Triggered - Donald Trump Jr - America is Back! Plus, Jim Snow 2.0 & Newsom's Racist Remarks | TRIGGERED Ep.319

00:06:22.000 Hey guys, happy Monday and welcome to another huge episode of Triggered.

00:06:27.000 What an absolutely historic day for this country.

00:06:30.000 What an incredible day for American strength.

00:06:33.000 And what a devastating day for the cartels.

00:06:36.000 And what a glorious day for American hockey.

00:06:40.000 We have so much to get into today.

00:06:42.000 The leader of one of the most powerful and dangerous drug cartels on the planet is dead.

00:06:47.000 There is chaos in Mexico right now as the cartel tries to retaliate.

00:06:53.000 And by the way, the United States of America just won gold in the men's hockey at the Olympics for the first time in 46 years.

00:07:02.000 And we did it by beating Canada in overtime on the anniversary of the miracle on ice.

00:07:10.000 And the only people crying about it are the Canadians and, of course, the media.

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00:09:20.000 And now, guys, let's get into all of the top headlines.

00:09:24.000 And we'll start with the big story down in Mexico, where Mexican authorities have confirmed that the cartel kingpin known as El Mencho, the founder and leader of CJNG, I guess, was killed in a military operation over the weekend.

00:09:44.000 He had a $15 million bounty on his head.

00:09:48.000 This was one of the most wanted men on the planet and indicted by the Department of Justice for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl, methamphetamines, and cocaine into the United States.

00:10:02.000 And according to intelligence, his cartel had a present in all 50 states.

00:10:08.000 They were flooding our communities with poison.

00:10:12.000 And now he's done.

00:10:14.000 He's gone.

00:10:15.000 The cartels responded by unleashing a wave of violence across Puerto Vallarta and other cities across the country, lighting up cars, shutting down airports, putting up blockades, and exchanging fire with local police.

00:10:31.000 Check this out.

00:11:00.000 El Mencho was one of the bloodiest and most ruthless drug kingpins alive.

00:11:06.000 And for far too long, he was able to inflict pain, suffering, and death across our hemisphere.

00:11:12.000 Now, this did not happen in a vacuum.

00:11:16.000 This happened because of a bold, decisive actions.

00:11:20.000 This happened because the Trump administration designated the CJNG as a foreign terrorist organization back in February of last year.

00:11:30.000 Just like we saw with the capture of Maduro and blowing up drug boats, we are not going to sit by while our country is poisoned with drugs and with violence with no consequence.

00:11:43.000 And by the way, remember back in March when our State Department revoked the visas of Mexican band that was glorifying El Mencho at their concerts?

00:11:50.000 Because once again, this isn't the Obama or Biden administration that just let this behavior run rampant with no consequences.

00:12:00.000 Check it out.

00:12:25.000 That's the kind of posture that sends a message.

00:12:28.000 Imagine they're operating in 50 states.

00:12:32.000 We know it.

00:12:33.000 You see the damage in those videos.

00:12:35.000 It's insane.

00:12:36.000 These guys are paramilitary operations.

00:12:40.000 We're glorifying narco-terrorists in America. 1.00

00:12:43.000 You don't get to come to America. 0.98

00:12:46.000 You enable cartels.

00:12:47.000 You're gone.

00:12:49.000 For years, for decades, previous administrations treated these cartels like a minor nuisance.

00:12:55.000 They'd send a sternly worded letter.

00:12:58.000 They'd have summits.

00:12:59.000 They'd wring their hands while doing nothing.

00:13:02.000 Meanwhile, the fentanyl kept flowing, the bodies kept piling up, and the cartels kept growing more and more powerful.

00:13:11.000 President Trump said on day one: these are terrorist organizations.

00:13:16.000 And you know what?

00:13:17.000 When you start treating terrorists like terrorists, things start to change, and they change fast.

00:13:24.000 Now, the situation in Mexico right now is intense.

00:13:27.000 After the operation, the cartels launched narco-blockades across at least six states.

00:13:33.000 So think about how pervasive they are.

00:13:35.000 Six states in Mexico, not a small country.

00:13:38.000 They torched vehicles.

00:13:39.000 They blocked highways.

00:13:41.000 They shut down parts of Puerto Vallarta, a major tourist destination, burning buses, setting fires visible across the city.

00:13:48.000 Just take a look at this footage.

00:13:50.000 crazy.

00:13:53.000 The airport in Guadalajara saw absolute chaos.

