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Guaranteed Human. Olivia Culpo here to tell you all about the launch of the new Abercrombie spring denim collection made the way denim should feel. Their denim has always been a staple in my wardrobe and has a wide range of fits, styles and washes. Every jean is available in both their classic fit and viral curve Love Shop in the app, online and in stores. Just ahead on American Sunrise, Congress heading toward a showdown over homeland security funding as Democrats demand big changes to ICE and immigration enforcement. How will this all shape up? We have the latest for you. Plus, leaked top secret documents show Iran's supreme leader approved a detailed plan to crush mass protests with force Internet shutdowns and heavy security. How is the rest of the world responding to the Islamic Republicans crackdown on its own people? We'll have expert analysis for you. And the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy continues as the Today show host speaks to President Trump and makes an emotional appeal for her return. Those stories and more ahead as American Sunrise starts right now.
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Good morning, America.
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Welcome to American Sunrise. We have breaking news to share with you.
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Politics.
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President Trump is joining us live now from Florida.
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We've got you covered.
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This is what it looks like to be a patriot.
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We have to protect the American family.
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The American dream is still alive.
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I'm David Brody.
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I'm terrence.
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And I'm Dr. Gina.
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Good morning.
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I'm Dr. Gina. We are live with you from the Palm Beaches. Let's bring in David brody in Washington, D.C. and Terrance Bates is in our Denver newsroom. Good morning, gentlemen.
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Good morning, T. Bates. Gina, what are you doing? Are you filming me? Wait, I thought the camera was.
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No, no. I'm sorry, guys. I'm logging into Prime Video to see if I look just as good on prime video as I do on our app.
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Oh, very good.
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How do I look?
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Cause we are up on. That's a not so subtle way for Terrence to take. We are up on Prime Video. So there you go. Now streaming 20 hours of programming we have and wow, we're growing, guys. We keep growing. And you know how I know is because I no longer can go to the grocery store with my hair in a ponytail and no makeup without somebody saying, are you. Are you that girl? You look better on tv.
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Oh, gosh, he's hilarious. So I'll keep going with that. By the way, the prime video, I went to the app last night. So if you have the app, you have the prime video app. You just go into the app where it says live TV at the top, you click that and then under live tv, there we are. Move over cnn. We're right there.
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That's right.
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Absolutely. This is great expansion for Rav, and it's a great opportunity for you to even take us on the go. Obviously, you can have our app and there are other outlets where you can find Rav, but this is just another one. It's another opportunity for us to connect with Real Americ, America's Voice and the Real America's Voice family. So super excited about that. But, guys, there's another story that a lot of folks are talking about, and this, of course, is Savannah Guthrie's mother having been kidnapped. Nancy Guthrie, she's 84 years old. It's also on President Trump's radar. He posted on Truth Social that all government resources are going to be mobilized to help in the search for Nancy Guthrie. He also spoke with the family, offering them some words of solace. The Guthrie family, though, in the meantime is out with a plea to the alleged kidnappers here.
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We, too, have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her.
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We want to hear from you, and.
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We are ready to listen.
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Dr. Gina and David, my prayer this morning is that Nancy Guthrie be returned quickly, safely, and in full health. That is my prayer.
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Dr. Gina.
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Well, 100%. And there's nobody watching this that can't empathize because, you know, some people in the world don't have children. Everybody at some point in their life had a mother. And it just is heartbreaking to watch. And I think especially just to see the family so broken and obviously feeling the weight of all of this so heavily. What do we know? David?
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Well, we'll know a lot more at 1 o' clock Eastern today. That is when that press conference will happen out there in Arizona waiting. Excuse me, I say one o'.
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Clock.
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It'd be 2pm Eastern. And we'll wait to see, get more details. This is, guys, this has turned into a whodunit. I mean, we don't know what in the world's going on. I'm not gonna say it reminds me exactly of the JonBenet Ramsey situation back in 1996. I was in Colorado back in the day for local news covering that. But it has a lot of that same kind of what in the world's going on. It has the ransom Note, it has a lot of unanswered questions, a lot of potential suspects out there. This is turning into more than just a major national story. This is something that we're watching develop in real time that so many Americans want to know what's going on. And we're on top of it for sure. And by the way, let me just say one last thing. Let me just say one last thing for all the liberals out there who say President Trump isn't compassionate, he's sending the full weight of the United States government and federal agencies to help Savannah Guthrie, who has not been very kind to him in past interviews, who has said some harsh stuff about Donald Trump. And here he is helping her and her family out. So register that in your bank for a moment.
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Moment.
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And speaking of President Trump, guys, he is set to attend and speak at a prayer breakfast this morning. He's scheduled to be there around 8:30 this morning Eastern time, which is coming up here shortly. So we'll be watching that. And we, of course, will take you there live. In the meantime, though, Dr. Gina, would you give us our Bible verse? I think that was a pretty solid transition.
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Yeah, it's from Psalm 46, verse 1 and 2. God is our refuge and strength, very present help times of trouble, therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. All right. We are turning now from the Bible to a battle Brewing in Washington, D.C. democrats in Congress warning they may block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless changes are made to immigration enforcement practices. The demands include more oversight of eyes such as body cams and limits on arrests without warrants. Republicans oppose these changes, setting up a budget showdown ahead of a key funding deadline. Also yesterday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke at the southern border in Arizona. She said the chaos at the southern border is not compassionate at all. Take a look.
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Left tries to tell us many times that it's somehow compassionate to allow that kind of chaos. It isn't.
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It was dangerous not just on this side of the border, but on the.
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Mexican side of the border as well.
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We saw many of those illegal migrants.
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Not be able to survive the brutal terrain. They didn't survive the river crossing.
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Those causes of death of heat and water were dangerous.
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And the left behind so many bodies.
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That in some counties along the border.
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They had to install migrant morgues just to pick up the dead bodies that were passing away on their way to try to get into the United States.
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In fact, during the Biden Administration and.
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Those open border policies.
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We saw even the UN Declare that the United States and Mexico border was the deadliest land route in the world. Countless people were sexually abused and trafficked over and over again and exploited. And DHS announced that federal law enforcement has arrested more than 4,000 illegal aliens across Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge, including murderers, sex offenders, rapists, kill gang members and other dangerous criminals. Officials say this is a major milestone and has pushed to remove public safety threats from U.S. communities and praises heightened local cooperation. Let's bring in New York Congresswoman Nicole Maliatakis. I am her best friend. She told us this morning on, no, actually, that did not happen. We were all vying to be her friend and she said, we'll talk about it after the interview.
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So you're all my friends. Good morning.
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Welcome, Congress.
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How do you see the battle over DHS funding ending?
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Look, I think it's going to be tough to actually get a real agreement here because the Democrats have been, quite frankly, very unreasonable. And I think the American people, we can't have a short memory here. We need to remember what things were like just a little over a year ago where we had millions of people entering our country unvetted, we had millions of gotaways, we had hundreds of people who were on the terror watch list, either caught at the border or our interior. And we got to remember how migrant gangs and foreign criminals were taking over the streets of our city. In New York City alone, there were 16,000 crimes committed by thousands of individuals who were residing at these migrant shelters that the Democrats forced us to pay for to the tune of billions of dollars, where New York City is Now in a $12 billion deficit as a result. So we can't forget what the Democrats did in terms of this open border chaos. We're trying to put things back in the box. We're trying to fix it. President Trump has secured the border. We do not see people being released into our interior unvetted anymore. He has deported criminals. We are seeing those migrant shelters close. And it's. It's important that we prioritize public safety and national security so we can be compassionate and provide pathways for legal immigration. Work authorizations need to be renewed in a timely fashion. These are policies that are common sense, that fit our economic needs and give. Give people the chance, the American dream. But we cannot tolerate illegal immigrants who are criminals and terrorists and drug traffickers running all over our streets. And the Democrats keep releasing them over and over again. That's the bottom line. They've released people, including Murderers, rapists, sex offenders, and people with dozens of criminal convictions back onto our streets. And that is why ICE has to go into the communities and find them, because there's zero cooperation from these local municipalities.
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Yeah, Congresswoman, let's talk about your own backyard, New York. Obviously you represent Staten island, also a portion of southern Brooklyn. This headline talking about anti Semitic incidents in New York City nearly tripling despite other crimes reaching record lows. 182% rise in January since Mayor Mamdani has taken over 31 anti Jewish crimes reported in January alone, compared to 11 a year ago. What is happening up there? I was just recently in New York a couple weeks ago talking to Jewish New Yorkers. They are very afraid. And we haven't even gotten to the trash issues and the snow issues and the fact that he's visiting alleged criminals in jail as opposed to police officers.
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That were attacked the day after the election. There was a swastika found in a Brooklyn school just outside my district, a yeshiva. It is heart wrenching. It has to be condemned in its fullest magnitude. What I will say is that you have a mayor now who has come in here and one of the first things he did was erase executive orders to protect Jewish New Yorkers that were put in place by Mayor Eric Adams. That sends a terrible message. And not only that, the fact that he has been so adamant about taking away resources from the nypd, so adamant about cutting overtime for our NYPD and not hiring more officers, that sends a message that you can do this stuff and get away with it, because there's going to be zero accountability and we're not going to put an emphasis on public safety. We call on the mayor to take all of these antisemitic crimes seriously, to put the full force of the NYPD to investigate, to urge our district attorneys to prosecute and to put these individuals behind bars. That's the only way we're going to be able to reduce this. And like you've said, there's a bunch of categories of crime that have come down thanks to President Trump, by the way, because he deported so many of those criminals who are wreaking havoc not only in New York City, but in cities across the country. All sorts of categories of crime across the country have come down double digits because President Trump has taken action to keep America safe. That's the bottom line. And so these guys on the local level, when it comes to these types of hate crimes, they need to be just as vigilant and take just as much decisive action to protect New Yorkers, particularly our Jewish friends, 100%.
