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Eric Bolling
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Rena Shah
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Ben
All right, all right, all right. There it is. Vulcan on the corner of Brunwalda. Ringing that ring a ling ding ding ding ling dong that bell right there. Close it. Close the dang market already for 745 lower in the Dow, 104 lower in the S P. Nasdaq down a whopping 410. That's a big move in the Nasdaq, guys. That is not good. And here's why. Called off 78, it's still 50, 100 an ounce. Here's why. Look at that Last 1.Up 884 in the oil market. Now, I gotta tell you, it's been on Bannon's show for the last six days in a row talking about this.
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Eric Bolling
These.
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Ben
These little deals to try and ease the pressure on the oil market aren't working. The SPR releasing oil from the spr. I told you days ago it wasn't going to. He mentioned it last night. Bannon texted me late last night, around 8 o'. Clock, 7 o' clock last night. I said, steve, that's not going to work. And sure enough, oil rocketed up. The other oil market. This is West Texas Intermediate. $96 a barrel here in the U.S. in Europe, the Brent, $101 under $1. So whatever they're doing, they need to think bigger picture. Bitcoin can't get about its own way. Hovering around $70 per. $70,000 per bitcoin. All right, before we move on, if you're 64 or older, this is very important. Every year, too many seniors realize their Medicare plan doesn't cover the doctors that they've grown to trust. Suddenly you're stuck finding new doctors that's horrible itself or overpaying. Well, that's Medicare for you. You can spend hours researching, doing everything right, and still end up on a plan that cost you thousands more than you need to pay. That's why I partnered with Chapter. Chapter is the only national advisor that compares every single Medicare plan. On average, Chapter will save people over $1,100 a year on average. I said it right. One caller, Jill, said her chapter advisor showed her options she didn't even see on Medicare's own website. That's literally how broken the Medicare system is. Chapter is free. It's an absolutely free resource for my audience and can renew. Review all your options in under 20 minutes. So if you're on Medicare now or will be soon, call our friends over at chapter 814. Chapter 814, C H A P T E R. It's help you can trust. All right, let's bring in a geopolitical advisor and strategist, good friend of the show. Always happy to have Rena Shah back on the show. Reena, so much, so much Iranian news going on. We just heard the son of the ayatollah who's supposed to take over is now in a coma. He had they amputated a leg to Trump at one point, says there's not much left to do in Iran. But then he's also said I want to be involved in who takes over. And the Iranians are saying you put a ship into the Strait of Hormuz and it may get blown up. I'll tell you this right now. Brent crude oil as we speak, $100 a barrel. Whatever we're trying to do over here to calm things down ain't happening, my friend. What do you see?
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Rena Shah
Hey Eric, it's great to be with you and thanks for having me here. Iran is definitely front and center right now and it's a mess with real stakes for our nation's energy prices and our allies. But let's be real about things. The regime is weakening over there. The mullahs are on their heels. US And Israeli strikes have taken out a huge chunk of Iran's missile launchers. Estimates say something like 75% or more are gone. Plus drone bases, nuclear related sites like Natanz entrances and key IRGC commanders are also taken out.
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Ben
Stop here because IRGC now. So we've learned that the Mueller structure was the fanatical mullahs, religious fanatics that were ruling the country and they have been for 50 years. But now we're hearing that the mullahs may be looking at the IRGC as hey, are you still with us? They're becoming, let's call it the trump card, at least on the Iranian side. Tell us the relationship now. I know how it's been. Muellers controlled them, but now it seems to be flipping a bit. Do you agree with that? A bit.
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Rena Shah
Because again, though we've taken out the key IRGC commanders, it does seem like their foothold was deeper than we thought. And that is the one concern I always had, is how will Iranians who support the regime rally around the flag. And it's because IRGC is again deeper in than we had perhaps thought. And they have a lot on the line here because again, if the people who want freedom, the people who support the return of the Shah, sort of rally against and take over, which is what we wanted to do, we want real regime change, America wants real regime change. Then the IRGC folks were always going to be sort of hung in the streets. But they have continued with their grip. And so that, that is the relationship and that is what's a little tough right now. Even though we're looking at sort of again, the mullahs on their heels here because of what we've been able to do in conjunction with Israel, I will say we need to, we need to know here. Ballistic attacks on Israel are way down, almost 90% from the start. And I get that we're almost at the two week mark, but this isn't an endless war. It's targeted degradation of a terror sponsoring regime that's been chanting death to America for decades.
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Ben
Is it? Is it? I mean, I was told that we were told, well, let's take out their nuclear facilities. Then we were also told over the summer last year, 12 days we obliterated their nuclear, but we hit them again. Listen, I can only be honest and true to what I hear and what I believe and what I present on this show. It says got my name on it right? So I hear it's all about the nuclear capabilities of ram. But then I heard they were obliterated. Now we're still hitting them. I don't think it is. I think, I don't even think it's about the mullahs anymore. I personally think it's about oil. But I do digress and go ahead.
