00:01:00.000I know it's hard to believe it's the whole forest not one tree and it's every branch and leaf
00:01:12.800they're born to the sea but I'm telling you the truth it's not just one or two1.00
00:01:18.240it's every single Jew they all hate you and it really breaks my heart but their lies are1.00
00:01:25.000We're off the charts and they only bring us harm. You gotta get smart. So if you want to be safe and don't want to get replaced, it's best you start being based or you'll get it ready.1.00
00:01:36.740Every single time, every single crime, every single line, early life. Every single hour, every single day, every single night, early life.
00:13:07.800No, no. Bullshit. No, no, no, bro.1.00
00:13:15.260Literally every president since like fucking Clinton has promised two things to engage in diplomacy with Russia and to not expand NATO borders.0.99
00:13:24.560And they've always fucking lied. OK. Putin invading Ukraine was literally the last straw.0.99
00:13:32.520But there's also the complete different faction that we were escalating like crazy, except Putin to jump in.
00:13:37.800People are going to be like, uh, did you guys forget history why we started NATO?
00:13:43.760No, we started NATO to basically keep funding the military industrial complex.
00:18:56.600Well, it was kind of nice that we had control over the nuclear escalation, and Europe is now figuring out, well, baby, Europe wants control of the nuclear escalation.
00:19:03.460Here's the problem in getting them to pay.
00:19:05.900The guy who picks up the bill chooses the restaurant.
00:19:08.660Back when we picked up the bill, we chose the restaurant, we picked the wine.
00:19:11.840If they're going to pick up the bill, they have rights to do what they want with the money.
00:21:30.720And what made this very interesting with the—
00:21:33.000All right, let's go to Glenn real quick.
00:21:34.440The subsidy is as follows. Do you remember when the federal government started saying to AT&T and Verizon and P-Mobile, you want to put up that cell phone tower, you have to pay for the electromagnetic airspace. Do you remember that?
00:21:48.940This is a problem. This is a misunderstanding, and we should correct it.
00:21:54.340I prefer the president, although I do prefer that he's out in the open, unlike Joe Biden where they're hiding it. I prefer that it's not directed by the president.
00:22:01.680I prefer that it is something that is just the FCC takes care of because it's a clear violation, but I can't find a violation.
00:22:07.640They 100% started because of the president.
00:22:09.880Dude, by the way, guys, FCC launched an investigation into Jimmy Kimmel yesterday.
00:22:25.620So let's attack this from three different perspectives, Glenn.
00:22:28.820first the moral obligations then the regulatory obligations and then what i did for uno all right
00:22:35.140let's go back to opec here with these guys stricting output the problem is getting the
00:22:38.780output out through the straits of hormuz so this to the ball conference if you're
00:22:42.760dot com if you can go to my las vegas august 30 yes see i told you guys his seminar is how he0.86
00:22:49.420makes money see what he just promoted that's why he doesn't give a fuck about y'all in chat saying0.59
00:22:53.120seven thousand dollars you know i mean i got my seven seven seven that's why bro kisses the wall
00:22:58.720man uae to leave opec amid hormuz oil crisis all right let's start cooking chat again for those
00:23:06.520of you just joining the news uae united arab embers left opec what is opec it is the organization
00:23:12.200to patrol them exporting countries it's an intergovernmental organization and cartel
00:23:15.800enabling the cooperation of leading oil producing and all dependent countries in order to collectively
00:23:20.120influence the global oil and market and maximize profit so basically these guys get together they
00:23:26.620all agree on pricing oil at a certain you know point and releasing certain amounts of barrels
00:23:30.220to ensure that everyone stays profitable because at the end of the day these oil companies have a
00:23:36.000fiduciary duty to their investors so they must be as profitable as possible okay is a blow to
00:23:46.520Saudi Arabia what do you mean is this really happening yes in the middle of everything that's
00:23:51.060going on yes so the UAE announced Tuesday that would exit the organization of the petroleum
00:23:55.700exporting countries or OPEC along with wider group of partners known as OPEC effective May 1st
00:24:01.380in what could be a bloke to control over prices by the group long fed in practice by Saudi Arabia
00:24:06.360the move reflects the UAE long-term strategic and economic vision involving energy profile
00:24:09.520read an official statement carried by UAE state news as turmoil I'm watching at 125 speed if you
00:24:14.160guys need to slow it down guys you can slow it down on the strait of hormuz continue to affect
00:24:17.440supply dynamics reports that the uae would leave have circulated for years and the country has had
00:24:22.120disagreements with saudi over oil production quotas president trump has long criticized
00:24:25.880opec for its role in determining global oil prices calling it a monopoly during his first
00:24:29.600term in office addressing the world economic form in 2025 trump urged opec countries to lower
00:24:34.060prices rob do you have a clip on this or no because i see a yellow color here
00:24:37.000okay so we're good with that jeff where do you stand with the story why is this such a big deal
00:24:42.020Well, it's a big deal because we got to go back to 2022, first of all, where this really comes from is when OPEC announced in 2022 is oil prices came down off the top.
00:24:49.620OPEC decided they wanted $100 per barrel oil.
00:24:51.960They wanted that forever into the future.
00:26:16.860Now, he's talking about a rivalry between UAE and Saudi Arabia.
00:26:19.420The reason why there's a rivalry there, guys, is because Saudi Arabia and the UAE are competing for the tourist market of the Middle East.
00:26:25.160OK, Saudi Arabia is, you know, modernizing, legalizing alcohol, opening up clubs, allowing them to drive.
