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Donald Trump
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Donald Trump
Thank you. How many games are there, Johnny? Total?
Steve Bannon
Total 104 games. Meaning 104 Super Bowls in one month.
Donald Trump
This is the magnitude of the event.
Steve Gruber
When you think it is, it's incredible.
Donald Trump
104 Super Bowls in one month. The biggest sporting event we've ever had. It's like having 104, or even if you cut it in half, 50, 60 Super Bowls. Right? That's okay, too. Any questions? Please, Mr. President, can you just take us through this FIFA pass idea that you guys are talking about here.
Steve Bannon
How exactly is it going to work for ticket holders to this big event.
Steve Gruber
That the United States is hosting?
Donald Trump
I'll let my guys do that because they can do it much better. And either one of you two. Nick, would you like to talk about this?
Steve Bannon
Sure.
Donald Trump
Well, Mr. President, without your leadership, this would not happen. And we came in. In 10 months. We have a system that's going to welcome the world, the greatest host in the history of the world. Host the world here. Basically, this system allows folks with a FIFA ticket purchased through FIFA to go through the FIFA portal that is then going to get prioritized with the State Department so that those appointments are going to be had before existing appointments so that people, when they buy tickets, they have confidence that they are going to be able to come to the games and spend their money and travel this country and do all the things that they want to do and enjoy the game. So it's an incredible vision that the President executed here. Within 10 months, we started with really not that much. And so this whole team here, with the President's guidance, has made this possible. It's going to be the greatest games.
Steve Bannon
In the history of the world.
Donald Trump
Okay. Do you have that?
Brian Glenn
Yes.
Donald Trump
Yes. Not too common. Mr. President, can I. Daniel, please. Daniel.
Steve Bannon
Mr. President. Yep.
Donald Trump
You're talking about the economic impact of this. Billions and billions of dollars.
Steve Gruber
This builds on the framework and the.
Donald Trump
Groundwork that you've built already up for a major year in 2026.
Steve Bannon
Deregulation, energy independence, tax cuts, historic amounts.
Donald Trump
Of private sector investments. What do you envision for the 2026 economy when this event comes to town next year, too, on top of everything else? Yeah, it's just a huge economic boon to this. You know, we had a little shutdown that was caused by the Democrats, and this will make up for it many times over. So that's good. But I think it's the importance of the event all over the world. The world is watching, and it really is. It's like having, you know, Many Super Bowls. Actually, each game is almost a Super Bowl. Some of them are, I guess you could say bigger than Super Bowls. I guess when you get to the finals, it's of that level or more worldwide. I think it's got to be more. So that's great. You know, when Johnny and I made the deal, I never thought I was going to be president because I was supposed to be retired by that time and I got a little lucky. So I'm very honored to have it. And we have the Olympics coming too. That'll be great. And the 250. 250 is going to be right out on the lawn. You're going to have a UFC event with Dana White and his people. He's going to have the greatest card they've ever assembled. I was talking to Dana White the other day and they're going to have the greatest card they've ever assembled. Johnny. So you'll be sitting up there with me, Darren. We'll be watching it. So right opposite the front door of the White House. That's going to be on June 14th. So it's really going to be an amazing period of time. But this is something very, very special. World Cup. All my life I've heard about it.
Steve Bannon
Mr. President, I have a question about Venezuela, but can I just first ask. The help of the President's always news. Your voice sounds a little rough.
Donald Trump
Are you feeling our end? I feel great. I was shouting at people because they were stupid about something having to do with trade and a country. And I straightened it out, but I blew my stack at these people.
Steve Bannon
Well, it sounds like there's a follow up there, but can I ask you about Venezuela?
Donald Trump
You suggested what?
Steve Bannon
It sounds like there's a follow up there, but can I ask you about Venezuela?
Donald Trump
You said there was a polyp and I said I don't want to hear that.
Steve Bannon
You suggested you've made a decision about what you want to do next about Venezuela.
Donald Trump
I understand you don't want to tip your hand, but is there anything you're.
Steve Bannon
Ready to rule out at this point?
Donald Trump
Are you ruling out U.S. troops on the ground? No, I don't rule that. That. I don't rule out anything. We just have to take care of Venezuela. They dumped hundreds of thousands of people into our country from prisons. Nobody knows better than this young lady right here. She's done an incredible job with Tom Homan and all of your people. It's amazing. You know, we have a tight border right now. Nobody comes in, but we had millions of people pouring through a Year ago, we had millions of people pouring through our border, and many of them came from Venezuela, including Trende, Aragua, the gang. And I guess what I'm hearing, Christy, is that's as bad a gang as there is anywhere.
Steve Gruber
It's the worst. Absolutely. They are the worst.
Donald Trump
I mean, they're worse than MS.13.
Steve Gruber
They're killers. They massacre people. They cut them up into pieces, and they bury them in their communities where they grew up. They're horrible people.
Donald Trump
And we had a lot of them and many of them, most of them, pretty soon most of them are going to be out, but they sentimentally like we're a dumping ground. So I'm not in love with the people running Venezuela. I love Venezuela. I love the people of Venezuela. But what they've done to this country, and I really say this, what Biden and the Democrats have done to this country can never, ever be forgotten.
Steve Bannon
You suggested Maduro wants to talk.
Brian Glenn
Are you prepared to speak with him directly?
Steve Bannon
Would you commit to doing that before you order strikes?
