The Great America Show - February 28, 2025


Friday Headlines： February 28, 2025


Episode Stats


Length

6 minutes

Words per minute

180.25047

Word count

1,209

Sentence count

114


Summary

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The FBI and DOJ dump of the Epstein documents is a disappointment and the President of Ukraine gets a chance to speak to President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office. President Vladimir Zelensky gets the chance to say some words of appreciation to the President. John Fawcett talks World War III.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, February 28th.
00:00:05.200 Happy Friday, folks. We made it through the weekend. The weekend is here.
00:00:09.020 But we got some news before the weekend starts.
00:00:11.680 So that FBI and DOJ dump of the Epstein documents yesterday, extremely disappointing.
00:00:18.720 Releasing things that have been out since 2023, fully redacted, by the way, in the release.
00:00:23.660 In the past, since 2023, some of these documents are completely unredacted.
00:00:28.400 So why would the DOJ, under Pam Bondi, be releasing documents that were previously fully unredacted, now re-releasing them fully redacted?
00:00:36.660 Doesn't really make much sense.
00:00:38.400 Pam Bondi blaming the lackluster dump on the Southern District of New York and the FBI for failing to release the documents.
00:00:46.680 But it just doesn't make much sense.
00:00:48.780 Only 200 documents were allegedly turned over to Bondi.
00:00:52.080 Meanwhile, there's, I believe, well over 2,000 documents.
00:00:55.200 Pam Bondi and Cash Patel couldn't have believed that the complete Epstein files was just 200 documents.
00:01:02.460 And there's 200 documents in just flight logs alone.
00:01:05.860 So we're waiting.
00:01:07.360 Bondi gave an 8 a.m. this morning deadline to turn over all the documents.
00:01:11.600 It's unclear if the Southern District of New York and the FBI in New York turned over those documents to her.
00:01:16.020 But the DOJ and FBI under Cash Patel, not off to a good start, to say the least, in their first major, what was supposed to be, document dump.
00:01:29.180 And President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, in the Oval Office today.
00:01:32.400 And boy, it hasn't been easy for the fella.
00:01:35.520 He came all the way from Ukraine just to get the beat down in person.
00:01:39.740 Zelensky coming off as a defensive and very disrespectful in the Oval Office to President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.
00:01:45.680 Take a listen to just one of the many exchanges between the three.
00:01:49.180 I'm talking about the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country.
00:01:53.020 Yes, but if you are not strong.
00:01:54.400 Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media.
00:02:00.260 Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems.
00:02:06.320 You should be thanking the President for trying to bring it into this conflict.
00:02:10.040 Have you ever been to Ukraine that you say what problems we have?
00:02:13.040 I have been to...
00:02:14.260 Come once.
00:02:14.980 I've actually watched and seen the stories, and I know what happens is you bring people, you bring them on a propaganda tour, Mr. President.
00:02:24.020 Do you disagree that you've had problems bringing people into your military?
00:02:28.260 We have problems.
00:02:28.580 And do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
00:02:37.340 A lot of questions.
00:02:38.940 Let's start from the beginning.
00:02:40.080 Sure.
00:02:40.320 First of all, during the war, everybody has problems.
00:02:44.140 Even you.
00:02:45.000 But you have nice ocean, and don't feel now.
00:02:47.920 But you will feel it in the future.
00:02:50.600 God bless.
00:02:51.160 You don't know that.
00:02:51.740 God bless.
00:02:52.360 God bless.
00:02:53.300 You will not have a war.
00:02:54.580 Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
00:02:56.280 We're trying to solve a problem.
00:02:57.700 Don't tell us what we're going to feel.
00:02:59.520 I'm not telling you.
00:03:00.380 Because you're in no position to dictate that.
00:03:02.380 Remember this.
00:03:03.260 I'm not dictating.
00:03:03.600 You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel.
00:03:08.180 We're going to feel very good.
00:03:09.560 You will feel influence.
00:03:10.260 We're going to feel very good and very strong.
00:03:12.700 You will feel influence.
00:03:13.860 You're right now not in a very good position.
00:03:16.480 You've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and he happens to be right about it.
00:03:20.380 From the very beginning of the war, Mr. Braham, I was...
00:03:23.900 You don't have the cards right now.
00:03:26.080 With us, you start having cards.
00:03:27.320 I'm playing cards.
00:03:27.960 Right now, you don't...
00:03:28.940 I'm wearing serious, Mr. Braham.
00:03:30.360 I'm wearing serious.
00:03:31.500 You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.
00:03:34.300 You're gambling with World War III.
00:03:36.680 What you're thinking about.
00:03:37.720 You're gambling with World War III.
00:03:40.060 And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country.
00:03:45.060 I'm with all respect to your parents.
00:03:46.660 It's back to you.
00:03:46.680 Far more than a lot of people said they should have.
00:03:49.440 Have you said thank you once?
00:03:51.020 A lot of times.
00:03:52.180 No.
00:03:52.480 Even today.
00:03:53.320 Even today.
00:03:54.460 You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October.
00:03:58.900 Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who's trying to save your country.
00:04:05.920 Huh.
00:04:08.180 Zelensky, if that wasn't a beatdown, I don't know what was.
00:04:11.920 Coming off extremely disrespectful, folks.
00:04:14.100 How do you come to America to negotiate and ask for help and then sit there and not stop talking and running your mouth while the president of the United States and the vice president of the United States are trying to have a cordial conversation?
00:04:26.220 Not going to end well for Zelensky.
00:04:28.800 The mineral deals are still expected to be signed between the two nations.
00:04:33.260 As for any more money for Zelensky, I think it's going to be a long shot after his performance in the Oval Office today.
00:04:40.320 Not good for Zelensky.
00:04:41.520 Not good for the country of Ukraine.
00:04:43.800 President Trump expected to sign executive order this week, making English the official language of the United States.
00:04:50.140 Despite English being the predominant language here, the United States has never had a national language at the federal level.
00:04:56.720 However, many states have declared English as their official language.
00:05:00.200 The executive order will rescind a federal mandate issued by President Bill Clinton that agencies and other recipients of federal funding are required to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.
00:05:11.200 Agencies will still be able to provide documents and services of language other than English, according to a White House summary of the order.
00:05:16.780 But English will be officially the U.S. language.
00:05:21.220 Great on President Trump.
00:05:22.640 What took so long for any president to go ahead and do so?
00:05:25.820 Unclear to me.
00:05:26.840 Folks, please be sure to join us for today's episode of The Great America Show.
00:05:29.580 We're going to be joined by just the news is John Solomon, folks.
00:05:33.000 He's a man who's went through documents and documents and documents regarding Russiagate, the hoaxes against President Trump, and some of these Epstein files that have not been released.
00:05:43.900 So we're going to get John's take on all of this when we can expect the FBI and the DOJ to fully release everything and when we can expect things to start moving over at the DOJ as we had originally planned for them to go ahead and do so.
00:05:57.060 So, folks, please be sure to join us for that and each and every day, twice a day for The Great America Show and The Great America Show Midday Updates, where we're bringing you the biggest headlines and all the things you need to know that are happening in the news today.
00:06:09.040 I'm John Fossett with this Midday Update.
00:06:11.040 Again, happy Friday, folks.
00:06:12.460 We'll be right back.