Real Coffee with Scott Adams - Episode 2657 CWSA 11⧸12⧸24

00:00:00.000 Thank you.

00:00:30.000 Thank you.

00:01:00.000 Are you good now? Everybody happy?

00:01:04.420 Let me make sure I've got sound now.

00:01:08.880 You got sound? Everybody good?

00:01:13.320 Yeah, there you go.

00:01:14.720 There's an interface oddity on the Rumble Studio, which is that when you press the unmute button, it takes a few seconds to take hold.

00:01:29.600 And if you're in a hurry, you click it once and then you think, oh, that'll work.

00:01:35.020 But you have to click it just right.

00:01:37.440 So sometimes you have to click it and then wait five seconds to see if it really clicked.

00:01:41.540 And I didn't wait five seconds.

00:01:43.040 I was ambitious. I wanted to jump right in.

00:01:47.800 But I think there's something you missed.

00:01:49.680 Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the highlight of human civilization.

00:01:57.020 It's called Coffee with Scott Adams.

00:01:58.660 And when it's finally working, it's a wonder to behold.

00:02:02.720 But if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny, shiny human brains,

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00:02:15.940 Fill it with your favorite liquid.

00:02:17.180 I like coffee.

00:02:18.440 And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of dopamine at the end of the day, the thing that makes everything better.

00:02:24.560 It's called the simultaneous sip and habits.

00:02:27.120 Right now.

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00:02:34.540 Special thank you to Paul.

00:02:36.360 Thank you for the alert.

00:02:38.400 I needed that.

00:02:39.700 Because I wasn't quite sure what I was seeing there.

00:02:44.500 All right.

00:02:45.380 Here's a little thing called reciprocity.

00:02:47.880 You ready for this?

00:02:49.860 Reciprocity.

00:02:50.520 It's a good thing.

00:02:52.540 So as you know, Mark Cuban was playing for the Kamala Harris team, and she didn't win.

00:03:02.500 And Mark Cuban took quite a hit.

00:03:04.880 But on the other hand, I do like the fact that he played the game.

00:03:09.700 He played it hard.

00:03:12.260 And then when he didn't win, when it turned out that Trump was the winner, Mark Cuban simply thanked him and said congratulations and congratulated Elon Musk.

00:03:24.020 And I said to myself, that's how I want my country to work, play hard, play fair, get over it, move on.

00:03:32.400 And so I'm going to give a little shout out to Mark Cuban's, one of his companies I didn't know he had, which sounds like a really good idea.

00:03:41.380 So it looks like he's got some kind of a company called Labdor, Labdor, that will test your supplements to find out if they're real, which weirdly I was just wanting to do.

00:03:54.680 So it was actually in my mind, because I'm taking some general supplements.

00:04:01.420 And I thought, I don't even know if these are real.

00:04:04.320 So he's got a company that you can send your supplement in and find none of his real called Labdor.

00:04:09.660 It looks like a startup.

00:04:12.580 And I think even some of the best-selling brands might be worth a check.

00:04:18.260 That's what they say.

00:04:19.700 So anyway, this is reciprocity.

00:04:24.040 Mark Cuban played fair.

00:04:27.400 He gets some reciprocity.

00:04:28.580 But I think it sounds like a good idea anyway.

00:04:32.020 So if you were looking for that kind of a service, there you go.

00:04:35.220 It's called Labdor.

00:04:37.940 There was a study that showed that Americans like to look for news that agrees with them and just makes them feel good because it agrees with them.

00:04:50.620 Whereas Japan and Hong Kong readers like to explore diverse perspectives.

00:04:56.820 What does that tell you about the Asian consumers versus the American consumers?

00:05:04.780 So the Americans go for the news that agrees with them.

00:05:09.400 And at least these two Asian groups are looking for news that's diverse so they can see all sides.

00:05:16.100 Well, the first thing you need to know is that if you were in Japan or Hong Kong, the news would not be that diverse.

00:05:22.900 So when you don't have diversity, you go looking for it.

00:05:26.820 So that's what they're doing.

00:05:29.720 But in our country, we have the most diverse news you could possibly have.

00:05:34.680 And so I think here we just go for the dopamine hit.

00:05:38.040 I mean, our news is not real for the most part.

00:05:41.040 The news is mostly to make you feel a certain way.

00:05:44.980 And if it makes you feel good, it's a dopamine hit.

00:05:47.280 If it makes you feel bad, it's bad.

00:05:48.820 So you avoid the bad stuff.

00:05:50.260 So you go for the stuff that agrees with you.

00:05:51.980 Here's a scientific fact you didn't see coming, according to the bite.

00:06:00.100 Microplastics are somehow getting into the air and getting into clouds.

00:06:05.400 And then you say to yourself, uh-oh, that sounds bad.

00:06:11.780 You got plastic in your clouds.

00:06:13.800 But it turns out that the plastic in the clouds might seed the clouds and make it rain more,

00:06:18.960 which would then put more plastic in the ground.

00:06:22.400 So maybe the plastic part's bad.

00:06:25.940 But I ask you this question for the millionth time.

00:06:31.560 Did our climate models include a variable for microplastics increasing the cloud cover and rainfall?

00:06:40.480 Just wondering.

00:06:41.840 I'm just wondering.

00:06:42.940 Did they leave that out?

00:06:44.180 Because if it's completely irrelevant, why is there a big story about it?

00:06:49.440 And if it's completely irrelevant, it seems like there is something very big left out of the models.

00:06:55.640 But if you're worried about the microplastics, fear no more.

00:07:01.040 Because there's a plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya.

00:07:04.960 It's the first of its kind in Africa, according to the conversation.

00:07:10.020 That's the name of the publication.

00:07:11.960 So apparently there's this little mealworm larvae that can consume polystyrene.

00:07:20.120 So there's a small group of insects that are capable of breaking plastic down.

00:07:26.780 Now, I'm pretty sure there's a way this could go off the rails.

00:07:32.240 We could have, like, an immense number of mealworm larvae.

00:07:37.900 I don't really want to live in a world that's polluted with microplastics, but I'm not really that much crazier about replacing my microplastics with gigantic floating armies of mealworm larvae.

00:07:53.360 So, anyway, maybe there's a way to keep them in a cage and still eat the microplastics.

00:07:57.820 Here's some good news, because it's the golden age, and it's the only good news from now on.

00:08:04.580 But is it good enough?

00:08:06.320 According to the Financial Post, the U.S. has plans to triple its nuclear power by 2050.

00:08:13.460 Triple its nuclear power.

00:08:15.240 Now, you might say, Scott, I've been listening to you for years, and you've been saying for years, nuclear is green.

00:08:22.720 And you need to ramp up that nuclear.

00:08:27.180 And so should I be happy that the U.S. is going to triple its nuclear power by 2050?

00:08:34.700 Well, I don't know.

00:08:37.560 You know, between Bitcoin and AI and all the power that's going to need, and who knows, maybe self-driving taxis are going to need some electricity, too.

00:08:46.620 I don't think tripling by 2050 is even close.

00:08:53.580 Tripling your nuclear power by 2050 seems like 5% to 10% of what we need.

00:09:02.020 Like, I worry that we're not even in the zip code of enough, the AI people would tell us.

00:09:08.400 But it does show that even the Biden administration is very pro-nuclear power.

00:09:13.800 I think the Trump administration will be equally, if not more.

00:09:18.820 So that's all good news.

00:09:20.260 At least it's a green light for nuclear power.

00:09:23.100 And, you know, you watched me advocate for years to get the green light for nuclear power.

00:09:29.780 And we have it.

00:09:31.820 Did you know that Ozempic, the claim is, it's the drug that's being used for weight loss.

00:09:38.680 And apparently there are, at least anecdotally, people are thinking that it might be helping with diabetes.

00:09:46.740 And you say to yourself, well, obviously, if people lose weight, you know, that's going to help them with their diabetes.

00:09:52.760 But there is some suggestion, strong suggestion, that it helps independent of weight loss.

00:09:58.580 But it also helps with skin issues.

00:10:01.300 It's an anti-inflammatory.

00:10:03.140 It might help with arthritis.

00:10:04.620 Looks like it can help with drug and alcohol addiction.

00:10:07.480 Might help for Alzheimer's patients.

00:10:09.560 Might reduce your heart attacks and strokes.

00:10:12.300 What does that sound like to you?

00:10:16.300 Is there any drug that you've heard of before that was made for one purpose?

00:10:20.400 And then later, miraculously, turns out all these other things it might help with.

00:10:27.180 Do you know what it reminds me of?

00:10:30.320 Statins.

00:10:32.680 Doesn't that sound familiar?

00:10:34.840 Statins.

00:10:35.940 I remember when statins were for cholesterol, right?

00:10:40.060 And then I remember my doctor told me one day, this is a real conversation.

00:10:45.280 My doctor told me that the research was showing that statins were so good for you in so many different ways beyond just cholesterol that he was on the verge of just prescribing it for all of his patients.

00:11:01.740 Lee, he didn't do that.

00:11:02.720 But he said, gosh, it's just so good for so many things.

00:11:06.700 I'm going to prescribe it for everybody.

00:11:09.060 Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but statins are now sort of on the ounce.

00:11:17.800 People are saying maybe they weren't so safe after all or not so useful.

00:11:22.160 I'm not fully up on that story, but it reminds me of that.

00:11:26.320 And so I say to myself, is it likely that Ozempic is useful in all these completely unrelated things?

00:11:33.880 Or is it more likely that the people who make Ozempic are putting out some studies and trying to convince people that it has many more uses so that the Ozempic people can make many more dollars?

00:11:49.060 So I'm going to say I'm a skeptic on this.

00:11:53.420 I'm not against Ozempic because I don't know enough one way or the other.

00:11:56.880 But I'm a skeptic that it has all these benefits without much in the way of risk.

00:12:03.820 That would be amazing.

00:12:05.840 It would be amazing if it's true.

00:12:08.500 But I'm going to stay skeptical on this for a while.

00:12:13.780 I saw a presentation online that said that you need a full eight seconds of a hug for the oxytocin to kick in.

00:12:22.780 So you don't get like a full oxytocin hit from your friends where you just give them like the three second hug.

00:12:30.640 You've got to embrace them and hold them.

00:12:32.620 Don't let them get away.

00:12:34.340 Especially your co-workers.

00:12:36.400 If you're in the office where sometimes your co-workers will hug you, don't let them go.

00:12:41.720 You've got to hold them for the full eight seconds.

00:12:43.800 And that's just the beginning.

00:12:46.000 It only begins in eight seconds.

00:12:47.740 And apparently there's research that says the oxytocin doesn't just feel good.

00:12:53.840 It's good for your brain.

00:12:55.500 Apparently it's good for your brain health.

00:12:57.840 And I have other benefits like muscle regeneration.

00:13:03.800 And it reduces age-related loss of muscle mass.

00:13:06.760 So apparently, if you can get somebody who is dumb enough to hug you, the best thing you can do for your health is to trap them.

00:13:17.160 And make sure that they don't get down for like, I don't know, two or three minutes.

00:13:22.760 Really get a good dose of that oxytocin.

00:13:26.440 Okay, that's the worst advice I've ever given.

00:13:28.900 Don't hug people more than they want to be hugged.

00:13:31.760 Unless you want to steal their oxytocin.

00:13:33.920 And then, yeah, don't let them go.

00:13:39.760 So that's my bad advice for the day.

00:13:43.080 The Oprah story for the day is that Oprah has claimed that she did not receive payment of $1 million or any payment from the Harris campaign for her interview that she did with Harris and then endorsed her.

00:13:58.760 However, now this news comes from Oprah herself.

00:14:02.240 So somebody tracked her down in Hawaii, I think, and she said, I was not paid for that.

00:14:08.520 Now, there are two documents that show that her production company was paid, two payments of half a million each, which means that she was paid a million dollars.

00:14:23.540 So what is true?

00:14:25.940 Was Oprah paid a million dollars?

00:14:28.960 Because there are actually records of it.

00:14:32.180 Or when she looked at the camera and said, I was not paid a penny.

00:14:36.460 Was that true?

00:14:38.320 The answer is, they're both true.

00:14:41.780 This is one of those stories where I have like a little extra window into it because I'm a public figure.

00:14:51.880 It is very common for public figures to be offered elaborate travel expenses, but not payment.

00:15:03.120 So, for example, if a college says, hey, we want you to come give a speech at commencement and we'll give you like an honorary degree.

00:15:14.480 And I'd be like, no, thanks.

00:15:17.520 Sounds like a lot of work for nothing.

00:15:19.100 And then they'd be, but we will pay for your travel.

00:15:23.380 First class flight, you know, best hotel in the city, pay for all your meals.

00:15:30.000 And then I'd be like, no, thanks.

00:15:32.400 I still wouldn't do it.

00:15:33.280 But you can imagine how some people would if they cared about the event.

00:15:39.140 You know, if it was a political event and they wanted to weigh in, they might do that.

00:15:43.220 So here's what I think happened.

00:15:44.820 And I would place a reasonably large bet that I'm right about this.

00:15:51.040 Somebody contacted Oprah and said, would you be willing to come here and do this?

00:15:57.520 Oprah said, yes.

00:16:00.040 Talk to my production company to set it up.

00:16:03.200 The production company said, all right, and how much are you paying for this?

00:16:07.240 And then they said, we're not paying for it.

00:16:09.400 Oprah's just coming here and she's going to do her thing.

00:16:12.580 And then the production company, who is working for Oprah, but also probably trying to maximize

00:16:19.180 profits within their company so that they can keep their job.

00:16:23.940 So the production company says, I understand you have lots of like money donated by people.

00:16:30.840 You've got a big ton of campaign money, right?

00:16:33.560 And then the campaign would say, well, yes, we do.

00:16:36.240 We want to use it for advertisements.

00:16:37.840 And then the production company says, well, you should at least pay for the production company.

00:16:44.680 So you should fly first.

00:16:46.740 You should fly Oprah in on her private jet and pay for the cost of the travel, which would just be the gas, I guess, and the pilots.

00:16:55.200 And then, of course, when she travels, she brings 20 people and her dogs and we all get like a whole a whole floor of your best hotel.

00:17:07.140 Then we may build a set and then we may have to like everybody's got meals and everything.

00:17:13.040 And then you can imagine the production company trying to come up with a budget for that.

00:17:17.520 And then the campaign says, well, what the hell is all that going to cost?

00:17:21.940 And then the production company goes, oh, let me check.

