Louder with Crowder - April 24, 2025


Trump Lays Down the Law on Ukraine & Russia: Take the Deal or We Walk


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On this week's episode of RUMBLE: President Trump's new peace deal with Ukraine, how to survive a tornado, and why we should nuke them if they refuse to join us in peace. Plus, comedian Josh Feierstein's new stand-up comedy show in Indianapolis.

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00:00:00.000 with a song.
00:00:21.000 Mooji Get across 1.00
00:00:49.000 better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all!
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00:02:56.000 Welcome to the lineup.
00:02:58.000 Welcome, Bongino Army.
00:03:00.000 Of course, Vince viewers, we appreciate live every day here on Rumble. 0.99
00:03:04.000 We appreciate that you could choose to tune in anywhere, but you don't, because most places are crap.
00:03:08.000 After us is Tim Pool, and you're going to have Russell Brand, Jeremy at the quartering. 0.85
00:03:12.000 You don't need to change your digital channel.
00:03:14.000 You're going to hear a lot of rain going on today, because there's a serious storm.
00:03:18.000 The office across the street from us is now officially destroyed.
00:03:22.000 And you're also going to hear some noises from my stomach.
00:03:26.000 Because I am not well.
00:03:29.000 That's not fair to do when I don't have my headphones on so I can't hear what's happening with the soundboard.
00:03:35.000 I just heard everybody start laughing here.
00:03:38.000 But I'm here.
00:03:40.000 I am here.
00:03:41.000 But I can't tell you that I feel 100% at all.
00:03:44.000 So we have a lot to get to today.
00:03:46.000 The new deal, the talks, the multi-point deal from President Trump and Ukraine.
00:03:52.000 The peace plan.
00:03:53.000 It needs to be explained.
00:03:55.000 It seems to be pretty convoluted out there.
00:03:56.000 It's actually a pretty damn good thing.
00:03:58.000 If you break it down, we're going to get into that.
00:03:59.000 It also removes the United States from having to play matchmaker.
00:04:03.000 Settle down, you two.
00:04:04.000 We're going to talk about, I don't know if you know this, Britain.
00:04:06.000 They're trying to solve climate change, and they're blotting out the sun.
00:04:09.000 Yeah, I know you're thinking, didn't Mr. Burns try that? 1.00
00:04:11.000 Yes, the Brits are just that stupid. 1.00
00:04:13.000 And my lawyer is here with a Supreme Court case on the right to carry. 1.00
00:04:17.000 It's going to be hardly legal with Bill Richmond.
00:04:19.000 So my question to you first is, what do you think?
00:04:23.000 Of Donald Trump's peace plan.
00:04:25.000 Do you know about it?
00:04:25.000 The Ukraine-Russia peace plan?
00:04:27.000 What should we do if they refuse?
00:04:30.000 I know the answer is nuke them.
00:04:31.000 It's live, 11 a.m. Eastern.
00:04:32.000 Let's get to the show.
00:05:09.000 get to the show.
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00:06:13.000 back.
00:06:16.000 I have to sip slowly as to not upset the internals.
00:06:21.000 Sorry. You got there, Pepto-Bismol?
00:06:23.000 I did.
00:06:24.000 I got a lot of Pepto-Bismol going.
00:06:25.000 Glad to be with you.
00:06:27.000 Of course, it's 11 a.m. Eastern on a weekday, so we are here.
00:06:31.000 We're... Oh.
00:06:36.000 I thought something broke.
00:06:40.000 I'm seriously, my lips are like sandpaper.
00:06:43.000 Captain Morgan, CEO number two, how are you?
00:06:45.000 Better than you.
00:06:46.000 Sorry, buddy.
00:06:46.000 Yeah, it's okay.
00:06:47.000 I think it's just a 24-hour bug or food poisoning.
00:06:49.000 It's the Fu Manchu.
00:06:50.000 It's made you sick.
00:06:51.000 Yeah, I don't know.
00:06:51.000 Are you supposed to cook pork?
00:06:54.000 I did it like sashimi.
00:06:55.000 You can do that.
00:06:56.000 Friday, Saturday, June 20th and 21st, he's going to be at the Helium Comedy Club in Indianapolis, Indiana.
00:07:02.000 Mr. Josh Feierstein, how are you, sir?
00:07:04.000 I'm all right.
00:07:04.000 I'm all right.
00:07:05.000 Good? Yeah, well.
00:07:06.000 Is there another Indianapolis that you had to say, Indiana?
00:07:11.000 Maybe. Maybe there's one in India. 0.95
00:07:13.000 Maybe there's an Indianapolis.
00:07:15.000 They have like 95 languages.
00:07:18.000 I'm sure there's something that sounds like Indianapolis.
00:07:20.000 I feel like it's picking on you right now, but you're like John Wick at the end of the last movie.
00:07:24.000 He's kind of defeated and dead.
00:07:25.000 He's like, whatever.
00:07:26.000 Plus, you killed my puppy, which I was like, why would you do that, Gerald?
00:07:29.000 I didn't.
00:07:30.000 You did.
00:07:30.000 He did.
00:07:31.000 You're back, I guess.
00:07:33.000 All right.
00:07:34.000 You know who else isn't doing well?
00:07:35.000 Remember this...
00:07:36.000 Remember this broad Nina Jankiewicz? 0.95
00:07:39.000 I know you're saying, hey, who's that?
00:07:40.000 The name sounds familiar, and I'm quite certain I don't like her.
00:07:43.000 Well, good.
00:07:45.000 She was the head for like two weeks of Biden's disinformation governance board.
00:07:50.000 Remember that? 0.94
00:07:51.000 The Ministry of Misinformation is what it was coined because it was that silly. 0.76
00:07:54.000 Well, remember, she left. 0.88
00:07:56.000 And when that was happening, we were saying this is a totalitarian, this is a fascist, this is a Marxist who wants to silence voices of dissent.
00:08:02.000 And of course, we were accused of being conspiracy theorists.
00:08:05.000 Well, now that she is unfettered, she's unchanged, she is not a part of the American government, she's decided to go on her tour.
00:08:12.000 And she's now, I don't know, the clip in front of the EU with, I guess, an ominous warning.
00:08:18.000 You're not going to like it.
00:08:20.000 Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, Oh, that's treason!
00:08:34.000 undoubtedly preparing a pressure campaign to force EU institutions to roll back regulation like the DSA, to end support for Ukraine, to stop holding Russia to account.
00:08:45.000 Do not capitulate.
00:08:47.000 Hold the line.
00:08:48.000 Doing so is the clearest signal the European Union could send to Russia and other adversaries that it will not stop fighting to preserve democracy at home and around the world.
00:09:01.000 So, everything about this is treasonous, and you know what the punishment is for treason.
00:09:08.000 Here's the point I want to at least draw your attention to.
00:09:11.000 She was installed into government by Joe Biden.
00:09:14.000 And this lady is advocating a foreign collective of nations, the EU, to act as enemies of the United States.
00:09:22.000 The country she was appointed to serve.
00:09:25.000 At what point does it count as treason?
00:09:27.000 Can you guys let me know?
00:09:28.000 And really her problem is freedom of speech. 0.94
00:09:30.000 So it's anti-First Amendment.
00:09:31.000 It's anti-United States by her own words.
00:09:35.000 And she's asking for foreign nations to act against the United States. 0.99
00:09:42.000 I don't know if there's a rope long enough.
00:09:45.000 Figuratively... Maybe not.
00:09:46.000 And by the way, what bothered me most about that clip, who has frosted tips in 2025?
00:09:51.000 I'm just writing.
00:09:53.000 Every morning there's a halo hanging from the corner.
00:09:56.000 I might go for my bed.
00:09:59.000 Thanks, another online podcast.
00:10:01.000 You're not in Radiohead, guy.
00:10:04.000 Was that Dane Cook?
00:10:06.000 The fall from grace.
00:10:08.000 Give him the shocker, Dane. 0.77
00:10:11.000 There are plenty of arrogant comedians with frosted tips these days, too. 0.50
00:10:14.000 Yes, yes, there are.
00:10:16.000 I was going to do a Dane Cook impression, but I don't have the energy.
00:10:18.000 Maybe later.
00:10:19.000 You can do a good one.
00:10:20.000 No, I don't want to do it.
00:10:21.000 Not right now.
00:10:21.000 No, because it requires too much velocity from my gut.
00:10:25.000 Right now, all of my sound, all of my breathing is in my chest, and everything below it is like this. 1.00
00:10:31.000 Well, he did have that prolific bit about an itchy asshole. 1.00
00:10:34.000 He did. 1.00
00:10:35.000 You could do that.
00:10:36.000 He also had that prolific bit about misinformation.
00:10:38.000 Look, I know that what happens is when I go on, so I take the misinformation, I take it, I put it in my mouth!
00:10:44.000 Ooh! Ooh! 0.95
00:10:45.000 I hate misinformation! 0.85
00:10:47.000 When you replay this, that's where you crapped your pants.
00:10:53.000 When the headphone came off.
00:10:56.000 All right.
00:10:57.000 Speaking. Did he waddle out of the room?
