Hormuz Blockade, Trump Jesus, Swalwell Resigns, and Mamdani Tax

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 Welcome back to all the blazers this recording is being recorded thursday the 16th of april 2026

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 Uh this week was a strange one. It was definitely

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 Packed full of a lot of questionable things. Uh, so we do definitely have

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 Fairly stacked episode today

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 um

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 We're going to discuss

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 Trump's military genius

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 Yes, and I mean the blockade

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 of the Strait of Hormuz

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 Which basically was trump saying you know what aron

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 I see your blockade and i'm going to raise that blockade with a blockade by issuing a blockade

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 By having my navy enforce a blockade that I issued against your blockade by blockading your blockade and enforcing that blockade

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 with my military

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 So that they can blockade your blockade

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 That

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 That's what happened. I think

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 It's all confusing but somehow it's working so we're going to go over that in some con in some convoluted way

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 It's actually working so

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 We'll discuss that um, and then we have to discuss

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 more trump shenanigans apparently

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 We have to discuss trump jesus

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 and um

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 Trump is also fighting with the pope

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 Okay

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 and

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 I'm moving on to shenanigans and staying in the united states and discussing some domestic politics here

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 eric swalwell has

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 Resigned it seems like he was forced to resigned

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 Um due to sexual allegations sexual misconduct allegations. I believe is what it really was

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 regardless

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 The bigger story here to me is it looks like the democratic party has turned against him

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 Um, they were actually calling for him to step down. So we're going to dive into that a bit

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 And then and then

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 We got to check in on ma'am. Donnie

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 um mayor of new york city

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 apparently

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 he is

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 Going to or is taxing people who own a second home

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 That is valued at five million dollars or more

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 It's an additional tax a luxury tax

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 So it's going to penalize people

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 who already own a home

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 And already pay property tax that's not enough this is going to be a tax on top of a tax

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 So we're going to discuss that marxist play by ma'am. Donnie

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 Which apparently kathy holckel is

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 looking at going, you know what we might want to just enforce that across the entire state because

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 Why not?

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 socialist democrats

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 Stick together even though holckel has never admitted to being a socialist democrat

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 Pretty much par for the course though if she makes that decision, right? I don't know

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 but let's move on let's move on to um straighter hormous, so

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 Let me go ahead and open this stuff up for you. And uh, let's start here with the u.s blockade

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 We're going to discuss the strategy and objectives. So

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 On april 13th, 2026 following the collapse of negotiations in islam is bad. So if you don't know

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 I don't know how you don't know

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 The negotiation didn't work out between the u.s and iran and

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 I mean, whoo huge surprise, right?

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 We already knew that wasn't going to happen iran's never going to give up its goal of trying to pursue a nuclear weapon

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 And the u.s is not going to ever not have a presence in the middle east, which is what?

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 the um the iranian government or the regime wanted

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 So we already knew that wasn't going to happen

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 But anyway after that, uh negotiation breakdown

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 President trump initiated a u.s naval blockade of iranian ports and maritime commerce

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 So not just the ports and doing so he also

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 Shut down all maritime commerce. So the strategy marks a pivot from direct kinetic military strikes meaning physical fighting

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 You know missiles

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 Punching stabbing shooting all that no physical fighting. So no kinetic

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 Military action no kinetic military strikes

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 Um, he instead shifted to a policy of maximum economic coercion. So

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 Here's the strategy and objectives

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 The blockade is a distant or a semi-distant blockade

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 Conducted in the gulf of oman and the arabian sea rather than within the narrow strait of hormous

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 Which is important because that straight of hormous is a literal choke point. It's about 21 to 25 miles wide

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 And it gives iran a strategic advantage in being able to

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 in that particular area

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 As in they can destroy your ships more easily they can stop your ships

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 They basically control that area

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 This enforcement moves away from that

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 Okay, so where u.s ships would be less vulnerable to coastal defenses sworn boats

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 And here's the goals

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 So first goal here

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 Force a grand bargain. So this is this is all designed to compel iran to come back to the table

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 Through the maximum pressures

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 Of shutting down commerce which in turn takes away

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 money from iran

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 President trump is hoping to achieve

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 Breaking down the iranian regime to the point that they have to come back to the table and negotiate

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 Their money supply is being cut off. Okay

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 And so the second point which I kind of just brought up in the first point is neutralizing the revenue

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 So specifically targeting oil exports. Why is that important?

