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Eric Bowling
This is an iheart podcast, birthday 70 plus plus one day or something like that. I'm just kidding. All right, folks, Tuesday, 4:00pm, 4:00pm markets close. Really good day in the stock market again. This week has been great. You know why? Because tomorrow and Thursday the Fed is going to meet and the expectation is to low interest rates another quarter percent. As the Fed lowers rates, markets react positively. That's just the way things work. That Dow is up another 160 or so. Nasdaq had a great day, up 190. Weird thing happened. Gold backed off a little bit. 48 oil. This is good. The good news, under $60 a barrel. Again, very good for the economy. But the one that's just got me baffled, crypto cannot get out of its own way. I don't know what's going on. When they lower interest rates, crypto should be moving up with the rest of the asset markets. It's just not bitcoin. Down a couple thousand bucks to the bitcoins. Not really sure what that's all about. All right, folks, that's the market rap for today. All right, our first guest says the Chinese always dishonor their agreements with the United States. Here to discuss his author of Plan Red, China's Project to destroy America, Mr. Gordon Chang. Gordon, let's just go through this a little bit. Trump is trying to negotiate with China. We know they cheat. We know they lie. We know they steal our intellectual property even. Is there any way to trust the Chinese government and why are we negotiating with them?
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Gordon Chang
I think we're negotiating with Americ because the president wants some time in order to reduce our vulnerability to China's rare earth embargo and potentially a pharmaceutical embargo. And he also thinks that there are other things that we can do. Now you're absolutely right. The Chinese always cheat. They always lie. And we President Trump should know this because it was his January 2020 phase trade deal that he negotiated and the Chinese almost immediately violated it. And they openly violated it. And remember, this probably had an impact on the results of the election in November of that year. So this is something that I'm sure is keenly at the forefront of President Trump's consciousness, but he does feel he needs to have a deal with them. And so that's why we're probably going to see something on Thursday, that framework that Treasury Secretary Bessant talked about. But let's remember we are trading a concrete benefit, the not imposing the additional 100% tariff. And we're getting vague Chinese promises. And this has Just never worked in the past.
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Eric Bowling
You know, one of the fascinating things that I just don't really can't wrap my brain around is in China, individuals cannot own stuff individually. They have to be in businesses and properties. They have to be in, in bed, so to speak, with the Chinese government. So all these deals of Chinese, Chinese companies coming over here, buying our farmland, buying into some of the most important assets that we have over here, you're really, we're really in bed, so to speak, with, with the leaders, Xi Jinping and some of the people who really don't want us to survive, they want to take us over. China wants to be the biggest economy, strongest economy and maybe military on the planet, right?
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Gordon Chang
Yes. Well, you know, I don't hold it against any country to want to be number one. But the reason why China is the concern is because it's using malicious tactics. So for instance, it's behind the fentanyl gangs that killed 48,000Americans last year and 72,000 in the year before that. So really what we're talking about is a regime that, as you say, wants to destroy America. It doesn't want to compete with us. It doesn't want to adjust the international system. It wants to take it down altogether and impose worldwide Chinese rule. So yeah, that's the reason why we've got to be extremely concerned. And one other thing, you mentioned farmland. No American can own a square inch of land in China. So why are we allowing the Chinese to own thousands of square miles in our country? The Communist Party has a top down system which means that no Chinese person, no Chinese entity can resist the demand from the Communist Party. And we know that the party's demands are, are indeed really dangerous to us.
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Eric Bowling
Gordon, over the last couple of years, Xi Jinping, maybe there's a reason for this. Xi Jinping has been pretty cozy with Putin. And what I'm getting at is, is that, is he taking a cue from Putin going into Ukraine for his next step, which could be Taiwan? Likely will be Taiwan. What, where, where do we stand on that? And what happens if that does happen? I mean, we're all over the board of what we're going to do if China does attack Taiwan. I mean, we've been, we've been telling them, well, we have to defend Taiwan. Then we've been telling them, well, maybe we, we won't. How close is that to happening? And what will be the US Response?
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Gordon Chang
Do you think China thinks that the history of the world is going to be written on the fields of Ukraine? And you know, we may disagree, but that's the way Chinese think. And that's why China's support for Russia in Ukraine is all in. And so I think we need to take our cue from what the Chinese are doing now. I don't necessarily think Taiwan is the most logical place China to strike, but we are seeing very dangerous activities really weakly in the South China Sea against the Philippines at places like Scarborough Shoal. 2nd Thomas Shoals, Sandy K. And in fact, right now, China is starting to reclaim Scarborough Shoal. And this has to be a red line for us for a lot of reasons. So it is extremely volatile right now in that body of water. This is where we need to start.
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Eric Bowling
Here's something important, though, Gordon, and you'll know this. We so many politicians threaten, we're going to put them in jail, we're going to make sure they we told China do not build military bases in the South China Sea. And what did they do? They took all the sand, they took all the earth, they made islands and turned them into military bases. And all of a sudden, time goes by and they're still there and they're still using them, likely plotting their next takeover. When do we say no to China? Can you say no to China?
