00:00:30.000And then all of a sudden there is this just flurry of attacks on the president, but mostly on the vice president from people who don't have an alternative plan, but basically just calling the vice president to some extent the president names.
00:00:45.600It seemed to me as an outsider, less fluent on the Internet than you are, that this is coordinated.
00:00:54.000I believe that there definitely is a coordinated effort to put pressure on the president and the administration to continue the conflict in Iran.
00:01:04.040And I believe that there is potentially even foreign influence involved, and not just from one country.
00:01:12.240So I think it's definitely a coordinated effort.
00:01:15.280You're seeing a lot of these voices, they kind of move as a pocket.
00:01:18.080They talk about a lot of the similar issues.
00:01:20.300They oftentimes do similar paid media campaigns around other related topics.
00:01:26.380And there's also evidence of millions and millions and millions of dollars flowing to certain right-wing influencer marketing companies from countries who might benefit from a prolonged conflict.
00:01:39.940So I believe there's definitely a coordinated effort.
00:01:42.600similarly right after the war was about to end or i guess the mou was coming out yes a lot of the
00:01:52.560anti-war voices were also spreading misinformation about the deal they were pushing a line about how
00:01:59.540united states taxpayers were somehow going to give 300 billion dollars to iran and i look at people
00:02:05.760like uh thomas massey who's been on this program he was very quick to share the statement saying
00:02:11.840that this MOU is terrible because we're going to give 300 billion dollars to Iran, which is not
00:02:18.000true. It never was true. It's money that can be unlocked over time. Not a single dollar will come
00:02:23.300from American taxpayers. But people like Massey were also spreading misinformation. So I think
00:02:28.880that there's a lot of coordinated misinformation being spread from pro-war side and also some
00:02:36.800anti-war critics as well. Interesting. So can I just get your take on something before we proceed
00:02:43.120into the details of what you just alleged? You're alleging things, Alex Brusowitz, which seem true
00:02:48.760to me, but I want to know why you think it. But first to the question of the people criticizing
00:02:54.760the MOU. Okay. Plenty of ways to criticize the MOU, but all of that criticism I think needs to
00:03:01.920be viewed in context of what the alternatives to the MOU might be. Like, okay, maybe you don't
00:03:06.680like the MOU, but then, then what? Right. Did any of the people, um, in this campaign that
00:03:13.740you're describing offer like an alternative to the MOU? Like we continue this war and then what
00:03:18.980happens? Right. No, there's been no alternatives offered. Um, there's just straight criticism.
00:03:24.500It's keyboard warriors. That's what we deal with. Uh, fortunately their opinions have very little
00:03:30.000impact on the electorate, the populace. You know, we've seen polling from Daily Mail,
00:03:38.680Fabrizio Lee, McLaughlin, all these different polls that show President Trump's MOU is widely
00:03:44.740popular with the American people, 67%. Actually? 67%. And so- The framework of a settlement deal
00:03:52.420with Iran, the 14 points that have been everywhere. Yes. It's 67%. 67% of Americans
00:04:26.440they're offering no alternative to the MOU.
00:04:29.480So if there was like some way for the United States to get more, you know, I could, I could, you know, I could see the criticism as being valid.
00:04:39.300So I'm not surprised by that number, but I, it does make you think maybe there are other issues where our view of it is totally distorted because our view comes from social media.
00:04:48.580Yeah, definitely. And a lot of the press rooms, they get their stories from social media. They get the producers, they get what topics they're going to discuss in their shows from social media.
00:05:00.220Because they think that is what people are talking about. And some people are talking about it, but in the grand scheme of things, a very small percentage of people are talking, actually talking or caring about these issues.
00:05:11.800And so I think it's very healthy and important for Americans in our country to start pulling back from believing everything that they read on social media and start questioning a lot of the people that they're getting the information from.
00:05:26.180And on all sides of issues, there's a lot of influence and a lot of money from special interest groups from foreign countries that have poured into Internet ecosystem.
00:05:36.100uh and and you know i don't think it's been healthy for our democracy for our country uh
00:05:45.220and so you know i've been working actually with congresswoman anna paulina luna uh and some other
00:05:51.340friends in government to maybe strengthen some disclosure laws but there's a lot of influence
00:05:56.180ops that happen on social media and you know i think for if we just continue talking about the
00:06:02.320The war in the Middle East, for example,
00:06:05.240there's an information op on the pro-Israel side
00:06:07.440and there's an information op on the anti-Israel side.
