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Donald Trump (3:03)

Today probably started with Soleimani. That was really where you mentioned that today, which started with Soleimani, bad guy doing bad things, hurting a lot of people, killing American soldiers and other soldiers. But it started right there would probably be the starting point and then from that point forward, but you would. You have a wartime prime minister at the highest level. There could be other wartime prime ministers, but they'd lose. He won. And I think the people of Israel appreciate it. I think a lot of the people in the world appreciate it, actually. And because of that victory, we were able to get peace in the Middle East. If you had a different kind of a personality, if you had a weak person or a stupid person, and there are plenty of both of them, you would not have had success. And you might not have Israel. And you report for Israel. I know you're very proud of it and you do a great job. You might not have a job because there might not be an Israel right now if you had a different prime minister. That's a big statement. But to me, it's a very simple statement to make. I'm looking at Pete Hegseth and he's sort of nodding. If they don't have a strong prime minister, Pete, you might not have Israel today, I think he'll go down in the record books. And, you know, I was a big help. I'll be honest with you. Big, big help. Somebody said in the room, if you don't have Trump, you needed a proper combination of everything. And if you didn't have that combination, which they had, you would not have an existing Israel right now. And the people of Israel know it. That's why they like me. And that's why they really, they actually like him. He's got a little bit of a love hate, more than I do over there. But. But you know what? Even the haters have a lot of respect for him. There's a lot of jealousy about him. A lot of jealousy. Jealousy is a bad word. But I believe you would not have Israel right now. So it's a big deal. Yeah. Please, Mr. President, a recent poll showed that as many of as half of Gazans would be willing to leave the Gaza Strip if afforded the opportunity to do so. Back in February, you said that all Gaza should be. I heard that number today. Half of Gaza would. I've always said it. I said if they were given the opportunity to live in a better climate, they would move. They're there because they sort of have to be. I think it would be. I think it would be a great opportunity. But let's see if that opportunity presents itself. But we're helping the people of Gaza a lot. So is Israel, by the way. So we'll see what happens. But I saw that it was a poll. It was actually more than half the people would leave if they were given the opportunity. And I've been saying that for a long time. It was, to me, it was common sense. So it's interesting. Why wouldn't countries accept them? Look, let's not talk about. Because we don't want the controversy right now. We're helping Gaza. But if they were given the opportunity, I think even higher than that. The person, the group that did the poll is usually, I call them negative polls, as you have a lot of them. And yet this poll was, I think, very accurate, other than it would be more than half the people if given the opportunity. But they haven't been given that opportunity. So we'll see what happens. Mr. President, have you reached a point of understanding regarding Syria? We do have an understanding regarding Syria now with Syria. You know, your new president, I respect him. He's a very strong guy. And that's what you need in Syria. You can't put a choir boy. You can't put a, you know, somebody that's a perfect person, everything's nice, no problems in life. You have the opposite there. He's a strong guy. We get along with him. Great. I can't ask for any more. He's. He's been with us all the way. We had that mishap with isis and he was with us all the way. He was fighting us, you know, he was fighting them. So I hope Israel. I'm sure that Israel and him will get along. I will try and make it so that they do get along. I think they will. Bibi, do you have anything to say about that? Yeah. Well, our interest is to have a peaceful border with Syria. Our interest is to have, and we openly say it. We want to make sure that the border area right next to our border is safe. We don't have terrorists. We don't have attacks. And we also want to secure our Jews friends. And by the way, I think not only the Jews, but other minorities, especially the Christians, should be protected as well in Syria and throughout the Middle east and in Nigeria, when your efforts, we back completely because Christian communities are beleaguered around the world and especially in the.

Mad Dog (7:50)

Middle east, but in parts of Africa, too.

Donald Trump (7:53)

And we stand for the same thing. And don't forget, it was President Erdogan that helped very much get rid of a very bad ruler of Syria. That was President Erdogan, and he never wanted the credit for it, but he really gets a lot of credit. Bibi agrees with that. I agree with. I mean, I know it. And President Erdogan should get a lot of good credit for what he did. He got rid of some very bad people. And, you know, they've been wanting to do that for a thousand years with different names. But for a thousand years in Syria, President Erdogan did it. And we give him a lot of credit. I give him a lot of credit. But I think it's going to work out well between Syria and Israel.

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Mr. President, about Lebanon.

Donald Trump (8:39)

Yeah, go ahead, please. The Lebanese government, so what we saw is not meeting the terms of the ceasefire agreement, has failed to disarm Hezbollah. Actually, in your view, should Israel strike the the terrorist organization again? Well, we're going to see about that. We'll see about it. The Lebanese government is at a little bit of a disadvantage, if you think of it, with Hezbollah, but Hezbollah has been behaving badly. So we'll see what happens.

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To another.

Donald Trump (9:11)

Operation of Israel in Iran.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (9:13)

You said before the meeting with Netanyahu that you are in support of Israel.

Donald Trump (9:17)

If the ballistic meeting, missile project will take on and also the nuclear weapon.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (9:21)

But after the meeting, after what?