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Rena Shah
Look, I can't disagree with you entirely there because as this has continued past the mark that I thought was readily explainable and easily explainable by the administration. I think we are certainly at a point where we do have to question everything the administration does. We do have to question also how they are going about things when Trump himself has said that he's not opposed to putting boots on the ground. So I get your point, I take it. But I'm also looking at just hard military facts here. I do think it is problematic that the new supreme leader is the son of Khamenei. His name is Mojtaba Khamenei and in his first date statement that he issued. He threatened to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and open new fronts. But here's the issue. Talk is cheap when your arsenal is cratered.
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Ben
Well, so I thought so as well. And then Iran put out a video. I don't know if we have it, if we do have it, let's play. But Iran put out a video showing literally hundreds of these submersible mines. They were non, not manned, they were remote powered and they're underwater mines that aren't laid in the, in the, in the straits bed. They're literally vehicles and amphibious vehicles underwater, which is all you need is one or two. I saw hundreds of them. All you need is one or two allegedly out there and you're going to stop shipping because no captain of a, of a vessel is going to bring two or three hundred of his crew members through there where they could all die.
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Rena Shah
Yeah, those UAVs are definitely problematic. And I think this whole issue with the strait of hormones and the oil reality here is, is the thing we ought to concentrate on here because this is probably the biggest, I think it's the biggest issue. I can't put it any other way. It's the biggest issue with this conflict continuing again past the reasonable mark is what I felt. But the wild card is the strait. Right. And Iran is claiming it's locked down, that ships are getting hit, oil ports are disrupted and the prices are spiked hard before they eased a bit. Now that's again all speculation. We're seeing fuel panic in Asia, higher gas here at home, and all this is hitting wallets really fast. But here's the key. It's operations with Israel are keeping the pressure on. So that is the most recent info I have to share. Look, Iran wants to choke global energy to force concessions, but they're losing the tools to do it. So if we stay firm, this strait reopens on our terms, not on theirs. And look, President Trump pushing for this quick resolution makes sense if it's done again in the way in which he's stating, drag this out and we risk exactly what we saw in Iraq or Afghanistan, which is mission creep.
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Ben
Even worse, what we saw in the 70s with an oil shock because we were beholden to the oil, to the oil producing nations who frankly are loving $100 a barrel of oil. I don't care what you say. All the people are in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia who aren't dying or even Kuwait where a refinery is hit. No one, no one's died. You know, I'm very skeptical. I Could see these, even with Arabs and Persians getting together saying, listen, we're going to bomb that oil infrastructure. We're going to hit that refinery over that oil platform. Get your people away. We're going to do it. And guess what happens? Oil goes to $100 a barrel, wink, wink, nod, nod. And it's kind of conspiracy theory. But is it crazy?
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Rena Shah
I don't know that it's too far off. I know that the Middle east is a region which many of us have learned not to trust. Let's not forget who the hijackers on those 911 flights were from their country of origin, Saudi Arabia.
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Ben
That's right.
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Rena Shah
For many of us, it was a betrayal for President Trump to sit with Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. I really can't tell you what I think in this moment because I think my head spinning. I came of age, I came to be an adult right around 9 11. And all I've ever known is that there are groups of folks over there that have grown up in terror camps. They are radicalized, and they are the same people who will threaten our freedom no matter what. So bombing them to take out one leader, to me, isn't a clear plan unless we have an end point, unless we have a way not to send our brave men and women over there in uniforms to die, then I'm not interested in hearing it. And unfortunately, this administration's not willing to talk about the hard facts of this. They're just telling us this is basically a combat operation. I mean, even Trump himself is oscillated on this being a war. What is it? You know, this. What day of the week is it? And you'll get a different answer depending on the day from. From President Trump. And I'll just say this. Look, this isn't about nation building or picking Iran's next leader. That's a trap we've fallen into before. I think this should be genuinely about neutralizing threats. No more Iranian nukes on the horizon. No more funding Hezbollah barrages or proxies hitting our bases. The Iranian people who get lost here in all this, they deserve better than this repressive regime. I mean, millions of them hate it. They've been killed by their own regime just for wanting freedom, for supporting the plight of women and girls. But change has to come from the inside. And with our support, I believe it can happen. But I don't want there to be boots on the ground. So, again, we can't do it with endless occupation. We win by degrading their capabilities, fast declaring victory, securing the straight and getting out anything longer risks entanglement that we just don't need or want.
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Ben
Rena Shah, always good to have you on, my friend.
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Rena Shah
Thank you, Eric.
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Ben
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Eric Bolling
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an hour, you might as well publish it. All right, folks, we're watching Melania Trump and Donald Trump, President Trump approaching the podium. That looks like. Yeah, that's the East Room right there. Women's recognized Women's Month. Month of March. Guys, are we taking Melania as well? Okay, let's take a listen.
