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Ahead on American Sunrise Early Edition. Do you realize this could be the day when the midterm results get set in stone? Key votes are set in the Senate on Obamacare and a possible Obamacare replacement. A lot is riding on this. I'll let you know why.
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Jerome Powell and the Fed do cut interest rates and Wall street cheers, but we could hear some boos later this morning in a whipsaw trade. And then there's the folks on Main street still waiting for lower mortgage and car loan rates.
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This is a step up from a motor pool. Kristi Noem and Homeland Security get their own fleet of 737s to speed up illegal alien deportations and save money. But can each illegal alien bring on more than one carry on bag? I hope so. Take all of it and go.
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The Democrats are still still screaming about these attacks on Venezuelan drug boats. But the House Armed Services Committee is now dropping its probe of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in connection with those attacks. This is what happens when China and the drug cartels forget to bribe everyone on the Hill. They gotta expand your bribery, guys. And guess what? New Texas Democrat Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett has this really, really original idea. She's gonna base her entire campaign on claiming she's really, really anti Trump. Wow. Why hasn't any other Democrat thought of that? AMERICAN SUNRISE EARLY EDITION begins now.
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Jake Novak
Welcome to this Thursday, quick moving week here, I think at least for us here on AMERICAN SUNRISE EARLY edition. Thank you so much for joining us. A lot to talk about. And I will be focusing throughout the program on these big votes in the Senate today. It's just amazing how even the mainstream media isn't really focusing on this very much. But what the Republicans do Today, maybe into tomorrow. These votes could stretch for a couple days. But what the Republicans do today to try to shift that messaging on Obamacare, remind people what a horrible failure it is and to tell people that they have a better idea if they can get their acts together today and tomorrow, it's going to be a lot better for them this coming November. If not, they're in trouble. Let's talk about the overall economic situation as well, because economy and how that is going is also always going to be a big factor in elections. Joining us now to help us with that is Intellistic CEO Jason Dussault. He makes, he makes money, you know, he makes, talking about money kind of cool. You don't really have a lot of cool people usually have. They have a bow tie and glasses and, you know, whatever. But he's, he's one of our cool money guys. Jason, we got that Fed rate cut yesterday. So happy days are here again, right? The markets were up and now we can all see, sit back and just ride the wave and sit on our mountain of gold like Smaug the Dragon and the Hobbit. Right?
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Jason Dussault
Well, it's actually really interesting. Inflation has been all over the place. We're kind of in a new kind of inflation where electronics are cheaper, but groceries, insurance and housing and things people can't afford are still really high. So the official numbers say inflation is cooling, but the lived experience is something much different.
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Yeah, the Fed's been in a pretty tricky spot. I'm happy to see it. I'm happy to see the markets rally. And I was watching Trump was speaking to a bunch of leaders in the manufacturing space yesterday and his attitude about it, he's like, the market should just keep going. What's wrong with it keeping going? What's with always having to cool this economy? So.
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Trump's broken the system and all sorts of rules which needed to happen. And it's going to be interesting to see what, you know, how this all shakes out. But certainly yesterday was a good day and I'm hoping for another good one today.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, amazing. Groceries are going up as prices. I mean, or at least they're still going up a little bit. There have been some parts of the grocery store where things are cheaper, but electronics are definitely getting cheaper. It's too bad we can't eat the chips. Don't eat an AI chip with salsa is all I can tell you. It won't be good for you. But Jason, let's talk messaging now because that's gonna be really imperative. And I thought that President Trump threw out some good trial balloons. The mainstream media completely misrepresented a lot of what he said on Tuesday night. You know, that's going to happen. So let's just listen to some of it unfettered. Here is one of the lines he's going to be pushing probably from now on. And here's how he first used it in the Poconos the other night. And let's, let's critique it on the other end. Let's listen to this.
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Donald Trump
But that's our message. They gave you high prices. They gave you the highest inflation in history. And we're giving you, we're bringing those prices down rapidly. Lower prices, bigger paychecks, you're getting lower prices, bigger paychecks. We're getting inflation, we're crushing it. And you're getting much higher wages. I mean, the only thing that you, it's really going up big. It's called the stock market. And your 401ks, that's going up.
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Jake Novak
You know, I appreciate the sentiment. You know, we have seen prices go down for some key things. You were talking about electronics before, talking about gasoline. Gasoline prices continue to go lower, and I think they're going to keep that going. So that's great. And, you know, by the way, is there a price of anything else in American life, except for those people who live in Manhattan in the bubble, who unfortunately make up most of our mainstream news media? But everywhere else in America, is there anything else where the price of that commodity is flashed in your face six or seven times a day, like gasoline? I mean, you literally have that price flashed in your face just in your daily going around town, that kind of thing. So that's really important. But I have to say, I wonder if President Trump should throw in a little Bill Clinton, I feel your pain kind of thing a little bit more than taking the victory lap before it happens for some people. I know that's not Trump's style necessarily, but he could couch it in the way of saying, look, Biden really hurt you guys, you know, and I really, I'm very upset about that because, you know, I'm a billionaire, but not everyone else can afford. Maybe he needs to say a little bit more than that. I don't know, to me, that would work even better.
