Former FBI Director James Comey will be charged with lying to Congress, it is being reported. This will be the first litmus test for the Trump administration, and I believe it will be a big one. I believe this will be seen as a test to see if the administration will be able to hold Hillary Clinton accountable.
00:16:10.320So let's start there with what I guess everyone is fascinated with.
00:16:14.100We'll start with first the space race.
00:16:15.920America is announcing that by February they're going to do a trip up to the moon, not necessarily on the moon, but a trip to show everybody that they can get to the moon as sort of a, you know, a poke in the eye to China.
00:16:40.940Just a few years ago, we had to rely on the Russians actually to get their own space station.
00:16:45.020Now, of course, it's dramatically different with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, Airbus, others.
00:16:51.900They're really making real progress here.
00:16:54.220And their jobs are amazing here in Brevard County.
00:16:56.500A few years ago, we were very worried about our future.
00:16:58.300Now we're recruiting all types of people from around the country to come work here at Kennedy Space Center because about every two or three days you see a launch.
00:17:07.520We are leading the world right now in space launches.
00:17:10.260But the Chinese, as you know, not only are in the game, but they also steal technology.
00:17:14.740They're doing all types of nefarious things out in space on the commercial interests, let alone, of course, military.
00:17:21.660And it's the reason why we need to stay dominant in space because if nothing else, it's the idea that we need and have GPS technology.
00:17:30.000If those satellites get knocked out, we go back to World War II technology, which is a radically different war.
00:17:36.160Right now we have the upper hand, but we need to do everything in our power to keep that upper hand.
00:17:40.460Can you do me a favor and explain for the audience?
00:17:42.720Because I think most people, including myself for the longest time, believe space was just, you know, guys in these white suits that looked like marshmallows,
00:17:49.980jumping around, eating the space ice cream that you get from the candy store.
00:17:54.040But now, I guess as I've gotten older and I've learned a little bit, it turns out space is more of a national security issue than just guys hopping around in bubble suits doing very important things.
00:18:07.340Can you explain to the audience the importance of the Space Force, which the Democrats laughed about when Donald Trump launched it,
00:18:14.140the importance of the Space Force as it pertains to national security with China, who's no real friend of ours, in my opinion?
00:18:22.540Well, I think it's a fair question, and it's the question of the day.
00:18:26.340To your point, this is not just a vanity mission.
00:18:41.180And we'll just talk about first, just pure communications.
00:18:44.100You and I have this ability to communicate.
00:18:46.500It has a lot to do with satellite technology.
00:18:48.640The reason why we have all these TV stations now that we never had before, the Internet power, just the communications.
00:18:54.780You're seeing the new lines that, of course, Elon Musk is doing with his companies.
00:18:58.480It's just an absolutely huge information superstructure that allows us to communicate instantly around the world with the quality we see today, which is simply not available years ago.
00:19:09.740But on the military funds where we're really focused, this is the one that gives us the ability to have GPS technology.
00:19:16.060So you know where your ships or soldiers are at all points on the globe, and let alone your positioning on with just the winning of wars.
00:19:27.800Also, you're going to look at the new technology.
00:19:29.680Remember, we talked about during the Reagan years, Star Wars.
00:19:32.360This technology is very close to reality.
00:19:34.760And so the only way you have it is by having these potential space opportunities.
00:19:39.240We, of course, want to make it where it makes the world safe.
00:19:42.400The Chinese might have different intentions.
00:19:44.300But when we're dominant in space, it keeps those rogue nations in check.
00:19:48.920And so that's why you're seeing a lot of these military satellites being put into place.
00:19:52.620We can also see what the other side is doing.
00:19:55.180We can keep tabs on those people, whether it be the normal combatants or terrorists around the world.
00:20:00.260And so these are our eyes and ears literally for the military.
00:20:04.060And we want to make sure that, God forbid, a Cold War turns hot, that we have every technological advantage over the bad guys using all the technology so that we save lives.
00:20:14.540And at this point, I think it's preventing wars.
00:20:17.660Let me ask you a question, because you had mentioned something that's very important, especially in this country.
00:20:22.220And it's that the fact of China stealing technology.
