Russell Brand is back with a brand new show about Joe Biden s trip to Angola, and why it s a good thing he s not in the White House. Plus, the New York Times takes on the NY Times, and Chris Pawlowski takes on CNN.
00:06:08.000Whether it's Keir Starmer banalising the coming of a divine presence, or, you know, the winter solstice, you don't have to be a Christian to know glory and joy, but it helps, or Joe Biden visiting Angola, there are plenty of visual reminders that our leaders are We're good to
00:06:45.000So enjoy Biden while you've got him, because soon we won't have Joe Biden tottering and teetering about with Angolan leaders making an absolute nitwit of himself and potentially your entire country.
00:07:11.000Now consider for a moment that Tucker Carlson is in Russia right now reporting on what could be a hot war between the United States and Russia.
00:07:19.000Started seemingly out of spite in an attempt to cling on to power.
00:07:24.000Well, if I can't be President of the United States, no one will.
00:08:59.000Joe Biden very much belongs to the past and the future of the Democratic Party is in safe hands because we have Gavin Newsom waiting in the wings, a man who understands the people.
00:09:11.000Here he is, just declaring publicly that he goes everywhere in a chauffeur-driven car.
00:09:17.000Do you know that Gavin Newsom is actually an anagram of smug cunt?
00:09:23.000Because his whole life, people have been making these plane reservations for him.
00:10:21.000That smugness is coming out of your wage packet, especially if you're a resident of California.
00:10:26.000So for about 40% of your time, whether you're toiling or you're digging or you're typing, just know that it's being creamed off into Newsome's smugness, baby.
00:10:53.000If you watch this on YouTube, we'll be with you for about another 10 minutes.
00:10:57.000Then we're going to be swimming in the sweet streams of freedom.
00:11:01.000Honey, that is where you will find us.
00:11:03.000Coming up in the show, we're talking about martial law in South Korea.
00:11:06.000We're talking about Tucker Carlson in Russia.
00:11:09.000And we'll be talking about friend of the show, Mike Benz, appearing on Joe Rogan's show.
00:11:14.000And again, as always with Mike Benz, pointing out some pretty beautiful home truths.
00:11:20.000As well as that, Eric Adams is talking about immigration policy in New York City.
00:11:26.000Why don't you get involved in that rumble chat like Karl Rhino and Second Church and Tempest and Cleon Closon or become an Awakened Wonder and join the likes of Pride Folks.
00:11:35.000You know, if you're an Awakened Wonder, you can join us this Friday for our conversation with Brandon Lake.
00:11:41.000Me and Brandon Lake will be talking later this week.
00:11:47.000I can't see where that still of Brandon Lake is.
00:11:49.000I know that there's one out there that didn't make sense on that page.
00:11:53.000Right, okay, let's have a look at Eric Adams.
00:11:57.000Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, flames Joe Biden and Kamala for costing New York, New York.
00:12:33.000We didn't invest in seniors the way we should have, and young people the way we should have.
00:12:37.000We're not going to have to get these chronic absentee students the way we should have.
00:12:41.000The crimes that we've witnessed, this impacted our city, and people don't seem to understand why were you fighting so hard for this?
00:12:50.000Because I reflected on that 11-year-old boy that was denied, and I went into government to stop these 11-year-old boys, and I came up with a plan to do so.
00:13:00.000A lot of people go into government because of 11-year-old boys, but for an entirely different reason.
00:13:06.000Let me know in the comments in chat if you know all about that.
00:13:10.000And the federal government made me take $6.4 billion out of providing these services that we all should be angry at what happened to our city under this administration.
00:13:24.000They're losing Cenk, they're losing Eric Adams, and they're losing Bernie.
00:13:29.000People are desert in the establishment and fast.
00:13:34.000Now, do you approve of the FBI? Does anyone approve of the FBI anymore?
00:13:40.000On CNN, the enthusiastic pollster, that's what I call him, he no longer...
00:13:47.000He approves of the FBI, or at least a poll that he's explaining approve of the FBI. Let's have a look at this.
00:13:53.000I think Patel has real reason to believe that Americans would go along with changes that he might potentially make at the FBI, and there's a reason why Donald Trump feels like he can make this change.
00:14:03.000It's because if you look here, FBI is doing an excellent or a good job.
00:14:11.000It was 59% of Americans, then 57% in 2019, 50% in 2022. Look at Where we are today, my goodness gracious, just 41% of Americans think the FBI is doing an excellent or good job.
