Tonight's episode is a compilation of the best of our Trump coverage over the years, starting with when Trump came down that escalator in Trump Tower way back when. I listened to his speech and I thought, you know what, he's serious.
00:01:23.840Hello, my friends. If you're watching this on the night of November 3rd, you can also catch
00:01:33.420us live right now on our YouTube live stream. We're going to be covering the election results
00:01:38.600all night in the U.S., and we're planning to stay up as late as 3 a.m., maybe later if
00:01:43.780necessary. Most of our Rebel team will be involved, plus Ben Weingarten, one of the most interesting
00:01:50.060commentators in U.S. politics. So please tune in over there on our YouTube channel.
00:01:55.680But let me leave you with some quality viewing over here. Tonight, let me invite you to look
00:02:00.960at some of our favorite Trump videos over the years, including to when he first threw his
00:02:06.860hat in the ring. Here's the very first video when I came out as a Trumper. It was way back
00:02:13.120when Donald Trump first announced he was running for president. I got to say, when I first heard
00:02:19.280it, I laughed. I thought, was this just some celebrity stunt to get more media coverage
00:02:23.940for the boss of The Apprentice TV shows? But as I listened to his speech, I realized, no,
00:02:30.120he's actually dead serious. And he was great. Take a look at my first take on Donald Trump.
00:02:37.620Donald Trump announced that he's going to throw his hat in the ring to be the presidential nominee
00:02:42.220for the Republican Party. And I have to admit that before I listened to his announcement,
00:02:46.700I was extremely skeptical. I thought, oh, he's just doing this for a PR boost. He's a showman
00:02:52.780and empresario. This is probably just to get some celebrity, some publicity to promote his
00:02:58.360next book, his next TV show, his next reality show. And so I have to tell you, I was very
00:03:04.180skeptical. But then I watched his speech. And before you knew it, I was thinking, he's got
00:03:09.480a good point there. And I wish the other guys could say that. I want to take you through
00:03:13.700about five or 10 little clips from his speech. So this is going to be about a 10 or 15 minute
00:03:19.060video. But I promise you, you will find what he says refreshing and maybe even a little
00:03:25.560inspiring. I have to say, watching Donald Trump's announcement speech increased my respect for
00:03:32.320him and made me say, you know what? He probably wouldn't be a bad president. Here, let's start
00:03:37.740with his comments about when was the last time America was a winner. Take a listen.
00:03:44.600Our country is in serious trouble. We don't have victories anymore. We used to have victories,
00:03:53.680but we don't have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let's say, China
00:04:00.820in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time. When did we beat Japan
00:04:14.220at anything? They send their cars over by the millions. And what do we do? When was the last
00:04:23.940time you saw a Chevrolet in Tokyo? It doesn't exist, folks. They beat us all the time. When do we beat
00:04:35.260Mexico at the border? They're laughing at us, at our stupidity. And now they're beating us
00:04:41.280economically. They are not our friend, believe me. But they're killing us economically.
00:04:47.020Donald Trump's got a style. You think, well, that's braggadocio. He's just saying he's a winner.
00:04:50.760He's a winner. The other guys are losers. But, you know, in many interactions between countries,
00:04:55.060there is a winner and a loser. And I think he's put his finger on it. Where is America riding tall
00:05:00.040on the saddle like under the Reagan years? Where is America winning? You don't even hear the desire
00:05:05.740for America to be number one in Obama or Hillary Clinton. He also did something I think a lot of
00:05:12.380professional politicians are shy about. He talked about illegal immigration from Mexico without worrying
00:05:18.920about being politically incorrect. Here, listen to him take a very hard line on this.
00:05:23.040When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not
00:05:29.220sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems. And they're bringing those problems with
00:05:36.400us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good
00:05:44.660people. But I speak to border guards. And they tell us what we're getting. And it only makes common
00:05:50.480sense. It only makes common sense. They're sending us not the right people. It's coming from more than
00:05:57.220Mexico. It's coming from all over South and Latin America. And it's coming probably, probably from the
00:06:05.660Middle East. But we don't know because we have no protection. And we have no competence. We don't
00:06:11.480know what's happening. And it's got to stop. And it's got to stop fast. It takes some courage to say
00:06:17.580that. But I have to say it is actually a progressive position to be against illegal immigration. I mean,
00:06:23.480first of all, America has a ton of legal immigration. It's not like America is against immigrants. But as he
00:06:29.960points out, these people sneaking across the border from Mexico are not the world's most attractive
00:06:35.500immigrants. But if you care about poor people, why would you bring in untrained, unskilled,
00:06:41.520uneducated competitors to compete against your American citizens who have to pay taxes? Not only does
00:06:49.380it drive down labor costs, but maybe it drives up housing costs. I think that Donald Trump just doesn't
00:06:55.880have the politically correct BS of everyone who tiptoes around that subject. Here's another quote
00:07:01.160that I really thought was just plain old common sense on foreign policy. When I think of Donald
00:07:07.560Trump, I don't think foreign policy. But listen to him to talk about how we frittered away our hard-won
00:07:12.960victory, or Americans' hard-won victory in Iraq. Take a listen to this.
