Valuetainment - August 20, 2025


＂Trump Is An ALPHA＂ - Trump Sets Stage For EXPLOSIVE Zelenskyy-Putin Peace Summit


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Rob and Pat discuss the latest meeting between President Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and how the President handled it. Also, Pat and Rob discuss a clip of the last time the two met in the Oval Office and how heated things got.

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00:00:00.320 At first, you see Zelensky posts a video of meeting some of the guys of what he was going to wear.
00:00:07.920 And everyone's like, dude, this guy's not going to show up with it.
00:00:10.200 Are you freaking, I was myself annoyed, saying, are you kidding me what a terrible diplomat this guy is if he's not showing up with a suit?
00:00:16.960 He showed up like this at first. Look at this.
00:00:18.800 The pre-meeting.
00:00:19.540 The pre-meeting. The t-shirt, all this stuff walking around.
00:00:22.120 Still disrespectful. Look at everybody's dressing in a suit.
00:00:24.400 That was like the rehearsal dinner.
00:00:25.780 But this is the rehearsal. He's meeting everybody and still got a t-shirt on.
00:00:28.720 So then, all of a sudden, Trump is doing his, waiting to see what the guy is wearing when he gets out of the car.
00:00:37.720 And here's what it looks like when Zelensky shows up.
00:00:39.940 Okay, show this clip. Watch this one here. Go ahead, Rob.
00:00:42.780 For the cameras, watch. Yeah, there you go.
00:00:46.180 He's like, I dare you not to wear a suit.
00:00:48.300 Okay.
00:00:49.320 Dude, if he walked out with t-shirt and shorts, Trump would have slapped him right in the face.
00:00:58.720 We love him.
00:00:59.880 We love them.
00:01:01.040 Oh, wow.
00:01:01.480 We love them.
00:01:03.200 Russia continues. 0.84
00:01:04.820 Russia continues. 0.84
00:01:06.280 The taxidermist.
00:01:07.220 The money cartels.
00:01:07.860 So, that's the visit.
00:01:09.620 Good.
00:01:10.100 They go in.
00:01:10.940 All the line.
00:01:11.980 Johnny Cash.
00:01:12.460 That looks like me standing on the porch waiting for a guy to come take one of my daughters out.
00:01:17.220 You know?
00:01:17.840 And you just stand on the porch.
00:01:19.040 You wait there.
00:01:19.700 He walks up there.
00:01:20.680 And you compliment the kid.
00:01:22.100 And he's like this tall.
00:01:23.440 Taps him a little bit.
00:01:24.160 You know, it's just like, because who was the alpha there?
00:01:27.260 That was Trump's body language.
00:01:29.440 Everything sitting there.
00:01:30.420 Trump didn't move an inch.
00:01:31.740 Zelensky had to move out of the car toward him.
00:01:33.900 Pat, if you were there standing and some young man came to pick up Senna, you'd probably have a gun?
00:01:39.800 Or what would you have?
00:01:40.420 I don't even want to go there.
00:01:41.780 I mean, I'm just going to have such great conversations.
00:01:44.160 I'm going to be in the bushes.
00:01:44.220 I'm going to be hiding in the bushes.
00:01:45.980 Make the move, buddy.
00:01:47.020 Let me show you guys this.
00:01:48.560 Let's stay on this.
00:01:49.100 After the background chat.
00:01:49.720 Let's stay on this topic.
00:01:50.480 Let's not get distracted.
00:01:51.360 Rob, can you do me a favor?
00:01:52.120 I just want to show you guys what it was like the last time they had a meeting.
00:01:56.380 I want to remind you, Rob, if you can show this clip here.
00:01:58.960 This is a clip of how heated it got last time.
00:02:03.060 In the Oval Office.
00:02:03.900 In the Oval Office.
00:02:05.140 And by the way, I'm telling you, we've not even reacted to this clip.
00:02:09.260 We've not seen this clip.
00:02:10.400 This is a very different clip.
00:02:11.320 No, we've not even reacted to this a couple months ago.
00:02:13.400 Yeah.
00:02:13.840 I want you to see how heated it got the last time where Trump pushed them in ways where
00:02:20.400 you can really tell he was not happy and you can tell diplomacy lacked from the other
00:02:27.820 side, being entitled, coming in with what America has done for him.
00:02:31.600 So just listen to the exchange.
00:02:33.200 This is the last time, folks.
00:02:34.360 This is not just a couple of days ago.
00:02:36.180 Go ahead, Rob.
00:02:37.120 I don't want a ceasefire.
00:02:38.300 I don't want a ceasefire.
00:02:39.560 I want to go.
00:02:40.440 And I wanted this.
00:02:41.620 Look, if you could get a ceasefire right now, I tell you, you take it.
00:02:45.880 So the bullets stop flying and your men stop getting killed.
00:02:48.720 Of course we want to stop the war. 0.95
00:02:50.340 But you're saying you don't want a ceasefire.
00:02:51.700 But I said to you.
00:02:52.300 I want a ceasefire.
00:02:52.960 With guarantees.
00:02:53.820 Because you'll get a ceasefire faster than an agreement.