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Jason Dussault
Well, Jake, you know, I think, you know, no matter what you say, consultants say, or anyone else says it, Trump's going to say it the way Trump's going to say it, right? That's just who he is. He's, you know, very bombastic and a Lot of the policies in which he's putting in place, it's only been 10 months. He's not even up on a year yet. He's brought $13 trillion worth of business into the U.S. you don't do that by being a whiny baby. Right. I mean, you do that by showing strength. And people are attracted to strength and they're attracted to cockiness. You can't, I mean, 18 trillion in investment. What did Biden do over four years? Under a trillion he's brought in. The gas prices are lower. The stock market has seen 50. I think it's 52 new highs since he's been in.
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There's just going to be programs and people that are just never Trumpers and are going to use any excuse and any opportunity to bash him. I can't agree with every single policy. But as far as listening to people, listening to the community and listening to the companies and figuring out how to support them and to bring manufacturing back, he's doing a really great job. But things don't just turn around instantly. It takes a little bit of time to turn the ship. And I think we're going to have a great 2026. And I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of the other policies. He's also cutting red tape. I think it's for every.
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Every decision, he's cutting seven pieces of red tape. So, yeah, I think people in the way that he delivers, there's going to be a lot of people who don't like it. I personally like to have a president out there that is boisterous and proud of the country and negotiating hard and in a good mood.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, you know, we have these. I mean, and your point is taken on 2026, because that's when a lot of the big beautiful bill stipulations will go into effect and a lot of tax incentives will go into effect. And I'm hoping that, that, you know, that's just good timing. A lot of people are pointing out that President Reagan, the first 14 months of his term, the economy was really, really bad. And In December of 1983, a little bit less than, you know, a year before the 84 election, that historic landslide, he was behind in the polls. Now, I doubted those polls back then because he was so personally popular, but still, he obviously got stronger as that year went on. Okay, now to Obamacare, where the Senate will be voting on that issue today. Here's President Trump's message on the alternative to Obamacare that he wants to push. Check it out.
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Donald Trump
Obamacare's primary purpose was to pay off insurance companies. You know, the insurance companies back the Democrats very heavily. I want to give billions of dollars directly to the people. I want to take all of the billions and billions and actually trillions but over a period of time. And I want to give all of that money we give to the big fat rich insurance companies. I don't want to give them nothing. I want to give nothing to the insurance companies. I don't want to give all. Because they're sucking our country dry with a scam by the Democrats. That was Obama and I've always said it, Obamacare. But now you see the numbers because your premiums are going up on Obamacare and everything is forcing everything up.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, Direct money to consumers would certainly lead to health care freedom. You know, Jason, you're joining us from Canada this morning. The lack of health care freedom in Canada is something that's scaring the heck out of me. I have family there and you know, Canada basically wants everyone over 70 to commit suicide. I wish I were joking when I said that. But they're not. I'm not. They're pushing it on their older population. If the people who had the money in their pockets rather than the government's pockets or the insurance company's pockets in this country, maybe they wouldn't be doing that. It's really scary to me.
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Jason Dussault
I would trade your system for Canada's system any day. You know, it's, it's brutal. I mean you have to wait forever if you want a surgery, you want an mri, you have any, any sort of, any issue that isn't acute, you're waiting in line for a very long time. And then when you go in to see doctor, you're only allowed to talk about one thing. You need to make a second appointment if you want to talk about anything else. And you know, just the quality of the healthcare in the US over Canada. Of course, because it is a free market system.
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It's better. So yeah, I wouldn't compare Canada whatsoever. Yeah, absolutely. No, I mean it's, it's all right.
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Jake Novak
You know, I want to, I want to.
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Jason Dussault
It's a tough one.
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Jake Novak
Healthcare. Yeah, let's, let's be forward looking now. And I understand that your company Intellisig is doing something involving AI, satellites, robot masters that are going to take over and we're just kidding. Can you tell us briefly what Intellisync is doing with AI and satellites and why I shouldn't be frightened?
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Jason Dussault
Yeah, no, we're really excited about this and you shouldn't be Frightened. This is really great. And it's very early stage. We're super excited about this. Obviously, your viewers know all about data centers. They power AI and they will and currently power a large part of our digital.
