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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: February 19, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now | February 19, 2025

Well good
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Evening, i'm alan jackson, and welcome back to nashville.
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An interesting thing is happening as president trump
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Focuses the nation all his new endeavors.
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The political campaign strategies are being written
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Not just the 2026 midterms,
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But the 2028 presidential election as well.
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If things continue as they have the gop strategy,
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It's pretty simple. keep doing what you're doing.
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Reduce crime by arresting the criminals.
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Put them in jail.
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Put them in gitmo, and if they're here illegally,
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Fly them back to their home country.
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No one in america wants crime in their neighborhood.
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Work on a plan to reduce waste and reduce taxes.
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That's an easy win,
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Since i don't remember ever hearing
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Anyone say that they wish they paid higher taxes.
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Don't let putin become more of a threat to democracy.
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He already partners with north korea and china,
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Both of whom are helping iran.
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So don't make it any easier for any of them to strengthen.
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Reduce the drugs coming into this country,
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Especially the fentanyl that's killing
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75 to 80,000 americans every year.
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Welcome prayer back into our schools.
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Welcome babies rather than aborting them.
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Let the boys be boys and the girls be girls.
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But don't try to confuse the youngest of them
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By suggesting that they can choose their sex.
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God's already done that.
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I could go on, but this short list is just
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The beginning of the redirecting of the american ship.
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You don't have to
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Wear a maga cap, but you should rely on some common sense.
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Rely on the standards you grew up with.
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The things we learned from
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The people that we looked up to as kids.
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After all, the united states has stood
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For freedom and liberty for more than two centuries.
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The opportunities and freedoms available to every u.s.
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Citizen are like no other nation in the history of the world.
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And no, it's not perfect.
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Nothing is.
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But god has
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Blessed us in our nation, and we don't need to rewrite
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Large portions of our history and apologize to the world
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About the america that we grew up in
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And that we believe in.
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Well, our guest tonight is a great example
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Of what i'm referring to.
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We call him former senator and former ambassador.
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But before he was famous, he was a middle class guy
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Who grew up in some pretty tough circumstances,
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Famously known for the old pickup truck
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That he drove around.
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A proud working class husband and father
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By the name of scott brown.
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Welcome back. scott.
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Now, alan,
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Thank you for that nice introduction
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And god bless you and god bless everybody.
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What a wonderful times that things have changed.
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That's the truth.
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I just want to add one more thing
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To your history for our viewers
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That they may not have heard before.
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Your victory was somewhat unexpected.
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Running as a republican in a special election
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To replace the towering liberal senator ted kennedy.
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Weren't you the common sense candidate
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That i'm describing of donald trump these days?
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Yes, certainly it was.
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It was something that was an honor to serve,
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And i was down 41 points with about,
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I don't know, what, two and a half months left
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And ended up winning by seven.
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So yeah, it was a good, good win.
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And it really changed the direction of our country.
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Stop the supermajority filibuster
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That the democrats had and really gave us
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An opportunity in the next cycle.
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Thereafter.
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Well, looking in the rearview mirror of the biden years,
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Seeing what mr.
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Trump is doing is clearly reflecting
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What overwhelmingly
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The majority of the american public are looking for.
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Don't you agree?
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Oh, absolutely.
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He's doing everything that he said it was going to do.
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And i find that very, very refreshing.
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Scott, you've run several campaigns.
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Do you agree with my premise that the 2026 and 28 campaign
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Themes are being written right now, even by simple polling?
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The things that mr.
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Trump is doing have widespread approval,
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And all that the democrats are doing
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Is trying to take him to court again
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And say no to everything he wants to do.
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Listen to this.
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The court shut
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Elon musk down at the department of justice and the fbi
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And the courts shut them down at usaid on friday night,
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And the courts shut them down in the department of treasury.
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We're going to stand up.
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We're going to speak out.
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We're going to march.
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We're going to do anything we need to do to make sure
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That the people
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Of this country understand that the cftc is for them.
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You get your mr..
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Hands off that. money.
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It comes across more like a bad reflex
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Than a strategy by the democrats.
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Am i seeing that right?
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Well, i know saturday night live just had its 50th anniversary.
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I thought i was looking at a parody.
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I mean, jon hamm played me, actually on a saturday,
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A couple of saturday night
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Live episodes, and i'm looking at that,
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And it's got to be a parody because it's not reality.
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Yes, they have the courts.
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The liberal judges initially stopped it,
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But obviously there's a process.
