AMERICA'S VOICE LIVE WITH STEVE GRUBER - DECEMBER 8TH, 2025

Summary

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Real America’s Voice Live with Steve Gruber – December 8th, 2025

Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Host: Steve Gruber / iHeartPodcasts
Date: December 8, 2025
Main Guests: Donald Trump, Agriculture Industry Representatives (e.g., Deb Kennedy, Kara Kashnov, Court Holum), Ben Berkwam, Rich Rubino, Bowling (Sports Commentator)

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Overview

This episode centers on a roundtable discussion hosted by Steve Gruber, featuring former President Donald Trump and key agriculture industry representatives, focusing on the newly-announced $12 billion aid package for American farmers. The episode also delves into current political developments, U.S. trade and farming policy, domestic manufacturing, health care, immigration enforcement, and redistricting. Commentary with Rich Rubino analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent redistricting decision’s implications for the 2026 midterms. Immigration enforcement and border security issues are examined with Ben Berkwam, and the show closes with a positive segment highlighting American generosity and a spirited sports breakdown.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. $12 Billion Farming Aid Package: Purpose and Significance

• Announcement: Trump unveils a $12B “bridge” for farmers, describing it as critical relief until longer-term solutions take effect ([02:29]).
• Details: The aid includes enhancements to existing programs (ARC, PLC), increased estate tax credits, affordable crop insurance (the FARMER Act), and credit to supportive cabinet members and lawmakers like Senator Bozeman.

“There is a tremendous amount for farmers and ranchers...We enhanced ARC and PLC...included the Farmer act, my bill to make crop insurance more affordable. These tools will kick in next year...this is that bridge.” — Donald Trump (02:29)

• Impact on Farmers: Guests praised the relief as a lifeline enabling family farms to survive volatile market conditions and global competition.

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2. Farm Voices: Appreciation, Markets, and Policy Concerns

Court Holum (Iowa Farmer)

• Personal Testimony: Shared the generational nature of farming, the challenges after a deadly farm accident, and gratitude for federal support.
• Policy Wishlist: Expressed strong need for continued ethanol support (E15), fair trade enforcement, and the chance for family farms to pass to the next generation.

“[This aid] is Christmas early for farmers...With this bridge payment, we'll be able to farm another year…I want my 2 year old to farm. I want my 4 month old daughter to have an opportunity. And what you're doing here in D.C. is working.” — Court Holum (04:54)

• On Ethanol: “If we keep that E15, you could have the biggest stamp. I did that. Trump did that. And we would thank you.”—Court Holum (06:28)

Deb Kennedy / Kara Kashnov (Rice Industry)

• Trade Dilemmas: Urged action against alleged rice “dumping” from India, Thailand, and China—especially affecting Puerto Rico, historically a strong US rice market.
• Call for Tariffs: Advocated for decisive tariffs to level the playing field quickly.
• Reference Prices: Noted reference prices are historically low—industry heads are “maxing out” on program payments.

“We need fair trade, not free trade. And so we appreciate what you've done today. We appreciate what you did in the big, beautiful bill.” — Kennedy/Kashnov (10:49)

• Trump’s Response: “It solved so quickly with tariffs to these countries that are illegally shipping. Your problem is solved in one day.” — Trump (11:24)

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3. Inflation, Prices, and Trade Policy

• Food Prices Relief: Trump claims inflation “is essentially gone,” with food and farm input prices normalizing due to his policies ([13:01]).

• Farmers and Self-Reliance: Emphasizes farmers’ desire for fair markets rather than perpetual aid ([16:14]).

  • “Farmers...don't want aid. They want to have a level playing field. Because if they have a level playing field, they'll do better than anybody else.” — Trump (16:14)

• Machinery Costs: Complains about environmental regulations making new farm equipment unreliable; prefers “old machinery” ([16:50]).

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4. Additional Policy and Political Topics

Fertilizer Supply & Domestic Inputs

• Problem: Reliance on Canadian/foreign fertilizer; cost increases.
• Solution: Suggests tariffs to spur US-based fertilizer production ([20:08]).
  • “You put very severe tariffs on from coming into other countries. You'll be making your own fertilizer very soon.” — Trump (20:08)

Food Quality and Locally Grown Preference

• Homegrown US products are preferred, though some exotic produce may rely on imports ([21:54]).

Trade/Farmer Aid Mechanisms

• Will use tariff revenues again if necessary to bolster farmer relief ([22:21]).

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5. Foreign Policy and Domestic Security

• Russia/Ukraine Conflict: Trump wants to see an end to deaths, asserts his presidency would have prevented the war, and distinguishes his administration’s limited military aid versus Biden’s financial commitments ([23:08]).

  • "This war would have never happened if the election weren’t rigged. If I were president, this war would have never happened." — Trump (24:32)

• Drug Boat Interdiction: Explains aggressive anti-drug maritime operations; claims “every boat we shoot out, we save 25,000 American lives” ([17:29]).

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6. Health Care Reform

• Obamacare Critique: Trump proclaims Obamacare is “a disaster,” blames Democrats for rising premiums, and advocates for healthcare funding to go directly to people rather than insurance companies ([27:18]).

“I want the money to be paid to the people to go out and buy their own healthcare instead of paying to the insurance companies...Obamacare is a setup to make insurance companies rich.” — Trump (27:18)

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7. Redistricting and the 2026 Midterms

With Rich Rubino (Political Analyst)

• Supreme Court Ruling: Greenlights new, GOP-favoring Texas congressional maps (37:12).
• Shifting Margins: Projections suggest Republicans could gain as many as 12–20 seats across several states due to redistricting (38:24).
• Midterm Dynamics: Expects the party in power (currently Republicans) typically loses seats, but strong economic indicators (inflation <3%, low gas prices) could benefit the GOP ([41:02]).

“There are 165 million Americans today that have zero representation from Republicans in Congress...gerrymandering is a Democrat game. They just don't like it the Republicans figured out how to play.” — Steve Gruber (39:35)

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8. Immigration and Border Security

With Ben Berkwam (RAV Correspondent)

• NYC Mayor Mandani's Sanctuary Policy: Criticism over instructions to “resist ICE” ([45:31]).
  • Berkwam decries sanctuary leadership as “sedition, if not treason,” claiming these actions undermine American law ([47:19]).
• Children Rescued From Trafficking: Berkwam cites “62,000 children rescued” from trafficking, credits Trump’s team.
  • “President Trump, Tom Homan, they're saving children's lives.” — Ben Berkwam (49:21)

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9. Heartwarming Americana & Listener Feedback

Segment: America’s Wonderful Stories

• Story of 15-year-old Logan Thaxton, who received a life-saving kidney donation from his mother’s coworker—a testament to American generosity and community values ([54:03]).

