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Dave Rubin
Connor just gave me the biggest what are we doing as we played that cold open? That's just I explained this JD Vance meme thing to you. That's happening right now. It's partly what brain rot on the Internet is. It's just kind of ridiculous. It's not worth analyzing. Hello, I'm Dave Rubin. This is the Rubin Report. It's March 13, 2025. We are live streaming on Rumble, YouTube and Locals. I think we're going to have a very, very, very brief post game show@rubinreport.locals.com today because I'm on John Bachmann immediately after. But we do have a Rubin report community Q and A coming up. So we will be answering your questions and you can try to get some in on the fly and we'll do our best to accommodate everybody. We are gonna get you caught up on the news before we get to the community Q and A. We're gonna have a bunch on tariffs and the trade war, the trade war that's happening with Canada, a bit on China. And then really, I would say the big story of the last couple days is that finally, finally we decided to kick out one of these Hamas supporting green card, having anti American, anti capitalist kids from Colombia and the left and the Democrats are going apoplectic. The same people who have not said a word about the kid who grew up in New Jersey who is now in a tunnel somewhere under Gaza, are freaking out because a kid at Columbia, a Syrian national who has been at Columbia who has been supporting terror and violence and stopping kids from going to class and occupying the school and everything else, getting kicked out and having his green card taken away. And Marco Rubio gave one of the single best answers to a question I have ever heard a politician or a member of an administration give yesterday. So we'll get to all that. Let's start with the big trade war and the tariffs and everyone's freaking out. Kevin O'Leary, Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank. He's, he's a Canadian and he's become one of Trump's biggest supporters at the moment. And he's a great communicator. That's why the guy's been on television for years, putting aside all the business success that he's had. And here he is talking about how America and Canada, if we can get through this rough patch, if we can make things more equal so that we're not getting screwed on all of these trade deals and everything else, meaning that they're not tariffing the hell out of our goods and services that we're sending over to Canada and things are more equal, that we can have a beautiful union where some of us will eat French fries with ketchup and some of us will eat French fries with poutine.
Kevin O'Leary
The signal that Trump's put out multiple times is what an incredible economic union could be formed if we eradicated tariffs and joined the two economies, not buying the country and making Canadians Americans. Sovereignty is off the table.
Scott Jennings
I don't want to rewrite the words that Trump himself has said out of his own mouth. He said two things. He believes in an economy that is powered by tariffs. He believes in tariffs, not that it's a negotiating tool. He wants the tariffs because he wants the money. The second thing that he said is that, you know, who knows if this is real, but he keeps repeating it. He wants Canada to be the 51st state. So why are you asking us to ignore what Trump is saying?
Kevin O'Leary
Because you've been watching Trump for 12 years. From all that comes an interesting opportunity in Canada. You've got United States of America, the largest consumer market on earth, and Canada, the richest country on earth, with everything everybody needs every day. You don't have to buy the country, and they're not selling their sovereignty. But if you get an economic union with no tariffs and maybe a common currency and maybe a common passport and maybe something that could be done around making sure that everything is equalized, China will never catch up.
Dave Rubin
All right, first off, again, this thing that it's always worth reiterating. When someone is telling the truth, they can speak calmly, and it's not over the top. And I know that facts don't care about your feelings, but you can kind of feel it right now. Remember, he is a Canadian. So do you think he's trying to sell Canadian sovereignty to the United States? Like, I don't think so. I don't think so. What he's talking about is eradicating tariffs. Trump's whole point with laying tariffs on Mexico and with Canada, specifically remove China from the equation for the moment, is that we are getting screwed in the tariff war, meaning that they are putting massive tariffs on the goods that are imported into Canada, and we don't put massive tariffs on the things that we import from Canada. Trump ultimately wants to eradicate tariffs. There's very few. Well, I suppose there's somebody, but I don't think there's that many people who know much about economics that want trade wars and tariff wars. We'll tariff you more. You'll tariff us more. The idea of applying the tariffs is so that we can eradicate the tariffs so we'll have even trade throughout. That's number one. Number two, you know, for a long time, there's been the debate about who's the most racist person on television, whether it was Joy Reid or Sunny Hostin. And I think I did beat Megyn Kelly by default because Joy Reid's no longer on television. Although Megyn Kelly's argument was she won because her lady got fired for racism. I leave that to you, the viewer. Abby Phillips, the host of this show, I don't know that she's racist per se, but she seems like the dumbest person on television. She seems very afraid of every word that's coming out of her mouth and as if she doesn't believe it. But also this idea that Trump said something and if you don't think his answer was so right. Have you heard a word that this guy has said in 12 years? Trump floats ideas to get conversations going. So that's what he's doing with the tariffs, with the goal of eliminating tariffs altogether. If you take him literally in every. It's a negotiating tactic. It's just incredible. These people don't understand it. Here is Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explaining that even more. And this is really fascinating, and I'm shocked that the lefties aren't on board this one. Trump wants to eliminate taxes for anyone who makes less than 150 is to have external revenue.
Howard Lutnick
You know, the way I think about it, we all are so used to paying taxes. We're so used to it. We have, like, Stockholm syndrome, you know, don't stop the Internal Revenue Service, God forbid.
Dave Rubin
How about this?
Howard Lutnick
The rest of the world leans on our economy. Economy breathes off our economy. Not only is our economy $29 trillion GDP, but we consume $20 trillion a year. We are the buyer of everybody's stuff. We buy everybody's stuff. So who's more important, the people who sell stuff or the people who buy stuff? So we are the buyer of everybody's commodities, products, goods and services. Everything comes from us, right? Let them pay a membership fee. We all understand that model. Let them pay. How about we, you and I, and every single person we know pay less? How about no tax on tips? How about no tax on overtime? How about no Social Security? How about all those things? These are the kind of thoughts that will change America. I know what his goal is. No tax for anybody who makes less than $150,000 a year. That's his goal. That's what I'm working for.