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Gordon Chang
Well, we can say no to China for a lot of reasons. For instance, their military, although it has a lot of weapons and some of them are actually better than ours, is really not configured to fight. They are not ready yet. And where we say no is Scarborough Shoal for a lot of reasons. Just to give you one example, you know, in 2012, we had the Chinese basically seize the shoal from the Obama administration, which had negotiated a deal between Beijing and Manila on Scarborough so that everybody would back off. But only the Philippines complied after they saw the weak Obama response, actually a Biden response, because he knew what the foreign policies are. The Chinese then actually started to militarize those islands in the Spratlys that you referred to. They then went after the Philippines at second Thomas Shaw, and they ramped up pressure against Japan in the East China Sea, at the islands that the Japanese call the Senkakus. So Obama taught the Chinese that a aggression works. And that's why we're living with this legacy of very dangerous activities in that body of water.
- [07:17]
Eric Bowling
Xi Jinping was at Mar a Lago having baked Alaska, if I'm not mistaken, when Trump dropped bombs in Syria, on Syria military air base in Syria with Russian military being housed at that air base. Does she, does he fear Trump or no?
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Gordon Chang
Well, he feared Trump then. That was April 2017. And it was chocolate cake. Eric.
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Eric Bowling
No, Okay, I stand for it.
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Gordon Chang
Anyway. Remember the most beautiful chocolate cake in the world. And yes, Trump got up in dinner and announced the missile strike on the Syrian bases. And Xi Jinping was flummoxed. And he was actually on relatively good behavior during the four years of the first Trump administration. Right now, I don't think Xi Jinping respects us. It's very clear. That's what they tell visitors. They think the United States is done now. I think they're seriously wrong. But the point is the Chinese mentality right now is very aggressive.
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Eric Bowling
All right, Gordon, really good having you. I think this is just the first chapter of a very, very long book between Russia, China, Trump, United States and who knows whom else. It's not getting, not getting any more comforting the global foreign policy picture right now.
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Gordon Chang
Gordon.
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Eric Bowling
Gordon Chang, thank you for your time, sir.
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Gordon Chang
Oh, well, thank you so much, Eric. And stay safe.
- [08:46]
Eric Bowling
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- [12:15]
Eric Bowling
All right, our next guest says don't try to work with the IRS by yourself. Tax Network USA has specialists that take the burden off your shoulders. Here to tell us more about that, spokesperson for Tax Network usa, Cameron Kinsey. Cameron, really good to have you on. Miss this, you know, extension deadline? Are we cooked? Are we toast? What can we do? And how can Tax Network help us if we haven't even filed the extension yet?
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Cameron Kinsey
Yeah, well, thank you so much for having me, Eric. It's good to see you. For those watching who don't know, Tax Network USA is one of America's leading tax relief firms. We have specialized in helping individuals and business owners take on the IRS head on. Whether that's audits, back taxes. You're dealing with wage garnishments, maybe even unfiled returns. And so our team includes license, we have CPAs, enrolled agents, experienced tax attorneys, who really just know the tax code inside and out. They know how the IRS operates and what to look out for and know how to push back effectively. And so the truth is, you know, Eric, the IRS really doesn't care who's in charge politically. Obviously, we've seen these aggressive tactics from the Biden administration trickle over and President Trump has done a really great job eliminating, I think he eliminated 25% of the IRS workforce. But they have stayed aggressive, actually. So our job is just to protect hardworking Americans who just get crushed by bloated, weaponized enforcement that we've seen in the past.
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Eric Bowling
You know, I think I've read these, these promos and they say, well, you can get taxed up to 25% of the initial burden that you owe the IRS. I've experienced where it was more, Cameron. I've experienced. I, I didn't know I did a deal on, did a piece of property deal years, I'm very, very young. Forgot about it years later. Never paid taxes on it. Completely forgot erroneously. My tax was almost a hundred percent of the penalty, was almost 100 of the initial tax. It's insane how much they can get you for. That's why we need people like Tax Network usa. Right?
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Cameron Kinsey
Exactly. And you know, so many companies, they'll charge these like hefty upfront fees too. They'll give you like cookie cutter advice for this and then they'll really vanish when things get tough. And we're not that firm. You know, we've helped eliminate over a billion dollars and tax debt for our clients because we approach every single case, Eric, strategically and personally, because we is. We know that this isn't just a financial toll for somebody, but an emotional one as well. And so we're not just another service provider. We share the same values of the people watching this show right now. We want limited government, less bureaucra nonsense. We want to protect people from these weaponized institution. And so that's really the lens that we approach every single case with. Where on your side, we are not on theirs. And so our goal isn't just to solve the problem for you, but really just get your life back on track during this process.
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Eric Bowling
Cameron, About a minute or so Divorce moving. We tend to lose our documents. Will that screw us, so to speak, in the long run?
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Cameron Kinsey
No, no. We try to make this as simple and easy for you as possible. You'll want to gather any Recent tax returns, W2S 1099 IRS letters if you want to proceed after that initial free consultation with one of our team Members financial records will ask for sometimes anything that is proof of hardship, you know, like medical bills, you know, proof of income loss, things like that. And don't worry if you don't have it all organized like you noted. You know, that's a part of what we do as well. So don't panic if it's not all gathered, if documents are missing. Our. Our team actually assists clients in obtaining copies from the IRS and other sources as well. So we're just focused on building a case that puts you in the strongest position possible.
