The Dems Just Swalwelled Graham Platner | Episode 327

Summary

VINCE Podcast — Episode 327: "The Dems Just Swalwelled Graham Platner"

Host: Vince Coglianese
Date: July 9, 2026
Network: Cumulus Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This charged episode of VINCE centers on the political implosion of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner at the hands of the Democratic Party establishment, the continuing drama over President Trump’s international dealings (including suspenseful moments involving Air Force One and heightened Iran tensions), and explosive, detailed discussion of federal visa and welfare fraud. Vince delivers acerbic conservative commentary, raises questions about media hypocrisy and party loyalty, and features a substantial interview with the Department of Labor Inspector General on H1B visa abuse.

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Key Topics & Insights

1. The Defenestration of Graham Platner by the Democratic Party

Summary:
Vince opens with the breaking news of Graham Platner’s abrupt removal from the Maine Senate race — a move orchestrated by party leadership after a last-minute blitz of damaging allegations. He argues this is proof of Democratic “double standards” and a preference for maintaining power over respecting voters' choices.

Key Discussion Points:

• Timing of Allegations: Vince emphasizes the conveniently timed surfacing of scandals just before Platner would have been locked in as the nominee.
  (03:36–06:16)
• Media & Establishment Hypocrisy: Vince blasts left-leaning outlets (notably the "Miz now" network) both for previously defending Platner and for now pretending to be above the fray, and for the party’s sudden about-face, recalling how figures like Bernie Sanders and Ruben Gallego were once cheerleaders — until Platner became a liability.
  (07:12–13:00)
• Notable Quote:
  • Vince: “They have emptied out all of the ammunition this week in an effort to take [Platner] out. And it worked.” (03:11)
  • Platner: “We went toe to toe with one of the most entrenched political systems in the history of the world, and we won...and now they are not going to let us have it.” (05:45)
• Vince’s Take:
  He draws a parallel to Democrats turning on Biden after a failed debate, arguing that media and party unity only lasts as long as a candidate is useful.

Memorable Segment:

• [17:56] President Trump weighs in:
  “He's in a bind. But should they be able to do it? Well, I guess he's going to lose... When a Republican woman came out with the same charge, nobody believed her. When this woman came out, everybody believed her. Right?”

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2. President Trump at the NATO Summit & Iran Tensions

Summary:
The episode tracks Trump’s forceful diplomacy at the NATO summit in Turkey, his competitive stance with Iran after fresh military action, and oddities around the President's sudden switch to an older Air Force One aircraft.

Key Discussion Points:

• Iran: Smacks & Negotiations
  Trump describes escalating strikes against the Iranian military in response to repeated provocations, boasting about military success and Iran’s eagerness to “make a deal.”
  (22:23–23:22)

  • Trump: “They want to make a deal so badly...I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal.” (22:38–23:02)

• Air Force One Aircraft Swap
  Security concerns prompt a swap from the new to the old Air Force One, with reporting suggesting the older craft is better equipped for crisis defense.
  (24:08–29:00)

  • Trump: "Probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleazebags that we have to deal with. Iran was possibly thinking..." (28:05)
  • Vince: "It's a dangerous job that I'm doing. You don't want to get caught up in the crossfire. He's telling people, maybe you should change professions." (28:43)

• NATO Summit Fireworks
  Trump criticizes Spain for delinquency, threatens to end trade, then claims victory as Spain concedes to U.S. demands.

  • "Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits. Okay? We don't want anything to do with them. Watch them come running back..." (33:50, Trump)
  • Lays claim to $1.2 trillion in new NATO spending as the “Trump Trillion.” (36:38)
  • NATO SecGen: "Without you, this would not have happened." (37:32)
  • Vince: “So the morning starts with him smacking Spain around, and the end of the day, Spain is... very compliant now.” (36:10)

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3. H1B Visa & Welfare Fraud: Explosive Interview with Inspector General Anthony D. Esposito

Summary:
Vince devotes the final major segment to the Trump Administration’s fraud crackdown, focusing especially on H1B visa abuse and Medicare/Medicaid scams. Vice President JD Vance and the Labor IG Anthony Esposito elaborate on the multi-agency efforts underway.

Key Discussion Points:

• Scale of Fraud:

  • Vance details saving $24 billion by confronting fraudulent skin graft claims. (38:10–41:02)
  • “If we spend all your money giving these treatments to fraudsters … those programs aren't going to exist anymore.” (JD Vance, 40:27)

• H1B Visa Exploitation:

  • “There's a lot of people taking advantage of it... instead of American workers getting those jobs, they’re being filled by foreign workers through fraud and cartel involvement.” (Anthony D. Esposito, 41:40)
  • Detailing cartel exploitation, wage skimming, and how companies use H1Bs to sidestep fair wages and labor laws. (48:26–50:49)

• Legislative and Prosecutorial Changes:

  • Previously, DOJ “thresholds” blocked prosecution during the Biden years; now, “no fraud too small or too big.” (41:50)

• Tech Company Pushback:

  • Vince: "You must have a bunch of companies already pissed off at you. Do you have tech companies, like, breaking down your door?" (48:09)

• Notable Quote:

  • Esposito: “This investigation is broad... we are going to peel back the onion piece by piece.” (49:05)

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4. Birthright Citizenship & “Anchor Babies” Debate

Summary:
Vince covers the latest controversy over a Texas hospital advertising childbirth packages to pregnant Mexican women ("have my baby in Texas") amidst outrage over a Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship.

Key Discussion Points:

• Texas Governor Abbott orders an investigation into South Texas hospitals advertising in Mexico.
• President Trump’s reaction and vow to file a Supreme Court rehearing petition.
  • “American citizenship is not for sale...I will be asking for a rehearing by the United States Supreme Court immediately.” (Trump, 56:40)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|---------|-------| | 03:11 | Vince | "They have emptied out all of the ammunition this week in an effort to take [Platner] out. And it worked." | | 05:45 | Platner | “We went toe to toe with one of the most entrenched political systems...and now they are not going to let us have it.” | | 11:01 | Vince (mocking Sanders) | “I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Graham Platner is the next senator...” | | 17:56 | Trump | “He's in a bind... When a Republican woman came out with the same charge, nobody believed her. When this woman came out, everybody believed her.” | | 22:38 | Trump | "They want to make a deal so badly...I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal." | | 28:05 | Trump | "Probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleazebags that we have to deal with."| | 33:50 | Trump | "Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits. Okay. We don't want anything to do with." | | 36:38 | NATO SecGen | "Without you, this would not have happened." | | 41:02 | JD Vance | “If we spend all your money giving these treatments to fraudsters ... those programs aren't going to exist anymore.” | | 41:40 | Esposito | “There's a lot of people taking advantage of it... instead of American workers getting those jobs, they’re being filled by foreign workers through fraud and cartel involvement.” | | 49:05 | Esposito | “This investigation is broad... we are going to peel back the onion piece by piece.” | | 56:40 | Trump | “American citizenship is not for sale...I will be asking for a rehearing by the United States Supreme Court immediately.” |