00:08:09.640But she went from being the president's number one defender for six years, for as long as I'd known her.
00:08:15.700She only wanted to run for Congress to get Trump's endorsement, to be Trump's number one fan, number one cheerleader.
00:08:20.900She loved Trump. She loved Trump. And so I think that she was a little bit slighted by the president and the team not supporting her for either governor or senator or vice president or some other ambitions that she had.
00:08:37.480And I personally also think she got bored of Congress. I think she went in with tremendous
00:08:42.980excitement. She wanted to go there and make a difference. She wanted to go there and help
00:08:50.840President Trump, you know, build the wall and deport illegal aliens and, you know, end foreign0.97
00:08:56.660aid and do all these things. And I think she got to Washington. She realized a lot of those things
00:09:00.840are, you know, you know, the president built the wall and he stopped illegal alien invasion in
00:09:06.580our country almost 100% since he's been in office. But a lot of the other things that she wanted to
00:09:11.060do when you get to Congress, you realize it's almost impossible. And you realize that you're
00:09:15.500one of 435 people and you see people on Fox News, a congressman on Fox News, they talk a tough game.
00:09:21.320Well, I can write this letter. I can do this. I can hold this person accountable. But you realize
00:09:25.360the congressman doesn't actually have any authority. So I think she went there having a
00:09:29.620different understanding of how much power she could actually have and how much change she could
00:09:35.040actually make realized it was a system that was very difficult to change got burned out and it's
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00:17:14.140But I think that, I think that the, I think giving control of the government process to a handful of hysterics on social media is bad.
00:17:28.580I think it was bad for Epstein, with the Epstein files.
00:17:31.620I think it's bad right now for all of the hawks who are continuing to press the administration to continue to work.
00:17:36.920I would also say, though, that the attorney general at the time, Pam Bondi, gave an interview on Fox in which she said, I have thousands of files on my desk that show sexual abuse of kids.
00:26:48.280And so you look at it and you're like, okay, and then Trump tweets like, if you want to get the real truth, watch Mark Levin's lowly rated show on Fox weekends.
00:26:57.140And so all of a sudden he just like pivots in one day and starts saying things that are true, in my view, brave.
00:27:06.080I'm cheering Trump when he says this and he's like, oh, we're out.
00:41:21.280At least 80% of content is tailored to Gen Z audiences across platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, podcasts, and other relevant digital and broadcast outlets.
00:41:35.080Integration, oh here's the kicker, integration of narrative messaging into Salem Media Network properties and aligned distribution channels.
00:41:45.700And then lastly on this section, paid media campaigns delivering a minimum of 50 million impressions per month with a target average CPM under USD $2 across the combined budget pool.
00:42:10.580And so that means that the Israeli government is paying Brad Parscale to spread its propaganda in the United States through various vectors, most of whom are MAGA influencer types.
00:42:23.260So it doesn't specify MAGA influencer types actually in that contract.
00:42:27.860I just don't know what he's getting paid $1.5 million a month for.
00:42:31.380And actually the most recent report that I saw on Twitter, on X, sorry, sorry for deadnaming it, it's very offensive.
00:45:59.260for that trip out of their own pocket.
00:46:00.760I don't know. And so, you know, they went to Russia, they go hang out with the Russians and whatever. I don't have, I don't pay your own. I don't have particular issues with people visiting a country. Right. My issues lie in, do you visit the country and then change the way you, you speak about the country or use your platform to talk about the country?
00:46:19.460uh you know qatar had a similar situation during december some influencers who are used to be
00:46:27.400opponents to qatar they flew to qatar in december and then they did some beautiful posts about qatar
00:46:32.800i also think that's wrong my position is if it's israel if it's qatar if it's russia if it's china
00:46:40.000if it's india you should not be able to pay i don't think qatar paid the influencers i think
00:46:46.460They came on a trip and then they posted nice things about the country.
00:46:50.020I still think there should be some level of disclosure around that.