Donald Trump
Yeah, I probably would talk to him. Yeah, I talked to everybody.
Steve Gruber
Garrett, was that. Were you referring.
Donald Trump
Please go ahead.
Steve Bannon
Was that in case.
Steve Gruber
Rebecca with Blake. So in a recent interview, you had made some remarks about H1B visas. You said about H1B visas. You Said that there were certain talents that Americans needed to outsource to foreign workers.
Donald Trump
Could you clarify until they learned that? Yeah. Like, for instance, if you're going to be making chips, we don't make chips too much here anymore. But we are going to be in a period of a year, we're going to have a big portion of the chip market, but we have to train our people how to make chips. Because we didn't do it. We used to do it. And then foolishly, we lost that business to Taiwan. Very, very foolishly. Because if they had a president that thought like I did, they would not have let that happen. But it's all coming back. I think we're going to have a. Within a few years, we're going. And not because of the CHIPS Act. The CHIPS act was a disaster for this country. We gave away billions of dollars to other countries and other locations and companies, and all they did was rob our money. But because of tariffs, the chips are coming back. Chip makers are all coming back. And I think within a very short period of time, we're going to have maybe even the majority of the chip making in the world will be right in The United States, Mr. President, where it should have been all along. But because we had people that didn't believe in tariffs. They believed in them, but they didn't know how to use them. We would have had nobody leaving our country right now. And instead you have almost 100% of the chips are made in Taiwan. It's so disgraceful. The good news is it's all coming back. Yes, please.
Steve Gruber
Mr. President, the gentleman in the back.
Donald Trump
Thank you. Mr. President, I wanted to just follow.
Steve Bannon
Up on Venezuela in these talks with Maduro. Is there anything that he could say or do that would allow you to.
Donald Trump
Feel like he could stay with your support? Is there anything that he could say that you would be okay? You can stay? It's hard to say that, you know, the question's a little bit tricky. I don't think it was meant to be tricky. It's just that, look, he's done tremendous damage to our country, primarily because of drugs, but really because we have that problem with other countries, too. But more than any other country, the release of prisoners into our country has been a disaster. He's emptied his heels. Others have done that also. He has not been good to the United States. So we'll see what happens at a certain period of time. I'll be talking to him.
Steve Gruber
Mr. President, can I follow up? You mentioned your voice and you were shouting about trade. Which country in particular upset you with? India?
Donald Trump
No, no. A country wanted to try and renegotiate the terms of their trade deal. And I wasn't happy about it.
Steve Gruber
But which country was it? People want to know.
Donald Trump
Why would I say that to you? I can't believe it. Mr. President, on the world cup, if you would.
Steve Bannon
Seattle and the world cup.
Donald Trump
The new mayor elect of Seattle is a democratic socialist. Seattle has or beyond. I watch her. That's more than socialism, right? Seattle has six world cup games. How close are you going to be watching that city with the crime in that city? Well, if we think. And I'll have to speak to Johnny about this, but if we think that the mayor of L. A is incompetent. Everybody knows that, you know that. I was there, I guess, two years ago. And we got all the federal permits taken care of. Far more complex than the state permits and the city permits. And Lee Zeldin, who's a superstar, got everything taken care of. The toughest part, you know, having to do with the fires that should have never happened. If they let the water come in, it wouldn't have happened, right. Do you know that people aren't building their houses yet? I mean, can you imagine that? And if we didn't go in early on, Christi I think we could see it. Well, the head of their police department said it they were unable to handle. You would have had, not only did you have the fires, but you would have had total insurrection in Los Angeles. And if we didn't go in and the head of, you know, the gentleman, he said it and he said it strongly, said we could not have done it without the federal government. We did a great job. If we think there's going to be a sign of any trouble, I would ask Johnny to move that to a different city. We have a lot of cities that are, would love to have it number one. And we'll do it very safely. So if we think there's a problem in Seattle where you have a very, very liberal slash communist mayor, I would say, you know, it's certainly beyond just liberal. I watched her over the weekend. Well, I, that's another beauty we got there. But if we think there's going to be a problem, we'll. Johnny, can I say we will move. I don't think you're going to have this problem, but we're going to move the event to someplace where it's going to be appreciated and safe. Yeah, I think safety and security is.
Steve Bannon
The number one priority for a successful World Cup.
Donald Trump
We can see today that people have.
Steve Bannon
Trust in the United States.
Donald Trump
When we see at the tickets, ticket.
Steve Bannon
Sales we sold, I mean record breaking figures of tickets, almost 2 million already.
Donald Trump
Sold out of 2 million that we have been selling. This is because people, they know that they will be coming here and they.
Steve Bannon
Will experience a safe and secure World Cup.
Donald Trump
This is the responsibility of course of the government of Secretary Norm, of everyone. And obviously we will, I mean we will discuss, we are working together, we.
Steve Bannon
Have a task force for this and.
Donald Trump
We must ensure that all fans coming from abroad or being here, they can.
Steve Bannon
Experience a celebration of coming together of the sport.
Donald Trump
And this goes only with 100% safety.
Steve Gruber
We are communicating with all these mayors about what their responsibilities, they know the safety and security of these events is their number one responsibility and we'll be there. The president is always there to keep Americans safe, but he also makes sure the people that know their responsibilities and that they're prepared to host these events and do so in a safe manner.
Donald Trump
Is there a time lapse? Yeah, go ahead, Bruce.
