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Donald Trump
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Brian Glenn
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Terrence Bates
And welcome to America's Voice Live.
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Brian Glenn
I'm Steve, the pulse of the people. We need somebody that's gonna hear the people's voice, the truth the mainstream won't touch. This guy is by definition a globalist. And the stories that matter.
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Terrence Bates
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Brian Glenn
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Terrence Bates
Armed cartel.
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Donald Trump
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Brian Glenn
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Terrence Bates
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Brian Glenn
Unfiltered. These people are domestic terrorists and unapologetic. We're here to take a stand for God and country. Does feel good. America's Voice Live starts now.
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Terrence Bates
Welcome to America's Voice Live. I'm Terrence Bates filling in for Steve Gruber. Today is Thursday 9th October. As always, we appreciate you joining us. There is a whole lot to talk about this afternoon, from the Gaza peace deal to the government shutdown, even the ongoing issues with domestic terror group and antifa. So let's just dive right in, why don't we? President Trump helped broker a groundbreaking peace deal between Israel and Hamas. It could finally end the bloody Gaza war and bring hostages home. According to reports, the agreement includes a ceasefire, the release of all Israeli hostages, and a phased Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza. Hamas will also get back hundreds of Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israel. Secretary of State Marco Rubio giving President Trump much of the credit for this agreement. It's not an exaggeration that none of it would have been possible without the.
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Finnish Prime Minister
President of the United States being involved.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
It really began with your trip to the Middle east where these relationships were forged with partners in the region that.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Personal relationships, close relationships that created the.
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Terrence Bates
Foundation where all this was possible. Hailed the breakthrough on truth social saying, and this is a quote, this is a great day for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel, all surrounding nations, and the United States of America. And we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey who worked with us to make this historic and unprecedented event happen. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the plan offers hope while also keeping Israel's security front and center. But critics remain skeptical, especially of Hamas. However, even the mainstream media is acknowledging that President Trump's deal is achieving results where Joe Biden's diplomacy failed. Here to discuss his former special assistant to President Trump, retired Army Colonel Derek Harvey. Also joining the conversation, the president and founder of the U S Israel Education Association, Heather Johnston. Good morning or good afternoon to both of you.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you.
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Heather Johnston
Good to be with you.
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Terrence Bates
All right, so I'm Going to pose the first question to both of you. How much confidence do you have in Hamas moving forward that it, first, will, in fact, release those hostages and second, keep its end of any deal that's already been signed? Heather, we'll start with you.
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Heather Johnston
Well, I think that we are on the right track. It looks like today, within the last 24 hours, a lot of movement has taken place. And it looks like that the Arab and Muslim world, adding Qatar and Turkey into the mix, are succeeding at getting Hamas to truly hand over the hostages. Looks like we're headed in the right direction.
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Terrence Bates
Colonel Harvey, your confidence level in Hamas and it actually seeing through on its promises so far?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Well, I'm very pleased, as I think everyone is, that the hostages are going to be released, and I'm confident of that. Hamas has already been backing out of the delivery of bodies, and, you know, they've been absolved of the responsibility for actually delivering those bodies by setting up another organization that will be responsible for searching and recovering bodies that Hamas says they don't know where they're at. That said, Hamas is already saying that they aren't going anywhere, that they intend to stay in power, that they are not going to disarm, that they have not surrendered, and that in one way or another, they are going to be running Gaza, whether it's through a front organization or something else. And so that is very concerning because the beginning can work. But how is this going to be actually implemented, enforced, and what are going to be the consequences if Hamas does back out of the obligations it's making?
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Terrence Bates
All right, there's obviously a lot of branches on this particular peace tree. One of the most interesting I find, Colonel Harvey, is the engagement of other Arab nations. And in our lead, and I just read a post from President Trump in which he basically praises Qatar, Egypt, Turkey for their involvement. It seems to me that for a lasting peace, which is ultimately the goal, let's just be honest, releasing the hostages, yes, that's a victory. But the ultimate goal is a lasting peace. Other Arab nations, other Muslim nations have got to be engaged in this process in order for there to be a lasting peace.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
No, Colonel, I think that's right, and I think we're on the right track, you know, in bringing, you know, Qatar and Egypt and, you know, particularly Turkey along because they've been key sponsors and financiers for the organization. So if they cooperate and you can drain the financial reservoir that supported Hamas over the years and, you know, provide support to the Gazans who are willing to stand up to Hamas, and keep in mind, today, Hamas is attacking some of the clans that have aligned themselves for a new Gaza. So, you know, we're going to have to see where they go, what they're going to do to try and squeeze Hamas. But I'm confident that the president, Jared Kushner, and Mr. Witkoff have addressed these issues and have gotten strong commitments from those friendly Arab countries.
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Terrence Bates
Heather, the word confidence keeps coming up. How confident are you in a lasting peace? And is really the best way to describe this, or is this simply an opportunity for Hamas to lay down its arms for the time being, just in order to reorganize and do something else atrocious like what happened on October 7th?