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Economy and more so over the years as digital currencies become more widely used and spread and ultimately, I believe, will replace the current system. So, of course, what you're going to have with data, you got a major pinch point. Your largest pinch point is, of course, power. You're hearing that from everyone. Any of the larger tech companies that are building data centers are talking about nuclear power, firing batteries, back up five file island, building small modular units. But there is another area where there is free power and that's in orbit, which is very exciting. So with orbit AI yesterday, they just sent up the first data center to space. Now, there's a lot of work to do. This is very, very early on. We're going to be dealing with radiation interference. We're going to be dealing with downtime, but we'll be able to cover that from our terrestrial systems here on ear. And you know, everyone all the way up to Elon Musk knows that and has been talking about this being the future. So we're super excited to be a small part of that process and learn. And, you know, of course, talking about space, you know, and I don't mean space space, I mean space on, on the ground here. Not only do you not have to worry about power in space because you're getting it through solar, but you also don't have to, you know, build these big facilities and take up space. So, yeah, we're super excited. We believe that data centers are the future in space. They're still, of course, going to need to be backed up with terrestrial data centers for now, but we do see the future, that all our data will be transported down to us through space. So it's exciting. I never thought I'd be involved in a rocket launch in my life. And the first one went up yesterday, and our next launches in late February, early March.
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Jake Novak
It's amazing. And if you get a chance to go to Cocoa beach and watch some of those launches, it's a lot of fun when the, when the satellite goes over your head, you actually feel the heat. It's really cool. All right, well, there you go, folks. Cheaper electric, cheaper power in space. So if you have anyone who can't pay their bills, send them out to space, you can start with some people. I know who I'd like to send there. Jason Dussaud. Thank you so much for joining us. Have a great weekend.
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Jason Dussault
Thank you, Jake. You as well.
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Jake Novak
All right, coming up. Thank you. Coming up, would you like to see some really, really good tricks to use when you shop for your next new car? I've got them for you. A little later in the show, care of a newly retired undercover saleswoman. There she is. She's keeping her identity secret, but she's got good advice. But first, why is it that when people say the most annoyingly cliche things, they always say them like they're the first ones to say them? Congressman Jasmine Crockett is one of those people. And you'll hear and see what I mean when American Sunrise early edition comes right back.
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No, you are not looking at a snow globe. That is a live look at Saranac, New York. Says a little bit north of Lake Placid. It's on the New York Vermont border. Not very close to where I am right now, closer to New York City. But that's a beautiful Christmas season shot if there ever was one. Norman Rockwell couldn't have created that shot. Better than. Better than that. Hey, everybody. Here's a shocking headline as we welcome you back to American Sunrise early edition. The demi again. You're going to be shocked by everything I'm about to say. Just kidding. The Democrats have no real policies. They have no real beliefs. They have no real wisdom. They are just the anti Trump party. That's it. Okay, that's not news to anyone, especially those of you who are watching and commenting on the getter and rumble chats. And yet every Democrat who runs for office these days acts like they're the only one in the party who will make opposing Trump their priority. Like they're the first ones to think of this. That includes wacko Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett from Texas. Here's her first ad announcing her decision to run for the Senate from the Lone Star State. Listen to this. Great originality.
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Donald Trump
How about this new one? They have their new star, Crockett. How about her? She's the new star of the Democrat Party, Jasmine Crockett. They're in big trouble. But you have this woman, Crockett. She's a very low IQ person. I watched her speak the other day. She's definitely a low IQ person. Crockett. Oh, man. Oh, man. She's a very low IQ person.
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Somebody said the other day she's one of the leaders of the party.
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Jake Novak
I said, you gotta be kidding.
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Donald Trump
Now they're gonna rely on Crockett. Crockett's gonna bring them back.
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Jake Novak
I mean, that was her whole ad. President Trump saying bad things about her. So of course you should vote for her because President Trump doesn't like her. So when President Trump says he doesn't like pancreatic cancer, we should vote for that. I mean, honestly, this is just incredible mindlessness. But Emily Finn. Emily Finn joins us now. What bothers me the most about it at this point is these people.
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Might be bullying her a little bit here. Like her release an ad like that. Because the rest of the party understands after the last presidential election that being anti Trump is not what's going to win over independence. It's not what's going to win over the people that are a little bit hesitant before going and casting their vote. Look at Gavin Newsom. Look at Alyssa Slotkin. Look at Cory Booker. They are all coming to the other side, trying to come to the middle, trying to reach some common ground with Republicans. And then you have Jasmine Crockett in Texas. Literally a red state in Texas running an ad like this. I mean, it's just, it looks like a train wreck waiting to happen. She didn't have a single policy in that video. Didn't even say a word. Just turned and looked at the camera. I'm not sure what she's trying to offer other than her pretty earrings and her fake eyelashes. I mean, this is laughable. Bolt, Jake.
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Jake Novak
Yeah. I mean, look, the Democrats have had these fantasies about winning a Senate race in Texas for so, so long. And every time somebody runs, they turn them into some kind of great folk hero. I don't know if they'll be able to do that this time with Jasmine. I think if she ends up winning the nomination, they won't even be able to do that. Emily Finn, thank you so much for joining us. We're going to see you in the 8 to 10am hours. And unlike Jasmine Crockett, you will talk and actually say something new.