00:17:24.440 And they come back and they go, it's $1 million, meaning they didn't really check.

00:17:32.700 They just tried to figure out what number was big enough that they would say yes, but not so big that it was ridiculous.

00:17:38.320 So probably the production company negotiated to cover their own expenses, which were extravagant because probably when Oprah travels, it's like it's like the queen traveling and probably they overcharged the campaign by a lot.

00:17:56.300 But probably it did not go directly into Oprah's wallet.

00:18:01.800 It went into the production company and then got mixed in with the production company's costs and revenues and may or may not have made her money.

00:18:11.980 So is it possible that Oprah came out ahead?

00:18:14.140 Yes.

00:18:15.360 Yes, it is.

00:18:16.440 Is she lying when she said she wasn't paid a penny?

00:18:19.820 Probably not.

00:18:21.500 She probably told the truth when she said she wasn't paid.

00:18:24.060 If they had asked the further question, was the production company that you own and you benefit from their success, were they paid?

00:18:33.800 Probably yes.

00:18:35.360 And then she would say to cover expenses.

00:18:37.660 Probably.

00:18:39.680 So anyway, that's just my speculation.

00:18:43.500 According to the Gateway Pundit, there were four counties in Michigan that had uncounted votes and at least one of them ended up flipping a seat that they thought was

00:18:53.960 already decided.

00:18:56.920 So does that give you any pause?

00:19:00.080 Now, it turns out that the seat that was flipped was for a Republican.

00:19:03.660 So they found a bunch of votes.

00:19:05.960 Found.

00:19:07.520 Found the votes.

00:19:09.200 Huh.

00:19:10.540 Who would ever use language like that?

00:19:13.220 Find votes.

00:19:14.180 But it turns out in Michigan, there was a Republican who looked like they lost, but in the end they won.

00:19:21.840 Do you know why?

00:19:23.520 Because they found votes.

00:19:27.740 Now, apparently it's not a Republican area.

00:19:30.600 So nobody thinks that found means that they cheated and created votes that don't exist.

00:19:35.600 They actually literally didn't know the votes existed and they found them.

00:19:39.240 They found votes.

00:19:42.180 Finding votes is real, people.

00:19:45.680 Apparently, our elections are so disorganized that the idea that there could be votes uncounted, even after you've decided who won, it's apparently a real thing.

00:19:56.820 It's happening right here in Michigan in real time.

00:19:58.900 Now, that doesn't mean that, you know, Georgia in 2020 had some unfound votes, but it does mean that if you're using that language, you just need to find this many votes, that that is completely compatible with our modern election system producing surprises after the outcome.

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00:21:21.880 Yeah, but what about this?

00:21:23.920 So the red wave is apparently continuing, if you want to call it a red wave.

00:21:29.280 So at the moment, the Republicans have 218 seats.

00:21:33.020 The Democrats have 209 in the House.

00:21:35.840 That would give Republicans control.

00:21:37.740 Well, there are a few races still outstanding, but not enough for Democrats to catch up.

00:21:43.980 Now, how close does this need to be to a tie before the House is useless?

00:21:50.940 It's not very, like, it's not like if they have a one-vote advantage that the Republicans can go hog wild, right?

00:21:58.220 Because that one vote will never be enough.

00:22:01.400 But is it eight votes?

00:22:04.800 Nine votes?

00:22:06.580 If they had eight or nine votes, could the Republicans be pretty confident they'd get everything they wanted?

00:22:12.100 I'm not sure what that number is.

00:22:13.700 But we're right on, I think we're on the cusp of you could get anything you wanted.

00:22:19.560 I'm not sure.

00:22:21.980 Other conversations about who's taking what job.

00:22:24.800 Apparently, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine would consider Vivek.

00:22:30.380 So I guess since J.D. Vance will be leaving the senatorship in Ohio,

00:22:34.920 the governor can appoint somebody short-term,

00:22:38.640 and that person would be, you know, the front-runner to run for re-election, of course.

00:22:44.740 But Vivek's name came up.

00:22:46.040 We haven't heard from Vivek if he'd be interested in that.

00:22:48.900 I think at one point he didn't rule it out.

00:22:51.740 But other than that, we don't know.

00:22:53.500 What do you think of Vivek as a governor?

00:22:56.720 Obviously, he could do it.

00:22:58.260 Obviously, he'd be good at it.

00:22:59.560 But I'm not sure that's big enough.

00:23:03.680 I think Vivek has already demonstrated that we could use him at a national level.

00:23:11.560 But on the other hand, if he needs to, you know, let's say, put in some time,

00:23:18.040 you know, he has to do some serious governance before someday he runs for president, I assume.

00:23:23.780 That might make sense.

00:23:25.780 Might make sense.

00:23:26.540 So I would feel a little bit, I would feel a little bit deprived nationally if he were used for a state.

00:23:35.260 But, you know, if you come up for air in four to eight years,

00:23:39.260 maybe that turned out to be the wisest thing he could have ever done.

00:23:42.880 I don't know.

00:23:43.420 I think that would have as much to do with his personal life and, you know, his kids

00:23:48.200 and whether he wanted to live in Washington or be political but live in the same state he wants to live in.

00:23:53.920 So a lot of considerations.

00:23:55.320 Meanwhile, Carrie Lake, according to some projections, but not all, has not won in Arizona.

00:24:06.720 So that would mean Ruben Gallego would be the winner.

00:24:10.700 Now, the votes are not all counted.

00:24:15.260 So I think that technically there would be some chance that she could win,

00:24:19.580 but that would require a lot of finding votes.

00:24:22.700 So it doesn't look like it's going to happen, but it's not physically impossible.

00:24:28.880 However, this would mean that there are more states this time that split the ticket,

00:24:36.460 meaning that they would vote for Trump overall in the state.

00:24:39.620 But when they looked for their senator, they would pick the other party.

00:24:44.960 Don't you expect that would almost never happen?

00:24:47.700 Now, in the real world, it turns out it almost never happens.

00:24:51.000 But it happened like four times, four different states, I think, which is a little suspicious.

00:24:57.860 So in Maricopa, we're being told to believe, I think it was a gateway pundit or something who said this,

00:25:10.420 we're being asked to believe that 100,000 people voted for Trump for president,

00:25:15.500 but they preferred as their senator an open-borders Marxist.

00:25:22.780 That's how Gallego was being described by, I think it was a gateway pundit.

00:25:31.000 So does that sound real?

00:25:33.780 Do you think that there really could be a whole bunch of people who say,

00:25:37.620 oh, give me the open borders person for a senator,

00:25:40.560 but give me the president who's going to close the border?

00:25:42.720 It does seem a little unusual, but I did see some reaction that AOC got

00:25:50.020 when she asked why would people in her district vote for her but also vote for Trump?

00:25:57.400 And then she showed some of the responses on X.

00:26:00.080 They were actually fascinating.

00:26:02.380 That was actually AOC doing something quite useful and educational there for all of us.

00:26:08.440 Their reasons were not ones you would agree with,

00:26:10.920 but it was stuff like they both are fighting the system.

00:26:18.340 You say, what?

00:26:19.920 Oh, yeah.

00:26:20.440 Well, Trump is fighting the system,

00:26:22.420 and AOC is fighting the system in a totally different way.

00:26:26.320 So people who like people who are fighting the system like both Trump and AOC.

00:26:30.060 Now, you wouldn't really necessarily come up with that on your own.

00:26:36.760 But anyway.

00:26:40.860 So I'm seeing in the comments the graph that shows that Trump won all of the states

00:26:48.580 where you have to show your ID,

00:26:50.640 and Harris won all of the states where you don't have to show your ID,

00:26:54.600 which would suggest that cheating is the reason that Democrats won anything.

00:27:01.040 However, that's not the cause and effect you should be looking at.

00:27:05.240 So that feels like misleading, at least,

00:27:09.840 because being a blue state is all you need to not to say no to ID.

00:27:15.660 So you may have your cause and effect backwards.

00:27:18.560 It's entirely possible, and I will agree,

00:27:21.560 that it could be that the only reason some states are blue

00:27:24.140 is because they don't check the ID of the voters.

00:27:26.700 That's possible.

00:27:27.660 It is far more likely and obvious that if they're blue,

00:27:32.780 they agree with all the things that blue states say.

00:27:35.900 And so they just all say the same thing.

00:27:37.900 So you would get the same exact map,

00:27:40.540 whether the only thing that was happening

00:27:42.420 was they were just agreeing with their team

00:27:44.220 or it was a massive coordinated RICO plan to steal elections.

00:27:51.600 The map would be exactly the same.

00:27:53.580 So does that prove that there was or was not cheating in those blue states?

00:27:59.200 No, it doesn't tell you anything one way or the other.

00:28:02.440 That map would look exactly the same

00:28:04.840 if there were cheating or no cheating.

00:28:10.920 So anyway, do you believe that four states

00:28:13.780 had different senator selections than they did president?

00:28:20.620 I think maybe.

00:28:21.640 Yeah, as weird as that is,

00:28:24.940 it's within the realm of possibility.

00:28:27.500 It's hard to believe.

00:28:29.820 So, I mean, I wouldn't bet my house on it,

00:28:32.720 but it's within the realm of roughly believable.

00:28:36.760 It's a weird year.

00:28:39.280 Well, but more importantly,

00:28:41.340 a rear admiral is going to give

00:28:44.500 some kind of testimony to Congress coming up

00:28:47.340 about underwater UFOs

00:28:49.520 that have been tailing nuclear subs.

00:28:54.360 So apparently the nuclear subs

00:28:56.300 have had some kind of object

00:28:58.200 trying to get in their behind,

00:29:02.780 and the rear admiral is telling us about it.

00:29:06.040 And here's my take.

00:29:08.740 I really don't care how credible the witnesses are

00:29:14.780 when it comes to UFOs.

00:29:17.600 There's no such thing as a credible witness

00:29:19.980 when it comes to a UFO.

00:29:21.860 You know what I would call credible?

00:29:24.900 Somebody shows me the ship,

00:29:27.020 and I can touch it.

00:29:28.600 I mean, maybe then.

00:29:32.060 But, no, I don't believe in UFOs in the air,

00:29:35.220 and I don't believe in underwater UFOs.

00:29:37.960 But I will point out

00:29:39.280 that if you were an advanced civilization

00:29:42.360 from another planet,

00:29:44.620 and you had the ability to visit Earth,

00:29:48.140 wouldn't you be more interested

00:29:49.580 in what was underwater

00:29:50.640 than what's above water?

00:29:52.820 We live outside of water,

00:29:55.340 so we just assume

00:29:56.560 that the interesting stuff is on the surface.

00:29:59.040 But if you were exploring Earth,

00:30:00.680 it's mostly ocean.

00:30:02.860 Most of the Earth is ocean.

00:30:04.720 So you'd say,

00:30:05.420 hey, it looks like there's stuff on the top,

00:30:07.140 but what's in this big water thing?

00:30:09.140 And then they'd be exploring the ocean,

00:30:11.240 and they'd say,

00:30:11.960 well, this is the only interesting part of the Earth.

00:30:15.340 That's where all the action's happening.

00:30:17.280 And their ships could handle it,

00:30:18.640 so they'd just be checking out the ocean all day long.

00:30:22.320 Now, that's possible.

00:30:24.560 In my opinion, there are no UFOs.

00:30:27.080 Whatever the reason,

00:30:29.180 whatever the explanation is,

00:30:30.480 it's probably some grab bag

00:30:32.080 of normal cognitive things

00:30:35.360 and liars and CIA

00:30:37.300 and some other stuff.

00:30:39.060 But there's one thing I'm very curious about.

00:30:43.840 If we have underwater UFOs,

00:30:45.700 is it possible,

00:30:47.520 and maybe this is too much to ask for,

00:30:49.660 do we have underwater Bigfoots?

00:30:53.340 Because I'm very,

00:30:55.340 I'm always looking for a Bigfoot,

00:30:57.160 but I never see one above ground.

00:30:59.840 Could it be that like UFOs,

00:31:01.060 we assume that Bigfoots like to be on land

00:31:04.800 or above the water,

00:31:06.580 but maybe they're just good swimmers.

00:31:08.660 Okay, hold their breath for a long time.

00:31:10.860 So maybe underwater Bigfoots are coming too.

00:31:14.080 But in the meantime,

00:31:14.980 we'll only have underwater UFOs to live with.

00:31:17.840 That's okay too.

00:31:19.940 Alex Jones says that Infowars,

00:31:21.900 his company is going to shut down

00:31:23.480 this Wednesday,

00:31:25.420 ahead of the court-ordered auction.

00:31:27.640 Now, it doesn't mean he's shut down.

00:31:31.060 It means that it has to be auctioned off,

00:31:34.060 which could include a friendly buyer buying it

00:31:37.640 and just hiring back to work, I guess.

00:31:40.860 Possible.

00:31:42.960 So the question I have is,

00:31:44.880 how does Alex Jones ever make money again

00:31:47.540 if he's on the hook to pay for some,

00:31:50.080 you know, ungodly judgment from the court?

00:31:54.200 Even if you bought the company for him,

00:31:56.380 like just to do him a favor,

00:31:57.960 and then hired him back at his original pay,

00:32:01.560 would he just have to give 80% of it away?

00:32:04.800 Like forever?

00:32:06.500 I don't know how that works.

00:32:08.220 Or can you do something where,

00:32:10.920 I don't know,

00:32:11.420 you pay his wife instead of him

00:32:12.980 and then he can enjoy it the same way?

00:32:15.780 I don't know.

00:32:17.260 So I got lots of questions about Infowars,

00:32:19.380 Infowars, but my big question is,

00:32:21.700 will it continue?

00:32:25.740 I'm sure that Alex Jones is not done,

00:32:28.000 so it will continue one way or the other.

00:32:31.980 Well, here's the thing that everybody

00:32:34.620 should have been able to predict.

00:32:36.560 We're going to talk about Trump,

00:32:40.340 how he won so handily this election,

00:32:42.240 but identity politics was guaranteed

00:32:46.560 to destroy the Democrats.

00:32:48.920 Does everybody know that?

00:32:51.460 The natural progression on paper

00:32:54.900 is that it destroys itself.

00:32:56.840 It's a self-destroying philosophy

00:32:58.760 because on day one,

00:33:01.380 you say,

00:33:02.460 all right,

00:33:03.380 I'm a woman

00:33:04.360 and you're black

00:33:06.000 and we're both Democrats.

00:33:08.640 How about we work together?