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Heather Johnston
Well, I do think we may end up hitting a little speed bump on the decommissioning of their weapons and the demilitarization. I think that we have more of a problem than just them sort of laying down weapons related to Israel. I think they have a problem internally with all of the factions, the jihadists within Gaza Strip, where they're also fighting with each other over aid, over the future of the Gaza Strip. And so it's more than just a demilitarization as it concerns a war with Israel. This is where I think we may run into some problems. But, Terrence, in the large picture, Gaza is just the entry point. President Trump and these Arab leaders are looking at a much larger picture of regional stability with shared mutual interests and opportunities that lie ahead for the future. And if you read the Trump plan, the 20 points, we hit a speed bump with Hamas and we're going to move on from that. There's going to be a way to deal with Hamas if they do not cooperate.
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Terrence Bates
And, Heather, to your point, Gaza is the real estate, but there's still an ideological battle that needs to be fought. And I'm not so sure that simply eradicating Hamas or at least taking Hamas out of power, changes the ideas, that ideological divide that exists between Gaza, Hamas, the Palestinians, whatever name you want to give them in Israel.
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Heather Johnston
No, absolutely. And you know, Terrence, what we're working on, our organization has been working with the uae, also with our US Administration and Congress on the next phase, which is going to be the deradicalization of the Gaza Strip. And there are independent brokers and opportunities there where people have gone into war zones and have succeeded in Muslim countries and in very, very worse situations than even the Gaza Strip. And I believe we're going to see a effort toward the deradicalization of this next generation of Palestinians that are living there. And if we can't do that, we have nowhere to go from here.
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Terrence Bates
Colonel Harvey, how do you see that potentially playing out? Is that possible? I always say that it's hard to break down an institution. And radicalization in Hamas, radicalization among Palestinians is institutional. This is a generational thing.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Well, it's true that there are going to be some hardcore dead enders that will not give up and they're going to have to be arrested, re imprisoned, exiled or something like that. You know, we've done this work with, you know, Mohammed bin Salman, mbs, as he's known in Saudi Arabia, as they've worked on de radicalization programs. We've done it in other places with our partners in the region. So there is a pathway forward. You know, whether it's President Sisi or, you know, the King of Jordan or others, they see radical Islamism as a threat to, you know, the growth and the modernization and the stability that they're trying to bring to their countries. And so we've got real good partners in the region that the President and Jared Kushner and Mr. Witkoff and Secretary Rubio have been working with over these last seven, eight months.
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Terrence Bates
I hear you, but I get the gut feeling and unfortunately I've got a well developed gut. If you see below, below my tie, you could attest to that, that there can be no stabilization within the region without also addressing the issue of Iran.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Yes, Iran remains a problem, although they've been defanged to a great degree. And their proxies, you know, one of the good things that came out of the last two years is that, you know, Lebanon is on a pathway potentially to, you know, a more stable environment with, you know, Hezbollah having suffered such a great defeat and not having gotten engaged once. The battle to Iran between Israel and Iran, likewise with the Houthis in Yemen. And so, you know, the monetization and the support that, you know, Tehran could give their proxies in the region has been severely impacted with measures taken by Secretary of the Treasury Bassent in this administration and our allies to reimpose sanctions. So I think things are working. It's not going to be an easy path. You know, as Heather said, there's going to be some speed bumps, but we're on the right path.
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Terrence Bates
Heather, as we've said, yeah, we want a lasting peace. That is the goal. How long do you think this current deal will actually last? Are we talking that we'll be back having a similar conversation in a year, two years? Or do you think this really is that the road has been paved towards lasting peace and towards there being peace across the region, across the Middle East.
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Heather Johnston
Well, I think if you look at the Trump framework, there's a lot of similarities in dealing with the Palestinians as we saw in the 2020 Trump Peace Plan. What is different about today than yesterday, than 2020, is that you've got a larger coalition now of Arab Muslim nations that are all on the same page. You've got an isolated Iran, you've got a Hamas lumped in with Iran. And really even the Palestinian right now that is over to the side and unable to move and to influence the situation much. And so I think that what's happening is we're watching a larger picture unfold, a construct with the support of more of the Arab Muslim community that makes it more hopeful for the future. It doesn't remove the amount of work that's got to be done. If you think about just Gaza itself, you've got a year long issue of just removing the ordinances out of the Gaza Strip. You've got to take down the terror tunnels, you've got to remove the military installations, you've got to decommission weapons. It is a huge process ahead. I think we've got the right players in the region now on board to try to accomplish it.
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Terrence Bates
Heather Johnston, Colonel Derrick Harvey, we appreciate your time. Thank you both for being here and joining the conversation.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you.
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Heather Johnston
Thanks.
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Terrence Bates
Thank you. All right, folks, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, a deep dive into President Trump's Cabinet meeting this morning. Everything from ending the war between Israel and Hamas to the government shutdown to crippling American farmers was on the table. We have the details. Next, our nation's capital here, a lot happening there specifically at the White House. We'll take you to the White House here momentarily. The Gaza peace deal, the Russia Ukraine war, making America healthy again and securing our nation's cities were among the issues discussed during this morning's Cabinet meeting there at the White House. Joining me, excuse me, to break down some of, of the highlights from that meeting, Real America's Voice correspondent Britt McHenry, as well as Real America's Voice chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn. Lady and gentleman, good morning. Brian, want to start with you because as you're out here talking to me, President Trump is inside the White House hosting Finland's president. Tell us about what's expected to be on their conversation plate today and kind of lay out what's happening there. Actually, we have them live now, Brian. I'm just being Told so let's go there and then we'll talk on the other side.
