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Spot On with Link Lauren
Meghan Markle's “Truth,” Schwarzenegger Takes On The View, and Inside Look at Trump’s Historic Win
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Link Lauren gives you an update on the ongoing Israel and Iran conflict in the Middle East. Then dives into Meghan Markle’s latest podcast appearance and Arnold Schwarzenegger taking on illegal immigration on “The View.” Then, “Art of the Surge” producer Justin Wells joins to give an inside look at what it was liking filming the iconic series with President Donald Trump. Plus, Link breaks down Senator Alex Padilla’s dramatic telling of being escorted out of a DHS press conference last week and Ask Link! Masa Chips: Get 25% off your first order | Use code LINK at https://MASAChips.com/LINK Delta Rescue: Visit https://DeltaRescue.org to learn more
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Link Lauren
Well my friends, welcome back to Spot on with Link Lauren, a show where we're gonna break down the calamities of Hollywood, the circus of Washington D.C. and everything in between. We have a jam packed show for you today. We have a lot of topics to discuss, of course, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Scamalot. But we also have Arnold Schwarzenegger who went on the View and had the women's heads spinning. They could not handle Arnold Schwarzenegger. We have an update on Senator Alex Padilla, you know, the guy who tried to storm Kristi Gnomes press conference. So without further ado, let's dive right in. Well, we have to start off the top of the show by discussing the situation with Iran. By the time you listen to this, by the time you watch this, who knows what will have happened. There really aren't too many updates right now. President Trump did put out a post on Truth Social. He says he wants unconditional surrender in all caps. Unconditional surrender. He was the peace president. He ran on a platform of peace. We did not have any war the first four years under President Trump. And that is why I trust him in this situation. He had a lot of success in his first term getting Baghdadi, getting Soleimani with these strategic, smart, implemented strikes. So who knows what is going to happen with Iran. There's actually a Harvard Harris poll I put on my instagram yesterday where 85% of Americans do not think Iran should have a nuclear weapon. So Trump is sort of working his way through this minefield as well. So 85% don't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. But then there are folks online who don't want the president to use force to achieve that goal. So he met with his National Security Council yesterday after getting back from the G7 summit in Canada at 5:30am because the man is the Energizer Bunny. So we don't know what's going to unfold with Iran. All we can do is follow the situation and I will be here giving you updates. And please drop a comment and tell me what you're thinking, tell me what you're feeling about the whole situation. Now doing a huge topic switch. We have to talk about someone who is also fighting a war to keep her career up and running and to salvage any shred of her reputation she can. And that is none other than Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Montecit, the Duchess of White Castle, the Duchess of Soho House. She is going around on podcasts discussing her brand as if she's some incredible entrepreneur. And I know some of you don't even care about Meghan Markle, but you're gonna wanna hear this, because she is such a slap in the face to folks who actually build small businesses and run small businesses across the country. So she went on this podcast. It was called Aspire with Emma Grady. Now, Emma Grady, she worked with the Kardashians and Skim. She seems to be pretty successful on her own. And she wanted to have Meghan Markle on her podcast because Meghan Markle gets views. That's what she was doing. But Meghan goes on there to talk about consumer packaged goods and her jams, jellies and dog biscuits. And her brand, as ever now, her brand has done one launch and she already told us she's not going to launch anything else until 2026. So she's acting like she's Bill Gates inventing Microsoft or she's inventing Tesla. She is not some big successful entrepreneur. Everything Meghan Markle touches turns out to crap. But Meghan Markle, she goes on this podcast and she says she wants people to just tell the truth. She talks about how she was sort of silenced by the royal family. She wasn't empowered to speak. She wasn't emboldened to speak her mind, which is not true. The woman seemed to have no problem speaking her mind when she was in the royal family. She could have spoken her mind any single day of the week. And from the stories we heard, she was really speaking her mind behind the scenes from the bullying allegations. But Meghan Markle, she felt she wasn't empowered to speak her mind in the royal family. And now she wants people to start speaking the truth and stop lying about her. We have a clip. Let's take a look.
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Meghan Markle
I wonder, and listen, I want to say this to you in, in the best way, because I wonder if you could rewrite your public narrative from scratch, is there anything that you would do differently?
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Emma Grady
Yes, I would ask people to tell the truth.
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Link Lauren
She would ask people to tell the truth. Well, Meghan Markle, this is rich coming from her, because in my opinion, the woman lies constantly. She goes on TV and she lies. She lies about her background, she lies about her life story. Things don't add up. They have missing parts, missing pieces. So Meghan Markle going on these shows and saying, I want people to tell the truth. I want them to tell the truth with a little smug look on her face is so laughable to me. This is a woman who went on Oprah and basically accused the royal family of racism and talking about the skin color of her child. And she was so offended and it was so racist and. Which they then could never provide. Who said that? Harry tried to walk it back, in my opinion. So, Meghan Markle, to go on a podcast and say you want people to speak the truth when you yourself are a huge freaking liar and you're acting like you're this great entrepreneur. Meghan Markle, I don't know why she thinks she is this genius business maven. She's acting like she invented Spanx. She's acting like she invented Nike. She's acting like she frickin started apple, like she's Mrs. Jobs. You are nothing, Meghan Markle. You have jams, jellies, and dog biscuits. That's it. That is freaking it. And she talks on this podcast about how she should have done a clothing line and everyone wanted her to do a clothing line. Meghan Markle, you should not do a clothing line because everything you wear is misshapen and wrinkled. Netflix gave you $100 million and you couldn't buy a freaking steamer. Everything you wear looks terrible. So I actually think you selling jams, jellies, and dog biscuits makes perfect sense. Meghan is discussing authenticity, being real people knowing who she is. And we have a clip. Let's take a look.
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Meghan Markle
You have to be authentic.
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Emma Grady
You have to be authentic. Did you see my baby mama dance?
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Meghan Markle
I mean, stop it. First of all, can I just tell you the timing of that? The timing of that?
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Justin Wells
We were.
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Meghan Markle
We maybe watched it like 20 times yesterday. And I was like, is that. Is that her?
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Link Lauren
Oh, my God.