00:11:00.000 Excuse me.
00:11:01.000 Speaking of crapping the bed, the UK government has now just decided to implement, here's how you know it's a religion, okay? 1.00
00:11:09.000 And a dumb one. 1.00
00:11:10.000 You know, like Scientology. 1.00
00:11:12.000 Yeah. Or, I don't know, most of the Eastern religions.
00:11:18.000 It's completely nonsensical, and it's ever-changing, where there seems to be no type of moral or even logical through-line.
00:11:27.000 That's what neo-environmentalism is.
00:11:29.000 That's what climate alarmism is. 0.91
00:11:32.000 And the UK is right at the forefront with the dumbest idea yet to fix climate change.
00:11:39.000 It's time for Climate Claims. 0.95
00:11:53.000 It's a good stinger. 1.00
00:11:54.000 So, there have been a lot of stupid plans, right? 0.99
00:11:57.000 You guys are going to be like, okay, well, what could top carbon offsets or the Segway? 1.00
00:12:04.000 That was a climate thing?
00:12:06.000 Yeah, they were like, ah, it's going to be the transportation of the future.
00:12:09.000 Or tucking your pant leg into your sock so you can ride your fixed bicycle to work. 1.00
00:12:14.000 All really dumb, dumb plans. 0.99
00:12:16.000 Or eating plant-based meat alternatives, eating bugs. 1.00
00:12:20.000 There have been a lot of stupid plans. 0.99
00:12:22.000 The Paris Agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, where you expect China and India to get on board. 0.99
00:12:25.000 The point is, none of it makes sense, even if you accept the premise.
00:12:28.000 But now the UK said hold their bidder because they're going to try and block out the sun.
00:12:40.000 According to the Telegraph.
00:12:41.000 Sorry, I thought there was a question.
00:12:42.000 That's okay.
00:12:43.000 According to the Telegraph.
00:12:44.000 No, I just want to let that ride.
00:12:46.000 Admonish. They have experiments to dim the sun, and that's going to be greenlit in the next few weeks, and that includes injecting aerosol into clouds to make them more reflective.
00:12:58.000 Are you taking the f***ing piss? 0.98
00:13:00.000 I'm not. 0.98
00:13:01.000 So the plan for the UK, and we'll get to why this won't work, is, hey, we need to fix climate change.
00:13:06.000 We're going to block sunlight, and it was initiated by their newest member of parliament.
00:13:13.000 There you go.
00:13:13.000 Before mentioned.
00:13:16.000 Now... I get it.
00:13:18.000 Here's the problem. 0.98
00:13:19.000 It would be a stupid thing, let's say, even if they did it in, I don't know, Barbados or Bermuda. 0.98
00:13:24.000 It still wouldn't work. 0.88
00:13:25.000 But it makes even less sense when you take into account that the UK is the fifth cloudiest country in the world.
00:13:32.000 What's our biggest problem?
00:13:34.000 I believe there's too much sunlight.
00:13:36.000 Let's get rid of this.
00:13:37.000 This is just a pure news.
00:13:38.000 The UK getting rid of the sun. 0.73
00:13:40.000 It's like Africa importing more AIDS. 0.98
00:13:43.000 Want to get AIDS? 0.96
00:13:46.000 I guess we all have to say goodbye to those golden god sun-kissed Brits. 1.00
00:13:52.000 I feel a little pasty.
00:13:55.000 Does vitamin D help teeth?
00:13:57.000 Yes, I need SPF 4000.
00:13:59.000 Yes, that's right.
00:14:00.000 Yes, I need SPF...
00:14:02.000 Sun is bad on syphilis.
00:14:06.000 And here's the other crazy thing.
00:14:07.000 Again, all references available so you can do this research yourself.
00:14:10.000 The UK.
00:14:11.000 Okay, they want to block out the sun to solve climate change.
00:14:14.000 But how do you juxtapose that with the fact that they are increasingly relying on solar power, again, in the name of environmentalism?
00:14:21.000 From 2010 to 2024, they've had an 18,000% increase in solar power capacity in the UK.
00:14:29.000 We need to power our cities with the sun after we block it.
00:14:35.000 They don't have any guns to shoot themselves in the foot.
00:14:39.000 They run out of feet.
00:14:40.000 What are you talking about?
00:14:42.000 Last summer, the UK government pledged to quadruple solar investment.
00:14:49.000 Did no one have a meeting?
00:14:52.000 Oh wait, were you doing the whole harness the sun thing?
00:14:55.000 I wasn't going to do the whole block it.
00:14:57.000 I propose we block the sun.
00:14:59.000 You'd think the other person would be like, wait, what?
00:15:02.000 Well, what about my $8.7 billion?
00:15:06.000 Increasing the sun capacity.
00:15:08.000 Lord solar power.
00:15:09.000 I thought we were all pro-solar.
00:15:11.000 We're anti-solar? 1.00
00:15:12.000 Well, shit. 1.00
00:15:13.000 It was their ex-girlfriend who proposed it. 1.00
00:15:16.000 They're going to have shutters on the country that are powered by the sun to block the sun.
00:15:20.000 We're going to block it with solar panels.
00:15:23.000 It makes sense, Stephen, I promise.
00:15:25.000 It's a disgruntled employee.
00:15:27.000 I'll show you!
00:15:28.000 They're going to put a UV screen like you have on your door.
00:15:32.000 It's all made of unrecyclable plastic.
00:15:41.000 Yes. And it gets worse.
00:15:43.000 Okay. Great Britain brexiting themselves from the sun.
00:15:46.000 Fantastic. The sun has lived high on the hog for far too long.
00:15:52.000 It's time to take it down a peg.
00:15:54.000 Speaking of which, I'd rather enjoy that.
00:15:56.000 Oh, wow.
00:15:58.000 Right now it'd be practical.
00:15:59.000 It'd be practical.
00:16:00.000 So an 18,000% increase in solar power capacity.
00:16:03.000 An $8.7 billion pledge to increase against solar capacity over the next five years.
00:16:10.000 And just three weeks ago, a $260 million investment in solar power for schools and hospitals.
00:16:23.000 Wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:16:24.000 We're going to block out... 0.56
00:16:25.000 Has anyone taken into consideration the patients with cancer?
00:16:28.000 It's like investing in lung cancer research and cigarettes.
00:16:32.000 Yes! I'll win either way!
00:16:37.000 By the way, there are also...
00:16:39.000 In case you've forgotten, the UK, they were caught faking climate data to show temperature increases.
00:16:46.000 Okay? Faking it.
00:16:48.000 And keep in mind, by the way, I will say this, at least now they're acknowledging what a lot of climate skeptics, they've called us climate skeptics, have known for a long time that humans, man-made carbon emissions in this, on our planet, it ranges anywhere,
00:17:04.000 the total contribution to carbon, anywhere from 1% to 9%.
00:17:09.000 The other 91% comes from natural processes, like...
00:17:13.000 The ocean, the sun, the interaction between them.
00:17:16.000 We've been talking about this for a long time.
00:17:18.000 So now they seem to be on board with, oh, driving a Prius doesn't help, so let's block out the sun.
00:17:26.000 Maybe they can launch all the Priuses towards the sun.
00:17:29.000 Yes. As if Brits needed any help looking like trolls. 0.91
00:17:33.000 It's just...
00:17:33.000 It's going to make it work.
00:17:35.000 So, hold on, let's do the math on this.
00:17:37.000 The UK is trying to stop climate change by blocking out the sun, but the country is...
00:17:43.000 Spending billions to invest in solar. 0.95
00:17:51.000 They're retarded, right? 1.00
00:17:52.000 They're just... 1.00
00:17:53.000 It's a nation of...
00:17:54.000 Yes. They're all inbred?
00:17:56.000 Yep. For too long.
00:17:57.000 For far too long.
00:17:58.000 Yeah. That's pretty much it.
00:18:02.000 This is the stupidest idea. 0.99
00:18:03.000 By the way, you know how they figured out that the clouds would be more reflective if they just put these little parts? 1.00
00:18:07.000 Shipping. Pollution from ships.
00:18:10.000 Yes. Yeah.
00:18:12.000 It's a good idea.
00:18:12.000 Let's harness that pollution and do some more.
00:18:15.000 I say, we've been going about this all wrong.
00:18:18.000 We've been trying to decrease pollution.
00:18:21.000 It precisely is the opposite. 1.00
00:18:23.000 Everyone, stop throwing your shit out the window. 0.99
00:18:26.000 What we should do is pollute the clouds and then it will rain acid on our faces. 1.00
00:18:32.000 Trim Vegas looks better.
00:18:37.000 Oh, Britain.
00:18:39.000 Do you have any idea how confused people will be 300 years when they look upon the rubble of that civilization and try and carbon date the bodies?
00:18:47.000 No way.
00:18:47.000 It's melted with acid rain, just pigmentless.
00:18:51.000 How did they do this?
00:18:52.000 Well, solar and blocking the sun.
00:18:54.000 Yes, yes.
00:18:54.000 Well, you know what?
00:18:55.000 Looking back, looking back, I do understand your point.