Steve Gruber
There was some news this morning from an Axios report that Senator Ted Cruz was laying the groundwork for a potential 2028 presidential run. Could I get your reaction to. Could you see yourself supporting?
Donald Trump
Well, he's a friend of mine. I mean I Haven't spoken to him about it. It's a little early. It's three and a quarter years. That's a long time. But he's a very good guy. He's a very good friend of mine. You remember, we had quite a campaign against Ted and it worked out quite nicely. Let's see, where are we?
Brian Glenn
But.
Donald Trump
I'm not that surprised to hear that. Mr. President, on the tariff exemptions, you.
Steve Gruber
Had some recently on a variety of different goods.
Donald Trump
I'm wondering, are you ruling out going.
Steve Bannon
Forward, no more exemptions on products?
Donald Trump
You were mentioning a disagreement head earlier. I'm taking in hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money. We're going to be issuing dividends later on somewhere prior to, you know, probably in the middle of next year, a little bit later than that of thousands of dollars for individuals of moderate income, middle income. We're going to pay down debt. You know, we have a lot of money from tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, this nation would be in serious trouble. And we've taken in tremendous amounts of money. And you know what's more important than that? We've protected our businesses from being raided like we did with the chip business. Now we're bringing them all back. But you know, we had 100% of the chip industry and then they left. They went mostly to Taiwan and South Korea, but mostly Taiwan. And they have almost 100%. And we're going to have, within a short period of time, a big percentage of the chip business are coming back because of tariffs, because they don't want to pay the tariffs, because the tariffs will be very steep if they don't come back. And they're all they've committed to come back. As you probably heard, Apple is now up to $700 billion. We have Nvidia at $600 billion. We have tremendous amounts of money pouring in. Our country has become amazing again and really, really rich again, I will say this. We have a decision we're waiting for. It's a very big decision. The numbers that we've taken in, if you talk about investments, is trillions. Not with A, not with a B, not with an M, millions, but trillions of dollars. I can't imagine having to give that money back on something that we're allowed to do. And the ones that are fighting us are countries largely. They're back in countries that have been ripping us off for years, using tariffs to rip us off. And now we're able to defend ourselves. It really is a matter of national security because economic security is national security. So I think you're going to see another thing happening. I think you'll see food prices, they've come down very substantially since. Since Biden. But I think you're going to see food prices coming down very substantially.
Steve Gruber
Tomorrow you're hosting Saudi Arabia. Are you Planning to sell F35s to Saudi Arabia? And also, are you looking at doing a similar security agreement like you did with.
Donald Trump
Yeah, no, I am planning on doing that.
Steve Gruber
You're going to want to buy.
Donald Trump
You've been a great ally. They've got to like us very much. Look at the Iran situation. What we did in terms of obliterating, you know, their. We obliterated their nuclear capability. Yeah. I will say that we will be doing that. We'll be selling F35s.
Steve Bannon
Here, something you post on a true social. Last night, you urged House Republicans to vote in favor of this Epstein release bill they're going to vote on tomorrow. I just want to be super clear on your position.
Donald Trump
Do you want to see that pass the Senate? Would you sign that bill if it gets to your desk? I do want to. Here's what I want. We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this, Reid Hoffman, you look at Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, they went to his island all the time, and many others. They're all Democrats. All I want is, I want for people to recognize a great job that I've done on pricing, on affordability, because we brought prices way down, but they're going way lower on energy, on ending eight wars and another one coming pretty soon. I believe we've done a great job and I hate to see that deflect from the great job we've done. So I'm all for it. You know, we've already given 50,000 pages. You do know that unfortunately, like with the Kennedy situation, with the Martin Luther King situation, not to put Jeffrey Epstein in the same category, but no matter what we give, it's never enough. You know, with Kennedy, we gave everything and it wasn't enough. With Martin Luther King, we gave everything and it's never enough. We've already given. I believe the number is 50,000 pages. 50,000 pages. And it's just a Russia, Russia, Russia hoax as it pertains to the Republicans. Now, I believe that many of the people that we, some of the people that we mentioned are being looked at very seriously for their relationship to Jeffrey Epstein. But they were with him all the time. I wasn't. I wasn't at all. And we'll see what happens, what I just don't want Epstein to do is detract from the great success of the Republican Party, including the fact that the Democrats are totally blamed for the shutdown. You know, they cost our country hundreds of billions of dollars with that and a lot of inconvenience. So I'm for any. I don't care. They can do whatever they want. We'll give them everything.
Steve Bannon
Sure.
Donald Trump
I would let the Senate look at it, let anybody look at it, but don't talk about it too much, because honestly, I don't want to take it away from us. It's really a Democrat problem. The Democrats were Epstein's friends, all of them. And it's a hoax. The whole thing is a hoax. And I don't want to take it away from really the greatness of what the Republican Party has accomplished over the last three period of time.
Steve Gruber
Mr. President, on affordability, the shutdown is now over. And administration officials had said when the shutdown ends, they'll reevaluate the farmer relief. Now we have the deal with China. So is the administration still looking to dish out farmer relief now that the government is back on the farm?
Donald Trump
Yeah, we want to. I'm always going to help our farmers.
Steve Gruber
So are you still looking to do.
Donald Trump
I would do that, yeah. If they need relief, we'll be there for them. We're going to always be for our farmers.
Steve Gruber
So what are you waiting for?