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 Well oil exports fund 45 percent of iran's government budget

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 That's a big chunk 45 percent

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 All of the government budget comes from oil

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 Well, not all but 45 anyway, that's that's a lot that is huge right or huge as trumpets say

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 And then there's the strategy of counter extortion because iran was imposing a toll

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 But if we're just talking oil iran was going to impose one dollar a barrel minimum when it came to oil tankers

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 But iran wasn't going to just stop with oil. So if you're if you're um going ahead and you know transporting fertilizer

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 Uh, it was unclear how much those amounts would be but regardless it seemed that the objective was to really

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 Stick it to anybody who was trying to get oil and charge them two million dollars per vessel

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 um, so the financial impact here

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 Since that's one of the goals here is huge. It's costing iran

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 Um 13 billion dollars per month

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 Okay, so as the longer this whole thing happens the longer this blockade stretches out and the united states of america is able to

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 impose or enforce it

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 Every month is going to cost iran 13 billion dollars. All right

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 This this is the strategy. These are the objectives and it seems to be working

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 I know a lot of people didn't think it was going to work, but it absolutely is

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 Let me see if I could bring up a graphic here to kind of like summarize everything. I just talked about

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 Uh, here we go pull this up and show this to you

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 Here's a visual of what I just talked about. So here's the economic bias 2026 u.s blockade

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 You can see the distance blockade which I just talked about which minimizes vulnerability and you can see right here in this graphic

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 Here's the gulf of oman. Here's the operations centered in gulf of oman to avoid coastal defense

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 And here's the straight of hormous so you can see how this pinch or this choke point here is easily controlled

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 by the iranians

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 um, so and the objective was

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 Well all due to a 20-year nuclear enrichment moratorium

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 Meaning that the longest blockade goes on and the u.s is able to control

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 The money that iran actually gets out of this

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 They're hoping to bring iran back to the table to

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 Accept this 20-year moratorium and and i'm sure there's definitely other things there outside of that

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 And again, they're losing 13 billion monthly revenue losses, right?

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 13 billion dollars a month they're losing in revenue. Um, so

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 And that again, that's that revenue is 45 percent of the iranian government's budget

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 And here's another thing that I didn't get to quite yet the pressure on china. So

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 the pressure on china

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 Is a 50 percent tariff

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 Or at least threats to impose 50 percent in tariffs on china

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 And it also leverages trade penalties to stop beijing from purchasing 91 percent of iran's crude oil

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 That's a very important thing

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 China is iran's biggest customer

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 They buy 91 percent

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 Well up to 91 percent of all of iran's crude

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 I mean we can argue china is propping up iran. They are funding the iranian government

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 Where does this leave us?

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 Well, this leaves us in a bit of a stalemate that's affecting not just iran but the entire world because we know

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 A lot of other people depend on oil from the Strait of Hormuz or from that

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 Persian Gulf area and with this blockade

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 It can be it can be seen as a way to keep the strait open to allow vessels to go in and purchase

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 But they cannot do so by getting it from iranian ports apparently because those iranian ports are also being blocked

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 If anyone's gonna buy oil, they're gonna have to get it from the gulf nations the other gulf nations there

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 They got russia which

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 You know, we didn't want that to happen. There was actually

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 There was actually um sanctions against russia, which apparently have been lifted

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 For the sake of helping the world's oil supply, I guess I whatever

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 But the other play here

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 Is that well the us is open for business right or north america in general you can get your oil from canada and

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 The unintended effect here has been canada has increased revenue in oil sales due to these blockades