00:14:15.000 People running through the terminal in a panic.

00:14:17.000 Flights were canceled by Delta, Southwest, Alaska, Air Canada, all suspended service.

00:14:24.000 Take a look at the scene at the airport.

00:15:37.000 Authorities declared a code red.

00:15:39.000 They told residents to shelter in place.

00:15:41.000 American tourists were left stranded at hotels and airports.

00:15:45.000 And the U.S. Embassy issued a shelter-in-place advisory for American citizens in multiple Mexican states.

00:15:53.000 But here's what separates strengths from weakness.

00:15:55.000 You don't back down because the bad guys throw a tantrum.

00:15:59.000 You keep going.

00:16:00.000 You take the next one and the one after that, because the alternative, you know, the Biden approach, the Obama approach, was to look the other way while Americans died by the tens of thousands every single year from this poison that they've been peddling.

00:16:17.000 This is what it's going to take for a secure hemisphere.

00:16:22.000 You designate these animals as what they are, terrorists.

00:16:26.000 You squeeze them financially.

00:16:28.000 You squeeze them diplomatically, and you squeeze them forcefully.

00:16:32.000 Now, the media is going to try to spin this.

00:16:35.000 We've already seen this one before.

00:16:38.000 How many times?

00:16:39.000 Pretty much every time.

00:16:40.000 When they started defending narco-terrorists as poor fishermen looking for a better, better life, yeah, with Quad Mercks on the back of a GoFast boat. 0.93

00:16:48.000 Yeah, that's a totally normal fishing boat in Venezuela.

00:16:52.000 Give me a break.

00:16:54.000 They're going to interview so-called experts who will wring their hands about this strategy and warn about the dangers of making the cartels mad.

00:17:03.000 But you know what, guys?

00:17:04.000 That's not an argument for inaction.

00:17:07.000 That's not an argument for letting the most powerful drug lord on the planet continue to operate freely while American kids die from fentanyl-laced pills they bought on social media.

00:17:18.000 That's the most insane logic I've ever even heard.

00:17:21.000 And it's the logic that got 100,000 Americans killed every year for years while nobody did anything.

00:17:31.000 And just so everyone understands, these cartels operate like their own military, like their own nation.

00:17:38.000 They have their tentacles across global economies, within law enforcement agencies, and even within the Mexican military.

00:17:47.000 This is not a ragtag group of criminals who are just going to go away.

00:17:51.000 This is a paramilitary narco-terrorist empire, and its leader is now gone.

00:17:57.000 Check this out.

00:19:26.000 These are the types of people Democrats wanted to let in our country.

00:19:30.000 Just give them a chance, guys.

00:19:31.000 You know, maybe they're peddling fentanyl, but maybe we can turn them around by putting them on some government cheese.

00:19:38.000 I'm sure that'll do it.

00:19:40.000 You know, let them go.

00:19:41.000 I'm sure they'll assimilate.

00:19:43.000 They won't keep doing it once they get a taste of America.

00:19:45.000 You know, sure, they're making billions of dollars a month.

00:19:48.000 You know, I'm sure they can go make a minimum wage job somewhere and be totally satisfied.

00:19:54.000 The gang members and the drug dealers, Democrats would go to bat for.

00:19:59.000 That's who we're talking about.

00:20:01.000 And even now, they're still against mass deportations.

00:20:07.000 No deportations, frankly, is the official Democrat Party position.

00:20:10.000 Just see for yourself.

00:20:12.000 We have to abolish ICE.

00:20:13.000 We have to abolish the Customs and Border Patrol in the way that they currently exist and replace them with something that actually does the work that we need for them to do.

00:20:20.000 We're working at holding these people in this administration accountable.

00:20:24.000 I'll tell you what the work is not.

00:20:25.000 The work is not killing American citizens.

00:20:27.000 This is the work we need to do.

00:20:28.000 I'm interested in your opinion.

00:20:28.000 What is the work that we need them to do?

00:20:30.000 Absolutely.

00:20:30.000 One, the work is not killing American citizens.

00:20:32.000 What is going to do?

00:20:33.000 The work we need them to do.

00:20:34.000 Well, first, let's look at what they don't need to do.

00:20:35.000 They don't need to go into communities like Memphis.

00:20:36.000 Do they need to deport illegal aliens? 0.95

00:20:38.000 Where they're currently terrorizing and traumatizing our communities.

00:20:42.000 What we also need to make sure is that we have elected officials that are creating a pathway of opportunity for people who currently undocument it.

