The Charlie Kirk Show - December 30, 2024


Ask Charlie Anything 208: Fat Kids = Child Abuse? Afghanistan Alternatives? Is DCFS Abusive?


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In this episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, host Charlie Kirk is joined by Scott to discuss the upcoming Inauguration and the use of drones in the process. Listen to find out what he has to say about it.

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00:00:00.000 Hey everybody, I take questions from you, and that's you being a member, members.charliekirk.com.
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00:00:45.000 Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
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00:02:04.000 And our first member is Scott.
00:02:07.000 Scott, thank you for being a member.
00:02:08.000 Where are you from?
00:02:09.000 What is on your mind?
00:02:10.000 And dare I say, preemptive Happy New Year.
00:02:13.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:02:14.000 Can you hear me?
00:02:15.000 Hi, Scott.
00:02:15.000 I can.
00:02:15.000 Yes.
00:02:16.000 How are you?
00:02:17.000 Hey, excellent.
00:02:17.000 First of all, we had a chance.
00:02:18.000 You had me on the show about two weeks ago, and we talked about Idaho.
00:02:21.000 I remember that.
00:02:22.000 I don't know if you remember that.
00:02:22.000 Strategy there.
00:02:24.000 And you said Daisy was going to follow up with me to talk again.
00:02:27.000 I've got a lot of ideas.
00:02:29.000 It'd be great if she reached out.
00:02:30.000 I'd love to do that.
00:02:31.000 Oh, no, you're calling out Daisy.
00:02:33.000 I will defend Miss Daisy, though.
00:02:35.000 She was running a very good members experience at AmericaFest.
00:02:39.000 So you got to cut us all a big thing of slack because we were running a huge enterprise there.
00:02:44.000 But she will get back to you.
00:02:46.000 So what else is on your mind, my friend?
00:02:48.000 So, my question is about the inauguration and drone threats.
00:02:52.000 And before I ask my question, allow me to share real quick information about my qualifications.
00:02:57.000 And statements from the U.S. government that are really informative.
00:03:00.000 So I worked in the counter drone sector for several years.
00:03:03.000 These are the systems that are meant to detect, track, and then stop drones.
00:03:08.000 And as part of my work, I participated in meetings with the Secret Service, DOD, DHS, FBI, and other government agencies.
00:03:16.000 The information I'm talking about today is available in the public domain.
00:03:20.000 It's not from these meetings.
00:03:22.000 The first most important thing, and people aren't talking about this, is that Trump didn't go to Bedminster due to drone threats.
00:03:28.000 That's never happened before, right?
00:03:30.000 And if he doesn't feel comfortable, why should we?
00:03:33.000 The second out of these three points is that DHS, FBI, FAA, and DOD's statement, they came out and said that such drone sightings near or over DOD installations are not new.
00:03:46.000 I mean, come on.
00:03:47.000 And anybody in the counter-drone sector like myself has known this for years.
00:03:52.000 Third, you're a football fan for the wrong team, the Oregon Ducks, sadly, but a couple years ago there were two drone sightings on one weekend alone in Seattle, one at Husky Stadium and one at the Seahawks Stadium, and neither time was the drone pilot found.
00:04:11.000 So this other question and the last point that people don't understand, I can share some details if you want, But it's 10 times more difficult to detect, track, and take down drones in an urban environment than a wide-open area.
00:04:24.000 I mean, think of, you're out in a wide-open area, and you're shouting, right?
00:04:27.000 And your voice just carries over a large area.
00:04:30.000 Now, for an urban environment, you're in an echo chamber, Charlie, with me and other folks, five or six people, and you all shout at once, and the The radar signals are like that.
00:04:41.000 They're just bouncing around and you can't hear your own message.
00:04:44.000 So urban environments, it's practically impossible to protect people.
00:04:48.000 So my question is, are you aware the U.S. government can't guarantee the safety of people attending the inauguration?
00:04:56.000 Well, that's uplifting for me that's going to inauguration.
00:05:00.000 But let me just say one thing about this.
00:05:03.000 I hope the government gets stacked together to be able to secure our safety because a lot of important people are going.
00:05:07.000 I can't say more than that, but I certainly hope they get their act together.
00:05:11.000 Scott, thank you for being a member.
00:05:12.000 You and I could talk more offline about that.
00:05:14.000 Okay, who do we have next?
00:05:15.000 Rosetta!
00:05:16.000 Not to be confused with the Rosetta Stone.
00:05:18.000 Rosetta, thank you for being a member.
00:05:20.000 What is on your mind?