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Platner’s Resignation Video & Vince’s Analysis: 03:36–09:23
• Media Turn on Platner & Party Hypocrisy: 09:23–14:06
• President Trump and NATO/Iran/Plane Swap: 22:23–29:00, 33:50–37:32
• JD Vance on Welfare & Medicare Fraud: 38:10–41:02
• Interview with Labor IG Anthony Esposito (H1B Fraud): 41:35–52:15
• Birthright Citizenship Billboards and Supreme Court Appeal: 52:15–59:45

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Tone & Style

Vince is relentlessly sardonic, unapologetically conservative, and deeply skeptical of mainstream media and Democratic leadership motives. Segments are fast-paced, interwoven with biting asides and mockery, but often underpinned by diligent research and direct interviews.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode dissects the latest party-turncoat drama in Democratic politics; exposes what Vince characterizes as abject media hypocrisy; highlights the latest hard-edged moves in Trump’s foreign policy; and offers front-row insight into the administration’s federal fraud crackdown (particularly on H1B visas), with an official guest spelling out the details. It packs in memorable Trump soundbites, trenchant criticism of the political establishment, and content you won’t find on mainstream outlets — making it a must-listen for diehard fans and critics alike.

Transcript

[Vince]

Everybody, welcome to Vince on a Thursday. Great to have you with us. Some big news this morning. The Democrat Party once again rigging an election, this time in Maine. To hell with the voters. They've thrown Graham Platner out of the race. Platner making the big announcement last night. We'll get into the details in just a moment. And look, he's. He's kamikazing his own party. And it couldn't happen to a better group of people. More ahead on that subject. Also, the President of the United States just wrapped things up at the NATO summit in Turkey. And then he left Turkey, headed off to the UK but he left in a different plane than the one he came in. Why is that? We'll explore it. And what's going on with fraud in the United States, especially when it comes to people who pour into our country using these H1B visas. Well, we got a huge announcement from the Trump administration on this yesterday. And joining us today on this program exclusively, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor. Stand by for that because he's got big news to share with us on all of this fraud that the Trump administration is cracking down on. It's all ahead on this edition of. Vince, it's great to have you with us. As always, thanks for being here. The best audience anywhere. Uh, let's, let's tell you about the great sponsor who gets us started this morning. It gets me started every morning. Blackout coffee. I love blackout coffee. It's strong, smooth. It's just a really well crafted cup of coffee. And what I like about Blackout, very simple, in addition to being delicious, is a small American company that takes pride in what they do. It shows in every bag. And here's what I recommend to you. Don't just buy a bag. Join the coffee club. This is how you should do it. Your coffee will show up automatically. You save money, you get free shipping. You don't have to think about it. It just becomes a part of your routine. And on top of that, you start earning rewards. You get bonus credit after only a few deliveries. And they're doing some great limited releases right now. For the 250th anniversary of the United States. It's a perfect time to to check them out. Go to blackout coffee.com Vince. Use the code Vince. Get 20% off your first order. That's blackout coffee.com. vince. Join that coffee club today. Make it part of your daily routine. I'm drinking my blackout coffee today out of my Chris Plant mug. I've got my. I don't Know, if you can see this, I've got my Crisplant mug. Let's see here. That says Chris Plant right there. And then right on the other side of it, it has one of my favorite quotes of all time. You've heard this before. It comes from Chris. It says, were it not for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all. In fact, that's one of the themes of today's show and basically almost every day's show. Graham Platner just got thrown out on his ass by the Democrat establishment, and he's pretty upset about it. Actually, we had a bunch of allegations this week that have emerged, conveniently, in the final days before Graham Platner would be, well, permanently on the ballot in Maine going into the general election. They had until Monday to get rid of him, and they pulled out all the stops. All of a sudden, all the allegations started coming out about him. Now, to reiterate the point that I've been making throughout this saga, we all know that Graham Platner is a scumbag. We've known it forever. And the media's attempts to pull the wool over your eyes have been utterly preposterous. This idea that, my goodness, we're just discovering it, there's nothing to that. But they have emptied out all of the ammunition this week in an effort to take them out. And it worked. It worked. Here's Graham Platner last night filming it on his iPhone, sitting on his deck, saying, I'm suspending this campaign.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Cut one.

[Vince]

Watch.

[Graham Platner]

We believe that for the movement to continue, It can't be made. And for that reason, We are suspending campaign operations. This is incredibly difficult because I know that some will think it's an admission of guilt, and it most certainly is not. We're not doing it because of the allegations. We're doing it because of the structures that are being taken away from us by those in power.

[Vince]

He continues to maintain, I didn't do this. I didn't do this.

[Commentator 1]

He did.

[Vince]

He said that a lot before, including, I had no idea there was a Nazi tattoo on my chest, despite the fact that we know that he was referring to it as my Totenkopf and saying. And very proud of the fact that he had a Nazi tattoo on his chest up until the rest of the world noticed. So, you know, this is. This is par for the course for this guy. He's saying it's not true. But pay attention to how he says the Democrat establishment is now bearing down on him. The very same Democrat establishment that was rooting him on like crazy. Who said this guy should stay in the race? We love him. We gotta stop Trump with him. Here's Grant Platner last night saying, actually, what's happening is the party is removing any ability for me to win this race. They've removed the structures, the donors, the backing. Basically, they were going to leave me out in the middle of the street and just keep hitting me with the bus cut to watch this.

[Graham Platner]

And I also feel an immense amount of responsibility to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to where we are. We went toe to toe with one of the most entrenched political systems in the history of the world, and we won.

[Vince]

Did you?

[Graham Platner]

We beat them on June 9th in overwhelming numbers. We did it the right way. We built a campaign, we engaged in electoral politics, we motivated people, we banded together. We did it the way that we were told, or we are supposed to make change. And we won. And now they are not going to let us have it.

[Vince]

So you didn't win?

[Graham Platner]

Not if it's me.

[Vince]

He said, they're taking away all of the donations, they're taking away all of the funding, they're taking away the door knockers, they're taking away all of the political apparatus necessary to win a Senate campaign. They are leaving him high and dry. The party establishment, specifically the Democrat Party, has taken a knife and planted it squarely in the back of Graham Platner after spending all this time telling you how much it would be great to have him as a US Senator from Maine. In fact, just, just, you know, I'll take you down memory lane in a moment, but I just want to emphasize this point about how the establishment did this. This is again, the Democrat establishment doing this, undermining the will of the people of Maine. You know, so much of the disgusting stuff about Graham Platner was known and yet Democrat primary voters still supported him in Maine despite all of that. And the Democrats, their position is like, to help with the voters, we don't care what you want. We're not going to let you have your general election nominee and so you'll find somebody else.

[Graham Platner]

Now.

[Vince]

That's the way they're handling this. And so here last night, here's one of the major left wing cable networks, lesbian network called Miz now, talking about Graham Platner's video and saying this is absurd. The Democrat establishment stopped them. That never happened. Watch this.