00:02:56.020 Ask our people about ceasefire.
00:02:57.940 What do they think?
00:02:58.860 It doesn't matter for you what it means.
00:03:00.740 That wasn't with me.
00:03:02.360 That was with a guy named Biden who was not a smart person.
00:03:06.140 That was with Obama.
00:03:08.080 It was your president.
00:03:09.060 Excuse me.
00:03:09.680 That was with Obama who gave you sheets and I gave you javelins.
00:03:13.280 Yes.
00:03:13.580 I gave you the javelins to take out all those tanks.
00:03:16.860 Obama gave you sheets.
00:03:19.220 In fact, the statement is Obama gave sheets and Trump gave javelins.
00:03:24.580 You got to be more thankful.
00:03:26.760 She's asking what if Russia breaks the ceasefire.
00:03:29.960 What if anything?
00:03:31.640 What if a bomb drops on your head right now?
00:03:34.500 Okay.
00:03:35.140 What if they broke it?
00:03:36.720 I don't know.
00:03:37.320 Well, they broke it with Biden because Biden, they didn't respect him.
00:03:40.360 They didn't respect Obama.
00:03:41.980 They respect me.
00:03:43.500 All I can say is this.
00:03:45.360 He might have broken deals with Obama and Bush.
00:03:48.280 We didn't react to this last time.
00:03:49.000 And he might have broken them with Biden.
00:03:50.720 He did, maybe.
00:03:51.580 Maybe he didn't.
00:03:52.140 I don't know what happened.
00:03:53.580 But he didn't break them with me.
00:03:55.240 He wants to make a deal.
00:03:56.320 I don't know if he can make a deal.
00:03:58.260 The problem is I've empowered you to be a tough guy.
00:04:03.240 I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the United States.
00:04:06.000 Yeah, that's what I'm saying to you.
00:04:07.200 Yeah, that's what I'm saying to you.
00:04:07.620 We saw that.
00:04:08.160 You don't have the cards.
00:04:08.960 You can make a deal or we're out.
00:04:10.820 That's right.
00:04:11.140 And if we're out, you'll fight it out.
00:04:13.640 I don't think it's going to be pretty, but you'll fight it out.
00:04:16.620 I mean, that is by...
00:04:17.720 You don't have the cards.
00:04:18.820 Yeah.
00:04:19.080 Okay, so we heard this one.
00:04:20.100 Yeah, that's the part.
00:04:20.620 Pause it right there, Rob.
00:04:21.200 It's like yelling at your kids.
00:04:21.940 You don't have the cards.
00:04:22.840 So just want to put this, that's the last meeting.
00:04:25.500 We only got a clip of it.
00:04:26.920 That's the last meeting, guys.
00:04:28.760 You want to know how this meeting goes?
00:04:30.340 Rob, if you can go to the clip of what happens with this meeting, right, when they're together.
00:04:34.960 This time around, he's got everybody sitting in front of his desk.
00:04:38.280 He's got all the guys there.
00:04:40.040 That's him.
00:04:41.280 Macron's sitting in front of him.
00:04:42.840 Everybody's sitting there.
00:04:43.520 Go ahead and play the clip, Rob.
00:04:44.400 This is actually an interview that he did with Fox News where he confirms that the U.S. will provide air support for Ukraine if they come to a peace deal.
00:04:51.400 Go for it.
00:04:52.160 When it comes to security, they're willing to put people on the ground.
00:04:55.100 We're willing to help them with things, especially probably if you could talk about by air because nobody has the kind of stuff we have.
00:05:03.780 Really, they don't have.
00:05:04.720 But I don't think it's going to be a problem.
00:05:06.480 I think if a deal is made, you know, famous last words, right?
00:05:09.780 But I think if a deal is made, I think Russia's had it. 0.88
00:05:12.520 They've all had it.
00:05:13.320 And for a very extended period of time, I don't think there'll be a problem.
00:05:17.240 But there'll be some form of security.
00:05:20.060 It can't be NATO because that's just not something that would ever, ever happen.
00:05:25.440 They couldn't do that.
00:05:27.200 Who would want that? 0.89
00:05:28.220 I mean, if you were Russia, who would want to have your enemy, your opponent sitting on your line? 0.93
00:05:34.300 You don't do that.
00:05:34.940 So it was always thought that Ukraine was sort of a buffer between Russia and the rest of Europe.
00:05:43.540 And it was.
00:05:44.040 It was a big, wide buffer.
00:05:45.420 Everything worked out well until Biden got involved.
00:05:48.560 Okay.
00:05:49.180 So, Tom, your thoughts on this meeting, the visit, the videos, the clips.
00:05:52.860 What are you thinking?
00:05:53.380 Well, I love the fact how the meeting ended.
00:05:56.520 And it ended without any of the Europeans going to the newspaper and saying stuff.
00:06:02.220 You remember when the fight happened in the Oval Office, what you were showing there.
00:06:07.300 And you remember what happened?
00:06:09.020 Starmer popped off to the newspapers.
00:06:11.360 And the first place that Zelensky went, remember this, Vinny?
00:06:14.300 Yeah.
00:06:14.440 Zelensky is now shaking hands, going around Europe with a pat on the head to her.
