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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: February 5, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now | February 5, 2025
- Good evening, i'm alan jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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- I was thinking back to 1775.
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- It was the turning point in the fight
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- Between the new american colonies and great britain.
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- I remember hearing about the shot heard round the world.
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- It was the start of the revolutionary war,
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- With just some verbal shots and a large media megaphone.
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- President trump
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- Has set a global sign that things are going to change,
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- Or else china, mexico and canada are going to have
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- To stop people from wandering into the us aimlessly.
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- They're also going to have to stop the flow of drugs
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- That have been coming across our border for years now.
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- People who are here illegally are going to be sent home.
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- Government spending will shrink,
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- Taxes will be cut, and those who get in the way
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- Looks like they'll be fired.
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- There'll be no more dea,
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- At least not the government sponsored versions.
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- No more big tax breaks to try to subsidize
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- Electric cars that people don't really want.
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- We're going to know if the food we eat is safe,
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- And the us is not going to sit back as the chinese leadership
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- Tries to muscle past the us military.
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- Well, folks, we prayed for the truth
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- To be told and for change
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- That better reflected our biblical worldview.
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- And it seems, at least for the time being,
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- That we've gotten it even more so than some of us
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- Imagined was possible in such a short time
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- With so many big issues on the table.
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- We've asked the veteran reporter and author david drucker
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- To help us go through as much of this as we can.
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- Tonight. welcome back. david.
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- Good to see you. thank you.
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- Well, in addition to what i've already mentioned,
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- There's the matter of the rank insubordination.
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- At usaid.
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- Spending has been cut off when it was discovered
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- That $70 billion was being sent for global projects
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- That don't often align with u.s.
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- Objectives worldwide.
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- The projects are bizarre things like $2 million for sex
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- Changes in guatemala, 32,000
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- For transgender comic books in peru, another $2.5 million
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- For electric cars in vietnam, 1.5 million for dea in serbia.
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- That seems essential.
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- And the list goes on.
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- And there's no accountability.
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- So there's a hold on any new spending,
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- And the department may be moved.
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- Undersecretary of state marco rubio.
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- David, what taxpaying american would agree with what?
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- With that money being spent for humanitarian aid.
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- And it's really go into those kind of projects.
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- It just seems bizarre.
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- Well, look,
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- There's a lot of money
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- That the federal government spends and without regular
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- Audits and regular accountability,
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- Some of this stuff can either get out of control
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- Or seem as though it's out of control.
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- So i think the real question
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- Going forward here is, does the trump
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- Administration want to put an end to what usaid
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- Is and does and doesn't have a legal means to do so?
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- Or do they simply want to cull through these programs
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- And eliminate the ones that they don't
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- Feel really enhances u.s.
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- National security and our image around the world
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- And help us counter russia and china,
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- But continue with the agency's original objective.
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- But there are concerns in washington that what
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- The trump
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- Administration really wants to do is end the agency altogether.
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- And they highlight programs like these,
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- Which clearly need to be looked at
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- As a way to diminish the reputation of the agency
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- And gain the political capital to shut it down.
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- On the other hand, there are
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- People that that don't believe that the u.s.
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- Should be spending money on even good programs overseas.
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- And i think what you're getting, at least
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- From the administration's allies,
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- Is a push to eliminate the agency
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- Altogether, including some of the programs
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- That you wouldn't put in that same category,
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- Because they actually do help accomplish u.s. objectives.
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- Well, you mentioned the agency's original mission.
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- Can you remind us what that was?
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- Well, it's really to further u.s.
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- National security to improve the image of the u.s.
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- Around the world, but really to help us counter u.s.
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- Adversaries, right?
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- I mean, there are countries like, russia and china, russia
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- These days bogged down in ukraine.
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- So maybe not so much with china, for sure.
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- That run around the world with money
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- And doling out as a means to acquire allies and tie countries
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- To china and the chinese economy,
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- Putting them in a different sphere of influence
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- Than that of the united states.
