Trump Gets The Last Laugh (Ep. 2599)

21 Sep 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 26 chapters

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In short

Dan Bongino argues Trump’s Greenland deal is a “classic Trump 101” negotiation tactic (start with a maximalist ask, then negotiate to the real goal) and criticizes media claims that it’s being misrepresented. He also attacks coverage of Trump limiting press-pool access, saying it’s not an assault on the free press.

Guests

No guests are interviewed in the provided transcript. Bongino references outside commentators and sources, including David Brody (summarizing the negotiation tactic) and a Fox News segment; he also mentions “Andrew” and “Justin” as show staff.

Key claims

The deal gives the U.S. permanent security control/rights in Greenland, bars non-NATO countries (Russia/China) from bases, and expands U.S. early-warning and strategic capabilities. Bongino claims the media “freaks out” and that Trump’s approach repeatedly “lands the part he came for.” He argues press-pool access is a privilege, not a constitutional right, and that Democrats/media hypocrisy is shown by past outrage over other administrations’ press restrictions.

Notable examples

Greenland’s strategic missile/shipping/Arctic positioning; comparisons to “1951”; references to poverty/crime/border statistics; “Red News, Blue News” coverage of poverty-rate reporting; clips about press access and “fake news” framing.

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Chapters

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Frustrations with Media and Trump

0:11 to 2:40

Dan expresses his frustrations with the media's portrayal of Trump and discusses the importance of understanding Trump's negotiation tactics.

“How many times do we have to go through this?”

Weekend Update: SEC Football Experience

4:11 to 8:04

Dan shares his experiences attending an SEC football game and expresses his love for the South and the culture surrounding it.

“No, it's not a Where's Waldo segment, and I don't like to burn a ton of time on my weekend updates.”

The Art of the Deal and Greenland

8:04 to 14:01

Discussion on Trump's negotiation style and details about the Greenland deal, emphasizing its strategic importance.

“So how many times we got to talk about this, the art of the deal?”

Geopolitical Importance of Greenland

14:01 to 18:17

Explore the strategic significance of Greenland for U.S. national security.

“adversary can ever have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland without our express written approval.”

Media's Role in Political Narratives

18:18 to 22:16

Discuss the media's coverage and its implications for press freedoms.

“It links the region to its polar silk road, but the decisive battlefield is space.”

Media's Role in Political Narratives

25:10 to 25:28

Discuss the media's coverage and its implications for press freedoms.

“bondcharge.com, use code BONGINO, save 15%.”

The White House Press Pool Controversy

25:29 to 28:00

Examine the ongoing debate regarding press access in the White House.

“Again, crying victim, pretending like they've had no role in Donald Trump limiting access to the press room, not limiting access to the press.”

Discussion on Media Principles and Free Speech

28:00 to 29:08

The hosts critique media outlets and discuss the principles of free speech in relation to covering President Trump.

“Remember this from 2021 with these fakes and phonies?”

Kamala Harris and Media Access

29:08 to 30:46

A discussion about Kamala Harris's remarks on media access to Trump and the implications for press freedom.

“Again, any of you out there on the left or in the Doomer Grifter class too that just hates Trump and counter messages everything he does, at least be honest.”

Misinformation and Political Accountability

30:46 to 32:58

Exploring how political figures address misinformation and the limits of free speech in political discourse.

“right to cover the president as you see fit.”
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Bongino's Experience with Censorship

32:58 to 34:56

Dan Bongino shares personal experiences of being censored on social media platforms for his views.

“Folks, I worked for the president I'm back in the media I don't have a White House press pass I don't I don't even think we asked one But I don't have it Why?”

Critique of Media's Double Standards

34:56 to 39:44

Bongino critiques the media's hypocrisy regarding their treatment of Trump and Obama in relation to press freedoms.

“fights have you ever fought okay you remember the twitter files december 9th 2022 the twitter files where he said of blacklists before elon owned twitter now x twitter used to blacklist people for political wrongthink.”

Final Thoughts on Media and Press Freedom

39:44 to 42:01

Concluding remarks on the media's role and the ongoing debate about press freedoms and responsibilities.

“It's conveniently forgotten by all these media folks.”

Media Bias Against Trump and Fox News

42:01 to 43:18

Discusses media bias against Trump and Fox News's portrayal.

“Your colleague, Anita Dunn, told the New York Times this week that Fox News was undertaking a war against the White House and said the White House would treat Fox the way we would an opponent.”

Introducing Red News, Blue News Segment

43:19 to 44:15

Introduction to a segment about media coverage disparities.

“But these guys took this Red News, Blue News, and Justin produced a good one.”

Introducing Red News, Blue News Segment

44:16 to 45:07

Introduction to a segment about media coverage disparities.

“Yeah, it's been a, I was screaming a lot this weekend at the Auburn game, like a lot.”

Introducing Red News, Blue News Segment

45:10 to 45:26

Introduction to a segment about media coverage disparities.

Red News vs. Blue News on Poverty Rates

45:27 to 46:28

Analyzes how poverty rates are reported differently under Trump and Biden.

“Thank you Must be 21 for handgun ammunition.”

AI Coverage and Political Agenda

46:29 to 48:52

Discusses media's fear and sensationalism regarding AI under Trump.

“Having as few people in poverty as possible is a good thing?”

The Potential of AI Technology

48:53 to 53:08

Explores the benefits and fears surrounding AI advancements and its future.

“Here are the very real dangers if we screw this up.”

Public Perception of AI and Personal Impact

53:09 to 56:01

Engages listeners about their views on AI and its implications for health.

“To deploy robots at scale, we need to deliver a robot to your home.”

Exploring AI and Personal Health

56:01 to 57:50

The discussion reflects on the impact of AI on personal health choices and technology adoption.

“You know, maybe he thinks it's like R2-D2, like a benevolent technology.”

China's Control and AI

57:51 to 1:00:08

Analyzing China's perspective on AI and its implications for global control and safety.

“Because there was a tremendous amount of good news this weekend too.”

Personal Reflections on Cancer and AI

1:00:09 to 1:02:22

A personal story interwoven with the discussion on AI's potential benefits for cancer patients.

“and our threat deterrent system and our nuclear deterrent.”

AI's Risks and the Media's Role

1:02:23 to 1:04:46

Critiquing the media's portrayal of AI risks and calling for a perspective shift.

“I want to show you this Wall Street Journal article.”

Community Engagement and Comment of the Day

1:04:47 to 1:05:56

Highlighting community engagement through the comment of the day and promoting interaction.