Donald Trump (9:23)

You know, from the intelligence, how close.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (9:25)

Are we to another war with Iran?

Donald Trump (9:27)

Well, I don't want to say that, but Iran may be behaving badly. It hasn't been confirmed, but if it's confirmed, look, they know the consequences, you know, consequences will be very powerful, maybe more powerful than the last time. Yeah. And Iran should have made a deal. The last time I gave them the option, I said, you can make a deal, do it. I told him, do it. And they didn't believe me. Now they believe me.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (9:57)

Do you have evidence that Iran is behaving badly?

Mad Dog (9:59)

And what do you mean by that?

Donald Trump (10:00)

This is just what we hear, but usually where there's smoke, there's fire. Have you heard the expression, do you mean related to the nuclear capability? No, I'm hearing that they're not nuclear yet, but maybe nuclear to the sites were obliterated. But they're looking at other sites. That's what I've heard. They're looking. So it'll take a long time. They're not going to go back to where they were. But they. They have other places they can go. And if they're doing that, they're making a big mistake. Yeah, please. There's no reason for them to do it. Mr. President. Mr. President, is the United States currently open to engaging in bilateral discussions with Tehran? We're hearing reports from numerous countries and that there may be some discussions. Is that something you would support or something that is. I would support that. I would, yes. Right now. Thank you, sir. I have been, by the way, before the war. I would support that. I said to him, bibi, I said, let's negotiate. And they didn't believe what was going to happen would happen. Yes, ma'. Am.

Eric (11:01)

China has been doing naval exercises basically to test encircling Taiwan. Can you explain to us what your knowledges of that? What do you think about that? Have you had any discussions with.

Donald Trump (11:12)

Well, I have a great relationship with President Xi, and he hasn't told me anything about it. I certainly have seen it, but he hasn't told me anything about it. And I don't believe he's going to be doing it. No. Nothing worries me. Nothing.

Eric (11:29)

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

Donald Trump (11:30)

Right. So if you're in circle, if you're doing naval exercises and air exercises, doing naval exercises for 20 years in that area now, people take it a little bit differently, but in fact larger than they're doing right now. So we'll see. But they've been. They've been doing that for 20, 25 years. Yeah. Mr. President, if you don't see Hamas.

Eric (11:51)

Disarm in that short amount of time.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (11:53)

They'Re giving them, can you tell us.

Eric (11:54)

What the next steps would be?

Donald Trump (11:55)

It would be horrible for them, Horrible. Going to be really, really bad for them, and I don't want that to happen. But they made an agreement that they were going to disarm, and you couldn't blame Israel, by the way. We have other countries that will come in and do it. They said, let us do it for you. If they don't. Countries that were with them wanted the deal to be made, agreed that they would disarm. And now if they say that they're going to disarm, that's fine. If they say they're not going to disarm, those same countries will Go and wipe them out. They don't even need Israel. You know, we have many countries, 59 countries that are in agreement. This is a real peace in the Middle East. And Hamas is a small part of it, but it's still a part of it. But we have 59 countries that signed on, big countries, countries that are outside of the Middle East. As you know, the Middle east, they want to go in and wipe out Hamas. They don't want Israel. They don't need Israel. They want to do it because it's the right thing to do, because they were for the deal based on the fact that Hamas pledged, they swore that they were going to disarm. Now, if they're not going to disarm, those same countries will wipe out Hamas.

Eric (13:18)

President Trump, do you think that the.

Donald Trump (13:20)

PA should be involved the day after in Gaza Strip, even in the near future? And the same question to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Mad Dog (13:26)

Do you see a real opportunity that.

Donald Trump (13:28)

The PA will be in Gaza? Go ahead. Maybe. I think President Trump put clearly the conditions of reform that he wants to see in the PA for them to be involved. And I think he put it very clearly what he wants to see the kind of real reforms, not just perfunctory reforms, real reforms. Stop pay to slay. Change the curriculum in your textbooks. Open up, you know, a different society and a different future. If they do it well, you know, let them. You know, I think it was clear put. He put, he put guidelines that were, by the way, in the Trump plan of 2020, and they were put then in the 20 points. And it's up to them, remember this. If we didn't do what we did to Iran just to make the subjects just slightly different, you wouldn't have peace in the Middle East. You wouldn't have a deal signed in the Middle East. You wouldn't have a deal because other Arab nations, which are great, great, great people, I know them very well. I know them. They're great people. They wouldn't be able to have agreed to peace in the Middle east because you would have had a dark cloud hanging over everything. It wouldn't, wouldn't have been possible. So Iran has been greatly reduced and power, prestige, I don't want to use the word humiliation because, you know, they're trying to build up again, but we can't let them build up because if they build up, there can't be peace in the Middle East. It was a mistake. You know, when they wiped out Iraq, Iraq and Iran were about the same power. And they fought each other with different names for a thousand years. And then our country came out and blew up one of those two countries, namely Iraq. And all of a sudden, Iran had the whole Middle east all to itself. But that's not true anymore. That's not true anymore.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (15:22)

Can you tell us something about your plan? Tell us something about your plan to expand Abraham Accords. If you can. Tell us something about your plan to expand Abraham Accords.