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Eric Bowling
Yeah. And if you ask, if you ask the IRS what documents they have of us, then maybe know what they don't have as well. Just not suggest that you should do it. Leave it in the hands of the professionals. As always, Cameron Kinsey, always good talking to you. Thank you.
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Cameron Kinsey
Thanks, Eric.
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Eric Bowling
All right, our next guest is our own Real America's Voice, host of Law and Border, who's been out there with ICE agents in Texas. Happy to bring in Ben Berkwam. Ben, tell us, give us a little sense of where you are. It looks like you're. You're moving. Who are you rolling with?
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Ben Berkwam
Yeah, I'm actually out on ICE ops right now with ICE Houston. ICE wrapping up an operation, multi agency task force that we've got 80 to 90 illegals just today on. So it's continuing. It's not slowing down. It's only increasing the operations down here. And again, this is just one community, one city in Texas where ICE is going after the illegals. But the moral of the story, Eric, is it's not just the criminal illegals that ICE is going after. It's these activists, it's these judges, it's the people that are obstructing them that are the real problem in our country right now.
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Eric Bowling
And that's illegal. I mean, we've talked about here on the show, there's a couple of US Code laws that they're violating. When you obstruct the ICE from doing their job, it's against, literally against the law. These people should be thrown in behind bars. Hope they are. Ben, first of all, tell the people you're riding with, thank you for what they're doing. We are big, big fans, and we protect those folks at all costs. Take a look at this. This is a nice raid with you. I believe it's with you, Ben. Take a look. It's already been deported once. We're attempting to make an arrest of him, a different location. He fled to here and then got inside the house and barricaded Himself connected with local law enforcement to make sure we can secure the scene. Obviously, as you can see, there's a lot of folks here that are drowned. They are upset. And so we want to make sure everybody's safe. The public, the officers, and the individual that's barricading himself inside the house. And right now, I'm sure they're making a plan to go in there safely and get him out so that nobody gets hurt.
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Ben Berkwam
We're up against America. It's not just the illegals that were let in. It's the communities that are aiding and abetting, protecting them.
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Eric Bowling
And, and Ben, I'm not sure the folks are understanding it. So, so there's ISIS arresting some illegals and all those people standing there, those weren't illegals. Those were. They look a lot, a lot of legal American citizen white people flipping you guys off and shouting obscenities, right? Yeah.
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Ben Berkwam
So just to give you an idea, this, you know, going after criminal illegals that multiple deportees that ran from police, ran from ice, went into that building, barricaded themselves in there. And then the problem is you have these networks, they call them rapid response networks in all the communities across America, all these leftist activist groups working with many of the same NGOs that invited and profited from the invasion, that then as soon as ICE is spotted in the community, they start sending these activists out and you get surrounded. And this is my experience multiple times I've experienced this. Now this is the difference though, Eric. In Houston, police actually work with ice, and they were there to secure the scene in Chicago. When this happens, ICE gets surrounded, they get attacked. Police do absolutely nothing. If anything, they obstruct as well. And so ICE has left. And that's why we saw border patrol and, and ICE have to deploy tear gas in some of these situations to protect themselves. That's what we're dealing with. And that's really the big difference between sanctuary jurisdictions and non sanctuary jurisdictions like Texas that actually work with ICE to help them actually get the bad guys. But even in places like Texas, you still have to deal with these criminal scumbags that end up circling you. And you don't know. I mean, who knows if they're criminals, if they're ice. I mean, if they're illegals, all you know is they're against you and they're attacking you and they're bad people. I mean, this lady out there with her baby screaming at ice, trying to attack us. It's just, it's the worst of the.
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Eric Bowling
Worst kind of human Being how many before people stop lining up, giving ICE agents the business while they're trying to do their job. Just today there's a brand new one. I think it happened yesterday. An illegal, intoxicated, killed an American citizen. Again, it's just almost, almost daily we're hearing about these things and yet those clowns, those citizens right there flipping off ICE agents, flipping off the camera, flipping off you, Ben. I mean, as a country, not had enough of this nonsense yet.
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Ben Berkwam
Have I can't speak for the entire country, but I'll tell you what, we've got a lot of people coming up to our vehicle telling us thank you. Rather than, you know, you get people attacking, but you get a lot of people saying thank you, ice. Thank you for doing what you're doing. We support you. And they need to hear that. But I will tell you this too. You know, people ask about morale for ice. And I was talking to the director who's actually in the car with us. Shout out to Brett Bradford and the entire team here. The, the number of job applications is higher than it's ever been. I think somewhere around 175,000. So this isn't dissuading people from joining ICE. If anything, it's inviting them to.
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Eric Bowling
It's very, very interesting. Just the way Pete Hadsett says the military is now seeing record request for enrollment into the Department of War, so to speak. Ben, you have an event coming up on Saturday in Utah. Tell us.