“It's really like freaking beneath you, even in the left wing media.”
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Transcript

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0:02All America, all the time. Sit down, buckle up, and get ready for the Dan Bongino Show. How many times? How many times do we have to go through this? Not with you, my frustrations, not with you. My frustrations with the goons on the left, the media idiots, the doomers, the grifters, the bums, the zeros, the life losers. How many times do we have to go through this with trump and the order the freaking deal just read the freaking book justin do you read just read the book the book is called what book trump's book the book is called the art of the deal that's the book how many times media people i got a little pen some listeners sent me this it's a really nice pen the wood is he says is from uh one of the old school nightsticks from the old police officers back in the day.

0:57Really nice pen. Take a pen. Doesn't have to be this one because it's mine. You can't have it. Take a pen and just take notes. How many times are you going to get burned by this? Of course, I'm talking about Greenland. Trump's crazy. He's a madman. This is an insane demand as if he doesn't do the same negotiating tactic. You order a freaking deal every freaking time. Every time. Every time. Justin, how long have you been working here? A long time? How many times have we gone through this? Too many. I'm trying to help you media people. Why? Because I'm a good soul. And I just need you to get off the Xanax and the Benzos every time Donald Trump says something in furtherance of it.

1:46I just, I can't have it. Oh, I got that. I had a great weekend to my, I hope, my adopted mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters in the South. Man, do I love you guys and ladies down there. I grew up a Yankee in New York. I'm a Northerner. I can't fake the funk. That's an N. In case you get this on radio, that's an N. I'm just saying, like, I feel like I was a little bit ripped off not growing up in the South. I'll show you some pics from this weekend coming up in a second. I got a lot of show for you today. Greenland, just read the book. Hey, a lot of Americans try those weight loss shots.

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4:40However, Gators showed up. The Gators, I think, are a better team people give them credit for. There's me and the lovely Paula hanging there with the soon-to-be governor, current senator of state Alabama, and his proudest position, former Auburn coach. He's a senator. He prefers to be called coach, the great Tommy Tuberville. Got to hang out with him and his crew for a minute. It was awesome. If you haven't seen SEC football, folks, I'm sorry. This is not a sports show. You need to go down to an SEC. You want to love America even more if it's even possible, go to an SEC football game. I don't care if it's LSU, Texas.

5:18I don't care what it is, Oklahoma. I don't care with Georgia, Alabama, Auburn. This was me, my kids, and Paula on the sideline watching a flyover and with the national anthem going on, the whole stadium singing. If you have not seen an SEC football game, whether you like football or not, I'm sorry, but you really haven't lived yet. You are missing out. It is a bucket list item for everyone. I love the South. You folks down there have treated me like an adopted son. We walked around that place for probably 12 hours. Tailgates, we didn't even have a tailgate. We just like randomly showed up at other people's as they would call us over.

5:58We couldn't walk like 10 feet. It was just amazing to just, it reminds you again, I put out on Twitter this weekend, that there is a real world folks and there's a Twitter bot army. They're not the same thing. we probably we probably took a thousand selfies because i got a funny story for you this is quick there's always like one chuckle head though so i'm walking down the sideline on the field for a little bit because they were nice enough to let us watch the the eagle flight from the field and i'm walking to this field box on the sideline and everybody's like ah but you know i'm like hey i'm taking some selfies with people this one dude he must have been the only liberal in auburn that i I didn't tell you guys this, right?

6:40He's like a little bit, he could probably use some Ozempic, whatever. He starts like running down the stairs. I don't know what he was screaming, something crazy. I screamed something back, which I wish I got that on video. The dude, I don't want anyone to fall or hurt themselves. As the crazy liberal guy in Auburn, probably the only one in Auburn, is running down the stairs with his belly juggling and everything. He almost falls on his face and he's got that look. You know the look when you're about to fall? everybody starts laughing at him as he's screaming Bonchino yeah he doesn't even get that out of his mouth so everybody's laughing at him poor guy I feel for you I hope you didn't hurt yourself didn't look like he took too bad of a spill but control yourself I know liberals you got an issue with stuff I'm a big believer in free speech throw all the f-bombs you want however when you're doing it running downstairs you may want to pay attention to the next step first

7:36definitely not this chucklehead man watching this guy and the look the rage look in his face you know the rage look the liberal rage look oh my gosh i didn't know they had there's like the one liberal in all auburn okay so i got some important stuff to get to i don't do a weekend update too often however you know you guys are my family i feel like you should know what's up thank you to the folks in the south i really do i feel like i missed out you've never been more at home, man. I told Paul, I got to get a place down here in Auburn. I love it so much. So how many times we got to talk about this, the art of the deal?

8:09We have brought this up so many times. Of course, we're talking about Greenland, an incredible deal. Liberals, of course, are trying to play it down. It's the same deal as 1951. It is not the same deal. You're morons again. You're just upset that Trump is racking up W's left and right. Poverty rate lowest in U.S. history, crime rate, lowest in U.S. history, murder rate, border close, jobless rates, lowest in modern history, GDP projected to be 5%. You're just upset that POTUS, the boss, that he's there racking up dubs, W's left and right. You're just mad about it. You're just mad like a chucklehead guy who was running down the stairs and almost killed himself.

8:53you're just upset you're peeing your diapies you're clawing at your face the saliva is coming down your fangs you got the wide open crazy liberal camera eyes you almost fall down the stairs screaming and yelling like a lunatic you're just got a case of the mads and the sads david brody's good man summed it up on x i mean if you don't believe me believe him we've only discussed this a thousand times. Leave this up if you could. Here is the Donald Trump negotiating tactic. How do I know this? Because if you just read the book, The Art of the Deal from Trump, who's been doing deals his entire life in real estate and elsewhere, he talks about it all the time.

9:33You got your pens, libs? Stake out a maximalist position. I want Greenland. We're going to take it over. That's not his real position. It's almost never his real position. His real position is probably 50 % of that. I would like a bigger footprint in Greenland with the cooperation of people in Greenland and Denmark as well. We didn't traditionally have a deal also where the people of Greenland were included to the degree they are now. That's the differentiator. Here's David Brody explaining it. The Greenland deal is classic Trump 101. Start with a wild ask. We should own Greenland. I.e., not to use fancy SAT words, a maximalist position that's probably not his real position.

