Is it the president of Mexico saying like all right, we're going to reduce Chinese imports? Is it China deciding to play ball a little bit? What do you think is the biggest win in the pre presidency? We need to actually include that now. There never used to be a pre presidency now. But it's a thing. Yeah, it's a thing.

[Gerald Morgan]

Daddy's coming home.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, he is. Yes, he is. Thank you very much.

[Dave Landau]

Clip that.

[Gerald Morgan]

Why is that bad?

[Steven Crowder]

Captain Morgan, CEO Howard Mitchell.

[Gerald Morgan]

I think I'm doing okay. I'm a little confused as to what I just said because it gets used against me.

[Steven Crowder]

I'll explain it to you later.

[Gerald Morgan]

Thank you.

[Steven Crowder]

I'm doing very. Pumpkin, I'm fine. Yeah, I'm good. I had a weird dream, but I'll explain it. But I did come up with a new idea for a belt.

[Gerald Morgan]

I don't think it'll work.

[Steven Crowder]

You know, this will work.

[Dave Landau]

It won't work.

[Steven Crowder]

It absolutely will work. We'll talk about it on chat Thursday.

[Gerald Morgan]

Getting pantsed everywhere now.

[Steven Crowder]

And when you hear this, you know him, you love them. Friday, Saturday, February 7th, and 8th, at the Spokane Comedy Club. Lovely club. It's Mr. Travis Kelsey. How are you, sir?

[Dave Landau]

I don't. I don't see it, but I absolutely see it. I'm excited about the red dye band. You know, I'm worried how they're going to make my Frankenberry cereal, but I have faith.

[Steven Crowder]

Aptly named Frankenberries it is.

[Gerald Morgan]

Code red is code Slightly Pink now.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah, Code Pink's a different thing, Drew.

[Steven Crowder]

Look, this is one of those things we'll get to. It's a liability thing. You know, they're going, oh, my gosh. If RFK gets access to all of this information and everyone knows that we've been lying to them, it's going to go badly. Let's just. Let's do this on the way out so at least he can't claim that one. It's a transition. You know, there might be a case of senioritis going on here at the White House. Former Vice President Biden, he gave this farewell speech, and of course, it was dishonest. I've always maintained that he's not a good man. People say, oh, at least I disagree with him. But he's a nice guy. No, he's not. Garbage would be generous. Before we get into the speech, here's kind of the gist for those who missed it.

[Joe Biden]

My fellow Americans, I'm speaking to you tonight from the Oval Office. This will be my final address to you from the American people, from the Oval Office, from this desk as president. Upstairs in the residence of the White House. I've walked by a painting of the Statue of Liberty I don't know how many times. The Statue of Liberty, he does a show. The Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is not standing still. Her foot literally steps forward atop a broken chain of human bondage, and she literally moves. Institutions that are rooted, not. They just might not reflect, but they re. They echo from modest beginnings in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Claremont, Delaware, sitting behind this desk in the Oval Office. When you were 70, our amazing first lady was with me in the Oval.

[Gerald Morgan]

And it caused you to lie.

[Joe Biden]

You're the love of my life and the life's of my love.

[Dave Landau]

Oh, how.

[Joe Biden]

Now it's your turn to stand guard. May you all be the keeper of the flame. May you keep the faith. I love America.

[Steven Crowder]

He's just doing Billy Joel lyrics.

[Dave Landau]

God bless you all.

[Joe Biden]

May God protect our troops. Thank you for this great honor.

[Dave Landau]

And what else? That's it.

[Steven Crowder]

I didn't realize. He's literally just doing Billy Joel there. That's why you're keeping the faith. Inflation? Is that all you got for money?

[Dave Landau]

Modest beginnings. Uptown girl.

[Steven Crowder]

I'm moving out. Moving on. The theme of the speech, by the way, really seemed to be. You notice a Statue of Liberty was centered around that. Which, by the way, makes sense, happens to be the theme of the cosplay night at the Biden boudoir, which. Yeah, that is. Oh.

[Dave Landau]

Also wanna.

[Steven Crowder]

Correct.

[Dave Landau]

I'm just glad he's finally with a woman.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. Well, at least he's watching.

[Gerald Morgan]

There you go.

[Steven Crowder]

I hate to be a stickler here, but the Statue of Liberty cannot literally move. It may be able to figuratively move. If it did literally move. Look, like this.

[Dave Landau]

How did he get up there? He's so lost.

[Steven Crowder]

He's like, there's Operation Dumbo Drop.

[Dave Landau]

Operation Dumbass Drop.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. Hey, come on.

[Gerald Morgan]

I stutter.

[Dave Landau]

Hey, was that a joke?

[Steven Crowder]

Hey, you're still rock and roll on me. Oh, geez.

[Gerald Morgan]

Back to that.

[Steven Crowder]

What's the matter with the tie I'm wearing? It's not too wide. You're too wide. I remember I walked through Bedford style alone. What?

[Dave Landau]

It was when I wore a younger man's clothes.

[Steven Crowder]

I've been sleeping with the television on.

[Dave Landau]

Oh, jeez.

[Steven Crowder]

All right. I don't know. But they say only the good die young.

[Dave Landau]

That's why he's so awful.

[Gerald Morgan]

He's still here.

[Steven Crowder]

Keep waiting on my turn. All right. There was a lot that was spoken in this farewell speech. So this is the last time we'll be able to do it. It's time for some claim truth. All right, again, just on the theme that former Vice President Biden is not a good man, has never been a good man, and he didn't have a stutter until was 70 years old. His claim was that he has been president for all Americans in the past four years.

[Joe Biden]

Our democracy is held strong, and every day I've kept my commitment to Be president for all Americans.

[Gerald Morgan]

It's fair.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, that is fair. Here's the truth. No.

[Joe Biden]

Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. This MAGA threat is a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. It's also a threat to the character of our nation that gives our Constitution life. You know, Trump and his MAGA supporters not only embrace political violence, but they laugh about it.

[Steven Crowder]

You called your opponent an existential threat on a call a week ago. You said it's time to put Trump in the bullseye.

[Joe Biden]

I didn't. I didn't say crosshairs. I meant bullseye. We got a lot came out.

[Gerald Morgan]

I made it worse. I didn't say. I didn't say crosshairs. I mean bullseye. Lots of people can try to get him.

[Dave Landau]

He was just accused of saying that.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, sure. That means the same thing. You may be right. That may be crazy.

[Gerald Morgan]

But I hate this.

[Steven Crowder]

But it's just. Maybe you're looking for. That's not what we're looking for. For Vice President Biden. Turn off the lights. Don't try to save me. Let's go to the next claim. I've been doing this for the longest time. Oh, oh. For the longest time. It's something he would do. It's not that far off.

[Gerald Morgan]

Just start reading a script.

[Dave Landau]

It's like how the funeral at Carter had like that speech from Meet the Bears.

[Steven Crowder]

All right, Sorry. Okay. We have to. By the way, Tim, Tim Kane always looks drunk. Lady Lane always looks drunk full screen on cnn. Always looks drunk.

[Dave Landau]

Flushed in the cheeks there.

[Steven Crowder]

Push us into needless military expenditures and even hostilities.

[Gerald Morgan]

Come on, Virginia, do better.