[Graham Platner]

From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank all of you and keep fighting. We're going to win someday.

[Commentator 1]

Well, that was Graham Platner Officially announcing that he is dropping off of the ballot for Maine Senate or excuse me, for federal Senate from Maine, but taking zero responsibility for any of the scandals and more troubling things in his past that have destroyed that campaign. Instead blaming, let's see, corporate media, the political establishment, lots of hate for the political establishment, saying that we banded together, we did it the way we were told, we were supposed to make change and we won and now they are not going to let us have it. So lots of finger pointing and blame and not taking any responsibility. Note that whoever he conceives of as the political establishment, you do have many of his once allies, including Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna, also calling for him to drop out. People who believe many of the same policy ideas, believe in many of the same policy ideas that Graham Platner himself says that he was taken down for. He also said during that 10 minute video that all we were asking for was health care, was to end the genocide, to use our taxpayer dollars at home to uplift our communities instead of waging war overseas. We were asking for a fair system. We are asking for an end to the corruption. So. So lots of allegations that he was being taken out by nefarious forces that are forcing him.

[Vince]

Listen to this.

[Commentator 1]

To suspend his campaign rather than the drip, drip, drip of scandal after scandal.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

It's hilarious.

[Vince]

All right, enough for her. This is so funny. So what you're watching is she's preaching to the left wing choir here and she's telling them, look at him, he's being so silly. He, he thinks that there's a conspiracy against him to remove him, that some nefarious establishment. Who is this establishment anyway? There is no establishment. It's all just his fault. It's funny because in the midst of this campaign, Miz now throughout the entire Graham Platner campaign up until this moment was conjuring defenses of all of his horrific behavior. They were constantly defending him, constantly allowing him to just be a scumbag, call himself a communist, you know, mocking Purple Heart recipients, you know, attacking women. Miz now was a place where Graham Platner's campaign was in good standing throughout all of that. Oh, the drip, drip, drip. That's what took him out. You serious? It's so, it's so full of crap. It's so full of crap. And she is a mouthpiece for the Democrat establishment. Now trying to smack this away is nothing more than a conspiracy theory. Platner's right about this. The Democrats did take him out in this way. The last thing they care about is what the voters want. It's about what's good for their power. And remember, throughout the campaign, you had people like she mentioned Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders was all in on Graham Platt. He's my kind of guy. I love Graham Platner. He's the best. Here's cut three. Graham. Here's Bernie Sanders. Watch this. I'm going to do everything I can

[President Donald J. Trump]

to make sure that Graham Platner is

[Vince]

the next senator from the state of Maine. I don't care how many women I have to smack around. We're going to get everybody out of the way so Grand Platinum can get in the spot Senate. Not so now they're turning on him because they saw the writing on the wall. They saw that he was going to lose this thing. Susan Collins is going to win easily. And Graham Platner was not only going to be a net drag on Maryland, he'll be a net drag on the whole country as he once again is an avatar for the worst tendencies of Democrats. Ruben Gallego. Remember him? Ruben Gallego.

[Commentator 1]

Gallego.

[Vince]

Gallego. Pantalones and fuego. He's Eric Swalwell's best friend. The guy who pretends like he doesn't even know him anymore. Here's Gallego saying, you know, that Graham Platner is a very authentic human being.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

He's.

[Vince]

I love this guy. Cut four. Watch. This guy is an authentic man, you know, he's not anti Semitic, you know, and more importantly, you know, not more importantly, but just as important is that he's going to win this election and we need to win elections. We cannot go another four, five, six years, you know, trying to get the Senate back. Most importantly, he says, well, actually, it's equally important because he realizes how callous and stupid this sounds. You know, the most important thing is not that he's got a Nazi tattoo on his chest. The most important thing is not that he's smacking women around.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

It's not.

[Vince]

The most important thing is not that he's a rapist. The most important thing is not that he's a communist. No, it is that he is going to help us stop Trump. He is going to give the Democrat Party power. The most important thing about Graham Platner is, is that he gives my party power. That's what Gallego said, and that's what they really want. Here's another Democrat, Senator Angela. Also, Brooks, not that long ago asked by a great reporter, Nick Balase, about, about Grant Platner, and she did the Sergeant Schultz routine. I know nothing. I know nothing. All I know is that I want more power for my party. Watch this. Cut five.

[President Donald J. Trump]

What do you think about the controversies,

[Anthony D. Esposito]

the social media posts that leaked and

[President Donald J. Trump]

now this scandal of him.

[Vince]

Solic, I don't, I don't know him. Honestly, I've never met him. What I do know is that I'm supporting Democrats. We need Democrats in office to fight back against Donald Trump and other incomes. That's it. That's the only rule. We just need people to fight Trump. We don't need we. And what are they fighting back against? Well, it's the Trump agenda. What's the Trump agenda? Securing the borders, making America safe. Bringing peace to the world, bringing down energy prices, making life more affordable. We've got to stop this agenda by any means necessary. Get the Nazi in there. That was the plan until it became clear that he wasn't going to win. And now it was just going to be a problem for them. So get rid of them. That's what they did. And here's Platner kamikaze ing them on the way out going, it's the establishment who did this. The establishment did this to me. They suffocated this campaign on purpose. Yeah. How quickly things change when you're a Democrat. Now they're crapping all over him. A few weeks ago they were cheering for him.

[Vice President JD Vance]

Look at this.

[Vince]

Cut six. They were crazy for Graham Platner. There he was in Maine right after the primary in June. Graham Platner is going to save us. It's going to be the greatest thing for the country ever. And now they've thrown him directly out the window. They defenestrated Graham Platner. Yeah. And it also has the. It doesn't have. It has the same vibes, by the way, as the Biden throw out. We talked about this earlier this week that. Remember when Joe Biden was in office, CNN and Miss. Now these networks, they spent a lot of time making excuses for his failing brain, pretended like it wasn't happening. In fact, they called things like, when you acknowledged that he had a failing brain, they said, that's a deep fake. That's a deep fake. They said when you saw real footage of him wandering around a stage staring blankly. Deep fake or cheap fake? That's what they said. Cheap fake. And then all of a sudden, after that debate, in unison, remember the cable networks, they all turned on him. In fact, it was kind of around the same time of year, wasn't it? Now that we come to think about it, wasn't it June, that presidential debate? It was June, they had a presidential debate. President Trump and President Biden. Biden fails spectacularly on stage. The entire political Democrat establishment turns on him in unison. And all of the cable panels by the end of the debate are all saying that perhaps it's time for him to go. Remember that.

[President Donald J. Trump]

Wow.

[Vince]

Weird. So now it's July, a couple months in advance of an election, kind of the last minute to replace the guy without the voters being involved at all. And they're doing it to Graham Platner. Here they are on cnn. Cut seven, turning on Graham Watch.

[NATO Secretary General]

There is an issue here with a lot of very prominent Democrats, Elizabeth Warren

[Vince]

and Bernie Sanders, two among them, who are. Who basically turned the other the other way at the first set of allegations.

