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00:00:30.000 newsflash the occasional disagreement does not mean betrayal uh earlier this week president

00:00:41.120 trump said he was not a big fan of me and guess what i still support him uh if you missed it or

00:00:47.200 if you have no earthly idea what i'm talking about i made a tiktok video recapping it earlier this

00:00:52.260 week let's watch president of the united states is upset with me let's talk about it i know you

00:00:56.940 guys saw the post, the AI generated photo posted to President Trump's truth social account depicting

00:01:02.220 him as Christ healing someone. This was me, a lifelong Bible believing Christian conservative

00:01:08.620 this morning when I saw the post. Like, come on, president. I love the president. I support the

00:01:13.800 president. I'm always in his corner. I think he's like a master troll, if you will. But for the life

00:01:19.560 of me, I just can't understand why he would post something like this. Here's my response to the

00:01:24.580 reporters from CNN, ABC, CBS. I love the president and I am so grateful and glad that he is in the

00:01:31.320 Oval Office. I will continue to support him and the America First agenda. At the end of the day,

00:01:35.800 I do nothing for the approval of man, no matter who that man is, including the president. Our

00:01:41.980 main purpose on this earth is to glorify the Lord, our creator, our savior in everything that we do.

00:01:48.340 That true social post missed the mark. It's now deleted. Amazing. We are imperfect people. I know

00:01:53.400 I am an imperfect person. I do not get my feelings hurt easy. And again, I know with the

00:01:57.860 president, it's not personal. We've had our tiffs before. I just know that I want to spend eternity

00:02:02.540 in a very real place called heaven. And I would love for the president to be there as well. Like

00:02:07.300 one old big eternal party in the clouds. Jesus is the way he is the truth. He is the life. I am

00:02:13.520 going to keep doing my part by speaking the truth and doing my best to lead people to Christ and

00:02:19.080 supporting the America First agenda, which in turn means supporting President Trump.

00:02:23.660 Okay, so that's the gist of it. Honestly, this isn't even what I wanted to spend this episode

00:02:27.600 talking about, but I wanted to give you guys a little, I guess, background and history of why

00:02:33.000 the president is saying that he's not a big fan of me. That happened on Monday evening, earlier

00:02:37.820 this week. Of course, today is Friday. I want to be very, very clear. I still stand by everything

00:02:44.380 that I said in the initial tweet and everything that I said in that video. I think the picture,

00:02:51.100 the AI generated picture, whether it was created by President Trump, which it's come out that

00:02:55.860 it was not him that created this picture, whether he was the initial one to click posts on that

00:03:01.840 truth social thing, I still think the photo is blasphemous. It's really as simple as that.

00:03:06.240 I don't believe for a single second that President Trump saw this photo and thought,

00:03:10.780 wow, what a beautiful tribute to the Red Cross. I just don't. I think that's a bit naive to think

00:03:16.600 that. Honestly, I think the president is too smart to think that. Now, do I think that he

00:03:21.440 initially saw this as, you know, anything more than President Trump healing America? It's kind

00:03:27.960 of got like the Americana background, right? Like the flag and the soldiers. Maybe that's how he

00:03:32.240 saw it. And I'll be honest, it went through my mind not to comment on the post because, of course,

00:03:38.260 I never want to rock the boat. Who does? Especially when it means rocking the boat

00:03:42.920 with people that you really do like and people that you really do support and that get 95% of

00:03:48.760 things, if not more, right, in my opinion. But I thought to myself how outraged I would be if I saw

00:03:55.580 that a Democrat had posted this online, the same visual, someone like Gavin Newsom, if you will.

00:04:02.280 I wouldn't have thought twice about critiquing that post with the platform that I have and to

00:04:07.460 my millions of followers. I would have been outraged by that very same comparison. And so

00:04:13.200 would have so many other MAGA influencers. I try my best to stay very grounded and reasonable and

00:04:20.880 to think logically and critically. And I try not to have my personal relationships cloud my judgment

00:04:27.860 on issues, especially the most important issues to me being my faith and Jesus Christ, okay,

00:04:34.720 our savior. So thinking of it from that perspective, I was pretty quick to fire off

00:04:39.880 my tweet and I knew what would likely come of it. And it's exactly what did come of it. People

00:04:45.600 getting mad at me, people on both the left and the right. I did not think, to be clear,

00:04:51.760 I did not think the president would comment and mention me by name saying that he wasn't a big

00:04:56.720 fan, not necessarily on my bingo card. But even knowing that now, I wouldn't have changed what I

00:05:03.660 wrote, uh, following the initial posts and then the follow-up video, I've received just like the

00:05:09.900 most unhinged comments online from people who are just that they're chronically online. Uh,

00:05:16.080 some comments saying, you know, uh, why did you bend the knee and make this video and feel like

00:05:20.460 you have to come out and say that you support the president? Other people saying, you know,

00:05:23.980 you're a closeted liberal. Some people saying, how do you claim to be a Christian and still

00:05:28.120 support the president? Uh, people saying, you know, after all Trump did for you, you go around

00:05:32.900 and you stab them in the back. 0.96

00:05:34.640 Other people saying, you know, 0.99

00:05:36.280 you're just, you're kissing the feet of the president

00:05:38.180 after he literally said he doesn't like you.