00:20:26.740But I also on the front of it, we also give them by sending over companies like Apple or Tesla or whatever company wants to go over to China to make some of the most critical parts of infrastructure that we use here in America.
00:20:39.220Of course, everything you do in China is under a microscope.
00:20:43.140They manage and they look over everything you do.
00:20:48.420What can we do to ensure and try to pull some of the companies that are over there that are national security issues out of China and put them, you know, if not in America, somewhere else?
00:21:00.480Because, I mean, they literally have our number.
00:21:04.900And when you get in bed with the Chinese companies, like joining the mafia, once you're in, you can't get out.
00:21:10.480And so that's why a lot of these companies are looking to go elsewhere.
00:21:13.440It's the reason why we're putting all these tariff threats on, because we want to make it where it's just not worth it to do business in China.
00:21:21.320And again, just to take one step back here to build on your on your premise, which is correct.
00:21:25.980Remember, these people don't live by the same human standards we do.
00:21:30.020They do not have workplace safety like we do.
00:21:32.200They do not respect the environment like we do.
00:21:35.100They don't have the child labor laws like we do.
00:21:38.160So the cost of doing business, yes, is lower in China.
00:21:41.500It's because their overhead costs are radically different because they don't have the same love of life that we do.
00:21:47.660And then other part of that is that once they get the secret formula, they will copy it.
00:21:52.280And they don't have the same respect for property rights in China.
00:21:55.380As you know, they're a communist nation after all.
00:21:57.560And so once they get that technology, they don't care about the court system.
00:22:01.000They will do it and they will they will exhaust, meaning they will delay and you'll never get your day in court.
00:22:06.700And they will steal that technology from you.
00:22:08.700And so we're not playing with a level playing field here.
00:22:11.160It's the reason why the president's been so aggressive.
00:22:13.380We tried our best to bring China into the world of nations going back to the Clinton years.
00:22:18.180And they took advantage of that, let's just say, good hearted intention that we all had.
00:22:23.040So this is why China needs to be called to heel and why we need to be very careful about how they're doing all types of thing with Belt and Road.
00:22:30.880This is where they're giving loans to other countries around the world.
00:22:34.180And once those countries default, they come in and extract wealth or extract lands from those countries.
00:23:01.760So, you know, sometimes things that seem so simple are so difficult for our politicians and our leaders in this country.
00:23:09.800While we're on the topic of space, Congressman, I want to talk as the Ryder Cup, as we were talking about the show, is here now.
00:23:16.300President Trump will be there tomorrow.
00:23:18.680One of my favorite golfers, Victor Hovland, he's talking about UFOs.
00:23:24.220His partner, Ludwig Arberg, is concerned because all Victor wants to talk about is UFOs.
00:23:31.540And now I want to talk about UFOs because we've seen them allegedly, apparently over America.
00:23:38.200We're cited by, you know, multiple members of the military and different geographical things that just don't make any sense and defy all laws of gravity and everything that we're taught in science.
00:24:42.200I'm learning all types of new things as the chairman of the Space Committee.
00:24:46.040We're excited about, as you talked about earlier, about circling the moon for the first time since 1972 this spring.
00:24:52.880We'll be one step away from putting our people back on the moon, which is hopefully going to happen by about 2029, 2030, depending when the SpaceX lander is ready.
00:25:01.720But we are moving forward, and we're learning about black holes and all types of things in our solar system.
00:25:07.480Look, everything is on the table, and I hope that they will release this information so that people will regain trust in government in general.
00:25:14.800You know, there's a lot of people who still don't believe that the first moon landing even happened.
00:25:18.760So I guess it would be nice to kind of go back there and assure the public the moon is not indeed made of cheese and that, you know,
00:25:25.760we did go there and we did plant a flag there with some evidence because, you know, there's a lot of people.
00:25:31.740As for the conspiracies about it, as you know, when one conspiracy happens, five more branch out from that one,
00:25:37.840and you've just got this spiderweb of conspiracies that by the time it's all said and done,
00:25:42.360you've already forgotten the first conspiracy that you had come up with.
00:25:45.640Have you ever seen any evidence in meetings, in hearings, that there is some sort of extraterrestrial life,
00:25:51.780that there is some sort of other force sending?
