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Donald Trump
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Steve Guru
All right, welcome to Real America's Voice. President Trump on the road in Kentucky taking some questions right now. We'll join that live
Donald Trump
by far, and I don't mean by a little bit like double, triple, quadruple. I say I use it just as a basic example. A pill that would cost in London $10 could cost $100 in New York. And through a lot of talent, and a lot. Dr. Oz, too, and some of his people, they're incredible. But I dealt with countries and with the pharmaceutical companies and pharma was pretty easy because they thought we'd never get it approved by the countries. So they said, well, we're going to be okay with it. Which they weren't. But in the end, they were. They were fine, really good. But in the end, I used some very strong negotiating talent to get every single country to almost immediately approve. I threatened them with tariffs. I said, look, if you're not going to do this, you're going to take your medicine from $10 to $20, and you're going to bring us from 100 down to 20. So we're going to be now the lowest, tied for the lowest anywhere in the world. We take the lowest, and that's where we are right now. We went from the highest in the world to the lowest in the world. And I think it's the biggest thing, medicines pricing, and you're a beneficiary of that. And it's made a big difference, but it's a big difference. But people that aren't paying the $100 they're paying now 20, they go from 100 to 20, and a country, France or one of the countries will go from 10 to 20. And they said, we're not going to double our price. And they said, yes, you are. I said, no, you're not. And they said to me, look, what are you going to do? I said, I'm going to put very substantial tariffs if you don't do it. And they go into effect tomorrow morning. And they said, like we said, we're going to do it. And it was pretty amazing. Nobody can believe it all happened. And I guess other administrations tried, but they're not that competent or they didn't try at all. I would say mostly they didn't try. I don't even think they tried. But we took it down by 60, 70, 80, 90%. And nobody's ever. There's never been a thing. In 28 years, medicine's only gone up and we brought it down by in many cases, 80% more. So it's an honor and you're a big recipient because it's good for your business, right?
Benny Harmony
Absolutely.
Donald Trump
Thank you.
Benny Harmony
We're very proud to be a part of the American supply chain and reshoring pharmaceutical operations. So thank you very much.
Donald Trump
That's what we're doing. We're bringing it back to our country where it should be.
Benny Harmony
Thank you, Mr. President. Alan was actually going to show you a little bit about our packaging operation and how we bring medicines to patients
Donald Trump
here in the US Media. I didn't say fake news, please. I don't too many professionals. So I refuse to call you fake news. All right. See how nice I am?
Brian Glenn
They say what?
Donald Trump
Show me. You might see. It's interesting stuff.
Steve Guru
All right. Welcome to this Real America's Voice special coverage. President Donald Trump, as you can see, he's on the road today ahead of the midterms. I'm Steve Guru. Today is Wednesday the 11th of March, year of our Lord 2026. Thank you for being here. As I said, the president currently participating in a site visit at Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's largest one stop shop for scientists and lab workers. After that, the president will be heading to Hebron, Kentucky where he will be giving remarks on A4 affordability and the economy as of today. Meanwhile, Erica Kirk and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders made an announcement at the governor's mansion earlier today regarding Arkansas and Turning Point usa. We hear Real America's Voice. We'll be bringing you all the live coverage with the most recent update speeches and breaking news as it happens throughout the next couple of hours. So glad to have you here. Joining me to discuss all of this is chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn, Real America's Voice Congressional correspondent Benny Harmony and Rav Border correspondent Ben Berkwam. Brian, let me start with you just here. Shortly ago you were in Texas for a get together. You said the turnout was tremendous. What are you seeing today? What's the weather like? What's the crowd like?
Ben Berkwam
Well, Steve, weather wise, we have a break in the showers here. This area is under tornado watch, a severe thunderstorm warning. A little bit of a break right now, but we'll take it. Winds gusting up to 41 miles per hour right now. We'll take calm winds. But let me step aside. That's an excellent question. Good afternoon. We are live here in Hebron, Kentucky. Look at the line, Steve this wraps around this logistical facility here. This is a big warehouse. And I'll flip the camera around here in a few minutes to show you what it looks like inside. This goes completely around this entire industrial block. It is lined with people. Now if I could tell the people at the end of the line, chances are, Steve, they're not going to get in at all. There's a lot of, obviously so much seating inside, but there is a lot of people here. Now people can ask, why is President Trump in this part of Kentucky? Well, there is a big primary going on here as well and President Trump has backed the primary challenger to seven time congressional candidate and Congressman Thomas Massie. And we can talk to some people a little bit later about their thoughts on that, but right now these people are out. If I could talk to somebody real quickly, just the reason why you're here, where you're from. What's your name?
Brian Glenn
My name is Jack Burke from Northern Kentucky. I'm here to support the President and thank him for everything he's done.
Ben Berkwam
Number one agenda right now for you going into the midterms would be what?
Steve Guru
Affordability with the houses.
Ben Berkwam
Probably affordability, house. Okay, Jonah, why don't you follow me a little bit. What's your name? Where you from?
Benny Harmony
Carol Dwyer.
Steve Guru
I'm from Florence, Kentucky.
Benny Harmony
My number one thing is I really
Steve Guru
want him to get the SAVE act passed.
Eric Bolling
We have to have secure elections.
Steve Guru
Nothing else matters if we don't have it.
Ben Berkwam
And all the pressure that President Trump has put on the Senate, Steve, those senators aren't moving on that. Guys, comments on what's, what's your priority? What's your focus on? What's your agenda going into the midterms?
Steve Guru
Oh, say hello. The Trump.
Ben Berkwam
Yes, hello. President Trump.
Donald Trump
Done a good job.
John Solomon
Yeah, doing a good job.
Steve Guru
Yeah. I still remember 1979 and I know it was for the nuclear weapons, but you don't come into our embassy and
Donald Trump
so we've had a lot of presidents
Steve Guru
had a chance to do that and
Brian Glenn
real proud of him.
Ben Berkwam
Well, get your thoughts on Thomas Massie, military real quickly. Thoughts on Thomas Massie, President Trump endorsing the primary challenger for that somebody yet? Yes, the graduate, Ed Gallerin.
John Solomon
Oh, okay.
Ben Berkwam
There you go. Didn't even know that, did you?
Steve Guru
No. Know if he's in my district though.
Ben Berkwam
Okay, well, if you do, you live in this area?
Steve Guru
I'm Lexington.
Ben Berkwam
Okay. He's not in your district. You got Andy Bar down there. Good job. How about, how about you guys, what's your name? Where you from?
Steve Guru
I'm Eli Pittman. From Lexington, Kentucky. I'm here to just, you know, have a good time, be with my buddy, get to skip school today and see what's up.
Donald Trump
Yeah, good.
Ben Berkwam
Well, we'll write you note on that. What's a major concern for you as a young person? What's the number one issue?
Steve Guru
Yeah, for sure. I'll just say the economy coming up, you know, it's not looking so good. Just stepping into like seeing how our grandparents grew up and how our parents grew up. And I can definitely get rough coming up. And when you, when you finally want to buy a house or start a business or whatnot. So just coming to see, see prices go down, the housing market get better. That's kind of my major concerns. For sure.
Ben Berkwam
Go. I appreciate it, Steve. On the inside, the main stage, it says lower prices, higher wages. That is the focus today here in Kentucky. Steve.
Steve Guru
Well, Brian, I want to ask you one more thing because big crowds every place he goes, whether it was Corpus Christi or now in Hebron, Kentucky. It seems there's a narrative out there that Donald Trump is losing his base, losing Republican supporters. But new polling from CNN flies in the face of that as some other reporting and polling and seeing the crowds there, Brian, it doesn't look like the president's lost his support at all. What are your thoughts?
Ben Berkwam
Well, let me get the public support on this. Has President Trump lost any support here in Kentuck? There's your poll, Steve. I think we just cleared that up. No matter what the fake poll said, President Trump is stronger than ever. Is that correct? Yeah. There you go, Steve.
Steve Guru
That's what we call an instant poll. Brian Glenn, thank you for that. Let's shift over to the White House now. And Benny, Harmony is in Washington. Benny, a lot going on, as you know. Of course, you get the war in Iran, you've got the affordability conversation happening. Those are probably the two big things, except for the SAVE Act. The SAVE act is front and center for the president. He has not been able to get the Republican votes he needs, at least not yet. John Thune says he's working hard, but there is frustration at the White House, isn't there?