00:07:17.280Iran is taking over Iraq. And they're taking it over big league. We spent two trillion dollars in Iraq. Two
00:07:28.400trillion. We lost thousands of lives. Thousands in Iraq. We have wounded soldiers who I love. I love.
00:07:38.240They're great. All over the place. Thousands and thousands of wounded soldiers. And we have
00:07:46.800nothing. We can't even go there. We have nothing. And every time we give Iraq equipment, the first time
00:07:56.080a bullet goes off in the air, they leave it. Last week I read 2,300 Humvees. These are big vehicles.
00:08:08.000were left behind for the enemy. Two thousand, you would say maybe two? Maybe four? Two thousand
00:08:16.000three hundred sophisticated vehicles. They ran and the enemy took them. He's right. And it's awful.
00:08:25.120Because Barack Obama pulled out the troops precipitously, now the Iraqis abandoned their
00:08:31.040positions at the first whiff of gunpowder. Things are actually worse there now. It's
00:08:36.560it's the amount of blood and treasure that is being spent. Donald Trump says it more clearly
00:08:41.920than many foreign policy experts. I have to say, I was watching the speech. I was liking it more and
00:08:46.560more. But I think maybe the most important thing he said was just a general comment on himself and his
00:08:54.000personality and style versus Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Do you love America? Are you a booster?
00:09:00.240Are you a cheerleader? Because that's sort of what Donald Trump is. I mean, he makes deals,
00:09:04.160but he's a high level guy. I don't think these days he gets right into the minutia of it.
00:09:08.080But he has a momentum and a confidence. And he points out that America lacks it.
00:09:12.800Listen to what he says he thought Barack Obama would be like in 2008 versus what Obama has been like. Take a listen.
00:09:20.640You know, when President Obama was elected, I said, well, the one thing I think he'll do well,
00:09:29.520I think he'll be a great cheerleader for the country. I think he'd be a great spirit. He was vibrant.
00:09:36.640He was young. I really thought that he would be a great cheerleader. He's not a leader. That's true.
00:09:43.920You're right about that. But he wasn't a cheerleader. He's actually a negative force.
00:09:49.120He's been a negative force. He wasn't a cheerleader. He was the opposite.
00:09:52.880I think that's very perceptive. Maybe it's so obvious, but just coming out and saying,
00:09:57.200when was the last time Barack Obama said America is the best, we're the greatest? And as a Canadian,
00:10:03.200obviously, I feel that Canada is the best country, but every country should have some pride and some nationalism.
00:10:08.640And in the United States, it's important to all the rest of us in the free world that America has a pride and a greatness,
00:10:14.640because frankly, they are the engine of freedom. They are the engine that protects us.
00:10:19.200And they're the engine of a lot of our prosperity. Now, Donald Trump started talking about the elephant in the room,
00:10:26.960his style, his lavish and opulent lifestyle, his money. And this has been an Achilles heel for the Republicans as recently as last election,
00:10:36.960when Mitt Romney, a man who made hundreds of millions of dollars as an entrepreneur, was painted as a rich Wall Street guy.
00:10:45.280Of course, he was a rich Wall Street guy. He earned it, though, unlike, say, Hillary Clinton,
00:10:50.240who billed out speeches for a quarter million bucks a pop to foreign countries who got favors from the Secretary of State.
00:10:59.840Here's how Donald Trump takes on that issue. He doesn't hide. He's not shy. He's not embarrassed.
00:11:07.040He leans into the wind and says, you think I'm rich? I'm even richer than you think. Here, take a listen.
00:11:12.000So I have a total net worth. And now with the increase, it'll be well over $10 billion. But here,
00:11:19.680a total net worth of $8 billion, net worth, not assets, not liability, a net worth. After all debt,
00:11:28.400after all expenses, the greatest assets, Trump Tower, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Bank of America
00:11:37.280Building in San Francisco, 40 Wall Street, sometimes referred to as the Trump Building,
00:11:44.960right opposite the New York State, many other places all over the world. So the total is $8,737,540,000.