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 The us has as well and don't forget that mexico also

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 distributes or exports oil so

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 This opens up the market to other sources which leads me to another argument here that a lot of people

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 Or a counter argument a lot of people are making like well, you know, you're not just hurting people at the pump

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 It's not just the oil. There's other goods iran also provides

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 A huge amount of fertilizer to other nations and there's many nations who need this fertilizer so they can grow crops and agriculture

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 right, so that's also

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 That also could be had from other sources as well again like the us which we produce a ton of fertilizer

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 It's just an example not saying that the world has to come to the us for that

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 But there are many other places they can get it. So realistically

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 This blockade is hurting iran, but it doesn't have to really hurt other nations

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 There's other places you can get your goods and services your oil your fertilizer, etc

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 The reason they don't well time and money at the moment. It is a huge pivot. It is a readjustment

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 I understand that I think the world understands that

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 but regardless

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 Sure, it's inconvenient

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 It's inconvenient, but it's not shutting down

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 The world's ability to get what they need

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 There is that not saying that's a solution

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 Necessarily or long-term solution, but it could be depending on how this whole thing is handled by president trump here

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 So, um

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 Let's talk about

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 Let's talk about the operational successes here and the pressures that are being put on china

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 Due to this blockade because that is the other part of this

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 Again china buys 90 about 90 91 percent of iran's oil. They get it for cheap and get a good deal

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 And so this pressures china to find alternate sources, which it can it I mean

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 Don't forget china has a relationship with russia russia also exports a ton of oil

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 But it's going to cost them an additional 10 to 12 dollars per barrel

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 And of course that is a financial hit that i'm sure that china wasn't

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 Um, this also stalls china's exports as ships are loaded and they need fuel fuel which is created

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 By well processing oil, right?

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 So this this is impacting

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 That rely on that oil for transport well, let's get to the operational successes

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 And the pressure being put on china here

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 In the first 48 hours of the enforcement president trump's naval blockade has proven physically effective at halting maritime

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 exports from iranian ports

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 Though its long-term success in achieving a diplomatic grand bargain is still uncertain

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 So the operational success enforcement here

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 According to us central command or sent com they reported that no vessels breached the blockade during the initial 48 hour period

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 Now, I know there's people saying

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 Well china went right through and the u.s. Did nothing about it. Ha ha ha us

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 Ha ha look at you. You couldn't do anything. Well

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 That wasn't the whole story

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 Interdictions u.s. Destroyers intercepted tangers departing to

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 The port of shabahar, I believe I said that correctly if I didn't qualities

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 Um, so in at least nine vessels including the sanctioned chinese tanker mv rich starry

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 Were forced to make u-turns and return to the iranian waters

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 After receiving radio instructions from the u.s. Navy

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 So while it seems that these

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 Sanctioned ships even this chinese ship here was able to get through they weren't able to get out

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 U.s. Navy turned them right back around

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 And of course, you're probably going yeah, right. Well

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 It was reported in fact

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 Oh here you go aside from traffic being down as reported by the u.s. Naval institute

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 um, the wall street journal reported that

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 Chinese tankers had to make u-turn straight up for moose

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 After they tried to exit. Oh, there you go

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 So it wasn't just um

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 It wasn't just talking points narratives. It wasn't people making this up. Yeah, this actually happened

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 And you know what the chinese government did?

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 nothing

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 Everybody was looking for the big retaliation moment

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 Didn't happen

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 China ship gets through china ship doesn't get out

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 China doesn't want to pick a fight with the u.s

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 Um, it's been said that chinese navy

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 Is not comparable to that of the u.s. Navy and they don't really own the oceans not in the way that

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 the u.s. Does so

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 Regardless of how anybody feels about this and even though everybody wanted the big bad usa to take one in the chin

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 Unfortunately

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 Yet hasn't happened for you

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 For me, i'm good with it. But regardless

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 Yeah, china's boats or boat was forced to turn around so aside from that

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 The economic impact or the strategic pressure here on china

