00:00:25.040I hope everybody is having a good week as we get ready to celebrate America's 250th birthday coming up, I guess, in about a week from when this comes out.
00:00:36.420And I know our family is looking forward to it.
00:00:38.680We're going to be doing the fireworks show.
00:00:40.860I see that Lisa's already bought a bunch of Fourth of July stuff, you know, decorations.
00:00:48.600And grandkids are going to be all together for a big part of that.
00:00:53.060So we're really looking forward to that.
00:00:55.960We're going to talk about that in just a few minutes on kind of some of the polling that's gone on related to this monumental landmark that we're going to be celebrating.
00:01:06.380In fact, the longest running pure republic slash democracy in the world.
00:01:13.340Most of them last a lot shorter time than that.
00:01:15.640But we're very thankful that ours has gone on.
00:01:18.900And a lot of that tribute obviously goes to our founders and to our creator, because I do believe that there was quite a bit of divine intervention in establishing America.
00:01:32.180And just think about all the freedoms that we fought for over the years.
00:01:36.540And it is pretty humbling to think about when you think about the sacrifices that have been made by so many for those of us that are here today.
00:01:46.360But before we get into that, I want to talk. There's lots been going on on the Iran-U.S. front.
00:01:52.080And as you know by now that President Trump signed a Memorandum of Understanding a week or so ago,
00:01:59.600maybe a couple of weeks by the time this comes out.
00:02:01.700And as I'm speaking to you today, Vice President Vance and Jared Kushner and Steve Wyckoff are in Switzerland
00:02:09.700continuing to negotiate the details that will follow the memorandum of understanding. But
00:02:16.420before we get into any of that, I want to go through the memorandum myself with you so that
00:02:22.140you understand. And remember, a memorandum of understanding is not a binding commitment on
00:02:27.800anyone. It is an agreement that, hey, this is generally what we understand, that we want to
00:02:34.760happen, both sides, but we, you know, as they always say, the devil's in the details, and that's
00:02:40.200the way it is with these things. I can't even, I mean, I've negotiated a bunch of contracts
00:02:44.860in my past, selling companies and contracts with individuals. I've helped Allie with her
00:02:50.660contracts in the past, and it's, I know that's complicated. I can't imagine how complicated
00:02:56.320this is, especially when there's somebody on the other side of the table from you whose regime has
00:03:03.640been committed to wiping us off the face of the earth. And so I can't imagine need to be praying
00:03:11.780for Vice President Vance. And also speaking of that, I hope that you watched or listened to
00:03:17.260Ali's podcast interview with Vice President last week. Boy, that was really, really good. She is
00:03:23.420such a great interviewer and J.D. Vance is a great interviewee. He is very smart. I was very,
00:03:31.400very impressed. Didn't necessarily agree with everything that he said, but I was very impressed
00:03:36.220with the way he handled himself. And I know Ali was too, not just on camera, but off camera also.
00:03:43.080But anyway, let's go into the memorandum of understanding. I got to get my glasses on here
00:03:46.540because the type that this printed out on is pretty small. So just be with me. I'm going to
00:03:51.820go through each point. All right. We've got time to do that today. Number one, the United States
00:03:56.660and Iran and their allies in the current war by signing this MOU declare immediate and permanent
00:04:03.960termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon. Now, Lebanon, as you know,
00:04:10.440is where I believe it's Hezbollah is, and that is the proxy for Iran that has caused Israel a lot
00:04:20.200of trouble. And so we wanted to make sure that really on both sides, Israel and Hezbollah,0.70
00:04:28.120that their hostilities were going to cease as well. And we will undertake now on not to initiate
00:04:35.080any war or military operation against each other and refrain from the threat or use of force against
00:04:41.200each other, which I don't think they're going to live up to that. I don't think we're going to live
00:04:45.000up to that. If we want a threatened force, which certainly we can do, we'll continue doing it. And
00:04:50.440ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon. In other words, we're not trying to
00:04:55.000take over any property in Lebanon. The second thing is U.S. and Iran will undertake with respect
00:05:01.820to each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity and refrain from interfering in each
00:05:05.840other's internal affairs. Then number three, that U.S. and Iran will commit to negotiating and
00:05:13.040achieving the final deal within 60 days.