Listener QOTD:

• Overwhelming feedback calls for stronger law enforcement on Democratic officials aiding ICE resistance (“Lock them up,” “Prison,” “Obstructing justice”—paraphrased from various listeners) ([54:52]).

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10. Sports Recap

With Bowling:

• Colleges’ football drama: Indiana defeats Ohio State; candid betting tips and future odds, spirited exchange ([57:36]).
• Notre Dame fans bemoan controversial postseason snub ([59:09]).

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Farm Aid and Policy:

  • “[The aid is] Christmas early for farmers...With this bridge payment, we’ll be able to farm another year.” — Court Holum (04:54)
  • “We need fair trade, not free trade.” — Deb Kennedy/Kara Kashnov (10:49)
  • “Your problem is solved. It’s so unfair. They go out of business. They put everyone out of business. That’s what they did to our car industry.” — Donald Trump (11:24)

• On Inflation:

  • “We brought prices way down...Now inflation is essentially gone. We have it normalized and it'll go down even a little bit further.” — Donald Trump (13:01)

• On Redistricting:

  • “If you run the math on the other states, ...the Republicans could see a plus 20 on the map...when you talk about gerrymandering, it is a Democrat game. They just don't like it the Republicans figured out how to play.” — Steve Gruber (39:35)

• On Immigration:

  • “What they're doing in these sanctuary jurisdictions, intentionally obstructing ICE operations is...minimum sedition, if not treason. They are directly undermining our country.” — Ben Berkwam (47:19)

• On Healthcare:

  • “Obamacare is a setup to make insurance companies rich. And I want to pay the people and I want the people to go out and buy their own healthcare.” — Donald Trump (27:18)

• On U.S. Manufacturing:

  • “We have $18 trillion coming into our country right now. There’s never been anything like it...We just want to keep doing exactly what we’re doing.” — Donald Trump (25:28)

• Classic Trump Retort:

  • “You're the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious, a terrible...Actually a terrible reporter.” — Donald Trump (18:24)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Introduction / Farm Aid Announcement: [02:03–13:00]
• Farmer Testimonials and Policy Q&A: [04:03–14:55]
• International Trade Challenges (Rice, Tariffs): [07:30–12:30]
• Agricultural Policy and Food Prices: [13:01–16:36]
• Machinery, Fertilizer, Farm Costs: [16:50–21:30]
• Foreign Policy & Russia/Ukraine: [22:38–24:32]
• Healthcare Reform Debate: [26:47–28:25]
• Redistricting Analysis (with Rich Rubino): [37:12–43:08]
• Immigration and Border Security (with Ben Berkwam): [45:31–50:45]
• America’s Wonderful Stories / Listener QOTD: [54:03–57:06]
• Sports Recap: [57:06–59:25]

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Tone and Style

The episode is energetic and combative, combining staunch advocacy for American farmers and industry with populist digs at political and media opponents. Trump’s remarks are conversational, at times self-congratulatory, and punctuated by anecdote, while the agricultural guests are openly grateful but direct about the remaining challenges they face. The show’s second half is more analytical (midterms/politics), then blends personal stories and light-hearted sports banter.

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Summary

Real America’s Voice Live with Steve Gruber delivered a sprawling, passionate discussion of American agriculture’s pressing issues and political flashpoints. Anchored by Trump’s announcement of a sweeping farm aid package, farm leaders shared their struggles, hopes, and policy concerns—from trade and ethanol to food prices and generational survival. The episode pivoted to deeper politics, analyzing redistricting’s impact on the upcoming elections, offering a sharp critique of immigration enforcement policies, and spotlighting listener reactions. Sprinkled throughout were unmistakably populist, sometimes combative moments—ending with a reminder of generosity that “makes America wonderful” and a look at football highs and lows, all in the program’s distinctively spirited tone.

Transcript

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[Steve Gruber]

We can't.

[Donald Trump]

Just, you know, go to a committee, go to a study that takes seven months and talk. We gotta be able to act quickly. So thank you very much. Thank you, John. So thank you. I think that's the message from farm country is thank you very much. You know, in the Working Family Tax Relief act, or as my young staffers call it, OB3.

There is a tremendous amount for farmers and ranchers. You mentioned the credit as far as estate tax, which is so important, you analyzed it just right. But also in there we enhanced ARC and PLC which is a countercyclical safety net, thanks to the strong leadership of Senator Bozeman and our colleagues in the House. But we also included the Farmer act, which was my bill to make crop insurance more affordable. These tools will kick in next year, Mr. President, in a big, big way for our farmers, big time. And people aren't even really looking at it yet, but it's going to be a very big deal. So today is all about bridging to get there. And I want to thank Secretary Bassett and Jamison Greer. They're tremendous and they're negotiating hard out there for farmers and ranchers. And I know it's because you're setting the tone, but this is that bridge. And so we need to come back to Secretary Rollins, thank you. Your leadership on this was vital. And Mr. President, this. You're right, they love you in farm country out there. All you have to do is drive out and see the flags and signs all over the field on the hay bales.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

Right.

[Donald Trump]

It's a great honor. Great people, the best people. This is really important, really important for our farmers and ranchers. Thank you very much. You're doing a great job too, John. Thank you. And whatever we need, we get through the Senate, we get through the House, we'll get it done.

I think we'll start maybe with Court Hollum. And you come from a place that I'm very happy with.

[Court Holum]

I hail from the great state of Iowa. You know, I'm surrounded here by some of the greatest farmers in the area and from across the country. Anything from rice farmers, we've got all sorts of cotton farmers. Everything, everything is here represented so well. And first off from me, I want to say thank you for this bridge payment. It's Christmas early for farmers and just to kind of have an icebreaker here for the story. I've got a two year old little boy at home.

[Donald Trump]

Two year old little boy and a.

[Court Holum]

Four month old little girl. And the other day I was reading my little boy a story at night, putting him to bed, and he said, daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas. I want President Trump.

And I think, Mr. Trump.

I think you brought Christmas to farmers. With this bridge payment, we'll be able to farm another year. Help us get by.

It's such an honor to be here with you.

I lost my grandfather and our hired hand in 2002 in a farming accident.

And he instilled in me at an early age.

To love the land, to take pride in what we do.

[Donald Trump]

Was that a machine Accident.

[Court Holum]

It was a machine accident. And it gets in your blood to farm. It's in our blood, despite what happened. I want my 2 year old to farm. I want my 4 month old daughter to have an opportunity. And what you're doing here in D.C.

Is working. You have a backbone to stand up to other countries for trade. You're getting things done, tax provisions. I'll be able to potentially pass on a farm to my children because of you. Ethanol. You're working for ethanol. Trying to get E15 year round. We're dealing with California Prop 12. Let's continue to work on that. I think we can have a lot of domestic product used here in the country and we can keep America first. And you're good at that. That is who you are. And if we keep that E15, you could have the biggest.