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Commercial Voice
That is true. That is true. I won't just be looking at the camera like this.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, there are some people who probably would like that. But. But you should say something, please. Thank you. All right. Thanks, Jake. Hey, did you catch President Trump calling out those big banks that shut down Americans just for their beliefs? By the way, we're learning more and more about that. It was worse than we thought. It's time to stop rewarding those banks. Move your money to Old Glory Bank. Old Glory bank serves customers in all 50 states with top tier online banking for both consumers and business businesses. Everything the big woke banks offer you, you're gonna find better at Old Glory Bank. They're proudly Pro Freedom, Pro Second Amendment. Oh, and Pro Crypto. Visit oldglorybank.com rav and do that today and join the for the fight for the right side of banking. Coming up, time for some secrets you need to know for the next time you're buying a new car. I mean, some really good ones I've got for you. And they're coming your way. Do not go away. Don't go to your dealership, especially before you see this next block of stories here on American Sunrise and Moving Early Edition. See you soon.
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Jake Novak
The live look at Times Square in New York City. People milling about right now. We're supposed to get some very, very heavy wind here in about like right now pretty much. And it's going to make the temperature feel a lot colder than it really is. So everyone brace yourselves. Let's take a look at where the markets are going to begin today. And you see some red arrows or you see some red in the graphics there. The Dow by the way, is just sort of of started to turn around. It's only seven points down in the futures. We were looking at a lower open. The NASDAQ still solidly down almost well more than a half a percent. And that's because of Oracle, the big software company. They, they made people worry about AI again for a few minutes before they changed their mind. Gold and silver up. Look at silver continuing to march into the that you know, it's still at an all time high and getting higher. $62 and 36 cents an ounce. Crude oil down significantly more than a 1% 57 handle. Check your gas station prices when you're going through town today. You're going to see some relief there. And now let's look at Bitcoin. It hit 93, 000 yesterday briefly and I think it's a little bit lower this morning on Bitcoin and it is, it's at 90, 000. So having trouble breaking back into that $100,000 level. Okay. Jerome Powell and the Fed did indeed cut interest rates yesterday. They did it by a quarter point. And the markets, the Dow was up about 500 points, Nasdaq up a lot. Everything's great, right? Well, look, first of all, a lot of times when the market reacts really strongly to a Fed rate decision one way or the other on the day of the decision, the next day it goes in the other direction because it takes a look at the data and it has a second thoughts. That's not why the Nasdaq is down this morning. I explained just that just a moment ago. That's because of Oracle reporting some, some data and some earnings that the markets didn't like. So that's the real reason why we're seeing that whipsaw trade in the Nasdaq. But it's much, much less going down than what it went up yesterday. So you're still ahead from where you were at this time yesterday. But look, folks, it's going to be a while before we see the relief from these rate cuts get to Main Street. Big businesses are already going to get the benefits from it. They will be able to borrow money for less and that's great for them. It'll take a while for that to come down to you and me. But again, I think we should have cut rates a while ago and we should not have raised rates. And most importantly, the Biden administration should not have deliberately stoked inflation, which is exactly what they did. President Trump is making the hot bidding war for Warner Brothers. And I talk about this every day because this is the most compelling bidding war for a company we've seen in many years in this country. And President Trump is kind of of sounding a little bit like me in the fact that he wants the CNN to be an important focus of this. Actually, he doesn't really have to cheerlead for that. That is a big focus of this, as you've been hearing me say for months here on this program. What to do with CNN is a big part of this deal to buy Warner Brothers. He thinks that CNN needs new ownership. So do I. So he's basically telling Netflix or Paramount or anyone who wants to buy Warners, they're going to have to buy CNN too, and fix up that, you know, that entire train wreck that is cnn. I think that whoever buys it is just going to turn it into A streaming channel only very much reduce their live programming and basically make it slowly die. That's what I've been predicting for over a year. President Trump would probably not mind that. I don't think that it needs new management on a large scale. I think it just needs to go away. I don't think they're ever going to find anyone who really knows what to do with that. Because people like that who know what to do with cnn, they're sitting here right now in front of you. Honestly, there's a couple of people like me who know how to do something with that channel. And we're not going to go work for Warner Brothers. All right? Pepsi has met with Wall street masters, the Wall street geniuses, and they've decided to do something about their profitability. What are they going to do? They're going to start changing the amount of bags and sizes of Cheetos and Doritos and other snacks that you can get now. This is an outrage. I want my large, medium, extra large. I'm just kidding. But they're really going to be doing this. I'm not kidding about the fact that they believe that the path to prosperity for Pepsi and better profitability is to reduce the choices you have and all the snacks that they own. Remember, they don't just own Pepsi Cola, they own all those snack brands. Again, Doritos and Cheetos and Fritos and things like that. As you know, when you go into any convenience store in America or supermarket, they have them in like 16 different sizes and varieties. Elliot Capital Management, which is an activist investor firm, these are people who go to companies and say, we bought up a lot of your shares. We think that you can make more profit, but you got to make these changes. And sometimes the companies listen to them. Pepsi is listening to them and they're going to take away a lot of our Dorito and Cheeto choices. So if you're upset about that, get angry at Wall Street. All right, ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.