00:05:15.260Of course, it can be extended with mutual consent,
00:05:18.620but you got to put a deadline on something.
00:05:20.480A goal without a deadline is just a dream or just a wish.
00:05:26.200Number four, immediately upon sign the MOU,
00:05:29.100the U.S. will begin removal of its naval blockade
00:05:32.820and any disturbances or impediments against Iran
00:05:36.380and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days.
00:05:39.440So we're going through the process of doing that.
00:05:41.760We're giving ourselves some time. First of all, nothing happens overnight. But second of all, I think we want to see how negotiations are going. That's my interpretation of it before we take everything away from there. And we're always, listen, this doesn't mean we're never going to have ships in the Middle East. We will have ships in the Middle East. We regularly have ships all over the world. I'm sure we'll have ships in the Mediterranean. We'll have ships in the Indian Ocean. And if we have to get back there quickly, we'll be able to do that.
00:06:09.220Upon the signing of this MOU, Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for safe passage of vessels with no charge from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Amman and vice versa.
00:06:20.960I think they've always had a fee going on for passing through there.0.69
00:06:24.840And so what we're saying is for the next 60 days, you've got to let them all go through for free.
00:06:29.460And then after that, maybe negotiate what you charge for vessels to go through.
00:06:35.480Kind of like going through the Panama Canal.
00:06:36.920The U.S. undertakes, with its regional partners, a developed mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran.
00:06:46.280The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days.
00:06:52.160All required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the USA.
00:06:59.220We're not putting money up. That's what President Trump said time and time again.
00:07:03.160we're not putting money up. Some of the other countries in the region might be willing to put
00:07:07.240up money, and we're going to allow that to happen. But it also has to come through us because it
00:07:11.800can't happen if we think they're not living up to the other parts of this agreement. That's why
00:07:17.900the licensing parts in there, okay? That really was important for that to happen.
00:07:23.040The U.S. undertakes to terminate sanctions against Iran, including United Nations national
00:07:28.840security resolutions. Of course, we can't control that ourself. That's a committee that we have one
00:07:35.760vote on, although we do have veto power on that, but we can't control that 100% ourself, but we're
00:07:42.020going to try to get that done. And also the IAEA, Board of Governors Resolutions, all unilateral
00:07:52.140sanctions, primary and secondary, and agreed upon schedule as part of the final deal.
00:07:59.500Again, this will take time over a period of months.
00:08:03.300Number eight, Iran reaffirms it shall not procure, that means purchase, or develop nuclear
00:08:10.720So they can't buy them from North Korea or China, and they can't procure them.
00:08:16.380I mean, that's what they're agreeing to now.
00:08:17.940Now, you know, again, the only way to know that happens if we're monitoring that and we're going to be monitoring that.
00:08:25.720The U.S. and Iran have agreed to resolve disposition of the stockpiled and rich material and the stuff that we blew up.
00:08:32.740And if also if they have any more pursuant to a mechanism that we mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in paragraph seven.
00:08:40.740That's within the 60 days. They want to get that done.
00:08:43.540and then with the minimum methodology to be downblending on-site under the provision of IAEE.
00:08:54.320The minimum thing they have to do is they have to downblend.
00:08:57.060So if they've got any of it at 60%, we've got to downblend that
00:09:01.960because my understanding is it only takes 20% enriched to provide the electrical,
00:09:06.320the power that they're looking for, which is supposed to be,
00:09:08.820and that's the only peacetime use they would need it for.
00:09:12.900Pending the final deal, the USA and Iran agree to maintain the status quo.
00:09:18.480Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program when all of this is done,
00:09:23.380which means it's not enriched beyond the need for power, just to get electrical power.