[Donald Trump]

E15 is a big deal.

[Court Holum]

The E15 is a great deal. Year round. You could have the biggest stamp. I did that. Trump did that. And we would thank you. Farmers would love you more than, more than anything if we could continue that, continue to use domestic product, use the byproducts and even be able to export to other countries. And so what you've done here and just having us here in the White House with you sitting beside the secretary and all these other great individuals here, what a true honor. And I will take pride in this meeting and I will take this home for many generations to come. And because of what you're doing, hopefully them generations can stay on the hull of land farm.

[Donald Trump]

Well, we're going to bring you into the Yeovil office when we're finished at the. The farmers. Nobody else, just the farmers. And we'll take some pictures. Our representatives also.

Because they're doing a great job. John and John and John and Austin, we appreciate it. You're doing a great job. Meryl, go ahead, please. Tell us about rice.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Rice. Well, thank you first of all for inviting me here and my friend the secretary, you have an incredible lady right here. She really is. Along with being a mother of three and a wife, I run my family's agribusiness, Kennedy Rice Mill in a little town called morriage, Louisiana. About 1,000 people in the northern part of the state. We employ around 150 people taking rice from the field to a finished product, supplying some of the largest food companies that many of you would know here domestically, but also, but also abroad. And my sisters and I, because there is four of us, right, I'm the youngest of four daughters, started our own rice brand a few years ago to Just tell the story of American agriculture that hadn't really been told before. But I wish I was here under better terms. I'll tell you. I think the rice industry thanks you sincerely for what you have done for the California rice market and to Japan. It has been monumental for our industry, but us in the south are really struggling. I mean, this is not just a crisis. I would say it's almost market dynamics that really are true.

Anti competitive nature. Right. So it follows what you sent out this weekend and we do believe, believe that countries are dumping rice into this country today. We've never seen imports this great.

[Donald Trump]

Which countries?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

India, Thailand, even China. Into Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico used to be one of the largest markets for US Rice. We haven't shipped rice into Puerto Rico in years. So this has been happening for years. This didn't start during your administration, but unfortunately we're seeing it, it in a much bigger way now. The tariffs are working, but we need to double down because you want more. I mean, well, they're, they're cheating, right? They're, you know, not. They're just subsidizing.

[Donald Trump]

And then India. Tell me about India. Why is India allowed to do that? They have to pay tariffs. Do they have an exemption on rice?

[Steve Gruber]

No, sir, we're still working on their trade deal.

[Court Holum]

So we'll.

[Donald Trump]

Yeah, but they should be dumping. I mean, I heard that, I heard that from others. So you can't do.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

There's a WTO case against India.

[Donald Trump]

Give me the countries, if you could. Go ahead. India, who else?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

So India.

[Donald Trump]

What'd you say?

[Steve Gruber]

Yes, sir.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

India, Thailand, China. Into Puerto Rico. Not into the, to, you know, continental US but into Puerto Rico. Those are the main culprits.

[Donald Trump]

So Puerto Rico used to do a lot of business and now you.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

100%. Puerto Rico was US based, all right, and so easy to settle. Okay, but there's others too, and I can get you a full list.

[Donald Trump]

Give me a full list.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Of course I can. All right, so go ahead. So truly this is a national security issue. I think you put it just perfectly. And so I want to, for all of us in the room to know that rice is more than just a commodity. It's a currency in many of these countries.

[Donald Trump]

And you love rice, right?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

I love rice, yes. I'm going to get you to love rice too. You know, the next time you're not going to have a button for a Coke, you're going to have a button for a rice.

[Donald Trump]

But the farmers love what they do.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Well, our farmers can feed this nation and many nations Abroad. But we need fair trade, not free trade. And so we appreciate what you've done today. We appreciate what you did in the big, beautiful bill. I mean, my word, you. You really changed reference prices.

And, you know, we're hopeful that we can even move that further. I know that prices right now are the lowest they've been in over 40 years. So we're going to struggle. We're going to max out on our payments, probably. So that's something that I know those in Congress can potentially help us with to change. But again, we appreciate everything you're doing.

[Donald Trump]

It solved so quickly with tariffs to these countries that are illegally shipping. It's solved. Your problem is solved in one day. That's why we have to win the Supreme Court case in one day. That problem is solved. It's so unfair. They go out of business. They put everyone out of business. That's what they did to our car. We lost more than 50% of our car industry because of that. We lost our chip industry, went to Taiwan because of that. If you had a president that said, no, you can't do that, it's 100%, a 200% tariff on chips if you make them outside of the United. We would have never lost our chip industry. But we're going to have 40 or 50% of it back very shortly because they're all coming in now from Taiwan. They're building chip companies. But it's the same thing with rice. Thank you, Donald.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Thank you.

[Donald Trump]

It'll be good. It solved very quickly. We just need the countries. Just give us the names of the countries. Tariffs again. It solves the problem in two minutes. Yeah.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

They've bought the largest brands at retail, too. Right. So they're. They have an incentive to subsidize their products that they can keep it on shop.

[Donald Trump]

Yeah. Who did that?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

The Indians own the two largest brands.

[Steve Gruber]

All right.

[Donald Trump]

And we'll take care of it. So easy. So do you have any questions? Yes, President Trump, how about keeping it on farming?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Your team answered all of my questions on farming, but I.

[Donald Trump]

Do you have a farm question?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

In the interest of affordability with this aid package, I assume that that's something you want consumers to see before midterms next year. How quickly will that affect prices at the grocery store?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I think the prices are going to be going down already. I mean, the prices are way down. We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices. We inherited the biggest inflation in the history of our country. That means prices going up. And we brought it down very substantially. Now inflation is essentially gone. We have it normalized and it'll go down even a little bit further. You don't want it to be deflation either. You have to be careful. But we brought it way down. We had inflation that was the highest in the history of our country. They say 48 years, but I say the history, 48 years is pretty bad too. Right.

So we're solving those problems. We're bringing them way down.

[Steve Gruber]

Yeah.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Would you consider MAHA incentives for farmers that go by MAHA guidelines?

[Donald Trump]

Well, a lot of the farmers like those Baja guidelines. Yeah. So, I mean, they do. We like Baja. How do you feel about that?