00:14:24.000That is by far the lowest number this century.
00:14:29.000The bottom line is, during the Trump administration, obviously there were the investigations.
00:14:33.000This century, so while Watergate was going on, while there's assassinations going on, Iran-Contra, all of that time people were like, EFBI, they're a good bunch of guys.
00:14:46.000There's old Hoover frocking himself up and frocking himself senseless, having his own little personal freak-out and a negligee.
00:14:55.000All the while, the American people are just privately approving of the FBI. Not anymore, baby.
00:14:59.000See, there were the investigations into Donald Trump.
00:15:10.000Okay, now, you are watching this, potentially, I pray, on Rumble, our home.
00:15:15.000Maybe you're on Awakened Wonder, watching this there, with your community over on Locals, like Beth in Wonderland and Ashela, getting ready for our Brandon Lake conversation this Friday, that you can exclusively join us for.
00:15:26.000Brandon Lake, the Christian singer and sensation, will be talking to me about his path and his journey.
00:15:31.000Maybe you're still watching us on YouTube.
00:15:33.000We're only going to be there for a few more minutes.
00:15:38.000CEO of Rumble, Chris Pavlovsky, who's done a lot to ensure free speech, certainly my free speech and Dan Bongino's free speech, the free speech of people that are advocating for your free speech, because ultimately you're what matters, although sometimes I forget that.
00:15:52.000He has taken on the New York Times, who have written a hit piece about Rumble, Rumble, claiming that Rumble are pushing misinformation and that Rumble are irresponsible for informing you that dear old Doddory Joe are potentially ushering you towards a hot nuclear war with Russia prior to the inauguration of Trump and his MAGA administration. claiming that Rumble are pushing misinformation and that Rumble are So let me know in the comments and chat, what do you think is more dangerous and responsible?
00:16:21.000Openly reporting on the potential that your tax dollars are being used to start Armageddon or do you think it's more irresponsible that the New York Times are trying to bludgeon you into a state of dumb, complaining?
00:18:10.000We're working on a story about Rumble that briefly mentions the Roseanne Barr podcast that streams on the platform.
00:18:16.000I'm contacting you to let you know and also seek comment.
00:18:19.000The overall story is about the universe of content that exists on Rumble, its audience, and how the news opinion on Rumble contrasts with coverage from other news stories.
00:18:27.000To complete this story, I deleted my other news sources and relied on Rumble for all my news for a week.
00:18:34.000Here is how the work is mentioned in the story.
00:18:37.000There's a video that shows Jake and Roseanne advertising TWC Health with ad copy that says we are on the brink of nuclear war.
00:18:43.000This clip included in a portion of the story that talks about how many Rumble creators emphasised how nuclear war with Russia was more or less imminent and how sometimes those warnings turned into ads for products.
00:18:54.000I'm hoping the show would have a comment to share about this or its work more broadly on Rumble.
00:19:00.000Feel free to reach me by email on my phone.
00:20:27.000Particularly when they're talking about independent media, they're talking about a competitor.
00:20:32.000They're talking about people that they want to bring down.
00:20:35.000How do you think that CNN and the New York Times report on Joe Rogan or Rumble or any Rumble contributors, including me?
00:20:42.000They want to destroy it and bring it down because they recognize that as long as you have access to independent media, you're not going to use their content indefinitely because what they once had was a kind of brand recognition, all the news that's fit to print.
00:20:57.000And now what we know them to be is a utensil of propaganda.
00:21:00.000Liars for hire, amplifying the message of the powerful and obfuscating truth, all the while doing it like we're doing some really important stuff.
00:21:10.000We're doing important things for America.
00:21:22.000Why are they not Paying attention to us anymore.
00:21:25.000Well, the reason they're not paying attention to you anymore, New York Times, is because there are now options and alternatives.
00:21:30.000And in a marketplace of one, we have centralised media.
00:21:34.000I'm talking about the Trusted News Initiative that ensure harmony, which is not a good word when it comes to reporting media, between the BBC, CNN, New York Times, YouTube, etc.
00:21:45.000People recognise now whose interests converge with those interests.
00:22:49.000So this is what was sent back probably from someone called Jake P. I don't know who that is.
00:22:54.000Are you covering the ad revenue between Pfizer and CNN in this article as well?