[NATO Secretary General]

Why does it take a sexual assault allegation for them to that point? I heard Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, speak at the Aspen Institute last week. And when Graham Platner came up, all she had to say was that he was a strong candidate and was going to, you know, soar to a victory. There was no even an acknowledgement of the New York Times report of the Nazi tattoo. And if you all will remember, this is the same senator who was called the MeToo Senator because in part because she led the charge against Al Franken in the Senate. She very much, you know, was instrumental in pushing that culture forward. And I think MeToo was necessary in a lot of ways. But we didn't need a rape allegation to know that Graham Platner had already allegedly violated the standards that she set. And she was willing to sacrifice all her principles, among many other Democrats, to go up against arguably the most moderate Republican in the Senate, Susan Collins, who's already willing to go up against Trump. You know, this is not some super partisan person. Yeah.

[Vince]

Where was all this coverage during the campaign? Where was that? Now, all of a sudden it's like. Actually, it's kind of interesting. There's some Democrats here who were supporting him despite all these allegations. What you're just telling us now. CNN's just telling its audience about this now? Yeah, it's, it's, it's. Once you see the way these things play out, you're never going to miss them. It's always the same thing. So always fundamentally about what helps the Democrats the most. If you filter this, you filter everything that you're seeing from these lefty establishment outlets through that lens, it all makes perfect sense. Perfect sense. President Trump never wanted to filter his message. In fact, he addressed the Graham Platner stuff yesterday. During his Travels. Here's cut 8. The president of the United States talking about Graham Platner getting thrown out. Watch.

[President Donald J. Trump]

He's in a bind. He's in a bind. But should they be able to do it? Well, I guess he's going to lose. I would imagine he's going to lose. It's very interesting. When a Republican woman came out with the same charge, nobody believed her. When this woman came out, everybody believed her. Right?

[Vince]

That's exactly right. That's exactly right. In fact, you remember the New York Times publishes that piece in June. Lindsey Fifield says, who's a conservative woman. She says, I dated Graham Platner for a couple of years. He treated me like crap. He physically abused me. And the media just, you know, they didn't know how to process it. They kind of gave it a yawn. They tried to diminish the credibility of the story. And so the Democrats had to bring out heavier guns here and to take them out, and they did. So that's, that's the current state of affairs. Now, as we're doing this show this morning, I should tell you we don't know at this hour whether Graham Platner has officially filed his paperwork. He indicated that he would, but there, there are some steps still required for him to fully withdraw from this race. And not clear that he's done that yet. So keep your eyes open for that story. But he's got until Monday to officially withdraw from this race. He's trying to exert some sort of influence over how they pick the next person in the race. But for now, still chaos in the Democrat Party and it couldn't happen to a better group of people. But in case, again, you've ever been tempted to think they actually care about democracy, that's the thing they hate the most. And the Grand Platner episode proves it yet again. It really does. All right, coming up on the program, we're going to get to more of the president's adventures because he went overseas, met with a bunch of NATO countries, smacked a few of them around and got something out of it. Also kind of interesting that he switched planes to fly to the UK yesterday. What we're hearing on that subject because it's very fascinating and simultaneously concerning. More ahead on this edition of Vince, we want to thank Buncharge for supporting the show today. Buncharge is a great, great sponsor of our program and has provided me with an infrared sauna blanket and my dear wife Allison with a red light face mask. And we love these products, in fact, that Sauna blanket. Ever since I got it, it's just been amazing. It helps with muscle recovery detoxification. Total game changer. I can just wrap myself up in it, let the infrared heat work. It's magic. It really is an amazing thing and it's created a huge difference for me and how I relax and how rejuvenated I feel afterward. That's key. And Allison loves the red light face mask because red light therapy is well studied, is very impressive. And she has found this because it improves your skin's texture, reduces inflammation. She's seen fantastic results. She wears the thing every day. She loves it. It's like having a mini spot treatment right in our home. Now, if you're thinking about trying these out, you're in luck. Head to bone charge.com bone charge.com and you can get taken care of there. Bonecharge.com use the code Vince at checkout. Get 15% off. Both of these products have made a huge impact on our wellness. You're going to love them, too. Use the code Vince. Bonecharge.com save 15%. These statements and products have not been evaluated by the fda. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or condition. Thank you to Bone Charge. All right, so the president of the United States dealing with a lot in the last 24 hours. A lot, actually. And let's let me talk to you about, first of all, what's going on with Iran yesterday. Overnight in Iran, the second night of strikes in a row, more targets being obliterated as the United States military is just beating the hell out of the Iran Iranian military right now, or whatever's left of it. And that's because Iran continues to act like a bunch of psychopaths. They, they've been shooting at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. They've been shooting at US Military installations. They've been shooting at their neighboring countries in the Middle East. And so the president's plan is, well, for now, how about we just beat you back into submission? Why don't we do that? But it's funny because in light of the fact that the president has decided to get put some more muscle into this in just the last two days, all of a sudden, Iran is calling back and they're begging President Trump to make a deal again. Cut nine. Watch the president explain.

[President Donald J. Trump]

We're going to hit him 20. And we did it last night. It did a little something today, but it was really retribution for last night. They hit actually three boats, not two. And when they hit we hit back much harder.

[Commentator 1]

Are we returning to full scale military conflict, sir?

[President Donald J. Trump]

I don't know. I don't know. But winning very quickly, it's another way of doing it. We have many ways we can win, but we've already won. Militarily. They have very little. They have very little left. And they want to make a deal so badly. They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly. I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem.

[Commentator 1]

If they want to make a deal,

[Vince]

why do you think they attacked commercial vessels?

[President Donald J. Trump]

Because it's sort of crazy, to be honest with you. They're sort of crazy. They're a little bit out of control, but they want to make a deal badly.

[Vince]