Donald Trump
Yeah, please, in the back. Mr. President, just speaking of the economic impacts of FIFA and possibly moving to another city, some games, if you feel.
Steve Bannon
It'S crime, is there like a timeline.
Donald Trump
That you would do that?
Brian Glenn
Because these cities, there's sponsorships, there's economic.
Donald Trump
Impacts for these communities. Sure. Is there one? You know, the governors are going to have to behave, the mayors are going to have to behave. You know, in the case of California, you have a problem, you have high crime, then you have a place that just suffered great fires and everything else, and they didn't do a very good job. And if we didn't go in from the crime standpoint, you would have had a disaster. It would have been. It was not going to be handled properly. It wasn't able to be. The head of the police said without, as I said, without the federal government, they could not have done it. So here's the story. I love Los Angeles. If they want help during this, I would love to send in National Guard or whoever is necessary to help them. I want it to be great. I'd love it to be in Los Angeles. I love the place It's a natural for Los Angeles. If we think they're going to. There's going to be crime. If we are obstructed by the governor and maybe he won't obstruct, maybe it'll be great. But I'd love him for him to call and say, you know, we'd like to have some extra help, because if there's even a hint of a problem, we want to get in there before the problem occurs. We want to make it totally safe for Johnny and FIFA and all of the great people that are going to be there. And I think that's going to happen. I would be honored to help California. If they're going to have a problem and if they think they're going to have a problem, they should say so. We can be in there in 24 hours notice and do a great job. But does that end by the end of the year?
Steve Bannon
By the end of the first quarter?
Donald Trump
Well, I think this. If they would tell us, if they would tell us now, they're not going to have a problem. Because if we go in, they don't have a problem. Look at D.C. there's no crime in D.C. anymore, and D.C. was a mess. If they want us to go in, I'd like them to tell us right now. But if we go in, there will be no problem. There will be no crime. What's the message then? To, like, local businesses who, who are considering sponsoring this, having a governor to ask for federal help? We'd love to help them, Mr. President.
Steve Bannon
You're talking about also potentially launching strikes in Mexico or putting American troops or American personnel into Mexico to deal with.
Donald Trump
Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's okay with me. Whatever we have to do to stop drugs, Mexico is. Look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There's some big problems over there. If we had to, would we do there what we've done to the waterways? You know, there's almost no drugs coming in through our waterways anymore. Isn't it down like 85%?
Steve Gruber
It is, sir.
Donald Trump
I don't know who the 15% would be. It wouldn't be you? No, that's for sure. No, I think it's been tons and tons of. You would say that's a big signal.
Steve Gruber
Absolutely.
Donald Trump
We have almost no drugs coming into our country by the sea, by, you know, the waterways. And you know why? Okay. I mean, it's pretty obvious. Would I do that on the land corners? I would absolutely. Look, every boat we knock out, we save 25,000American lives. Not to mention the destruction of families. These families are decimated forever. The mother, the father, the children, they never recover really from it. You know, when you. You lose somebody, like the way they. Any you lose them, but the way they die is horrible.
Steve Bannon
Is it something.
Donald Trump
So when we knock out a boat and we save 25,000 lives, that's great. Now, do I feel the same way about the corridors that they use? We know every one of them. We have every one of those corridors under major surveillance. We have nobody coming in through our southern border, but we know exactly how they get their things here, how they get the drugs here. Fentanyl, cocaine. Colombia has cocaine factories where they make cocaine. Would I knock out those factories? I would be proud to do it. Personally, I didn't say I'm doing it, but I would be proud to do it because we're going to save millions of lives by doing it.
Steve Bannon
Would you only do it with Mexico's permission, though?
Donald Trump
I wouldn't answer that question. I've been speaking to Mexico. They know how I stand. We're losing hundreds of thousands of people to drugs. So now we've stopped the waterways, but we know every route. We know every route. We know the addresses of every drug lord. We know their address. We know their front door. We know everything about every one of them. They're killing our people. That's like a war. Would I do it? I'd be proud, too. I'd probably go into Congress and say, hey, and you know what? The Democrats or the Republicans would both agree, unless they're crazy, and they are a little crazy on the Democrat side. But we have lost hundreds of thousands of people a year. Death. And that's not talking about family destruction. That's talking about death. And much of it comes through Mexico. So let me just put it this way. I am not happy with Mexico. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. Projects.