[Steven Crowder]

We'll reset this again with the. Let's bring the claim back up. The claim from former Vice President Biden. And this is important because I don't want you to allow anyone to venerate him as, ah, gee, he was a decent guy. We just went through that with Carter. Carter was not a good man. He was not a good man. He was not a well intentioned man. That is false. He was a bad person. He was a bad president. And his post presidency was even worse. I don't say this to cheap shot. We've been making these shots while he's in office the entire time. Figuratively. I meant bullseye, not target. Don't allow people to say that. He was a good guy who we disagreed with. Nope. No, he was not. Because his claim here is fundamentally dishonest. On every level that he created 17 million jobs for Americans at home.

[Joe Biden]

We've created nearly 17 million new jobs, more than any other single administration, a single term. Millions of entrepreneurs and companies creating new businesses and industries, hiring American workers using American products.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, so here's the truth. You know well enough that most of the jobs that had would be considered part of the economic growth were returning jobs from COVID Okay, that was 9.4 million jobs. But here's the more important truth. 25% of the jobs under the Biden administration were government jobs. Okay, so that's just taking your tax dollars to give it to someone who may or may not have rightfully earned it. Then we said employing Americans. Here's the really disturbing truth. Native born Americans had zero job growth. None, no new jobs, foreign workers. Over 6 million new jobs under the Biden administration.

[Dave Landau]

Geez, that makes sense.

[Steven Crowder]

Want to go back to that H1B talk? To be clear. So that's the part that is dishonest. He says, oh, okay, we'll give it to you. They return from COVID that you guys helped orchestrate. Kneecap Donald Trump, 40. He's gonna come back as 47. So you have to deal with that. But for Americans, we employed Americans. There is no way that anyone in his entire administration can justify that. Reference is available as every show link in the description. Here's another claim that former Vice President Biden made that you need to be afraid. I don't know what happened to unity, but an unchecked oligarchy is going to usher in a new era of. And this is a term they really like to use, misinformation.

[Joe Biden]

Today an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy.

[Steven Crowder]

Listen to this slur here.

[Joe Biden]

Our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot from for everyone to get ahead. Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation, disinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing. What social media is giving up on fact checking? The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, let me, before I get to the truth, I can prove this in real time. Can you rewind it right to where he says? We really were trying? Was he saying pillars? Was he saying editors? Was he saying Elmers? Was he talking about glue?

[Dave Landau]

I think it's errors.

[Steven Crowder]

Let's see, let's see what he says.

[Joe Biden]

The free press is crumbling. Editors are disappearing.

[Steven Crowder]

Editors. I think he's saying editors and his entire. His Entire speech was riddled with this, by the way. Ok, when you say misinformation, do you mean like the press carrying your water saying that you were mentally fit for the job? Because we just saw that you weren't. And we saw it in the debate. That debate will go down as historic because it will be the moment that Americans realize they were completely lied to. Everyone, a chorus. Cnn, abc, NBC, cbs, msnbc, take your pick. Everyone outside of half of Fox News said, oh, come on, this guy is fit. That's an unfounded attack, that he's unfit. That's ageism. And then everyone watched the debate and said, oh, my God, this man's not in charge of anything. But here are some more truths for those of you who don't know. When he talks about misinformation, the truth. We just had this for the last four years. You have big tech censorship, especially, by the way, on the topics that were at Biden's behest. Like the story of his son. Right. The Hunter Biden laptop was something that the Democrat Party wanted to suppress. I understand that was during an election.

[Dave Landau]

It was made up and then he was, you know, excused for it.

[Steven Crowder]

Yep. Then you had Covid. Right. The 2020 election. Anything even critical of the vaccine or even pointing out that there could be side effects. In other words, even pointing out the degree of side effects with the MRNA injection that might be comparable to other side effects of drugs. And the media lied simultaneously. They lied about Trump, they lied about January 6th. A lot of you believe that we lost viewers because we said it's not what you think it is. Now people know that they hid the mental decline that we talked about. Hunter Biden. I mean, this is the guy. By the way, when he talks about an oligarchy, do you mean oligarchy? Do you mean, like, weaponizing the doj? Do you mean pardoning and protecting corrupt politicians or family members? Do you mean politicizing coverage of every single political event, whether it's for gun control, abortion, falsely claiming that women are dying because they can't get abortions? Let's just be really clear about this on the way out, he lied. He lied his entire time in office. Barack Obama was worse as far as weaponizing our agencies or institutions. That's why he talks so much about the Brooklyn institutions. You gotta trust he doesn't talk about our values, the Constitution, the American people. He always mentions the institutions first. If you watch his speech, the institutions are so important. Oh, you mean government control.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. Let me clarify. So he said, we've given up on fact checking. No, no, no, no, no. We gave up on the fact checkers. That was the problem. We still want fact checking. We're just doing it through community notes instead of having a pre selected list of people that are going to lie to us every single time and tell us that you're mentally fit. Like you've listed out these examples. That's the kind of stuff that they fact checked.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

All right.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, for the party that's against oligarchies and is for the people. The Democratic Party, the parpy. The Democratic Party, they're certainly against crowdsourcing information and fact checking.

[Gerald Morgan]

Well, they're the elites. They're the only ones that can be the gatekeepers. And by the way, they're just mad we got us a billionaire. They had George Soros.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah, we went out, he got a Medal of Freedom.

[Steven Crowder]

And by the way, did you see that Nina Jankowicz, the one who headed up the Department of Misinformation, I believe it was, lasted one month. Now she's the head of some nonprofit and she's furious about Mark Zuckerberg.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, I wonder why.

[Steven Crowder]

Saying that. It's a travesty. It's a crime against democracy. So again, the mask comes off. This was the person we were told would be unbiased, just like former Vice President Biden was mentally fit. By the way, we mentioned this early on the show, American Financing, if you guys are actually looking at a home loan or you just want to get a better rate, no upfront fees, you can close in 10 days. You can save up to $800 a month. Call 1-800-974-6500 or go to americanfinancing.net Crowder. I can't recommend them enough.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah, don't forget the number.

[Steven Crowder]

Say it.

[Gerald Morgan]

NMLS 182334.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't know why I have to say it. I don't like saying it. But that means that I'm legally cleared.

[Gerald Morgan]

334.

[Steven Crowder]

Let's go.

[Dave Landau]

Are you speaking binary?

[Steven Crowder]

I don't know what any of this means. And by the way, I've got an.

[Gerald Morgan]

Admonishment for both of us in my back pocket. I'm just waiting on it.

[Steven Crowder]

What is it?

[Gerald Morgan]

No, I'm not going to tell you. When we get there, I will. Both.

[Dave Landau]

I mean, I could just admonish Gerald for fun.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, exactly.

[Dave Landau]

Admonish him for the mystery.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Don't threaten me with a good time, tool man.

[Dave Landau]

For the mystique.

[Gerald Morgan]

Severely.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah, you deserve it.

[Gerald Morgan]

I said I had the admonishment. For both of us. Yeah, but we both got something wrong. What do we get? I'm not going to tell you until we get there. It'll be for the both of you. It'll be when we get to rfk.

[Steven Crowder]

What do we get wrong? Are you minority reporting?

[Gerald Morgan]

You said red died, number 40.

[Steven Crowder]

No, sorry. Red dye three.

[Gerald Morgan]

And I said four.