Why do they keep acting like crazy people? Because they're sort of crazy. They're loco. The President said they're loco yesterday. And it's just these idiots. They are staring a gift horse in the mouth. The President is offering the greatest opportunity ever and they want to act like the theocratic terrorists that they are. Well, then the President's going to smack them back into submission. So a lot of smacking going on. The Iranians begging to make a deal. We'll see what the President does with this next. But again, this is why I've been saying throughout this process like, hey, trust the guy to handle it. He knows what he's doing. He does not trust them. He knows that he's got to keep on using pain and leverage in negotiation. It's all going in fits and starts. But the President is trying to forge a new path. How many administrations have tried a million different strategies that have all been utter failures? With Iran, this guy's trying something different. And as always, let him cook. I think he's, I think he's got this together. We'll, we'll see how it goes. But the Iranians, please, please make a deal. And the President's like, eh, I think I'm going to smack you around at least for a few more days. So we'll see what happens with that. Now that said, the Iranians have made no secret of the fact that they want to kill the President of the United States. That's what they have thought of him. Well, at least the old leadership, they're all dead now, but perhaps the new leadership too. And the President says, yeah, that's part of the job. These guys, they, they definitely want to take me out. But here's something interesting that happened yesterday. The president, when leaving Turkey, did not leave on the new plane that we refer to as Air Force One when the president is on it. Right. He left on the old plane, the one that has been traditionally considered Air Force One with the old paint job. Now, why is that? Why did he leave? He came on the new one. Why did he leave on the old one? Well, the president indicated on social media he said he was sending the new one ahead to a base in the United Kingdom so that people there could take a tour of it and see it. He said that was why he sent it ahead. But there is some reporting suggesting that one of the reasons that he left on the older model is because it may have included some of the defensive capabilities necessary to handle the incoming threats to the president of the United States. Now, quite a bit of this is speculation, but here's what the New York Times says on the subject from yesterday. A security precaution led Trump to use the old Air Force One and leaving Turkey, by the way, again, just to be clear, whatever plane the president is on is considered Air Force One. So it's a little weird to say old Air Force One, but it helps people understand it. President Trump flew out of Turkey Wednesday night on the old Air Force One instead of his new Qatari donated Boeing 7478 as a security precaution related to the resumption of hostilities with Iran, according to people briefed on the plans who said the change came at the urging of the Secret Service. The swap deepens questions about whether the new plane, which the new, which the president had pressed to be ready as soon as possible, was retrofitted with sufficient security measures. Over the last year, lawmakers and some officials have raised concerns about whether the expedited timeline allows for the addition of an advanced missile defense system and other modifications used to protect the president. In a statement, Stephen Chung, the White House comms director, we love Stephen Chung. He's hilarious. He said that, quote, the new Air Force One is a state of the art aircraft that has been fitted with high level security protocols that ensure the safety of the president and his staff. As the president has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him and we use every tool at our disposal, including distraction and misdirection, to address those threats. The Times claims that people who know about this, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the new plane doesn't have all of the features of the older plane. The switch was a precautionary measure made at the advice of the Secret Service and not because of a specific threat. They said, okay. In fact, this subject came up yesterday in a number of ways on Air Force One with the President. Part of this is because Trump officials had reportedly told reporters to draw the shades when they left Turkey. Close the shades now. Presumably, the reason they want them to draw the shades is, is not to preclude them from having visibility of where they're going, but because they don't want light pouring out of the windows of the plane and creating a visible marker for where the plane is in midair. And so a reporter did ask the President about this yesterday. Why did they ask us to draw the shades? Here is the President yesterday cut 11,

[President Donald J. Trump]

explaining probably on a dangerous flight because of the sleazebags that we have to deal with. Iran was possibly thinking, well, I mean, if they ask you to close your windows, probably they feel that way. They didn't ask me to close mine, but if they did, I would have done it. Now, these are sick people. So I could see something like that. I didn't. I didn't know they did that, but I could see something.

[Commentator 1]

Were you aware of any credible threat by Iran against her?

[President Donald J. Trump]

I have a threat all the time. I'm number one on their list before you. But if I go, you go, right? So perhaps, perhaps someday you want to change professions.

[Vince]

It's a dangerous job that I'm doing. You don't want to get caught up in the crossfire. He's telling people, maybe you should change professions. He did say yesterday, he's like, man, this is one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. You know, he goes. Sometimes he goes over the data and he starts assessing. He's like, well, there haven't been that many presidents. I'm the 47th and the 45th president of the United States. A number of them have been assassinated. Others have been shot and survived. Like yours truly, the President would say, and, yeah, it's a dangerous job. It's an unusually dangerous job, but I'm doing it anyway because I love the country. He said, but just so you know, you're traveling with me. You're at risk, too. He's right about that. As candid as he is, it's almost amusing to hear him say it. It is true that anybody traveling with him is in some degree of peril. I mean, the reality is that reporters who've been following the President for years, many of them were there in Butler as the bullets were flying. You know, Corey Comparator was killed in that attack in that assassination attempt, others were injured. And so, yeah, no, it can be dangerous to be even around the president, given all the threats that are directed at him and the violence, especially of the terrorists and the left in the United States. So it's a dangerous job. But I think it's worth covering. The president of the United States, and I'm very grateful that he is fighting for our country. I really am. More on that NATO summit in just a moment. And then, of course, I want to tell you about all of the fraud that we're tackling in the United States. We have a great guest coming up from the Department of Labor, the inspector general there, who is all over this. We'll get to those details coming up on this edition. Vince, so much more to get to. Want to thank two of our great sponsors that we have support in the program today, Boland Branch, one of them. We love Boland Branch in the Colonnade's household because our bed is a wonderful place to sleep thanks to our high quality sheets. Boland Branch just makes phenomenal sheets, phenomenal bedding. Wonderful stuff. The fastest, simplest way to upgrade your sleep is upgrading your bedding. Bowland Branch makes the entire bed. Signature satin sheets, breathable pillows, cozy waffle blankets, beautifully crafted comforters. They're all designed to work together for comfort and temperature regulation. And it's a simple swap, but it completely changes how your bed feels. And when Allison first bought the Bowlen brand sheets for us, I was instantly amazed by how much better our sleep was. And now I'm really happy that they're a sponsor of our program so I can tell you about them, too. They're great. Sleep cooler this summer with Boland Branch during their annual summer event for a limited time, get 20% off site wide. Bolanbranch.com Vince Code Vince Bolanbranch B O L L a n d branch.com Vince code Vince take 20% off bolandbranch.com Vince code Vince exclusions apply. See bolandbranch.com for details. Also, thank you to Brickhouse Nutrition for supporting the program. We love Brickhouse. Everybody's talking about those weight loss injections. They want to lose the weight and they're looking for dramatic results. But here's the thing. The injections work by helping you lower your blood sugar and reduce your appetite. But what if you want to do that and you don't want to constantly, constantly be injecting yourself all the time, especially when you hear about some of those side effects? Well, this is why doctors at Brickhouse Nutrition created a weight loss supplement called Lean. And the results remarkable. The studied ingredients in Lean have been shown to help lower your blood sugar, help you burn fat by converting it into energy, and help you curb your appetite and your cravings so you're less hungry. But listen, Lean by Brickhouse Nutrition. Not for the casual dieters, for serious people. It's for frustrated dieters with 10 or more pounds to lose. Now, if that's you, let's get you started. We'll get you 20% off free rush shipping. Just visit takelean.com Enter Vince for your discount. That's promo code [e-mail] these statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease and it's not a substitute or alternative for care from a health care provider.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

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[Vince]

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[President Donald J. Trump]

Do.

[Vince]

Do not make me regret this. Do not make me devolve back to that guy that so many clones wish that I still was. And do not embarrass the entire country. Now I can go back. I can get there fast. Lose tonight and you got a real problem. Do not blow it.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

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[Vice President JD Vance]

You've been warned.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

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[Vince]

The NATO summit the president just completed in Turkey. It was kind of interesting. So as I talked to you yesterday, the. The president was smacking these NATO countries around going, you're dead beats. You don't pay your money. You don't come when we call. What's wrong with you? Why are we dealing with all this? And then he got behind closed doors with these people and it's kind of interesting. I think he shook some apples free from that tree because, because look, for instance here. How, here's how he treated Spain earlier in the summit. This is an amazing moment. Watch cut 12. President Trump not happy with Spain.