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- And there is an argument to make that money spent overseas
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- In foreign countries, which a lot of americans don't
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- Always understand, particularly
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- In times like these, when inflation is high
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- And the economy has been a little rough,
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- And they wonder why we're doing this or why
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- We're doing this, is to counter a rising china, keep the u.s.
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- As the preeminent
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- Global power, and keep the us out of a hot war
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- That that it might otherwise have to fight to do so
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- To keep the chinese on its heels.
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- That's what you want programs and agencies like this to do.
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- Well, the president's verbal shot
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- Was certainly heard in beijing, ottawa and mexico city.
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- All three countries have agreed to some of what
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- Trump wants to keep illegal drugs
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- And criminals from walking straight into the u.s.
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- Without stopping.
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- The new defense secretary has explained
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- How part of the mission will work.
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- Listen to what he said.
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- As we've said from the beginning,
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- No one will wait on the defense department.
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- We will be a key element of expulsions and mass deportation.
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- So as we identify criminal illegals in our country,
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- The military is leaning forward to help with,
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- With, moving them out to their home countries
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- Or someone else in the interim.
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- Now, if there's if they can't go somewhere right away,
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- They can go to guantanamo bay.
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- With china pushed back with some tariffs of their own.
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- But it appears to be more of a token to save some pride
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- For their leader,
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- Who's already agreed to talk with president trump.
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- David, it looks like the shots may be working.
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- Well, we'll have to see over time.
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- What the impact is here.
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- China has global ambitions.
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- And i think before they ratchet up,
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- Their response to trump's tariffs,
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- They may want to see exactly how serious the president is.
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- The, you know, the canadian and china and mexican
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- Deals are interesting
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- Because the president often makes the argument that,
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- We need these tariffs to improve american competitiveness.
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- And here he was willing to stand down on the tariffs
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- In order, to get security guarantees.
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- And, of course, canada and mexico are presenting
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- These deals domestically as wins for them as well.
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- But clearly, you know, these are the sorts of things that
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- President trump said he would do when he was campaigning.
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- And so far, there isn't a negative reaction
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- Or negative impact,
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- To how he's going about doing this.
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- But we have to watch these things over time.
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- They can have a long term positive impact on the u.s.
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- Economy and u.s. national security.
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- You know, some of our allies and our adversaries can also get
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- Impatient and get testy with how we deal with them,
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- Which would then require additional steps.
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- And we'll just have to see how this unfolds.
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- Well, not many people understand the trade imbalance.
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- So the president put this out, listen to his comments.
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- Canada has been very tough on oil, on energy.
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- They don't allow our farm products in essentially.
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- They don't allow a lot of things in.
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- And we allow everything to come in.
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- It's been a one way street.
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- We subsidize canada by the tune of about $200 billion a year.
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- And for what?
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- What do we get out of it?
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- We don't get anything out of it.
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- Do you think trudeau will want to leave
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- Office, being known for pushing back on president trump,
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- Or will he do what seems fair for both countries?
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- You know, i don't think he'll want to leave office,
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- Being known domestically inside canada
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- As somebody who bent the knee to donald trump.
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- And so i think you have to look at this both ways.
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- Second of all, you know,
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- There are very different economists of different points
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- Of view about trade imbalances and how they actually operate.
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- And, you know,
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- If the president has a problem with trade between mexico
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- And the united states or canada, in the united states
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- Right now, it's it's a product of the united states
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- Mexico trade deal that he negotiated when he renegotiated
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- Nafta during his first term as president.
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- So, in a sense, he's criticizing the deal that he made,
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- During his first term.
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- The american economy is simply much bigger than mexico is or
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- Canada's is the biggest economy in the world.
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- We are naturally going
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- To purchase more products both domestically and abroad
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- Than other countries are going to purchase from us.
