Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - May 06, 2021


My Thoughts on Facebook's Decision on My Father's Ban


Episode Stats

Length

6 minutes

Words per Minute

223.29897

Word Count

1,444

Sentence Count

113

Misogynist Sentences

2


Summary

On today's show, we have a special guest on the show, Donald Trump Jr. We talk about what it's like to grow up in a family with a Trump Sr., how he got started in politics, and how he became a conservative voice in the conservative movement. We also talk about his views on the recent decision by the Supreme Court to strike down a portion of the Voting Rights Act, and whether or not that's a good or bad thing. And, of course, we answer your questions! Tweet us if you have any thoughts or opinions on any of the topics covered in this episode. Timestamps: 5:00 - What's going on with the Trump Sr.'s in politics? 6:20 - Is Donald Trump Sr. running for re-election in 2020 7:30 - Is there any chance Donald Jr. could run for President in 2020 ? 8:00 - What is the future of the Trump family in politics 9:15 - Who's going to be the next president of the United States 11:00 | What s next for Trump Jr.? 12:30 | What's next for the Trump Family 13:30 What s the future for Trump Sr.? 14:30 // What s going to happen with Trump Jr? 15:00 // Is there a Trump Jr.'s role in politics in 2020? 16:20 | Is Trump Jr s future in politics ? 17:15 | Who is going to run for president? 18:40 | What does he plan to do after Trump s 2020 campaign? 19:15 21: What s his game plan? 22:00 / 22:40 Is he going to do next? 25:10 26:10 | What is his future? 27:40 // Is he gonna run for the 2020 election? 29:20 32:40 Does he plan on running for President? 35: Does he want to be a senator? 31:00 + 32: Is he running for president in 2020 or something else? 36:40 - Is he a conservative? 33:30 + 33:00 Is he more conservative than a conservative than his dad? 39:00 Do you want to take on the fight? 40:00 Does he have a plan for the fight right now? 45:00