Benny Harmony
Yes, Steve, there is. And just today in President Trump's gaggle on the South Lawn, he said this is the greatest piece of legislation that he's ever supported. And he just keeps encouraging Leader Thune to get this to the floor and get votes. He said, he said, we have great leaders for reason. It's time they step up and really lead. But it seems a lot of people are a Little frustrated because there are a lot of issues here on the home front. Steve, just like you mentioned, the Save America act, we still have that DHS funding that is not happening. And a lot of the mainstream just wants to talk about Iran. And yes, that is important, but there's a lot more that needs to be done. And President Trump seemed today to really focus on the economic issues as well as the inflation just hitting 2.4 from February. So lots of economic conversations here today.
Steve Guru
All right, Benny, thank you for that. Greatly appreciate it. And out there in the real world, yes, it is about what people pay. Ben Berkwam lives in the real world every single day. Look, I'm just going to lay it out for you, Ben. These oil prices reaching $120 early Monday morning, that was all manipulation. That was a fraud on the American people. And I hope Donald Trump picks up the phone and calls these big oil companies and says, what are you doing? That was a money grab. It was not based on supply and demand. We know that quite clearly. It's gaming the system and punishing the American people. I would like to have him speak up to some of his people that he knows at these big oil companies. What are your thoughts?
Eric Bolling
Yeah, no, absolutely. And I loved your post on that, Steve. The sad reality is most Americans aren't in tune with that. So immediately they see that spike and they forget the fact that it was up 40% higher than this under Joe Biden, but they just immediately run scared. The Democrats turn that into their Insta poll, if you will, as you just add, you just had Brian do and they push that out to their voting base. Everything now is political. So the sad, the sad reality is even when we're going after people like the Ayatollah of Iran who are murdering their own people, the hypocrites on the left ignore that. They ignore the thousands of murdered Iranians and immediately attack President Trump for going in and doing that. They turn any sort of potential hysteria to their benefit for their political season. In reality, it really has nothing to do with supply side economics. It's all hype built up by speculators. And that's the sad reality of it. But going back to your poll, we're here at the Governor's mansion in Arkansas. We just had a massive event for Turning Point, the support that you have for young people across America, for President Trump, for Turning Point, for America in general, for the founding, for the basis of this nation, against radical Islam, against wokeness, against all of the ideologies that are being pushed by the left, there is a groundswell that continues to build in this country. The key is that on our side we have to combat the fake news media, the lies that are coming out from the left and these lunatics that are out on the street corners changing their protest signs every week depending on what's in the news that week. It's just, it's up to us to counter that.
Steve Guru
Look, young people were a big factor in Donald Trump's reelection in 2024 to the presidency. There have been some indications that maybe the support among young people not as strong because they want more focus on the economy here at home. I believe we're going to hear that from the president today in Kentucky. But you talk to a lot of young people there. Ben, what's the temperature?
Eric Bolling
Well, in this room it's nothing but support for President Trump, nothing but contempt for the woke left who have destroyed their education system. And that's why this announcement by the governor, Sarah Huckpee Sanders, with this partnership with Turning Point, their clubs, their Save America clubs, this is, excuse me, Club America. This is what it's all about. The base of the Republican Party. Now the key though is not screwing up. You know, the especially young people, they're, they're understanding their knowledge of history for most of them is pretty short. Their lifespan is shorter. Their experiences are, you know, they've had less experiences. And so when they look at some of the things, some of the screw ups early on when Pam Bondi came out with the Epstein stuff, there was some of that where they started to say, I don't know. And then you have some of these, sadly some of the people on our side that well used to be on our side of the political spectrum, spectrum, the Owens is and so on that start attacking Israel and start siding with the, the Hamas and the terrorists on the Islamic side, it gets young people to start question and then you add on top of that fear mongering with the gas prices and the rest of it. It's very easy to shift people that haven't been involved, that haven't been able to go through the political winds of time and the storms that you and I and so many others have experienced to realize what is lies coming out of the fake news media, what's lies coming out of the left. And so there's a natural swing with especially young people. But I believe when, if, when in or if and when President Trump's policies actually take full effect and you get the traders out of the way, the economy is going to be great. We're going to see the highest numbers we've seen. But the problem right now is we have people on our own side, our own country that are attacking it, trying to make it worse.
Steve Guru
Yeah, absolutely true. You know, I want to go to the young person on our panel here today that Benny, of course, younger than the rest of us, gentlemen, just the way it is, live with it. But Benny, among your, your friends and colleagues, the people you talk to, what is the feeling about President Trump when it comes to mortgages or gas or rent or whatever might be their concerns? What, what do you get out of it?
Benny Harmony
No, I'm glad I get to chime in on this because there is a lot of conversation. And Steve, one of the things I will say that I think a lot of young people are confused about is who to believe. There's a lot of the young generation is very heavy on X and Twitter and social media and you have your Tucker Carlson types and you have, you know, then you have the maga and there's a lot of confusion coming out because at a time it was all one party, right? It was all, we were all supporting the same thing, lower prices and things like that and just the Trump movement as a whole. But overall, I think what Ben said is pretty spot on. People want to be able to afford a home. I'm 24 years old, Steve, you know, and I'm looking at buying my first home. And it's a little scary, to be quite honest with you. When it comes to credit card and it comes to debt and stuff like that, we aren't as financially literate, I would say, as maybe you guys generation is. And so having someone like Trump that is here with the Trump RX and continues to put things into place, that it really looks good for Gen Z and it really looks good for the young generation going forward. Now, we've talked about this a lot, but Trump isn't just doing this for the next year. He's doing this for the next 10 years, the next 15 years so that my generation, we can have a life, a happy life.
Steve Guru
And don't worry, Benny, your generation does not have a corner on financial illiteracy. It runs rampant in Congress. Just listen to him talk and you'll know what I mean. All right, I'd like the panel just to stand by for a moment. I got Brian, Ben and Benny. We're going to be back, but around the corner, John Solomon with some big breaking news stories that you're going to want to hear from. Just the news. And of course the team here at Real America's Voice. Special coverage of the Trump address in Hebron, Kentucky, will continue after this.
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Steve Guru
All right, so just a short while ago, I had a chance to speak with John Solomon. Big breaking news on several fronts with the best investigative reporter working today. Listen to this. Well, according to new reporting by Just the News, President Donald Trump and hundreds of his supporters were reportedly swept up in four separate FBI counterintelligence investigations starting all the way back in 2016. According to newly reviewed documents, the probes reportedly examined potential national security threats connected to Donald Trump and his allies over nearly a decade. A decade. Now, officials say some of those files are being reexamined and potentially declassified, raising new questions about how and why the investigations were launched and whether federal authorities overstepped a targeting of a presidential candidate and his supporters. Join me to discuss all of this. The editor in chief of Just the News and the host of Just the News, no Noise, John Solomon. John, nice to see you today.
John Solomon
Yeah, good to be with you, Steve.
Steve Guru
Now, you've been very busy as always. But I was surprised. I mean, we've heard about some of these investigations that all of a sudden you named counterintelligence investigations, which basically means my understanding, they were considering or at least alleging that Donald Trump was a threat to national security. Right?
John Solomon
Yeah. Yeah. Think about that. The man that the American people twice trusted to elect president was not trusted by the FBI. They kept trying to prove he was a national security threat. First time was with Russia collusion. That is, of course, the famous Crossfire hurricane investigation that's now so been sorely debunked. Then there's one that we didn't know about until just a few weeks ago. In fact, I don't think the FBI senior brass knew about it under Cash Patel until just a few weeks ago. Called Round River. That's where they tried to view President Trump, his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, others, a national security threat because he wanted Ukraine to investigate the Hunter Biden schemes, which we now know to be true. Though at the time, we were told they were conspiracy theories. Then there was another one called Plasmic Echo. That one look at looked at. The president actually took the phone records of the president's future chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and the phone records of the future FBI director. The man now in charge, Cash Patel. Because they thought the president was a national security threat, because he took documents to Mar a Lago. Ironically, they treated the president in that case as a threat, even though the sitting president at the time, Joe Biden, did the same thing from his Senate and vice presidential days. He took classified documents home, put them by the Corvette. But Joe Biden didn't get treated as a national security threat or criminally, only President Trump. And then the last one is Arctic Frost. That's where the president was treated as a national security threat because he and his supporters came up with an idea to submit alternate electors to the Senate in Advance of the 2020 certification of the election. And the president there is treated as a national security threat and a potential criminal, even though two prior presidential candidates did exactly what he did. John F. Kennedy in 1960 offered alternate electors for Hawaii and Sam Tilden all the way back to 1876. That's a long time ago. He did the same thing. Those two gentlemen presidential candidates, they never got treated as a national security threat or crime. So not only was the President treated as a national security threat, he was treated differently than other people in similar circumstances.