10:16Start out there to reset the window on what's negotiable and what's not. Get everybody freaking out, which the media always does, and then negotiate towards what you really want. Thank you, David. And what did he want? This is more of his tweet. A bigger, permanent U.S. security footprint in Greenland and a way to keep China and Russia out. Done. That's the deal. He notes you can hate the style, but this is how Trump deals. Start huge, create leverage, than land the part you actually came for. Holy Moses, how many times? Andrew, you haven't been here as long as these other guys. Justin, seriously, have we not discussed this Art of the Deal thing?

10:52Guy, you've been here at least 20 times with every freaking... Why do you look so depressed, Guy? Was he okay? That's true. That's just Guy's look. I should say. That's Guy's... He's like, dude, what do you mean? It reminds me of Maverick. Don't give me that look, man. It's the only one I got. This is Guy's look. but he's just happy what are you talking about he said he has he said they keep falling for it here's the book liberals please read it do we have to buy complimentary copies for everyone i'll do that here we go uh guys just so you know if you are from the new york times washington post and let's throw in and out let's throw reuters in there if you are a legitimate reporter for and you want us to buy you a copy of the art of the deal spread this on the web folks okay contact justin on x from your official verified account and we will buy you a copy and send it and send the tea is that okay just to stop so you don't need as much xanax and benzodiazepines and valium i'm just trying to save people's lives from the inevitable early morning heart attack every time donald trump takes a maximalist position you freak out give me the nitro pills and the baby aspirin i don't want to see you get dead i don't and you're gonna get dead because you freak out every time he does this and wins here's a clip from fox news over the weekend on this amazing new deal folks i'm gonna explain to you in a second because i think a lot of context is missing here too all right we were kind of joking around a little bit but funny time's over serious time again in my prior line of work over the last year you're briefed in quite often on things that the general public doesn't get understandably it's not like a flex it's not me who cares it's just true the president knows things you don't know i think that's fairly obvious this is a good explanation it's it's not so much classified obviously it's it's it was on x but it's a really great video i'm going to play a fox clip first and i'm going to show you some other videos is short and sweet of why this is such a momentous deal.

12:59And when you see it in video and picture, it'll make sense why Donald Trump was able to do what no president was able to do for decades, which is inking a more significant footprint in Greenland with the people of Greenland on board. Check out this Fox clip on what went down. The sweeping agreement comes after months of negotiations granting the United States permanent military rights on the strategically placed Arctic Island. It also bars all non-NATO countries like Russia and China from establishing military bases there. President Trump declaring victory in this historic deal with Greenland and Denmark, writing in a truth social post that the deal, quote, I am pleased to announce the United States of America has entered into an agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland that gives the United States permanent control over security and all other needs.

13:50And Greenland completely addressing all of our many U.S. concerns there. will be no cost to the United States. We will immediately begin the process of developing a large military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland. Additionally, from now on, no U.S. adversary can ever have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland without our express written approval. In July, the president spoke about strategic significance the island offers. Watch. Greenland is very important for the United States, but it's not important for Denmark. In fact, we took Greenland and then stupidly we gave it back.

14:24We shouldn't have given it back to them because we're the ones that need it. We need it for protection of the world, not just the United States. And it's very important. It doesn't help Denmark, but it helps us. And it's very important for us. Clinton says in the chat, smart move, Denmark. Glad you finally see the threat. It is a smart move. This is one of those rare geopolitical events. And I do mean rare because a lot of geopolitics, world politics, is zero sum, meaning what benefits the United States candidly may not benefit Grenada or Canada. This is one of those rare deals where, folks, everybody wins.

15:02Everybody wins. The people of Greenland have sovereignty. The people of Greenland, if they want to vote for independence later, we still have a deal. We get permanent basing. It doesn't lock out NATO. Matter of fact, it expands our NATO relationship. It only locks out people who want to do bad stuff, China and Russia. this is the rare deal where everybody wins and the media is still bitching and moaning somebody said to me this weekend i'll footnote it if i can in the future if i remember but they said the media loves their bmws and i said bmws what are you talking about bitching moaning and whining do you a hundred percent that's all they do it's okay to say this is a good deal and we still hate donald trump i don't agree with you i love the guy however however it's okay to say it's a good deal.

15:48We're living in an era, folks, of hypersonic missiles, hypersonic drones, underwater drones, nuclear weapons, automated intelligence and artificial intelligence, potential AGI, bot armies everywhere. You think it's important that maybe we secure shipping routes and a quick missile path to the United States from Russia that might, where Greenland would be a strategic element for us that can stop these threats. It's okay to say that's a good thing. You can stop with the BMWs. You can stop that now. Change your diapers, stop the whining, and move on. Here's this true social post, by the way, President Trump.

16:35I'm not going to read the whole thing, but I think this is the part the media, again, trying to play it down. It's the same thing as 1951. It's not. because they worked with representatives of Denmark and Greenland this time to guarantee that the U.S. will forever have the complete ability to do what's necessary in Greenland to secure and defend the security of Greenland and the United States of America. This is a momentous deal. Wake up. Smell it, kids. Smell it. Here's an explainer. It's about a minute, but it's worth your time. of why Greenland is so important, not just for shipping and icebreakers, the development of rare earths.

17:20It's also a critical national security location, Greenland, because of missile routes from Russia to the United States. You can just look at a map, liberal media people, and figure this out. Take a look at this. This is good stuff. Greenland isn't about land. It's about control of the Arctic and space. When Donald Trump revived his push for Greenland, Europe mocked it. They missed the strategy. Greenland sits on the shortest missile route between Russia and North America. That's why the US runs early warning missile radar there. Arctic ice is melting. By 2035, shipping between Europe and Asia could be 40 % faster.

18:01Russia already dominates the Northern Sea route, backed by the world's largest icebreaker fleet, including nuclear-powered ships. Since 2014, Russia has built or reopened 50-plus Arctic military sites. Its nuclear submarines hide beneath Arctic ice, strengthening second-strike capability. China calls itself a near-Arctic power. It links the region to its polar silk road, but the decisive battlefield is space. Early warning and surveillance satellites use polar orbits. Control the Arctic means control of missile detection and targeting.

18:44Andrew's like, he's like, dude, I wasn't in the FBI or the Department of War, right? Andrew, CIA, that's not on your resume. It's a great resume. That's why we hired him. But you were never there, correct? But even with no experience in the national security space at all, Andrew, you think it's important to be able to detect missiles above the United States? he thinks that would play a big role in national security like missile detection interception who did that who did that you're missing the show on rumble you don't know what you're missing right now join the live chat dude the only way to get our 1776 club it's kind of important go watch that netflix movie oh it's a little bit exaggerated but what's the movie uh the netflix movie about the missile launch i used to talk about a lot It's not that inaccurate.