00:33:10.660 And then you say,

00:33:11.520 all right,

00:33:11.880 what do you want?

00:33:12.740 Well, I want abortion stuff.

00:33:14.200 Can you back that?

00:33:15.160 I think I can.

00:33:16.600 What do you want?

00:33:17.860 I want reparations

00:33:18.840 and maybe some DEI stuff.

00:33:21.300 Can you back that?

00:33:22.680 Yes, I can.

00:33:23.320 I can back that.

00:33:24.600 So you got,

00:33:25.380 you know,

00:33:25.620 two different groups,

00:33:26.860 let's say black Americans

00:33:28.180 and women.

00:33:31.300 And if there's only two of them,

00:33:33.200 they could probably figure out

00:33:34.660 how to get something.

00:33:36.580 But then you find,

00:33:37.360 well,

00:33:37.780 but they're also black people

00:33:39.600 who are women.

00:33:40.560 And so you got the intersectionality

00:33:42.400 and then you got your LGBTQs

00:33:44.960 and you got your everything else.

00:33:47.520 And the next thing you know,

00:33:49.120 you're fighting with each other

00:33:51.680 because if you're fighting for,

00:33:54.360 let's say,

00:33:55.180 what the Hispanic population is getting

00:33:57.620 as they come into this country,

00:33:58.960 then the black Americans say,

00:34:01.440 wait a minute,

00:34:02.460 this Democrat party

00:34:03.520 is where people like me

00:34:04.680 are supposed to get more stuff.

00:34:05.780 why are you giving it

00:34:07.440 to somebody else?

00:34:08.240 Well,

00:34:08.880 we're very diverse.

00:34:10.580 We like the diversity,

00:34:11.940 don't we?

00:34:12.820 So the natural way

00:34:14.540 that the identity politics

00:34:17.180 was going to go

00:34:18.120 is that if you're thinking

00:34:19.800 about yourself,

00:34:21.020 you're going to be unhappy

00:34:23.200 and unsuccessful.

00:34:24.820 Have you heard all the science

00:34:26.080 that says that the longer

00:34:27.280 you think about yourself,

00:34:28.440 the unhappier you are?

00:34:29.480 Now relate that

00:34:31.620 to identity politics.

00:34:35.020 Just think about that.

00:34:36.600 When I walk into a public place,

00:34:39.020 I think I'm in America

00:34:40.840 with Americans.

00:34:43.280 So I feel like I fit everywhere.

00:34:45.520 I'm in America

00:34:46.460 and I'm surrounded by Americans.

00:34:48.240 Oh, I belong here.

00:34:49.920 Now suppose you're

00:34:50.840 an identity person.

00:34:52.900 You walk into a crowd

00:34:54.080 and you say,

00:34:54.540 hmm, I'm gay.

00:34:56.020 Most of these people

00:34:56.720 are not gay.

00:34:57.260 I don't know if I fit.

00:34:57.940 So you'd be thinking

00:34:59.640 about yourself.

00:35:01.160 But I wouldn't be.

00:35:03.020 There's nothing to think about.

00:35:04.300 I'd be just shopping.

00:35:06.340 So I'd be happy

00:35:07.120 because the mental health

00:35:09.460 people tell us,

00:35:10.440 and this is one of the most

00:35:11.340 consistent findings.

00:35:13.200 Everybody agrees with this.

00:35:14.640 The more time you think

00:35:15.600 about yourself,

00:35:16.460 the unhappier you are.

00:35:18.420 That's very clear science

00:35:19.760 at this point.

00:35:20.780 The more you're thinking

00:35:21.580 about external things

00:35:23.240 and what you're doing

00:35:23.900 in the external world,

00:35:25.200 the happier you are.

00:35:25.820 Identity is about

00:35:28.980 thinking about yourself.

00:35:31.600 It's like an intense,

00:35:33.040 intense thinking

00:35:34.380 about how you're different

00:35:35.480 or in this case,

00:35:37.520 also similar

00:35:38.280 to the subgroup.

00:35:40.520 So if you build

00:35:42.300 a movement

00:35:42.920 around identity,

00:35:45.040 it's first of all

00:35:46.280 going to splinter

00:35:47.140 until they're fighting

00:35:48.040 with each other,

00:35:49.020 which is exactly

00:35:50.220 what you're watching.

00:35:50.900 And that's 100% predictable.

00:35:54.100 It's 100% predictable

00:35:55.880 that if identity

00:35:57.540 is your main thing

00:35:58.520 you're going for,

00:35:59.640 you'll eventually

00:36:00.200 have factions

00:36:00.960 that are fighting

00:36:01.540 each other

00:36:02.000 within your movement.

00:36:03.300 There's no way

00:36:03.880 to avoid that.

00:36:05.460 So sure enough,

00:36:06.400 the progressives

00:36:07.260 are at odds

00:36:08.620 with the normies

00:36:09.660 within the Democrat Party,

00:36:11.140 exactly as you'd imagine.

00:36:12.680 The black Americans,

00:36:13.900 some of them

00:36:14.360 are moving

00:36:15.020 to the Republicans

00:36:15.820 because they don't think

00:36:16.940 that the immigrants

00:36:17.980 coming in

00:36:18.580 or they think

00:36:20.320 they're being treated

00:36:20.900 too well

00:36:21.740 compared to the citizens.

00:36:23.580 So there's no way

00:36:24.580 that identity politics

00:36:25.760 could have worked

00:36:26.480 as a movement,

00:36:27.220 but on top of that,

00:36:28.960 it guarantees

00:36:29.620 bad mental health

00:36:30.880 because if you walk

00:36:32.900 into a crowd

00:36:33.460 and say,

00:36:34.000 you're American,

00:36:34.640 I'm American,

00:36:35.380 we're all great,

00:36:37.100 you're not thinking

00:36:38.240 about yourself.

00:36:39.960 If you walk in

00:36:40.960 and say,

00:36:41.400 oh my God,

00:36:42.840 they're all,

00:36:43.440 I think I'm surrounded

00:36:44.500 by Republicans.

00:36:46.840 Ugh,

00:36:47.060 surrounded by Republicans,

00:36:49.860 you're going to be sad.

00:36:51.940 So it's as simple as that.

00:36:53.700 Identity will destroy

00:36:54.740 your organization,

00:36:55.880 guaranteed,

00:36:56.760 over time,

00:36:57.720 and it will make you sad,

00:36:59.700 guaranteed.

00:37:01.180 If you say,

00:37:02.360 let's make America

00:37:03.240 great again,

00:37:03.940 who are you thinking about?

00:37:05.800 You're thinking

00:37:06.380 about the country.

00:37:08.680 It's literally a framing

00:37:10.160 that makes your mental

00:37:11.160 health better.

00:37:12.680 Right?

00:37:13.600 When you think about

00:37:14.580 making the country great,

00:37:15.820 you're outside of your body.

00:37:17.920 You're like,

00:37:18.520 oh,

00:37:18.680 let's fix this thing

00:37:19.920 over here.

00:37:20.360 Let's solve this war

00:37:21.500 over here.

00:37:22.400 Let's fix this inflation.

00:37:23.720 They're all outside my body.

00:37:25.520 But as soon as you say,

00:37:26.740 it's about whether

00:37:27.940 you're black or Indian,

00:37:29.500 let's work that out.

00:37:31.240 Well,

00:37:31.520 it's all about you.

00:37:33.180 Then it's an entirely

00:37:34.100 internal process

00:37:35.260 and you're going to be sad.

00:37:36.420 Well,

00:37:39.380 Trump's performance,

00:37:40.580 of course,

00:37:40.900 has shown that the identity

00:37:42.200 approach didn't work.

00:37:45.000 So CNN's reporting

00:37:46.360 that Trump's performance

00:37:47.280 was the best

00:37:48.020 among young people,

00:37:49.840 18 to 29.

00:37:51.000 It's the best in 20 years.

00:37:53.060 For black voters,

00:37:54.400 it's the best in 48 years.

00:37:55.940 For a Republican,

00:37:57.040 for a Republican,

00:37:57.960 this is.

00:37:58.640 And for Hispanic voters,

00:37:59.900 it's the best

00:38:00.640 in more than 50 years.

00:38:01.920 To me,

00:38:05.840 those are all the people

00:38:07.220 who are rejecting

00:38:08.720 identity politics

00:38:10.080 in favor of a

00:38:11.860 more of a unity

00:38:13.460 American message.

00:38:16.520 So

00:38:16.760 Trump's make America

00:38:18.980 great again message

00:38:20.100 beats identity

00:38:21.820 really every time

00:38:24.420 in the long run.

00:38:26.460 Well,

00:38:27.100 how are things going to go?

00:38:28.200 According to Kathy Wood,

00:38:29.460 who runs

00:38:29.920 ARC Investments,

00:38:31.160 one of the ones

00:38:32.220 you hear about

00:38:32.700 in the news a lot.

00:38:34.180 She thinks the Trump era

00:38:35.440 might spark

00:38:36.180 an innovation boom.

00:38:38.160 She sees a,

00:38:39.200 quote,

00:38:39.540 golden age.

00:38:41.520 She uses the phrase

00:38:42.460 golden age

00:38:43.180 for active investing

00:38:45.420 under Trump.

00:38:46.520 Now,

00:38:47.200 she thinks

00:38:48.000 it's going to benefit

00:38:48.760 AI,

00:38:49.480 digital assets,

00:38:50.280 and healthcare.

00:38:51.860 I don't know

00:38:52.260 about healthcare,

00:38:52.940 but maybe.

00:38:56.680 Pretty much

00:38:57.520 everybody

00:38:58.260 that I trust

00:39:00.560 for predicting

00:39:01.760 the future

00:39:02.320 of the economy

00:39:03.620 says that

00:39:04.940 Trump's going

00:39:05.420 to be good for it.

00:39:06.240 The stock market

00:39:06.960 is speaking,

00:39:07.720 obviously.

00:39:08.420 Stock market's up,

00:39:10.040 crypto's up.

00:39:12.520 I don't think,

00:39:13.780 like,

00:39:14.520 I don't know

00:39:15.360 if I've ever felt

00:39:16.540 this much optimism

00:39:17.980 in my life.

00:39:22.520 I can't remember.

00:39:23.660 It seems like

00:39:25.380 we went through

00:39:25.820 a really bad period

00:39:26.860 for several years,

00:39:27.880 you know,

00:39:28.020 the pandemic

00:39:28.540 and everything else,

00:39:29.680 and that somehow

00:39:31.540 everything seems

00:39:32.680 to be lined up

00:39:33.620 positively.

00:39:35.720 You know,

00:39:36.080 even we have a chance

00:39:37.640 of reducing our debt

00:39:38.680 with the

00:39:39.420 Elon Musk

00:39:40.980 attack

00:39:41.980 on the

00:39:42.480 oversized government.

00:39:45.100 So,

00:39:46.020 according to

00:39:48.380 Siki Chen,

00:39:50.420 I don't know

00:39:50.980 if I'm pronouncing

00:39:51.640 his name right,

00:39:52.560 S-I-Q-I.

00:39:54.280 Would you call

00:39:54.780 that Siki?

00:39:56.960 Anyway,

00:39:57.520 he talks about

00:39:58.600 AI and technology

00:39:59.960 stuff on X,

00:40:01.560 and he's saying

00:40:02.460 next year feels

00:40:03.320 like it will be

00:40:03.940 the best year

00:40:04.660 in history

00:40:05.220 to be in tech

00:40:06.200 as a founder,

00:40:07.460 employee,

00:40:07.820 investor,

00:40:08.360 or anything.

00:40:10.000 The best year

00:40:10.820 in history

00:40:11.360 to be in tech.

00:40:14.580 Now,

00:40:15.200 when have you

00:40:15.820 ever heard

00:40:16.240 stuff like that?

00:40:18.320 When have you

00:40:18.980 ever heard

00:40:19.400 like a serious

00:40:20.380 investor

00:40:20.960 say we might

00:40:22.420 be entering

00:40:22.860 a golden age

00:40:23.800 and then

00:40:24.600 a serious

00:40:25.180 technology

00:40:26.040 commenter

00:40:26.700 saying it

00:40:27.840 might be

00:40:28.120 the best year

00:40:28.700 in history

00:40:29.140 to be in tech.

00:40:29.920 In history?

00:40:31.520 The best year

00:40:32.280 in history?

00:40:33.680 And you know

00:40:34.300 what's weird?

00:40:35.460 I think he's

00:40:36.200 right.

00:40:37.160 I think it

00:40:37.800 might be

00:40:38.040 the best year

00:40:38.700 in history.

00:40:41.700 It might be

00:40:42.420 amazing.

00:40:43.720 Trump's got

00:40:44.240 a video,

00:40:44.760 I don't know

00:40:45.100 when he did it,

00:40:45.700 but he's

00:40:46.400 pushing flying

00:40:47.320 cars.

00:40:47.760 And specifically

00:40:50.220 he says that

00:40:51.260 China and other

00:40:52.280 countries are

00:40:52.840 developing personal

00:40:54.360 flying cars

00:40:55.180 and he wants

00:40:57.260 our industry

00:40:57.840 to lead that

00:40:58.660 and I agree.

00:41:00.580 The flying cars

00:41:01.440 depend entirely

00:41:02.280 upon the

00:41:03.420 battery capacity.

00:41:05.500 Everything else

00:41:06.020 is solved

00:41:06.500 and the battery

00:41:08.460 capacity is

00:41:09.200 I think

00:41:10.160 solved now.

00:41:10.720 I think

00:41:11.300 you can get

00:41:12.440 a decent

00:41:13.460 ride out of

00:41:14.240 an electric

00:41:15.300 tiny airplane

00:41:16.380 now.

00:41:17.900 So Trump

00:41:18.900 wants to make

00:41:19.340 sure that the

00:41:19.800 R&D for that

00:41:20.540 is a write-off.

00:41:21.440 That feels

00:41:21.900 like a good

00:41:22.460 idea.

00:41:23.080 A whole new

00:41:23.480 industry that

00:41:24.200 could drive

00:41:24.840 things.

00:41:25.800 Of course,

00:41:26.100 we've got the

00:41:26.500 robots,

00:41:27.080 we've got the

00:41:27.480 AI,

00:41:28.580 we've got the

00:41:29.060 crypto.

00:41:30.820 Is there a

00:41:31.260 reason your

00:41:31.700 robot can't

00:41:32.380 spend crypto

00:41:33.100 on your

00:41:33.460 behalf?