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Meghan Markle
Prince Harry there with the fingers and the.
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Emma Grady
Okay, yeah.
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Meghan Markle
Okay, Meghan and Harry, let's go.
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Emma Grady
But I think it's.
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Meghan Markle
But that's you, right? Like, that's you in a way that we kind of haven't been able to see you before. And I did, like, a little secret cheer. Cause I was like, well, that's what I kind of want to see from you. Like, I want to see that happiness and that honesty and that, like, I don't give a fuck.
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Emma Grady
But also, by the way, that wasn't yesterday. No, that was four years ago. So it's also a really great reminder that with all the noise or whatever people do, there's still a whole life, a real, authentic, fun life that's happening behind the scenes. I'm just grateful that now, being back on Social as well, I have a place where I can share it on my own terms.
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Meghan Markle
On your own terms. And that's really, really important.
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Link Lauren
If there's one thing I've learned in my short but iconic life so far on planet Earth, the people who talk about being real and authentic all the time are the most fake people you've ever seen. Okay, so Meghan Markle, she's like. And that's real. It's authentic. That's who I am. It's not authentic to actually film a video and sit on it for years, years and years. And to drop it when you need to promote yourself, you drop it when you have products to push out. When you're back on social media. And she acts like returning to social media is some gift to Earth. She acts like she's the second coming. She's like, I've returned to social. I'm back on social media. Who gives a shit? Who cares? And your social media videos are terrible. That video of Meghan Markle dancing around with her baby bump. And I use the word baby bump very loosely. That video made me violently ill. I still have nightmares. I'm sick. If there was ever any proof that I was gay and was not sexually attracted to women, it was that video of Meghan Markle twerking in the hospital. That video. She needs to be put in an insane asylum. She needs to be put in a straight jacket. I don't know if they're going to do a sequel to Girl Interrupted, but maybe you could cast Meghan Markle, because the woman is cuckoo Caucho. Crazy. Now we have one last clip from the podcast. This horrific appearance on the podcast, every time she opens her mouth, it does not help her. In fact, the more she opens her mouth, the less authentic she seems. But she's talking about her kids selling products at a farmer's market. Let's take a look.
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Emma Grady
We grow a lot of veggies and they. Part of what I want them go and sell these. Part of what I want them to learn is. And gardening is really, really so great for children because it teaches them patience, teaches them to value and appreciate their food. So you start from seed and you watch it grow and they wait. But with that, it's like, now, do you want to sell your harvest and do you want to share it with our community? And also what do you want to do with those funds once you have them? So really starting to understand as they're learning counting and numbers and all of those things, that there's a cost and a price for things.
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Meghan Markle
Yes.
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Emma Grady
And I think that's key for children to understand that, especially children who are very lucky to have a home that has privilege.
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Link Lauren
Remember the last few episodes where I said Meghan Markle is priming her kids to be the next generation? Right. She says she could see herself starting a business with Lily Bet, who is her four year old daughter. I don't know why she named her Lilibet. They were not kind to the Queen. They weren't kind to Queen Elizabeth, but they decided to steal her name and name the daughter Lilibet. But I really think Meghan Markle there is dropping hints that she's teaching the kids about being entrepreneurial, about starting their businesses. And it seems innocent. It seems innocent to me. But if you look at the Kardashians and what they've done with their kids, now they're on the show, now they're on social media. Northwest has music. She's in music videos. So I wouldn't be shocked if we see Meghan Markle whoring out the kids. And I say it time and time again, some people get upset. I know a lot of you agree with me. I think Meghan Markle, as she gets more and more desperate, she will be using the kids to sell her jams, jellies and dog biscuits. We're already seeing it on social media. And the last thing I'll say about Meghan Markle is this a story came out where she and Prince Harry. Prince Harry, who is the Duke of Sussex? Meghan Markle, she says she's the Duchess of Sussex. She actually says her last name is Sussex. Remember, I'm Sussex now. Mindy Kaling. I'm Sussex. I'm not Markle. Well, they did not even acknowledge Sussex Day. So the Folks in Sussex, they think they should be stripped of their titles. I've actually spent more time in Sussex than Harry and Meghan. I went to Brighton. I walked on the beach. I went to the palace. The beach had no sand. It was rocks. It wasn't the best time of my life. But Meghan Markle, she is the Duchess of Sussex, and they did not even do a post recognizing Sussex Day. So that would be like the President of the United states not recognizing July 4th or any of our major holidays. And this is, I think, the third or fourth year in a row they haven't acknowledged Sussex Day. So Harry and Meghan, I do think they should be stripped of their titles. They do nothing. They don't contribute to the royal family. They haven't really been in the UK in five years. I don't know why they have their titles. But Meghan Markle continues her descent into absurdity, into irrelevance. And every time she opens her mouth, she does not help herself. But we have to move on to some other topics. Now, speaking of insufferable women, we have to talk about these ladies on the View. And I use the term ladies loosely. I am still waiting for President Trump to send the women of the View to Guantanamo. Maybe we can send them to Sea Cot. Maybe we can send them to Bitch island, because all they do is bitch and moan. And they live in an alternate reality, okay? The women on the View, they live in this alternate reality where the border is secure, the President is a dictator, everything is terrible, and they're just in this wonderful utopia on this ABC Disney studio set. And what I find so interesting about the women of the View, they want to get on TV and preach and proselytize and tell us all how to live our lives. Mind you, these women have chauffeurs, drivers, chefs. They sit around on a soundstage in New York City making millions of dollars. So I have a hard time taking them seriously when they opine on how the forgotten men and women of this country should live. Well, they had Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California. We all know Arnold Schwarzenegger from the Terminator films, and he's an icon. He's a legend in the industry. Well, he went on the View, and they asked him about the ICE raids. They asked him about immigration. And of course, he's a very successful immigrant who moved to this country and became a huge movie star and a governor. And we have a clip. I want you to take a look and a listen at the clip, and then we'll talk you're an immigrant in this country.
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Justin Wells
Yeah.
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Link Lauren
Did you have a visceral reaction to.