00:18:58.000 We probably should have picked a lane.
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00:19:17.000 Let's go on to the next. 0.97
00:19:19.000 This is really just a show in idiocy, which I'm glad we get to do today because, you know, I'm not at 100%. 0.97
00:19:26.000 It fits. 0.97
00:19:27.000 Do you remember this broad Clarissa Ward?
00:19:32.000 No. Yes.
00:19:33.000 Thank you.
00:19:34.000 He's a good foil.
00:19:37.000 So if you fabricated...
00:19:39.000 Let me ask you this.
00:19:42.000 If you completely fabricated, let's say where you work, some kind of a report.
00:19:46.000 I don't know, maybe an Excel sheet.
00:19:48.000 Or you just made up something at work that misled all of the employees.
00:19:53.000 Or if you made up something that was used to mislead millions of people.
00:19:57.000 No, you'd expect to face repercussions, like likely being fired.
00:20:00.000 Yes. You know, well, I don't know if you remember this.
00:20:04.000 When it happened, Clarissa Ward, right, she was out there.
00:20:08.000 She did this story where she found this Syrian rebel, right?
00:20:13.000 She found the Syrian rebel who was starving and in prison, and she was the only person who found this guy, and she had an exclusive scoop.
00:20:19.000 Now, as it was happening...
00:20:21.000 We were joking about how there's no way this was true.
00:20:25.000 Spoiler alert, we found out not long after that it was completely false.
00:20:28.000 But let's go back in time so you can see that we didn't buy it then.
00:20:31.000 So CNN released this really weird video.
00:20:34.000 A lot of people think this is fake.
00:20:35.000 And by that, I mean it's allegedly fake.
00:20:37.000 And by that, I mean it's clearly fake.
00:20:40.000 Clarissa Ward just happened to discover a prisoner of the Assad regime.
00:20:47.000 So watch this and tell me.
00:20:50.000 If it feels a little professional wrestling.
00:20:52.000 Is someone there?
00:20:54.000 But, pause.
00:20:55.000 They're already in the cell.
00:20:57.000 They're already in the...
00:20:58.000 Olly olly oxen free!
00:20:59.000 That is a perfectly trimmed beard right there.
00:21:02.000 It's not, I've been in here for three months without care.
00:21:05.000 Yeah. Just think about it.
00:21:06.000 By the way, when they're in there, there's a camera.
00:21:08.000 They already blew off the lock with gunfire.
00:21:11.000 And they're in there.
00:21:12.000 I don't think it actually happened.
00:21:14.000 They're in there with a boom mic, with a line producer, and he's just like, no, I'm just counting sheep.
00:21:22.000 I use the term counting loosely.
00:21:26.000 One thrust, two thrusts, three thrusts, sleep.
00:21:30.000 Body count.
00:21:31.000 Hey, I love these sheep with smiles on their faces.
00:21:34.000 Now. Why are you rushing?
00:21:35.000 I don't know.
00:21:36.000 The sheep call me a bad boy.
00:21:41.000 That's terrible. 0.93
00:21:42.000 So, one week after that broadcast, turned out the story was completely bullcrap. 1.00
00:21:45.000 Bullshit! Turned out. 1.00
00:21:47.000 Completely bullcrap. 0.98
00:21:48.000 And you would think, consequences?
00:21:49.000 Well, no, actually, now Clarissa Ward is back in action, this time reporting on the Pope's death at the Vatican.
00:21:56.000 She's gotten the rights to that where we can assume that she has the early scoop on who the Cardinals plan to elect Pope
00:22:07.000 That's all we have for that story, in case you were wondering.
00:22:10.000 I just want to remind you that everything is a lie on legacy media, and you should trust none of us.
00:22:17.000 When people now are like, oh, we need authorities and experts.
00:22:19.000 I get it.
00:22:20.000 Clickbait is a problem.
00:22:22.000 That's a worse problem.
00:22:23.000 CNN. It's a worse problem.
00:22:25.000 ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, because...
00:22:28.000 Once upon a time, you couldn't refute them with the truth.
00:22:31.000 So remember, when you think Clarissa Ward, think a compulsive liar who still has a job. 1.00
00:22:36.000 Which brings me to my question, what do you want to see Clarissa Ward cover next? 1.00
00:22:41.000 Her face.
00:22:45.000 But I think that wasn't even the first time that she'd been caught lying.
00:22:49.000 I believe when we covered the story the first time in December that we had talked about another story that she previously...
00:22:55.000 Lied about.
00:22:56.000 What was that, Gerald?
00:22:57.000 Israel. She was saying that they were shelling, and she got down in the ditch, and like, oh my gosh, they're firing.
00:23:02.000 And it was like miles away.
00:23:03.000 This lady is so forgettable, CNN forgot that they even hired her before. 1.00
00:23:07.000 They're like, ah, shit. 1.00
00:23:08.000 She pitched a new story about running around with Tom Hanks to find the antimatter in, you know, the Vatican. 1.00
00:23:13.000 Yes. With his crappy... 0.97
00:23:15.000 Ponytail or whatever it was.
00:23:16.000 This is...
00:23:17.000 By the way, she's posed.
00:23:22.000 Look at this.
00:23:23.000 This is Michelangelo.
00:23:24.000 I'm touching God!
00:23:26.000 Should I have my arm out or should I have it...
00:23:28.000 Put it out, put it out.
00:23:29.000 Stop smiling so much.
00:23:30.000 She's worse than the weatherman that goes out there and the hurricane is like, and the winds are blowing! 0.54
00:23:35.000 And there's two people walking calmly.
00:23:37.000 I know.
00:23:40.000 I barely made it out alive!
00:23:43.000 Meanwhile, the cameraman's in cargo shorts and a t-shirt.
00:23:47.000 He's eating the Slim Jim.
00:23:50.000 Clarissa lies about it all. 0.85
00:23:56.000 We have an admonish button here.
00:23:58.000 We make the references publicly available.
00:24:00.000 We were talking yesterday about transparency.
00:24:02.000 Like, we've gotten things wrong.
00:24:03.000 Like, I confused the Greenland shark and the Sixkill shark, and I rightfully was raked over the coals.
00:24:08.000 That is very different.
00:24:10.000 From staging, lying about, releasing, and defending a false story of a Syrian rebel as an exclusive scoop.
00:24:18.000 Do you guys see that one is actually, like, people get things wrong all the time.
00:24:21.000 That happens.
00:24:21.000 Every single one, if you're watching, you've gotten something wrong.
00:24:24.000 Of course it happens.
00:24:24.000 And the best you can do is try and apologize for it and try and do better the next time.
00:24:27.000 And have a winning record as it relates to being right.
00:24:30.000 These people have no sense, they have no sense of responsibility to the truth at all.
00:24:37.000 It doesn't even factor in.
00:24:39.000 All right, let's go on to President Trump and the Ukraine-Russia offer right now.
00:24:46.000 Let me just sort of explain this to you, because it's hard, and it's even hard for me, and of course, laying the brain here has done a great job.
00:24:53.000 It kind of started with the mineral rights deal yesterday as I was reading up on it, and I was delirious where I thought I was being chased by Canadian geese in my bed last night.
00:25:00.000 What? Yeah, well, I'm dehydrated.
00:25:05.000 To sort of put this in a nutshell, President Trump counted to three.
00:25:10.000 That's the deal that we're looking at right now.
00:25:12.000 He counted to three, and he's decided, all right, this is final offer for the Russia-Ukraine deal.
00:25:18.000 You guys need to start hashing it out, which brings us to Insane in the Ukraine.
00:25:22.000 Insane in the Ukraine. 0.98
00:25:31.000 *cough*
00:25:33.000 I always get Ukraine fatigue and then I see that stinger. 0.94
00:25:35.000 I'm like, okay, I could go one more.
00:25:36.000 Yeah, because we didn't make that.
00:25:37.000 Yeah, no.
00:25:38.000 That was him.
00:25:39.000 We didn't do that.
00:25:40.000 That was him.
00:25:40.000 So I know everyone is tired.
00:25:41.000 This whole situation, the negotiation, it's turned into a quagmire, right?
00:25:45.000 Russia, Ukraine.
00:25:46.000 It seems like we could be at the end of the road here because luckily we have sent the best man for the job on the ground in Kiev.
00:25:53.000 We spent nearly $200 billion to the defense of Ukraine.
00:25:56.000 There are lots of questions about where the money is going.
00:25:58.000 There's nothing to hide.
00:26:00.000 We're absolutely open.
00:26:01.000 Wouldn't it be possible by the United States of where those dollars are going?
00:26:04.000 We are kind of the living shield against Russia's invasion to the civilized world. 0.97
00:26:09.000 I want to get to Russia's intentions and the possibilities of the ceasefire.
00:26:12.000 Which prompted Putin to immediately launch all remaining missiles.
00:26:16.000 Yeah. Oh, shit! 1.00
00:26:20.000 Did Zelensky say that he's the shield protecting us from Russia? 1.00
00:26:26.000 Apparently. Apparently.
00:26:28.000 I hope Ben does a good job with it.