Steve Bannon
Thank you. Discussion from the Oval Office with the President of the United States here on Real America's Voice. Yes, he's got a lot going on there, as you can tell. And he, like I said, covered a wide range of topics, the most recent being the drug cartels, which was part of the conversation from the top as well. Venezuela. Maduro, when he talked to him, was a question asked by one of the reporters in the room. He said, yeah, I'll talk to him. I will. Standing by is White House correspondent for Real America's Voice, Brian Glenn. Brian, nice to see you today. We don't seem to have Brian hearing me. Brian Glenn, are you there? My friend. All right, we're going to get Brian dialed in here. The president said he would talk to Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela. The reason being is he's targeting the cartels that have had so much impact on the United States. He said, when we take out these boats, we save lives. And that's his position as to why he has strengthened the American military position in the Caribbean and around South America. He's going to address fentanyl, he's going to address cocaine. He's going to address illegal drugs coming into this country. And he said he's doing it because it's national security. Other topics he touched on today, chip manufacturing. That came up a couple of times talking about the number of chips that have moved to Taiwan and the manufacturer of chips that he says need to come back to the United States. He says, you know, chip security is national security. Economic security is national security. And during the Biden administration, these chips and these manufacturers went to Taiwan almost exclusively. He says that can't stand. We need to move on and make sure that we get these manufacturers back here in the United States, which should be good news for the manufacturers here in the US So we'll see if he's able to accomplish that as well. Like I said, a wide ranging conversation with the President. He was, and he was asked about his voice. He sounded like he was a little bit sick. He was not. He said, I was on the phone yelling at somebody over a trade deal, I think is what he said because he wasn't happy. But he said his health is just fine and he's doing well as far as that goes. Several questions, though, were asked and answered there for the president. Do we have Brian Glenn now? All right, we're going to get Brian hooked up here. But first let me tell you about this. It's the time of year that birchgold gives away free gold with every qualifying purchase. That's right for Black Friday. When you convert an existing IRA or 401 into a tax sheltered IRA in Gold Burch gold will send free gold to your home for every $20,000 you purchase. Look, gold started this year at about 2,600 bucks. If I knew that per ounce. By October, it was over $4,000 an ounce, where it still hovers today. Why Global Uncertainty 2025 has been identified and defined by trade wars. Central banks are pulling from the US Dollar as the global reserve currency. And military tension continues to build in several places. Gold thrives in times of uncertainty. And if you're looking to diversify your savings, Birch gold can help you. Plus through November 30th get free gold with a qualifying purchase. Just text America to 98-98-98, claim your eligibility and for a free information kit on Gold. But your opportunity for free Gold with purchase ends on the 30th of November, so don't wait. It's kind of a Black Friday deal. Text America to 98-98-98 for full details. All right. Coming up after the break, I'll bring on Real America's Voice correspondent Benny Ray Harmony to give us some updates from Capitol Hill. And we'll try to get Brian Glenn as well. Stay here with us. We'll be right back.
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Well, the the band is back together on Capitol Hill after the government shut down in 43 days they've all descended back into Washington. It's busy week there from votes on SNAP benefits and other bills to revisions within the previous CR regarding the Arctic frost scandal. Plus tomorrow we're told they're going to vote to release those Epstein files that the President now says release them all. The DOJ is going to investigate as well. Join me now to break it all down Real America's Voice congressional correspondent and the host of Benny on the Block, Benny Ray Harmony. Benny, nice to see you today. It's going to be a busy week. Isn't a lot to, a lot to cover.
Steve Gruber
Now. Yes, Steve, you are correct. This is the first week back in session and it is a jam packed week. Now I want to touch on the SNAP benefits that you mentioned. Secretary Rollins on Friday she came out with a pretty big announcement. She said that she, she gave some of these statistics to us as to how corrupt and disfigured functional the SNAP program is. And she actually said in all of American history it's one of the worst programs that she's seen. She said, I believe it was about 186,000 people that were dead are still receiving SNAP benefits as well as 500,000 people are also double dipping into these SNAP benefits. And so the corruption and the wasteful government spending spending has been something the Trump administration has really hounded on since day one. And so we should expect here pretty soon from the President and Secretary Rollins and a big announcement as she said, that people will have to start reapplying to ensure that the money is going to the correct people. And also 80% of people on SNAP benefits, I don't know that many people know this are able working Americans. These are people that can go to work but but are choosing not to. Steve.
Steve Bannon
Yeah, that's remarkable to people that work every day like you and I and people watching here today. Hundreds of billions of dollars is what they say with that nearly 200,000 and that's just the dead people that are collecting benefits. That's not the people that are doing it illegally. The other fraud, the other abuse. I mean the amount of money here according to Secretary Rollins, it's jaw dropping, isn't it?
Steve Gruber
Yeah, it is. And to know that this is taxpayer dollars, the hard working Americans who work from sun up to sundown are getting their money taken. I also just saw an ex a few minutes ago that what was it, there was one individual who cashed in $50,000 of EBT across six different states. And so it's very clear that these systems need to have better checks and balances into place to ensure that this corruption doesn't keep happening.
Steve Bannon
Absolutely true. All right, I'd like to shift now to the provision within the previous continuing resolution that allowed senators to sue over being spied on during the Arctic Frost scandal. I understand Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House, preparing to make revisions to reverse that provision. Apparently he didn't like it. What can you tell us?
Steve Gruber
Yeah, so this was something that none of us really expected to come about. The GOP senators, a few of them, they snuck in this provision into the, the clean CR spending bill that, that says that it allows senators to sue with taxpayer money up to $500,000. Steve. And Senator and Speaker Johnson, many people may be asking, well, you know, he's GOP too. Why, why isn't he supporting this? Well, the issue really comes back to this makes it look like people in positions of power have privileges that other Americans don't have. And Speaker Johnson just said this is unacceptable. We even have Lear Jeffries coming out and saying, you know, he hopes that Republicans will come across the aisle and vote with Speaker Johnson's bill, which is going to be coming to the floor. We expect it tomorrow. And this is a standalone bill that is fast tracked. Speaker Johnson is not okay with this and he really thinks it looks very, very bad to, to the American people. And we know how well Thune and Speaker Johnson work together. So I'm really hoping, and I think a lot of people here on the Hill are hoping that, that something can happen with this. But it's a very odd thing to happen. We definitely didn't see this one coming about.