00:09:31.640And they will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region if Iran does that.
00:09:37.860The United States of America undertakes this immediately upon signing of his interview, the termination of sanctions.
00:09:43.600The U.S. Department of Education will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurance and transportation.
00:09:54.940Number 11, the U.S. undertakes to make fully available for the use of frozen or restricted funds of Iran.
00:10:00.800And number 12, the U.S. and Iran agree on the executive mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of the MOU and the final deal.
00:10:11.760So we've got to see how that we're going to monitor it and make sure that both sides are living up to their agreement.
00:10:20.020The final deal will be endorsed by a binding United Nations Security Council resolution.
00:10:25.900So at the end of the day, the UN Security Council, with the agreement of both Iran and the U.S., will be asked to pass a resolution agreeing to all of these steps.
00:10:38.700And that means when they do that, that means that the UN is agreeing that both sides will stick to what they've said.
00:10:47.520And that's much more important to us that Iran sticks to their side, because we're obviously not going to just go in there and nuke Iran with no threat against us.
00:10:58.220But we don't know, based on the Mullah's past statements and intentions, if they would do that.0.74
00:11:04.680So this gets the whole United Nations behind it.
00:11:08.280Now, sometimes that's a paper tiger, but hopefully that will carry some weight as we go forward.
00:11:39.000But over time, maybe you're teenagers or whatever as to what this means because they're going to be living with it.
00:11:43.480You know, I don't know how long this is going to go on and when we're going to have future conflicts, but they need to understand this is an important point in history with our relationship with people in the Middle East.
00:11:53.700And it's also important that the people that are helping negotiate some of this, you know, the Sultan of Oman and then the people in Pakistan, that's really important that they're involved in this and they're helping us get to a solution on this.
00:12:07.480So we are we're really excited about that.
00:12:11.220Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the eventual deal will have to go further than the MOU, which we agree with that, and not only curb nuclear ambitions from Iran, but also further terrorist activity by Iran and Iran-sponsored organizations.
00:12:27.820And here is SOT1 where Secretary Rubio talks about that.
00:12:31.820Are you trying to ease concerns to allies here in the region?
00:12:35.100That most certainly will come up in these conversations.
00:12:38.500And there are items outside the MOU that are certainly going to be covered,
00:12:41.240but that's one that will have to be covered.
00:12:43.860I think a careful reading of the MOU will see that when you talk about, for example,
00:12:47.960a complete end of hostilities in the entire region, well, that's not possible.
00:12:52.480You can't have the end of hostilities and conflicts in the region0.81
00:12:55.560as long as Iranian proxies are launching missiles and drones from Iraq0.87
00:12:59.760and are participating in terrorism like Hamas did and like Heskala did.0.50
00:13:03.700So I do think it's covered by the MOU. And it is an issue that will be gotten to at the appropriate time in these negotiations.0.81
00:13:11.680It's absolutely covered by the MOU. In fact, I just read it to you where not only is Iran and its allies, okay, which would be these terrorist organizations, that they have, they, we're holding them to the same standard that we're holding Iran to.0.78
00:13:26.620And we're just assuming that they're proxies of them, right?0.66
00:13:29.660Just like if United Kingdom, if they had a spine, had helped us in this process,
00:13:35.820we would be considering them an ally and they would be held to the same standards that we're held to.
00:13:40.220So the whole United Kingdom without a spy is another episode, which we'll talk about one day.
00:13:46.920But there's also been some criticism from Republicans.
00:13:49.780In fact, Ted Cruz says that history teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea.
00:14:01.460OK, Senator Cruz and I know Senator Cruz as well.
00:14:05.400But Ted knows that we're not giving them money.
00:14:09.320The money that's been restricted is their money.
00:14:12.520OK, it's money that, you know, through businesses or whatever that they've accumulated.
00:14:17.020And we are, if assuming everything goes well with these final negotiations, going to lift those restrictions.