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Justin Wells
What they're doing, what ICE is doing.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
When you see the videos of it? Well, I tell you, you said that. The immigrant. I'm so proud and happy that I was embraced by the American people like that. I mean, imagine I came over here with the age of 21 with absolutely nothing, and then to create a career like that. I mean, in no other country in the world could you do that. Every single thing. If it's my bodybuilding career, if it's my acting career, becoming governor, the beautiful family that have created all of this is because of America. I just think the world of the great kind of history that we have with immigrants in America. But the key thing also is at the same time that we got to do things legal. That is the important thing, you know, so you got to do things legal. And those people that are doing illegal things in America, and they. The foreigners, they are not smart. Because when you come to America, you're a guest and you have to behave like a guest.
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Link Lauren
I could not be happier watching that clip inject that into my veins. That clip gave me so much serotonin and dopamine. It will sustain me through the. It will sustain me through the rest of the. Of the week. Because Arnold Schwarzenegger handed their asses to them on a silver platter. Sunny Hostin, you would have thought she saw a ghost. You know, maybe she saw her husband being served because, remember, he's in some legal trouble. She was shocked, actually. And if you see the clip, if you're watching us on YouTube, they really keep the frame close on Arnold Schwarzenegger. They try not to show the other women. They try not to have the other women complicit in what he's saying, because, of course, these women don't support the ICE raids. They support criminals and Ms. 13 gang members running amok on our streets. That's what the women of the View do. But Arnold Schwarzenegger, I'm glad he spoke for these immigrants in our country who are also frustrated with the broken immigration system, especially the system we saw the last four years under Biden, where at times he was letting in 10,000 people a day. Okay? And if you look at these polls, the people who want strong immigration policies and who support President Trump are immigrants themselves who went through the process and did it the right way. You can have the American dream, you can come to this country and achieve everything you want to achieve, but you can't break into the country right don't tell us you respect the United States of America when you break our own rules and laws to come in here. And so when Arnold Schwarzenegger said, you are a guest, you're a guest in this home, I could not be happier that he said that. Because when I go to other countries, I have to follow their laws and norms. If I was overtaking freeways, burning cars, storming buildings, you know what? I would be thrown in prison. I would be extradited. I would be sent back to this country. I would be charged. So I don't know why these illegal migrants, these Ms. 13 gang members, these folks who are violent criminals, think we should just allow them to come run around on the street, enjoy the amenities of the United States. No, it doesn't make us bigoted, doesn't make us racist. It doesn't make us xenophobic in the slightest. It makes us honest people who care about this country and pay our taxes. And so for Arnold Schwarzenegger, thank you. Thank you for teaching the women of the View a thing or two. I think the reason the View has become so insufferable is that they don't have any voices that speak to common sense and speak to the forgotten men and women of this country. Right? The people on the View, they love to fly between Los Angeles and New York like a lot of folks in Hollywood, and they look down on the rest of the country. That is what they do. Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar. These are folks who are worth tens of millions of dollars, and the only life they've known for decades is. Is being in the entertainment industry. So when they tell folks, let's say, in Arizona or Texas or California, hey, you should be fine with criminals running through your neighborhood. You should be fine with everything the way it is. With a broken immigration system, it's easy for them to say because they live in penthouse apartments in New York City and have chauffeurs, drivers, and chefs, as I mentioned earlier. So thank you, Arnold Schwarzenegger, for teaching the women of the View a thing or two. And good luck to the women of the View. Your ratings will continue to go down as you fail to speak to the needs of the American people and how they're actually thinking, because this is really an 8020 issue, but we got to pay some bills. And then we'll be right back. This episode is brought to you by Masa Chips. 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Link Lauren
This Next Guest I could not be more excited to have on. As you guys know, I kind of hate everybody. I just want to talk to you guys. I'm very picky about who I even talk to. But this next guest, he launched some of the most successful shows on Fox. He's a legend in the industry and now he has this docu series, Art of the Surge. You guys have probably heard about it. He's the producer, he's the director, he's the creator. And this docu series, they've been following Trump on the campaign trail and in his move and transition to the White House. So we actually have a clip. Let's take a look.
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Alex Padilla
The Golden Age of America begins right now.
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Link Lauren
Greatest comeback in American History.
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Justin Wells
Epic.
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Link Lauren
The greatest political comeback in American history. It'll Be the biggest political comeback in century.
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Alex Padilla
Well, that's a good looking group. Hello, everybody. This is is not a normal situation, is it? Huh?
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Justin Wells
I'm very superstitious just nine days before the general election.
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Alex Padilla
And if I'm a little off tonight, I'm going to blame you. I spoke to this guy for three hours and when I said, if you don't pay, we're out, the money came rolling in and I saved NATO.
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Link Lauren
We are in the presence of a really mythical character.
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Alex Padilla
Doing four of these in one day is a little difficult. If this doesn't get me to heaven, nothing will.
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Justin Wells
Art of the Surge, the Donald Trump comeback, season two.
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Link Lauren
Well, let's welcome in Justin Wells. Justin, how are you, my friend? How are you doing?
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Justin Wells
I'm great. How are you? It's such a pleasure to be here. Love your show.
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Link Lauren
Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm so happy to have you on. I also have to just say you're not paying me to say this. Not yet. But I have to point out I was on a flight and I thought, I need to watch Art of the Surge. So I download Fox Nation. I can do Apple pay. It takes me two minutes. Anytime I try to watch something with a streaming service, it's like 20 minutes. I have to sell my firstborn, sell a kidney, go get a code, go do this. I downloaded the app and then in two minutes I'm watching Fox Nation. So I think everybody should go and watch it. And part of the reason I wanted to have you on is because so many docu series and documentaries inspired me to get into politics. They made me want to be passionate about politics. And so you never know when you're doing something like this. Oh, how is it going to affect young people across the country? It might plant one seed with this person who wants to go volunteer on a campaign. But something I wanted to talk to you about in the docu series that rang true and rang through throughout the entire season is President Trump's superhuman energy. The guy is really the Energizer Bunny. Tell me about watching him and trying to keep up with him on the campaign trail.