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Almost all of today's Moving America segment is dedicated to saving you money. So here we go. I'm finding you deals. You got to fight that inflation somehow. Now, just out. According to Car and Driver, they have listed the best cars that sell for under $25,000. So here are your choices. Number one is the Nissan Sentra. Again this is according to Car and Driver. Number two, the Kia Soul and the Subaru Impreza. Those are three cars for you to look at right now. Will they save you money? Absolutely. Will they impress the ladies? Don't bet on it. But at least it's better than showing up to your date on the bus. So I'm giving you a little bit of an upgrade. Anyway, send me your selfies with your new lower priced cars at the end of this segment or maybe in a few months when you get a new car and tell me how much you saved. I really want to know. All right. By all rights, this next car I'm about to tell you about should be a big bargain. But it's not because it's the slowest selling new car in America. And can we even still call it a new car? Car it is the 2024 Dodge Plug in Hybrid Hornet EV. Yeah, I said 2024. 2025 is almost over 82.1% of the 2024 models of this car. The plug in hybrid Hornet are still on the lot. They only sold 18 of them and they have not brought down the price of it, if you can believe that. It's just incredible. By the way, for those of you who want to compare, only 0.4%, that's the average of 2024 new models that are still on the lots. So it is basically the, the big laggard here. It's unbelievable. But the asking price is still 42 grand for that car. There are no real discounts being reported anywhere. Maybe a couple hundred bucks here and there. I guess Dodge just wants to eat this. I don't know what they're going to do but honestly no one wants to buy this car. By the way, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, another big loser. More than 70% of Jeep drank Grand Cherokees are still on the lot from 2024. So a lot of inventory still available. And by the way, both the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Plug in Hybrid I just showed you are owned by Stellantis and that why that, that's why that company is in trouble. Ford CEO Jim Farley has been talking a lot lately about how China is eating America's lunch when it comes to selling EVs or eating Europe's lunch. Especially when it comes to selling EVs in the EU. So Ford is teaming up with France's Renault to build cheaper EVs that they think can compete with China's BYD and some of the other Chinese cars. And as everyone knows, when you're fighting a war and trying to win a war, the best thing to do is to team up with France. Okay, just kidding. I don't know, maybe Ford wants to surrender faster. I don't know if this is going to work, but honestly, you know, I don't love EVs anyway. And I think the Europeans are getting a little sick of them, too. This seems like bad timing to me, but Jim Farley is the CEO and I'm the guy on tv, so maybe he knows better. All right, now for some great inside tips. I've been teasing this all hour. Some great inside tips on what you should and shouldn't do when you go to the car dealership to buy a new car. Now, there's an undercover woman. There's no other way for her. She doesn't really have. She doesn't say her real name. She calls herself. Her social media handle is something like Eat the Earth. I think that's what she calls herself. Anyway, you can find her on TikTok. There it is. Eat the World. That's what she calls herself. She's a former Toyota salesman. And here's a couple of the tips that I thought were great. First of all, when you go to the dealership, go about two hours. No, nothing earlier than that. Go about two hours before they close. Because what they do at these dealerships now is make you wait for hours and hours and hours until you get to the point where you'll do anything just to get out of there with your new car. It could end up costing you thousands of dollars, your impatience. So show up about two hours, maybe a little less than that, that before closing time. To me, that was the best advice because I hate sitting around at the dealership all day. That's annoying. Second, she says, get your letter of approval from your bank for the loan, but don't tell the dealer that you have that until you're sitting down and signing off on the final deal. That will make them go faster as well. There's a lot more tips from this woman. I'm going to be passing them along as we go along, as she ends up giving them. But that's my favorite one. Don't go to the dealership until about two hours before closing time. If you remember just that alone, you'll probably save thousands and a lot of time Definitely. Coming up, the Trump phenomenon has endured for more than 10 years now in politics. But can the enthusiasm for him personally spill over to midterm election voters? Get better and later, Old man Rivers. This is the best thing to happen to middle aged men since the stretch waist pants. You know we have to talk about 44 year old Philip Rivers coming back to the NFL. We will. American Sunrise Early Edition will be right back.
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Jake Novak
It's Thursday, December 11th. Here are this morning's top stories. This could be the day when the midterm results get set in stone. No, really. Key votes are set in the Senate on Obamacare and a possible Obamacare replacement. This is important. Stay tuned. Jerome Powell and the Fed did cut interest rates and Wall street cheered yesterday. But we could hear boos later this morning in a whipsaw trade. And then there's the folks on Main street still waiting for lower mortgage and car loan rates.