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 The blockade's primary leverage point is again china which purchases 80 to 91 percent as I just discussed earlier of iran's crew to export

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 So beijing is now forced to choose between confronting the u.s. Navy as I just discussed

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 Or paying the additional 10 to 12 dollars per barrel for replacement crude

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 Or here's the third option pressuring iran to reach a deal, which they actually have it's been reported

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 That china has reached out to teran and said hey

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 You need to stop it with this bullshit come back to the table and open up the strait

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 Um, and so that has happened. In fact, I think I have that report here. Uh, here's from the south china morning post

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 Right here china's wang gi calls on iran to ensure freedom and safe passage through the strait of hormous and this just happened

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 I think that was today. Yep published, uh, april 16th 2026. So there you go

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 There you go

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 So the operational success

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 Is actually a success the intended success of the operation is

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 Actually successful

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 I know I know this is weird and strange and i'm being kind of funny about it because everybody was saying trump was crazy

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 It's like, oh you blockaded a blockade with a blockade. Oh, well

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 It's working

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 It's working. Sorry. It's working

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 Um, does it suck for the world deaths relying on the oil from the gulf? Yeah, but the u.s. Is

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 Militarily enforcing this blockade which is allowing ships to pass through and get what they need

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 They just can't get it from iran. So anybody trying to exit from ports of iran is not

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 Well, they're being told turn around

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 But you can get it from other gulf nations. So there is that

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 I hope that helps a little bit

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 Regardless regardless. So outside of the operational success here

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 Let's discuss the

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 Chinese vessel that was forced to turn around

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 Let's dive into that a little bit

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 So the u.s navy blockade forces the chinese vessel that we just discussed early here the mv rich starry

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 To turn around so the rich starry served as the first major test

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 Of us resolved following the implementation of the naval blockade on april 13th of 2026

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 While initial reports varied u.s sent com or u.s central command confirmed the chinese-owned tanker was forced to make a u turn

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 And returned to iranian territorial waters after receiving radio instructions from the u.s navy. So here's a key

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 Key details regarding the interdiction which include vessel deception. So

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 The tanker owned by the sanctioned shanghai

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 shipping company or shanghai

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 Zanrum jean rum, I can't pronounce that anyway the sanctioned, uh

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 the sanctioned ship attempted to evade detection by spoofing its ais position

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 For 11 days while flying the flag of malawi

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 The turnaround while despite carrying 250 000 barrels of methanol

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 The vessel aborted its attempt to enter the gulf of oman and anchored off iran's keshim island

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 So the board enforcement well the rich starry was one of six

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 To nine merchant vessels that complied with u.s orders to retreat during the first two days of the blockade

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 Additionally u.s destroyers intercepted two tankers at the port of shabahar

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 The authorized exemptions well the u.s continued to permit passage of vessels such as the vlcc alicia

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 That were determined to be headed to iraq to load non-iranian cargo

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 so strategically

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 The successful interdiction demonstrated the u.s navy's capability to neutralize the shadow fleet

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 And it's called the shadow fleet because these are specifically vessels that are trying to

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 Subvert or hide their identity or their intent?

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 um whose flag they're actually flying under

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 This highlights the navy's ability to neutralize that shadow fleet despite their use of false flags and disabled transponders

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 This high-stakes cat-and-mouse game provided beijing with an intelligence opportunity to gauge the precise operational boundaries of u.s enforcement

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 and the potential risk

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 of direct military

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 Confrontation

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 so again

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 As crazy as

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 This play was or sounded as much as everybody thought trump was a dumb ass

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 We're just going you know, well you blockaded me so i'm gonna block you

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 pretty much

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 pretty much a non-kinetic action

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 Enforcing a blockade which shuts down commerce

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 By shutting down traffic

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 Not allowing those who are getting goods and services from iranian ports to exit the persian gulf

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 That's the play that's the play that's working. It's working to the tune of 13 billion dollars a month in revenue

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 That iran's taking a hit on that that money there they need to fund 45 percent of their government budget

