The Great America Show - April 09, 2026


Mid-Day Update： April 9, 2026


Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

148.01517

Word count

742

Sentence count

44


Summary

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Melania Trump delivers a stunning statement on Jeffrey Epstein and calls on Congress to act now. North Korea is testing a nuclear weapon and Kim Jong-un may soon be behind the same fate as the Ayatollah. President Trump rips conservative podcasters, Alex Jones and Megyn Kelly.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, April 9th.
00:00:04.520 Happy Thursday, folks. I hope your days are off to a good start.
00:00:07.620 You're almost ready for the weekend as much as I am.
00:00:09.940 But first, let's get to some news of the day.
00:00:12.160 First Lady and Melania Trump this afternoon delivering a stunning statement on Jeffrey Epstein from the White House.
00:00:18.360 Reporters at the White House were totally surprised by Melania's remarks.
00:00:21.980 Melania Trump said that she was not one of Epstein's victims and called on Congress to act and act now.
00:00:27.580 Now, President Trump was reportedly also blindsided by this surprise press conference by Melania,
00:00:33.880 but it seems that she has had enough.
00:00:35.840 She's had enough of the defamation against her, her friends, her husband,
00:00:40.260 and the destruction that it's done to this country.
00:00:43.380 Let's take a listen to some of what Melania had to say.
00:00:46.620 I've never been friends with Epstein.
00:00:50.460 Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time.
00:00:57.580 since overlapping in social circles is common in New York City and Palm Beach.
00:01:07.200 To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, Maxwell.
00:01:16.840 My email reply to Maxwell cannot be catered as anything more than casual correspondence.
00:01:27.580 My polite reply to her email doesn't amount to anything more than a tribal note.
00:01:37.280 I am not Epstein's victim.
00:01:41.460 Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump.
00:01:46.200 I met my husband by chance at the New York City party in 1998.
00:01:51.820 This initial encounter with my husband is documented in detail in my book, Melania.
00:02:01.580 The first time I crossed paths with Epstein was in the year 2000, at an event Donald and I attended together.
00:02:11.360 At the time, I had never met Epstein and had no knowledge of his criminal undertakings.
00:02:21.820 Numerous fake images and statements about Epstein and me
00:02:29.840 have been calculating on social media for years now.
00:02:37.160 Be cautious about what you believe.
00:02:41.600 These images and stories are completely false.
00:02:46.000 Folks, what's better than getting the news directly from the source itself
00:02:50.260 with melania trump giving us that massive massive just five minutes long but i think that was all
00:02:58.140 that that she needed to get the message through on what she was trying to say north korea they
00:03:04.640 don't want to see world peace 2026 north korea has launched five large-scale missile tests
00:03:10.280 and we now learn what they're testing find out according to sources that north korea
00:03:15.240 has tested a new cluster bomb warhead on a ballistic missile as well as an electromagnetic
00:03:20.920 weapon. Kim Jong-un may soon find himself behind the same destiny as the Ayatollah or as perhaps
00:03:30.760 Maduro out in Venezuela. President Trump this afternoon ripping Candace Owens, Alex Jones,
00:03:36.040 Tucker Carlson, and Megyn Kelly. Trump calling the conservative podcasters low IQ and stupid
00:03:42.420 Alex Jones this week, along with a guest on the show, Robert Barnes, discussed how to remove President Trump from the 25th Amendment.
00:03:49.200 Kansas Owens this week said that she's embarrassed for telling people that she voted for President Trump.
00:03:53.520 Tucker Carlson this week urging White House staffers to resist President Trump's orders.
00:03:57.220 And Megyn Kelly went off on Trump this week after he threatened Iran and saying the whole civilization will die tonight and never be brought back again.
00:04:06.500 president trump issuing a scathing scathing statement on the folks calling some of them
00:04:12.340 low iq and stupid people i guess their families know it too so the infighting in the republican
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00:04:56.920 I'm Jon Fossett with this Midday Update.
00:04:58.940 Have a great day, everybody, and happy Thursday.