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Ben Berkwam
Yep, I'll be speaking. Great event. We'll be there with the host, actually the voice of law and border, Dave Bray, usa. Jeremy Harrell will wit. It's if you, if you guys want tickets, you can get more information@utahspatriots.com going to be an awesome event. Just if you're anywhere near the Salt Lake City area to be Saturday, pretty much all day Saturday. Utahspatriots.com look forward to meeting you guys out there.
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Eric Bowling
There you go. Great event and good on you, Ben. And please, please be careful and please tell every single ICE officer agent all the way up the chain that we thank them for, for everything they're doing. We really do. Ben. Ben Berkeley. Thank you.
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Ben Berkwam
Thank you, sir.
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Eric Bowling
All right, folks, we'll be back. Two and a.
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- [23:32]
Eric Bowling
I think you know, I pretty sure you know this guy. He's our own rev. Chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn. He's here to talk about President Trump's trip to Asia. Could do bring you on my friend. Tell us what's going on. No one, no one trusts China. No one trust China. We don't, we don't know what that's on Japan, I guess we can trust Japan maybe. I, Brian, I just don't trust what's going on here. And I know, I know cutting deals with China. Tell us what's going on. What's the latest?
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Brian Glenn
There they are. He's, you know, he's midway through this Asia trip now. We saw what happened in Malaysia. He had a rare earth mineral steel that he had there. And then of course he solved a war end up Cambodia and Thailand were tangled up. He ended that war as well. And then he was on to Japan a little bit earlier today and of course met with the new prime minister there, the first female prime minister of Japan where she pledged this is one way you can trust him, Eric. 250 cherry blossoms, trees to the president in honor of the 200th anniversary of our country. I thought that was a great gesture. Worked on a trade deal and also maybe traded some missiles as well for their new F35. So even did a little bit of business there. But a warm welcome in Japan. President Trump praises the $550 billion investments that he's already gotten from private industry in Japan. As we were at Mar a Lago months ago when he made that announcement. So Japan's been a great trade partner with the U.S. a great business partner with the U.S. i think this was my particular highlight of the Asia trip. I love what he did. He went on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, met with some men and women and our military had what I would call a Trump rally right there on the ship, then later to say his goodbyes to everyone in Japan. Now he's off to South Korea where he is going to really sit down and solidify this framework with China. Now, you know, we talked about you don't really trust China, and I don't think really anybody trusts China. But this is a time for President Trump to drill down, get this trade agreement in place, because right now it's ridiculous. The 150% tariff, I think, or even more. And President Trump even says that's not sustainable for them. And it's really not really, in a way good for us either because that's going to, you know, interfere on a lot of different aspects of the economy. But they're going to hammer that out, Eric, and I think they're going to do that. Now, he will meet with President Xi Jinping soon. I think that could be Thursday, Wednesday night, technically, you got a 14 hour time difference there. You're playing algebra the whole time. You talk about this Asia trip, doing all the math. But he's going to meet with them late tomorrow night, east coast time. We'll see how that works out. Also, he, Eric, he hinted on Air Force One that he was interested in meeting with North Korean president as well. That will be the first time in this presidency that he'll.
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Eric Bowling
Little Rocket Man. He's going to meet with Little Rocket man again this time. Remember that was possible. I mean, remember how much grief he got to agree to me with Little Rocket Man? And remember this whole. That was, that was great tv. I hope he does. I'm dying to see that.
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Brian Glenn
Well, do you remember who brokered that deal the first time? NBA star Dennis Rodman was this man, supposedly.
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Eric Bowling
Yes, because that broke because, because, because Little Rocket man was in love with Dennis Rodman. He loves American basketball and he'll always love Rodman's. Whatever he is, is his character. And yeah, I do recall that.
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Brian Glenn
Yeah, the worm. So he brokered that deal. So he met with him three times, which I had no idea back in 2016 it was that, that, that many times. But this would be his first time. So we'll see if they add on a stop in North Korea for that. But he's anticipated to be back late Thursday night there at the White House where they'll have their Halloween festivities on the South Lawn. But you know, all in all, these.
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Eric Bowling
These rare earth, Trump should dress up as Little Rocket man for Halloween. Can you imagine how amazing that would be?
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Brian Glenn
Yeah, that would be, that would be something else. And I can Only imagine how the media would have fun with that. Between the ballroom and him dressing up as rocket man, I can just read the headlines right now.
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Eric Bowling
Yeah, I think maybe, like, you know, I don't know, maybe Steve Miller could be Dennis Rodman. I could do this forever. Yeah. China promised not to ever put military bases in those. Those islands they built in the South China Sea, and they're all military. Does this come up as part of negotiation, or is this strictly tariffs on Thursday, if they do end up getting to that meeting?