Steve Bannon
All right. And of course, what Democrats been pushing for, we expect to vote tomorrow on the release of the Epstein files, whatever those are at this point. Benny, something they're all watching closely. Democrats have been pushing for it. I've been saying the whole time, Democrats, be careful what you wish for because you might see names on there you weren't expecting and don't want to see. What can you tell us?
Steve Gruber
Exactly. And Steve, I actually, this is the first time I'm speaking about this. I just spoke to a few sources inside of congressional offices here on the Hill and they are telling us that it could go a lot different than we think it's going to go and that we should expect some Republicans to, to actually still, even after President Trump told them to vote to release these files, we are still going to see some Republicans not vote for it. And so it, I think this is a very difficult topic and there's a lot of different opinions on this, but being inside of some of these rooms, it's a real, it's up in the air. But, but I just, I hope that for the victim's sake, you know, we get answers to this. And like Trump said, release the files, show them there. He's not hiding anything. There's nothing to hide. So, so that'll be expected tomorrow as well. And we'll be giving you guys live coverage right here.
Steve Bannon
All right, Benny, thank you for that. Thank you for the update on Capitol Hill. It's going to be a busy week as they get back to work there after 43 days of shutdown. Of course, we're going to take a break. When we come back, Brian Glenn will join us to discuss Venezuela chip manufacturing, of course, the World cup and all the festivities that go with that coming to America next year. We'll be right back on Real America's Voice and America's Voice Live. All right, let's head back to the White House now. Bring in my friend and chief White House correspondent for real America's Voice, Brian Glenn. Brian, good afternoon. Glad we can talk now. A lot covered there in the Oval Office here in the last little while. Of course, they started talking about the FIFA and the World cup and so forth. But I really want to focus on this whole Venezuela deal. The president says he will talk to Maduro and people give him a hard time for this. But look, he says he'll talk to anyone to try to make the world a better place. What are your thoughts when you heard him say that?
Brian Glenn
You know, I wasn't surprised when President Trump said that because we know historically he will talk to anyone to resolve any type of grievances, especially with some of these foreign countries. So it doesn't surprise me at all. And of course, you heard him talk about stopping these boats, these drug trafficking boats from going to the U.S. each boat that they destroy represents saving about 25,000 lives. So he's very committed to that. And, and Steve, if you notice, towards a little bit later in the press conference, a reporter asked about making even strikes in Mexico on, on their soil. And he thought for a second say, well, that might not be a bad idea. But I think negotiating, I think really sitting down and having a substantive conversation with Maduro is the right thing to do for both countries.
Steve Bannon
I would agree with that. Look, we've seen was it 14, 15, 16 attacks on these drug running boats, whatever it is. And for those that say these are fishing boats, you know me, Brian, I've been on a lot of fishing charters in my life. I've never seen 55 gallon barrels of chemicals in a fishing boat I've ever been on. I've never seen a charter boat look quite like that or with, you know, four, 400 horse motors trapped across the back. And these are not fishing boats. These are people running drugs. Now, we can debate or not whether or not that's the appropriate drug boat to be hitting, whether it's fentanyl or cocaine, But I think most people are like, if you're running drugs and this happens, that's on you. I think a lot of people are okay with the fact that the United States military is saying, look, the culture of importing drugs freely into America is coming to an end. I think most people are okay with that. What are your thoughts?
Brian Glenn
I think they are. And I know a couple weeks ago they were even questioning some of the intelligence that they had on these boats, if they could confirm that they were indeed drug trafficking boats. And, and look, I want to pass all judgment off to the people that are in charge. They have the intelligence that they can confirm that what they're doing and they're striking the correct boats. They're not taking out a fishing boat in most in the public court of opinion as far as people are concerned. They want to see these drugs stop coming into this country. If it means blowing up drug smugglers boats in the middle of the ocean, I think they're okay with that, Steve.
Steve Bannon
Yeah, I think they are. All right, so let's talk about chip manufacturing. That came up a couple of times. Look, this has been a big part of his conversation as well, Getting chip manufacturing and manufacturing in general back to the United States. He mentioned Taiwan by name a couple of times. Good ally of the United States. And yet he says, look, we've got to bring that manufacturing here. We do.
Brian Glenn
And you know what? That, that is a part of national security as well, is making sure that we have those manufacturing plants here in this country. If you look at what they involved in, everything from, you know, your dryer at home to the car that you drive, the phone you use, we need those chips made here. Now, when it comes to training people to manufacture these chips, that's kind of where the next debate comes in. We need to make sure that we have some type of conveyor belt of education to get these trained to make these chips, that we can open up these jobs to Americans to do in the future. So I know that's a highly debated topic as far as foreign workers coming in, but there is something to what President Trump is saying, if they're the best at what they do, why not have the people that are the best of what they do train Americans to do it and then maybe slowly phase out that Visa program and make it where you're 100% and employing US citizens? I think that's something that we could all agree with, but we definitely need to bring manufacturing of chips back to this country. Also, if you look at the pharmaceutical industry as well, Steve, that needs to be also back here in the US and that is a part of national security as well.
Steve Bannon
Now, it was not discussed here in the Oval, but there is a lot of discussion about these health savings accounts that the president floated out here a few days ago by giving the American people their money and so they can pick their own insurance, pay for their own doctor and so forth. And young people would, I would think, would embrace this, because if you're young and healthy, you don't need to spend the money. And it would roll over. Of course, instead of enriching the insurance companies, he's saying send the money to the American people. I think that's been pretty well received, of course, overshadowed by all the noise and nonsense elsewhere. Weigh in on that for us.
