Interviewer (6:57)

The summit in Alaska, what was that like?

Ukrainian Official (7:01)

I was not there.

Podcast Host (7:02)

You were not there?

Ukrainian Official (7:03)

I was not there. What can I say?

Interviewer (7:05)

You were here and you were watching that summit. What did you think when you saw that and you saw the red carpet and you saw Putin arrive to talk about your country?

Ukrainian Official (7:16)

I don't know. I think that it was bilateral summit, and it's a pity that Ukraine was not there, because I think that President Trump gave. Gave Putin what he wanted. He wanted. He wanted very much to meet with President Trump, with the President of the United States. And I think that. And I think that Putin got it. And it's a pity Putin doesn't want to meet with me, but he wants very much to meet with the President of the United States to show everybody video and images that he's there.

Podcast Host (7:52)

Just giving you two additional international news data points as well. Japan is saying, we don't have a deal with the United States. Maybe y' all should read Japanese newspapers instead of propaganda newspapers here in the United States. Japan says nothing's been settled. Washington has not issued any expected presidential orders on tariffs for pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. Tokyo's top tariff negotiator, Akazawa, said yesterday, on Saturday. And then in South Korea, they are absolutely pissed that. That their workers at a Hyundai factory in Georgia were rounded up and arrested and thrown into detention centers when South Korea was trying to invest some money into the United States. That was planned with former President Biden. But now their workers are getting thrown in concentration camps in the United States. You know, one of the way it's the media diet in the United States is so freaking terrible. And it's why I try to focus on international news and why I study what, what is it being covered here? So the research tool that I use is a tool called ground news and that's how I stay on top of everything. It's my go to source for news. It's subscriber funded and it pulls together thousands of articles from around the world. It organizes them by story and then it shows you what's the right reporting, what's the left reporting, what is the center reporting. It's a game changer for me because as an active, responsible citizen and podcaster and reporter, it's important that I understand and analyze where's this news coming from? Is this a biased source? A non biased source, but that's why I love ground news. For every article they tell you, did a media conglomerate put it out? Is it coming out from independent media? It lists the degree of factuality, which is interesting as there are a lot of sources from big media conglomerates that actually have very low factuality. Independent news seems to have a higher degree of factuality, which I'm sure you already knew that. I use the Vantage subscription plan. Use the Vantage plan. We're going to give you 40% off of all the tools that I use. Go to ground news dot go to ground news slash MTN. That's G R O U N D news MTN. Ground news MTN. Get 40% off the ground News Vantage plan. It's what I use every morning. Use the tools that I do on one more time. It's GR O u n d New slash mtn. We've pinned the link to the purchase for your purchase below. So it's ground news slash MTN and get 40% off of that plan. I just give you an example right here. White House review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide. 0% of right wing reporting on that. The powerful event last night between Bernie Sanders are with Bernie Sanders and Zoran Mamdani in New York City. What, like very few 10% of the right wing ever even covered it. Maybe you want to know why, Mom, Dani's growing in popularity not just in New York, but across the country. Because he's talking about affordability, which, by the way, Trump promised he would make things affordable. And now he just does his normal Trump fraud and says, I've done it, mission accomplished. Everything is so affordable, everything is great. And people just know that's not the case. Speaking of the Trump fraud, he then has his chief economic adviser, Kevin Hassett go on tv. And here Kevin Hassett says, oh, the reason that the Bureau of Labor Statistics once again says that the economy is in shambles based on the Friday report and the jobs report is horrible. He goes, just bias, political bias in the data. Here, play this clip at the forums.

Kevin Hassett (11:44)

And sending in the surveys.

Interviewer/Host (11:45)

Last month, the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggesting the report there was political bias, not just what you're talking about, which is a very technical issue on how data is collected and crunched. Did you fix the political bias?

Kevin Hassett (12:00)

Well, there are patterns in the data that look like political bias, but they could be accidental. And that's why we need to get a new set of eyes in there to make sure that things are more transparent, that we modernize the surveys and we make them so that more people trust them. But think about this at the Federal Reserve.

Interviewer/Host (12:15)

So you don't trust these numbers.

Kevin Hassett (12:17)

I think the BLS numbers need to really be approved. They need to be modernized. And I gave a talk at the BLS next to Alan Greasefield a few years ago where I talked about the necessity of modernizing them. And so I still agree with that position.

Interviewer/Host (12:29)

But trend line wise, when we hear from companies like Caterpillar, and then Treasury.

Podcast Host (12:34)

Secretary Scott Besant is asked, okay, like we all know Besant, that tariffs are attacks on American businesses that are passed on to consumers. Like, do you concede this? Even your buddies at Goldman Sachs are saying it. To which Treasury Secretary Scott Bess goes, oh, those are a bunch of libs. Those Goldman Sachs libs. I've made a career betting against Goldman Sachs in finance. You've made a career betting against Goldman. Okay, bud, here, play this clip.