00:14:22.020But we're not giving the money. OK, I want to make sure everybody understands that.
00:14:26.780Lindsey Graham says, well, let's try a diplomatic solution. I think it's going to fail.
00:14:31.020And then what happens next? That's a very good question, Senator Graham.
00:14:35.060I understand Senator Graham in this particular issue is probably one of the most hawkish of anyone.
00:14:43.240If you I've talked about him before and that, you know, he was one of the big supporters of this conflict with Iran.0.99
00:14:51.680And, you know, I'm glad we did it. And we will talk about that as well.0.86
00:14:55.380But we'll see what happens. That's all that you can do.
00:14:59.320I mean, we don't know the answer to that. I think I'm cautiously optimistic, but it wouldn't surprise me if Iran, you know, breaks this deal, whether soon or whether in the next few years.0.84
00:15:11.540they broke the deal that we did through Obama. You know, they were enriching uranium right a0.64
00:15:17.620long way of not allowing inspectors in and all that. So I think they're dealing with a different
00:15:21.920president and hopefully a different mindset as well. The other thing that's happened,
00:15:25.920and we're going to talk about this in just a second, is how does it compare to the deal that
00:15:31.540Obama did? We called the, I think they called it the JCPOA. Yeah. The last quote is that Senator
00:15:38.820Tom Cotton credited President Trump for making Iran weaker than it's been in decades, but said
00:15:44.240certain aspects of this deal are a step, and he believes, is the wrong direction. We need to make
00:15:49.560sure they don't squander the leverage that we've built. That's a good point. I think, listen,
00:15:54.300I know that President Trump doesn't like criticism, but sometimes constructive criticism,
00:15:59.560and it's hard to find that in politics, honestly, but sometimes constructive criticism helps us
00:16:04.920make better deals. And it helps us understand the situation better. So I don't fault these
00:16:11.020senators for saying what's on their mind. Probably better if they did it in private,
00:16:16.840but politics is done and public policy is done in a very public manner, obviously. And that's
00:16:23.040the type of country we live in. If we were in Russia or one of these other places like Iran and
00:16:28.460others, there's nothing public about what they do. So I'm glad that they're doing this.
00:16:33.820I would just ask them to be supportive of getting the very best deal that we can.
00:16:41.560And I'm going to go over that in a minute.
00:16:42.980You know, it's really interesting that people that are complaining,
00:16:46.060and I'm not talking about these three senators,
00:16:47.920but that people are complaining the whole time about the war
00:16:50.740are complaining about how we're stopping the war.
00:17:22.280We put a lot of damage on the country of Iran and their power structure and their leadership structure.
00:17:29.660In fact, when you compare it to the JCPOA that Obama signed into place, there's pretty big differences in that in exchange for significant sanctions relief and access to frozen assets,
00:17:44.800Iran agreed to strict limitations on its nuclear program, including reducing its centrifuges, limiting uranium enrichment and allowing international inspectors.
00:17:54.380However, Iran kept enriching uranium anyway, built its nuclear program, and I never allowed any inspectors.
00:18:01.020And there wasn't any mechanism to do anything about it.0.86
00:18:06.740I don't think there was one legitimate inspector that ever went into Iran after the JCPOA deal.
00:18:14.340In 2026, the Trump's agreement is not yet a nuclear deal.
00:18:19.580It is a memorandum of understanding that serves as a ceasefire, and the nuclear deal is going to be negotiated.
00:18:25.840Now, I will tell you, if we can't get that negotiated, there could be other hostilities,
00:18:30.520because I do not believe that Trump is just going to walk away from this without achieving his primary objective, nor should he, in my opinion.
