Valuetainment - February 16, 2026


“#1 Draft Pick For 2028” - Rubis’s Munich Speech Positions Him As UNIFIER Of NATO, EU & US


Episode Stats

Length

15 minutes

Words per Minute

187.05905

Word Count

2,837

Sentence Count

242

Hate Speech Sentences

7


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Let's start off with Munich. More and more and more people are calling this man the 2028
00:00:07.860 leading Republican presidential candidate. The only thing, if he can get past the primary
00:00:13.180 of beating J.D. Vance, because J.D. has the Turning Point USA organization, J.D. has
00:00:19.620 some of the younger folks, and he has a bigger out there market. But when he hit the stage,
00:00:25.720 Rob, if you can find a clip of when Marco hit the stage. Folks, people lost their, I mean,
00:00:32.340 you don't get this kind of reaction at these types of events. They clapped for him in his speech three
00:00:37.600 times. One time he's just kind of going through the speech. They stopped him in the middle of his
00:00:43.000 speech just to give him an applause, and he was in the middle of his speech. Marco Rubio. It's a 26,
00:00:48.940 27-minute speech, and it was like five minutes of Q&A they do at the end. But Rob, if you don't mind
00:00:53.940 just showing the applause at the beginning. Go ahead, Rob.
00:01:01.920 Thank you. Thank you.
00:01:06.060 I know they're standing. Oh, my. They didn't show the audience. They're standing up.
00:01:09.000 So now go back to the other clip. He made a couple incredible comments that were, the word I could
00:01:15.500 find. It's like a leader challenging everybody, yet encouraging to unify, yet being humble and
00:01:24.540 teaching history of how we once used to be hundreds of years ago. It was just a phenomenal
00:01:30.360 speech. Go ahead, Rob.
00:01:31.720 The United Nations still has tremendous potential to be a tool for good in the world.
00:01:35.440 But we cannot ignore that today, on the most pressing matters before us, it has no answers
00:01:42.440 and has played virtually no role. It could not solve the war in Gaza. Instead, it was American
00:01:49.200 leadership that freed captives from barbarians and brought about a fragile truce. It has not
00:01:55.420 solved the war in Ukraine. It took American leadership in partnership with many of the countries
00:02:00.220 here today just to bring the two sides to the table in search of a still-elusive peace.
00:02:06.520 It was powerless to constrain the nuclear program of radical Shia clerics in Tehran. That required
00:02:13.100 14 bombs dropped with precision from American B-2 bombers. And it was unable to address the
00:02:19.100 threat to our security from a narco-terrorist dictator in Venezuela. Instead, it took American special
00:02:24.900 forces to bring this fugitive to justice. In a perfect world, all of these problems and
00:02:31.480 more would be solved by diplomats and strongly worded resolutions. But we do not live in a
00:02:37.780 perfect world. And we cannot continue to allow those who blatantly and openly threaten our citizens
00:02:44.140 and endanger our global stability to shield themselves behind abstractions of international law which
00:02:50.140 they themselves routinely violate. This is the path that President Trump and the United States has
00:02:57.040 embarked upon. It is the path we ask you here in Europe to join us on. It is a path we have walked
00:03:03.580 together before and hope to walk together again. Tom, thoughts on this? It was a tremendous speech.
00:03:10.980 I felt that it was, I'm going to use a word here, I felt it was presidential, it was leadership,
00:03:15.620 it was global stage. He then summed it up and made several, actually he had many summation
00:03:22.340 points. And he would come to a summation point and he would say, you are our heritage. We came from
00:03:27.380 you. We came and built the U.S. with you. You're, we cannot succeed without you. Our success is your
00:03:33.900 success. Your success is our success. We have to do it together. And he made clear points, like the U.N.
00:03:39.820 point there without basically, you know, attacking Kofi Annan and all the corruption of the past. He
00:03:44.560 simply says, the U.N. couldn't fix these things. American leadership did. And then he sat back at
00:03:50.240 the end and the one caution I loved, he said, what, I don't remember the exact words, but it was,
00:03:55.980 we will not sit politely by and watch the decline of the West, meaning you and us. Just cautioning and
00:04:04.540 saying, hey, look, when it comes to it, American leadership is going to step up. I loved his look
00:04:09.660 and I love the fact they were paying attention. You notice they weren't rolling their eyes and
00:04:14.100 tipping their heads the way they do. Sometimes when someone comes to stage, people were attentive,
00:04:18.540 people were forward. They had their translators in their ears and they gave him applause a couple
00:04:23.780 times and then gave him a standing ovation. I love this speech. I loved his presence. I loved what I