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- You know, obviously,
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- There's a concern
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- Among american, among americans, voters, companies,
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- Industries that they have access to foreign markets.
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- But looking this is a dollar for dollar comparison
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- Isn't necessarily the right way to look at it.
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- And we've seen domestically lots of trump allies
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- Very concerned that the tariffs
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- Are going to hit them and their states, for instance.
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- Senator chuck grassley of iowa,
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- Who cannot be accused of being a trump opponent,
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- Was on on social media just the other day.
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- Pleading with president trump
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- To exclude the something known as potash,
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- Which is very important for iowa farmers
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- That they import from canada.
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- And i guess can't get anywhere else, or at least not reliably.
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- So i think this really works both ways.
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- And we're really not going to
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- Know how trump's trade policies really work
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- If and until he really pursues strong tariffs as opposed
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- To using them as sticks to secure other deals.
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- But some people would suggest
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- That if he only uses them as sticks,
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- You know, he may not necessarily look at them as economic
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- As the economic boon, that he talks about.
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- We need to take a short break before we turn to more on
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- All the change taking place these days.
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- You can jump in by
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- Sending us an email to comments at alan jackson now.com.
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- We'll be right back.
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- We'll be right back.
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- We're back now with a veteran writer
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- And political reporter at the dispatch, david drucker.
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- Bobby kennedy has been approved for hhs secretary.
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- After some pushback from the democrats.
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- I want to ask you about his plan to make america healthy again.
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- Isn't that something everyone should be interested in?
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- What are you hearing about the program itself?
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- Yeah.
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- So, robert f kennedy
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- Jr was approved in committee, i believe floor vote,
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- Could be this week or could be next week.
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- So still some.
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- It's still up in the air slightly,
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- But with the republican support he has, he's certainly
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- Looking, like he's in a good position.
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- Look, i don't know anybody, that doesn't want to, you know,
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- Quote unquote, make america healthy again.
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- It's a good slogan.
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- Different people may have different ideas
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- About what healthy means.
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- You know, the
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- Concern about bobby kennedy all along has been his position
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- On vaccines. i don't mean the covid vaccine.
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- I mean proven vaccines,
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- Like the measles vaccine and the polio vaccine
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- And a whole host of others.
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- Will he, you know, try and block access to those vaccines?
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- Will he try and block, research and development,
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- Government funding and support for those things?
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- And, you know, he he has assured people quietly,
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- At the very least, or tried to assure,
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- Concerned senators that that's not his interest,
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- Even though it's been among a part of his life's work.
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- But that's really, you know, what this is all about.
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- I haven't really seen
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- Anybody argue about his, you know, desire to improve,
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- Farm products and and do other things
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- That would improve, you know, americans health, so-called.
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- It's just a matter of, you know, how people look at this.
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- More than a dozen just at the
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- Justice department,
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- Employees who were involved in prosecuting president trump
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- Have been fired.
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- Do you think the rest of the department
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- Is getting the message
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- That lawfare will no longer be tolerated?
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- I don't know, because there are democrats
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- That look at the idea of, firing people
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- Just because
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- They worked on a certain case at the direction of superiors
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- As lawfare itself.
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- And so for some people, we've gone from one form of perhaps
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- Justice department politicization
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- To another form of justice department politicization.
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- And, you know, i mean, the american people
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- Still remain pretty split on donald trump,
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- Although he's in the honeymoon phase.
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- And and a lot of people are giving him a chance.
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- And so,
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- I don't think we can
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- Look at these actions and just conclude that
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- They're going to be interpreted one way or the other.
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- Well, let's move to the pentagon.
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- The president signed an executive order
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- Eliminating the diversity, equity and inclusion programs
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- From our military.
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- He's also reinstated troops
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- Who were discharged for refusing covid vaccines.
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- Do you think that will help with the recruiting shortage?
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- I think that could and i think, you know, eliminating
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- Dei programs in the government,
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- Is something that's not going to get a lot of pushback.