Donald Trump (15:34)

Well, the Abraham Accords are great. There's a great achievement of Jared and everybody. I mean, it was one of the great achievements. They'll be expanded. Countries are already talking about expanding it and they'll be expanded fairly quickly. Yeah, please. Is it still on the table, the normalization? Saudi Arabia is great. We have a great leader and a friend of mine and a friend of a lot of people. Also an enemy of some people. But those people aren't doing so well. No, Saudi Arabia has been very good as far as I'm concerned. They've done everything that we can ask for.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (16:16)

Israel is on the.

Donald Trump (16:18)

They're getting along great with Israel. They will. And at some point they'll sign the Abraham Accords.

Eric (16:25)

So one of the big domestic tasks ahead of you is to pick a.

Donald Trump (16:29)

New chairman for the Fed. Yeah, you're, you've said that you have one favorite, but you're also doing interviews and change. Yeah, I'll announce them at the right time. There's plenty of time. Are you. But in the meantime, we're doing numbers that nobody's ever seen. We have $18 trillion coming in. We had a 4.3% GDP. They thought it was going to be 2%. And that's despite the Democrat shutdown. Had the shutdown not occurred, we would have had an extra point in a quarter. Think of that we are doing. And also despite the fact that we have a fool at the Federal Reserve, I mean, Biden reappointed him as too bad. You would have thought he wouldn't have done that. But he's an absolute fool who's building a new Federal Reserve or he's doing a renovation of a building. Maybe he's up to $4.1 billion to do a renovation of a few very small buildings. It's the highest price in the history of construction. He's spending more money than any building has ever spent per square foot on the renovation of. As an example, I'm doing a magnificent, big, beautiful ballroom that the country has wanted, the White House has wanted for 150 years. It's a massive job, and it's a tiny fraction of that number and we're under budget and ahead of schedule. Now it's, it's bigger than I told you. It's, you know, after realizing we're going to do the inauguration in that building. It's got all bulletproof glass. It's got all drone. They call it drone free roof. Drones won't touch it. It's a big, it's a big beautiful, safe building. But it's, you know, some big project for a tiny fraction that were under budget and ahead of schedule and they wanted it for 150 years. Think of it, the Federal Reserve Building. Two buildings there. They don't know what they're doing. They're way over budget. I mean almost. This was built during the Biden administration and I wrote by it the other day and it's headed by the head of the Federal Reserve. Too late. You know, too late. Powell too late because he's always too late with interest rates. Except before the election he was too early because that would have helped. That was supposed to help get her elected. It had no impact. We won all seven swing states. But, but no, no, we're thinking about bringing a suit against Powell for incompetence because think of it. These are two. These aren't outstanding buildings. These are small buildings. He said 4 billion more. It's going to end up costing more than $4 billion. 4 billion. It's the highest price of construction. Again, Democrats highest price of construction per square foot in the history of the world. There's never been gorgeous monuments are built for a much smaller price. So we're thinking about bringing a gross incompetence. What's called gross incompetence lawsuit. It's gross incompetence against Powell and it was his baby and the guy's just incompetent. There's nothing you can do about it. He's just a very incompetent man. But we're going to probably bring a lawsuit against him. Thank you all very much. I appreciate it. Bibi, congratulations. Announcement then on Powell's replacement, January something. And will you ask Jay Powell to.

Eric (20:05)

Resign from the board entirely?

Donald Trump (20:07)

A favor to the nation. But he's come close. I mean we're getting pretty close. I would fire him. I would, I'd love to fire him. But we're so close, you know, maybe, but maybe I still might.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (20:22)

Say it.

Donald Trump (20:27)

We're thinking about a very serious. And what is it? What prevented. They'll never use it, okay? I promise they can you press?

Eric (20:35)

Thank you.

Donald Trump (20:36)

Thank you everybody.

Mad Dog (20:37)

Thank you. Well, that was a. I Believe that was on schedule. I think this, this was the second time President Trump came out with BB Netanyahu. Again, this is at Mar a Lago right here in West Palm Beach. I think the operative line from that whole thing for me, the big takeaway was when he was asked about Iran and whatever saber, saber rattling they've been doing. He says, gee, I hope they calm down because I'd hate to waste the fuel on the B2 bombers to send them over and bomb Iran again. So head heads up there, folks. All right, our first guest is the CEO of Rilax. I believe it's pronounced Ryx. We'll ask her in a second. Ryx strategy and a global geopolitical advisor and strategist. Always happy to have Rena Shaw back with us. Reena, I say that right? Is it Rilax or Reena? Relax. What is it? Well, might be. You might be muted, my dear. You might be muted. Let's stay. Do we have it?

Eric (21:30)

Hey, guys.

Mad Dog (21:31)

There we go. There we go.

Eric (21:33)

Great to see you.