00:06:20.560 That didn't happen.
00:06:21.660 I love point one.
00:06:22.840 I love the fact that didn't happen.
00:06:24.560 Zelensky says no to the American media, specifically Fox.
00:06:28.020 He said, nope, I'm going home.
00:06:29.340 I'm not going to do any interviews.
00:06:30.400 Thank you very much.
00:06:31.280 So everybody left the negotiation table not leaking or popping off.
00:06:35.540 They went back to their respective corners.
00:06:37.380 That tells me that the moderation that Trump provided got people to talk and then not leak and go home, point one.
00:06:47.280 Point two, it says you suddenly had Putin from afar saying something halfway positive about coming together to talk.
00:06:57.460 So guess what?
00:06:58.620 Whatever you did, Putin is suddenly not over there.
00:07:01.560 Oh, we'll never do this.
00:07:02.560 Forget it.
00:07:03.220 Never mind.
00:07:04.000 You know, you didn't get that from Putin.
00:07:05.360 So what I'm seeing, the word trilateral is working, and people are going to understand what this means.
00:07:12.260 Trilateral.
00:07:13.080 I am here, and I will try, and the triangle is the two people that are fighting.
00:07:17.840 And I believe this is a master class in negotiation.
00:07:22.080 He got everybody in the room.
00:07:23.380 He got Zelensky there.
00:07:24.320 Nobody leaked.
00:07:24.940 They all went back to their corners.
00:07:26.120 And then Putin speaks up and says, well, maybe in the next step we will get together.
00:07:30.420 We will have the meeting, which is what Trump said he thought would happen after he met with Putin.
00:07:35.840 So it's coming true, and it's not falling apart.
00:07:39.260 The thing that I don't like is the way the American media is trying to kill it.
00:07:44.400 I feel the American media, MSM, is, like, actively trying to kill it.
00:07:47.920 Well, what about this?
00:07:48.500 And what about that?
00:07:49.080 And this didn't happen.
00:07:49.940 And that didn't happen.
00:07:50.600 It's like, and you've got people like Rubio who are speaking back.
00:07:53.860 No, no, no, no, no.
00:07:54.580 You don't know what happened.
00:07:55.720 You don't know.
00:07:56.240 You know this.
00:07:57.200 But you don't know the other five things we did.
00:07:59.260 That's what I think.
00:08:00.380 Yeah, and it's funny because when you're talking about media, the fact that Zelensky is like, I'm not going to Fox.
00:08:07.120 I'm not doing any interviews.
00:08:08.320 I wonder how much of that is Trump saying, don't even do any interviews with anybody.
00:08:11.960 I don't want anybody to talk about it.
00:08:13.600 Go home.
00:08:14.060 I'm going to call Putin. 0.86
00:08:14.940 I have one request from all of you guys.
00:08:16.300 Don't talk to media.
00:08:17.780 Go home.
00:08:18.440 Let me call Putin and handle this.
00:08:20.340 And then I'll follow up with you guys and tell you what's happening next.
00:08:22.520 I don't know whether that was the exchange or not, but that's the vibe I got.
00:08:26.180 And now the conversation becomes.
00:08:27.720 Would you have said that?
00:08:28.660 You negotiate very well.
00:08:29.600 I would have said that.
00:08:29.940 Totally would have said that.
00:08:30.780 If this is going to work, folks, we're all going to shut up.
00:08:33.240 I would have said that.
00:08:34.100 But, you know, mainstream media talking about, well, I can't believe it was like a friendly thing.
00:08:39.800 And then clips came up.
00:08:40.960 President Bush invited Putin to go with his younger, older son to go fishing together.
00:08:46.720 Clintons met with them laughing.
00:08:49.060 Obama's.
00:08:49.460 There's all these meetings with other people that they had these, you know, Obama went and sat down with a communist at a baseball game for a couple of days.
00:08:55.940 And they're laughing and the media is celebrating.
00:08:57.660 Oh, look what's going on over here.
00:08:59.000 But no, no, no.
00:08:59.680 If this guy wants to come in and create a peace deal.
00:09:02.400 No, he is a guy that's, you know, totally owned by Putin and all the other guys.
00:09:06.320 But this is the part where I'm at.
00:09:07.860 I don't think it works anymore.
00:09:09.200 He's destroyed mainstream media so bad that MSNBC's officially changed their name to Mara Sabatrucha Now.
00:09:16.160 It is officially MS Now.
00:09:18.180 Did you see this?
00:09:19.260 Can you imagine?
00:09:20.140 They're so afraid of MS-13 that they changed their name to MS-13 Now.
00:09:23.720 I thought it was multiple sclerosis now.
00:09:25.660 The only thing that's missing is the 13 in the middle.
00:09:27.520 If I was Mara Sabatrucha, I would actually sue them for using our name.
00:09:31.200 This is like, you know, what do you call it?
00:09:33.800 Patent law.
00:09:34.900 You should go out and say, what are you doing using our organizations?
00:09:37.500 Using our copyright.
00:09:38.300 Yeah, where is that trademark on the bottom right?
00:09:41.720 What's this one here, Rob?