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- I mean,
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- It had a lot of support, continues
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- To have a lot of support, sort of on the far left.
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- But i think for most people in the middle
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- And either even center left, some of these programs
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- Have seemed a little bit off base at the very least,
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- If not misplaced.
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- And being more flexible when it comes to things
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- Like the covid vaccine,
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- And, and programs like the one you mentioned,
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- I think this could help with recruitment.
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- But it continues to be a major issue.
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- And we're going to have to see
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- How the administration deals with this going forward.
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- Well, david, you live and work around
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- A lot of government workers.
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- How's the return to work or take a buyout going over?
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- We don't know yet about how the return to work is going over.
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- It just hasn't been long enough.
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- I think i've heard mixed signals when it comes to the buyouts,
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- There are a lot of government employees
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- That have dedicated their life or spent their careers,
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- Depending on what one
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- You want to look at it working for the government.
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- There are certain government employee classifications
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- That has to do with how much you get paid,
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- What kind of pension you are due.
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- That could discourage people from taking buyouts
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- Because it would impact
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- How they might be employed with the government
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- In the future, should they ever go back in.
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- It could have an impact on their pensions.
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- So i'm not convinced of these buyouts,
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- However generous they may
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- Be, are going to necessarily have the impact trump
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- Administration may want.
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- But again, it's only been a couple of weeks.
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- And so we don't really have enough information
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- To make any sort of determination.
- 00:14:31.127 --> 00:14:33.530
- Well, david drucker, thank you for joining us again.
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- I'm sure we'll have many more visits in the months ahead.
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- Thank you.
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- Coming up next, my thoughts on how to process the change
- 00:14:43.073 --> 00:14:46.109
- And later your emails.
- 00:14:46.109 --> 00:14:47.711
- Stay right where you are.
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- Stay right where you are.
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- The new administration has ushered in changes
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- At a rapid pace.
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- Some of the changes include making federal employees
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- Show up to the office for work.
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- That's a radical idea.
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- Using our military to secure our border, eliminating
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- Diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the military.
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- Sounds like a good idea to me.
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- Making our military combat ready for any situation.
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- I thought that was the goal.
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- Now the tariff confrontation with china, decisions
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- And counter decisions.
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- Some pundits are saying
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- Times will get tougher and the economy will get worse.
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- Some are saying the new administration
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- Is leading us down a path of conflict.
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- Well, i
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- Don't believe that conflict is always a bad thing.
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- I believe peace and conflict could actually go together.
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- I don't believe they're mutually exclusive.
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- The most common definition
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- Of peace in the dictionary is a state of tranquility.
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- But there's a second definition that i want to focus on
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- For just a moment.
- 00:15:51.151 --> 00:15:52.318
- Peace is defined as a state of security.
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- We find the second definition used frequently
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- In our new testament by jesus himself.
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- In john 1427, these are jesus words.
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- Peace i leave with you.
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- My peace i give you.
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- I don't give to you as the world gives.
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- Don't let your hearts be troubled.
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- Don't be afraid.
- 00:16:09.469 --> 00:16:11.337
- When jesus said that he wasn't
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- Leading a life that was quiet or tranquil.
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- In fact, most places jesus went, there was turmoil.
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- He was rejected frequently.
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- He was ultimately tortured to death on a roman cross.
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- So for him to say, you can have my peace,
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- Well, there's not a great deal of comfort in that.
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- If you think of peace merely as a state of tranquility.
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- Jesus understood peace as a state of security.
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- You never find him anxious.
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- Well, i want to establish a new baseline for you and for me.
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- I believe we can lead lives
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- That are defined by a sense of security,
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- No matter the turmoil that's taking place around us.
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- We can have peace through his strength.
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- I'll be back with your emails in just a moment.
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- Stay with us.
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- Stay with us.
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- You know, on behalf of all of us who work on this program,
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- I want to thank you for taking the time to send your emails,
- 00:17:08.796 --> 00:17:11.665
- Your perspectives and thoughts.