00:41:35.840 I haven't

00:41:36.500 seen this for

00:41:37.100 sure,

00:41:37.400 but I

00:41:37.580 understand

00:41:37.940 there's a

00:41:38.420 debit or a

00:41:39.300 credit card,

00:41:40.020 maybe both,

00:41:41.180 in which if

00:41:42.680 you have

00:41:43.040 crypto,

00:41:44.160 but somebody

00:41:44.800 wants to be

00:41:45.320 paid in cash,

00:41:46.380 you can use

00:41:47.620 your crypto

00:41:48.120 and it

00:41:48.600 goes through

00:41:49.000 your debit

00:41:50.020 card thing

00:41:50.620 and it

00:41:50.900 turns into

00:41:51.360 cash so

00:41:52.820 that the

00:41:53.200 recipient just

00:41:53.900 gets cash,

00:41:54.600 but you

00:41:54.800 paid in

00:41:55.180 crypto and

00:41:55.940 it translated

00:41:57.020 through the

00:41:57.480 card.

00:41:59.060 Now,

00:41:59.580 if you have

00:42:00.020 that,

00:42:01.400 don't you

00:42:02.200 just need to

00:42:02.760 give your

00:42:03.160 robot your

00:42:04.400 wallet credentials

00:42:05.880 and then the

00:42:07.800 robot can go

00:42:08.460 out and shop

00:42:08.920 for you,

00:42:09.460 right?

00:42:11.360 The robot

00:42:11.960 could go to

00:42:12.420 the grocery

00:42:12.840 store in a

00:42:13.540 self-driving

00:42:14.020 car,

00:42:14.340 it could

00:42:15.540 stand in

00:42:16.080 line with

00:42:16.500 its groceries

00:42:17.060 and it

00:42:18.280 could put

00:42:19.120 in this

00:42:19.480 little debit

00:42:19.940 card and

00:42:21.660 well,

00:42:22.220 I suppose it

00:42:22.660 could have

00:42:22.860 used your

00:42:23.240 credit card

00:42:23.820 too,

00:42:24.220 so if

00:42:24.740 nobody's

00:42:25.420 checking it.

00:42:27.100 But yeah,

00:42:27.500 robots can

00:42:28.120 pay in

00:42:28.780 crypto.

00:42:31.800 Chris

00:42:32.360 Wallace

00:42:32.840 is quitting

00:42:34.320 CNN to

00:42:35.400 become a

00:42:36.120 podcaster.

00:42:37.300 Now,

00:42:38.080 this is

00:42:39.320 interesting in a

00:42:40.020 few ways.

00:42:40.720 it's

00:42:40.960 interesting

00:42:41.380 because he

00:42:41.740 used to

00:42:42.060 work at

00:42:42.420 Fox and

00:42:43.000 it's

00:42:43.620 interesting

00:42:44.020 because a

00:42:44.460 lot of

00:42:44.680 you like

00:42:45.020 to criticize

00:42:45.860 him and

00:42:46.480 it's

00:42:46.660 interesting

00:42:47.080 because his

00:42:47.680 dad was

00:42:48.800 famous as

00:42:49.900 well.

00:42:50.760 But here's

00:42:51.320 what's

00:42:51.540 interesting to

00:42:52.180 me.

00:42:52.920 He's 77

00:42:53.640 years old.

00:42:55.940 He's 77

00:42:57.000 and he's

00:42:58.240 decided to

00:42:58.900 change careers

00:42:59.700 and embark

00:43:00.840 on something

00:43:01.400 completely new.

00:43:03.580 I love

00:43:04.440 that.

00:43:05.440 I love the

00:43:05.960 fact that he's

00:43:07.380 like pushing

00:43:07.880 80 and he's

00:43:09.480 thinking in

00:43:09.940 terms of a

00:43:10.480 career change.

00:43:12.680 If you're

00:43:13.300 77,

00:43:13.980 aren't you

00:43:14.220 thinking in

00:43:14.920 terms of

00:43:15.280 retiring?

00:43:16.360 He's

00:43:16.600 thinking,

00:43:16.880 no,

00:43:17.000 I think I

00:43:17.320 get into

00:43:17.640 this new

00:43:18.040 thing,

00:43:18.520 podcasting.

00:43:19.880 So,

00:43:20.480 again,

00:43:21.180 is this

00:43:22.380 the Trump

00:43:22.860 effect?

00:43:24.320 Is everybody

00:43:25.300 just feeling

00:43:25.920 like the

00:43:26.320 future is

00:43:26.800 better than

00:43:27.200 the past?

00:43:28.540 Like even

00:43:28.980 Chris Wallace

00:43:29.580 is like,

00:43:29.960 hey,

00:43:30.120 I'm going to

00:43:30.400 get out of

00:43:30.740 this dying

00:43:31.300 media industry

00:43:32.640 and get into

00:43:33.100 this new

00:43:33.580 Joe Rogan

00:43:34.280 thing.

00:43:35.860 By the way,

00:43:36.520 there's a

00:43:36.980 very cool

00:43:37.540 video of

00:43:39.000 Tom

00:43:39.480 Green.

00:43:40.200 Do you

00:43:40.420 remember

00:43:40.640 comedian Tom

00:43:41.460 Green?

00:43:41.940 Hasn't been

00:43:42.380 around much

00:43:42.860 lately.

00:43:43.860 But he's

00:43:44.560 the one who

00:43:45.000 apparently

00:43:45.300 started

00:43:45.780 podcasting.

00:43:47.380 Tom Green

00:43:47.880 made a

00:43:48.240 little TV

00:43:48.720 show,

00:43:50.120 or maybe

00:43:50.580 it was only

00:43:50.920 on the

00:43:51.160 internet,

00:43:51.780 in which

00:43:52.560 he would

00:43:52.920 have a

00:43:53.220 guest and

00:43:54.460 it wasn't

00:43:54.880 part of

00:43:55.200 any big

00:43:55.600 network or

00:43:56.140 anything.

00:43:56.420 It was

00:43:56.540 just a

00:43:56.860 thing he

00:43:57.140 was doing.

00:43:57.960 And it

00:43:58.360 shows a

00:43:58.740 video where

00:43:59.140 he had

00:43:59.500 Joe Rogan

00:44:00.840 on and

00:44:01.860 Joe

00:44:02.140 couldn't

00:44:02.660 stop

00:44:03.140 raving about

00:44:05.320 how cool it

00:44:06.060 was to have

00:44:06.640 this non-network

00:44:08.780 little

00:44:09.340 podcasting

00:44:10.180 thing.

00:44:10.700 And that

00:44:10.900 probably

00:44:11.760 created

00:44:12.420 podcasting.

00:44:14.960 That one

00:44:15.340 experience is

00:44:15.940 probably the

00:44:16.300 reason that

00:44:16.700 Joe Rogan

00:44:17.200 exists as

00:44:18.720 a podcaster.

00:44:21.360 Anyway,

00:44:23.140 according to

00:44:23.980 End Wokeness,

00:44:24.860 I saw some

00:44:25.440 others, the

00:44:26.060 ratings for

00:44:26.800 MSNBC have

00:44:28.080 collapsed.

00:44:29.680 So just

00:44:30.420 because you

00:44:31.020 enjoy this

00:44:31.660 kind of

00:44:31.980 content,

00:44:33.060 I'm going to

00:44:33.720 give you the

00:44:34.260 names of the

00:44:34.820 hosts and

00:44:35.520 how much

00:44:35.860 their shows

00:44:36.400 are down

00:44:36.940 just since

00:44:38.100 the election.

00:44:39.820 Joy Reid,

00:44:41.260 her audience

00:44:41.820 is down

00:44:42.300 55%.

00:44:44.020 55%.

00:44:47.660 Ari Melber,

00:44:49.740 50%.

00:44:50.460 Chris Hayes,

00:44:51.600 47%.

00:44:52.220 Alex Wagner,

00:44:53.020 54%.

00:44:53.840 Morning,

00:44:54.260 Joe,

00:44:55.200 40%.

00:44:56.220 Stephanie

00:44:56.540 Rule,

00:44:57.200 67%.

00:44:58.940 Her audience

00:45:00.740 went down

00:45:01.140 67%.

00:45:02.460 Andrea

00:45:04.080 Mitchell,

00:45:04.660 down 40%.

00:45:06.940 But here's

00:45:08.240 the punch

00:45:08.620 line.

00:45:11.140 It's the

00:45:12.060 first time

00:45:12.840 that MSNBC

00:45:14.920 beat CNN

00:45:16.100 on the

00:45:19.120 election night

00:45:19.760 coverage.

00:45:22.760 So for

00:45:23.760 election night

00:45:24.380 coverage,

00:45:24.900 MSNBC

00:45:25.560 beat CNN

00:45:26.360 and they're

00:45:27.920 probably pretty

00:45:28.440 happy about

00:45:28.980 that.

00:45:30.340 Except

00:45:31.060 there's

00:45:32.520 something that

00:45:33.240 maybe they're

00:45:34.080 not aware of

00:45:35.000 or decided

00:45:35.840 not to

00:45:36.360 mention.

00:45:36.940 is MSNBC

00:45:39.880 not aware

00:45:40.740 that a lot

00:45:42.160 of their

00:45:42.460 viewership is

00:45:43.360 Republicans

00:45:43.900 who are

00:45:44.420 tuned in

00:45:45.040 to watch

00:45:45.380 them cry?

00:45:47.400 Like

00:45:47.720 actually

00:45:48.220 literally

00:45:48.700 tuned in

00:45:49.860 to watch

00:45:50.180 them cry?

00:45:51.680 And the

00:45:52.340 reason I

00:45:52.740 didn't watch

00:45:53.180 CNN as

00:45:53.780 much is

00:45:54.220 that CNN

00:45:54.720 had drifted

00:45:56.200 a little bit

00:45:56.680 toward the

00:45:57.080 middle and

00:45:58.460 I thought

00:45:58.820 that CNN

00:45:59.380 would probably

00:45:59.960 be a little

00:46:00.840 depressed but

00:46:01.640 act professionally,

00:46:02.740 which they did.

00:46:03.960 CNN didn't have

00:46:04.660 any meltdowns

00:46:05.340 at all,

00:46:05.620 I don't

00:46:05.800 think.

00:46:06.940 MSNBC

00:46:07.420 sure did.

00:46:08.560 Were they

00:46:08.920 entertaining?

00:46:09.900 Yes.

00:46:10.760 Are they

00:46:11.100 still entertaining?

00:46:12.760 Yes.

00:46:14.200 Would I

00:46:14.760 like to see

00:46:15.220 more of it?

00:46:16.660 Yes.

00:46:19.340 It's been a

00:46:20.120 week now and

00:46:20.660 I'm not even a

00:46:21.240 little bit tired

00:46:21.840 of it.

00:46:23.560 I know I'll

00:46:24.480 get tired of

00:46:25.040 winning but

00:46:25.640 hasn't kicked

00:46:26.580 in yet.

00:46:27.020 So some

00:46:30.440 more dunking.

00:46:33.000 Oh, so

00:46:33.320 CNN's

00:46:33.960 number is

00:46:34.640 also down.

00:46:35.460 Let's see.

00:46:37.760 40% year

00:46:39.160 over year

00:46:39.540 for CNN

00:46:40.080 fall.

00:46:40.880 Oh my

00:46:41.160 God.

00:46:42.520 They're just

00:46:43.260 dying.

00:46:44.620 Now, this

00:46:45.440 is proof,

00:46:46.120 isn't it,

00:46:46.780 that the

00:46:47.600 traditional

00:46:48.300 media news

00:46:49.400 is dead,

00:46:50.560 right?

00:46:51.920 MSNBC's

00:46:52.520 ratings are

00:46:53.840 down, CNN's

00:46:54.800 dead.

00:46:55.220 So that

00:46:55.600 would prove

00:46:56.120 that the

00:46:57.760 TV news

00:46:58.760 business is

00:47:00.340 just dead.

00:47:02.120 Except

00:47:02.740 Fox News

00:47:04.680 averaged

00:47:05.200 2.6

00:47:05.920 million viewers

00:47:06.660 and a 60%

00:47:07.680 increase from

00:47:08.640 2023.

00:47:11.920 Fox News

00:47:12.940 is killing

00:47:13.440 it.

00:47:15.520 So

00:47:16.160 maybe

00:47:17.740 the problem

00:47:19.380 with MSNBC

00:47:20.460 and CNN

00:47:21.140 is not

00:47:22.200 structural.

00:47:22.860 maybe it's

00:47:27.200 not

00:47:27.460 structural.

00:47:29.360 What do I

00:47:30.160 always say

00:47:30.660 about Fox

00:47:31.340 News?

00:47:32.220 Let's see how

00:47:33.120 many times I've

00:47:33.760 said it, if you

00:47:34.400 can repeat it

00:47:35.020 back to me.

00:47:35.680 What do I

00:47:36.260 always say

00:47:36.720 about Fox

00:47:37.400 News that

00:47:38.640 makes it

00:47:39.040 unique among

00:47:40.960 the other

00:47:41.340 news, besides

00:47:41.960 the obvious

00:47:42.760 leaning

00:47:43.440 conservative?

00:47:43.980 there's

00:47:45.220 something else

00:47:45.700 about them.

00:47:47.440 And I say it

00:47:48.340 all the time.

00:47:49.180 They're better

00:47:49.760 produced.

00:47:50.880 They're just

00:47:51.520 better produced.

00:47:52.500 They have

00:47:53.020 better talent

00:47:53.700 and they have

00:47:55.640 better shows

00:47:56.280 that are just

00:47:57.160 designed better

00:47:58.480 on paper

00:47:59.040 and they operate

00:48:00.500 better in reality.

00:48:02.200 So it turns out

00:48:03.420 that if you

00:48:04.300 execute

00:48:05.240 and you've got

00:48:06.800 great hosts

00:48:07.520 and you have

00:48:08.160 great content

00:48:08.920 and you have

00:48:09.440 great producers,

00:48:10.140 then there's

00:48:11.880 not so much

00:48:12.440 of a structural

00:48:13.020 problem with

00:48:13.660 the news

00:48:13.940 businesses.

00:48:16.260 MSNBC and

00:48:17.040 CNN have to

00:48:18.380 deal with the

00:48:18.960 fact that they

00:48:19.640 put clowns on

00:48:20.500 the air.

00:48:21.900 They turned

00:48:22.560 their show into

00:48:23.140 a clown show.