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Congresswoman, we appreciate you.
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Oh, no, Dr. Gina. No, no, no, no, no, NO. Dr. Gina. We are not going to let her get away that easily.
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Oh, you're.
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Which one of us is your best friend? Oh, yes, I'm going there. Which one of us is your best friend? You can go on and say me and get this over with.
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This is worse than asking me what's the best pizza place in my district. Those are politically, politically bad questions that I can't win no matter what I say. I love you all.
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Thank you.
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Great to have you.
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Thank you.
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Have a great day.
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Thank you. Have a great day. All right, coming up, the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother continues. Are there any clues that will bring them closer to a resolution? We're going to have the latest breaking developments on that. Also later, the Iranian plan, how the Islamic regime was going to stop the anti government protests happening in that country. The blood chilling details are just ahead right after this.
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The White House this morning. Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary with a briefing at 1pm Eastern. The President of the United States. That'd be Donald J. Trump. Sorry, liberals. He's speaking at 8:30am this morning. We'll take it live at the National Prayer Breakfast when it happens. Welcome back everybody to American Sunrise. I'm David Brody. Let's get over to T. Bates. He's got the latest headlines and he's got a lot more on the Savannah Guthrie situation with her mom. It's all sponsored by amac.
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President Trump is directing all federal law enforcement resources to assist local authorities in the search for Savannah Guthrie's missing mother. 84 year old Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona home over the weekend. Investigators believe she's been kidnapped. Trump posted on Truth Social that he spoke with the Guthrie family. He also says the nation is praying as officials work to, quote, get her home safely. He of course, is speaking of the elder Guthrie. Meantime, the family is out with an emotional plea asking anyone with information about Nancy Guthrie to please come forward. Let's bring in board certified clinical psychologist Jeffrey Gardier right now for further discussion of this. Jeffrey, welcome to the show.
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Thank you for having me.
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So look, I'm gonna ask you a question that's been raised probably around the country. It May seem very surface, it may seem shallow, but it's simply what kind of person takes an 84 year old woman? So I pose you that question.
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Yeah, so we really don't know. Is this someone who is in it just for the money, taking advantage of a situation of an older person, an 84 year old woman who has heart issues and other chronic issues? Or could this be someone who is mentally unstable or persons who are mentally unstable who are trying to make some sort, give some sort of a message or in some sort of a delusional system trying to prove something? So at this point, I'm sure authorities have a better beat on this, but of course they're not going to share a lot of that information because they probably don't want to scare off or tip off whomever they think may be involved in this if they have someone or persons.
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Is the emotional and psychological toll from the abduction of an elderly person, an 84 year old person, similar to the abduction or the kidnapping of a child, say 13, 14, 15? I would imagine that that toll has got to be very similar.
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Yes, absolutely it is. Of course, if we, if we're comparing this, it's not apples to oranges. Of course, you know, when it comes to our children, they are at the forefront of our thoughts. But this is a parent and so this is someone who may not be able to take care of themselves as well as perhaps they were when they were younger. So they are just as vulnerable as, in many ways, as a much younger person. And therefore this family, the Guthrie family, are in abject pain, emotional pain and worry, of course. And they're so concerned about her welfare because she may not have the medication or the pacemaker or whatever it is that she needs in order to survive, number one. And number two, of course, that she is in a lot of physical pain.
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According to her family, to use a clinical term. I would imagine that adds to the trauma of the situation for the family. The health aspect, obviously the kidnapping, the abduction is one thing, but then realizing that it's critical because of health concerns, that's got to add to the trauma for the family.
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Well, absolutely, as we know, and sad to say, as the days go by, survival rates become lower for these individuals. But now add on to this absolutely awful, horrific situation. You have someone who has chronic health issues. And according to the family, if she does not get her medication, that might cause her to not only be in pain, but perhaps to not survive. So all of that added in to her just absolutely missing, perhaps being taken by abductors, which is what is believed makes the situation 100 times worse for the family and for the community.
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Dr. Gardier, we appreciate your time. The copay is on the way. I don't know about anybody else, but I needed some counseling with you as well. So thanks so much for being here. Appreciate your time.
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We will talk.
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He says we will talk. I can tell this guy needs to talk. Thanks so much, doc. So if you know anything about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, please scan the QR code that we have there on your screen. You can of course also call 91 1. Do so immediately if you have any information and that can help bring Nancy Guthrie home. Up next, Russia, Ukraine and the United States are back at the bargaining table in Abu Dhabi for a new round of peace talks aimed at ending the four year long war between Russia and Ukraine. The US Brokered talks come as fighting continues on the ground and key issues like territorial demands remain unresolved. The big question this morning, could we see some progress? We're on the story for you.
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That is a president of Bukele, of El Salvador. I probably didn't say it very well. You know, I need to have a little ukulele. I don't know what that wasn't, that was like Italian. What am I doing? Anyhow, there is the National Prayer Breakfast. President Trump about to come to the podium at some point. He's supposed to speak at 830. It's 8:25. So we are monitoring. When President Trump steps to the podium, guess what? We'll be there live because we're real America's voice. We're everywhere. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise.
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All right.
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US Brokered peace talks between Russia and Ukraine resume in Abu Dhabi today as envoys meet for a new round of negotiations aimed at ending the nearly four year war. US Envoys include Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. They have joined the delegations for round two of the talks, or I should say day two of the talks. These are described as substantive and productive, but of course, major issues remain unresolved. The meetings come as Russia continues military attacks, including a deadly cluster munitions strike on a Ukrainian market. And that of course is underlining the challenges facing diplomacy. All right, let's bring in geopolitical strategist and U.S. army veteran, retired lieutenant colonel. That's a lot of titles, but he's a great guy. Darren Gobb with us back here on the show. Darren, thanks for being here. So Ukraine, Russia, broken record. Insert same old copy that we did a year ago. What's happening here And Is there going to be any sort of breakthrough? And how does that happen exactly? Good morning.
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Good morning. And yes, anybody's guess. I guess we could go back a year and replay what we did, you know, in 2025, and it would look remarkably, and sound remarkably the same as well. But unfortunately it hasn't ended yet. But this is, I guess, the continuing process of trying to see if we can get somewhere substantive. And what would it take to break through? Well, both halves, of course, both sides of the equation need to agree that this thing is long due to end. No one's going anywhere anyways. Russia is engaging in tactics that have nothing to do with trying to gain more land in Ukraine, but it's all about punishing ukra. And so ultimately, will they decide that this thing needs to come to an end? Yes, but will they be able to get past the idea and settle on land concessions when that comes up and anything to do with NATO? Because those two things are going to be hard nuts to crack and they will remain that way for a while unless one nation just ultimately has to surrender because they're exhausted. And unfortunately, we haven't seen that yet either. So your guess is as good as mine whether this will get anywhere. I don't think you're going to see anything anytime soon, but at least we're at the table trying.
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All right, Darren, so let's replace Russia and Ukraine with Iran. I suspect that you can just rewrite your answer. It's going to be very similar to what you just said about Russia and Ukraine. Check out this Fox News headline which reads, leaked documents expose Khamenei's secret deadly blueprint for crushing Iran protests. The strategies included force surveillance and Internet shutdowns, all of which happened during this latest shutdown. There are talks that are planned in Turkey for Friday. What is your expectation in terms of what's going to come out of these talks? And from an Iranian standpoint, is this really just. Are they really coming to the table with real intent to talk, or is this just a way to kind of push the ball forward, kick the can down the curb and stall? Is it a stall tactic?
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Yeah, I think they're coming to the table to delay this as long as they possibly can and pretend like they're playing the game. They have no interest in doing this and they really don't have any interest in ceding power either, as all dictators don't. So this is just part of the game. And frankly, the IRGC and their role in all this is no surprise. We in America tend To think of the military as a force that is set for defense against invasion or conducting invasions where necessary, or other military operations. The IRGC and Quds force and all these things in Iran are primarily designed for internal policing of their own population. And they'll throw some missiles here and there to punish Israel or somebody else, try to play speedboat tag with American aircraft carriers and other things. But in the end, I don't think you're going to see anything come out of Turkey right now. Iran has no interest in doing so. These rebellions need momentum. In cutting off the Internet and not letting the world see what's happening is one way of them trying to make sure that momentum doesn't get isn't gained by those who are rebelling against the, against the mullahs.
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So Putin, planning to visit China in the first half of this year, accepted an invitation from Jinping. This trip is expected to focus on strengthening economic and strategic ties. But at this point, what do you, how do you account for long term mistrust in China's growing leverage over Russia in the current geopolitical situation?
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Well, no doubt that China is looking at Russia still as a strategic adversary and Russia looking at China the same way. But this is the perfect example of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So both of these are more concerned about stabilizing two ailing economies and focusing instead on the greater enemy to them, which is us. Whether that's a good right perspective or not doesn't matter. It's how they see things. So China's economy has had some issues for many reasons and their economy is ailing pretty bad. Russia's economy is totally focused on the wartime and has been for four years, which is an unhealthy direction to go and cannot be sustained. So that strategic relationship is necessary for both countries to keep their economies going the way they need them to to survive things like sanctions and everything else that's been put on them. I think that relationship will stay and stay strong for as long as they need each other. But both of them, I'm sure, look at each other with still some suspicion because you can't in four years overcome hundreds of years of an adversarial relationship. So for now, expect that relationship to stay pretty strong.