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Melania Trump
The strength of America is closely tied to the role women play in shaping their children's character, education and morals. The values cultivated within our communities shape the voice and vision of our next generation. A woman's influence strengthens our democracy, capital markets and time tested business institution. Across the country. Today, women are finding unique ways to balance career, ambition and family. We all know these incredible women. They dominate America's fork workforce now more than ever before. As a visionary, I know success is not born overnight, but rather takes shape after a long and sometimes challenging process. Often alone at the top, I follow my passion, listen to my instinct and always maintain a laser focus. In solitude, my creative mind dances, filling my imagination with originality. Attention to detail, demanding schedules and multitasking are everyday realities when building towards success. The principle resonates across all my roles as a mother, humanitarian, philanthropist and entrepreneur, as well as with my new film where I shaped its creative direction, served as a producer, managed post production and activated the marketing campaign. Curiosity is a core value that keeps me ahead of the curve. Curiosity begets knowledge, opening doors to ideas and industry that I have otherwise overlooked. This unrestricted mindset has led me to build across very different sectors. Fashion, digital assets, publishing, accessories, skincare, commercial television, and of course, filmmaking. The lessons I learned when launching my earliest ventures, such as how to build a brand, create superior product design and activate an advertising campaign, remains just as relevant today. Markets evolve, technologies change. But the fundamentals of thoughtful leadership and continuous learning are everlasting to all of the young women entrepreneurs and future leaders. Make time for yourself. Educate yourself daily and spread your passion. Be courageous and take risks. Advance your profession through inspiration. Be a bold chief executive while keeping your family, if you choose so, at the center of your nation's future. And now, it is my privilege to introduce our Commander in chief, who throughout his career has demonstrated a strong commitment to promoting women in leadership roles. Please welcome the President, Donald J. Trump.
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Eric Bolling
Well, thank you very much, movie star. Can you believe this? Can you believe it? That wasn't supposed to happen. We were supposed to have a nice, normal life. But she's terrific and big success and I think it was number one last night. Streaming. It went on streaming last night. It was number one. So I don't know, maybe she's getting a little too big for the White House. What to think of. Anyway, thank you, honey. She really is something. I want to really congratulate you and I want to thank everyone for being here today. It's very exciting. It's always exciting to be with you. We love women. Women are the whole deal. Okay? And today's virtual special, because we celebrate Women's History Month. That's what it's about every year. And before we begin I want to send our love to the Michigan Jewish community and all of the people in Detroit, Detroit area following the attack on the Jewish synagogue early today. And I've been briefed, fully briefed, and it's a terrible thing, but it goes on. We're going to be right down to the bottom of it. It's absolutely incredible that things like this happen on another front, an entirely different front. The situation with Iran is moving along very rapidly. It's doing very well. Our military is unsurpassed. There's never been anything like it. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. And we're doing what has to be done, should have been done during a 47 year period. Could have been done by a lot of different people. They chose not to do it. But they really are a nation of terror and hate and they are paying a big price right now. We're honored to be joined by many extraordinary ladies, working moms and amazing women who are making history themselves. You really are. I want to thank second Lady Usha Vance, who is a fantastic person. Where is Usha? Usha? And really, you have been such an inspiration to a lot of women, Usha. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. And your husband is doing a good job. The youngest and perhaps the best White House press secretary in history. Caroline. Where's Caroline? Doing a fantastic job, Caroline. She keeps me straight. She keeps me. No, sir, you can't do that. You can't do this. I can't do anything. Life would be so much more exciting, wouldn't it? Thank you, Caroline. Great. Attorney General Pam Bondi, my friend. Good, good. Got some big things in store. She's doing a great up. Thank you, Pam. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez, Darimer. Thank you, Laurie. Thank you very much. Senator Cindy Hyde Smith, who just had, what did you get? 84, 85% of the vote. What's going on? You know, now I can tell this story, I would, but Cindy Hyde called me up years ago when she first ran. It was a tough race. It was one of their top people in the White House. I won't mention the President because we don't want to mention anybody. Get yourself in a lot of trouble. But it was their top person and it looked very tough for any Republican candidate. And Cindy Hyde was the one. And she was not, I don't know, like the people that knew her loved her, but not a lot of people knew her. And she said, sir, could you do me a favor? Could you give me a rally? I said, a rally is a big deal. And I got there and she Said, would you stay and do another rally in another part of the state? Nobody's ever. And we ended up with three of them. And she won in a landslide, right? And now she's at 85%. And now she wins. She doesn't need rallies. I say, do you want me to do a rally? I don't need any rallies, Sir. She got 85%. Good. I was so happy to see. I'm not surprised, but I was so happy. And that's because you've done a great job. Great job. Thank you very much, Representatives. Virginia Fox, my friend for a long time. Virginia, thank you. Kat Kamek. Kat, thank you very much. Thank you, Kat. Diana Harshburger. Where is Diana? Diana, thank you. A friend of mine, a very talented person, too. Very smart, very victorious. Parts we argue, but we always come to the same place doing a good job. And of course, Kellyanne Conway, has anyone ever heard of her? She's fantastic. She's in there fighting. She's. Kellyanne, a man, a friend of mine said, you know, that Kellyanne, I admire the way she goes in and she screams at those people. She's got us meaning the media, because this is a man that doesn't do very well with the media. It's one of those things. But thank you, Kellyanne. And also I want to thank the New York Stock Exchange and the person who is so instrumental in its great success, Lynn Martin. Thank you very much, Lynn. Great job. Great job. Say hello to Jeff. Right. Thank you very much. Going all the way back