00:07:06.000And by the way, just so you know, we will be covering this.
00:07:08.000So if you want to watch it, like watch it here, we're going to be fact-checking when there are applause breaks, when there are breaks so that you can hear the speech.
00:07:47.000We're also going to make our predictions here.
00:07:49.000Predictions as to how many times, how many people are not going to stand.
00:07:54.000I think Donald Trump is going to be backing them into a corner where they should be applauding, they should be standing, but they're communists, so they can't.
00:08:00.000That and some other news to get you right off the top as we sort of lay, well, I guess navigate.
00:08:18.000You'll have eight years of Obama, four years of Donald Trump, then you'll have four years of Biden.
00:08:22.000And now we're going to have another year of Donald Trump.
00:08:24.000So we'll be doing a lot of A-B comparisons.
00:08:26.000Donald Trump's first year, Biden's first year, back and forth on employment, on immigration.
00:08:32.000And since we're all happy to be rid of that demented old circus monkey, and we only ever ran this once in January 2025, let's start this off with Bye-bye Biden for the last time.
00:08:48.000My fellow Americans have been the privilege of my life to serve this nation over 50 years.
00:08:58.000You have a problem figuring out whether you're Premier Trump and you ain't black.
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00:12:08.000To my left, as always, actually, it's going to be Friday, Saturday, March 20th, 21st at Summit City Comedy Club in very happening, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
00:12:44.000JD Vance is walking in right now for the speech, just to keep everybody updated.
00:12:47.000But it was a dig at me right off the bat.
00:12:49.000So drinking game rules for people who missed it, bring them right up.
00:12:51.000You're going to hear this ding at any point.
00:12:53.000Anytime you hear the ding, Trump lends a zinger.
00:12:55.000Anytime he says, people say, folks tell me.
00:12:58.000Anytime a comment refuses to stand or clap, anytime Canada is insulted, anytime Gerald is a monastery, finish a drink, when a chant breaks out, you hear that thing, you go.
00:13:06.000And Gerald just said that he's not obsessed with AI.
00:14:36.000In case you were probably thinking, and you always have to check your bias, right?
00:14:39.000That's why we provide all the references, links in the description we do for every show.
00:14:42.000Where it's like, maybe objectively, it's hard for me to know if other people too think that Kamala Harris is, you know, a failure of a whore.
00:16:19.000You put a plan together to like leak it, put a book out there and go talk shows.
00:16:23.000And we're going to start this puppy off.
00:16:25.000And it's just boop, You can see with Kamala Harris, the moment she's asked a question, the panic that she doesn't know how to answer anything.
00:19:25.000Vox, those responsible for the Vox apocalypse, who tried to present themselves as neutral, right?
00:19:29.000Who are co-producing series with YouTube?
00:19:32.000They actually referred to Eileen Gu as the biggest winner at the Olympics and the USA hockey team as the biggest losers of the Olympics.
00:19:41.000They wrote, even though they won a momentous and hard-fought gold medal game against Chief Rival Canada, the U.S. men's hockey team and its fans barely got a chance to savor it.
00:19:50.000Thanks to an Instagram live and subsequent leaked video, we know the players partied with FBI Director Kash Patel and took a congratulatory phone call from the president.
00:20:54.000He stand in front of him at a truck stop.
00:20:55.000We were standing behind him at a campaign speech on Fort Bliss, and we had already had plans to go out and get drunk with our platoon sergeant that night.
00:21:05.000We're going to go have fun and stay at his house.
00:21:07.000And then we got told that the day before, like, hey, by the way, you guys have to come into work tomorrow on a Saturday and stand behind the president at 7 a.m.
00:23:21.000And I know it for a fact because my friend's grandfather married a Korean girl in the Korean War, and he always referred to her as his gook wife.
00:23:31.000So by the way, we're going to go over 70 Democrat senators and congressmen are skipping the State of the Union address, skipping it completely.
00:23:40.000And remember, they're going to campaign on unity.
00:23:42.000Just so in case you were wondering, when the left says unity, what they really mean is, okay, we have power now and we want to silence voices of dissent.
00:23:50.000I don't call for unity when our guy or someone who's more representative of our views is in power because I know that it would be based on a lie.
00:25:26.000And then if you look at party favor, because people are telling you the black pillars, they're saying Republicans are going to lose in the midterms big time.
00:25:32.000Well, it really comes down to if Republicans don't show up to vote.
00:25:36.000Because if you think that this administration has done nothing, we'll get to immigration.
00:25:45.000But when you consider the alternative, look, you do live in a situation where there's a binary choice.
00:25:49.000If you don't come out and vote, yeah, the Democrats will make some pretty significant gains.
00:25:53.000But if you look at overall sort of party popularity, just general party popularity, their approval, Democrats are at 55.9% unfavorable compared to about 52.9 from Republicans.
00:26:04.000So still today, Democrats have a significantly higher disapproved rating, unfavorable rating than the Republican Party.
00:26:52.000Who do you think is most likely to attempt to preserve this country or to improve this country?
00:26:58.000The person who consistently loves this country and wants to serve this country and pledges allegiance to this country, or the person who oscillates back and forth whether their buddy is in office or not.
00:29:57.000Do we have a, yeah, you guys remember this?
00:29:59.000Before Donald Trump was president, or really the first month or two, and I said, hey, you know what, leftists, you don't want to use this point.
00:30:06.000They would tell, they would instruct, because I've signed up for all the DNC newsletters.
00:30:10.000They would instruct people to argue, how about the price of eggs?
00:30:12.000They would say, you want to see a Republican lose.
00:30:14.000Just ask them about the price of eggs.
00:30:15.000In case you've forgotten, this was their talking point.
00:30:18.000Then I'll get to the real world numbers.
00:32:31.000Donald Trump, some of the administration may be taking notes because they're doing some things that would make a big difference, barring institutional investors from buying up family homes.