00:09:42.860 I'm waiting for Rachel Maddow.
00:09:43.940 I get a Roman numeral 13.
00:09:45.200 As if MSNBC thinks that that's going to change it.
00:09:50.740 Like the people are going to go, oh, this is a new network.
00:09:53.780 Nobody's going to forget.
00:09:55.000 The numbers are all time low on the path.
00:09:57.460 In regard to Russia, what people don't understand and all these morons on the left with the media,
00:10:02.720 Bush in 2008, that's during Bush, Russia went to Georgia, right?
00:10:07.540 Invaded Georgia. 0.61
00:10:08.300 Obama in 2014, that's when Russia seized Crimea, and then Biden in 2022.
00:10:13.560 None of this has to do with Trump.
00:10:15.060 He's trying to fix it.
00:10:16.220 And that first meeting was like the arrogant kid, Tom, that spoiled that comes in.
00:10:20.400 And the father who's been away is like, hey, listen, we're not playing that crap anymore.
00:10:23.780 Or the old guy who doesn't even know what the hell day it is or what his name is or who his son is.
00:10:29.100 He's out.
00:10:29.920 And I'm the new guy.
00:10:30.820 And this is a great example of a freaking alpha.
00:10:33.640 He's back.
00:10:34.300 He's back in charge.
00:10:35.420 And that's what the hell we need.
00:10:37.900 And that's what we've been lacking.
00:10:38.680 And as much as they can say, Pat, it's not going to do anything.
00:10:41.020 It's not going to change anything.
00:10:42.100 Change the name of your network.
00:10:43.100 Yeah.
00:10:43.640 And by the way, a part of this was the fact that he agreed to sell $90 billion of a weapons package.
00:10:51.360 And the way he apparently brokered this deal, which is brilliant, Rob.
00:10:54.680 I think you got a clip on this.
00:10:56.100 The way he brokered this deal is he got, I believe, EU to buy $90 billion of weapons from U.S. to send it to them.
00:11:04.720 So guess what, taxpayers?
00:11:06.040 You didn't pay for it.
00:11:07.900 EU paid for it, the way they structured this deal.
00:11:10.600 So yes, he's getting the weapons, but now it's like, hey, EU, if you guys want me to keep sending stuff, you guys want the war to end?
00:11:16.920 Well, guess what?
00:11:17.400 Spend your money.
00:11:18.340 No, no, no.
00:11:18.780 We don't want to spend anymore.
00:11:19.720 Well, then let's what?
00:11:20.360 Let's get a peace deal here.
00:11:22.120 Yeah, we do want a peace deal.
00:11:23.260 Then great.
00:11:23.800 Then because you don't mind spending our money.
00:11:26.280 Everybody spent some money, but he's now putting more of the onus on them.
00:11:29.240 Adam, your thoughts on this.
00:11:30.560 There's a lot to cover.
00:11:31.380 But Zelensky dressed up in a suit for one person and one person only.
00:11:35.400 It's Trump.
00:11:36.040 If Trump didn't want to, if Trump didn't have an issue with the suit, the guy would have showed up in a T-shirt.
00:11:40.800 We all know that.
00:11:41.700 As far as MSNBC, one of the main reasons they probably changed their name is because it, how many times does Trump go, MSDNC?
00:11:49.320 All right, we don't like that.
00:11:50.840 They're very sensitive over there.
00:11:52.040 The snowflake mentality.
00:11:53.360 This is worse now.
00:11:54.000 That's true.
00:11:54.620 MS now.
00:11:57.140 As far as Vinny goes, you said that, you know, I'm not trying to pick on you or anything like that.
00:12:00.160 You said that, you know, Trump had nothing to do with Ukraine, what have you.
00:12:03.280 However, he was impeached over Ukraine.
00:12:06.840 It was a perfect call.
00:12:07.980 I swear to God.
00:12:09.940 It was all BS.
00:12:11.520 Exactly.
00:12:11.940 It was all BS.
00:12:12.600 But my point is he was almost impeached over it.
00:12:14.720 It technically was.
00:12:16.300 Quid pro quo.
00:12:17.100 That's why I learned that.
00:12:17.740 I'm not getting into all that.
00:12:18.660 I'm just letting you know.
00:12:19.440 There is some history with that.
00:12:20.780 But probably the most important thing that Trump said, and this is a global thing, not just Russia and Ukraine, he goes, why would you want an enemy at your gates?
00:12:32.040 Basically, you need to have a buffer talking about almost putting yourself in Russia's position when it comes to NATO. 0.50
00:12:38.340 And that is very true.
00:12:39.760 You don't want an enemy at your gate.
00:12:40.840 Why do you think we want a wall put up between the border of the United States and Mexico?
00:12:45.680 Why is the DMZ between North Korea and South Korea?
00:12:48.960 Why does India and Pakistan fight over the little piece of land right there? 0.84
00:12:53.560 Why is this land in Israel and Gaza need to have a buffer? 0.98
00:12:57.260 Go further south.
00:12:58.200 Sinai after the war with Egypt.
00:12:59.500 Exactly.
00:12:59.820 So when you have enemies at the gate, you better have a freaking buffer, whether it's a wall, whether it's a DMZ zone, whatever it is.