to our Nation's founding in 1776, America has been strengthened beyond measure by the courage, by the spirit, love, devotion, and the incredible woman. I mean, all of these incredible women who have served our nation, uplifted our communities, pioneered new industries, and been the heart and soul of the American family. And they are the heart and soul. From Martha Washington to Betsy Ross, from Clara Barton to Amelia Earhart and Rosa Parks to Aretha Franklin, American women have propelled us to even greater heights. And now the Trump administration is working every single day to make America better, safer and more prosperous for women and men, but much more importantly for women. And they are really the inspiration. They are so, so powerful and so important and so beautiful. I'm not allowed to use the word beautiful, but I'm using it anyway. Usually it's the end of your political career. If you say a woman is a beautiful woman. They say that's the termination of his career. But somehow it hasn't hurt too much. You are. You're incredible women and you're Beautiful women. Well, we're here to celebrate Women's History Month. Today we also are celebrating National Working Moms Day, a very special day. And since I took office, we've created more than 300. Listen to this number. 300,000 jobs now filled by proud, hardworking American women. It's a record. The number of women owned businesses increased by 1.2 million last year alone. That's also a record. These are all records. Got a lot of records. Think of that. 1.2 million last year alone. Businesses opened by women. Very ambitious people. Very, very ambitious. Very, very amazing to support working moms. Like many in this room. Last year we passed the largest tax cuts in American history. So our opponents, as you know, want to raise taxes. We decided to lower taxes. All my life I've watched politicians. I've only started this about 10 years ago, but I watched politicians and I watched them so diligently. I loved it. I loved watching. They say, we will cut your taxes. We're going to cut your taxes. We'll cut your taxes. Even if they didn't mean it, they said it. The Democrats say, we will raise your taxes. I've never heard anything but maybe that's why we won in a landslide. Maybe. But we did cut your taxes. And that includes no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security. For our great seniors, that's a big deal. And with us today is Heather Kell, joined by her 14 year old, beautiful son, Finley. Heather is a single mom and waitress in Hendersonville, North Carolina. A great place. And thanks to the one big beautiful bill, she got a big, beautiful tax refund of $4,000 this year, which she didn't expect. And Heather, please come up and tell us how excited you are to receive that. Come on up, Heather. Thank you.
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Rena Shah
Thank you, Darren. Thank you, thank you.
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Kayleigh
I'm honored to be here today. I have been a waitress for over 20 years and a lot of the
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Melania Trump
people I've seen come and go in
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Eric Bolling
the industry are single moms.
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Melania Trump
And they work hard.
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Kayleigh
They're the hardest working people I know.
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Eric Bolling
And then at the end of the
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Kayleigh
year, they're always super stressed out because
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Rena Shah
they don't know where they're going to
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Kayleigh
come up with the extra couple thousand
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Rena Shah
dollars that they owe on the taxes. And this year I had to do a double take.
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Eric Bolling
I had to do my taxes twice
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Kayleigh
to make sure this was real.
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Eric Bolling
I couldn't believe it. Thank you.
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Kayleigh
Thank you so much.
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Eric Bolling
Thank you. I appreciate you. I love that ending. Wouldn't that be. That's from the heart. That's from the heart. Thanks, Heather. Spend it wisely, right? Thank you. Also with us is Nora Pruitt, a proud mom of seven and a sheet metal worker from Baltimore, Maryland. She's seeing how our manufacturing renaissance is bringing opportunity back to America. And if you would please come up, Nora. Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Kayleigh
Hi, I'm Nora Pruitt. I'm blessed with a wonderful husband, Jason Pruitt, and my seven adorable children. I'm a working mom. I used to be a housekeeper for nine years. A year ago I got a job, a career job at Marlin Steel Wire Productions in Baltimore, Maryland. I was match with great pay, a 401k with great match. I got a huge promotion to set up a wire forming machine. We only use USA steel and we only make in the usa. With the big beautiful bill, we were able to buy one of the most expensive tools our factories ever bought. Within that, it totally changed our lives. We were able to buy a five bedroom home on an acre of land. I just want to tell you thank you so much.
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Eric Bolling
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. Wow, that's pretty good, huh? So we have another person that I'm going to introduce. You know, they said, do you mind bringing up five people? I said, not really, but it's a lot. Then I looked at them, I said, how about some more like that? We want more, but thank you. It's great. Great job you did. Another working mom benefiting from our policies is Lexi Chambers. And she's a second generation farmer from Virginia who's got two wonderful daughters, June and Tillie. They're benefiting from our one big beautiful bill. I always say great big beautiful bill because I like it better. Pam. I say, sir, that's not the exact. I said, don't worry about it, it'll be just fine. Great big beautiful bill, because that's what it is. And the $12 billion in farm relief we issued using tariff revenue, we get $12 billion. We took in tremendous amounts of money. We're taking in money because of the tariffs and really jobs are coming in through the roof. And we have factories being built all over the country. As an example, in the last administration, less than $1 trillion in four years. We've taken in $18 trillion plus in 11 months. We haven't included the 12th month yet. So we're at more than $18 trillion. And it's a record in the history of our country, we've never done anything. And that was for a lot of good things. It was because of November 5th. But it was also because of tariffs. So, Lexi, please come up and say a few words. Lexi, come on up. Lexi, so beautiful to see you. Come on in.