Dave Rubin
All right, so first off, we just double checked just to make sure. So right now when we export dairy goods from the United States from our farms to Canada, we pay a 200% tariff on that. So think about what that does and then I'll address what Ludnick said. Think about what that does, that it basically makes it so that we really can't sell dairy products in Canada. Because if you're a Canadian and you're looking at cheese and you're like, boy, I could buy this Wisconsin cheese that's 25 bucks because it's been 200% tariffs to get into the country or I can just buy Canadian cheese. You're obviously going to buy Canadian cheese even if you love good old fashioned Wisconsin American made cheese. It's just obvious. So that's one thing for the pre relative to the previous clip. Now as far as Lutnick, first off, let's do that end first, get rid of taxes for anyone under 150. I've never heard anyone float that, but okay, great. They are eliminating waste from the government. We are realizing the government doesn't need as much money. And wouldn't it be nice the bulk of people in America make under 150 grand a year. That means the bulk of people would not pay taxes. We would not pay income tax. There'd still be sales tax, there's property tax, there's payroll tax, there's all sorts of other taxes. So the government will still have some money. It doesn't need as much as it's gotten. We seriously, we definitely understand that at this point. So that would be pretty good, right? Like that's actually kind of progressive, you might argue that might be kind of populist in a leftist sense, that some people who have less will have more benefit. Now, by the way, it creates a series of problems because if you make, you know, 150 or under, you're not taxed, but now you make 155 and you are taxed. And then there's a certain class warfare that could develop out of that. Those are secondary things that would have to be thought about. Okay, but the point there is, is don't tax tips, don't do income tax. They are trying desperately to have us all rethink this. And I think it's really, we have the Stockholm syndrome. We have this idea that the government is so good to us, if we just gave it more, it would do more for us. And that is completely wrong. Let's jump back to Kevin O'Leary because here he is talking about Elon and eliminating this waste and fraud, which ultimately would lead to, yes, money in your pocket. Whether you like me or not, I'd like you to have more of your money. We catch anybody doing it because they're harming a great American company. When you do that, those people are going to go through a big problem when we catch them.
Kevin O'Leary
Is he wrong? Are they not vandalizing a great American company? Is Tesla not a great American company?
Scott Jennings
I mean, I didn't say he was. I didn't say he was wrong.
Kevin O'Leary
So Elon is. Put himself under. He's like an ant under a microscope. He's doing something that's been so needed for so long. He's just simply saying, look at what I found here, look at what I found here. Look at the waste, look at the fraud, look at.
Dave Rubin
And they're doing a terrible job.
Scott Jennings
The thing that you think about that.
Kevin O'Leary
Clip, you don't have to do anything about it. But he's pointing it out, this guy.
Dave Rubin
First of all, we should say this, he's a hero. I mean, it's not much more complex than that. They are, they are the guy that is trying to get the waste out of the system, that's trying to do it transparently. And you can go to the Doge website and you can go to the Doge X account. They are trying to demonize the high hell out of him. Why would you do that unless you were part of the machine? That was the slush fund, that was the USAID endless gravy train for pet projects for people who were in essence laundering money. Everyone should be for that. It doesn't matter whether you're a Democrat or Republican or anything else. You should want everything to be more transparent and less waste. And then we can see if the system. Now, the other thing that happened, and we covered this yesterday, was that Trump not only bought a Tesla, but said that the administration would be helping Tesla. Now, he went out of his way to say that Elon never asked for any help or anything like that. But here is Scott Jennings kind of blowing up Abby Phillips argument that this is somehow something evil.
Scott Jennings
Look, Teslas, they're cool cars. But the President is clearly trying to do his friend, political donor, actually government employee, a pretty big favor here for his private business.
Elon Musk
It's hardly the first time we've had cars on the South Lawn, man. Here's a video of Joe Biden driving a Jeep Rubicon around the South Lawn.
Scott Jennings
I mean, it's pretty common and President Trump had did it before in his first term. As well.
Elon Musk
It's pretty common for the. For the President, United States to boost American industries, American made products and companies that are, you know, employing Americans. It's extremely common. He obviously has a close relationship with Elon, who, by the way, is, I think, unfairly under attack. And this company is unfairly under attack. You have these insane people all over the country chasing people down in their Teslas. In New York City, I had a friend who tried to trade his Tesla in New York the other day, and there were protesters screaming at his children.
Dave Rubin
Look, these people are unhinged and they.
Elon Musk
Deserve support from the government.
Dave Rubin
I don't know who that black gay cowboy is, but he definitely likes a little Scott Jennings. Okay, yes, it is completely common. Joe Biden did it. They bring on. Whoa, look at that. I didn't even know we had the picture. Look at that. That is a man with dementia who should have never been allowed to even be sitting in the driver's seat of a car. And there he is with a Jeep Rubicon. So there you go. Somehow Abby Phillips, was she even on TV at the time? I'm guessing she did not do a segment about that. By the way, Scott Jennings is also right. Elon's company is under assault. We covered it yesterday. There are paid protesters going to Tesla showrooms and going to Tesla Charger stations and violently protesting. It's one thing if you protest, as misguided as it might be in this case, but if you vandalize a Tesla Charger station or if you break a window, that is domestic terrorism. It is the definition of domestic terrorism. So the funny thing that's happening here, and this is the magistrate, we could say, or the magical nature of Donald Trump, what he is able to do is get his opponents to stake out the most idiotic positions. So they now hate a man who was a lifelong Democrat, who was doing more for the green movement than anybody else, who has become such an enemy to these people that he has had to move several companies out of Delaware. He took, you know, where they were, where they were incorporated. He took several companies out of California. And then this is actually. This is just kind of funny. So this is Delaware Governor Matt Meyer and he's on cnbc and he's asked about Elon and he knows he's a Democrat, so he has to hate Elon. But watch how muddled this gets. If Elon's watching right now, what would you tell him? Elon who? Musk. Elon Musk. Yeah. Please, please stop cutting our federal government with a chainsaw. Please preserve Medicaid.
Kevin O'Leary
He meant about the share.