00:11:56.960Now, I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that to brag, because you know what? I don't have to brag. I
00:12:03.600don't have to, believe it or not. I'm doing that to say that that's the kind of thinking
00:12:11.760our country needs. And you know, he's got a point. The reason why people like Donald Trump,
00:12:17.040those who do, is because he made it. Yes, he was born into a wealthy family, but he added a bunch of
00:12:22.880zeros to it. And you can see him fighting every day. He had his ups and he had his downs. And he is a
00:12:28.880winner, a builder of wealth. All of America used to be that way. American dreams were about coming
00:12:36.560dirt poor to America, looking up at the skyscrapers when you arrived in New York City and saying,
00:12:41.920one day, I'm going to own that. One day, I'm going to build that. It's not about the, you know,
00:12:47.120if you're poor, staying poor or being an entitled welfare case. Barack Obama has entrenched
00:12:53.920welfareism and entitlement. Donald Trump is saying, no, I'm rich. I'm richer than you think. I want to
00:13:00.320tell you how rich I am. And I want you to be the same way. Is it crass cheerleading? You could call it
00:13:06.240that. Or you could call it someone who hasn't forgotten the American dream and wants to inspire
00:13:11.680millions of others, inspire millions of others. I think America is missing a little bit of Donald Trump.
00:13:17.680I want to give you his summary comments. I mean, at the end of his speech, he just went through
00:13:22.720and checked a bunch of boxes. I got to tell you, he did a good job. You be the judge and tell me
00:13:28.400what you think. Take a listen. Just to sum up,
00:13:33.760I would do various things very quickly. I would repeal and replace the big lie Obamacare.
00:13:42.240I would build a great wall. And nobody builds walls better than me, believe me. And I'll build them
00:13:47.040them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border and I will have Mexico
00:13:56.080pay for that wall. Mark my words. Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody.
00:14:05.840I will find within our military, I will find the General Patton or I will find General MacArthur.
00:14:16.880I will find the right guy. I will find the guy that's going to take that military
00:14:22.560and make it really work. Nobody, nobody will be pushing us around.
00:14:27.200I will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. And we won't be using a man like Secretary Kerry that
00:14:38.720has absolutely no concept of negotiation, who's making a horrible and laughable deal,
00:14:45.120who's just being tapped along as they make weapons right now, and then goes into a bicycle race at 72
00:14:51.760years old and falls and breaks his leg. I won't be doing that. And I promise I will never be in a
00:14:57.040bicycle race, that I can tell you. I will immediately terminate President Obama's illegal executive order
00:15:09.520on immigration. Immediately. Fully support and back up the Second Amendment.
00:15:20.640Imagine that, a New York City guy standing up for the Second Amendment. He's got a common sense. I think
00:15:26.400Donald Trump spends his life with real people. Yeah, sometimes with celebrities and tycoons and
00:15:31.840fashion models. But I think he actually gets out into the real world enough and interacts with real
00:15:37.520people much more than those inside the beltway types. And his mocking of John Kerry's bicycle accident,
00:15:43.040I think it's right on point. Donald Trump is a hardball negotiator. He wrote a book on the subject.
00:15:50.400You could not do worse than Barack Obama in his negotiations with everyone from China
00:15:56.640to Iran. I don't think Donald Trump will become the nominee. But I think he taps into a vein of
00:16:02.160Americans saying, the America in 2016-2015 is not the America that we're supposed to have. We need
00:16:09.360someone to make it great again. People who think that, they'll look at Donald Trump and say, I don't know if
00:16:14.960he's the man to govern. But he's certainly the man to cheerlead and to point the way.
00:16:19.520Oh, I was an early Trumper, that's for sure. And my God, as he delivered. Sure, he's rough and rude
00:16:24.720sometimes. So what? Look what he's actually done. Now, right after his election in November 2016,
00:16:31.040I made this short video about Donald Trump fighting with some Saudi prince. I wrote this video quickly
00:16:37.440and didn't give it too much thought. But it went on to become my most watched video ever. More than
00:16:44.240five million people watched this. Take a look. So the Saudis cut a $25 million check to the Clinton
00:16:50.560Foundation, as you probably know. I mean, it was a ruse. Governments don't need to donate money to
00:16:56.080charities. They could spend the money themselves directly. They don't need tax receipts, which is
00:17:00.560what a charity would offer a regular donor. The Saudis could just give money to whatever they like. And
00:17:06.000look, they're dictators. They're not particularly known for their humanitarianism. Can we be honest,
00:17:11.040please? It was a $25 million down payment on a Hillary Clinton presidency. It was influenced by
00:17:18.800a legal bribe, though I don't think it would have been legal for anyone other than a Clinton to do.