00:32:39.000Let's look at, this is also a really funny one, by the way, too.
00:32:42.000And I'm curious to see what happens tonight because back in the day, the left always used to be on the climate change agenda.
00:32:48.000Well, AI has really shown their asses because these people are all invested in AI and data centers require huge amounts of energy that have to be consistent.
00:33:03.000Yeah, we have the montage of all of these environmentalists now saying, actually, we're going to innovate our way out of climate change.
00:33:09.000You know what we've been saying for decades?
00:33:11.000AI for materials science, biology, it is a gigantic accelerator.
00:33:19.000So take whatever green product you think is going to be the hardest to get the zero-green premium.
00:33:25.000Rethink how hard that's going to be because the AI tools are so phenomenal at accelerating all of these paths of innovation.
00:33:35.000Powerful AI tools are helping to predict natural disasters, track emissions, to measure how fast icebergs are melting, to clear ocean litter, and even help companies in the mining, oil, and gas industries to decarbonize their operations.
00:33:52.000We humans have had the technology that we need to solve this problem for decades.
00:33:57.000What we've lacked is the political, social, and economic will to implement those technological solutions.
00:34:04.000Yeah, well, there have been a bunch of sort of deregulation efforts with energy in general.
00:34:09.000And you can look at Biden enacting coal regulations that would have closed most of the coal plants within a decade.
00:35:49.000It's a wind tunnel when he breaks here.
00:35:53.000By the way, I found out that Brian from the Backstreet Boys, the lead singer, he has the same condition that RFK had, that changed his voice.
00:36:00.000They say it gives out like now at concerts.
00:38:58.000So I think we're going to see that quite a bit.
00:39:00.000I think the fact checks that you're going to see afterwards from CNN, who we will be fact-checking, and the rebutting speech, I think they're going to try and say that Americans are still struggling economically.
00:39:09.000I think they're going to try and point to the tariffs being struck down, which, by the way, there's already a workaround in play.
00:39:15.000We're just past the point where anyone can kind of acknowledge success from the other side.
00:39:20.000And I'm okay with it because I think we have a lot more to tout as conservatives, as Christian nationalists, as American-loving citizens.
00:42:39.000Anytime Trump lands his anger, says people say, or folks tell me, anytime a communist refuses to stand or clap, anytime Canada's insulted, Gerald gets admonished, finish your drink.
00:42:47.000If a chant breaks out, you will hear these dings.
00:42:55.000Gosh, when I hear people say, I'm not going to vote, he's betrayed everyone who voted for him.
00:43:00.000And I think this could be Kamala Harris coming up.
00:43:57.000Well, they might not have mentioned eggs specifically, but they have been trying to tell us for the last few months that the grocery prices are up.
00:46:03.000I can respect Fetterman because I believe that he follows his convictions, which, by the way, are somewhat dictated by a stroke, so they may be illogical.
00:46:57.000We'll be bringing in the fact checks during the applause breaks, thanks to Mission Control.
00:47:01.000Like a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court and like someone with a name Tony Barrett that obviously came in at the last minute, right before he left office.
00:47:10.000He was after he pardoned after he pardoned before the prosecution even wrote.
00:47:14.000That's the point of the Democratic Congressman Quayle.
00:47:17.000He expressed anger that Quare didn't change parties.
00:47:20.000Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States.
00:48:47.000Members of Congress and my fellow Americans, our nation is back, bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before.
00:49:10.000Five months from now, our country will celebrate an epic milestone in American history.
00:49:16.000The 250th anniversary of our glorious American independence.
00:49:23.000This July 4th, we will mark two and a half centuries of liberty and triumph, progress, and freedom in the most incredible and exceptional nation ever to exist on the face of the earth.
00:49:52.000This is going to be a lot of commies sitting.
00:49:56.000When I last old commies sitting since the Lemon Party.
00:50:03.000With a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide open border, horrendous recruitment for military and police, rampant crime at home, and wars and chaos all over the world.
00:50:18.000But tonight, after just one year, I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before and a turnaround for the ages.
00:50:31.000It is indeed a turnaround for the ages.
00:51:57.000After four years in which millions and millions of illegal aliens poured across our borders, totally unvetted and unchecked, we now have the strongest and most secure border in American history by far.
00:54:56.000I guarantee you in the fact check that take a note, they're going to bring that up and say there's one place that may do it with this diesel or with this discount.
00:55:03.000They're going to fact-check that one lowest number, not the overall.
00:55:06.000Mortgage rates are the lowest in four years and falling fast.
00:55:10.000And the annual cost of a typical new mortgage is down almost $5,000 just since I took office.
00:57:20.000Nobody can believe what they're watching.
00:57:22.000American oil production is up by more than 600,000 barrels a day, and we just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil.
00:58:51.000We've got a record number of job-killing regulations, and in one year, we have lifted 2.4 million Americans a record off of food stamps.
00:59:02.000The left is going to fact-check that and say, well, it's because of work requirements, not because of IG checks, not because of, you know, does he have to work 40 hours a month?
00:59:10.000And for all of these reasons, I say tonight, members of Congress, the state of our union is strong.
01:02:20.000Gosh, guys, can you guys at least give this, I don't want to pat myself on the back, the best drinking game rules in existence if you're an alcoholic.
01:02:26.000I mean, if you're a raging alcoholic, like I am, it's just an indicator of how I'm able to call balls and strikes like beforehand.
01:02:40.000shittily done okay we're in the oval office before and i just want to say a second very big congratulations to team usa but But I have to say that, and I told them this, and we took a vote of the team.
01:03:03.000I said, anybody votes no, I'm not doing it.
01:03:06.000So they stood there, and they weren't about to say no, because I've never seen a goaltender play as well as goalie Connor Halaba.
01:04:02.000But I just want to tell you that the members of this great hockey squad will be very happy to hear, based on their vote and my vote, and in this case, my vote was more important, that I will soon be presenting Connor with our highest civilian honor, which we will be given and which has been given to many athletes over the years.
