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In many circles, former Governor Mike Huckabee is known for his down home, common sense. While fighting grows in the Washington sandbox, Huckabee has created his own lane, diagnosing problems and creating a wealth of solutions for success.

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Huckabee Today | Mike Huckabee: January 20th, 2025 | Huckabee Today | January 20, 2025

And good evening.
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Welcome to huckabee.
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Today, a wonderful program that is soon going to disappear.
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Hello, i'm mike huckabee, and if the senate affirms
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My nomination,
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I'm going to morph
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Into a diplomat and service president trump's ambassador
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To the state of israel.
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That is going to be a big change.
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But before the morphing begins,
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We still have this bully pulpit.
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So let's pull back the curtain
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On a world that rarely lets us backstage.
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I'm talking, of course, of big league politics.
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We're going to go beyond
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The surface of speeches and commercials and superpacs,
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And look at how the sausage is made.
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I'll introduce you to colin reed.
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He's been with us before.
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We like to say he's a triple threat.
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He runs campaigns, advises people in office,
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And helps strategize for corporate clients.
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Colin, good to have you back with us.
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And i'm going to jump into it by just setting the table.
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We've got a new congress,
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A new senate, a new president all coming in.
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We're maybe in motion for some dramatic changes in washington.
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What do you think are going to be some of the big things?
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We'll see.
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First of all, congratulations to you
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And everything you're about to embark on.
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And the country is lucky to have you.
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And we'll miss you here.
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But looking forward to seeing everything that you're
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Going to do in that important part of the world as well.
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And look, president trump is bringing in a great
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He's bring in a great team.
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He's look, this is what the world's greatest mulligan.
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So rarely in life do you have the chance
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To do something over the way the president is.
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And there were many successes
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In the first term,
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And there's going to be many successes in this current term.
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And i think the difference is, governor,
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Between eight years ago and now, or just the enthusiasm,
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The optimism and this idea that this country
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That has been careening around so listlessly over
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The last four years is back on track.
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The adults are back in charge,
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And there's people who are going to make good decisions,
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Not just for now, but for the future
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And and really just right the ship.
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And there's a lot of work to be done
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And there's not a lot of time to do it.
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I think the president knows that.
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I think he's got people around him who are well aware
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It's time to strike while the iron is hot.
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I think you made a good point,
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That it's rare that you get an opportunity to do it again,
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And sometimes a person gets reelected,
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But then it's just a continuing of what he was already doing.
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This time, donald trump comes in with some very different
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Assumptions and understandings
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That he did not have four years ago,
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And certainly not eight years ago.
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I think it's going to be
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A dramatically impactful presidency.
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I look at the people that he's appointing.
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They're all disrupters.
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He is not bringing in people
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That say, hey, here's the oil can.
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I've just been handed by joe biden.
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Let's go and grease up the machinery of washington
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And keep it going like it is.
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We're seeing people come in with chainsaws and, jackhammers,
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And they really want to, disrupt the flow of things as it is,
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Which i believe is why
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The american people gave him a very overwhelming mandate.
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Let's talk specifics.
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He's appointed a
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Couple of, well suited business people.
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Elon musk and vivek ramaswamy charged them
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With the idea of finding government efficiency.
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Now, that is an oxymoron in itself.
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Government efficiency.
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What are the challenges they face?
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And are there some things that they can actually get done
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Trying to find waste, fraud and abuse in government?
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I think it's really important, governor,
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That he chose those two people from outside of government
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Because the old way of doing things
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Clearly wasn't getting results.
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And let's be really honest, it's
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Hard to cut things in government
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Because everybody has something they like and it's always hard
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To remove things.
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But at the same time,
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Anyone watching your show right now,
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Anyone who's balanced a budget in the private sector,
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In their small business, or even their family knows
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You can't just spend, spend, spend, spend, spend
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More than the money that's coming in.
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And of course, the left's
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Other side is always, let's raise taxes.