19:32You probably have less than a half an hour to make a decision. Maybe if we get better missile detection over Greenland, it buys us five more minutes to decide if the world's going to engage in mutually assured destruction. Those five minutes could be important. Could be important. Here's for the liberals out there who don't know that video may have been too advanced. You're like orbital polar satellites. I don't really get that. I don't know what any of that means. Shipping lanes in the Arctic and in the north. I don't really get that either. That doesn't make sense. Missiles being able to get here quicker over the North Pole.

20:10That doesn't make sense either. Maybe this picture from Alan Poirier on X will help you. He says, in case anyone is wondering what Greenland is all about. Look at this. There's even a diagram. And it's even got a legend for those people who can't read. You can even have this thing. Have like a Google AI or something translated for you. Whatever. Use Grock. I don't care. Look at all the military bases in the Arctic. The red ones are the Russians. The red, Russian, get it? Okay. The blue ones are ours. The Russians have a lot of bases there. Why do you think they would do that? Why do you think an enemy of the United States, a sworn enemy of the United States, the Russians, that want to see a global rebalancing have all these bases?

20:51You think it's because there's critical minerals and if they attack us, they're going to use those routes? I think so. You think you could hide a lot of submarines up there for second strike capabilities or first strike capabilities if you're crazy? That sounds like what they would do, hide them under the ice. You can just look at the pictures, liberals. You don't have to crap your diapers every single time Trump opens his mouth. Please, the offer stands. I will buy you a copy of the book. so you cannot get dead and not have a conniption fit every single time the guy puts out a maximalist position settles for there it is settles for 50 and gets what he wants when no one else was able to do that oh gosh it's exhausting with these people and of course that wasn't the end this this was a crazy news i can see by the audience for only 20 minutes sitting here 41 000 people already.

21:42No, I can tell by the audience you're interested in another story too, because I am. The media freak out again over Trump limiting access to the press pool, not limiting access to the press. You think Donald Trump does a lot of press stuff? Justin's like, nah, now we never see him. Donald Trump probably does pressers out of an eight hour day for about seven hours and 59 minutes a day. Okay. Slight hyperbole. No one has done an answered Q and A more than Donald Trump. If you're going to freak out about his limitations on the fake news in the press pool, then you better put it in perspective of where you stood on the free press before, or we're going to make you look stupid, okay?

22:22He's not stopping press access. The press can cover him however they want. He's already said it. You, however, do not have a constitutional right to cover it whatever way you want, including in the pool. That's not the way it rolls. quick break and we'll get to that story and i'll show you some you want to see some media hypocrisy and we have a reappearance of uh key of mr potato head on the show he's back he's back potato head brian stealth we missed you brian well not really um hey listen every time you go to the grocery store to buy the same items you always buy and it costs more and putting daily essentials on a credit card can feel unavoidable right now but those double digit interest rates They add up fast.

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25:27Get that inflammation out. OK, folks, the media is doing what the media does best. Again, crying victim, pretending like they've had no role in Donald Trump limiting access to the press room, not limiting access to the press. They're making this out like they have some constitutional right, not just to cover the president, which they do, but to cover the president the way they choose. OK, President Trump put out on True Social this morning. The White House is not instituting an assault on the free press, something which I cherish. He does more interviews than everyone. The do matters, right? It's instituting an assault on the fake news, something that's grown like a cancer in our beloved USA.

26:08It's corrupt, purposeful, pervasive, fully coordinated and totally out of control. It's a threat to our national security. It must be stopped. Thank you for your attention to this matter, DJT. Folks, the meltdown went on and on and on this weekend. There is no constitutional right for the media to cover the president in some specific geographic location they choose at their time. Being invited into the White House press pool is a privilege. You can still cover the president. The president's going to do a thousand press conferences like he always does. He's going to answer questions. But please stop pretending.

26:43If you were. Here's my problem with this. I'm going to be straight with you. I am a vigorous advocate for free speech. I don't know any way to say that. The proof is in the pudding. There is almost nothing I won't do to protect free speech that's legal. I mean, you're not going to threaten people or organize a terror attack. You get the point. I am an enormous advocate for free speech. however the left has weaponized their platform to cause a serious national security crisis repeatedly over and over from the russia collusion hoax they could have started a freaking nuclear war over this thing they still haven't apologized for it and they think that they should get special privileges like none of us you know what you want to say open up the white house press room to like nick shirley cam haigby let her let o 'keefe in there let laura loomer in there like let others in there what what you're the only ones who can get it right because there's no evidence you ever got it right so now they're whining because it's about cnn and msnow formerly msnbc that they're not allowed the privileges of the press room but that's not what cnn said back in 2021 when potato head brian stelter was griping and moaning about fox news well fox news we should consider the fact that there were news out they're more propaganda i thought you guys were all principled you believe in free speech i do i do i'm not suggesting me limit your ability to cover the president You guys, however, are total frauds.

28:14Remember this from 2021 with these fakes and phonies? Check this out. As Fox radicalizes and as it becomes even more and more of a political tool, Zerwick, you wrote a column recently for The Sun about this saying Fox should be viewed as a political tool. And that raises a question. Should it be a part of the White House press pool? You know, should it be afforded the privileges that come with news gathering? Even though they do have some news reporters at the White House, you're saying they're primarily a political tool. So should that be reassessed, Zerwick? Listen, I really do. I think it's a discussion we need to have.

28:45Look, you're not supporting democracy. You're not supporting the larger values of this culture. They don't even stand up as a opposition party, but there's nothing journalistic in what Lachlan Murdoch said. And you know what? I say, hey, you know what? Let's take them at their word. Let's not let them on the plane. You want to let the Proud Boys on your plane, on Air Force One? No, I don't think so. These guys are doing the same thing. Folks, these guys are such frauds. Again, any of you out there on the left or in the Doomer Grifter class too that just hates Trump and counter messages everything he does, at least be honest.

29:19These people are not free speech advocates, free press advocates at all. Therefore, advocates for the press that puts out the counter messaging to President Trump. Anyone who goes out there and speaks honestly about the matter, about President Trump in perspective and tells you the truth about the Greenland deal, you'll do whatever you can to shut us up. So please stop the bull and pretending like you guys are on team free press. You're not. You're not. You want more receipts? We always bring receipts on this show. Look at him. Look at his guy. Oh, whoa. I didn't know you could even do it. Is that a guy?