01:04:24.000But when I say many, not too many, like 12.
01:04:28.000It's called the highest civilian honor in our country, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
01:07:18.000At age 17, Buddy volunteered to defend America in World War II, serving in the Pacific under the great General Douglas MacArthur.
01:07:28.000He fought bravely in the famous Battle of Manila, worked so hard.
01:07:34.000He was badly wounded and almost killed by enemy machine guns in Luzon.
01:07:39.000And 81 years ago, this month, he liberated the largest internment camp in the Philippines, one of the largest anywhere in the world.
01:07:48.000But he earned many honors, including a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, came home, started a family, and tonight he is in the gallery looking forward to July 4th, 2026, his 100th birthday.
01:11:02.000And Petty Officer Ruskin, I'm pleased to inform you that I am now awarding you the Legion of Merit for extraordinary heroism, which is what it was.
01:12:02.000Together, we're building a nation where every child has the chance to reach higher and go further, where government answers to the people, not the powerful, and where the interests of hardworking American citizens are always our first and ultimate concern.
01:12:18.000That is the debt we owe to the heroes who came before us, and that is the promise we must keep to America for our 250th year.
01:12:30.000Last year, I urged this Congress to begin the mission by passing the largest tax cuts in American history, and our Republican majorities delivered so beautifully.
01:14:18.000During the day while waiting to get her tonight as her husband works overtime operating very heavy equipment.
01:14:26.000Megan is here this evening and she's happy to tell you that she is so, so much richer because with no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and her expanded child tax credit done again by Republicans, Megan and her husband will take home more than $5,000 extra just for the year, cutting her tax bill in more than half.
01:14:55.000That's the big difference between the right and the left.
01:14:57.000The left wants the 43% who pay nothing in taxes to get more benefits.
01:15:01.000The right wants people who are still struggling but paying quite a bit in taxes to get some relief.
01:15:07.000They want you to be able to keep more of your check.
01:15:09.000The left wants you to be able to take more of someone else's check.
01:15:39.000And make sure that the tax-free investment in the speech is going out loud enough for every American child.
01:15:43.000This is something that's so special, has taken off and gone through the roof.
01:15:47.000Millions will be pre-funded, courtesy of the U.S. Treasury and private individuals like Michael and Susan Dell, who have donated $6,250,000,000 to fund the Trump accounts for 25 million American children.
01:17:42.000One of the primary reasons for our country's stunning economic turnaround, the biggest in history where the Dow Jones broke 50,000 four years ahead of schedule and the S ⁇ P hit 7,000 where it wasn't supposed to do it for many years were tariffs.
01:18:01.000I used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars to make great deals for our country, both economically and on a national security basis.
01:19:07.000All countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made, right, Scott?
01:19:15.000Knowing that the legal power that I, as president, have to make a new deal could be far worse for them, and therefore they will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the Supreme Court's unfortunate involvement.
01:19:33.000So despite the disappointing ruling, these powerful countries saving, it's saving our country, the kind of money we're taking in.
01:19:43.000Peace protecting many of the wars I settled was because of the threat of tariffs.
01:19:48.000I wouldn't have been able to settle them without.
01:19:51.000We'll remain in place under fully approved and tested alternative legal statutes.
01:19:56.000And they have been tested for a long time.
01:19:59.000They're a little more complex, but they're actually probably better, leading to a solution that will be even stronger than before.
01:20:08.000Congressional action will not be necessary.
01:20:11.000It's already time-tested and approved.
01:20:13.000And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs paid for by foreign countries will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love.
01:20:32.000By the way, when he talks about those tariffs being used, that's Israel, Gaza, Israel, Iran, Thailand, Cambodia, Rwanda, DRC, India, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan.
01:20:41.000Or as the black pill libertarians say, no wars ended because it didn't involve the military, but then they bitch about Iran.
01:20:51.000Because we finally have a president who puts America first.
01:21:09.000For decades before I came along, we had the exact opposite.
01:21:14.000From trade to health care, from energy to immigration, everything was stolen and rigged in order to drain the wealth out of the productive, hardworking people who make our country great, who make our country run.
01:21:27.000Managed to Biden and his corrupt monitors in Congress and beyond.
01:21:32.000It reached a breaking point with the Green News scam, open borders for everyone.
01:21:38.000They poured in by the millions and millions from prisons, from mental institutions.
01:23:36.000Nobody can believe when they see the kind of numbers, and especially energy, when they see energy going down to numbers like that, they cannot believe it.
01:23:47.000I'm also confronting one of the biggest rip-offs of our times, the crushing costs of health care caused by you since the passage of the US.
01:24:02.000Big insurance company has gotten rich.
01:24:05.000It was meant for the insurance companies, not for the people.
01:24:08.000With our government giving them hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars a year as their stock prices soared 1,1200, 1,400, and even 1,700 percent.
01:24:23.000That's why I introduced the great health care plan.
01:24:26.000I want to stop all payments to big insurance companies and instead give that money directly to the people so they can buy their own health care, which will be better health care at a much lower cost.
01:25:52.000Under my just enacted most favored nation agreements, Americans, who have for decades paid by far the highest prices of any nation anywhere in the world for prescription drugs.
01:27:54.000Look, he's got a World War II veteran.
01:27:56.000He's got a World War II veteran right next to a mom.
01:27:59.000Whoever sort of assigned this seating did a really strategic job.
01:28:04.000I'm going to win Congress to codify my most favored nation program into law.
01:28:09.000Now, the one thing I'm not sure it matters because it's going to be very hard for somebody that comes along after me to say, let's raise drug prices by 700 or 800 percent.
01:28:21.000John and Mike, if you don't mind, codify it anyway.
01:29:08.000It could never handle the kind of numbers, the amount of electricity that's needed.
01:29:13.000So I'm telling them they can build their own plant.
01:29:15.000They're going to produce their own electricity.