00:20:48.000 Do we need a federal law enforcement agency to deport illegal aliens, yes or no?

00:20:53.000 We do need a federal law enforcement agency that deals with immigration that doesn't kill illegal aliens. 0.55

00:20:58.000 What we do also need is laws that make sure that people are.

00:21:01.000 Is there a single illegal alien that you would deport?

00:21:03.000 You know, this is what I want you to focus on.

00:21:06.000 I want you to focus on.

00:21:06.000 Is there one?

00:21:08.000 There are a lot of people in this country and in this community, in our community that have done so much to make them better, and we need to be prioritizing power opportunities.

00:21:16.000 Is this the Democratic position in 26?

00:21:19.000 But there are no illegal aliens that should be deported.

00:21:20.000 The Democratic position in 26 is that we don't terrorize American citizens.

00:21:24.000 We don't terrorize undocumented.

00:21:26.000 You were advising Democrats in 26.

00:21:27.000 Would you advise Alexander that you can't say there is a single illegal alien that should be deported by the federal government?

00:21:34.000 What is shocking to me is that you think you can narrow the challenges of the issues of immigration into one yes or no question when the reality is the policies and practices have led to the deaths of American citizens and has not produced no deportations.

00:21:52.000 That's the Democratic position.

00:21:54.000 And remember what we heard from Democrats last week in Munich?

00:21:56.000 That the real enemy is the Trump agenda for being too harsh with deportations.

00:22:03.000 Too harsh?

00:22:04.000 Seriously?

00:22:05.000 Are you guys kidding at this point?

00:22:08.000 And now, AOC, of course, you know, we knew it was coming, guys.

00:22:12.000 Just wait for it.

00:22:15.000 AOC is having a full-blown crash out, making it clear that she is a true expert on foreign policy.

00:22:23.000 Check out the AOC meltdown.

00:22:26.000 If you think that I don't understand foreign policy, because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I paused to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exist on earth.

00:22:42.000 I'm afraid the issue is not my understanding, but rather the problem is perhaps you've gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks.

00:22:54.000 I mean, a week after Munich, after what we saw there, I mean, I know we discussed it on the show last week, guys.

00:23:01.000 The jokes really do write themselves at this point.

00:23:05.000 And speaking of which, did you see what Gavin Newsom did this weekend?

00:23:09.000 While speaking in front of a black audience, he decided to really try to bond with the group by saying that he had low SAT scores and can't read.

00:23:22.000 I mean, I literally, is this like, okay, I got to ask my team because I thought it was AI.

00:23:30.000 Is it real?

00:23:33.000 I mean, it's really bad.

00:23:34.000 He's like, I got like a 960 SAT.

00:23:37.000 Like, I can't read.

00:23:38.000 I mean, he's literally trying to bond with people by being like, hey, I'm stupid and I can't, and illiterate.

00:23:44.000 Like, and I quote, I'm one of y'all.

00:23:49.000 I mean, I can't believe that's not a deep fake.

00:23:54.000 I mean, talk about racism.

00:23:58.000 I mean, that's how he wants to bond with someone by literally being like, yeah, bam, I'm stupid and illiterate.

00:24:04.000 I'm just like you.

00:24:05.000 I mean, think of it, imagine I said that.

00:24:07.000 Imagine what would happen if I said what Gavin Newsom said.

00:24:11.000 Imagine what would happen.

00:24:14.000 Like, I wouldn't be welcome in polite society, like anywhere, even anywhere.

00:24:20.000 Like, it's insane.

00:24:22.000 It's like a scene out of like Dave Chappelle's, like, the black white supremacist. 0.74

00:24:26.000 Remember Clayton Bigsby?

00:24:28.000 Like, it's like that.

00:24:30.000 That's how insane it is.

00:24:32.000 I'm not, you know, I'm not trying to impress you.

00:24:35.000 I'm just trying to impress upon you, I'm like you.

00:24:39.000 I'm no better than you.

00:24:42.000 You know, I'm a 960 SAT guy.

00:24:47.000 And, you know, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, you know, trying to act all there if you got 940.

00:24:55.000 But literally a 960 SAT guy.

00:24:58.000 I cannot, you've never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech.

00:25:06.000 This may be the wrong business to be in.

00:25:10.000 It really is like a scene out of the office or something like that, guys.

00:25:15.000 Gavin Newsom says he relates to black people because he struggled on the SAT and with reading.

00:25:22.000 Again, the jokes write themselves.