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The president has every right
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To handle the matters in the executive branch.
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Everybody knows that,
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He's vested in
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Terms of the authority to do that by the constitution.
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And that's all they're doing.
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You see, at the steam, there's the slow walking
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That the court filings.
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I said that i think i'm one of your shows.
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That's the only thing that they have.
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But, you know, what are they doing?
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They're actually fighting,
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You know, to keep those crazy amounts of money going over to,
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You know, pakistan and all these other places
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That are spending billions,
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Then billions and billions of dollars.
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And i guess that's okay.
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In their eyes, it's not okay.
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People are tired of spending.
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We're getting close to april 15th.
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You know, i don't want to write that check.
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And i know nobody listening wants to write that check.
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So shame on them.
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You don't think they could find something to agree on?
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Like one of those, like sesame street's in iraq
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Type of shows that we don't need that or the
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All the schools in pakistan that have never been built.
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Somebody getting the money. where is it?
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When you ran for the senate, you must have brought on ideas
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That appeal to both parties, or you wouldn't have gotten
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The majority vote in a liberal massachusetts.
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Can you give us some examples of working
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To take care of both sides?
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Well, i read the bills.
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I saw how they affected our state, our country,
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Our debt and our deficit,
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And i voted regardless of who sponsored it.
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And i was very, very prepared in terms of,
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You know, knowing what we were spending our money on.
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And i, i promised that i would not raise any taxes.
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I don't think i ever voted for a tax increase because we as
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We can see now, we have plenty, plenty of money in the system.
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Even when i was a u.s.
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Senator, every year i gave back,
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Gave back $1 million a year out of my personal office budget.
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Okay, that's how much money we had,
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And everybody should be doing that.
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And i also made a movement move to do a 5%
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Across the board, on every agency.
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And i didn't get any support.
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So yeah, i'm glad he's doing it.
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I hope they actually take
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All these executive orders and put them in bills.
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So the not just for four years and especially with the,
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The one,
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Prohibiting men,
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From participating in women's sports,
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That's got to be a bill immediately.
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So it doesn't change it for a three and a half.
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Well, three years and, 11 months.
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For all the momentum.
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Do you have any guess as to why president trump
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Didn't openly back his vice president, j.d.
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Vance, for the 2028 race?
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When bret baer asked him that question?
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Yeah, i thought i thought it was a premature question.
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Listen, these 28 days, give or take it to his,
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And to the presidency, no one cares about 2028 right now.
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No one cares whether jed's the guy or not,
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I certainly don't.
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What i care about
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Is that he has the president's back,
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And he's out doing a good job,
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Like he did in munich, and actually pushing back
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Against a lot of these world leaders who basically are woke
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And they're not supporting,
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Any of the conflicts in a way that the united states has.
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And we're not going to carry their water any more.
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We're not their piggy banks.
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So it's really still premature.
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And, you know,
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I don't even think it's even
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Worth talking about, quite honestly.
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Well, let's take a short break here.
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There's time to share an email with me if you want to.
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You can jump in with your thoughts
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And we'll read them aloud in another show.
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We'll be back with more from former senator scott
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Brown in just a moment.
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Brown in just a moment.
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We're back
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Now with the former ambassador to new zealand, scott brown.
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With all that foreign policy experience, i'd like to get
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Your thoughts on how president trump is doing globally.
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Let's start with his gaza proposal.
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Do you think it's a good idea?
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Well, i don't think it's a bad idea,
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But i think it needs to be thought through more.
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And people need to know exactly what's what's going to happen.
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So we all know gaza.
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It's basically their unexploded munitions there.
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There's absolutely no place to live.
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There's no services. there's nothing.
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So what he's proposing is basically getting
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Everyone out of there, clearing it out,
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You know, and basically have a basically a new flat space
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And figure out, okay, can we build something there
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That's going to be long lasting and be sustainable?
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But it's not going to happen. if hamas is still in charge.
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So you got to get them out of there.
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That's very, very important.
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And so what are you going to do?
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Just put everybody back into that,
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That basically that 1 to 1 area.
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It makes no sense.
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I glad is
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Thinking outside the box like you did with kim jong un.
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You know, by reaching out and going across to see him,
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I thought that was. okay.
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Well, let's talk about ukraine and russia.
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Is mr.
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Trump's path one that can work even with putin
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Getting part of ukraine if it comes to that.
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Well, i think it's premature.
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Once again, you know, there's a lot of speculation.
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And you saw that
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The secretary of defense pulled some things back.