00:05:21.000 I don't understand how this Trump thing can still come against him about the hush money.
00:05:27.000 I'm really concerned about that.
00:05:29.000 It's like he never got to defend himself.
00:05:32.000 It was way past the statute of limitations.
00:05:35.000 Tell me what you're thinking here, Charlie.
00:05:38.000 Well, that's a smart question, Rosetta, and that's why you guys are the best audience in all of broadcasting, because we've got to keep our eye on the ball here and keep the main thing the main thing, which is, what if they try to lock up Donald Trump while he's President of the United States in the hush money stuff?
00:05:54.000 That's still possible.
00:05:55.000 It's unlikely, but it is very much possible.
00:05:58.000 That that judge, is it Juan Mershon?
00:06:00.000 Is that his name?
00:06:01.000 Juan Mershon?
00:06:02.000 Could lock him up.
00:06:02.000 Yeah.
00:06:04.000 I'd give that a low probability, Rosetta, but it's not impossible.
00:06:07.000 It's not zero.
00:06:08.000 You're right.
00:06:09.000 He was never able to defend himself.
00:06:10.000 And it's even more egregious than that.
00:06:13.000 According to New York law, there's a very specific statute of limitations that I think was seven years ago.
00:06:21.000 They signed a law, or it was like five and a half years, they signed a law extending the statute of limitations because of COVID, only to try to still get Trump.
00:06:30.000 You're exactly right, Rosetta.
00:06:32.000 It was a contortion, and they made it valid for one more year to be able to...
00:06:41.000 Come against you.
00:06:42.000 Thank you, Rosetta.
00:06:43.000 We've got to keep an eye on it.
00:06:44.000 This is something that is increasingly serious.
00:06:48.000 And by the way, they want to be able to do it to prosecute Trump in an election year.
00:06:52.000 Thank you.
00:06:53.000 Okay, who do we have next, Daisy? 1.00
00:06:55.000 No, Juan Mershon is not the next question.
00:06:58.000 Trey, thank you for being a member.
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00:07:01.000 What is on your mind?
00:07:02.000 Can you hear me?
00:07:02.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:07:03.000 Yes.
00:07:04.000 Hi.
00:07:05.000 So, I just wanted to introduce myself again.
00:07:08.000 I met you at AMFest, actually, on Saturday.
00:07:11.000 I'm the Turning Point USA chapter president for University of South Carolina.
00:07:16.000 Yes, we briefly said hello.
00:07:17.000 I'm sorry I wasn't able to spend more time, but that is how those events are.
00:07:21.000 Hey, you're a busy man.
00:07:22.000 I get it.
00:07:22.000 I get it, my friend.
00:07:24.000 So, I wanted to basically ask you two questions.
00:07:27.000 So, In your talks at AmFest, you said continuously that the left is going to come back with something stronger and a way to basically shut down the MAGA movement.
00:07:42.000 They're going to try and shut down Turning Point.
00:07:44.000 Or they're going to at least try their best to.
00:07:46.000 And I wanted to ask you, what do you have in mind or what's on your mind about that?
00:07:52.000 What do you see them trying to execute?
00:07:55.000 Pretty much is my first question.
00:07:55.000 That's a great question.
00:07:57.000 And then my second question is, as a chapter president, what leadership qualities and traits do you look for in someone like me?
00:08:03.000 That's great.
00:08:04.000 Well, first of all, love the question and thank you for being a member.
00:08:07.000 Number one, let's start with what I think the left is going to do.
00:08:07.000 Two thoughts.
00:08:10.000 Number one, as far as how they're going to try to go after turning point or their outside groups, they're going to try to use state attorneys general against people like us.
00:08:17.000 That's what they're doing at Bannon.
00:08:18.000 They're trying to put Steve Bannon in prison on New York state charges.
00:08:22.000 That's what they're trying to do.
00:08:23.000 And so California, Massachusetts, they're going to be even increasingly weaponized against groups like ours, people like myself.
00:08:32.000 I think we're going to be fine, but we have to be ready for that.
00:08:35.000 Secondly, and you're starting to see this, if the left was really smart, they would try to peel Elon Musk away from Trump world.
00:08:42.000 That combination of world's richest man with most popular famous man and powerful man.
00:08:49.000 Look, there's three things that really are the web of influence.
00:08:51.000 There's power, there's wealth, and there's fame.
00:08:55.000 Between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, you have an overabundance of a supply of those three things.
00:09:01.000 World's richest man, world's most powerful man, and the two most famous men on the planet.
00:09:06.000 So those two then combined forces, it's an unstoppable movement to be able to bring this country back to greatness.