00:13:07.360 So Trump is absolutely like putting yourself in Putin's position.
00:13:10.100 I totally understand why you wouldn't want Ukraine as a part of NATO.
00:13:14.760 So last point.
00:13:16.500 Could you imagine if Kamala was negotiating this deal right now?
00:13:20.940 Stop.
00:13:21.200 Could you just picture Kamala in the Oval Office meeting with Putin, with world leaders, Zelensky, Keir Starmer, Macron, Georgia Maloney.
00:13:33.540 Could you just how much would she fumble the bag if Kamala was in office? 1.00
00:13:38.160 Thank God we have to.
00:13:39.640 Go ahead, Vinny.
00:13:40.540 Well, I just want to say that fake impeachment with Vindman and all that, that has nothing to do with them going to war.
00:13:46.040 It was a, by the way, it was someone who heard from someone else that they heard him on the call saying something.
00:13:52.300 It was all BS.
00:13:53.400 And they even released a transcript that it was a perfect call.
00:13:56.700 So I don't know how you're correlating that with an actual invasion and Joe Biden saying, yeah, they can do a minor incursion.
00:14:03.980 He was inviting them to attack.
00:14:06.060 So that's what I'm saying.
00:14:06.740 You weren't picking on me because it doesn't, it doesn't correlate.
00:14:09.220 My point is, that's why I gave you the disclaimer.
00:14:11.700 I'm not, I'm just saying he did have something to Ukraine.
00:14:14.200 He got impeached over Ukraine.
00:14:15.280 Yeah, but Adam, he got impeached.
00:14:17.040 Whether it was a perfect call or a horrible call, he got impeached.
00:14:19.760 Russia, it's all bullshit. 0.96
00:14:20.840 Everything with that is BS.
00:14:21.760 Correct.
00:14:22.300 We're not disagreeing here.
00:14:22.840 Everything is BS.
00:14:23.900 Well, and with impeachment.
00:14:25.880 Is Epstein also BS?
00:14:26.600 Is all this stuff BS?
00:14:27.240 Oh, no, that's not, no, that's not.
00:14:28.440 So what I'm going with this is not.
00:14:28.900 Don't get him started on that.
00:14:31.420 No, what I'm going with this is not.
00:14:32.320 I had Michael Wolff on a couple days ago.
00:14:34.400 Two days ago, yeah.
00:14:34.940 And I spoke to him.
00:14:36.100 And I was expecting him to go hardcore Trump, all this other stuff.
00:14:41.300 He actually didn't.
00:14:42.040 This is the first time I saw him where he wasn't fully, it's all his fault.
00:14:46.240 What he did say is he says they were friends in the 90s and whatever, 2000s.
00:14:49.460 They had a 15-year friendship because they would spend some time together.
00:14:52.860 But I was expecting more to come from Michael.
00:14:55.660 Instead, a lot of other things came up about other folks.
00:14:58.200 But let me stay back on this because I went off a little bit.
00:15:01.260 The point you were making here, Vinny, is on what happened there, it's true when you're thinking about the timing back then.
00:15:07.340 But today, now, if they hold this meeting with everybody, where do they do it?
00:15:11.720 Because some places, if he travels to, those countries can arrest him on crime, what do you call it?
00:15:18.380 Crimes against humanity?
00:15:19.020 Crimes against humanity.
00:15:19.820 I don't think he can go to Germany.
00:15:21.460 Putin you're talking about?
00:15:22.660 I think Putin cannot have the meetings on certain places.
00:15:25.440 They're talking about, you know, I think Putin wants UAE or Russia.
00:15:29.840 They're talking about back to Alaska again.
00:15:32.620 I think there was a Budapest, Geneva, Switzerland came up.
00:15:37.140 So this next meeting for them to be had, you know, could be a lot of different places.
00:15:40.820 But there's a few other things in the visit.
00:15:43.560 Rob, can you pull up the clip of when they're standing there?
00:15:47.660 And he says, wow, look at that picture right there.
00:15:50.340 Bad day.
00:15:51.860 Bad day.
00:15:52.700 Remember that?
00:15:53.580 That's a bad day.
00:15:55.300 You know which one I'm talking about?
00:15:56.360 You didn't see this?
00:15:56.880 Oh, you didn't see this one?
00:15:57.380 Oh, this is a great clip.
00:15:58.460 So watch this, what he does.
00:15:59.720 He's pointing to the butler painting.
00:16:00.860 So watch this.
00:16:01.680 Go back a little bit, Rob.
00:16:02.780 Watch this.
00:16:07.440 Not a good day.
00:16:09.040 That was not a great day.
00:16:14.440 I got shot in the ear.
00:16:16.060 It was not my finest moment.
00:16:17.540 He just understands.
00:16:18.080 He gets it.
00:16:18.660 By the way, let me tell you, that moment was 12 seconds.
00:16:22.180 Yeah.
00:16:22.360 That probably got 50 million, 100 million online views, right?
00:16:26.300 He understands that's 12 seconds.
00:16:29.460 That's what you call a brilliant marketer and a negotiator in one.
00:16:34.320 Yeah.