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Yeah, let me answer that. So this is another reason I didn't mention it, but this is another reason. I think that what we're moving into is a golden age for agriculture. As Secretary Kennedy and I and across our cabinet, with the President, President's leadership focusing on making America healthy again, the undergirding, foundational effort in that is our agriculture industry. It is our farmers and our ranchers. So as the new dietary guidelines come out in early January, where USDA alone spends $400 million a day on nutrition programs, that's a whole other SNAP, fraud, et cetera. But when you think about what a market mover that is, as we begin to move the market towards more locally produced, American made, healthier products, closer to the schools, the hospitals, etcetera, you again begin to open up so much of the market for the great products produced by these farmers instead of ultra processed foods out of a box. So there's a lot that's going to be coming on that as well.

[Donald Trump]

I'm really excited.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

I have a question. It's not related to farming, but if you'll entertain. I'm Kara from Blend ltv.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Kara Kashnov.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

And I'm not faking it, just so you know. And everybody's talking about the pipe bomber over the weekend, the suspect that was taken into custody. I reported on Biden's kangaroo court for four years and I this is an important question to me. Everyone knows that J6 was a Fed's direction to set you and your supporters up. So my question is, what's your gut instinct about the new pipe bomber suspect taken into custody? Does your instinct tell you that he acted alone? And also, Mr. President, how do you feel about the lead prosecutor on the pipe armor case? Jocelyn Valentin is the same prosecutor that allegedly asked a J6 or to lie to frame you for J6 when you did nothing wrong. What are your thoughts?

[Donald Trump]

Well, thank you. I really appreciate that. Question. It's sort of a statement, and I appreciate it very much. Jesselyn is being looked at. They all have to be looked at. What they're doing is so bad. This was a whole Democrat hoax. The whole thing was a Democrat hoax, and it's all being looked at. I appreciate that.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Is this the final aid package, Mr. President? Or is more expected? Is this the final aid package?

[Donald Trump]

It depends on where we go. China is buying a lot. Other countries are buying a lot. And you know the interesting thing about the farm? They don't want aid. They want to just have a level playing field. I've seen that more with farmers than anybody else, any other industry. Right, Deb?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Right.

[Donald Trump]

We've seen it more with farmers where I've had meetings like this, primarily in the first term. And we did a great job. We turned it around. This is going to be the golden age. But the farmers don't want aid. They want to have a level playing field. Because if they have a level playing field, they'll do better than anybody else. They're better than anybody else. Our product is incredible. Our machinery is incredible.

[Steve Gruber]

Right.

[Donald Trump]

I mean, we do have the best machines. It's a very big statement I made, though. The environmental excess that we have put onto our tractors and. And all of our machinery. Do you all agree with that, by the way?

[Steve Gruber]

Oh, yes.

[Donald Trump]

You know what I mean.

[Court Holum]

It's got to go.

[Donald Trump]

It doesn't do anything except make the machines break all the time. And I must say, I like to buy old machinery. I said buy old because it's better. The new stuff is terrible. It never works. Never works.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

President, you said you would have no.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

Problem with releasing the full video of.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

That strike on September 2nd off the coast of Venezuela. Secretary Hegseth now says.

[Donald Trump]

You said that. I didn't say that. This is ABC Fake News.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

You said that you would have no.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

Problem releasing the full bit.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Okay, well, Secretary Hegseth.

[Donald Trump]

Whatever Hegseth wants to do is okay with.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

He now says it's under review. Are you ordering the Secretary to release that full video?

[Donald Trump]

Whatever he decides is okay with me. So every boat we knock out of the water, every boat we save, 25,000American lives.

[Steve Gruber]

Lives.

[Donald Trump]

That was a boat loaded up with drugs. I saw the video. They were trying to turn the boat back to where it could float. And we didn't want to see that because that boat was loaded up with drugs just like everything else. But every boat we shoot down, and I don't know if, you know, we're 92 or 94% down in drugs coming in by the sea. And we're trying to find who are the 6% because I don't know, people aren't liking to drive boats right now loaded up with drugs. But every single. Think of that. Every single boat we shoot out, on average, we save 25,000American lives. Do you feel okay about that, Court?

[Court Holum]

Keep us safe.

[Donald Trump]

Okay. I knew. I knew. I know my men. What about you? Are you okay with that?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

I'm totally fine with that. Releasing the full video.

[Donald Trump]

Didn't I just tell you that?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

You said that it was.

[Donald Trump]

You're the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious, a terrible. Actually a terrible reporter. And it's always the same thing with you. I told you, whatever Pete Hegseth wants to do is okay with me.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

And I just have a quick question.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

There's at least 20 House Republicans who have either said they're going to retire or not run again.

[Donald Trump]

And Democrats and Democrats. But why don't you mention them? How many Democrats are going to retire?

[Ben Berkwam]

Do you.

[Donald Trump]

How many Democrats.

[Court Holum]

Well, that.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Well, that's what I was going to.

[Donald Trump]

Ask, but why don't you tell me the number of Democrats, too? You tell me.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Are you concerned about the narrow margins and.

[Donald Trump]

No, I'm not concerned. I think we're going to do well. We will have the greatest economy.

We're going to have the greatest economy in history. How many Democrats are retiring? How come you only know the Republicans but not the Democrats?

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Because I came prepared to ask you a question about.

[Steve Gruber]

No, no.

[Donald Trump]

You're unprepared. Because you should know the Democrats. You're totally unprepared.

[Ben Berkwam]

Go ahead.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Well, can I ask a question?

[Donald Trump]

Quick follow up about.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

I'm with New York News Day and.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

I also have a quick follow up.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is among those who.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Is running for New York governor.

[Donald Trump]

She's great.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

Bruce Blakeman, who you also know, he's also great.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Are you planning on making any endorsements or have any.

[Donald Trump]

He's great and she's great. They're both great people. We have a lot of great people in the Republican Party. Go ahead.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Can I get back to farming?

So you talked about the problem, profitability issue. The machinery playing a role in that. Fertilizer plays another role. Now, a lot of that, the way I understand it, it comes in from Canada, different countries like that. What are we doing to bolster domestic fertilizer production to help make that more affordable? And then I think that will transition.

[Donald Trump]

A lot of it does come in from Canada. And so we'll end up putting very severe tariffs on that if we have to, because that's the way you want to bolster here. And we can do it here. We can all do that here. But I would say what you do, you put very severe tariffs on from coming into other countries. You'll be making your own fertilizer very soon.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

In fact, Secretary Burgum, this cabinet is so remarkable. Instead of just seeing each other every month, we're literally talking every day, multiples of times a day. But our secretary of the Interior I and Secretary Bessen and others, we have a whole plan in place, including the reshoring of fertilizer and the opportunity to do it in America. Having said that, we've also, per the president's guidance, issued a directive. These fertilizer companies, the seed companies, the equipment companies, all of the above. As our farmers have struggled year over year, these meatpacking companies continue to make, you know, a lot of money hand over fist, a lot of foreign owned companies. So that's why the president has been very unequivocal in saying we got to figure out why all these input costs are skyrocketing and all of our farmers are struggling, which we're going to do. That is a great question.