00:48:24.900 Whereas

00:48:25.420 Fox News

00:48:27.420 still does a

00:48:28.360 great job of

00:48:29.780 separating the

00:48:30.580 opinion people

00:48:31.380 from the

00:48:32.480 news people

00:48:33.040 and that

00:48:34.140 probably has a

00:48:35.140 lot to do

00:48:35.760 with why they

00:48:37.100 get more

00:48:37.620 even Democrat

00:48:38.400 viewers than

00:48:39.560 you would

00:48:39.840 expect.

00:48:40.800 It's just a

00:48:41.460 higher quality

00:48:42.400 operation.

00:48:44.200 All right,

00:48:44.620 here's my

00:48:45.120 favorite.

00:48:46.420 We're going

00:48:46.920 into why the

00:48:47.620 Democrats lost

00:48:48.540 and as you

00:48:49.540 know,

00:48:49.920 everybody's got

00:48:50.580 their pet

00:48:51.140 opinion and

00:48:52.460 they're all

00:48:53.020 right.

00:48:55.480 Literally

00:48:56.000 everything was

00:48:57.160 worse about

00:48:57.760 the Democrats,

00:48:58.700 which I love

00:48:59.420 saying.

00:49:00.480 They had a

00:49:00.880 worse candidate,

00:49:01.840 a worse

00:49:02.180 campaign,

00:49:03.440 a worse

00:49:03.920 situation because

00:49:04.980 of the switching

00:49:05.520 out of one

00:49:06.020 over the other,

00:49:07.360 a worse

00:49:08.120 policies,

00:49:08.800 worse

00:49:11.000 everything.

00:49:13.000 Like,

00:49:13.560 actually

00:49:13.880 everything.

00:49:15.040 Trump even

00:49:15.600 had better

00:49:16.020 supporters,

00:49:17.800 right?

00:49:19.260 If you look

00:49:20.040 at the people

00:49:20.420 who joined

00:49:20.920 the Trump

00:49:21.880 pirate ship,

00:49:23.160 just better

00:49:23.620 supporters.

00:49:24.840 He had better

00:49:25.260 everything.

00:49:26.540 So we

00:49:27.140 shouldn't be

00:49:27.660 too surprised

00:49:29.160 that the team

00:49:30.100 that did

00:49:30.500 everything better

00:49:31.360 than the other

00:49:31.900 team,

00:49:33.000 you know,

00:49:33.480 eked down a

00:49:34.000 victory.

00:49:34.280 It was

00:49:35.440 just better

00:49:35.820 in every

00:49:36.360 possible way.

00:49:38.080 There was

00:49:38.520 just nothing

00:49:39.000 that compared.

00:49:41.340 According to

00:49:42.160 the free

00:49:43.160 press's

00:49:43.840 Peter

00:49:44.460 Sivodnik,

00:49:46.900 and he was

00:49:47.400 explaining why

00:49:48.060 in his opinion

00:49:49.040 the Democrats

00:49:49.820 blew it.

00:49:51.120 He said,

00:49:51.560 quote,

00:49:51.900 they didn't

00:49:52.580 lose because

00:49:53.200 they failed

00:49:53.760 to trot

00:49:54.300 down enough

00:49:54.800 celebrity

00:49:55.300 influencers.

00:49:56.360 They lost

00:49:56.840 because they

00:49:57.280 were consumed

00:49:58.000 by their

00:49:58.480 own self-flattery,

00:50:00.020 their own

00:50:00.300 sense of

00:50:01.940 self-importance.

00:50:02.800 They should

00:50:03.880 have spent

00:50:04.240 the past

00:50:04.640 eight years

00:50:05.020 learning from

00:50:05.680 the Republicans

00:50:06.280 very honest,

00:50:07.600 if flawed,

00:50:08.700 conversation about

00:50:09.640 the plight of

00:50:10.200 America.

00:50:11.240 But they

00:50:11.780 insisted on

00:50:12.400 talking to

00:50:12.900 themselves about

00:50:13.660 the things

00:50:14.100 that made

00:50:14.440 them feel

00:50:14.920 morally superior.

00:50:17.960 Now,

00:50:18.660 of all the

00:50:19.820 explanations I've

00:50:20.880 heard that

00:50:21.900 try to give

00:50:22.660 you sort of

00:50:23.200 a summary of

00:50:24.540 what went

00:50:24.920 wrong,

00:50:25.760 that's pretty

00:50:26.780 good.

00:50:27.960 Now,

00:50:28.220 it's not

00:50:28.500 complete.

00:50:29.160 Like I said,

00:50:30.680 if one side

00:50:31.880 does everything

00:50:32.540 right,

00:50:33.800 you know,

00:50:33.980 including

00:50:34.480 surviving an

00:50:35.880 assassination

00:50:36.320 attempt,

00:50:37.180 and the

00:50:37.660 other side

00:50:38.060 does everything

00:50:39.140 wrong,

00:50:40.380 including

00:50:40.800 picking walls

00:50:42.560 for vice

00:50:43.300 president,

00:50:44.100 of course it

00:50:45.020 should go

00:50:45.280 this way.

00:50:46.300 But it is

00:50:46.740 also true

00:50:47.460 that the

00:50:49.040 Democrats

00:50:49.740 did seem

00:50:50.520 to focus

00:50:51.220 on self-flattery,

00:50:53.680 and the

00:50:55.580 Republicans

00:50:56.000 did seem

00:50:56.720 to focus

00:50:57.920 on the

00:50:58.400 plight of

00:50:58.940 America.

00:50:59.420 America.

00:51:01.440 And do

00:51:01.800 you see

00:51:02.020 the

00:51:02.400 pattern?

00:51:04.960 Let's put

00:51:05.560 it in

00:51:05.800 other words

00:51:06.340 that will

00:51:06.640 now sound

00:51:07.120 familiar

00:51:07.560 from this

00:51:08.360 live stream.

00:51:10.440 So,

00:51:10.860 according to

00:51:11.640 Peter Svodnik

00:51:13.060 of the

00:51:13.480 Free Press,

00:51:14.880 the Democrats

00:51:17.360 were focused

00:51:18.360 on themselves.

00:51:20.960 They were

00:51:21.660 focused about

00:51:22.300 their own

00:51:22.680 feelings and

00:51:23.340 their moral

00:51:23.780 superiority.

00:51:24.460 they were

00:51:25.360 thinking about

00:51:25.980 themselves,

00:51:26.660 which makes

00:51:27.140 you sad

00:51:27.760 and also

00:51:28.920 not very

00:51:29.400 effective.

00:51:30.680 The

00:51:31.160 Republicans

00:51:31.640 were thinking

00:51:32.620 about the

00:51:33.060 plight of

00:51:33.480 America,

00:51:34.320 and as

00:51:34.720 Peter says,

00:51:36.280 even if

00:51:36.800 flawed,

00:51:37.620 which,

00:51:37.980 by the

00:51:38.180 way,

00:51:38.440 I appreciate

00:51:39.000 that framing.

00:51:40.840 Nobody's

00:51:41.360 perfect,

00:51:42.060 so if you

00:51:42.440 put in

00:51:42.840 a,

00:51:43.280 you know,

00:51:44.100 including

00:51:44.880 flaws,

00:51:45.860 I always

00:51:46.340 accept that

00:51:47.000 because everybody

00:51:47.620 has some.

00:51:48.460 So he

00:51:48.880 didn't need

00:51:49.580 to,

00:51:49.880 like,

00:51:50.100 take a

00:51:50.440 dump on

00:51:50.840 the

00:51:50.960 Republicans.

00:51:51.400 So he

00:51:52.800 just said,

00:51:53.540 you know,

00:51:53.840 nothing's

00:51:54.280 perfect,

00:51:54.740 but they

00:51:55.580 were

00:51:55.740 concentrated

00:51:56.220 on the

00:51:56.800 plight of

00:51:57.160 Americans.

00:51:58.300 So once

00:51:58.720 again,

00:51:59.420 Republicans

00:51:59.880 were thinking

00:52:00.580 about the

00:52:01.080 country

00:52:01.460 externally,

00:52:02.540 and they

00:52:03.420 were happy

00:52:03.900 warriors.

00:52:05.640 Happiness

00:52:06.240 is when

00:52:06.700 you don't

00:52:07.040 dwell on

00:52:07.540 your own

00:52:07.840 thoughts.

00:52:09.200 Democrats

00:52:09.740 were focusing

00:52:10.980 on their

00:52:11.440 moral superiority

00:52:12.420 and,

00:52:13.140 you know,

00:52:13.760 feeling like

00:52:14.420 they're better

00:52:14.800 than you.

00:52:15.820 That's an

00:52:16.220 internal

00:52:16.560 feeling,

00:52:17.340 and they're

00:52:18.980 sad and

00:52:19.880 ineffective.

00:52:22.900 On paper,

00:52:23.960 this is

00:52:24.540 exactly what

00:52:25.220 should have

00:52:25.580 happened.

00:52:27.640 So again,

00:52:28.560 if you

00:52:29.000 had come

00:52:29.300 to me

00:52:29.600 with the

00:52:29.960 design,

00:52:30.560 hey,

00:52:30.780 we're

00:52:30.920 going to

00:52:31.220 move our

00:52:32.140 political

00:52:32.520 party toward

00:52:33.180 identity,

00:52:34.740 I could have

00:52:35.320 told you,

00:52:35.760 well,

00:52:36.000 on paper,

00:52:36.520 that fails

00:52:36.980 every time.

00:52:38.260 There's only

00:52:38.680 one way

00:52:39.060 identity

00:52:39.560 goes,

00:52:40.040 it goes

00:52:40.500 to failure.

00:52:41.920 And if

00:52:42.300 you had

00:52:42.920 told me

00:52:43.260 that one

00:52:44.240 side was

00:52:44.780 going to

00:52:45.000 be thinking

00:52:45.460 about the

00:52:45.940 country,

00:52:46.800 and the

00:52:47.120 other side

00:52:47.580 was going

00:52:47.880 to be

00:52:48.100 thinking about

00:52:48.620 their own

00:52:48.980 feelings,

00:52:49.880 again,

00:52:50.600 on paper,

00:52:51.940 I could have

00:52:52.480 told you

00:52:52.780 where that

00:52:53.120 ends up,

00:52:54.380 right?

00:52:54.720 Design is

00:52:55.380 destiny.

00:52:56.280 The design

00:52:56.920 was right

00:52:57.300 here.

00:52:57.620 It was

00:52:57.780 right in

00:52:58.020 front of

00:52:58.280 us the

00:52:58.500 whole time.

00:52:59.100 You had

00:52:59.340 to wait

00:52:59.680 for it,

00:53:00.680 like it

00:53:00.980 wasn't

00:53:01.260 the same

00:53:01.600 day.

00:53:02.240 You had

00:53:02.580 to wait

00:53:02.840 for an

00:53:03.360 entire

00:53:03.640 term,

00:53:04.300 presidential

00:53:04.580 term of

00:53:05.180 four years.

00:53:06.960 But here

00:53:07.480 it is.

00:53:09.520 Now,

00:53:10.000 but the

00:53:11.040 best is

00:53:11.620 James Carville.

00:53:13.160 Now,

00:53:13.660 when I was

00:53:14.060 listening to

00:53:14.580 James Carville

00:53:15.260 before the

00:53:15.920 election,

00:53:16.440 I kept

00:53:16.780 saying to

00:53:17.180 myself,

00:53:17.600 he's a

00:53:19.040 fascinating

00:53:19.540 character.

00:53:22.440 There's

00:53:22.880 plenty to

00:53:23.380 say about

00:53:23.780 him.

00:53:23.940 He's just

00:53:24.280 perpetually

00:53:25.380 interesting.

00:53:26.720 And I

00:53:27.040 thought he

00:53:27.400 was also

00:53:27.820 probably

00:53:28.300 correct in

00:53:29.540 all of his

00:53:30.200 recommendations

00:53:31.000 about what the

00:53:32.260 Democrats should

00:53:32.900 do.

00:53:34.760 But I

00:53:35.280 think I was

00:53:37.520 most amused

00:53:38.200 by how

00:53:38.640 ignored he

00:53:39.180 was.

00:53:40.300 Now,

00:53:40.480 in the

00:53:40.700 end,

00:53:41.040 it looks

00:53:41.420 like they

00:53:41.760 did accept

00:53:42.340 his idea

00:53:43.020 to call

00:53:44.100 Madison

00:53:44.520 Square Garden

00:53:45.560 a Nazi

00:53:46.280 event.

00:53:47.020 But that

00:53:47.520 was his

00:53:47.900 worst idea.

00:53:49.300 That was

00:53:49.600 a terrible

00:53:49.980 idea.

00:53:50.680 It probably

00:53:51.160 was his

00:53:52.720 worst idea

00:53:53.220 of all

00:53:53.480 time.

00:53:54.600 But here's

00:53:55.380 what Carville

00:53:56.300 says.

00:53:57.500 He's saying

00:53:58.140 we told

00:53:58.600 you,

00:53:58.940 but I

00:53:59.560 think he

00:54:00.160 got it

00:54:00.460 wrong on

00:54:00.860 the Madison

00:54:01.340 Square Garden

00:54:02.000 thing,

00:54:02.380 so he

00:54:03.100 didn't have

00:54:03.420 a full

00:54:03.760 win.

00:54:04.680 Because,

00:54:05.220 quote,

00:54:05.400 we told

00:54:06.160 you this

00:54:06.520 identity

00:54:07.020 shit was

00:54:07.620 disaster.

00:54:09.100 He did.

00:54:10.400 Right.

00:54:10.920 He warned

00:54:11.340 them the

00:54:11.680 identity

00:54:12.060 thing will

00:54:12.540 sink you.

00:54:13.440 On paper,

00:54:14.400 it's a

00:54:14.960 loser on

00:54:15.500 paper.

00:54:16.500 And sure

00:54:16.760 enough,

00:54:17.000 he can

00:54:17.280 see it,

00:54:17.600 I can

00:54:17.860 see it,

00:54:18.200 you can

00:54:18.500 see it.

00:54:19.460 He says,

00:54:20.220 we have

00:54:21.420 no legislative

00:54:22.140 power,

00:54:22.660 we have

00:54:22.880 no executive

00:54:23.480 power,

00:54:24.020 we have

00:54:24.280 no judicial

00:54:24.940 power.

00:54:25.720 So when

00:54:26.100 you're out

00:54:26.380 of power,

00:54:26.900 you're an

00:54:27.140 opposition

00:54:27.500 party.