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Let's just extract more revenue
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From the hardworking people who earn it.
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And that's not the answer.
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The answer, of course, is cutting the fat,
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Cutting them, cutting the waste.
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And look,
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Elon musk, we know from a swami they've never been in
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Government before.
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So they don't face those same pressures.
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Donald trump
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And the republicans who have been elected, they do.
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But but president trump also has a mandate.
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He's got four years.
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He doesn't need to face voters again.
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He can really make some hard,
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Tough decisions that will right this country
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Because we cannot just keep going.
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On the track we're at at some point.
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All we do is, is just hint, hint, hint.
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We'll put more money for the chinese communist party.
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And there are efforts to supplant us
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And take over the world,
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As the global global economic superpower.
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Donald trump has
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Appointed some people
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That have given heartburn
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To dc people like pete hegseth and defense department.
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When i listen to his testimony before the senate,
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I sat there and i asked myself if i were
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A grunt soldier in uniform, what would i think?
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And my thought was,
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I would be so glad to have a real soldier
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Sitting in that chair, not some corporate puppet
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Who is going to come in and figure out
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How many different contracts
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He can get to his pals in the defense industry.
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And i think it's that kind of appointment
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That bodes well for a real shakeup in dc.
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And i look at pam bondi at the attorney general office.
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We've got some folks that are really better
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Prepared than the press is ever going to give them credit for.
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Well, look, we've got look at the current administration.
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Their resumes are longer than the day is long.
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And look at the results we got from it.
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And especially
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At global affairs, of course, there was the fiasco
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In afghanistan that really, in many ways, was,
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Set the motion of events that led to the
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Just the unwinding and the overall unraveling
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Of the biden presidency, because the american people
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Thought this guy's in charge.
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And look what just happened.
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And that was overseen by the national security apparatus
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That's been in place with him, for the last four years.
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So sometimes,
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Having experience doesn't necessarily make it qualified.
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And, look, there's no doubt the president,
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President trump takes over at a time of great global, tumult.
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But anyone who's working for and this is the commonality,
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I think, is we've been watching over the last few weeks
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Some of these confirmation hearings.
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Anyone who anyone that goes up there,
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They are know they're speaking for the guy who won 77
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Million votes, the guy who went out there
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And said, this is what i want to do. this is why i'm running.
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The other side has their vision.
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And the american public broke
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Decidedly in favor of president trump.
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And i think that's one of the big things, everyone.
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The popular vote is a big deal because the democrats
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Always use that to legitimize somehow, his election
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As though he weren't properly elected.
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Of course, that's not how our system works.
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And between that and the russiagate, nonsense,
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They really tried their best to kind of just,
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Put sticks in the spokes early on and trip him up.
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He doesn't have either of those impediments this time around.
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Of course, a lot of the mainstream media,
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The other thing, governor, is the democratic party
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Is just in complete disarray right now.
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They're an absolute shambles.
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They can't even get out of their own way.
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They're still arguing about whether or not joe
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Biden would have won over kamala harris is ridiculous.
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And until that opposition, figures
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Out a way to get off the mat and they will at some point,
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It's just clear sailing for president trump
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Because there's no one in that party
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Who's capable of stopping him. at this point
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In time, with the momentum he's got at his back.
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I mean, the clock is running.
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He's probably got two
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Really good years ahead of getting big things done
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Because he's got the house and he's got the senate.
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But let's face it, he's got a very slim margin in the house.
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And sometimes you have people that they all want
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To bring their spoon
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And their spice into the kitchen and doctor up the soup.
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And how do republicans
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Get to the place where they bring some unity
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And they quit the infighting.
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They stop trying to pretend that all of them can be speaker,
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And they rally around the flag
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And help this president get his agenda through.
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Well,
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We saw that
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At the end of last year during the speaker's fight.
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You're right, governor,
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The margins are extremely narrow.
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They're even smaller than they were last time.