Brian Glenn
I will be the first one to tell you I'm in all support of this. I have an HSA account. I absolutely love it. I feel like I'm in 56 years old. I'm in great shape. I don't rarely go to the doctor other than a checkup. So that this particular plan works for me. Now, you can also piggyback another insurance plan that if you get hit by a bear truck and you need to go into an emergency room and do a little bit more extensive coverage, there's something for that as well. But I think a lot of these young people are gravitating toward these HSAs. They make sense, they're affordable. And I think you can get you kind of get a menu, you pay for what you want and what you need, rather than some of these blanket policies. So I think President Trump is spot on with that.
Steve Bannon
And the last thing that they're pretty proud of here at this administration is securing the World Cup. It's going to be a big deal. It's going to be primarily in the United States. I mean, it's a big win. I don't know if the American soccer team is up to the challenge here at home, but the they said it's basically having four Super Bowls in a month. I mean, that's pretty remarkable, isn't is.
Brian Glenn
And One of the top conversations on this was security, and they really talked about Seattle in particular, that if some of these cities, like Seattle could not clean up the crime and some of this chaos that's going on in these cities, that President Trump is willing to relocate these FIFA World cup matches to another city that, in fact will guarantee a safe sporting event for fans. But FIFA is a big deal. It's a big revenue maker. Each one of these cities is going to experience a huge economic impact that will drive the local economy there in terms of how good the US FIFA team is. Well, I asked President Trump that a couple months ago, and he kind of turned to the FIFA president. He kind of said they're not bad. But I don't look for the U.S. team to do that much go that far in the FIFA tournament. But we're certainly proud as a country to have FIFA right here in our in our home states.
Steve Bannon
All right, Chile, in the nation's capital. I know that, Brian, get warm. I appreciate the time spent here today. Thank you so much.
Brian Glenn
Thanks, Steve.
Steve Bannon
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Donald Trump
Was just the beginning?
Steve Bannon
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The Mamba at the Worlds of Fun park is the tallest and longest roller coaster in the park that invokes brave riders with the challenge of overcoming the feat. Chris and Cassie Evans decided to take on the challenge and finally got on the ride. And for a while, it was going off without a hitch until they heard a blood curdling scream right behind them. When they turned around, they immediately noticed that the lap bar restraint of the riders behind them was positioned upward. And thanks to their quick thinking, a collective effort manifested which helped to ensure the safety of those riders. The pair reached behind them. Chris looped his arm around the lap bar and held it down, while Casey held down the legs of the girls for the duration of the ride, all at 75 miles an hour. Thankfully, the ride ended, nobody was heard, and the park promptly shut down the ride for a safety inspection. Good idea. Quick thinking is a trait that manifests at unlikely times. And thankfully, Chris and Cassie Evans were there to prevent a potentially fatal accident or for their effort, we take a moment to highlight them as the people who make America wonderful today. Nice work. Way to think on your feet when there's a crisis. Well done. All right, we're going to find out a lot more about this tomorrow. The Epstein files. Their release being voted on the House. And so the question of the day for you are the Epstein files a top concern for you? Bill Williams writes, if the victims want the files released, then it's a top priority issue. I agree. Mark Smith. Midterms are my top concern. Could care less about the Epstein files. Well, a lot of people do care. Pastor Richard J. Prather. Nope. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest concern and 10 being the highest concern, maybe a 3. Glory. Praise the Lord. Thank you. Mark Connor writes this. Not a big concern, but I would like to know who they're trying to protect. You know, that's a big question mark. We want to know who they're trying to protect. Because every time it comes close to it coming out, it seems to get slowed down. Now, the Democrats having demanded all this information be released, they've pumped the brakes, too. Why is that? Angela Campbell Regali. The victims already know what happened. Yes, they do. They certainly do. George maxim. Well, you know, the Democrats are not releasing them because so many of them are in there and are going to be arrested. Well, we'll see. I don't know who's in there, but there are going to be some names that surprise everyone, I'm guessing. And now names that won't surprise anybody. Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton. You know, these people are in there. So we'll find out more maybe Karen Christie, Jameson. Why did the Democrats keep blocking them? It's up to the victims. Well, it's up to law enforcement ultimately. Let's see. Lacey Lace writes no, it's ridiculous because people are so concerned about that. When we have bigger problems, a lot of people would argue that's true, bigger problems to deal with. Joseph Du Close, with all the delays and games they've been playing in D.C. all the statements of their on their desk, the four years of Biden with no interest. My take is 90% of D.C. is complicit. The other 10% is suspect. You know, that's not a bad take. 90% complicit, 10% suspect. Trish Hicks writes this. I just want to know when the left's witch hunt will be over. I also wonder which witch hunt will be the next one proposed by the left. You know, you've nailed it here, Trish. They will pivot. First, it was the shutdown, most important thing in the world, health care, protecting poor people, the snap benefits. And suddenly they pivot and deliver the Epstein narrative again. Again, although we know that there's not much there that implicates President Trump, we know because if it was there, the Democrats would have released it over the last four years of the Biden administration. They didn't. They didn't. And when Tim Burchett, the congressman from Tennessee said let's, let's putting it up for a unanimous consent vote, Democrats said no. Why is that? Interesting, isn't it? I mean I do want to know the names that are in there. I do. I think it's important to know and for the victims and if there are high ranking members of our, of our government or others governments, people from around the world, that's what we don't know what's going to be in there. I think Democrats might be surprised. And I've said to them for a while, be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. What you might get is a list of people that you didn't realize were in there. Some of you have been trying to prevent the release of this list or these comments or these emails for a very long time. There's a reason there's pushback here. I think we all know what it is. There are powerful people in there and maybe not members of government, maybe members of captains of industry. Maybe we'll find out. Remember, if you want to be part of the question of the day, it's real simple. Follow me on any of the social media platforms, all the usual suspects acts, truth, Facebook, you know, all of them. Make sure you hit the like button when you do it too. And follow me and then you can be part of the question of the day. You can get there. And if you don't want to do that, email me, go to stevegruber.com stevegruber.com Send me an email. Good chance it'll get used right here and we'll talk about all of that. Be sure to join me first thing in the morning to start your day in real America's voice as well. That's all the instructions. I have lots of stuff. Follow me on social media. Send me an email if you don't want to have your name read here. And Joe, we'll just keep going. All right. Bowling is standing by to join the big party now. Bowling, how are you?