00:54:28.600 And go

00:54:29.200 and tell

00:54:29.460 all the

00:54:29.740 people that

00:54:30.140 are sending

00:54:30.520 you and

00:54:30.840 asking you

00:54:31.320 for money

00:54:31.840 to justify

00:54:32.840 what you

00:54:33.380 did.

00:54:34.100 Justify what

00:54:34.780 you did

00:54:35.080 wrong and

00:54:35.540 tell us

00:54:35.900 you're

00:54:36.200 going to

00:54:36.500 do

00:54:36.640 different.

00:54:37.580 So he's

00:54:37.900 basically

00:54:38.200 saying that

00:54:38.800 the people

00:54:40.320 who donated

00:54:40.840 to the

00:54:41.260 Democrats

00:54:41.820 should be

00:54:43.320 mad.

00:54:44.540 And I

00:54:45.160 believe they

00:54:45.640 probably are

00:54:46.580 because it

00:54:47.300 looks like

00:54:47.640 they wasted

00:54:48.080 their money.

00:54:49.580 And then he

00:54:49.920 continued,

00:54:50.920 what you've

00:54:51.900 done ain't

00:54:52.920 worth a shit.

00:54:54.000 Get your

00:54:54.380 head around

00:54:54.800 that and

00:54:55.160 all the

00:54:55.540 Washington-based

00:54:56.100 Democrats

00:54:56.600 farting

00:54:57.500 around,

00:54:57.960 going to

00:54:58.320 wine and

00:54:58.820 cheese parties

00:54:59.360 and talking

00:55:00.120 about how

00:55:00.700 misogynistic

00:55:01.760 the race is.

00:55:02.740 Get your

00:55:03.060 ass out of

00:55:03.540 Washington and

00:55:04.060 go to work

00:55:04.460 for a

00:55:04.680 2026

00:55:05.220 campaign and

00:55:05.900 two penance

00:55:06.460 to make

00:55:07.180 up for

00:55:07.460 your GD

00:55:08.620 arrogance and

00:55:09.600 stupidity.

00:55:12.000 So he's

00:55:13.300 calling his

00:55:13.820 own party

00:55:14.440 arrogant and

00:55:15.420 stupid.

00:55:17.300 Is he

00:55:18.040 wrong?

00:55:19.600 Well,

00:55:20.420 obviously they're

00:55:21.500 not all

00:55:21.980 arrogant and

00:55:22.640 stupid,

00:55:23.340 as any

00:55:24.120 large group

00:55:24.720 does not

00:55:25.280 equal any

00:55:25.920 particular

00:55:26.800 two-word

00:55:27.640 description.

00:55:29.040 But certainly

00:55:30.680 the people

00:55:31.120 in charge

00:55:31.560 acted that

00:55:32.120 way.

00:55:35.720 He says,

00:55:36.580 we're going

00:55:36.880 to say we

00:55:37.720 told you so.

00:55:38.260 We told you

00:55:38.660 this identity

00:55:39.280 shit was

00:55:39.820 disaster.

00:55:40.740 We told you

00:55:41.260 to get out

00:55:41.700 in front of

00:55:42.060 the public

00:55:42.420 safety issues.

00:55:43.580 You didn't.

00:55:44.360 Public safety

00:55:44.980 being crime

00:55:46.340 in the

00:55:46.840 border.

00:55:48.840 We told you

00:55:49.540 to have an

00:55:49.840 open process

00:55:50.520 and demonstrate

00:55:51.340 the magnificent

00:55:52.220 and staggering

00:55:53.000 and deep

00:55:53.460 talent that

00:55:54.060 exists in

00:55:54.640 the modern

00:55:55.000 Democratic

00:55:55.500 Party.

00:55:56.880 Okay.

00:55:57.200 Okay.

00:55:58.180 Really?

00:56:00.000 Is there

00:56:00.960 magnificent

00:56:02.180 and staggering

00:56:03.040 deep talent

00:56:03.860 in the modern

00:56:04.900 Democratic

00:56:05.480 Party?

00:56:07.100 And they

00:56:09.280 were all

00:56:09.860 hiding?

00:56:12.020 Were they

00:56:12.860 sick that

00:56:13.340 day?

00:56:15.320 And for

00:56:17.020 example,

00:56:17.900 can you

00:56:19.200 give me an

00:56:19.560 example of

00:56:20.260 one of the

00:56:21.040 magnificent

00:56:21.840 people that

00:56:22.860 we've

00:56:23.120 overlooked?

00:56:24.560 All right.

00:56:25.200 Well,

00:56:25.400 we're giving

00:56:25.720 them that.

00:56:26.440 But I

00:56:28.180 said,

00:56:28.900 we told

00:56:30.540 you to

00:56:30.840 differentiate

00:56:31.320 yourself from

00:56:32.000 Biden.

00:56:32.500 You didn't.

00:56:33.660 Yes.

00:56:35.780 He says,

00:56:36.760 I hate to

00:56:37.420 be some

00:56:37.920 effing know-it-all,

00:56:39.260 but all these

00:56:39.900 things are part

00:56:40.480 of the record.

00:56:42.700 And then he

00:56:43.540 also pointed

00:56:44.120 to Kamala

00:56:45.380 being on the

00:56:45.900 view where

00:56:46.460 she couldn't

00:56:46.840 think of a

00:56:47.240 single thing

00:56:47.740 to say,

00:56:49.060 why she would

00:56:49.760 do different

00:56:50.260 from Biden.

00:56:50.880 but listen

00:56:52.020 to Kamala

00:56:53.360 not being

00:56:56.160 able to

00:56:56.440 answer that

00:56:56.780 question on

00:56:57.280 the view.

00:56:58.080 He says,

00:56:58.600 we got

00:56:59.580 effed because

00:57:00.280 the single

00:57:00.900 money question,

00:57:02.260 the single

00:57:02.860 thing that it

00:57:03.560 boils down to

00:57:04.420 is what would

00:57:05.400 you do

00:57:05.700 different?

00:57:06.780 That was the

00:57:07.460 fattest,

00:57:08.200 softest pitch

00:57:08.980 you could

00:57:09.360 possibly get,

00:57:10.560 but you

00:57:10.900 missed it.

00:57:11.700 I mean,

00:57:12.060 you didn't

00:57:12.480 just miss

00:57:13.060 it.

00:57:13.520 You missed

00:57:13.920 it by four

00:57:14.620 feet.

00:57:15.000 Yeah,

00:57:19.220 she missed

00:57:19.700 it by

00:57:19.980 four feet.

00:57:23.480 So,

00:57:24.260 now that

00:57:25.080 the Democrats

00:57:26.180 have proven

00:57:26.720 to be

00:57:27.260 incompetent

00:57:28.160 and self-absorbed

00:57:29.280 and not

00:57:30.660 very useful

00:57:31.260 for the

00:57:31.640 country,

00:57:32.300 you'll be

00:57:32.960 delighted to

00:57:33.620 know that

00:57:33.960 Elizabeth

00:57:34.380 Warren is

00:57:35.720 trying to

00:57:36.140 get 40

00:57:36.700 judges

00:57:37.180 approved

00:57:37.600 by Biden

00:57:38.240 before the

00:57:39.420 term is

00:57:39.820 over.

00:57:41.240 Can you

00:57:41.960 imagine

00:57:42.340 40 judges

00:57:43.580 that have

00:57:44.020 this point

00:57:44.500 of view?

00:57:45.000 being

00:57:45.640 stuffed

00:57:46.260 into our

00:57:46.720 system?

00:57:47.920 That ain't

00:57:48.540 good.

00:57:49.620 Let me

00:57:50.660 see how

00:57:51.420 this looks

00:57:51.860 on paper.

00:57:52.780 Let's

00:57:53.380 see.

00:57:54.980 The

00:57:55.620 political

00:57:56.280 philosophy

00:57:56.980 that is

00:57:57.520 now so

00:57:58.840 completely

00:57:59.600 destroyed

00:58:00.260 that their

00:58:01.500 party has

00:58:02.120 lost every

00:58:02.860 sense of

00:58:03.400 power,

00:58:04.660 but they

00:58:05.560 could do

00:58:05.920 this weaselly

00:58:06.540 thing where

00:58:07.060 they get

00:58:07.380 40 of

00:58:08.560 their judges

00:58:09.060 approved.

00:58:10.020 Again,

00:58:10.400 the judges

00:58:10.860 would be

00:58:11.360 part of

00:58:11.820 this group

00:58:13.280 that lost

00:58:14.200 every other

00:58:14.940 part of

00:58:15.360 power because

00:58:16.040 they were

00:58:16.380 so bad

00:58:17.040 philosophically

00:58:19.040 as well as

00:58:19.680 execution-wise.

00:58:21.240 Yeah,

00:58:21.560 that's not

00:58:22.860 going to

00:58:23.100 work,

00:58:23.860 but we'll

00:58:25.320 see if they

00:58:25.700 get away

00:58:25.980 with it.

00:58:27.920 As you

00:58:28.600 know,

00:58:29.220 Elon Musk

00:58:29.700 has a

00:58:30.380 pack that

00:58:33.120 supports

00:58:33.840 Trump,

00:58:34.540 so he can

00:58:35.260 put a lot

00:58:35.640 of money

00:58:35.920 into it,

00:58:36.420 and then

00:58:36.600 the money

00:58:37.100 goes to

00:58:37.860 support the

00:58:38.320 campaign.

00:58:38.700 and

00:58:41.100 apparently,

00:58:42.200 according to

00:58:43.400 Elon,

00:58:44.960 he's going

00:58:45.320 to keep

00:58:45.640 it open

00:58:46.020 even though

00:58:46.480 the race

00:58:46.880 is over

00:58:47.300 because he's

00:58:48.120 going to

00:58:48.340 keep it

00:58:48.660 over to

00:58:49.200 fight

00:58:49.600 Soros'

00:58:50.560 efforts

00:58:51.180 around the

00:58:51.660 country,

00:58:52.380 where he's

00:58:53.020 going to

00:58:53.660 keep grinding,

00:58:55.220 he says,

00:58:56.000 increasing

00:58:56.560 Republican

00:58:57.140 registrations

00:58:57.980 in key

00:58:58.400 districts

00:58:58.860 in preparation

00:59:00.180 for special

00:59:00.920 elections and

00:59:01.540 midterms and

00:59:02.300 primaries.

00:59:02.940 where George

00:59:06.360 Soros has

00:59:07.560 figured out

00:59:08.140 that smallish

00:59:09.120 amounts of

00:59:09.600 money in

00:59:10.540 cities,

00:59:11.440 for example,

00:59:12.060 can get you

00:59:12.580 people in

00:59:13.120 charge,

00:59:14.340 let's say

00:59:14.720 attorney generals

00:59:15.480 and mayors

00:59:16.140 and stuff

00:59:16.500 like that,

00:59:17.260 that can

00:59:17.600 make a big

00:59:18.080 difference.

00:59:19.160 It looks

00:59:19.580 like Musk

00:59:20.580 is just

00:59:21.100 going to

00:59:21.920 try to

00:59:22.440 meet him

00:59:24.320 in the

00:59:24.560 middle and

00:59:25.040 take away

00:59:25.420 that advantage.

00:59:27.280 Now,

00:59:27.580 he doesn't

00:59:27.900 say about

00:59:28.380 he's not

00:59:30.460 saying that

00:59:30.900 directly,

00:59:31.620 but we

00:59:31.980 know that

00:59:32.320 Musk is

00:59:32.920 anti-Soros

00:59:34.360 and we

00:59:34.640 know that

00:59:34.960 Soros is

00:59:35.580 the big

00:59:36.560 distorting

00:59:37.180 factor in

00:59:37.700 the Democrats,

00:59:38.560 so it

00:59:39.080 could be

00:59:39.380 that Musk

00:59:39.820 is just

00:59:40.280 going to

00:59:40.580 see his

00:59:41.000 bluff and

00:59:41.520 call it,

00:59:42.720 you know,

00:59:42.840 just spend

00:59:43.260 as much

00:59:43.620 as he

00:59:43.920 is to

00:59:44.380 erase his

00:59:45.460 advantage.

00:59:50.320 Anyway,

00:59:51.100 so let's

00:59:51.500 talk about

00:59:51.840 some of

00:59:52.080 the

00:59:52.320 appointees.

00:59:54.640 Tom

00:59:55.080 Homan

00:59:55.440 for,

00:59:56.440 he'll be

00:59:56.940 the

00:59:57.280 border

00:59:57.680 czar,

00:59:58.240 I guess

00:59:58.580 we can

00:59:58.860 really call

00:59:59.300 him the

00:59:59.560 border

00:59:59.760 czar.

01:00:00.960 And did

01:00:01.640 you know

01:00:01.960 that

01:00:02.240 I think

01:00:03.500 Obama

01:00:03.960 deported

01:00:04.640 four or

01:00:05.920 five

01:00:06.120 million

01:00:06.360 people.

01:00:08.340 So when

01:00:09.020 we talk

01:00:09.400 about the

01:00:09.740 mass

01:00:10.040 deportations,

01:00:12.020 it's fun

01:00:13.160 to start

01:00:13.660 with,

01:00:14.060 you know,

01:00:16.020 Obama did

01:00:16.680 four or

01:00:17.100 five million

01:00:17.560 and that's

01:00:19.060 actually more

01:00:19.680 than either

01:00:20.460 Trump or

01:00:21.900 Biden.

01:00:22.500 Trump and

01:00:22.860 Biden were

01:00:23.260 about tie

01:00:23.800 for having

01:00:25.000 one term.

01:00:26.180 If they had

01:00:26.740 both done

01:00:27.120 two terms,

01:00:27.680 it would have

01:00:28.000 been closer

01:00:28.540 to Obama's

01:00:29.500 number.

01:00:30.900 But so

01:00:34.120 as Scott

01:00:34.600 Jennings and

01:00:35.360 I think

01:00:35.940 Tom Homan

01:00:36.460 said this

01:00:36.960 also,

01:00:37.880 that there

01:00:38.220 are 1.8

01:00:39.020 million people

01:00:39.700 who came

01:00:40.240 here legally,

01:00:41.640 meaning that

01:00:42.220 they came

01:00:42.600 through the

01:00:43.020 asylum doorway,

01:00:44.220 that was

01:00:44.600 legal,

01:00:45.780 and then

01:00:46.280 they were,

01:00:47.880 their time

01:00:49.020 came to be

01:00:49.640 judged whether

01:00:50.220 asylum makes

01:00:51.360 sense for

01:00:51.740 them,

01:00:52.260 and it was

01:00:52.880 judged in

01:00:53.780 1.8 million

01:00:54.800 cases to not

01:00:56.240 be appropriate.