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And then we have this debate about whether or not
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Mike johnson should get reelected.
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Look, it's
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Fine to have misgivings with any certain, elected leader
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And what they've done in office.
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But the reality is,
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The house republicans had no one but mike johnson step forward
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As a as a credible and legitimate leader.
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And then president trump came in and said
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To those who are wavering
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And we're on the fence saying, look, this is my guy.
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This is the person who's going to get my agenda across.
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I'm the one who won all those votes.
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Get behind him. and they did.
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So i think that was a good lesson
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In terms of picking the speaker.
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I hope those same principles apply
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Toward governing because that's frankly more important.
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And yes, there are all three branches of government right now
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Run by the republicans.
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Yeah, the house
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Gop is most
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Tenuous given the margin there and given some of the
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Different personalities there.
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But everyone knows
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That they have a very short amount of time to do it.
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This is if there's one thing that the republicans
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Have to be very careful of, is they
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They made a lot of really big promises
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Last time on the campaign trail.
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The american public bought them and they were into them.
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But now they got to deliver. and that clock is ticking.
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And, governor,
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I don't know that it's two years because this time
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Next year will move into the midterm elections
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A little back into the silly politicking again.
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So it's really the calendar year of 2025 is a time,
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To make hay,
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Because after that, the sun may not be out as much anymore.
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Excellent point.
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And i think that's right.
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But we're going to continue looking
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Into what collin reid sees ahead.
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We'll be back after this break.
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And more with collin reed right after this.
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We are back with collin reed.
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He practices both politics and humility,
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Shining the spotlight on others and advising political figures
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How to perform under that spotlight.
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Tell him we were talking about
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What congress has got to do,
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And they certainly have some big items.
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If you were outlining for the senate and the house
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And say, these are the things you've got to focus on
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Right away, get them done, then move to something else.
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What are the big ticket items that they've got to tackle?
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Well, success begets success, governor.
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If there's one thing that republicans of all stripes
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Can rally around is the idea that
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Taxes should be lower, not higher.
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So first order of business, get those trump tax cuts renewed.
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Your viewers may not know this, but unless congress acts
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This year, 2025, everybody faces a tax increase.
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Come 2026.
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Those trump tax cuts, they worked.
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They set the wheels in motion for the strong economy
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We had pre-pandemic.
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They need to get extended
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And congress needs to do its job now, not the last minute.
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Procrastinating is is, of course,
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Something that happens in life, but it can't happen
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The way we saw the end of last year.
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Everything ended the last minute.
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And the reason for that
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Is because many small businesses, many entrepreneurs,
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Many mom and pop shops are watching and waiting
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Because they benefit from these tax provisions.
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So if they're having to wait the entire year
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To see if these tax cuts are going to be extended,
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They can't plan,
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They can't expand, they can't hire more people.
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Business thrives. uncertainty.
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Anyone in the private sector knows that.
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And that's that's a businesses need.
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So that's first and foremost.
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And then governor after that, get that early win,
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Get people feeling good,
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Get the wind at their back and then get to work
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On the president's energy agenda,
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Because energy is the thing that the
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The biden administration,
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They have had their foot at the throat
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Of america's energy producers the last four years,
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And it has led to record high gas prices.
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President biden slinks out of office
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With the highest gas average gas price ever.
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There's a reason for that.
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America's energy, oil and gas producers.
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And by the way, president trump knows this.
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There's a reason he talks about energy
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And talks about energy the way he does.
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He knows it needs to be done.
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It's the private sector that will do that.
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America is blessed.
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We are blessed by our creator with the some of the most
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Wonderful natural resources.
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We need to use them to lift others up
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And it'll help with inflation.
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It'll help bring down prices, and it'll just make make america
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Feel like things are moving in the right direction.
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So those are the first two places to start.
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I think those are absolutely the right call,
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Because both of those would have immediate
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And significant impact on the overall economy.