01:29:18.000It will ensure the company's ability to get electricity while at the same time lowering prices of electricity for you and could be very substantial for all of you cities and towns.
01:29:29.000You're going to see some good things happen over the next number of years.
01:29:32.000Another pillar of the American dream that has been under attack is homeownership.
01:29:38.000With us, Rachel Wiggins, a mom of two from Houston, she placed bids on 20 homes and lost all of those bids to gigantic investment firms that bypassed inspection, paid all cash, and turned those houses into rentals, stealing away her American dreams.
01:29:57.000Stories like this are why last month I signed executive order to ban large Wall Street investment firms from buying up in the thousands single-family homes.
01:31:27.000Yet half of all of working Americans still do not have access to a retirement plan with matching contributions from an employer.
01:31:35.000To remedy this gross disparity, I'm announcing that next year my administration will give these oft-forgotten American workers, great people, the people that built our country, access to the same type of retirement plan offered to every federal worker.
01:31:50.000We will match your contribution with up to $1,000 each year.
01:31:55.000As we ensure that all Americans can profit from a rising stock market, let's also ensure that members of Congress cannot corruptly profit from using insider information.
01:33:08.000But when it comes to the corruption that is plundering, really, it's plundering America.
01:33:14.000There's been no more stunning example than Minnesota, where members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer.
01:34:30.000The Somali pirates who ransacked Minnesota remind us that there are large parts of the world where bribery, corruption, and lawlessness are the norm, not the exception.
01:34:44.000Through unrestricted immigration and circumcise their women.
01:34:47.000Brings those problems right here to the USA.
01:34:50.000And it is the American people who pay the price in higher medical bills, car insurance rates, rent, taxes, and perhaps most importantly, crime.
01:35:18.000So before you come to break down the door.
01:35:21.000Delilah Cole was only five years old in June 2024 when a 18-wheel tractor trailer plowed into her stopped car traveling at 60 miles an hour or more.
01:35:35.000The driver was an illegal alien led in by Joe Biden and given a commercial driver's license by open borders politicians in California.
01:35:46.000Doctors said Delilah would never be able to walk or talk, have a good life.
01:35:52.000She wouldn't even be able to eat again.
01:35:54.000But against all odds, she is now in the first grade learning to walk.
01:35:59.000And she's here this evening with her dad, Marcus, a fantastic man.
01:36:03.000Delilah, please, you are a great inspiration.
01:36:40.000Many, if not most illegal aliens, do not speak English and cannot read even the most basic road signs on those words and speed danger or location.
01:36:51.000Drink for those who are in the bottom of what we will call the Delilah law barring any state from granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
01:37:14.000And yesterday, as you probably saw at the White House, I hosted a ceremony with Americans who lost their treasured loved ones to the scourge of illegal immigration.
01:37:27.000People came into our country, how we allowed this to happen with our open borders.
01:37:32.000These are the angel moms and families that for decades our government betrayed and our media totally ignored.
01:37:43.000In 2023, a 16-year-old high school cheerleader named Elizabeth Medina was supposed to perform in her town's Christmas parade, but she never arrived.
01:37:54.000Her mother, Jacqueline, went home to look for her, and she found her lying dead in a bathtub, bleeding profusely after being stabbed 25 times.
01:38:06.000Elizabeth's killer was a previously arrested illegal alien who had broken in and just brutally extinguished the brightest light in her family's life violently and viciously.
01:38:22.000Her heartbroken mother is in the gallery to remind everyone in this chamber exactly why we are deporting illegal alien criminals to our country at record numbers, and we're getting them the hell out of here fast.
01:39:03.000You can never forget that many in this room not only allowed the border invasion to happen before I got involved, but indeed they would do it all over again if they ever had the chance.
01:39:17.000If they ever got elected, they would open up those borders to some of the worst criminals anywhere in the world.
01:39:24.000The only thing standing between Americans and a wide open border right now is President Donald J. Trump and the great Republican patriots in Congress.
01:39:56.000They have instituted another Democrat shutdown, the first one costing us two points on GDP.
01:40:04.000Two points we lost on GDP, which probably happy, actually.
01:40:09.000Now they have closed the agency responsible for protecting Americans from terrorists and murderers.
01:40:15.000Tonight I'm demanding the full and immediate restoration of all funding for the border security, homeland security of the United States, and also for helping people clean up their snow.
01:40:29.000We have no money because of the Democrats, and it would be nice.
01:40:33.000We'd love to give you a hand at cleaning it up, but you gave no money.
01:40:41.000We have, in case you didn't know, pretty much snowstorm out there.
01:40:45.000One of the great things about the state of the union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe.
01:40:55.000So tonight I'm inviting every legislature to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle.
01:43:13.000That is why I'm also asking you to end deadly sanctuary cities that protect the people and enact serious penalties for public officials who block the removal of criminal aliens, in many cases, drug lords, murderers all over our country.
01:46:08.000Both Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly agree on the policy that we just enunciated.
01:46:16.000And Congress should unite and enact this common sense, country-saving legislation right now, and it should be before anything that happens.
01:46:28.000Look, look, he looks like an anti-shemitic Jimmy Neutron cartoon.
01:49:12.000But surely we can all agree no state can be allowed to rip children from their parents' arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents' will.
01:49:22.000Who would believe that we've been talking about?
01:49:24.000We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately.
01:49:29.000By the way, you can't talk about this in places like Canada.
01:50:35.000AI legislation advancing a landmark executive order on foster care and helping secure $30 million to launch the Melania Trump Foster Youth to Independence Initiative.
01:50:47.000Just to be clear, my lady's finer, but still.
01:51:04.000And students and educators in every state have joined the First Lady's efforts in the presidential AI challenge, keeping America's next generation positioned to succeed and strongly succeed in the future.
01:51:58.000I'm very proud to say that during my time in office, both the first four years and in particular this last year, there has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, and belief in God.