01:00:57.860 So there

01:00:58.200 are 1.8

01:00:58.840 million people

01:00:59.360 who did

01:00:59.800 come here

01:01:00.180 legally,

01:01:01.040 because asylum

01:01:01.700 is a legal

01:01:02.280 process,

01:01:03.040 but now

01:01:03.660 they're not

01:01:04.060 legal,

01:01:04.660 because they

01:01:05.440 failed in

01:01:05.960 their asylum

01:01:06.460 claims.

01:01:07.600 So I

01:01:11.460 would be

01:01:11.920 concerned about

01:01:12.580 how long

01:01:13.000 they've been

01:01:13.380 here.

01:01:15.700 So I'm

01:01:16.460 trying to

01:01:16.840 balance two

01:01:17.460 things.

01:01:18.620 One is that

01:01:19.500 we should

01:01:20.160 have empathy

01:01:20.800 and that

01:01:21.380 immigration

01:01:21.880 needs to

01:01:22.420 be,

01:01:23.280 it needs to

01:01:23.940 continue being

01:01:24.720 a real

01:01:26.060 vital part

01:01:26.760 of our

01:01:27.040 country.

01:01:28.000 Can't

01:01:28.380 close it

01:01:28.780 down,

01:01:29.140 obviously.

01:01:30.360 But you

01:01:33.120 can't have

01:01:33.500 it go wild.

01:01:35.360 So here's

01:01:36.500 the situation

01:01:37.140 that makes

01:01:37.560 the most

01:01:37.960 sense to

01:01:38.460 me,

01:01:39.300 that the

01:01:40.120 way our

01:01:40.480 officials talk

01:01:41.400 about it

01:01:41.880 should be

01:01:42.340 extreme,

01:01:43.340 but the

01:01:43.980 way we

01:01:44.340 treat it

01:01:44.980 should be

01:01:45.680 more

01:01:46.240 discerning.

01:01:50.000 Does that

01:01:50.620 make sense?

01:01:51.560 So this is

01:01:52.340 one of those

01:01:52.720 cases where

01:01:53.280 the way you

01:01:53.700 talk about it

01:01:54.360 should not

01:01:55.080 match the

01:01:56.180 way you're

01:01:56.500 acting.

01:01:57.680 Normally I'd

01:01:58.400 say that's a

01:01:58.980 minimum requirement

01:01:59.860 for anybody

01:02:00.920 who's in

01:02:01.280 charge.

01:02:01.780 You've got to

01:02:02.280 say the

01:02:02.640 things you're

01:02:03.040 going to do

01:02:03.380 and then do

01:02:03.800 the things

01:02:04.180 you're going

01:02:04.400 to say.

01:02:05.040 This is one

01:02:05.700 of those

01:02:05.900 cases where

01:02:06.440 you shouldn't.

01:02:07.780 You should

01:02:08.440 talk in the

01:02:09.420 maximum

01:02:09.920 aggressive terms

01:02:11.240 to make sure

01:02:12.660 fewer people

01:02:13.320 come in

01:02:13.880 because they

01:02:14.360 won't think

01:02:14.760 they can

01:02:15.080 stay.

01:02:15.880 But then

01:02:16.220 when you

01:02:16.480 actually do

01:02:17.160 it,

01:02:18.440 you should

01:02:19.260 start with

01:02:19.720 the criminals

01:02:20.240 and then

01:02:22.220 secondly,

01:02:23.120 this 1.8

01:02:24.100 million people

01:02:24.800 the courts

01:02:25.320 have ordered

01:02:25.720 out,

01:02:26.440 I feel like

01:02:27.380 I'd take a

01:02:27.900 look at them

01:02:28.320 a little more

01:02:28.820 granularly.

01:02:31.900 Because I

01:02:32.540 don't feel

01:02:32.860 completely

01:02:33.320 comfortable

01:02:33.820 kicking somebody

01:02:35.220 out who

01:02:35.680 has had

01:02:36.920 three kids

01:02:37.540 since then

01:02:38.100 and they're

01:02:38.440 working a

01:02:38.840 job and

01:02:39.240 paying taxes.

01:02:41.100 Do you

01:02:41.660 really want

01:02:42.000 to kick

01:02:42.240 them out?

01:02:43.620 What are

01:02:44.040 you getting

01:02:44.280 for that?

01:02:45.900 What's your

01:02:46.500 benefit?

01:02:47.580 There's a

01:02:47.980 company that

01:02:48.580 doesn't have

01:02:49.420 an employee.

01:02:50.400 There's a

01:02:50.720 family that's

01:02:51.320 dislocated.

01:02:52.960 Where's the

01:02:53.480 upside?

01:02:54.480 If you can

01:02:55.100 close the

01:02:55.580 border for

01:02:56.120 me and

01:02:57.120 you can

01:02:57.420 get rid

01:02:57.720 of the

01:02:57.940 criminals,

01:02:58.740 then I

01:02:59.580 can get

01:02:59.920 real

01:03:00.140 empathetic

01:03:00.900 for people

01:03:03.200 who are

01:03:03.580 contributing.

01:03:04.740 If you're

01:03:05.420 contributing,

01:03:08.660 I'm okay

01:03:09.660 if the

01:03:10.180 language is

01:03:11.240 tougher than

01:03:11.760 the actions.

01:03:13.140 And I

01:03:13.340 think everybody

01:03:13.800 is.

01:03:14.620 Honestly,

01:03:15.260 nobody wants

01:03:16.540 to say

01:03:16.780 this out

01:03:17.140 loud,

01:03:17.740 but I

01:03:18.600 think most

01:03:19.180 of us fall

01:03:20.480 into the

01:03:20.900 category of

01:03:21.480 you have

01:03:21.720 to say

01:03:22.060 whatever you

01:03:22.540 need to

01:03:22.880 say to

01:03:24.300 stop the

01:03:25.280 bleeding.

01:03:26.340 But then

01:03:27.020 after you

01:03:27.360 stop the

01:03:27.760 bleeding,

01:03:28.600 you've got

01:03:28.920 a little

01:03:29.100 time.

01:03:30.380 Then maybe

01:03:31.500 look at it

01:03:32.000 a little bit

01:03:32.400 more closely.

01:03:34.160 That's what

01:03:34.740 would make

01:03:35.080 me happy.

01:03:37.080 Apparently,

01:03:37.860 Trump is

01:03:38.420 going to

01:03:38.920 name Kash

01:03:39.700 Patel a

01:03:40.500 CIA director.

01:03:42.220 I don't

01:03:42.500 know if

01:03:42.740 that's

01:03:42.960 official.

01:03:43.580 Some of

01:03:43.840 the news

01:03:44.180 might be

01:03:44.540 premature.

01:03:46.540 Do you

01:03:47.520 think Kash

01:03:47.980 Patel is

01:03:48.600 actually

01:03:48.920 going to

01:03:49.140 be named

01:03:49.480 CIA

01:03:49.880 director?

01:03:51.440 He seems

01:03:52.340 to be

01:03:52.600 somebody who

01:03:53.200 is very

01:03:53.700 much I

01:03:56.160 would trust

01:03:56.780 to be on

01:03:57.540 Trump's

01:03:58.080 side, and

01:03:58.900 he's going

01:03:59.260 to need

01:03:59.560 that in

01:04:00.120 the CIA.

01:04:01.460 So there

01:04:01.780 are a few

01:04:02.140 jobs here

01:04:02.720 where I

01:04:03.220 would put

01:04:03.640 the trust

01:04:05.520 above

01:04:07.020 experience.

01:04:09.020 Not

01:04:09.580 normally.

01:04:10.360 Normally, I'd

01:04:11.060 put the

01:04:11.340 experience because

01:04:12.460 trust isn't

01:04:13.200 usually an

01:04:13.660 issue, but

01:04:14.880 we have

01:04:15.380 such a

01:04:15.920 severe

01:04:16.640 trust

01:04:17.060 problem that

01:04:18.240 we think

01:04:18.700 that parts

01:04:19.160 of the

01:04:19.380 government

01:04:19.680 might be

01:04:20.160 trying to

01:04:20.580 kill

01:04:20.780 Trump, that

01:04:22.260 for the

01:04:22.700 entities that

01:04:23.440 are the

01:04:23.700 most critical

01:04:24.380 to the

01:04:25.260 risk of

01:04:25.800 the chief

01:04:26.880 executive, I

01:04:28.280 want a

01:04:28.640 loyalist.

01:04:30.020 Give me a

01:04:30.760 loyalist.

01:04:31.880 So if

01:04:32.300 Kash Patel is

01:04:33.180 a smart,

01:04:35.000 capable

01:04:35.420 loyalist, I'm

01:04:37.260 going to care a

01:04:37.940 lot less about

01:04:38.820 whether he's

01:04:39.320 had 26 years

01:04:40.320 in intelligence

01:04:41.180 services or

01:04:42.000 something like

01:04:42.520 that.

01:04:43.840 So I'm

01:04:44.920 feeling positive

01:04:46.120 about that

01:04:46.640 one.

01:04:48.800 Apparently,

01:04:49.620 Kristi Noem

01:04:50.540 is going to

01:04:51.380 be nominated

01:04:52.480 as Homeland

01:04:53.080 Security

01:04:53.780 head.

01:04:55.780 How do you

01:04:56.460 feel about

01:04:56.820 that one?

01:04:59.280 Kristi Noem

01:05:00.200 for Homeland

01:05:00.840 Security.

01:05:02.120 I'll give

01:05:02.720 you my first

01:05:03.280 impressions,

01:05:04.000 then my

01:05:04.440 subsequent

01:05:05.520 impressions.

01:05:07.240 First

01:05:07.720 impression is,

01:05:09.060 wait a

01:05:09.400 minute, what

01:05:10.680 background or

01:05:11.780 qualifications does

01:05:12.860 she have for

01:05:13.420 one of the

01:05:13.860 toughest jobs

01:05:14.560 in the

01:05:14.860 country?

01:05:15.980 So I'm not

01:05:16.800 sure that she

01:05:17.340 qualifies on

01:05:18.320 experience.

01:05:21.420 And then I

01:05:22.060 say, hmm,

01:05:22.720 what's up with

01:05:23.300 that?

01:05:28.560 So, and

01:05:29.840 it has to be

01:05:30.460 confirmed so we

01:05:31.220 don't know if

01:05:31.540 it'll happen.

01:05:32.960 But did you

01:05:34.040 know that

01:05:34.560 Homeland

01:05:35.080 Security

01:05:35.580 includes

01:05:36.520 management of

01:05:37.480 the Secret

01:05:37.900 Service?

01:05:38.420 who would

01:05:43.580 you want in

01:05:44.280 charge of

01:05:45.500 Homeland

01:05:45.820 Security if

01:05:46.920 you knew

01:05:47.200 they were in

01:05:47.760 charge of the

01:05:48.620 Secret Service?

01:05:51.120 Again, I

01:05:53.660 would not

01:05:54.060 normally say

01:05:54.840 this is a good

01:05:55.460 idea, but in

01:05:56.820 this very

01:05:57.320 specific case

01:05:58.300 where Trump

01:05:58.900 is at risk of

01:06:01.080 being killed by

01:06:01.880 insiders, I

01:06:03.480 want a loyalist

01:06:04.800 in charge of the

01:06:05.560 Secret Service.

01:06:06.260 that's what I

01:06:08.760 want.

01:06:09.360 Now, I don't

01:06:09.940 think we have to

01:06:10.480 worry about

01:06:10.800 experience too

01:06:11.640 much because

01:06:12.100 she'll be

01:06:12.420 surrounded by

01:06:13.080 experienced

01:06:13.620 people all

01:06:14.160 over the

01:06:14.400 place.

01:06:16.860 And I'm

01:06:18.040 not worried

01:06:18.380 about that.

01:06:19.220 But as

01:06:19.960 Michael

01:06:20.240 Schellenberger

01:06:20.780 pointed out

01:06:21.440 on

01:06:22.520 Goffeld,

01:06:24.340 the Department

01:06:25.160 of Homeland

01:06:25.580 Security was

01:06:26.520 part of the

01:06:27.040 massive censorship

01:06:27.980 effort.

01:06:30.200 So you

01:06:31.420 don't really

01:06:32.040 need, you

01:06:34.700 know, if

01:06:34.880 you're part of

01:06:35.240 the censorship

01:06:35.780 effort, you

01:06:37.280 don't have to

01:06:37.680 be like an

01:06:38.400 experienced

01:06:39.160 Homeland Security

01:06:40.340 person to

01:06:41.040 say stop

01:06:41.960 that.

01:06:43.000 Let's not be

01:06:43.820 part of the

01:06:44.500 misinformation

01:06:45.640 censorship

01:06:46.780 stuff.

01:06:48.700 So I think

01:06:49.620 there are a lot

01:06:50.060 of things that

01:06:50.620 are sort of so

01:06:51.320 commonsensical,

01:06:52.720 like yes, we

01:06:53.440 should close the

01:06:54.080 border, no, we

01:06:54.860 shouldn't be

01:06:55.260 censoring speech,

01:06:57.240 yes, maybe we

01:06:59.060 need to look into

01:06:59.780 the Secret

01:07:00.220 Service and

01:07:01.200 what happened

01:07:01.660 with the Trump

01:07:02.220 attempted

01:07:02.820 assassinations.

01:07:03.580 So I think

01:07:04.940 these all are

01:07:05.600 things which

01:07:06.140 are handleable

01:07:08.020 by an

01:07:08.480 ordinary, smart,

01:07:09.340 capable person.

01:07:11.320 Now what

01:07:11.660 else it does?

01:07:14.160 Well, we'll

01:07:14.780 get to that.

01:07:17.120 So I don't

01:07:17.780 know.

01:07:19.760 But the fact

01:07:21.340 that it includes

01:07:21.960 the Secret

01:07:22.420 Service, so if

01:07:24.100 I were going to

01:07:25.160 name loyalists who

01:07:26.800 you could say for

01:07:27.720 sure would be

01:07:28.580 pro-Trump, you

01:07:29.880 know, to the

01:07:30.600 death, probably

01:07:31.820 cash, Patel, and

01:07:33.000 Christie Noem

01:07:33.800 would be in my

01:07:35.160 top 20.