00:26:34.120And what Saudi Arabia is trying to do is they're trying to compete with Dubai, which has the UAE, and bring more expatriates and tourism in so that they can slowly start to get off and wean off the energy dependent economy that they have.
00:26:45.940We're done. We don't want to be beholden to the OPEC cartel who has all sorts of non-economic reasons for whatever decisions they make.
00:31:42.000Yeah, I think the bigger thing, the more concerning thing is that they're dangling out the idea of accepting oil payments and something aside from the dollar.
00:31:47.860They're talking about, oh, if we don't have enough dollars, we're going to have to take payments in yuan.
00:31:50.580And it was a couple of years ago, too, that even Saudi Arabia started floating around the idea of taking payments in yuan.
00:31:54.920And I mean, I don't know how serious or feasible that is, but if that starts happening, then everything falls apart.
00:31:58.920I mean, I think overall the decoupling of OPEC is a good thing because it's not something that's good for the market.
00:32:03.220It's just like a controlled agreement between the biggest oil-producing countries to have a collective agreed-upon price of oil.
00:32:08.240So I think, yeah, the detangling of that is a good thing.
00:32:10.900But the notion of these countries taking payments and currencies other than the dollar,
00:32:14.880that's something that we have to fight against vehemently.
00:32:16.880Did you see the oil tanker arriving in Japan?
00:33:01.600The big picture, zoom out big picture.
00:33:03.580Again, the framework here is Cold War 2.0.
00:33:05.860And what's really happening is the world is realigning.
00:33:08.220The world is realigning away from, you know, we had an alignment during the Cold War.
00:33:11.620It kind of went away in the 1990s and 2000s, and, you know, things got mixed up a little bit.
00:33:14.660But the world is now realigning, and the Trump administration, at the very least, is recognizing the dangers as well as the potential opportunities.
00:33:20.160And he's trying as hard as he possibly can to realign the world in a way that's more favorable to the United States.
00:36:01.760You're missing the point that the UAE is slowly leaving our realm of influence.
00:36:08.560Because if we can't provide them the protection for which they are, is the only reason they're dealing with us, what benefit is there for them to be allies with us?
00:52:09.860That's another important thing you guys got to realize, which would also take them out of the need for the United States.
00:52:16.540Because the United States is also competing in AI.
00:52:18.460Actually through Dubai, in the Dubai International Financial District, whatever it's called, they have been turning themselves into an international monetary hub, supposed to be the gateway to the global south, and funded and operating in U.S. dollar denomination, other currencies too, but primarily U.S. dollar denomination.
00:52:33.460So a shortfall of dollars coming in is a big problem for the UAE, regardless of their wealth or oil status, or even the amount of reserves that they hold, because the market is saying we're a little bit nervous about what's going on over there.
00:52:43.060We're nervous about the fact that UAE is right in the middle of the conflict.
00:52:45.700Guys, smash the like button. Let's get to 1,000 likes.
00:52:48.100Without the oil revenue and dollar back.
00:52:49.540Sitting at only $300 or $1,200 of you guys in here.
00:52:51.640They could get into a situation where if the marketplace gets cold feet
00:52:55.100and starts to pull back on dollar funding,
00:52:56.760it leaves them in a situation not unlike 2009,
00:52:59.660where the UAE was at the forefront of a second crisis
00:55:13.940Yeah, we could create confidence in our allies that don't want to join us in this war.
00:55:17.720The $1 trillion FY27 budget put forward by the president
00:55:21.300will build upon the historic $1 trillion FY26 top line
00:55:26.480and continue to reverse the four years of underinvestment
00:55:30.780and mismanagement of the Biden administration.
00:55:34.400The $1.5 trillion budget will ensure the United States continues to maintain
00:55:38.760the world's most powerful and capable military as we grapple with a complex threat environment
00:55:44.500for lower enlisted across multiple theaters. Not to mention, this budget also includes
00:55:50.560a historic troop pay increase, 7 percent, for lower enlisted, and the budget eliminates
00:55:57.300all poor or failing barracks. Quality of life for our troops is front and center in this budget as
00:56:04.620well by supercharging our industrial capability and transforming how the department does business
00:56:11.680we're restoring american commercial dominance at a pace unseen in generations transforming the
00:56:19.940defense industrial base from a broken slow-moving system of the past we have flipped the pentagon
00:56:27.040acquisition process slow moving from a bureaucratic model to a business model we have flipped one
00:56:32.540Pentagon acquisition process from a bureaucratic model to a business model, 180, decisively
00:56:42.280moving from an acquisition environment paralyzed by bureaucratic red tape into an outcomes-driven
00:56:48.740organization focused on delivering the most at cost, at scale, for taxpayer dollars.
00:56:55.420over the past year through historic multi-year procurement agreements smart business deals for
00:57:03.000things like critical munitions and capabilities we've sent an unambiguous demand signal
00:57:08.900to industry partners to build more and build faster just so you guys know he's testifying to
00:57:14.700get um an increased budget request that's what he's there for chat and we know why for the war
00:57:20.720the result the war that we won that was almost over remember that war yeah that one
00:57:25.420He's trying to get a budget increase for that.
00:57:27.640There's been a surge, a revitalization of our great...
00:57:31.540We went from no new wars to let's get a new war and pay for it.
00:57:34.820... factories and a massive reinvestment in the skilled American workers
00:57:39.800who serve as the industrial muscle behind our warriors.