00:22:59.000I'm asking because I'm curious if this article is actual objective news or the standard New York Times hit piece against people who cover real news.
00:23:06.000If it's actual news, then you're welcome to quote me here.
00:23:09.000Biden's authorisation of long-range missiles is widely believed to be an escalation in the Ukrainian conflict, and Putin has floated the idea of nuclear war in response.
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00:26:11.000Neil deGrasse Tyson has been a guest on my show before when I did a podcast called Under the Skin.
00:26:17.000He is not a scientist, but he's a science educator.
00:26:20.000Some people say he changed his tune when hit with some MeToo-style attacks or inquiries.
00:26:27.000Depends on what you think of the validity of those particular MeToo-isms, I suppose, for want of a better neologism.
00:26:35.000Here, Neil deGrasse Tyson is on Jon Stewart's show, talking about how aggrieved he is that people get their information from sources that are not verified.
00:26:46.000Often what people mean when they say that is, why don't you just trust me?
00:26:52.000Does anything bother you in the last, I don't know, maybe year of presidential elections that makes you think that maybe science is in trouble?
00:27:05.000So, I worry, for example, that people get their science off of random places on the internet, off a clickbait, rather than looking at what this scientific establishment has discovered.
00:27:50.000Doctor, so far I agree with you that science is good and the internet is stupid.
00:27:57.000That's pretty incredible because we are living in a time where only clinical trials that are profitable are being undertaken and only information that is expedient is being released.
00:28:09.000Let me take the most taboo subject I possibly could.
00:28:14.000When people say there is no evidence to suggest that a link between autism and vaccines, do you think there might be a reluctance to conduct such studies?
00:28:23.000Ask yourself that question and have a look at our interview with Aaron Siri.
00:28:28.000And he will talk to you in great depth and explain to you the way that Big Pharma and the clinical trial complex can manage and control information.
00:28:44.000Of course, I'm not making a claim that they're There is a link between autism and vaccines, but there's exactly as much information to suggest that there is a link as there is to suggest that there isn't, precisely because no one wants to undertake clinical trials that cost Pfizer and Merck money.
00:29:03.000And when you look at their model of regulation and their methods and means of funding, it becomes clear why that might be.
00:29:10.000Now, in advocating for censorship, because that's ultimately where that conversation leads there, when people say there's too much misinformation on the internet, they're saying the information on the internet is a problem and someone should have the authority to control it.
00:29:23.000Well, let me ask you right now and let me know in the comments and chat, who do you think should have the authority to decide what information you get and what information you don't get?
00:29:32.000Should it be the New York Times who are telling you that we should not be reporting on or discussing the fact that Russia, the world's biggest nuclear superpower, are potentially being provoked?
00:29:42.000What is misinformation when it comes to the pandemic era and adverse and yellow card events that were light or at least showed a correlation between taking certain medications and symptoms and side effects?
00:29:56.000Who do you trust in To be in charge of the information.
00:30:00.000Now what's fantastic when you dig deeper into this is you'll find that from an atheistic or materialistic perspective it's perfectly rational to make human intelligence the apex of all of our hierarchical systems and therefore the ultimate authority and therefore the adjudicator and utilizer of justice.
00:30:19.000If there is no sublime or divine power If there is no supreme intelligence, then we are the supreme intelligence.
00:30:27.000And the authority I just discussed, we can delegate that authority or grant that authority to whoever the establishment or system decides is worthy of it.
00:30:37.000So who gets the sense of your information?
00:30:39.000The government will tell you who's going to censor your information.
00:30:42.000Who tells you whether or not a medicine is safe?
00:30:44.000The government will decide whether or not a medicine is safe.
00:30:48.000Who decides whether or not there should be a war or shouldn't be a war or whether a war should be escalated?
00:31:43.000Of course it has its advocates in public spaces to coat it in soft power, to lubricate it, to make the penetration of their power less disruptive as it enters you.
00:31:54.000But there is only one power that we should be yielding to.
00:31:57.000And it's not for me to tell you what that power is.
00:32:00.000It's not for anyone to tell you what that power is.
00:32:03.000But if you become awakened, you will be less likely to tolerate their corrupt, institutionalized, hubristic power.
00:32:11.000And when people go on and say, like, making, I guess they were joking about the results of the election, were they?
00:32:15.000And Neil deGrasse Tyson was like, oh no, the craziness.