[Donald Trump]

When they take like fertilizer out of the country, all of a sudden we don't do it anymore. Then they start charging and sending, you know, very high prices from other countries, whether it's Canada or somebody else. We're not going to let that happen. Yeah.

[Ben Berkwam]

Okay.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

On the quality, on the quality of foreign produce, you spoke about soybeans and how the quality, quality here in the United States obviously is a lot better.

[Donald Trump]

That's what I heard.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Yeah. Is the default of this administration because that's an issue I understand with root vegetables, citrus as well. Is the default of this administration that even if it's more, a little bit more expensive, homegrown, you will choose homegrown over cheaper produce abroad.

[Donald Trump]

I like homegrown. You know, some things we can't grow because we don't have the heat. There are some things, you know, little delicacies or maybe not such delicacies, but they grow better in warmer climates, very warm climates, actually. But for the most part, I like homegrown.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Mr. President, thank you. One on this announcement and then one on foreign policy. If I may, are you open to tapping into tariff revenue again, should farmers find they need additional relief to get to that level?

[Donald Trump]

Mr. Yeah. If we're going to make the farmers so strong And I'm not even talking about financially because they just want to be able to produce what they can produce. And we're going to make them so strong that it will be indeed a golden age for farmers.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

And then on Russia, you know, we.

[Donald Trump]

Had it going in the first administration and then Biden came in and ruined everything. They had no idea what they would. They did. I mean, I think they wanted. They hated the farmer. I love the farmer. That's why I got 94% of the vote for the farm. But they hated the farmers. I love the farmers. Go ahead.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

And then on Russia and Ukraine, obviously your administration has been having talks with each side. Given that there is no peace deal at this point, will your administration stay engaged in those talks to effort a peace deal?

[Donald Trump]

Well, I just want to see people stop from being killed. You know, we don't, as you know, Joe Biden gave them $350 billion, you know, and I gave them nothing. I gave them. Well, I did give them javelins at the beginning and knocked out a hell attacks.

[Steve Gruber]

But.

[Donald Trump]

And Obama gave sheets, remember, Obama gave sheets and I gave javelins. But no, we have, we have a great situation going over there, except for one problem. You got a lot of people dying and I want to see that stop. So you have Ukrainian, mostly Ukrainian soldiers and Russian soldiers. Last month 27,000 soldiers died, mostly soldiers, A few people from there, the dropping of a missile in the middle of King Kiev or wherever, which is a terrible thing, but mostly soldiers. 27,000 soldiers died last month. That's what I want to see stopped. We, as you know, we now sell equipment to NATO at full price and NATO takes that equipment and probably gives it to Ukraine. I guess they could give it to others too, but for the most part give it to Ukraine. And they're working with Ukraine in terms of distribution of equipment, missiles, et cetera. But we aren't spending money. What we are doing is spending time on a humane basis. We want to see if we can stop the killing of 27. It would have never happened. This war would have never happened if the election weren't rigged. If I were president, this war would have never happened.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

President Johnson's office.

If you could pick anything up. The soybean purchases. You've talked a lot obviously about China's soybean purchases. Some lawmakers from north and South Carolina have raised concern that US tobacco farmers were told that China would not purchase flu cured tobacco this year. Has that come up in your conversations at all?

[Donald Trump]

But we're doing well. The tobacco people, because of the deals I made, they're doing very well. But that could be an. If it, if it's the case, I can get it solved very quick.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Let us know how you settled on this. $12 billion or $11 billion, plus one more billion dollars figure.

[Donald Trump]

We looked at how they were hurt, to what extent they were hurt. We did a very, you know, steady progression of charts, and we figured out a very exact number, and it was about $12 billion.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

President Trump, if you had one Christmas wish for America, besides making American farmers greet again, what would it be?

[Donald Trump]

I would say very simply, you know, I go by, I go by his statement when people ask that question. Remember that question was asked by to Ted Kennedy, and they said, well, what are you going to do to make America great? And he couldn't answer the question. I have a very simple. We're going to make America greater than ever before, and we're going to do it through a series of tariffs, intelligence, taxes and incentives. And our country has never been stronger. We've never had anything like coming in. We have $18 trillion coming into our country right now. There's never been anything like it. And if you ask me that, I'll say, I just want to keep doing what I'm doing because there's never been anything like it's happened. The most, the biggest number ever in history was $2 trillion, and we're at $18 trillion. This is money pouring into our country on building car plants, on building AI plants. We just want to keep doing exactly what we're doing because nothing like this has ever happened in, in the history of the world, not just our country. There's never been. Scott, would you say. That's right. There's never been anything like the investments coming into America.

[Steve Gruber]

So this is a record year.

[Donald Trump]

Record year.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Do you support the Paramount deal, sir? On health care, Mr. President, 22 million Americans are expected to see their health care insurance premiums start to rise by the beginning of next year.

[Donald Trump]

You're talking about because Obamacare is so bad.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Yes, we'll see, sir. Because the Obamacare subsidies are expiring.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Are you going to do it because.

[Donald Trump]

Obamacare is so bad?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

What is the Republican plan? Are you going to let that happen on your watch?

[Donald Trump]

What I'm going to do is if the Democrats go along with it, which they don't want to, because they want to make the insurance companies very rich, okay? I want the money to be paid to the people to go out and buy their own healthcare instead of paying to the, you know, the insurance companies, their stock has gone up 17.

[Rich Rubino]

In.

[Donald Trump]

A short period of time. Did you know that? 1700. You wish your corn went up. But the insurance companies stock has gone up by 1700%. 1800%. They're taking in trillions of dollars. I don't want to pay the insurance companies anything, and I know a lot of them, but they're owned by the Democrats and the Democrats have. Obamacare is a setup to make insurance companies rich. And I want to pay the people and I want the people to go out and buy their own healthcare. And that's what we want to do and that's what the Republicans want to do. Because Obamacare is a disaster. And I said it five years ago, four years ago, three years ago. It was always a disaster. It's bad healthcare that's too expensive for people. And now your premiums. And you said it better than I said it. You, you said the Obamacare premiums are going to go up. They're going way up. And what I want to do is have the money. And you know who's getting that money? A lot of it is the insurance companies. I want the people to get the money and go out and buy their own healthcare. And everybody wants that. Right?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Okay, we miss the five things, but yeah. Bill on the floor.

[Donald Trump]

Sir, do you have any reaction on the fine that was imposed to X by the European. For what? 2x, the platform x defined.

Amazing. You're talking about. Is that European Union or is it. Who did that? European Union or U.K. whoa, that's a nasty one.