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- We all look forward to reading them.
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- It helps us plan what our future will be.
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- Carol emailed about the january 30th program.
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- She said, i'm so thankful
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- That you put a program on about china.
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- Little is said about the dangers they are to the world.
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- There's an old saying that says,
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- Give him in an inch and he'll take a mile.
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- Thank you for your program.
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- I enjoy watching it.
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- Well, carolyn, i think that china has taken
- 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:34.822
- A lot more than a mile.
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- They have they there a agenda to really
- 00:17:36.323 --> 00:17:39.793
- Dominate the global community and see america diminished?
- 00:17:39.793 --> 00:17:43.164
- It's not even thinly veiled.
- 00:17:43.164 --> 00:17:44.532
- It's just brazenly been on display for a season.
- 00:17:44.532 --> 00:17:47.601
- Perhaps president trump will be able to curb that a bit
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- If we have the will to support him.
- 00:17:50.404 --> 00:17:52.339
- Laurie from georgia wrote i'm afraid of all the ai talk.
- 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:55.176
- Should we be using these apps?
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- Well, the only time new technology is introduced,
- 00:17:57.978 --> 00:18:00.047
- The it's easy just to be frightened.
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- I don't think that's the best solution.
- 00:18:02.950 --> 00:18:04.285
- I think we've got to understand it.
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- I think where we can we can utilize it.
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- But i think we
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- Have to become wise consumers, informed consumers.
- 00:18:08.622 --> 00:18:12.059
- I have a friend. he's very bright.
- 00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:13.961
- He immigrated our nation from china.
- 00:18:13.961 --> 00:18:15.596
- He earned a doctorate degrees from mit and harvard.
- 00:18:15.596 --> 00:18:19.533
- But he's warned me
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- Repeatedly that the greatest threat to our freedoms is ai.
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- So i think we have to be engaged enough to see that it's
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- Used for our good and not for our harm.
- 00:18:27.575 --> 00:18:30.844
- And finally, amelia from mapleton, georgia.
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- Thank you for all you do.
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- I pray that god will bless you with good health
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- So that you can have strength
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- To preach, teach, and do your nightly tv show.
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- I read your daily devotional first thing every morning.
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- God bless you.
- 00:18:44.291 --> 00:18:45.693
- Well, amelia, thank you for taking the time to pray for me.
- 00:18:45.693 --> 00:18:48.662
- And for those of you listening, if you will.
- 00:18:48.662 --> 00:18:50.097
- I'd like to give you an assignment.
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- There are people in your life who make a difference.
- 00:18:51.532 --> 00:18:54.435
- Their voices make a difference.
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- You depend on their relationships.
- 00:18:55.869 --> 00:18:58.038
- Cultivate the habit of saying
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- A short prayer for them every day.
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- The things that
- 00:19:00.808 --> 00:19:01.775
- Amelia said she was praying for me,
- 00:19:01.775 --> 00:19:03.410
- That their health will remain strong,
- 00:19:03.410 --> 00:19:05.479
- But they'll have clarity of thought
- 00:19:05.479 --> 00:19:07.047
- And that the impact of their
- 00:19:07.047 --> 00:19:08.148
- Lives will ripple on for many years to come.
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- We'll offer those kind of prayers.
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- I believe god responds.
- 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.822
- It'll make all of our lives better.
- 00:19:14.822 --> 00:19:16.490
- Just a reminder if you miss our daily broadcast,
- 00:19:17.424 --> 00:19:20.060
- You can find the program each evening.
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- It's posted to youtube.
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- The address is on the screen.
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- You can watch it
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- At your convenience so you never have to miss an episode.
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- Well, if you haven't yet, take a moment
- 00:19:30.738 --> 00:19:32.039
- To send your emails to comments at alan jackson now.com.
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- They do a lot to shape our show.
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