The Great America Show - October 14, 2025


Tuesday Update： October 14, 2025

Topics
trade talks
Hosted by
John Fawcett Lou Dobbs
Mentioned
Mike Johnson Donald Trump James Comey Lindsay Halligan Rumble YouTube Scott Besson Xi Jinping Schumer
Democrats FURIOUS for finally having to admit the TRUTH as they look to continue chaos! NEW POLLING： American's show a MASSIVE Political Realignment as Obama resurfaces!

Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

174.25

Word count

900

Sentence count

57

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

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Summary

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The government is still shut down and the Marxist Democrats are still holding it hostage. Speaker Mike Johnson today speaking out laying out the list of demands that the Marxist Dems have in order for the government to reopen, including nearly $25 million in climate resilience in Honduras, or $4 million for the LGBTQ+. And they would send a half a billion dollars to liberal news outlets by refunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and restore up to $5 billion in wasteful spending for international projects.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Tuesday, October 14th.
00:00:04.580 Happy Tuesday, folks.
00:00:06.040 Well, the government is still shut down and the Marxist Democrats are still holding it hostage. 0.72
00:00:11.540 Mike Johnson today speaking out, laying out the list of demands that the Marxist Dems have
00:00:17.660 in order for the government to reopen, including nearly $25 million in climate resilience in Honduras,
00:00:25.600 or $4 million for the LGBTQ+, take a listen to Speaker Johnson.
00:00:31.680 And they would send a half a billion dollars to liberal news outlets by refunding the Corporation
00:00:36.340 for Public Broadcasting. It would also restore up to $5 billion of American taxpayer funds
00:00:43.860 for wasteful spending for international projects. Here's a couple of examples. This is in their
00:00:49.540 legislation, their counterproposal on the CR to keep the lights open. This is what they want to do.
00:00:53.180 They want to spend $24.6 million of your hard-earned dollars as a taxpayer for climate resilience
00:00:59.300 in Honduras. They want to spend $13.4 million for civic engagement in Zimbabwe. They want to send 0.94
00:01:06.040 $3.9 million for LGBTQI plus democracy grants in the Western Balkans. They want to spend $2.9 million
00:01:14.300 of your dollars for desert locust risk reduction in the Horn of Africa. And $2 million for, quote,
00:01:21.160 organizing for feminist democratic principles in Africa. We are not doing that.
00:01:26.900 Speaker Johnson, clear, concise, and composed, as opposed to his counterpart on the Marxist Dems side,
00:01:34.320 Hakeem Jeffries, who couldn't even handle a softball interview today with CNN.
00:01:40.760 Take a listen to El Jefe melting down.
00:01:43.160 No discussions. Donald Trump has held them back from even having a meaningful engagement to try to
00:01:51.320 find common ground. You're right down the hall from Mike Johnson's office. I know exactly where
00:01:55.060 you are. You could probably take a few steps and go knock on the door and talk to him. Have you tried
00:01:59.380 that? Speaker Johnson hasn't been given permission to have a conversation with me
00:02:04.060 or Leader Schumer, and he said as much earlier today. So you don't think he would talk to you at all?
00:02:09.520 Well, we can have a conversation, but the problem is that until they get the green light to actually
00:02:14.780 have a meaningful discussion to try to find common ground and a bipartisan path forward
00:02:19.300 and a willingness to address the damage that Republicans have done to the health, the safety,
00:02:24.340 and the economic well-being of the American people, then, of course, any informal discussion
00:02:29.020 is going to be not fruitful. Hakeem Jeffries, of course, trying to place the blame on this for
00:02:33.720 the Republicans, but the record shows otherwise. The Republicans have voted numerous times
00:02:38.740 to keep the government open to stop gap spending, and the Democrats won't do it. But as we're told
00:02:45.100 by Speaker Johnson, it could happen sometime after the 18th of this month. So that's four more days
00:02:51.700 of the Democrats holding our military members and members of the federal government and their pay
00:02:57.000 hostage. Earlier today, President Trump announced another successful strike in international waters
00:03:02.280 against a Venezuelan drug vessel affiliated with the designated terrorist organization,
00:03:07.220 the president has said. This comes as the U.S. has launched a series of attacks on narco-terrorists
00:03:12.020 trafficking narcotics into the United States. Earlier this month, President Trump announced
00:03:16.580 the destruction of a vessel, which was carrying a substantial amount of narcotics. President Trump
00:03:21.580 says this is only the beginning for these folks who think they're going to bring drugs into America
00:03:26.460 and get away with it. Former disgraced FBI Director James Comey has moved to challenge the appointment
00:03:33.200 of U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan. Of course, a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted
00:03:38.080 former FBI Director Comey last month, indicted on two counts, false statements, and obstruction of a
00:03:43.060 congressional proceeding. If convicted, Comey faces five years in prison. So now in a last-ditch effort,
00:03:49.920 Comey is planning to challenge the legality of Trump's appointment of Lindsey Halligan as U.S. 0.86
00:03:54.780 Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Not going to work out too well for James Comey,
00:04:00.800 who is guilty of all crimes accused of. After a rough few days, weeks, months, and years,
00:04:07.060 President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet for trade talks, according to Treasury
00:04:12.060 Secretary Scott Bessent. The two leaders will meet at the APEC Summit in South Korea, which is set
00:04:17.600 for October 31st and November 1st. This comes after President Trump wrote on Truth Social this week
00:04:22.600 that there was no reason to meet with Xi after China announced that it would tighten critical
00:04:26.480 minerals export controls. However, Bessent said since then the line of communications have reopened
00:04:31.640 and that the U.S. would reject the new restrictions. On Thursday, China expanded export controls to cover
00:04:37.600 a wide range of products that contain 12 critical minerals, requiring potential buyers of the minerals
00:04:43.040 to submit new applications detailing their use and denying them chip makers. Trump responded on Friday
00:04:49.020 with threats of 100% tariffs and export restrictions on critical software starting on November 1st,
00:04:55.260 calling China's move very, very hostile. Folks, please be sure to join us tonight at 6 p.m.
00:05:00.220 Eastern Time for The Great America Show. 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Rumble YouTube, Twitter.
00:05:04.940 You know where to find us and we'll see you there at 6 p.m.
00:05:07.080 I'm John Fossett with this Midday Update. Have a great day, everybody.