Dave Rubin
He's not coming back to Delaware with that. Yeah, I don't. Elon, yeah, he's, he's running his company. I don't, I don't know. I'm a. Yeah, right. I don't have much. What do you think? I'm the governor of a state where a lot of people incorporate because we used to have benefits for companies to do that. What am I doing here? I mean, these are the. Again, the Democrats are so damn thin that that's what you get if you live in Delaware. You get that guy pretends he doesn't know who Elon is, then doesn't even. Then pretends he doesn't even know. The question doesn't want to address why Elon took his Incorporate his corporations out of Delaware. Like, these people are just absolute clowns. Let's not forget that. Elon's pay package to Tesla. Remember, remember this, where he took no money and said, I will only take money from Tesla if we hit these absolutely insane markers over the years. Which of course Tesla did because it's a great product. Well, then it was a Delaware judge in January, a year ago, January of 24, who struck down his pay package, which I think is still hung up in the courts. Or did they then reverse that? I'm not even sure, but that's basically why he took his company out of Delaware. Just ridiculous. And if you'd like more ridiculousness, let's go over to the televised mental institution known as MSNBC, where Lawrence O'Donnell, a middle aged straight white man who for some reason does not step down to give a crippled bisexual lesbian his job. He doesn't like Elon either.
Lawrence O'Donnell
Elon Musk does not understand the country where he now lives. Elon Musk would fail by a wide margin. A high school AP American History test. He grew up in white South Africa, going to a segregated elementary school and high school where he learned nothing about American history, American law, American free enterprise, where every company gets to decide where, how and when they will advertise and where they won't, and where no company is allowed to advertise on federal property. A country where advertisers have never wanted to be associated with Nazis. Elon Musk is such a bad salesman that he was stupid enough today, today to bring even more attention to the latest disturbing challenges the Tesla owners are facing, thanks entirely to Elon Musk.
Dave Rubin
Lawrence O'Donnell, you're a fucking retard and I'm going light on you right there. You're Just an awful human being. You're a terrible broadcaster, you're deeply inauthentic. You're reading a hack script from your corporate masters and you're just a piece of shit. I apologize for the choice language. I do actually imagine saying that to a Mexican. There's this Mexican business leader and he grew up in Mexico. And because he grew up in Mexico, he doesn't know anything about America. And also it's actually worse than that because his implication is he grew up in South Africa. White, white, white supremacist Nazis support him. You're just a fucking retarded piece of shit and you don't deserve that chair. And you'll be fired too. And the revolution will eat you too. You loved this guy two years ago. Do we have evidence of how the mainstream media loved Elon two years ago? We do. We have one of those kind of things that proves exactly the point that I'm about right now. Well, you just go ahead and play it whenever the new Jesus Christ of our era are Steve Jobs and Elon Musk.
Elon Musk
And it's important to have heroes.
Lawrence O'Donnell
The 47 year old engineer has been called the real life Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man, Elon Musk, AKA.
Dave Rubin
Real life Iron Man. The guy is brilliant, he is a genius. And at least for now, the world.
Lawrence O'Donnell
Is better off having Elon Musk in it than not.
Dave Rubin
Elon Musk is one of the most interesting people in America. He's in the world and I guess in the universe, Elon Musk is doing things that may revolutionize transportation and climate change. When somebody as staggeringly rich and staggeringly intelligent as Elon Musk talks, people listen. What happened, guys? Is it that Elon Musk ripped off the mask and said I'm a white supremacist Nazi who wants to sell electric cars and send people to Mars? Or is it that he said, I'm going to look into government fraud and you guys, the grifter class, all of those. I mean, half of those clips were msnbc, the other half were cnn. All of you people, you have your jobs because you're corporate hacks. That's it. Nobody really supports you or tunes into you for you. They tune into you because it's sort of programmed in their brain. It's 3:00. I'll watch MSNBC. Duh. That's what they're doing. And all of you are frauds and ridiculous buffoons. And Elon Musk is going to continue to build good things and we're going to continue to uncover the fraud. And you guys can just suck it. Here's Home Title Lock. Did you know scammers can literally steal your home right out from under you? The FBI calls it house stealing. And it's one of the fastest growing real estate scams in America. Here's how it works. Criminals forge your signature on a single document, slap on a fake notary stamp, pay a small fee and file it with the local recorder's office. Just like that, your Home title is no longer in your name. From there, they can take out massive loans using your equity as collateral or even sell your home without you ever knowing. You'll only find out when you start getting collection notices, or worse, getting a foreclosure warning. That's why I trust Home Title Lock. Their million dollar triple lock protection is the most effective way to keep your home and equity safe. And here's the best part. I've teamed up with Home Title Lock to give you a free title history report so you can find out if you've already been targeted. Plus access to your own personal title expert. That's a 250. 50 value, completely free. Just for signing up, go to hometitle lock.com and use my promo code Reuben250. Or just click the link in the description. That's hometitle lock.com promo code Reuben250. For the protection and peace of mind you deserve. All right, I'm really. I guess I've thrown in a little choice language here, but now we can calm down for a moment because, you know, one of the things that I said when Trump was assembling his cabinet is that I really felt like Marco Rubio was, he was kind of sliding under the radar because there were more, you know, high profile, let's say, or controversial people like Tulsi or Bobby, you know, people that had come from the left that were Democrats that were coming over and people were really focusing on that. And Rubio was a Republican and he's kind of, I don't know, I guess you could describe him as sort of nondescript. He's a little bit kind of vanilla. He's been a great senator here in Florida. And the thing that I like about him most is that every time ever on the Senate floor or wherever else, I've done events with him where I've heard him talk about his love for America and his family coming here from Cuba and his dad telling him he could do whatever he wanted. He was a dishwasher at a restaurant and that now he's become a senator and subsequently The Secretary of State, that his life, like many of our lives, is proof that the American dream is real. And it's still real. Marco Rubio was asked a question yesterday about this guy Mohammed or Mahmoud Khalil, who is a Syrian national on a green card who has been one of the leaders of these pro Hamas protests. The pro Hamas protests which took over campuses, which did not let students and some faculty on campus, which were violent, and they occupied buildings and broke windows. And you've seen all of the stuff. So finally we are doing something about it. This has nothing to do with free speech. If this Hamas supporter just wanted to talk about how he was Hamas supporter privately, that would be fine. But when you start occupying buildings and working with groups that are coordinating likely with Hamas, I mean, they're gonna find that out too, but that are coordinating with all of these nonprofits that are calling for violence and everything else, you're in trouble, dude. And no one has a right to an American green card. So this clip is about a minute and a half. This might be the moment of Marco Rubio's career. It is absolutely perfect.