[Steven Crowder]

It's red dye three.

[Gerald Morgan]

It's three.

[Steven Crowder]

Did I say in the intro red dye 40?

[Gerald Morgan]

You said 40.

[Steven Crowder]

Oh, I'm sorry. And I said red die three to.

[Gerald Morgan]

Correct you, and I was wrong.

[Steven Crowder]

Are they the same thing? Red dye 40 and red dye 3?

[Dave Landau]

I like the red die 40.

[Steven Crowder]

Forgive me. Those are the same numbers? Yes. Forgive me. Hey, come on. It's not like I said dinosaurs aren't real.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah, well, I understand. Wow, we really screwed that.

[Steven Crowder]

There's a. There's a. Gerald said the earth is flat. I know. He said that yesterday. If the earth was a globe, then if it's spinning, that if I go up in a helicopter, why do I land in the same place? I'm like, gerald, you're not going to understand this.

[Gerald Morgan]

Answer something on X saying, I do you, one of us. I will blast your account.

[Steven Crowder]

Monday, the inauguration, I believe have some surprise guests will be interacting with you. Doing a special long live stream here. I believe it starts at 10:30 Eastern, right? 10:30 Eastern, if I'm not mistaken. And if you want to stay in touch, best thing is download the Rumble app if you're subscribed. Yeah, just subscribe and you'll only get notifications for the live stream. So download that Rumble app. That's the best thing you can do. Hit it, tool man. I'll admonish you.

[Dave Landau]

I was going to put this. It's 11. 11 30.

[Gerald Morgan]

30.

[Steven Crowder]

We need more admonish.

[Gerald Morgan]

Merry jeez, man, you're addicted.

[Steven Crowder]

He's doing this on purpose.

[Gerald Morgan]

Ooh, I like it.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah. Now I'll do this.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Download that Rumble app. Oh, my gosh. Thanks, Tim. It's a Pavlovian response. Because when I hear that downbeat, I was. I was anticipating it. Admonish.

[Gerald Morgan]

And it moved.

[Dave Landau]

Oh. Did it up or down?

[Gerald Morgan]

Did it not matter? Stupid belt buckle.

[Steven Crowder]

Fifty shades of Toolman. I'm going to explain that belt buckle dream that I had.

[Dave Landau]

It's not going to work.

[Steven Crowder]

It's a new belt buckle, guys. I had a whole dream about it. No, I wrote it down and everything.

[Dave Landau]

Well, don't say it on air. Someone's going to take it.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, someone's going to take it. Yeah. Probably the Chinese, and then they'll fail at it. So let's get to this. There's a real value in posturing. Now, this is something that may be foreign to some of you, not to men. We understand this because we grow up with it, right? If you look even in the animal kingdom, and no, I'm not saying that we are the same as the beasts, but outside of lions, a lot of animals, their fighting is posturing. Like, even if you look at the most vicious animals, bears, they don't fight to the death. Once one of them kind of realizes, okay, I'm outmatched, they move on down the trail. That's a lot of things in life and certainly as it relates to politics. Why do you think that Trudeau was such a joke? So we see this now because of the ceasefire agreement that seems to be falling apart, right? Donald Trump understands this better than anyone out there. He wrote the book on it. So for those of you who weren't aware yesterday this ceasefire had been reached, we have a brief kind of video for you. But then I want to get into some of the other wins that have already happened before Donald Trump has taken office. And the why is, okay, he's not in office yet. But the posturing, the positioning, the threat is a very valuable tool provided your enemies or bad actors believe that you'll follow through. So first, let's start this with Israel and terrorists. It gives us great pleasure in Qatar, Egypt and the United States to announce the success of the joint mediation efforts and the fact that the two belligerents in the Gaza Strip have reached a deal on the prisoner narrated by the Israelis. Swap and a ceasefire in the hopes of, if you want a picnic, a permanent cease fire between the two sides, as well as allowing the access of large quantities of relief aid to the Palestinian brothers and the Gaza Strip. He doesn't like that. What's name? Herzog.

[Dave Landau]

That's it, Warner.

[Steven Crowder]

When I look into the cold, lifeless, I do not see a potential friend, but only the lifeless beadiness that is empty and devoid of humanity. Perhaps he can find a friend in nature's bear. So that happened. And then Biden immediately tried to take credit for the ceasefire.

[Joe Biden]

The elements of this deal were what I laid out in detail this past May, which was embraced by countries around the world and endorsed overwhelmingly by the UN Security Council. This is the cease fire agreement I introduced last spring. Today, Hamas and Israel have agreed to that cease fire agreement.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, none of that is correct, by the way. And I want to ask you if you think Biden or Trump? Because the next question comes to him from someone saying, hey, how much credit did. Does Trump have for this? You had something.

[Gerald Morgan]

What changed? You said you introduced it last spring and everybody, everybody around the world was happy with it. Except for, except for Hamas and Israel. What changed? They came to the table finally. What do you think happened?

[Steven Crowder]

Another good hot take from Gerald.

[Dave Landau]

Well, they had a New Year's resolution, probably. Yeah, they gotta follow through on the resolution.

[Gerald Morgan]

Less terroristy. I will less terrorist act this year.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, that's exactly. I will drink less wine made from Jew blood. So then of course, the natural follow up was, hey, do you think that this is you or Trump? And being surprised the press may actually challenge him. Biden in refusing to walk away because he can't do it. His ego won't allow it. Yeah, this was his response.

[Joe Biden]

Thank you, books.

[Steven Crowder]

Credit for this, Mr. President. You or Trump just leave.

[Joe Biden]

Is that a joke? Oh, thank you.

[Steven Crowder]

Jeez. Oh, by the way, he cut the girl start way too late.

[Dave Landau]

Well, he probably does believe that. Just like Billy Joel's perverted, so.

[Gerald Morgan]

Exactly.

[Steven Crowder]

He said, is that a joke? Only well, once. Then his State Department actually thanked Trump for his role in brokering the deal. We of course, thanked the Trump team for working with this on this ceasefire agreement. We think it's important that they were at the table. And I think it shows that when Americans are worked or are willing to work together across partisan lines, as we were willing to do on this occasion, because it's in the national interest of the United States, there's a lot that we can get done. And then Netanyahu thanked both Trump and Biden. Emphasis on the Trump. And then Arab officials told the Times of Israel that Trump's envoy did quote more to sway the premier in a single sit down than outgoing President Joe Biden did all year.

[Dave Landau]

Take it from the horse's mouth.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes.

[Dave Landau]

That reporter, by the way, when he asked, when he went, Biden goes, is that a joke? The reporter just said, no joke.

[Steven Crowder]

No joke.

[Dave Landau]

No, it's not a joke, folks.

[Steven Crowder]

Not a joke.

[Dave Landau]

If it's your last day with him, might as well burn a bridge.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, exactly. Like when you trash your locker. Yes. You might be surprised by the way that the entire Arab world is actually excited by this. A lot of people don't realize they do want peace and stability to some degree. Even if many of them don't like Jews, they've been pretty happy about it. As seen with the dropping of the latest hot track from Destiny's Child Bride.

[Gerald Morgan]

We bout to beat Trump.

[Steven Crowder]

Push it too far.

[Dave Landau]

Now they're getting overthrown.