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Justin Wells
It's funny. I've, I've been fortunate enough to know him through, you know, my, my job for many years. And there's this side of him when you're with him personally or even if, even if you're a, you kind of see him right before or after the cameras. He's hilarious and one of the kindest people. The people that work for him actually do like him. And my goal was like, I was like, I want that Trump on camera. You know, sure, you've got the guy that takes the podium and he says the most hilarious things, and sometimes it's bombastic or whatnot. But the guy, you know, that we see day in, day out, getting on and off the plane, grabbing a McDonald's meal on his own private 757 or whatnot, that guy's like the most fascinating dude ever. So, you know, I've had more fun than a lot of people probably covering Trump for like a decade or whatnot since he came down the escalator. But the last like 11, 12 months has been truly a pleasure because the guy that you kind of see and that you envision, maybe he's like, if you tend to like him, you see that firsthand. So, like, I think that does a service to people that are probably less political. Don't follow the news, don't. Don't even, you know, watch any news, listen to any podcast, whatnot. They're like, wait a minute, I'm not like, really into politics, but this guy's way cooler than anybody in Congress. Like, that's not, that's not a very high bar. But, you know, I think it makes him. I think he comes off totally different in the series. So, you know.
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Link Lauren
No, absolutely. I think it comes across as totally authentic. And I'm glad you mentioned some folks who are apolitical, maybe folks who didn't even vote for President Trump, who don't follow him that closely. They don't care. It's still interesting to see a behind the scenes glimpse at the most powerful man on earth and one of the most talked about people. And I also think truth and authenticity are the hottest commodities and politics and media right now. Tell me about President Trump on stage versus offstage, because I hear he's kind of the same person.
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Justin Wells
He, he is the same person, but you just might not pick up on how kind he is, actually. So, like, I mean, he, offstage, he's asking everyone if they're okay. They do this thing called clicks, which is when the photographers on the campaign or whatever call them clicks because they're literally clicking the camera and it's donors or people that have been in the news because maybe there's a hardship, it could be a cancer patient. There's all different types of people that are in those moments. But he legitimately takes time with each person. He remembers people, you know, I remember, you know, shortly after Butler, a lot of people that were at Butler came to his different events through, over the Course of, you know, he was in Pennsylvania all the time, and he would remember somebody would come up in a blue shirt or whatever, and he'd be like, you were over my left shoulder, right over there, like. And you stood up, like. Because he's reviewed the footage and he remembers what people look like. And that's, like, the side of him that you don't necessarily get, because a lot of times, you know, famous people don't. They meet so many people, they don't remember anyone, but he remembers every face. And he. He's, you know, so. So it is true. You get the same guy, but you see this different part of him where you're like, hey, that guy's a pretty cool guy. He seems nice. I wish he was my grandfather, you know.
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Link Lauren
Well, he seems like a cool grandfather. Like, Kai Trump has been showing people her behind the scenes, and everybody's like, you have the most iconic grandfather in American history. But I have to ask you about Butler, because you brought it up. I think everybody remembers where they were on July 13th, that horrific day when Thomas Crooks got up on a roof in broad daylight and took a shot at the president, which is still insane. Tell me about being there that day and the events and what you thought when you first heard the shots ring out. Did you think they were gunshots, or did you think there was something else?
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Justin Wells
So my goal has always been to just tell his story, and we're just like the wallpaper in the room throughout all of this. We were, you know, we are very, very close to him. There's some video that shows us we were right behind him about 20 seconds before, and then we moved over to right over his left shoulder by the staircase that he was evacuated off of. We had Selena Zito was right next to us. One of the Trump staffers, Michelle Picard, was on top of her. And me and my cinematographer, Nate Furnished, were probably, we calculate, like 15ft, probably over his left shoulder. We. We certainly heard. You know, I've not really talked about this on camera anywhere, because we didn't make that part of the show. It's really about the footage we captured in his journey. But, you know, we heard this. I've, you know, been on Gun Rangers, but have never had shots being fired toward us. At first I thought it was some sort of firecracker or something like that, but then, you know, he hit the ground, and then we're like, wait a minute, we better move a little bit. So we. We lowered ourselves a little bit. We still stayed up and filmed footage, but he you know, I guess he knew right away what happened. But I would say most people there, it took them a good 15, 20 seconds to figure out what was going on. It was certainly experience. I won't forget, and I don't think anyone there will either.
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Link Lauren
No, I mean, I still get the chills thinking about it all the time. I think what's so crazy about the mainstream media is they don't even talk about it anymore. I think if anybody else had been shot, if any other president had been shot, we'd still be talking about it almost every single day. It's really crazy to me. Thomas Crooks, Ryan, Ruth, and we don't even really discuss it anymore, but don't you think some of the rhetoric Kamala Harris and the left were putting out online, like, he's a fascist, he's a dictator, he's a threat to democracy. Do you hold them culpable and the mainstream media culpable in what unfolded Butler on July 13th at all?
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Justin Wells
I think. I think there should certainly be a more intense investigation. I think he deserves to be briefed or more, you know, thoroughly, because I do not believe he has been sure the FBI briefed him, but, like, what did. What. What does he know about the people that tried to take him out? You know, it was remarkable to me how quickly people on the other side wanted to move off of that story. I mean, they did everything, you know, because right after that, it was the RNC days later, and, you know, all of a sudden it's like, you know, Donald Trump's bad man and Kamala Harris is our new candidate. Like, they wanted to change that narrative as quickly as possible. Much more so than try to figure out who attempted to assassinate and why they tried to assassinate Donald Trump. So, you know, if it was reversed and, you know, Donald Trump was still president and Joe Biden was running against him and somebody shot at Joe Biden, there would be an uproar. It would be the only thing the media would talk about. But because Donald Trump was on the other end of it, you know, it didn't. It certainly did not get the attention it deserved. And nobody really cares to get to the bottom of what happened, in my view.