00:26:29.000 I just hope he's like, did you just say you're a shield? 0.98
00:26:32.000 That's retarded, sir. 1.00
00:26:34.000 You're a human shield. 1.00
00:26:36.000 You mean cannon fodder.
00:26:38.000 Let's just see what happens.
00:26:40.000 I'm curious to see what happens.
00:26:41.000 No one's a fan of this guy at this point, Zelensky.
00:26:44.000 It doesn't mean that you're a fan of Putin either.
00:26:46.000 But Wednesday.
00:26:47.000 We'll get into the points of the deal, go through it point by point.
00:26:50.000 Hopefully it helps you understand it a little bit better.
00:26:51.000 I actually think this is a pretty good kind of final offer, in my opinion.
00:26:55.000 Pretty reasonable.
00:26:56.000 Donald Trump, Zelensky, got into another blow-up this time over.
00:27:01.000 And the problem with Zelensky is this guy's never consistent.
00:27:03.000 He kind of does a handshake deal and then changes it.
00:27:06.000 This time there was another blow-up over Crimea.
00:27:08.000 Trump versus Zelensky, round two.
00:27:11.000 President Trump accusing Ukrainian President Zelensky of, quote, inflammatory statements today in a lengthy social media post after Zelensky reiterated he would not concede any territory to Russia, including Crimea, which was annexed in 2014 during the Obama administration.
00:27:27.000 Ugh. Look.
00:27:28.000 Look. I don't like Putin.
00:27:31.000 I don't like what Russia is doing.
00:27:33.000 I don't like us sending money to Ukraine.
00:27:35.000 But I will tell you what I really, really, really, really don't like is Zelensky acting like he's in a position to be making demands on anything.
00:27:46.000 And then blaming us for not being able to secure your peace deal.
00:27:49.000 We will not give up any land.
00:27:51.000 Wanna bet?
00:27:53.000 Yeah. It's a good thing you don't want to give that back.
00:27:55.000 Russia didn't ask you.
00:27:56.000 No. They took it.
00:27:58.000 Yeah. Why do we live in this fantasy world where anything belongs to anybody?
00:28:02.000 It is yours if you can keep it.
00:28:03.000 I hate that that's the rule of the road, but it is.
00:28:06.000 Our Constitution is literally a piece of paper that is useless unless we can enforce it.
00:28:11.000 Yeah. Unless we can defend it.
00:28:12.000 That's it.
00:28:13.000 Yes, exactly.
00:28:14.000 Stop with the games.
00:28:15.000 They start with the premise of it is ours if the U.S. will pay for us to keep it.
00:28:20.000 Yes, you pay.
00:28:21.000 You pay.
00:28:21.000 By the way, we demand A, B, C, B. How about you demand nothing?
00:28:25.000 Shut up. 1.00
00:28:26.000 And take it. 1.00
00:28:27.000 And like it.
00:28:28.000 And say, thank you, sir.
00:28:29.000 Please. Thank you.
00:28:31.000 These are the words that we want to hear, Zelensky.
00:28:34.000 I get it.
00:28:34.000 Putin. Not a good guy.
00:28:36.000 Bad guy. 1.00
00:28:37.000 But you are just a prick. 1.00
00:28:41.000 You're just a prick. 1.00
00:28:43.000 So, President Trump wrote this on Truth Social. 1.00
00:28:47.000 He wrote...
00:28:49.000 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is boasting on the front page of the Wall Street Journal that Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea.
00:29:02.000 There's nothing to talk about here.
00:29:04.000 This statement is very harmful to the peace negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama.
00:29:14.000 His middle name is Hussein.
00:29:16.000 It's Hussein. 0.78
00:29:18.000 A lot of people didn't know that.
00:29:19.000 They say, no, that's not his middle.
00:29:21.000 I say it is.
00:29:24.000 It is not even a point of discussion.
00:29:26.000 Nobody is asking Zelensky to recognize Crimea as Russian territory, but if he wants Crimea, why didn't they fight for it 11 years ago when it was handed over to Russia without a shot being fired?
00:29:39.000 It's inflammatory statements like Zelensky's that makes it so difficult to settle this war he has nothing to boast about.
00:29:47.000 Nothing. I know some people think he has some things.
00:29:51.000 Nothing. I have nothing to do with Russia.
00:29:55.000 Because he knows what they're going to say.
00:29:58.000 But I have much to do with wanting to save, on average, 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week who are dying for no reason whatsoever.
00:30:05.000 I look forward to being able to help Ukraine and Russia get out of this complete and total mess that would have never started if I were president. 1.00
00:30:16.000 And we'll get to the deal.
00:30:18.000 Saying Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea does not make it true!
00:30:23.000 Kind of like how Josh refuses to legally recognize the restraining order filed against him by Hooters!
00:30:28.000 You can...
00:30:29.000 It's still there!
00:30:31.000 I just go there for the mashed potatoes!
00:30:33.000 It's still a thing!
00:30:34.000 Open the door!
00:30:36.000 What? What was that?
00:30:38.000 I didn't even hear what he said.
00:30:39.000 Was that me?
00:30:39.000 Open the door.
00:30:44.000 And so here's the thing, too.
00:30:46.000 I will say this.
00:30:47.000 I will say this.
00:30:49.000 In Putin's defense, I know right away people are going to go nuts.
00:30:52.000 I know.
00:30:53.000 Putin seems to be, like him or hate him, seems to be pretty clear about the terms.
00:30:57.000 He's been pretty consistent.
00:30:58.000 You may not like the terms as far as what he expects with the lines where they are right now, what territory he expects, what he's willing to compromise on.
00:31:06.000 He's been, for everyone saying, you can't trust this guy at all, he's been more consistent, not saying he has been entirely consistent, he's been more consistent on his terms in coming to the table than Zelensky.
00:31:20.000 You remember the last blow-up, right? 0.94
00:31:22.000 Zelensky was minutes away from a deal that day until he decided to be, again, I'm sorry for the language, a total prick!
00:31:29.000 So last night, President Trump did say that he thought he was close to a deal.
00:31:35.000 At this point, with at least Russia.
00:31:37.000 I will say that I think Russia is ready.
00:31:40.000 And a lot of people said Russia wanted to go for the whole thing.
00:31:44.000 And I think we have a deal with Russia.
00:31:48.000 We have to get a deal with Zelensky.
00:31:51.000 And I hope that Zelensky, I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelensky.
00:31:55.000 So far, it's been harder.
00:31:56.000 But that's okay.
00:31:57.000 It's all right.
00:31:58.000 But I think we have a deal with both.
00:32:02.000 Okay, now before you say, oh, he's only praising Russia because he's a shill for Putin.
00:32:08.000 He wrote this morning on Truth Social, he wrote, I am not happy with the Russian strikes on Kyiv.
00:32:13.000 Not necessary.
00:32:14.000 Very bad timing.
00:32:16.000 Vladimir, stop!
00:32:17.000 5,000 soldiers a week are dying.
00:32:19.000 Let's get the peace deal done.
00:32:22.000 So here's the thing.
00:32:23.000 He is being consistent in saying, you need to stop the dying, and you need to stop the dying.
00:32:28.000 You may not like where he lines up on territories, where he lines up on mineral rights, where he lines up on NATO.
00:32:34.000 He has been remarkably consistent.
00:32:37.000 Can we all agree in saying, you need to stop the death as best you can, and so do you.
00:32:42.000 Since last year, even before last year, since two years ago, he's been saying the same thing.
00:32:47.000 Right. That the dying needs to stop.
00:32:49.000 That's been his clear...
00:32:50.000 Right. Because it's obvious there's not a military solution for Ukraine.
00:32:53.000 Russia cannot take over Ukraine.
00:32:55.000 We've seen that.
00:32:55.000 Ukraine cannot get Russia to get out of their country.
00:32:57.000 We've seen that.
00:32:58.000 No, and it's like the only way Ukraine wins is if the U.S. lets our soldiers die.
00:33:02.000 Exactly. That's it.
00:33:04.000 And I actually disagree with one statement you just made.
00:33:06.000 Russia absolutely could take Ukraine if they didn't get any more aid from us.
00:33:09.000 They'd go alone.
00:33:10.000 Well, that's true.
00:33:11.000 Yeah. And that's the point.
00:33:12.000 That's also because that's important because that rug needs to be pulled if we want the dying to stop.
00:33:17.000 I've talked about how false empathy creates real victims.
00:33:20.000 This idea that, hey, Ukraine, they need more.
00:33:23.000 Isn't it?
00:33:23.000 It's terrible.
00:33:24.000 People are dying.
00:33:25.000 Okay, sure.
00:33:25.000 So we've given them basically a blank check.
00:33:28.000 Right? Has it stopped the dying?
00:33:30.000 Or has it led to more dying?
00:33:32.000 Let's be honest here.
00:33:33.000 Right? Everyone was playing on the string of empathy.
00:33:38.000 And sure, we saw what happened.
00:33:40.000 You felt horrible for the people in Ukraine.
00:33:42.000 The freedom fighters.
00:33:43.000 People who wanted to protect their country.
00:33:45.000 I get that.
00:33:46.000 I also understand why some Russian people would feel galvanized.