00:05:41.000 Stop it, just stop it.

00:05:43.260 You people are not even real.

00:05:44.960 You're not even real people.

00:05:46.020 I'm convinced that you're not real people

00:05:47.900 because no one in the real world thinks like this.

00:05:51.980 It's just a sector of people who are online,

00:05:55.160 online to their detriment

00:05:56.720 because normal people understand

00:05:58.780 that you can disagree with someone and their actions

00:06:02.320 in one area and still support that person, especially when the person is in the Oval Office

00:06:09.520 and has so much control and power over the outcomes of our daily lives. Of course, I wish him

00:06:15.500 the best. I think it's weird if you wouldn't. The comments online have once again reinforced the

00:06:22.120 idea that you are never going to make everyone happy, regardless of what the issue is. You could

00:06:28.260 be debating whether you like chocolate ice cream or vanilla ice cream, and you're still going to 0.94

00:06:33.200 have loser lame people online, probably sitting in their mom's basements or in countries far, 0.97

00:06:40.000 far away from the United States of America, issuing you death threats over your argument 0.99

00:06:44.560 because you like vanilla ice cream better. They're going to say that that's like inherently

00:06:48.720 racist. You white supremacists, why don't you like chocolate ice cream? And honestly, 0.93

00:06:54.000 I would say it's an issue. If you, it would be problematic if you spoke to these issues,

00:07:00.520 especially the cultural, social, political issues, and no one was mad at you because at that point,

00:07:07.580 it would probably mean that you don't have any real principles. You don't really have

00:07:13.660 a strong foundation. Um, if everyone likes you, I think a good way, a biblical way to look at this

00:07:19.660 is you may be sugar. Guess what? Jesus calls us to be salt, the salt of the earth. You know what

00:07:26.760 salt does? Salt irritates. Salt changes the flavor of things. We were not called to be the sugar of

00:07:34.420 the earth. We were called to be the salt of the earth. Salt purifies. Salt enhances. It seasons.

00:07:40.800 It preserves. But guess what salt also does? It irritates. Real Christianity, it does not blend

00:07:48.880 in, it confronts, it rubs against the grain of the world. It does not exist to make life taste

00:07:54.580 better like sugar does. It exists to call people higher. It doesn't sweeten sin or the ways of this

00:08:02.680 world to be accepted. We are called to confront the ways of this world. The goal was never to

00:08:11.760 be accepted by the world, but to be effective in it. So my advice to you is to be authentic,

00:08:18.560 to be raw. Don't feel like you have to mince your words for fear of hurting someone else's feelings,

00:08:24.160 even if it's the president himself. And take the pushback. I have people all the time who say,

00:08:30.640 you know, how can you withstand it, the negativity or the hatred or the president saying that he

00:08:35.280 doesn't like you? And guess what? My answer is the same every time. I withstand it very easily.

00:08:40.640 I really do because I take it on the chin. I think you can listen to criticism. Maybe you can learn

00:08:45.800 from it, but recognize that 99% of the things, the comments online, they're just not even going

00:08:52.100 to be worthwhile in reading because they're coming from people with no profile photo,

00:08:57.120 not using their real name online. So maybe for saying your opinions are the things that you feel

00:09:03.520 convicted by. Maybe you'll lose followers. Maybe you'll lose friends. But I have found

00:09:11.500 that I don't feel nearly as anxious or worried or stressed

00:09:16.280 when I speak and do exactly how I feel,

00:09:20.600 exactly what I feel is the right thing to do in that moment.

00:09:23.260 Actually, I feel pretty liberated

00:09:24.620 and others will appreciate you for it.

00:09:27.120 I can't even tell you the amount of calls and texts

00:09:30.640 that I have had from incredibly important people

00:09:33.940 in leadership positions, members of Congress,

00:09:37.760 the US Senate, advisors to the president,

00:09:40.200 people in his cabinet, in his administration, other secretaries that he has appointed who have

00:09:45.700 called me and said, thank you for saying that, for having the bravery to say that. You just keep

00:09:50.800 going. We think it too. I appreciate that a whole lot. I really do. It means a lot to me to know

00:09:57.940 that there's support in people in your corner, but why publicly am I being left hung out to dry?

00:10:03.980 it's because there's really no shortage of cowardice that, but I'm just not that person.