[Gerald Morgan]

Can see those knees as he starts to bend. You know, they try to play a dirty. Now they about to be.

[Steven Crowder]

Unfortunately, all of them were circumcised.

[Dave Landau]

Oh, the girls?

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Not willingly.

[Gerald Morgan]

Jeez.

[Steven Crowder]

Cultural rel. That's just one of those where people say, like, all cultures are equal. No, I think it's always bad to circumcise women. How about that? I think it's always bad to remove women's genitals so that they may never experience sexual pleasure, period. I think we're better than them. You can come. Hey, does that make me Islamophobic? I'm fine with it. Comment below. Are you fine with it? I'm fine with it.

[Dave Landau]

I'm fine with it.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, I think we all are. Hey, why do you think you're better than them? Because they saw off young girls. Pardon me. Clit her eye.

[Dave Landau]

I'm not saying I'm great. I'm just saying.

[Gerald Morgan]

I'm just saying I'm better than that.

[Steven Crowder]

We've all made some mistakes. Yeah, I've never done that. So Trump responded to the deal here on. On Truth, and we'll get to what the deal looks like and how it's falling apart. And this is my, I guess, first Trump impression of the year.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

He said this EPIC cease fire agreement could only have happened as a result of our historic victory in November. And it is historic, folks. Everyone says so. As it signaled to the entire world that my administration would seek peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans and our allies. Lots of Jews. I am thrilled American and Israeli hostages will be returning home to be reunited with their families and loved ones. We've achieved so much without even being in the White House. Just imagine all of the wonderful things that will happen when I return to the White House and my administration is fully confirmed so that they can secure. Oh, here it is. More victories for the United States. I was wondering. There was no. There were no caps.

[Gerald Morgan]

I know. At the end. Yes, EPIC was into it. Yes.

[Steven Crowder]

So the deal's not finalized. And that obviously we didn't think this thing was going to last, but it would have been broken up here into two phases. Okay, phase one. 33 Israeli hostages were gonna be exchanged for hundreds of Hamas members in Israeli prisons. And by the way, that would include two of the four living American hostages. I don't like it. I think all 4. The IDF would agree to stop fighting, specifically move out of the Gazan cities. Then the next phase would be negotiating I guess the remainder of the hostages and kind of working that out. It is pretty lopsided as far as agreements go. As far as hostages go.

[Gerald Morgan]

It is. It's like. I can't remember what the number was, but I saw something over a thousand hostages being released on, or not hostages, sorry, 1,000 prisoners being released on one side. And there are three phases to the deal. And most people don't think that even if it gets going, and Israel this morning, we have information from Israel saying that they're withholding kind of the vote right now because they've already reneged on it. Hamas, that it probably will never see phase two.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. I also see the problem with this. And the reason that Israel would have a problem is if they return any of those hostages, that sends the message to Hamas, well, just take more hostages, and then eventually they'll negotiate with.

[Gerald Morgan]

What is it, like 300 to 1?

[Dave Landau]

I mean, the math works out. It's like, well, if they take 100 of us. Yeah, we can. I mean, we take three of theirs and we'll get our hundred back.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, yeah. So there are problems with it, but the fact that there are any talks at all, again, that's a change. What changed since the last. How long has this been going? Is it a year and a half now?

[Gerald Morgan]

October 7th. So, yeah, you're looking at a year and three months or so.

[Steven Crowder]

So it's very likely gonna be falling apart. But again, this does signal a change in tone, and it's not the only one. So I'd like to go through some of the instances that we've seen of posture and winds, because you've been told by the left you've been gassed. They go, well, you think just because Donald Trump threatens, you think China's gonna care if he threatens tariffs? Yes, Yes, I do. You think Mexico's gonna care if he. Yes, I do. Yes, I do. Because he means it. They believe he means it, and we actually have far more leverage. We've been kneecapping ourselves in recent years, so they understand. I mean, look at Japan during World War II. The quote is, you know, I'm afraid we've awakened a sleeping giant. Yeah, that's exactly what is happening here. Hey, we're just using the power and the leverage that we have always had, and we're going to stop being fleeced. So let's go through Mexico. The posture. Okay. That we saw from Donald Trump. He threatened, of course, you know, this. Mexico, huge tariffs. They didn't stop illegal immigration. Drugs primarily. Right. That was a big deal. You all know it. He was accused of being racist. The win. Well, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum already increased pressure on these migrant caravans, sent troops to Sinaloa to deal with those cartels, and by the way, instituted a new economic plan to reduce imports from China because they saw the writing on the wall with that.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

So you see those consequences right away. Is it a total fix? No. But what changed? You think Biden deserves credit for this? Another. Another one. That is pretty fun, actually. Greenland. Okay. The posture.

[Gerald Morgan]

I love this story.

[Steven Crowder]

Donald Trump basically just said, I want to buy it.

[Gerald Morgan]

I know.

[Steven Crowder]

And think about this. This is the kind of thing where the media, they go like. And this is a man who's completely insane talking perch, talking about buying Greenland. Okay, here's the win. The leader. I've heard Greenland and Greenland. You can admonish me if I. I'll get it wrong both ways. Their leader immediately said that they were ready to talk to Trump and improve ties. And they also said that they didn't want to be a part of Denmark. Here's a poll for you. A majority of Greenlanders support independence from Denmark. That's 68%. And then there was another poll. I don't know how reputable this poll is. I wasn't able to look into it. So that. That first one is an independent poll, to be clear. Seems reputable. This new poll from Patriot Polling found that a majority want to join the U.S. 57% approve versus 37%. But even if that one is accurate, they definitely want to divorce from Denmark. So is it that crazy? At the very least, hey, that's a value to the United States. And you said the man was nuts for even proposing it. Let's look at dei. The posturing that we saw. Donald Trump made it really clear that he was going to crack down on DEI in his second term.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Full stop. The win. You now see it with huge companies rolling back dei, including Facebook, Wright, Zuckerberg. As to whether the transition is genuine. I know you have those questions. McDonald's, Walmart, Ford, even. Who did the gay raptor truck? Remember that? Abomination.

[Dave Landau]

It's better than the lightning.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

Waiting on Doritos.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Well, that comes up next because red dye.

[Gerald Morgan]

Ah, jeez.

[Steven Crowder]

Red dye number three. Band the posturing. And this one is really clear. You know, the FDA said, oh, my gosh, if they find out about this. Yeah, we are going to be in trouble. Hey, they haven't banned this here in the United States, even though it's banned in the eu, even though it's banned in cosmetics for decades. For decades. And then someone started speaking out about food additives. And not all food additives are toxic. Just to be clear, I don't necessarily buy into the natural fallacy. There's some natural chemicals that are bad for you and there are some man made chemicals that are good for you. But I think we can all agree that we probably need to have a better idea as to what is going into our food supply. And we're a little more lenient than a lot of other developed countries. But no one was talking about it. None of these chemicals were being banned until. What changed? The posturing. Oh, that's right. Until Trump tapped RFK Jr. For the HHS secretary role. The only man who was bringing this to the forefront. You godless son of a. You stop this. You godless son of a. I guess wrong clip, but I can't tell the difference. Here's, here's the right one. These. And red dye also is, you know, very bad in Europe. These same companies are producing the same products, but they're using natural coloring. But here they can get away with it. We have about almost a thousand chemicals that are in our food that are either outright banned in Europe or actively.