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Donald Trump
They're icebreakers. And I said, do me a favor, would you have your people take a look at what these people are doing? And it came out that, just as I thought, they had no idea what they were doing. And we got involved and we ended up. We need these ships very badly because we have, we have a lot of territory, more than anybody. And so I'm very honored to have this deal and thank you very much. It's going to be great. It's going to be a great partnership and it's a great honor to have you. Mr. Prime Minister, would you like to say something please? First, Mr. President, thank you very much. It's a great honor to be here today. And as a Prime Minister of Finland, I want to say that this deal is very important within Finland and our economy because our economy is suffering a lot because of Russian aggression in Ukraine. And this deal means investments, it means jobs until means hope. And that's why this is so important. And I want to thank your leadership on this deal and this issue. Thank you very much. So you've been affected very badly by the war going on. The ridiculous war going on, right? Yes, because we have to close the border with Russia. We have 1300 kilometers common border with them and affects the atmosphere in Finland in investments. And that's why we need good news. Our people need hope. Right. So your border is closed and that's because you have so many Russian trying. Russians trying to get in. Yes, they. They started to push illegal microns to our border. That's why we were forced to close it. And people also that don't want to go into the military, I guess, trying to come through.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Yeah, some of them are escaping. Fortunately, on our side we don't have that problem.
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Donald Trump
In Finland you have a great military.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Yeah, we have compulsory military service. And as I always say, we have 900,000 men and women who've done it, including myself and the Prime Minister, we have 200.
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Donald Trump
And you've been fighting Russia for a long time. So how many years have you been indirectly fighting Russia?
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Finnish Prime Minister
Well, put it this way, we have managed our relationship since the 1300s with about 30 skirmishes. But it's been very peaceful at our.
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Donald Trump
Border after World War II.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Yeah, but it's been peaceful at our border since the Winter War and the War of Continuation. But I mean, a lot of it is because we actually have a very large military. It's the biggest in Europe, together with Turkey, Ukraine and Poland. We have over 60 F18s. We just bought 64 F35s. We'll roll out the first one in Texas in December. We have the biggest artillery in Europe, together with Poland. And as I always say, we don't have it because we're worried about Stockholm.
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Donald Trump
Well, do you really have, proportionately, I think, the largest military in the world.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Proportionately, it's quite big, yes, I have to admit. But, you know, we have it for defense purposes and also to build a deterrence. And it's worked. And I think that's one of the reasons that our relationship is so good as well. We have the Defence Cooperation Agreement with you. We're new allies, allies in NATO. Our defence expenditure is going north of 3%. We work very closely with you and the rest of our allies. And, you know, when you push the ceiling of defence expenditure in NATO to 5%, you can imagine that a country like Finland was quite pleased with that because that means that all of the allies have to bring up their defence expenditure. And you basically increased our security just with that decision position in the Hague. And I have to admit that having been to my first NATO summit in the summer of 2024, if someone would have told me that you will move from 2% to 5% after Trump enters, I would have said, go see a doctor.
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Donald Trump
Well, you had to do it and you were great about it. Spain has not been. Spain is the one that didn't do it. And so I think you people are going to have to start speaking to Spain, the only one that didn't do it, the only NATO country that. That didn't do it in Spain. And you'll figure what that's all about, right?
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Finnish Prime Minister
Yeah, I mean, we'll work. And I think with the leadership also, Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, I think, you know, there are a lot of commitments that have to take place. And this, of course, is going to also increase industrial defense exchanges. I think we buy four times more military material here from the US And I think it's an essential part of our whole military setup in Europe. And it's good to be working on this together. But there's one thing that I wanted to mention also. I want to congratulate you for what we have seen in the past 24 hours in Gaza.
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Donald Trump
Thank you.
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Finnish Prime Minister
I think it's a historic deal. I went through the 20 points. It's almost like the best of record. You really see all the key elements. And if someone would have said a few weeks back that you and your team are able to push us to a position where there will be a ceasefire, an exchange of prisoners, hostages, and then a pullback. I would not have believed it. But this is what diplomacy is at its best, and I think it's a potentially huge deal. So congratulations to you and your team.
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Donald Trump
Peace in the Middle East.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Peace in the Middle East.
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Donald Trump
And every country came together, Every single country came together, and people are shocked by it, but it's an amazing situation. Nobody thought it was going to happen. Thank you very much. And you've been of help, too. You help always. But we are really working more closely together having to do with Russia, Ukraine. And I would have thought that would have been easier because that would be number eight for me. Number eight. And I would have thought the Russia deal maybe would have been one of the easier ones. And unfortunately, last week they had over 7,000 soldiers die unnecessarily. So it's a terrible thing. But I think we'll be getting there, hopefully soon.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Yeah, probably we'll go. I mean. Or you will be going piece by piece. I mean, there are only so many agreements that you can get done, and I think this one will be the next big one. Of course, this one needs to stick, and I'm sure it will, because the incentives are all there, and then we'll continue to work. I mean, the last time I was here in the Oval Office was with the other unit European leaders in August, and I think we did a lot of good advancement there on security arrangements. I think you pushed us Europeans hard not to buy oil and gas from Russia, which I think is a very correct decision. Europe just put down its 19th sanction package. I think Russia is actually right now, both economically and militarily, not in a very strong place. And I think it's because of the commitments that we've made to Ukraine. So, you know, day by day on.
