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A truly bizarre and unhinged morning for Donald Trump. But what else is new with this Trump regime? Donald Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office where he and his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, announced that they were going to be having a successor to the F35 jet, which they were going to call, surprise, surprise, the F47. So as they're gutting Medicaid, as they're calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme, they say they're putting a lot of money into an F47. But then Donald Trump started talking about his favorite topic, which is conquering Canada. He talked about how it was an artificial line that separates the United States and Canada. And he wants it, and he wants to take it. Now play this clip.
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Donald Trump
And very, very close.
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Peter Hegseth
There might be, but it would, you know, you have that artificial line that goes that straight artifact that looked like it was drawn by it ruler, somebody with a. I don't mean a ruler like a king. I mean like a ruler like a ruler this way. And just an artificial line that was drawn in the sand or in the ice. Can I tell you, Peter, just you, you add that to this country. What a beautiful landmass. The most beautiful landmass anywhere in the world. And it was just cut off for whatever reason. It would be great.
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Host or Narrator
Now, Donald Trump continues and says, look, no, no, I really mean it. I want Canada to become a state. I'm not joking. I want to take it over. Play this clip.
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Peter Hegseth
Nobody knows that they have up to 400%. They have a couple of tariffs at 400%. Nobody knows that. Nobody talks about that. And remember With Canada, we don't need their cars, we don't need their lumber, we don't need their energy, we don't need anything from Canada. And yet it costs us $200 billion a year in subsidy to keep Canada afloat. So when I say they should be a state, I mean that. I really mean that, because we can't be expected to carry a country that is right next to us on our border. It would be a great state. It would be a cherished state.
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Host or Narrator
Look, he couldn't be more clear about what he's saying. And as I've reported before, Canada's responding in kind. They are boycotting America, they are boycotting tourism, boycotting American. And they are now doing military deals with Australia and Europe to start building up its defenses against the United States. I mean, it's a horrifying thing that I even have to say that. But that's what the Trump regime has done to the United States. Also, bizarrely, Donald Trump posted this this morning. He goes, I love King Charles. This sounds good to me. This is a real post from Donald Trump. This is an AI. And. And he's posting an article from the sun which says, king Charles makes secret offer to Donald Trump. And the secret offer is to make the United States of America part of the Commonwealth and to make King Charles the King of the United States. I mean, I don't think this is like, even, like a real article in terms of not sure the. The veracity of the claim that that's actually the secret offer. But Donald Trump says he loves this idea. So I guess make Americ or make America great means make America a monarchy again. Hey, Donald Trump always loves kings. And I guess that's what he. I don't know, how bizarre is that? That's what he's posting this morning. Then Donald Trump is asked, you know, Russia continues to attack Ukraine. You claim that there was going to be a ceasefire over energy infrastructure. That's not happening. Putin's not doing anything that you said he was going to do. And so what's your response to that? And of course, Donald Trump's like, no, no, there's a ceasefire. He goes, there's a ceasefire over a lot of areas here. Play this clip.
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Reporter or Interviewer
As Russia continues to attack Ukraine, are you planning to impose any sort of.
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Peter Hegseth
Safety fighting against each other? Yeah, I think we're going to have. We have a ceasefire on a lot of areas. And so far, that's all held very well.
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Host or Narrator
And you know, Donald, the people living in Odessa and other cities throughout Ukraine would disagree. You're being played by Putin. But you know that you are Putin's puppet. You are Putin's pawn. And it's just so obvious. Donald Trump is then asked about whether or not he's extorting law firms and basically attacking law firms in executive orders like Paul Weiss and then making them do deals to give him free legal services or, or pro bono services that Donald Trump says law firms like to make deals. So yeah, they want to do deals.
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Peter Hegseth
Play this clip, the lands, et cetera, et cetera. It's being negotiated as we speak.
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Host or Narrator
What do you say to critics who say that your actions towards law firms are amount to coercion?
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Peter Hegseth
Well, the law firms all want to.
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Host or Narrator
Make deals, by the way. Shame on Paul Weiss, that horrific law firm. And any associate or partner who works at this law firm. And I know a lot of people there may be watching this or people who work at Big Law watch this. I used to be a lawyer at a boutique law firm. I used to do cases though, a lot with big law people. I went to Georgetown Law. I have a lot of people in my class who work at Big Law. The conduct by Paul Weiss, in my view, is absolutely pathetic. And it is embarrassing that they made a deal with Donald Trump because he put them in an executive order where they attack their own partner who worked for them, then said they would do $40 million of free leak of pro bono legal services. Shame on Paul Weiss. I had to say that. What a despicable law firm. And anybody who works there shares that shame. Right now here, Donald Trump is asked about deporting people who tamper with Teslas to El Salvador. And Donald Trump says, I view you. If you do anything to Teslas, he goes, I view you as a terrorist. Then, yeah, maybe, maybe play this clip.