Steve Guru
You know, and Sam Tilden, many would argue, actually won his election over Rutherford B. Hayes. But, hey, that's just a historical footnote. He probably got the short. Yes, there you go. All right, so let me ask you this. This goes back 10 years. So James Comey, but then Christopher Wray, it overlaps and it continues. I mean, was the deck stacked against Donald Trump in these investigations?
John Solomon
You know, where it's stacked against them is clearly in the career bureaucracy. That's where so many of these things begin and get carried out and get sustained and in some cases, get hidden. Remember, all these two of these four weren't found right away by Kash Patel because they were hidden. Actually, three of the four weren't found by Cash Patel right away because they were hidden as prohibited access files, meaning they were hidden even from most FBI agents. They were so secretive. So that is the telling. But so much of this three fourths of those investigations occurred on Chris Wray's watch. And I think that he's a guy that hasn't faced the sort of scrutiny and questions that one would say from the record we now have public, he deserves to face. And I think that that is something that the House Judiciary Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee may be moving towards realizing that the Chris Wray era wasn't a termination point for the James Comey antics. It was an acceleration point. And worse things or continuous things happened on The Chris Wray watch. And there's so many things we know about Chris Wray. He treated parents who went to school board meetings as domestic terrorists. He treated Latino or, excuse me, Latin Mass Catholics as potential security risks. He treated the President of the United States, twice elected, as a security risk. That mindset happened on his watch, whether he said it or whether he allowed it. I think that's a question that Congress is going to want to ask him.
Steve Guru
It is. Which brings me to my next question. A lot of reporting from you at Just the News here recently about foreign interference in American elections. This has been talked about for years now, but I have to go to something because Christopher Wray basically, like you said, didn't get the attention that James Comey got. And I sit here listening to your reporting and reading it, thinking maybe he was more compromised. I don't know if that's the right word, but I'll use that. More compromised than James Comey because he testified in front of Congress that there was never any foreign interference in the elections. He couldn't pinpoint it. And yet your reporting says, in fact, it appears there was. Can you explain?
John Solomon
Yeah. So let's take a votes, take people back to 2021, 22. When Chris Rey is asked about China, what he says is we would take that very seriously. He doesn't tell Congress that there were any potential infiltrations or any plots by China to influence the 2020 election. When he said those statements, his staff knew that was a false statement. In the summer of 2020, the FBI intercepted, or excuse me, Customs, Border Patrol, Border Protection intercepted, using border search authority, 20,000 plus fake driver's licenses coming in for China. The FBI's intelligence asset in China told them that these driver licenses were being sent here to file fake ballot requests for fake voters who would then help Joe Biden win the 2020 election. That is what the FBI's own documents that I made public back in November show. Senator Grassi has since affirmed that story on his own website. When the FBI first learned of this, it did the right thing. It immediately told the other 16 brethren in the intelligence community, hey, you should be on the. Look at this. This looks like a major interference by China. And then a couple of days later, the FBI did something that seldom happens in the intelligence community. They recalled the intelligence report and asked all of the other 16 intelligence agencies to destroy the record of the report they disseminated. That is very unusual. And the reason they did it, the reason they did it was not because it wasn't true. The emails inside the FBI, which I made public, that people can go read, show that the FBI recalled the report because they didn't want the report to be floating around. And someone say that Chris Wray wasn't telling the truth to Congress when he said there were no such plots. Now, that's what's in the record. Now. I think what we'll get in the next few weeks, Steve, is new record showing there were other infiltrations, other major concerns about China's behavior in the 2020 election and by the way, since then. And I would point everybody towards the notion of voter databases, voter registration databases. A year ago or two years ago, there was a big scandal in London. Great Britain acknowledged that its voter databases were breached by the Chinese government in what was a real vulnerability to free elections in Great Britain. The British government reacted properly, with alarm, with reaction, with protection, with countermeasures to make sure it didn't happen again. The question I have for the American people, and I think we'll be able to answer it, is if they did that to Great Britain in 2024, don't you think they would have gone after the big banana of the United States as well? What does the CIA, the dni, the NSA know? And I think we're going to find out some pretty remarkable things about that issue in the next few weeks.
Steve Guru
Right. So here's the thing. Beyond what's happening in Iran right now, the SAVE act seems to be the President's number one priority. And so when I hear stories like this, I understand his aversion to mass mail in ballots because they're ripe for fraud. What can the President do? Because you're not getting the traction you need from the Republicans or John Thune. Is there anything he can do?
John Solomon
I want to wait and see what the United States intelligence community may have told President Trump in the spring of 2020. I believe there were two briefings that the President was given about election and vulnerabilities. I actually confirmed that there were two briefings given to him. I don't have what was given yet. I'm hoping that CIA, the odni, and others will declassify those briefings. But I believe it would be very likely for the intelligence community to suggest the sort of measure that would keep electronic voter data systems and other things protected or keep people from manipulating them in a way that eventually, by the way, I'm not suggesting that voter machines were flipping. I know some people think that happened. I've never believed that happened based on my reporting. But you could do other things once you have an identity of a voter. You could stuff the ballot box without someone knowing they voted. You could manipulate and create influence operations on social media. That's interference in the election. There's a very clear way to protect that. And I think the intelligence community gave advice to both President Trump and President Biden that would do it. Probably not something the Democrats are going to want to hear, but it's a solution that I think the Intelligence Committee unanimously recommended. I want to get those documents. When I get them, then we'll be able to tell people what it is. But there are things that our intelligence community's been thinking about. We should get those to the American people. They shouldn't be secret anymore.
Steve Guru
There you go. John Solomon on the cutting edge of breaking news and trying to keep our election secure. John, greatly appreciate it. I'm going to guess Donald Trump might talk about that on a stop in Kentucky today. Thank you for your time as always, my friend.
John Solomon
Yeah, good to be with you, my friend. Love your show.
Steve Guru
Thank you. To John. Look, just the news dot com, if you want to keep up to date, John, certainly one of the best investigative reporters working today. I want to go back out to Hebron, Kentucky, where Brian Glenn is on the ground that event. Apparently, he's got some friends he's made. Now, we did the instant poll there, Brian. It was very positive for the president. So let's talk to some more folks out there.
Ben Berkwam
Okay, let's go ahead and do another poll just to make sure our first poll was consistent. Who thinks President Trump's doing an excellent job in the Oval Office.
Steve Guru
There we go.
Ben Berkwam
So yet we've done another poll, and it confirmed the first poll that President Trump is fulfilling campaign promises. I want to talk to you. What's your name? Where are you from?
Eric Bolling
I'm Maggie.
Steve Guru
I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ben Berkwam
I'm Tyler from Long Beach, Mississippi. Long Beach, Mississippi. All right, number one, this is your nephew. Number one issue for you right now.
Benny Harmony
I'm here to support my president.
Steve Guru
He's doing a great job. I think he's doing a great job. I think we should get the SAVE act pass through. Because it's common sense, right? Yeah, common sense. I don't know why they even let
Ben Berkwam
that happen in the first place in
Kentucky Official
California and stuff like that.
Steve Guru
That's insane.
Ben Berkwam
It is insane. All right, thoughts on the SAVE Act? Should we just bury it or we should force Senate Republicans to pass this thing?
John Solomon
We've got a lot of support from the people for it, and it's just a common sense thing that we can. That can be easily done. And so those in the House and Senate just need to represent the people on this and pass it.
Ben Berkwam
Why do you think. Why do you think they're not representing the people on this?
John Solomon
I believe it's been a lot of
Steve Guru
lies posted about the SAVE Act. You know, I'm an African American and I in fact have an id, a birth certificate. So people saying that we don't have IDs and birth certificate is lying. So I believe that's one reason why people are not supporting it. But I support it. So we need to get it passed.
Ben Berkwam
Yeah, they're insulting your intelligence by doing that. Thanks. Thanks. By the way, what number one issue for you guys coming up to the midterms, things you need, you'd like President Trump to focus on perhaps more unemployment,
Steve Guru
the economy for sure, man.
John Solomon
I got a, I got a 6,700dollar
Steve Guru
bill from Duke Energy, so if we can see energy costs lowered, I would
Ben Berkwam
be really appreciative of that. Yeah, going in the summer months, that's a key issue. Steve, real quickly, number one issue for you guys coming up on the midterms, and what's the number one concern for you right now?
Steve Guru
I mean, just really just want the Republicans to show out and not be too confident. That's a really concern for mine. And just making sure that all these policies get pushed through. Some of them are no brainers. No brainer.