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Brian Glenn
I think it's strictly tariffs, Eric. I really do, because it is. You know, you look at China and us, the trade agreement we have, I mean, we are two mega countries. We do a lot of business with one another, and we can't afford to have these insane tariffs applied on us as well. As you can imagine, the cost of everything. I mean, from a dishwasher to a, you know, a laptop computer, everything, for the most part, semiconductors and things come from China. A lot of medicine comes from China. Pharmaceutical industry has a big district there in China. So I think it's going to be specifically on tariffs themselves and, and really to put the markets a rest. But I'm Eric, you've been following the markets. Every time I get up and I see the ring of the opening bell, and at the end of the day, I'm like, wow, we're at another high on the Dow continues to climb. So if the market had some certainty, and you know more about this than anyone, but if the market has some certainty on these tariffs, exactly what they look like moving forward, and there's a handshake deal, there is two thumbs up. I think the market takes off, because that would take out any mystery on what the. The how this tariff trade off ends up.
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Eric Bowling
The big kuna has always been China in the tariff war, let's call it tariff war, and you do get a handshake on tariffs. And I would agree. I think the market is pricing that in already. I'll tell you what else is happening. Interest rates come down. They've come down a little bit. They are likely to come down on Thursday, coincidentally, the same, legally, the same time Trump's going to be meeting with Xi Jinping. If that happens, you know, China and Japan both hold a lot of US Debt, and they're paid an interest rate based on our. Our interest rates. So as that number comes down, we're paying them less and less. And that's why Trump has really been pushing, you know, Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. And whoever's going to take over for Powell to keep the interest rates. And that is really, for me, I believe the real impetus on, on the upside of the market is the interest rates coming down more so than, than the war, the tariff war going on with China. But that, that's, that's my assessment of things. Anything else big. I mean, will, will Putin in, you know, Ukraine come up when he speaks to Xi Jinping, like, don't think you're Putin and think about going into Taiwan.
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Brian Glenn
Possibly. You know, it's interesting when you look at all the things that are going on right now between in Russia and of course, you got the. Today was announced that Benjamin Netanyahu had released a strike in, in, in the Gaza area in response to Hamas breaking their ceasefire. There's so much going on that I don't know how the President handles it all, to be quite honest with you. I think that the Americans have what I call war fatigue. I think they're dealing on the domestic side. They want to make sure that they're, they can get a car loan. They want to make sure they can get a mortgage, make sure their health insurance. I mean, we're talking about, a big talking point right now is, is all about health insurance and making sure that Americans can, can afford health insurance. Because, and you probably a lot of our viewers are shaking their heads right now. I can guarantee it, Eric, because letters went out from UnitedHealthcare and others saying that your premium, your monthly rate that you're paying, quite honestly, in some cases can go up, you know, four to five times the amount that you're currently paying. So that's a big issue right now. I know House Republicans supposedly have a plan that they're working on, and hopefully they can roll that out. But if you take care of the foreign tariff situation, you secure all of our trade agreements, get those raw earth minerals that we need, and then drill it down on the home front, I think we're looking at a good start to 20, 26. But I don't see how President Trump does it. So for Halloween, maybe this is the first holiday he takes off. He walks out and says, trick or treat. Here's some going to bed because I've been in Asia for five days.
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Eric Bowling
He didn't sleep. You know, the guy has more energy than anyone I've ever, ever come across, especially a politician. Does Trump like Chinese food? I mean, you're on question. I know, I know he likes McDonald's.
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Brian Glenn
But does he, he like, he loves McDonald's. I know he loves steak. I know he, when he went To Joe's crab there in D.C. he had crab claws. I know that for a fact. He had a steak. I don't, I don't know if he, I don't know about the Chinese food. I don't know about the, the, the Asian cuisine.
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Eric Bowling
I would imagine sushi in Japan.
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Brian Glenn
No, I don't think he does. I, I would guess that he does, but that's just me. That's just me.
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Eric Bowling
I think he's a, he's a steak and French fries. I've actually been. I. True story. I was called to the Oval Office. Once I get into the Oval, Margo lets me in the Oval. Or was it Mark? I can't remember who was. Someone's sitting at the desk right outside the Oval Office. She's going to boss is waiting for you. Walk in. He's in that reading room which is down a little hallway. Walk down the hallway. Ivanka's in there. She says hey, bowling. She leaves. And then Trump see a bowl of French fries with ketchup. He had a bowl of french fries and a bowl of ketchup and he took one French fry, dipped it in the ketchup and then it was a throw way bowl because he didn't eat the french fry. That had his finger on it. The guy is, is like, he knows what he likes. So yeah, I'm going to guess no sushi and probably no sweet and sour pork for the President on this Asia trip. Just gets in here.
- [33:28]
Gordon Chang
No.
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Brian Glenn
And no saki bombs either. He's not taking any sake bombs as well.
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Eric Bowling
Which by the way, Ryan doesn't know what he's missing. He doesn't know what he's missing.
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Brian Glenn
I know, but when he gets those, but you know when he had his physical fit is, is physical just a couple weeks ago and it comes back and the guy's healthy. The guy plays golf on the weekends.
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Eric Bowling
Do you have any intel on that? Like that? That was an un, unplanned physical though, right? Because no, it was like that came out of the blue and they said everything came out great but that no one really understood why he went to, to have that extra fest. Do we know?
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Brian Glenn
I, I don't know. I can't confirm if that was scheduled or not. I mean I assume it was, but.