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It's all part of the negotiations.
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And he is a master negotiator.
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Let's look back a little bit.
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One of the reasons he did it is because,
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Ukraine was potentially going into nato.
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And previous presidents said that would never happen.
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So, we'll see.
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I think it's important,
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You know, maybe we get back into the g-8 instead of the g7,
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And russia's there, and they give it a little bit more,
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You know, coming into the fold a little bit.
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So they communicate a little bit more, it's to be seen.
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But listen, he's going to get the nobel
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Peace prize if he does this or not.
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For sure.
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Or russia imported additional troops
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From north korea, and hundreds of
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Thousands of their own men were killed.
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Do you think that there was any way
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Zelensky could have won with so many fewer fighting men?
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Well, listen,
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I thought it was, basically a very difficult situation.
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I thought it would last for at least a year.
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And, so i was right.
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I didn't think it was going
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To be the 3 or 4 years because russia's
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Military equipment is basically shot.
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You know, they don't do
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Any preventative maintenance and that sort of thing.
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The troops, you know, it's a different type of structure.
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You have generals, but then down below,
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If a generals gone, they don't know what to do
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Versus if we have someone that's past,
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You know, that's this killed, god forbid.
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Then there's somebody underneath
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A subordinate that can carry on.
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And that's very important. different structure, totally.
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And bottom line is, yeah, but nobody wants war anymore.
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It's it's time. okay? everyone's this.
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There's too many people being killed.
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Young lives, families being destroyed.
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And we need stability in the region.
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And we got to stop funding it
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By at the numbers that we are doing.
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Do you think the american people
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Understand why this war should end?
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Or do they need to be convinced that each side came away
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Without being declared the losing side?
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Well, i think everybody's lost right now.
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I think, you know, we've lost a lot of valuable resources
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We could be using.
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I think know
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Putin's lost money and prestige and, you know, face, you know,
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Basically not, you know, mother russia and you know, all that.
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But it's basically these little ukraine.
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And they've been really giving him a go.
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And zelensky listen, i god bless him, you know, he's he's
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Got went from a comedian to a war leader.
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And he's done a lot of great things.
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But you know it's time to say okay
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We were good okay everyone good.
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So let's let's go
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Out and sort this thing and and we'll see what happens.
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President trump has introduced tariffs as a part of his global
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Negotiating strategy.
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Do you think that's a good idea.
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Well it's not just tariffs now.
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And it's reciprocal. tariffs is a big big difference.
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That means if somebody in india is charging you 25%
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To have our motorcycles go in, yet their indian
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Motorcycle cycles can come into our country like 2.5%.
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How does that make any sense?
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Or if our liquors or our meat
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Or our timber or going into canada,
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Why does canada have, like, you know, 100, 100 plus percent
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On some of the dairy products and yet they can come into.
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It makes no sense. i think it's a great idea.
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I think it's an amazing idea, quite frankly, because
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As what it will do is for some you that have come down
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And you have a mutually acceptable tariffs,
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Or then they just want to
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Be able to have our products in their country and vice versa.
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That's fine.
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What about greenland?
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Do you think they should be brought in
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Under the american umbrella in some way?
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Yeah, absolutely. as a strategic importance?
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Absolutely. i've been to iceland.
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I haven't been to greenland yet, but same.
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Same but different.
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You know, two beautiful countries, 54,000 people,
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And they have a strategic natural resources
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And they have shipping
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And other lanes that are very, very important strategic lanes.
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Yeah. we can do something with greenland.
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You know, whether it's, it's,
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You know, industry and
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Being some type of protectorate, putting a base there,
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Whatever it is, i think it's better than what they have.
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And i think they're really eager for it.
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What's going to stop russia or any other country, china,
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From coming in there
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And just taking it over, quite frankly, denmark getting me.
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Are you still in touch with the leadership in new zealand,
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Or are they pleased with trump on this global stage?
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I am actually i am quite often and i've been speaking
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To the new ambassador elect, getting him
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Ready for the process and a very good choice.
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Very, very excited for him,
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For new zealand and for, and for the ambassador elect
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And, yeah,
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That they, they are concerned because it's a small country.
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They do about 16 billion of trade with us.
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So, you know, every dollar counts with new zealand.
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They're still recovering from covid.
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A lot of the crazy spending out of the previous
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Ardern administration.
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So yeah they're concerned, but i'm sure they'll work it out.
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There are five eyes country. they're an ally.
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And you know, we care very deeply for them.