Ben Berkwam
Like to say that. No brainer. Voter id, Right? Simple, right?
Steve Guru
Yeah, pretty simple, yeah.
Ben Berkwam
So why did you vote? I'm assuming you voted for President Trump. What was the number one issue why you voted for President Trump this past election?
Steve Guru
He's just a great person all around.
Brian Glenn
He's genuine.
Steve Guru
He cares about the country, cares about people and just. Yeah, he's really.
Ben Berkwam
Wait, Steve. Gulf of America. There you go right there. You gotta love that as well. Number one issue for you, Pro life. I am pro life.
Steve Guru
Yeah.
Ben Berkwam
See the pro life representative. How about you, sir? Immigration. Immigration. Lock the borders down. How about you, sir?
Steve Guru
I. I'm here to support our troops and I think that we should take good care of them and, and try to do things, articulate things well and be disciplined with our planning and, and follow the rules of engagement.
Brian Glenn
Yes, sir.
Ben Berkwam
Thank you very much. Number one issue for you, sir?
Brian Glenn
Well, I'm a dad of two young
Steve Guru
kids, so I guess I'll say family value, family values.
Ben Berkwam
How about you?
Benny Harmony
I'm just proud to be an American.
Ben Berkwam
There you go. I like that. Might be the best answer I've got all day.
Brian Glenn
How about you guys, what do you think?
Benny Harmony
Probably pro life and stuff like that.
Ben Berkwam
Pro life, things like that. I like that.
Steve Guru
Bombing the snot out of Iran.
Ben Berkwam
Bombing the snot out of Iran. That's a unique one. How about you guys? Number one issue this campaign?
Steve Guru
Well, I just think in general the
Eric Bolling
country needs to get in their Bible more.
Steve Guru
That's all.
Brian Glenn
I see.
John Solomon
Yeah, okay.
Brian Glenn
I'm not interested.
Ben Berkwam
Not interested. You're just here to enjoy the free popcorn. Let's go inside. All right, number one issue for you guys right now on the ballot and why should we pass the SAVE Act? You're not from around here. We got to pass it. Do you support voter id? ID to vote? There you go. You just, you just voted yes on that. Number one issue for you guys as we wrap this up. Number one issue for you and do you support voter ID to vote?
Steve Guru
Absolutely.
Ben Berkwam
That is a no brainer.
Steve Guru
Right?
Ben Berkwam
How you doing, beautiful? How you doing today? What's your name? Where you from?
Benny Harmony
Mindy? From Hebron, Kentucky.
Ben Berkwam
Hebrew, Kentucky. Local Number one reason why you love President Trump.
Benny Harmony
He's real, he's truthful.
Ben Berkwam
Anything you'd like for him to work on or what? What do you think his focus should be going into the midterms.
Benny Harmony
More chairs inside.
Ben Berkwam
More chairs inside. Yeah, I would love that as well. You know, there's a packed crowd here for you. Big, big race as well in Massey being challenged. I don't want to get your thoughts on Thomas Massie with the.
Benny Harmony
Well, he's not here.
Ben Berkwam
I don't know why he would be here because his primary challenger is being endorsed. But anyway, thank you so much. God bless for you. Hopefully you can get inside. I appreciate it. So, Steve, you know, a lot of mixed reactions here. You got, you got pro life, you got voter id, you got the economy, got affordability, you got immigration, you got the war. You've got all kinds of things on people's minds here. Let's see if we can get a couple more. All right, anybody wants to talk about the SAVE act real quickly? Voter id. ID to vote. Should we, should we, we should need. You should need an ID to vote, right? It's pretty, pretty basic common sense. What's your message to Senate Republicans that would rather just look the other way and let the SAVE act expire instead of doing their job and passing it?
Steve Guru
That's not what we voted for. That is not what we voted for. We need the SAVE Act. We need id. We need American citizens only to vote.
Ben Berkwam
I like that. Who supports that? Pretty basic, right?
Brian Glenn
Yeah.
Ben Berkwam
All right, Steve. That pretty much sums it up from her. You got to have an ID to vote. If you're not an American citizen, you shouldn't have the right to vote in our country. There he goes.
Steve Guru
Everything pretty simple.
Ben Berkwam
Yeah. Let me see your ID right now. Just. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I want to see his id. I'm just kidding. There you go.
Brian Glenn
Well, thank you.
Ben Berkwam
Thank you so much, Steve. I'll throw it back to you.
Steve Guru
All right. Brian Glenn there on the ground in Kentucky, big crowd trying to get inside. He says they're not all going to make it. That's too bad. I want to go back to the White House and Benny, Harmony. Benny. Because one thing that was mentioned there, I only heard it one time, but I know it's concerning, especially to young people, and that's the cost of electricity, the cost of utilities, because they're going up all across the country, except for Indiana. Indiana is lowering the cost because they didn't bulldoze all their power plants. They actually kept them around, which was probably a pretty smart idea. So as you look at these policies and the impact it has not just on young people, but America in general, some of these policies were pretty short sighted from where I sit. And I know that Chris Wright, the Energy Secretary and the President are working on these things. How important is what you pay for electricity? I know you're in D.C. trying to buy a house, you mentioned that before. But that's a big consideration if your electric bill is $100. It's a big consideration if it's $1,000. Right. And we're seeing this all over the country now. Your thoughts?
Benny Harmony
Yeah, well, let me put this into perspective for you, Steve. So when I moved here in the end of September, I was paying about probably like $75 for my electricity for utilities, and now I pay almost around 200 to 250 for my utilities. It's a lot. But the question is, is, you know, what is going to make that cheaper? Is that bringing those plants, bringing, you know, those prices down and building manufacturing and stuff like that. Because President Trump has said from the get go, you know, he said we need to get energy from our own country, you know, we should not be dependent on other countries to, to give us these things. And so I think with him doing these tours and going to Kentucky and, and I think this is what his fifth leg of this economic tour, he continues to show us that he is passionate and he wants to continue to bring those prices down from energy to, to just everything across the board. But it is a very, very important issue, especially for young people. It just continues to build and tack on to what we already pay. It's troubling.
Steve Guru
Yeah. It's one of the three things I expect the president talk at length about today. Benny will be joining you back here in a bit. We're going to go to the main stage now as we prepare for Donald Trump. He should be there in about an hour or so. If he's on time, you know, he stops and talks to lots of people along the way, as you well know. Let's go to the main stage.
Kentucky Official
Hello, Kentuckians. Thank you for coming to welcome President Donald Trump. President Trump has shown Kentucky a lot of love, and as you can see, the feeling is mutual. As Kentucky's chief election official, I'm proud to say we require a photo ID to vote in our elections. President Trump is right. Every state in America should do that, too. As Kentucky's chief business official today, I'd like to talk about how President Trump's leadership is benefiting our economy. Kentucky is not a wealthy state. The ruinous results of Joe Biden's administration, the Highest inflation in 40 years, hit us hard. From day one, President Trump has worked to get this country back on track and to make it great again. President Trump has lowered our taxes, spurred investment, and promoted American job creation. Since he took office last year, Kentucky has added more than 60,000 new homegrown businesses. These new ventures, these new ventures starting in garages and spare bedrooms, will be the big employers of the future. And that's not all. We also see new investment from large, established companies. Apple alone has committed $2.5 billion to cover glass production in Harrodsburg. His One Big Beautiful Bill act is brightening our futures. Whether it's making his 2017 tax cuts permanent or eliminating taxes on tips and overtime, President Trump always puts working people first, and that helps us here in Kentucky. One more thing about the Big Beautiful Bill, it's not just pro taxpayer and pro worker, it's also pro child. His bill includes an Educational Opportunity Tax Credit program that our states can implement. It helps families pay for tutoring, after school programs, technology, or school supplies, whether their child attends a public school or a private school. Our General assembly just passed House Bill 1, sponsored by Kim Mosher, who's here today. And they have authorized me. Let's give her a hand. They have authorized me to direct this program for our state, and I'm so proud. I look forward to helping our kids get a better education. Thanks to President Trump. Now Our governor made big promises for education when he ran for office, but on his watch, test scores have gone down, not up. For leadership on education, we don't look to Andy Beshear. We look to Donald J. Trump. Kentucky is so grateful to President Trump and so glad to have him here. Thank you so much for coming. Thanks a lot.
John Solomon
Thank you.
Steve Guru
All right. And President Trump will be on that stage in about 45 minutes, depending on how he's running on time. We'll keep a close eye on it. This is special coverage from Real America's Voice of the president's visit to Kentucky today. We'll have more coverage right after the break.