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Hey, Darren, 30 seconds. While President Trump is trying his hand at diplomacy with Iran, is the only real solution going to be to bomb it again? And I hate to put it that bluntly, but that's just what it is.
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It's never the only solution. There are other means to do things that we could influence the Iranian situation. But I would say that the best solution to what happens in Iran is for the people themselves to overthrow their own government and not give up the momentum. And I know it's going to come at a heavy price, but that's the only way these kinds of things work. We have things we can do to assist. Sure, maybe it is bombing, but I don't think that is exactly what we need to do right now.
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All right.
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Retired Lieutenant Army Colonel Darren Gobb, great to have you. Thank you, sir.
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You, too. Thanks, everybody.
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Thanks.
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All right.
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Coming up, by the way, you see there at the bottom of your screen a little picture in picture. I feel like I'm talking in 1997 language. Remember, picture in picture. Well, there it is. That's picture, literally. And picture the president of El Salvador speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast President Trump expected momentarily. We will bring it to you live though, coming up. If we do get to it, a new study warns most Americans with high blood pressure simply don't have it under control. Are you one of them? If so, you're going to need to see our next segment. All of it coming up after the break.
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It. All right.
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Welcome Back to American Sunrise. I'm Dr. Chee. Thanks for joining us this morning. It is time now for today's HEALTH News, sponsored by the Wellness Company. And under the microscope today, people not knowing about or not treating their high blood pressure. There's a new study in JAMA that found that 4 out of 5American adults with high blood pressure do not have it under control. This puts millions of people at greater risk for heart disease, stroke and dementia. This is according to this research that has been published in the Journal of American Medicine. And it's about 79% of adults with hypertension failed to reach healthier blood pressure levels, 61% of those with uncontrolled readings are not taking medication, the data shows. Experts say all sorts of new, improved treatments are available. Things like diets, nutrition, advanced medications, even supplementation could help close this gap. Be careful with those blood pressure medicines. They can cause things like brain fog, dizziness, problems with electrolytes, kidney issues and other things. So you want to make sure that you are seeing a functional medicine, holistic doctor for all of your blood pressure needs. February is National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month. Now more than ever, we want to be asking what each of us can do to lower our chances of cancer also. So if you or a loved one is battling cancer, we need to make sure that no stone is left unturned and that Effort to stay healthy. That's where the Wellness Company comes in. You know, the Wellness Company, we have their great doctors like Kelly victory and Dr. Peter McCullough on all the time. The Wellness Company and their doctors are medical professionals that you can trust. The Wellness Company is committed to providing safe, low cost alternatives to big pharma, from Ivermectin to methylene blue to their fantastic new product, product called shield. So much more. The Wellness Company gives you the opportunity to make the promise of the Maha movement a reality in your own life. This February, let's take control of our health. Go to TWC Health RAV. Give it in order. That's TWC Health RAV. Use the promo code. RAV. That'll save you 10%. Prepare now, don't wait.
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Right.
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David Bernard, Correct.
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Never Wait.
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I have a friend who had her husband on blood pressure medication and it was causing problems that made them think he had dementia. And it was a really horrible time for them. So that's why I want to give that warning about the blood pressure. But you know what? Anybody at the Wellness Company, any of these functional, holistic medical doctors out there, they'll be able to avoid those sorts of problems. It's the old medicine model that is just so dangerous.
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Yeah.
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And when we say life saving treatment, we literally mean life saving treatment. All right, so Vice President J.D. vance slammed new York Congressman Jerry Nadler on X after Nadler suggested some people could be justified, you know, in shooting a federal agent if they believed they were being kidnapped by masked hoodlums. Vance called Nadler's remarks despicable, saying a House Democrat was openly calling for people to shoot federal law enforcement. Here are Nadler's comments, by the way. Take a look.
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But what is really the major problem in this country today is the fascism in our streets, the attacks on American citizens by masked hoodlums. If you were attacked by a masked person, you might think you were being kidnapped. You'd be justified in shooting the person to protect yourself.
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Okay, for reaction, let's bring in former Trump campaign senior adviser Bruce Leavell. Bruce, what? Nadler has since said he wasn't calling for anybody to be shot or any federal agent to be shot. But you just, I mean, this is not careless language. This is purposeful language.
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Good morning. You know, the only antidote for that is, unfortunately, but it seems it doesn't happen every two years for the election cycle is to vote him out. So that's the only way we can, you know, end this. The silliness, especially with these elected officials. That are definitely showing that they're anti American. I don't really know where this is coming from. But listen, you know, we all know what the real deal is with this. These folks are pandering to this crowd this left. I just talked to one of my friends here in Atlanta when Mayor Dickens came out and said some we don't want ice in the World Cup. And I quietly sent a text to him, said, listen, tell him to be quiet or he's going to get the smoke also. And listen, this is so dangerous because, you know, these ICE agents are out here risking their lives and you know, these squads that go out there, they track them, they have lookout folks everywhere in every corner. And actually, really respectfully, they're very organized. That where they, when ice moves, they know. And you saw in California where they had, you know, some levels of tracking devices and apps where they could track their movements, etcetera, which is very dangerous in itself. But, you know, this is so crazy. It's so dangerous. It's a wrong message out to the citizens. You know, I think naval needs to retract what he said. Those words are very dangerous to the men and women, the brave men and women who serve, wearing that uniform, going out on the battlefields.
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Bruce, yesterday, Ryan Ruth, who attempted to assassinate President Trump, was sentenced to life and death prison. What is your reaction to that?
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Well, I like the life and no parole. I have to say, you know, I'm glad it didn't come out. And listen, you guys, let's just be honest. If he was in a really stronger blue state, he probably would have got probation.
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Yeah.
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And so, and this is what I'm thankful for. But hopefully it'll send a message out to anyone who's trying to take a shot at our commander in chief or what have you, that there are, you know, strong, you know, repercussions in terms of what's going to happen. And, yeah, life and life sentences in some countries, you know, they line you up in front of the shooting squad. So, you know, so I'm glad there's some into this. Hopefully there won't be any more attempts like this. This, this is really, you know, it's not good for our nation. But I'm glad that justice was served and that he will spend the rest of his life and president not on the streets.
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Bruce, we're waiting for the president to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast. So excuse us if we have to interrupt the interview, but in the meantime, President Trump did do this interview with NBC. It's going to air around the super bowl time on Sunday, he had this to say about the situation in Minnesota.
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Take a look. Mr. President, speaking of Minneapolis, what did you learn?
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I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough. These are criminal, we're dealing with really hard criminals. But look, I've called the people, I've called the governor, I've called the mayor, spoke to him, had great conversations with him. And then I see them ranting and raving out there literally as though a call wasn't made.
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A softer touch. President Trump doesn't typically use the word software. We don't think of that. And President Trump for sure, There was a 700 troop drawdown in Minneapolis. Your thoughts, Bruce?
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Well, you know, it gets back to this. I've served on a police board and active in my family career, public safety. And I can tell you that when the agents go out, federal agents, et cetera, they always want to have local involvement. And listen, they know they're out serving warrants. Let's just be clear what's happening with this. The second part of that, the local police, when they see agitators instigating and harassing the agents, the locals are the ones that come in at city, county, you know, state patrol for that matter, and pretty much get crown control and write arrest warrants for impeding an officer's duty or in some cases obstructing justice, if you want to use that term harshly. So this is where this comes from when there's no collaborative effort from all local law enforcement and you have governors and mayors who are telling their local police saying don't go there, don't help, don't get involved. This is what can happen. I said this long when this first came out on another network that someone's going to get injured, someone's going to get killed, possibly because they're not protecting the agents and the other local law enforcement for doing their duties.
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Bruce Lavelle, we appreciate your time. Thanks for being with us.
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Thanks, Bruce.
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Yeah, thanks for having me.
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All right.
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Coming up, Mayor Jacob Fry speaks out again. What is his latest plea to get ICE out of Minneapolis? We'll have his comments next on American Sunrise. Stay with us. Welcome back to American sunrise. It's time to stay awake, not woke. And who is woke today? Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry. Fry says federal law enforcement is wrecking his city's economy, claiming ICE's Operation Metro surge has hurt local businesses and cost millions in lost revenue. Fry says small Latino owned and Somali owned businesses have seen drastic Declines in customers and and even hotel losses due to heightened ICE activity. He urges that removing federal enforcers is the way to restore economic growth in the city. Here's part of his comments. Take a look.
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There's a massive impact on our small and local businesses. Small local businesses collectively are losing between 10 and 20 million dollars every single week. Businesses along cultural corridors are down at least 50% and the Latino owned businesses and Somali owned businesses are drastically below that. Hotels have lost about $4.4 million because of cancellations. And so for those that claim that they care about our economy and care about businesses, there is a very quick.
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And straightforward antidote to bring these businesses.
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Back, which is to have operations Metro.
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Surge end and to have ICE leave our city.
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Let's bring the economy back.
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Let's help these businesses out. Let's make sure that our city can.
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Return to this great comeback that we were seeing.
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And let's get ice to leave.
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Let's now bring in Terrence. Dr. Gina and David. Terrence, want to get your take first on this. Seems like he's focused on the wrong problems.
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I would tend to agree. He is focused on the wrong problems. And the reality is if he gets the demonstrators in his city in line so that when ICE is on, is in the midst of these operations and it doesn't become a big deal because you've got these huge protesters, these huge groups of protesters who are out and there's all the media attention, then it would simply be law enforcement doing what law enforcement does. Think about it. When regular police are out in their communities finding and apprehending fugitives and that kind of thing, it's not a huge thing. People aren't protesting and they go about doing their business without the economy or anyone else other than the person they're seeking being affected. Well, if. Sorry, I've got a fly in here. But if the city there. Good Lord. If the city there were to really get a hail. Okay, this is just ridiculous. This fly is all around me.