Elon Musk
President Trump appealed to a lot of Americans during his campaign on free speech arguments, and none suppressing speech, especially from the government. But your revocation of the green card.
Dave Rubin
To many is seen as one of.
Elon Musk
The most anti speech actions a secretary can take with his powers.
Marco Rubio
How do you respond when you enter the. This is an important point, and I'm glad you asked this question. When you come to the United States as a visitor, which is what a visa is, which is how this individual entered this country as on a visitor's visa, okay, you are here as a visitor. We can deny you that visa. We can deny you that if you tell us when you apply. Hi, I'm trying to get into the United States on a student visa. I am a big supporter of Hamas, a murderous, barbaric group that kidnaps children, that rapes teenage girls, that takes hostages, that allows them to die in captivity, that returns more bodies than live hostages. If you tell us that you are in favor of a group like this, and if you tell us when you apply for your visa, and by the way, I intend to come to your your country as a student and rile up all kinds of anti Jewish student, anti Semitic activities, I intend to shut down your universities. If you told us all these things when you applied for a visa, we would deny your visa. I hope we would. If you actually end up doing that once you're in this country on such a visa, we will revoke It. And if you end up having a green card, not citizenship, but a green card as a result of that visa while you're here and those activities, we're going to kick you out. It's as simple as that. This is not about free speech. This is about people that don't have a right to be in the United States to begin with. No one has a right to a student visa. No one has a right to a green card, by the way. So when you apply for a student visa or any visa to enter the United States, we have a right to deny you for virtually any reason. But I think being a supporter of Hamas and coming into our universities and turning them upside down and being complicit in what are clearly crimes of vandalization, complicit and shutting down learning institutions. There are kids at these schools that can't go to class. You pay all this money to these high priced schools that are supposed to be of great esteem and you can't even go to class. You're afraid to go to class because these lunatics are running around with covers on their face screaming terrifying things. If you told us that's what you intended to do when you came to America, we would have never let you in. And if you do it once you get in, we're going to revoke it and kick.
Dave Rubin
How perfect. How word for word perfect. If you had told us when you were applying, we wouldn't have let you in. And guess what? Now you're here and no one has a right to a student visa. In this case, it's a green card. As he said, no one has a right to a green card. This isn't about speech. I'm seeing a lot of confusion by an awful lot of people online. Some people who I usually respect, that this is a free speech issue. It would have been a free speech issue if they were protesting peacefully. But they were occupying buildings, they were stopping kids from going to school, even putting aside the calls for genocide and saying all the horrible things they said. And the school itself has a conduct policy that they clearly have just shredded. The same school that years ago was worried about trigger warnings and safe spaces and everything else. Then they start screaming genocide and keep Jews off campus and whatever. But that's up to the school to have their own policy. But no one is due or owed a green card in the United States. And guess what? They are finding out that this guy is connected to all sorts of organizations that are calling for violence and much more. Ryan Morrow on Twitter. He's an investigative researcher he's been doing this for years. I'm gonna. It's a long thread. I probably won't read all of it, but we'll just give you a little bit here. Here. Khalil's group, this is the group that he is part of, states that fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization. It asks for help from violent extremists abroad to help them fight the US we seek instructions from militants in the global South. The post slides exalt a violent Islamist uprising in Bangladesh. So his group is obviously not referring to nonviolence. Khalil's group tell those engaged in the intifada that American imperialism in the west to replicate the October 7 attacks and violent uprising in Bangladesh. His group urges battling fascist agitators by dismantling state infrastructure and confronting military, police and mass. Connor, you can just show a couple more of the slides and I'll read just a bit more that his group says we in America must be killed, jailed, tortured and targeted in order to genuinely threaten the state as part of global intifada. I retweeted the thread, so if you want to read the entire thread, I mean, it just goes on and on. This is a group that this guy was part of. I just want to reiterate something that I put on Twitter that Elon responded to a week ago that went really viral. When we show you guys the videos of the jihadists running the show in France, in Paris and in London, in Britain and in Belgium and some of these other European countries, in Germany, et cetera, what do you think the average German, the average guy who's at the pub in London, what do you think they wish they would have done if they had realized this all was going to happen? If they had a time machine and they could go back 15 years, you think they would do it differently? And the answer is obviously yes. And we are doing it differently right now. You cannot come to this country with the plan to destroy this country. That's not us really being dicks. It's just us being Americans who love this country and love the fact that we're a pluralistic nation of all sorts of people who can come here and think all sorts of things. But one of the things that you can't think and especially that you can't act on is the desire to destroy this country and destroy capitalism and destroy Western civilization. That's not asking much. Pretty low barrier. Pretty low. Pretty low. But if you can't do that, you gotta go home. I saw this. You know, I love actually, you know, obviously we read a lot of things from, you know, from authors and from thinkers and think tank people and politicians, but every now and again, I see something from just a random anonymous Twitter account and I think it illustrates it perfectly. So bear with me here. I think we're going to show you some video of the violence while we do it. This is from Defiantly Free on X. Mahmoud Khalil's deportation isn't just a legal formality. It's a line in the sand, A blazing signal to every America hating agitator that our nation will not bow to chaos. This green card holder, this so called activist, has spent his time at Columbia University not building a future, but tearing ours down. He's been a ringleader in pro Palestinian protests, accused of cozying up to Hamas, a terrorist group that wants nothing less than the destruction of our allies and the destabilization of our way of life. And now the radical left is screaming to keep him here. Absolutely not. We must win this fight and we must win it decisively. This isn't about one man. It's about the precedent. Let Khalil stay and you're rolling out the red carpet. For every foreign radical who dreams of turning our streets into battlegrounds and our campuses into breeding grounds for hate, the Trump administration gets it. Deporting Khalil sends a thunderous message. If you come here and then spit in our face by backing terrorists and sowing discord, you're gone. That's deterrence. That's America first. Anything