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3531 - Zohran's Masterful Meeting; Trump's Plan To Make Air Travel Worse
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Sam Seder
Hey folks, today's episode brought to you by one of our favorite sponsors that Sunset Lake. Sabadei.com and right now our friends at sunsetlakesebide.com know that it's not always easy to be thankful these days. With Thanksgiving just days away, the weather is getting colder. At least in these parts. The days are getting shorter. More darkness, both metaphorically and literally.
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Matt Binder
Great.
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Sam Seder
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Hasan Piker
Could have used one this morning. There's a lot of news I had to get.
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Sam Seder
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Matt Binder
Or like stocking stuffers.
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Sam Seder
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Matt Binder
Yum yum, yum, yum, yum.
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Sam Seder
Doge remember that? Well, they've imploded. They are no longer exist. Eight months before the end of its mandate and a lot of them are lawyering up. Trump to propose a two year ACA subsidy extension. As the deadline to pass a said extension, it's about four or five weeks away. Tyson Foods shuts a major beef facility in Nebraska town, making one third of the town unemployed as of six weeks from now. Democrats consider ranked choice voting for their presidential primary. Supreme Court revives Texas racial gerrymander at least temporarily. North Dakota reinstates permanently an effective total abortion ban. Israel kills 24 more Palestinians overnight during the so called ceasefire. And the Trump regime to up its efforts to overthrow Maduro government in Venezuela. All this and more. Welcome ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for joining us at the beginning of the week.
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Matt Binder
It is fun day Monday.
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Sam Seder
Funday Monday. Where'd you go?
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Matt Binder
Well, I was just you since all this were on today's program but you got distracted.
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Sam Seder
Oh, all this and more on today's program, ladies and gentlemen, I did get distracted. Somebody was asking what Nebraska town it is. And I can't remember off the top of my head, but I will get to it in the stories as we go. Quite a bit of news that took place just literally like hours after, not even hours after we left the studio on Friday.
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Matt Binder
Yep.
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Sam Seder
A lot of people did emergency broadcasts over the weekend and we did not.
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Matt Binder
We did not. No, it was Friday afternoon. We were off doing our thing. But it was beautiful to watch Zoran Mamdani run circles around Donald Trump from Afar.
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Sam Seder
It was fantastic. We will talk more about that in just a few moments. The plant is located in Lexington, Kentucky. My understanding, the population as of like 2023 was 10,000. And the Tyson plant employees directly. Directly over 3,000 people. Now, I don't know how many people sort of worked like, you know, their business was a function of people working at that plant. I imagine you got 3,000 people working at a plant. There's probably a diner in the neighborhood that is making money off that. There's probably food trucks that are making money off of that. I mean, etc. Etc. Etc. Like that town is. It's going to be toast.
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Aaron Kowalski
It seems to me that's Lexington, Nebraska, which I did not know Nebraska had.
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Sam Seder
A Lexington, but we will. Did I. Didn't I say Nebraska?
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Aaron Kowalski
I think you said Kentucky.
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Sam Seder
Oh, no, no, I'm sorry. It's Lexington, Nebraska. There is a Lexington, Kentucky. There's also a Lexington, Massachusetts. I imagine there's a Lexington in every state except for like, Florida. I wouldn't think there would be so much sound Florida. We will, we will. We will talk about that later in the program as well. Hope everybody had a good weekend and that their team became, I don't know, the first team to win 10 wins in the NFL.
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Matt Binder
Now. You care about it now.
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Sam Seder
Exactly. It's true. I'm total fair.
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Matt Binder
Weather must be nice.
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Sam Seder
It is. It's actually great. Go from Dynasty to Dynasty. Whatever. Hey, look, let's just forget about it. Forget I said anything about it.
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Aaron Kowalski
Sports are the best when the weather's fair.
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Sam Seder
Yeah, exactly. Who wants to sit out in the rain and cheer? Listen, I went through the Victor Kiam years.
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Matt Binder
Do you want to get to the news?
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Sam Seder
Yeah.
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Matt Binder
Okay.
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Sam Seder
All right, let's do that. As you know, Thanksgiving is coming up and that means a lot of people are traveling by airlines.
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Matt Binder
Yeah.
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Sam Seder
Now there's like small, sniggly stuff that the Biden administration did that seems sort of small, but had like a direct impact on the quality of people's lives. Some of that came in the context of transportation, and that is rules to protect. People are flying. You'll. You'll recall, or maybe you don't. We went. Underwent 40 years ago now, I guess, more deregulation of the airlines, despite the fact that the airlines themselves didn't want to deregulate. And what that did is it supposedly was going to spur the development of a bunch of like, smaller airlines and they were going to service all. It was going to be cheaper, et cetera, et cetera. Well, it turns out that really didn't happen. And it did, and then it just sort of went away. Because invariably, without any antitrust protections, etc. Etc. And just capitalism is going to seek profit and not necessarily provide service that would be helpful to everybody, but they're going to just seek the most profitable routes. Airline regulation insisted that certain airlines fly and service these areas, despite the fact they may not be as profitable in some areas, but they would get then in return a more profitable route, et cetera, et cetera. And one of the things that's also happened is the service on airlines has gone down dramatically. Now, one would expect, Oh, I thought there was going to be more competition, but no, it was basically a race to the bottom. And one of the small but meaningful reforms the Biden administration put in that was supposed to kick in shortly was that if your flight is canceled, which completely screws you over, unless there is like, like a very specific, you know, weather situation that would have caused it, the plane, the airline would have to compensate you.
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Matt Binder
Right.
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Sam Seder
Can you imagine that there would be. I mean, it's hard. I can understand why, why an administration wouldn't impose that necessarily, because there's some political challenges to it, I guess, in terms of, like, big money. But can you imagine actually, like, having an administration reversing it? Well, imagine no more. Here is a former reality mtv.
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Matt Binder
Yeah, yeah. Real World. Real World alumni, Sean Duffy.
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Sam Seder
Sean Duffy, explaining to you what happens in the real world. In the real world, you get screwed, and it's best for the country asking about something else.
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Matt Binder
During the Biden administration, there was this push for greater passenger rights. And what they wanted to do is they wanted to have the airlines compensate people, give the money if there was a delay, if there was a cancellation. But that is something that the Trump administration has said they do not want to do.
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Sean Duffy
Well, we took a more common sense approach to it. If, if your flight is canceled and you're stuck, you're flying through Newark and you're stuck here. Well, we think the airline should actually refund your flight or, or put you up in a hotel, give you a meal. But if they changed your flight number and it's going to fly at the same time, that doesn't count as a, as a cancellation, and they don't have to refund you. And so we just want to have the right balance between the airline.
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Sam Seder
Pause it for a second. I just want to be clear. The idea that they would change the flight number, I suspect, was not what the Biden administration was talking about. There is a difference between your flight gets canceled and you're stuck midway through a trip that you're connecting flight gets canceled. You're stuck midway through the trip and obligating the airline to pay for you to stay overnight somewhere which I think was already existing as far as I recall. And there's only one other option. It's either that or they just change the flight number and the flights leaving at exactly the same time.