00:32:18.000People saying, you know, anti-vaxxers.
00:32:35.000I saw a brilliant post on X when someone was talking about some new potential environmental disaster, and the first post underneath it was, is there a tax we can pay for that?
00:32:46.000They will always be attempting to justify and legitimise further control.
00:32:56.000Debate, discuss, and discern for yourself whether climate change is real and is caused by anthropomorphic or anthropological activity.
00:33:06.000You can make that decision for yourself.
00:33:08.000But one thing to look at is, are the measures suggested punitive towards large corporations, nations, and powerful institutions?
00:33:17.000Or do they grant further authority to governments to legitimately exert further tactics Taxes or measures of social control over ordinary civilians.
00:33:30.000If it is the latter, you know that was the agenda.
00:33:33.000And we are going to be talking about martial law a little later in the show.
00:33:37.000Let me know in the comments and the chat what you think about that Neil deGrasse Tyson moment there and the way that it was covered.
00:33:44.000If you're watching this anywhere other than Rumble, then, you know, get off that platform and get onto Rumble because we can speak freely here, as has been demonstrated by the New York Times' Chris Pawlowski.
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00:35:47.000Even if you accept the terms, even if you don't want to interrogate terms like far right that fall away in this new emergent space, even if you just want to go, okay, call it far right, fine, I'm not going to be insulted, it is far right, why do you think that would happen?
00:36:01.000What do you think would be an understandable reason why people would want to revert to nationalism?
00:36:07.000What do you think are reasons that people might look for bonds or ties on a national level?
00:36:13.000Do you think, for example, that there would be a right-wing surge if neocon apparently left liberal governments like the Democrats under Biden or the Labour Party under Starmer or whatever it is that Trudeau's doing in Canada?
00:36:25.000If those parties were working and people were happy and they were content, do you think they'd go...
00:36:30.000Just for a laugh, do you know who we should look at the views of again?
00:36:35.000I liked his moustache and I liked his armband, even though the economy's working well and the spiritual life of my nation seems to be in good hands.
00:36:43.000For no reason at all, I'm going to go far right.
00:37:08.000Centralised authority that facilitates advantages to corporate interests that themselves do not recognise or see nation and appear to use, as one of their weapons, mass migration to destabilise domestic populations and to ensure that the proletariat, to use a Marxist term, cannot compete in the labour market, to use a Marxist argument.
00:37:31.000So even if you look through this using the lens and rubric of Marxism, the questions that gape open like a wound on the knees of Hunter Biden after a long night of crawling around are these, why?
00:37:50.000Why are people looking for alternatives?
00:37:52.000You don't have to look very far, because there's a censorship problem all over the world.
00:37:57.000People are being censored in Ireland, people are being censored in Germany, people are being censored in the United Kingdom and the United States.
00:38:03.000There's an agricultural crisis all over the world.
00:38:11.000Almost as if there is an emanating echo moving out from some centre somewhere.
00:38:17.000Now, because you have platforms like Rumble and X, you are able to form network understanding of these issues that was impossible when you only had centralised media.
00:38:29.000Let me know in the comments if you agree with that.
00:38:30.000The significance of independent media is our ability to have an ongoing conversation where...
00:39:10.000I think, oh yeah, maybe it's me that doesn't understand.
00:39:12.000Now, the New York Times doesn't have to have those conversations with itself.
00:39:15.000All it has to do is serve its advertisers and serve whatever interests ultimately control it.
00:39:20.000And we now know, since the X-Files, or the TwitFiles, the X-Files revealed a lot of other stuff about spaceships, mostly.
00:39:26.000What we learned from the Twitter files is the deep state are embedded within social media platforms because they've recognized that they need to control the narrative on social media in the way that they've always controlled it within legacy media.
00:39:56.000I can be dragged around by the nose and sometimes by other protuberances, by pleasure all day long, led like a fool, like a lamb to the slaughter.
00:40:16.000But those that advocate for more centralized power, more censorship, more control, whether they know it or not, Joy Reid, are doing the work of dark forces in high places.
00:40:28.000Let's bring you back to the US and to our local gangster, Donald Trump.
00:40:32.000That's just gonna be stated as a fact now.
00:40:36.000He's not even president yet, and he's already spending his time sitting in his golden palace, Mar-a-Lago.
00:40:41.000Unlike Gavin Newsom, who just made a joke about being chauffeur-driven everywhere, and who I love.
00:40:46.000Unlike Joe Biden, who just pardoned his own son from a set of crimes that, while a senator, he said, should condemn you to at least five years in prison, whoever you are.
00:40:56.000So I'm only willing to look at hypocrisy in one direction, when hypocrisy, like evil, is a trait that can be exhibited in anybody unless they are tethered to spiritual principles.
00:41:06.000Because human beings are all fallen and broken but can be forgiven if they form divine and sublime relationships.
00:41:13.000But I'm not going to report on that because that would wake you the hell up and make you dangerous to control.
00:41:18.000Palace, Mar-a-Lago, muscling other countries like he's Tony Soprano with a social media site.
00:41:24.000Doing things like, reportedly, debating whether or not to invade Mexico.
00:41:40.000Threatening BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, with 100% tariffs if they don't commit to trading in dollars.
00:41:48.000How dare you threaten BRICS countries?
00:41:51.000Now, of course, BRICS countries are free to set up an alternative currency and dump the petrodollar.
00:41:58.000And with the same principle, try to memorise that word, of freedom, the United States of America are free to say we would impose tariffs in response.
00:42:08.000What you're more likely to get from a sort of a Biden hegemony and heritage government is compliance with those nations and deals struck that are generally beneficial to elites and not beneficial to the nation as a whole.
00:42:21.000I'm not sure how Trump will govern this time.
00:42:23.000My best guess is it'll be a bit like last time he was president.
00:42:26.000With a little bit of Tulsi Gabbard and a little bit of Bobby Kennedy and a bit of Vivek and Elon Musk thrown into the mix and we'll all just have to wait and see.
00:42:34.000What I'm pretty certain about is the reason you're seeing the likes of Schenk Ugar, I hope I'm saying his name correctly, and various other left-wing figures turning away from the dogmas and doctrine of the left is people are starting to awaken to the clear fact that those institutions are undemocratic and beyond undemocratic.
00:43:50.000Demanding Hamas release all hostages being held in Gaza before his inauguration, or there will be, quote, all hell to pay in the Middle East.
00:44:01.000According to Fox, when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went to Mar-a-Lago this weekend to try to talk Trump out of his 25% tariff threat, Trump apparently suggested that if Canada can't handle the tariffs that would violate the NAFTA upgrade Trump himself signed into law, the USMCA, they should just become the 51st state.
00:44:23.000Like, when you see Trudeau, in blackface or out of it, advocating for calling, like, ordinary working class Canadians Nazis because they're protesting against centralised measures that stop them earning a livelihood, as happened in the pandemic, You realise that what these kind of lotioned gangsters require is an old school gangster to say, if you want to play these games, this is how these games go.
00:44:51.000Now, I don't find myself in a position for advocating for either side of that dynamic because as a Christian beyond and above all else, I'm trying to overcome my own tendencies for domination or for sin.
00:45:05.000But, if the world game and the world stage is going to be played this way, then players like Donald Trump are going to emerge.
00:45:12.000Like I told you yesterday, Donald Trump is the American mystic that the American imagination created.
00:45:19.000Indeed, that's why there are memes and images of strongman presidents, whether it's in that weird card game that you lot know, or whether in various episodes of The Simpsons, that preempt Trump as president.
00:45:30.000Because American culture was crying out.
00:45:35.000And whilst it passed through the cultural passageway and corridors of Clinton, who's a kind of proto-Trump, wasn't he?
00:45:42.000But a proto-Trump owned not by populism but by the institutions that call themselves democracy, but don't mean by democracy, electoral voting and the mandate and direction of the masses, but instead mean the preservation of institutions that serve corporate and global power.
00:45:56.000Then they recognise, no, we need a black one now because, you know, the times are changing and it will help people to overlook the corruption if we have an African-American as president.
00:46:06.000Then we all saw how that went, the Occupy movement, the 2008 financial collapse, the Syrian droning, all of that stuff, all of that betrayal.
00:47:17.000Now, listen, would you consider maybe dropping that 25% tariff?
00:47:23.000Hey, why don't you go talk to your dad over in Cuba?
00:47:28.000Just become the 51st state instead and allow Trudeau to be reduced to governor of the state of Canada, which caused the prime minister and others to laugh nervously.
00:47:39.000And while some are writing that off as just a joke, just a few hours ago, Trump posted this obviously AI photo of him.
00:47:47.000It is obviously AI. He hasn't gone up to a mountain in Canada himself.
00:47:53.000Go to your own mountain and stand by a maple leaf flag.
00:47:57.000They're more concerned about an off-the-cuff comment about Canada becoming a 51st state than the fact that the Biden administration has authorised the use of long-range missiles inside of Russia.
00:48:50.000So your joke meme is actually inaccurate and people reporting on the fact that long range missiles are being used inside Russia is misinformation.
00:49:17.000They want to be spoken down to like they're idiots.
00:49:19.000They want their information pre-chewed and spat in their mouths like they're baby birds rather than adults.
00:49:23.000That Matterhorn is nowhere near Canada, right?
00:49:27.000And if you make sort of off-the-cuff remarks about their potential heritage of our man Trudeau and his peculiar and very particular Castro nose, then that's considered like, how could you say that?
00:49:40.000But their version of a joke is, ha, that's the Matterhorn.
00:49:44.000And there's a lot of people that think Fidel Castro actually is Justin Trudeau's dad.
00:49:48.000You've seen the pictures of his mum dancing with Fidel, right?
00:49:50.000Forget, this is the same Donald Trump who at one point seriously wanted to buy the nation of Greenland, even possibly trade it for Puerto Rico.
00:49:59.000How dare you try to treat reality like it's a game of risk?
00:50:05.000You do not swap Puerto Rico for Greenland.
00:50:08.000It isn't even green, that lying bastard.
00:50:13.000I wonder what this guy has against Puerto Rico.
00:50:16.000Why is he always on about Puerto Rico?
00:50:18.000Firstly, a comedian at one of his rallies, who he's never really met, apparently, said a joke about Puerto Rico, and now there's this other unverified, mad, crazy story about swapping Greenland for Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
00:50:33.000Yes, Puerto Rico, but also long-range missiles in Russia.
00:50:36.000Let me know in the comments in chat what you think might be more important and what might affect your respiratory system more directly and immediately.
00:50:46.000This is how Trump operates on the world stage.
00:51:37.000How about you don't have a leader of the free world?
00:51:39.000How about you have elected governments that run their nation in the spirit of service as nominated and...
00:51:48.000Directed by the population of that country.
00:51:51.000Maybe Singapore is no one's business but Singaporeans, unless Singapore start doing some crazy stuff that affects everyone.
00:51:57.000Maybe South Korea is no one's business except South Korea's.
00:52:00.000Maybe Greenland and Puerto Rico should be running themselves.
00:52:02.000Maybe America shouldn't be on behalf, not of their population, but on behalf of corporate interests, be plundering the world under the auspices and guises of NATO so that Ukrainian resources can be redirected and so BlackRock can set up the first digital totalitarian state How about that, Joy?
00:53:17.000Let's unpack it and explain it very clearly now.
00:53:21.000South Korea, why is that our business?
00:53:23.000Let us know in the comments and chat if there is potential that martial law could be piloted in other nations in the same way as we saw internment, for example, in Australia during the pandemic era.
00:53:35.000And in the same way that we saw bank accounts being frozen in Canada.
00:53:38.000And in the same way we're now seeing escalation of free speech or anti-free speech laws in my country, the United Kingdom.
00:53:45.000Almost as if there is a concert of control being played out across the world before some event legitimizes further centralization of authority.
00:53:56.000Why does South Korea martial law matter?
00:54:01.000It was a brief moment of martial law before protests, the power of the people, perhaps the only power that matters as long as it's directed by heavenly forces, took South Korea back.
00:54:10.000Let's look at this story together and learn.
00:54:12.000We turn now to an extraordinary day of that political turmoil in South Korea, one of America's closest allies in Asia, where nearly 30,000 U.S. service members are based.
00:54:30.000Well, North Korea, I suppose, but keep pushing why, and you'll get to eventually some resource or semiconductor or somewhere that means your son and daughter has to be inconvenienced and maybe even killed or an escalation of a hot war with China.
00:55:02.000Thousands of protesters poured into the streets, descending on the South Korean National Assembly after the nation's president declared martial law.
00:55:18.000He entered the building shortly after President Yoon Suk-yul ordered military rule in order to defend the Free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces.
00:55:29.000He accused his opposition of sympathizing with communist North Korea.
00:55:35.000Less than three hours later, the South Korean parliament defied the president, voting unanimously to overturn that decree.