00:09:12.000 So what I think the left is going to try to do is have very...
00:09:16.000 They haven't been too sophisticated yet, but I think they'll increase in their sophistication of psychological splinter operations to try to turn Elon against Trump or Trump against Elon.
00:09:27.000 So we have to be very, very, very careful about that to try to keep...
00:09:32.000 Keep those two very close and not allow those efforts to be successful in any way.
00:09:37.000 We're seeing it in real time.
00:09:37.000 They're already doing it, by the way.
00:09:39.000 They're trying to run that play to try to create daylight because that combo factor of Elon and that whole group that he represents and Trump and obviously his movement and those together, that is an American restoration likes of which we could never have imagined.
00:09:52.000 The chapter leadership question.
00:09:55.000 The chapter leadership question, being a humble leader, going above and beyond, asking your field representative how you can help, how you can do more, how you can get more engaged on campus, and then delivering the biggest possible chapter that you can at the University of South Carolina.
00:10:14.000 Really appreciate it.
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00:11:43.000 We have Kelsey next.
00:11:44.000 Kelsey, what is on your mind?
00:11:46.000 Thank you for being a member.
00:11:47.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:11:48.000 Hello.
00:11:49.000 Can you hear me?
00:11:50.000 What is on your mind?
00:11:50.000 Yes, how are you?
00:11:51.000 Okay, so I'm great.
00:11:52.000 Thank you.
00:11:53.000 So this is Thought Crimey, but I'm interested in your thoughts in the spirit of Maha.
00:11:59.000 So it is child abuse to not feed your child, leading to low weight and malnutrition.
00:12:04.000 Should it be child abuse to have an obese child?
00:12:07.000 Thank you for all you do.
00:12:08.000 Thank you.
00:12:09.000 Probably not.
00:12:10.000 However, you can make an argument.
00:12:11.000 But that's actually an interesting thing.
00:12:13.000 So malnourishing a child is definitely child abuse.
00:12:18.000 Feeding them too much.
00:12:19.000 I mean, I don't want to grow government to be that much in the sense where we're over-policing child's BMIs.
00:12:26.000 But you can make an argument that it is equally as damaging.
00:12:30.000 Not equally, but not as, but very damaging to a child to be type 2 diabetic by the time they're 8 years old.
00:12:38.000 And that is completely on diet and choices made by the parents.
00:12:43.000 There's an incredible conversation Tucker Carlson recently had on his program with Dr. Mark Hyman.
00:12:52.000 And Dr. Hyman said he was once working as an ER doctor, as a nurse, and this woman came in with her baby who was 10 months old and was drinking some brown liquid.
00:13:03.000 He said, what is the baby drinking?
00:13:04.000 She said, oh, it's Coca-Cola.
00:13:05.000 The baby loves it.
00:13:05.000 10 months!
00:13:06.000 At 10 months!
00:13:08.000 And you have to wonder, I mean, is that child abuse?
00:13:10.000 I mean, it's on the line, right?
00:13:12.000 Like giving a 10-month-year-old Coca-Cola, it is definitely bad parenting to let your child become obese.
00:13:18.000 And we want to be sympathetic.
00:13:20.000 We have allowed companies to make addictive, hugely unhealthy foods, and we serve these foods in public schools.
00:13:26.000 So we can't put this all on parents that said we believe in responsibility.
00:13:30.000 Even though it's not criminal abuse, it is definitely...
00:13:34.000 It is definitely culturally indefensible.
00:13:38.000 So look, we have to address the root causes with the government, and I think Bobby Kennedy is going to do that.
00:13:42.000 And I'd rather it be cultural pressures and stigmas than the government.
00:13:46.000 That is why Ozembic should not come on the Medicaid schedule. 0.62
00:13:49.000 We should not just say to kids, oh yeah, just take your shot of Ozembic once a week. 0.71
00:13:54.000 No, it is about lifestyle.
00:13:55.000 It's about movement.
00:13:56.000 It's about getting vitamin D. It's about eating whole foods, not ultra-processed foods.
00:14:01.000 And actually eating food with ingredients you can pronounce and that God made.
00:14:06.000 So thank you, Kelsey.
00:14:07.000 Great question.
00:14:07.000 Very thought-provoking.
00:14:09.000 Those are the ones I love.
00:14:10.000 Thank you.
00:14:10.000 Thank you.
00:14:11.000 Bob!
00:14:12.000 Bob, thank you for being a member.
00:14:13.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:14:15.000 What's on your mind?
00:14:16.000 Yeah.
00:14:16.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:14:17.000 Charlie, you've been critical of the post 9-11 American military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
00:14:23.000 I don't disagree with you.