[President Donald J. Trump]

I didn't speak to Spain. Spain is a wasted cause. We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore. By the way, I'd like you to cut it off. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don't participate, they don't pay. I don't want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits. Okay. We don't want anything to do with. Watch them. Watch them come running back. Oh, they'll come running back. They treat this man terribly. And this man's a good man, too. Great man. They're lucky they have him. Mark doesn't agree to Anything. And you shouldn't carry him. I mean, you sort of automatically carry because you, you're protecting an area. So they're there. So they probably figured they have to protect us. Right? But we don't have to. And we don't have to trade with them. I don't want to do any more trade with them. All right, take it immediately. Don't even talk to them. They're hopeless.

[Vince]

Just imagine, just the president being like, hey, would you cut an entire country off of trade? Would you do that for me? Thanks. That's the president turning to his staff saying, let's cut Spain off now. This, of course, had a big impact on Spain. Spain started freaking out yesterday. So Spanish leadership gets behind closed doors with President Trump, gets on the phone with all these diplomats from the United States. It says, wait a second. Hold on a second. Let's, let's get this fixed. I don't want to do this. I don't want to. I don't want to suffer this. I don't want that spanking. And you know how, you know how things went very well by yesterday evening. The president reported back. Yes, Spain came all the way back today. Cut 13. Watch this with.

[President Donald J. Trump]

You said you had issues with leaders of Spain, uk Spain. I will say I did have issues, and I still do. But Spain came back all the way today. Spain was very generous today. And I told him, I'm going to stop training. What did Spain do that they made? They honored a request for lots of payment, and if they didn't, we wouldn't even talk to them. They were very bad. They behaved very badly, in my opinion. But there was great unity in that room today. The NATO room was pretty much pretty amazing. There was something very good about it. I actually wish the press was able to stay now. They may have been different if the press was there, but there was tremendous unity and togetherness. It was quite nice.

[Vince]

Isn't that funny? So the morning starts with him smacking Spain around the end. And the end of the day, Spain is very compliant now. And they're like, oh, we'll spend more money on our defense as we're supposed to meet these NATO obligations. So the president's had a lot of success here, a lot of success. In fact, here's Mark Ruda describing that President Trump is kind of the only reason that these countries are actually beginning to meet their obligations. Cut 15. That is important. I could not do this without you.

[President Donald J. Trump]

It's too bad Biden didn't do it. Or Obama.

[Vince]

Hey, but you are here now. Obama and you entered 45 and Trump 47. In total, more than $1.2 trillion. I call this the Trump trillion. No, it's extra spent by Canada.

[President Donald J. Trump]

And I'm not only blaming NATO, they got a free ride. And if Biden had any brain, which he didn't, he would have said, you got to pay more. And same with Obama. Bad presidents. But they could have asked and you would have done that too. It would have been. I mean, who knows? But who knows if they would make this happen.

[Vince]

And it is huge.

[President Donald J. Trump]

It should have happened years ago. And it couldn't. But Obama didn't do it and Biden didn't. And frankly, Bush didn't do it either.

[Vince]

But you did what Eisenhower started trying to do, equalizing the UK and all the other presidents. None of them were successful. You're the first one. It's your win. Your win in the hate.

[President Donald J. Trump]

That's why I like them.

[NATO Secretary General]

And you win.

[Vince]

This is true.

[NATO Secretary General]

Without you, this would not have happened.

[President Donald J. Trump]

Really?

[Vince]

It's so funny. The NATO Secretary General laying it on kind of thick, wasn't he? The great stuff. So that was the President overseas, and. And we're back to the United States. Meanwhile, the Vice President of the United States paid a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin yesterday, where he announced more fraud crackdowns. Yeah, they're going after these fraudsters very aggressively. Vice President Vance is doing an amazing job here. He is announcing a series of investigations and subpoenas involving H1B visa fraud. Cut 16. Here's the vice President yesterday.

[Vice President JD Vance]

This is a program again. There is so much fraud or there was so much fraud in the federal government. We're taking, taking it off of the books, but so much fraud. I didn't even know this program existed. Okay, so what, what is allographs? These are the, you know, skin grafts that people get when they get a wound or they get a burn. A very, very important medical procedure, but a medical procedure that was being radically taken advantage of. So if you go back to 2019, 2020, 2021, you see less than a billion dollars is paid for these skin grafts. Again, these are very important procedures for the people who need them. What happens under the Biden administration? All of a sudden we go from less than a billion dollars spent on these skin grafts to $15 billion in 2025. And actually in 2026, the number was supposed to be $25 billion, but because we cut down on fraudulent payments and fraudulent billing, we saved you $25 billion. That number is now well below a billion dollars. Today, that's a simple good government action. And again, my friends, we want the people who deserve these treatments, who need these treatments, to have access to them. If we spend all your money giving these treatments to fraudsters, instead of giving them to the people who need them, then those programs aren't going to exist anymore. And I just have this look, we're a generous country. I love that we're a generous country. My family sometimes benefited from these programs that ensured that poor children would have a bite to eat or would be able to see a doctor. I sometimes had a meal because the American people were generous enough to say that we're not going to let our young American children, kids go hungry because their parents can't afford a bite to eat. I think that's an amazing, amazing thing about our great country, is we're generous enough to lend a helping hand to our fellow citizens in need. But when we allow, when your government allows, whether in the state or the federal level, when we allow that money that ought by rights go to feed poor children, but instead goes to fraudsters, we destroy the social fabric of the United States of America. So what I take very seriously as your vice president, what Derek Van Orden and Brian Stile take very seriously as your congressional representatives and what Donald Trump takes seriously as the President of the United States is this sacred promise that exists between the government of the United States and its citizens that when you pay your tax dollars, it goes to the people who need it, not to the fraudsters, which is why we're throwing those fraudsters in prison. It's exactly where they belong.

[Vince]

Yeah. The Vice President, United States, talking about Medicare, Medicaid fraud, all the theft of tax dollars going on in the United States, really key stuff. But also announcing these investigations yesterday by the Department of labor into H1B visa fraud. Apparently there's a ton of it. A ton of it. And my next guest is involved in tackling it. He is the Inspector General of the Labor Department, Anthony D. Esposito, and he joins us right now. Sir, it is nice to have you on the show. Thanks for joining me today.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Thanks for having me.

[Vince]

Okay, so what do you have going on? What's going on with H1BS right now in the United States?