00:59:40.480That attacking people's families for crimes they had nothing to do with just because they're related to someone suggests a view of the world based on blood guilt, which is not a Christian view.0.97
01:05:24.600I think that higher education totally needs an overhaul, and I don't encourage young people to go.
01:05:31.340Of course, you know, I agree with you passionately, strongly, but I just think even more important than overhauling college is reminding every American that you're judged on your own merits, period. And to the extent the federal government, we have laws on the books. We have a civil rights division that's supposed to be enforcing this, which is not making it a priority. I'm sorry. Sorry, they're not. And I got a call today from someone in the administration. We'll stop. You know, they're doing some work. It's like they could end it tomorrow.
01:06:00.420We will not allow discrimination in our country, period, no matter who you are.
01:06:06.920And they won't do it because their donors are single-mindedly focused on one of many forms of discrimination, which is not the most prevalent form.
01:22:01.400And I gave that speech at Jerusalem Post.
01:22:04.860So I said, I'm here today as an ally and a supporter of Israel, somebody who wants to see America and Israel have a strong relationship for decades to come.
01:22:37.980And one of the reasons I think it's so low is not because necessarily of podcasters who are anti-Israel, but because of some of Israel's most ardent supporters in the United States, people like Senator Ted Cruz, push people away.
01:22:52.740and this was in early june right after there was this idea that an iran deal was close
01:23:01.660and nobody knew what the iran deal was etc ted cruz took to x and he slammed any prospects of a
01:23:09.120deal you can't make a deal with the iranian regime you can't do this you can't do that
01:23:12.960like dude this guy has no idea what the hell the deal what's in the deal of course and he's trying
01:23:17.900to get out in front of it to trash the president and undermine the administration. And I'm looking
01:23:23.300at this guy and if he actually wants to help Israel, he would shut up. So I said that at the
01:23:29.480Jerusalem post conference, and mind you, these are all Jewish people with love for Israel.0.96
01:23:36.000They all cheered for me after I said, Ted Cruz should shut the hell up. And so if he truly loved
01:23:43.740Israel. I think that he would be better served. He would better serve them by not constantly
01:23:51.360defending him on social. I think that's a very wise point. And it's not just head crews. It's
01:23:56.840Mark Levin has inspired more people to join BDS than, you know, campus group ever. I mean,
01:24:03.020Mark Levin is like. He's currently trying to get me fired, by the way. So that's the question. It's
01:24:07.360like, okay, Mark Levin hates Trump. He's always hated Trump. He's worked against Trump openly
01:24:14.800for a decade. And then Trump does something that he agrees with and he's the gatekeeper
01:24:21.200to Trump and Trump's best friend. Now he hates Trump again and he's attacking Trump.
01:24:26.680How long does Trump continue to be friends with this guy?
01:24:30.480i don't know you know the president is unique he can handle people who who criticize him and you
01:24:38.860know he can you know he doesn't think they're low iq crazy people only some
01:24:43.040fair and and uh and and look uh but but i don't think mark levin was ever the president's best
01:24:53.600friend you know the president has different opinions around tweeting out well i don't
01:24:59.420think trump likes him so that's my opinion actually he was just saying it to f with you
01:25:03.180you think about that it's totally that's totally possible by the way that's literally possible so
01:25:08.400look i think mark is i think he is part of a republican party that has been left in the past
01:25:14.700um and they are desperately trying to remain relevant and they use conflicts whether it's
01:25:22.600in the middle east or mark thyssen for example the conflict in ukraine these they use these
01:25:27.820issues to to have a little bit of relevance to maintain their presences on on fox news um but
01:25:35.500the people aren't with them and you see it in polling again 67 percent of americans support
01:25:39.480mou you look at mark levin's twitter feed he acts like everybody's against it nobody's against it
01:25:44.580except for mark and his friends who are probably coordinating in their messaging and talking points
01:25:51.320but can i ask you one last question yeah and i think that's a i think it's a totally correct
01:25:56.500analysis and we and by the way I fall for it and I always try to remind myself Mark Levin is not
01:26:02.260a player in any affairs global or local he's irrelevant and his job is just like make me mad
01:26:10.680and suck me into his fantasy world and like I should just ignore this and you clearly have
01:26:14.740already figured that out so good for you don't take the bait and I don't take the bait that's
01:26:18.780So real quick, in a little ex-psychology.