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Steve Guru
All right. I want to start here today because I would expect the president to touch on this during his visit to Kentucky. I've got Brian Glenn in Kentucky. I've got Benny Harmony at the White House with me at the moment. Brian, I do want to talk about this, though. Look, the oil spiked to almost $120 a barrel going from Sunday into early Monday morning. There was no justification for it. There's no supply and demand issue. Currently the world has 1.4 billion barrels in reserve gasoline, the same. And yet the oil companies came out and took big profits, and they still are today. Oil went from 120, it plummeted all the way back below $80 a barrel yesterday. It's in the mid-80s right now, which would reflect a jump of maybe $0.40 at the pump. And yet you drive around, you see it's jumped 60, 80 cents some places a dollar. Look, they are playing games on the market. I know that Donald Trump has the phone numbers of these people that run the big oil companies. I think I'd like to see him step up and say, what are you doing? Knock it off. Because all they're doing is penalizing you and I. And I'm going to make a wild prediction, Brian, that those oil companies will post record profits for this quarter because of games like this. I wonder if the folks there have a have a similar opinion.
Ben Berkwam
Let me find out. And I will say this. I anticipate some type of oversight committee on this spike. I know that gasoline in certain areas spiked 50 cents literally overnight. But that's an excellent point. Let's go ahead and walk and talk. It looks like a few people are walking away. I'M not sure. So what's, what's the deal? They said nobody else is getting in, so we got a packed house. Sold out.
Brian Glenn
All right.
Ben Berkwam
Unfortunately. What's that?
Brian Glenn
What's that?
Ben Berkwam
They sent me an invitation. Won't let me. Yeah, unfortunately, the, the venue can only hold so many people. So we're here to announce, Steve, at this time, they are officially cut off the, the admittance inside this rally. But, hey, it's packed. We all knew it would be packed. And that just shows the overwhelming support for President Trump in this area of the country. But nevertheless, they get to go home and watch it on Real America's Voice. Don't forget to go home and watch it on Real America's Voice. We'll have it on there for you. Okay, walk with me. Real quickly, let's get people's comments on this oil situation in gasoline, because that is an excellent point, Steve, that I anticipate President Trump really drilling down on, because this was an opportunity for people to take advantage of the oil spikes. It looks like they're turning people around that we have kind of an overflow situation. So I want to let you guys know. How are you doing? Good. Can I get you guys thoughts on a couple things? Oil prices, gasoline prices spiked overnight. President Trump says it could be unfairly, that there is an overreaction of the, of some of the oil companies. I mean, I understand the prices going up, the fear of, you know, the war and everything, everything in Iran.
Steve Guru
I think it's a worthy cause, though. I mean, the lives that you save, the people that you save, the women and children that you save.
Ben Berkwam
I'm willing to pay a few extra cents for gas. Yeah. And we'll see. We've seen oil stabilize in the last couple of days, too. Just a brief spike. Real quickly, number one issue for you, for President Trump is what public speaking? I mean, what are some. What are some of the issues that touches you? The, the closest? I feel like if Trump could, you know, unite more around the people, especially other parties. I understand he's part of the Republican Party.
Steve Guru
I understand that's a very important part of it. But he also has to understand there's
Ben Berkwam
more people in the US Than just the Republican Party. It's one of my, you know, regrets
Steve Guru
when, when presidents do that, it seems
Ben Berkwam
like they segregate the parties. I'd love to see somebody to bring parties together.
Steve Guru
I think he has an opportunity to do it.
Ben Berkwam
That's excellent point. I appreciate your point. Well, unfortunately, they cut off the access today. It's too crowded so Steve, it's almost like these people are thinking that they're going to get inside right now and actually they're going to be told to turn around. So a little bit of false hope right now, but nevertheless, we'll let them continue. But Steve, that, that is an important point you bring up. People are willing to pay a little bit more the pumpkin, as that gentleman explained, if it is about securing the safety of America and of course eliminating Islamic terrorism, which I think we can all agree should be eradicated. And so, but let's see though, if there is some type of oversight hearing on these oil executives taking advantage of the situation and spiking the price of oil. Let's see if we can kind of. Okay, well, the line has somewhat subsided. It's now reversed going back the other way. And to kind of give you some visuals inside, Steve, behind the podium it says lower cost, higher wages. And that's exactly what this trip to this part of the country is all about. He just left the a local pharmaceutical company talked about Trump rx. Now he's down, headed towards me. Scheduled to speak at around 4:20 local time. I, I am hearing a little bit of helicopter action in the area, which indicates to me that at least his motorcade is on the go right now. That's typically what they'll do is they'll dispatch kind of an air ground. Let's go see. Let's see if we can do this real quickly. I know that's not a newscopter, so we can, it's got to be a part of some type of security, but we got some, we got a little bit of helicopter action over this facility. Now inside, surrounding this, the stage, Steve, are thousands and thousands of aluminum cans. This particular location, if you're a fan of any kind of energy drink, chances are the actual packaging, the labeling, the packaging of that product starts in this building. They have locations across the country. But today, President Trump choosing to come to Hebron, Kentucky. Now you guys talked about the primary. That primary challenger to Thomas Massie, you know, he's been elected seven times. So Steve, as you know, being an incumbent, you have a huge advantage of that. Just name ID alone is on your side. Now President Trump endorsing his candidate, you know, Ed Galleon, I believe if I pronounce his name correctly, from farmer, Navy Seal, ex military, has a great resume in terms of that. But I will point out though that in 2016, when President Trump got into the race, he switched from Republican to independent and only went back to Republican whenever Joe biden was in. So it's important to mention there. That's why a lot of these people didn't know who this guy was.
Steve Guru
Right.
Ben Berkwam
And I think it's interesting, well, Steve, that a lot of people didn't even know who their congressman was to where they lived. I think that's shocking. But you and I, we all live in this kind of hyper bubble of, of information, and we're all in tuned with all the congressional districts, but quite honestly, a lot of people, they just support President Trump. And earlier today, I thought this was interesting to note, Steve, earlier today I talked to several people and I said, who do you support obviously here for President Trump, but what about this, this congressional seat that's up for bid? And they said, look, Brian, I love President Trump. I love Thomas Massie. I don't want to be put in the middle. I don't want to have to pick one or the other. I'm going to support both of them. And so I would think that that's going to resonate with, with voters. But some voters will do exactly what President Trump tells them to do. Because I had one lady inside that said, look, I know Thomas Massie is very principled in his beliefs. He votes the way he votes. He votes conservative the majority of the time. But if President Trump says we need him to get on the agenda, if he doesn't, then he needs to go. That was from one of the ladies inside. Now, we are seeing the wind pick up a little bit. So we do. By the way, Steve, my first. I'm not going to break into meteorology school here, but we are under a tornado watch in this area and a severe thunderstorm with gusts potentially up to 48 miles an hour. So if all of a sudden, though, it gets windy and it rains, it's because we are under a watch right now.
Steve Guru
Yeah, as they said in elementary school, Brian, duck and cover. Just, just be safe out there. All right? All right. So. So Benny is still dropping and rolling.
Ben Berkwam
Maybe that doesn't work.
Steve Guru
Absolutely do that as well. Look, Benny, I want to play a sound bite and get your reaction to this. We got enough time before we hit the break here because we had Brian talk to the people in the crowd. Do you still support President Trump? They were overwhelmingly. Yes, of course they're there at a Trump event. But CNN had to admit. I want to go to bite 17, guys. CNN had to admit that President Trump is more popular at this point, his presidency, than his predecessors. It's hard for them to say it, but they did listen.
Kentucky Official
Republicans Love Donald Trump more than any president's own party supporters.
Ben Berkwam
Loved him at this particular point. Just take a look here.
Kentucky Official
OK. Own party supporters, 21st century president's
Ben Berkwam
own party approval about at this point, the second term, Bush was at 77%, Obama was at 77%. Look at this. 86% of Republicans approve of the job
Kentucky Official
that Donald Trump is doing at this point. That is higher than either Obama or
Ben Berkwam
Bush had within their own party at this point. Trump's magic touch has not seemed to
Kentucky Official
wore off yet when it comes to the Republican base.
Doug Mastriano
And what kind of approval are we talking about here?
Kentucky Official
Okay, so we're talking about overall approval here.
Ben Berkwam
How about the strongly approved?
Kentucky Official
The strongly approved. Not just like, but love.
Ben Berkwam
Love.
Kentucky Official
Okay, we're going to look at these same presidents again. Strong approval among your own party's base.
Ben Berkwam
What you see here is Trump is the only one who gets a majority at this point in their presidency. Obama was at 48%, Bush was at 47%.