00:57:44.860Let me briefly provide you with some concrete high-level metrics
00:57:49.300of what's been accomplished over just the past few months.
00:57:52.360These are announced new facilities and investments to support American warfighters, and I would refer you to the screen.
00:58:00.900The department has helped stimulate more than 250 private investment deals in 39 states, in 180 cities, and 150 companies worth more than $50 billion.
00:58:12.980It's resulted in 280 new or expanded facilities worth 18 million new square feet of American manufacturing.
00:58:22.360and more than 70,000 new jobs in defense military industrial complex these this is the key part of
00:58:30.760this these 50 billion dollars of investment in new plants new assembly lines and new factories
00:58:38.760are private investments not taxpayer dollars by changing our departments transforming our
00:59:17.160and is long overdue. We are focused on international wars versus domestic wars.
00:59:22.280From a bureaucratic model to a business model, anyone on the outside looking in at what's been
00:59:28.020done inside this Pentagon in the last 12 months cannot deny the fundamental transformation at
00:59:34.380speed, at scale to innovate and meet the threats of today and tomorrow. These investments equal
00:59:40.780great things for America, American families and American workers and help to ensure that our
00:59:46.360warfighters are able to defend the American dream and all American made. Together with the help of
00:59:52.600the policies, updates, and appropriations passed by Congress, President Trump's War Department has
00:59:58.380begun to turn the lights back on in manufacturing towns across this country and once again
01:00:03.580forging a lethal arsenal of freedom. Where critical supply chains are threatened, the War Department
01:00:09.860has acted decisively to inject capital, stimulate production, and prevent adversarial exploitation
01:00:16.060we are firing up the american economic engine and at every level of our defense industrial base
01:00:21.560every policy we pursue every budgetary item we request told you guys military industrial complex
01:00:27.460undefeated bro serves to ensure the department remains laser focused on increasing lethality
01:00:33.100and survivability one like patriot missile interceptor guys is like millions of dollars
01:00:37.200like three million ability of our three to four million some insane number our forces from the
01:00:42.100front lines to the factory and the drones that iran shoots is like 10 to 20 000 like what
01:00:47.620this is a historic budget as you said mr chairman this is a fiscally responsible budget
01:00:56.720this is a war fighting budget and speaking of war fighting a topic the topic of iran i'm sure
01:01:03.780will come up today which i very much welcome discussing i look forward to sharing the incredible
01:01:10.320successes of our military. All right, it's Q&A time, guys. Switch on over to kick. I'm ending
01:01:15.620the YouTube stream, guys. Come on over to kick. Come on over to kick. I am ending the YouTube
01:01:19.200stream here in a second. Achieved in a matter of weeks. President Trump, unlike other presidents,
01:01:25.420has had the courage to ensure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon, and he's ironclad in that.
01:01:32.100We have the best negotiator in the world driving that deal. The biggest challenge,
01:01:37.040the biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless feckless and defeatist words
01:01:44.700of congressional democrats and some republicans two months in i remind you two months in this
01:01:52.700should have been three days in the conflict lest i remind you and my generation understands
01:01:57.620how long we were in iraq how long we were in afghanistan how long we're making the same
01:02:02.880mistake again all we were in vietnam two months in on an existential fight for the safety of the0.99
01:02:09.500american people iran bullshit bullshit this was not an existential war whatsoever iran does not0.99
01:02:17.560have nuclear weapons iran doesn't have ballistic uh intercontinental ballistic missiles that can1.00
01:02:21.900hit the united states hezbollah houthis hamas cannot attack the united states complete fucking0.99
01:02:27.000bullshit complete bullshit not true at all we cannot have a nuclear all right guys we're gonna1.00
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01:02:41.200well come on over clear bomb we are proud of this undertaking i am proud that president trump
01:02:52.020was have the courage to do it and i look forward to sharing more about what our troops have
01:02:56.460accomplished. So I thank you again for the opportunity to address this committee. I ask
01:03:01.860that God would continue to watch over our troops in harm's way, and those that have fallen are
01:03:07.260always in our memory, and we fight to ensure their legacy. Look forward to answering the
01:03:12.220questions of this committee. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. General Cain, you're recognized.