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Link Lauren
No, absolutely. I think there's millions of folks online who really want people to get to the bottom. But one thing about President Trump also is he's so resilient, so he doesn't even bring it up that much. People remind him and they're like, hey, you got shot. And he goes, oh, I did get shot at, cuz I Think President Trump is also one of the last rock stars on earth. I say this all the time. We used to have huge stars like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. We don't really have big stars anymore with that swagger, that Riz, that X Factor. And I feel like President Trump is really the last person with that star factor. And as someone who's followed him for 10 years, and you followed him very closely recently, have you seen a change in him? Like, how is President Trump now in the second term different than the President Trump you were around maybe eight years ago?
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Justin Wells
I just, I think he's. Overall, I mean, it sounds boring, but he's like, he's. He's certainly more experienced, and I think he's got people that are much more loyal to him around him. It's not just like a bunch of people that were on the Apprentice with him or whatever, you know, like, he's got, like, very. He's got a different group of people around him. They've been with him a lot.
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Link Lauren
Is not back.
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Justin Wells
No, no. Omarosa, that's always the example. Right. But I mean, like, like, you've got, you know, Dan Scavino and Susie Wiles and Margot and like, all these, like, wonderful, kind people that really do care for him deeply on a personal level. That makes him a lot more comfortable. But they were literally at his bedside after, you know, after he nearly got killed. And, you know, I think that changes everything. There's certainly, like, there's a. There's a family dynamic around him for sure, around the people that are around him. And that goes from, you know, his photographer to his bodyguards, Walt and Chris Ambrosini, to, you know, every single person around him really cares for him and does not want him to be manipulated or taken advantage of.
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Link Lauren
Absolutely. No. I feel like loyalty is everything to President Trump. And what I love about the people around him is that they're actually really kind people. And I feel like he's had fair weather folks come in and out of politics, but he has his core team who he's been loyal to, and they've been loyal to him. And I think that's why he's able to execute on this vision and this mandate now that he's back in office, because he doesn't have some of the scallywags who infiltrated their way in the first time. So I wanted to ask you something also about a scallywag, Joe Biden from Scranton, Pennsylvania. When you were filming, right. There were still all these stories about Joe Biden's acuity And now we have this book by Jake Tapper. People are actually talking in the mainstream media. Hey, we, we were gaslit into being told Joe Biden was in perfect health, even though we all knew he was not. But President Trump was going to three days straight with almost no sleep. What were you thinking watching in split screen the mainstream media say Joe Biden is the spry, strong whippersnapper and he's in great shape. And, you know, he's not, but President Trump actually is. Like, what were you thinking when you were seeing this up close and personal?
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Justin Wells
You know, Trump wanted to win really, really bad. That was very obvious. But what, you know, we'd, we'd be at a stop and, you know, I'd hear the way that he would converse with people if, like, they're like, yeah, we should maybe think about adding one more stop. He, he, in two seconds would add on the additional stop, like, he was not weary of, like, a long day at all. He, like, he liked trying to get home at the end of the night, getting on, you know, his, his planning and sleeping in his own bed. He does not, he does not love hotels, but, you know, he managed to make that work for him. But if he, if he could do four stops and get home at 2 or 3 in the morning, he was like, all in on that. And I don't know many people that are 78, I guess, at the time that can do that.
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Link Lauren
No, that's why I think it's interesting now. Also, I've seen in the media, they started to say, well, we've got to talk more openly about President Trump's health. Even Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, they're like, well, President Trump might have some issues, too. It's like you guys are the same ones who told us Biden was fine for four years. So I'm really not going to take you all that seriously. But you spoke about him liking to go home to his own bed. This is something everyone knows about President Trump. He would rather fly through the night to go home and sleep in his own bed than sleep in some random hotel where he doesn't know the thread count of the sheets, he doesn't know the amenities. It's not. Doesn't have his name on it. What was that like? And are there other things we wouldn't know about President Trump that you gleaned from being behind the scenes? Like some tidbits we wouldn't know about about him?
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Justin Wells
I mean, we had the privilege of sometimes being on the plane and, but sometimes we didn't we'd be flying commercial whatever way you could get back sometimes that involved like Spirit Airlines or whatnot. So, you know, he, he, he, he literally would just, he would keep going. I mean, one thing that, it's not that big of a secret, but I mean, the menu on Trump Force One is definitely not as mature as the menu on Air Force One. Obviously the menu is very simple. It is. Sometimes it's McDonald's that's number one. And you get the Quarter Pounder with cheese and, and a side of McNuggets and a medium fry. KFC is on the menu too. That's like, you know, you get McDonald's 50 of the time, but then you get KFC if you're not, if you're not. And everybody eats the same food sometimes there's the occasional Pizza Hut and Jimmy John's. Those are all in the rotation. McDonald's most. But what's kind of hilarious about the whole thing in that world, when you're chartering planes or whatnot, the meals are very, very expensive. Because why wouldn't they be? They love to rip people off on things like that. So like, you know, you get like a cheese board or something, it'll be like $80, something like absurd if you have these private air terminals. So it saved the campaign a lot of money. It wasn't just like, that's what he wants to eat, but literally, like you, you just have somebody go pick up like a $7 value meal. McDonald's is a lot cheaper than like some fancy private, you know, air charter catering company that charges like a fortune. So I always felt like it wasn't just that that's what he likes to eat and he, that's what he wants everyone to eat. But he, he was cost effective in that way. And that's similar to the way he leads as well.
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Link Lauren
Well, no, actually, I think about him.
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Justin Wells
On that, on that plane, which was hilarious, is he loves his music. So like that whole thing at the rallies, he does pick his playlist at his events, but then on the plane, like when he's sick of like, whatever, streaming on YouTube, TV for news, you know, it's music time and it's party time and he, and he, you know, he's sitting there with the remote typing stuff into to YouTube, putting on music videos. Like he's having a good, he's having a good old time. And that's very, that's very real. He's like, you can just feel, feel the energy of it. It's awesome.
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Link Lauren
No, one thing I love about President Trump is. We actually have the exact same playlist. It's like YMCA by the Village People. It's Memory from Cats. It's Nothing Compares to you by Sinead o' Connor. It's Pavarotti. It's Andrea Bocelli. This man has the most iconic playlist. And we both love Cats, the musical. And I love that you brought up. He's being cost effective with the McDonald's. Justin, you're so silly. Cost effective, but you are actually at the McDonald's filming. That's one of the most iconic episodes of the entire Art of the Surge on Fox Nation. And everybody should go download and get on and watch it. But that episode, did you ever think you'd be filming the President of the United States working a window at McDonald's?