00:18:38.380Another difference in how the JCPOA versus this memorandum of understanding and our long-term potential deal is,
00:18:45.100is that our agreement came after, as I said just a few minutes ago, a series of military operations
00:18:52.700against their nuclear facilities, which did much to weaken the regime. And we hope it leads to a0.56
00:19:00.540stronger, full agreement. In fact, Vice President Vance, who I said was over in Switzerland right
00:19:06.460now, discussed the differences between the JCPOA and what the deal is now in SOT2.0.81
00:19:13.820You have to remember, in 2015, Iran had built a sophisticated nuclear weapons program with
00:20:09.320It's kind of like having a child and counting to three with no consequences, and you might as well have counted to 3,000.
00:20:16.560If you don't have consequences after the count of three or whatever it is your family does when a child is acting up, then they're going to learn that pretty quickly.
00:20:26.260And what happened here was is that we had been talking to them, telling them, okay, that, hey, you need to stop this.
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00:23:36.400All right. Now, the next thing I want to talk about is America 250. Where are we and where
00:23:42.620are we going? I thought this is a pretty good time to do that. You know, July 4th,
00:23:48.100Allie's told you that's her favorite holiday of the year.
00:23:50.220It's our family's favorite holiday of the year.
00:23:52.200Our church service coming up this Sunday,
00:23:55.720they will pay special tribute to all the different armed forces.
00:24:01.120And they always have a member, a former member,
00:24:05.960usually a retired member of each level of armed forces,
00:24:11.200the Coast Guard, the Marines, the Navy, the Army, the Air Force.
00:24:17.640They'll have all of those represented, all of those branches of our military represented by generally a retired gentleman in his full dress uniform, whatever that happens to be.
00:24:30.360And maybe a couple of them are in a combat uniform.
00:24:33.140And then when they call out the U.S. Navy, they'll play the Navy song while that guy's standing there saluting.
00:24:40.960And they'll do the same thing for the Air Force and the same thing for the Marines.
00:24:44.700And I always look over there at Lisa when we're watching that, and she's always shedding a tear, as we all probably should.
00:24:52.780And I always think that's a very special day and a special time.
00:24:55.420So I hope you're attending some of those things that are going to be going on.
00:25:18.920Now, it is interesting, though, because we're so politically divided in the U.S.
00:25:24.360that polls actually show pretty big frustration on how things are working today.
00:25:32.140And there's apprehension about what the future will decide.
00:25:35.100Now, in my opinion, even though they're showing a lot of apprehension, it's for different reasons.
00:25:42.940All right. And here let me go. I'll go through that in just a minute.
00:25:45.240First of all, let's talk about the American dream.
00:25:47.280I've got a lot of polling information for you here.
00:25:50.660Republicans are far more optimistic than other groups, with 57 percent saying the American dream remains valid compared to just 24 percent of independents and 17 percent of Democrats.
00:26:02.100Also, men are more likely than women to believe in it as are older adults compared to younger ones.
00:26:08.400You see, I think the reason these numbers are what they are is that for the Republicans that are worried about the American dream,
00:26:17.960they're not worried about it because of things that Republicans are doing from a policy standpoint.
00:26:24.400They're worried about it because of the people like Mandami, right, in New York and AOC, that they're worried that one day they'll take over our government and we'll be living under the policies that they have.
00:26:38.700And that's something that makes them not certain about the American dream.
00:26:43.440So it doesn't mean they're unhappy with the way things are today, but they have genuine fears, right?
00:26:48.900And I think the reason women are more than men is because women generally have a little bit more of a cautionary look at things and they become fearful for their families.
00:27:05.100Right. Whereas a man in our background of the one that needs to be in generally the one that's out there on the front lines providing, I know there's a lot of women in the workforce and you know that I support that.
00:27:18.900But just kind of the psyche of how we're made up makes us not near as sensitive to danger, maybe sometimes as we should be, but not serious, sensitive danger, willing to take the risk to move through it.
00:27:31.940So, again, just because a Republican might 40, what, 43 percent might not be as positive on the American dream.
00:27:40.740It's not because of necessary Republican policies.
00:27:43.520It's because of they fear the takeover of the far left and the policies they bring to the table.
00:27:49.940Nearly half of Americans age 60 and older still believe in the American dream.