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Hasan Piker
Those are the two refund for that.
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Sam Seder
That's. Those are the two things that happen. Just like you get stuck in, in Newark in the middle of a flight or they just change the number on you. There's no other scenario where you're stuck where there can't. The flight is delayed for two or three hours because they decide to get rid of. Or it's canceled because they decided they didn't sell enough. They didn't sell enough seats on it and they, they can't. They're not going to be profitable enough.
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Matt Binder
Well, and just to people should know that the airline lobby is one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. And there was some speculation that that gang of eight Democrats who ended up caving on the government shutdown were being heavily influenced by the airline lobby. And it sounds like Duffy is just basically regurgitating their talking points now on air.
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Sam Seder
Let's just go back a little bit. I mean because this is impressive. I mean this, you know, balance you really common sense approach.
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Matt Binder
Yeah.
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Sam Seder
You wouldn't want to give flyers any type of compensation. It's common sense. You don't. You anyway inhibit corporations.
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Matt Binder
Your lobbyists saying that and he just repeats it. Total common sense approach.
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Sean Duffy
Fund your flight or, or put you up in a hotel, give you a meal. But if they changed your flight number and it's going to fly at the same time, that doesn't count as a, as a cancellation and they don't have to refund you. And so we just want to have the right balance between the airlines and the passengers. And you all know that if, if you spend, if you have all these passenger rights that are dinging airlines left and right, some where they should be dinged, but sometimes they should not be sanctioned. Well just the price of tickets are going to go up. So what is the right balance? And I think the last administration, the guy that sat in the seat was trying to run for president. I'm not running for president. So what I'm doing is saying what is how do we have the balance between the airlines and the passenger and make sure it's fair for both.
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Matt Binder
You know what he is doing instead? There's an article in the New York Times. Sean Duffy wants you to stop wearing PJs on the plane.
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Hasan Piker
We got sound for you.
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Matt Binder
Oh, we do? All right.
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Hasan Piker
The idea that Buttigieg was running for president means that he has to leave. Listen to people. And Duffy's not running for president, so.
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Sam Seder
He gets the right. Exactly.
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Matt Binder
I mean, this is lobbyists, the good stuff that Buddha judge God as transportation secretary, and some of which it seems like he's kind of slapdashing together and taking credit for as well. Duffy.
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Sam Seder
But yeah, and it should be noted.
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Aaron Kowalski
That they're, like, protecting the profitability, which is to say how much money these companies can kick back to investors as opposed to. It's like when they try to claw back all this money.
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Sam Seder
You're getting dinged.
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Matt Binder
Something I didn't know. In 2019, 400% increase of in flight outbursts by passengers. 2021. 1 in 5 flight attendants face physical incidents. You want to change that?
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Sam Seder
Yes.
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Sean Duffy
So Donald Trump talks about the golden age of transportation, the golden age of America. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you, the traveler.
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Donald Trump
Right?
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Sean Duffy
And so if you think you just want social media, you have your brawls at the baggage claim, you have passengers berating gate agents. We have unruly passengers on airplanes. People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly. You know, I see, I see people getting on airplanes. They're having a hard time taking their luggage and getting in, in the oversized or the above band. Help people out, be nice, be courteous. And so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season. Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up, bring civility back to travel. And I think everyone's experience is going.
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Sam Seder
To be that much better if you.
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Matt Binder
Dress up, you're going to be more uncomfortable.
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Sam Seder
Well, here's the point. Here's the point is it is true. Like, I remember flying in, like, 1975, and, like, people would dress up, but the seats, the distance between the seats honestly, was like 6 to 12 inches. More. Like when you are shoved into a, an airline as if it was like you're in the hull of a transatlantic ship. Okay, like on a C130. Like, then of course you're going to do anything to make the experience less painful. I mean, this is the thing. And there's reason why there's so many outbursts. It's because people are completely agitated by their experience at the hands of these airlines.
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Matt Binder
Or it's just world degeneracy. Sam have you considered that it has nothing to do with corporations taking advantage of you and exploiting you.
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Aaron Kowalski
And the fan is sardines.
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Matt Binder
Yeah, it's the fact.
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Hasan Piker
Slap it on. Lipstick and smiling.
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Matt Binder
Yeah, right, right. It's because women have their hairs in. Hair up in ponytails.
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Sam Seder
To get back to his whole thing about like, you know, it's going to raise ticket prices if airlines are held to account for the way they treat their passengers. Airlines, US airlines had $4 billion net profit in the second quarter of 2025. In the second quarter. I'm sorry, 4 billion in the second quarter. Now maybe some seasons are a little more profitable than others, but just, just in the back of the napkin of math here, we're talking a $16 billion net profit and they get away with putting people into these like sardine cans. And then you've got Patrick Duffy telling you, or Sean Duffy, sorry, I got my TV stars mixed up. You get Sean Duffy telling you. Like, the idea is, hey, maybe dress a little nicer. Incidentally, I imagine he goes business class every single time.
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Matt Binder
Oh yeah. Where you can stretch out your legs in the suit. I mean, Sean Duffy. So this is what it says. They started a new campaign on Wednesday that he called the golden age of travel starts with you. Complete with a 1960s style public service announcement that spliced together scenes of the country's first air travelers dressed in suits and hats with present day clips of in fight brawls and airport meltdowns in the background. Frank Sinatra Singh's come fly with you.
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Sam Seder
Let's bring back airline regulation.
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Matt Binder
Exactly. In the 1960s, do you understand that.
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Sam Seder
If you went on a 747 in this was as late into the 70s, maybe even the early 80s. I don't remember that on a 747 they had a second level of the airport of the. You could go up in, in a lounge. In a lounge and you go. Just to hang out there. Like, it's insane. I know, I know you could do that.
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Hasan Piker
Like, have you ever smoked on an.
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Matt Binder
Airplane.
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Sam Seder
That was like 12 when there was still smoking though? Yeah, no, I did. No, of course not.
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Matt Binder
I mean, I'm sorry. Just really quick story on this. When I was flying back from LA on Sunday morning, like I had to. It was four hours. I was in the window seat and I had to crawl over the guy to go to the bathroom. I waited for a long time and, and his wife was in the middle and she was like, oh, like you're going to wake him up. I'm like, okay, well I Got to go. And I just think, like. But Sean Duffy looks at that as like, that's the problem. Because I was, I was in. I was in leggings and a sweatshirt. That must have been the situation, or it could have been that I couldn't get out.
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Sam Seder
There's only 5 inches between without crawling over the stranger between the seat and the back of the other seat. I mean, it used to be honestly just like riding in, you know, economy was just like, you could shuffle through like you can at like a, like, you know, stadium seating. It was. It's just insane. They did have. When I, I took a train across the country in the, in the mid-90s and they had a smoking car, but that was it.
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Matt Binder
Next stop, they're gonna make us wear diapers.
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Sam Seder
Exactly.
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Matt Binder
So you don't have to move at all.
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Sam Seder
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Matt Binder
This is.