01:53:24.000In Charlie's memory, we must all come together to reaffirm that America is one nation under God, and we must totally reject political violence of any kind.
01:54:21.000In 2022, she and her beautiful daughter, so beautiful, what a beautiful young woman.
01:54:26.000Irina fled war-turn, war-torn Ukraine to live with relatives near Charlotte, North Carolina.
01:54:35.000And by the way, what's going on with Charlotte?
01:54:38.000Last summer, 23-year-old Irena was riding home on the train when a deranged monster who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no cash bail stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body.
01:54:56.000No one will ever forget there were people in the train.
01:55:01.000No one will ever forget the expression of terror.
01:55:05.000Irina's face as she looked up at her attacker in the last seconds of her life.
01:57:22.000One of the sick people, one of the brave service members who helped achieve this stunning turnaround was 20-year-old West Virginia Army National Guard specialist Sarah Beckstrom.
01:57:35.000After a four-month deployment, she voluntarily extended her service, and her rank was going to be lifted.
01:57:47.000But the very next day, she was on patrol near the White House when she was ambushed and shot in the head by a terrorist monster from Afghanistan.
02:01:55.000Now I'm going to ask a highly respected General James Seward to present Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf and the great family of Sarah Bextram with the award created by the guys.
02:02:09.000Can we cross-reference with the medals for honors that were given away at Biden's state of unions?
02:02:43.000oh that is a yeah you guys don't notice this this this military officer here he He was hugging the family of the gal who died in the same incident.
02:02:56.000She died protecting the very politicians.
02:02:58.000Like I've always said, those on the right believe in liberty, but we also understand the value of duty and the collective more than the left.
02:05:17.000By the way, Biden honored some of these people.
02:05:19.000Bono Oksana, somebody, Ukraine's ambassador, Paul Pelosi following the hammer attack, and Kate Cox, who was forced to travel out of state for an abortion.
02:06:03.000They came back, and when we got all of the living houses, many, many before them, but I always said those last 20 are going to be very tough.
02:07:52.000As president, I will make peace wherever I can, but I will never hesitate to confront threats to America wherever we must.
02:08:00.000That's why in a breakthrough operation last year, the United States military obliterated Iran's nuclear weapons program with an attack on Iranian soil known as Operation Midnight Hammer.
02:08:35.000Noodles is short, but since they seized control of that large crowd nation 47 years ago, the regime seizes death and hate.
02:08:47.000They've killed and maimed thousands of American service members and hundreds of thousands and even millions of people with what's called roadside bombs.
02:08:58.000They were the kings of the roadside bomb.
02:09:13.000And just to be clear, everything that the Dem said would happen after that, all the hand-wringing, nothing happened.
02:09:20.000The difference is the cheers are for Americans And what's in the best interest of Americans versus what is in the best interest under Biden a very small niche trans LGBTQ AIP progress misinformation.
02:09:36.000We stop them from the threat of serious violence, but this is some terrible people.
02:09:46.000They've already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they're working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.
02:09:57.000After Midnight Hammer, they were warned to make no future attempts to rebuild their weapons program, in particular nuclear weapons.
02:10:07.000Yet they continue to start it all over.
02:10:10.000We wiped it out and they want to start all over again and are at this moment again pursuing their sinister ambitions.
02:12:19.000They're our friends and allies have just agreed my very strong request to pay 5% of GDP for military defense rather than the 2% which they weren't paying.
02:12:32.000We were paying for almost all of them.
02:12:35.000Now they're paying 5% as opposed to not paying for.
02:15:02.000I was wondering if they would ever actually depend on the National Guard for dominance in the Western Hemisphere, acting to secure our national interests and defend our country from violence, drugs, terrorism, and foreign interference.
02:15:16.000For years, large swaths of territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, really large parts of Mexico, have been controlled by murderous drug cartels.
02:15:29.000That's why I designated these cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and I declared illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
02:15:50.000And with our new military campaign, we have stopped record amounts of drugs coming into our country and virtually stopped it completely coming in by water or sea.
02:16:33.000In January, elite American warriors carried out one of the most complex, spectacular feats of military competence and power in world history.
02:17:29.000And American armed forces overwhelmed all defenses and utterly defeated an enemy, good fighters, to end the reign of outlawed dictator Nicholas Maduro and bring him to face American justice.
02:17:48.000You can line up all the dicks in the world.
02:17:54.000This was an absolutely colossal victory for the security of the United States.
02:17:59.000And it also opens up a bright new beginning for the people of Venezuela.
02:18:04.000We're working closely with the new president of Venezuela, Del Codriguez, to unleash extraordinary economic gains for both of our countries and to bring new hope to those who have suffered so terribly.
02:18:19.000With us tonight is Alejandro Gonzalez.
02:18:22.000She grew up in a tight-knit Venezuelan family and was especially close to her beloved uncle Enrique.
02:18:30.000But after Enrique ran for office and opposed Maduro, he was kidnapped by Maduro's security and thrown into the regime's really infamous prison in Caracas.
02:18:42.000Alejandro feared she would never see her uncle again.
02:18:49.000But since the raid, we have worked with the new leadership and they have ordered the closure of that vile prison and released hundreds of political prisoners already.
02:18:59.000With more to come, Alejandro, pleased to inform you that not only has your uncle been released, but he is here tonight.
02:19:08.000We brought him over to celebrate his freedom with human birth.
02:21:17.000While preparing to roll out the menu, come on.
02:21:22.000Eric was hit very badly in the leg and hip, one bullet after another.
02:21:27.000He absorbed four agonizing shots, shredding his leg into numerous pieces.
02:21:34.000And yet, despite the fact that the use of his legs was vital to successful helicopter flight, like said the most important part of flying a helicopter to deliver the many commandos who would capture and detain Maduro was the only thing Eric was thinking about.
02:21:54.000Then, even as he was gushing blood, which was flowing back down the aisle, helicopter lands at a steep angle.