00:33:49.000 Doesn't mean that I agree with them, but all of our money.
00:33:53.000 In the first year you go, well, yeah, okay.
00:33:55.000 Yeah. Yeah, they invaded.
00:33:57.000 Yeah, hey, here's some missiles. 0.80
00:33:58.000 Here's some guns.
00:33:59.000 Here's some tanks. 1.00
00:34:00.000 Go kick some ass. 1.00
00:34:00.000 Go take your country back. 1.00
00:34:01.000 But that after three years.
00:34:02.000 Right. And multiple deal after multiple deal.
00:34:05.000 And offensives.
00:34:06.000 Turned down, you're like, well, hey.
00:34:08.000 Yeah. Now the United States, our funding, because it's more than all of these European nations combined, it is the foundation.
00:34:15.000 It's the premise for Ukraine to continue the dying, to continue the kidnapping of their own citizens, including, in some cases, people who really have no business being in the military, to throw them to the front lines of the meat grinder. 0.79
00:34:28.000 They can't do that without our constant funding.
00:34:31.000 So please tell me how that's compassionate.
00:34:33.000 You can comment below.
00:34:34.000 Honestly, the alternative, if it's the worst-case alternative, that it were to become a part of Russia, I still would say less death. 0.92
00:34:44.000 Now, I'm not saying that that's right, but what I am saying is you need to know that your dollars have funded a giant death machine.
00:34:50.000 That is inescapable.
00:34:51.000 So let me ask you this.
00:34:52.000 This is the final peace plan.
00:34:54.000 Is it actually only screwing the Ukraine as the leftists are writing out there right now?
00:34:59.000 This is from The Atlantic.
00:35:00.000 It says, his, Trump's proposal to end the war isn't a peace plan.
00:35:03.000 It's a reward for aggression.
00:35:09.000 Just that premise before we get to the points.
00:35:13.000 There's no reward for aggression from a third-party nation throughout human history. 0.99
00:35:17.000 You understand that.
00:35:18.000 You know what the reward is for aggression?
00:35:20.000 The spoils of war.
00:35:22.000 Right? That's the reward for aggression.
00:35:24.000 In other words, if the United States did not help intercede financially, Russia would already have their rewards. 0.67
00:35:32.000 So this is, if anything, this is a curtailed...
00:35:36.000 They're not getting as much as they would get if we didn't get involved.
00:35:39.000 Take everyone else out.
00:35:42.000 Ukraine, Russia?
00:35:42.000 Guess what?
00:35:43.000 They're Russia. 0.93
00:35:44.000 They are Russia. 0.93
00:35:45.000 That's what happens historically.
00:35:47.000 A reward for aggression would be a U.S.-sponsored coup, not like 2014, and then giving all of Ukraine to Russia.
00:35:54.000 That would be a reward for aggression.
00:35:55.000 Right. And I always go back to Barack Obama telling Mitt Romney, the 1980s called, I want their policy back.
00:36:02.000 When he said that Russia was a threat.
00:36:03.000 So they've completely flipped.
00:36:04.000 All right.
00:36:05.000 So let's go through these points, and we're actually going through the points of this final peace plan.
00:36:09.000 You can go and check the reference and read it yourself.
00:36:11.000 Point number one requires an immediate ceasefire.
00:36:15.000 So Putin reportedly told Steve Whitcoff that he was willing to freeze the invasion at the current lines.
00:36:22.000 So that would be, at this point in time, good for both.
00:36:28.000 Yes, because Putin hasn't agreed to a ceasefire yet.
00:36:30.000 Right. He hasn't really been willing to do that, so that's good.
00:36:33.000 Freeze it where it is right now and stop people dying.
00:36:35.000 Freeze the lines where they are right now.
00:36:37.000 Now, I would bet you Zelensky would be like, we want the lines to move back to right where it was before.
00:36:40.000 We lost all this.
00:36:42.000 You lost a lot of stuff, so you have to compromise.
00:36:44.000 We will not compromise.
00:36:45.000 Okay, no more money.
00:36:46.000 Oh! Point number two, that there need to be direct talks between Ukraine and Russia, meaning we're going to be out of this now.
00:36:54.000 This is not our job.
00:36:56.000 You guys have to start dealing with each other.
00:36:58.000 Grow up.
00:36:59.000 You two go into the room and settle it.
00:37:02.000 It's like two kids fighting all the time.
00:37:04.000 You're like, I've tried to intervene.
00:37:05.000 Yeah. You guys figure it out.
00:37:07.000 I would ask you this.
00:37:08.000 What's the alternative?
00:37:09.000 Keep doing what we're doing?
00:37:11.000 Right. And by the way, it's impossible to do with someone like Zelensky.
00:37:16.000 I will go to the table and negotiate.
00:37:17.000 All right, look, here's a very long table.
00:37:20.000 Putin had it imported.
00:37:21.000 He's like, no, no, no, no, I want to change the deal.
00:37:23.000 Okay, so you guys hash it out.
00:37:26.000 Take us out of it.
00:37:27.000 Point number three, of course, Ukraine would not be able to join NATO.
00:37:31.000 Which Russia has said for a very long...
00:37:33.000 That is their red line.
00:37:35.000 They've been concerned about it.
00:37:36.000 Whether you believe them or not, okay.
00:37:38.000 But they have said that's a non-negotiable.
00:37:41.000 So Ukraine, no NATO, but they can look for admission to the EU.
00:37:46.000 So in February 2025, the Russian foreign minister, Dmitry Peskov, said that Ukraine has the sovereign right to join the EU.
00:37:53.000 So they should be good with it.
00:37:54.000 That's from a Russian spokesperson, effectively, themselves.
00:37:57.000 And Trump...
00:37:59.000 This plan would, I guess, include some pretty robust security guarantees from EU nations as well, if this were to happen.
00:38:07.000 So, no NATO.
00:38:08.000 Yes, EU.
00:38:10.000 Okay. Verdict here.
00:38:12.000 This is probably the best compromise for Ukraine.
00:38:15.000 If Ukraine throws a fit, if Zelensky throws a fit, that means he wants NATO.
00:38:21.000 Which means he wants all of the things.
00:38:24.000 You guys understand that, right?
00:38:26.000 Yeah. Like, if you get to the point where it's like, we need to be able to join NATO, you understand that that is saying, we will make no concessions or compromises with Russia, who, by the way, have largely kicked our ass. 0.99
00:38:37.000 It's delusional.
00:38:39.000 Yeah, and it may be good for Ukraine to be a part of NATO, but it's not good for the rest of the world, certainly not good for Europe, to have Ukraine as NATO at that point, because if that's the case right now, then we are technically supposed to be at war with Russia.
00:38:51.000 Right. Yeah.
00:38:53.000 Point number four.
00:38:54.000 As far as the territory, this is a big one, right?
00:38:57.000 So Russia would sort of keep their de facto control of the gains that they've seen in eastern Ukraine.
00:39:02.000 Ukraine would still have access to the Dnepro River and the Zaporizhia nuclear...
00:39:07.000 Sorry, the Dnepro River, the Zaporizhia power plant, the nuclear power plant, would actually be transferred to American control.
00:39:15.000 That's a big one.
00:39:17.000 That's a pretty big one.
00:39:18.000 As I understand it, too, I don't know, because last time we covered this, that's just outside the lines of Ukrainian control.
00:39:25.000 Yeah, so the lines wouldn't freeze exactly where they are right now.
00:39:27.000 They would move around just a little bit, but it is obviously not going back to pre-invasion.
00:39:31.000 Well, they'd move around, for example, if you give American control, that would mean that Russia would be giving that up.
00:39:36.000 Yeah, they'd have to push that back.
00:39:38.000 Yeah, exactly.
00:39:38.000 So there you go.
00:39:39.000 Alternative is, hey, Ukraine, take your chances with Russia having control of the nuclear plant. 0.59
00:39:48.000 There would be a formal recognition of Russian control over Crimea, which I bet you is going to be a sticking point, of course, with Zelensky.
00:39:59.000 Trump was, of course, strategically vague about this point when he talked about it last night in the Oval Office.
00:40:05.000 The deal that you have with Russia, does it include recognizing Russia's sovereignty over Crimea?
00:40:12.000 Well, everything is good.
00:40:14.000 I just want to see the war end.
00:40:17.000 I don't care.
00:40:17.000 If they're both happy, they both signed an agreement.
00:40:21.000 I have no favorites.
00:40:22.000 I don't want to have any favorites.
00:40:24.000 I want to have a deal done.
00:40:26.000 So that ends up being obviously better off.
00:40:29.000 It's better for Russia, but Ukraine has no hand to play here. 0.91
00:40:34.000 It's necessary for them.
00:40:35.000 What's the alternative?
00:40:36.000 People are looking at this in this very myopic way like, oh, okay, well, if we could just have Russia get out, they're the aggressor.
00:40:42.000 Fine. We asked them.
00:40:43.000 They said no.
00:40:43.000 What now?
00:40:44.000 Same thing on the Crimea.
00:40:46.000 It's been over a decade.
00:40:47.000 It's counterproductive.