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29:54I'm joking. Justin goes, of course, like it's a serious question. I really thought he transformed into Potato Head. I know. They're trying to teach me a lesson because I keep getting suckered by dog videos. I want to. I love dogs. I'm sorry. There's always these AI dogs with dogs like grabbing a dude. I don't care if they're AI. I love dogs. We can get people to adopt dogs. I will tell you it's AI. I won't lie to you, but whatever. I don't even care. Justin was dead serious. Stelter Morrison's the potato head. I go, is that AI? He goes, yeah, yeah. Thanks, bro. Thank you. Here, more receipts. Hat tip, the great Maze Moore, one of my favorite X accounts.

30:28Here is about a minute of Kamala Harris and other Democrats who are now really upset because the press has not been banned. I wouldn't support that at all. Press has not been banned from covering President Trump at all. Not even a little bit. They're just having their White House privileges revoked, which is not your constitutional right to cover the president as you see fit. Geographically speaking, what are you going to do next? You want access to his bedroom to see what he drinks and eats? It's a free price. No, it's not. No one's given you more access than this guy. Here's Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and the other goofballs, hate speech, misinformation.

31:06What does that mean? The answer is when Democrats and liberal media people talk about hate speech and misinformation, they mean Republican ideas and Trump ideas they don't like. Hat tip, Mays Moore. Check this out. His Twitter account should be suspended. The privilege of using those words in that way should probably be taken from him. There's no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech, and especially around our democracy. No right given to the people of the United States is absolute, and that includes the right to free speech. We are simply trying to create factually correct information to prevent harm to people.

31:45You shouldn't be banned from one platform and not others for providing misinformation out there. The First Amendment is not absolute. It does not protect any single thing anyone says. And what this committee has been trying to do for the last year and a half is to chill the federal government from monitoring what is going on on social media. There are Americans who are engaged in this kind of propaganda and whether they should be civilly or even in some cases criminally charged is something that would be a better deterrent. This is a matter of corporate responsibility. Twitter should be held accountable and shut down that site.

32:28It is a matter of safety and corporate accountability.

32:36Brothers and sisters, let's please stop with the my principles. M-U-H, my principles. This is not about principles. Nobody is making it illegal to cover the president in a negative manner. He just said in his true social post, I cherish the right to a free press. Having a White House badge Folks, I worked for the president I'm back in the media I don't have a White House press pass I don't I don't even think we asked one But I don't have it Why? This is not my big R God-given right To walk into the White House And cover the president from the press room The Brady press room That's not I can cover him however I like on the show I can Yeah, didn't we put in for that too I thought it was a right.

33:27They get CNNs there every day making up national security threat stories about how the Russians colluded to steal the election with Donald Trump. They made the whole thing up. Now, unlike these left wing media goons, and I've got more stories coming up, what Obama did. And the media didn't seem to care about that much when Obama went to war with the media. I'm talking about like criminal investigations For reporting I'll show you the receipts for that in a second But for those of you out there in the media Mr. Potato Head and others Who good to do the principles crap Which you have no principles at all You wanted to ban Fox News You complained when they opened the new media seat up I can't believe we're allowing Breitbart in there Why?

34:14They got the Russia story right You got it wrong What can't you believe? So you may be saying well what do you know about this stuff about being attacked as a member of the media well i am a member of the media i'm not a journalist don't call me that up it's an insult i am this is a political opinion show that stunned the media people when i said that that i have political opinions that's the show however we do facts and receipts i've actually stood for free speech and some of you who are new to the show this is not a boo-hoo victim thing but i think it's important seriously i think it's important we establish bona fides here because some of you again new to the show fair enough i said well what the hell do you know about free speech what what fights have you ever fought okay you remember the twitter files december 9th 2022 the twitter files where he said of blacklists before elon owned twitter now x twitter used to blacklist people for political wrongthink.

35:19In other words, saying things they didn't like. Note in the Fox article, several conservative users, including Jay Bhattacharya, a longstanding opponent of COVID lockdowns, and Fox News' Dan Bongino were named in the files as having been placed on Twitter's secret blacklist. Folks, I knew about this for years. I knew about this for years because I used to see my account, I could see it getting throttled. I could see it. And what were we called? Remember, Justin? Conspiracy theorists by the media. Oh, stop it. You're not being censored. So again, to Brian Stelter and the other principals crowd, we actually fought against this stuff.

36:02We were warned by YouTube. That's it there? No, that's not it. It goes on. So Twitter went to war with us for speaking freely. So did YouTube. So you had a multi-billion dollar company and a trillion dollar company in YouTube go to war with what has two thumbs and nearly got stomped by these guys, trillions of dollars. This guy, until we fought back. Reuters, YouTube permanently bans Fox News host Dan Bongino. Where were the media people complaining then? YouTube suspended One of Bongino's YouTube channels After he posted a video Where he questioned the effectiveness Of using masks against the coronavirus I was right He's like don't do it Masks Masks I said that these surgical masks don't work Because they don't It was the condom that got everyone pregnant Everyone who wore a mask got sick I said on my show and they warned me.

37:08So again, if you're saying out there and you're new to the show, like, man, what have you ever done to fight for free speech? Gee, I don't know. Twitter went to war. We were like public enemy number one. YouTube sent me an email or something or they called whatever. They were like, you can't say that stuff. You say it again. We're going to ban you. Folks, we had something like 900 ,000 followers on our YouTube account and, you know, talking about money. Stupid. However, it's relevant. we lost a lot because I went out I think on the next show and just started talking about masks again here was another one remember after the election 2020 we're warned don't you dare talk about potential mail-in ballot fraud we talked about it anyway why because we believe in the free press I'm a member of the media not a journalist so what happened you didn't see Politico defending my right to speak about elections.

38:04Didn't Kamala Harris just give a big speech about a stolen election that didn't even happen yet? The midterms? That's okay. Notice Politico doesn't defend me at all and my right to talk about election thievery. Here's their headline on me. Maggie Severins, November 2020. Dan Bongino leads the MAGA field in stolen election messaging. You want to talk about my principles? You can take that and roll it in a ball right you know where it goes we lost a fortune on this standing up for what is right so i'm not going to take a lecture from anyone about your free speech principles because none of these clowns and jokers defended me when freaking youtube politico x facebook when they all came after us all at the same time.