less is a surrender to the woke mob who'd rather coddle a Hamas cheerleader than protect our sovereignty. The Democrats are terrified because they know the truth. Khalil's deportation rips the mask off their game plan. They've unleashed an entire arsenal. Activists, lawyers, bleeding heart politicians to shield him, because if he goes, their whole house of cards collapses. They thrive on chaos, on importing people who despise everything we stand for, all to fuel their color revolution fantasies. But we're not here for it. Khalil's not some innocent dreamer. He's a calculated provocateur who's exploited our generosity to push his anti American agenda. The evidence is there. Leading protests that glorify violence, circulating propaganda that echoes Hamas's calls for destruction. He's not protesting policy. He's waging war on our values. Toxic empathy can't override national security. He's had his shot at the American dream and chose instead to align with those who'd burn it down. Green card or not, permanent residency isn't a free pass to undermine our country. The law is clear. If your actions threaten our nation, you're out. And Khalil's crossed that line a dozen times. I snabbed him for a reason. And the administration's doubling down because they see what's at stake. A future where America stands tall or one where we're overrun by those who hate us. They'll cry free speech until they're blue in the face. But this isn't about words. It's about action. Actions. Khalil's not a martyr. He's a warning. Deport him now and let every would be destabilizer know you don't get to hate America and call it home again. This is an anonymous Twitter account and I golf clap you right there. Every word of that was absolutely true. I would add, let's try it a different way. Imagine if a 19 year old kid got to America on a student visa or a green card, went to Colombia and he was from, let's say, Germany and he was white. And then he riled up a whole bunch of white people and they were wearing MAGA hats and they were chanting racist slogans and they took over the whole campus and they put tents out in the middle of the campus and they were screaming about how bad the black students and the Indian students and the Jews were and everything else. And imagine they took over some administrative offices and they took hammers and they started breaking windows. And when cops came and administrators came and said, guys, you're really not allowed to do this. You're destroying buildings or not allowing students to go to school, they got in their faces and they fought with them and they chanted racist slogans. Can you imagine that? Did I paint that well enough for you? What do you think the left would be doing right now? Do you think they would be defending them? And do you think it would be a free speech issue? Again, if this guy wants. There's some argument actually that someone on a green card that's just trying to gin up people purely by speech alone probably has some problems. But that's not even what Rubio was arguing. The point is that when you are actively involved with these groups that are doing violent acts and you are here to upend our country, sorry, you've got to go home. My friend Colin Wright, who's been on the show a couple times and I just said to the guys, we have to have him back on, he wrote something interesting here that I wanted to read to you. He said, why did Democrats drop this low hanging fruit because as real racism became increasingly rare and society approached an ideal of racial integration, the Democratic Party faced a problem. The major civil rights battles had already been won. The large cathartic victories of past generations. Lincoln abolishing slavery, the civil rights movement dismantling segregation, the push for marriage equality had given way to incremental progress. But incremental gains don't inspire the same fervor. To sustain the same degree of moral urgency felt in the past, a fundamental shift was required. Instead of continuing to uphold Martin Luther King Jr. S principle of judging individuals by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, the left inverted this morality. Judging people by race was once again necessary. Only now it was rebranded as equity. The shift was not about progress, but about maintaining a sense of righteous purpose. Racial discrimination was recast as a virtue. When framed correctly, it was portrayed as a corrective measure rather than a moral failing. By tearing down long standing principles of treating people fairly as individuals, they could manufacture a new civil rights struggle where none truly existed. Mistaking radical change for progress, the result was not a better society, but a more divided and fragile where the hard won victories of the past were undone to satisfy a younger generation's yearning to experience its own era of historical moral triumphs. We absolutely will get Colin back on the show. That is so well written. And that is it. The activist class couldn't give up. There is no one in this country who, based on an immutable characteristic, does not have equality. Whether that person is black or Arabic or trans or gay or anything else, there is nothing, nothing, no law that discriminates against those people. You guys brought back the very thing that Martin Luther King Jr. Was trying to eradicate. So congratulations. So you've now been left with this faux morality. And what is your faux morality? Well, while a kid who grew up in New Jersey is now being hidden somewhere in a tunnel under Gaza, you say nothing about him and you support a guy who is here to destroy the United States. Good luck with that. Good luck with that. We'll see if America puts up with that. Wilbur Rubin report. Community Q A in just a second. But first, G Defy. You guys know I'm all about logic and reason. And here's one simple logic. If your feet are killing you, at the end of the day, you need better shoes. That's why I love G Defy shoes by gravity defier. Unlike trendy sneakers, these are built on real shock absorbing technology. 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I don't want to say unfairly, because no one's entitled to a job, but that have some skill at whatever they do? Of course there are. And are they good humans? Of course. Now, are some of these people seriously fucking lazy? Yeah. And do some of these people just have jobs that don't even deserve to be jobs? Absolutely. I don't know. I don't know. But this is why you would want more things to be privatized. You would want more competition. So if one of these people. Let's say one of these people is fired. You've been working at NIH for 20 years. Bobby comes in, we just don't need that gig. Sorry, you gotta go. Well, now, if you have more competition out in the private sector, the person who's been doing whatever they've been doing at nih, you can go and you have to get on the computer and get up. Microsoft Word. Is that a thing? And you create a resume. The last time I had to create a resume, it was with that little paperclip guy. You remember that guy? What was that guy's name? The paperclip guy? Did he have a name? He would just pop out in Microsoft Word and he'd help you create a resume. And then you'd go to places and you'd. This is what I'm good at. I'd like a job here. I'll do a service for you. You pay me. But I can't just have this job forever and you pay me forever. Especially if I would come to work. I don't know. I don't know what these people are gonna do. Like, they're show up, hello, I worked for the Government. And I didn't really. I can't really tell you things that I did because they asked me to send a bullet point of five things I did last week. And I freaked out and I put a mask on and I started crying and I went on msnbc, could I have a job with you? I don't know what