00:40:48.000 It was eight years between Crimea being taken and Ukraine being invaded by Russia again.
00:40:53.000 Right. Yeah.
00:40:54.000 I mean, it was before your time.
00:40:55.000 Now you're here.
00:40:56.000 You took office.
00:40:57.000 Did you campaign on that?
00:40:58.000 Did you campaign on taking Crimea back?
00:41:00.000 Did you build up your military in an effort to do that?
00:41:02.000 Did you start kind of strengthening your alliances to prevent an invasion that would further?
00:41:06.000 I mean, what steps did they take, and why are we where we are today?
00:41:10.000 Do you know what the truth is?
00:41:11.000 Not a single other nation has effectively built up their military to the capacity that they need.
00:41:15.000 Only the United States, because it's all been predicated on the United States picking up the slack.
00:41:20.000 Screw you, rest of the world, militarily. 1.00
00:41:23.000 Start owning your own shit! 1.00
00:41:27.000 Alright. Point number five in this deal, completely unclear. 1.00
00:41:31.000 I'm sorry, I can make no sense of it.
00:41:32.000 So you can go and read it.
00:41:35.000 I'm going through this point by point.
00:41:36.000 We don't want to get admonished.
00:41:37.000 No, I don't want to get admonished.
00:41:38.000 I'm just letting you know.
00:41:39.000 Someone can comment and let me know what it is that it just seems very difficult to...
00:41:43.000 Yeah, I'm sure somebody really understands it.
00:41:45.000 Point number six in this deal, of course, Ukraine would sign the mineral rights deal with the United States.
00:41:49.000 That would be great for Ukraine because the United States would have a vested interest, sort of a de facto security interest.
00:41:56.000 In protecting these mineral rights with Ukraine.
00:41:59.000 Now remember, this was a sticking point before where Zelensky was like, we will not do this.
00:42:02.000 We will always keep our minerals.
00:42:04.000 Really? Okay.
00:42:05.000 Hey, there are the Russians. 0.98
00:42:06.000 No more money.
00:42:07.000 Good luck.
00:42:08.000 They took your minerals, by the way.
00:42:09.000 Yes. We will always have our mineral.
00:42:13.000 Where'd they go now?
00:42:17.000 This was the thing that bothered me, I guess, the most about this, is that this obviously gave them security guarantees.
00:42:22.000 It gave them ties to the United States that they didn't have without giving them NATO coverage right now.
00:42:26.000 Of course, you could argue that if they'd been in NATO before that this wouldn't have happened in the first place, but yes, that's Fantasyland.
00:42:30.000 We're not there.
00:42:31.000 We are in a different place right now.
00:42:33.000 If you give it to them right now, it's a really big problem.
00:42:35.000 Right. They could have gotten something very, very close.
00:42:39.000 Well, yeah.
00:42:39.000 And let me bring you to the next point here.
00:42:41.000 And we were talking about this in run-through.
00:42:42.000 So point number seven in this deal is the lifting of sanctions and increased sort of economic cooperation between the United States and Russia.
00:42:50.000 That could be good for everybody.
00:42:53.000 Now, I understand you can't trust Russia any further than you can throw them. 0.95
00:42:55.000 But let me present to you a possible scenario, right?
00:42:58.000 You guys all know about the tariff war.
00:42:59.000 I know that they've moved on from it in the media.
00:43:02.000 Something about Nazis on CNN right now.
00:43:04.000 Okay, so the tariff wars, specifically China.
00:43:07.000 You don't trust Putin.
00:43:08.000 Okay, I don't, of course, I don't trust Putin either.
00:43:11.000 Do you believe that Putin is more untrustworthy than Xi Jinping?
00:43:15.000 Okay, what if we live in a world where as a result of this conflict, we said we know that you guys have been obviously seriously damaged by this war, and if you promise to play ball, we're actually not going to put these same kinds of tariffs on you so you can build up your manufacturing sector and cripple China for a lot of raw materials,
00:43:34.000 for parts.
00:43:36.000 I'm not saying that it's...
00:43:37.000 We don't want to superpower Russia, but that doesn't really just happen through manufacturing.
00:43:41.000 Would we not be better off potentially having the option to work with Russia? 0.71
00:43:47.000 We already know the devil that is China. 1.00
00:43:50.000 And, of course, China has been communist.
00:43:52.000 They have maintained remaining communists.
00:43:55.000 Their citizens are communists.
00:43:56.000 At least Russia has somewhat moved the other direction.
00:43:59.000 If you have to pick for, let's say, aluminum, automotive parts, raw materials, would you rather it...
00:44:06.000 Come from China?
00:44:07.000 Or is there an opportunity, perhaps, where Russia could become maybe a valuable trading partner and that would prevent them from running into the arms of communist China?
00:44:20.000 What do you got?
00:44:21.000 Just a thought.
00:44:22.000 Just a thought.
00:44:22.000 Keep the tariffs on China.
00:44:24.000 You know what?
00:44:24.000 We're going to make an exception for you, Russia, for the next, I don't know, X number of years and see how it works out.
00:44:31.000 What's the economic situation in Russia?
00:44:33.000 It's not great.
00:44:35.000 So it would be a fairly cheap place to manufacture.
00:44:37.000 It would certainly, yeah.
00:44:38.000 Similar to China, maybe more expensive than China, but still very cheap.
00:44:41.000 And if at the same time we said, by the way, EU, you're going to start buying, as we have already studied, you're going to start buying more energy from us and less from Russia where we could help transfer them from an energy-based economy, which of course kneecaps the rest of the world more significantly than them being largely a manufacturing or raw materials economy.
00:44:58.000 Russia makes a huge portion of their income from energy, largely from Europe, who also condemns them at the same time.
00:45:06.000 I know, you're saying, none of this makes sense.
00:45:07.000 Don't worry, it doesn't.
00:45:08.000 It's just a thought.
00:45:10.000 And so here's where we are.
00:45:12.000 Concessions need to be made by both sides.
00:45:13.000 And a lot of people talked about, this is one thing that's very telling to me.
00:45:17.000 And by the way, if you are not, we're going to have my half-Asian lawyer, Bill Richmond, a barely legal on a Supreme Court case that relates to your constitutional right to carry.
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00:45:39.000 Remember how everyone was talking about with Russia?
00:45:42.000 They were saying, well, they're just going to march on through Poland.
00:45:45.000 I never really bought that, and I always thought that, well, actually, you know what, at this point in time, if I happen to be Poland, I would be more concerned that Russia would maybe be a threat to us if they didn't get a deal done with Ukraine.
00:46:02.000 I would believe that they're more likely to stop at Ukraine, for example, if some concessions are made, as opposed to the alternative scenario is they steamroll through Ukraine, and uh-oh, here we are.
00:46:11.000 Well, the Polish president, their president, Duda, said, De facto, this piece should, in my personal opinion, come down to the fact that neither side will be able to say that it won this war, because each side, in some sense, will have to step down.
00:46:25.000 Ukraine will also have to step down, in some sense, because that's what will probably happen.
00:46:30.000 He's saying that will probably happen, meaning it absolutely will happen anyway.
00:46:35.000 So if Poland is saying, hey, this is something that needs to happen, hey, all of you folks out there who were supporting, you know, the Kinzingers, I don't know, Crenshaw, of course, everyone on the left who are supporting the never-ending funding for this war, based on the premise that they're going to march—think about Poland! 0.79
00:46:54.000 Think about Poland!
00:46:55.000 And now the Polish president is saying, yeah, this is a good—you probably should do this.
00:46:59.000 What's your argument now?
00:47:01.000 Aside from orange man bad, friends with Putin.
00:47:05.000 And Marco Rubio actually laid this out pretty brilliantly yesterday.
00:47:09.000 Well, I don't know, Bob, by the end of the week, I'm hopeful that we can get to something quickly.
00:47:12.000 And I remain hopeful that we can get something done because this is a terrible war and it needs to end.
00:47:17.000 Because it has no military solution.
00:47:19.000 There is no military solution to this war.
00:47:21.000 We have to be frank.
00:47:22.000 You know, Russia is not just going to roll over Ukraine and take the whole country.
00:47:25.000 And Ukraine is not going to push them all the way back to where they were before 2014.
00:47:29.000 So what I would say we're involved in is understanding what is the Russian position.
00:47:33.000 We have a better understanding of that now because we've actually spoken to them after three years of not speaking to them.
00:47:38.000 What is the Ukrainian position?
00:47:40.000 And figure out, are these guys even in the same neighborhood?
00:47:43.000 Because if they're in completely different zip codes, then we may have to conclude that they're so far apart that peace is impossible at this time.
00:47:50.000 If Ukraine is in neighborhood, it is Chelsea. 0.86
00:47:54.000 That is gay area of New York! 0.95
00:47:57.000 So at least with this... 0.93
00:47:59.000 Yes, I bet you are a neighborhood of San Francisco, the Bay Area.
00:48:07.000 So... At least with this, look, big part of this deal is...
00:48:13.000 All right, we've been trying to deal with it.
00:48:16.000 We've been trying to be the diplomat here.