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If the city were to get these protesters in line, it wouldn't be a big deal. There wouldn't be all this commotion and visitors to the city. The businesses wouldn't be impacted, which I don't think they are because of ICE enforcement. Regardless.
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David.
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Yep. It's Frye's fault. It's true. It's Frye's fault.
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It's Walz fault.
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It's their policies for sure. And let's be clear. DHS just released statistics showing that 4,000 illegal criminals were taken off the streets of Minnesota, despite all of what Fry Wall has tried to do.
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Literally.
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The Trump administration just got rid of 4,000 illegal criminals from the streets of Minneapolis. And this is the thanks they get. Jacob Fry, Gina and Tim Walls support rapists, murderers and criminals. It's that simple. And they support them because they are not allowing ICE and federal agents to do their job. That's why they support them.
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Yeah, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. I mean, they've been playing stupid games for a long, long time and they're winning a lot of stupid prizes now. And blaming this on ICE is literally laughable. It's literally like saying, I'm not rich because I have too much money. I mean, it's just, it's absolutely nonsensical. The problem is crime. The problem is Democrat policies that have led to the crime. And nothing's going to change, Emily. Nothing's going to change these people. But they complain and they keep everyone in a victim mentality and that's how that's what they use to be reelected. And so. So as long as people are going to be useful idiots, this will continue to happen.
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Yeah. Hey, by the way, before we go to break, I just want to just point out what you're seeing in the middle there. That's Paula White, who heads up the White House faith based office in Washington. And so my sense of it is because this is at the National Prayer Breakfast that President Trump should be coming out next. I would suspect that she's probably going to intro him, but we'll see. He's expected to speak any moment. He's actually about 20 minutes late, so. How dare he? How dare he? Just kidding.
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Okay. Yep.
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We will be keeping a close eye on that. All right, coming up, our moments of faith. House Speaker Mike Johnson says that broader or border enforcement rather and building walls were part of a biblical history. Do faith leaders agree? Find out next. But first, a quick programming note. Real America's Voice has launched a new must see show this week at 11pm Eastern called after Hours with Alex Stein. You don't want to miss it. Here's a preacher you.
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When the lights go down, the truth comes out.
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This is built like a chicken McNugget.
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But this is After Hours with Alex Stein.
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No filter. You're globalist. You don't care about the name. No apologies.
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You're a pro abortion when you should have been aborted.
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The undisputed king of trolling.
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I was recently sexually assaulted within the metaverse.
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I want to vaccinate your mom. They tried to cancel us.
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Deplatforming works.
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He wants to kill babies, but she's still beautiful. Look at that booty on aoc. That's my favorite big booty. Latina politics, culture, hypocrisy.
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They want them to have their penises.
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Cut off uncensored and uncontrolled.
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That's what I'm saying. They admit they want to cut people's penises off.
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Late night just got dangerous. After hours with Alex Stein. Coming soon to Real America's Voice.
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Let's listen in now to Paula White from the White House faith office. It is my great honor to introduce, and I think I can say this.
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Not as senior advisor, but as his.
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Friend, the goat, the greatest of all time, the greatest champion of faith that we have ever had in the executive.
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Branch, the 45th and 47th president, stand to your feet and give him the biggest welcome of the United States, a man I am honored to call friend.
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President Donald J. Trump.
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Thank you very much. Well, thank you very much. And thank you to Pastor Paula. Paula is an incredible woman. She's been with me a long time, right from the beginning. This is a beautiful American tradition. And it's a true honor to be back with so many incredible leaders, leaders and people of faith at the National Prayer Breakfast. I think I've been here just about every time. It's hard to turn it down. I don't have the courage to turn it down. Sometimes I want to come back from a horrendous trip fighting people that can't stand us, keeping us out of wars and seeing things that nobody would believe that anybody would see. And last time I came, it was, I got in at 4 in the morning. They said, sir, you're going to be speaking at 7. They said, really? Oh, that's wonderful. I said, where? National Prayer Breakfast. I said, I'll be there. I'm afraid not to be. I need all the help I can get. And you know, I never get. Get a fair break from the fake news, which is back there. That's a lot of fake news. Because last time I was having a lot of fun. We had a big graduate, 60,000 people. And I'm talking about the fact that I will never make it to heaven. I will never, ever. And I was being funny. I was trying to be, you know, you can't be sarcastic with them because they write your words and they don't. The people are reading. The words are much different than. But I say I'm never going to make it to heaven. And I just don't think I qualify. I don't think there's a thing I can do. But all of these good things I'm doing, including for religion, you know, religion is back now hotter than ever before. I mean, I have to tell you. But I said, even though I did that and so many other things I named things, I said I won't qualify. I'm not going to make it to happen. The New York Times did a front page story that Donald Trump is questioning his life and the meaning of his life. No, I was just having fun. I really think I probably should make it. I mean, I'm not a perfect candidate, but I did a hell of a lot of good for perfect people, that's for sure. Right, right, Mr. Speaker. But I want to thank the dozens of members of Congress here this morning, including a man of immense faith and immense talent. He's a very talented man, is a small minority. It's just really because we go back and forth between minority and majority, and half the time we're minority and we still win. How do we win with a minority? You know, we have a couple of people that I consider to be negative. But we're 1 up, 2 up. Sometimes we're 3 up. In fact, we'll have two more victories very soon we'll be 3 up. And we consider that having a massive majority. Okay? Right, Mike, that's like, that's considered. We're not spoiled. Can you imagine if we ever picked up like 20 or 30 seats? Wouldn't that be pretty? That would be too easy. I think it would be too easy. It wouldn't be fun. I get these calls from Mike, sir, could you speak to so and so? 3:00 clock in the morning. You know, we have two types. We have the type that goes along with us and believes in us and they're with us all the way. And that I would say is 95%. Right? And then we have the type that needs a little love all the time, no matter what it is. The easiest thing on religion or Republicanism, the easiest thing to pass. They always make it difficult, but they always get there. But I have to call them always at three in the morning. I'll always get that call. Sir, Speaker Johnson's going. So I get a hi, Mike, what's up? What time is it? It's three in the morning, sir. We have nine names. They're giving us difficulty. They want to have a phone call. I said, all right, let's go. Here we go. Same nine all the time, right? You know, so I call up, I say, chip, how you doing, Chip? Hello, sir. Sir, I can't quite get there. I just don't know. Could I come over for breakfast? You know we have a 9 o' clock vote, right? I said, really? Is it night, sir? I just. You got to get me there, sir. Let's have breakfast, Chip. Great. Then I get others pretty much the same night. I don't want to name too many, but I would. And they always get there. We have one that doesn't get there. We have one guy, he's an automatic no no matter what. If we did welfare reform, if we did the greatest thing in history for religion, no matter what we did, no matter how good it is, greatest tax cuts. And we just did the greatest tax cuts in history. He voted against, he voted now. No matter what we do, this moron. No matter what it is. We could put them all together, I think. Mike, what would you say? The top five things, name them. We'll put them in one bill and we'll put them before we get 100% vote. Except for this guy named Thomas Massie. There's something wrong with him. We call him Rand Paul Jr. You know, it's like they just vote no. They love voting no. They think it's good politically. The guy's polling at about 9%. It's not good. But we have great support and we have great support for religion. You know, I've done more for religion than any other president. When Paula was saying that it was so nice, I was proud of it and I said, that's true. I told the people backstage what she said is true. Who else would say that? Right? But it is true. But then I said, but that's not saying much because not too many presidents have done too much for religion. I want to tell you that certainly modern day, certainly modern day presidents, they didn't. They bailed out on you. They bailed out. They want to be neutral. They want to be neutral or against. You know, the Democrats are against. I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat. I really don't. And I know we have some here today. And I don't know why they're here because they certainly don't give us their vote. I certainly know that we're not going to be convincing them to vote for a little thing called voter ID. It polls at 97% and even the Democrat, the people, the voters are at 82% for voter ID. But the leaders don't want to approve it. They said they will strike. They will not allow it to happen. It's polling at over 90%. It's called voter identification. When you go to the polls, you show, yes, my name is so and so. And I live in the country, I'm here, I can vote. They say that's not allowed. And everyone's trying to figure it out. And they do something to win. You know what it is?
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They cheat.