[Gerald Morgan]

Discouraged every time I listen to them.

[Steven Crowder]

So the win, like, you know, the FDA just announced red dead number three is banned.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, no.

[Steven Crowder]

Because something, something cancer or other. Hey, next you'll tell me he was right about fluoride.

[Gerald Morgan]

And hold on, bring that article back up. Here's the really interesting part right here. A synthetic diet that gives food and drinks their bright red cherry color, but.

[Steven Crowder]

Has been linked to cancer in animals.

[Gerald Morgan]

When. When was it linked to cancer? Is this a brand new discovery that you.

[Steven Crowder]

No, no, no, no.

[Gerald Morgan]

It came across like five days ago. We're like, oh, no. Red dye number three, cancer.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Well, here's the thing. And people will say, well, only linked to cancer in rats. Let me walk you through this. Or in animals. I believe it was studies in rats. And I believe it was the 1980s if I'm not mistaken. Mission control, you can bring that up. All right, so this is not necessarily like a drug when it's a food additive. Okay. If something, something promotes cancer. Right. In animals. Okay, you can't conduct those studies on humans. Why? Because it would be medically unethical to already have evidence that it could possibly exacerbate cancer. Then say, let's inject it into people. So you would think that it relates to cancer in a completely unnecessary food additive. If the FDA cares about you, they would err on the side of not giving you something or not allowing something that gave animals cancer. And instead they said, you know, your guess is as good as mine. Leave it in.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. Kids cereal. Let's put it in. Kids soft drinks.

[Steven Crowder]

I just threw out every Pop Tart in the house.

[Gerald Morgan]

Good job.

[Dave Landau]

Unrelated.

[Steven Crowder]

And the candy canes left over from. I was like, there's red dye in there. Get out. Every single thing is gone. Some of them have juice, though. Was it Annie's gummies? They just natural juice gives autism, though.

[Dave Landau]

So I stopped letting my son eat the red. Play doh. It's like, no more red.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, no more redo.

[Gerald Morgan]

Just the blue.

[Dave Landau]

Exactly.

[Steven Crowder]

Horrible idea, too. Play doh. It's like, hey, it looks like a strawberry, it smells like a strawberry, but it'll kill you.

[Dave Landau]

They give you tools to make it into food. You get like little pasta makers.

[Gerald Morgan]

It's like flour.

[Dave Landau]

It's encouraging to eat it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Eat Playdoh.

[Steven Crowder]

It's a horrible idea.

[Gerald Morgan]

You shouldn't, but you can't.

[Steven Crowder]

Let's look at another one. And again, I'll reference available at lotterwithcrowder.com, link in the description comment below. Which one you think is the most satisfying one? I think for a lot of people it's red dye because so many people were accused of being crazy.

[Gerald Morgan]

The red tide is turning.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, it is. Yes, it is the red tide. Well, the red tide is. It spares no one. Don't bring it up. I still have flashbacks. So the posturing here that we've seen as it relates to resignations, right? Specifically the deep state. So Donald Trump threatened to go after. Pam Bondi was grilled about this, as though the deep state should be protected. He said he was going to go after the weaponized deep state.

[Joe Biden]

Here's my plan to dismantle the deep state and reclaim our democracy from Washington.

[Steven Crowder]

Corruption once and for all. The departments and agencies that have been.

[Joe Biden]

Weaponized will be completely overhauled so that.

[Steven Crowder]

Faceless bureaucrats will never again be able.

[Joe Biden]

To target and persecute conservatives, Christians, or the left's political enemies, which they're doing now at a level that nobody can believe even possible.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, pucker up, buttercup, because it's time for the win. We've seen resignations. Jack Smith, Chris Wray, really some of the worst ones. Let me ask you this. If you're left or right, do you think the government was better off having Jack Smith and Chris Ray?

[Gerald Morgan]

No.

[Steven Crowder]

If you don't want to say that these are deep state bad leftist actors do you believe they were impartial? Does anyone believe that? And if you say that you do, I'll call you a liar. Jack Smith gone. Chris Ray gone. Then you heard Schiff saying, are you gonna investigate Jack Smith? To Pam, Bonnie, they're really, really concerned about Jack Smith. They're gone, by the way, bonus. So is Justin Trudeau. No more of that.

[Dave Landau]

I'm sure there will be more of that.

[Steven Crowder]

There will be more of that.

[Dave Landau]

Now that he's not in office, I'm sure he has to go right back to the minstrel show.

[Steven Crowder]

He can't help himself. Yeah, no, he has a compulsion. Let's look at the. Oh, the Alvin Bragg case. We know this one quite well. Thank you. Mudclub Undercover. The posturing. Donald Trump was absolutely. Whether you agree with him or not, whether you like him or not, he was the most persecuted political candidate certainly in modern American history. I think you can argue ever. I mean, you're talking about long standing norms. When people talk about their institutions, those on the left protecting our institutions, these institutions that exist and how they were used against Donald Trump, they bear no resemblance to the institutions that you, you know, the FBI or the CIA that you believed existed, for example, in movies like, I don't know, the Fugitive, right, Where you thought they were the good guys. So they're not the. No, they're not the good guys. The pencil pushers are not the good guys. They're not the same as the guys with guns out there in the field. The posture. Donald Trump was facing this in that persecution also, by the way, shot at and he never backed down. And he made it really clear that he was going to stand up to the corrupt lawfare.

[Joe Biden]

Thank you very much. I would say in listening to the.

[Steven Crowder]

Charges from the judge who's, as you know, very conflicted and corrupt because of the confliction. Very, very corrupt. Mother Teresa could not beat these charges.

[Dave Landau]

But I did.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, he's got away with words.

[Steven Crowder]

Mother Teresa is kind of not that great if you think about it. What did she do? She gave some kids some blankets. I don't know.

[Dave Landau]

Wasn't even a mother.

[Steven Crowder]

Fake news, fake.

[Gerald Morgan]

Not a mother lied her whole life.

[Steven Crowder]

People. I would never say people. I don't want people to get mad because I'm Teresa. So the win on this one, pretty clear. The victory from Donald Trump. And you played a huge role in that because of the mud Club Undercover. Your support, the DOJ story where they were caught, an official spokesperson saying, hey, they're just stacking charge on top of charge on top of charge to try and make anything stick to Donald Trump. Well, Donald Trump won. And that forced Judge Merchant's hand to sentence Donald Trump to nothing. I'd call that a win.

[Gerald Morgan]

This is the most blatant weaponization of the Department of Justice. No, not Department of Justice. Sorry, cuz. This was Bragg's office doing this in New York to try and affect an election. So these charges were so serious that this case had to proceed. It had to be. He had to be found guilty. And then there had to be a time where sentencing, it could be jail, it could be, you know, a big monetary fine. Oh, wait, then the election happens and then all of this is like, well, I guess, I guess nothing is fine. Because if this really was a crime, the judge came to the conclusion that he could sentence him, that he wouldn't be immune from this because he won a presidential election. He would actually have to serve out the term. Maybe it would have to wait until after he was president, whatever. They were debating about that, but then he comes back with zero. Not even a fine, not even a slap on the wrist, no probation, nothing.

[Steven Crowder]

Nothing.