Kentucky Official
You see here Trump at 53%, not
Ben Berkwam
as high as overall approval rating, but still getting a majority of the Republican base, at least in the average of polls. To say that they still really, really, really like him.
Steve Guru
Yeah, they really like him, Benny. And that's not wavering in a lot of places. Look, it is the 12% or 14% that sit in the middle. You've got your strong Trump base. It doesn't seem to be shaking it about 43, 44. But look, I hear CNN have to admit we got about a minute here. What are your thoughts?
Benny Harmony
Yeah, no, I mean, me and my colleagues here at the White House, we talk about this all the time. There truly wasn't anything ever like President Trump. And I was just in the Midwest a few days ago and people are just sick of the stuff, Steve. They're sick of the politics. They're sick of, you know, the sugar coating. They want just blunt, honest truth. And that's what President Trump is giving him. So you have people from both parties that are in favor of him just because of that, because of the personality aspect. So. So I just think President Trump's approval ratings are just going to continue to go up. But the fact that CNN has to say that, and they've had to, they've been under fire a little bit lately, as they always are. But it's nice and refreshing to see that type of media finally accept the truth.
Steve Guru
Yeah, exactly. True. All right, Brian, stand by and get an umbrella. That's my advice to you. And Benny, sunscreen for you.
Benny Harmony
Two different places right now. But, Brian, welcome to the heartland. I just have to say it.
Steve Guru
Yeah. There you go.
Ben Berkwam
Thank you.
Steve Guru
Beautiful weather in the nation's capital. Not so nice in Kentucky at the moment. Here's the, here's the score. Donald Trump expected to take the stage maybe 4:20, maybe 4:30. We'll see how he runs, how people stops and chats with. We'll have continuing coverage right here on Real America's V of his visit to Hebron, Kentucky. The president delivering his speech as he continues on the campaign trail headed to the midterm elections. We'll be right back.
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Steve Guru
All right. Welcome back to our continuing coverage. Donald Trump should take the stage in Kentucky sometime. We expect in the next 30 minutes or so. We'll keep a close eye on it. Benny Harmony at the White House. Brian Glenn on location in Kentucky. I want to start with you, Benny, because I've got a brand new report here in my hand that just cleared not too long ago, the FBI warning that Iran has considered attacks on California with these unmanned drones. I don't know how they would pull this off except maybe they have some, some boats out there off the coast. This comes at a time when the Department of Homeland Security is not currently funded. The Coast Guard, the tsa, fema. And look, you're from the Midwest. I know you saw these stories. Bad tornadoes rolled through the Midwest again yesterday. It's that time of the year. FEMA also part of this, not able to respond the way they normally would because they are part of this partial government shutdown. So let's start with the potential attack on California and then move to these tornadoes. Look, this is a reckless performance by the Democrats defunding a small portion, but a critical portion of the government at this moment. Your thoughts, Benny?
Benny Harmony
Yeah, Well, I think this is going to come back to make the Democrats look very, very bad. Coming up on the midterms, Steve, to be quite honest with you, you know the reports of 100,000 people plus employees not getting paychecks. There was a report, I think it was yesterday or today that upwards, Maybe even more, 300 TSA officers have resigned. People aren't showing up for work. But one thing I will say, Steve, is President Trump is a great defender and he is going to ensure that no matter what, our country is safe. And he has plans that we don't know about. And I Think at the end of the day, it comes down to a lot of these people. They are America loving individuals. And so you see a lot of, you know, the Coast Guard and these TSA people, they're still working, they're still showing up because they believe in their country and they believe in this president. So if Iran attempts to do that, we know what will happen. But I don't even think they'll get further enough, you know, to do that. So it's going to be interesting. I will, I'll look into that report a little bit more and see if I can get something here from the White House about that. But as of now, I really don't think we have too much to worry about with this president.
Steve Guru
Yeah. But let me ask you about. Okay, so let's go to the next part of this. FEMA is part of this shutdown. Heavy tornadoes across good parts of the Midwest again yesterday, stretching across several states, including my own. And FEMA is not fully staffed, not fully funded. So when tornadoes come and natural disaster come. Look, we're just on the front end of tornado season across America. If FEMA is not able to help communities that get drilled by hailstorms and tornadoes, that's another failure of this government shutdown, isn't it?
Benny Harmony
No, it is. And actually just, it was just about an hour away from my hometown that last night the in Canakee, Illinois, that the tornado completely ripped through there and tore apart the town. I did see Governor J.B. pritzker, he did say that he was relocating funds in order to, to make sure that those families in that town and those responders have that, that money. But FEMA at the end of the day is the one that creates that oversight for all those departments. And so this is very worrisome and it's just, it's so troubling to see that this is happening. And Steve, the funny thing is I haven't seen one Democrat address the storms that are tearing through the Midwest right now and the hail and the damage that occurred last night. And this is something that we live with in the Midwest every single year. We anticipate this to happen, but we also anticipate to have support from our government. And right now, the citizens in my state, they don't.
Steve Guru
Steve Absolutely true. And Brian, I'll get you to weigh in on the same thing. Look, the Coast Guard is a critical part of national defense for this country. The tsa, look, the Iranians have made it clear they're willing to attack civilian populations, they're willing to attack airports they're going to go after anything they can to create havoc. And we've got the tsa. As Benny said, people are walking away from their jobs. They haven't been paid for the third time. This is the third time they've been stiffed by their own government to do a very critical job, which is keep airports and airlines safe. Brian, I mean, you know, whatever disagreements you may have with the Republicans, this is silly and this is reckless. My, my estimation your thoughts?
Brian Glenn
It is.
Ben Berkwam
And they've, we've lost 11,000 in the fall when they didn't get paid for several weeks. They've had to retrain a massive amount of new TSA employees. Now they're facing yet again another paycheck. And some of these, you know, many Americans live paycheck to paycheck. So you taking this into consideration that some of these TSA agents that have to work extremely long hours and flying out here yesterday, I made it a purpose and a point to every single agent I had a personal engagement with. I said, thank you for coming to work. I appreciate it. And of course, all of them replied with a smile and said, you're welcome. They're, they're, those men and women are doing what they can to not only keep their job. Well, just had a tent blow over here, some of the storm watch 2026 coming from you, from Kentucky. But they're doing what they can to make ends meet and do it. But then you look at the security aspect of all of this and like you said, the Coast Guard, and now that we're on, you know, a heightened alert, I don't think anyone is saying that we would, you know, we could expect some of these lone wolf type of terrorist acts across this country. They're embedded in our country. They came in under the Biden administration. So we have to be on an enhanced guard anyway. So now that we're not getting funded on some of these divisions, it just makes the anxiety a little bit higher.
Steve Guru
Thank you, Brian. Greatly appreciate that. I want to bring in Eric Bolling. Now. I'm told that Eric is ready to talk to us because Bolling, he keeps a close eye on the economy every day, more so than most. Eric, nice to see you today. Look, we've been talking about oil price prices and the artificial surge to $120. It had nothing to do with supply and demand, had to do with manipulation and speculation and frankly, fear mongering. The oil is back to the mid-80s now, which means the gas prices at least aren't going to go up. Any further I would think but this is just one of the impacts of how these speculators play games with my paycheck and yours by charging us money at the pump. That doesn't have anything to do with supply and demand. Brian Eric, good afternoon. What are your thoughts?