00:04:29.840 saw. This is American leadership. That's what it's all about.
00:04:33.780 Vinny. I mean, you know, I love Tom. He didn't apologize for our country. He didn't bow to the
00:04:39.320 crowd. He pushed back and defended America. He didn't do what Gavin and all these traitors,
00:04:45.060 in my point of view, this is my opinion, did. And we'll get into that later. But Pat, you know what
00:04:48.880 it is? He's, well, Marco, you know what he is? He's the second string quarterback that is showing up
00:04:54.340 in practice and is making the coaches go, you know what? I don't know, guys, we might have to have
00:04:58.120 this guy be a starter. He has Trump's policies, okay? He has Trump's love for America without
00:05:03.420 Trump's, like, volatility because of what the media has done to him. His parents are from Cuba,
00:05:09.840 legal immigration, loves the country. I'm telling you right now, on that stage with this speech,
00:05:15.540 in my opinion, there's not even a question anymore. And I love that you said that, Pat,
00:05:20.380 that JD is the younger, is the TPUSA. He's on Theo Vaughn.
00:05:25.420 That's important, though. Oh, big time. Oh, I agree with you 100%.
00:05:30.000 But when it comes to, and by the way, I think he's qualified to do the job,
00:05:33.600 but this guy right here, Marco Rubio, from what I'm seeing, you know how they always say,
00:05:37.880 Trump's not presidential, and Trump isn't this. This guy's presidential. He loves the country.
00:05:42.580 When he goes to other countries, he stands firm and tells them that they're the problem,
00:05:46.600 they have problems, but we have to work together. I think he's a stud. I love him.
00:05:50.440 Yeah, I want to go to another clip, and then, Adam, I'm going to come to you. Rob,
00:05:52.760 what other clips do you have? Do you have the clip of when he says the following,
00:05:56.800 there's a line where he says, it was this continent that produced the genius of Mozart and
00:06:04.700 Beethoven, of Dante and Shakespeare, of Michelangelo and da Vinci, and of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
00:06:11.840 And they started laughing. These momentous, these monuments and artists testify not only to the
00:06:19.260 greatness of our past, but to the promise of our future. The message was so unifying. The message
00:06:25.280 was so, he said another thing where, Tom, you were kind of trying to quote him. He said,
00:06:30.000 while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference, preference,
00:06:37.140 and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe. And we care deeply
00:06:43.080 about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree, our disagreements come from our profound
00:06:48.300 sense of concern. Okay. Both our histories and our fates are linked together. There was another
00:06:54.660 message he gave when he says, we got to get off this thing about fear. Rob, can you, can you search
00:06:59.240 on the words, on the transcript, fear of climate change, type in fear of climate change, go to that
00:07:05.740 part, Rob, and then go back maybe five seconds prior to that. I just love, he says, enough with this fear
00:07:11.980 porn. Look at the way he puts this together. Go for it. It's not just a set of bad policies,
00:07:17.940 but a malaise of hopelessness and complacency. An alliance is what, the alliance that we want is
00:07:23.600 one that is not paralyzed into an action by fear, fear of climate change, fear of war, fear of
00:07:29.300 technology. Instead, we want an alliance that boldly races into the future. And the only fear we have
00:07:35.380 is the fear of the shame of not leaving our nations prouder, stronger, and wealthier for our
00:07:41.860 children. An alliance ready to defend our people, to safeguard our interests, and to preserve the
00:07:47.940 freedom of action that allows us to shape our own destiny. Not one that exists to operate a global
00:07:53.560 welfare state and atone for the purported sins of past generations. An alliance that does not allow
00:08:00.620 its power to be outsourced, constrained, subordinated to systems beyond. I just love, I just love the
00:08:06.700 way he put this together. To me, he's officially number one draft pick for 2028. Number one. And I
00:08:14.240 think the reason why JD is asking to be able to solve the California issue is because he knows he's
00:08:18.540 behind the eight ball right now. And by the way, if he's president, he calls JD to be VP, JD's not
00:08:24.860 taking it because nobody wants to be VP, VP for two different presidents. That's, he'll become the
00:08:31.120 first in history to do so. You don't want to make history doing that. And I don't think JD will do
00:08:34.880 it. I think he would take somebody else's VP. There's something very, very attractive about the
00:08:41.700 way he's handling business. Adam. Well, in my opinion, little Marco has completely grown up.
00:08:47.920 I mean, you know, playing the long game, whether it's in politics or in real life, sometimes it's
00:08:54.080 not your time. It was not little Marco's time in 2016, but it certainly looks like this will be his