01:03:17.500Thank you, Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and members of this committee. Thanks for having
01:03:21.920me today. I'm honored to be here today alongside the Honorable Pete Hegseth and Honorable Jay
01:03:27.120Hurst to testify in the president's fiscal year 2027 budget. I'm grateful for the opportunity to
01:03:33.580testify today and I'm thankful. This is the number two guy for armed forces basically. For your
01:03:38.340continued partnership in support of our war fighters defending the homeland and our interests
01:03:43.700around the world. It's a privilege to speak with you today about the foundation of America's
01:03:49.040strength, our 2.8 million members of our joint force, and I'm continually inspired by our soldiers,
01:03:56.060sailors, airmen, Marines, guardians, and Coast Guard guardsmen, and our civilians standing the
01:04:02.740watch for our nation, supported always by their families. Each and every one of them could have
01:04:08.340chosen, and I want to emphasize my commitment to this committee in the Congress that I will always
01:04:13.040follow General Marshall's steadfast example by providing clear and candid nonpartisan military
01:04:19.700advice and working together with our civilian leaders to ensure that our military does the
01:04:26.500things that we must do, being prepared to deter and defend our nation and, if called upon, win
01:04:33.120our wars around the world. America's Joint Force is operational at its core, purpose built for the
01:04:40.460realities of a complex and ever-changing world. We are organized, trained, and equipped to execute
01:04:47.080the most demanding missions across the globe with unrivaled precision. Over the past year,
01:04:53.540our warfighters have consistently demonstrated exactly what it means to be the most capable,
01:05:00.160adaptable, and most professional military force in the world. Our shared goals are to ensure the
01:05:09.040joint force maintains the strategic initiative and advantage, projecting American power and
01:05:16.680responding to global challenges on our nation's terms. During operations Rough Rider, Midnight
01:05:23.160Hammer, Southern Spear, Absolute Resolve, and Epic Fury, the joint force executed globally integrated
01:05:30.600operations and missions alongside our interagency and international partners. And once our civilian
01:05:37.880leaders made a decision we make those missions our own demonstrating the unmatched capability
01:05:43.980to seamlessly synchronize our capabilities across all domains from the seabed to cislunar space
01:05:52.500and higher we're able to accomplish these complicated missions and work so yeah so you're
01:05:59.800gonna you guys gonna notice this trend a lot okay when you're when you're doing war coverage like0.99
01:06:03.520you got multiple people that cover this war you got military glazers like idiots like um max0.99
01:06:11.140afterburner who are retarded and don't know anything about the war strategically they just1.00
01:06:14.800glaze capability technology using classified shit that nobody else has being able to do things in a0.99
01:06:21.260certain way that other countries can't then you got the guys that are pragmatic pragmatics like0.99
01:06:25.220myself they're like yo this war is stupid it doesn't matter if you win it militarily and then1.00
01:06:28.520you got hardcore zionist morons that no matter what you say they're gonna say we need to nuke1.00
01:06:32.720iran israel first you know let's go we we gotta we gotta get rid of the ayatollah you know they1.00
01:06:38.960shout that to america that's israel like these are the three camps really that exist right now
01:06:43.000with with this whole conflict because we draw from a deep enduring reservoir training professionalism
01:06:50.360and commitment our operational tempo is high but we're designed to sustain and rebuild our strength
01:06:57.900continuously. We build readiness every day. We train professionals every day. We learn and sharpen
01:07:04.720our edges every day by being learning leaders. And I am incredibly proud to be a member of this
01:07:10.960joint force team, proud of the team, and proud of the commanders. As the chairman and the ranking
01:07:16.620member both said, we live in complex and dynamic times where global risk is scaling. The complexity
01:07:25.020of today's modern battlefields demands our constant adaptation, innovation, and partnership
01:07:32.020with this Congress. As a joint force, we're up to the challenge. We're defense industrial base
01:07:37.740and the national industrial base, ensuring our military is ready, securing our military
01:07:43.280advantage. Within the joint force, the uniform side, our priorities remain the same, ensuring
01:07:49.780our war fighters are properly armed, globally integrated, and ready while always taking care
01:07:55.600of our people. And what truly sets our people apart from other militaries around the world
01:08:01.540is the 1.8 million members, enlisted members of our force, who maintain readiness beyond
01:08:09.000reproach and are the envy of every other nation. I'm joined today by the senior enlisted advisor
01:08:16.180to the chairman, Dave Isom, who's here with me today representing the 1.8 million members of
01:08:22.380the enlisted force. He is a great American, not an American. While we face dynamic and a dangerous
01:08:30.040world, I have the absolute trust in the extraordinary men and women who come and
01:08:36.840volunteer to serve our nation within our joint force. They execute the missions quietly every day
01:08:43.980And coupled with the American spirit, outthink, outcompete, and relentlessly innovate, we will maintain our decisive edge, but doing so requires your partnership.
01:08:56.400We stand ready today to answer our nation's call.
01:08:59.920It remains the honor of a lifetime for me to serve alongside the members of this joint force.
01:09:05.200and as we sit here today in this important hearing i ask us all to remember our deployed
01:09:10.860teammates who are out there right now doing our nation's business and wait may we again
01:09:16.320always remember our fallen who've given us the gift of an incredible example and their family
01:09:22.320members who continue to show us what courage and grace and yeah they should have never died in the0.90
01:09:26.920first place which is why this is stupid it look like they should never been there in the first0.93
01:09:30.420place they should never you know gotten bombed and killed in the first place thank you a lot of0.98
01:09:34.840Freedom Tour and the great work the department's doing to help enhance our capacity in our defense
01:09:40.780industrial base. Could you tell us how last year's reconciliation bill helped enable what you have
01:09:48.580been able to do and what you think this year's FY27 budget request will do? Yeah, one chance if
01:09:54.120you're in chat or Josie, can you guys do me a favor? Can you guys quickly scrub through Glenn
01:09:57.320Beck's last stream and tell me if he talked about the Middle East? Somebody from the OSS trusted0.95
01:10:02.460remember if one of you guys can just go on glenn beck's uh thing and just super chat what he said
01:10:06.540if he uh covered a run at all for it well mr or the middle east chairman thank you for your
01:10:12.660leadership and your support on that topic i mean coming into this position we fell in on a lot of
01:10:17.480the reforms you and this committee have been advocating for for a long time looking for
01:10:21.240somebody that was willing to run with them and our department uh have run with those and that
01:10:25.940reconciliation bill last year was kind of the rocket fuel to initiate uh president trump's
01:10:31.920priorities in this department so we fell in on an apartment that was focused on a lot of the wrong
01:10:35.760things going in the wrong direction uh and with reconciliation we're able to put you know 22
01:10:41.720billion in shipbuilding 22 billion into golden dome 25 billion into munitions established drone
01:10:47.480dominance which we're continuing to do this day in this next budget funds so getting in front yeah
01:10:52.760drone dominance like getting your drone shot down that are worth millions of dollars over around so
01:10:56.720they can reverse engineer it they didn't talk about that one though of that budget cycle which
01:11:00.600had been notoriously unpredictable coming out of the continuing resolution of FY25.
