The Great America Show - Mid-Day Update： July 20, 2026

00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody. I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Monday, June 20th.

00:00:04.800 Happy Monday, folks. The World Cup is officially over and Spain coming out as the victors.

00:00:10.300 President Trump says this is one of the most popular FIFA World Cup tournaments that this

00:00:16.440 country and that this world has ever seen. Take a listen to President Trump, who attended the World

00:00:22.240 Cup before heading back to Washington, D.C. There has never been anything like it, probably in terms

00:00:28.360 of an event, let alone soccer or football, whatever you want to call it. But I thought

00:00:33.860 it was incredible. It was four times greater than any FIFA ever held. And it's probably

00:00:38.940 about five times, actually, they're telling me today. So we're very proud of our country.

00:00:43.960 We're very proud of the job that was done by everybody. We congratulate Johnny Infantino

00:00:50.220 and all of his staff and the incredible job they did. But this was one of the greatest

00:00:56.260 events of any kind ever held so we're really happy that it did so well and all over the world people

00:01:02.940 have uh come and they've loved our country you know it's shown off our country in a different

00:01:08.220 light and uh it's a great thing it was a great event and i'm glad you all enjoyed it president

00:01:15.000 trump is reportedly lobbying already for the next world cup to actually be held in america once

00:01:20.340 again we'll see how that goes we know president trump is a hell of a lobbyer so we'll just have

00:01:25.920 to wait and see. Trump was also asked about the Canadian wildfires because he was joined by the

00:01:31.240 head, the prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney, at the World Cup. President Trump said he told

00:01:39.180 Carney that they're going to have to do something about this. Maybe start paying the bills for these

00:01:44.600 wildfires that are spreading smoke and smog across the northern states in America. Here's what

00:01:50.860 President Trump had to say.

00:02:20.860 everything. They had to close car plants and a lot of other things. So I've never remembered

00:02:26.380 this happening. Over the last four or five years, you saw it starting to take place. I've never

00:02:31.740 remembered it happening. And if Carney can't figure out those wildfires, I think President

00:02:36.240 Trump may have to go back to that tariff book and see how Canada could start paying the price.

00:02:42.120 The United States has completed its ninth consecutive evening of strikes in Iran.

00:02:46.680 U.S. Central Command said in a post last night on Twitter, the U.S. targeted Iranian military

00:02:52.780 command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities,

00:02:57.920 missile and drone launch sites, and communication networks. Explosions were heard all across Iran

00:03:04.020 early Monday local time. Meanwhile, Iran has launched another wave of missiles at enemy

00:03:10.540 targets. Marco Rubio says the U.S. remains open to diplomacy with Iran, but things aren't going

00:03:16.660 going too well after those service members were killed in the strikes from Iran. President Trump

00:03:24.180 ramping up the pressure, ramping up the heat on Iran. It doesn't seem like it's going to end

00:03:30.100 anytime soon as President Trump has continued to launch a barrage of attacks night after night.

00:03:37.080 As I said, the ninth consecutive night of attacks on Iran doesn't seem there's an end in sight

00:03:43.900 until they come to the table and agree to a peace deal once and for all. 0.54

00:03:49.660 And some new numbers out on the border.

00:03:51.560 Illegal border crossings remained historically low in June,

00:03:55.360 continuing a trend under the Trump administration.

00:03:58.280 Last month, 32,000 illegal border crossings were apprehended nationwide,

00:04:03.160 according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.

00:04:06.220 The number is up from 6,500 last June, but down by more than 173,000 from June of 2024.

00:04:15.240 The total excludes gotaways, those who illegally entered through the ports and were able to evade any capture.

00:04:22.720 Similar to the Biden administration, the Trump administration is not publicly releasing the gotaway data.

00:04:27.680 It remains unclear how many are still illegally entering into America.

00:04:32.900 Apprehensions at the southwest border in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas

00:04:37.380 totaled about just over 12,000 last month, according to the data.

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00:05:00.020 I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show Midday Update.

00:05:02.540 Happy Monday, folks.

The Great America Show - July 20, 2026

Mid-Day Update： July 20, 2026

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