00:27:53.440There we go. Baby boomers. We're still doing it. We're still carrying the load. Keep on.1.00
00:27:57.040All right, we're going to bring you millennials and Gen Zs and Gen Ys and Gen X, all of you along with us.
00:28:03.520You'll be there. But we still believe in the American dream.
00:28:06.640Many of us have lived the American dream.
00:28:08.260And if you've read my book, Life Lessons from the Little Red Wagon, you know that our family has certainly lived the American dream.
00:28:14.160And we owe a lot, first to our creator and our savior, but also to the men and women before us that sacrificed so much so that we could be able to live the dream.
00:28:24.860Only a third, only about one in five adults or 20% under 30 feel the same way.
00:28:31.180And that's probably from a lack of experience, life experiences so far.
00:28:36.020They've lived through some, you know, pretty tumultuous times.
00:28:39.240In 2016, for example, when President Trump was first elected, that's been 10 years ago now.
00:28:48.720and the people that are 30 were 20 years old
00:29:45.360A smaller but still majority share, 57 percent, view the right to keep and bear arms as important.
00:29:51.460About half of the public, 46 percent, sees freedom of speech as facing a major threat today.
00:29:56.820And again, I think that's on both sides.
00:29:58.980I think there are equal number of people on the right and on the left that think freedom of speech is under attack.
00:30:06.120We think it's under attack on the right because the left controls most of the media
00:30:11.780And because what we went through with Biden by the lawfare and the weaponization, and even what we went through with Obama, remember how the IRS went after a bunch of conservative organizations?
00:30:22.520We believe that freedom of speech is under attack on that.
00:30:25.520The left believes that freedom of speech is under attack because of President Trump and how he responds to the media and how he doesn't tolerate the left-wing media to dominate him.
00:30:39.340And that's why I believe, because there's so much Trump derangement syndrome, that's why I believe that they're concerned about it.
00:30:46.660Democrats are much more likely than Republicans and independents to view the right to vote and freedom of speech as under major threat.
00:30:53.180Now, see, that's really interesting, especially on the right to vote, because what the Democrats are saying on the right to vote is they don't think we should have any restrictions on voting.
00:31:04.840In other words, we shouldn't do voter ID. We shouldn't do, you know, identity checks, any of that type of stuff.
00:31:12.200You don't have, in fact, in a lot of places in local elections, like they're trying to get done in L.A., not even have citizens.
00:31:18.000You don't have to be a citizen to vote, which is totally crazy.
00:31:21.360So they don't see it as protecting the integrity of voting.
00:31:25.680They see it as if we don't let people vote that aren't really legally allowed to vote, if we don't let them do that, then we're suppressing, which is totally, totally wrong.
00:32:18.720So a massive partisan divide on that question of being proud to be an American.
00:32:23.160Look at that. That is just amazing. You heard what he said if you're just listening to it, but that's, I tell you what, that means on the Democrat side, you're going to elect people that don't even aren't even proud to be an American. I mean, that's just absolutely. And some of the recent elections have shown that some of the primaries, you know, a socialist have had a big run in the Democrat Party.
00:32:44.740the Democrat Party is being taken over by socialists. Just make sure that if you're a
00:32:50.500Democrat, you're supporting socialism. If you're not supporting it, then what are you going to do
00:32:55.700to change it within your own party? And I talked about that, I think, on the last episode, where
00:33:01.280I think the socialists and Green Party people are taking over the Democrat Party like the
00:33:06.200Libertarians are trying to do the same thing with the Republican Party. Now, let's look ahead to
00:33:11.3802050. Where are we going to be in 25 years when we're 300 years old, you know? What would that
00:33:17.480be? No, that'd be, I'm sorry, 275 years old. Excuse me. I should know my math. Two-thirds
00:33:24.920of Americans expect the country to be even more divided than it is today, with most seeing no
00:33:30.740end in sight to the deep divisions. The public has split on race relations, with half predicting
00:33:36.800they will improve over the next 25 years, and the other half expecting them
00:33:41.040to get worse. Wow. On most other issues,
00:33:45.180pessimism outweighs optimism. More than half of U.S.