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Justin Wells
No, certainly not. I mean, he's, he knows a troll better than anyone. And the people around him and they called and they're like, oh, we're going to do this thing at McDonald's and he's going to work there. And, like, you know how those things work. Like, you're like, okay, he'll show up. And like. But he was all in. Like, it was. He was. He. He wanted to, like, you know, he wanted the full experience. And it's kind of funny, it comes out, I think, in the show too. He, he was very. Not obsessive, but, like, he was very tied into exactly what was going on there. Like, you know, how clean it was. Your hands never touch the fries. And then it like, goes to the people. Like, like, he loved that stuff, how much salt was on it. He, he wanted to know, like, every detail of how the fryer worked. I think that in some ways speaks to how he is with how he approaches everything. He's actually a very curious person. He doesn't think he knows everything. And you see that in the show, in the behind the scenes moment, even a few minutes ago, he's putting up the flag poles or whatnot. He's with the construction guys at the flag poles that he's putting up on the White House. He's talking about how it's tapered and how it's going in and how many feet it is. And like, and, and I would have to imagine when he's talking about larger scale things, you know, that impact the fate of our country on a grander level. Like, he's, he does ask questions. And you see that, you see that in those behind the scenes moments that I think, I think he applies that to everything. He's not just sitting there giving Everyone, a lecture. He's actually like, he listens to people.
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Link Lauren
Well, that's what I find so interesting is when they call him, you know, a dictator and this fascist and this king. They did those ridiculous no Kings protests. Because anytime I've seen President Trump, he's seeking counsel from the people around him. I feel like President Trump likes to have a cornucopia of voices. Like, what do you think? What do you think? If you happen to be standing around, he might be like, hey, you, what do you think about this? And then he synthesizes it and comes to his conclusion. And I'm glad you brought that up. Are there other examples of him working with his team? I know there was that scene with Natalie, the human printer, and they're all sitting around watching the debate. Tell me about being in the room for that.
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Justin Wells
That was a fun moment, you know, and it was like, he's got a live truth tonight. And, you know, we didn't know. We knew he was going to live Truth. Kamala Harris at the DNC giving a speech, but we didn't know that, like, his whole team was going to be there because originally he was supposed to have debate prep, then a lot of those people are supposed to leave. And then it was just going to be a couple people hung out in his suite there in Las Vegas. And he, he live troops has a little fun with it. But the debate prep actually bled over into Kamala speak. So he's like, everybody just hang out, you know, have some, you know, there's some room service on the table, Everybody grab a piece of lamb or whatever, you know, and. And, you know, everybody was kind of just shouting out what they thought about things she was saying. And it was just, you know, otherwise you'd have to, like, sit there and like, Google things because you need to make sure you get the facts straight, right? But you've got, like, all these people that are experts in different things, different policies. And, you know, they're from Stephen Miller, Jason Miller, Tulsi was in there, Dan Scavino. They're. They're all Taylor Budowicz. They're all providing, like this real time feedback on things. Like, no, that's not true. And they had all these documents prepared. They were simultaneously emailing out. But what he was putting out there on his Truth, which then gets tweeted out on X as well, was like, literally, like a real time, like, taking in all the stuff from all these people that, you know, he likes. And then, you know, Dan Scabina walks up, shows him something on the phone of a video. He's like, put that out right away. And that's, that is how he operates when they, when the cameras aren't around or, you know, in between things. Like, he, he, he's very engaged with, like, how his message gets out there more so than anyone else. I don't think Joe Biden even knew he had a Twitter feed. Right. So, but, but like he, he's, he's the way it gets out and the timing of it. I'm sure sometimes it can be stressful if you're the person that's like, managing that on the back end and you don't know what's coming. But like, he's, he's, he's, he's super engaged in those moments. And it does speak to how he takes all this stuff in from everybody that's around him. For sure.
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Link Lauren
Absolutely. I think that's part of the reason Kamala Harris lost so overwhelmingly is just because she isn't authentic. And she's so focus group to death. In fact, she couldn't even do an interview for the first 40 days of her campaign. I know people forget, but she went 40 days without doing a single interview. And then she did that bizarre sit down on CNN in that dark, dingy diner. Meanwhile, President Trump is like, let's put this out. Let's bring all the press in. Let's go do this, let's go do that. And they couldn't keep up with him because he was off the cuff, he was extemporaneous. And I think they also forget the man is just genuine. And he's been the president before and has the knowledge and the know how now for the people listening and watching at home, can you explain who Natalie Harp, the human printer, is? Because when I say human printer, the people might be going, what the hell are you talking about, Justin, can you explain this? And then maybe we'll put something up.
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Justin Wells
We put her in the first season and then we realized we didn't, like, do enough of the explaining of what that was. So, like, in the last episode of the new season, we got like more into the job and she demonstrates the printing piece of it, but she earned that nickname because she literally follows him around wherever he goes with a printer because he likes everything printed out. And that's the way he often communicates with people. Is there will be something. Is, is printed out. He's got a Sharpie. He reads the piece on somebody, he writes a note to them, and then it's, it's. Then a picture is taken of that and Natalie or somebody text it to the person, and it might just be like, you know, link, great job today. Huge ratings on your show. You're doing awesome. You know, keep up the good work. With his signature on it. And literally she's doing that all day for that method of the. The way that he communicates with people. But then simultaneously, she's also just printing out, like, news form. So in the Oval Office, when the South African president was there, you know, and they did that awesome display with the video. And you know what, who's he shouting out for? He's like, natalie, go bring me that stack of papers over there. Because she's obviously been printing, like, all the evidence that he needs to communicate what. What he wants to communicate. So it doesn't matter whether he's, like, on the golf course, she'll, like, be running behind him in a. In another golf cart or whether he's in the Oval Office. Like, Natalie is there kind of like keeping a line of communication open with the. With literally printing stuff. So that's where she earned the name the human printer. Because I don't think he's ever hit control P himself, but, like, he's got to do that for him, which is awesome.