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Kayleigh
Hi. My daughter June had to join me. She was not one to stay. As a second generation wife of a second generation Virginia farmer, one of my biggest goals, second to teaching my children to love Jesus above all else, is to ensure that my daughters have the opportunity to farm one day. President Trump, your support of American agriculture through your changes and updates of the estate tax relief for family farms has allowed families like mine the opportunity to ensure that my daughters can farm one day. Thank you for your work on OBBB and your support of the American family farm.
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Eric Bolling
Thank you very much. Thank.
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Kayleigh
You.
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Eric Bolling
That's beautiful. You know, one of the things that we were just thinking about and talking about and something so important is exactly that you mentioned. I never mention it, but so big when you want to pass on your farm to your beautiful daughter someday. A lot of people, until we came along, I came along. We all came along together. You had a tremendous estate tax. They call it a death tax. You want the farm to go well. They had tremendous estate tax. In some cases they're sort of semi land rich, but cash poor. But that's the way it is sometimes. And farms were being lost all over the country. They were being taken away from the banks. And we ended the death tax. We ended it for the farmers, for manufacturers and small businesses. So you're not going to be losing your farms anymore. Okay. It's going to be a long time from now. Many, many years. 70, 80 years. But she's going to have no tax to pay. Okay. Going to be in a long time. Thank you very much. That was great. One of the most important ways we can support women is by bringing law and order and public safety back to our country. And for the past ten months in a row, think of that. Ten months in a row, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States, which is an amazing number. In one year, we've seen the largest decline in murder in the murder rate in 125 years. It's back to the year 1900. That's before my father was born. He never liked talking about age. He probably would hate me saying that. But it was, it was before, way before my father was born. And 125 years, the lowest number of murders. And part of that is what we've done with your department, Pam, and what we've done with some other departments. And Homeland has been amazing. So many people have worked so hard. You know, Washington, D.C. did not have a great reputation for security and safety. And now, as you know, it's just single. Well, let's just say it's real safe because somebody is going to find, have to be very careful with the fake news media. They will find, they will say, well, wait a minute, there was a place in Tennessee that was slightly, it's gone from a very dangerous place where a lot of bad things happened to one of the safest cities in the country. You can come here now. And we've had an amazing record. It's been incredible. It's a real turnaround. Likewise, Memphis, Tennessee, a lot of problems. The mayor called, the governor called and we went out and did a job. And in three months, crime is down 74%. And we'll get it down even beyond that, Much beyond that. It was very quick. But I also deployed the National Guard to bring back safety to Memphis and New Orleans and all these other places. And they have done some job. What great people they are. Our Capitol is now considered, in fact, here's a the safest capital anywhere in the world. How about that? We went from probably the most unsafe, I think we went from the most unsafe, certainly one of the safest. And here today is an outstanding female law enforcement officer keeping her community safe. Sheriff Michelle Cook from Clay County, Florida. Great place, Florida. Come on up. Michelle grew up in a military family, started as an officer almost 35 years ago and has now been sheriff for nearly six years. And she's done a great job and maybe more importantly, she's a great mom. They say, I think you're a great mom. So thank you very much, Michelle, please. Thank you. Thank you,
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Kayleigh
Mr. President. The only place safer than Washington is going to be Clay County, Florida.
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Melania Trump
Okay.
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Eric Bolling
All right.
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Kayleigh
Good afternoon. My name is Michelle Cook and I am a 35 year law enforcement veteran and I currently serve as the sheriff elected sheriff in Clay County, Florida. And I'd like to thank the president, Mrs. Trump, for having all these beautiful women in here today. Thank you so much. My husband Don and I are raising a big, beautiful blended family that includes six kids. And there's two topics that I know very, very well. That's raising kids and serving my community. Raising a family is an honor. And with President Trump's no tax on overtime law, families can now recognize additional dollars from their hard work. 12,000 up to $12,500 per individual and up to $25,000 back in the pockets of hardworking Americans who work overtime to make their families happy and to provide the necessities that they need. And I want to say thank you for that because it is making a difference in Clay County, Florida. I'd also like to talk about law enforcement. As I mentioned, I've done 35 years in this field. And one thing that I will tell you is that crime will rise to the level that a community allows it to rise. And when you have a president of the United States standing up from the whitest house of the White house in Washington, D.C. saying that we will have law and order in our nation, that sets the tone and that sets the expectation. And I can tell you it is an honor to serve my community with you at the very top, sir. Thank you so much.
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Rena Shah
Thank you.
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Kayleigh
In closing, I would like to say God bless our first responders, God bless our military, God bless our president, and God bless the United States of America.