Elon has not called me to ask for help on that one. But no, it's a tough thing. I don't think it's right. No, I don't think it's right. I don't see, you know, how they can do it that. No, I'm not. I'm going to. I'll speak about it later. I'm going to get a full report on it. Look, Europe has to be very careful. They're doing a lot of things. We want to keep Europe, Europe, Europe is going in some bad directions. It's very bad, very bad for the people. We don't want Europe to change so much. They're going in some very bad directions. That was a big. That was a big thing.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

You directed a review of the childhood vaccine schedule, possibly to match what is on par with peer nations in Europe. Would you support ending federal mandates and just making those recommendations for schools?

[Donald Trump]

You're going to have to say it again.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

As far as the vaccine, as far as the vaccine schedule. For children. Would you support ending the federal mandates and making it optional for schools?

[Donald Trump]

Well, we're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines and with the, you know, the different. I think we take like 88 different.

Shots all wrapped up in one. One big glass of stuff like that. And we're going to be reducing it very substantially.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Do you support the Paramount.

[Donald Trump]

It'll be safe, but we're going to be reducing it very substantially.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Do you support the Paramount bid for Warner Brothers that came in this morning? You spoke about Netflix last night, saying you have concerns about.

[Donald Trump]

I know the companies very well. I know what they're doing, but I have to see. I have to see what percentage of market they have. We have to see the Netflix percentage of market. Paramount, the percentage of market. I mean, none of them are particularly great friends of mine. You know, I just. I want to. I want to do what's right. So very important to do what's right. Paramount being supported by Jared Kushner.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Mr. President, would that impact your decision.

[Donald Trump]

Decision if Paramount is. I. I don't know. I haven't. I've never spoken to him about. He's really trying to work on Gaza. I think G. His primary thing is.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

G. You're making house visits on Christmas Eve, as he suggested. Does the beast need to be fitted with sleigh rails?

[Donald Trump]

You want to answer that question?

[Steve Gruber]

The.

[Secretary or Government Official (possibly Jared Kushner or another cabinet member)]

Absolutely. We should put sleigh rails on the beast. Yes, he is the sin.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

That Republican plan that you just talked.

[iHeart Radio Announcer]

About, when it comes to health care.

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

When do you expect Republicans to put that?

[Donald Trump]

Oh, we're looking at it very strongly. And we're also going to the Democrats and asking them to do it. The Democrats want to make the insurance companies rich. They're all paid off by the insurance companies. A tremendous amount of the insurance company funding goes to Democrats. Why don't you ask that question of the Democrats? Because I would love to do it. I'd love to. All of the money go to the people. They go to the people. You know, I put that out two weeks ago. It became number one viral. People love it. I want the money to go for healthcare, to go to the people and let the people buy their own healthcare through an account. They can buy their own healthcare and everybody loves it except for the Democrats. And you know why they don't? Because they're paid off by the insurance companies. Okay, what else?

[Agriculture Industry Representative (e.g., Deb Kennedy or Kara Kashnov)]

Yeah, Alina Haas says she's stepping in down as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey after the courts disqualified her. Do you have any Comment on that?

[Donald Trump]

Well, she's not disqualified. You've got a blue slip thing. That's horrible. It's a horrible thing. It makes it impossible to appoint a judge or a U.S. attorney. And it's a shame. And the Republicans should be ashamed of themselves that they allow this to go on. Because I can't appoint a U.S. attorney that's not a Democrat because they put a block on it. So if you appoint in Virginia or in New Jersey or In California, a U.S. attorney or a judge, I mean, the judge situation is ridiculous. The only people that you can get by are Democrats because they will put a hold on it if I put up George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to be US Attorney in New Jersey or to be US Attorney in Virginia, we have Democrat senators. They will not approve them. And this is a gentleman's agreement that's lasted for too long. And it doesn't make it, especially in light of what's going on today. It means you can't appoint a Republican U.S. attorney. And we don't play the same game with them. But they do. And I hope that somebody speaks to Senator Grassley about doing something about the blue slip. Because I'm telling you, John, I put up great people, top people, highest education, the best lawyers to be like U.S. attorney and both senators, it only takes one. But if they're Democrat senators, they say we're not going to approve it. I had a couple of them say, why don't you appoint Democrats? All because Senator Grassley with his blue slips stuff, will not let anybody go by. By the way, the Democrats have violated the blue slip provision on numerous occasions, but we don't do it. And what it means is, I guess I just have to keep appointing people for three months and then just appoint another one. Another one. And it's a very sad situation. We're losing tremendous. We're losing a lot of great people. We have about seven US Attorneys who are not going to be able to keep their jobs much longer because of the blue slip. Because unless I think I know why they did that. To protect their ass. Okay, that's why they did that. But.

It should be done away with. I want to be able to appoint great. The most highly educated, the most respected people. They can't keep their jobs because of the blue slips. Terrible. Okay, thank you very much, everybody.

The farmers. Let's come into the Oval Office. All right, Deb, come on. Going to the Oval Office.

[Steve Gruber]

Well, a spirited roundtable there in the Cabinet Room. President Trump announcing $12 billion as a bridge loan to Farmers. That money going out to help farmers who have been impacted by tariffs and such. We're going to take a break here on Real America's Voice. America's Voice Live. Back in a moment.

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[Steve Gruber]

Well, as you know, the Supreme Court recently ruled to allow Texas to go ahead with brand new redistricting maps before next year's midterms. A lower court injunction previously had the fate of this new congressional map in limbo, since it argued that the map was drawn to exclusively favor Republicans and considered factors like race. But with the Supreme Court's ruling, the map can now be implemented into further elections, notably the upcoming 2026 midterms. It's very important. Multiple other states also lobbying for redistricting South Carolina, Indiana and California, just to name a few. All of which would have potential big impacts on the midterm elections. Join me now is Rich Rubino. He is an independent expert on all of this. Rich, thank you for being here.

[Rich Rubino]

Thank you so much for having me on.

[Steve Gruber]

Greatly appreciate you. All right, let's talk about redistricting. Texas could be plus five. California could be plus five for the Democrats. So take those off the board. North Carolina is probably gonna pick up one, Ohio one or two. Indiana's gonna find out Thursday what they're going to do. But the big thing out there is the Supreme Court decision hanging in the balance about redistricting in general. That could impact Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee. That could be a plus 12 for Republicans, couldn't it?