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Now this is a step up from a motor pool. Kristi Noem and Homeland Security have gotten their own fleet of 737s to speed up illegal alien deportations. And by the way, it saves money. And each illegal alien is allowed to bring on more than one carry on bag. So come on, guys, get on board. And guess what New Texas Democrat Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett has this really, really original idea. Get this. She's going to base her entire campaign on claiming she's really, really anti Trump. Wow. Why hasn't any other Democrat thought of that? American Sunrise Early Edition continues now.
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Yeah, Jasmine Crockett is like that person who comes to you in the morning and says, no, I'm not going to target. I'm going to target. That is literally a 30 year old dad joke.
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I can't.
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Jake Novak
People still do that. I can't take it. The whole I'm going to be the most anti Trump Democrat thing is so old. I mean, if you are, if you're a Democrat voter watching this, you have someone, you know, someone who is, aren't they just tired of that? And if they're not, they probably need mental health care. But I think that all the mental health care professionals in this country also have Trump derangement syndrome. So I don't know where you go for that kind of health care. I really don't. Don't. But I do know where we can go for some good advice and some good perspective on things. And that's David Pollock. He's the state director of the Florida Conservative Caucus. And David, even some of the conservative media is saying that President Trump isn't doing enough of the Bill Clinton I feel your pain stuff on the economy. You know, as we talked about earlier in the program, I think there's a lot of people out there who think that it's a good idea to tell President Trump what to say and do. As we know, that's really a waste of time, and I'm not gonna be one of those people. But I'm just wondering, is there a way for the Republicans in general to make it clear that we're not just saying we've beaten inflation? We've beaten inflation on a couple things like gas prices. But, yeah, we know that the Biden damage to the price situation in this country is still out there and we need to work on it. I don't really think that President Trump's done a bad job of making that clear. But what do you think? Do we need to change the message at all?
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I think you just articulated the most fundamental problem between the American voters, Trump and Republicans. Trump has no problem articulating his success with the economy. If you look at record, whether it's record revenue from tariffs, whether it's stabilizing inflation, whether it's lowering energy prices, the largest tax cuts in middle class history, Trump is winning on the economy. And as the months go on, the American people are going to feel it it more and more in the most positive way they felt it in years. However, Republicans have a hard time articulating this. Yes, there is still affordability concerns amongst Americans. But rather than explain the things that Trump has already done and the fact that things are going to get easier for Americans, Republicans have been struggling with how to articulate this. Instead, they still just reference the fact that affordability is a problem and talk about more work needing to be done. If Republicans can show that Trump's policies are fixing the failed Democrat economic policies, and a little patience is needed before American families are really feeling all of the hard work this president has done, I mean, if the Republicans can articulate this message, we win. If the Republicans can't, well, then Democrats get to own this message. And we saw how that played out a few weeks ago. So what Republicans need to do is look very closely at Trump's winning agenda, look at the wins we're getting. And a lot of these tax cuts haven't even hit yet. So if they double down on the success and the future success of Trump's economic policies, I think American people will feel much more comfortable with the affordability issue.
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Jake Novak
That's an important point. And I think even a lot of Trump supporters don't have. You know, the choir needs music, so let me give you some music. David just mentioned it. These big tax cuts, sure, some of them haven't kicked in yet, and they will in 2026, but there has been one major Trump tax cut, which I think is the most successful tax cut in American history. In his first term, President Trump doubled the standard deduction for people who don't itemize their taxes. This is the greatest, greatest trickle up tax policy, maybe the greatest trickle up economic policy of all time. It's a big reason why we had such an economic boom before the Democrats shut the country down on Covid. It's a big reason for it. And it was expanded. And not only did it get continued under the big beautiful bill, but it was actually expanded. You're gonna get an even bigger deduction. Now. This is a huge people. Some people call it the blue collar tax cut, some people call it a trickle up, I call it both. And most Trump supporters I meet don't even know about it because a lot of them that I know of don't actually do their own taxes or they do itemize. So here's where I want to bring in this idea of voter enthusiasm. David. My friend Scott Rasmussen put out a new poll Just a couple of days ago, showing that while Republicans actually lead in the generic ballot polls, which by the way, are really. I don't know how much they're valuable, but this part, I think was valuable. They're behind by two points on voter enthusiasm. These crazy Democrats, the people who went to the no Kings rallies, these are the nutty people who are going to vote in the primaries and in the midterms, for sure. And they're more enthusiastic than the Republicans are. We've got to close that enthusiasm gap, David.