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Apparently, a lot. And apparently there's a lot of people that are taking advantage of it. And I think President Trump has made it very clear. You know, he said during his campaign and throughout this administration that he intends to rein in the golden age of the American worker. If you look at the jobs numbers over the last couple of, since President Trump has taken office, they've been super successful and increasing every month. And imagine what we can do if we didn't have foreign labor stealing and fraudulently taking out the jobs of American people. And that's really what we're gonna focus on. And this wasn't just something that we thought of at a thin air. There are people who are sending tips. We have whistleblowers that are contacting our offices daily. And people have asked me over the last 24 hours, you know, what changed? Well, what changed is we have a president and a vice president who actually wanna root out fraud. Don't just use it, you know, on a. On a political campaign. They actually put the money where their mouth is. And that's exactly what President Trump did. He established by signing an executive order, this fraud task force, which I am really honored to be a part of and to sit on. And he put Vice President JD Vance in charge of it. And the purpose is to collaborate and really create this whole government approach. It's not just about the Department of Labor, but you got HHS, you got small business, you have CMS with Dr. Oz, you have all these agencies, and then you have the Department of Justice. And I talk about the Department of Justice because under Todd Blanche and Colin McDonald, there's just been such a great working relationship between my investigators and the prosecutors. And I speak to my investigators. Before I was a member of Congress and before I was a local elected official, I was an NYPD detective. And throughout my career, I conducted hundreds, if not thousands of investigations. And one of the things that always was helpful when you wanted to bring a case to the finish line was to make sure that you had a great working relationship between prosecutors and investigators. And I will tell you that when I speak to my investigators, you talk about the time that they had with the Biden administration and the Biden administration prosecutors, and I guess they were far too busy, focused on weaponizing the justice system against President Trump and less interested about prosecuting cases when it comes to fraud, because my investigators would present cases and they were told, you know, it was just some haphazard threshold. All today that doesn't meet the threshold. Today that doesn't meet the threshold. Now you have a Justice Department and you have a fraud task force where Vice President Vance has stated very clearly, there's no fraud too small, and there's no fraud too big. So we're going to tackle it all. And this H1B visa stuff is real. And not only is it taking away American jobs, Not only does it have people that are held hostage and taking their wages away, not only does it have people involved in human trafficking, but it's also a danger to our community. And when I read these whistleblower accounts and these stories, I mean, the amount of individuals who are working in medical facilities that our friends and our children, our grandchildren, our nieces and nephews can go to, that, quite frankly, these people are not only taking the jobs of our friends and neighbors who have spent, you know, 10 years in school to become doctors and nurses, but they're also providing services that they're not qualified for. So it's extremely dangerous. So that's the stuff that we're focused on. And listen, there's going to be a lot of upset people, right? Some of the biggest companies that we probably know of, not just here, not just foreign companies, but there are some companies here in the United States, too, that are going to be pretty pissed off when we start getting these subpoenas back and holding people accountable.

[Vince]

So can you, can you give us an example of what it means to commit fraud with the H1B visa program? Because as we understand H1B, is it basically importing foreign workers, oftentimes supplanting American workers entirely. What does it mean to commit fraud with.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

I think that, you know, I think just like the, you know, just like we saw under the Biden administration with 15 million people coming across the southern border.

[Vince]

Yeah.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

When you take away guardrails and when you lack identification procedures and when you take away the actual, you know, the reason as to why H1B H1BS were put in place. And that reason was right. If you had something unique to bring to the United States workforce or if a company in the United States was having trouble finding workers to do a specific job that they needed, well, then the H1B visa would be granted so that these companies wouldn't go out of business. The H1B visa wasn't put, put forward so that you could actually staff your entire company with foreign workers at a much less rate. So what we are going to do is we're going to start looking through all of these, all of these applications, especially the companies who apply for 2, 3000, 4000 H1B visas at a time and figure out, well, are these people actually unique? Are they actually, is the, are the companies doing the work that they need to do to fill the jobs with the American people, or is just this just an entire fraudulent scam so that they could pay less wages and so that, you know, transnational Criminal organizations or cartels can hold these people hostage in order for them to do work so they could skim off their wages. So, yeah, there's really so much involved here. But the basics of it is H1B visas were granted so that companies can stay in business if they couldn't find American workers. The fact is, is that you speak to Americans, and Americans want to work. So I'm not sure why they can't find work with these companies who, you know, let's just say as an example, you have 10,000 employees, and 8,000 of them are on H1B visas. I'm not the detective in this relationship, but that seems kind of fishy to me. And that's something that we are going to. We're going to look into and we're going to uncover. And I have to say that it is so refreshing to have this whole government approach and to have a president and a vice president and an administration.

[Vince]

Yes.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Not only behind you, but cheering for you and making sure that you have the resources you need to do the job that you do.

[Vince]

You must have a bunch of companies already pissed off at you. Do you have tech companies, like, breaking down your door right now, angry that you're doing this?

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Not yet, but I'm heading back to Long island tonight, so we'll see what happens. I'll keep you posted.

[NATO Secretary General]

Okay.

[Vince]

Yeah. And, I mean, this is. So tell me about the cartels. What do the cartels have to do with H1B visas? How does that work?

[Anthony D. Esposito]

So a lot. A lot of the.

[President Donald J. Trump]

The.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

What we've. I shouldn't say a lot, but what we've identified is because of the exploitation of these H1B visas, we have seen that gangs and cartels and transnational criminal organizations will start getting into the business of basically smuggling individuals into the country to hold their H1B visas hostage. So what happens is they'll come into the company, they'll come into the country, they'll say, Listen, we have 500 workers. They process the paperwork. And then if they're getting paid, I'm just going to use, you know, even numbers. They're getting paid 20 an hour. Well, $10 of that has to get kicked back to the. To the gang or the cartel or this criminal enterprise. And then what we also see is when the H1B visas run out and the people are still here in the country, well, now you have employers who are paying them, and quite frankly, they don't have to pay them nearly as much as what they would pay an American worker. Why? Because These individuals are deathly afraid of getting shipped back to the country of origin. So instead of paying them $20 an hour, now they're paying them $5 an hour just to keep them in the. In the country and keep them quiet. So it is. It is. This is. This investigation is broad, and it's something that's going to expand. And like I said, we are going to peel back the onion piece by piece and see what we can come up with. But I will say this is that I am blessed and thankful to have a team of outstanding investigators, outstanding auditors, outstanding administrators that are fully behind this effort. And I am. I promised yesterday, and I'm going to continue to promise. And just as I did when I was an NYPD homicide detective, and I exhausted, you know, everything and every lead to get to the bottom of this is exactly how we're going to conduct this investigation. Because it's not just important for right now for the American people. It's important for our future. It's important. And I don't want to sound like a politician, because that's not what I'm trying to do. I truly believe.

[Vince]

Yeah.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Changing this and by. By creating a. An America with less fraud and actually having, you know, my old colleagues on Capitol Hill put legislation in place that we actually follow to make sure that fraud doesn't root its nasty head in years to come.

[NATO Secretary General]

Yeah.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

You really have an opportunity, and really, one of President Trump's legacies can be to rid this country of fraud. And I'm happy to just have a small part of it.