00:25:56.320I haven't. I've not been in the skiff. That's the private rooms we go into. It's top secret information.
00:26:01.440I've not seen anything. I've not kind of gone on to find out yet.
00:26:04.820Maybe it's one of the things I'll do after the show now that you've really perked my interest.
00:26:07.940But it's something that's, again, that we need to have the discussions about.
00:26:12.880But why are they so – why do you think that the government is so secretive about it?
00:26:16.300Like, what's the big deal? Shouldn't they be telling us, hey, if an alien lands in your backyard,
00:26:20.780this is what they're susceptible to. This is how you can kill them, you know?
00:26:24.880I mean, I'll use my own conspiracy. If that's the case, my guess would be we've got the monopoly
00:26:31.400on the information from these guys or whatever being they are, and we're using it to beat the Chinese.
00:26:37.180That's my only thought process here and keeping that top secret stuff to ourselves.
00:26:41.960Look, I've seen all the movies, and we're in an area – what's this called?
00:30:14.120If the Democrats are going to come here with their boondoggle of garbage and demand this.
00:30:19.620I was so happy to see President Trump last week.
00:30:21.480Stick the middle finger up to Chuck Schumer and to Hock Team Jeffries who wanted to come to the White House so they can do a photo op like they did last time with Nancy Pelosi and say, well, Mr. President, you're going to own this shutdown.
00:30:33.520So what President Trump has now said today is that's fine.
00:30:36.120It looks like a government shutdown is coming because the Democrats can't come to the table.
00:30:39.560But now what I want you to do, and this is a memo from the White House and I'm going to quote it, quote, the White House Office of Management and Budget directs agencies to consider firing employees working on any program that is not funded by another law, such as Republicans.
00:30:53.980One big, beautiful bill that was assigned into law in July and which does not align with the president's priorities.
00:30:59.940Once government funding is reinstated after a shutdown, agencies should revise their plans to keep only the smallest number of employees necessary to legally operate.
00:31:10.340The day I said this since I've taken over the show over a year ago, Congressman, the day the government becomes not is no longer the largest employer of people in this country.
00:31:19.280It becomes the best day this country has ever seen, among other things.
00:31:23.860And it seems we're on a trajectory for the Republicans led by Donald Trump to hold their ground on this budget fight.
00:31:30.760Well, I think we need to hold our ground.
00:31:32.500I mean, what the Democrats are asking for is is little like ransom.
00:31:37.240I mean, one point five trillion dollars.
00:31:40.220And this is the same group of people a couple of months ago saying they're worried about the deficit.
00:32:10.660I mean, we're showing the rest of the world that they literally came to the president's office and all lined up and begged him for help.
00:32:18.640I mean, it is a totally new, positive world order.
00:32:22.040And the Democrats are saying, no, let's throw a monkey wrench in it and spend even more on the taxpayers back.
00:32:28.140This is the easiest budget shutdown fight of all time.
00:32:31.640We proved in the House we're willing to keep the government open.
00:32:34.920The Republicans in the Senate voted to keep the government open.
00:32:37.360And only the Democrats are saying, no, suddenly they want to shut down the government, which is counter to what they've been saying for the last thirty five years.
00:32:45.140Yeah. And the only way you guys win this is you stay united.
00:32:48.240And that means somebody I can't stand.
00:32:51.000I've grown to really, really, really not like anymore.
00:32:53.400And I used to like him as Thomas Massey.
00:32:55.020You guys got to stay united like the Democrats do.
00:33:16.940How do you reel in guys like him whose ego have just gotten absolutely I mean, and these are my words, not yours, of course.
00:33:24.940But I believe his ego has gotten so far out of control and he's gotten this like alpha male complex where he wants to do everything he can to fight Trump, which obviously you can't afford right now.
00:33:35.080The Democrats just holding another seat in Arizona.
00:33:37.820I mean, the majority just got even slimmer.
00:33:40.760Yeah, we have an absolute micro majority right now.
00:33:43.780And when Thomas votes, which he has every single time, it really counts with the Democrats.