01:11:07.300To fund this and then a historic bill in FY26 laid the groundwork for this historic budget
01:11:14.140to ensure that we're not coming at a cold start here.
01:15:26.940It's obviously O&M and equipment replacement.
01:15:29.260We will formulate a supplemental through the White House that will come to Congress once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict.
01:15:35.660So you're saying the full cost at this point is $25 billion?
01:15:39.040Yeah, that's our estimate for the cost.
01:23:49.340What did you miss about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that you didn't see that Ukraine was going to be capable of doing what they've done in the last 14 months?
01:23:57.380What we didn't miss, and we're here in this committee, is that Joe Biden, with no accountability, gave hundreds of billions of dollars of our weapons to Ukraine to an outcome that never would have happened if President Trump was the president.
01:24:08.720So he pulled out our, you guys don't talk about that.
01:24:11.560Ultimately, President Trump believes there should be a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
01:24:15.860But you didn't expect Ukraine to be where they're at right now.
01:44:57.940No, because then we have lost strategically a tremendous amount.
01:45:00.660They can't give in either because they want to get up there the next morning, and they are willing to murder their people in enormous quantities in order to stop anything that comes up.
01:45:11.880No, they're willing to murder Mossad agents that were stimulating riots.
01:45:17.560So there's a scenario here where once all the oil tankers that are on the sea have reached port, the oil situation gets really bad for the rest of the world, not so bad for the U.S. because we make it.
01:45:28.420and things are really tough all around.
01:59:34.640The king was here yesterday, and as he was speaking, he received a standing ovation when he implored this body to continue our support for Ukraine.
01:59:48.840In the 2026 National Defense Strategy, it assesses Russia will remain a persistent, manageable threat.
01:59:57.420It specifically identifies Russia's continued threats to Ukraine, and we have, of course, the currently presidential continued drawdown authority that can support Ukraine.
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02:02:42.260Mr. Secretary and General Cain, let me begin by thanking the men and women of the United States military for their service and their bravery.
02:02:50.300I recognize that our service members have performed with extraordinary courage and tactical skill,
02:02:56.440and they've done incredible things that our country has asked them to.
02:03:00.100Their professionalism and selfless service are not in question and never have been.
02:03:05.740What is in question is the purposes and the strategic direction of this war.
02:03:11.420Mr. Hetseth, as Secretary of the Department of Defense, you are ultimately responsible for the conduct of the Iran war.
02:03:19.220Any unvarnished review of what is happening right now in the Middle East would reveal a geopolitical calamity,0.61
02:03:27.260a strategic blunder resulting in worldwide economic crisis.
02:03:33.700The result of Trump's war of choice is a serious self-inflicted ruin to America.
02:03:39.500It will take years and a new administration to recover from the grave damage to our standing in the world as well as our economy.
02:03:51.820We must remember that 13 Americans have been killed in action, hundreds wounded, and thousands of civilians killed, including more than 100 schoolchildren.
02:04:01.960The risk of this conflict was foreseeable.
02:04:06.260I'm certain that the Department of Defense knew that it was likely
02:21:44.000well if you're trying to compare this war to the iraq i'm just asking you do you think it was0.96
02:21:49.600first one to call a stupid war then it's a false comparison okay well probably a good idea to ask0.87
02:21:55.300tough questions so let me just ask you a few questions did you advise the president that we0.98
02:21:59.100should attack iran uh we were first of all in this position in the cabinet we never talk about what
02:22:05.520we would advise the president to do or not you think the president i've been in every meeting
02:22:10.600I understand the chairman and everybody else as the secretary, I'm asking the questions were made and he got every every perspective possible when it came.
02:22:17.400I'm just asking what your perspective is. Are you afraid to take ownership of this?
02:22:20.640Do you think it was a good idea or not? My when I as I've consulted the president, do I think it's a good idea to confront a nuclear bomb?
02:22:27.620To start in the hands of the imagine what the world would look like right now.
02:22:30.800There we go. If Iran had a nuclear weapon. OK, so let's just just imagine.0.72
02:22:34.240Which, by the way, every previous administration, including the first Trump administration, prevented them from having a nuclear weapon.
02:22:41.100So, listen, how is this war going? Do you think we're winning?
02:22:45.260Militarily, on the battlefield, it's been an astounding military success.
02:22:50.980Okay, so do you call Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz winning?
02:22:55.520Well, I would say the blockade that we hold that doesn't allow anything to come in or out of Iranian ports, which is always in our portfolio to use.
02:23:20.220You know, if President Madison had said, well, the British just burned down Washington, but don't worry, we're going to burn it down as well.
02:23:32.340Bro's just cooking him now, like just embarrassing him now at this point.
02:23:40.780Chairman Cain, did the military have plans for the idea that Iran might blockade the strait?
02:28:56.900I'm just asking if you know what your war costs the average American taxpayer.0.82
02:29:01.620What is the cost of Iran having a nuclear weapon that they wield over?0.83
02:29:04.500I'm just asking if you know the cost of the average American taxpayer.
02:29:06.220I'm asking you what the cost would be of that.