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But let's get onto another subject. No, at that. They're the finest probably anywhere in the world, I would say. But we're trying to pass voter ID and other things, and other things having to do with your religion and getting the Democrats to vote is very, very tough. But we're grateful to the co chairs of the breakfast, Representatives Ben Klein and Jonathan Jackson and Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And I want to thank a man who's been with me for a long time. We've been friends and I used to be interviewed by him and all he wanted to talk about was war. I said, this guy, you know, he's very smart, went to the top, top schools, was a top student. He's like me. I was a very good student too, but nobody would think so, you know. And nobody thinks Pete was a good student. I don't know. They think him as a tough cookie flamethrower, which I like, actually in the position of Secretary of War. I just. But, but he has done some job, Pete Hegseth. You know, he's very popular. He turned down a very large five year extension contract for millions of dollars a year. Oops. I don't want to say that. Your wife is here, she's saying, are you crazy? He's got the greatest wife. But it's true that Pete has just been incredible. And I used to go and be interviewed at Fox and Friends, remember those beautiful days. And I'd say, what do you want to talk about, sir? I want to talk about releasing about 25 prisoners. They have arrested American soldiers because they taught them, they taught them how to fight and they fought really well and they won every battle. And now they put them in jail because they said they were too tough. I said, so how Many are there? 22. And some of these guys were on the. They were fairly tough, wouldn't you say, Pete? But you know, it's true. We teach people how to fight and then you put them in jail because they fought a little bit too hard. And we took care of a lot of business, but that's all. We didn't talk about the things, the normal things that A interviewer would be talking about. Right. But I saw that and I saw his love for the military. I was obvious. He was always looking to protect soldiers. And I said, you know, he's a really smart guy. If I ever get this thing. Wasn't easy. You know, they rigged the second election. I had to win it. Had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would have had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. The beating these, beating these lunatics was incredible. Right? What a great feeling winning every swing state, winning the popular vote. The first time, you know, they said, I didn't win the popular vote. I did, but they said so they'd always say, we always thought they'd introduce me. While Donald Trump did not win the popular vote. You know, I'm sitting up being introduced by a Democrat or somebody. And he said, why? Donald Trump did not win the popular vote. He won the presidency. Here he is. I said, that was terrible. I said, we got to. And we won the popular vote by a lot. We didn't want to play any games. This has been a much better. We had a great first term. We had the greatest economy in history, but this one's going to blow it away already. It's blown everything away. We have $18 trillion coming into our country blowing everything away. But we had a great first term. We rebuilt the military. You know, Biden gave a little chunk of it to Afghanistan brilliantly. Left, left tanks and planes and, you know, little things. I said, why didn't you fly the planes out? He said, said, well, nobody thought of it. He could have flown. He said, it's very hard to remove the equipment, really. You couldn't fly an airplane. Buy 150 brand new. $150 million brand new airplane. Sir, I think it's better to leave it. Why? It's more cost effective. So we leave them a brand new jet. I said, these people are crazy. But we have it under control now like you've never seen. And our military has never been strong longer. And you saw that with the B2 bombers in Iran. And you saw it with recently with Venezuela, where we're getting along fantastically with leadership. Really become a great relationship. I don't think there's been anything quite like it ever. In fact, we have 50 million barrels of oil floating right now over to Houston and we're, you know, we're working with them really. Well, it's. I don't think I've ever seen anything. The cooperation that we have is. And it's great for them because they were, they were in big trouble economically and yet they have more oil than any other country in the world, I think, except us. But they have more oil just about than any. And by the way, us and them, we have 68% of the world's oil. Now, I know that doesn't mean too much to people of great religion I know you want to hear about, but, you know, we got to keep our country strong and we're doing really good. But that's been an amazing operation, I would say. When people saw that, I was just talking to a great leader from El Salvador and he said, man, that was some attack. I've never seen anything like that one. Right, right. That was good even by your high standard. Right. That was a hell of an attack. But we have, we have a great, a great country. We have tremendous leaders. We have a fantastic cabinet. We have unbelievable bench. And one of them is Attorney General Pam Bondi, who may be here. Where's Pam? Is she here? Where, where are you, Pam? Where? Say she wants to keep it nice and low key. You're really catching fire. By the way, Pam, you know they were saying about Kristi Noem yesterday I did the super bowl interview, sir, are you going to relieve Kristi Noem of her duties? No, I said, why would I do that? We have the strongest border in the history of our country. We have the best crime numbers we've ever had going back to the year 1900. That's 125 years. We have the lowest crime numbers despite the fact that this horrible world's worst president. This is the worst president we've ever had. Biden, he had no idea he was president. So he doesn't take it personally. I don't want him to take it personally. Fortunately, he has no idea what the hell I'm saying. And he's watching right now. He's happy with what he just said. This is what we had running our country. But no, he was our worst president. We had some bad ones. We had. Obama was very bad, terrible divider of our country. He divided our. He was a divider. And believe it or not, we're bringing the country together. You know what's bringing it together? Tremendous success. We're having tremendous success. We have more investment being made in our country now than any country has ever had by many times. You go back 10 years, a certain country, not us, 3 trillion we have in 11 months because the 12th month is coming out next week. We have $18 trillion of investment coming in the biggest ever was three many years ago. And one of the reasons for it is secretaries Doug Burgum and Doug Collins. They are drilling like, you know, my. My whole thing was drill, baby, drill. Where are they sitting? I love those two guys. Sit. Come on, stand up. And is Katherine there? That's Catherine. Yes. Hi, Katherine. Chris. What? What? They are drilling like nobody. I spoke with Chris yesterday, Doug. I said, how we doing, sir? We're drilling more oil than anybody's ever drilled. By double, right? By double. We're doing it. That's why I was in Iowa last week with the farmers who were doing very well. We just handed them $12 billion out of tariff money because they were taking advantage of. By foreign countries, various foreign countries. And I said, how much was it that they got hurt for? $12 billion. I said, good, let's write them a check. I gave the farmers $12 billion. And they don't even want it. They just want to be treated fair. But we're getting it from that. But we're getting it with. Nobody's ever in history. And it's, It's. We've never done it either, like, anywhere close. We're taking out more energy out of our beautiful land. Oil and gas. Clean oil and gas. And I always say, clean, beautiful. Coal. You know, I told. The only thing I told these two guys they have to do because they're the greatest energy people in the world. The best. I said, when you mention the word cold, anytime you mention coal, C O A L. Anytime you mention it has to be preceded by two clean and beautiful. So Doug was making a speech the other day, and I sort of tried to pass a note because he said. He mentioned coal about 40 times, and he kept saying, clean, beautiful, coal, clean. It really only works a few times, right? I said, no, no. When you say coal, clean, beautiful. You know, we buy all that wind from. We don't anymore. So we haven't approved anything in wind, right, Doug? Nothing. Because it's, you know, just. It's a quick way to losing money, losing beauty, losing your fields, killing your birds. And other than that, it doesn't work. And Europe is getting, you know, Europe is so bad with the windmills. They're destroying their country with wind. And I was over there. You don't. It's not even recognizable what they've done. They've got a. They've got a big problem on their hands between immigration and energy. Europe is destroying itself, and they better get smart. And I love them all. I'm friends with everyone of every country over There, I've helped them a lot. Got the GDP up from 2% to 5%, which is, you know, for spending, for military spending. Nobody thought that was possible. Nobody thought 2% was possible. Get them to 5%. But it's not recognizable. Europe, if you go through the different cities, it's a very sad thing. And I tell it. I went over to Davos, they invited me, and when I left, they said, that may have been the stupidest invitation we ever gave to somebody, Switzerland, but they have to. I just say it like it is. They're destroying their country. They. Their energy is ridiculous. What they've done, and the immigration, I'm telling you, it's a place where many of these countries are not recognizable. And I'd like to see them straightening out very soon. It's going to be impossible for them to straighten it out. We have our Director of National and International Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who's doing a great job with Kelsey. She took a lot of heat two days ago because she went in at Pam's insistence. She went in and she looked at votes that want to be checked out from Georgia. They see, why is she doing it? Right, Pam, Why is she doing it? Because Pam wanted her to do it. And you know why? Because she's smart. And they said, well, this has to do. Her position has to do. It's really not so. But her position has to do with international. I say, well, the same people that said that, they've been saying, Russia, Russia, Russia has been screwing our elections. Okay, so let's assume Russia had something to do with it. They say, no, no, Russia didn't have. So now they're saying Russia had nothing to do with it. Because if I say Russia, it's perfectly fine, but you could add China and about five other countries, countries to it. But she's done a great job and Pam has done a fantastic job and we appreciate it, both having seen you in a couple of days. And I have one of the greatest negotiators. I'm so proud of him. He's a great negotiator. He's smart and respected by Everybody. Jameson Greer, U.S. trade. Where is Jameson? He's around here someplace. Thank you, James. I said, boy, he's. He's good. We have a great team. We have a great economic team, a great military team.
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We have.
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Raisin Cain helps Pete. Raisin Cain, General Kane. He wiped out ISIS in three weeks. I was told by General Mattis and General Milley, sir, it will take five years. I said, what? Sir, it'll take five years. He said, you mean we have the best equipment in the world and we're finding guys that use bad rifles, Knives preferably. They're very good with a knife, but a knife shouldn't do it. And I said, why? And I flew over to Iraq and I met a guy named Kane. I came out of the plane and handsome general standing there. Three generals. I went there to find out why the hell we couldn't win the war. Why aren't we winning the war with. Against isis? They've been, you know, playing games with us. So I wanted to see and I met. That's where I met Raisin Cain. I said, what's your first name? Raisin, sir. They call me Raisin. Said, what the hell kind of a name is that? Right? We've learned a lot about him now we get it in this very quiet manner. He's brutal. Just ask Venezuela, ask Iran. They're negotiating now. They don't want to. They don't want us to hit them. You know, we have a big fleet going over to Iran. But. So Raisin was there at the bottom of the plane. What's your name? Raisin. What's your last name? Kane. I said, so your name is. Let's get this straight. Your name is Raisin Cain, right? Yes, sir. That's what they call me. You're the guy I'm looking for. And then he said, sir, if you'd like, you can go and sleep. You know, it's a 20 hour trip. If you'd like, you can go and sleep. We have quarters prepared for you. I said, no, no, I don't have to sleep. I've been on a plane sleeping for 20. I mean, I'm sleeping the plane. I don't sleep on planes. I don't like sleeping on planes. You know, I like looking out the window watching for missiles and enemies, actually. But he said, sir, we have a place prepared for you and we can meet after you've rested. I said, no, no, no, let's go right now. So we did that. And I said to him, I said, they tell me it's going to take five years to defeat isis. No, sir. They said, well, how long would it be, General Kane, sir, we can do it in four weeks. I said, what? We can do it in four weeks, sir. And I should have maybe a couple of weeks left over. You mean you could do it in less than four weeks? Yes, sir. I said, well, how come they tell me our television generals, as I call them, two very poor generals? I mean, these guys they looked nice. They were nice guys. They didn't have what it took, believe me. Yeah, some people have that. They don't have what it takes, no matter what. They said, how come they tell me it's four to five years? He said, well, I don't want to speak badly about anybody, so I'd rather not comment on that. I think I found that to be nice, okay? But I said, all right, tell me how you're going to do it. Well, sir, we use this one base here, and we're hundreds of miles away. And by the time the planes get to the target, they have to come back and refuel and we're too far. I said, why do we do that? Because we don't want to defend folks, offend any of the other countries. They said, we have a lot of portable airports, right, Pete? We have portable airports all over the Middle East. Runways that are portable. You put them down, you take them up. We have equipment. Nobody has this stuff. We have. We have airports that look better than Kennedy Airport, and they're built in sand, and it took us about two minutes to build them. No, the equipment is incredible. You can land any plane on them. Right?