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 So yeah, I would say the blockade of

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 Blocking the blockade of the blockade that iran issued but trump countered by blocking

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 Yeah, and it gets convoluted. But anyway

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 That whole thing

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 Is working

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 And so for as much as we want to give trump credit

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 Here's the segue here

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 Here's the segue

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 Trump can't help himself. He just can't take this win. He can't take this win. No

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 He can't take this win because

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 Trump had to depict himself

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 As jesus

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 There you go. That's it. Yep

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 Yeah, that's the picture. That's the picture right there. Uh trump dressed in robes which resemble

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 every picture just about you ever seen of jesus with the white robe and

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 the red sash and

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 Whatnot and uh, here's trump depicted as

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 Someone healing the sick for the world. He's got the hands with the power angels in the background over him

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 the bald eagle flying across

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 Military airplanes

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 Statue of liberty in the background

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 That's right trump jesus

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 Okay, yeah, well that didn't go over well apparently that pissed a lot of people off

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 Pissed off a lot of catholics

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 And uh

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 Trump issued an apology. He tried to say I had no idea. This is what it looked like to everybody

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 I I thought I looked like a doctor, you know like in the red cross

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 Because all red cross people wear outfits that resemble the garments of jesus, right? Okay trump sure sure thing there donnie

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 So donnie fucked up

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 Tried to retract

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 Took it down apparently but you know

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 Hey the internet's forever people were quick to take those screenshots, which is how I got the image

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 I showed you earlier because

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 Because the white house is like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

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 Trumpy trumpy boy. You talk a lot of shit. You've done a lot of crazy things, but hey

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 Hey, you're not jesus

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 You're not jesus. What are we doing here?

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 What are we doing here?

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 And um aside from that

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 What else is trump doing?

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 well

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 the trump also decided to uh

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 The trump the trump trump er the trump the guy trump

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 So he's gonna fight with the pope yeah here let me show you that

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 So pope the pope leo here

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 Was taking shots from president donald trump. I'm gonna read it to you. I'm gonna read it to you

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 So for those who aren't watching the video i'm doing the best to describe all this stuff

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 I'm gonna read this. Uh, I don't know what you call it's a truth some post whatever truth on truth social

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 Here we go. You're ready for it

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 They're ready for it from trump jesus to taking shots at pope leo

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 So trump says pope leo is weak

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 on crime

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 And terrible for foreign policy he talks about fear of the trump administration

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 But doesn't mention the fear that the catholic church and all other christian organizations had during covet

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 When they were arresting priests ministers and everybody else for holding church services even when going outside and being

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 10 and even 20 feet apart

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 I like his brother lewis much better than I like him because lewis is all maga

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 He gets it and leo doesn't I don't want a pope who thinks it's okay for iran to have nuclear weapons

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 I don't want a pope who thinks it's terrible that america attacked venezuela

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 A country that was sending massive amounts of drugs into united states and even worse emptying their prisons including murderers drug dealers

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 And killers into our country and I don't want a pope who criticizes the president of the united states because

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 I'm doing exactly what I was elected in a landslide to do

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 Setting record low numbers in crime and creating the greatest stock market in history

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 Leo should be thankful because as everyone knows he was a shocking surprise

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 He wasn't on any list to be pope and was only put there by the church because he was an american

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 And they thought

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 That would be the best way to deal with president donald j trump

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 If I wasn't in the white house leo wouldn't be in the vatican unfortunately leo's weak on crime weak on nuclear weapons

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 Does not sit well within with me nor

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 Nor does the fact that he meets with obama sympathizers like david axelrod a loser from the left

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 Who is one of those?

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 Who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested?