00:25:25.000 So while I still can't believe it's not AI, I was like, okay, this is pretty funny.

00:25:31.000 But wow, it's actually real.

00:25:36.000 I was going through it just on X and Truth and stuff like that.

00:25:39.000 I saw those clips yesterday.

00:25:40.000 I was like, and I always go through it.

00:25:42.000 I send it to the team.

00:25:42.000 I see what I like.

00:25:43.000 We sort of aggregate it for the show.

00:25:45.000 And like, I don't think I even sent that because I just literally assumed it had to be fake.

00:25:50.000 But Here we are, guys, 2026.

00:25:56.000 That's how you bond, I guess.

00:25:58.000 So while California continues to crumble under Newsom's leadership, New York City is getting slammed by another major blizzard.

00:26:07.000 And the communists don't quite seem prepared.

00:26:12.000 I know you're shocked.

00:26:13.000 I know I'm shocked.

00:26:15.000 And just to write some more jokes, what does the city's proud communist mayor do?

00:26:24.000 He goes on camera and begs New Yorkers to become emergency snow shovelers.

00:26:31.000 Because apparently, the government that was going to take care of everything for everybody for free can't even shovel its own sidewalks. 0.99

00:26:41.000 But it sounds simple enough, right?

00:26:43.000 If you want to help, you know, grab your shovel and get going.

00:26:45.000 Well, not so simple, guys.

00:26:49.000 Here's where it gets absolutely hilarious.

00:26:52.000 To shovel snow in Zohron Mandani's New York City, to pick up a shovel and clear a bus stop, you need to bring multiple forms of identification.

00:27:08.000 Check this out.

00:27:10.000 There's a bit of this controversy over the snow laborers and the sort of what some see as onerous need to have documentation.

00:27:23.000 Can you just talk about if that's new and what you make of the controversy?

00:27:28.000 This is all longstanding.

00:27:30.000 This is a longstanding program and long-standing requirements.

00:27:33.000 And this is a way that New Yorkers get paid to shovel snow in assistance with the city's response to a winterstorm event.

00:27:41.000 Federal law requires that employers get authorization and documentation to pay people for their work.

00:27:48.000 We are not allowed to just cut checks to individuals for their work.

00:27:52.000 And these are the policies that we've had in place, but I understand that for many, it's the first time that they've ever heard about it.

00:27:58.000 Now, guys, remind me again.

00:28:01.000 How many forms of ID do you need to vote in New York City?

00:28:07.000 None.

00:28:08.000 You can show up with like, I don't know, like the lint from your drying machine and be like, here you go.

00:28:16.000 I'm whoever I say I am and I can vote.

00:28:19.000 But to shovel snow in New York, to be able to volunteer and shovel snow in New York to get like, you know, maybe a couple bucks an hour, maybe the city's going to pay a little bit, you need to bring two forms of ID.

00:28:29.000 But to vote, to cast a ballot in an election that determines the fate of the largest city in America, millions and millions of people, you have to show up with jack crap and just say, you know, take my word for it.

00:28:44.000 Think of how insane that is.

00:28:46.000 Every time, it was like Governor or Senator Osoff in Georgia, you know, you need ID to show up to like a rally, a rally.

00:28:55.000 You're just going to listen to the guy speak.

00:28:56.000 You need ID to show up to that, but not to vote.

00:29:00.000 As it turns out, the New York City Board of Elections doesn't require most registered voters to show any identification at all.

00:29:10.000 First-time voters just need the last four digits of their social security number.

00:29:16.000 And even that, I'm sure, has a total lack of oversight.

00:29:21.000 Like, I don't know, 3621.

00:29:24.000 Maybe it's 3622.

00:29:25.000 Who cares?

00:29:26.000 Go ahead.

00:29:26.000 Okay, vote.

00:29:27.000 Have fun.

00:29:28.000 What could possibly go wrong?

00:29:30.000 Shovel snow?

00:29:31.000 We need two, two forms of ID.

00:29:34.000 How is shoveling snow in New York City?

00:29:38.000 How come there are no Democrats on TV right now screaming that shoveling snow in New York City is now Jim Crow 2.0 because everything else that requires ID that doesn't get Democrats power needs ID and isn't Jim Crow 2.0.

00:29:56.000 But actually needing an ID to register to vote or to show up to vote, that is somehow Jim Crow 2.0. 0.71

00:30:02.000 Please explain to me like I'm a three-year-old the difference.