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And we've got many of them, sir. We have to use them. I said, why don't we? Because we didn't want to defend, you know, offend another country. I said, let me ask you a question. You're in the middle of the desert. Would another country know if we're taking off from some strip in the desert? They would have no idea, sir. They don't have radar. They don't have anything. So he explained it. We want to hit them, sir, from 17 different locations. And we want to hit him left. Then we hit him. Here we go. And we want to hit him right? Sure. And we want to hit him from the top, and we want to hit them from the bottom. East, west, north, south, sir, they won't know what the hell. And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years, we'd call up the country head and we tell them we'd like to attack ISIS today. As soon as the call was made, they'd call ISIS and tell them, you're going to be attacked, get the hell out of it. This is what we were doing for years. Not with. But not with raising Canaan, not with Pete. Hag says, right, Pete, we don't do that. And we have a little different method. So I went back to Washington and I said, you know this guy? He said, and then I checked up on him. And he was so respected. I said, he's really, like, respected. And I called him back. I said, general, go at it. Do good luck, God bless you. And he said, I say that to the people going out every time. And they say it. When we give the okay for, like, the attack on Venezuela or the attack on Iran, he says, I say, we all say, we're all in a room together watching. We watch it. We watch these attacks. We always say, God bless you. Have a safe journey. It's a dangerous journey. These are dangerous journeys. Flying through the middle of Iran. They know you're coming and you're in a B2 bomber. The most incredible thing. And they weren't able to see it because it's stealth. So good. We ordered 20 more of them. Brand new, updated version. I actually said, don't get the updated. Just take the one you have. They said, no, sir, the new one's even better. We have a military. Nobody has a military like we. I rebuilt it, by the way, during my first term. I mean, I think it's one of the best things I did. I rebuilt the military during the first term, and now we're really rebuilding the military. Right? But the bottom line, I called him, I said, so you think you can do it, General? Yes, sir, I can do it. And it was over in three weeks. It was incredible. And I mean over. And then the election's rigged and I wasn't there. And for four years, ISIS rebuilt, rebuilt, rebuilt. And they have a little bit of ISIS now again. And we knocked the hell out of them the other day in Nigeria because they were killing Christians. You know about that. They were killing Christians. You can't do that. When Christians come under attack, they know they're going to be attacked violently and viciously by President Trump. I know it's not a nice thing to say, but that's the way it is. So we're also delighted to welcome visiting leaders and dignitaries from more than 110 countries. They're here, including one of my favorite people, President Bukele of El Salvador. He has been so incredible. He has been such a great ally of this country. Thank you very much. Such a great ally. Some of you have seen he operates rather large prisons, like prisons that are so large you can't see from one side to the other unless you have perfect 2020 eyesight with binoculars, that's how long and big. And they do a job. They do a very humane job, but they're very strong prisons. And we send a lot of the people that we capture, the murderers the drug dealers, the people that came into our country illegally and have already committed massive crimes. We had 11,888 murderers, and many of them are in your prisons right now. Right. And he does a fantastic job. I mean, he really sounds like a different kind of. You know, this is a religious breakfast. You're going to walk away and say, he's the meanest son of a gun I've ever seen. But I'm not. I just want to keep our country safe. It's very simple. We have to keep our country safe. So I want to thank you, Mr. President, for a great, amazing job you do with our people, too. They work together so well. Appreciate it. Not easy. This prayer breakfast comes at a special time for our country as we prepare to celebrate the 200, 150th anniversary of American independence. And we're also very shortly going to have the Olympics and the World Cup. And, you know, I got them. I was the one that got the Olympics, and I was the one that got. And I was so upset because I got them. I tried to move them up, but I couldn't. And my first term, I was getting them. And Barack Hussein Obama would refuse to call the Olympics because in all fairness, they took advantage of him. Remember, he went there, he flew all the way to whatever country, some beautiful country in Europe, and he sat, he made his presentation, and he ended up coming in last. And that shouldn't happen to a president. You know, if you're a president, you have to get a wink. I'll go there. But are you going to give us the Olympics? Otherwise, I'm not going there. I don't want to. So he sat there, made a very nice presentation. He came in last, came in fourth place. So he hated those people. He won't say that, I don't think, but I'll say it for him. And so he refused to be involved with the Olympics. I got a call from Democrats. The Democrat mayor of Los Angeles called me. So we have a problem. We have a president that refuses to call the Olympic Committee. And I just won the presidency. I was President Elect, and so I wasn't even in office. Then I called this gentleman from, I think, Denmark. Can you believe they own a large piece of ice that we're negotiating for? Extremely. The biggest piece of ice in the world. Largest. World's largest piece of ice. They'll never run out of water. But I called the president, I called the various people, but the head of the Olympic Committee, very nice guy, and I couldn't get him off the phone. He was starving for love because nobody called him. They just wanted to know from the President, does the United States want the Olympics? They didn't want to choose the United States. And then, you know, have somebody say, like, like, you know, we don't care. I said, I desperately want it. We're going to get it. Ba, ba, ba. And I spoke to him, I spoke to other people and I got it. I called up the Democrat from Los Angeles, happened to be the mayor of Los Angeles. He was devastated. He couldn't get the. All they wanted to do is have an acknowledgement from the head of the country. Wouldn't do it. But I did it. We got the Olympics and we got the World Cup. But then I was, I don't know if Johnny's here from the World cup, but that guy's great. He's great, my friend. But I got them both. And I was really upset because I got him. And then I said, I won't be. Think of it. I won't be president because they're in the following term. Because, you know, when you get the olympics, usually it's 10 years in advance. I said, so I did all that good work. It wasn't that easy. I got it. Then I got the World Cup. They both were happening now in a year, another year and a half a year right after the 250. I didn't get 250. I tried to claim it a couple of times. I said, and I produced 250 year anniversary. It was my deal. I got 250 years. And the press hit me hard on that one. So I gave that up immediately. But I happened to be president during that. So think of it. So I'm the president and I got these two things and I said, you know what? I got the Olympics to come to the United States and I got the World cup to come to the United States and I probably won't even be invited to be there. And I was really angry. And then they rigged the election. And then I said, I'm coming back and I got the Olympics and I got the World cup, right? And at some point I'm going to get right back onto the teleprompter and you're going to say that was a wonderful speech. On that momentous day in 1776.