[Rich Rubino]

Potentially, it could. You still have to take into account, even if even, all things being equal, just the fact that currently that in the sixth year of a presidency, generally speaking, the president in the party in power loses seats. Bill Clinton picked up seats in 1998, the first time that's happened since 1822, that a sixth year of a presidency, the party actually picked up seats. Currently, if you trail Donald Trump's job approval rating, it's currently in the. In about the high 30s to the mid to the mid-40s. Depending on the poll, he has to get that up to about 50% to make it equal. Obviously, they're doing everything they possibly can. There are currently 13 Democrats in the House of Representatives who represent congressional districts that were last time held by Donald Trump. Those are the ones that they really need to go after. That being said, there's only three Republicans currently that represent congressional districts that last time around went for Kamala Harris and, and of those, Don Bacon of Nebraska is retiring. But it looks like if you were to do this from a purely kind of uncolored perspective right now, I think it would look like the Democrats certainly have an advantage of taking over. But again, all this going on in terms of gerrymandering certainly can be the wild card here.

[Steve Gruber]

Well, it certainly can. That supreme court would be plus 12. And if you run the math on the other states, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Indiana, if they all come in line, the Republicans could see a plus 20 on the map. California's impact would be to have motivated other states to jump on board. Look, there are 165 million Americans today that have zero representation from Republicans in Congress. There's only 65 million Americans that have zero Democrat representation in Congress. So when you talk about gerrymandering, it is a Democrat game. They just don't like it. The Republicans figured out how to play there was a question asked of Donald Trump here just moments ago during that roundtable about how many Republicans are retiring from Congress this year. As if it's unusual. It's not 21 Republicans are retiring from Congress this year, 17 Democrats. But that's the pattern for mid year elections. The party that's in the White House always has more retirements. In fact, in 2022, 31 Democrats retired, just 18 Republicans. It was a misleading question from ABC. We're here to set the record straight and I just want to get that out there. What do you think is going to happen in the midterms at this point? If Donald Trump can keep inflation below 3%, if gasoline stays below $3 and in some places it's below $2 now, places like Oklahoma and Texas, many stations selling gas under $2 a gallon. If that happens and inflation stays low and mortgage rates continue to come down, that should strengthen the argument for Republicans in November couldn't certainly is.

[Rich Rubino]

A lot of it too is about perception. For example, George H.W. bush, the economy was actually getting back on track, but the economy, but the recovery didn't actually really kind of consummate until early 1993. So consequently he ended up losing that election. But a lot of it, obviously, Donald Trump is a very visceral personality. People either love him or they hate him. The question is really about the bases. In terms of both parties. Can they get their bases out? Donald Trump, in Donald Trump's cases, can they get any bases out, not only necessarily about inflation, but just about people who just are going to support him no matter what. Contrastly, in terms of the Democrats, there's always going to be a buyer's remorse on the party that's in power. This is what you always see. Barack George W. Bush in his sixth year of his presidency, Barack Obama in the sixth year of his presidency. You can go back to Harry Truman in 1950, but it's a lot of it is trying to get those kind of moderate independents who reluctantly voted for Donald Trump to come over to their side, as well as trying to galvanize and really energize their respective political bases to come out. There are a lot of Democrats who I think are perhaps angry, who perhaps were apathetic last time, did not come out and vote there. It's a matter of the Democrats. It's really there. It's really their responsibility to try to get those voters, to get those voters to come out, to try to galvanize some of those voters and particularly in some of the more moderate states. And I will say what's interesting about the Texas map, Henry Cuellar, who Donald Trump pardoned last time, he represents a congressional district that used to be very Democrat. It's become a lot more Republican this time around. Right. If you do the current coordinates, there's about a 10 point Republican advantage in that congressional district as well as Vicente Gonzalez in Texas. Those are Democrats. Theoretically, they could win reelection, but it's very hard. The last time this happened or one of the times this happened back in 2002 with the Democrats, Chet Edwards of Texas was the only one who survived. He had a district that went about 30 points for George W. Bush. So it's not without the realm of possibility, but it's a very austere challenge for them.

[Steve Gruber]

Well, Rich, we greatly appreciate it, although it's not a typical sixth year because it's not consecutive terms, but the point is well taken. Thank you for being here today.

[Rich Rubino]

Thank you so much.

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[Steve Gruber]

New York City's mayor elect Zoran Mandani is facing criticism after releasing a video instructing residents on how to resist US ICE enforcement. The guidance comes after an ICE raid in Manhattan aimed at detaining undocumented immigrants. We like the term illegal aliens here. Mamdani pledged to protect immigrant communities and defend the city's status as a sanctuary jurisdiction, signaling a continued pushback against federal immigration enforcement. This comes just weeks after Mamdani met with President Trump where they reportedly found common ground on affordability and city improvements. Despite that meeting, Mamdani reaffirmed his commitment to sanctuary policies during a speech in the Bronx, drawing criticism and concern from those advocating stronger immigration enforcement. Joining to discuss this, RAV correspondent and the host of Law and Border, Ben Berkwam. Ben is going to be hanging out with Border Patrol agents, going on a ride with them later today, but we won't tell you where because, well, we want Ben to be safe. We want them to be safe and we want them to be effective. Ben is in a nondescript side yard somewhere. Hope the folks are fine with that. Ben, welcome back.

[Ben Berkwam]

No surprise on Sorry about that, Steve. A little technical difficulty. Yes. Other than the lower third, I'm somewhere in the northwest and I'll be joining Border Patrol with some Border Patrol officials a little bit later. Stay tuned for that. But yeah, it's, you know, what Mondami is doing, what these leftist Democrats are doing. It's they talked about sedition for a long time under the last presidency, for four years under Joe Biden after January 6th. What they're doing in these sanctuary jurisdictions, intentionally obstructing ICE operations is.

Minimum sedition, if not treason. They are directly undermining our country. But this isn't surprising, Steve. These are the same politicians that invited the invasion in under Joe Biden. And we've got to come to grips with this really soon. This is the Democrat platform for 2026. It's outrage in the streets, unjustified outrage in the streets to get the base ginned up to show up. And if we don't realize that if we don't hold that, not just hold the House, but gain seats in the House, gain seats in the Senate, and make some of these President Trump decisions, executive orders in July, we're going to be in a really, really bad Place in 2027 and 2028. And so I'm out here exposing what the mainstream media doesn't want you to see. We're going to be riding with Border Patrol today as well as ICE throughout the week. And American people have to see that it is treason, what the Democrats are doing.

[Steve Gruber]

Yeah, you know, I can't disagree with you on that. You know, there are a lot of reports that have come out since Joe Biden left office that people around him warned him about the open border, warned him about the potential dangers of the open border, and yet he ignored it or didn't know what was going on, or both. It doesn't matter, Ben. What we ended up with was criminals in this country that shouldn't be here. 62,000 children, by the way. Nobody's reporting this. 62,000 children recovered by these raids, by the work being done by Tom Holman and Kristi Noem at the behest of President Trump. Those kids are in sex trafficking rings, in enslaved labor rings for children. And 62,000 been rescued so far. But you don't hear that in the mainstream media, do you?