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Donald Trump
You said this morning, 20 years in J. And then maybe they'll go to one of these prisons in El Salvador. Do you think with the way that the judges have been issuing injunctions, it would be easier or harder to send these Tesla domestic terrorists to a jail in El salvador than these MS.13 or trend day arrival guys?
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Peter Hegseth
Well, I view these people as terrorists just like others. These are when I looked at those showrooms burning and Those cars, not one or two, like 7, 8, 10 burning, exploding all over the place. These are terrorists. You didn't have that on January 6, I can tell you you didn't have anything like that on January 6th. Which is sort of amazing because on January 6th, the Democrats were talking. Nobody was killed other than a very beautiful young woman, Ashley, by the way.
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Donald Trump also was making posts earlier in the day and last night saying that if he goes, I look forward to watching these sick terrorist thugs get 20 year jail sentences for what they are doing to El Musk and Tesla. Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions. The Trump regime is now making ISIS style videos where they're taking people who they call gang members because they fit the Trump regime's view of what a gang member is and throwing them into concentration camps in El Salvador. We've heard stories, for example, a professional soccer player who, who fled the Maduro regime as political exiles, asylum seekers who were here, who was here lawfully. He had a Real Madrid tattoo and he had given a hand signal that made that meant peace and love. And the Trump regime took him from his family, sent him into a concentration camp in El Salvador and who knows if he's even alive anymore or what's happened to him. That is the state of the United States of America right now under the Trump regime. No wonder people like Charlie Angus in Canada and in the UK and Germany and elsewhere are issuing travel advisories for their citizens. Be careful. If you go into the US or we recommend you don't go to the us you may end up in concentration camps in El Salvador. J.D. vance was in the room during this bizarre press conference and he was asked what his thoughts were and JD goes, ooh, planes. Pretty cool. I like planes. Here, play this clip.
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Peter Hegseth
That's the other thing. Energy is going to be like it's never been before. Mr. Vice President, here, if you have any. Do you have anything to say while you're here? Very good, Vice President.
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Donald Trump
I'm just here to watch the show, sir. I think airplanes are pretty cool, so I want to go check this out.
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Peter Hegseth
It is cool.
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Pretty cool. I like airplanes. The hell is even going on here? And by the way, you know why he calls it an F47, right? As opposed to F36 would be the one that goes after 35. Then Pete Hegseth just starts glazing Elon Musk. Elon Musk is an innovator. Elon Musk is the greatest. We love El Musk here. We love him. The hell? Play this clip.
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Howard Lutnick
Elon Musk is a patriot. Elon Musk is an innovator. Elon Musk provides a lot of capabilities our government and our military rely on, and I'm grateful for that. We welcomed him today to the Pentagon to talk about doge, to talk about efficiencies, to talk about innovations.
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It was a Donald Trump is then asked if he believes he has the authority to round people up and deport them and not give them process. And Donald Trump goes, yep, that's the law. I can do what I want. Play the clip. Mr. President, do you think you have the authority, the power to round up people, deport them, and then you're under no obligation to a court to show the evidence against them?
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Peter Hegseth
Well, that's what the law says and that's what our country needs, because we were unfortunately, they allowed millions of people to come into our country totally unvetted, totally unchecked. So you ought to ask, did he have the authority to allow millions of people, Did Biden have the authority to do something that's unthinkable?
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Then Donald Trump calls Tim Walz, Governor Walz, a loser.
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Donald Trump
I don't know if you saw this Tim Walls is now saying about Trump supporters. And forgive me, I'm just reading a quote from Tim Walls. I think I could kick most of their ass.
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Peter Hegseth
Oh, boy, he'd be in trouble.
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Donald Trump
Is there any way to know?
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Peter Hegseth
Well, he's a loser, you know, I mean, the guy's a loser. He lost an election. He played a part. You know, usually a vice president doesn't play a part, they say, I think Tim played a part. I think he was so bad that he hurt her, but she hurt herself and Joe hurt them both. They didn't have a great, a great group, but I would probably put him at the bottom of the group.
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Donald Trump
Have you heard that Biden wants to get back involved for Mr. President, politicians fundraising and campaigning against your policies?
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Peter Hegseth
I hope so. I hope so.