Mad Dog (21:34)

Relax or relax, relax. Relax as in relax. R I L A Rena want to talk about this extreme amount of fraud. I think it's up to 8 or 9 billion dollars. It's been happening in Minnesota under Governor Tim Walls, Democrat, who says he. It's not his fault. He said he'll try and fix things. Not his fault. It's incredible. This young independent journalist, Nick Shirley. I believe it's Craig Shirley's son, if I'm not mistaken. Just 115 million views on this video. I don't know if you've seen or not. Is stunning how these Somalians in, in Minnesota are just stealing but also acting like they're, they're not doing anything wrong. What are your thoughts?

Eric (22:15)

Yeah, I mean, it's industrial grade fraud here, industrial scale, I should say, over there in Minnesota. I spent a couple years there. I have family in the Twin Cities, and it's a beautiful state. Good lawmakers overall. Pretty purple, I must add. But what's going on right now with what we've seen? Again, fraud is nothing to take lightly. And when you've got evidence of it like this, potentially billions stolen from child nutrition, Medicaid, housing and autism programs. I think it's a really big reminder there, Eric, of why we need really strong oversight and accountability in government spending. I mean, it's lax rules under the previous administration that let bad actors exploit very generous programs that are meant for the vulnerable.

Mad Dog (23:03)

You know, it's pretty fascinating that a young guy, young journalist, Nick Shirley, has to Create enough interest that now the FBI is investigating. You know, you know, I say, I see. Bring the military in. Just bring. This is so big. And kid you not, yes, the taxpayers in Minnesota will pay for some of this, but the US Taxpayer will pay for a lot of it as well. Just mark my words on that. Bring the military and find out these Somalians who are illegal and who are. Are legal, because I have a hunch there's a good amount of them who are illegal. Get them the hell out of there or throw them in jail.

Eric (23:34)

Well, look, I think, yeah, we're looking at the country's biggest Somali American enclave there. I think some 80,000, if I'm not mistaken. But, but let's talk about that Feeding Our Future program. And beyond that, I think the original 250 million for feeding our. For feeding our future, in that case, that was just the tip of the iceberg. Now we're seeing charges in multiple programs. There are prosecutors who are saying half of 18 billion in funds could be compromised. I mean, that's just an unconscion number. So I think this is actually a win for the Trump administration and this FBI. Not the biggest fan of the director, Cash Patel, because he's got his own problems right now with spending. But in general, what I've seen this administration do is surging resources to try to root this all out decisively. And when you look at Trump's leadership here, he's been calling this out pretty loud and clear. I'll give credit where it's due. Minnesota became a hub for this under very weak Democratic oversight. And his focus on fraud prevention and immigration enforcement is pragmatic here, too. And that's just what generally most Americans want. I mean, remove politics from this for a moment, and everyone agrees we need to protect taxpayers and ensure that aid goes to people who truly need it, not to shell companies and lavish lifestyles.

Mad Dog (24:54)

Millions upon.

Eric (24:55)

The immigration angle you also mentioned is very, very important. And I think it's also equally as important to say that while not every Somali American is involved, I mean, far from it. Okay. The fact that many defendants are from that community genuinely highlights risks in unchecked resettlement programs. I mean, we welcome legal immigrants who assimilate and contribute to our society, but fraud like this just is unbelievable, how quickly it erodes trust and burdens fellow citizens.

Mad Dog (25:29)

There were. You got to watch this video, folks. I know you have, Rena, but there were child care centers. Child care centers. Child care centers within yards of each other with no children in it. And by the way, they Taped up all their windows so no one could see in. How long has this been going on? The gross incompetence by anyone who's supposed to have oversight of where this money is going. They should all be prosecuted. Not just thrown out of their jobs, but prosecuted for fraud. Tim Walsh should be prosecuted. He was warned, he was told about it, he ignored it. How is, why do we never see a politician, especially a governor or a high level senator, US Congressperson? Why don't we ever see them held accountable?

Eric (26:12)

I really wish we saw this across the political spectrum. I don't care that Governor Tim Waltz of Minnesota is a Democrat, but this is more than just egg on his face. This is a responsibility that was abdicated. I mean, his team spotted red flags years ago, but they dragged their feet on this because also they feared backlash. And that is just not leadership. It's putting politics over people. And the way I see it from my center right viewpoint is that tough enforcement without scapegoating is possible here, but we can also have zero tolerance for waste, fraud and abuse. And then there's also just a broader lesson here, right? This ties into national priorities. I mean, things like what the MAGA and America of first crowds both agree on is drain the swamp and welfare programs, just like securing borders. So I mean, when we talk about what President Trump wants from the federal level, this peace through strength abroad mirror strength at home. I mean cut the fraud, recover the money and reform systems so that this never happens again, very quickly it hits.

Mad Dog (27:25)

Strikes all the boxes of America first movement maga, you have, you have immigrants that fail to assimilate, maybe you have illegals also amongst them. The waste, fraud and abuse that is is just rampant in Democrat strongholds, Minnesota being one of them. And then you have a governor, a Democrat governor who's turned his blind eye to that while he's trying to run for president. I think he, he tweete insane like happy Catter day on Saturday because it's Cat Saturday or something in the midst of an $8 or $9 billion fraud investigation. Incredibly, you're right, it plays right into the MAGA movement, doesn't it?