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Sam Seder
What number is this? Okay, so on Friday, as we were doing the show, Zoram Hamdani was headed down to visit Donald Trump at the White House. He's the president. And there was a lot of controversy about this. Well, in some circles, there was controversy. How could Mamdani meet with Trump?
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Matt Binder
Well, that's insane. If someone thinks that because he.
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Sam Seder
How dare he do his job?
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Matt Binder
How dare he. This is where Matt said it best last week. We've got to get out of campaign mode and into governing mode. Zoran Mamdani is the mayor elect. He has to worry about New Yorkers, and he has to meet with the president for those purposes.
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Aaron Kowalski
There are things he needs from Trump, actually.
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Sam Seder
Now, look. Yeah, there's two. There's. There are two sort of major constituencies that Mamdani has. One is obviously the New Yorkers who elected a mayor. For the most part. For the most part, your average New Yorker who voted for Mamdani was doing so because they want the material benefits that he has promised. And those include, you know, his four major planks, affordability planks. But they also include things like protect the city from Donald Trump. That means, you know, protect folks from ice. Build a sense of community. All the material things that you elect a mayor for, regardless of what, you know, sort of like without necessarily being part of any type of movement. Then the other constituency is a. Is a movement constituency ones. Maybe they're Democratic socialists. Maybe they're just, you know, unaffiliated Democratic socialists. Maybe they're sock Dems. Maybe they're progressives. Maybe they're even partisan Democrats who perceive his agenda to be the way in which they get. So there's a movement constituency and there is a material mayor constituency, and these are overlapped too, obviously, in certain places. And so you have to view everything that Mamdani does through both those lenses and also understand that from his perspective, I would imagine, and I share this perspective at least, and I'm projecting it on him, that he can serve the movement constituency the most by being successful in serving the material constituency of his. His voters. So with that said, let's play a couple of clips that show the trajectory of this, because he's going down there. Remember what they did to Zelensky when he came to the White House. I mean, this is just the most obvious one. But Trump is always loving to humiliate people. In fact, he humiliated Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer when they went in for the shutdown negotiations.
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Matt Binder
The MAGA hats, with the MAGA hats.
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Sam Seder
Out there and making.
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Matt Binder
Making Trump 20, 28 or something, trying to troll them about him running for a third term.
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Sam Seder
Yeah, Total humiliation.
- [33:20]
Matt Binder
It's interesting who he respects and who he doesn't.
- [33:23]
Sam Seder
I mean, f him, who cares? But.
- [33:26]
Matt Binder
But he has a. He has a superpower. And that is this sixth sense about marketing and popular popularity. And he sees what Zoran's got going on.
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Sam Seder
And who knows if those hats were in the White House meeting, but the question of whether they were going to release those. But here is what people were thinking anyways, before going in. Here's Elise Stefanik. I don't think you can find a more gravelly sycophant for Donald Trump. I mean, someone who has literally changed her entire political orientation to, to align with Donald Trump, put all the eggs in his basket, essentially.
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Matt Binder
He has made her eat shit so many times this year. Like, this is like, I mean, with the withdrawing the nomination for UN Ambassador and then saying you gotta run in this race in New York City and just. And just throwing her under the bus. And I mean, you can intro this here, Sam.
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Sam Seder
Yeah.
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Matt Binder
Well, that's delicious.
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Sam Seder
Yes. And understand this is also indicative of what all of the sort of, like, the MAGA apparatchiks thought was going to happen in here. Let's just hear it. The President is really kind of setting the table for tomorrow's meeting. Put out on a truth, social, quote, communist mayor of New York City, Zoran Kwame Mamdani has asked for a meeting. We're hoping that they open this thing up to the press tomorrow because it could be Pelosi, Schumer 2.0. In the Oval Office.
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Elise Stefanik
Well, certainly there's always surprises. I think it would be great to have it open for people to see the discussion that happens. My priority is always putting New York first and delivering results to the hardworking families of New York. What we cannot continue to see is this embrace of communism which Mamdani has brought to the most important city in the country. And really the entire world is watching this again. He is going to make New York more unaffordable and less safe. He wants to raise taxes. He wants to double down on failed bail reform and defund the police. And he has made it extremely dangerous for Jewish families living in New York. The fact that he has said he will arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu, that he campaigned with unindicted co conspirators of terrorist.
- [35:36]
Sam Seder
Attacks, I want to ask.
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Matt Binder
He's made it very unsafe for one particular Jewish family to visit New York.
- [35:43]
Sam Seder
Okay, so there's Lisa Stefanik, and she is. She is planning to run for governor against Kathy Hochul, basically running against Mamdani, tying Mamdani in there. We know that Hakeem Jeffries was going around saying the reason why he didn't want Mamdani to win was because he was afraid that it was going to destroy Democrats opportunity to take the House because Republicans are going to run against Mamdani as a jihadist, as a communist. Well, guess who just shattered all of those plans. This is 12 number six. Yes. Also you can do 12. Two. Go ahead. Used to call New York City home. Would you feel comfortable living in New.
- [36:36]
Hasan Piker
York City under a mom dying?
- [36:38]
Donald Trump
Yeah, I would. I really. Especially after the meeting. Absolutely.
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Sam Seder
What makes you comfortable?
- [36:44]
Donald Trump
We agree on a lot more than I would have thought. I think he's. I want him to do a great job and we'll help him do a great job. You know, he may have different views, but in many ways, you know, we were discussing when Bernie Sanders was out of the race. I picked up a lot of his votes and people had no idea because he was strong on not getting ripped off in trade. And lots of the things that I've practiced and been very successful on, tariffs, a lot of things. Bernie Sanders and I agreed on much more than people thought. And when he was put out of the race, I think quite unfairly, if you want to know the truth, many of the Bernie Sanders voters voted for me. And I felt very comfortable, frankly, in seeing that and saying that. And, you know, it just turned out to be a statistical truth. But no, I feel very comfortable. I would be. I would feel very Very comfortable being in New York, and I think much more so after the meeting. Yes, please.
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Sam Seder
Okay. Can you imagine being Elise Stefanic in hearing that? Can you imagine being. Never mind. Elise Stefanik. Every single Republican who is running and all of them in the House are. Who were planning. Like, this is the party of Zohra Mumdani. This is the party of communism. This is the party of Islamo fascism. And they're going to.
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Matt Binder
And I mean, Laura Loomer has got.
- [38:15]
Sam Seder
To be heartbroken over and over again. Here is clip number six. Like, specifically, Elise Stefanik.
- [38:24]
Matt Binder
Yes.
- [38:24]
Sam Seder
Was going to run whole hog on this, and she was gonna show the way for everybody, you know, across the country how you run against the Democrat.
- [38:37]
Donald Trump
You do. I enjoyed the meeting. We had a great meeting.
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Matt Binder
Please, Mr. President, Republican Elise Stefanik has campaigned multiple times by calling Zorahani a jihadist. Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now in the Oval Office?
- [38:48]
Hasan Piker
No, I don't.
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Donald Trump
But she's out there campaigning, and, you know, you say things sometimes that a campaign. She's a very capable person, but, you know, you really have to ask her about that. But I don't particularly. I think I met with a very. I met with a man who's a very rational person. I met with a man who wants to see. Really wants to see New York be great again. And I can say. Again, because New York was great, you know, when I came. Okay, all right.