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Well, a great point on voter enthusiasm and separating out generally mid Republicans and enthusiasm for the party, because even the Democrats are suffering from low enthusiasm, too. It might be higher than Republicans right now, but across the board, look at the turnout in the Miami mayor's race just the other day. Turnout was. Was super low. Now, here's the deal. When Trump isn't at the top of the ticket, enthusiasm is low. Trump is the reason why people showed up to vote in 2024. In 2020 and 2016. When Trump's not at the top of the ticket, enthusiasm is low. And when you talk about enthusiasm for Republicans in general, people didn't vote for Trump because he was a Republican. They voted for Trump because they love Trump. And it wasn't just Republicans that voted for Trump. So if we're looking at Republican enthusiasm, unfortunately, that is a losing recipe. What we need to look at is enthusiasm for the candidate. We need to start putting forward candidates that people are excited about. They don't have to be perfect Republicans. What they do, it has to be perfect politicians. Politicians that understand MAGA principles, America first principles, People that put the middle class first, the people that stop listening to the consultant class and start listening to the real people that are affected by these policies. That's how we win. That's how you get people excited. Not by rolling out the latest geriatric person who might have been in politics for the last 50 years. That's not going to get people excited. We need more dynamic candidates. The Democrats are trying to do it. The Republicans need to do it as well.
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Jake Novak
Oh, I think David's been sneaking. Someone in the control room showed David my rundown because that's a perfect segue. The next question I was going to ask you is about the personal candidates. You know, look, I don't know if you know any human beings, but human beings happen to be some of my best friends and human beings. I don't care how smart or educated you are. We do vote for candidates based on our emotional reaction to their personalities. Don't give me the she's the most qualified or he's the most qualified. And I did all my research. Don't give me that. It's about that first five minute visceral reaction we have. And so we can laugh at people like, for example, Jasmine Crockett from the Democrats. She's going to be running for the Senate and I showed, you know, her ad just having Trump talk the whole time. But here's the thing, David, she, she's tapping into what the Democrats are all about. They're all about just being anti Trump. She's not going to win in Texas, I don't believe, but at least she's sort of, that's, that's what the Democrats want. They just want anti Trump messages. So your point is very well taken. We need candidates who know what the Republican base wants. What regular, I should say the Republican base is really the common sense base. We need people who will speak those common sense words and basically not get into anything that might be that much more confusing. Don't talk about foreign policy, don't talk about all these other wedge issues. Just say, hey, I'm gonna get these prices down that the Biden folks jacked up on you. I think it's as simple as that.
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Well, gosh, it's such an interesting point you're making because it's always have been about personality. Most voters that I know, I mean, how many Republicans do you know? Not me, by the way, how many Republicans do you know that voted for Obama?
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Jake Novak
Obama.
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Because they liked his message, they liked the idea of unity. I meet Republicans all the time like, well, I'll vote for a Democrat over the Republican if it's the right Democrat. The reality is most Americans aren't in these tiny conservative silos that we live in, cuz this is what we do for a living. A lot of Americans are like, yeah, I'm a Republican, but I'll vote for the best person for the job. A lot of people believe that. And how do we communicate what the best person for the job is? Do you understand my pains? Do you understand my issues? Are you connecting with me at an emotional level? And if you look at the most successful politicians In America, the AOCs, the crockets, if you look at Zoram and Dami in New York, look at Trump, there's Republicans who do this too, just not as many as Democrats. And the media has something to do with that too, by the way, because the way they cover Democrats more than more positively than Republicans. But at the end of the Day. These politicians have to connect with the people. And I believe the Republican Party and I have seen this, and look, they do great work, but they tend to go and get consultants, and then they get the donors, and then they build a candidate out of the person who fits their mold. Rather than finding the candidates that are resonating the community, finding the candidates that the people are already excited about and then lifting those candidates up to win, we need to do a better job of identifying those personalities that are good conservatives, but at the same time can draw people to the polls, get people excited, articulate those messages, and it's all about personality. It's not about fundraising. We spend way too much time worrying about how much money a candidate has in the bank before we even look at them. Let's find the candidates with potential and give them money and let them be successful. That's how we win. Republicans win on policies all day long. Ours are way better than Democrats. We just stink at articulating them.
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Jake Novak
Yeah. And I think that we need to have, like a scout. We need to look at politicians and potential candidates. I shouldn't say politicians like scouting and sports. You know how they have, like, pitching academies, Some of these baseball teams have pitching academies and things like that. I think that we should be identifying people who have strong personalities, people who have been successful in their careers or in their messaging, and find a way to get them even better prepared for running for office really quickly. David, I only have 30 seconds left, but we have these big Obamacare votes in the Senate today that could really play a big role in the midterms, couldn't they?
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Look this. I'm so frustrated that we haven't tackled Obamacare more directly. We let the Democrats control that narrative with this shutdown. Obamacare has been a failure since the Democrats passed it unanimously. The premiums keep going up, the coverage keeps getting worse. We've needed to reform Obamacare and take that win. Trump tried to do it in 2016. We need to own that now. We need to fix health care for Americans, and Republicans can do that way better than Democrats. We've proven the recipe. If one for John McCain's thumbs down, we would already be improving Obamacare. So let's fix this once and for all. Let's win on this narrative as well.