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 Leo should get his act together as pope use common sense stop catering to the radical left and focus on being a great pope

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 Not a politician

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 It's hurting him very badly and more importantly. It's hurting the catholic church president donald j

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 Trump well that didn't help

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 That didn't help. Let's just say that

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 What do you do just laugh I guess so trump's attacking the pope

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 Who is

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 Like the president of the united states or I mean he is the

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 spiritual

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 figurehead of the catholic church not just a catholic church the catholic church

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 around the entire world

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 So catholics are not happy with donald trump

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 Seems like donnie's going scourge uh scorched earth here

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 But I don't think he cares. I mean he's not serving again

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 This is his last term

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 I think he's just trying to get shit done and doesn't care what people have to say

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 But let's just be honest some of what trump said was correct

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 I get that the pope would criticize war and violence as basically all religions do well should anyway

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 And uh the catholic church has criticized many wars in the past

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 Because it's violent and it's a crime against humanity regardless of the conflict who started it, whatever

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 So I understand the pope's position

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 Criticizing donald trump's um, um politics though

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 That is uh, that's another matter

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 And all I gotta say is if the pope can dish it then he should be able to take it

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 but again

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 Maybe trump took it a bit too far

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 And depicting himself as jesus. Well

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 That definitely doesn't help matters. So who does this hurt? Well politically

463
00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:49.060
 Trump and carol s again, this is last term, but what it does hurt is the republican party

464
00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:51.180
 It hurts the chances

465
00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:56.560
 Uh for a republican president in 2028. This also is going to force republicans

466
00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:00.840
 To distance themselves from trump if he continues

467
00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:02.220
 down

468
00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:05.800
 This highway or this road of

469
00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:11.680
 Not just crazy rhetoric because he was always you know crazy. I loved his unfiltered approach

470
00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:16.800
 But this is not going to help the republican party whatsoever. It's not going to help maga

471
00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:23.160
 So you're going to see republicans you're going to see people in maga start to distance themselves from trump

472
00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:25.600
 altogether just so that they have

473
00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:33.260
 A chance to be reelected in the midterm and also a shot at the presidency as far as the republican party is concerned

474
00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:37.040
 So for all the good trump might be doing

475
00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:46.500
 He can't help himself he has to put his foot in his mouth or yes to depict himself as jesus christ blasphemy for sure

476
00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:54.640
 But regardless, yeah, it's trump. So let's not take this serious. I know we're all offended

477
00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:57.940
 Let's just get through it

478
00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:02.160
 Let's hope that this blockade at the straight of hormones going on right now

479
00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:05.180
 Ends up bringing iran back to the table

480
00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:13.500
 Let's hope that they agree to the 20-year moratorium on nuclear weapons and pursuing it and look look it doesn't even matter because

481
00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:16.760
 if the u.s

482
00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:22.780
 Doesn't get it done and keep the straight open we have

483
00:33:24.020 --> 00:33:25.520
 france to the rescue

484
00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.680
 yes

485
00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.020
 because

486
00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:33.860
 Got this from war radar and this this is confirmed. Yeah, that's real so

487
00:33:35.890 --> 00:33:43.290
 France and the uk led by emmanuel macron are preparing a post-war mission to reopen the straight of hormones

488
00:33:43.290 --> 00:33:46.330
 Oh, thank you macron really

489
00:33:46.930 --> 00:33:48.890
 Really? You're preparing a mission

490
00:33:48.890 --> 00:33:56.010
 To go reopen the straight of hormones after all the dust settles and after the blockade issued to blockade the blockade by president trump

491
00:33:56.010 --> 00:33:59.830
 Oh, you're gonna get in there and do that for us all. Huh? You're gonna save the world. Yeah

492
00:33:59.830 --> 00:34:02.030
 Yeah, who's gonna do this?