- [39:18]
Sam Seder
We don't need to hear him reminisce about New York.
- [39:20]
Matt Binder
But that he did play on. I guarantee you, Zoron played on his New York nostalgia.
- [39:24]
Sam Seder
Of course. Of course. And. And. And here's. I mean, this is like the. The functional equivalent of a. Of. Of. Of ice picking up Elise Stefanik, putting a hood over her head and driving her out into the middle of some desert somewhere and saying, good luck with your. With your campaign.
- [39:45]
Matt Binder
Right.
- [39:45]
Sam Seder
Like. Like, literally, she has nothing to campaign on now. She has nothing to campaign on.
- [39:51]
Matt Binder
And he also screwed her by again taking her out for the UN ambassadorship. And then she got that fancy apartment, she got her new little outfits, and she was thinking that she was gonna be leaning into the pro Zionist kind of element of her record because she was leading those committees, going after all of those college presidents as well. And then that didn't end up working out, and she was thrown back into her House district, where she hasn't had a town hall in, like, years or months or something like that. And she thought she was getting out. She thought she was moving on. Up and he continues to destroy her career, which is just wonderful to watch.
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Sam Seder
And this was going to be, as a political matter, this was going to be the Republican strategy for the midterms. It was the only thing they had. Right. Because when you run in midterms, particularly when the opposite party is in power, it is all a referendum on those in power. And so Republicans had nothing to run on proactively except to demonize Mamdani and attempt to tie him. Now, whether that would have worked or not, we don't know. But now I can tell you it is impossible for them to run this play successfully or with the same amount of success. Because if you're running for some swing district in Pennsylvania and somebody goes, are you really going to elect somebody who is from the party of Zoram Mamdani? And this person's going to go like, well, I think, you know, President Trump said this. You know, this is clearly a rational guy trying to do his best. And now the only other part about this that people have to understand is, again, like, you know, this is. Mamdani was able to do this. I don't think Donald Trump went into this meeting.
- [41:35]
Matt Binder
Yes.
- [41:36]
Sam Seder
In this way. Because if there was any indication that that was the case, we would have heard about it. We would have heard about it.
- [41:43]
Donald Trump
At least.
- [41:43]
Sam Seder
The phonic would not be out there.
- [41:45]
Matt Binder
Communist, 24 hours before the meeting.
- [41:47]
Sam Seder
Exactly. Like he was getting ready to do a humiliation tour. And Mamdani went in there and said everything he needed to say to make Donald Trump like, this guy's great. He's a winner. He's very smooth. Well, very good gentleman.
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Matt Binder
Yeah.
- [42:03]
Sam Seder
But when he's in the room with him, he doesn't back off of anything. Let's do the. Let's do the number one. Like this. This is.
- [42:13]
Matt Binder
Zoran didn't back off of one thing. And Trump backed off of every critique of Zoran.
- [42:19]
Sam Seder
Not just backing off of. Of Of Zoran's critique. He said, yeah, okay, he can say that about me. Go ahead.
- [42:26]
Matt Binder
Even. I'm sorry, but even. Look at the visual. Trump sitting down and Zoron standing up. Like, from the beginning. Whoever orchestrated the. The private meeting before this and then the press conference, I mean, his Soren's team is phenomenal. But this was just amazing.
- [42:39]
Sam Seder
Do you remember that picture we took in here? That joke picture?
- [42:42]
Matt Binder
Yes.
- [42:42]
Sam Seder
With me and with Hasan, like, that was a joke. Me going like this. That's all the Trump was doing the whole time.
- [42:50]
Matt Binder
I'll see if I can send that to Stephen Nelson.
- [42:54]
Sam Seder
He asked about your comment calling the.
- [42:56]
Matt Binder
President a fascist and your answer was, was both President Trump and I have been clear about our positions and our views. Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
- [43:06]
Zoran Mamdani
I've spoken about.
- [43:08]
Donald Trump
That's okay. You can just say okay. It's easier. It's easier than explaining it. I don't mind.
- [43:15]
Matt Binder
Don't mind. I ask you also about this Ukraine plan, incidentally.
- [43:20]
Sam Seder
I just. He said yes. He said yes.
- [43:22]
Aaron Kowalski
Yes.
- [43:23]
Hasan Piker
Okay, then yes.
- [43:24]
Matt Binder
Yes.
- [43:24]
Sam Seder
I'll take yes as an answer.
- [43:27]
Aaron Kowalski
And Trump is sincere when he says, I don't care if you call me fascist.
- [43:31]
Matt Binder
And then later he said something about, you know, he's called me a despot. I've been called a lot worse than that.
- [43:35]
Hasan Piker
We patted him again.
- [43:36]
Matt Binder
Yeah. Did we want more? Because.
- [43:40]
Sam Seder
Oh, yeah, I have a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Here's number three in terms of like.
- [43:46]
Hasan Piker
You know, we forgot to mention in setup for this is the 86 Dems who voted to denounce socialism.
- [43:50]
Sam Seder
Oh, yeah. I mean, that's the thing. It's like how poorly time when. Now, of course, the Republicans brought that up as part of this. Like this was all part of their strategy. That was not a coincidence that that vote took place that day. It was. The Republicans are putting that up because they know they're on a roll here. And then all of a sudden, you know, I hate to say this, but record scratch, like it's.
- [44:12]
Matt Binder
Yeah. Well, turns out Trump's only in it for himself and he kind of doesn't care that much about the Republicans and what they're going to do with the midterms.
- [44:19]
Sam Seder
I actually think he does. Is concerned, but at that moment, his. His brain just doesn't work that way. Cuz I'm convinced within a couple of days he's going to try and come out and say like, oh, he'll say something racist. Mamdani's a horrible.
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Matt Binder
Oh, sure, sure. But the damage is done.
- [44:33]
Sam Seder
The damage is done.
- [44:34]
Matt Binder
He's already undercut their whole argument.
- [44:36]
Sam Seder
And here is more of Mamdani not backing off of anything he says. Actually, let's start with. Let's start with five. Okay. Just how Mamdani sort of manipulated Trump. Donald Trump has praised many presidents in office.
- [44:56]
Matt Binder
Yep.
- [44:56]
Hasan Piker
Andrew Jackson.
- [44:57]
Sam Seder
Andrew Jackson, McKinley. I'm better than Reagan, better than Lincoln.
- [45:05]
Aaron Kowalski
Late, great Frederick Douglass.
- [45:06]
Sam Seder
There is one president who is more clearly associated with progressive Democrats and Democrats for that matter, than any other. And Zoran is about to make Donald Trump sing this guy's praises practically. Go ahead.
- [45:27]
Donald Trump
That he did.
- [45:28]
Zoran Mamdani
And I'LL just, I'll just add.
- [45:31]
Sam Seder
I'll.
- [45:31]
Zoran Mamdani
Sorry. I'll just add one thing to what the President said is one thing I also appreciated is in. In our meeting to, to appreciate a portrait of FDR and the incredible work that was done with the New Deal. And also in thinking about what it can look like when the federal government and New York City government work together, deliver on affordability, and can be transformed.