00:30:07.000 Please explain to me how one is Jim Crow 2.0 and the other makes total sense.

00:30:13.000 Please explain to me how shoveling snow requires multiple forms of identification, but to register to vote and to actually vote requires next to nothing.

00:30:25.000 You can just make it up.

00:30:28.000 Explain it to me.

00:30:29.000 I don't get it.

00:30:30.000 Maybe you'll see something in the comments.

00:30:32.000 So like, again, to be clear, let's get this straight.

00:30:36.000 Democrats claim that voter ID is racist.

00:30:39.000 Remember, Jim Crow 2.0. 0.80

00:30:41.000 You've heard every major Democrat and every major news personality for the last few weeks since talking about the Save America Act get on TV and tell us that it's racist.

00:30:51.000 They've spent years telling us that requiring ID to vote is Jim Crow 2.0, that it's discriminatory, that it disenfranchises minorities.

00:30:59.000 They've frankly said that people are too dumb to be able to get ID.

00:31:02.000 If you're too dumb to be able to get ID, are you not too dumb to be able to get ID to shovel snow?

00:31:09.000 That's an insurmountable burden on the poor and elderly.

00:31:13.000 That's what it is.

00:31:13.000 It's insurmountable.

00:31:14.000 You can't get over it.

00:31:15.000 But, you know, if you can shovel snow, I mean, totally be able to get ID.

00:31:20.000 It's all bullshit.

00:31:23.000 It's all totally made up.

00:31:26.000 Again, to pick up a shovel.

00:31:28.000 Oh, now suddenly you need more documentation than you need to get a mortgage?

00:31:34.000 The chatter on X this weekend called it Jim Snow 2.0.

00:31:40.000 I like that.

00:31:41.000 It's pretty good.

00:31:42.000 I'm sort of shocked I didn't come up with that one myself.

00:31:45.000 This is absurd.

00:31:48.000 Think about it.

00:31:48.000 Think about the absurdity here.

00:31:50.000 The Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to get registered and an ID to vote in federal elections, just passed the House and now is in the Senate.

00:32:04.000 And the entire Democrat establishment is losing their minds over it.

00:32:09.000 Chuck Schumer is promising to block it.

00:32:12.000 But ask someone to bring a passport with photos, a social security card, and two forms of ID, copies, just to shovel a sidewalk for $19 an hour?

00:32:24.000 That's totally fine.

00:32:25.000 That's good governance, guys.

00:32:27.000 That's not Jim Crow 2.0.

00:32:30.000 That's logical.

00:32:32.000 Of course, one is far more important than the other and therefore requires ID.

00:32:36.000 It's not Jim Crow 2.0 to need ID to get a bank account.

00:32:39.000 I mean, poor people, right, they still get a paycheck.

00:32:43.000 They need to put it in the bank.

00:32:45.000 You know, they still maybe occasionally get to travel to family or see them, you know, get a cheap flight on an airline to be able to go somewhere once in a while, even if they're pretty poor.

00:32:54.000 I'm sure they still do it.

00:32:55.000 They need ID to do that.

00:32:56.000 It's not Jim Crow 2.0 to not allow people to travel.

00:33:01.000 The hypocrisy here is so thick.

00:33:05.000 Well, you could shovel it.

00:33:07.000 In Zohran Mandani's socialist utopia, it takes two forms of ID to shovel snow, but no ID to vote.

00:33:15.000 Please, guys, make it make sense.

00:33:19.000 But you can't.

00:33:21.000 You can't make it make sense because it doesn't make sense.

00:33:24.000 Because the whole voter ID opposition was never about protecting voters.

00:33:30.000 It was about protecting a system that benefits Democrats.

00:33:34.000 And they're just accidentally proved it with a snow shovel.

00:33:39.000 So I'd like to thank Democrat Player of the Week for the Republican Party, Mayor Mondani.

00:33:48.000 Thank you for that.

00:33:49.000 We couldn't have made the case for voter ID better if we'd written it ourselves.

00:33:58.000 But when it comes to winter ice, yesterday was nothing but good news.

00:34:06.000 TMUSA men's hockey has won the Olympic gold medal the first time in 46 years since the 1980 miracle on ice, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime.

00:34:22.000 Jack Hughes scored the game-winning goal less than two minutes into overtime.

00:34:27.000 Just take a look at this.

00:34:28.000 What an awesome experience.

00:34:40.000 It looked like the Canadians. 0.88

00:34:46.000 It looked like they were going to have a two-on-off.