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And then Pete Hegseth, after all of that, has the audacity to say, under the previous administration, we looked like fools, but we don't look like fools anymore. I think you look like the biggest fools the world is. Our enemies are laughing at you. Our allies are horrified at you. Play this clip.
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Howard Lutnick
Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore. President Trump has reestablished American leadership. The F47 is part of it. And Mr. President, thank you for having the courage to do it and leading the way for all our war fighters.
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Peter Hegseth
Thank you.
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While this is going on, what else is going on throughout the nation? Just take a look. People get that these Trump tariffs and these Trump disastrous economic policies are going to hurt them. For example, take a look at this Pennsylvania butcher. Play this clip here. This is all domestic, but as you know, you used to work at Costco.
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Peter Hegseth
The big chains, they get a lot of their beef from Canada and Mexico. If you get a 25% tariff on that, what's that do?
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Host or Narrator
It's going to increase the price until the consumer is going to pay for for it.
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Peter Hegseth
You on board with that?
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Host or Narrator
Well, listen, I mean, you have no choice in a way. I mean, me, my philosophy is to sell it as low as you can to show a savings of value to the customer and hopefully you have more customers to generate your revenue. Also, Donald Trump's Commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, billionaire Howard Lutnick, the guy who was yesterday on the news saying people need to buy Tesla stock to pump up the stock. And he goes, everyone should also consider buying in the future $30,000 Tesla robots. Yes. Trump regime, as you're gutting people's Medicaid, as you're calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme, as you're firing veterans, as you're engaged in cruel and inhumane treatment of American citizens and, and of others in general, as you're throwing people in concentration camps as well. Yes, by $30,000 robots. But here, Howard Lutnick is asked on this podcast, this bro podcast on like finances called all in, where they talk about how rich they are or like, well, how much? And you got millions of dollars. They give me whatever they're talking about. Howard Lutnick is asked, do you think that you should be more empathetic about how you talk about Doge and Doge destroying people's life? And Howard Lutnick goes, no, no, no. Why would I be more empathetic? This is what the American people want. They want to be treated like this. Play this clip.
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Podcast Host or Guest
Before, before we get there, I want to ask one last question. On, on, on the cuts. Can we speak in. Do we need to speak in a more empathetic way? Because that trillion dollars of spending flows into someone's pocket. Some percentage of that pays people a salary and they live on that income. And I think a lot of the. Okay, I think this is important for you to highlight because a lot of.
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People are reacting, watching these oligarchs, watching these billionaires say this is how people want to be treated and you shouldn't be more empathetic. These people are disgusting humans. These people are vile people. These trump. There's no other way to say it. Let's not mince words. These are disgusting people. Here Howard Lutnick talks about, yeah, if a Social Security check doesn't come, whatevs. My mom wouldn't. My mother in law wouldn't care. Play this clip. Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month.
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Peter Hegseth
My mother in law, who's 94, she.
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Host or Narrator
Wouldn'T call and complain.
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Peter Hegseth
She just wouldn't.
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Host or Narrator
She thinks something got messed up and.
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Podcast Host or Guest
She'Ll get it next month.
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Host or Narrator
A fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming, yelling and complaining. Huh? Seriously. Seriously. They're also doing things like this. News broke, I'm sure you've heard about it. How a promising advance in the fight against Alzheimer's could be threatened by Doge cuts. Play this clip.
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News Reporter
A promising advance in the fight against Alzheimer's could be threatened by Doge cuts and funding delays. Researchers have developed an experimental drug that appears to delay symptoms in some people who are genetically destined to get the disease in their 40s or 50s. It is a first of its kind study but early results have been encouraging. However, the NIH grant that researchers hoped would fund further research to save lives has been delayed, an example of how spending cuts and confusion in Washington are affecting critical scientific research.
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Host or Narrator
And now our allies as well say that the United States is retreating from its push to enforce Russia Russians sanctions. So these sanctions against Russia are not being enforced by the Trump regime right now. Horrific, horrific stuff. Or a lot of them are not being enforced, allowing Russia to move its money and to do deals, which it wasn't allowed to do under the Biden administration. Based on the sanctions regime that is in place, what else was Donald Trump doing? Doing? Oh, I'm not even going to read this one. Attacking judges. Oh, these injunctions are unlawful. It's unfair that that judges are saying that we can't kidnap people and then send them to concentration camps and that they're delaying it. And it's just him whining over and over and over again about us all. Caps Hit Subscribe let's get to 5 million subscribers. Thanks for watching. Can't get enough Midas? Check out the Midas substack for ad Free articles, reports, podcasts, daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski and more. Sign up for free now@midasplus.com.
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