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Getting people back to work,
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Putting money in their pockets from their jobs,
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And lowering the cost of everything they have to buy.
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So let's hope that that's exactly
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What happens in
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The congress wants to work with the president to do it.
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This president is going to inherit a
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I would just be blunt and say a foreign policy mess.
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It was robert gates who was the former
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Defense secretary under george bush
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And then worked in the obama administration,
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Who said that joe biden has been wrong
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On every foreign policy issue for the past 40 years.
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We have seen that for the past four years
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On a foreign policy level, where are some areas
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Where donald trump could score some big victories
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By making policy changes?
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Well,
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The president trump is very similar to,
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Honestly, the situation that president reagan
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Inherited in 1981 when he was taking over from jimmy carter,
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The world felt adrift.
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Our adversaries felt ascendant.
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It just didn't feel as though america was at her best.
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And all it took was a turning of the page
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And some strong new leadership to try to turn things around.
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And we're seeing similarities
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Play out with the hostage situation.
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That's going on right now.
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Look, in terms of, in terms of, of, of foreign engagement,
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The one thing where i think president trump can is
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And we saw this in his first term,
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You don't have to speculate on these things.
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And that's what makes this so fun.
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As we've seen,
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But by virtue of the president's first term,
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We've seen some of that's how he operates.
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We've seen some of the successes.
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It's just getting tough on terror again.
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Not not not retreating.
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And, president trump, for all the talk, the,
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President biden holds himself out to be this
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Foreign policy mastermind because he spent a million years
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In a senate hearing room.
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President trump was the one who eradicated isis.
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President trump was one who took out
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A lot of these, terrorists.
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And he kept our adversaries
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On their heels because they were guessing
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And they were never quite sure where he was going to go.
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With president biden, there was just this idea
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That any sort of reaction would be slow,
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It would be delayed, and it would, frankly.
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And we paid the price.
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So, look, i think by virtue of
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Just the administration changing hands,
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Things are going to change, fairly quickly, for the better.
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It's been interesting, colin.
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You know, typically
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After a republican wins,
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All the celebrities say they're going
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To move out of the country.
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They never do. we wish they would.
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But while a few have said that, maybe a couple of laughs,
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I don't know. don't care.
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It doesn't seem that there is as much pushback
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Against the election of donald
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Trump as there was eight years ago.
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I mean, on the inauguration day, you had madonna saying
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She wish you could go blow up the white house.
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You had all the,
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Loud mouths talking about how we were going to go
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Into a world of nazi ism, which continued to be repeated
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During the election, but since the election.
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And it was so overwhelming and decisive,
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It seems like that a lot of people have kind
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Of cooled their heels.
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And we've got people like elon musk.
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I'm sorry, not elon musk, but, mark zuckerberg and jeff bezos,
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Who are buying big tickets to the inaugural
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Going down to pay respects to donald trump.
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I mean, this is a different world today.
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It sure is.
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And there's a number of factors for it.
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I think first and foremost is this idea that the president
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Trump is is ushering in a new cultural norms.
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They always say politics is downstream of culture.
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But when you saw nfl players doing the trump dance last fall,
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Things just felt different.
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You've got these tech, ceos
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Going to meet with the president and writing
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Large checks to his inaugural to show their support.
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It's just night and day from how it was last time.
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And what it says to me, governor, is
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President trump has an opportunity here,
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Much like and probably honestly,
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For the first time since president reagan
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More than 40 years ago, to usher in a new a new day in america
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That doesn't just last
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Between his, his four and eight years in office,
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But extends beyond that, that has a tail that things
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Aren't just undone the minute the democrats take back over.
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And i think that speaks to the idea, the, the, the coalition
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That the president has put together is different
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Than previous republican coalitions.
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It's got young people.
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It's got people nonwhite people.
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It's got working class people.
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And he's speaking to them. he's meeting them where they're at.