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That this is so much easier. You know, it takes real talent to, to do the other. The other is much more talent. But that's why we're president, I think. But we have very important words to say. And this is such an Important group. And we have plenty of time to say it, because when it comes to religion, I have all the time. I'm one of the few that say we have all the time in the world. But in that moment, momentous day in 1776, history changed forever when our founders proclaimed the immortal truths that echoed around the world and down all the way through time. They declared that all of us are made free and equal by the hand of our Creator. A lot of presidents refuse to say that. They refuse to say that. Some refuse. Some major politicians refuse to say the word God. They don't want to say it. I say it. That we are endowed with our sacred rights to life, liberty, and not by government, but by God Almighty himself. And those words rang out from Philadelphia and launched a revolution not just in America, but. But in the hearts of all humanity. The principles of the Declaration of Independence, which is one of three sitting right beautifully in the Oval Office. I took it out of the vaults, and it's beautiful. It's beautifully protected, and it's a magnificent document. I stare at it all the time, and I read it as often as they can. A true brilliant work of art. They've stirred the spirit of patriots in every nation, liberated millions from tyranny, and lifted billions from poverty. And it's doing now more than ever before. We're doing better than this country has ever done in one year. Think of what we can do. We just have to keep it going. Mr. Speaker, if you don't mind. Okay. Got to keep it going. But no. And they. I mean, Democrats admit this. No president in his first year has ever done the things we've done. When you think we've gotten the largest tax cut in history, largest, larger than even in the first term. But we've done something else. And I think we've brought back spirit to our country. You know, two years ago, Two years ago, you couldn't get anybody to go into the military. They laughed at you when they said they didn't respect our country. They didn't respect our president. They thought he was a joke. They thought our country was a joke. Other countries laughed at us and took advantage of us with tariffs, and we weren't allowed to charge. And they were allowed to charge, but we are allowed to charge. And I hope we get that Supreme Court decision because we have taken in hundreds of billions of dollars of money. We're a rich nation again and doing what other nations have done to us for many, many years. But the biggest thing is what's happened to me is the spirit of Our country. And that goes for religion, but it also goes for the military. We couldn't recruit anybody to go into our great military. We were the worst, I think it's ever been two, two and a half years ago under the Sleepy Joe Biden administration. I call them Crooked Joe and Sleepy Joe. I find them to be equal, actually, I say I do polls. Which is better, Crooked Joe or Sleepy Joe? And they poll about even. So I use both. But we have now the greatest recruiting that we've ever had. Everybody wants to be in the military. We're hot as a pistol. We couldn't get anybody to go into the. Not me, they. The last administration. Nobody wanted to be in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, the Coast Guard, Space Force, which is turning out to be. I'm so proud of it because I was the. I'm the father of Space Force. I'm the one that wanted it so. But we couldn't get people. We couldn't get people. They couldn't get people to go into any of them, including our police departments and our fire departments. They weren't proud of our nation. They had no spirit. And now we have had the single greatest recruitment in the history of our country. There's never been anything like it. We have waiting lists of people wanting to get in. In fact, if we want to expand the military, Mr. Speaker, this would be a very good time to do it. We have so many people want to get into the military that, you know, we just. But we also won in the Supreme Court, as you know, based on merit. It was a merit. And we take people based on merit. Like we prefer a strong person in the military as opposed to a weak person. We prefer somebody that's a strong, powerful person with extremely good vision that can shoot a rifle very well to a person that's extremely weak, non muscular, can't shoot a rifle, has no idea where the hell he is. We have a military where they all look like Tom Cruise, only bigger. Now we hire on merit now and that goes for colleges. People get into colleges now. If you have great boards and great marks and you work to work to work and then somebody else gets in with that's not nearly as qualified. Now it's a merit system. It's tough in one way, but it's, you know, our country was built on a system of merit and then we went away from it a number of years ago. We got it back. That was a brave decision by the Supreme Court, I'll say. And it's tough on some people, actually. It makes people work Harder, I think. But we have to base our country on merit or we won't have a country. We were going in such a bad direction as soon, and I give a lot of credit on that one to the Supreme Court, and they give me some bad ones, too, but I give a lot, a lot of credit. That took a lot of courage to do it, but they understood it was the right thing to do, to be a great nation. However, I think, and I may be wrong, but I don't think so because I've watched a lot and I study a lot. But you have to have religion. You have to have it. You have to have faith. You have to have God. And thankfully, as we gather today, there are many signs that religion is coming back. And now it's no longer signs, it's just coming back. It's coming back so strong. You know, your churches are filling up. You didn't have that two years ago. It was hurt by Covid. But it really. And they treated you terribly. The Democrats treated you terribly. Sorry, Mr. Congressman, but the truth is, I mean, they had pastors, holding services outside. The people were standing 15ft away from each other, and everybody was arrested. You know, this was, it was like they, they ran it. You know, they always like to say Trump is a dictator. They love that I'm not a dictator. But they were like dictators. They were like the Gestapo. They were arresting people for going to church, and they were arresting people and treating people, like, horribly. And I made a lot of amends to those people. Those people were treated very badly for wanting to go to church. It had a huge impact, negative impact on churches. But the churches are now coming back stronger than ever. Nobody's ever seen anything like it, actually. So you're all hot. Okay. You know, it's like, like the king of Saudi Arabia, he said, and you probably heard me say it, I love it. He was with him and he said a year and a half ago, he said, you know, a year and a half ago, he said, we thought your country was dead, and now you have the hottest country anywhere in the world. We're the hottest country anywhere in the world right now. Nobody even close. I think you can say that. Mr. I mean, El Salvador is very hot, but I think we can say that, right? We have the Congo here. I don't know. The Congo is hot. We just ended a war, one of our eight wars that we ended, right? We have. He's a great guy, too. He's a great guy. You talk about people that suffered. Those people suffered in 2025 more copies of the Holy Bible were sold in the United States states that at any time in the last 100 years. Now, how about that? How about that? Did you know that, Mr. Speaker, you know, Mike Johnson's a very religious person, and he does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, sir, may we pray? Say, excuse me, we're having a lot of shit on the open. It's okay with me. But he's a very religious person and he is popular and he's doing an unbelievable job. So I think God is watching over you. God is watching over him. I don't know about me, so I hang around with him because I feel I'm protected a little bit. In the last 12 months, young Americans attended church at nearly twice the rate as they did four years ago. And many churches, you see the stats. I mean, people are talking about it. The radical left is not happy about it. Many Democrats are not happy about it. This, by the way, will be the last year the Democrats show up to this event. I tell you, I got to say, how the hell do you vote for these people? People? But some churches are seeing a 30%, 50% or even 70% increase in the number of converts and also the number of people going to church every week to support this exciting renewal. This morning, I'm pleased to announce that on May 17, 2020, 2026, that we're inviting Americans from all across the country to come together on our national mall to pray, to give thanks and to. We are going to do something that everyone said, like, that's tough. We're going to rededicate America as one nation under God. You know, a lot of people. Now. Thank you very much. That's what I mean by. That's what I mean by the spirit. It's so incredible to see it. I see it so much. I've never seen anything like it. In one year. I thought it would take two years, three years, four years to be where we are. We've done it in really 10 months. We're at 12. But now it's just getting to a level that we've never reached before as a country. But that includes religion. I mean, and maybe that's part of the reason that we're doing so well. There's great. Such great spirit. It's all spirit, and it includes religion. I've always said, you just can't have a great country if you don't have religion. You have to believe in something. Something. You have to believe that what we're doing, there's A reason for it. There has to be a reason for it. We're all working and we're doing, we're behaving. I mean, I behave because I'm afraid not to. Okay. Because I don't want to get in trouble. No, there's. It's such a positive thing and people are starting to see it and they go into church and they're meeting people and families are developing. It's really. Things are happening in our country right now. We have to get the bad ones out. We have to do it. We can't let that happen. And we're being very tough in law and order and crime. And I hate to say it because it doesn't seem to go hand in hand, but you can't have people going to churches and coming out and have criminals taking advantage and doing things that nobody wants to even describe. And that's not happening anymore. You know, Washington D.C. is a very safe city now. When I took over, Washington D.C. was a death trap. Many people were being killed. Two, three a week they were being killed. Come in from Iowa to look at the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson, George Washington, the monument. And they called the parents. I'm sorry sir, you're son has been killed. What? Your son has been killed. That doesn't happen. You know, we took out 2000 monsters out of Washington DC. It's not just that we have the troops and they are central casting. I love them. I think to me it looks much more beautiful. You walk down the street, you have three guys that are 6 foot 6 and angry looking people. But they actually are very nice. They're angry when they see criminals. That's all they get, angry. They took trend Aragua and honestly I don't want to say this, but they beat the crap out of them. They beat the crap out of them. They found that they were doing bad things and trend didn't want anything to do with these guys. Then we put them in the paddy wagon, we took them back to where they came from, you know that. But we took out over 2,000 hardcore criminals. You know, 2% of the population produces 90% of the violent crime. Think of that, think of that. And Washington now is a very safe place. I get it all the time. I go into the White House and people that work in the White House come up. Sir, I want to thank you so much. Young woman, man, they say, I walked to work. I couldn't have walked to work. I wouldn't have even thought to walk to work before they walk to work. The place is booming. Restaurants are Opening up. The restaurants were almost going to be all closed. They would have been all closed. You couldn't even go. Even if you got there, the restaurant would be robbed with people sitting there. Hold up your hands. Everybody give us your money. And then they'd whack people with the butt of a gun. And, oh, does it. Washington is a very safe city. We have almost no crime, and it's a miracle. But it took place very quickly. And it's the same thing for every other place we've gone in Louisiana. New Orleans. I got a call from the governor, Jeff Landry, great guy, great governor. He said, could you send the troops? Because I'll tell you what, this is. This place is out of control. I did. And in a period of two weeks, we got crime down by 25%. Now it's been about seven or eight weeks. We have it down 77%. And within another month, they're not going to have any crime. And they're not going to have any crime in that wonderful city of joy that people go up and down. They're not going to have any crime there. It's. It's amazing. Memphis, Tennessee, is another one. The mayor works with us, and, you know, it's nice when they work with us. It's just so much easier. Sometimes we can't work with them. Like in Minnesota, they won't work with us, but we've still driven crime down 25%. If we didn't have to fight this horrible governor and this horrible fake Mayor Fry. You know, this is the Constitution of the United States. People don't want to be mugged. They don't want to have a murderer living next door that was, you know, killed three people in a certain country and is now living beautifully here. Because generally speaking, if they've killed in another country, they're not going to be the best of citizens. And they're rough people. Remember in the campaign I used to say that their criminals make our criminals look like