02:29:07.900So for the American taxpayers out there, my constituents, some of the constituents you wanted to represent in Minnesota, I'm just wondering if they have an extra...1.00
02:29:14.780And then this idiot says, hi, my idiot, my, why do you have such a weird path to disdain, my man, kissing a white man?1.00
02:29:20.340No one in the Middle East or Russia, where I'm from, does that, bro.1.00
02:29:28.320If you're actually from the Middle East, you would know that in the Middle East, men kiss each other on the cheek when they greet retard.1.00
02:37:14.360If they were forcibly pushed out with back pay and rank and everything that comes with it,
02:37:19.080those soldiers and troops of conscience who had to make that choice,
02:37:23.260You think you're the best troops in our force.
02:37:25.280Listen, I'm grateful that we have two great National Guardsmen sitting at that table today.
02:37:30.220As a longtime serving Guardsman who just retired, I'm so proud of y'all and what you mean for our total force.
02:37:36.680It's not a National Guard. It's not a reserve. It's not an army. It's not a Navy.
02:37:40.480It is a total force, and thank y'all for recognizing that.0.82
02:37:43.520I just want to go back to some of the Iran stuff.0.98
02:37:46.600I don't know. Maybe they're in a different world than I'm living in.1.00
02:37:49.180But from where I live since 1979, Iran has been at war with the United States, although we refuse to acknowledge it.0.63
02:37:57.020Whether that's Hezbollah, whether that's the Houthis, whether that is Hamas, whether that is trying to build nuclear weapons, exporting terror everywhere.0.51
02:38:08.220I know for a fact when I was in Iraq, both tours.0.67
02:38:12.360Bro, sounds like Forrest Gump, bro.1.00
02:38:15.000Bro, literally sounds like a box of chocolates.1.00
02:38:17.500a piece made by iranians killed our troops i know for a fact that many of the munitions i know for0.98
02:38:25.940a fact many of the militias bro this nigga definitely gets bullied every day about force0.92
02:38:29.900gun bro holy jenny militias in iran that were shia base were there to attack americans at the0.92
02:38:41.280willing knowledge of the iranian government do you agree they've been at war with us and are still1.00
02:38:47.620with that war with us and the world since 1979 of course uh for 47 years what a fucking retarded0.98
02:38:55.560question years from beirut to baghdad uh iran has sought the most dangerous weapons in the world to0.98
02:39:01.040try to achieve death to america and if they were to get the most dangerous weapon in the world a
02:39:07.580nuclear weapon they would most certainly use it which is why this is at the level of seriousness
02:39:13.540that president trump was willing to address it and that's what i think so many in this body
02:39:17.740misrepresent north korea is the lesson everybody thought north korea shouldn't have a weapon
02:39:22.920under the clinton administration they gathered so many ballistic missiles that their ballistic0.59
02:39:26.680missile shield allowed them to blackmail ballistic missile shield the region love that one and the
02:39:32.600world to say we're going to get a nuke and you can't do anything about it under this administration0.80
02:39:37.100Them weakened by the 12-day war and what happened with Midnight Hammer, the president made a bold choice on behalf of the American people to say never will Iran, with their view of death to America and death to Israel, have a nuclear weapon because if they have it, they'll use it.0.85
02:39:51.400And he's taken that bold action in a way I think the American people, when they understand the nature of that threat, and they do, they support it.0.53
02:39:58.060uh chairman kane wow i've been around a long time can any other military in the history of
02:40:06.420the world pull off venezuela midnight hammer and epic fury glaze the way that our great warriors
02:40:15.600that defend and project power for our nation could are you larry jackson tenda mclovin
02:40:21.560appreciate you guys with the gifted man appreciate y'all ninjas you guys keep it going even though i0.88
02:40:26.440deal with retards aware of any other nation in the history of the world that could have done i1.00
02:40:31.420literally say when you enter the chat i have one rule don't be a retard and niggas still coming to1.00
02:40:35.440chat and are retards like i gotta hit them upside the head for being idiots like hey think before1.00
02:40:42.020you speak hey stop saying stupid shit hey prove me wrong never can then they get sent1.00
02:40:47.880i'm not sure um and i remain very proud of the joint force i'll also say we're a learning1.00
02:40:55.140organization and we're going to continue to look at the things that go right in any operations
02:41:00.200that we're tasked to do and we're going to get better every day so we do not want to sit on the
02:41:05.940successes and assume future successes we owe it to the nation abram appreciate you with the gifted
02:41:13.420uh into the citizens to constantly improve no young doff thank you bro no matter how well
02:41:19.820as something goes so i'm incredibly proud of the joint force that said i'm even more proud when
02:41:25.940they come back after that they go into a team broke you say you put the fries in the bag someone0.97
02:41:30.300will gift you probably chief taro with the big big big fucking 25 gifted everybody better say0.97
02:41:38.640w chief taro in the fucking chat bro he's helped a lot of you guys get subs man so you guys can go0.98
02:41:43.820ahead and get emotes room and they start debriefing w chief taro w chief taro in the chat0.99
02:41:49.280everybody spam that shit w to fucking chief taro big 25 fucking gifted a lot of you brokies that0.96
02:41:56.940put the fries in the bag now can use emotes the reason why emotes are being subbed on kick is so0.99
02:42:01.120good is because you're able to fucking get these emotes which are hilarious to make sure that0.63
02:42:08.700warning though if you use those emotes in other chats you will get banned i've already been told0.97
02:42:12.900from multiple people that they get banned from osmond goals chat and pollo los pollo the fat0.99
02:52:03.580Democrats about to fucking go after them again.0.99
02:52:06.340conducted the administration in as soon as i said massachusetts i already knew what time it was0.99
02:52:13.960particular events and and a series of events actually as everybody in the dais and the
02:52:19.700witness table uh is aware the department of defense law of war manual specifies that any0.98
02:52:25.800order to kill shipwrecked persons in an illegal order would constitute a war crime oh shit okay
02:52:33.900For some of you guys that don't know, in the beginning of the war, a group of Iranian sailors had done a like a show event.0.98
02:52:44.680Right. Like they had done like a like a boat show or some shit in India.0.68
02:52:48.220And as they were sailing back to Iran.0.97
02:52:51.960Trump authorized and hexed basically a submarine torpedo that killed several of the sailors and almost killed a bunch of killed like half the sailors.
