Ben Shapiro (8:58)
That is correct. Obviously, peace through strength is Trump's byword. I mean, he was on this show a couple of weeks before the election and he rejected these sort of neo isolationism in favor of peace through strength. That is what 75 million people voted for, by the way. Even on Ukraine, the Washington Post is reporting President elect Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the first phone conversation between the two men since Trump won the election. During the call, which Trump took from Mar? A Lago, he advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of Washington's sizable military presence in Europe. And this is, this is not a surprise. Trump has said this stuff. Openly pretending that he hasn't is really, really silly. The two men discussed the goal of peace on the European continent. Trump expressed an interest in follow up conversations to discuss the resolution of Ukraine's war soon. The call, which had not been previously reported, comes amid general uncertainty about how Trump will reset the world's diplomatic chessboard. Here's what's going to happen. Trump is going to use the credible threat of force in order to ramp down conflict around the world. That is the thing that is going to happen, okay? So just get ready for it, because that's precisely what is going to happen. As the Wall Street Journal points out, the US hasn't been feared enough overseas during the Biden administration. According to Trump's advisers, by showcasing American economic and military might, the second Trump presidency should bring peace or at a minimum, prevent further escalation in Ukraine, the Middle east and beyond. Trump's former national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, who has also been discussed as a possible Secretary of Defense or national security adviser or Secretary of state, says it's going to be a return to peace through strength. Deterrence is going to be restored. 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The Trump Doctrine, if there were to be one, is don't cross that line or we will punch you in the face. That is the Trump Doctrine. And that is a great doctrine. That is an excellent doctrine. And meanwhile, a late breaking scandal. The Daily Wire is reporting. Leaf lemahue is the reporter on this. There's a huge story. The entire mainstream media picked up on it and then basically plagiarized the story. This originally came from Leaf over at Daily Wire. He says, quote, a federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump's supporters as they surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida. According to internal correspondence obtained by the Daily Wire and confirmed by multiple federal employees. Let me just repeat that again. FEMA officials told workers not to help people who had Donald Trump signs on their front lawn, basically, if their homes were damaged by Hurricane Melton in Florida. A female supervisor told workers in a message to, quote, avoid homes advertising Trump as they canvassed Lake Placid, Florida, to identify residents who could qualify for federal aid. That supervisor's name is Marnie Washington. The supervisor relayed this message, but verbally and in a group chat used by the relief team, multiple government employees told the Daily Wire. Apparently, the government employees told Daily wire at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance, meaning they were not given the opportunity to qualify for FEMA assistance. Images shared with the Daily Wire show houses were skipped over by workers who wrote in the government system messages such as trump signed, no entry per leadership. That's absurd, insane and un American. That's crazy. First of all, you're in the state of Florida. An awful lot of people here voted for Donald Trump. An awful lot of people here like Donald Trump. Trump flags are everywhere. I live down here, okay? Trump. This is Trump country. MAGA country. Florida is MAGA country. So the fact that FEMA officials were telling their lower downs to avoid going to houses with, say, a Trump sign or a Trump flag to allow People to apply for FEMA aid if their home had been damaged is the most un American trash I've heard of in recent memory. According to the Daily Wire, it is unclear whether the same guidance was issued elsewhere in the country. The employees were part of a Department of Homeland Security surge capacity forest team, meaning they volunteered from other DHS agencies to help an understaffed FEMA as it dealt with the second major hurricane in a span of just a few weeks. One of the employees said, quote, I know they're short staffed. I thought we could go help and make a difference. When we got there, we were told to discriminate against people. It's almost unbelievable to think somebody in the federal government would think that's okay. The employee said, quote, I volunteered to help disaster victims, not discriminate against them. It didn't matter if people were black, white, Hispanic for Trump, for Harris. Everyone deserves the same amount of help now. Again, this also came amidst complaints about the response to Hurricane Helene in rural areas across the country. In Tennessee, in North Carolina, according to the Daily Wire, the FEMA agents ordered not to help houses with Trump signs were operating in Highlands County, a deep red area located in south central Florida that backed Trump 70 to 30 on Tuesday. It was with tornadoes, torrential wind and rain and flooding when Hurricane Milton hit back in October. In the chat, this particular FEMA employee said it would be, quote, best practice to avoid Holmes advertising Trump. No explanation was given for the guidance that also included recommendations like telling workers to, quote, practice de escalation and preventative measures and to avoid high salt diets and coffee. Now again, this is insane. Apparently the chat was just filled with pictures of homes with Trump flags saying, quote, per leadership, no stop Trump flag. One team member wrote in a complaint filed to DHS about the guidance, quote, if they had damage or lost power for over 36 hours, it was my duty to inform them of benefits to which they are entitled through fema. Washington is the disaster survivor assistance crew leader for Highland county should not respond to multiple phone calls or an email seeking comment on the guidance. Fema, by the way, did acknowledge that this happened. Chad Hershey, Washington's FEMA supervisor, told Daily Wire the agency is looking into the situation. Quote, we are aware of it. We are taking proper action in this situation. Currently, after publication of the story, a FEMA spokesperson told the Daily Wire it was, quote, deeply disturbed and horrified by the employee's actions and that has, quote, taken extreme actions to correct the situation. While we believe this is an isolated incident, the spokesperson said, we have taken measures to remove the employee from their role and are investigating the matter to prevent this from happening ever again. The employee who issued this guidance had no authority and was given no direction to tell teams to avoid these homes. And we are reaching out to the people who may not have been reached as a result of this incident. It's a matter that we take extremely seriously. We are doing everything we can to make sure all survivors receive support from FEMA. To date we've helped over 365,000 households impacted by both Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the state of Florida. We're horrified this took place. We have taken extreme actions to correct this situation. And apparently Washington was fired by about October 30th. Apparently Washington had started walking back the instructions about skipping Trump supporters homes. According to one of the federal employees, the relief worker said Washington denied homes were being skipped after meeting with other FEMA administrators. So this person also lied about all of this totally insane story here for example is one hurricane worker named Adam Smith blasting the culture of fears and salvage operations in Florida with FEMA Blasting the culture of fear at FEMA I want first to get your reaction when.