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Eric Bowling
You know, got it.
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Brian Glenn
Look, if he's, is he feeling tired or there's any reason for him to go doctor, I would imagine they send him to the doctor, but I don't know if that was planned or that was just, you know, last minute thing.
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Eric Bowling
Nice looking jacket you got there. I'm sure Vladimir Zielinski is very jealous of your suit there and your jacket there, Brian.
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Brian Glenn
Yeah, well by the way, there was a Ukrainian organization set up in the long worth building today in Congress as the government shut down begging for more funding to you the Ukraine between the Ukraine conflict between Ukraine and Russia and I think that they the gallery to come to our nation's capital set up shop in congress and beg for money when we're 38 coming up on $38 trillion of debt the government shut down.
- [34:57]
Eric Bowling
And we're not and we're not even paying a lot of the the folks who are on the government teeth so to speak as it is and we're gonna send more money to Ukraine. You guys are tone deaf much.
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Brian Glenn
Makes zero sense. And I put this out on X. That should infuriate you that Ukraine has the gall to come to our nation's capital on a government shutdown when you know millions of people are facing hardships when their EBT and their SNAP and their food stamps benefits, I'm sorry are expire. So they quite honestly might go hungry. But by the way give us more money so we can continue this war with Russia.
- [35:38]
Eric Bowling
Hey Ukrainian contingency, it's not Biden's presidency anymore. So bye bye. Go home Brian. Always good to have you my friend. Stay safe and talk to you soon. Thank you.
- [35:48]
Brian Glenn
Yes sir, thank you.
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Eric Bowling
All right folks, two and a half minutes, we'll be right back.
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Eric Bowling
All right, welcome back to Rav's Bowling at 4:00 for Some reason Chucky Schumer is mad that Trump is doing the job that he was elected to do as president. He threw a whole fit about Trump's trip to Asia, even though the President is accomplishing every international goal on his to do list right now. Here's Chuckie Schumer, who is the real reason for the government shutdown. Take a listen to his latest round of complaints.
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Brian Glenn
Five days away, starting this Saturday, tens of millions of Americans face the specter of financial crisis, all while Donald Trump is dancing on the tarmac in Malaysia. Donald Trump may be having a nice time abroad, but people here at home are dreading, dreading open enrollment insurance plans that cost $300 or $400 a month will suddenly cost $2,000 a month or more because Republicans prefer to shut the government down over working with Democrats to extend the ACA tax credits. Consequently, the average ACA plan is set to more than double. Double starting next year. The average 60 year old couple making $85,000 a year will soon have to pay an extra $22,000 or more just to have health insurance.
- [38:31]
Eric Bowling
So we talk about how much we dislike politicians because they're hypocrites, they're liars, they're full of crap, Right? So the ACA tax credit that Schumer's talking about right there. Do you know who sunset the ACA tax credit this year? Who put it into the original Obamacare bill? Democrats. They're the ones who came up with this year as the sunset for the tax credit that Chuck Schumer is now blaming Trump for shutting down. It was their plan. We wanted no part of it and they insisted on it. It passed. It got jammed through when it was Obama and a Democrat, House and Senate. They pushed it through and they sunset the ACA tax credit this year. You, Chucky, you can't blame Trump that you were responsible for yourself. Hypocrites, every one of them. Joe Biden made a surprise appearance. Yeah, he's still alive, I guess. And did his very best to, I don't know, rally their troops. It wasn't pretty. Take a listen to old, old, old Joe.
- [39:31]
Gordon Chang
My over 50 years in elected public life. This is the worst I've seen it. It's time to get reengaged. It's time to act, to fight like hell. There's no time to give up.
- [39:45]
Eric Bowling
It's time to get up. Get up now.
- [39:47]
Gordon Chang
Get up.
- [39:50]
Eric Bowling
I don't know. I think it's time for old Joe to spend the rest of his time. Ice cream. Karine Jean Pierre was asked if she has any regrets from her time in the White House and gave one of the worst responses possible, I guess for years of lying to the American people, all four of them didn't keep her up stop at night anymore. Listen to a. Just a little snippet about this nonsense from the former White House. What? Let me, let me correct that. The worst former White House press secretary in the history of press secretaries of.
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Brian Glenn
Karine, do you have any regrets at all for anything that you said while you were speaking on behalf of this administration?
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Gordon Chang
I'm.
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Cameron Kinsey
Look.
- [40:31]
Brian Glenn
It'S a simple yes or no. You don't even know.
- [40:32]
Cameron Kinsey
No, no, no. Because you're asking for a yes or no question. I want to put some context to it too. I woke up every day, I woke.
- [40:39]
Eric Bowling
Up every day very proud to be.
- [40:42]
Cameron Kinsey
The White House press secretary. I woke up every day as a.
- [40:47]
Eric Bowling
Black woman who is queer, who had.
- [40:50]
Cameron Kinsey
Never, no one had ever seen someone like me at that podium standing behind that lectern. It was an honor and a privilege.
- [40:56]
Eric Bowling
To have that job.
- [40:57]
Cameron Kinsey
And I did it to the best of my ability.