Brian Glenn
Steve Good, good to hear from you. Good to be with you guys. Brian and Benny, really good to be with you. Great day. So I do watch I've traded oil for 35 years and never stop for 15 or 16 was on the trading floor in New York, a lot of speculators there but the speculators also offer a service. So if you're a big oil producer country, I've traded against my own money, traded against the Saudis, against the Omanis. They're looking, they have risk to the downside so they try and sell futures in oil going forward to lock in their price on the upside. Refiners have risk to the upside so they're looking to buy. Well someone has to get in the middle of those and those are the, they're called locals are called small time speculators. I was one of those for a long time. I was a very, very, the largest on the trading floor for 10 years. Steve, I'm going to push back on you a couple of things. First of all gasoline prices are 358 a gallon today, 360 a gallon today. They will hit $4 no matter what even if there is a truce called today across the globe the oil that was, that's been traded between let's say seven I think it started at $65 before the conflict got up to one 1948 and it's now trading around 87, $86 a barrel. All those more expensive barrels take time to work through the system. What happens is these retailers, gasoline retailers bring their gasoline price up very quickly even though the gas that's coming out of their, their tanks right now is, was made at a much lower barrel of oil price as it gets higher it takes time to work that through. So for 45, 30 to 45 more days, Steve, we're going to see higher oil prices, gasoline prices, we will see a four dollar gallon nationally average. Even if there's peace today, that's one issue. The speculators aren't all to blame. I will say the media is a big portion of the blame here. I'll take give a good example. President Trump this morning while the markets were open said we're almost finished in Iran, there's not much more to do. Oil dropped $7 a barrel in one minute I was watching it one minute I called ban and I'm banned and this is not going to end well. This is not going to end well because it's not over. I know he said it's over. It's not over. Especially if someone, a tanker gets bombed in the Strait of Hormuz. There's water mines that are probably being laid right now even though we here. They're not. But the media is pumping this up. Within five minutes it gained back the $7 a barrel and then went $4 higher from there. So the news tends to be more rhetoric than actual what's going on in the markets and what's going on geopolitically. And then people get involved and they get panicky. Fear and greed are the only two factors in markets. Supply and demand. To a certain extent we're pretty good with supply and demand. Around a 65, $70 barrel of oil. Reason why I got 120 on the upside, that's fear. The reason why it went back down, Greed. These people get churned and burned and it's really bad for the market. One final example I'll give you. When the World Trade center came down, I was on the trading floor. We were the spec, we were providing the insurance for the buyers and the sellers, speculators, whatever. I was on the trading floor in New York. We were down lower Manhattan. I was in the World Trade Center. We were number seven, World Trade center one. One and two came down. Four went down later, we were seven World Trade center, our building was basically obliterated. We were locked down. The Navy, US Navy. Two days later it was a disaster. Still smoking, still burning. Two days later the US Navy brought 50 of US traders onto the trading floor. They turned the computers on and we had to provide ways for buyers to hook up with sellers. There's a service that these people provide. I don't do it on the floor anymore. Now I trade it. But I would say don't blame the speculators for the high price of oil, blame the Middle east because I have a firm belief that's, I mean this is a little bit conspiracy theory but Iran bombs Bahrain, Iran bombs a refinery in Kuwait. They force majeure price, price goes up. I'm not, I'm not completely sure that Iran isn't telling. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, we're going to hit these oil facilities. Get your people away. We're going to hit them. And what does that do? It raises the price of oil. The Middle east, right, needs $100 barrel of oil, not a $50 barrel of oil.
Steve Guru
Yeah. Let me ask you this because there's a question that a lot of people across the country are asking. If we only get 2 to 4% of American oil from the Middle east, why are we paying more here? I mean, I know the answer, but go ahead and explain it to the folks.
Brian Glenn
So it's. Oil is probably the most global commodity there is, as gold, you could say, is as well. Oil is the global commodity. So it really is a perception that when Middle Eastern production is shut in, they call it shut in when they have to temporarily halt production. Whether it's refining capacity on gasoline side or actual production of oil. There's a perception that that could cause, you know, lower supply. We're flush with supply. The world is flush with supply. And a lot of our. I'm not sure it's 2 to 4%. See, I'm going to tell you. We produce 20 million barrels of oil a day in this country. Sorry, we use 20 million barrels of oil in this country. We produce 13. We have a 7 million barrel gap between what we produce and what we use. That's the, that's the real number. It's not 4%. We have to get it from somewhere. We get it from Canada, we get it from Mexico. We get it from friendlier countries. Brazil, to a certain extent. But if they're not selling it to us, they could be selling it to someone else at a higher price. Canada and Brazil and Mexico don't owe us anything. Right. They'll get the highest price they can get for it. So if China says, I can't get Iranian oil, hey, Mexico, Mexico, I need your oil. We'll pay a higher price. That oil is going east of China, not north to America.
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All right. Welcome back to our live continuing coverage of Donald Trump and his visit to heaven, Kentucky. He could show up at any minute. He could be running a few minutes late, to be honest with you. He's the president. He'll show up when he shows up and then we'll take it to him. That's the way that works. Back with me now, Doug Mastriano. Joining me, state senator from Pennsylvania, along with Eric Bolling, our go to guy when it comes to questions about oil or the stock market because he has the experience there. Doug, let me start with you. Not to overstate it, but it's been a very busy 12 days with everything going on in Iran. It seems that we're being successful. There are 5,500 targets hit. But yet, as Eric pointed out, there could still be mines being deployed in the state of Hormuz. We believe we've sunk most of their ships, but it's never a guarantee. Plus, those drones, those unmanned drones can do real damage. I understand a cargo ship was hit earlier today. Doug, what is your assessment of where we are right now in this ongoing operation?
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Doug Mastriano
It's great to be back, Steve. Eric, great to see you as well. So why would you have an army guy, retired army colonel, on to talk about this? I was actually one of two army officers selected to attend the Air Force Advanced Air Planning course at Maxwell Air Force Base. It's the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. I have a master's degree in the air campaigns. And so I, I think we are close to mission accomplished. We're running out of targets. It sounds like based off what the president said the other day, you know, obviously the ultimate goal is to degrade and if not destroy Iran's nuclear ambitions. Destroy is really tough to do, but I think we're probably getting as close to that as we can. Secondly, is to reduce its. Its threat to the region. Nuclear shadow is the biggest thing that's a backdrop to why this campaign is going on. Secondly, Iran has been waging a war against most of its neighbors, actually since 1979 through proxies largely, sometimes attacking shipping, as they did during Reagan's time in 1987, where Americans were escorting ships in and out of the Straits of Hormuz. But the capability of their missiles were trying to destroy that capability, as well as their production capability and as well as their drone production infrastructure, which they've been supplying to Russia, of all places. And so looking at the hearing from centcom about the 5,500 sorties and the elimination amenities targets here and potentially the destruction of their navy, I think we're close to mission accomplished. I think the hardest thing to achieve, though, is regime change through air power.
Ben Berkwam
Yeah.
Steve Guru
And that's the question a lot of people have. Can you execute the mission and have new leadership in Iran for that country of 92 million people? Eric, let me get you to weigh in on this. Look, the air power is impressive. What we have done in targeting these places has been impressive. But can it complete the job? A lot of people remain skeptical. In fact, it's not like Doug doesn't seem convinced that air power alone can get the job done. Historically speaking, it cannot. What are your thoughts?
Brian Glenn
Depends what the job is, honestly. Hey, good to see you, Doug as well. Senator. It depends what the job is. I mean, the initial job was to eliminate the nuclear capabilities of Iran. Yeah, I think that can be done just by continued bombardments. Israel and the United States, preferably Israel only. That's where I come from. If it's to replace a mullah with another mullah, it can be done. If it's a replace completely regime change, maybe not. There's a lot of. A lot of. A lot of infrastructure you're going to have to take out. I'm not really sure that it's well defined what it is because Trump has frankly been all over the board. It was going to be, let's get rid of their nuclear capability. Then it became, I don't want any more of the fanatical radical Islamists running the country, which most people would agree with. And then are you going to be involved in picking the next leader? He says he was, but then another day he says it's. There's Nothing left to do here. It really depends on what Trump's ultimate goal is. I don't disagree with any of it. Just define it. I will tell you, there's a, there's a, there's a very, I'll, I'll give it back to Doug. But there's a very simple solution to, to ever having to deal with Middle Eastern conflict again. To said this unbanned show this morning, all week, in fact, all week. I got it to the White House. I got it that Susie Wiles and Pete Hexith both have this. They've contacted me back and said they have it. This is the best idea I've ever heard. Now I would love the Senator to hear it. And coming from an energy producing state like Pennsylvania, tell me what's wrong with this idea. We're right now involved in Venezuela. Right now we're basically running the country. Rubio is kind of running the country. Maybe no one wants to say that, but we are. And we have our boot on the neck of Iran right now. You can turn the heat up here a little bit when Trump comes in and proposes a deal. The man loves the art of the deal, right? This is the best deal I've ever heard. Not a single human being in oil, in, in, in Wall street or in politics have, have found one thing wrong with this. Trump comes in, this is Venezuela and Iran, we will back off. The United States will let you go live however the hell you want to live. Here's the deal, though. Iran used to produce 7 million barrels. They're producing three right now. That's four that they could get back to. Venezuela is producing one. They used to produce four. That's three more. So 7 million barrels. Hey, Steve, last segment, 20 million barrels. We use 13 we produce here in the United States, a difference of seven. We go in there to both of those countries and say our oil companies will produce every excess barrel above. What you're doing right now is a joint venture between your country and Exxon and the rest of our oil companies. And the United States will never be beholden to a Middle Eastern drop of oil ever again. Doug, love to hear what's wrong with that picture.