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Donald Trump
This one, we're going to get it worked out.
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Finnish Prime Minister
That's probably a decision that comes from the Nobel Committee. And my take is that there are two key pieces that have to be solved in the big picture. One is in the Middle east, and we're seeing the results of that. And then the other one is between Russia and Ukraine. And once those are solved, you know, and I don't see any impediments to it. Nominate Mr. Trump next year if he doesn't win this year. I think probably the best nomination would be coming from Zelensky and then the King of Jordan. Those would be two that would come. But I think you have. I mean, my experience with the Nobel Peace Prize comes from Marty Ahtisari, the former president of Finland. He got it in 2008, and he got it because he negotiated three peace agreements on three different continents. Namibia in Africa, Kosovo, Serbia in Europe and then Aceh in Indonesia. And his message was always that when you do a peace agreement, the key is that it looks like an equal match, that the big guy doesn't win over the small guy and vice versa. But I have to say that the track record of the president of the United States in the past seven months, eight months, is rather impressive.
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Heather Johnston
Thank you so much, Mr. President. First of all, thank you, all of you, on behalf of the state of Israel for everything that you're doing for my country.
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Donald Trump
I want to know, how do you.
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Finnish Prime Minister
See the Middle east in a year.
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Donald Trump
From now under your leadership and if.
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Finnish Prime Minister
You see maybe option for an organization between Israeli and. And Israel and Saudi Arabia?
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Donald Trump
I think it's going to be great. I think it's. The hostages will be coming back Monday or Tuesday. I'll probably be. I'll probably be there. I hope to be there. And we're planning on leaving sometime Sunday and I look forward to it. And everybody I see is celebrating in Israel, but they're celebrating in many other countries, too. A lot of the Muslim and Arab countries, countries, they're celebrating. Everybody is celebrating. Everybody loves the deal. So it's a great honor to have been working on it. And as you know, it's all finalized and done. We've had a lot of terrifically talented people. We've had tremendous support from uae, Saudi Arabia, Qatar has been unbelievable. Unbelievable. Egypt, as you know, and Jordan, Indonesia. I mean, I mean, it's. I don't want to leave anybody out. Just so many, so many different countries. It's been incredible. Nobody has seen anything like it. So I think in a year from now, it's going to be great. I think it's going to be.
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Terrence Bates
How do you rate your chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow?
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Donald Trump
Well, I don't know. Look, I made seven deals and now it's eight solved the wars. One going 31 years, years, one going 34 years, one going 35 years, one going 10 years. I made seven deals. This would be number eight, the one I thought that I was going to make. And I think we will probably is because it's a ridiculous war. It's a horrible war. The worst since World War II. You look at the people going is Russia, Ukraine. I think we'll do that, too. We've a lot of reasons for them to do it. And I think they'll be coming to the table pretty soon. But this was. This is the biggest of them all. This is a big one. Although I think India and Pakistan is very big. Two nuclear nations. I made that. I did that based on trade and because of the tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, you wouldn't have been able to do it. But I said, if you, if you guys are going to fight, I'm putting 100% tariffs on each of you. And they immediately stopped fighting. And that was going. That was. Was going to go nuclear. You know, there's back and forth. So I know one thing. I don't know what they're going to do really, but I know this, that nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months. And I've stopped eight wars, so that's never happened before. But they'll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine. I know this. I didn't do it for that. I did it because I saved a lot of lives. Lives. And that's the thing that bothers me so much about the Russia, Ukraine. Seven thousand people are dying a week. Young soldiers. They're almost all soldiers of Ukraine and Russia. So in theory, it doesn't affect us. No, but it's a terrible thing and we'll get that solved, too. But nobody has ever done eight wars. Nobody has done eight wars in 30 years, let alone nine months. Are you going to stand up, Mr. President? Obama got it for way less. Step up the pressure for a Ukraine deal. We are stepping up the pressure. We're stepping it up together. We're all stepping it up. NATO has been great. The leader of NATO, as you know, Mark, has been fantastic. I think he's a fantastic guy. And they are stepping it up. And we're selling a lot of weapons to NATO and that's going, I guess, to Ukraine for the most part. That's up to them. But they're buying weapons from the US we make the greatest west weapons in the world. You buy our planes and a lot of our equipment and you have a big force. Actually, you have a tremendous force of equipment. So I think we'll get that one done, too. Yeah.
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Heather Johnston
President.
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Donald Trump
President Obama got him for way less. Mr. President, I'm from Finland. Mr. President, I'm From Finland.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Am I okay?
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Brian Glenn
He's all right.
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Donald Trump
President, you are buying icebreakers from Finland. But what if Russia and Vladimir Putin attacks Finland? Would you defend Finland? I would. Yes, I would. They're a member of NATO. I would. They're great people, but I don't think that's going to happen. I don't think he's going to do that. I think the chances of that are very, very small. But it's very interesting because you have a very big military relative to your size. You have a very powerful military, one of the best. But certainly we will be there to help.
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Brian Glenn
Thank you, Mr. President.
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Donald Trump
Mr. President. Okay. Please, Mr. President.
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Brian Glenn
Thank you.