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Eric Bowling
First day on the job, she was the original press secretary of Biden. The first day on the job, she had no idea what she was doing. She had a, she had a book this big. Any question like, oh, what's your middle name? She'd have to page through this book to get an answer that was pre written for her. She's been horrible the last year and a half of the Biden presidency. She said he was the sharpest president in the history of presidents, including two term presidents. A woman lies. She lies so much her hair went straight. Jasmine Crockett and Kaitlan Collins just created a TV first on cnn. Jasmine, as she always does, started lying through her teeth. Her exaggerations were so egregious that Kaitlan Collins actually fact check her on air. Here's a clip from this mess of a CNN segment.
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Cameron Kinsey
Do you believe this will be the week that Congress comes to an agreement here?
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- [42:02]
Eric Bowling
Say that his main priority is the ballroom.
- [42:05]
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Eric Bowling
Historic pieces of the White House. And so it doesn't seem like he's interested.
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Cameron Kinsey
And that context of the comment from Caroline Levitt. She was asked if the President was working on any other renovations when it came to the White House. And she was saying his focus was the ballroom. But, but to your point about what the president.
- [42:29]
Eric Bowling
I just, you know, this is the extent of the fact checking. I mean, Jasmine Croft, she's a very intelligent woman. She's a, she's a lawyer. She. Intelligent woman. She's, she's beautiful. Why is she such a liberal lunatic? Just be fair. How many presidents have renovated portions of the White House? I think a half a dozen at least, including Obama and his basketball court tampon. Timmy Walzer admitted that the Democrats don't want the government to reopen because they're using it as leverage over Trump. He really said that, Folks, he admitted. He said the quiet part out loud. I know Democrats are ready to go.
- [43:06]
Gordon Chang
I know they're ready to come back and do this. They're ready to come back and protect.
- [43:10]
Brian Glenn
Things that had passed the legislature.
- [43:11]
Gordon Chang
They are not willing to come back.
- [43:13]
Eric Bowling
And let an authoritarian president whatever he wants. I mean, the sad reality is that is what goes on. I mean, all these shutdowns do is that both sides just take, take the opportunity to find leverage against the other. The problem is this time Trump's got the White House, the House and the Senate. He has the leverage. They look like clowns. The latest hoax on the left, the boardroom. I'm sorry, the ballroom hoax. Right. The ballroom hoax is getting more and more dramatic by the day. According to Tampa and Timmy Walls, people have no food because of Trump's plans to remodel the House ballroom. Not sure about the connection of the two, but listen, anyway, this is not a both sides ism.
- [43:54]
Brian Glenn
This is owned by the Republicans. It is owned by their ability to.
- [43:57]
Eric Bowling
Want to have anything their way. They've got a president that is pulling.
- [44:02]
Brian Glenn
Money back that was appropriated by the legislature, which these legislators.
- [44:06]
Eric Bowling
I know, I'm glad they are, would.
- [44:08]
Brian Glenn
Be horrified by that idea, giving up.
- [44:11]
Eric Bowling
Their, their authority as an independent branch. So I know Democrats are ready to go.
- [44:16]
Gordon Chang
I know they're ready to come back and do this.
- [44:18]
Eric Bowling
They're ready to come back and protect.
- [44:19]
Brian Glenn
Things that had passed the legislature.
- [44:21]
Eric Bowling
They are not willing to come back and let an authoritarian president do whatever he wants. The people are going to be lined.
- [44:29]
Gordon Chang
Up out here to get food and.
- [44:31]
Brian Glenn
We'Re talking about a damn ballroom.
- [44:33]
Eric Bowling
Don't lose the plot.
- [44:35]
Brian Glenn
Don't lose the plot of what's going on here.
- [44:39]
Eric Bowling
Well, the plot is that you're an idiot, Tom Bond. Timmy. The ballroom is completely funded by donors that Trump has arranged. Doesn't cost the cost of taxpayer a dime, not a single penny. Get your, get Your team back to the White House and negotiate a settlement on the shutdown and people will start getting their EBT cards again. By the way, wait till November 1st when the EBT cards die and they're not being refunded by the government. Watch how fast the Democrats come back to the table. I would predict within three or four days of the EBT cards being emptied and not refurbished, they'll come back to the table. My guess, Pramila Jayapal, you know, the lunatic left wing congresswoman, went on MSNBC to advocate for terrorists after the United States struck several suspected narco terrorists in the Pacific.
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Cameron Kinsey
Listen, United States is going to be bombing all kinds of people with no evidence. And most disturbing is that this is not how the Constitution is supposed to work. This is not how the powers of Congress are supposed to work. There is supposed to be a check and a balance. So Lindsey Graham is absolutely wrong. This is murder and it is absolutely unconstitutional for the President to start declaring war on any country. By the way, on the American people don't want this either. This is the President that was supposed to get us out of wars, not into wars.