02:53:02.660And the only reason they survived is because they were calling for help and the Sri Lankan National Coast Guard, their equivalent of Coast Guard, came and rescued them.
02:53:12.960So this is what he's referring to, Chad.
02:53:15.100Or this is what I anticipate he's going to refer to.
02:56:12.420left clinging to the wreckage and this is the thing we know this happened we know yeah you
02:56:23.020guys heard it here first i've been told you when they were doing these kinetic strikes that this0.99
02:56:26.000is going to be this is going to come back to bite this whole administration in the ass dude0.98
02:56:29.160especially hexa he's going to be the one left left holding the bag how it happened and the0.98
02:56:37.220defense department still refuses to release the follow-up video of the killing unless trump can
02:56:41.900find out like he's gonna have to do like um preemptive pardons for everybody and i even know
02:56:47.660if you can really like if that shit really works like that but he's absolutely gonna have to do
02:56:50.660preemptive pardons before he leaves office of the shipwrecked survivors even though they released0.96
02:56:55.840the initial one to the public in major news networks worldwide no difference in sources
02:57:03.120and methods in the two videos but still not released to the public of course the backlash
02:57:08.860was severe at the time and perhaps is being forgotten.
02:57:12.600And in a predictable but ennoble display of character
02:57:15.920from this administration, fingers were pointed at one another
02:57:19.100as everyone scurried to cover, in a tacit acknowledgement
02:57:21.980that this was an issue potentially violating international law.
02:57:26.640Now, I've reviewed what's been available,
02:57:28.940the phony rationale that these attacks are about fentanyl trafficking.
02:57:34.600When we know fentanyl comes from China, India, through Mexico, then the baseless argument that this was about narco-terrorism, you know, I don't believe a word of it.
02:57:46.780This was to create leverage for regime change in Venezuela.
02:57:52.320And now the president acknowledged that was about oil.
02:57:55.360Beyond the simple need for justice and exercising American values, it's important for us to
02:58:02.260discuss what the U.S. belligerence in the world stage means to our security, our ability
02:58:08.020to marshal cooperation with our allies, and most importantly, not to normalize these actions
02:58:15.040that could endanger the lives of our own service members put in similar peril.
02:58:23.240Let me be clear about one thing, whether it's these particular strikes discussed here, the one that killed 11 others off the coast of Venezuela,
02:58:30.520whether it's the 178 other killings with each of these extrajudicial killings, the administration is pirating American values.
02:58:40.800We'll continue to investigate this. We will.
02:58:46.260That's a fact. Democrats are not going to let this go, man.
02:58:49.860I called it as soon as I started posting the show on internet
03:00:20.860From someone who's sat up here for four years during the last administration, this is a great day.
03:00:27.000Despite some of the crazy and disrespectful comments from some in this room, the Department of War is back.
03:00:32.440Today is a win because we are discussing American power and dominance, national security, and making America great again.
03:00:39.040There may be differences in how we go about that, but at least we are not wasting all of our time talking about how to restructure the Department of War
03:00:46.460into a social experiment that appeases the far-left woke agenda that existed for the last four years.
03:00:53.800Thank God those four years of the disastrous Biden administration are done.
03:00:57.960on behalf of someone who served 25 years on active duty and almost everyone that that
03:01:04.180reconciliation package is properly tailored and timed so that it is passed so that critical money
03:01:09.040gets there so we're not looking to fy 28 or fy 29 because we need those capabilities right now
03:01:14.560which is why i appreciate the chairman's opening question about reconciliation it is a critical
03:01:19.020vehicle in this calendar year to ensure this department is fully funded to meet the threats
03:01:25.100of the future. Well, thank you. Once again, I think you guys are doing an incredible job. I
03:01:28.660appreciate your leadership, and thank you for your time today. I yield back, Mr. Chair. Gentleman
03:01:31.880yields back. Chair, I recognize the gentlelady from Pennsylvania, Ms. Houlihan. Thank you, Mr.0.98
03:01:36.760Chair, and I appreciate you, gentlemen, for being here today and for the opportunity to have a
03:01:42.360face-to-face conversation with each of you. I have many questions and unfortunately need to start
03:01:48.180with some that disturbed me, Mr. Secretary, from your opening remarks. In your opening remarks,
03:01:53.760Mr. Secretary, you reserved more words and more time and more vitriol to condemn Democrats
03:02:00.700than you did for Xi and for Putin combined. It's pretty telling to me that you decided to use your
03:02:07.600words and your time for that. Here she is, snowflake already disappointed. Turns out that
03:02:12.900Democrats, even Democrats in Congress, are patriots as well. We serve in our uniformed
03:02:19.300services, we admire and love our uniform services, and we love our country just as much as Republicans
03:02:25.200do. In fact, in this body, I and Representative Bacon, who you just spoke to, led the junior
03:02:32.160enlisted pay raises that you now sit there and laud and take credit for. We led the closing
03:02:38.720of the BAH, which then you ended up poaching and using for other things. This body led0.79
03:02:46.040and authorized Ukrainian funding that is now being withheld.