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Heather Johnston
We have a big border, as our president said.
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Donald Trump
How would you exactly defend Finland?
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Finnish Prime Minister
And.
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Heather Johnston
Yeah, thank you.
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Donald Trump
Say what?
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Finnish Prime Minister
How would you defend Finland?
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Donald Trump
Vigorously.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Can I just add on that we're very pleased with the fact that we have so much training going on with American soldiers right now. So they're getting experience from Arctic conditions, and we're integrating our militaries together, working not only through the, the DCA agreement, but other ways as well. We see that day to day in the work that we do, and it's working well.
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Donald Trump
Okay. Please. Yeah.
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Heather Johnston
Thank you. How do you see this? I'm from Finland, too, Finnish News Agency. So, Mr. President.
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Donald Trump
Thank you. So how do you see the situation.
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Heather Johnston
In the Arctic developing?
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Donald Trump
Are there going to be any mutual.
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Heather Johnston
Plans for Finland and us to collaborate there?
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Donald Trump
A lot of relationships together. I mean, mostly buying our military equipment. They buy a lot of it. They have an order, I guess, 60 planes, 64, 64 F35s and many other things, too. It's a big order. Big countries don't order that many planes. You know, it's 10 billion. You have a lot of. A lot of aircraft, a lot of great military. We make the best military equipment. They buy a lot from us. So it's very good. We're going to work together very closely with Finland and with NATO. We have a very good relationship, as you know. I requested that they pay 5%, not 2%. And most people thought that was not going to happen. And it happened virtually unanimously. We had one laggard. It was Spain, Spain, Europe to call them and find, why are they a laggard? And they're doing well, too. You know the funny thing, because of a lot of the things we've done, they're doing fine. They have no excuse not to do this, but that's all right. Maybe you should throw them out of NATO, frankly. Please, go ahead. What are you planning to do with tall gentlemen, nice tall gentleman, yellow shirt. Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to change gears just really quickly and ask you, you're going to Walter Reed tomorrow, are you?
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Brian Glenn
What do you have having done and how are you feeling?
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Donald Trump
I'm meeting with the troops and I'M also going to do a sort of semiannual physical, which I do, and I think I'm in great shape. But I'll let you know. But no, I have no difficulty thus far. Is there wood around here? Knock on no difficulty. Physically, I feel very good. Mentally, I feel very good. You know, I did about six, seven months ago, I did do physicals. I like to, when I'm around, I like to check. Always early, always be early. It's a lesson for a lot of people. But I also did a cognitive exam, which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it. And I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect, a perfect score. I got the highest score. And that made me feel good. When they asked, would I like to do one? I said yeah. I said, did Obama do it? No. Did Bush do it?
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Colonel Derek Harvey
No.
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Donald Trump
Did Biden do it? I definitely did. Biden wouldn't have gotten the first three questions right. No, Biden didn't do it. Biden should have done it. I'm actually a person that believes that if you're president, you should do a cognitive exam. But last time I took a cognitive examination and it was a perfect score. The doctors announced it. And by the way, not the easiest test. The first few questions are pretty easy. Once you get into the middle, it gets a little trickier. And there aren't a lot of people in this room that would get every single question right. I can guarantee.
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Finnish Prime Minister
You're putting me in a difficult spot now. Next question.
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Terrence Bates
Peace prize for way less.
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Donald Trump
You did.
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Finnish Prime Minister
And you, Obama.
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Donald Trump
President Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize. He got way less for doing nothing.
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Terrence Bates
Exactly.
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Donald Trump
Obama got a prize. He didn't even know what he got. He got elected. And they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. No, he was, he was not a good president. The worst president was Sleepy Joe Biden. But Obama was not a good president. Are you going to do something with the exposure? How many months after he won the election, then they gave the peace prize right afterwards? My election was a much more important election. Now that you're fixing the situation between Hamas and Israel, are you going to be taking care of the Hezbollah or armed, the Lebanese armed forces to take care of that? Yeah, we'll be able to do that. That will be. It's a smaller part of the puzzle, but very important part. They have a great new ambassador that I appointed, Michelle. Great new Ambassador. So, yeah, please.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Mr. President, you said that the hostages will be released on Monday or Tuesday. What's your strict deadline?
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Donald Trump
When do they have to get released.
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Heather Johnston
And how do you do that?
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Donald Trump
I think it's going to be Monday or Tuesday. It's going to be around that time. Yeah, they're working on it very hard. They're in very diverse parts of the earth. Okay. They're very, very diverse, actually. It's. I think they're going to come through. I'd be surprised if they didn't. I think it'll happen, Mr. President.
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Terrence Bates
Thank you, sir.
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Brian Glenn
The 19th point of the 20 point plan said in the future there could be conditions in which the Palestinians might.
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Finnish Prime Minister
Eventually get a state.
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Brian Glenn
Under what conditions do you think the Palestinians could have their own state?
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Donald Trump
We're going to do it at the time. We're going to see how it all goes. And, you know, there's a point at which we may do something that would be a little bit different and maybe very positive for everybody, but we'll be looking at that at the time, Mr. President. I think we'll get to that. I think we'll get to that period, too. Yeah, please, Mr. President. Yeah, please. Glass. Thank you.