- [46:05]
Eric Bowling
Marco Rubio says that they've absolutely indisputable proof that each one of these boats is a narco terrorist. I have no problem killing narco terrorists. Terrorists, narcotics dealers. I have no problem killing them. The Libertarian and he says, let's get them in, let's take the boats, let's confiscate the boats. Let's get these people in, throw them in jail and kill them if you want. But just make sure that everyone, everyone is what we think they are. That's all. That's all. I'm not defending them at all, folks. Kill them. Wipe them out. But let's just make sure everyone who's in a boat that's getting bombed is actual narco terrorists. Alrighty, said it before, I'm gonna thank you right now because this show is growing a hundred times faster than any new average YouTube show. Killing it. We got a guy this week who was an influencer. Good looking guy, big guy, outdoorsman, huge guy who's now a boxer, who says he can kick Jake Paul's butt. He says there's no man he can't beat. And you got to see this guy fight. What a guy. Go to that QR code I'm going to show you right here. Show that QR code, guys. There you go. Show your camera to that. Hit the little subscribe button. It'll subscribe to the show immediately. It'll never charge you Never cost just gets you to the top of the queue when you go on YouTube. It's on YouTube. It's @ Eric Bowling the Edge. At Eric Bowling the Edge. Hit. Subscribe. I thank you for your viewership. I thank you for sharing, for your comments. I thank you for all that and especially for your subscriptions. Appreciate you. We'll be back 2 1/2 minutes.
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Cameron Kinsey
Time.
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Eric Bowling
Well, we have Mad Dog, is that you? Mad Dog on the voice of God, as they say. What's going on, brother? How's, how's everything? How's Orlando? You were out, right? Did you, would you have. You took the day off? Yeah, I went to New York. I'm sorry for your loss. Yeah, Dog, we have, we have some voicemails. We do this viewer's thoughts on illegals health care versus vets. Hey, first of all, just want to say I appreciate you and your show. I'm really offended. As a veteran, you know, I have to rely on the VA hospital for my care and I hate to think that these illegal people that should not have ever been here in the first place are getting probably better health care than me. But I'm not complaining. All I'm saying is that, you know, even the people that are backing this, they pay out the nose for their premiums and, and for their deductibles. It's insane that they would think that these people should deserve a free health ride. Anyway, thank you.
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Ben Berkwam
Appreciate your show.
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Eric Bowling
Well, thank you. And you're 100. You're a million percent right, sir. Not only are they Getting likely better health care than veterans because whatever reason we give them everything, they're probably, they're getting payments or free room and board and food and everything. They don't have to work for that stuff. They're just giving it because Democrats think it's a good idea. Congress during the Biden administration came up, Congress said just the federal government alone, not local and state governments and sanctuary states. Congress was spending 150, $150 billion on, on feeding, housing and giving medical care to illegals. $150 billion. You 100% right. We should be giving this. We should make, we should be making military, our veterans so much more whole better health care, more food, help them out, assistance in living expenses. Absolutely right. It probably is a 2,300 billion dollars a year expense having taken care of these people all in. That would go a long way to really helping the folks that have kept this country free. Got another one. Mad Dog. Yeah. This next viewer has questions for his small business. Hi, Eric. I love your show. I watch it every day. I'm a small business owner and I'm going to start a new business. However, I have a problem. One is finding a conservative bank and the second is finding a conservative credit card or debit card scanner that I know that's been vetted and they're not woke. Maybe you could help me out. And the next thing is if you ever make it to north Idaho, I'll.
- [51:55]
Brian Glenn
Take you out to the range and.
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Eric Bowling
We could put down some lead. There you go. There you go. Thank you for your time. I'm probably not gonna make it to Idaho soon, but thank you for the offer. And we can, if you come, come east, we'll put down some lead in a shooting range because they won't let us do it outside in populated areas here. However, Old Glory back and the reason why I know this is because their friends, John Rich is one of the co founders. Bunch of people work there that we know and they're wildly conservative. They protect their freedom loving folks. And I literally. And this is not an ad for them. This is nothing to do with them. I literally opened an account and Global Old Glory back with John Rich came on the show. I said I was going to do it took me like two minutes. They, they will hook you up online real fast. They, they take. They're involved in cryptocurrency too. So if you want to get involved, I don't know, investing with the Old Glory Bank. A great, great group of folks mad though. Do we have a quick one or we only have, like, a minute? I mean. Yeah. Here's a quick one.
- [52:53]
Gordon Chang
All right.
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Eric Bowling
Mark from Massachusetts. Erica, I love the show. Listen, we need Grassley and soon to, you know, grow a spine. Auctions, judges and nominees should already be across, and we're still waiting for that, because soft Republicans like Grassley and Thune don't want to do the job. They want to be soft. Trump won the election in a landslide. Okay. Yep. That's all Grassley. Thune. Rhinos. Rhino. Straight up rhino playing control. So many people call us like, oh, Thune. And he's got a contingency call. He said you. You ripped him. Yeah, he's. He's a rhino. I. I don't understand some. Some of these. Mike Johnson. I'm not really sure. I mean, a lot of people like him, but I don't know. He's really pushing the Trump agenda as aggressively as he should as well. Grass has got to retire soon to retire. Rhinos, get out. This is Trump. This is America First. This is maga. See you later, Rhinos. You're extinct worms. Coming up next. Have a great. This is an I Heart podcast.