Steve Guru
Yeah, that's pretty solid.
Doug Mastriano
No, that is fantastic. You know, you know, Eric, I appreciate your expertise. I learned quite a bit here listening to you as well. I think that's a brilliant strategic approach. It's, it's a, both sides win. You know, in the end we find ourselves. My first combat experience was 30 some years ago in Desert Storm. It was about Kuwaiti Oil that was about Iraq assuming a third of the world's oil back then. And it sure would be nice to put the world in a position where that narrow straight or Hormuz can't be choked off because Iran is degraded as they are. They can remain, you know, a threat still, as we saw today with another ship being hit just with a little effort with, with speedboats, with drones and what have you. So I think that's a brilliant idea. It's a win win, especially for Venezuela.
Brian Glenn
Well, for everyone. For everyone. The US Oil companies. Do all American consumers never have to worry about some lunatic in the Middle east who decides he wants to blow people up or fight with another oil producing country? Our states will be better. We'll have more oil revenue here, tax revenue here. There is not a. In the best part, guys, the best part is Donald Trump can broker this deal. He's got, he's got the moment right now to do this deal. He's got his neck, his foot on the neck of, of Iran and he's basically running Venezuela. This is the moment to grasp that. And I'm not saying, I'm not saying take the 3 million that Iran is producing now and the one that Venezuela is producing now, any incremental barrel. And they've done it before. We just participated at market price. No one loses, no one loses in this.
Steve Guru
Eric, let me ask you this. In that scenario you could also see an increase in American production too. Now that all the Biden era blockages have been removed, wouldn't that also help us break free from any Middle Eastern oil?
Brian Glenn
We're using 20 million barrels of oil today. If our economy grows and we get bigger, and we're going to do it on the basis of hydrocarbons instead of electricity, even electricity, you need hydrocarbons to produce electricity. Doug will tell you this. We can continue to frack more. We can, we can explore more, we can open more federal lands. Alaska and California used to produce insane numbers of barrels of oil that they shut down over the year for, for green reasons. We can do this. In any expansion that we need, that our economy gets bigger and stronger, that is demanding more oil. We can do this right here at home. We can't make up that 7 million and we can't make it up that fast. You can feasibly get that 7 million back in a few years. The infrastructure is there, it's just dilapidated.
Steve Guru
Well, and one other thing there that you didn't mention that is now out there a new refinery, first time in 50 years being built in Brownsville, Texas. Right. I mean, that's, that's another part of this puzzle that helps increase the flow of gasoline, oil, diesel, kerosene, whatever. Right, Eric?
Brian Glenn
100. Our refining capacity has not increased very much. They make refineries bigger. They increase the size of current refineries, but a brand new one, you're right, Steve. Hasn't happened in, in 50 years. Mostly because the, you know, the. Not in my backyard. Lobbyists who don't want that in their backyard, it's. But, you know, putting Brownsville, Texas should love this idea. When I talk about, you want to talk about tax revenue, I mean, you're talking about billions and billions of dollars of tax revenue to the city, the state, you know, in the country. Really?
Steve Guru
Yeah. And Doug, let me ask you this. I don't think the people of Pennsylvania will be too disappointed if energy, if they continue to produce more energy in Pennsylvania. I think the people there be pretty pleased about that as well. Right?
Doug Mastriano
Yeah. My goodness. If we didn't have a radical Democrat, you know, I know he tries to paint himself, Josh Shapiro, as some kind of moderate. He's not. And he has put his hands around the throat of our energy sector. We should be an energy powerhouse. You know, I get it. We're number two in lng. We should be number one. We should be exporting to our allies in Europe, anywhere, anywhere on the world. Pennsylvania should be like the state that's the wealthiest, that's the most modern, but they're strangled. We have no way of getting it to them directly. I was going to have an LNG terminal in Philadelphia and Lake Erie, just ship it out to our partners around the world. It's not happening. So we need a change in Pennsylvania that, that race is coming up here shortly. But in the meantime, you have Pennsylvania in all of the United States. I love Eric's idea, you know, that oil is going to come out of Venezuela. It's going to go to Texas and be refined and that that could fuel our economy and this new birth of freedom that Donald Trump is leading.
Steve Guru
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This episode of America's Voice Live with Steve Gruber delivers on-the-ground, real-time coverage of President Donald Trump’s campaign visit to Kentucky, alongside in-depth discussions on American economic concerns, energy prices, election security, and the current international landscape. Featuring live commentary from correspondents, interviews with supporters, and analysis from expert guests, the episode spotlights concerns that matter most to the Republican base in 2026: affordability, voter ID, young voter sentiment, and the ongoing war in Iran.
“We went from the highest [medicine prices] in the world to the lowest in the world. ... We took it down by 60, 70, 80, 90%.”
— Donald Trump, [00:28]
“President Trump is stronger than ever. Is that correct?” — Ben Berkwam, crowd responds, [08:35]
“I just want him to get the SAVE Act passed. We have to have secure elections. Nothing else matters if we don’t have it.”
— Carol Dwyer, attendee, [06:27]
“For me, the economy, housing market, just coming to see prices go down, that’s my major concern.”
— Eli Pittman, young supporter, [07:41]
“If you’re not an American citizen, you shouldn’t have the right to vote in our country.”
— Attendee, [33:51]
“All these two of these four [FBI investigations] weren’t found right away—they were hidden as prohibited access files, meaning they were hidden even from most FBI agents.”
— John Solomon, [21:15]
“The FBI recalled the report because they didn’t want the report to be floating around... and someone say Chris Wray wasn’t telling the truth to Congress.”
— John Solomon, [23:19]
“I’m African American and I, in fact, have an ID, a birth certificate... people saying we don’t have IDs and birth certificate is lying.”
— Interviewee, [29:48]
“We need the SAVE Act. We need ID. We need American citizens only to vote.”
— Hebron attendee, [33:42]
“When it comes to credit card and debt and stuff... We aren’t as financially literate as your generation… Having someone like Trump with Trump RX ... that really looks good for Gen Z.”
— Benny Harmony, [15:09]
“The speculators aren’t all to blame. I will say the media is a big portion of the blame here… The news tends to be more rhetoric than actual what’s going on in the markets.”
— Eric Bolling, [59:31]
“If we only get 2 to 4% of American oil from the Middle East, why are we paying more here? ... Oil is probably the most global commodity there is...”
— Eric Bolling, [64:07]
“Iran has been waging war against most of its neighbors since 1979—through proxies… Our goal is to degrade and if not destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions.”
— Doug Mastriano, [68:10]
“If FEMA is not able to help communities that get drilled by hailstorms and tornadoes, that’s another failure of this government shutdown, isn’t it?”
— Steve Gruber, [55:06]
“Trump at 53%, not as high as overall approval rating, but still getting a majority of the Republican base... to say that they still really, really, really like him.”
— CNN report, played by Ben Berkwam, [50:21]
“Trump can broker this deal... This is the best idea I’ve ever heard. ... United States will never be beholden to Middle Eastern oil ever again.”
— Eric Bolling, [72:50]
Donald Trump on pharmaceutical prices:
“We went from the highest in the world to the lowest in the world... brought it down by in many cases 80%.” ([00:28])
Carol Dwyer, on the SAVE Act:
“Nothing else matters if we don’t have secure elections.” ([06:32])
Eli Pittman, young supporter:
“The economy, housing market... that’s my major concern.” ([07:41])
John Solomon on FBI investigations:
“Not only was the President treated as a national security threat, he was treated differently than other people in similar circumstances.” ([20:49])
Crowd member on voter ID:
“I believe that’s one reason why people are not supporting it. But I support it. So we need to get it passed.” ([29:48])
Ben Berkwam on crowd sentiment:
“President Trump is stronger than ever. Is that correct?” (Crowd: “Yes!”) ([08:35])
Eric Bolling on speculators and the oil market:
“The speculators aren’t all to blame... The news tends to be more rhetoric than actual reality.” ([59:31])
Anchored in a populist, pro-Trump lens, the episode showcases a community energized by the former president’s visit and policies, focusing on core conservative topics: economic hardship, election integrity, energy independence, and national security. The tone is candid, bracingly anti-establishment, and characterized by lively back-and-forth between hosts, correspondents, guests, and everyday supporters. The show distinguishes itself by giving plenty of space for grassroots voices and “instant polls,” with the overarching theme that Trump’s “golden age of America” is alive and well among his supporters.
For listeners new to Real America’s Voice or those who missed the episode, this coverage serves as both a campaign rally dispatch and a bellwether for key concerns driving the Republican base going into the 2026 midterms.