01:07:37.040 So I'm not

01:07:38.800 going to complain

01:07:39.400 about loyalists in

01:07:40.660 either of those

01:07:41.320 jobs because I

01:07:43.620 think that was a

01:07:44.240 requirement in this

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01:08:00.160 think.

01:08:03.580 There's talk that

01:08:04.560 Marco Rubio will

01:08:05.840 be nominated as

01:08:06.620 Secretary of State.

01:08:07.680 Has that

01:08:07.960 happened yet?

01:08:09.120 Has Marco

01:08:09.660 Rubio been

01:08:10.480 nominated or is

01:08:11.240 that just the

01:08:11.820 internet talk?

01:08:13.120 But he's

01:08:15.100 tough on China

01:08:15.820 and Iran, but

01:08:16.620 some say he's a

01:08:17.400 neocon who likes

01:08:18.420 war too much.

01:08:20.960 And of course,

01:08:21.780 Rubio and Trump

01:08:22.760 have had their

01:08:23.300 history running

01:08:24.240 against each

01:08:24.760 other.

01:08:25.240 I think we

01:08:25.900 could ignore all

01:08:26.520 that.

01:08:27.500 Like I'm not

01:08:28.080 interested in what

01:08:28.780 they said about

01:08:29.360 each other when

01:08:30.100 they were on the

01:08:31.700 opposite side

01:08:32.320 running, running.

01:08:36.840 But here's another

01:08:37.940 thing that happens.

01:08:38.940 if Marco Rubio

01:08:41.440 becomes the

01:08:43.340 Secretary of

01:08:44.080 State, what are

01:08:48.700 you going to do

01:08:49.060 for senators in

01:08:50.640 Florida?

01:08:52.440 Doesn't that

01:08:53.000 mean that

01:08:54.000 DeSantis can

01:08:56.500 select the

01:08:57.600 interim senator?

01:08:59.900 And do you

01:09:00.800 think there's a

01:09:01.440 good chance that

01:09:02.120 that might be

01:09:03.940 Matt Gaetz?

01:09:05.560 So is this a

01:09:08.580 way to promote

01:09:09.720 Matt Gaetz

01:09:10.480 to Senate?

01:09:13.180 Because it

01:09:15.620 looks like it

01:09:16.160 could go that

01:09:16.720 way.

01:09:17.480 So it makes me

01:09:18.460 wonder if Trump's

01:09:19.460 getting a twofer

01:09:20.280 on this.

01:09:23.160 That Marco

01:09:24.100 Rubio makes

01:09:25.340 some people

01:09:26.100 comfortable,

01:09:26.920 maybe needed to

01:09:28.040 make some people

01:09:28.740 in the military

01:09:30.160 industrial complex a

01:09:31.400 little bit more

01:09:31.900 comfortable.

01:09:32.320 and at the

01:09:33.920 same time it

01:09:34.600 allows one of

01:09:36.100 his closest

01:09:37.200 allies to

01:09:38.880 get a leg

01:09:39.660 up.

01:09:41.140 Maybe.

01:09:42.460 So maybe it's

01:09:43.760 a twofer.

01:09:44.880 I don't have an

01:09:45.780 opinion, plus or

01:09:47.280 minus, on Marco

01:09:48.360 Rubio.

01:09:49.320 I did see some

01:09:50.360 smart people, Adam

01:09:51.360 Townsend, for

01:09:52.060 example, saying

01:09:53.160 that getting

01:09:53.500 somebody in

01:09:53.980 there who's a

01:09:54.940 hawk on China

01:09:55.780 and Iran makes

01:09:56.760 sense.

01:09:58.000 That makes sense

01:09:58.640 to me too.

01:10:00.060 So I'm going to

01:10:01.000 be open-minded on

01:10:01.920 Rubio.

01:10:02.780 I did see lots

01:10:03.680 of conservatives

01:10:04.720 complaining about

01:10:05.780 things he has

01:10:07.020 done or things

01:10:07.620 he might do,

01:10:08.480 and that's fair.

01:10:10.060 I don't mind

01:10:10.900 seeing a good

01:10:11.460 conversation about

01:10:12.280 it.

01:10:14.020 But I'm open-minded

01:10:15.540 on Rubio.

01:10:16.880 I'm open-minded

01:10:17.640 on him.

01:10:21.780 The other thing

01:10:22.600 that the new

01:10:23.620 borders are,

01:10:24.280 Tom Homan said,

01:10:25.400 is that he's

01:10:27.080 going to do

01:10:28.320 the deportations,

01:10:29.500 whether the

01:10:29.960 sanctuary cities

01:10:30.980 like New York

01:10:32.140 want to cooperate

01:10:32.860 or not.

01:10:34.540 He just says,

01:10:35.900 it's not up to

01:10:36.820 you.

01:10:38.420 Now, I don't

01:10:39.100 know what that

01:10:39.560 looks like.

01:10:40.440 Do you think

01:10:40.800 that could ever

01:10:41.360 turn into an

01:10:42.180 armed confrontation

01:10:43.400 where the local

01:10:45.440 officials put their

01:10:47.420 hands on their

01:10:47.980 guns and say,

01:10:49.400 A, our local law

01:10:50.380 says you can't

01:10:50.980 take them, and

01:10:52.160 then the Homeland

01:10:52.640 Security, they have

01:10:53.480 their hands on

01:10:54.000 their guns, and

01:10:54.900 they say, we're the

01:10:55.940 federal government, and

01:10:56.820 we can take them.

01:10:57.500 What happens

01:10:58.780 then?

01:10:59.820 I don't know.

01:11:01.340 I don't know.

01:11:01.840 Now, I don't think

01:11:02.420 it will come to

01:11:02.900 gunfire, but I do

01:11:05.760 like the fact that

01:11:07.120 Homan talks about it

01:11:08.480 this way.

01:11:09.540 Like, no, I have a

01:11:10.580 job.

01:11:10.880 I'm going to go do

01:11:11.460 that job.

01:11:12.520 You're not going to

01:11:13.040 stop me from doing

01:11:13.780 it.

01:11:14.520 I just like, I like

01:11:15.700 the attitude.

01:11:18.740 Apparently, Trump's

01:11:19.720 naming Representative

01:11:21.220 Lee Zeldin to lead

01:11:22.520 the EPA.

01:11:26.120 That would, I only

01:11:28.680 have positive things

01:11:29.740 to say about Lee

01:11:30.480 Zeldin.

01:11:30.960 I don't know if it

01:11:31.500 makes sense for him

01:11:32.260 to be head of the

01:11:32.860 EPA, but these

01:11:34.200 political appointments

01:11:36.440 aren't always about

01:11:37.300 the experience.

01:11:38.900 So, he does have

01:11:39.860 the right, he has

01:11:41.620 the right Republican

01:11:42.500 approach to the

01:11:43.460 topic, that you

01:11:45.300 don't want to starve

01:11:46.080 your industry on

01:11:48.240 every decision.

01:11:49.620 So, that looks

01:11:50.660 positive.

01:11:51.100 That would make

01:11:52.280 my stock go up.

01:11:54.420 So, you know,

01:11:55.260 theoretically.

01:11:57.440 And Stephen Miller

01:11:58.480 is going to be the

01:11:59.400 Deputy Chief of

01:12:00.720 Policy.

01:12:01.680 I don't know

01:12:02.160 exactly how deeply

01:12:03.980 that job goes into

01:12:05.140 all the other

01:12:05.700 categories, but Stephen

01:12:07.600 Miller seems like

01:12:08.320 he's earned his

01:12:09.880 place at the table.

01:12:13.180 And also, Michael

01:12:14.680 Schellenberger is

01:12:15.420 talking about

01:12:15.840 Australia and

01:12:19.120 their Prime

01:12:19.900 Minister.

01:12:21.100 is, I think he's

01:12:23.260 part of this global

01:12:24.120 censorship thing

01:12:25.120 where the countries

01:12:26.720 outside the United

01:12:27.640 States are trying to

01:12:28.540 censor the platforms

01:12:29.600 which operate in the

01:12:30.700 United States, which

01:12:32.060 would put foreign

01:12:33.460 countries in charge of

01:12:34.640 our free speech.

01:12:36.380 In other words, the

01:12:37.200 mechanism for free

01:12:38.640 speech in the United

01:12:39.320 States, primarily

01:12:40.120 social media, could be

01:12:42.420 crippled by being

01:12:45.200 made illegal or lawfared

01:12:47.440 in other countries such

01:12:48.480 as Australia.

01:12:50.620 Now, I am such a

01:12:53.340 free speech guy that

01:12:55.380 that's a red line.

01:12:57.300 If Australia is going

01:12:58.520 to work against free

01:12:59.760 speech in the United

01:13:00.540 States, you can defend

01:13:02.020 yourself.

01:13:04.700 You're not NATO

01:13:05.780 anymore if you're against

01:13:06.700 free speech in America.

01:13:07.800 America, you know, and I

01:13:09.820 know like how dangerous

01:13:11.380 that would be for the

01:13:12.240 world, but no, that's a

01:13:13.800 red line.

01:13:14.700 If you're saying to me,

01:13:16.000 but, but, but, Scott,

01:13:17.680 you've got to work with

01:13:18.580 Australia to, to, you

01:13:21.220 know, keep China from being

01:13:23.120 too aggressive over there, I

01:13:24.560 say to you, nope, I'll take

01:13:26.080 my free speech.

01:13:27.740 Nope.

01:13:28.800 Nope.

01:13:29.060 If, if I, if I have to

01:13:30.520 give up the South China

01:13:31.800 Sea and half of the

01:13:33.360 world to keep my free

01:13:35.220 speech, yep.

01:13:36.940 Just so you're clear,

01:13:38.300 Australia, you're on your

01:13:39.820 own, right?

01:13:41.180 You don't get to take that

01:13:42.380 from us.

01:13:43.620 If you think that we're

01:13:44.880 going to call your bluff and

01:13:46.140 like, oh, we'll roll over,

01:13:48.320 you can censor our internal

01:13:50.300 speech in America.

01:13:51.980 Nope.

01:13:53.080 Hard no.

01:13:54.240 Not negotiable.

01:13:55.600 If you're going to, if you're

01:13:57.020 going to try to curb speech

01:13:58.760 in America, I think we

01:14:00.980 should remove all military

01:14:02.300 cooperation because you're

01:14:06.560 either on our side on free

01:14:07.960 speech or you're not.

01:14:09.420 And there's no gray area

01:14:11.100 there.

01:14:11.820 Sorry.

01:14:14.620 So Australia, I consider you

01:14:16.500 not an ally, same with the

01:14:17.940 Great Britain at the moment.

01:14:19.500 I'd love it if you could

01:14:20.580 correct that and we could be

01:14:21.960 good friends again, but I

01:14:23.440 don't consider Great Britain

01:14:24.440 an ally at the moment or

01:14:26.680 Australia because of their

01:14:28.180 their their pressure on free

01:14:31.180 speech in America.

01:14:32.860 And that, ladies and

01:14:34.040 gentlemen, is what I had for

01:14:36.260 prepared comments.

01:14:38.500 I'm sure you would agree it was

01:14:40.240 the best time you've had this

01:14:41.260 morning.

01:14:42.580 The day is young.

01:14:43.740 Could get even better.

01:14:45.560 But as we see, there is some

01:14:47.440 kind of animal spirit at work

01:14:49.260 here.

01:14:49.520 Have you noticed the that the

01:14:52.840 the the animal spirits is sort

01:14:55.540 of a word that you use in

01:14:56.440 economics, that people just

01:14:58.220 feel a certain way.

01:14:59.900 And when they feel a certain

01:15:01.440 way, they're likely to act a

01:15:02.840 certain way.

01:15:05.960 And that's usually good for

01:15:07.700 investment and good for the

01:15:09.920 economy.

01:15:10.800 So I would agree with whoever

01:15:12.840 says we've never had a better

01:15:14.340 looking launchpad than this.

01:15:17.060 It looks better than anything

01:15:18.400 I've ever seen.

01:15:20.020 I've never seen anything that

01:15:21.320 looked as positive.

01:15:22.220 Honestly, I've never seen

01:15:23.300 America.

01:15:25.120 Look like it has such a

01:15:26.960 good future

01:15:28.960 as right now.

01:15:30.460 Now, lots of problems, a lot of

01:15:34.240 stuff to fix, but almost

01:15:36.100 everything that is a problem

01:15:37.400 also has something that looks

01:15:38.740 like a solution that's already

01:15:39.980 forming around it from the

01:15:42.000 national debt to, you know, war

01:15:44.680 in Ukraine.

01:15:45.600 You can you can see and describe

01:15:47.900 the solution to all of them now.

01:15:49.980 Oh, Elon Musk helps get our debt

01:15:53.320 down or our expenses down.

01:15:55.260 Got it.

01:15:55.860 Re-engineer the government.

01:15:56.900 Trump works with Russia and

01:16:00.280 Ukraine to end the war.

01:16:01.680 Got it.

01:16:03.000 Trump and his team work in the

01:16:05.300 Middle East to get something

01:16:06.800 that looks like a two-state

01:16:08.300 solution, but it's not really

01:16:09.880 the two-state solution so that

01:16:12.340 Israel can accept it.

01:16:14.160 Got it.

01:16:15.120 You can almost explain how

01:16:16.820 everything will get fixed.

01:16:18.600 That's new.

01:16:20.220 I mean, usually it's like we have

01:16:21.320 this problem and nobody's working

01:16:22.640 on it, but now we have problems

01:16:24.480 and exactly the right people

01:16:25.680 working on it.

01:16:26.280 You've got RFK Jr.

01:16:27.860 looking at the food supply.

01:16:29.520 Oh, my God.

01:16:32.520 That's like so good.

01:16:34.340 So good.

01:16:35.440 I mean, it's beyond good.

01:16:38.500 All right.

01:16:39.060 Well, that's all the good news I

01:16:40.340 got for you today.

01:16:42.580 Yeah, I think X is now back online

01:16:44.600 in Brazil as well.

01:16:46.380 Brazil finally caved on the X

01:16:49.300 thing.

01:16:49.520 All right.

01:16:57.080 I'm going to talk to the locals,

01:16:59.400 subscribers privately here,

01:17:01.720 but you on YouTube and Rumble and X,

01:17:04.200 thanks for joining.

01:17:05.000 I will see you tomorrow morning,

01:17:06.180 same time, same place.

01:17:07.180 Just keeps getting better.

Real Coffee with Scott Adams - November 12, 2024

Episode 2657 CWSA 11⧸12⧸24

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