02:22:01.000The machine gun stood right in front of him.
02:22:04.000They were right in front of him, two machine gunners who escaped the wrath of the previous planes.
02:22:10.000Eric maneuvered his helicopter with all of those lives and souls to face the enemy and let his gunners eliminate the threat.
02:22:18.000Turned the helicopter around so the gunners could take care of business, saving the lives of his fellow warriors from what could have been a catastrophic crash deep in enemy territory.
02:22:31.000Only after safely landing the helicopter with all the warriors aboard in the exact right spot, which was vital to the mission, probably would have had to maybe cancel the mission if that didn't happen.
02:22:45.000Eric told his co-pilot, also wounded, but not as gravely, to take over.
02:23:16.000Everybody in the back of the helicopter knew because they saw the blood pouring down the aisle.
02:23:22.000Chief Warrant Officer Slover is still recovering from his serious wounds, but I'm thrilled to say that he is here tonight with his wife Amy, Eric, and Amy.
02:24:36.000I would now like to ask General Jonathan Braga to present Chief Warrant Officer Slover with our nation's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor.
02:26:28.000And ten of Eric's fellow warriors from that incredible night of victory will also be receiving medals at a private ceremony that will soon be held at the White House.
02:27:41.000Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.
02:27:47.000It was his first aerial combat of the war, and despite being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Royce led the takedown of four enemy jets and almost destroyed the others.
02:28:01.000263 bullets to his own plane and being seriously hurt.
02:28:07.000His story was secret for over 50 years.
02:28:09.000He didn't even want to tell his wife, but the legend grew and grew.
02:28:14.000But tonight, at 100 years old, this brave Navy captain is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
02:28:23.000He was a legend long before this evening.
02:28:27.000Royce, please stand up, and I will ask the First Lady of the United States to present Captain Royce Williams with his Congressional Medal of Honor.
02:29:02.000I mean, it's no Angelica Van Buren putting a Medal of Honor on you, but it's still pretty damn cool.
02:30:49.000I've always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor, but I was informed I'm not allowed to give it to myself, and I wouldn't know why I'd be taking it.
02:30:56.000But if they ever open up that law, I will be there with you someday.
02:31:02.000But you know, that's our highest honor, Congressional Medal of Honor, and that's a big thing.
02:32:35.000Americans ventured out across the daunting and dangerous continent.
02:32:40.000We carved paths through an unforgiving wilderness, settled a boundless frontier, and tamed the beautiful but very, very dangerous Wild West.
02:32:52.000From empty marshes and wide open plains, we raised up the world's greatest cities.
02:32:59.000Together we mastered the world's mightiest industries and shattered histories, monstrous tyrannies.
02:33:06.000And we liberated millions from the chains of fascism, communism, oppression, and terror.
02:33:13.000Americans lifted humanity into the skies on the wings of aluminum and steel.
02:33:18.000And then we launched mankind into the stars on rockets powered by sheer American will and unyielding American pride.
02:33:27.000We wired the globe with our ingenuity.
02:33:31.000We captivated the planet with American culture.
02:33:35.000And now we are pioneering the next great American breakthroughs that will change the entire world.
02:33:43.000All of this and so much more is the enduring legacy, unmatched glory of the hardworking patriots who built and defended this country and who still carry the hopes and freedoms on all of humanity's backs.
02:33:59.000For years they were forgotten, betrayed, and cast aside.
02:34:03.000But that great betrayal is over and they will never be forgotten again.
02:34:08.000Because when the world needs courage, daring, vision, and inspiration, it is still turning to America.
02:34:16.000And when God needs a nation to work his miracles, he knows exactly who to ask.
02:34:23.000There is no challenge Americans cannot overcome.
02:34:27.000No frontier too vast for us to conquer.
02:34:34.000No horizon too distant for us to claim.
02:34:37.000For our destiny is written by the hand of Providence.
02:34:42.000And these first 250 years were just the beginning.
02:34:47.000From the rugged border towns of Texas to the heartland villages of Michigan, from the sun-kissed shores of Florida to the endless fields of the Dakotas, and from the historic streets of Philadelphia to right here in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., the golden age of America is upon us.
02:35:09.000The revolution that began in 1776 has not ended.
02:35:14.000It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.
02:35:23.000And our future will be bigger, better, brighter, bolder, and more glorious than ever before.
02:35:44.000To quote John Lennon, he said, if you lived, I believe the quote was, if you lived during the era of the Roman Empire, you'd want to be in Rome.
02:36:08.000No, but I'm talking about a guy who is actually an ambassador, a representative of what he believes in, the greatest nation, the greatest nation-state on earth.
02:38:59.000That's the NMLS number that we have to say by law, and we typically have to say it very quickly.
02:39:04.000We have decided to give you guys more coverage of the speech this year and really focus our time and effort on fact-checking, not only the fact-checkers, Daniel Dale, CNN, but also the counter speech, kind of the rebuttal speech that we're going to hear in just a minute.
02:39:17.000But I don't know about you, that is the clearest, most definitive State of the Union I've ever heard a president give, the most combative, just clearest and definitive.
02:39:28.000It clearly outlined what Democrats support because he highlighted that they were not standing.
02:39:34.000And he didn't just say something and then they didn't stand.
02:39:46.000And it was the longest ovation that we had up until that point.
02:39:50.000And he just pointed at this group of people and said they're crazy.
02:39:54.000That is something that has needed to happen for a long time.
02:39:57.000And I guarantee you, the people right now, Jake Tapper and everybody else there, is not going to love that they did that.
02:40:02.000So let's tune in and see what they're saying is lower than it's ever been.
02:40:05.000He was speaking to a room full of Republican members of Congress whose fault is that?
02:40:11.000Many of whom stand to lose their seats.
02:40:12.000He stands, the president stands, to lose part of the power that he currently has in Washington.
02:40:19.000And I think the speech reflected the way this president often deploys the strengths that he has.