Kevin Hassett (13:04)

A new high.

Interviewer/Host (13:04)

Hasbro says they're going to have to increase their prices. Goldman Sachs says 86% of the tariff revenue collected so far has been paid by American businesses and consumers. So just bottom line, Mr. Secretary, do you acknowledge that these tariffs are attacks on American consumers?

Kevin Hassett (13:20)

No, I don't.

Interviewer/Host (13:21)

Even though you have companies saying they are going to have to increase prices. And given the fact that 86% of these tariffs.

Kevin Hassett (13:30)

You're quoting Goldman Sachs. Yes, Goldman, Yes, I made it.

Interviewer/Host (13:33)

Which I said, yeah, I made a.

Kevin Hassett (13:34)

Good career trading against Goldman Sachs.

Interviewer/Host (13:36)

Okay, all right, I do want to talk.

Podcast Host (13:39)

And then they bring out their next quack maga, Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who says the real person to blame for vaccine hesitancy, the real Dr. Foushee. Let's blame Dr. Foushee who ran the NIH, Dr. Foushee, literally the guy who pioneered addressing HIV and AIDS, Dr. Foushee, who's been a bipartisan hero for being a top side. Like this is why these magas are so demented. You've made Dr. Fauci your enemy. And by the way, they're going to make the chairman of the Federal Reserve, which they already have, Jerome Powell, their enemy. And why? Because their leader, Donald Trump, the freaking vile piece of trash in the Oval Office, is an idiot. He kills people, he destroys things. And then they need to blame competent experts because they have to come up with some conspiracy. Why they're freaking murderous, traitorous felon, sexual abusing, idiot leader, keeps doing the things that you would expect someone with those qualities to do. Here's Marshall. Let's play it.

Senator Roger Marshall (14:44)

Look, Anthony Fauci did more to create vaccine hesitancy than Bobby Kennedy will do in his four years or eight years, however long he is as secretary. That's where the problem is. So don't blame Bobby Kennedy for the problems created by Anthony Fauci. But this. But I'm just telling you, I'm asking.

Interviewer/Host (15:00)

You about what you said about the hepatitis vaccine.

Senator Roger Marshall (15:05)

I'm sorry, go ahead.

Interviewer/Host (15:05)

I wasn't talking about Bobby Kennedy or Secretary Kennedy. I was talking about you and what you said about the hepatitis vaccine. And are you concerned that picking and choosing these things like this, this bespoke concept of giving more choice, that it also has the effect of undermining confidence in vaccines?

Senator Roger Marshall (15:22)

Yeah. I think there's a big difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats want a one size fits all prescription for everybody. And I'm telling you, not everybody reads the, reads the book, does exactly like that. I have confidence in doctors and nurses and parents and grandparents to make these decisions.

Podcast Host (15:39)

And finally, you know, just to help hear a voice of normalcy, here is Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, who talks about Donald Trump's ChicagoPalypse now meme threatening to invade Chicago and pour Agent Orange on it and kill everybody in the city. Yeah. Not normal behavior. Here, play this clip.

Interviewer/Host (15:58)

Vice President Vance says there aren't plans to send in troops. Do you have concrete indication now that there are plans to do so?

Interviewer (16:08)

Well, let's make it clear. The President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal, Margaret. This is not acceptable behavior. No, we don't have any indications of them getting ready to send troops into Chicago. In fact, I was out at Great Lakes Base yesterday, Naval training base. And they were able to confirm that the only assistance they've been requested to provide is just office space for ice, but that there are no barracks, no detention facilities. None of that is being requested or prepared to in order to support troops into Chicago.

Podcast Host (16:46)

But the new MAGA Republican candidate for Senate, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, in Iowa as Iowa farmers suffer. As Iowa people, I have a lot of, we have a lot of people who watch in Iowa. The people in Iowa are getting freaking crushed right now. And there's a reason why Democrats are overperforming in Iowa. But she goes, I think Donald Trump has been the best. He's been the best president. How great have these eight months been? Everybody, I mean, these people are freaking crazy human beings. Here, play this clip. What are Iowans telling you? What's going to be the key for you to try to win, win that.

Kevin Hassett (17:23)

Seat in next year?

Podcast Host (17:25)

Yeah.

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (17:26)

Well, first of all, we're doubling down on common sense here in Iowa. The Democrats keep doubling down on crazy. And I'm sorry. So proud to have President Trump's full and total endorsement to get this job done. I look at what he's been able to do. I think he's going to go down as the best president in our history. In his first eight months, we've been able to secure that border and deport dangerous illegals and cut taxes and make trade deals and peace deals. And so the list goes on and on. And so I know our work there is not done. And so that's why I'm stepping up to run for the United States Senate, because I think that we have much more to do and I look forward to being a strong ally for the president. What I've done.

Podcast Host (17:59)

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