00:33:48.960adults believe that by 2050, the country will play a less important role in the world,
00:33:53.300be less prosperous, and become a more dangerous place to live.
00:33:58.320And will have a worse system of government.
00:34:01.140Despite the overall gloom, Americans' expectations for a future have grown more
00:34:04.980positive since 2023, with noticeably increases in the shares who expected the U.S. to be more
00:34:11.040important globally, less politically divided, and economically stronger than 2050. And I think
00:34:16.180that's to the tribute of the Republicans winning the majorities in 2024. People are generally more
00:34:22.020optimistic about that than Democrats are, and I think that's a good thing. You know, interesting,
00:34:28.300I'm just telling you, those are Allie's primary audience.0.97
00:34:33.300It's going to be up to you to make sure that we are more prosperous.
00:34:38.740We are more, you know, we are less divided.
00:34:54.720We're not, you know, we're grandparents, and so we have influence, but you that are the parents and you that are the CEOs and you that are the business owners and you that are the new congressmen and state representatives and city council, you're going to be responsible for what happens over the next 25 years.
00:35:15.940And the best way to know what to do is to look at the past to learn what to do and what not to do.
00:35:22.300So anyway, a couple of viewer questions on this. How should I explain my optimism for our country to folks who say burn the flag?
00:35:31.020Well, the right that they have to burn the flag should give everybody optimism because that means that we're protecting people's freedoms.
00:35:41.600And remember, people generally believe what they want to believe.
00:35:45.160If they want to have an open discussion and you listen to their points and you listen and they listen to your points, then I think it's worth doing.
00:35:52.300But otherwise, I don't think it's a waste of your time and effort to do that.
00:35:57.680As a Christian, I still struggle with fear over the future of America.
00:36:14.040I've come on here every couple of weeks and talk about things that I think are important that people should know from a biblical perspective.
00:36:21.080Allie is on here three times a week herself talking about all sorts of things and has great guests on here.
00:36:27.620So just keep plugged into things like this.
00:36:30.480Also, just know that, as Allie says, God's plan is going off without a hitch, and that always will be the case.
00:36:40.300Now, he does expect us to do our part as well.
00:36:47.100We're expected to live a life of morality.
00:36:50.320We're expected to raise our families, love our families, teach them, and we're also expected to respect our government.
00:36:59.040And so I believe that as Christians, we should be the ones leading the way to make sure there's a better America and there's a better world to live in.
00:37:08.260One of the things that I wanted to do before we get into the final viewer questions, I know that we have not done as well at this as we should have.
00:37:17.680So I said, you know, we talk about a lot of negative things on here, but I looked up this week some good things that have happened in America.
00:37:26.440And I want to go over those. I've written them down, so I'll be looking down and reading it.
00:37:29.920But I want you to know about those. Here's a couple of things that have happened that are really good for the traditional family, for the faith believer, for the conservative.
00:37:39.080These are things that are going on that you may not be aware of.
00:37:41.440Several states, including Tennessee and Oklahoma, recently advanced or expanded tax credits and benefits aimed at helping single-income traditional households.
00:37:52.960These policies were framed as strengthening families and giving parents more freedom to raise children at home.
00:37:59.440The U.S. Congress should look at that.
00:38:01.080We need to get rid of the marriage penalty, which still exists.
00:38:03.960So my friends in Congress, please take that up in the next budget bill to get rid of the marriage penalty, to make it so that it is actually better if you're married in a traditional family, even if it's a single income.
00:38:18.820The other thing is marriage rates are rising in several counties.
00:38:23.260New county level data from parts of Utah, Idaho and the Carolinas show a measurable uptick in marriage license issued this spring.
00:38:31.680A small but real positive trend for people who value traditional family foundation.
00:38:39.120Also, there are small towns around the country that are reporting major drops in crime.