00:34:46.020If he doesn't win within the internal fight, he's still got to help the team because the alternative is unacceptable, which is higher spending that he says he's against.
00:34:54.520Higher taxes, which he says he's against.
00:34:56.760More government, which he says he's against.
00:34:59.100Let a more intrusive government, which he says he hates.
00:35:01.480So he's got to he's got to either figure out how to get more votes within the caucus or at least say, hey, I'm on the team after the debate happens.
00:35:32.780But don't come out here and pretend now like you care about these victims when for the last four years with Joe Biden as president, you maybe said a peep.
00:35:42.040It's Trump derangement syndrome at a next level.
00:35:44.680And these people really have to cure themselves.
00:35:46.380It's it's getting really pathetic to see, you know, grown men acting like this.
00:35:50.320If you hate the guy, come out, say you hate the guy and campaign against him.
00:35:53.760You know, you can't you can't have your cake and eat it to make up your damn mind.
00:35:57.300But let's talk about what President Trump did this week with the whole Tylenol thing.
00:36:02.120I mean, the left congressman is going absolutely berserk.
00:36:05.760You would think it was like Donald Trump came out and told everybody you must get vaccinated for COVID-19 or you can't go to school or you can't hang out with your friends.
00:36:15.660So that was the you know, the Democrats who who did the draconian lockdowns.
00:36:19.240But simply saying, if you're pregnant, Tylenol might not be the best thing for you.
00:36:25.340He's not telling you to take something.
00:36:26.840He's telling you you shouldn't take something.
00:36:29.160Yet the Democrats and even the Republicans, John Thune out here saying he's concerned we should listen to the medical experts.
00:36:35.600Well, last I checked, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a medical expert.
00:37:12.340I mean, that's all he was saying is unless you really, really need it, don't take it because we've seen some links that could be potentially there.
00:38:14.240You can't be against everything that people do.
00:38:16.580And you can't blindly follow one side.
00:38:19.580I mean, I listen to President Trump, and if I agree with him, I agree with him.
00:38:22.080If I don't, I'll let it be known and talk to the team and see where we can find common ground.
00:38:26.580But they have reached that, I think it's called Trump derangement syndrome, where anything he says, not only do they take the opposite view, but they'll do things detrimental to themselves in the process.
00:38:37.740Yeah, they say if you agree with someone 100 percent of the time, there's a problem there.
00:38:42.200And, you know, I agree with probably 99 percent of what President Trump does.
00:38:45.640There's, you know, there's things that I, you know, I'll come out here and say I don't agree with him on.
00:38:49.180I didn't agree with him with the whole Epstein thing.
00:38:50.900I didn't agree with him on how he let China get away with killing millions of Americans.
00:38:56.320But when you got 99 percent, you know, you like you said, you work on the one percent or two percent or whatever, where you can find common ground or where you disagree.
00:39:05.880That's the dialogue that we have, not going out and shooting somebody or assassinating somebody because you disagree with them instead of sitting down like a rational human being like you and I are doing and say, listen, this is where we disagree.
00:39:22.620And we're seeing right now with Crockett and AOC and even as recent as the other night, 2028, Gavin Newsom says we might not have an election.
00:39:30.700I mean, how irrational are these people, but they love the attention.
00:39:35.740They're totally trying to drive these small dollar contributions.
00:39:46.380That's why they're trying to distract people, shut down the government, because they know the policies the president pushed for and the promises we're keeping that we made in the 2024 election worked.
00:39:57.200They know that their days are numbered because their issues are wrong and they're trying to change the game.
00:40:03.800That's why they want to shut down this government.
00:40:05.500They want to try to find an issue to undercut a popular president who's growing the economy at 3.8 percent, who shut the border, gave tax cuts and actually kept campaign promises.
00:41:02.460He's Lucy in the football, banana in the tailpipe.
00:41:04.960But I think he just loves talking to the press, the same victim that Republicans follow.
00:41:11.700And it's not just Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, all those southern cities are saying, I can't believe my own government would turn their back on me and not protect me against people who we don't even know who they are in this country.
00:41:26.300And these sanctuary cities, it's it's criminal.
00:41:28.920I mean, your job as an elected official, first and foremost, is public safety.