00:14:25.000 I just plead ignorance on what would have been a better way to respond to the 9-11 attacks.
00:14:30.000 Could you please build out your thinking on what a better course of action would have been?
00:14:34.000 Great, great question.
00:14:34.000 Thank you for that.
00:14:36.000 So let's first start with Iraq.
00:14:37.000 Iraq did not attack us on 9-11.
00:14:40.000 Saddam Hussein was a completely separate issue.
00:14:42.000 It was largely unrelated.
00:14:44.000 It was within the genre, I guess you could say, of bad men in the Middle East.
00:14:49.000 But Saddam hated Al-Qaeda.
00:14:50.000 In fact, Saddam was constantly at war with Iran, and it was a sovereign country. 0.71
00:14:56.000 We should never have invaded Iraq.
00:14:58.000 That was a reach too far.
00:14:59.000 And remember, the invasion of Iraq happened two complete years after 9-11.
00:15:04.000 That was in early 2003 that we invaded Iraq.
00:15:08.000 When it came to Afghanistan, the invasion of Afghanistan is different than what we actually did in the first couple of weeks.
00:15:14.000 After 9-11, we went in with incredible precision.
00:15:18.000 We went in with Navy SEALs units, Army Rangers, Green Berets, and we put people on the ground and we were incredibly efficient at taking out the bad guys.
00:15:29.000 So we had a couple thousand person fighting force, very similar to what Eric Prince would talk about, of people that did not require major tank assistance, did not require nation building type support, auxiliary support, that was just going through the hills of Afghanistan, finding the bad guys, and killing them.
00:15:48.000 Where I think what we should have done is had a very agile team, You see, that is a lesser talked about element of Donald Trump's first term.
00:16:07.000 Donald Trump took out ISIS. How did he do that?
00:16:09.000 Well, he didn't do that with 250,000 ground troops.
00:16:13.000 He did it with a Green Beret unit here, a drone strike there.
00:16:17.000 An F-16 there.
00:16:18.000 Very targeted.
00:16:19.000 Very precise.
00:16:20.000 Instead, we went all in on an antiquated, expensive, and costly version of war fighting, which is that we are going to liberalize Iraq and Afghanistan and turn them into Indiana and Alabama. 0.61
00:16:34.000 That was foolish, that was dumb, incredibly costly, and no one doubts that there should have been a response after 9-11. 1.00
00:16:43.000 In fact, the first couple weeks after 9-11 was actually our most effective, where after three weeks we did a lot, after 20 years we had very little show for it, and now we see, of course, the disaster.
00:16:53.000 $100 billion in equipment left over, complete humiliation, one of the darkest days in American history.
00:16:59.000 And I point to the Bush-Cheney junta for creating this mess in the first place.
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00:18:21.000 What's on your mind?
00:18:22.000 Hey Charlie, I almost met you last time at AmFest, but I kind of missed your signature signing thing on their hats.
00:18:29.000 I wish the schedule was a little bit perfect, but my question is, in a society that we all live in, the thing that people do is idolize people from sports or Hollywood.
00:18:43.000 The biggest promise is that Donald Trump said that he will be releasing one of those Diddy party lists and exposing those people who did those freak offs.
00:18:51.000 My question is, would it be really a great idea to be releasing names like LeBron James, who has a lot of influence on a lot of people's lives and some evil mold their lives around his name?
00:19:03.000 I feel like if they did release the names, it will destroy a lot of hopes and communities knowing their heroes are evil.
00:19:10.000 I think those lists should be released.
00:19:12.000 I think that people deserve the truth.
00:19:13.000 And so if these people went to freak out parties and did things illegal, release the names.
00:19:18.000 By the way, Jay-Z is not having a great news cycle right now.
00:19:21.000 Not having a good news cycle at all.
00:19:24.000 Thank you, my friend.
00:19:25.000 Thanks for being a member.
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00:19:28.000 Francis, what's on your mind?
00:19:29.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:19:31.000 Good to talk to you.
00:19:32.000 Yes, you too.
00:19:33.000 President Trump seems to be caving a little bit on labor.
00:19:40.000 I mean, gig economy was important, was hugely important in California.
00:19:46.000 Is he going to be able to free up the gigs again?
00:19:49.000 Is he really going to support?
00:19:52.000 There's a lot of money coming his way from many of the big corporations.
00:19:57.000 It's not lobby money, but I guess it is lobby money.
00:20:00.000 Can he shake free of that stuff and free up the American gigger?
00:20:05.000 So good question.
00:20:06.000 I'm curious, are you pro gig economy or against?
00:20:08.000 I'm guessing pro, right?
00:20:11.000 Pro gig economy.
00:20:13.000 Pro our youth being able to do better than the H-1B visa people.
00:20:21.000 Got it.
00:20:21.000 So you're talking about your two different things.
00:20:23.000 Got it.
00:20:23.000 So the gig economy is a completely separate issue than the H-1B thing.
00:20:27.000 The gig economy is basically forced, not unionization, but benefits for people that are working as independent contractors, essentially Uber drivers.
00:20:36.000 So we're talking about two different things.
00:20:38.000 So the gig thing, President Trump hasn't really weighed in on much on that.
00:20:42.000 But President Trump definitely remains resolutely pro-American first when it comes to restricting the labor supply to be able to prioritize our workers first.
00:20:51.000 We did an entire first hour on that.
00:20:53.000 Does that make sense, what I'm articulating?
00:20:55.000 Yeah, yeah, Mark.
00:20:56.000 So, I mean, we're not just talking Uber drivers.
00:20:59.000 We're talking about grandmoms, okay, having to be paid insurance because now they're taking care of their grandkids in California.
00:21:08.000 That's what you're talking about in California.
00:21:11.000 Are you in favor of that law or not in favor?
00:21:13.000 I'm guessing not in favor.
00:21:15.000 I'm not in favor.
00:21:16.000 I'm with you.
00:21:17.000 Or restricting giggers.
00:21:19.000 Yeah, I'm with you.
00:21:21.000 And President Trump, I don't think, has weighed in on that either way, but it is highly restrictive of part-time work and people that are just trying to make ends meet.
00:21:32.000 Now, all of a sudden, employers are less likely to employ them.
00:21:35.000 AB5 is the California law that was restricting the gig economy work that does not yet have a federal corollary as of yet.
00:21:44.000 Thank you.
00:21:44.000 Really great question.
00:21:45.000 Yeah, go ahead, please.
00:21:46.000 How do you think the Labor Secretary appointee, designate at this point, is she's against Sanchez?
00:21:54.000 Yeah, that's an interesting question, actually.
00:21:56.000 She's more pro-Labor than Republicans past.
00:22:00.000 That's a thoughtful and a profound question.
00:22:03.000 I don't know.
00:22:04.000 Obviously, the Labor Secretary serves at the pleasure of the President.
00:22:08.000 But this California law is outrageous.
00:22:11.000 I mean, I think it's completely out of control.
00:22:12.000 It's a huge overreach.
00:22:15.000 And they say, oh, it's for good intentions, so on and so forth.
00:22:17.000 But it is a mess, to say the least.
00:22:20.000 Thank you.
00:22:21.000 Really appreciate it.
00:22:22.000 Thank you.
00:22:23.000 Let's go to Maddie now.
00:22:24.000 Maddie, thank you for being a member.
00:22:25.000 What is on your mind?
00:22:28.000 Hi, Charlie.
00:22:29.000 Thanks for having me.
00:22:30.000 My question is, what are your thoughts on Department of Children and Family Services?
00:22:35.000 So, DCFS. Many believe it's one of the most corrupt government agencies, often misusing power and using fear tactics to pressure good parents into relinquishing their rights based on minor or untrue complaints under the broad-term neglect.
00:22:49.000 Do you think DCFS should be investigated for its practices?
00:22:53.000 Yes.
00:22:53.000 I mean, I'm sure they do some good work, but I hear almost nothing but complaints.
00:22:56.000 I mean, one of our employees that works for us, who does a great job, phenomenal parent, father of four, they had DCFS called on him because his kids were playing in his driveway too close to the cul-de-sac that they were in.
00:23:09.000 And one of his neighbors, who's super left-wing and super liberal, called DCFS. They had to hire a lawyer.
00:23:15.000 They had to go through this whole process.
00:23:17.000 They were threatening to take the kids away.
00:23:19.000 I'm sure they do good work.
00:23:21.000 I don't want to label an agency as all bad or all good, but I hear nothing but complaints.
00:23:26.000 Do you agree with that, Maddie, that they are overzealous and overreaching, especially in some of the more liberal states?
00:23:32.000 Absolutely.
00:23:33.000 I witnessed it firsthand, actually, the same scenario you had with your colleague there.
00:23:40.000 They had to hire the lawyers, spend all the money just to say, hey, we're good parents.
00:23:44.000 You're focusing on the wrong family here whenever there's people that need the help.
00:23:48.000 Yeah, I mean, look, it's totally outrageous.
00:23:50.000 It's insane.
00:23:51.000 I do want to say, though, I have known of instances where DCFS really should take the kid away because they are being abused and they are being beaten and they're not able to do that.
00:24:02.000 Those are rare, but you could admit those exist, right?
00:24:05.000 There are parents that do abuse their kids, but I've seen it on the other extreme.
00:24:10.000 I've seen it far more often being the situation of the government haggling and hassling good parents rather than trying to save kids from bad environments.
00:24:22.000 But I'm sure they do that.
00:24:23.000 I'm not saying that sarcastically.
00:24:24.000 I'm sure there are plenty of instances where they operate correctly and they're able to take kids away from abusive environments.
00:24:32.000 Great question.
00:24:33.000 Really appreciate it.
00:24:33.000 Thank you.
00:24:35.000 Thanks.
00:24:35.000 All right, Shane, thank you for being a member.
00:24:37.000 What's on your mind?
00:24:38.000 Hey, Charlie.
00:24:39.000 First things, I just want to say thank you for everything you guys did during the election.
00:24:43.000 I watched a whole bunch of your speeches going to different universities, and I wanted to say thank you for all of the hard work you guys put in.
00:24:49.000 Thank you.
00:24:50.000 My question is, my wife and I are hoping to afford a home sometime in the near future, and I wanted to know what other knowledge or ideas Trump has planned to be able to combat the current housing crisis.
00:25:05.000 And during the break, I saw that the illegal immigration was a factor in this, but I just wanted to know what other kinds of aspects.
00:25:14.000 Can you tell me where you live, what state you live in?
00:25:15.000 I'm curious.
00:25:16.000 I'm in Wisconsin.
00:25:17.000 Wisconsin, yeah.
00:25:18.000 Actually, housing prices in Wisconsin have gone up, as you well know.
00:25:22.000 Yes.
00:25:22.000 I track that.
00:25:23.000 So a couple things.
00:25:24.000 Number one, the price of everything that goes into buying a home has gone up dramatically, from windows to siding to Concrete to the nails that have to be nailed in.
00:25:36.000 And that is a byproduct of hyperinflation.
00:25:39.000 So if President Trump is able to bring down inflation, which of course inflation is just very simple.
00:25:44.000 More money than goods and services.
00:25:46.000 When you have more money being pumped in than the growth of goods and services, you get inflation.
00:25:50.000 You don't have to overthink it.
00:25:51.000 That's just the basic equation.
00:25:53.000 So the first of which is trying to lower inflation.
00:25:55.000 How do you do that?
00:25:56.000 By bringing down energy costs and energy prices.
00:25:59.000 Drill baby drill. 1.00
00:26:00.000 Bring down the price of energy.
00:26:01.000 That will help a little bit.
00:26:02.000 But that's not the end-all be-all.
00:26:04.000 That's not the complete and total solution.
00:26:07.000 Secondly, deportation of illegal migrants so that you don't have to compete against illegals to buy homes or to at least have housing. 0.69
00:26:15.000 Thirdly, which is a more controversial take, but I think we can all agree on this one, is that BlackRock and this $10 trillion company should not be able to come in and buy single-family homes when you yourself want to be able to buy a home.
00:26:30.000 Fourthly, we have to bring down interest rates.
00:26:32.000 We have to bring down the cost of money.
00:26:34.000 You do that through a robust and growing economy.
00:26:37.000 And by the way, interest rates go down when you no longer have inflation.
00:26:41.000 Interest rates are the price of money, and you use that as a lever to try to restrict the money supply if you have too many dollar bills out there.
00:26:48.000 If we can bring reflation into retreat, it gives us a signal to bring down interest rates.
00:26:53.000 Now, let me just give you some off-the-hand advice.
00:26:56.000 And again, my friends Andrew and Todd at andrewandtodd.com are the ones to talk to about.
00:27:00.000 They did my home loan.
00:27:01.000 They're amazing.
00:27:01.000 They're phenomenal.
00:27:02.000 But let me just kind of give you some advice.
00:27:04.000 The minute interest rates start to go down, that is the point to actually go and buy because prices are only going to go up after that, if that makes sense.
00:27:12.000 Because eventually, once interest rates go down, they're going to go up even more There's going to be this kind of low period where housing will stabilize and then it's going to skyrocket because demand is going to go up like a hockey stick.
00:27:24.000 And then finally, hopefully working wage is going to go up thanks to President Trump.
00:27:28.000 And it's really too bad.
00:27:30.000 Good people like yourself are at the outside looking in at some of the basic promises that you were given by your parents and grandparents.
00:27:38.000 Oh, work hard.
00:27:39.000 You'll be able to own a home.
00:27:40.000 Save money.
00:27:41.000 You'll be able to own a home.
00:27:43.000 Unfortunately, that was a lot of deceit and misleading information given.
00:27:49.000 Thank you, Michael.
00:27:50.000 Thank you, Shane, for being a member.
00:27:51.000 Really appreciate it.
00:27:52.000 Thank you.
00:27:53.000 Michael, thank you for being a member.
00:27:54.000 Members.CharlieKirk.com.
00:27:56.000 What's on your mind?
00:27:57.000 Hey Charlie, just talking about Vivek's comments and I'm wondering why so many people are missing his main point.
00:28:04.000 His main point is that the American education system has been a disaster, is a disaster, and so has been lazy American parenting over the last 50 years.
00:28:15.000 It's a culture that is not producing American geniuses. 0.75
00:28:19.000 That was his main point, and everybody seems to be skipping that.
00:28:23.000 So I just want to get your comments.
00:28:24.000 No, that's fair.
00:28:24.000 And look, I love Vivek, and I think that is a very good reading of what he wrote.
00:28:29.000 I think that the way people were gleaning it, of which you can, based on Vivek's articulate tweet, which is that he was calling the American people mediocre and was also there's a fair amount of people that did spend their high school and college years enjoying themselves and not necessarily studying all the time.
00:28:49.000 I'm not one of those people.
00:28:50.000 I'm not one of those people.
00:28:50.000 I didn't go to college.
00:28:51.000 I've just been driven since day one.
00:28:52.000 So I kind of sympathize with Vick's vibe here.
00:28:55.000 However, not exactly wise to say that to the population because they say, wait a second.
00:29:01.000 Yeah, I wasn't spelling bee champion and I wasn't, you know, head of the math club.
00:29:06.000 But I got my act together when I was 26, 27, and I'm not mediocre and I want to be better.
00:29:11.000 And so the implication of Vivek's tweet can be, well, America sucks, therefore bring in foreigner. 1.00
00:29:18.000 And I know that's not what you're saying, Michael, but can you understand how people read it that way?
00:29:23.000 Oh, absolutely.
00:29:24.000 I do think, though, that the American people need to face some harsh realities that the way we've been doing things over the last several decades isn't the path to a good future.
00:29:36.000 And people need to wake up about it.
00:29:40.000 I agree with that.
00:29:41.000 Well, and again, a lot of what Vivek's saying, there's some wisdom in what he was saying.
00:29:44.000 I would have worded it a lot differently, and nor do I share a lot of the views in that tweet, but disagreement is what keeps a movement alive, keeps a movement fun.
00:29:52.000 We are not like the board.
00:29:54.000 We're not like the left, where we're just in complete harmony all the time, top-down, totalitarian.
00:29:59.000 No, we have spirited disagreements, and that's what keeps our movement moving and sharp.
00:30:06.000 Thank you.
00:30:09.000 Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here.
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00:31:12.000 Zane is with us.
00:31:13.000 Zane, what is on your mind?
00:31:15.000 Yes, hello.
00:31:16.000 Can you hear me?
00:31:17.000 Yes, I can.
00:31:17.000 How are you?
00:31:18.000 Good.
00:31:19.000 How about you?
00:31:20.000 Good.
00:31:20.000 And my question is, how could I get involved with the upcoming governor election in Virginia?
00:31:26.000 In Virginia.
00:31:27.000 Good question.
00:31:28.000 In fact, we haven't talked about that governor's race.
00:31:30.000 I don't know who's running.
00:31:31.000 Now, it won't be Glenn Youngkin because governors term out.
00:31:34.000 They only have one term in the state of Virginia.
00:31:38.000 My advice to you is find your favorite candidate who's running in the primary.
00:31:42.000 Get behind them.
00:31:42.000 I believe they have a delegate process where they all meet as a convention and they choose their candidates that way.
00:31:48.000 But get involved in your state party.
00:31:51.000 Get involved in your state party and from there, in Virginia, you could have a really big say in who becomes the next governor of Virginia.
00:31:59.000 Thank you.
00:32:00.000 Really appreciate it.
00:32:01.000 Okay, yeah.
00:32:02.000 Right now the lieutenant governor is running.
00:32:04.000 Oh, Winsome Sears. 0.92
00:32:06.000 Got it.
00:32:06.000 Got it.
00:32:07.000 Very good.
00:32:08.000 Thank you for being a member.
00:32:09.000 Really appreciate it.
00:32:10.000 Brett, what is on your mind?
00:32:11.000 Thank you.