Eric (28:05)

Exactly, it does. And it's so tone deaf to think that he would just sort of joke during a time where his leadership is frankly more than just under fire. I think the right thing for him to do would actually be to step down. But the Democrats can't, they can't afford any more W L's right now. Sorry, they need more W's in the column there. And this is the part Where I take off my political advisor hat, Eric. I mean, I have a lot of experience with this. As you know, I'm the daughter of legal immigrants. My dad came over in 1970, my mom in 1981 after they met when he was on vacation. And both of them taught America to me, like it was a beautiful concept, an experiment, and that it was our job as individuals to go into society and learn how to be better members of that society and take what good values each immigrant can bring to this country and also take from society as well and put those back in and sort of again, the public square and say, we're going to strive to make this place a more perfect union. Which is exactly what our founders wanted. Right now you see a lot of these immigrants coming through not wanting to learn English, believing that they can just. All they need to do is work here, send their money, hide and hide.

Mad Dog (29:15)

Behind politicians like Elon Omar and. And Tim Walls, who give him free reign to act the way they want. Rena, I gotta go. I appreciate your time. It's Relax Strategies. Reena shy. Everyone, thank you so much for your time.

Eric (29:26)

Thanks, Eric. Take care.

Mad Dog (29:27)

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I am tickled to death. I feel better than I have in years. I went from being on Ozempic for 13 years and having lost all my body strength, my digestive system's working properly again. Things are back to normal and I can't believe I'm getting my life back. That was my biggest goal when I did the 555. We had a long conversation. You told me that you could help me and you have. Thank God, brother, that we got connected because now you're going to live a long, powerful life. I'm finally off of it and that's what I wanted to do.

Mad Dog (34:17)

Well, 2025 coming to an end. A lot of people are jumping back on extreme diets or even medications like Ozempic, Wegovian and others to try and lose weight here to tell us why that's not the right answer. Founder of Energize Health, John Jubilee. I think it's so important to point out, John, that these GLP1 drugs, Ozempic, WeGovy, others, the minute you stop taking them, you gain the weight back, right?

Donald Trump (34:42)

Well, well, actually you gain the fat back, but your muscle is gone forever, right? Regain your fat back, but your muscle is gone forever. So when people lose 10, 15, 20, 30 pounds of solid muscle, that's going to be gone unless somebody, you know, like that gentleman, 13 years on his Ozempic. And why did he hate it, Eric? Because he lost all of his strength. Because he lost all of his muscle. So of course, as you know, at Energized Health, you know, people gain 10, 15, 20 pounds of solid muscle. So this guy got his life back, got his health back and got his muscle back. So yeah, this is the long term solution, guys, that doesn't have any negative side effects.

Mad Dog (35:24)

That's a really important point. And you know, this happens because you see people who are on Ozempic, they get the fast weight loss, they lose the fat, but they lose the muscle. And they've, they've called, they call it Ozempic face, Ozempic butt. And, and then when they stop, you're right, it's just the fat comes back. It takes forever to get the, the muscle back. That's incredible. So how does intracellular hydration replace that type of, I don't know, transformation?

Donald Trump (35:48)

Well, a couple ways. So number one is, look, all we need is a good metabolism, right? So Ozempic, instead of giving you a good metabolism, it just takes away all of your desire to eat. So you lose your healthy appetite. And you're supposed to eat to live and you're supposed to eat to be strong. Food is fuel. So food is a good thing, guys. Eating is a good thing. Appetite is a good thing. It's all about having it in the right way. God designed you to have it. So with intercellular hydration, you're basically reset like when you were 17 years old. So you've got a healthy metabolism, you've got a healthy appetite, you build your lean muscle, you build your healthy hydration. And this is the perfect time for you guys. By the way, listen, everyone sets New Year's resolution and we all do the same thing, we do it for two or three weeks and we fail. So can I just encourage everybody? Why don't you set one last a last resolution. Let 2026 be the last New Year's resolution you ever set. Set it and say, look, no, this year I'm going to get healthy. Don't say you're going to lose weight. Say I'm going to get healthy with a side effect of losing my fat, gaining my muscle, gaining my hydration. I'm going to spend five bucks. Go do this five five five challenge. Guys, if you'll just spend five days with Chelsea and I, I promise it'll change your life. And if you want to know what your measurements are, spend $99. You can spend $99 and we'll FedEx you a device that'll measure everything for you. You'll get to spend some extra time with Chelsea and I. But I will make you a promise. This will be the last New Year's resolution you ever make. If you'll just come and join us on a my 555 challenge January 5th. So clap out. Everything's a five. Eric. Join us on the 5th. It's my 555challenge.com guys. Invest $5 or $99 but it'll be the last New Year's resolution that you ever make. If you will take this action step.

Mad Dog (37:46)

Very good, John. Jubilee. Always good to have you. And again that those New Year's resolutions kicking in right at the right time. January 5th, 15555 challenge. John, thank you so much.

Donald Trump (37:56)

Thank you, Eric.

Mad Dog (37:57)

Happy New Year. Coming up.

Donald Trump (37:58)

Happy New Year.

Mad Dog (37:59)

All right folks, that whiny, unfunny weasel Jimmy Kimmel decided to deliver a Christmas message to the UK about so called tyranny happening right here in America. You know, because Jimmy Hates America. And because apparently people being arrested for just posting their opinions online in the uk apparently, well, that's not tyrannical to the likes of Kimmel.

Donald Trump (38:19)

I honestly have no idea what's going on over there. I do know what's going on over here, though. And I can tell you that from a fair. From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year.

Mad Dog (38:31)

Tyranny is booming over here.

Donald Trump (38:34)

You may have read in your colorful newspapers my country's president would like to shut me up because I don't adore him in the way he likes to be adored. The American government made a threat against me and the company I work for, and all of a sudden, we're off the air. And because so many people spoke out, we came back. Our show came back stronger than ever. We won, the president lost, and now I'm back on the air every night. We are not bright. We're Americans. No one knows better than you. We're always just a little bit late to the game. But do we come through in the end? Maybe. Give us about three years, please. Thank you for your patience and thank.

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Mad Dog (39:17)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Mad Dog. You like that line? The Spider man line? I'll tell you what, that one caught me off guard. Yeah. This guy wants us to be more like Europe. You're out of your freaking mind, Kimmel. We don't be anything like Europe, folks, if you're not my girlfriend, Jazzy Jasmine Crock. I say that because all you people, I get these voicemails saying you must have a crush on Jasmine Crocker you always talk about. No, I talk about it because she's a lunatic and we need to see what the left is doing. Well, you thought Jasmine Crocker was changing up her strategy now that she's running for Senate. You'd be wrong. Her race baiting is still alive and kicking. But what's worse is she's decided to come out against Texans. Yep. The very same state, same constituents she's hoping to represent as their senator. Watch.

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It feels like we live in a hill.

Donald Trump (40:05)

I know, I know, I know. I feel it, too.

Eric (40:10)

And I want you all to remain.

Donald Trump (40:12)

As encouraged as possible.

Eric (40:16)

You know one of the songs that.

Donald Trump (40:18)

Has come to mind as MAGA continues to try to figure out what type.

Eric (40:24)

Of attack will work on me.

Donald Trump (40:27)

Just to be clear, I know some.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (40:28)

Of y' all were out there and.

Eric (40:29)

You were concerned about all the hate.

Donald Trump (40:31)

And that kind of stuff.

Eric (40:32)

I want y' all to know that, like, MAGA just. There's Nothing that I could ever say or do that would make MAGA be like, that's our girl. Right?

Donald Trump (40:40)

Because like, first of all, ton of racist.

Mad Dog (40:43)

And so that's what we do at maga. I represent maga, my dear Jasmine Crock. We just play your words. And your words are lunatic enough to realize. People at Texas should realize, don't vote for that woman for senator or anything else. Dog catcher. Even one more when he's not busy running for California governor. The biggest joke ever, by the way, in Congress, Eric Swalwell is already calling it on behalf of Democrats. As we already suspected, if Democrats happen to win back the majority in 2026, they'll go right back to their Lawfare handbook because putting forth actual policy is clearly never part of the Democrat plan.

Donald Trump (41:17)

Congressman, it sounds like you're saying that.

Eric (41:19)

Inherent contempt, holding these officials in inherent contempt or even the possible a vote on impeachment of someone like Pam.

Mad Dog (41:26)

Restricting funding.

Eric (41:27)

Yeah, or restricting funding. It sounds like though, that may not happen until or if Democrats actually win the house in 2026. Is that right?

Mad Dog (41:38)

Yes. And so we have to telegraph that.

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That'S what we are willing to do if we are given the majority.

Mad Dog (41:43)

Well, listen, there's a big problem. GOP has to get their act together. They got a year. You got to get your act together. Gop, you got to start. Gop, you got to start putting people behind bars. Pam Bondi, you need to step up, Cash. You got to step up. Step up and start prosecuting these. Hold someone accountable. Otherwise it's going to be a bloodbath in 2026. Sorry I have to say that to you folks. I hate to agree with Jasmine and Swalwell, but we really, really need a light of fire under their ass. Got it. We'll be back two and a half minutes.

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Dr. Waleed Ferris (47:35)

The U.S. well Eric, for many, many decades now, since 1979, the Islamic regime in Iran is in a state with the United States. At times they do deals like under Obama for example, they said well if you give us $150 billion we can calm down and then we'll see what we do. They used some of the money to lobby here in the United States and in Europe, but a lot of that money to support the militias, Hezbollah hashed Houthis Assad regime at the time. So really they have the comfortable position of willing to do deals anytime they want. But. But their position, the legitimate position is that they are in confrontation. They have a name for us, the Great Satan and for Israel the little Satan. So the President understand that the Islamic regime in Iran basically fear one thing, which is force. That's why he unleashed last summer this deadly strike on the Iranian nuclear power. And he deleted it, basically.

Mad Dog (48:35)

Did he? Well, so two questions. Did he actually delete it? Because Iran is saying it really wasn't that effective, number one. Number two, who is this guy? Who is this guy? President Massoud, you know, I know the mullahs, Khomeini. Ali Khomeini is the, the spiritual and the technical leader of the country. Is this guy just a puppet or is he a puppet master? Is he directing the IRG or is he just answering to the mullahs?

Dr. Waleed Ferris (48:57)

No, they control him, Eric. The agencies, the national security agencies in Iran, the IRGC known also at Seba Pas Daran, the Revolutionary Guard, they not just control him, they control the whole system. They present reports to the Grand Ayatollah on the one hand, who doesn't know much beyond that, but they control the banks, they control all the armed forces. When the Islamic regime in Iran is fighting against Israel, the decision is made by the guard. They are the ones who control everything. And that's why the Israelis understood that at the end of that so called 12 Day War, who are they targeting? Mostly those militias. Because if those militias are hit, what's going to happen is that you're going to see an Iranian revolution. By the way, from yesterday till today, demonstrations are back on the streets of Tehran and other cities as well.

Mad Dog (49:48)

Demonstrating what, sir? Who's demonstrating what? Are they against this, this hard line against the West?

Dr. Waleed Ferris (49:55)

Yes. No, no, the, the demonstrations in Iran today are against the regime. So what I would like to do is take you and your audience back to the last two days of that war called day war. Israel after president destroyed. And I will explain why I think it is destroyed. It needs five, maybe eight years to go back to what it was. But the Israeli air force was going after those militia headquarters. Three more days, four more days, they would have ended those militias and the Iranian people would have been rising against the regime. Unfortunately, Qatar came and you know, presented the case that Iran would be willing to come and sign a deal when Washington were here, sign a deal, but the regime did not sign any.

Mad Dog (50:39)

So control and put that headline back of the declaration because I want to. Waleed, I'd love you to take us through what this looks like to you? Because I've been doing this a really long time. More than 20, 25 years, whatever. I don't think I've ever seen it phrased this way. This feels a little bit more aggressive. Sure, they've always said we're in a war against the west or the west continues to attack our, our Koran and our beliefs. And. But this feels more aggressive to me. Am I misreading that headline? Iran declares total war against US, Israel and Europe as Islamic Republic seeks to expand nuclear capabilities. And also, is this a dog whistle to Hezbollah and Hamas to up their terror activities here?

Dr. Waleed Ferris (51:19)

Absolutely. The last segment of your sentence is the actual conclusion and the difference between this slogan and previous slogans, Eric, and you and I have been in this business of discussing it for many, many years. Is the term total war? Usually it's harab. It's war. This is total war, meaning they will use everything they have, including networks inside the west, inside the United States. So I'm very concerned about the level of terrorism people are talking about. Al Qaeda, yes, it's there, but for over four years under the Biden administration and previously eight years under the Obama administration, our borders were open. Now we're not talking about, you know, there is a constitutional issue, legal issue, with the 8 to 20 million. I don't go into those details, but I'm sure that there are about, and other experts, 100 to 200,000 jihadis, including some of them controlled by the regime in Iran. That's the real concern. Total war means even in your own, on your own homeland. That's what it means.

Mad Dog (52:18)

Interesting timing, too. The week of New Year's, live New Year celebrations around the world. And the reason why I bring that up is because is this that dog whistle that we're talking about for these cells, these terrorist sleeper cells here in the United States and around the world? We, we were just talking about canceling New Year's in Paris, in Tokyo, in Sydney, Australia and others. The folks that were caught in the Mojave Desert planning an attack, a terrorist attack on Los Angeles on New Year's Eve is should we expect some terrorist activity coming up this week, later this week?

Dr. Waleed Ferris (52:53)

What we should expect, objectively, is a full preparation by two forces, two dragons. One is the Islamic Republic or the Islamic regime in Iran. And yes, they have networks and they are very sophisticated, and they are inside the United States, inside Western Union and Western Europe. And of course, our agencies have been warning, have been warning. And of course, the other dragon are the jihadists of Al Qaeda, isis, everybody else who. Or even Boko Haram in Nigeria, who are now killing Christians. But we have those warnings. They are. But there is basically a green light to be given by the top command in the Iranian Revolutionary Islamic Guard. That would make a difference. Would they do it? They're going to calculate. Would the Trump administration retaliate. Last time we confronted them a little bit, they destroyed all of our nuclear capabilities. But we are inside their country. That's what they're saying. They are inside our country. So their calculations is, do we have enough power to bring down the national security of the United States and impose our will? It is now the discussion, and they will decide, not us.

Mad Dog (54:00)

You know, it's one of the. One of their tactics, whether or not they're going to actually pull off another terror attack inside the United States. Just the fear of that is changing our behaviors. Already people are deciding not to go out in public, not to be in large groups for fear of some crazy Islamic fundamentalists blowing themselves up and maybe other people up as well. Is that a rational fear?

Dr. Waleed Ferris (54:24)

Totally rational fear. It's not phobia, irrational fear. It's actually calculated, understood, analyzed, concern. Now, fear depends on the individuals. I am not going to these public things many years because I've been looking at what the jihadists have been doing, including in Europe, mostly. Look in Germany, in France, using everything, using cars to flow into people, using detonations, anything possible, even assassinations. I mean, even the president, our president now has been the target to at least two attempts to assassinate him. So we are living now in a time that is even different from World War II, domestically speaking, during the 1941, 45, we didn't have that fear. We had, of course, battlefields outside. Now we have it. The battlefield is inside, here in Western Europe, in the Middle east, going after the minorities. It's global at this point in time.

Mad Dog (55:18)

Dr. Walid, always good having me on, my friend. And I'm sure we'll be talking about this a lot more in the future, folks. Dr. Waleed Ferris, thank you so much for your time.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (55:25)

Doc, thank you.

Mad Dog (55:26)

All right, folks, we'll be back. Two and a half minutes.

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Dr. Waleed Ferris (59:57)

We have Eric in South Carolina gives his take on ca government.

Donald Trump (60:02)

Eric. Hey, buddy. This is Eric in South Carolina. You're talking about California and how they need a Republican governor and whatnot. You know what? I agree. They need Republican governor, but the problem is everyone else in government is a crazy lunatic liberal. So what is a Republican governor to do? Right answer that one. Riddle me that. All right, Take care, brother. I love the show. Thanks.

Mad Dog (60:26)

Thank you. Because Republic, it's just like the country. The governor, it's. It's the buck stock stops the government. They can veto things. So if the state house is liberal and they push things through, the governor can. Can veto. Now, if it's ultra liberal, maybe they can override a governor's veto. But it takes a long. The government has a lot of power. Let's be honest. The governor has a lot of power to move things in the correct direction. Same way the president has. The way has a great influence in moving the country in. In the direction you just Think back of Ronald Reagan. California has always been liberal. Got Reagan, even Schwarzenegger to a certain extent. They saw the the future. They were way, way better than any Jerry Brown, this lunatic Newsom. Now there at least try, try a failed experiment is government in California. Let's try something different there for those folks.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (61:13)

Mad Dog Frank wants to know what happened to the gold standard.

Donald Trump (61:17)

Ah yes, Eric, my name's Frank from Pensacola, Florida. I want to know why the government doesn't go back to the gold standard. It seems like everything went crap when we were taken off the gold standard. Thank you and have a blessed day.

Mad Dog (61:34)

Thank you Frank, Great question. The reason why we went off the gold standard in the first place is because there wasn't enough gold to support our our deficits. So when the way it works is your dollar has to be supported by an ounce of gold. So the value of an ounce of gold represents what your dollar is worth. The problems we were borrowing so much money we couldn't keep up. For example, we're $38 trillion in debt. $38 trillion in debt. The entirety of the gold market, the entirety of all the gold value right now invested is about 27 trillion. So all the gold in the world wouldn't even cover two thirds of our current deficit in the United States alone. So we did. There's not enough gold in the world. Unfortunately, that's the true answer. Mad Dog.

Dr. Waleed Ferris (62:18)

Yeah. Robert from CA wants to keep ripping on ca.

Donald Trump (62:22)

This message is for Mad Dog.

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Donald Trump (62:26)

Tell the edge. Keep thumping on California. It's Robert from California, please with new slum. Keep ripping on this state. Look at the pensions for the guy. I'm a teamster now. Out of work. We have private pensions, 166 billion in debt. Million billion, whatever. For the people like my brother in law, the firemen who get these overpaid salaries. Hey, you took the occupation. You don't deserve that much money other than a fricking military individual who is threatened every day. So keep ripping on California. Please show more of California because this message will be sent for the midterms. Nobody wants this. But this is what they'll get if they vote. Rhino and Dema Rat. Golden Ghetto.

Mad Dog (63:13)

Golden ghetto. That, that was Frank. Mad Dog be a bad dog. That was awesome. You're right. But here's the problem. You're wrong about the numbers. Not $138 billion. I'm reading this from an AI bot California Public pension debt, unfunded liability estimates vary. But often exceeding a trillion dollars. A trillion dollars. Their punch pension is in debt, which means folks are never going to get paid or the state's going to go deeper and deeper in debt. And you are so right. Forget the Golden Ghetto, it's a Democrat run state and and municipalities up and down the whole California coast. Which means you want some of that in the United States where we just bury yourselves deeper and deeper and dead. Then by all means elect Democrats. They don't know fiscal responsibility. That's why we are America First. That's why we're maga. That's why I'd love to see a balanced budget nationally. That'd be phenomenal. No one seems to be able to do that anyway. All right folks, have a great night. Good to be back and we will see you again tomorrow. Warham's coming up next. Give us some more voicemails. We got a bunch bunch to get through and I I will promise to get through a lot more. Thank you for them. Keep them coming. Warm up next. Banning up next and we'll see you tomorrow. Have a great night. Have a safe night.

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