00:10:12.240 I've never been that person. I don't think I ever will be that person. And I'm not saying that

00:10:16.740 to like toot my own horn or say, you know, Oh, woe is me. Look how humble I am. I'm really not.

00:10:21.840 I don't think I'm superior to anyone else. Um, I don't think that at all. I think I'm just a

00:10:26.500 normal person, uh, a normal person who never sought to be in the position that I'm in.

00:10:33.260 I never wanted to be in politics, quite frankly.

00:10:35.980 I never wanted to do media or to be an influencer.

00:10:40.060 I hate that word.

00:10:40.920 It makes me feel like icky.

00:10:43.260 But I know and I recognize there's a lot of power,

00:10:45.720 a unique opportunity that comes with it,

00:10:48.260 with the platform that I have been blessed with.

00:10:51.060 And I want to continue to use that for good

00:10:54.400 in everything that I do, ultimately,

00:10:56.620 first and foremost, in glorifying the Lord, right?

00:11:00.160 That's why I am here on this planet Earth.

00:11:03.240 That is our purpose as Christians, as human beings, is to glorify the Lord in everything

00:11:07.780 that we do.

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00:12:28.680 se, but I am grateful. I'm grateful for the opportunities and the blessings, all of you

00:12:33.560 who are watching this, who are listening to this, who follow me on socials, who have

00:12:37.100 supported the mission over the past few years. But you have to remember, it's just not what I

00:12:42.040 wanted to be doing. So I don't feel the need to, you know, kiss the ring of people to do what is

00:12:48.440 politically expedient because there's no ladder I'm really trying to climb. Um, I'm just going to

00:12:53.480 keep showing up and like my tank top, no mascara. Um, like I am now, as opposed to, you know,

00:13:02.160 a stuffy blazer, uh, I'm going to keep prioritizing my family. I'm going to keep speaking the truth

00:13:07.240 and supporting the president. Uh, does he have a big ego? Absolutely. Yes. Uh, I don't think that's

00:13:14.180 newsworthy headline. It's not breaking news to say that the president has a big ego.

00:13:20.220 To that point, is it always a bad thing? No, I don't think so. Actually, I think for the position

00:13:26.180 that the president is in, in leading the country, I think his ego ultimately drives how a lot of

00:13:33.540 other foreign leaders especially view him, and in turn, how they view the United States. So actually,

00:13:38.900 I think his ego is part of what makes him such a good president. It makes him effective in

00:13:45.860 advocating for us and our best interests. Compare international relations under President Trump to

00:13:53.180 that of President Biden or to how we could have expected from Kamala Harris. Okay, that was the

00:13:59.200 alternative, which is another reason why I support and I am very proud to be a two-time Trump voter,

00:14:06.600 as I could not vote for Trump in 2016.

00:14:08.940 I was too young.

00:14:10.540 And I frame it like that,

00:14:11.600 speaking to the alternative,

00:14:13.020 the other side of things, 0.99

00:14:14.080 what we could imagine if Kamala Harris, 0.98

00:14:17.220 the lesser of two evils, 0.99

00:14:18.540 was in the Oval Office.

00:14:20.440 It is always going to be that scenario,

00:14:23.180 the lesser of two evils

00:14:24.440 when you're at the ballot box

00:14:25.960 because Jesus Christ is not on the ballot box.

00:14:30.440 We are imperfect people as human beings.

00:14:33.440 We are sinners.

00:14:34.360 And to that point,

00:14:35.000 And if you agree with 100% of everything that one candidate does and 0% of everything that

00:14:41.480 another candidate does, that likely means you've lost the ability to think clearly and

00:14:47.220 critically.

00:14:47.820 It means you're in a cult and there is no man or woman on this earth that I would blindly

00:14:54.600 follow, no matter who it is.

00:14:56.300 That's just the reality.

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00:15:01.900 I think if that's the case, if you find yourself mad at this statement that I won't blindly follow any man, including President Trump, if that's something that makes you upset or feel offended, then you should probably look in the mirror, do like a really deep reflection and ask yourself if you're a part of a cult.

00:15:19.100 i'm going to keep supporting the president uh the good things that he does i am grateful that he is

00:15:24.980 in the oval office maybe you were hoping for more from me i don't know maybe more of a juicy

00:15:30.780 response me to lash back out at the president following him saying that he's not a big fan of me

00:15:35.740 uh i'm not going to we've had our tiffs before which i've never aired publicly i've never really

00:15:41.360 felt the need to president trump wasn't too happy with me when i initially supported desantis for

00:15:46.720 the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, right? Maybe some of you didn't know that.