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Eric Bolling
Thank you. Thank you. Great job. And she looks like no games. I'm watching her. I'm saying she looks like a tough one. Thank you. And I hear you do an incredible job. I got the word from Florida. Great honor. As we make our communities safe again. My administration is also fighting for school choice and also bringing education back to the States so that you run them right, Virginia, so that you run them from your local community, not from Washington, D.C. we've done that. And Linda McMahon has done an incredible job, by the way, and that's done so that American moms can send their children to a school that shares their values and everything else. The Trump administration listens to women and moms, which is why we are doing more to help women struggling with infertility than any administration in history. This all started when I got a call from Katie Britt, a great senator from Alabama. I don't know if she's here, but I never said be here, but she did call me and she said, listen, we have a problem. And she explained the problem. I wasn't that familiar with it, I must tell you, but after about two minutes, I understood it very well. And we really took that issue, infertility. We took the whole situation with what was happening. So many bad things were happening throughout the country. And we solved it with my most favored nation agreements that we just had approved by other countries. Just about all the countries all over the world which had nobody was. They always said, kellyanne, you couldn't get them to do it. I got them all to do it. And the calls lasted not even that long a period. I said, you got to do it because we were paying the highest price anywhere in the world for Drugs and prescription drugs, and now we're paying the lowest price anywhere in the world. They had to agree to it. They did. They had to agree. They said it would be impossible to get the drug companies out to get them, but they didn't care because they said, you'll never get the countries. But I got the countries quickly. I said, listen, Emmanuel, like France, just as an example, you have to double the price of your drugs. You'll still be low, but you have to double. No, no, no, I will not do that. Donald, I will not do that. Are you crazy? I'm not going to double the price. But this has gone on for 35 years. And I said, no, you're going to do it. You're going to. No, no, I will not do it. Yes, you are. And I'll tell you why. Because if you don't do it, I'm going to put a big tariff on everything coming in from France or whatever country. Because I made numerous of these calls and it took me. The first answer was always, no, no, no, no, no, that will not do it. The second answer was like, well, I agreed to do it, and every single country agreed. And because of that, we are cutting your drug prices by 60, 70, 80 and even 90% medicine in so long. And when you think about it, you know, it used to be at a time we had a very successful first term, best economy ever. We did a lot of great things. We rebuilt our military. That's one of the reasons we're doing so well now with our military. I never thought I'd have to be using it so much. But when you look at what they did in Venezuela and now what they're doing in Iran, it's been. It's been amazing. But when you look at all of this, everybody was saying that this could never be done with the drugs. It could never be done. And in my first term, I was so proud of myself because I was able to cut the drugs one quarter of a pence. Now, this doesn't sound so good, but I was proud. 28 years, drug costs went up and it never stopped. Went up, up, up. And I had. In my third year, I cut drugs by one quarter of 1%. And it was like a big deal because that never happened before. And I had a news conference. I announced that I cut drugs one quarter. It's the first time in 28 years. But now I cut drug prices by 80%, 75%. A low one, a bad one would be 50%. Think of it, one quarter of a percent. I was happy but, you know, with experience, you learn. And these are the biggest drug price cuts this country has ever had by 25 times. And I think it's going to make a very big difference. All you great congresspeople back there, that helped me. It's going to make a great. It's going to make a great difference. There's never been anything like it. It's called most Favored nation agreements. I got them with all the countries. And so now, instead of paying the highest price in the whole world, we're paying the lowest price in the whole world. Oh, it's pretty good. And I'm very, very happy, very proud of that, actually. It should be the biggest story. I don't get any. Nobody wants to write about it. That's why I talk about it. They don't want to write about it. There was a little story like this in the New York Times. Should have been headlines. I picked up the New York Times. I said to my wife, oh, this is a big one. This is going to be front pages. I couldn't find a story. I said, oh, they must have been a little bit late. You know, they are a lot late. So I figured it was the next day. I looked the next day. There was nothing. It's unbelievable. How would you like to cut drug prices, Kellyanne, how would you like to cut drug prices by 80% and not have a story about it? Something a little cuckoo there, isn't there? But the people got it. That's why we won. The people got it, Sheriff. Right. But I'm also doing something else with, I think was, you know, not much to me. I say, can this really be possible? We're keeping men out of women's sports. Is that okay with 90% of the people? And we're putting that in the Save America act as one of our five. That's voter id. We want voter id. We want proof of citizenship. We want no transgender mutilization of your children. We don't want transgender mutilation. That's number three. We want no men and women's sports. That's number four. And we don't want to have mail in voting. Where the votes go, where the hell do they come from? So we're going to. We do that. It's five things. They're all 99%. They say, oh, that's an 80% issue, like voter ID. No, I think it's a 99. I think the Democrats have it at 87%. The leadership doesn't want it. Why don't you want voter id? There's Only one reason. Ready? Because you want to cheat. Okay. They blame it on all sorts of things. They came up. They said it's racist. They came up with things that you have to say. Their imagination is great. No, we're not going to let them cheat like they did in a certain election that we won't talk about. But that election was. And they cheat now. Look, we're not going to let it happen. So we're going to go get the Save America Act. Not the SAVE Act. Nobody knew what the SAVE act meant. The Save Act. What, Save. What? Save America Act? And it's. We're going to do everything we can. It's hard to believe. Hard to believe. We're having a hard time. I think