03:02:49.880You also, in your opening remarks, strangely admonished us here
03:02:53.440for not being patient with the results of your two-month war,
03:02:56.800a war of your suggestion to this president, a war of your choice,
03:03:01.220a war you executed without congressional consultation.
03:03:04.560And so it shouldn't be shocking, sir, Mr. Secretary, that we have questions.
03:03:08.660Indeed, it's constitutionally our right to do so.
03:03:11.080So to be clear, despite a brilliant performance by our men and women in uniform, despite thousands of tactical successes, Iran still has nuclear material, still has air defenses, still has small boats, and still has the strait.
03:03:29.080So, despite the fact that your recent comments indicate that operations appear to be finished,
03:03:35.080there clearly is more work that needs to be done.
03:03:38.080As mentioned, today is indeed 60 days.
03:03:40.080So, Mr. Secretary, how many more months, just order of magnitude,
03:03:44.080do you think that you're going to need to be able to conclude operations successfully?
03:03:48.080And how many more billions of dollars do you think you're going to ask this body for?
03:03:54.080As you know, and as the President has stated, you would never tell your adversary.
03:03:58.080adversary, especially once you've decimated their military and you control their freight,
03:04:05.460how long you would be committed to the mission. And the next thing that you mentioned in your
03:04:08.960opening remarks, Mr. Secretary, is that you called on, which astounded me, examples of the Afghanistan
03:04:16.300war, the Iraq war, and the Vietnam war. Those are stunning examples to me of something that
03:04:21.620didn't go our way. We had the opportunity to execute on those wars quite well, but we didn't
03:04:27.760accomplish any mission in my opinion and i think you would agree on that as well my point is this
03:04:31.960effort is not those efforts that's exactly it is this we're shaping up to be that war
03:04:36.400because it has we're shaping up to get the same kind of democrats we got in those wars who
03:04:40.880were naysayers from the beginning undermining the progress of troops for two months in
03:04:46.400and not about parties this the democrat party wanted to socially engineer the department of
03:04:51.680war we've had to undo that and get it to a point where it's capable of protecting power
03:04:55.880Clearly you're not able to have that conversation, so I will move on, sir, and I'm going to reclaim my time.
03:05:01.440General George, let's talk about a guy who's a patriot, somebody who every single person here in this dais and down there in that audience and out there in this world has huge admiration for.
03:06:25.460Well, the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports is now in its 16th day,
03:06:29.500and this morning the Wall Street Journal reports that President Trump has instructed his aides
03:06:33.820to prepare to extend this blockade with the goal of collapsing Iran's economy enough
03:06:39.300to force Iran to agree to a deal to end its nuclear program.
03:06:43.640Now, the president reportedly assesses that the blockade is less risky than walking away entirely or resuming military strikes, at least for now.
03:06:52.620This morning, President Trump posted a warning, quote, Iran can't get their act together.0.69
03:06:57.540They don't know how to sign a non-nuclear deal.0.94
03:13:21.540We don't want you to come out yet and protest, but there will be a time in which we will indicate.
03:13:27.060President Trump also said earlier on in the war that the United States had attempted to get weapons into some people who might be willing to use them against the regime.
03:13:37.320We had to halt that because they were intercepted, didn't get to the Iranian people.
03:13:40.460Yep. There we go. Admitting it once again. Admitting it once again.
03:13:44.780I told you, Chad, that whole fucking rebellion was a fucking astral turf.0.99
03:26:18.140I mean, we've seen the same on MQ-9s and Apaches and A-10s and systems that warfighters continue to rely on,
03:26:24.060Which is why divesting to invest, which was sold under the previous administration because of continuing resolutions and insufficient budgets, created a gap where now you're getting rid of the very things that you need right now.
03:26:36.280And you don't have available things of the future that you said you would have because of the way this department did business.
03:26:44.900So there's one destroyer, one Arleigh Burke class destroyer in this.1.00
03:26:47.740Yeah, government contractors and people that do work with the government always fucking Jew and, you know, fucking trying to nickel and dime you.0.99
03:26:53.800budget because and i hate to even say they always charge the government extra0.99
03:26:57.200i'm not going to say it in open here because they know they'll pay hearing how many years behind we
03:27:01.360are in the backlog of building the arleigh burke class destroyers so the bulk of the money goes
03:27:06.160into ship building to fix that ensure we can get new places to build more faster then you can fund
03:27:11.840additional uh either whether it's this class or the next class but we're almost over time
03:27:16.740i'm going to reclaim and just say in my last seconds here careful with the pace moving through
03:27:21.300designed to construction so quickly as proposed by this budget. Thank you.
03:27:25.160Gentlemen, time's expired. As announced earlier, we're going to now recess until 10 minutes past
03:35:00.740Police say two men, one in his 70s and another in his 30s, were stabbed.1.00
03:35:05.440Witnesses say the suspect was seen running with a knife attempting to stab members of the public before being detained and handed over to police.
03:35:13.060British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling