Trump Got Something Right for a Change

0:00Irreverent news talk, opinion, satire, it's Newsweek radio, I'm Jesse Edwards, and it's not often that I find the opportunity to praise an idea that's been floated by President Trump. but I would be doing my audience a disservice if I didn't give credit when credit is due. And I'd like to take the time to use this as an example of how I'm not above complimenting my enemies. I think it's a healthy practice that we should all engage in from time to time, if only as an exercise of intellectual honesty. Yesterday, Trump said on social media that his administration is moving to ban Wall Street from buying up single-family homes, and I was absolutely blown away.

0:39It's an incredible idea and it's long overdue and if Trump can somehow manage to pull it off, the point is going to go to him for doing it. What, am I not supposed to say that because I identify as an ever-Trump conservative? Hell no. There's no rule that says I can't agree with someone with whom I detest when they say something halfway intelligent. Insert metaphor about broken clocks here. Banning Wall Street from using their massive wealth and power to unfairly compete with and outbid individual families for starter homes at scale is the only rational thing to do. Why don't you force some massive liquidation sales while you're at it because there's no reason for corporations to own residential property in the first place.

1:20Not when they can afford to outbid an average American who's just looking for a place to call home just so BlackRock can turn around and rent that same three-bed, two-bath to a family for three grand a month plus utilities. Oh, and you also have to have a 730 credit score and 12 references now just to rent something basic. Toss in first, last, and deposit, and you might as well just buy a house, but now you can't because BlackRock bought up all those houses and handed them over to a soulless property management firm that will put you out on your ass if you're a week late with the rent. So yes, it's an incredibly good thing that Trump is threatening to rein in Wall Street when it comes to residential property.

1:54I'm not going to hold my breath that he's somehow capable of pulling it off without breaking something else, or that he's going to follow through with his word on that matter, but if he said it, I'm going to support it. To be fair, yes, he has made a plethora of exotic and tantalizing statements similar to this in the past that we have yet to see come to fruition. Abolishing the income tax is a big one for me. You're not going to have income tax to pay. Whether you get rid of it or just keep it around for fun or have it really low, much lower than it is now, but you won't be paying income tax.

2:24If you know anything about Newsweek Radio, you'd know that I'm a hardcore never-Trumper, but I've always said that if he can somehow manage to get rid of that pesky old income tax for at least, say, the lower 80 % of earners, I would have to take back every bad thing I've ever said about the son of a bitch because, at least in my heart and mind, the ends would finally justify the means. If and when that day ever comes, I'll let you know. But we're just not there yet, and I have no reason to believe we will ever be. That's the problem when you put a billionaire nepo baby who destroys everything he touches because he's never had anything to lose or any real skin in the game into the White House twice.

3:00This is a man who has an entire graveyard of failed ventures in his portfolio and not in a cute way like Walt Disney in the failure worship from the right. Yes, from his multiple failed casinos to the Trump University fraud. At Trump University, we teach success. That's what it's all about. Success. It's going to happen to you. To the Trump Steak Company. When it comes to great stakes, I've just raised the stakes. The Sharper Image is one of my favorite stores. Don't forget about Trump Vodka, which somehow failed in a country that will straight-up drink lighter fluid if you slap a cool label on it.

3:35From Trump Airlines, which managed to crash without ever leaving the runway. To Trump Mortgage, which crashed during a housing crisis that he claimed to understand better than anyone. Don't forget the New Jersey generals of the United States Football League, which he helped run directly into the ground because he couldn't stand not being the loudest guy in the room. Do you remember GoTrump.com? Or Trump Magazine? seen? Trump ice-bottled water was a flop, and so was the Trump network pyramid scheme. And how could we forget about the charitable foundation that was shut down for self-dealing? With the countless contractors he stiffed because not paying your bills apparently counts as business genius in his world.

4:13This is a man who puts his name on everything except for accountability. A man who's confused branding with competence, attention with success, inherited wealth with intelligence. Trump didn't rise to power because he's good at building things. He rose to power because he's good at walking away from the damage he causes and convincing the next mark that the disaster was somebody else's fault. Hell, half of his own followers put him into power because they know that he's nothing more than a crazed bull in an antique store that kicks and spins until every last piece of history has fallen from the shelf and shattered on the floor into a million pieces.

4:49Trump is the anarchy vote. The main reason his own people voted for him was to punish the entire system for becoming the weak and woke bureaucracy that it did. Unfortunately, the cure was just as bad as the disease, and it escaped the containment barrier and has now infected the minds of seemingly half the country. But it is good. It's good that Donald Trump is pushing back against Wall Street owning residential property. And yes, it's even good that Trump is floating the idea of getting rid of the federal income tax. It's good that Trump has at least rescheduled cannabis down from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3.

5:24He's even talking about term limits for Congress, for crying out loud. Let's also not forget what Trump has done to combat institutionalized wokeism by dismantling DEI programs across the board in government agencies. Look, I know the score here and I am keeping track, and even Trump gets it right once in a while. Just not enough. Oh yeah, by the way, we're still waiting on those Epstein files, Mr. President. Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? You know those millions of files that your own DOJ has admitted they've only seen 1 % of so far? Yeah. Yeah, Trump is still unfit for command because he's always been unfit for command.

5:58I just wanted to prove that I could say nice things about anyone. Even Donald Trump. That's it for today, and until we can do it again, it's Newsweek Radio. I'm Jesse Edwards. Catch you next time. Bye. And we say bye-bye. Newsweek Radio is a member of the Trust Project. I want to be more effusive. I want to really... What you got to... At Trump University, we teach success. That's what it's all about. Success. It's going to happen to you.