00:38:43.800Several sheriff's departments, including in the Texas Hill Country and rural Georgia, reported double-digit decreases in burglary and property crime over the last quarter.
00:38:53.940Officials credit community watch programs and strong local engagement.
00:39:37.500Veterans groups are launching new programs, mentorship programs.
00:39:40.940Veteran-led nonprofits in Ohio, Texas, and South Dakota launch new mentorship programs pairing older vets with young men lacking stable father figures.
00:39:52.760A very traditional community-driven approach.
00:39:55.380And then here's another thing that I'm really excited about. Skilled trades are seeing record enrollment. Trade schools or vocational schools or technical schools, whatever you happen to call them in your area, in states like Indiana and Alabama reported their highest enrollment in a decade.
00:40:12.820Many programs specifically highlight the dignity of work, apprenticeships, and pass to stable family-supporting incomes without college debt.
00:40:28.120The last thing is several states passed measures in the last month to protect family-owned farms from land consolidation and foreign purchases.
00:40:37.140A win for rural communities and generational stewardship.
00:40:40.140So those are some good things that are happening.
00:40:41.540Not everything is negative. OK, there are a lot of good things going on.
00:40:45.120And if you know some good stories that you think would be beneficial to the audience, Ali's audience, send those to me.
00:40:52.340OK, Ron at Ron Simmons dot com. Also, any other questions that you might have, send those to me.
00:40:57.220Ron at Ron Simmons dot com. But I want to hear some good stories. I think those would be awesome.
00:41:01.720Now, we're going to finish up here in the next few minutes by taking by going over a few questions that you guys are so good about sending in.
00:41:09.120um it's how did i know that my wife was the one you because they said how did he know me
00:41:18.160knew that ali's mom was the one you know i don't know how that happens it just i mean i had
00:41:25.380girlfriends before i met lisa when i was in high school and and even um you know in between high
00:41:31.060school and college lisa and i met as freshmen in college uh we had two classes this is the way
00:41:36.320Lisa describes it. We had two classes together in the same class. We had biology and psychology
00:41:41.680together and both of them worked. And now we've been together almost 47 years, but I do think
00:41:47.280God lays it on your heart. I just knew that she was the one, the way it was in my heart.
00:41:59.800I mean, it's my fortune that she's also beautiful and talented and all that. But
00:42:03.880But I think even without that, God had laid that on my heart.
00:42:08.580We were, and we still are, very different.
00:48:17.980But the requirements of what it takes to raise two little children allowed her to not have to focus on the loss of her mother as much.
00:48:29.520And I think you use the children will help you with the grieving process because your number one responsibility every day is with those kids and with your spouse.
00:48:40.740And while we can grieve for our parents when they're gone, hopefully we know where they are.
00:48:45.480and they're in glory in a perfect body
00:48:49.360and, you know, hopefully being able to look down on us and smile.
00:51:48.120I know it was a lot of detail of information,
00:51:50.880but I want you to think about, as you listen to this,
00:51:54.800you'll be probably a week or so away from July the 4th,
00:51:59.100And just think about, take some time to reflect on how thankful that you are for the country that we live in and how it was formed.
00:52:08.000And if you're interested in knowing what faith role, the role that faith played in that, read any of David Barton, David Barton's materials on faith.
00:52:17.780I think Ali's had him on the podcast in the past.
00:52:19.920If he has, maybe we can put that in the show, that episode in the show notes.
00:52:22.940But just look at that, look into that.
00:52:24.980And you can see where God's hand was on the creation.
00:52:29.820It's been on the hand of this country for a long, long time.
00:52:33.120And we have a responsibility to live up to the values that he has asked us and instructed us to live up to.
00:52:41.940And I hope that you'll continue doing that.
00:52:45.880And I always wish the best for you and your family.
00:52:48.600And thank you very much for supporting Allie's podcast.
00:52:51.940Again, if you have any questions that you want me to try to answer for you,