they're gonna do. All right, we gotta go a little faster here. Lynn says, why is it that protesting and attacking Jews at Columbia and Barnard and spewing anti Semitic remarks are not considered hate crimes? Where are the liberal Jews? Where's Schumer or the rest of the Jewish Democrats? I'm Jewish and I'm shocked they don't speak out. Well, first off, there's no such thing as hate crime, hate speech. I want to be clear about that. You are allowed to say terrible things about people, basically as you. As long as you don't call for violence. Now, this is the game that these Hamas supporters have played because they get as close to that line, if you're calling for river to the sea, well, that means you're gonna have to kill about 8 million Jews on top of the fact that they were going out of their way not to let students get on campus. Now, now you've created a physical thing, not just a speech related issue. I would say it's been very sad what's happened with a lot of liberal Jews. Trump had a great line. We should have thrown the video and maybe we'll get to it tomorrow. Where he said yesterday at the Oval Office he was with the president of Ireland. He's like, schumer's more Palestinian than Jewish. And I have no problem with him saying that. Liberal Jews, I think, not liberal. It's these lefty maniacs. And it's only a sliver of people who have traded in all of their value to just be part of whatever the thing is now. And the thing now, the current thing, as they say, the current thing has decided that Jews, you're out. So congratulations. All of the Jews that marched with Martin Luther King when it was just. And were on the front lines of all of the just causes for true civil rights inequality. It didn't get paid back. And you really need to think about that. Robert Robinson says, I'm starting to think presidents Trump. President Trump's talk of Canada becoming the 51st state is more than trolling. Two part question, is he serious about it? And why would he want a country that is socialist to join the United states? Okay, so Mr. Wonderful mentioned, you know, sort of hit this Already. Is he serious about it becoming a state? Probably not exactly. First off, just the optics of it as a state, meaning it's so freaking huge. It's basically the size of America in totality, even though they have way less people. Like, the optics of it would be a little bit weird, but is there some arrangement when he talked about yesterday that somebody just took a ruler and drew that border, Is there some arrangement that we could enter into because Canada is so rich when it comes to natural resources and all the oil that they have in western Canada. Is there some arrangement where we could have secure. It would sort of be like a Ukraine situation where there's, oh, you guys have something valuable, we can have some sort of security arrangement with you and then figure out, oh, and we're going to have more equal trade and everything else. So yes. I don't know that he means it in the most literal sense, but this is where you should. Trump is usually directionally right about things and if you get caught in the literal part, then you're going to get lost. What was, what was the second part of that question? Go back for one second. Oh, and why would you want a country that's socialist to join the United States? Look, for whatever degree Canada is socialist, there's also an awful lot of freedom loving people, although I think most of them are the snowbirds that now live in, you know, live here in Florida. I don't know, maybe you can make it a territory or something like that. That Mouser says, what exactly is a TikTok? No TikTok. What exactly is a Tic Tac? Clearly not a fruit, vegetable, meat or mineral. I'm needing some answers here. This is why I do the show, because people come to me for these types of questions. We went into Grok and we got the answer for you right here. As an AI, I don't have taste buds or a preference for candy, but I can weigh in with some fun logic. Tic Tacs are small, quick and give you that instant minty zing. Great for a no nonsense refresh though. Comes with a cool dispenser and a bit of nostalgia. Plus you get more variety in flavors. If I had to pick, I'd lean towards Pez for the gimmick factor, but who doesn't love a tiny candy shooting toy? What's your take? I don't think it's a vegetable. It's. Look, Bobby doesn't want you to have them, so ease up on the Tic Tacs. That's what I would say. Chipster says how is ending the war not supporting the Ukrainian people? That is a great point. That's a good bumper sticker idea that I will use going forward, right? Like, oh my God, we're screwing Ukraine by forcing a ceasefire so less of their people will die. You evil rat people. Bradford Skyl says, when are you going to completely stop ever showing employees of the View in msnbc? It's an endless debate. We have at some point, guys, if we can fix America enough, if there, if their relevance has. I know there's an argument that we make them relevant by talking about them here. I've discussed this with a lot of other people that do similar things that I do. We're always conflicted by it. There's some worth in showing the craziness. On another hand, is it shining too much of a light on them? And also the media has completely flipped now, so it doesn't matter. I don't know what the answer is. I am open to suggestions, but I will tell you, we've tried to do it a little bit less. I think you've noticed that. So stay tuned. Lynn says there's a saying, keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. What don't these CNN morons get? Rubio was great and pretty much said it all. In a nutshell. Yeah, Trump has brought in people who. Marco Rubio is the best example of it. He ran for president against Trump. He said Trump said absolutely horrible things about little Marco. And Marco said some pretty terrible things about Donald Trump, including, I think that he said at one debate he thought he was wearing a tie. Hyper like. And here they are. And it's as good a duo as Elon and Trump. So I don't think they're enemies anymore. But it stands to reason at one point they were enemies. Now they're close and there's good things happening. So, yeah, Field of Greens. Real quick, more questions on the other side. The same people who spent years forcing mandates and dictating how we manage our health are now pushing back when we take control of it ourselves. That's why I'm reclaiming my health with Field of Greens. Americans confidence in healthcare has hit a 24 year low. Yes, there's a new administration and change is coming. But change takes time and your health can't wait. We all know eating healthy is the key to staying healthy. But life gets busy and sticking to a perfect diet isn't always realistic. Field of Greens makes it easy. 