00:34:50.000 And all of a sudden, the Americans went back the other way and it was a three-on-one is Waritsky finds Jack Hughes and he goes five home.

00:35:00.000 and the reaction from Team USA's bench.

00:35:11.000 Jim and Ellen Hughes celebrate.

00:35:14.000 And his first words after the game, listen to this one because it's big.

00:35:19.000 Such a difference.

00:35:20.000 Such a refreshing difference.

00:35:23.000 He said, this is all about our country.

00:35:26.000 I love the USA.

00:35:28.000 I'm so proud to be an American today.

00:35:31.000 Check it out.

00:35:32.000 We both shut it down probably 11.30.

00:35:35.000 I could hear him, these barracks, man, I can hear him rolling around in bed.

00:35:39.000 And we're rolling for like two hours.

00:35:42.000 I'm like, I think he asked me, what are you thinking about?

00:35:44.000 I'm like, this is two hours in.

00:35:46.000 I'm like, man, I just keep replaying my OT winner.

00:35:50.000 What about you?

00:35:50.000 He's like, same, man.

00:35:51.000 I keep thinking about my OT winner tomorrow.

00:35:54.000 And that's what you dream about.

00:35:56.000 You know, when you're six years old, seven, I'm 24 now.

00:36:01.000 I'm still dreaming that.

00:36:02.000 And, you know, this is the best moment in USA hockey in a long time.

00:36:07.000 And to be a part of this group, like I said, to do it, my brother, we've had such a fun couple weeks, me and Quinn, in the Olympic Village.

00:36:14.000 And we're just happy this is the way we finished it.

00:36:17.000 Guys, that's what representing your country looks like.

00:36:21.000 Not whining about politics, not doing it for the Democrat sound bites or the narrative, kowtowing to the media, probably planning to get some, I don't know, corporate woke sponsorship later on.

00:36:35.000 Not saying it gives you mixed emotions because you probably don't even know what you're talking about.

00:36:39.000 Not deflecting or moving to China to skate for them despite being born in America, raised in America, educated in America.

00:36:47.000 But, you know, they'll write you the big checks.

00:36:49.000 None of that.

00:36:51.000 After the victory, here's the beautiful moment where they honored the late Johnny Gradeau.

00:37:00.000 Momentum built.

00:37:02.000 And there is the new Troy jersey with reminder and respect.

00:37:07.000 And as we look behind, Dylan Larkin and Zach Berensky have gone into the stands to go get Johnny's kids.

00:37:14.000 They're going to come out now.

00:37:17.000 And then you're going to hold your dad's jersey and get a picture with the gold medal team.

00:37:30.000 You talk about sports and you talk about the togetherness of a team.

00:37:36.000 If you've ever been a part of a team, you know what it means.

00:37:43.000 When we say lifetime bond, it means lifetime bond.

00:37:50.000 I like seeing a smile.

00:37:55.000 We're actually holding China's daughter.

00:38:03.000 Gives you a sense of what Jack Hughes told Catherine's happened: the USA Hockey Brotherhood.

00:38:11.000 As Matthew Kachuk and Dylan Larkin will take those kids back to the Noudreaux family.

00:38:19.000 Johnny's wife's there.

00:38:22.000 Emotional as you would understand, Meredith.

00:38:26.000 Waiting for the kids to come back to her.

00:38:38.000 For those who don't know, Johnny Grudeau and his brother Matthew were tragically killed in 2024 when they were hit by a car while riding bikes near their New Jersey hometown.

00:38:53.000 The team had his number 13 jersey hanging in their locker room throughout the entire tournament.

00:38:59.000 And after winning gold, they skated with it alongside the American flag.

00:39:05.000 That's, guys, that's what sports should be.

00:39:09.000 That's what the Olympics should be.

00:39:12.000 Pride, heart, honoring those who came before you, representing something far greater than yourself.

00:39:20.000 And here's my father talking on the phone with the team for an awesome moment.

00:39:26.000 Check this out.

00:39:28.000 One minute.

00:39:30.000 One minute.

00:39:31.000 And by the way, you've only played not bad.

00:39:38.000 How are you?

00:39:38.000 Say hi to him.

00:39:39.000 How are you doing, Dan?

00:39:42.000 I have seen at least have slightly worse games.

00:39:46.000 It is unbelievable, and you were all unbelievable.

00:39:50.000 And that team is pretty good.

00:39:52.000 You played.

00:39:52.000 I don't know.

00:39:56.000 You know, I tell you what.