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Heather Johnston
Mr. President, the United States has previously said that you would be. That Europe would have to take more responsibility for its own security. Are you or the US planning to withdraw some of the US Forces from. From the European soil?
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Donald Trump
No, but we may move some around a little bit. I'd ask you that question, Pete. Go ahead. I think that's right, Mr. President. We're looking at. We are very much heartened by your leadership to get NATO to rise up to 5%, which means they can take primary responsibility for defense of the continent. But that doesn't mean America is abandoning NATO and Europe. But we could look at where our troops are postured. What makes the most sense for. For America and our NATO allies. We have a lot of troops in Europe, as you know, a lot. And we can move them around a little bit, but no, basically we'll be pretty much set. Go ahead. What's the second.
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Heather Johnston
My second question would be, are you planning to impose more sanctions on Russia at this point?
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Donald Trump
Yeah, I might.
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Terrence Bates
Mr. President, your 20 point plan says.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
We will encourage people to stay.
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Terrence Bates
Can you confirm that as Gaza is.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Rebuilt, that no one will be forced to leave?
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Donald Trump
Yeah, nobody is going to be forced to leave. No, it's just the opposite. This is a great plan. This is a great peace plan. This is a plan that was supported by everybody. I mean, as I Said they're dancing in the streets of many, many countries right now. It's amazing. I've never seen anything like it. No, we're not looking to do that at all. And also, President, do you think that.
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Terrence Bates
We can see a forward draw?
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Donald Trump
Yes.
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Brian Glenn
And Mr. Mr. President, can you cut.
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Donald Trump
Through the politics on the shutdown?
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Brian Glenn
We had another failed vote today.
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Donald Trump
Can you speak to our viewers from Orlando to Sacramento? What's your message to some of these families tonight facing missed paychecks, potential layoffs and missed benefits due to the shutdown? Yeah, I blame the Democrats. They ought to call their local Democrat representative, whether it's a senator or a congressman. And it's their fault. I mean, they admit it. It's their fault. They campaigned on the fact that they'd never shut down the country. Country, but they want to shut it down. And you know, we have the greatest economy. We're the hottest country in the world right now. I think you'd admit that. The hottest country. We went from a dead country a year ago to the hottest country in the world. So I think they probably don't like that. But we're doing great. I mean, we're doing great. I would say my message is call your local representative, congressman or senator and tell them to get on the ball. The Democrats have caused this problem.
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Brian Glenn
Can I ask one more?
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Donald Trump
One more, Congressman, please.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you.
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Heather Johnston
Mr. President.
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Brian Glenn
Where are you from?
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Heather Johnston
I'm from Finland.
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Donald Trump
So. Nice. Here we go. Here we go with a killer question.
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Heather Johnston
I would like to circle back to the icebreaker deal. So Finland and the US Are strengthening their economic partnership through the deal. What other areas of cooperation, cooperation with Finland do you see as possible?
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Donald Trump
Good question. We're going to be talking about that in a little while. We're going into the next door room, commonly known as the Cabinet room. Beautiful room. And we're going to be discussing that, but we'll be doing other things. It's a wonderful country with wonderful people. We've had a long term relationship, but it's never been as close as it is now. We'll be doing other things. Go ahead.
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Finnish Prime Minister
I mean, we've been talking about a lot with the president. Two specific fields where I think Finland has strengths. One is quantum and quantum computing. And we know that that is basically what gives food for thought for artificial intelligence. That's very important. The second one is actually networks. And you know that there are two sort of safe and trustworthy western networks right now. One of them is Nokia and the other one is Ericsson. And actually 70% of all broadband in the United States is Nokia. So one of the things that we could work on together is creating the 6G space through networks. And we actually Nokia has 7,000 people working here in the United States and an American CEO.
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Donald Trump
Okay, anybody else? Mr. President, what is the international stabilization force that's going to deploy to Gaza?
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Terrence Bates
What is that going to look like?
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Donald Trump
To be determined, really to. I think there's going to be a large group of people determining what it will be and a group of people funding it that are very rich countries are going to be funding it. People want to see this work. It's going to work. It's absolutely going to work. And it starts. It's already started. We've signed, as you know, everybody has agreed. I think Monday is going to be a very big day. Monday, Tuesday, but it's going to be depending on where you are, it's going to be a very big day. I think it's going to be a day of great celebration. There's. I've never seen anything like it. The streets of so many countries right now, they're just roaring with love and with praise for the people that did this. And these are countries that did this. The whole world came together for this, even Iran, and I really thank them for it. Iran came out and said this, this is a good thing. This is a very good thing. So it was terrific. It's been a terrific experience for me. Thank you very much, everybody.
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Colonel Derek Harvey
Thank you.
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Brian Glenn
Thank you, guys.
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Terrence Bates
Well, we're headed this way.
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Heather Johnston
Thank you.
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Donald Trump
Thanks, guys. Thank you.
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Terrence Bates
Starter Bank.
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Heather Johnston
Thank you, Press. Thank you, Press.
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Brian Glenn
Let's go.