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Well scott brown, it is always a pleasure having you on.
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Thanks for sharing your experience with us
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And hope to see you soon. amen.
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Thank you.
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When we come back, my thoughts on where we're heading
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And how you can be a part of it.
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And how you can be a part of it.
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A lot of positive change
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Is happening under this new administration.
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There's follow through on campaign promises
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Regarding holding government agencies accountable,
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Strengthening our border,
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Reducing the flow of fentanyl, making our communities safer.
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Do you think everyone would be happy
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Regardless of party affiliation?
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It's just common sense.
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However, we're seeing something different.
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Those who oppose change
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Are loud and unrelenting in their opposition.
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Well, i have a question regarding your own life.
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Have you encountered opposition lately?
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I have a feeling that if you're willing to openly
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Identify yourself as a follower of jesus,
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You've probably seen an eyeroll or heard a snide
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Remark when you mentioned his name.
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Well, the writer of hebrews helps us by reminding us
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That jesus endured the cross on our behalf
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And that he's not
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Only our savior and lord, but he's also our role model.
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It's hebrews 12 three.
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It's this consider him who endured
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Such opposition from sinners,
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So that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Jesus faced opposition from many people,
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Not just the obvious pagans,
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But also from priests and other outwardly religious people.
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All of jesus experienced opposition
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From all of those people.
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I would submit that
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We should expect some opposition from all corners as well.
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At some point, we're going to be tempted
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To say, look, i'm tired of this.
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I'm going to dial it back a little bit
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And be more of an undercover christian.
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I'm going to let someone else take a stand for a while.
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Well, when you find those thoughts
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Going through your mind, remember that
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The writer of hebrews said to us,
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Think about what jesus did for you
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So that you don't grow weary and lose heart.
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Let's pray that god would give us boldness
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And courage to choose the truth in all our ways.
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If we'll do that, i assure you there are more reasons for hope.
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The despair in the midst of this season of change.
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Well, we'll be back in just a moment
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To look at some of your messages.
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We got emails.
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We got emails.
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Thank you for taking the time to send your emails.
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Your thoughts and opinions make a difference.
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Glenn miller emailed
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Your show, talked about the waste in our government.
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I want to know why the republicans weren't
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Telling the american people about all the money
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We were sending to the countries of the world.
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Well, kid, i think it's unfortunate,
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But both republicans and democrats, in my opinion,
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They've had their snouts so deep in the trough.
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Nobody wanted to tell the truth
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About what was really happening.
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I'm grateful for what's happening in washington right
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Now, and i hope they'll continue forward.
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Glenda from kennesaw, georgia, wrote.
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My daughter is a veteran
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Who put her life on the line in iraq for this country.
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She's now a nurse working at a va hospital.
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After supporting this country in the army
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And working so hard to get her nursing degree,
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She and her colleagues
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Got their letter yesterday and now
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She's very worried about her future.
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I agree
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With a lot of what trump is doing,
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But i cannot stand with him on this.
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He's treading on people in situations
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That don't deserve it.
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Someone needs to point this out to him.
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Glenda, there's a lot of change and a lot of rumors
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And a lot of outright lies going on right now.
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A woman talk to me just a day or two ago
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That said that elon musk
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Was going to take away her social security check.
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She was terrified to the point of tears.
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We talked about it.
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There really wasn't any substance behind it.
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It was just a threat she'd heard and an idle comment
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From a source that wasn't trustworthy.
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I pray that your daughter's initial report
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Doesn't prove to be true.
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Let's cut the fluff and the waste.
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But let's keep the people that are helping our soldiers
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And our veterans busy doing just that.
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Debbie, you mentioned on youtube.
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Allen, thank you for standing up
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And bringing us the truth about what in the world is going on.
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People have lost their minds.
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Even people who call themselves christians.
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Debbie, your analysis seems pretty accurate to me,
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But there's change underway.
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It's unsettling at times, but i believe it's taking us
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In a good direction.
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And finally, kristen in pennsylvania emailed pastor,
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Thank you for bringing back george c,
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Who always speak shared wisdom for all who have ears to hear.
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He presents a godly perspective to economic information
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And how we can address and manage the changes ahead.
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Thank you to george and to you
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For all y'all do to inform in a sensible fashion.
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Definitely more hope than despair.
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Praying daily for you and your team.
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Well, thank you kristen for using y'all in a sentence.
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In the part of the world where i live
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That makes you a scholar.
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And i appreciate your analysis of george and his commentary.
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He does help us.
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