00:16:34.560 That's what he's got for.
00:16:36.340 Everybody looks at him like, ah, shit.
00:16:38.260 He's been a good day for a lot of us.
00:16:39.980 He knew it.
00:16:40.340 He knew it.
00:16:40.740 He knew it.
00:16:40.880 You know what I'm saying?
00:16:41.540 Yeah.
00:16:41.720 So it's interesting when he's playing all of those things, and then afterwards, there
00:16:46.220 was the hot mic moment that was released on both sides.
00:16:48.860 Did you hear this hot mic moment?
00:16:49.840 I didn't hear the hot mic.
00:16:50.360 So there was two hot, no, hot rock.
00:16:52.600 Hot rock.
00:16:53.340 Hot rock.
00:16:53.820 Can you just stand over there, please?
00:16:54.860 There was a couple hot mic moments that took place.
00:16:58.520 One of them was with European leaders.
00:17:01.180 The other one was with Trump.
00:17:02.360 Which one do you have, Rob?
00:17:03.200 The hot mic moment.
00:17:03.420 This is where the European leaders praised Trump for dealing with the press.
00:17:08.560 Okay.
00:17:09.200 Go ahead.
00:17:09.660 Go ahead.
00:17:10.100 That's all we ask for is fairness with the media.
00:17:12.320 Thank you all very much.
00:17:13.340 We appreciate it.
00:17:14.480 Thank you very much.
00:17:15.440 Where's the hot mic?
00:17:26.160 Right here.
00:17:32.300 Oh, thank you for being so fair.
00:17:36.560 Watch this.
00:17:39.400 All the time.
00:17:40.320 But he loves it.
00:17:41.140 He loves it.
00:17:42.220 He does it always.
00:17:44.200 Who's saying that?
00:17:46.180 Georgia Maloney?
00:17:46.700 Ah, the moment she says it, you speak.
00:17:49.200 This guy.
00:17:49.880 Go back a little bit.
00:17:50.600 You speak Italian now?
00:17:54.460 I never want to speak with my friends.
00:17:56.500 He's a very good friend.
00:17:57.640 I don't know for you, man.
00:17:58.640 Yeah, I know.
00:17:59.160 He went to college.
00:17:59.760 But he says you always.
00:18:01.000 I never wanted to speak to my press.
00:18:03.340 She doesn't.
00:18:03.980 That was Georgia Maloney. 0.96
00:18:04.820 Yeah.
00:18:05.080 She hates Italian.
00:18:05.360 Because they see the issues with the press, right?
00:18:07.860 But then there's another hot mic moment, Rob.
00:18:09.980 Right?
00:18:10.360 Where, you know, Trump is talking.
00:18:12.360 Is this the one?
00:18:13.000 Go ahead, Rob.
00:18:13.640 Go ahead.
00:18:14.200 Go ahead.
00:18:15.360 Go ahead.
00:18:16.140 Thank you.
00:18:18.100 Go ahead.
00:18:18.980 Go ahead.
00:18:22.080 Yeah.
00:18:22.620 I think he'll set up a trilateral.
00:18:23.940 Yeah.
00:18:25.060 Go ahead.
00:18:25.400 Go ahead.
00:18:25.660 Go ahead.
00:18:26.280 Yeah.
00:18:26.600 I think he wants to make a deal.
00:18:28.500 I think he wants to make a deal.
00:18:30.100 I think he wants to make a deal.
00:18:32.140 You understand that?
00:18:33.140 As crazy as it sounds.
00:18:34.400 Here, sit down.
00:18:35.420 Sit down, everybody.
00:18:36.560 He wants to make a deal.
00:18:37.480 With me.
00:18:38.060 Trilateral.
00:18:38.620 Yeah.
00:18:38.780 He wants to make a deal with me.
00:18:40.440 Can I ask you a question about what he...
00:18:41.800 Honestly, how much of a percentage do you think...
00:18:45.500 Because I think he'd be safe.
00:18:47.540 Putin's not stupid, okay?
00:18:49.420 Trump going to meet him in Moscow.
00:18:51.100 How much of a statement would that be?
00:18:52.720 Like, listen, the guy is cool.
00:18:54.800 He's going to treat me with respect.
00:18:56.060 I came to, you know, Alaska.
00:18:58.980 I'm going to go out there and show everybody.
00:19:00.220 Like, this is the respect that he's going to show me.
00:19:02.760 And I'm going to show him.
00:19:03.440 What do you think, Pat?
00:19:04.760 Listen.
00:19:06.100 To go into the belly of the beast.
00:19:08.500 Yeah.
00:19:09.000 So, when you think about that, there's a couple things.
00:19:12.160 In negotiation, you want the other person to come to you.
00:19:14.500 Yes.
00:19:14.840 That's a power, you know, sign of strength.
00:19:17.340 And the part here that Trump doesn't have to think about that.
00:19:22.180 He still may.
00:19:23.420 They all came to you.
00:19:25.040 Putin came to Alaska.
00:19:26.200 Came to you.
00:19:27.660 Zelensky and the leaders came to you.
00:19:29.900 I think it would be wild if this was done in Russia.