38:55Nobody defended me in the left-wing media. Zero people. And you expect me to turn around, be a sucker, and defend you idiots now when no one's even telling you you can't cover them. You don't have privileges. I don't have either. I'm not allowed in the White House press room. Why do you get the privilege? I was right about masks. I was right about COVID. I was right about the election. I was right about Russia collusion. And by the way, I wasn't served in it. What did you do? I wasn't served in the government. You don't do squat. Stelter and these goofballs. I didn't hear you condemning Obama when he went to war with the Associated Press and others, half of these media people.

39:42You made excuses. It was always an excuse. Remember this one from the week? It's conveniently forgotten by all these media folks. Obama's war on AP and elsewhere. Why did the Obama administration spy on the Associated Press? The week, January 8th, 2015. Gee, I don't know. Maybe you guys could do some journalism-ing and figure it out. I don't know. We're just asking questions, right? What about this one? When Obama... Remember James Rosen? Worked at Fox. I think he's at Newsmax now. James was doing some reporting on the Obama administration. James Rosen, Fox News reporter, was targeted as a co-conspirator and spying case.

40:32Where was the huge outrage calling for Obama to be impeached and elsewhere? Where was it? The answer is it was nowhere. So please take the principles, roll them in a nice little ball. You ever do that with aluminum foil? and it gets on and just smooths it out. Maybe less painful.

40:57Folks, I'm sorry. I have no sympathy for these idiots at all. No sympathy for them at all. If Trump were to put out an edict, say we're banning the First Amendment, yeah, I'd have a problem. He's not going to do that. He said the exact opposite. That's not what happened. Here's one more for you. In case you have any doubt, by the way, at the end of this segment, this isn't about principles. This is about the media wants to create a national security crisis with all their BS stories, and they want to do it their way on their time, and they don't want any restrictions at all ever. They just want to be able to do what they want to do.

41:30The only thing holding them back are defamation suits at this point. They would lie all day if there wasn't for a court system. Here was David Axelrod back in the day. In case you don't know who David Axelrod is, he is Obama's like, when Obama talks, it's really David Axelrod doing like the puppet routine. David Axelrod is like his right-hand man. Whenever you hear him speak, he's speaking for Obama. He was Axelrod, again, going after Fox News, propaganda, all this other stuff. These people have no principles at all. It's all BS. It's an act. It's a shtick. It's a bad one. Check this out. Your colleague, Anita Dunn, told the New York Times this week that Fox News was undertaking a war against the White House and said the White House would treat Fox the way we would an opponent.

42:14The only argument Anita was making is that they're not really a news station. If you watch even it's not just their commentators, but a lot of their news programming, it's really not news. It's pushing a point of view. And the bigger thing is that other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way. They just said it. They just did. That's Obama's right hand guy. Investigate James Rosen. Investigate the Associated Press. Obama does it. And he's and he's a hero. he's a hero. Donald Trump doesn't do any of that stuff. All he does this weekend, all he does is say, hey cover us all you want, but you're not getting privileged passes to the White House that we don't have either, and the media melts down as if Donald Trump is the second coming of Idi Amin.

42:59Like, please cut the crap. You said nothing when all this stuff happened to us. Nothing. Zero. So I'm sorry, I don't owe you, squad. it's not going to stop you from doing your bs defamatory routine anyway on the president so what's the difference all right i got a segment of red news blue news coming up this is a good one actually i like it when i give the guys an idea and they just roll with it you know i like to put together the show myself because you know it's the stories i care about and it's not always the stories everyone but everyone else cares about but they're getting good enough they're They're reading my mind.

43:38It's a big crowd today, huh? I like that. Man, 46 ,000. That's nice. Good to see you all. You know what? This summer's wrapping up now. Political season's heating up. I've been seeing like the tick up. That's pretty nice. But these guys took this Red News, Blue News, and Justin produced a good one. Again, showing you how the media is full of crap. But it's about an important statistic that came out last week. I'll get to it in a second. Hey, ammo squared. Hey, you remember this? The great ammo shortage of 2020? I do. Store shelves were empty. The online inventories disappeared overnight. And if you waited till you needed ammo, sorry, it was already too late.

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45:30Sorry, I had a square. So thank you, AmmoSquared. AmmoSquared.com. Check them out. Okay, Justin took this thing and ran. I have this segment I used to do when I was on NRE TV and elsewhere, you know, Red News, Blue News. How the exact same story about an item, whatever, someone found Clifford the Red Dog. The exact same story. If Trump were to find him, it's covered one way. And if Biden or Obama were to find Clifford the Red Dog in some dramatic rescue, it would be covered different. It'd be like, Trump costs animals shelter money, by rescuing Clifford the Red Dog. And then Biden does it. They're like, heroic Joe Biden wakes up from his nap, rescues heroic dogs, subject of child books that they beloved child hero, Clifford the Red Dog.

46:11It's the same thing. So here's our latest Red News boon showing you how full of crap these media people are. So first, here's the Red News about Donald Trump. In case you missed it last week, you know, because doomers and gloomers want you to believe there's nothing bad going on, the U.S. poverty rate has now reached the lowest poverty rate in U.S. history. Can everyone agree? Jasmine, can we agree? Having as few people in poverty as possible is a good thing? Yes, Jasmine's giving me the big thumbs up. So under Donald Trump, look at the date on the article. Last week, September 15, 2026, it fell to the lowest in U.S.

46:48history. But notice how this is like couched because it's the Washington Post and they can't give Trump credit. U.S. poverty rate dropped slightly, but experts fear worse ahead. Wait, don't even get to the blue news yet. This is great. This is great. So, folks, just to be clear, it's the lowest poverty rate, the fewest number of poor folks in U.S. history on record right now under Trump. But, but, you got to couch it. You got to couch it to watch the post. Experts fear the worst is ahead. Worst ahead. Okay. Now let's go to the blue news. So, of course, this is under the Biden administration. Pandemic aid cuts U.S.

47:33poverty to new low in 2021, Census Bureau reports. And they're really glowing, the New York Times, in their coverage. Here's the kicker. The kicker is the poverty rate there was a point higher than it was under Donald Trump. But notice there's like experts fear the apocalypse ahead. You're all going to die, Reverend Cain-style poltergeist. Remember Black Hat guy? He looks like the Quaker oatmeal dude. You're all gonna die. Only when it's Trump. It was a point higher.