00:17:23.440Anyways, the Saudis were pretty pleased with themselves. Every poll and every expert said Hillary
00:17:28.640Clinton was going to win. And then she lost. Well, I'm guessing there are a lot of voicemails on
00:17:35.120Clinton's phone. A lot of emails going to whatever secret email service she's using now,
00:17:40.960asking for a refund. But look at this. Here are a few comments made by Saudi Arabia's most well-known
00:17:48.560prince, Prince Al-Walid Talal. Billionaire, investor, owns huge chunks of Citibank and the Four Seasons Hotel,
00:17:58.800and also Fox News, and also Twitter. He's a Saudi prince who owns huge swaths of American media.
00:18:07.440And he lives like you'd expect a Saudi billionaire to live, yachts, jets. Anyways, he hates Donald Trump
00:18:15.040because Trump is against terrorists. And Saudi Arabia is a global exporter of terrorism. That's where 15 of
00:18:23.120the 19 terrorists on 9-11 came from. That's where Osama bin Laden came from. That's where the extremist
00:18:29.600Wahhabi form of Islam comes from. So yeah, I'm glad this prince hates Trump. Would be weird if he didn't.
00:18:36.880But here's what I'm really glad about. It's that he doesn't own Trump like he owned the Clintons,
00:18:44.000with the millions of dollars in gifts from Saudi Arabia to the Clintons,
00:18:47.200from Saudis, and the Qataris, and the Moroccans, and the United Arab Emiratis, and a bunch of other
00:18:55.280Arab tyrants. Trump didn't take Arab state money. So look at this. Donald Trump, you are a disgrace,
00:19:04.640not only to the GOP, but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S. presidential race,
00:19:10.080as you will never win. That's what he wrote. Really. So you're a billionaire who would,
00:19:17.840in real life, would just be a beggar riding a camel were it not for the sheer luck that your
00:19:23.520family dictatorship sits on an ocean of oil. But this desert twerp is going to tell Donald Trump
00:19:29.280what to do. He kept at it. Here, a little bit later, he did this tweet. And it said,
00:19:32.720President Obama, your mosque speech shames Donald Trump comments against 1.4 billion Muslims.
00:19:41.280Thank you for your wise leadership. I love you. So yeah, like you, I'm completely shocked that some
00:19:48.320Muslim Saudi prince loves the Muslim U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama. I'm not saying Obama is a
00:19:54.720practicing Muslim. I'm saying that under Sharia law, he is legally a Muslim because his father was Muslim.
00:20:00.640And look at Prince Walid suck up to him, eh? But look, you can't stump the Trump. Trump wasn't going
00:20:07.280to take this abuse lying down. He wrote back. Oh, get this. He said, Dopey Prince Al-Waleed Talal
00:20:14.640wants to control our U.S. politicians with daddy's money. Can't do it when I get elected. Trump 2016.
00:20:23.040How awesome is that? Bam! So undiplomatic. Yeah, you bet it was. Insulting? Yeah, absolutely.
00:20:31.600But just pitch perfect? Yes, again. Oh, and Trump wasn't even done with them yet. Look at this next
00:20:37.760tweet. Al-Waleed Talal, has your country, Saudi Arabia, taken any of the Syrian refugees? If not,
00:20:45.680why not? Zinger. Of course the Saudis haven't taken any Syrian refugees. Saudi Arabia has 100,000
00:20:55.440air-conditioned tents sitting empty in the desert. They could hold more than half a million people,
00:21:01.760but they refuse to take a single Syrian refugee. They don't give a damn. They'd rather send Muslim
00:21:08.800extremists to the West than take any themselves. Great point by Donald Trump. But you know what my
00:21:14.720point is? Who would you rather have as America's commander in chief in charge of American borders
00:21:22.960and American security, dealing with other world leaders, including princes from desert oil
00:21:28.480dictatorships? Would you rather have someone like Trump who slaps down any uppity prince with zingers,
00:21:35.920puts them in his place? Or the oily Clintons who saw any foreign leader as a potential source for cash
00:21:44.160and who preferred to take tens of millions of dollars from foreigners behind closed doors? Yeah,
00:21:50.320America made the right choice in this election. Don't you think? Isn't that funny? Trump and the
00:21:55.680Saudis have become fairly close and they're helping to broker Middle East peace. Would you believe it?
00:22:00.960Now, one of my favorite things about Donald Trump is his support for oil and gas and fracking and
00:22:05.680pipelines and mining and his derision for the United Nations and global warming activists.
00:22:10.480Here's an old video I did on that. This is from 2017. What do you think?
00:22:14.400Today, Donald Trump pulled the plug on the global warming scam, not just the junk science,
00:22:19.520but more importantly, the entire industry that is built up around it of bureaucrats and diplomats
00:22:24.240and politicians and lobbyists and people seeking grants for this and that and taxes. Here, take a listen.