01:47:42.680And administrations before this one were more focused on the Middle East and countries that were thousands and thousands of miles away while our own backyard has been suffering.0.80
01:47:55.920And because of the suffering in the backyard, all of these illegal aliens came into our country.0.95
01:48:02.620That's why I'm so mad about the Iran war.
01:48:04.140But this administration, this administration has prioritized strengthening some of these countries, not not at not at the cost of hurting our country, but but helping these countries become more stabilized, become more economically strong.0.83
01:48:20.560Because if they have if they have strong countries, the migrants are going to come to us on the hemisphere.
01:48:25.380I think that the president has been more focused on this hemisphere than that, despite the excursion there. He's certainly more focused on domestic policies. And I think that as we get to the next four or five months of, you know, as we ramp up into the midterms, you're going to see a lot more of his domestic agenda.1.00
01:48:49.080question. Can you ask him to just stop listening to people who don't like you, don't have your
01:48:53.740best interest or the nation's best interest at heart? Just ignore those people, whether it's
01:48:59.520whatever Mark Thiessen, as you called him, or Mark Levin, as I call him, or the Murdochs,
01:49:05.760or whoever, people who are just like, and just return to the concerns that, you know, your
01:49:12.740voters love you for, caring about, you know? Did I say Thiessen incorrectly? I don't know.
01:49:17.940who even cares? Like, what is that? I've never heard of this guy except for when I see him on
01:49:22.260social media. I don't know what he does. I think that the president hears the opinions of as many
01:49:28.620people as possible. And he'll ask if the janitor was in the room, he would ask the janitor about
01:49:34.560his opinion on that topic. You know, he doesn't, you know, he's got his advisors, he's got his
01:49:39.260cabinet members, but then he has the public sentiment. He goes to a rally and he pulls the
01:49:43.860crowd. Do we like sleepy Joe or, or, uh, uh, crooked Joe better? You know, he, he, and that's
01:49:49.920a, that's a cute example, a silly example, but he feels the energy when he says something in a
01:49:54.660speech, he can feel. Let me ask you if the janitor, and I love that about him. I try to be that way,
01:50:00.640you know, just like keep your filter course. You get a lot of information and then winnow through.
01:50:07.160I text with janitors, literally. I'm with you on that. But if the janitor says to you,
01:50:40.300you got to have to cross them off the list of people to consult for future for policy advice
01:50:45.880i don't think it went down exactly that way but i but but i the president seeks out counsel
01:50:52.580from many people and he doesn't take the opinion of one person to make a decision on that and so
01:50:58.060but i do hear what you're saying i personally don't want any advice from mark levin personally
01:51:04.400And I think he's incredibly unhelpful to the country. I don't think he's brought any voters to the Republican Party. I think he pushes people away from the party. But it's not up to me, you know.
01:51:20.740and, and, you know, then there's people on the other sides of issues that I also should think0.79
01:51:25.760have no say because they're crazy. They're crazy the other way. But again, it's not up to me.0.97
01:51:31.160And so, you know, the president, I think what's so great about him is he's willing to have
01:51:36.320conversations with people. Does he act on everything that people tell him? No. Sometimes,
01:51:41.100you know, he might be more aligned with that group. Sometimes he might be more aligned with
01:51:46.400the way you think but uh he he's the president for everybody he's focused on doing in his opinion
01:51:54.260what's best for the american people that's his focus um and so you know we get the fun part of
01:52:00.320just being cheerleaders on the sidelines for whatever the hell we believe in and want to do
01:52:04.760so you know that rides you know the trump experiment's gone in two years and i think
01:52:11.900we're all going to miss it so i encourage you even if you disagree with him on something even
01:52:18.000if you if you don't like what he's doing i know you still love him personally just remember that
01:52:24.640two years from now he's gone and we're going to miss him and we're going to be complaining
01:52:30.180that the whole process is so fucking boring again because everybody before trump was so0.87
01:52:36.560fucking boring unless it gets way more exciting in a bad way which i'm against0.94
01:52:41.040who knows we'll find out in two years i i really appreciate your breaking the embargo and coming0.92
01:52:49.000to see me it was great great to see you thanks