[Gerald Morgan]

That was absolute election interference. And if they don't get to the bottom of this and somebody is held accountable on that, I don't think we're ever gonna trust.

[Steven Crowder]

There's a reason. He said, ah, maybe I'll delay this, maybe I can send some. He did that. Well, the DOJ spokesperson, who on a hidden camera, Right. Talked about, was asked about Bragg. Cuz all of this is tied together, let's be honest. You know, these people get on a phone call and he said to our undercover journalist, he said, well, did you know who Alan Bragg was before this story? Now you do?

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

That helps with fundraising.

[Gerald Morgan]

A little ambitious.

[Steven Crowder]

That helps with selling books. You have to understand, you have to understand that people who are in government, they make their huge bones after government. I mean, they go sit on a board at Pfizer or they go on a speaking tour. They get paid 200,000 to show up to some wealthy executives or investors, run for mayor of New York or they run for mayor. That could be.

[Dave Landau]

Well, they started Pilates class.

[Steven Crowder]

That's true.

[Gerald Morgan]

That's the road less taken, Josh. But yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

And by the way, this is something that we see. Posturing is very important. And I think the reason that the left tries to downplay it is because of the feminization of politics that they want to see. I mean, you saw it with Hegseth, you saw it even with Bondi, surprisingly, yesterday. They don't like to acknowledge that posturing, that a show of strength is valuable. And it is, and we all know it is. Otherwise no one would fear Putin. Let's be really clear. There's a value in that. And by the way, this isn't the first time when people just say, oh, this is just a happenstance. I don't know. Luck, really. Did you guys forget his first term? Think about when he threatened Ford if they moved their plant from Kentucky to Mexico. That worked, right? He threatened to withhold funds to countries who didn't help. Stop illegal. That worked. He successful. Remember, he said, hey, people need to start paying their fair share in NATO, which people had not done for decades. Not even close. I think there were three or four countries total, and for the first time, oh, all of a sudden the United States is going to leave, which really, NATO is pretty much. More money, please. United States. Okay, let's start paying our fair share. Remember when he threatened Mexico and Canada with tariffs if NAFTA was not replaced? And that worked. So it's not like there's no track record here. There's a huge value in posturing. And by the way, it's negotiation. This is the guy who wrote the book. You may not like him, but that's why you're seeing it. Or as Biden says. Is that a joke? No, no, it's not. You're moving out.

[Dave Landau]

That's what audiences say.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, let's. Well, we're going to move on now to. I mean, show. But you wanted to say something?

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. So we've got a brand new shirt here, right? So California psycho Gavin Newsom. It's Fantastic. Go to Crowdershop.com right now to get it. It's actually going to benefit. 20% of proceeds will go to directly benefit California fire victims. So make sure that you go and support. Get an awesome shirt and support people who are dealing. Hopefully it looks like the weather's calmed down in California and they're actually gonna be able to get these things relatively under control more quickly. So that's great news because people's lives have been destroyed by this stuff.

[Steven Crowder]

I hope so. So let's move on here to this story and you guys can comment below where you line up. You know where we line up in the TikTok. Ban.

[Gerald Morgan]

Ban it.

[Steven Crowder]

I think it's the free speech approach to TikTok that you see, and you see a lot of flip flopping from those on the right. Very oddly, might I add, it doesn't apply when you're dealing with the Communist Chinese Party.

[Gerald Morgan]

Okay.

[Steven Crowder]

This is where Libertarian conservatism has failed tremendously. Yep. In the United States. I get it. I understand it. But when you are dealing with international corporations who are largely held and controlled by the Communist Chinese party. No, no, you're not talking about free speech. That's the issue. It's an actual national security issue for Americans. TikTok. I'm sorry, everything else you say about businesses, about cat video, it doesn't matter. This is not the same as Meta, as YouTube censoring Americans with points of view that they don't like. On TikTok, I have been banned for a very long time. You can't be critical of the Chinese government. You can test it yourself and see what happens. So the ban is going into effect now. Many of those who have advocated against it have found another home. I know what you're thinking, okay. This is going to be much more free speech centric, you would think, hopefully replace the bad with, you know, make improvements. And the app is called xiaohongshuangshu, which actually translates to Little Red Book. I'll get to that in a second. It is completely located, headquartered in China, subject to the whims of the CCP, and it meets every single condition that TikTok did as far as being a national security threat. And I am going to lay out the case for you today in no uncertain words, that it is significantly worse. Okay? So when you see this out there and you see a lot of people who realize there's a niche market with the free speech thing and so they like to muddy those waters, what they really mean is just send them. Just send them some money. This does not apply here. I cannot be more clear. You see some TikTok refugees talking. Now. Some of them, I believe, are already banned as to how much they love xiaohongzu. Most of us from TikTok joined RedNote because, to be honest, it was the funniest form of protest that we could think of. In protest of.

[Dave Landau]

The people over at Redbook at Xiaohongju are so nice the way that the.

[Steven Crowder]

People have just, like, opened up the.

[Gerald Morgan]

App to us, you know, foreigners and TikTok refugees.

[Steven Crowder]

And just like, they open it to.

[Gerald Morgan]

Uyghur, tried to show us, started to.

[Steven Crowder]

Show us the ropes. I've been on Red note for, like, 10 minutes. I saw a girl trying to teach us Mandarin. But I do feel like I need.

[Gerald Morgan]

To learn from Mandarin because I'm.

[Steven Crowder]

I'm struggling.

[Gerald Morgan]

I just downloaded Red Note, and all I can say is that Instagram is f to go out real sad. Piao long new High.

[Steven Crowder]

So I downloaded. And I am no longer convinced that we are living in a first world country, seeing the everyday lives of Chinese people like obviously certain Chinese people. I'm not saying everybody's lives like most Chinese people who have no freedom. Insanely eye opening.

[Joe Biden]

That's your bottom dollar.

[Steven Crowder]

I went over the red note and signed right on up. There is nothing that I hate more than the government trying to tell me what I can and cannot do. Listen, I have a mom and I have a dad. I don't need the government to play that role in my life. Yeah, no, you don't need the government telling you what to do. You know, you don't need the government controlling your life. Like forbidding you to leave your house and welding you in or telling you that you can't possess an unapproved Bible or practice whatever religion you want or that you're allowed to criticize the government or control whether you access the Internet or even discuss mention Tibet, Taiwan or that crappy Brad Pitt movie or report the news. Great. I'm glad that xiaohengzhou is really nice to you Americans and you see how the Chinese freely live. Good for you. It's like those dumb. It's like those dumb broads who go to Cancun on vacation go like, I love Mexico. I can live here. How about you go three miles outside of the resort?

[Dave Landau]

That guy cracked me up at the end. This pawn shop owner or whatever he does. Yeah, I got a mother to fight. Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Why are you.

[Dave Landau]

You're in your 30s. What are you, your mom and dad. You live up your mom and dad.