- [45:51]
Donald Trump
You know, we have a great portrait of FDR that I found in the vaults that was missing for years. I found it and I put it up.
- [46:00]
Sam Seder
I found it Democrat.
- [46:01]
Donald Trump
To the best of my knowledge, he's a Democrat. And when the mayor saw that portrait, he said, sir, do you mind if I have a picture. Picture taken? By that point, it's an amazing portrait. The picture comes out good, but it's an amazing portrait in the Cabinet Room. So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess, and of ftr.
- [46:17]
Sam Seder
Yes, against this Democratic social is a big deal of.
- [46:21]
Matt Binder
He took it as a compliment about the decor, basically. He's like a nice piece of art. That's what.
- [46:27]
Sam Seder
That's actually mine. I found it.
- [46:28]
Matt Binder
Yeah.
- [46:29]
Hasan Piker
I love the idea of him rooting around the vault.
- [46:31]
Aaron Kowalski
National treasure style.
- [46:33]
Sam Seder
When was the last time in a Republican Oval Office that FDR was praised by anybody? By anybody. I mean, and, you know, this is like, this is the only part that ultimately counts in terms of, like, the political, you know, materially. We will see what's going to happen. But as a political matter, this could not have gone better. And here is Mamdani not only getting, somehow tricking Donald Trump to allowing him to praise FDR in the White House and Trump to sort of backing it up. Right. Like, you know.
- [47:12]
Matt Binder
Well, I think Trump maybe has said one thing about FDR and he likes the fact that FDR served multiple terms past the constitutional limit. That might be the only thing I think, that he's kind of acknowledged in.
- [47:24]
Hasan Piker
Terms of that he's always sitting just like me.
- [47:28]
Matt Binder
He's hiding a health condition. And just like me.
- [47:31]
Sam Seder
And just watch how clever he is. Here's number four. I mean, look, I'm just analysis analyzing this in terms of, like, its political value. Right. Mamdani needs to be held to account on a lot of different things that are going forward. He needs to deliver a, you know, the material benefits he's talking about or he's going to go down as a failure. He needs to do that. But in terms of, like, the political value of this very brief meeting and, you know, it's Mamdani is now the sort of like the center focus because of the value that the Republicans thought that it was to him and the value he has to progressive, you know, folks and leftists and whatnot. And so here he is being asked, and this is so minor, but it is so well done. Does New York love Donald Trump? And here is how Mamdani answers it. That both signals like, I'm not going to give anybody a clip that says New York loves Donald Trump, but I'm also going to continue to have like ding dong over here sitting to my, sitting to my left, think that, like, I'm a great guy.
- [48:46]
Matt Binder
Compliments.
- [48:47]
Sam Seder
Yes. Because, because remember now the threat was we're going to defund New York's federal money. No Second Avenue subway, no tunnel to New Jersey, no federal, other federal projects. We're going to send in the National Guard. And so Mamdani has a, have material reasons to keep Trump happy or at least feel not personally offended because that's the way that Trump ends up governing half the time, but also to maintain his own personal integrity in terms of, like, what he believes in. Not so much like, I don't think he gives a crap as to how people perceived him in this. It's, it's, it's the message he's delivering. Go ahead.
- [49:32]
Donald Trump
Turning point. One way or the other, it could go great or it can go in a different direction. And I think you really have a chance to make it great.
- [49:41]
Sam Seder
And I presume we're counting on it. Mr. President, you said you love New York City. Mr. Maudani, does New York City love President Trump?
- [49:47]
Zoran Mamdani
New York City loves a future that is affordable. And I can tell you that there were more New Yorkers who voted for President Trump in the most recent presidential election because of that focus on cost of living. And I'm looking forward to working together to deliver on that affordability agenda.
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Donald Trump
I got a lot of votes.
- [50:03]
Sam Seder
One or two more.
- [50:03]
Matt Binder
Go ahead.
- [50:05]
Sam Seder
So there it is. He, he refuses to say New York loves Donald Trump. He just simply says New York love afford, affordability. And as a factual matter, more people did vote for Donald Trump over an affordability agenda, as opposed to saying, like, you know, people didn't believe Democrats and.
- [50:22]
Matt Binder
That'S where we come, like, where we can be wildly speculative. But I think Trump's pretty transparent. So it's not that hard to be speculative about what was said in the closed door meeting prior to this. Right. Where it seems abundantly clear that Zoran Mamdani went in with, like, the understanding that this person is, as Kamala Harris said on the campaign trail, susceptible to flattery. And it seems like apparently he called, actually spoke with Schumer and Jeffries offices previously because they have experience obviously with him. It's the smart thing to do about how you deal with a guy like this. And he. When Trump brought up Bernie at the beginning, that was really the tell where it's clear that Zoran Mandani emphasized the fact that 1 in 10 of his voters voted for Trump in the last election. And then he's going to say this is over a shared agenda of affordability and that we should work together because you made historic gains in the city and buttered him up in that way, which is true. I mean, he's using the failure of the Democratic Party to his advantage. And the way that the party has treated him has enabled Trump to see him in that light in the same way that Bernie Sanders was as an outsider. The first event that I ever covered as an intern when I was at tyt like political men, was seeing Trump at his hotel and it was right after Bernie Sanders had dropped out. And it was just remarkable to watch him try to fold in all of the rhetoric that Bernie had used in order to kind of manipulate it. Obviously he's a lying con man, but he says what he needs to say in any room. But he recognizes at the very least the power of popular support and what like crowds and energy does the Trump. Trump knows and understands that fundamentally. And so he doesn't respect like the, the, the concierge liberalism of Schumer or Jeffries. He knows that Zorin has people power too. So it backs up his, his.
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Sam Seder
I'd be willing to bet that Mamdani went into that meeting and the first thing he said, I want you to know that I launched my campaign with a video that I shot on the streets of my, my district talking to Trump voters and why they voted for you and would they vote for an affordability and maybe even showed like a clip of it. But I, there's no doubt in my mind that's the way he opens it up. Like, that's why I understand your appeal in New York's and Trump is then that's it. And she's nothing but like stars and who knows me. Yeah.
- [52:45]
Matt Binder
And who knows where it goes from here. But I do think that like the he Trump also wants a foil. I mean, this is all reality TV for him. Right. And he hasn't had an actual foil in this era so far.
- [52:58]
Sam Seder
He's not using that.
- [53:00]
Matt Binder
Well, I guess But I do think that in the future they're gonna have some sort of. He thinks that this is an opportunity for good tv and like he respects the fact that Zoron is good on tv. And they may get along in this moment, but I anticipate there will be clashes later. But that's not necessarily, I think, how he views how Trump views Jeffries and Schumer.
- [53:21]
Sam Seder
Oh, no, he definitely not. But that says everything. Here is a, another example of Mamdani saying stuff in the White House that we haven't heard before. A, B, completely not giving any ground whatsoever in this meeting with Trump and seemingly getting everything good. And you did a piece in all the nine months around the world. I would like to ask, Mr. Maldani, you accused the US government of committing genocide in Gaza while President Trump was working on this.