00:19:35.120 I think that would be epic if it was done in Russia.
00:19:38.180 I don't think the EU leaders would agree.
00:19:40.560 No.
00:19:41.000 And I don't think Zelensky would agree.
00:19:42.820 Because the same way Putin wouldn't go to Germany,
00:19:45.700 Zelensky wouldn't feel safe going into Russia.
00:19:47.640 He wouldn't want that.
00:19:48.860 But if I'm Trump for optics, dude, I'd love this thing to be in Russia.
00:19:52.380 It usually happens, like, at a neutral foreign site.
00:19:55.440 Yeah, exactly.
00:19:55.700 The Camp David Peace Accords gave a place for Egypt and Anmar Sadat and Hakan Begin to come together.
00:20:03.920 And then the Helsinki Accords.
00:20:05.800 And then Reykjavik, where the U.S. and Reagan and Gorbachev met to talk about salt and salt, too, I think it was called.
00:20:14.640 So it's pretty traditional to pick a place that's sort of like a neutral field.
00:20:21.380 Go play the Super Bowl in a separate city where nobody has their own fans there and nobody claims favoritism or power moves.
00:20:27.240 Well, Reagan was West Berlin, right, when he announced, tear down that wall.
00:20:32.500 Oh, yeah, that was a speech he made there, but it was in Reykjavik, when he said to Gorbachev,
00:20:37.560 Gorbachev's, what did you want me to say?
00:20:40.460 And he turns to him and he said, you should have said yes.
00:20:44.360 That's right.
00:20:45.120 That's right.
00:20:45.820 Pat, you're absolutely right.
00:20:47.540 Don't forget, who's the big boss right now?
00:20:49.860 It's Trump.
00:20:50.480 And it ain't even close.
00:20:51.220 It's not even close, yeah.
00:20:51.720 Every world leader is coming to the United States, whether it's D.C., whether it's Alaska, to meet with Trump.
00:20:58.540 U.S. is still the world's number one superpower.
00:21:01.100 And you know who's conveniently just like not involved in this whatsoever?
00:21:05.340 Canada?
00:21:05.880 It's China. 0.90
00:21:07.040 China, I mean, they're not invited.
00:21:08.400 We don't need them around.
00:21:09.300 They're not involved in the war.
00:21:10.500 The whole world is trying to figure out this peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
00:21:15.620 And China is over there sort of excommunicated, doing their own communist thing over there.
00:21:19.860 Let's leave them be.
00:21:20.620 Yeah, and by the way, there's a reason.
00:21:23.220 But I promise you, you know, I had Ray Lewis here yesterday.
00:21:26.440 We did a couple of our podcasts.
00:21:27.940 And he was telling me when one time, you know, Bernie Sanders, the running back, okay, obviously Barry Sanders.
00:21:35.360 I said Bernie Sanders because that lady on ESPN didn't even know when Drewski was wearing a Barry Sanders jersey and she claimed Shador Sanders. 0.56
00:21:42.760 So he tells me one time that Barry Sanders is coming in at a game where he's fighting for a record or whatever.
00:21:49.380 He says, listen, we watched him.
00:21:50.720 We knew he was coming.
00:21:51.980 You know what we did?
00:21:52.600 We said to the team, nothing's going to happen.
00:21:54.280 And the guy ran for 41 yards.
00:21:56.100 2.2 yards of carry.
00:21:57.400 He's telling the story, right?
00:21:58.620 You know who's watching every single clip as if a team that's sitting on the sidelines that they're about to have a bye week because they got another game coming up next week.
00:22:09.860 But they're studying the tapes.
00:22:11.280 China's watching everything. 0.89
00:22:13.120 China's watching every. 0.86
00:22:14.860 They've watched that thing.
00:22:16.360 The mic, what do you call it?
00:22:17.840 The hot mic.
00:22:18.780 They've watched that probably 600 times.
00:22:21.920 And they have probably used AI technology to hear other conversations from 20 other people with 60 different screens studying everybody's body language, how people reacted.
00:22:33.180 That's probably how in-depth they've gone.
00:22:35.020 That's my assumption because, you know, they have a target on what they need to go after, and that's Taiwan. 0.75
00:22:39.580 And they almost need to do that because, you know, what you see with the numbers that are coming up with China that they really were affected by tariffs.
00:22:47.380 Do you guys know what day today is?
00:22:48.580 Does anybody know what day today is?
00:22:49.920 Today happens to be the National Lemonade Day, okay?
00:22:52.360 Today.
00:22:52.880 It's actually the National Lemonade Day, okay?
00:22:56.960 So when you think about the National Lemonade Day, we launched this campaign a few months ago.
00:23:01.960 If you remember, Rob, if you can go to it, it was the Zested Forward Lemon Box, which ended up becoming a hit.
00:23:09.720 And we got so many awesome stories and testimonies.
00:23:12.680 The other day, I was reading all the reviews at the bottom of what stories people were saying and the reaction they got from folks.
00:23:17.640 It's absolutely awesome.
00:23:19.000 I'm going to read this to you.
00:23:20.060 Imagine someone's having a bad day.
00:23:22.060 Things are not going the way they wanted.