00:08:59.500 time in 2028. Look, the world is a dangerous place, man. What's going on in the world with China
00:09:05.880 trying to have worldwide hegemony over the United States, whether it's Iran holding the world hostage
00:09:11.400 with their nuclear deals, North Korea. We know how well-versed he is with what's going on in Latin
00:09:16.160 America, especially Venezuela. You know, his parents are Cuban. He's from Miami. Shout out to Miami.
00:09:21.460 But the world is a better place and a safer place when America leads. So this is what American
00:09:26.300 leadership is. And then he also, he's almost like Trump, but with a little bit more poise,
00:09:32.920 not as much style, but more substance. And he basically said, guys, we need you. You're our allies.
00:09:40.560 And it's kind of like, pick a lane. Do you want to be on America's side or do you want
00:09:45.020 to be on the globalist China side? And he went one by one. Pat, I don't know if you saw that
00:09:49.800 when he goes, Britain, this is what you did for us. Okay. Without you, we wouldn't be here.
00:09:55.700 French, the Enlightenment. Thank you for that. New Amsterdam is now it's called New York.
00:10:00.660 Went country by country, city by city. You helped shape America. So, I mean, in my opinion,
00:10:06.840 it's a little too early to speculate on 2028. But in my opinion, this is that dude right there.
00:10:13.400 Listen, in 2022, I speculated that Trump was going to win and the stock market was going
00:10:18.480 to go to 50,000. It is on time to speculate. And I'm telling you, I'm speculating a lot right now.
00:10:23.620 By the way, here's the part. There's obviously two years left, three years left till that time comes.
00:10:30.360 But what's his resume look like right now? What's JD's resume look like right now?
00:10:34.640 Oh, dude, it's not even close. No, no. But I'm being serious. What's the resume look like right
00:10:38.380 now? You know what this, you know what this administration could do? You know what this
00:10:42.200 administration could do? This could be the first administration where, you know, you kind of
00:10:49.140 think about the power of being a VP, where VP is kind of like, because remember in that movie,
00:10:55.940 Vice, with the scene where Dick Cheney is going around talking to people and says,
00:11:00.700 who the hell is a vice president? And what the hell does it mean to be a vice president?
00:11:05.520 It's like, hey, you're just a token. You're just a guy that has a position.
00:11:09.400 Dick wanted to get stuff done, right? Dick was a doer. Love him or hate him. He wanted
00:11:14.840 to get stuff done on his own agenda. In this case, JD, I believe, was the right pick that
00:11:21.420 Trump made for VP. I think it was the right pick. But I also think this guy on Saturday night,
00:11:27.180 we're having dinner, and we're walking out, and Vinny says,
00:11:30.340 and I'm like, what's he saying? And oh, it's Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity walks in. We have a nice
00:11:35.680 15-minute conversation together, and he's talking to the girls and sending them, you know, having a
00:11:40.060 conversation. And I said to him, I said, I just want you to know, for me, I'm not speaking on him.
00:11:44.160 I'm telling him. I said, this is the number one draft pick right now. Something very, very attractive
00:11:48.980 about him. And I will tell you, in business and in politics and in military, you have two different
00:11:55.480 types of leaders. You have wartime leaders. You have peacetime leaders. The problem with wartime
00:12:00.640 leaders sometimes is they don't know what to do during peace. They create war. I don't know if
00:12:06.080 that makes sense. A wartime leader always needs chaos. They are the one you hire during chaos to
00:12:12.320 fix the problem. But if you don't, if you're not too careful, guess what the wartime leader typically
00:12:16.620 does? They tend to always create chaos. This guy, you know what Rubio is showing? What?
00:12:22.580 There's a very interesting thing with Rubio. Well, he said, uh, Rubio is showing that he
00:12:28.840 can, he can be a, when you think about him, do you think about him as a peacetime or wartime
00:12:32.920 guy? Peace. Tom, what do you think about him? I think he's an interesting hybrid, more of
00:12:37.620 a peacetime guy, but he's a hybrid. I think he's 70, 30 piece, but that 30 is a good enough
00:12:42.660 of 30. That's good. Meaning he's capable. Same page. Meaning he's capable. Well, I think Trump
00:12:46.460 is a 70, 30 war is what he is. I think Trump is the guy you put in to solve the problem.
00:12:52.380 By the way, since 2015, 2016, nobody could have done this job better than Trump. Not,
00:12:57.740 there was not one candidate in America that could have done what Trump did. Not one candidate
00:13:02.060 in America. This one won't last a second, folks. We're at the, uh, uh, at the Pentagon.
00:13:07.580 I don't know where we were at. Department of State. Guy pulls up to us and says, you know,
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