anybody that votes against it shouldn't. Shouldn't be allowed to run for office. You want to know the truth? But we're working very hard on it. It shouldn't be. It should. Every one of those five points, every one of them is, I think, close to a 95%. They say voter ID, that's an 80% issue. It's not 80%. It's 99%, I believe. And so are most of the others. So there's five points. I call them best of. They're best of Trump. You know, like best of. For an athlete, the best plays best of. These are best of Trump. So hopefully we're going to get them. But I'm also keeping the men out of the women's sports. And I signed an executive order declaring that there are only two genders, male and female. Complicated, isn't it? Male and female. I don't think the first lady is going to have a problem. Am I okay with that one? I'm not. Because she will say to me sometimes I don't like that particular stance. I don't know. That's okay. We like that. Baby cry. Melania would say, I don't like that particular stance, but I think we're okay on that one. Two genders, okay. Male and female. I think so. We'll be okay. And we have put the world on notice that America will not allow men to compete against women in the 2028 Olympics, where we have. We have the Olympics and we have the Olympics. We have the World cup coming up and we have 20. You know, really the biggest is 250. And I did all three of them. I did the Olympics. I got the Olympics, then I got the World cup, then I got 250. But I've never been given credit for that. They won't give me credit for 250 years, but I'm here for 250. I tried to take credit for that, but I haven't been able to get it. But a person that I recognized immediately when I came into the room, I looked down, I said, because I didn't read, if I prepare my speeches, I won't have time to get things done. You know, do you ever hear that? I cannot prepare. So I didn't know who the hell I was speaking to. But I walked in and I saw this beautiful woman with the blonde hair. I watched that bobsled. I don't know how the hell you, you do it, Kaylee, But Kaylee was the star, big star of the Olympics and other Olympics also. And she's, she's a six time Olympic medalist. Think of that. And she's won more gold medals than any other female bobsledder in history. She's a total champion. I watched our whole deal with you, you were getting ready and they said, maybe, I don't know, she was prime. Prime. Eight, eight years ago. They said that that was terrible. And then you ended up winning again. You know, you're going to be prime for a long time, I'll tell you that. What a, what a tremendous athlete. And it's an honor. But I literally, I walked in and I said, because I don't know most of you, unfortunately. But I knew her because I watched that whole thing. And she recently got back from Cortina, Italy, where she won two bronze medals as America cheered her on. And she's won the golds and she's won more than anybody else. And it's amazing to have you here and it's a great honor. Come on up, Kayleigh, Please.
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Kayleigh
I don't know about Braver, but it's a real honor to be here today. Yes, I'm a six time Olympic medalist, three of them gold. But the title. Sorry. I'm most proud of his mom. Thank you.
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Melania Trump
Yes.
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Kayleigh
My journey to motherhood was a two and a half year process through ivf. And I was constantly told that as soon as I became a mom, my career in athletics was going to be over. I was never going to reach the Olympic podium again. Mentally, physically, I could never get my body and my mind back. And I think the ultimate way to tell somebody that, you know, they'll never do it, say don't do it, and I'm gonna go out and do it. That's just how it goes. The ultimate dream I had was to become a mom and then be able to stand on the Olympic podium. And this year I got to do that with my one and a half year old son. Thank you. So being able to earn these two bronze medals, they feel like gold. They really do. He is my gold medal and will always be for the rest of my entire life as a legal immigrant competing for the United States of America, a country that has adopted me. It's one of the greatest honors I've had in my entire life. Having my one year old son chase me around the Olympic podium. Another huge honor and a dream come true. I want to encourage every single mother out there to follow your dreams and don't let anybody put limits on what you believe you can do. The only Olympic medalists, we're actually allowed toward what's called the Order of Ecos. So every Olympic medalist in the United States gets an Order of Ecos that they get to hand to somebody in honor and recognition of somebody who's made a meaningful contribution to their journey to the podium. Because Olympic medals are never achieved alone. So I am here today and I'm so honored to present this, my Order of Ecos medal to you, Donald Trump. Thank you. So we only get one, but I want to recognize the support and the impact you've had on women's sports throughout the Olympic movement, specifically standing up to keep biological women in women's sports, to keep the field of play safe and allow for fair competition. Furthermore, because your policies are creating greater access to IVF so families like mine can continue to grow as I look to become and expand my family again, I believe this actually makes you the first president in history to ever be awarded an order of equals as well. So thank you. Oh, here, we'll do that. Isn't he just the best? He's the best. So thank you.
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Eric Bolling
Thank you very much. Wow. I knew I liked her. I liked her right from the first second. Now I know why. That's really nice. Beautiful. Thank you both very much. Appreciate it. So I'm going to now do a little signing. And the signing is going to be very impactful, very important, and it's something that Melania feels very strongly about and so do I. And perhaps the people that I called before come on up and if you want bring your families up, bring your families and we'll sign all together. Is that okay? Come on. So you ready?
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Melania Trump
Okay.
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Eric Bolling
No auto pen, right? Bam. Am I allowed? No. No auto pen. Okay. Ready? Watch what I do. So quiet. Okay?
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Kayleigh
Okay.
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Eric Bolling
We did it. You want that? Handy's out. Here you go, you champion. She wants so much gold. She doesn't Know what to do with it. Gotten very valuable lately. I want to thank you all very much. That's really nice. You take another one. Thank you all very much. Fantastic. Thank you.