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The democratic party is just not
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They are just not anywhere near
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The concerns, the priorities, the fears, the hopes
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Of the american people.
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And that's the coalition that if if president trump
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Got for four years
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And then whoever comes after him,
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It'll be their charge to keep on.
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But this could be a revolution that that lives on beyond
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Just the trump era.
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And i think you're seeing the early seeds of this
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Being planted
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Right now
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In terms of a lot of these business
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Leaders, the culture of phenomenon, that you referenced.
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Garland reed, thanks for joining us tonight.
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And good luck as the transition continues.
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Well stay tuned.
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We're going to be looking at your emails coming up next.
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We'll be right back.
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Welcome back.
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We're going to take a look at some of the things
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That you have been saying to us by way of your email.
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This comes to us from bill.
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And he says,
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You know, governor, i think i have a good sense
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Of humor and enjoy decent comedy.
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It seems now i found another source of comedy
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And what might, some might call an unexpected place.
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Every time i get on the internet and i look at what
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The mainstream media publishes about president trump,
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I just have to laugh.
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He says it's simply becoming more and more ridiculous
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With each passing day.
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So far, i haven't seen anything that was actually truthful.
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I see nothing but outlandish statements
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And meritless claims about the incoming president.
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All i can do is laugh because these ridiculous claims
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And statements deserve nothing more.
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I think that's a sentiment bill is one we all have.
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The press has so discredited themselves with their,
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I guess, hyperbolic reaction
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To everything donald trump says or does.
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Some of us.
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We kind of like what he does and even what he says.
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Bob from pine city, minnesota, says, i'm concerned
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That bill gates is buying up farmland in the united states.
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What's the reason for his controlling farmland
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And our food supply?
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I'm concerned about his ability to sell farming land to china,
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And maybe that's the reason why he's doing this.
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250,000 acres
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Is a lot of crops to give away.
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She goes on to say, i will miss your two shows
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And had a couple of tears.
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And your last week in show.
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I'm going to miss your daily show too.
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Barb, for what it's worth, i had a few tears myself
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Giving up that weekly show that i did
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For seven and a half years in nashville,
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And it's going to be hard giving this one up as well.
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But to address your question about bill gates,
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Something's not quite kosher to use the word
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I'll probably be using a lot in the coming days.
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Excuse me.
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I don't know why bill gates is buying up the farmland,
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But it's not because he's known
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As a long time farmer with an agricultural sense.
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I think we better keep our eyes on him and on our farmland.
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This comes to us from rita.
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She lives in republic, missouri and says,
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I'm praying for the lord's shalom to rest upon you
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As you navigate through this upheaval in your life.
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Some of it may not be easy, but he is with you.
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Whenever you mentioned that your first trip was in 1973,
00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:52.350
My first trip began in june of 73
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When i embarked upon a junior year abroad program.
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I ended up staying through the
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Yom kippur war until the following june of 74.
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You know, truth is, rita, we were both
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There the same time.
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The summer of 73.
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I'm amazed we didn't bump into each other.
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But like you, i fell in love with the place.
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And now i'll be going.
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Not for a tour, but for a very special task.
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Coming up, i got some final thoughts to share with you.
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So stay with us.
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The world of politics is fascinating.
00:20:34.326 --> 00:20:36.828
As someone who's watched from outside and from the inside,
00:20:36.828 --> 00:20:39.998
I can testify it's never dull.
00:20:39.998 --> 00:20:42.734
You duck and weave where necessary,
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And with some luck, you survive to face the next problem.
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The late congressman mo udall once summed up
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What he called the politician's prayer.
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O lord, give us the wisdom to utter words
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Which are gentle and tender.
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But tomorrow we may have to eat them.
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Well, i'm mike huckabee, and we're on the air
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From little rock.
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Each weekday evening, at least for the rest of the month.
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Thanks for watching,
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And stay tuned for allen jackson right here on tbn.
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Until our next time together.
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Good night and god bless.
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