00:15:52.700 Why did I do that? Ironically enough, it's because I believe DeSantis to be a stronger Christian,

00:15:59.260 the stronger Christian candidate. Of course, I saw how he governed Florida. I would love for

00:16:03.540 America to look like Florida. And maybe looking back now, it was a youthful mistake to get involved

00:16:09.340 in in any capacity. But I want the best Christian to lead this nation. Sue me. I don't know.

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00:17:45.100 babies as we possibly can together. Um, I do think looking back, I do think that everything

00:17:52.880 has happened for a reason. And I I'm so glad, as I have said many times, uh, as I said in my tweet,

00:17:58.820 that president Trump is the president of the United States, the 47 president. I do not regret

00:18:03.500 my vote at all. I think it panned out exactly in the way that God intended for it to. Uh,

00:18:07.660 Maybe DeSantis has, you know, another opportunity later on down the road. Maybe it's someone else.

00:18:11.640 Maybe it's J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio. But every time I've seen the president following my endorsement

00:18:17.700 of DeSantis or supporting DeSantis, he makes it very clear that he has not forgotten that I did

00:18:23.160 that. And it's it's very playful. It's very, you know, in a joking manner. And we have made our

00:18:28.360 amends. Of course, we have. And he laughs about it. You know, Riley, I'm better than DeSantis.

00:18:33.800 You know, that old DeSanctimonious. What were you ever doing supporting him? We're joking about it.

00:18:37.660 We actually had another TIF following actually the NCAA statement of compliance when President Trump signed his executive order barring men from participating in women's sports within any educational program that receives federal funds back in February of 2025.

00:18:54.320 five. I'm not even going to really get into that. Uh, it's kind of a long story, but basically the

00:18:59.360 short of it is that president Trump was very quick to applaud the NCAA for complying with this

00:19:05.340 executive order. When the reality was the NCAA was going behind the president's back to make

00:19:10.520 it appear as if they were complying when the reality was they weren't at all. Besides the

00:19:15.740 point, the president did not like that. I was denouncing the NCAA. We weren't really on the

00:19:19.860 same page. I was denouncing the NCAA while he was supporting and applauding them. He thought

00:19:24.520 me denouncing them made him look bad when I was just really trying to look out for the president.

00:19:30.180 You get the point. I understand with the president that it's not personal. My feelings are not hurt.

00:19:36.920 I don't really need to be liked. And I do think the president likes me. Actually, I know he likes

00:19:42.240 me. We've not going to get into that, what we've talked about privately. I know he likes me. My

00:19:48.200 feelings aren't hurt. I know it's not personal. One of the many characteristics I think I was

00:19:54.020 born with was that I don't feel the need to be liked. I never really have. I think I am a people

00:20:00.840 pleaser to a degree, as in like, I don't want to be disliked. I don't seek that. I don't seek

00:20:06.240 confrontation. But I know I have clarity that if I know I'm doing the right thing, or at least what

00:20:13.160 feels right to me, what matters to me, to my belief system, then I just really don't care.

00:20:18.880 It's kind of like water off the duck's back. I don't know, maybe I should sell merch. That's

00:20:25.860 what I'm going to do. I'm going to create a merch line. It's going to be hats that say,

00:20:29.300 not a big fan. You can get yours at RileyGaines.com. Obviously, I'm kidding. There are

00:20:35.920 some people out there when Trump insults them, they are very quick to monetize the situation.

00:20:43.160 to create a product and sell it to people. But even still in these situations, I get told all

00:20:50.400 the time, people leave the comment on my social pages, you're just a grifter. What does that even

00:20:55.780 mean when people call you a grifter? I just think moral conviction is such a foreign concept to some

00:21:01.800 people that they can't understand doing something because it feels like the right thing. If I wanted

00:21:08.720 to be, I guess, well-received and well-liked, I wouldn't have said what I said, but even still,

00:21:15.000 you're called a grifter for it. And would it not be grifting to sell merchandise with insults the

00:21:21.160 president made towards you? I don't know. I won't be doing any of that. It was a joke. Anyways,

00:21:26.220 hope you guys enjoyed this episode and this commentary. I had, like I said, in the reaction

00:21:31.540 video TikTok I made, I've had so many reporters just trying to bait me into saying something

00:21:37.100 bad about the president or, uh, his America first agenda and how he's coming after supporters like

00:21:43.580 me. You're not going to get that from me. This is my response. I hope there's a ton of CNN

00:21:48.780 reporters, all the CNN reporters who reached out to me, which by the way, in the entirety of the

00:21:54.300 past, what gosh, like four years now, CNN has not reached out a single time to cover the issue of

00:22:02.900 men and women's sports, talk about me and none of that. Okay. But now they reach out. It shows

00:22:08.640 you how riddled they are with TDS. I hope we have some CNN reporters watching this because here's my

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Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - April 17, 2026

The Trump Blowup Is Over. Here’s the Truth ｜ The Riley Gaines Show

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