00:23:23.560 This box shows up.
00:23:24.840 Value tainment.
00:23:25.720 They open it up, and there's a message there, okay, an inspirational message there that they hear.
00:23:31.280 And then outside of the inspirational message, there's a few items.
00:23:35.440 A Zested Forward hat, Future Looks Bright hat, a few other items.
00:23:40.000 And it's a way.
00:23:41.460 What is that audio, Rob?
00:23:43.140 Is that Adam?
00:23:44.000 You?
00:23:44.380 Okay.
00:23:45.040 So I want to read some of these stories to you of people who use this and send it to others and what their experience was from the people that received it.
00:23:54.860 So here's one.
00:23:55.820 Hello.
00:23:56.280 Yes, yes, yes.
00:23:57.120 Amazingly, Zest, help me surprise.
00:24:00.300 Help me to surprise gentlemen who has everything and more for his 90th birthday.
00:24:04.500 That's awesome.
00:24:05.380 He was looking and listening to Patrick.
00:24:07.340 Never seen anything like that.
00:24:08.840 Whispered.
00:24:09.540 Great idea.
00:24:10.760 Touch the heart.
00:24:12.100 Me too.
00:24:12.580 Thank you.
00:24:14.300 My appreciation is going out to you, Lilia.
00:24:17.400 Okay?
00:24:17.680 So that's one right there.
00:24:18.620 Next one.
00:24:19.600 My sister-in-law is going through chemotherapy.
00:24:22.100 She was very surprised and blessed by the gift.
00:24:24.560 Thank you for thinking of such a lovely gesture.
00:24:26.900 God bless you.
00:24:27.940 Here's another one from Eric Stewart.
00:24:30.720 My customer is going through some hard times with business and family.
00:24:34.180 The VT Lemon Box put a smile on his face with a heartfelt thank you.
00:24:38.160 Great idea, guys.
00:24:39.020 I can go on and on and on with these stories.
00:24:41.280 Folks, if you know a friend or family that's going through challenging times, go to vtmerge.com, place the order, zest it forward to somebody, make someone's day.
00:24:49.740 Sometimes the best feeling in the world isn't receiving the gift.
00:24:53.440 Sometimes the best feeling in the world isn't you getting the promotion, isn't you getting all of that.
00:24:56.860 Sometimes it's just doing it for somebody else.
00:24:58.300 So if you want to start your day, you know, for me, anytime I was having a bad day in sales the last 25 years, the first thing I would do when I would go through a lot of rejections, I would call five of my clients or five of my guys, and I would tell them how amazing that I would find a way to make somebody else's day.
00:25:12.400 Then my spirits would come up.
00:25:13.860 Then I would perform and go out there and, you know, make my calls and meet with my clients that I needed to.
00:25:18.140 So if you want to be able to do that for somebody else, send this to someone.
00:25:21.720 Not only will you bless someone's day, but it's going to come back and do the same thing to you.
00:25:25.140 So that's one.
00:25:25.680 Number two, August 27th, I want to remind you guys of what's happening here on the campus.
00:25:31.000 August 27th, we're giving private tours of the entire campus.
00:25:36.040 Right now we're building a soccer field here.
00:25:38.220 Literally we're building a futsal field here, one of the biggest futsal fields in all of the state of Florida that's being built right behind me as we speak.
00:25:45.080 Every time people come and see our campus, they're like, we had no idea you guys had nearly 200 employees and you guys are doing all this stuff.
00:25:50.380 Yes, this is what we do.
00:25:51.500 Really?
00:25:52.000 Yes.
00:25:52.260 So if you're somebody that wants to come and get a private tour of what we're doing here at Valuetainment, line holding, all you need to do is have a ticket that you bought to go to the Valk Conference.
00:26:04.160 So if you're somebody that's going to the Valk Conference, if you get a general ticket, you can come here to network in the hangar.
00:26:09.500 There'll be a lot of surprises there.
00:26:10.700 But if you're somebody that gets a platinum or an executive, our guys will give you a tour of the entire operation.
00:26:16.660 Obviously no cameras when you come to the executive floor.
00:26:19.320 And if you get a founder and a CEO ticket sold out, but if you get a founder ticket, and even if you're an existing CEO ticket holder, you come through, I'm going to give you the tour of the entire property.
00:26:28.340 Multiple times with all the other people that are coming down.
00:26:30.680 We've already had hundreds of people that have registered.
00:26:34.040 This is limited to a certain amount of people because we're going to have security all over the place.
00:26:37.680 If you want to go out there and get registered, get yourself a ticket.
00:26:40.700 Rob, how does somebody register to put their names on the list?
00:26:43.240 I'm putting the link in the description right now, and it'll also be pinned in the chat.
00:26:46.560 Okay, perfect.
00:26:47.200 So he's going to put in the link in the description, and it'll be in the chat.
00:26:50.160 So those two things.
00:26:51.460 Either make someone's day or get yourself a ticket to go to the Valk Conference.
00:26:55.220 Come and get a tour of the office here and network with nearly 400 other people that will be here as well.
00:26:59.960 It'll be a fun time.
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00:27:07.680 We'll see you next time.
00:27:08.680 Bye.