Transcript

00:00:00.000 And just this morning, obviously the big tech decision just came in.
00:00:04.000 Let me ask, what are your thoughts on that?
00:00:06.000 That's, to me, one of the most scary stories that I think we've had to cover in a long time.
00:00:11.000 Yeah, I mean, it certainly says a lot about what our actual rights are.
00:00:15.000 I think it says a lot about the powers of companies like Facebook.
00:00:20.000 I mean, we have sort of antitrust legislation to do that.
00:00:22.000 And also, I imagine if you look at the actual, you know, let's call it the...
00:00:26.000 Quote-unquote Facebook oversight board.
00:00:29.000 I imagine there's not a lot of people that share our views, Stephen.
00:00:32.000 I imagine there's probably zero people.
00:00:34.000 There may be a token in there that, you know, once voted for, like, a Mitt Romney type, you know, but, you know, it's not really an objective oversight board.
00:00:45.000 It's sort of, you know, like everything else these days.
00:00:47.000 It's an echo chamber of, you know, Silicon Valley.
00:00:50.000 Yeah, no, you're...
00:00:54.000 I'm sorry. We just put that in the soundboard today just for you.
00:00:57.000 I said, I bet you Donald Trump Jr.
00:00:58.000 is going to mention Mitt Romney.
00:00:59.000 That was the Obama phone lady.
00:01:01.000 Is that a ladder with Crowder bingo?
00:01:04.000 I just got like... That was the Obama phone lady.
00:01:08.000 I remember when that thing came out, everyone was covering when she was like, Obama got us a phone!
00:01:11.000 Everyone thought that was funny. I said, no, no, the funniest part is what she says about Romney.
00:01:14.000 Romney, he sucks!
00:01:16.000 And I was like, because that's common ground.
00:01:17.000 We could all get behind it.
00:01:19.000 We all agree. We all understand that she is right on that issue.
00:01:22.000 Yeah. She is right. And then I think she appeared with Alex Jones later on, became more conservative.
00:01:26.000 May have become a supporter of your dad.
00:01:28.000 I don't want to speak out of turn, but I know said that she was disappointed with Barack Obama, as many were.
00:01:34.000 So let me ask you this. I don't know if you have any necessarily inside information on this, because the good thing is you're still on social media.
00:01:40.000 I follow you. You play sand in all the right places to irritate people.
00:01:45.000 What's the game plan here?
00:01:47.000 What do you think? What's the Trump family going to be doing?
00:01:50.000 Well, listen, we're going to stay involved.
00:01:52.000 Hey, we're obviously going back into business and doing the things that we do that way.
00:01:56.000 I mean, I know for me, I'm going to stay involved in the politics because, frankly, you have to.
00:02:01.000 There's too much at stake. I'm the father of five young kids.
00:02:04.000 I want them to grow up in an America that I recognize.
00:02:08.000 I want them to enjoy the freedoms that we've, until recently, held so dearly.
00:02:12.000 I mean, that's what's sort of scary, especially in the last year.
00:02:16.000 The willingness of people to sort of just say, you know what?
00:02:19.000 I'm going to let a bureaucrat decide what's best for me.
00:02:22.000 Who cares? Don't worry about it.
00:02:23.000 Maybe one day we'll get it back if we want it.
00:02:26.000 That sort of, you know, the American public becoming sheep is really scary to me.
00:02:30.000 And so, you know, if I can be a voice to help slow that spread, I'm going to do it.
00:02:36.000 And, you know, I guess for better or worse, I mean, I guess I've been able to build up a decent name for myself within conservatism, mostly not because I'm so good at anything.
00:02:44.000 But mostly because our bench is so weak.
00:02:47.000 There's just not willing, you know, people willing to actually engage, to take on the fight, to be called names by, you know, the lovely people at CNN. I just don't care.
00:02:58.000 And it makes, you know, that sort of freedom, it's sort of nice because you can just go after and say the things that need to be said.
00:03:04.000 You know, we need more people on our side doing that.
00:03:06.000 Yeah, well, let me ask. Is that a hint?
00:03:08.000 Do you think that there is potentially a Donald Trump Jr., maybe actual political office run in the future?
00:03:14.000 You know, I don't know. Listen, like I said, I'm sort of a junkie about it.
00:03:17.000 I'm into it. I'm into the fight.
00:03:19.000 I don't know that I want the day job right now.
00:03:21.000 And candidly, no, I mean, you gotta want that too, right?
00:03:24.000 You know, you should run for Senate.
00:03:26.000 But then you gotta be a senator.
00:03:29.000 You know, I'm like, you gotta want that.
00:03:32.000 And by the way, there may be a time, I mean, at this stage of my life, you know, candidly, I think I can probably do a lot more for sort of the movement, not having the restrictions, you know, not having to deal with the nonsense, being able to, you know, actually say what I want without sort of Well, the decorum of being part of that, you know, it's a little different.
00:03:50.000 So, you know, candidly, I think I'm probably more effective right now outside.
00:03:54.000 But again, you know, I've got the bug, so you never know what happens down the road.
00:03:58.000 Well, yes, you are. And hopefully, you know, I hope and pray that they don't ban you or even what they've done with us.
00:04:02.000 You know, we've been demonetized on YouTube, throttled on Facebook, removed from Shopify.
00:04:06.000 Yeah. But, you know, there's that law, obviously, I think, a friend of your family's DeSantis and a friend of conservatives, the law in Florida, where they, these big tech companies, will incur penalties if they punish someone in political office.
00:04:18.000 And so I know maybe you don't want the day job, but I know we've talked about this, and I just can't keep my mouth shut when I feel like I have a good idea, since you are— I'm running for dog catcher, Stephen.
00:04:25.000 Yes, yes. I'm running for dog catcher.
00:04:26.000 I'm running for dog catcher in Florida.
00:04:28.000 I know where you're going with this.
00:04:29.000 I know where you're going with this.
00:04:31.000 Yeah. We'll create a national campaign, billboards, attack ads on the previous dog catcher, just so that you can use the Florida law to force them.
00:04:41.000 I can say whatever I want.
00:04:42.000 Yeah, because I mean, listen, the reality, I'm still on a lot of those platforms.
00:04:45.000 I haven't been thrown out permanently of any of them, but I see what they still do.
00:04:49.000 I mean, I know just sort of a, you know.
00:04:52.000 A fairly common anomaly.
00:04:54.000 And I was, you know, on Instagram last week, I had, it was last week, I had, I think it was 28.4 million impressions.
00:05:01.000 An average post like of close to 250,000 likes per post.
00:05:05.000 And I had 304 new followers.
00:05:08.000 Right. Yeah. You know.
00:05:10.000 Yes. You know.
00:05:11.000 Yeah, this happens.
00:05:13.000 I mean, I don't know.
00:05:14.000 I hit almost 30 million people that week.
00:05:17.000 But, you know, so they're showing sort of my stuff to the people who want to see it, who may be following me, but basically making sure that no one outside of that bubble ever sees anything.
00:05:28.000 And, you know, at least that's what it seems to be with me.
00:05:31.000 I think, honestly, actually Facebook has been better with me than, you know, than Instagram.
00:05:34.000 I think Twitter has become the worst of all of them.
00:05:36.000 I mean, I just look at my analytics, the engagement of what I'm doing now, you know, and you and I both sort of know when I hit send or post, I know what something's going to do before.
00:05:45.000 We're sort of good at this at this point.
00:05:47.000 It's not like, okay, that one's filler.
00:05:49.000 That one's going to be gold.
00:05:51.000 That one's going big, and you can see it.
00:05:53.000 It's going, going, going, and boom!
00:05:55.000 It hits that ceiling, and it's going nowhere from that moment on because they're shutting it down.
00:06:01.000 Again, these things are quite apparent to me, and we've got to keep combating it.
00:06:05.000 I'm still going to use the platforms because it's hard to walk away from.
00:06:08.000 Sure. Nine million people and six million people and five million people, wherever it may be on each of the platforms.
00:06:14.000 I mean, it's still important to get it out there.
00:06:16.000 We just have to understand that we're not in a fair fight with the other side where, you know, some liberals get, you know, with three followers and two posts, you know, can get 50,000 likes because they're promoting it and pushing it and everyone's going to see it.