48:05These people are full. They are a full diaper all the time. Diapers full. And it's not number one. I don't want to hear about your principles, okay, goofballs? We have a principle. It's called the Constitution. Nobody's stopping you from covering the president negatively. you're going to do it anyway. All right. And that parlays into my next topic seamlessly, by the way. The media coverage of what's going on in AI has been ridiculous too. Folks, there are very real concerns. If you are a regular viewer of the show and you missed any of last week's show, please, I'm begging you on somewhat bended knee because my knees don't work.

48:48Please watch the shows last week where I feel, You tell me. I feel like we gave very fair coverage to the current ongoing AI debate. Here are the very real dangers if we screw this up. Here are the upsides if we get it all right. We're probably not going to get it all right, but we're probably not going to get it all wrong either. You listen to the liberal media and the Democrats. They did the circuit this weekend. Can we, Andrew, for tomorrow, can we put together a little montage of the Democrats on the cable news and broadcast news week about AI? Pritzker, Cory Booker, they were all like, we're all going to die.

49:26Everything sucks. Terminator 2, I'll be back, whatever. Folks, I want to just be clear with you because I will give you the truth. Please. There are dangers if we screw this up. but J.B. Pritzker, Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer and the other tyrannical goofball chucklehead Democrats like that goofball almost fell down the stairs the face on his guy that's all he got out they're not saying this because they really believe the AI apocalypse is tomorrow they're not why are they saying it? because folks, the AI revolution whether it's in construction, construction of computing power, whether it's in its ability to solve problems, math problems, cancer problems, medicine problems, material science problems, assist in quantum development, fusion type energy.

50:22They are terrified that Donald Trump is going to leave. Mark, write this down. Folks, write it down. I'm sorry. I don't mean to interrupt my thought, but it's really important. I stop here and you pay very close attention. The Democrats only want to stop AI because they're terrified that the last two years, of President Trump's administration are going to be marked by an explosive amount of economic growth as computing power and artificial intelligence bring us to new highs. They're terrified. And they feel like history is going to now have, if Donald Trump can fix the ongoing Iran crisis, and we all recognize we've got a crisis there, right?

51:02If he can fix that, if the Greenland deal works out as planned and is inked, If we reach and he leaves the presidency, just hear me out, with the lowest poverty rate on record, the lowest crime rate on record, the lowest murder rate on record, a border effectively closed after 50, 60 years of people talking about it. And he leaves office with GDP growth at 5%, 6%, maybe even 7%. We have not seen since Ronald Reagan and the boom. They are terrified that even the chuckleheads at Wikipedia will have to recognize that this guy is probably one of the greatest presidents, if not the greatest president in modern times.

51:38They're terrified. That's the only reason they are griping about AI. They don't care about the AI apocalypse at all. Bank it. Cash that check. They don't want to see this. This is one of the few elements I ever put in the show. Flag it. We haven't done a flag in it. Flag it in the chat. That was flag it. Flag it. I can just see now all these crazies on Media Matters. Flag it in the chat. Red flags in the chat because your boy here is right. This is what they're afraid of. Again, last week's shows, I covered the fact if AI and alignment issues and they don't do the right thing, and just start coordinating in, you know, bot swarms, yeah, we're going to be in trouble.

52:26And I'm really glad Donald Trump's in charge and recognizes that. But I want you to look at what's possible tomorrow. Guy sent this over. I don't put a lot of elements from, I usually do my own. However, this was a great one. Matter of fact, Guy was so sure I wasn't going to use it. I said, Guy, that humanoid robot video, he goes, which one? I said, the one you sent. He goes, oh, I didn't think you were going to use that. It's in my outbox. I said, well, you got to find it. Did you find it? Okay, good. Oh, okay. That's an array. Oh, he picked it different. He didn't even tell me. This is what's possible if we can get AI right and we don't make any major screw-ups.

53:02And they don't want Donald Trump in charge when this next generation attack explodes and he's on the watch. Check this out. To deploy robots at scale, we need to deliver a robot to your home. And it has to work right out of the box. Prior to this, we've been running Helix autonomously. But the data collected has been in each environment. The breakthrough is we can journalize environments we've never seen before and handle entirely new household objects wherever they happen to be placed. The first task is figure three tidying the living room. My kids are constantly making a mess at home. I have toys scattered everywhere.

53:36This is a home the robot's never been in before. The robot's never seen any of these objects. We've made no changes to any of the training. All we've done is basically book this book this place, shipped the robot here, and now it's doing real useful work. At my house, we're doing laundry every single day. This task is really difficult for robotics as it requires really precise manipulation. With Helix 2.5, we're folding towels in a house the robot's never been in, with towels it's never seen.

54:18You just saw Helix do three tasks in this home, but we didn't just test here. We rented 30 homes across the Bay Area. These are homes we never set foot in, and we deployed Helix 2.5. We saw success in every one of them. Guy wants one day one. However, I'm reading the chat because you're all part of my family, and there are a lot of people in the chat who are like, no freaking way. Let me know in the chat. Yes, yes, why or yes. I want one. No, I don't. Listen, I want to hear your opinion. This show is for you. I can only watch it once. The reason we have 47 ,000 people is because 46 ,999 other than me are here.

55:02I watch my own show. I want to make sure that tech is working and everything. A lot of people say no. They don't want that. There's a lot of you. That's fine. That's cool. Like, that's the thing. That is great that you have an opinion. This may not be for everyone. you may say to yourself AI in my house with some robot that can do like karate on me did you see that video like the karate guy I'm not digging it okay okay we love karate man in case you miss training places everybody loves karate maybe some people don't want that I'm cool with that but let me throw another angle at you and I don't mean to be depressing but you know this show is like a big emotional roller coaster having gone through this myself All right, I don't want to get too depressing here, but you've just been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer.

55:52God forbid, and I don't use his name in vain. You've got three young kids at home. A doctor's telling you, you maybe have six months, but they're working on some problems right now with AI and they may be able to fix it in a few months. you interested now maybe the robot's not for you but folks i'm going to tell you something if that's me if that's me i want to stay alive no matter what and i'm just going to throw out there as well that people are inherently uncomfortable with every new technology a lot of folks in the chat i understand maybe you're a hard no i don't want i gotta tell you A guy buys one.

56:38A guy likes Star Wars, though. You know, maybe he thinks it's like R2-D2, like a benevolent technology. C-3PO speaks like a trillion languages or whatever. I don't know. I want some robot dude, potentially Karate Man guy, walking around my house, filming everything, video and everything. You know, I don't know. I don't know. I come out of the sauna and I want a robot. That's not my thing. I don't know. But everybody said the same thing about Tesla Auto Drive when it started, that, you know, autopilot. People are like, ah, I don't know if I trust it. And then like a week later, they're shaving in the car.