02:40:25.000Yes, he spent some time defending his own record.
02:40:27.000He spent some time blaming his predecessor.
02:40:30.000He spent some time, at least one of my Republican sources pointed out to me, trying to convince people it wasn't as bad as maybe they feel that it was.
02:40:37.000But he spent far more time during this speech on offense, right?
02:40:42.000Yeah, they give the stinger for fact-checking fact-checking.
02:42:09.000One speech is not going to change anything.
02:42:10.000But the Republican Party needs its base enthusiastic heading into the midterm election year.
02:42:15.000And there was a lot in the speech from the president, both from a policy perspective of what he's done and what he's trying to do, and the few skirmishes he had with the Democrats.
02:42:24.000That if you're trying to get your base to say, okay, I've been sort of pulled back.
02:44:20.000Game show type moments where you're seeing awards being presented to bring thanks for reducing a Medal of Honor recipient to a game show winner, you fucking bitch.
02:44:43.000Did President Trump give medals to people who historically, in line with the United States, would warrant medals versus kids transitioning versus assistant health secretaries who look like Dee Snyder?
02:45:28.000The people who served here ultimately dreamed of what a new nation, unlike anything the world had ever seen, could be.
02:45:36.000So, why do you want to be like failed European on the idea that ordinary people could reject the unacceptable excesses of poor leadership, band together to demand better of their government, and create a nation that would be an example for the world?
02:46:56.000Costs high in housing, health care, energy, and child care.
02:47:02.000And I know these same conversations are being had all across this country.
02:47:08.000Because since this president took office last year, his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs.
02:47:20.000Small businesses have suffered, far more suffered, some losing over $340 billion a year in revenue generated from tariffs and tax cuts.
02:47:30.000And even though this is lower inflation, they're okay with tariffs.
02:47:34.000Tariffs affecting Americans, but not taxes.
02:48:03.000Gerald, or you could buy things like a non-American company, like a Toyota that's made in America by American workers.
02:48:12.000Championed by the president and refugees.
02:48:16.000And tonight, the president celebrated this law, the one threatening rural hospitals, stripping health care for millions of Americans and driving up costs because they're too lazy and housing, all except energy costs are down and health care costs are trending downward.
02:48:32.000But here in Virginia, I am working with our state legislature to lower costs to abort already born babies.
02:48:49.000In our nation's capital and in state capitals and communities across America.
02:48:55.000In the most innovative and exceptional nation in the history of the world, Americans deserve to know that their leaders are focused on addressing the problems that keep them up at night.
02:49:07.000And he's taking a dump in the Target bathroom.
02:49:10.000...whether you can afford to start a business or whether you have to skip a prescription in order to buy groceries.
02:51:32.000trust her because she was in the cia of adversarial nations around the globe but as the president spoke of his perceived successes tonight he continues to cede economic power and technological strength to russia bow down to what To China, bow down to a Russian dictator, and make plans for war with Iran.
02:52:26.000In his speech tonight, the president did always do the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
02:52:33.000Just let's allow Europe to get their energy from Russia while we send hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine as we fund the war against Ukraine.
02:52:41.000She wants us to go the Democrat route.
02:53:13.000There's the cover-up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital.
02:53:28.000This is not envisioned, not by a long shot.
02:53:33.000How many buildings have Trump's name on them in DC?
02:53:36.000Well, just the things that is private hotels.
02:53:46.000Here's the special thing about America.
02:53:48.000See how easy it is to raid the 250th anniversary.
02:53:52.000We know better than any nation what is possible.
02:53:55.000You don't know what it's like to be a deputy.
02:53:58.000Like those who once dreamed right here in this room, reject the unacceptable and demand more of their government.
02:54:07.000We see it in the determination of students organizing school walkouts all across the country, whose voices students were forced by their faith ignore the Medal of Honor winners who landed choppers in war zones.
02:54:22.000Pay attention to the 14-year-olds with blue hair who don't want ice.
02:57:07.000In this case, I guess we need an unprincipled woman.
02:57:09.000All Americans to unite in a common cause to move this nation forward toward 18 million more illegal no-voter IDs.
02:57:20.000Ranked choice voting American and patriotic to do so, and it is how we ensure that the state of our union remains strong, not just this year, but for the next 250 years as well.
02:57:34.000Because we, the people, have the power of the founding fathers.
02:57:42.000They would have said, I say, why do you give that bitch a podium?
02:57:47.000With their policies, 250 years from now, you won't have America.
02:57:51.000Virginia, and may God bless the United States of America.
02:59:13.000If she held the audience on television, which is another challenge after the president speaks, say, just give me a minute to pick on a few things.
03:01:38.000You know, it's one thing to acknowledge patriotism and people getting well and everything has absolutely nothing to do with their courage or the rest, but you spend an hour and a half doing it.
03:02:19.000Half a trillion dollars out of Medicare in his BBB and a trillion dollars out of Medicaid, which is a health benefit for me.
03:02:28.000Are you talking about work requirements?
03:02:30.000Are you talking about what's sad for me was to see when he talks about how many people he took off of snap food programs for children and the rest that the Republicans just said, that's great.
03:02:44.000And all of that give a tax cut to the richest people in America.
03:03:47.000leadership warned the caucus not to have any outbursts, not to take the bait.
03:03:54.000There was a moment where a couple of members did not, more than one member, more than one moment, but I wanted to play one of them for you when a couple did not heed that.
03:06:17.000Working families with their costs, taking down the cost, not by giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country, by making expensive for them.
03:06:52.000Everyone else in between, if you work and pay taxes, whether you are a construction worker, an electrician, a tradesman, or a small business owner, or a low-level millionaire, you will do better under Trump.
03:07:06.000If you are a non-contributing zero or a big tech oligarch, Biden is your guy.
03:07:24.000No, she had them made Jeffrey Epstein during that speech, despite the fact that there were some survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's in the chamber.
