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00:03:44.880Well, it was better than last year. So, you know, given that, remember when the elevator, when the escalator broke and the telephone broke, he went on a rant for an hour and a half. So way better from that perspective. Didn't name people. So I thought that was probably a good start. He didn't come out and start rambling about people and people he didn't like and things he didn't like.
00:04:10.640So I thought he followed the speech that he had. He did, you know, come out and say that, quite frankly, he stopped Europe from being annihilated by Iran.0.73
00:04:23.620But, you know, I think I think the thing that caught me the most out of all the bravado really was his statement that for the next two and a half years, regardless of whether the midterms go the wrong way, he still is there.0.73
00:04:38.000And, you know, and he's still going to, you know, take the same track objectives and that the veto power of the president, you know, will overrule.
00:04:51.900And I thought that was an interesting statement.
00:04:55.120He just came right out and said it for all of you who are waiting for the outcome of the midterms.
00:05:00.260I can tell you that's really not going to change the outcome here.
00:05:04.240No, he said, you know, the Republicans will remain in power.
00:05:07.280he's won by a landslide he has no fear in his heart he'll continue to run the country but you
00:05:12.380know more than anything that statement felt to me like no matter what happens i'm going to be
00:05:17.200running the country it's going to be a puppet uh leader in place it'll be a shadow government
00:05:23.740under my control still a very brave and arrogant statement and paul you you raised i think the
00:05:30.200point of the whole speech is despite the fact that the u.s fed just raised interest rates
00:05:35.880gas prices continue to be through the roof in america people are struggling to live month to
00:05:42.200month he's like i don't care i'm running the show for two and a half years and you can't stop me
00:05:47.560well it's an interesting statement and he didn't go any further than that but
00:05:52.620if you think about it you know you have a bunch of things that have to happen you have debt ceilings
00:05:57.580you have budgets you have bills you have a lot of things that the president weighs in on and
00:06:02.680and what the statement is, hey, regardless if I get wiped out in the midterms, nothing's getting
00:06:08.960through. So if I get wiped out in the midterms, the two and a half years are going to be a
00:06:13.800stalemate. And therefore, I will grind things to a halt until I get my way because of my veto power.
00:06:19.740It's a very interesting, you know, and a lot of I think we're learning this as we go along
00:06:24.920as Canadians. And I think even Americans are learning this. A lot of the governmental systems
00:06:31.040in the United States are done best based on precedent.
00:06:35.580So, you know, you look at what the past presidents did,
00:06:53.940but I'm going to be the trendsetter and others
00:06:56.140springboarding off what other presidents have done.
00:06:59.440So, you know, it is really a warning to the world that he's not going anywhere and that two and a half years are going to be pretty contentious.
00:07:08.320And I think as Canadians, we've got to kind of take that to heart and say, hey, you know, if that nation sort of stalls and grinds to a halt based on their political turmoil, what are we going to do to stay out of that?
00:07:22.240Great point. And Paul raises a good issue and something we've all talked about here with the effect on Canadians, because the fact that he doesn't care and he has this really tight, small group of people who are at his beck and call.
00:07:38.340And the challenge for Mark Carney or any world leader is to sort of break into that tight bubble around Trump to actually have some sort of reasonable conversation.
00:07:50.900I think once you get in that bubble, though,
00:07:52.300apparently it's pretty easy to turn him into a one-statement monster.
00:07:57.320I mean, all of a sudden he's happy with Denmark and Greenland today.0.96
00:08:00.620Yeah, I mean, that was a ridiculous, that felt almost too cheesy for Trump.
00:08:08.060You know, we've got a new relationship with Greenland.0.87
00:08:10.480We're going to be building major bases.
00:08:12.380He went going on and on about how great Denmark is.
00:08:14.820And the wonderful people of Denmark and, you know, what a beautiful country.
00:08:18.040You know, it's just sickening how syrupy he made that one.
00:08:23.040But then you just got to figure the people of Denmark today watching that are going, what deal have we done?
00:08:28.800It sounds like they're invading. They're not allowed to make any deals that aren't first vetted by the U.S.
00:08:34.660They've literally handed the country the way he described it over to the U.S.
00:08:41.180Yeah. Well, and that was, you know, we talked about it on another show, Mike.
00:08:45.040So as soon as our prime minister went to the EU, he quickly went to Greenland, cut the deal with Denmark.
00:08:51.580So I guess they were anticipating our move to the EU.
00:08:55.200Then they went to Greenland, cuts off the Arctic and we're into another conversation.