57:10They're sitting in the car, like conducting meetings and stuff. You know, they said the same thing after Kitty Hawk, you know, with flight. I ain't getting on no plane. And then people fly all over. It's going to take a while. All I'm telling, the point of this segment isn't to advocate for that company's robot. I don't care. Whatever. Do your own thing. The point is the Democrats, and we'll play a montage for you tomorrow, on the cable news channels and broadcast this weekend, talking about AI sucks, we got to get rid of it, pull the plug right now, are only saying that, not because they care about any of this.

57:43They're only saying it because they don't want this economy to win under Donald Trump. That is it. Cash that check and take it to the bank. Because there was a tremendous amount of good news this weekend too. China, folks, is a huge concern. But I'm going to tell you something you may not hear anywhere else. well a lot of conservative uh content creators have brought this up but i've i've heard it almost nowhere in the left-wing media because they love communism the left-wing media are communists my humble opinion i think people are grossly misjudging and at this believe me no one hates communism more than me the chinese communist party is a sworn enemy of the united states period right there.

58:30I'm just telling you, I'm a Realpolitik guy. I need to understand the world as it is, not as I want it to be. People saying, well, you know, we've got to rush to the finish line because China's going to rush ahead and throw the guardrails out. I don't necessarily buy that argument about rushing either. Because China, if there's one thing China craves more than anything, what is it? Folks in the chat, you know where I'm going with this. It's control. Can you imagine an AI in China where you put into chat GPT or whatever, show me how to properly organize and take out the Chinese Communist Party?

59:09China would lose their minds. You'd be arrested for even searching it. China, if they lose control and someone puts in there, how do I hack all of China's surveillance cameras and corrupt the AI facial recognition? China would lose its mind. China has an interest. it's not a benevolent interest you got me they are not good nice players who should be beatified in the business they are not if there was an evil empire they're in but they cannot lose control it is in their interest thank you fellas and you're seeing it in this associated press article this is why a lot of the ai stack equities were up this morning u.s proposes an ai incident alert system in talks with China, Scott Besson, our Treasury Secretary, said.

59:57It's not in China's interest to lose control, folks, for all the wrong reasons. However, we don't control China. We have some amount of control, but we don't control China through our financial system and our threat deterrent system and our nuclear deterrent. China loses control. It's over for them, too. So whatever we can do with President Trump in charge, who is the ultimate negotiator here, the ultimate negotiator, to get China to align with us on some safety guardrails so the world doesn't go boom, then we should take it. Folks, we can't just pretend the problem isn't there. And I think the media people are grossly misinterpreting this.

1:00:43China is afraid of losing control too And we need to take advantage of that So that we both don't rush to some like zero day exploit That takes out the whole freaking internet And all of a sudden people's bank records disappear I think the threat If managed correctly Will be far outweighed by the benefits Now, if I may take a point of personal privilege here in the show you know I don't like making the show too much about me because who cares we've got too much going on but folks without being overly dramatic I live my life in in fear after the cancer I just do it's not it's on my mind all the time you know I feel like a lump in my armpit I freak out I rush writer thank god i got a doctor this guy nick he's the best oncologist guy hematologist fantastic i just rolled hey is this so yeah it's okay it's a lipoma whatever i live my life in fear and i know a lot of you out there with cancer or cancer diagnosis it's active or in remission like thankfully i am thank you jesus you wake up every day with like a sniffle or clearing your throat like oh my gosh do i have throat cancer you freak out about everything because i got kids man i I don't want to get dead.

1:02:13I think the net present value of this technology is going to not only outweigh, but far outweigh the threats if we can keep decent people like the Trump administration in charge who have perspective on the matter. I want to show you this Wall Street Journal article. And by the way, I don't have any investment in this company. If anything, I give them money because I use the product. So there's a blood test out there for cancer. Gallery makes this called Grail. it's up for uh some form of approval by the fda this week i am all for this it's currently not i think it's not i have to pay out of pocket for the test which is fine folks one of the things cancer patients go through and even people in remission is there's this balancing act and i want to keep this in context of ai not my personal story but cancer surveillance becomes your life because you're never really cured.

1:03:07Your body's not really good at detecting mutations, so the threat of a cancer popping up is pretty dramatic and frightening. The problem is when you're in remission, every couple of years or so, you're supposed to get like an imaging test, a PET or a CT. The problem, folks, is it's a lot of damn radiation. And if you get these things every two, five, or 10 years, you wind up running a risk from the test itself. I probably shouldn't tell you this, but I'll tell you, that's not a chance I'm willing to take. I did a couple and I'm done. I use this test and others. I use a Cigna Terra test as well.

1:03:46I gladly pay out of pocket. I'm not asking anyone else to pay. But it gives me a little bit of peace of mind. Luckily, they've been negative. But it just gives me a little peace of mind because I just can't take any more radiation. I can't. I went through radiation treatments. I've had, what, five or six of these PET CTs. I just can't take it anymore. My body can't take it. I just don't want it. So again, a point of personal privilege. Before you go on TV, Democrats screaming and BMW and bitching, moaning and whining about AI, Terminator going to blow everybody up. There are people out there suffering from life-threatening diseases.

1:04:25There are kids with leukemia who are counting on this to stay alive. Show some perspective. Talk about the threat. How we're going to mitigate the threat. Solve the problem, just like we did with electricity. You didn't randomly just throw electricity in houses after the ACDC argument and want to burn the house down. Do it. Do it safely. Do it right. Leverage your ability to engage in realpolitik with China and stop the BS scare tactics, man. It's really like freaking beneath you, even in the left wing media. And I'm really tired of your BS. You guys make me sick out there. My principal. You don't have any principals.

1:04:59Cut the crap. Principals. Where the hell were you when we were under attack? You were nowhere. You were celebrating it. Get that crazy guy out of here. Even when I was appointed the FBI deputy, I said, I just, I was looking up, uh, trying to find this political piece. There's all these pieces. Uh, uh, Trump appoints conspiracy theory. What was the conspiracy theory? Freaking masks don't work. That political elections with mass mail and balloting for the first time were subject to fraud. What was the freaking conspiracy theory? Kamala Harris just said the same thing. Is she a conspiracy theorist?

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