The Great America Show - July 15, 2026


Mid-Day Update： July 15, 2026


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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

181.38

Word count

971

Sentence count

78

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Toxicity

2

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Hate speech

7

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Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, July 15th.
00:00:04.640 Happy Wednesday, folks.
00:00:05.900 Darlene Graham Norton has been sworn in as interim United States senator to complete the remainder of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham's term.
00:00:13.960 The late senator's term runs through the end of the Congress, the 119th Congress, on January 3rd of 2027.
00:00:21.560 She was sworn in alongside Senator Chuck Grassley.
00:00:25.400 He was the one who did the swearing in.
00:00:27.600 And President Trump, of course, with the idea and the gesture saying it would be a great idea for Senator Lindsey Graham's sister to finish out his turn and be a great tribute to the late senator.
00:00:39.600 She's doing just that.
00:00:40.880 President Trump, in a Fox News interview from today, was asked to give an update on Iran and if the ceasefire is still in play or is this an all-out war again.
00:00:52.180 Here's what he had to say.
00:00:53.480 How would you describe what is happening at this moment?
00:00:56.340 Has the war resumed?
00:00:58.740 Well, I guess you could define it any way you want, but certainly we're beating them up really badly.
00:01:03.380 They have to be beat up. 0.95
00:01:04.520 We're hitting them very, very hard. 0.98
00:01:06.660 We're hitting every single thing that they have along the shore, along the the waterfront. 0.98
00:01:12.460 You know, if you look at the Strait of Hormuz, it's now we're looking.
00:01:18.260 We're finding it hard to find where they have anything.
00:01:21.620 We have to stop it.
00:01:22.840 We have to keep it open.
00:01:23.800 I was going to charge a fee, but instead they'd rather spend a lot of money in the United States,
00:01:28.920 which frankly is better because I don't like the idea of a fee.
00:01:31.620 It's got to remain free because otherwise others will do the same thing.
00:01:35.940 But I think we've made tremendous progress.
00:01:38.240 He was then asked if the strikes will continue in Iran, and he had this to say.
00:01:42.800 Will these strikes continue?
00:01:44.960 They'll continue until I say it's enough.
00:01:48.700 I mean, they'll continue.
00:01:49.660 They've been there. You know, the word the military likes to use is degrade.
00:01:54.340 They've been degraded to a very low level and they have fight.
00:01:58.800 You know, it's like a great boxer.
00:02:01.320 You have you think you have him beat and then all of a sudden he comes back and he gives you a shot.
00:02:06.620 They have some fight left, but they don't have much.
00:02:08.920 And their weapon degrading has been incredible at a level.
00:02:13.320 Nobody thought it was possible to do it this quickly.
00:02:15.420 There you have it. The strikes continue and Iran has got to get their act together eventually if they want to stand any sort of chance. 0.99
00:02:24.420 And there's a new outbreak which is dominating the United States.
00:02:28.120 Officials say lettuce or salad greens is now linked to this explosive diarrhea outbreak that's hitting thousands across the United States.
00:02:35.620 Health authorities in Michigan said lettuce may be the source of the illness hitting thousands of people who are hitting severe symptoms.
00:02:41.600 There have been over 2,600 confirmed cases of cyclosclerosis since June 22nd alone.
00:02:48.340 Senator Jim Banks may have the cure, or finding the cure at least, to ending birthright citizenship.
00:02:55.460 He's released a plan for Republicans in the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship
00:02:59.160 once and for all for United States-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists
00:03:04.100 after the Supreme Court ruled against the administration in Trump v. Barbara.
00:03:08.540 Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who joined the majority ruling in the case,
00:03:12.260 argued that while Trump's order does not violate the 14th Amendment,
00:03:16.760 it did violate the existing federal law, which could be changed through legislation.
00:03:22.020 Now, Senator Banks is laying the groundwork for Congress to end that birthright citizenship for anchor babies, 0.59
00:03:27.080 but codify it in the U.S. and their invasion by the illegal aliens in the Citizenship Act. 0.88
00:03:32.780 Banks cites Article 1 of the Constitution to make his case,
00:03:35.700 arguing that Congress has the authority to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
00:03:42.120 By classifying illegal aliens as foreign invaders under Banks' legislation,
00:03:46.240 the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens would not be entitled to birthright citizenship.
00:03:51.540 Annually, an estimated quarter of a million anchor babies are born to illegal aliens
00:03:55.800 and foreign tourists in the United States. 0.98
00:03:58.900 A great deal of money spent on people who don't even belong in America. 0.85
00:04:03.300 And a huge announcement expected tonight from President Trump when he addresses the nation. 0.97
00:04:08.040 A lot of ideas being floated, things being floated.
00:04:10.860 President Trump is reportedly set to address the stolen 2020 election with some more evidence among the many things he's set to talk about.
00:04:20.460 That's the main one that's been floated.
00:04:23.180 You can hear him tonight, 9 p.m. Eastern time.
00:04:26.740 Here's what he had to say in the Oval Office when asked about it.
00:04:29.200 I'm anticipating your big announcement on Thursday night regarding election machines and integrity.
00:04:34.760 Can you give us sort of a sneak peek about what you expect?
00:04:37.320 Well, I'd rather save it. It will concern that subject.
00:04:40.500 We'll have a couple of other things.
00:04:41.780 But I'd rather save it. But it's really big news.
00:04:47.420 It's really, really big news.
00:04:49.900 And our country has to shape up.
00:04:53.100 But that's what we're going to be talking about Thursday is it doesn't get bigger.
00:04:58.620 because without free and fair elections, you don't have a country.
00:05:02.160 We'll be discussing other things, too, but it's going to be a very big announcement.
00:05:06.300 Well, folks, before you catch that announcement at 9 Eastern,
00:05:08.760 make sure you tune in to The Great America Show, 6 p.m. Eastern time.
00:05:12.100 Rumble, YouTube, Twitter, wherever you guys join us, or good old-fashioned audio.
00:05:15.760 We'll see you there for The Great America Show.
00:05:17.560 I'm John Foster with this Great America Show midday update.
00:05:20.060 Have a great rest of your day, folks.