00:32:12.000 Brett, thanks for being a member.
00:32:14.000 What's on your mind?
00:32:14.000 Where are you from?
00:32:16.000 I'm from Florida, actually.
00:32:19.000 And I have to say you guys have been a great inspiration.
00:32:24.000 First person I've actually subscribed to.
00:32:26.000 So thank you for everything.
00:32:27.000 Thank you.
00:32:27.000 It means a lot.
00:32:28.000 Thank you.
00:32:29.000 I figured that since we've already won so many things, the House, the Senate, the Executive Branch, the Supreme Court, we talk a lot about macroeconomics a lot, inflation, things that we can't control.
00:32:40.000 What I'm wondering is how do we get the administration and Congress to prioritize and consider legislating a combined package of fiscal policies that address non-life essential costs of the typical American budget?
00:32:53.000 For example, tackling the out-of-control property taxes across the country.
00:32:58.000 There's a movement in several states that are doing that.
00:33:01.000 Home insurance, property taxes make up almost the same amount as a mortgage in many cases.
00:33:10.000 Interest rates and then also fixing the entire credit card industry is terrible in the way they're doing it.
00:33:16.000 It's skewed against the consumer.
00:33:18.000 And a lot of people can't get credit that probably should in the way they do it.
00:33:21.000 So I'm thinking, like, how do we get down to kitchen table economics, where they actually put together a bill that has direct impact on people's lives?
00:33:30.000 That's a great question.
00:33:31.000 So a lot of those issues are going to be state-by-state issues.
00:33:34.000 The biggest thing we can do, first and foremost, is to cut government spending.
00:33:38.000 We have to cut government spending.
00:33:40.000 Because that will lower the rate of inflation and return more money into the pockets of the American people, definitionally.
00:33:47.000 Secondly, we have to also lower the amount that we tax on wages.
00:33:51.000 FICA tax, Social Security tax, Medicare tax, do a working person's tax cut, and get rid of FICA for people below earning a certain amount.
00:34:01.000 So, those are just some initial ideas.
00:34:04.000 By the way, what you are talking about in Florida, flood insurance alone is more than people's mortgage payment for people that own property in Florida.
00:34:13.000 It's outrageous.
00:34:13.000 Thank you for being a member.
00:34:15.000 Really appreciate it.
00:34:15.000 This will be our last question.
00:34:16.000 My friends Caleb and Michelle, they have a question about Shabbat, and it was great seeing them at AmericaFest.
00:34:23.000 Caleb and Michelle, what's going on?
00:34:24.000 Hi Charlie, it was great seeing you.
00:34:27.000 So as we're about to start Shabbat, Michelle and I have decided to participate in it coming up with the new year.
00:34:34.000 And so we want to ask you what your favorite activities are and how you spend your digital Sabbath.
00:34:41.000 Yes, and so to be very clear, what the scriptures say is that for six days you shall work and the seventh day you shall rest.
00:34:48.000 Now, I still allow myself to watch college football on Saturday because it's not work.
00:34:53.000 It is pure enjoyment, even though it's technology, but I'm not communicating.
00:34:56.000 I'm not doing any work.
00:34:57.000 So I love watching college football all the time.
00:34:59.000 Number two, though, I love reading.
00:35:01.000 I love reading on the Sabbath.
00:35:02.000 I love journaling.
00:35:03.000 I love reading.
00:35:04.000 And then just going for a walk, having no phone and going for a walk.
00:35:07.000 If you guys on this program Have not gone for a walk without a phone?
00:35:12.000 You're missing out.
00:35:13.000 I know that sounds extreme.
00:35:14.000 When was the last time anybody on this program, under the age of 35, went for a walk without a phone?
00:35:19.000 It is amazing.
00:35:21.000 In fact, in the book, Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, he talks about just a 20-minute walk without a phone literally changes your brain's plasticity.
00:35:31.000 Changes it and it's more in touch with its environment.
00:35:34.000 More present.
00:35:35.000 Less anxious.
00:35:37.000 Less neurotic.
00:35:38.000 And so those are some of my favorite things to do.
00:35:40.000 And I'm a big believer in the Sabbath.
00:35:42.000 That's my next book that I'm writing.
00:35:44.000 Stop in the name of God.
00:35:46.000 And can't wait to shut off tonight.
00:35:48.000 I'm going to do a true Friday to Sunday morning Shabbat. 0.96
00:35:52.000 It's going to be amazing.
00:35:53.000 God bless you guys.
00:35:54.000 Thank you so much, Caleb and Michelle.
00:35:55.000 Thank you.
00:35:56.000 God bless you.
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