[Gerald Morgan]

I don't like being told a husband.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't like being told what to say because Xi Jinping is aces. I mean, so the app is at number one in the App Store. It's already attracted a bunch of American influencers. Those on the left, those on the right, including those on the right. You have people like Candace Owens, you have people like Nick Fuentes, Jackson Hinkle. What is Xiaohongshu? All right. And if you're a free speech advocate, let me ask you this. Do you think that the free speech absolutism position for an American, it needs to include free platform invasion here in the United States from the Communist Chinese party? In other words, do you believe that a free speech absolutist has to support unfettered access to platforms that are without a doubt used for Chinese propaganda? Comment? I don't. That's why I'm not a libertarian. I believe freedom of speech for Americans and I certainly don't believe that we should be sending money to or using the services of an app that puts that money directly in the pocket of the Communist Chinese Party. So let me go through some fast facts here so you have some context. The references are available fast. Fact number one here. You have a lot of users and they're referring to this app as Red Note. You'll hear that. Red Note. Okay. Cases hasn't been clear enough. Let me tell you something fun to say not to be on. It literally translates, and I'm not misusing it, like Donald Trump, like Joe Biden. Sorry. Donald Trump does it too. Let's be honest, Xiao Hong Xu literally translates to Little Red Book. That is a direct homage to the Little Red Book from Mao. Whoops.

[Dave Landau]

Great Supreme Leader.

[Gerald Morgan]

That was a great.

[Steven Crowder]

I'm not going to be told what I can and can't do. And that's why I'm thrilled to be on this new app. Mine Kump.

[Gerald Morgan]

They got some great swag you can buy.

[Steven Crowder]

I tell you, I go boss. I replace Pinterest with the killing field Guilt.

[Gerald Morgan]

Where did Mal finish in our dictatoff?

[Steven Crowder]

He was number two.

[Gerald Morgan]

Number two.

[Steven Crowder]

I believe Pol Pot was number one. Key fact number two, this app, just to be clear, is also. It's not China's TikTok. That's what some people think. It's really kind of a combination of Pinterest and Instagram, which seems like that may not be super relevant or interesting until you understand that that is because TikTok is actually banned in China. Yeah, that's something that a lot of people don't know. Oh, free speech. Oh, okay. Well, not in China where it's based.

[Gerald Morgan]

They don't want interaction with foreigners.

[Steven Crowder]

And we'll get to that in a second because now you're going to see that with xiaohengxiu. Key fact number three, in case there was any doubt, this app is a direct propaganda arm of the CCP. Let me be really clear about this. So in 2021, CCP stopped Xiao Kongshu from listing on the NASDAQ. The Community Standards in the app include comply with the Chinese constitution and laws of regulations, practice the core values of socialism, spread the correct view of history, nation, country and culture, carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation. TikTok was banned. This was permitted because this is in their community standards. You think that meta's fact checking was bad? Look, I hate Snopes, Politifact, whichever one does the dumbass Pinocchio thing. Oh, let's be more legitimate Outlet. Let's use the cartoon. These are the community standards of Xiaohongshu, the Little Red Book. Mao, let me give you some other examples. They also ban a slew of content there that could be considered derogatory. I know what you're thinking. Like actual doxing threats. No, it's actually up to and including 540something terms. I believe it's 540something. You guys can look it up. Terms specifically that could be used for Xi Jinping.

[Gerald Morgan]

There are that many derogatory terms.

[Steven Crowder]

Let me tell you what's banned on this app. I don't need the government to tell me what I can and can't do. Well, you're not allowed to refer to Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh, the Fecal Sprayer, Urine Bottle Virus King, or Cherish the Foreskin. Didn't even know about that one.

[Dave Landau]

What is that another character in the Hundred Acre Wood?

[Steven Crowder]

It sounds like the Nu Metal lineup at Van's Gay Warp tour.

[Gerald Morgan]

I also see naked wide buns in there.

[Dave Landau]

Good, Good point.

[Gerald Morgan]

Feal sprayer Watch.

[Steven Crowder]

Fred Durst is going to be on there, I guarantee you.

[Dave Landau]

Feal Sprayer. That was my nickname in high school.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Or the highway. You're just lazy. I just want to make money.

[Gerald Morgan]

You have explosive diarrhea one time in public and you're the feal sprayer I can't get over.

[Dave Landau]

Cherish the Foreskin.

[Steven Crowder]

Cherish the foreskin.

[Gerald Morgan]

I know what that means.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't know what it means either.

[Dave Landau]

Like a foreskin.

[Steven Crowder]

Who's the.

[Dave Landau]

A hero named Cherish.

[Steven Crowder]

Can't even.

[Gerald Morgan]

It'll be gone too soon.

[Steven Crowder]

Key fact number four here. This app, just for those of you who don't know, is just as invasive as TikTok as it relates to your private information. I don't understand how you can be against the government here not being transparent about red dye 3 and then say, well, free speech. So we're fine with an app that 100% harvests our data to use against us? All of the information stored from this app is stored within the People's Republic of China.

[Gerald Morgan]

That's worse than TikTok. Yes, because at least we tried to store most of the data here and kind of cordon it off a little bit, but that's so much worse.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. And the privacy consent there, or at least there is no privacy consent.

[Gerald Morgan]

No, no, no.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay. The privacy consent is ignored completely when. Let me give you their terms. It's necessary for the performance of statutory duties or obligations. It's necessary to respond to public health Emergencies or it's necessary to the processing personal information within a reasonable scope for. For news reporting, public opinion supervision, et cetera. For the public interest. Well, that seems pretty broad.

[Dave Landau]

Public opinion supervision. Public opinion supervision supervised over our opinions.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, and remember China, right? Their National Intelligence Law, it requires that companies cooperate with the ccp. That is what is required for you to do business. And TikTok wasn't allowed there, but this one is. It's scarier. TikTok was bad and it should be banned. I would have preferred that it be purchased by an American company.

[Gerald Morgan]

There you go.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, there you go. Be subject to the laws of the country that, you know actually has freedom of speech and shrine in its constitution. Do you guys understand this? You can go back about six or seven years. When I did, I did a change my mind. America is the greatest country on earth. Change my mind. And even if people wanted to say healthcare, we got. Okay, what about the fact that we're the only country that has the freedom of speech enshrined absolutely into our constitution? They go, well, other countries, really, they try and give you examples like Belgium, Canada, Germany, China. No other country. It's not a thing. Only here. So you need to understand that freedom of speech, when you talk about foreign entities run by a communist dictatorship, they don't have a constitution that includes the freedom of speech that cannot be reconciled with ours. But for some. In other words, if some. If a communist came in, right. If an actual communist came and say, hi, I Communist, and said, I'm going to run this Bennigan's and I'm going to run it and collect all of your information and report on everything that goes on here back to the Communist Chinese Party in Canada. Of course, it wouldn't be allowed.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

It would be like if Eric Swalwell, if the spy said, I'm a spy, we'd be like, oh, well, that's a problem. That's why we found out that it was a problem. For some reason, when it's on a digital screen, we all go, freedom of speech. This is not a freedom of speech issue. You. It's a communist Trojan horse. Very small horse.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. By the way, if a communist showed up to run a Bennigan's, he'd also be a time traveler.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, he would.

[Gerald Morgan]

Because those don't exist anymore.

[Steven Crowder]

Oh, you more TGA Friday guy. Xiaohengzhou. So key facts sound like an insult.

[Gerald Morgan]

When you say it like that.