- [53:56]
Sean Duffy
Why?
- [53:57]
Sam Seder
Why that?
- [53:58]
Zoran Mamdani
I've spoken about the Israeli government committing genocide and I've spoken about our government funding it. And I shared with the president in our meeting about the concern that many New Yorkers have of wanting their tax dollars to go towards the benefit of New Yorkers and their ability to afford basic dignity. And what we see right now is we're in the ninth consecutive year of more than 100,000 school children being homeless in our city. And there's a desperate need not only for the following of human rights, but also the following through on the promises we've made New Yorkers. And I appreciated the meeting we had and the work that we can do.
- [54:29]
Sam Seder
Do you agree that President Trump did do a peace and work hard to make the peace because he worked hard to do the peace in the Middle east and everywhere. Do you agree with that?
- [54:38]
Zoran Mamdani
I appreciate all efforts towards peace. And I shared with President Trump that when I spoke to Trump voters on Hillside Avenue, including one of whom was a pharmacist that spoke about how President Trump's father actually went to that pharmacy not too far from Jamaica, states that people were tired of seeing our tax dollars fund endless wars. And I also believe that we have to follow through on the international human rights. And I know that still today day those are being violated. And that continues to be work that has to be done no matter where we're speaking of good.
- [55:05]
Sam Seder
That's what he says. That's what Trump says. Good. Because you know why? Trump heard nothing after pharmacy, dad, dad, pharmacy.
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Matt Binder
But that was the other part. We he, he 100% just sprinkled in anecdotes about Trump's name being all over the city. And it's so cheap, you know, It's a cheap date, you can say that kind of stuff. And Trump is able to come out of it feeling better about the meeting. And I mean, it's just amazing. It's amazing. It was, it really undercut the Republicans, which is primarily what we care about. But it's also an amazing thing to see the way that Chuck Schumer still did not endorse Zoran Mamdani. And Trump is speaking more positively about him than I've seen other Democratic leaders, major Democratic leaders. And that's part of, like when we're talking about the Democratic Party not being committed to an authentic Democratic represent, authentic Democratic representation in its own ranks, it is the fact that they can't even recognize or harness the popularity because they are so bought off in a way that's intrinsic to Trump. And that looks like play acting in a way as an embrace of democracy or a swell of enthusiasm. And Democrats have allowed that play acting to replace an actual Democratic responsiveness, which has harmed the party's brand in addition to committing genocide with it for years and years to come.
- [56:31]
Sam Seder
Just to give you a sense of what the expectations were of at least the, you know, the MAGA expectations of what was gonna come out of this thing. And I would imagine also we know the expectation of what the Democrats were because we watched the Democratic leadership vote, vote in favor of the resolution to criticize socialism or whatever it was, whatever that dumb thing was, because they thought their first reaction is always like, we're going to lose. We need to get into like our crouch with our shield up. And here is Jack Posobiak, Bumble Jack, asking a question of Mamdani. And look what he does when Trump basically ends it like it's Johnny Ball game for these people here.
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Jack Posobiec
You're continuing this idea of race based.
- [57:21]
Zoran Mamdani
Property taxes, to be very clear, is what you said. No, the use of the term was a description of neighborhoods, not a description of intent.
- [57:28]
Jack Posobiec
So you intend to tax the whiter neighborhoods more?
- [57:31]
Zoran Mamdani
No, we intend to create a fair property tax system because we want a New York City that is not only fair and equitable, but also one that every New York can afford.
- [57:37]
Sam Seder
Well, Democratic socialist in New York City. Wait, wait, that's not the. Oh, no, there was a. I'm sorry, there was. There's another clip which where we watch him walk away. Yes, he got very angle because what happens after that is, and this is the reason why Fox cut this clip is because Trump starts talking about like how, yeah, it's important the city is affordable. Do we not have that clip I put. I thought I put that in.
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Matt Binder
That's all right. But we can just as they're pulling it up, we can kind of describe it a little bit here. There is like a. There's footage of that lingers on Posobiek after he asked that question, after Mamdani answers. And then as Sam is describing there, Trump undercuts it as it goes. And Posobiyuk literally. Well, I won't spoil it that much.
- [58:35]
Sam Seder
Yeah, let's just put it. Let's play it.
- [58:39]
Matt Binder
This is.
- [58:40]
Sam Seder
So we'll watch. Look at his face. It will show you the. The. The expectations they had for this. And the ultimate. Yeah, this is it. The expectations they had for this. Go ahead. And ultimately, what happens? Would you feel comfortable living in New York City under a Bondani administration?
- [59:07]
Zoran Mamdani
I would.
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Donald Trump
Especially after the meeting.
- [59:10]
Sam Seder
Absolutely. What makes you comfortable?
- [59:13]
Donald Trump
We agreed a lot more than I would have thought I wanted to do.
- [59:18]
Sam Seder
There goes. I'm done. And that's it for me.
- [59:23]
Hasan Piker
What's interesting in that Fox News clip that we started is that he tries to spin it that he had Mamdani quivering.
- [59:29]
Sam Seder
Oh, yeah. Literally hearing his question.
- [59:32]
Matt Binder
Who says this? Oh, my God.
- [59:38]
Sam Seder
On some of his most controversial policies. Let's bring in the journalist who asked that question. Turning Point USA contributor and veteran Navy intelligence officer Jack Bosobic. Jack, great to have you on the show. You confronted mom dummy today. The back and forth was great. Did you believe it when he said that he meant to describe neighborhoods, not the.
- [59:57]
Matt Binder
The people now?
- [59:59]
Jack Posobiec
Well, Trace, not at all. Again, this was his choice descriptor. He was talking about the specific characteristics of white neighborhoods. And he said that we need to reduce the burden on ethnic minority neighborhoods. And Trace, this is the same type of rhetoric that you hear from cultural Marxists on the campus. You hear it from cultural Marxists when they're in the street with antifa. And now we're hearing it from a cultural Marxist who apparently is going to be the mayor of New York City.
- [60:25]
Sam Seder
Apparently, yeah. Were you surprised at anything that happened today? People were calling this very cordial. Did you think it would be that cordial, Jack?
- [60:34]
Jack Posobiec
Well, I wasn't sure how the president was going to play it. I think that, you know, going in, I think we did certainly think there were going to be more fireworks. We thought that might. There might be some debate going back and forth, but it looked as though Dami, I think, was honestly a little bit timid. He was quivering when I was interviewing him. He had definitely not faced that type of question before. I think he was intimidated by the Oval Office, and I think he was intimidated by President Trump. And that's why you didn't get this rhetoric like he had before on the trail, talking about.
- [61:06]
Sam Seder
Talking about what? Genocide? Talking about what? Like, keep going.
- [61:13]
Jack Posobiec
And that's why you didn't get this rhetoric like you had before on the trail, talking about defunding the police, talking about the way. Not just going after ICE agents, he's gotten in the face of ICE agents before, and now all of a sudden he's saying, you're going to work with ice, Trace. I just don't buy it.
- [61:29]
Sam Seder
Yeah. He didn't say everything he just said. And here is.