[Vince]

You know, this is such a breath of fresh air, because I remember, I think back during the campaign, there was some concern raised that somehow the Trump administration would hand out H1B visas like candy or something. And then I've been following the headlines on this, and I've noticed that what's actually happening is that the H1B visa program has kind of come to a screeching halt because the Trump administration is taking a very close look at it right now in order to ensure that these kinds of abuses are not happening.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Yeah. And I think that, you know, and I guess in the. In these companies that we reference and, you know, anybody at home can do some Google searches into the bigger companies. I don't want to identify them, but some of the bigger companies that have been just the absolute chatter of everyone about the exploitation of H1B visas, to your point, I agree. I think that they have slowed down. Not because they don't want to use cheap labor and alienate American Workers, but because they were probably a little concerned that this day would come where the investigation was launched and they'd have to sleep with one eye open at night.

[NATO Secretary General]

Yeah.

[Vince]

Well, now all the jobs gains are going to native born Americans again, which is a huge, huge improvement. We love that. From the Labor Department Inspector general over there, Anthony Desposito, thank you, sir, for being on this. It means the world to us. Appreciate you.

[Anthony D. Esposito]

Thank you. Look forward to joining again soon. Stay safe.

[Vince]

I hope you do. Thank you very much. There he is, Anthony D. Esposito. Glad he's on that. But yeah, he's going to take off a lot of companies. These, this Labor Department is going to take off a lot of these companies. They already are, I guarantee you, by doing this. And that's great. It's happening to the right people because look, if you've got American workers who are available here in our system and are looking to get a good paying job, hire them. Stop underbidding them by exploiting, exploiting foreign labor, which of course, you know, you've had too many people from both parties for years who've been interested in keeping this awful arrangement going at the expense of Americans. Enough. We're done with that crap. And good to see the Trump administration's on it. And to the point, I was just making about H1BS. If you go back to January, there was a great report in the Daily Caller on this subject. Natalie Sandoval wrote it at the time and talking about, you know, there was a crackdown going on by the Trump administration in Minnesota. But she said that a lot of people, as a result, people are not paying attention to what's going on with H1B visas. The Times of India, lots of Indian H1B visas out there. No new H1B stamping dates seem to be available this calendar year and new interview dates are being deferred to 2027. 2027. So in other words, a bunch of alerts have been going out from the Trump administration and As a result, H1Bs have slowed down dramatically. Now, this is great for American citizens, American workers, a really important development here. Just wanted to keep an eye on that one. Another piece of this in terms of just, you know, foreigners coming into America taking things that belong to Americans. How about US Citizenship? How about this, this birthright citizenship case that the United States Supreme Court just decided in error this past week? They got this one completely wrong as they say that foreigners should be entitled to U.S. citizenship if they have a baby here in the United States. Well, you want to know what the, the, the awful, poisonous fruit of that would be. Well, how about this? In Texas, there are hospitals who are advertising across the border in Mexico now telling Mexicans, hey, come to the United States and have a baby. What? Are you serious? Yeah, that's happening. This is a report here. Fox News has the data on this. Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has ordered an investigation into a Texas hospital that was advertising birth packages in Mexico. He says citizenship is not for sale. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an investigation into a Texas hospital Tuesday after it confirmed to Fox News that it was advertising Spanish language birth packages in South Texas on billboards in Mexico promoting childbirth services to pregnant foreign nationals near the US Mexico border. Mission Regional Medical center confirmed to Fox that it was responsible for the advertising campaign which was promoting deliveries starting at 3950 bucks for a natural birth and $5525 for a C section. And directed viewers to a website called have my babyintexas.com which has since been taken offline. The billboards also displayed a Telephone number beginning with 001, the country code used to place calls to the United States from Mexico. And you can see the image here. This is on, on the rumble.com Vince for those of you watching the video version of the show, we've got the billboard up telling people, Paquette, I think I said that right. Have your baby in Texas. What? And of course, the implication be being have an American citizen have an anchor baby. Come on in. No, don't come on in. Don't come on in at all. So Texas launching an investigation into this and the president of the United States has also noticed this. And that formed the basis of another truth social post, the president saying this. Signs and billboards are being put up all over our southern border and Mexico advertising birthright citizenship with deliveries starting at 4,000 bucks. Likewise, similar signs are going up all over our country. Billions of dollars will be illegally made by this scam with citizenship going to anyone willing to pay. It will be by far the number one way of becoming a citizen. And then the entire family will be allowed to follow. That's called chain migration. Insane. Not suitable, not sustainable. Says the president. Nobody saw this coming. American citizenship is not for sale. In fact, that is a crime and therefore the Supreme Court ruling is wrong. I will be asking for a rehearing by the United States Supreme Court immediately. This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don't change their absolutely insane decision. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. Trump. Okay, so the news of this post, in addition to the president's outrage about, well, well established outrage on this subject about what's happening with these crazy billboards and trying to get people to have babies in America, is that he's making an official appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Now, this is a real thing. It is rarely successful, but the United States Supreme Court does have an appeal process for its decisions. And here is fundamentally how this works. SCOTUS Wire gives us this version of events. It's called Rule 44. President Trump has indicated the United States will seek a rehearing of the Supreme Court's ruling on birthright citizenship. Rule 44 allows 25 days to seek a rehearing. This would require the support of at least one justice from the majority opinion, and it is rarely granted. Now, we'll keep our eyes on this. Again, this, this might be a shot in the dark for the president of the United States to get this done, just to be candid. But I am curious here, and I'll let the legal eagles give me the clearest answer on it of all, whether or not Brett Kavanaugh could be the vehicle by which we get this back into the court. Because, remember, Brett Kavanaugh agreed with the majority that the president couldn't use an executive order to banish this because of a statutory impediment suggesting that Congress needed to change the law. But he did not agree with the court that this was found, that the birthright citizenship was found as a constitutional matter in the 14th amendment, that illegal aliens can just have American citizen children by virtue of the 14th Amendment. He didn't agree there. So it could be interesting if Brett Kavanaugh could be the vehicle for this. But one way or the other, the president saying this was an absolute dumpster fire of a decision. He's right about that. I am making that official appeal and God willing, the Supreme Court takes them up on it. Could be really important to do that. It would be very important to do that. So say your prayers there. But a couple of options in terms of how we resolve this. This is one of them. The president going to officially make that appeal. That's the news today. I've got a lot more news coming up on the big national radio show today, the Vince show, the VIN Show. You can hear it on radio stations across the country. Go to the vinshow.com to find your local radio affiliate for that. And you can also watch us live from 1 to 3 eastern time. Rumble.com Vince all right, two more things to tell you, Dan Bongino is on at 10am Eastern. Rumble.com Bongino Haley Carony is on a noon Eastern. Rumble.com Haley Haley with two whys. Why? Because she's great and so are you. As always, the best audience anywhere. I appreciate you and I'll be back with you tomorrow, I assure you. With so much freaking news your head's gonna spin. Can't wait to do it.

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