00:39:58.000 I just told my people two minutes ago, I didn't know they'd be calling.

00:40:01.000 I said, we're giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.

00:40:05.000 I could send a military plan or something.

00:40:08.000 But if you would like to, it's the coolest night.

00:40:12.000 It's the biggest.

00:40:13.000 We're in.

00:40:17.000 Can you pick us up in Miami on Tuesday morning?

00:40:19.000 Yeah, Tuesday morning.

00:40:21.000 Those are Northern Boyers. 1.00

00:40:23.000 We'll get cash and we'll get the military to get you guys over.

00:40:26.000 Don't worry about it.

00:40:26.000 I'm going to crystal.

00:40:30.000 Boys are going to stay the union.

00:40:32.000 The nice thing about being president is I can tell you, you don't have to worry about the weather or land.

00:40:42.000 We don't care if it's snowing, if it's the worst blizzard, we'll be selling through that city just like you did in the iceberg.

00:40:49.000 Thank you, Mr. President.

00:40:51.000 We'll do it at the White House anyway.

00:40:53.000 What would really be cool, and we'll do the White House the next day, we'll just have some fun.

00:40:57.000 We have medals for you guys.

00:40:59.000 And we have to, I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the woman's team. 0.97

00:41:11.000 I I got it, boss.

00:41:20.000 I got it.

00:41:21.000 Okay, you got it, Cash.

00:41:23.000 I'm on it.

00:41:23.000 She's doing it.

00:41:24.000 I'm happy.

00:41:24.000 I'm fucking on it.

00:41:25.000 Congratulations.

00:41:27.000 That was an unbelievable game.

00:41:29.000 I don't know of one person that wasn't.

00:41:31.000 Everybody that called me said I'm watching the hospital game.

00:41:34.000 I don't know of anybody that wasn't.

00:41:36.000 And you're going to be proud of that game for 50 years as you grow older.

00:41:40.000 I mean, it was amazing.

00:41:42.000 So we love you guys.

00:41:44.000 Congratulations.

00:41:45.000 And I hope to see you, Cash, Tuesday night.

00:41:48.000 And I want to shake hands.

00:41:49.000 I'm going to shake hands with everybody, but I got to shake hands with that goalie.

00:41:56.000 Tuesday night.

00:41:57.000 We'll see you Tuesday night, Mr. President.

00:41:59.000 We'll see you Tuesday night.

00:42:00.000 I'm driving the bus, boss.

00:42:02.000 We'll bring it home.

00:42:06.000 The USA women's hockey team also won gold this year, by the way, also beating Canada 2-1 in overtime on Thursday.

00:42:14.000 We swept Canada in both hockey gold medal games, men and women, both in overtime, both 2-1.

00:42:24.000 You can't script it any better than that.

00:42:28.000 I can see the eagle coming in and just grabbing that Canada goose and just eating it on the ice.

00:42:34.000 And figure skater Alyssa Liu also took home gold in Milan.

00:42:40.000 And that victory carried with it an even bigger geopolitical implication.

00:42:47.000 The CCP was so furious, the Chinese Communist Party was so mad that Alyssa refused to skate for Team China that they sent spies after her and her father in America.

00:43:00.000 The FBI discovered the plot and they were prosecuted.

00:43:05.000 They were persecuted by the CCP for the Tiananmen Square protests and fled America.

00:43:11.000 Think about that.

00:43:12.000 They fled China because of the Tiananmen Square protests.

00:43:16.000 Came to America, raised an incredible kid, did not go back and take the big, big China paychecks to compete for them.

00:43:25.000 And she won gold proudly as an American.

00:43:29.000 That's awesome.

00:43:31.000 Team USA finished with 33 gold medals, or it's 33 total medals, 12 gold, 12 silver, 9 bronze, the most gold medals ever for the U.S. at a single winter games.

00:43:44.000 An absolutely incredible and dominant performance.

00:43:48.000 But who's upset about all of this?

00:43:50.000 Well, of course, the media.

00:43:53.000 Huffington Post wrote, if waving the American flag turns you off, you're not alone.

00:44:00.000 I mean, think about that.

00:44:01.000 You're competing for your country, right?

00:44:03.000 If turning the flag turns you off, you're not alone.

00:44:06.000 I guess we're supposed to be the sole nation at the Olympics that is not there to represent their country.

00:44:13.000 We're supposed to pretend that that's normal.

00:44:16.000 Now, I would be absolutely remiss if I didn't take a moment here to address our friends to the North.