Donald Trump
I'm good. Can I answer the question of the day?
Steve Bannon
Absolutely.
Donald Trump
I want to see it. I want to see the list. I want to know who's on it. I want to know who's hiding what and why is what I want to know. And for those who say, oh, Trump doesn't want it, so we shouldn't want. I, I'm going to disagree here because I look, Trump can't be reelected. He's term, term limited. He can't constitutionally term limited and can try and get him reelected again. It's going to be. That's a tall order. That's a constit rewrite, so to speak. But so right, whatever is in it that implicates it will. It'll bounce off him. I want to know the rest of the people. I want to know who else was involved. Captains of industry, go screw yourselves. I want to know if you're doing it. You need to be prosecuted. These people, right. And the problem is, Steve, if I may just correct a little part of what your, your, your answer to one of those emails was the left one.
Steve Bannon
Sure.
Donald Trump
Well, no, because Pam, Bondi, Cash Patel, they all came out of the box saying, we're gonna, we're gonna release the Epstein file, we're gonna give you everything. And here's a little Taste. Here's this packet. And then they walked it back. And that's the part I just. It just. MAGA is being divided right now as part of MAGA that says no matter what Trump says and wants, this is all that matters. And there's another part where I come from. I come from Bannon disciple. I don't know where Steve is, but it's America first. Trump is the pretty of America first.
Steve Bannon
Yeah.
Donald Trump
And America wants to know what these slime balls are doing. Bill Clinton's on that list, I'm sure, in many different ways. I want to know in what ways. I want to know what ways Bill Gates was. I want to know. Larry Summers of the Treasury Department Secretary.
Brian Glenn
I want to know.
Donald Trump
And the American people deserve to know.
Steve Bannon
That's.
Donald Trump
That's where I stand.
Steve Bannon
So I played a clip. I played a clip on my morning show here on Real America's Voice today of Donald Trump right after he announced his run for president in 2015. And he stopped by and he talked to these guys for a moment. He said, look, there's a real problem here for the Clintons and for Prince Andrew, although we don't have to call him Prince anymore. We can just call him Mr. Windsor, because he's not.
Donald Trump
Call him the royal formerly known as Prince. See you ready to do that.
Steve Bannon
There you go. Well done. But Donald Trump, from the first moments of his presidential run in 2015, was saying, look, that island is a cesspool. There's a problem there. Hillary Clinton may have a political problem because of what Bill did on that island going down there. So Donald Trump didn't do that because he had connections to that island. He didn't. And if he did, we'd already know that. I'm certainly convinced of it. So we'll see how the vote goes tomorrow. I expect you to vote to release whatever it is they're gonna release. I don't know if it's a list per se. It doesn't have names. And, you know, but we'll see what it is, and I look forward to it.
Donald Trump
I hope it's everything. Let the American people.
Steve Bannon
Everything.
Donald Trump
What these titans of industry. And the people. Here's the problem. A lot of these titans of industry are big donors to both sides. And I think there's where the protection.
Steve Bannon
That's right.
Steve Gruber
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Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Date: November 17, 2025
Host: Steve Gruber, guests include Steve Bannon, Brian Glenn, Donald Trump, and Benny Ray Harmony
This episode of "America's Voice Live" delivers a wide-ranging conversation from the White House, featuring a live press engagement with President Donald Trump and analysis from the Real America's Voice team. Major topics include preparations for hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, national security (especially regarding crime and border security), U.S. foreign policy towards Venezuela, drug interdiction efforts, the reshorings of semiconductor/chip manufacturing, tariff policy, and the pending release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Later segments shift to congressional updates and public feedback on headline issues.
The episode is assertive, conversational, and deeply political, with a strong focus on national security, American self-reliance, and skepticism toward both domestic urban leadership and foreign actors. President Trump, appearing conversational yet combative, punctuates the show with assertive catchphrases and rhetorical flourishes. The RAV hosts encourage listener feedback and offer editorial commentary throughout.
This summary is intended for listeners seeking a comprehensive shortcut to the episode’s content, covering policy stances, news updates, and public feedback on pressing national issues as discussed through the Real America’s Voice perspective.