00:48:18.000 Here are the terms.
00:48:19.000 We counted to three.
00:48:21.000 You guys hash it out.
00:48:22.000 You know how this ends if you don't.
00:48:25.000 And the ball is in.
00:48:26.000 Their court, the blood, is off our hands.
00:48:31.000 I think he's probably right on that point,
00:48:51.000 by the way.
00:48:52.000 And so I just wanted to come back to one of the points that you made and then just kind of button this whole thing up.
00:48:56.000 Switching them over to a manufacturing, probably not going to happen in any reasonable time frame, but here's the point that's broader, right?
00:49:03.000 Energy is their thing.
00:49:04.000 I got it.
00:49:05.000 When we went back up to Nina Jankiewicz earlier, and she said this is one of the strongest statements that you can say that Europe will stand up, they will hold the line.
00:49:12.000 No, the strongest statement that Europe can make about standing up and holding the line is stop funding Russia in this war. 0.59
00:49:18.000 To the tune of more money than you're funding Ukraine.
00:49:21.000 That would be the strongest stance they could take.
00:49:23.000 Russia's always going to be an energy guy.
00:49:24.000 That's fine.
00:49:25.000 We don't want to push them in the arms of China. 0.99
00:49:26.000 That's also fine.
00:49:27.000 Are they better off when they're participating in the world economy?
00:49:30.000 Yes. Those things are good.
00:49:32.000 Do we want Russia to be a superpower?
00:49:33.000 No. Not at all.
00:49:35.000 I'm sorry.
00:49:36.000 Their citizens had a shot at freedom.
00:49:37.000 They had a shot at having something better, and they immediately ran back into the arms of...
00:49:43.000 Communism. It's like a prisoner who's been there for 50 years, gets released, and immediately commits a crime to go back into the prison.
00:49:48.000 They didn't run into the arms of communism.
00:49:50.000 They ran back into the arms of a de facto dictator.
00:49:53.000 They ran back into the state taking care of them.
00:49:55.000 It was very clear they didn't know what to do with the free market, and they were like, this is too crazy and too uncertain for us.
00:50:00.000 I don't think that's ever going to happen there.
00:50:02.000 But we have to live in a reality.
00:50:04.000 Everybody right now that's out there saying that we should be pushing harder on Ukraine hasn't put a plan in place.
00:50:10.000 No amount of money does this, by the way.
00:50:11.000 Right. You can give them a trillion dollars tomorrow.
00:50:13.000 This does not change the reality on the ground unless you provide them with people to actually fly the planes, because I don't think they have nearly enough pilots to actually do what they need to do, unless you provide them with soldiers on the ground to be able to push people back, unless you provide them with ongoing security guarantees for the rest of time.
00:50:29.000 Right. That's the only thing that does this, and the world is not willing to do that.
00:50:32.000 Well, it's kind of what we did in the Cold War, where we sort of moved some of our dependence, at least our trading, to China.
00:50:37.000 Let's move it back. 0.83
00:50:39.000 Crisscross. At this point, it's like, okay, China, you don't get to be someone we rely on on account of the fact that you guys are communist dicks who killed like 10 million and tens of millions of people and you guys still support and have statues of the guy who did it. 0.99
00:50:50.000 So, we got our eye on them, but we're going to take our chances with Russia right now a little bit because they have an incentive. 0.99
00:50:56.000 If we have to pick from your commie crap... 1.00
00:50:58.000 Or these semi-commy crap artists who may have a chance at straightening up and flying right? 0.99
00:51:04.000 All right, let's give them the old college try. 0.95
00:51:08.000 It's just a thought.
00:51:09.000 I'm not saying we should trust them.
00:51:11.000 I'm saying there could be some good to come out of this, and we do need to be aware of the most significant threat, of course, which is not just to the United States, to the entire world, is China.
00:51:20.000 And by the way, you know who would agree with that statement if they were honest?
00:51:23.000 The left.
00:51:24.000 Yeah. Because they believe the greatest threat is climate change, right?
00:51:27.000 We believe the greatest threat is fascism, is the destruction of freedom.
00:51:34.000 For example, falling birth rates, the anti-humanist agenda.
00:51:38.000 Of course, you would say, oh, okay, biggest power there is China. 0.92
00:51:41.000 But the left would also say, wait a second, we're most afraid the biggest threat is climate change and the biggest emitter who doesn't give a shit as to your international agreements and will continue to create coal plants and will continue to have unsafe, unclean mining extraction processes, 0.96
00:51:56.000 refining processes. 0.96
00:51:57.000 China, we should all be on the same page.
00:52:00.000 You should believe they're the biggest threat because you think that climate change is the biggest existential threat to the world?
00:52:06.000 We think that, well, you know, communism is.
00:52:10.000 Hey, let's find some common ground.
00:52:12.000 Maybe there's some concessions to be made.
00:52:14.000 Let me tell you where you don't have to make any concessions is during your mortgage refinance.
00:52:18.000 *phone rings*
00:52:25.000 Hello, Chase Vanguard.
00:52:26.000 Too big to fail.
00:52:27.000 How can I help you?
00:52:29.000 Oh, yeah, sure.
00:52:31.000 We can help you refinance your house.
00:52:33.000 How's, uh, 28% sound?
00:52:38.000 Oh, well, maybe your kids shouldn't have gotten so sick.
00:52:41.000 Maybe you go tell them to eat one of those blue popsicles or something.
00:52:48.000 Okay, well, best I can do is 27.5%.
00:52:52.000 And to be honest, you sound like a very selfish person.
00:52:56.000 Is that really how you want your family to remember you?
00:53:00.000 Oh. It's just you and the kid, huh?
00:53:04.000 Well, my heart goes out to you and...
00:53:07.000 Yeah, that's very sad.
00:53:08.000 So I think I'd be willing to give you 29%.
00:53:10.000 That's too big to fail.
00:53:13.000 All right, sounds great.
00:53:15.000 Yeah, yeah, sounds great.
00:53:17.000 And hey, maybe your son and you can learn a lesson from all this.
00:53:21.000 Yeah. Yeah, all right.
00:53:23.000 Well, payments due at the end of the month, or you, sir, will be setting a table for one.
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00:53:47.000 Gotta say that.
00:53:49.000 I wonder if they could help us finance Crimea.
00:53:52.000 I don't think it's up for sale.
00:53:54.000 Those interest rates spare nobody.
00:53:56.000 What do you call Ukrainian financing or Russian financing?
00:53:58.000 I just take it.
00:53:59.000 Hey! It's time for my half-Asian lawyer, Bill Richmond.
00:54:04.000 He's here to talk about a Supreme Court case relating to concealed carry.
00:54:08.000 Let's get to Hardly Legal.
00:54:14.000 Mr. Kim Jong-Bill on Instagram, and it's Hardly Legal, is the show on YouTube, and that's where you guys take legal questions, right?
00:54:21.000 Give advice?
00:54:21.000 We do, yeah.
00:54:22.000 Real Americans, Real Legal Issues call in anonymously.
00:54:25.000 We give them a little advice, and we laugh along the way.
00:54:28.000 We've got headliner comedians in third chair.
00:54:31.000 Oh, very nice.
00:54:32.000 And do you ever deliberately give bad legal advice?
00:54:34.000 No, never deliberately.
00:54:36.000 So just me.
00:54:37.000 Yeah. So this is an interesting case that you brought to our attention.
00:54:43.000 The Supreme Court rejected there was an appeal from Minnesota, right?
00:54:47.000 And I have a clip here.
00:54:47.000 They wanted to reinstate a ban on gun carry permits for 18 to 20 year olds?
00:54:52.000 Correct. That's what it was.
00:54:53.000 OK, let me show the clip and then have you explain it, because this is a pretty big deal.
00:54:56.000 The Supreme Court has decided it will not review an appeals court's ruling that blocks a gun ban in Minnesota.
00:55:03.000 That means Minnesota's gun ban for adults under 21 years old will not be enforced.
00:55:09.000 Hmm. Okay,
00:55:25.000 so explain to us the ins and outs here.
00:55:27.000 What was the complaint coming from Minnesota?
00:55:30.000 What's the legal term?
00:55:31.000 Yeah, so really the challenge was a number of organizations that have 18 to 20-year-olds that want to be able to carry handguns in public.
00:55:40.000 Sure. And the law since 2003 in Minnesota, and every state's a little bit different, said that you could not.
00:55:46.000 So even though you could legally possess one, you could not be carrying it in public.
00:55:51.000 And so finally they had a couple of individuals, I think it was three gentlemen and one lady, who were all between the ages of 18 to 20 at the time.
00:55:59.000 They were denied the application to be able to get that carry license.
00:56:04.000 So with the Supreme Court, with their decision, does this mean that...
00:56:08.000 Automatically, now in Minnesota, they can get their carry permit?
00:56:10.000 So what that means is the appellate court ruled in favor of the kids and said, you are not actually kids.
00:56:16.000 You are adults in the historical context.
00:56:18.000 And then the other side, the state, appealed it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
00:56:22.000 And the U.S. Supreme Court denied the writ of certiorari, which means they said, nope, looks good to us.