00:44:24.000 Canada, oh, Canada.

00:44:27.000 You know, Trudeau said back in 25, and this is a real quote: you will not take away our country just as you will not take away our game.

00:44:39.000 Well, Justin, you know, about that, we didn't just take the game.

00:44:46.000 We took it twice.

00:44:48.000 Men's gold, women's gold, both against Canada, both in overtime in the same Olympics.

00:44:57.000 The hockey team wins gold.

00:45:00.000 The cartels lose their kingpin.

00:45:02.000 America is back.

00:45:05.000 Of course, they could have gold if they were the 51st state, but you know, that's a topic for another day, guys.

00:45:11.000 You know, so I don't know.

00:45:12.000 Maybe it's still option.

00:45:13.000 Maybe you carve off Alberta, maybe the Yukon, some of the more conservative places.

00:45:17.000 I'm not sure we want the rest of the stuff because what's going on there is insane.

00:45:20.000 And I know the Canadians in the chat that follow this one certainly agree.

00:45:27.000 Now, I do want to briefly touch on the tariff situation because a lot is happening here.

00:45:33.000 And frankly, it can be a little hard to follow.

00:45:37.000 As you all know, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling on Friday striking down the IEEPA-based tariffs in a 6-3 decision.

00:45:47.000 And look, was it disappointing?

00:45:49.000 Sure.

00:45:50.000 Do I wish certain justices had more backbone?

00:45:53.000 Absolutely.

00:45:54.000 But we've seen this.

00:45:55.000 You know, John Roberts is basically a Democrat.

00:45:57.000 Whatever it matters, it's easy to be a Supreme Court justice, even the conservative ones, conservative ones in DC, as long as you give up on the big ones like they always do.

00:46:08.000 But here's what the media won't tell you.

00:46:10.000 My father didn't skip a beat.

00:46:12.000 Within hours, he signed a new executive order imposing tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, a completely different legal authority, and started at 10%.

00:46:25.000 And that by Saturday, he raised it to 15%, effective immediately.

00:46:30.000 And the world knows my father is serious.

00:46:33.000 They know the tariffs are coming one way or another, and they'd rather negotiate than fight.

00:46:41.000 If you read some of the dissents on these things, they were brilliant.

00:46:45.000 If you read the six votes, they were literally trying to justify this in machinations that if you converted it to literally anything else, it would make absolutely no sense.

00:46:58.000 But again, you're always going to have a bunch of these guys that are just too weak to fight back.

00:47:05.000 They don't follow the letter of the law.

00:47:08.000 They understand what the narrative, and they try to create some sort of crazy chart to show you, well, this is how we get there and it's fine.

00:47:14.000 Just please like me, Democrats.

00:47:16.000 Invite me to the cool person Christmas party.

00:47:19.000 The administration will use multiple existing tariff authorities to maintain virtually unchanged tariff revenue in 2026.

00:47:28.000 The tools are there to keep this on the right path.

00:47:32.000 You've seen the inward investment.

00:47:33.000 You've seen the money it's collecting.

00:47:35.000 It's working.

00:47:36.000 It takes time to fully matriculate into the economy, but it's working.

00:47:40.000 Frankly, I think the net beneficiary is whoever wins in 2028, because this stuff is going to be generational game-changing.

00:47:48.000 So while the left is doing their little victory dance over the Supreme Court ruling, the president has already moved forward.

00:47:56.000 He's already found the path because that's what leaders do.

00:48:00.000 That's what business guys do.

00:48:01.000 They don't sit there, sit around and do nothing.

00:48:05.000 They find a way to win.

00:48:07.000 They find a way to make it work.

00:48:09.000 They fight back.

00:48:11.000 And guys, I want you to step back for a second here and see the big picture.

00:48:18.000 This is all what American strength looks like in every arena.

00:48:23.000 When you project strength, when you refuse to back down, when you treat threats as threats and enemies as enemies, good things start to happen.

00:48:34.000 And when you project weakness like we did for the last four years, when you look the other way, when you treat the border like an inconvenience and the cartels like a nuisance, you get 100,000 dead Americans a year.

00:48:48.000 You get fentanyl in every city in this country.

00:48:51.000 You get a world that doesn't respect you.

00:48:55.000 That is a choice.

00:48:57.000 That's the choice.

00:48:58.000 That's always been the choice.

00:49:00.000 And right now, America is choosing strength.

00:49:03.000 And it is a beautiful thing to watch.

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