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Trimfireadio.Com Lil Fella says Wouldn't an open southern border in the Biden era be considered human trafficking? Yes, yes it should have been and it should be. And that's another reason why we needed to stop this nonsense. We don't know who is coming in. There were adults coming in with kids that often did not know the kids. There were plenty videos of that that where they would, you know, somebody, an actual like on the ground journalist would be like is that your dad? And it would be like a five year old girl like no, this is a problem. This is a problem. And the Biden administration and all of the people who had anything to do with any of this, they'll pay one way or another. Whether whether they pay on this mortal coil or not, or they pay for the man upstairs when they meet him. If they meet him, then they'll pay. Jumping Jeff says Would the neighbors of Syria stand up and call out what they're seeing? I would sure like to know how the royal family of Saudi Arabia feels about Syria's new leadership. Look, there is an absolute unbelievable horrific disaster unfolding in Syria right now. Assad's regime fell. He was not a good dude. But now it's largely been taken over by warring factions of jihadists. Turkey is clearly funneling bad guys into Syria. The Christians and the Yazidis that are there and the Druze, some of them are being slaughtered. It sounds like at least a thousand people have been killed. Yeah, I mean, it sounds like at least a thousand people will be killed. It is not good when Islamic supremacists take over a nation. It's not good for Yazidis, Christians, Jews, or anyone else. And it's really not good for the average Muslim person who just wants to live in peace. Right now, an awful lot of those people, the Druze and the Yazidis, are moving closer to Israel so that they can maybe create a little buffer zone so that they don't get killed. The Israel haters will still hate Israel either way, but they have a way of doing the right thing when called upon. Florida man Chuck says, at what point do we realize that Kamala Harris is the alcoholic aunt that we do not leave alone with our kids? Fortunately, we don't have to show many videos of her anymore. We did one or two this week. But she does come off as either an alcoholic or just something's dysregulated with her. And I was eating Doritos and that's how I learned about economics. Can you tell that I need a couple days off to just drink some tea and not talk, man? Yeah, she's. Whatever. Gold Z62. You don't hear much about anorexia anymore. Do you think the girls who would have been anorexic in the 80s are trans today? That is a great question, which I should bring up. We'll bring it up next time. We have. Maybe Abigail Shrier or Colin is great at this. Colin, who I just mentioned, he's great on these topics as well. You're basically pointing out the social contagion portion of it, that in the 80s there was this social contagion around anorexia where all these high school girls were suddenly getting anorexic, where then it's now morphed into something that I guess you could argue is much more dangerous, which is the trans thing. There's definitely something there. It's worth exploring. Carpenter Olof says, I wonder if Elon ever catches Dave's post game show. I don't know if he's a member of Locals because, you know, Twitter does have its own subscription thing, which he wanted me to get on board, but obviously I'm. I created this thing and I'm sticking here and I love you guys. So I don't know that he's seeing any of these videos. He might see the ones that we post publicly. I don't know that he's coming in our post game shows, but competition is good and it's all great. Dr. Winery Guy says, is there a fainting couch on site that the team can fall on? From Dave's relentless questioning about their productivity, we took a picture. So we have two side rooms here. One is where we usually keep Joey in the back there. But we had a little mold issue, so he's allowed to sit out here with us today. Hey, Joey, how you doing? Feeling good? Brain fogged on. You're doing all right. Look at him. Two thumbs up. Great. And then that room right there, it's technically. Technically, that's actually where my grandmother in law sleeps. We turn that thing into a bed because it's on the first floor so she don't have to rock the stairs when she's here. But it can be used for the team occasionally. I don't know whose bag that is. There's just a random suitcase. Is that yours? Oh, it's Phoenix's suitcase. What else is in there? There's a blanket. We've got a fake olive tree. I don't really like fake trees, but we threw that one in there. And that's where Joseph sleeps at night. Very, very exciting. So, yes, they are welcome to rest on that couch if they. All right, let's try it again. Connor, name something you did this week to close the show. I ran all the live streams. Ran all the live streams. That's what you said yesterday. It is what you do every day, though. That is true. So, Phoenix, what did you do this week? And it can't be something you said yesterday. Put together the rundown. Put together the rundown. That is true. And it is a daily task. Joseph, come on, help me here. Give me something exciting new that you did. I know something. Oh, you don't know. You know nothing. No, no, you got nothing. You're fired. Literally. Leave right now. Slam that door behind you. Get your ass out of here. That's how you run a business, people. Joey, get. Get your ass out of here. Get out of here. I'm not going to put up with this. You. You looked at me. I don't even like the way you looked at me. You're out. I just fired two Asian guys. All right, I'm sorry, we can't do a post game show because I got to get on Bachmann in a minute. I thank you for watching. And tomorrow we've got Jillian Michaels. And then I'm really going to stop talking for a couple of days so I get my voice right. Thanks for watching, everybody. Ciao. When frankly, the only thing they've made great again is Putin. They've made egg prices great again, if you like.
The Rubin Report: “‘Shark Tank’ Legend Notices Something About Trump’s Canada Plan No One Noticed”
Release Date: March 13, 2025
Host: Dave Rubin
Guest: Kevin O'Leary (Mr. Wonderful)
In this compelling episode of The Rubin Report, host Dave Rubin delves deep into the intricacies of the ongoing trade war between the United States and Canada. Joining him is Kevin O'Leary, renowned as Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank, who brings forth insightful perspectives on the current economic landscape and former President Donald Trump's nuanced plans for Canada. Rubin also addresses significant political developments, critiques mainstream media narratives, and engages with his audience through a dynamic community Q&A session.
Kevin O'Leary's Vision for US-Canada Economic Relations
Kevin O'Leary, a prominent supporter of Trump’s economic policies, articulates a vision for a harmonious economic union between the United States and Canada. He emphasizes the potential benefits of eliminating tariffs to foster a more balanced trade relationship:
Kevin O'Leary [02:54]: "The signal that Trump's put out multiple times is what an incredible economic union could be formed if we eradicated tariffs and joined the two economies, not buying the country and making Canadians Americans. Sovereignty is off the table."
O'Leary argues that removing tariffs will create a mutually beneficial environment where both nations can thrive without compromising their sovereignty. He suggests that such an economic partnership would enhance competitiveness against global powers like China.
Trump’s Tariff Policy: A Negotiation Strategy
Dave Rubin dissects Trump’s tariff strategy, highlighting its role as a negotiation tool rather than a mere revenue generator:
Dave Rubin [03:04]: "Trump ultimately wants to eradicate tariffs. There's very few, well, I suppose there's somebody, but I don't think there's that many people who know much about economics that want trade wars and tariff wars."
Rubin emphasizes that Trump’s tariffs are aimed at leveling the playing field, ensuring that the U.S. is not disadvantaged in international trade agreements. He underscores the importance of eliminating tariffs to promote fair trade practices.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tax Elimination
Howard Lutnick, representing the Commerce Department, shares his stance on reducing or eliminating taxes for individuals earning below $150,000:
Howard Lutnick [06:28]: "The signal that Trump's put out multiple times is what an incredible economic union could be formed if we eradicated tariffs and joined the two economies... let them pay a membership fee... Let them pay. How about we, you and I, and every single person we know pay less?"