00:56:27.000 Yep. Go forth.
00:56:28.000 Hold on.
00:56:28.000 Hold on.
00:56:28.000 Carry on.
00:56:29.000 Bill. The Supreme Court just gave them the big middle fingers. 0.99
00:56:32.000 It just feels better.
00:56:34.000 No, no, no, no, no.
00:56:35.000 It's two middle fingers.
00:56:36.000 Thank you.
00:56:38.000 Yeah, they did.
00:56:39.000 It was even worse.
00:56:40.000 They went...
00:56:41.000 They even did the Ross.
00:56:51.000 It's weird.
00:56:53.000 Gorsuch was doing mechanical sounds.
00:56:57.000 It feels better that way.
00:56:58.000 But here's the funny...
00:56:59.000 I will say this as a layman.
00:57:01.000 Poor choice of words.
00:57:01.000 When they write these complaints and they petition it, they use...
00:57:05.000 I'm kind of surprised you would think there'd be some accountability or some kind of process.
00:57:09.000 When you're bringing this to court, like, hey, yeah, but that's a lie.
00:57:12.000 So the debunk stat, we've gone through this so many times, but it was included in their petition that firearms are the leading cause of death among children and teens.
00:57:19.000 And Governor Whitmer just talked about this again.
00:57:21.000 It's not even close.
00:57:22.000 That number that you see, it includes youth all the way up to age 24. And like 85% of the kids who were killed by guns were like 15 to 19 years old and they were gang members.
00:57:34.000 If you take that out and you actually include children, what people view as children, Guns aren't even top five.
00:57:41.000 It's not even close.
00:57:42.000 So they included that to justify, ah, we can't let 20-year-olds carry guns, which also makes no sense because they're not toddlers.
00:57:48.000 Right. So there's so many rights that are allowed to be had.
00:57:51.000 The argument of the state of Minnesota was very interesting because it was almost the opposite of what you would normally...
00:57:59.000 Right. Well,
00:58:24.000 there's some use for that, I guess.
00:58:26.000 Yeah! Kind of a hard thing, but can we start with driving?
00:58:29.000 Did they look at cars and say, well, 18 to 24 year olds, you're probably more likely to get into an accident.
00:58:36.000 They're newer drivers, so therefore you shouldn't be able to drive.
00:58:39.000 Here's the thing.
00:58:40.000 The car argument is even harder to make because you don't have a constitutional right.
00:58:44.000 You don't have a bill of right or an amendment directly related to the right to bear arms.
00:58:48.000 I know a guy who had a glass eye.
00:58:50.000 He passed his driving test by memorizing the letters.
00:58:52.000 Well, that's cheating.
00:58:53.000 Yeah! And also, good on him.
00:58:55.000 Yeah! Wait, isn't that just how a Tesla drives?
00:58:58.000 It just memorizes the roads and it's like, I got this left, right, oh, fuck! 0.99
00:59:02.000 I failed my eye exam in the state of Texas just handing me a license. 0.98
00:59:05.000 I'm not gonna lie, I never actually did take a driving test because I came from Quebec and it was a learner's permit and they didn't understand it.
00:59:13.000 They're like, whatever, here's your license.
00:59:15.000 I had to go through it for my motorcycle, my Class C license, but not even a fender bender.
00:59:21.000 There you go.
00:59:21.000 I've driven, I don't know how many, probably millions of miles at this point.
00:59:24.000 Here's the funny thing, too, though.
00:59:25.000 You mentioned that demographic.
00:59:26.000 And I want you to, you know, direct this to whatever you think is most pertinent.
00:59:30.000 We've talked about this before.
00:59:31.000 Concealed carry permit holders, they are the most law-abiding demographic that you can, if you were to take them, isolate them. 0.93
00:59:38.000 Group of Americans.
00:59:40.000 They literally have lower crime rates than police officers, off-duty police officers.
00:59:45.000 It's not even close.
00:59:46.000 We actually have right here the firearm violation rate.
00:59:48.000 For concealed carry holders, it's 1.4 per 100,000.
00:59:52.000 And with police officers, it's 16.5 per 100,000.
00:59:58.000 The overall crime rates.
01:00:00.000 Dude, this one is fascinating.
01:00:00.000 And we make all references publicly available.
01:00:02.000 So overall crime rates of these demographics.
01:00:04.000 You have concealed carry holders.
01:00:06.000 What's the overall crime rate?
01:00:07.000 The overall crime rate is about 10.8, call it 11, per 100,000.
01:00:10.000 Compare that to the general population.
01:00:12.000 So people out there are told to be afraid of their concealed carry.
01:00:14.000 They can take it out at any time and just become Yosemite Sam.
01:00:18.000 The general public is 3,800 per 100,000.
01:00:24.000 10.8 to 3,800 crimes.
01:00:28.000 Wow. Think about that.
01:00:30.000 How did they deal with that question, Bill?
01:00:31.000 Because their whole argument was based on this group being more likely to, more dangerous, I guess.
01:00:37.000 The Court of Appeals just said, these stats don't make any sense.
01:00:43.000 I don't know what to do with that.
01:00:44.000 I mean, literally, it's one of those super professional statements that's like, this is what the other side says.
01:00:47.000 We find no merit in it.
01:00:49.000 And then, you know, because it didn't actually add up.
01:00:52.000 And here's the thing is...
01:00:54.000 There are already restrictions related to the permitting process, right?
01:00:57.000 So you have to go through the background check.
01:00:59.000 You have to do a safety training.
01:01:01.000 And those things are still upheld.
01:01:03.000 So it's not like all of a sudden we went from, okay, now 18 to 20-year-olds are given a gun and a Red Bull and sent off into the street, right?
01:01:10.000 You know?
01:01:10.000 I mean, that's just not...
01:01:12.000 But if you read some of the articles, that's what you would think.
01:01:15.000 It's just the new Red Bull.
01:01:16.000 Some guy cliff diving, shooting a mag, shooting a desert eagle.
01:01:20.000 Here's a gold one in one hand, a silver in another, and here's some tracer rounds while you're at it.
01:01:25.000 No, I mean, it's not like that at all.
01:01:27.000 And that was actually cited by the Eighth Circuit.
01:01:30.000 They're like, well, you guys already have a lot of these restrictions that you passed those saying that they were really necessary to monitor everyone 18 or above, right?
01:01:38.000 Right. If you already got those in place, why do you have to do a blanket over this age group anyways?
01:01:44.000 Can I ask you, because this is something that's been a point of discussion for a long time in the firearm community, is this a signal at all, or what are the chances of there being a national sort of constitutional carry?
01:01:54.000 Do you think the Supreme Court would ever recognize that?
01:01:56.000 Do you think we're heading toward that?
01:01:57.000 I think that's the exact right question to be asked right now, because there are multiple circuits that all are in different stages of dealing with this issue.
01:02:05.000 So, for example, Colorado had an age ban.
01:02:08.000 It was upheld.
01:02:09.000 The 11th Circuit had one.
01:02:11.000 It was struck down.
01:02:12.000 The 4th Circuit just had new oral arguments on it.
01:02:14.000 This one was out of the 10th Circuit.
01:02:16.000 And then you had the 5th Circuit that covers Texas and Louisiana.
01:02:19.000 They ruled against age restrictions.
01:02:21.000 So we're looking at a circuit split, which is almost one of the perfect opportunities for the Supreme Court to come in and go, you guys say this, you guys say that, these guys win.
01:02:30.000 Mic drop.
01:02:31.000 Do you think that maybe some of this is not?
01:02:33.000 Because the Second Amendment, you know, is pretty clear.
01:02:34.000 So either, okay, you have the right to own a firearm, then some people argue about carrying, or not.
01:02:38.000 Do you think some of the waters here are muddied because we're not super clear as to what defines an adult?
01:02:44.000 In other words, 18 but 21 to drink.
01:02:46.000 Do you think this might actually be a de facto way of settling that issue where it's like, okay, either you're an adult or you're not, so you get to enjoy your Second Amendment rights or you don't?
01:02:54.000 Correct. That was a big part of the argument.
01:02:55.000 What is an adult?
01:02:56.000 And some of it was a little confusing because there were restrictions in the past for 18- to 20-year-olds voting, and then there was a time when they were not, and then there was restrictions on certain land ownership versus non-land ownership over time, and these were the statutes that were talked about over time.
01:03:12.000 But eventually what they came down to is they said, look, this was meant to allow adults to have the right to bear arms with the minimal amount of restrictions set out in the Constitution and the other case law that's And they said there's no specific reason why we treat these folks as adults now.
01:03:28.000 And as the founders had said, adults should be able to carry handguns in public.
01:03:33.000 Right. There you go.
01:03:34.000 So, you know what?
01:03:35.000 I guess Johnny Cash was wrong.
01:03:37.000 Do take your guns to town.
01:03:38.000 The show is Hardly Legal with Bill Richman on YouTube.
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01:03:42.000 Yeah, Rumble, iTunes, Spotify.
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01:03:54.000 For those of you who are not members, we're going to be sending you to Tim Pool right now.
01:03:58.000 He has a lot to talk about.