- [61:36]
Hasan Piker
I swear he's talking to his girlfriend.
- [61:38]
Sam Seder
I had him quiver.
- [61:39]
Matt Binder
I had.
- [61:39]
Sam Seder
He was quivering. He was quivering so much that I walked away. When dad, Donald Trump said, I'm looking forward to living in Mamdani's New York.
- [61:47]
Hasan Piker
This is the part my girlfriend and.
- [61:48]
Aaron Kowalski
My boyfriend, just to get the raw.
- [61:50]
Sam Seder
The raw footage here.
- [61:51]
Aaron Kowalski
This is the part where he's asked about by Posobiek. And we can see the quivering here.
- [61:58]
Zoran Mamdani
New York City that is not only fair and equitable, but also one that every New Yorker can afford.
- [62:07]
Sam Seder
Trump. Trump, honestly looks. I don't think my father has ever looked more proud. I don't think there's been any more pride. Like, I'm probably not even anything closer than Trump's going to be good on tv.
- [62:18]
Hasan Piker
All of his children just said the same thing.
- [62:20]
Matt Binder
That is all he ever wanted was a kid that was good on TV and quick on his feet. And then he's just got Tweedledee, Tweedledum and the one I want to.
- [62:30]
Aaron Kowalski
And that's the thing. Like, Trump's like, ooh, that's a tough one. And then Hamdani, if Mamdani answers it, like, competently, Trump is like, oh, well.
- [62:39]
Sam Seder
Here'S Donald Trump the next day, of course, in celebration of Mamdani's communism, wearing a red flag.
- [62:51]
Hasan Piker
This is a reference only for you, Sam. But he's dressed like Robert Goulet.
- [62:54]
Sam Seder
Exactly.
- [62:54]
Aaron Kowalski
Yes.
- [62:56]
Sam Seder
He's got his. One of those called ascot on because he's. He was obviously impressed by Mamdani style, too. Here we go.
- [63:06]
Matt Binder
Do you still plan to deploy the National Guard to New York City.
- [63:11]
Donald Trump
If they need it right now? Other places need it more, but if they need. We had a very good meeting yesterday. We talked about that. But if they need it, I would do it. Okay.
- [63:22]
Hasan Piker
Whatever he wants.
- [63:23]
Sam Seder
You understand that? Like, Stephen Miller just started to cry when he heard that.
- [63:28]
Matt Binder
Oh yes, that's the other person who I'm just so happy is probably upset about this Zionist racist nativist, Stephen Miller.
- [63:36]
Sam Seder
So let's just be clear on this. On a. In terms of constituent one that Mamdani serves, that is the citizens of New York City, he was able. Now this may change. This may change, but he was able to get Donald Trump to say like, well, the National Guard thing will say probably not. And then he also put this up. He also got Trump to back off of his saying he's going to cut off New York City billions of dollars of federal funds.
- [64:09]
Aaron Kowalski
Wait, people love me there.
- [64:10]
Sam Seder
Yeah. Why would I do that? People on the street really love me.
- [64:14]
Aaron Kowalski
Look at the video.
- [64:14]
Sam Seder
They said they love. I saw the video where they interviewed. Do you know my father went to the pharmacy in Daddy. My father did. My dad did. Like, so there's a connection there. So as a material, you know, as a material matter, he did that. Now there's also knock on effects from that that you've got like Hochul now doesn't want to get to the right of Donald Trump and deny Mamdani what he needs. There's like the knock on impact of this is, is dramatic. Then there is sort of like the, the movement impact. Now the movement impact is helped only if all of it's contingent upon Mamdani being able to do what he said he was going to do. If Mamdani fails, you're going to know him only as the example of, of democratic socialism, of progressivism failing. Period. End of story.
- [65:13]
Matt Binder
And he's aware of that. I mean, I think that's why we'll talk about the Jeffries thing later. And Chio say and what went down with dsa. I did not mean to rhyme that, but yeah, like that. But he's aware. This is where Zoran's a special political talent. He's aware of the significance of his victory and what it means for democratic socialism in the country.
- [65:32]
Sam Seder
And so, so as, and as a movement matter and in terms of like just the broader politics we know the Republicans, at least this is what Hakeem Jeffries thought. This is what the Republicans thought. This is certainly what Elise Stefanik was doing. They were going to run against Mamdani. And here is a perfect example of what went wrong for them. This is Todd Starnes. Isn't he from like, he's from some like, like right wing. Is it the National Review or. I can't remember where he's from.
- [66:04]
Matt Binder
Fox News Radio.
- [66:05]
Sam Seder
Fox News Radio. Maybe he was there.
- [66:07]
Hasan Piker
But like Newsmax.
- [66:09]
Sam Seder
Newsmax.
- [66:10]
Matt Binder
Old school. You know this is a Standard Republican.
- [66:13]
Sam Seder
At 8:56am on Friday scenario, Mamdani enters the Oval Office today only to be greeted by Tom Homan who then personally escorts the communists back to Uganda and then fanfic five hours later at 1:40pm I thought mom, Donnie was supposed to be a fascist dictator. What the heck is going on at the White House?
- [66:37]
Matt Binder
Hit him with that, Riz.
- [66:40]
Hasan Piker
The only self identified fascist was Trump.
- [66:44]
Sam Seder
It's fine, it's fine. You can say that. I don't know. It's not a big deal for me.
- [66:48]
Matt Binder
Wasn't he supposed to be the ultimate alpha male? Donald Trump? But gosh, that smile just did him in, I guess. But you see why they are threatened by somebody like this who is strong and unambiguous and has people power behind him. He. Because they can't be the strong men anymore. It's all based on perception. And little weaselly weak liberals are much easier to bowl over in that way than leftists who stand on principle.
- [67:14]
Sam Seder
Here is Laura Loomer also very sort of like beside herself.
- [67:21]
Matt Binder
She knew their relationship was open, but did it have to be him? Don, I said you could hope you could hook up with other people, but not him.
- [67:30]
Hasan Piker
We're supposed to approve these first.
- [67:32]
Sam Seder
Yeah, pop this up. What is Elise Stefanik going to campaign on now? During her New York gubernatorial campaign since Oram Hamdani's policies have been signed off as comfy by the gop. Notice she didn't say Trump. She's afraid of singling him out. Keep that up there. As comfy by the gop. Now what is the GOP going to going to attack Democrats for if Donald Trump has embraced like even left of the Democrats policies? Like if they go out and say this guy's a socialist I'm running against, he's gonna go, thank you. This is what Donald Trump signed off on. She goes, are you still running for governor, Elise? Dems just need to run clips of the presser today to defeat Elise. And you know what? Laura Loomer's right. Laura Loomer's right. This is like, it is hard to imagine Mamdani coming out of this with like, I just, you know, again, in a month Trump could be like, he's actually, you know, I found out his middle name is Kwame and that changes everything.
- [68:41]
Hasan Piker
He's a silver tongue devil.
- [68:43]
Sam Seder
But. But this exists. This piece of political weaponry exists in real time.