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Link Lauren
Well, I remember when President Trump. A lot of people don't know the full lore of President Trump. I followed this man for years. I remember when he used to go on Wendy Williams back in the day. Could you imagine President Trump when he went on Wendy Williams? And I remember him talking about the Sony hacking scandal, and he's like, I don't email. I don't do email. And so I don't get hacked. I don't use a computer. I think now he has an iPhone. When I see him, he has an iPhone in his hand. But the man, he should have someone there to print stuff out. And I have gotten one of those letters. It's like, thank you for what you're doing on social media. And it's just like a big sharpie in his iconic signature. But I have to ask you, you brought up this Oval Office meeting. As a producer, aren't you just in love with this new genre where he brings world leaders in and they just get their asses handed to them? Like, when he said, hey, Natalie, can you turn the lights down? I knew it was about to go down. Aren't you just loving this as someone who's been working in this world for years?
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Justin Wells
Yeah, I mean, I think it's super. I mean, it goes back to what you're saying about, like, oh, He's a dictator or whatnot. And people to say that, like, okay, he literally has the press in the Oval Office like every day and he doesn't go to the press room or whatever. He lets Caroline do that. But like, he literally has like 50 cameras in there for the meetings and he doesn't kick them out. I mean, a lot of the wranglers are always trying to, they're like, okay, enough press, let's go this way out, or whatever. But he's taking additional questions. The media gets to stay in the room probably for like, like 40 minutes longer than anybody would ever expect. That would be like a 90 second drive by with Biden, you know. You know, you wouldn't even be allowed to capture him saying anything. It was just like capture like video of the meeting, just for record sake, whatever, you know, it's good to see you, everyone. And like, that's it where, where he's just like, he's ready to put on a show or communicate in a way that's super different than anybody ever has. But I mean, that was, I mean, I can't think of like that, that example with the South African president, some of the others is like, I've never seen somebody more effectively communicate to like a traditional audience. He's not communicating for like C Span. He's like literally making sure everybody gets the point he's making, you know, it was fantastic.
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Link Lauren
It's incredible.
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Justin Wells
Amazing. It's amazing to see.
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Link Lauren
It's amazing. From the Zelinsky meeting to the South African meeting. Oh my God. Chef's Kiss, amazing. But we gotta wrap up soon, so I want to know what can we expect in the future with Art of the Surge? I hear you're still filming with the president. What can we expect? And are there some other projects you're working on that we should know about?
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Justin Wells
So we're, you know, if everybody wants to continue it, we may continue it. We've, we've filmed some additional material and we love it. I think it's, I think it's been a good service to people and, and we plan it, we plan to continue onward with that. And then we've got a few other shows and programs in the works. Some of them follow the same format, some do not. Not ready to really announce any of those yet, but we're super excited by it. You know, I think there is a hole in conservative media for this kind of like produced long form content. A lot of the podcasts have been filled up, especially with what you guys are doing at MK Media and your Your show, Megan, and some others. Like, the podcast space is powerful on the right right now. You know, we've got some really amazing voices out there, but I don't think, you know, I don't think you can go on Hulu or Netflix or a lot of places and like, find documentaries that are not like, straight out of like a Michael Moore book or something. So, like, I think there's a, there's a space for that, I think.
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Link Lauren
Thank you. This is something I talk about all the time. And we saw this with Sound of Freedom, and I know it's a weird example to bring up right now, but I remember with the whole Sound of Freedom scandal, people realized, oh, conservatives, they'll put their money where their mouth is if it's a project and a, a story that they're passionate about. It's just there are so few films and documentaries and docu series that actually speak to people who are right of center. And I feel that way about all these liberal magazines, all these liberal publications. Don't you guys want to reach out to half the country, just even from a capitalistic standpoint? So I can't wait to see what you do. You know, I love you. I'm never nervous for anyone. You guys. I was nervous for Justin to come on. I was all tongue tied. I was like, oh my God, he's a big deal. We have Justin Wells coming on. So thank you, Justin, and I'll check in with with you later. Have an amazing day.
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Justin Wells
Oh, you too. You're too kind. Thank you. Link.
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Link Lauren
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Link Lauren
Now we have to talk about California Senator Alex Padilla, who proves once and for all that these democrats in Washington, D.C. are nothing more than a bunch of overgrown theater kids. And as a recovering theater kid myself, I can actually say this, okay, I am allowed to call someone a theater kid because game knows game. And Alex Padilla, you might remember him because last week he tried to storm and disrupt a press conference Secretary Kristi Noema's having in California. He took off his flag pin. He was like, I'm. No one knew who he was. He was like, he's fighting off the Secret Service. He's fighting off security. And that is not how a press conference works. Okay? The principal, the candidate, the secretary, they will make prepared remarks and then they will let you ask questions. You don't walk and march up to the podium and try to disrupt. And when you're asked politely to step back, you get aggressive and start swinging. Well, Alex Padilla is not going to miss an opportunity to play the victim, because what does the left have except Trump derangement syndrome in playing the victim? So Alex Padilla was on the Senate floor this week crying. And we have a clip. Let's take a look.
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Alex Padilla
I was forced to the ground.
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Justin Wells
First.
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Alex Padilla
On my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this. But I will tell you, in that moment, a lot of questions came to my mind. First of all, where are they taking me? Because I know I'm not just being escorted out of the building. Am I being arrested here?