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Jake Novak
Yeah, and I like the narrative about putting the money in the pockets of the individual Americans. Let the hospital systems, which own so much of the healthcare system anyway, they bought up all the private practices. Let them compete for my money, not an insurance company's money, but my money. Call me up and say, hey, this hospital system has local doctors in your area, every single specialty and we know you got this money from the, from the new Trump healthcare bill and let them compete before me and my attention. That would be a great thing. David Pollock, thank you so much for joining us. It's only Thursday, but gonna say happy weekend anyway because I know you're thinking about it. So thank you. Thank you so much for joining.
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As always, thank you so much for having me.
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Jake Novak
All right, coming up, it's a shot heard round the world for every middle aged man everywhere. A 44 year old man has been lured out of retirement to play quarterback for a playoff bound NFL team. What's next? Nancy Pelosi as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders? No, don't worry, we won't conjure that image up for you ever again. But David Verde and I will talk about Philip Rivers and the Colts when American Society Sunrise EARLY EDITION continues.
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Welcome back to American Sunrise Early Edition. It's a windy day and day D.C. as well, Wendy, in more ways than one. Haha. But there's the White House. And thank you so much for joining us today on American Sunrise EARLY Edition. A lot of you in the Getter chat, in the rumble chat, talking on X and substack. I especially appreciate the one on the Getter chat who said that I'm pulling out all the GQ with my nice suit yesterday and going back to the denim today. GQ Jake, it's going to call myself from now on. Hey, if you know a man of a certain age, even if he's not the biggest sports fan, I promise you this is going to be his favorite story right now. The Indianapolis colts have signed 44 year old Philip Rivers, lured him out of retirement and got him to come back to play the QB position, the quarterback position. Oh man, this is really warming my heart. David Brody joins me now. And David, do you think the Colts could also use a scrappy 54 year old running back with a couple of moves left in him? Because I am still available as well until someone hits me. You know, everyone's got a plan until someone punches them in the mouth. And I am going to sing Old Man Rivers but I'm not going to do the mystical thing. Don't worry, we're not going to get in trouble on this program. But I mean, you know, all kidding aside, this is bringing a smile to my face. I love it. You know, maybe it's not too late for guys like you and me to get out there on the field. One day.
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David Brody
Yeah, as long as we bring about 100 Advils with us. I think that would be, that would be fine. You know, he. Philip Rivers joining a long list. Well, it's not that long of a list, a short list, but of, you know, former players, professional players that have played up until my good. I mean, Satchel Page, dare I go back and talk about the Kansas City Athletics. He pitched at the age of 59. Back in the 60s you had Gordie Howe, you know the deal with Gordie Howe. Right. I mean 52 for the Hartford Whalers and George Blanda and NFL Films. I feel like doing my NFL Films voice, you know, for the frozen tundra.
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Jake Novak
Of Lambofield on the Frozen Raiders. George Bland, 115 years old, hit a 47 yard field goal to give the Raiders and John Madden victory.
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David Brody
Oh, that's so good. Oh, that is so good. Kenny. Kenny Stabler. Can you do Kenny Stabler in that voice too? That, that's impressive.
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Jake Novak
They call him this, they call him the snake and he can bite you from any place on the field.
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David Brody
That's right. By the way, I feel like, you know, from a biblical standpoint, maybe they should bring Methuselah out of retirement at 960. My view at that point would put him on the Yankees.
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Jason Dussault
Right?
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David Brody
I mean the Yankees are the oldest, proudest, traditional, you know, sports franchise in history. Put. Could you imagine Gehrig, Ruth, Methuselah, I mean, come on, this is great stuff. Great stuff.
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Jake Novak
You know, and all kidding aside, as someone who grew up the son of a clergy, my father was a full time clergyman for a long time before he became a full time academic. So for as a kid growing up, I went to a lot of funerals of men who were within one or two years of their retirement. I'm not kidding. And I learned at a very young age, don't retire. You don't have to keep working for the man 9 to 5. I'm not saying that, but make sure that you have a reason to get up in the morning every day, have to be somewhere or do something because the alternative is death. So Philip Rivers. Listen, I don't know what his personal situation is. He's probably in great shape for 44 and he's having fun with this. He's probably not gonna do this for more than the next couple of weeks, but good for him. And I hope that after this he finds something to do every day. You know what I mean?
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David Brody
No, totally. I mean, look, I'm 60 years old, I've got two grandchildren six and four and you know, I kind of went wink wink. Hey, in a few years if and when I decide to retire. Okay, I don't think it's gonna be a few years. But the point is when I retire I said to my son, hey, if you need an assistant coach for the girls team, if they ever play basketball, let me know because otherwise I'm sitting watching Netflix and getting old and that's about it. You gotta stay active.
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Jake Novak
Just don't turn into the Dennis Hopper character in Hoosiers. Stay off the hooch, David. Just kidding. Alright. Anyway, American Sunrise is coming up, the big show from 8 to 10. I'll see around 9:25 to talk about the markets and the Fed stuff. And American Sunrise early edition, the Friday, no tie Friday edition starts promptly at 7 tomorrow. Be here. I'll be taking attendance. Thanks for watching.
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