- [68:50]
Matt Binder
It traveled. It really did. Just because it's just incredibly funny. And also I think Trump May retreat once the charm wears off. But I just do think that you can't take this press conference back. He's already normalized Zoran and Democratic socialism, which is amazing. More so than most of the Republicans, the Democrats in Washington.
- [69:19]
Sam Seder
All right, just to give you an example, to sum this all up before we go to the fun half, show the picture of me. This was a joke picture that we took in studio where I was trying to show how much, like, how much taller. I mean, the joke was he was. You know, Hassan is. He's a very tall guy. I am not that short in real life.
- [69:40]
Matt Binder
You're sitting down.
- [69:41]
Sam Seder
I. I'm actually crouching, I think, in this instance. But nevertheless, weird. It looks like I'm sitting down. Well, yes, I'm doing that for a fact. But the effect being like, oh, my gosh, look at this guy. And then we see this picture here. It's almost the exact same thing. Whoa, look at how big you are. I mean, just amazing. Now, the only other thing I would say, and maybe we'll. We'll play this in the fun half. Trump never took his right hand off of his. I'm sorry, his left hand. His left hand was over his right hand like this. In almost every second of those 20, 25 minutes, there was one second where he had done like this. And then he remembered to put it back on there. Even when he was leaning over, he kept that. He was covering that hand. Maybe that's the way to make himself feel secure. Or maybe it's a way to cover up that little area where they put in the. The intravenous treatment. Who knows? I'm not a doctor, so I don't know.
- [70:50]
Aaron Kowalski
Can't keep my hands on myself.
- [70:52]
Sam Seder
All right, let's. I gotta hold myself back. I just want to touch him. I just want to touch his shirt once. Just let me just touch your suit. Let me just touch your suit. What's that made out of? What is that made out of? Maybe the Riz is contagious. Is that a silk tie? Is that a silk tie? I also just noticed that Mamdani wore a blue tie. I wonder if that was sort of like a purposeful contrast. But. All right, we're gonna head into the fun half of the program. We gotta talk about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning and the disarray that we could be seeing in the Republican caucus. She's resigning, not retiring. And supposedly there's a lot of talk that there could be more Republicans resigning. They go home for Christmas break, and it's like, why do I Want to go back there in nine months.
- [71:49]
Aaron Kowalski
Happened to some kids I knew at college.
- [71:51]
Sam Seder
I mean, honestly, this is, this is the time. This is like, you know, peak school refusal, as it were. And we're going to talk about the implications of this on the other side in the fun half. Just to remember it's your support that makes this show possible. You can become a member. Join the MajorityReport.com when you do, you not only get the free show free of commercials, we got a bunch of them. It's an ad dump at the end of the year. Everybody's got to get their budget spent. You also get to I am the show. And most importantly, you allow this show to thrive and survive. Join themjorityreport.com Also Just Coffee Co op. You want a great gift? Give somebody the majority report blend. Give them any of their single origin or, or what is it called? Blends. Coffees at just coffee co op. Fair trade coffee, hot chocolate. Use the coupon code. Majority get 10% off. Matt. Left reckoning.
- [72:52]
Aaron Kowalski
Yeah, there's a left reckoning Sunday show for patrons who support our show@patreon.com LeftReckoning featuring Aaron Kowalski from Nebraska. We did the harvest report. Talked about the year in farming and all the fun that farmers have been having and his progn for. For what the future of rural America looks like, which is not great. And also he's got a new lavalier mic, which means that Prairie fire Nebraska on YouTube is going to see more content and he might even have a bigger announcement later in the year. So you might want to follow that YouTube channel for what Kowalski's got cooking.
- [73:30]
Sam Seder
All right. See you in the fun. Half. Left is best. Jamie and I may have a disagreement.
- [73:43]
Matt Binder
Yeah, you can't just say whatever you want about people just because you're rich.
- [73:47]
Sam Seder
I have an absolute right to mock them on YouTube. He's up there buggy whipping like he's the boss. I am not your employer.
- [73:53]
Hasan Piker
You know, I'm tired of the negativity.
- [73:55]
Sam Seder
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. You're nervous. You're a little bit upset. You riled up.
- [74:00]
Hasan Piker
Yeah, Maybe you should rethink your defense of that, you idiots.
- [74:04]
Sam Seder
We're just going to get rid of you.
- [74:05]
Hasan Piker
All right?
- [74:06]
Sam Seder
But dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude. You want to smoke this joint? Yes. Do you feel like you are a dinosaur?
- [74:20]
Aaron Kowalski
Good.
- [74:21]
Sam Seder
Exactly. I'm happy now. It's a win, win. It's a win, win, win.
- [74:26]
Matt Binder
Hell yeah.
- [74:26]
Sam Seder
Now listen to me. 2, 5 times. 8, 4, 7, 9, 065014572. 38, 56, 27. 1 half. 5 8. 3.9 billion.
- [74:42]
Matt Binder
Wow.
- [74:43]
Hasan Piker
He's the ultimate math nerd.
- [74:44]
Sam Seder
Don't you see? Why don't you get a real job instead of stealing vitriol and hatred? You left Wayne Limbaugh. Everybody's taking their dumb juice today. Come on, Sammy. Dance, dance, dance.
- [74:53]
Donald Trump
Ooh.
- [75:00]
Sam Seder
Grandpa. I had my first post coital scene with a woman. I'm hoping to add more moves to my repertoire. All I have is the dip and the swirl. Fine.
- [75:08]
Hasan Piker
We can double dip.
- [75:09]
Sam Seder
Yes. This is a perfect moment. No, Wait. What? You make under a million dollars a year.
- [75:15]
Aaron Kowalski
You're scum.
- [75:15]
Sam Seder
You're nothing. Excuse me? Fuck you, you fucking liberal elite. I think you belong in jail. Thank you for saying that, Sam. You're a horrible, despicable person. All right, gonna take a quick break. I want to take a moment to talk to some of the libertarians out there. Take whatever vehicle you want to drive to the library. What you're talking about is jibber jabber.
- [75:38]
Matt Binder
Classic. I'm feeling more chill already.
- [75:43]
Sam Seder
Donald Trump can kiss all of our asses.
- [75:48]
Hasan Piker
Hey, Sam.
- [75:48]
Sam Seder
Hey, Andy. You guys ready to do some evil? Hitler was such an idiot.
- [75:54]
Aaron Kowalski
This guy might be a Nazi.
- [75:55]
Matt Binder
Agree.
- [75:56]
Sam Seder
No. Death to America. You.
- [76:02]
Hasan Piker
Yes.
- [76:04]
Matt Binder
Wow.
- [76:06]
Sam Seder
Wow. That's weird. No way. Unbelievable. This guy's got a really good hook.
- [76:18]
Aaron Kowalski
Wow.
- [76:22]
Sam Seder
No worries. Let's.
- [76:23]
Matt Binder
Let's.
- [76:24]
Sam Seder
I want to just flesh this out a little bit. I mean, look, it's a free speech issue. If you don't like me.
- [76:29]
Matt Binder
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- [76:30]
Sam Seder
Shut up. Thank you for calling into the majority report. Sam will be with you shortly.