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Ben
Well, there it is. Women's History Month there. Very interesting. Melania was fantastic, wasn't she? She was just so compelling. I love hearing her speak and boy, what a difference. When you think about the first ladies, Jill Biden and Michelle Obama, I guess same Melania takes the cake. Hey guys, take a look at this. Can you roll that? Ben, let me tell you something that's becoming very, very clear right now. There are millions of places online to argue about politics, but there are almost none where people talk honestly about winning at life. That's why I built the Edge. It's a non political zone focused on performance, money, health, discipline and longevity. And the response has been nothing short of incredible. In just a few months, the channel is approaching 2 million views. We're over 12,000 subscribers and more than 65,000 hours of watch time. And that last number matters the most because it means people aren't just scrolling past the edge. They're stopping, sitting down and actually engaging with real conversations. Again, no politics, no noise. Just conversations about success, resilience, investing, health, and operating at the highest level. If you want to check it out, just search the Edge and Eric Bolling on YouTube. Watch one episode and if fires you up. Welcome to the Edge. Again. Search Eric Bolling plus the Edge and subscribe. I promise you, you will up your game if you join us. Guaranteed. There you go. Let's do a few voicemails that we have a couple of minutes here, four minutes or so. Ben, what do you got, brother? You have a few lined up.
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Eric Bolling
Let me just get to the bin real quick. We have the doj. Oh, actually I think we did the DOJ and the auto pen yesterday.
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Ben
Hang on. Trump moves.
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Eric Bolling
Yep, I have John from Maine has
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Kayleigh
some comments about who Trump should have fired.
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Eric Bolling
Eric, this is John from Maine. The one that he should have fired is Pam Bondi. I mean, it's been over a year and no arrest. I mean, there's treason everywhere through our government, corruption all over in just about every state. No arrest, no purple, no nothing. Nothing to see here. Thank you very much.
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Ben
John from Maine, you speak the, the voice of the people reason why we do the voicemails, because I want to hear what you guys are thinking. I give very, very many of those saying Pam Bondi's got to go. The only thing is, folks, we don't know what's going on behind the scenes. You know, she's a. She was a very good Attorney General in the state of Florida. She's a great prosecutor. She knows what she's doing. Maybe her hands are, are tied for some reason that we don't know. Let's give her the benefit of the doubt. But I agree with you. I'm pounding the table here. We know we have perp walks. Folks, the only way you get things to stop happening, the bad things that are happening, is you perp walk some people. So the people are thinking about, should I do that? Maybe I won't do it when I see Hillary Clinton behind bars or whomever behind bars. Yeah, I agree with you, sir. I'm really, really, really concerned about the Minnesota thing. Not, not actually throwing some people behind bars. I'm not just talking about a few, few of the people who are involved in. I'm talking about Tim Walls, the governor. I'm talking about Keith Ellison, the Attorney General there. I'm talking about Elon Omar. She was involved at all. These people not only should be removed from their positions, they should be investigated. And God forbid they're involved in any way or done anything illegal at all, throw them behind bars. That's how you get fraud, waste and abuse to stop.
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Eric Bolling
Ben, we have a viewer who has comments about something that just happened. Hey, Eric, your show is about the only show I really watch anymore, other than Steve Bannon. But I gotta tell you, I gotta talk to the President. For some reason, he keeps taking your show away by showing up on the TV while I'm watching your show. That ain't gonna work for me. The other thing is, though, they got all this stuff on these people in Washington and Bondi needs to start putting some cuffs on these people or she's going to be out too. Beside Christy. The American people want to see these arrests made. They broke the law. They need to be in jail because they sure would have put us in there. As far as Hillary and Bill Clinton go, they didn't show up when they were supposed to. That had been you or me. We'd had a bench worn out. Anyway, good work on your show. I hope I get to see it some of these days. I'll talk to press later.
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Ben
You do talk to the President. Thank you so much. If you do see him, tell him thank you. But here's the deal. Let's go through those one at a time. 4 o' clock hour happens to be a breaking news hour for President Trump. It's the hour he likes to get his message out. That's Just one of those things that we're here and we always step aside when he speaks. No problem with that whatsoever. Even when he wants to talk about Women's History Month. Yeah, we do step aside. Pam Bondi. Yep, we agree. A couple callers talking about Pam Bondi. Agree with you. Per box matter. I can't remember what the third one was. There's something else in there. But, yeah, listen, we got you, brother. We know it. We, we would love to see. Ben, you remember what the third thing he said?
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Eric Bolling
I actually don't remember either. As you were saying that.
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Ben
Well, listen, I appreciate there are a lot of people who say, yeah, we want to see the show. Look, it's great. The show's great. Show's doing amazing. You know, we take the show and just elevate so many topics. Appreciate that. Great being able to do do it right here at rav. But we will always make room for the president of the United States. I love Bannon. That's right. That's the other thing. Ban. I've been on band in the last six days in a row. I love that war room stuff. We're talking oil, everything. Iran oil and Middle East. Ben is coming up next in the war room. And see again tomorrow. Friday. Finally, a Friday.
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Eric Bolling
Friday, right? All right.
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Rena Shah
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