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Terrence Bates
President Trump meeting in the Oval Office with Finland's president, the prime minister for that country. Also on site for today's conversation. A lot to digest there based on that conversation. So let's bring in real America's Voice chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn to talk a bit more about what we just heard. Brian, good to see you. So, as I said, there's a lot to digest there. The thing that strikes me is specific to Finland, the fact that it still seems or seems to feel threatened by Russia and what's happening between Russia and Ukraine. The Finnish president saying that the country, of course, shares a more than thousand kilometer long border with Russia and has been forced to close that border as a result of the ongoing conflict. Conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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Brian Glenn
Yeah, Terrence, very interesting point. They're also hearing that statistically per capita that's they have one of the largest militaries in the world per population that they currently have. So that was very interesting. And that was actually going to be one of my questions is what is that relationship like? What is that like to have a border country like that that is viewed by around the world as being probably one of the worst. And of course, the Ukraine, Russian conflict that continues to go. And so, yeah, very interesting take there. Plus the icebreaker and how pivotal President Trump has been in all of that, giving them capabilities to do that. So just a very. And of course, the main topic was this piece deal that was brokered and really developed yesterday. Terrence, as we watched the Antifa roundtable, we saw Marco Rubio walk in, write down a note, give it to President Trump, and next, you know, is announcing to the world. So, of course, he spoke a little bit about that today. We'll find out the timing of that. Now, from what I understand, the hostages could be released possibly around Monday, maybe Tuesday at the latest. We'll see exactly the timing on that, as the White House has not released the date yet that President Trump's traveling over there.
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Terrence Bates
Yeah, President Trump even alluded to the fact that he wants to make it to the Middle east to sign various agreements and to kind of watch all of this unfold. In fact, he talked a little bit about that earlier today during his Cabinet meeting. Here's specifically what he had to say, and then we'll talk on the other side. Brian. All right, we're going to play that momentarily. We're trying to get this up. But as I said, Brian, earlier, President Trump, of course, held a Cabinet meeting. All of the Cabinet secretaries were there, and everyone to a T was really praising President Trump and the role that he's played in brokering this peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Obviously, a lot of people know that there's still a lot of work to be done, but President Trump, as I mentioned, is expected to go to the Middle east to be there, to be front and center, if you will, to kind of oversee everything to make sure that it's solid. Guys, do we have that sound bite? No, we want to play President Trump, please. All right, Brian, So apparently we don't have that, so you and I will move on. But as you were saying, this is a big deal. And President Trump, I think, does want to be there to not only be the face of this, since it was his work and his administration's work, but he also wants to, I think, by his presence, ensure that everyone realizes that they will be held to account if there's a failure or if someone doesn't uphold their end of the deal.
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Brian Glenn
Yeah, I mean, he is the ultimate leader. He is the epitome of leadership, and that's what he wants to make sure that it remains the same. I also thought it was very interesting during the, the press conference, Barack Obama being awarded that honor, the peace deal, just months after being in office, which is very interesting. And President Trump says he didn't solve anything, actually, he ruined the country. Very interesting to note on that. But during that Cabinet meeting, he did praise every one of his Cabinet members to a certain point of having some type of responsibility in getting this deal done, just from some support, words of encouragement and things like that, just ideas. So I think that he definitely sees this as a, as a team effort there. Now, shifting gears a little bit, Terrence, to what's happening just about two miles behind me is a shutdown of our Capitol. Our government continues to be shut down. Now, President Trump has repeatedly blamed this 100% on the Democrats. This is a Schumer shutdown, as he likes to say. And even with now hearing the, that some of the military and some of the personnel not getting paid and now, and Hakeem Jeffries just recently had said, well, that's just kind of what they deserve in a way. And I'm paraphrasing there, but really saying this is what's best for the country. And I know that people that have military personnel at home, family members, relatives, friends, neighbors, this is not sitting well amongst, amongst that group. So as we continue to go another day with the government shutdown, when people start to see the pain in their pocketbooks, Terrence, you and I both know that's when people really start to get angry. I think the first couple of days of the government shutdown, it was people had a little bit of uncertainty how that would directly affect them. But now when you stop getting paychecks, that's when the rubber meets the road on that.
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Terrence Bates
Absolutely. And President Trump squarely laying the blame on chance Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats. In fact, he talked about that this morning as well. We do have this side, but Chuck.
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Donald Trump
Schumer proclaimed this morning that every day gets better for them. No, every day it's actually getting worse for them. And they're having a rebellion in the Democrat Party because they want to stop. And if you saw all of Schumer's I watched last night like 10 different times over the years. He said, you can't shut down government. You can't shut down. And now he's. He's the one that shut it down. So this is a confession that he's acting not to serve the people, but to serve the partisan interests of his party.
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Terrence Bates
Brian, the big question at this hour is how long are Democrats going to dig in before they finally say, okay, enough is enough, let's reopen the government and continue to negotiate? What are you hearing there? I've heard October 18th, which is the Kingmaker rally, that's when they might do it. We talked earlier this week. You said this thing could conceivably drag onto Christmas. What is the, what's the over under at this very moment, Brian?