00:55:59.000But in a way, perhaps they're puppets too.
00:56:02.000So soon we'll hear arguments about defending democracy in South Korea and opposing the bad despots in North Korea, but the imposition of martial law is hardly democratic.
00:56:14.000What do people mean when they say democracy?
00:56:34.000Martial law bans protests and demonstrations, prohibits any political activities, and takes control of all media.
00:56:44.000South Korea is a vital regional ally of the United States, with more than 28,500 U.S. troops stationed at bases throughout the country.
00:56:54.000The U.S. has maintained a large military presence since 1953, defending South Korea and serving as a deterrent to its hostile neighbor We're defending you and we're serving as a deterrent to your hostile neighbor.
00:57:12.000And what that is is imperialism and colonialism that you are funding.
00:57:18.000If we've got army vehicles on the streets, it's going to affect U.S. forces.
00:57:23.000You want to make sure that you're paying attention, that you're checking in with your unit, making sure that there's accountability, but I'm not aware at this point of any significant impact.
00:57:34.000Also, have you passed an audit lately?
00:57:37.000No, we don't actually like being audited very much.
00:57:46.000What do you think the North Koreans are thinking?
00:57:48.000I'm inclined to believe that this is going to play out so well from North Korea's perspective.
00:57:53.000They have a lot of incentive not to throw fuel on the fire.
00:57:57.000South Koreans are relieved after the about face, but they face an uncertain future, while the U.S. needs a stable military partner.
00:58:08.000It took the Pentagon by surprise, too, today, Nora, although defense officials tell us that the U.S. and South Korean militaries were in constant contact throughout the day, and there's nothing to suggest that North Koreans changed their military posture to exploit the situation.
00:58:29.000President Yun's decree imposing martial law in South Korea bans all political activities, including all political parties, rallies, and even the National Assembly itself.
00:58:36.000Fake news is banned and the military will control the media, all to preserve liberal democracy.
00:58:43.000Remember, of course, that in Ukraine...
00:58:45.000We are fighting to preserve democracy in a country where the media is centrally controlled and where there are no elections and where journalists often die in prison if they don't report correctly.
00:58:56.000So let me know in the comments and chat, does democracy mean whatever they want it to mean?
00:59:01.000In the same way that you can have good billionaires, Bill Gates, good billionaire, bad billionaires, Elon Musk, bad billionaire.
00:59:08.000Let me I think just in and of itself in the context of South Korean history is important.
00:59:13.000Obviously, we around the table should talk about why this should be an important thing for Americans to pay attention to.
00:59:20.000Particularly given that Donald Trump is about to be president in a number of weeks.
00:59:24.000Somebody who has said he wants to use the military to go after his own enemies.
00:59:30.000This is actually Trump's fault, future Trump.
00:59:33.000I believe that Trump is kind of like a presidential Marty McFly using a DeLorean made out of the MAGA movement to go into the future and cause martial law to be implemented in South Korea.
01:01:04.000So bye-bye democracy We've got martial law on the border, you see And North Korea will agree with me That we can stoke tensions with China Yes, we should stoke tensions with China It's Donald Trump's fault.
01:02:00.000He needs someone to do the harmonies in that magnificent version of American Pie.
01:02:03.000And helped advance his agenda of taking a harder line towards North Korea, which has significantly raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
01:02:10.000Together, Biden and Yoon have restarted major war games on the Korean Peninsula.
01:02:13.000And the US has deployed significant firepower to South Korea, locking into a cycle of tit-for-tat escalations with North Korea.
01:02:21.000That's what you want in international diplomacy.
01:02:31.000Like, if ever you give a member of the Biden family a job, make sure you give them a good severance package, otherwise they will start a nuclear war on the way out the door.
01:02:40.000A few months before the deployment, Biden hosted a unit at the White House and the two leaders announced steps to increase nuclear cooperation meant to give Seoul a role in coordinating the use of US nuclear weapons in the event of a conflict with Pyongyang.
01:02:52.000The US also sees South Korea as an ally against China and has been working to repair relations between Seoul So what is this story about, actually?
01:03:10.000It seems that in an attempt to maintain domestic control of South Korea, we are led to understand and granted a rare glimpse into the way that geopolitics actually works.
01:03:23.000In the same way that long-range missiles are being used inside Russia, South Korea are being prepared and groomed as another proxy in the event of escalations of tension between China and the US in the South Sea region.