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Link Lauren
Boo, bitch. Get yourself some Kleenex. Go cry into your pillow. Leave me the crocodile tears. You are so full of crap. Okay, Alex Padilla, go to work. Why don't the Democrats actually go to work? Gavin Newsom, Padilla, all these folks, Maxine Waters, they want to storm facilities. They want to create viral moments because they're so desperate and hungry for attention. And that is who Alex Padilla is. So he's crying and crying and crying. He's acting like he's some great civil rights leader. He's acting like he's Rosa Parks who was told to go sit at the back of the bus. Sir, you got arrested for, like, one second. You were in handcuffs for, like, one second. And then Kristi Noem gave you 15 minutes of her time afterward to have a conversation, which she did not have to do, but because you made a scene and you were so dramatic. And a little theater kid, Kristi Noem, said, what can I do to help you? Clearly, you have something you want to tell me. So, Alex Padilla, go to work. Go do something. Go work for your constituents. Stop storming press conferences and for all the Democrats, stop storming ice facilities and stop being little desperate theater kids on social media who want to have viral moments like Gavin Newsom and Jasmine Crockett. So, Alex Padilla, we wish you well. There's nothing cute about this crying. You look like a little beta male bitch boy crying on the Senate floor was arrested. They got me. Shut up. Shut up. I'm so tired of this. Go to work. Go do your job. Why are you guys even in Washington, D.C. anyway? Okay, go to work. Now. Switching gears. This has been highly requested. We did an ask link a few episodes ago where you guys send in questions. We got thousands and thousands of questions, so we need to do this more frequently. But I thought I would answer some of them today, so I have them on my phone like a real Gen Z or let me pull up these questions. So the first question I received was this. And I've actually gotten this a lot. This person says, would you ever go on Survivor or Big Brother? The answer is absolutely not. There is no amount of money you could pay me to ever go on Survivor. I am like President Trump, okay? I like to sleep in my own bed. I like my amenities. I travel with my own pillow, okay? I travel with more clothes than I would ever need for a weekend trip. That is me. When I say in a hotel, I request a room on a high floor away from the elevator, someplace quiet with a bathtub. That is how dramatic I am. And you guys want me to go on Survivor, like, naked and afraid? My version of naked and afraid is when I wake up in the morning and I get in the shower and I think of everything I have to do for the next 18 hours. That is my version of Naked and afraid, okay? My version of naked and afraid is when I wake up. And, well, I won't tell that because my mom's Bible study is watching. But, no, I would never go on Survivor. I'm not gonna be in the dirt. I went on one huge hiking trip when I was about 15, right? I went on this summer hiking trip. It was about nine or 10 days in Pecos, New Mexico. It was fun. We hiked. You went to the bathroom in the woods. I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. I've evolved. I've graduated out of it. No disrespect to anybody who goes on Survivor, but it's just not gonna be me, okay? If I went on Survivor, I would be on a helicopter getting taken off that island in about two minutes, okay? I would look around. I would look at the food. I would say, oh, there's no bathroom. There's no this and that. And I would be out.
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Justin Wells
Peace.
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Link Lauren
I'd be on the helicopter. Y' all enjoy yourselves. And collect a check. I don't care. And as it goes to Big Brother, I would never go on Big Brother. Number one, I'm way too private. Number two, who wants to have cameras on them 24. 7. I don't want to even hang out with some of my relatives, okay? I barely want to hang out with people I consider good friends only in small doses. So to go on Big Brother and to be in a house with no privacy 24, 7. 7. No. Now, some folks say I would be good at Big Brother because I'm strategic. I can play the game. I can really read people well. But I also just don't have the energy. I don't care. I'd be in this house with all these random losers, and I would be, like, pressing a button to get out of the Big Brother house. So no reality show for me. No Survivor, no Big Brother. I don't see it in the cards. But let's move on to the next question. So this next. This next question is who is an ideal guest you would love to have on the show? And so for me, I'm very picky. I really don't love having guests that much unless I'm really interested in what they have to say and what they have going on. Obviously, the goal. The number one goal guest for the show is first lady Melania Trump. You guys know I love the first Lady. I think she's been so unfairly maligned and mistreated by the mainstream media. So I would love to interview First Lady Melania Trump. But then there's some other folks, like Wendy Williams. She had a huge talk show. She was at the height of her game, and then she was put under conservatorship. Right. And she hasn't really given that many interviews since. We haven't seen Wendy Williams, but she was a legend in her industry. Right. She had a huge radio show. She was on tv. So there are people like that. I think also some of my relatives who have passed, I'd love to interview them because I think I have glimpses and pieces of them in me. Right. I really reflect a lot of the way my grandfather behaved. They used to call him Showboat. So those are some folks I'd love to have on the show. But other than that, I just love talking to you guys. So let's move on to our last question. So this last question comes in from a young woman. She says, I have a crush on my co worker, but he doesn't know I exist. What do I do? This is an interesting one. So I'm a firm believer in if he was into you, you would know it. Okay. He might just be that he's not that into you. And I know that's hard to say. I know it's hard to explain. I know it's hard to take. But if you have a crush on your co worker and you're like, doing a bend and snap and you're trying to get his attention and he's not paying attention to you, move on. There are like 7 billion people on earth, 8 billion people, I don't know. And by the time Elon's done, there might be a gazillion more. Who the hell knows? But you're sitting around waiting for one man's attention. Here's what I will say, though. Shoot your shot. If you have a crush on the coworker, it's 2025. All y' all are about feminism and women supporting women. Ask him out. Say something. Say, hey, what are you doing after work? Do you want to get together? Do you want to hang out? Do that. And then if the answer is no, if he's not into it, then that is your answer. Move on. He's just not that into you. But if you have a crush on someone and you haven't made it known, that's on you. But if he's not showing much interest, sorry, it's not looking too good. So that concludes our ask link. I'm sorry I wasn't more sympathetic, but I just really believe in life. Don't waste your energy on someone who's not that into you. So if you can't see it through, if he's not showing you interest, then you got to move on. But as for this episode, we also have to move on. But I couldn't be more grateful to you guys for tuning in to Spot on with Link Lauren. I couldn't be more grateful to our guest, Justin Wells. You guys should all go check out Art of the Surge on Fox Nation. It really is an incredible docu series. And we will be back on Friday with a special Friday edition of Spot on with Link Lauren. It will be on YouTube. We'll be discussing some more hot topics we didn't have time to get to earlier in the week. So be safe and have fun. I will see you guys soon. Bye. For 140 years MultiCare has been in Washington prioritizing long term solutions, partnering with local communities and expanding access to care. Together, we're building a healthier future. Learn more@mycare.org with MCvalue at McDonald's, you don't just get deals on the drinks.
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