00:09:00.360So we are really in this global chess game right now that seems to be played around the world with a president that, quite frankly, understands that, you know, I got to give you an example.
00:09:11.220When the war starts, he doesn't go to Congress. So and in the past, you know, presidents should go to Congress to ask for approval to actually commence a conflict with another country.
00:09:27.940That that is kind of the rule of law in the United States. But the president has been they haven't. They've gone after the fact and they've kind of give briefings to Congress.
00:09:37.280So there's, you know, there's rumblings all the time. But, you know, this is what we're seeing. We're seeing, you know, this president sort of taking what past presidents have done and kind of hyper hyper actions that go above and beyond what past presidents have done it.
00:09:56.200And and he's going to keep doing that for the next two and a half years.
00:10:00.880He's OK. You know, you look at you look at going in.
00:10:04.120I don't know if you saw Katie Collins. Yes.
00:10:07.300You know, they were they were. Oh, my goodness.
00:10:10.180They were having a debate. They were cajoling each other, poking each other.
00:10:14.980He was telling her she shouldn't be there.
00:10:16.840She's telling him that, quite frankly, she got invited by the U.N.
00:10:21.080what's given press pass uh uh and that's that's happening real time uh in front of the un like
00:10:28.940that that really is going on and i'm like oh wow that's uh that's an interesting turn of events
00:10:34.500we watched that and both jim and i were stunned we're like i don't know if this is the moment
00:10:41.300you do that just let it go but paul you know uh something mike alluded to uh with the relationship
00:10:46.740with Denmark and Greenland would give to me Mark Carney
00:12:54.240And it's to interest rates, the cost of living, gas.
00:12:58.080And the big thing is the ongoing war in Iran.
00:13:00.720And he they were they were a lot of them said, I voted for him because he said no wars and we're still there.
00:13:07.380And now we're seeing, you know, the sons and daughters of these American families getting hurt and killed over there.
00:13:13.620Here's another one. Maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world.0.90
00:13:19.600Or do I annihilate the deal, annihilate the Islamic Republic, never giving them a chance,1.00
00:13:26.220drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations.1.00
00:13:32.760I mean, he talks about annihilating and eradicating an entire people.0.98
00:13:36.960Yeah. You know, I want to back up for a minute because, you know, the Mexico, the Mexico agreement or the Mexico Kuzma agreement.0.85
00:13:45.480It's interesting because it seemed like it was on track to be completed.
00:13:49.860Yes. Very much, you know, a tell to what happened with the Canadian side.
00:13:56.220It was on track. And then all of a sudden, a bunch of stuff got thrown onto the table.
00:14:00.340I noticed this week that the Mexican delegation has been making the rounds on U.S. TV, on CNN and other stations, kind of telling their side of the story.
00:14:12.200And, you know, basically, I think they've done a decent job of getting everyone conditioned that that negotiation isn't going to be completed this month.
00:14:27.740It probably now reset another target date and the new target date looks to be just before Christmas.
00:14:38.440So I think they realized they weren't as far ahead as they thought this last week when they got the conditions on the table, just like we did.
00:14:47.480But quite frankly, it looks like the Mexican government has, you know, really taken a different track than we did.
00:14:56.960They've now gone and tried to get people, basically put the notice to people that the date for the timeline is going to be extended.
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00:15:23.060all right back to the show so it's interesting that you say that yeah we did not do that and i
00:15:28.900think that probably canada had the indication several times the deal was not going to close
00:15:35.880is we kept making it sound like we were close to the end, close to the end.
00:15:40.520But, I mean, experience, I think, is part of the game here.
00:15:45.760When you've seen it happen with Canada, you want to get ahead of it a little bit, I think.
00:15:50.340You know, Paul, I think you made a great reference to last year's speech
00:15:54.960and the rambling dissertation about the escalator.
00:15:58.820A lot of times, a lot of these crazy Trump statements do become white noise.