babies. It's true. So these are some of the meanest, most vicious people. They only gave us the worst. They don't send, you know, they're very smart guys, like the president over here. El Salvador. He's sent us a few. I don't want to talk to him about it. But he's. He's. He sends us some real bad ones. He's not. I. Look, you just say it. We'll do it more positive. Isn't it true that you will not send your good people to the United States? We wouldn't. You say look at him. He doesn't know. He said, what's going on here. But no, he sends bad people to the United States. And I'm going to talk to him after this. But I love him. He's done a great job. Right. He's not going to. He's not. They're smart people and they're very streetwise. You know, when you're running some of these countries in South America, Latin America, you got to be streetwise. You got to be smart. He's very smart, very streetwise. But these leaders of those countries, they're not sending. They cherish, they cherish their good people. They only send us their bad people. But we have done some job and we have in Minnesota, crimes down. Just despite that, we have to fight these lunatics over there that are stealing money, by the way. Also, I believe it's actually a cover up of the $19 billion that last beliefs that they've sold. And I actually think they do this as a cover up. Under the Trump administration, we're standing strongly behind Americans of faith, stopping the attacks on our values, our traditions, defending religious liberty like no president, I believe, like no president has ever done before. I do believe that we got rid of the sinister Jensen Amendment so that pastors can speak the truth and they can speak it without having their tax exempt satisf. I was with a large group of ministers, pastors, priests, rabbis. We had a group of people that were great group and I asked them for help. Paula White was there. Remember Trump Tower at the top of the building, Beautiful building. And they were so enthusiastic for the first election. They were so enthusiastic. And I didn't want to be pushy because I'm not a pushy individual, but I didn't want to be overly aggressive. So I figured I'll ask them in the second meeting. So the second meeting came, the similar group, ministers. We had Muslim leaders there. We had everybody there, but there were about 55 of them. Beautiful boardroom on the top floor. Tall building, beautiful building, New York. And I said, I'd like to ask. And they were so good. They, sir, we love you. You're great. Blah, blah, blah. I figured this was going to be the easiest endorsement I ever got. Then I said, I'd love to have your endorsement. And it was like ice. It was like death. I said, what the hell? What happened? I said, could I ask what's going on? You were really nice and now you've just clammed up and you're, you're like scared. And one of them stood up that Paula knows very well. He said, sir, we're very concerned because if we speak about religion, if we ever endorsed you as an example, we would lose our tax exempt status immediately and our church would go out of business. He said, what's that all about? And it was the Johnson Amendment. Lyndon Johnson had a fight with somebody and Dallas or Houston with a minister, and he didn't like him, and they didn't like each other, and the minister thought he was terrible, and I guess he didn't like the minister. And he was a powerful president. He knew how to do things. And he got something passed called the Johnson Amendment, which basically takes away your right of speech. And people like me and people like a lot of people, they want to hear from ministers, they want to hear from priests, they want to hear from them. And you were restricted from talking about very important things like who to elect. If you said that you were gone, you couldn't do it, even if you said it in a very nice way, because they were going to be better for the church. And we worked hard, and we're going to make that permanent pretty soon, I think, Mike. But we worked hard at getting rid of the Johnson amendment. It's gone as far as you can say anything you want now. If you do say something bad about Trump, I will change my mind and I will have. I will have your tax exempt status immediately revoked. If I go into one of these services, we will stop Trump. You ever hear some of these guys? I said, not too many, I can tell you, because we won, like, 94% of the vote. People got it. People got it. We had an unbelievable. We had a lot of people pretending. They pretended to be very religious, but I don't believe they were. But the people ultimately, they ultimately got it. You know, you have Robert Jeffers. I don't know if he's here. Is he here? Robert? Is he here? Robert Jeffers was on Television in 2016 when I just sort of announced I was running. And he said, I know every candidate very well. There was 17, 18 candidates, me and 17 others. He said, I know every candidate very well, and I know Trump a little bit, but he may not be as good with the Bible as some of them. He may not have read the Bible as much as some of them. In fact, he may not have ever read the Bible, but he will be a much stronger messenger for us, and he will get things done that no other man has the ability to get done. And I endorse him fully. And I said, you know, I didn't want to admit anything but that was very interesting. And I think we've got more done, Paula, than anybody could have ever gotten done. What we've done, nobody else would have been able to do. We reinstated also service members who were thrown out of our military over religious objections. That was a big deal. They thrown out over religious objections to vaccine mandates and all of the other things. They used any excuse they could. We restored those patriots to their former ranks with full pay. We've given them full pay. They were taken advantage of it. And I really think it was over religion. I actually think that they use the vaccines as a way of really punishing people over religion. I don't know how you can vote for these people. I really don't. I don't know how you can. We passed the largest ever expansion of school choice so that every parent has a chance to send their child to a school that shares their values. And today I'm also pleased to announce that the Department of Education is officially issued issuing its new guidance to protect the right to prayer in our public schools. That's a big deal. Now the Democrats will sue us, but we'll win it. We'll win it. They'll sue us. They sue us for everything. I'm the most sued human being in history. They've sued me for everything. I got impeached twice over nothing. But the Republicans were great. Just wiped them right out. But I got impeached. I got indicted. Wiped them out. There's never been, you know, there's never been, to the best of our knowledge, any politician that's ever been indicted who won an election, very popular politicians got indicted. They lost. I got indicted so much, I got tired of calling my wife. I'd say, darling. I was just indicted again. She said, oh, darling. What oh, what does that mean? You know, she's very elegant. You saw that from the movie. She's not into the world of indictments. It's not Melania. She doesn't know what an indictment. It's not her deal. Her movie, by the way. Big success. That movie is a big success. Yeah, I called up so many times, I'd say, you know, and they just got indicted again. Don't worry about it. But think of it many times. And then they say, Donald Trump is using the Justice Department to get even. And I don't. But wouldn't I have a right to think of it? There's never been in history a president treated like I got treated, but they say I use it, and it's amazing. I did that interview yesterday, and they said that they said the question, are you using the Justice Department for your own personal gain? They said, they indicted me 87 times. It's the most incredible thing. But we don't do that, Pam, do we? We do what's right. We do what's right and Pam does it. We have great people. We have great people working there, but we do what's right. We expanded the Mexico City policy to stop taxpayer dollars from being used to promote radical gender ideology all around the world. No other president would do that. No other president would do it. And my administration also rejoined the Geneva Consensus declaration to affirm the right to sovereign nations, to protect life, defend the family, and to be faithful to God. Nobody ever did that. I signed an executive order to slash federal funding for any public school that pushes transgender insanity. This is crazy on our youth. Who would think about that? Who would think? If you go back 15 years, you're talking about and I stopped the mutilation of children. The mutilation. The word is mutilation. They mutilize, you know, the mutilation of children. I stopped it. Who would think if you said that 15 years ago, they say, what the hell is he talking? Is he crazy? Levels you've never seen. We're still, still fighting it, but, you know, transgender for everybody. They want transgender for everybody. We stopped it. And we also, very importantly, we got men out of women's sports. You know, it's enough of that nonsense. We created the White House faith office first time ever, which is its one year anniversary this month, and headed up with Paula and Jenny and some incredible people. And we created the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty. We do a lot. That's a great commission, by the way. That's a phenomenal commission. I signed it. Everybody wanted to be on that commission. It was really something. That was a good sign too. And we have incredible people on it. I signed an executive order to combat the vile scourge of anti Semitism, which is really raging, rising, surprising. Nobody thought they'd see that happened very, very rapidly during the four years of Biden. And I set up an official Department of Justice task force to eradicate anti Christian bias. Because you do have a lot of that. They don't talk about that. They're always talking about other religions and other. Different bias, but a lot of anti Christian bias. And you see it going in foreign countries. I mentioned Nigeria. There are others. We're hitting them very hard. My administration is confronting head on the militant and really intolerant campaign that tried to drive religious believers out of public life. And out of society. I mean, religious leader. And now religious leaders are respected as much or more as any leader of any type anywhere in the world. Religious leaders are respected again. And that's the way we have to have it. They really are respected again. They were having a hard time. They were having a very hard time. The last four years previous to the one that we served, the last four years were brutal on religious leaders. They were brave. Some were very brave. Some couldn't take it. And that's. I. A lot of people understand it. Some were brave. Really brave. The Department of Justice recently charged nine individuals from. For storming a church in Minnesota during a worship service and trampling on Americans First Amendment rights. I watched that tape and, you know, that was violent. I saw the people sitting there, Pam, and they were scared. They were. Well, some were scared and some were holding up their hands like, I believe in God, but they were violent people screaming, your parents are Nazis. Your parents are Nazis. The people sitting. And I thought the minister was great. He was so calm and good. They're screaming at him. Terrible. Right in the middle of a church service. It's got to be illegal. I mean, Pam is doing it. I'm not doing it, but Pam is doing it. And I'll tell you, people are happy with the job that's taking place because they're bad people. They're bad people. You have one, one Trump hater in particular that just. I watched his performance. It was terrible. They try and use freedom of press and all to get out of a criminal event, but they were. That was a horrible thing to witness. And if we allowed that to go on, you wouldn't. You wouldn't be able to have a church. No, everybody would be afraid to go to church. And that we are not going to allow, are we? Huh? And in the audience today is an incredible woman who reminds us what a precious gift of religious liberty we have here in America. A tradition that sadly is not shared in the. In so many places in the world and even. Even in our country. And our media is so bad. If we had a good media, it would be so much easier. But think of it, we're doing this all with a really corrupt and bad media. Miriam Ibrahim is a Christian from Sudan. And I'm working hard to end that war. We're very close to getting it done. That'll be number nine if we don't get Russia, Ukraine first. But we're working hard to end that whole war. We're very close to doing it. We've almost done it in 2014. A Sharia court in that country sentenced her to 100 lashes and death for marrying a Christian man. At the time, she was eight months pregnant with a daughter. Miriam was ordered to renounce her faith in Christ, but she refused to do so and gave birth to that daughter, Maya. While she was in shackles, being beaten, and living in a condition that nobody in this room would even be able to imagine, believers all over the planet rallied to Miriam's cause, prayed for her protection, and successfully pressured for her release. I did that. I did that. I did that with one phone call, actually. And she had such support. It was so easy. And when I explained it to the powers that be. Yes, sir, we will do it right away. I just wish I knew earlier, but it's a big world with a lot of people. Miriam and Maya are here this morning. And now live safely in America, where we protect Christians. We don't kill them. We protect them. And you're getting protected better now than you've ever been protected before. So, Miriam and Maya, thank you. Where are you? Are they here? They're here someplace. Where are you? Please stand up. Stand up. Thank you. This is an iHeart podcast.
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