[Dave Landau]

Key fact, Xiao Hong Xu's like, they're shenanigans.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Number five, the Communist Chinese Party is probably going to ban the app, too. And the reason for that is because even though they have all these terms of service and banned terms, the Communist Chinese Party, unlike you, unlike many Americans, not you necessarily watching, but Americans who have no problem with being spied on by the Communist Chinese Party, who have no problem with a foreign nation interfering even in our electoral process through propaganda, which you see, in their terms, is actually part of the community standards. Right. Is to allow propaganda and to silence criticism. This app is still a problem for China because they see it as facilitating interaction between China and the West. They don't want that. They don't want the Chinese citizens, unlike those creators who you saw, who are oppressed, whose rights are violated on a regular basis, who are jailed, who are not allowed to practice religion freely. If they see the freedom that Americans have, well, guess what, everything starts to unravel. You saw that quite a bit with the ussr. They saw some Wrangler jeans and said, I want that. And, like, well, it's not gonna make you look like Demi Moore. But. But we understand it.

[Dave Landau]

I don't understand it.

[Steven Crowder]

So here's actually an expert on China. Rush Doshi posted this on X, said that Xiaohongshu, if it survives Beijing, poses all the same problems that TikTok does, and probably more the us. But I think the problems it poses to Beijing right now may be greater since it's almost a tunnel under the firewall to reach PRC citizens directly. And one user out there has already noted that the app is. And this is kind of a technical term, but for those of you who understand it, they're already geofencing foreign IPs. Renault or Xiaohongshu just released an update in the Greater China region with a function to separate out foreign IPs, and there are now talks of moving all foreign IPs to a separate server and having a different IP for those who are in the Greater China area. By the way, I think that's a good look. It's kind of like Kurt Cobain meets Memoirs of a Geisha. I like it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Nice.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, I like it. Yeah. The app, by the way, is already recruiting emergency English sensors as opposed to the standard English sensors.

[Dave Landau]

Oh, love that.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Dave Landau]

You know, I actually got the Apple.

[Steven Crowder]

What?

[Dave Landau]

Yeah, I didn't want to tell you guys, but, yeah, I got the app and I threw up a video act. One of my videos went viral.

[Gerald Morgan]

No way.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Dave Landau]

Tim, do you mind playing it? I gave it to. Yeah, sure, I'll play it. Well, they translated it to Chinese. It's kind of weird, but millions of views.

[Steven Crowder]

Millions of years. You don't. You don't speak. You don't speak Chinese?

[Dave Landau]

No, they translated it.

[Steven Crowder]

Are you sure they got the translation? They got the translation.

[Dave Landau]

Well, I trust my institution. Actually, research just sent me a version.

[Steven Crowder]

Where they translated the translation.

[Gerald Morgan]

Okay.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah. So that's it.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Dave Landau]

Yeah, here it is. That's not right. I don't think that was right, actually. Last part. Yeah, I was trying to go TikTok famous.

[Steven Crowder]

Where are you from? Seattle. You are gay. Seattle is for gays.

[Dave Landau]

You mean that wasn't your.

[Steven Crowder]

Stand up, Josh, you can't.

[Dave Landau]

Well, I mean, it's close.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. They really didn't have a concern. The. The communists with decadence.

[Dave Landau]

They got the tiny.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes.

[Steven Crowder]

It's like they have a. They have a. They would be primarily concerned with, like, how we describe our desserts.

[Dave Landau]

A decadent chocolate.

[Steven Crowder]

Decadent. Fudge you eat every day. Decadent. American. Your weakness. Make you fat. You fat from decadence. False promise. Decadence. You fat. Enjoy. Red dye number three.

[Dave Landau]

Tiramisu. Sound Chinese.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. Sound Chinese, but not. But not very tasty. But far too decadent. One bite. Tiramisu. I have gout.

[Dave Landau]

I prefer a carrot cake with no kick.

[Steven Crowder]

That's right. Have gout. Look, my finger hurt. Go.

[Gerald Morgan]

Ow.

[Steven Crowder]

Finger hurt. Gout should no longer eat river and caper and tiramisu. Those of you who understand gout. Tiramisu. Uric acid so intolerant. And by the way, if you are not yet a member, Mug club is now Rumble Premium. Rumble Premium is Mug Club. You not only when you join, get this wonderful hand etched mug that we now have promoted. With Rumble Premium, you get Rumble Premium. With no ads, you get 100% more of this show. You get the Friday show we'll be streaming tomorrow. Of course, you get Nick Depaolo. You get also a bunch of gamers there too. Doctorate disrespect sporting events. The catalog is expanding rapidly. It's the only place that could really become your one stop shop. If you want to know where to subscribe, where to join. Also. I get it. The app had issues a couple years ago. Download it, give it a whirl. Try it. You can watch it on your tv. It's seamless. It requires a lot of money for infrastructure like this. And I can tell you firsthand. And Chris Pavlovsky at Rumble, the CEO is a free speech absolutist. He is. It's.

[Gerald Morgan]

I mean, like for real.

[Steven Crowder]

For real, for real, for real. Of course he can't commit crimes on Rumble, to be clear. But he's absolutely a free speech absolutist. He has not bent the knee. Is a great place to be. And we're gonna continue here today.

[Dave Landau]

And the community standards don't rely on supporting the CCP Government.

[Gerald Morgan]

No Socialism. Yeah. Okay.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. You can refer to me as Cherish the Force.

[Gerald Morgan]

Or actually fecal spray, because that would be more accurate.

[Steven Crowder]

That was personal. That's problem. You American. No. No royalty. No royalty.

[Dave Landau]

Winnie the Pooh's a funny one too, dude. It's like.

[Gerald Morgan]

It is pretty funny.

[Steven Crowder]

I could see Xi Jinping, like, trying to turn it around. Like, oh, yeah. I take it as a compliment because I eat so much of honey.

[Dave Landau]

I am so sweet.

[Steven Crowder]

If I'm a winner. The Pooh. You were a piglet, Eeyore.

[Dave Landau]

That's what the citizens are. They're all Eeyores over there. So sad.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, man.

[Steven Crowder]

Look, to wrap this up here. And I have been here. We have been here. I mean, go back to 2008, advocating for freedom of speech here on these platforms. We went through the voxheadpocalypse. It is not. We have Tranny Payne and Jihadi Bond, for crying out loud. I think you might have to hit the YouTube button. And we're the first people to migrate. All of you to rumble. A true free speech platform because we believe in it. So please understand me when I say there's a big difference between an American company. Right. Being a freedom of speech platform. That needs to be a requirement. Also a requirement. No intrusion into our country that has freedom of speech enshrined into the Constitution from a communist foreign government. Is that clear enough? Libertarian conservatism. It does not work in this instance. Just like free trade. A great idea if everyone played fairly. It does not work. I get it. You're still holding out that we legalized black tar heroin. Libertarians.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

It can't exist when you are talking about a platform run by literal communists in a communist country with communist moderators and people who run the company CEO. Everyone down managers and communist policies as their terms of service across the board. And you don't need to take my word for it. You can LeVar Burton the script. Just read. Read the community service terms. Read them, please, and tell me that I'm wrong. Also, it's kind of frightening to see so many Americans migrating there. John Cena actually took to the app, which wasn't necessarily a surprise. Once again, to apologize for those of you who don't remember, he was raked over the coals in China simply for suggesting that Taiwan actually exists. And of course, he's still on his apology tour.

[Dave Landau]

Soyoran.

[Steven Crowder]

Information.