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Brian Glenn
I think it's after October 18th and it's before Christmas. If we can agree on that timeline. I do think it extends a little bit further. But you know, it's interesting, Terrence, because what does the Democrats, what do they have to lose? When you look at the public opinion polling on Democrats and really you can just say Congress altogether is very low. So they don't necessarily have and they could pin this on the fact that, well, they'll say, well, we have the White House, we have the House, we have the Senate. So it's purely lays on our responsibility. But yet the reality is we still need Democrats to vote for this thing to get it to the 60 vote. So we need Democrat help on this. So essentially you can blame it on the Democrats and you can call this a Schumer shutdown. Now there is one option, I know people have talked about this, the nuclear option. In terms of this, they use the nuclear option to get confirmation on on several appointees in the Trump administration. They can certainly do that to open up the government. That's something that I know Mike Johnson has expressed a lot of opinion on that. That's not what that's used for. And that would maybe put too much power into one political party. One can agree on that. But if they wanted to open up, that is certainly an issue too. But it remains to be opened and we're going to see probably, like I said, I think it's in between after 18th but yet before Christmas. But really I think American people need to understand that, you know, there's hard working people out there that work for this government each and every day. They contribute so much to the efficiency of our government, they are going to lose paychecks. So if you want to, like President Trump says, you want to call your local Democrat and on any level of political office in your home state, I certainly encourage you to do that and tell them to open the government now.
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Terrence Bates
Hey, Brian, just really quickly before I let you go, any word on other votes happening today? Yesterday, of course there were two votes that ultimately failed in order to try to get the government back open. Will the U.S. senate vote again today? As far as your hearing.
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Brian Glenn
I have not heard that as of today, but I will certainly check on that and I'll push it out on social media if I hear anything more than that. I have not heard any further votes as of today.
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Terrence Bates
All right. As far as I'm concerned, they need to vote every single day until they get this government reopened. In fact, they need to vote a couple of times a day. But that's just me, Brian Glenn reporting from the White House. Appreciate you, my friend.
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Brian Glenn
Yes, sir. Terrence.
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Terrence Bates
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Brian Glenn
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Brian Glenn
All right.
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Terrence Bates
Today's story comes to us out of Florida, where devoted dogs led a police officer to a woman who was in distress. Deputy Devin Miller responded to a report from a worried husband who had told him that his wife had come, had, excuse me, gone out for a walk and didn't come back. When the woman didn't return at her usual time, the husband then got concerned and, as you saw, called police and called for help. Deputy Miller then promptly searched the neighborhood and ran into the family dog, whose name is Eeyore. Eeyore was still on his leash. And when Deputy Miller asked the dog to lead her to the mom, well, the dog more than happily obliged. The pair then ran into the man's wife, who had fallen and injured herself. The deputy stabilized the woman until EMS arrived on scene. And this is just another example of how man's best friend, a dog, can help out. And it also shows what makes America wonderful. Well, that's gonna do it for the show today, everyone. We appreciate your time. All right, let's get you to the question of the day real quick. Here it is, the question of the day. Do you think that James Comey will be held accountable for allegedly lying to Congress? Why or why not? Sandra Murray, we appreciate you chime in writing. Comey has not been held accountable yet. Where's the perp walk and mugshot? That guy opens his mouth and lies just ooze out. I'm gonna have to see accountability to believe. Hmm. Susan G. Writes, no, Republicans never follow through, probably plea bargain, zero jail time. And Gen X Republican writes, no, D.C. swamp will not convict him. It's 100% Democrats, and he knows it. A change of venue is necessary, and still the odds are in his favor. To each of you who chimed in, we appreciate you chiming in and letting us know what you think. All right, now let's go over to my good friend Eric Bolling. He's coming up next. Eric, can you hear me, brother? Good afternoon. Good morning, cuz. I always do the morning show, but good afternoon. I guess it is afternoon. How are you?
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Donald Trump
What's up, my friend Terrence? I'm doing very well.
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Terrence Bates
How about yourself? I am well excited for Monday or Tuesday, whenever those hostages held by Hamas are finally released and back home safe. And I would imagine you're gonna be talking a lot about that today as well. It is really the big story of the day, and it once again reinforces President Trump's impact on the world stage and how he can literally change issues that no one else has seemed to be able to tackle.
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Donald Trump
This is a good point, Terence.
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Brian Glenn
And I think, I believe I read that the. The Nobel laureates are going to announce their tomorrow finalist.
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Terrence Bates
Yeah, tomorrow, right in front. I think he should be on the list. What do you think?
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Donald Trump
Can you imagine?
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Brian Glenn
I mean, he creates peace in the Mid East. On the eve of the Nobel laureates announcing their.
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Donald Trump
Who their.
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Brian Glenn
Their Nobel Peace Prize, is it the final answer or is it the list of.
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Heather Johnston
Of.
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Terrence Bates
Of finalists?
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Brian Glenn
I believe.
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Terrence Bates
You know, I probably need to double check. I believe it is that the actual nominee who ultimately will be conferred the Nobel Prize. But I. I'm with you. Like, in fact, I wrote a story this morning saying on the eve of. Of this big announcement, it would be hard to refuse the guy at this point.
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Brian Glenn
Exactly. People have been trying to get peace.
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Donald Trump
In the middle since, I don't know.
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Brian Glenn
The beginning of the dark ages.
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Donald Trump
And now Trump is on the verge of doing that right before the peace prizes now.
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Brian Glenn
Wow. What? What?
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Terrence Bates
Great look if nothing else.
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Donald Trump
The guy's got amazing timing, doesn't he?
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Brian Glenn
He's got perfect TV timing as always, Terence. Appreciate you man.
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Donald Trump
Great job.
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Terrence Bates
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Donald Trump
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