00:16:02.820but as we sift the wheat through the trap the chaff and really get to the you know inner workings of
00:16:08.820it it does raise a lot of pause for concern as not just canadians but countries around the world
00:16:14.900this it i mean that's one thing carney mentioned it is a new world order there's no such thing as
00:16:20.260diplomacy from the u.s administration now when they're dealing with countries around the world
00:16:26.980no no you know well you saw it and you know mike i think and jim you read out some of the
00:16:32.340statements, they're, they're very, uh, you know, I always, and a lot of times I, I'm the one who
00:16:38.960comes out and says, you know, American, uh, negotiations are harsher than ours. So, so I'm
00:16:45.340always, you know, letting everyone know that when you do business in the U S it is done differently.0.97
00:16:50.980And, you know, that's culturally, it's a little more crass. It's, it's sometimes, you know, a
00:16:56.660little vulgar. Um, so you gotta get used to it when you're doing business there. Um, this is a
00:17:01.620little over the top, right? Some of these statements, as you were listening to it,
00:17:04.520you're like, wow, that's a tough statement. And I know he's trying to send a message to that
00:17:08.000country. Is the UN the right place to do it? My answer to that is no, right? I think you have to
00:17:14.880be diplomatic in that case. There's times you need to come out and, you know, threaten and warn,
00:17:21.300but that was probably the wrong form to do that. And, you know, was it meant to send messages to
00:17:28.160more than Iran. I think it was. I think it almost was a precursor to some of the, as you've mentioned,
00:17:35.640Mike, to the 24th meetings that are coming up with China in the United States. I think it was
00:17:41.760really to say, hey, you know, I'm not just talking to Iran. I'm talking to, you know, Chinese. I'm
00:17:47.380talking to a bunch of other people about the way I want to see this go down. But that's a shame,
00:17:52.780Because I think when all that diplomacy goes out the window, it really is hard to get something done because everyone's back goes against the wall, up against the wall.
00:18:03.440And, you know, for all of us, we need the U.S. to be good trading partners to make all of our economies work.
00:18:12.460Otherwise, you know, we're in for a rough winter.
00:18:16.420At what point are you a leader of a major country, the biggest country on earth?
00:18:22.780and you have to enter a room where you can't ever enter a room where there's not conflict for you
00:18:30.060exactly like there has to be yeah there has to that has to be examined you know there isn't a
00:18:35.740single room paul this guy can enter where he's got the love of the room and he doesn't care and in
00:18:41.340fact it almost fears feels to me like he he likes it he prefers to be in an adversary position rather
00:18:49.820than um an alliance position well you know he's taken a he's taken a very controversial track
00:18:58.300right he's he said nationalism over globalism that changes the world supply change it changes
00:19:05.500trade it changes the world right the this this movement is actually and people keep thinking
00:19:12.420that that's going to change and i you know he's you know by saying that he's not going away for
00:19:17.220two and a half years he's not going to change his track with where he's going uh you know the world
00:19:23.120will be uh reoriented and changed by the time he leaves and he's he's you know he's telling he one
00:19:30.740thing about uh and i always say this on all the shows to both of you you don't have to read between
00:19:36.640the lines they just tell you go on the white house website you actually listen to the speeches
00:19:42.340they just tell you the way it is thanks paul great point and that is the crux of it mike that
00:19:48.020trillion dollar war in iran that still is not over ultimately will be his downfall and his
00:19:53.800the real dark spot in his legacy mike and it is affecting millions of americans i'm not sure how
00:19:59.520they're going to get through it you know it's interesting as well he couldn't wait to point
00:20:03.020out that uh no he he hasn't blown through all their munitions and they're building all of these
00:20:08.040fantastic deals with weapons manufacturers that are building plants and some of those plants are
00:20:12.620he's obviously scrambling to cover the fact that he really did blow the bank on munitions trying
00:20:20.060to fight wars that had nothing to do with them that are now blowing back in his face uh the other
00:20:25.260thing that i thought and i found this humorous actually because at this point i have to tell you
00:20:30.880i i don't think that he's a a leader anymore i think not in the sense of the word that we're
00:20:38.960used to no no not not in that sense he's really leading his own march uh like paul said if you
00:20:45.360want to know what he's going to do just take a look at his defense strategy it's right on the
00:20:48.520white house web page but the one thing that i did think was a little bit humorous was he gave google
00:20:53.580reviews for himself from leaders around the world uh all the different reviews about how he changed
00:20:59.460the world and i thought to myself what is he doing right now he's reading reviews like he's
00:21:04.900he's just put a movie out or something like that he googled the prime minister of pakistan and
00:21:09.700other leaders in different countries and started doing it and the crazy thing is some really in
00:21:15.540the know uh reporters on the white house and capitol hill are saying that he's made more money
00:21:22.580as president than any other president in history well the one truth that i can say is actually
00:21:29.320real is that uh the u.s stock market has hit multiple all-time record highs uh it's done it
00:21:36.820several times in the last 12 months and i would imagine to his benefit and the benefit of his
00:21:42.180buddies uh look jim thanks for talking about this we're going to put this out as soon as we can to
00:21:46.460react to it uh and we hope you react to it as well with your comments there you go jimmy