Rubin critically assesses Lutnick’s proposal, questioning the practicality and potential socioeconomic implications of tax elimination. He points out the challenges in implementing such policies, including the possibility of class warfare emerging from tax disparities.
Media Criticism and Vandalism Concerns
The conversation shifts to Elon Musk, who Rubin portrays as a target of media aggression and domestic protests:
Dave Rubin [10:43]: "Here is Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explaining that even more. And this is really fascinating, and I'm shocked that the lefties aren't on board this one."
Rubin defends Musk against accusations of incompetence and vandalism at Tesla facilities, attributing the backlash to a broader media conspiracy aimed at destabilizing influential American companies.
Lawrence O'Donnell’s Critique of Musk
Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC provides a scathing critique of Musk’s understanding of American society and business practices:
Lawrence O'Donnell [16:25]: "Elon Musk does not understand the country where he now lives... He grew up in white South Africa, going to a segregated elementary school and high school where he learned nothing about American history, American law, American free enterprise."
Rubin vehemently counters O'Donnell’s remarks, labeling him derogatorily and questioning the authenticity of his criticisms:
Dave Rubin [17:26]: "Lawrence O'Donnell, you're a fucking retard and I'm going light on you right there."
Rubin further praises Musk as a visionary, emphasizing his contributions to transportation and climate change innovations while denouncing the media’s portrayal of him.
Rubio’s Stance on Hamas-Supporting Green Card Holders
A significant portion of the episode focuses on Senator Marco Rubio and his decisive actions against Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian national with ties to Hamas:
Marco Rubio [23:29]: "We can deny you that if you tell us when you apply... If you actually end up doing that once you're in this country on such a visa, we will revoke it. And if you end up having a green card... we're going to kick you out."
Rubin lauds Rubio’s firm stance on national security, portraying it as a necessary measure to protect American sovereignty and condemn those who intend to undermine it.
Analysis of Rubio’s Policies
Rubin praises Rubio for his unwavering commitment to American values, criticizing the left for their leniency towards individuals like Khalil who threaten national stability:
Dave Rubin [25:24]: "This has nothing to do with free speech... No one has a right to a green card in the United States. And guess what? They are finding out that this guy is connected to all sorts of organizations that are calling for violence and much more."
Rubin underscores the importance of upholding stringent immigration policies to prevent the infiltration of extremist elements, framing Rubio’s actions as a pivotal moment in his political career.
Hypocrisy of Mainstream Media
Rubin critiques mainstream media outlets like MSNBC and CNN for their biased narratives and failure to objectively address issues related to free speech and national security:
Dave Rubin [18:34]: "Lawrence O'Donnell, you're a fucking retard and I'm going light on you right there. You're Just an awful human being."
He accuses these media personalities of lacking authenticity and serving corporate interests rather than engaging in genuine discourse.
Double Standards in Media Coverage
Rubin highlights the double standards in media coverage, particularly in how they handle figures like Elon Musk compared to others. He argues that the media unfairly targets Musk while ignoring similar behaviors from other political figures:
Dave Rubin [18:48]: "Elon Musk is one of the most interesting people in America... What happened, guys? Is it that Elon Musk ripped off the mask and said I'm a white supremacist Nazi...?"
Rubin’s passionate defense of Musk serves as a broader critique of media biases that prioritize sensationalism over factual reporting.
Questions on Government Layoffs and Privatization
Rubin addresses audience questions regarding government layoffs and the potential impact on competent employees:
Listener “Cool Mom” [45:27]: "Is this my mom? What are some good jobs all the bureaucrats for?"
Rubin discusses the necessity of privatization and competition in the private sector to replace laid-off government employees, emphasizing efficiency and accountability.
Discussion on Hate Crimes and Free Speech
Another question tackles the issue of hate crimes in relation to anti-Semitic protests at universities:
Listener “Lynn”: "Why is it that protesting and attacking Jews at Columbia and Barnard and spewing anti Semitic remarks are not considered hate crimes?"
Rubin clarifies the distinction between hate speech and organized, violent disruptions, arguing that actions undermining public safety and education extend beyond free speech protections.
Comments on Transgender Issues vs. Past Anorexia Trends
A listener inquires about the social shifts from anorexia in the 80s to current transgender trends:
Listener “Gold Z62” [45:27]: "Do you think the girls who would have been anorexic in the 80s are trans today?"
Rubin acknowledges the transformation in societal challenges, suggesting that evolving social dynamics necessitate ongoing discourse and understanding.
Dave Rubin's episode of The Rubin Report offers a robust exploration of critical issues affecting American society and international relations. From dissecting the complexities of the US-Canada trade war and advocating for fair tariffs to championing national security through stringent immigration policies, Rubin provides a platform for candid discussions often sidelined by mainstream media. His interactions with Kevin O'Leary and critical assessments of figures like Elon Musk and Marco Rubio underscore a commitment to free speech, economic fairness, and national integrity. The engaging community Q&A session further amplifies Rubin's focus on resonating with his audience's concerns, solidifying The Rubin Report as a beacon for unfiltered and thought-provoking dialogue.
Notable Quotes:
Kevin O'Leary [02:54]: "The signal that Trump's put out multiple times is what an incredible economic union could be formed if we eradicated tariffs and joined the two economies, not buying the country and making Canadians Americans. Sovereignty is off the table."
Howard Lutnick [06:28]: "Let them pay. How about we, you and I, and every single person we know pay less?"
Lawrence O'Donnell [16:25]: "Elon Musk does not understand the country where he now lives..."
Marco Rubio [23:29]: "If you actually end up doing that once you're in this country on such a visa, we will revoke it."
This summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting the essential discussions, insights, and conclusions drawn by Dave Rubin and his guest, Kevin O'Leary. The inclusion of direct quotes with timestamps provides authenticity and depth to the analysis, ensuring that even those who haven't listened can grasp the critical points covered.