03:08:30.000Madam Speaker, before you go, Madam Speaker, what's the speaker of the union address as a member of Congress?
03:08:38.000I have covered a number of ones that you were the speaker for.
03:08:43.000Including the one where you tore up the speech given to you like a child.
03:08:47.000That sticks in our minds from your being House Speaker.
03:08:51.000Unlike the hammer stuck in your husband's ass.
03:08:54.000And tonight I have the high privilege and distinct honor of my own as the first president to begin the State of the Union message with these words.
03:09:34.000So those moments, I mean, when I think about you presiding as Speaker, those are actually indeed that moment of real grace from President Bush and that, shall we say, tense moment between you and everybody.
03:11:09.000She wants to gaslight you into believing that that was America's golden era.
03:11:14.000This is the same lady who's responsible for the riots of January 6th, by the way.
03:11:17.000Congressman, Sean Duffy, Secretary Duffy, going into tonight's CNN's most recent poll has the president's approval rating at 36% overall, even lower among independents.
03:11:26.000I think a record low, career low, 26%.
03:11:52.000So he laid into his record that I think the American people can agree with.
03:11:57.000But sometimes when you win things, Jake, as much as the president has won, the American people go, well, what's next?
03:12:02.000And I thought he did a nice job tonight talking about the Trump health care accounts, Trump RX, where you can bring down your medication costs because of most favored nations, where no other country is going to pay less for health care than the American people.
03:12:19.000Which is crazy that was happening before.
03:12:21.000I think that was a real positive as well as giving money not to be able to do it.
03:12:23.000Who you could just write an executive order.
03:12:25.000It's also leaning into the price of homes where we're not going to have Wall Street firms buy up single-family homes, driving up the cost so Americans can't afford them.
03:13:41.000I'm coming here one second about the cost of living on the U.S.
03:13:45.000I guess the question is: do you worry at all that President Trump is falling into the same trap on economic messaging as President Biden did in terms of telling people not to believe their lying eyes when Biden was touting Bidenomics?
03:14:47.000At a certain point, you do have to accept a baseline reality and say, all right, before we get into the talking points, before we get into the back and forth, do we see a difference?
03:20:06.000So if I remember correctly, that part of the speech was basically saying something to the effect of that you have a duty to put Americans' interests first, not illegal.
03:20:22.000And that's when he paused because they didn't stand, and the applause just kept going.
03:20:26.000And he's like, these people are crazy.
03:20:28.000So it's really interesting to see Caitlin Collins say this is what Trump's believing should be an applause line.
03:20:34.000I think the American people, every America first person out there should be applauding this, by the way, whether you're like, I'm not going to vote because I'm pissed off in the midterm elections, it's the stupidest thing in the world to do.
03:20:45.000Or you're even a dyed-in-the-wool leftist who thinks Donald Trump is the second coming of Hitler.
03:20:50.000You're like, well, actually, American people's interests should be served first, right?
03:20:54.000Even if I want all of the illegals in the world to come to this country, I should still be for serving the interests and needs of the American people first, anyway.
03:21:22.000The Democrats just told you illegal aliens and people who don't pay taxes.
03:21:28.000I have been telling you this for half a decade.
03:21:32.000Through their Second Amendment laws, their First Amendment restrictions, the left wants to turn you, the American worker, into an entire populace of criminals, and they want to turn criminals into a voting base.
03:21:46.000That really does delineate it as clearly as possible.
03:21:52.000They want people who don't pay federal income taxes to vote for them.
03:21:56.000They want to buy their votes on your backs, the American worker.
03:22:01.000Whether you're making $50,000 a year or $5 million a year, if you are earning your money honestly and paying taxes, you are of no use, none whatsoever to the Democrat Party in 2026.
03:22:14.000Oh, they got Van Jones and Scott Jennings at a fake Chili's.
03:23:43.000I think there will be a huge change with the children tax break.
03:23:46.000And my husband works a lot at overtime, so I'm excited to see what that does.
03:23:50.000I think no senior should pay Social Security taxes.
03:23:55.000And then I liked how I wish he would have stayed more on Iran because I was already wondering, trying not to worry about it, but kind of not paying attention.
03:24:04.000But it sounds like if they're not going to go to the new place.
03:24:20.000happened we're good I the thing that I missed the most was a focus on the economy and looking forward And Supreme Court struck the tariffs down, and he's going for another round of tariffs.
03:24:34.000And I also think that's the wrong direction.
03:24:36.000Tariffs cost our company a lot of money.
03:24:38.000Over $340 billion in revenue generated while inflation is down.
03:25:06.000Well, the celebrating people is always good.
03:25:08.000But again, that $18 trillion investment, the $25 million in Trump accounts.
03:25:13.000But I did hear something on the health care, right?
03:25:16.000We have a law, the Obamacare, the ACA, and we don't have a way around it.
03:25:24.000And it's really just pooled care that's gone up every year.
03:25:26.000And this most favored nation, he's taken a stab at lowering the cost for us.
03:25:32.000And unless she's educated opinion, something is going to hit our pocketbook.
03:25:38.000I think the part of the speech that's probably going to live on for most Republicans is when he asked the Congress, stand up if you think your duty is first to American citizens before illegal aliens.
03:26:03.000The spectacle of trying to get Democrats to stand up for that.
03:26:07.000Well, I think the point, I think that, you know, it may have gotten a little muddled, but, you know, in the showmanship, but I think his point is valid.
03:26:17.000Everybody in that room represents the citizens in this country.
03:27:58.000Like I said, they're going to hang themselves on it.
03:28:00.000I hope they get all the airtime in the world to do it.
03:28:03.000Michigan Anderson, I have to say, I think the hockey moment was unifying probably in this particular area more than anywhere else in the country.
03:28:51.000My panel is here with me in Washington.
03:28:55.000I do want to play something that President Trump said about affordability, which is obviously something that the governor spoke about as well.