[Ben Berkwam]

No, you don't. And you know, that was of the hundreds of thousands of children that Joe Biden and the Democrats lost. I had friends in the Unaccompanied Minors program that said that they basically were handing them over to people without any background checks. They didn't know who the people were. And when they brought up the information to their superiors, they were told, don't say anything about it, or else we'll lose our contracts. That was the mindset. And this was not by accident. You know, the people. If there were people telling Joe Biden that this was going to be a problem, there were many more people saying, keep going. Because the same organization, the activist organizations that are out there marching in the streets right now, getting in the way of ice, obstructing ICE operations, are the same organizations that were profiting off the invasion. They were making millions and millions of dollars inviting illegals in, training them on how to game our asylum system, and then distributing them throughout our country. Not just on the southern border, but every city across America. And that's why this job is so large for President Trump. This was not by accident. All of this was orchestrated ahead of time. They knew in the event that President Trump took office, they would have these systems in places, these rapid response networks, as they call them to, to weaponize them, to go after ice, to go after border patrol and go after President Trump. And they would have a complicit media to continue to tell the lies. But you're right, President Trump, Tom Homan, they're saving children's lives. They're removing illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country. In particular, the worst of the worst out of our country. And every American should be celebrating them not getting in their way.

[Steve Gruber]

Ben Berkweim, appreciate you. Be careful out there today. Ben's going on a ride along with ice. I want to make sure you're careful. Don't get too courageous out there, Ben. Just let them do their job and tell us about it on Law and Border. It's weekends here on Real America's Voice. Ben, thank you as always.

[Ben Berkwam]

Thank you, Steve. God bless you.

[Steve Gruber]

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Well, what makes America wonderful? We do it every day, as you know, with the hope of putting a smile on your face before you head on for the rest of your day. Today's story comes to us from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a teenager struggling with a kidney condition got a new lease on life after finding a selfless donor. 15 year old Logan Thaxton may seem like a regular teenage boy, but appearances can be deceiving since the young one was diagnosed with a kidney condition which his urinary tract swelled, causing damage to the organ over time, a condition he's endured since the age of two. Logan's mom, Nakia, knew that at some point Logan would need to find a new kidney, a reality that set in when doctors urged her to start looking for compatible donors, lest she wanted Logan to undergo dialysis treatments for an extended period of time. Nakia then immediately shared her struggle across social media and finally the call they had waited for came. Hannah Noyes Barnes, Nakia's co worker, is the selfless hero who stepped up and after confirming compatibility and losing 25 pounds, she donated the kidney with no hesitation. The procedure was done back in May and we are happy to report that Logan is now living his best life, heeding the call to action is the theme of today's story. And Hannah Barnes selfless act was indicative of the values that truly make America wonderful. All right, the question of the day, what are your thoughts on Democratic officials providing guidance to people on how to avoid ice, resist ICE enforcement? Dale Melusi writes, it's not surprising. It's their voting pool. Don't disagree. Astor Weyer writes, they are part of the problem. Hold them accountable. Brian Davis, they are obstructing justice. Yeah, I would agree with that. Tom Cole says arrest and prosecute all capitals he's serious about. And Patrick Malone, same theme, Prison prison. Penny Step Blackburn, same thing. Lock him up. Trish Hicks. This is the result of Democrats usual knee jerk reaction to anything Trump does, especially if the news cameras are rolling. You saying it's all for clicks? Here's Lisa Latte again. Arrest them too. Russell Sattler. Arrest them. Also. Doug Lloyd, jail time. I think I see a theme here. Lock them up. Throw away the key. There it is. You know, it's pretty big weekend for sports. You might have seen it. My Lions won back on Thursday. They didn't have to play this weekend. But boy, what a game Indiana and Ohio State played. Yes, they did quite a deal. And we're going to get to that in a moment. But first, if you want to be part of the question of the day, send me an email to stevegruber.com follow me on the social media platforms. We might use your answer right here. All right, so that's important. You can be part of the big show. SteveGruber.com send me an email. Tell me what's going on in your part of the world. All right. Doesn't have to be on this topic. It can be on any topic. Follow me on social media. Slap that like button bam. That's what I do when I see bowling on social media. Slap the like button bam. He's joining me now because he has been watching football with a glaze in his eye a little bit because he's a man.

[Donald Trump]

He's a Hoosier. Who's your daddy?

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

Who's your daddy? Gruber, what happened? Oh, Ohio State went down to the number two Indian Hoosiers who are now the number one Indian. Who's why it's important. It was three nothing. Indiana. Then it was 10, three Ohio State. I'm like, oh, there it goes. They're going to just go off. And then guess what happened. Indiana stepped up that quarterback, by the way, Mendoza, that guy's the real deal. He's, he's clearly be the first quarterback picked in the draft, but he might be the first pick of the draft. He's, he's great.

[Steve Gruber]

You know that strike down the sidelines to Robert B. From Tennessee. That was the, that was the dagger that, that 30, 40 yard pass down the sideline was beautiful. It was perfect. Great catch too, by the way.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

And by the way, so since I bet Indiana early in the year and got six and a half to one now that they go, they're gonna be the favorite. If it turns out it's Ohio State, Indiana in the final, in the final championship game, I can bet Ohio State and lock in a win grouper. This is how we do it. This is how we betters do it. I can't lose if it's that. It comes down to those.

[Steve Gruber]

You can have it on both sides.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

I can get it on both sides, get it both ways. I can, you know, or either way I can lock in the win. Especially if there's a, a big spread. If Ohio State's favored like by 6. Are you kidding me? I can middle the thing. You can win them both.

[Steve Gruber]

They're favored by four and a half on this game and came up and I'm going to be honest, bowling. I didn't think anybody could stop Ohio State. And I have the exact same feeling you did. It's 10, six, it's halftime. Ohio State's going to get the ball. It's going to be showtime. It was not anything. No.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

That Indiana defense, Ohio State and Indiana could beat maybe the jets right now, maybe some of like, you know, the lower teams in the NF I think they could actually beat because it's different now, Steve. It used to be quarterbacks, great college quarterbacks couldn't compete in the NFL. Now they're coming out of college with the, with the same system that that NFL is using. They're just as good.

[Steve Gruber]

I think. That's right.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

It could be a good team anyway. That's, that's what we do here, Gruber. We, we make some money, we have some fun, but we, we make some money in South Florida.

[Steve Gruber]

One more thing here to my Notre Dame friends. Yeah, you got screwed, all right. Let's just say it. All right. That's just the way that is.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

Well, I miss.

[Steve Gruber]

I'm not a Notre Dame fan.

[Bowling (Sports Commentator)]

Trish just told me. Oh, oh, the Notre Dame. Yeah, they got screwed badly. Are you kidding me? I mean, Miami gets in.

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