493
00:34:02.030 --> 00:34:06.350
 You in the uk doesn't the uk just have like one one boat ship

494
00:34:07.930 --> 00:34:08.370
 whatever

495
00:34:08.370 --> 00:34:12.510
 Are we for real? I come to the rescue to clean up

496
00:34:13.090 --> 00:34:14.290
 after all the work's done

497
00:34:15.110 --> 00:34:20.670
 Thank you, emmanuel macron. And yeah, this this is real. This wasn't just something on x. So here you go ground news

498
00:34:20.670 --> 00:34:24.449
 Europe has post-war plans to free up hormones without the u.s

499
00:34:24.449 --> 00:34:29.290
 And this was from the wall street journal and you can see as I scroll there's 27 articles related to this

500
00:34:29.290 --> 00:34:35.070
 So yeah, emmanuel macron had the balls to say i'm going to go in after the u.s. Does all the work

501
00:34:35.070 --> 00:34:37.290
 After the u.s. Brings a ronda heel

502
00:34:38.330 --> 00:34:40.370
 after the u.s

503
00:34:41.290 --> 00:34:45.870
 Manages the straight of her mousse we're going to go in there and we're going to make sure it stays open. That's right

504
00:34:45.870 --> 00:34:48.270
 We're going to do it. We're going to play the hero

505
00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:56.900
 Isn't this the same emmanuel macron and kir starmer who said they didn't want anything to do with this

506
00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.780
 This isn't their war. They're not going to get involved

507
00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.520
 hmm

508
00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.880
 But apparently they will

509
00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:07.120
 They will and try to take the credit after

510
00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:15.040
 All the work has been done by the united states for america in regards of how you believe or feel about this conflict war, etc

511
00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:18.340
 That is the situation

512
00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:22.280
 The u.s. Goes in the u.s. Gets it done

513
00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:28.500
 And macron wants to play clean up and say look what I did. I participated

514
00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:31.960
 I'm doing my part. I'm keeping it open

515
00:35:33.060 --> 00:35:35.580
 I'm gonna make sure that this thing stays open

516
00:35:37.850 --> 00:35:40.510
 Yep. All right. Good luck there, buddy

517
00:35:41.930 --> 00:35:42.850
 okay, uh

518
00:35:42.850 --> 00:35:44.790
 before we move on to other business I

519
00:35:44.790 --> 00:35:48.910
 And before I discuss eric swalwell and uh, ma'am donnie

520
00:35:51.310 --> 00:35:56.240
 I think I need a beer. I think I need a beer. Um, yeah that whole straight of her mousse thing, you know

521
00:35:57.290 --> 00:36:02.180
 the blocking the blockade by issuing a blockade a block blockade by blockading a blockade and then

522
00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:10.120
 Emmanuel mccrone saying he's gonna play clean up and then we had trump jesus and fighting the pope and um

523
00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:18.610
 Yeah, uh, let me see what I got. All right. All right. Here we go. Here we go. Um

524
00:36:18.610 --> 00:36:23.850
 Tecate it's gonna be a tecate. You know, I haven't had one of these in a long time. I'm not endorsed by them. Um

525
00:36:23.850 --> 00:36:26.610
 But uh, it's nice and cool to head on ice

526
00:36:27.270 --> 00:36:31.390
 I need this. Uh, that was a lot. So let me uh, let me go ahead and reset a bit

527
00:36:31.390 --> 00:36:34.130
 And then we're diving to eric's wall. Oh and before we do that

528
00:36:35.010 --> 00:36:38.190
 I know what you're saying. I know what you're saying all you guys out there

529
00:36:38.190 --> 00:36:44.330
 Look at the gringo with the american hat on all proud to be american talking about trump and his uh, operational success

530
00:36:44.330 --> 00:36:45.970
 But you're drinking a mexican beer

531
00:36:46.770 --> 00:36:50.970
 Um, actually, I got you. I got you buddy. I got you. This is for you

532
00:36:51.590 --> 00:36:54.450
 Uh, so tecate is actually owned by uh,

533
00:36:54.490 --> 00:36:54.610
 i think

534
00:36:55.690 --> 00:36:56.170
 Yeah

535
00:36:58.050 --> 00:37:03.990
 That's right tecate beer made in mexico is owned by a dutch company they purchased it in

536
00:37:03.990 --> 00:37:07.950
 2010 and it's managed in the u.s. By heineken usa which

537
00:37:09.250 --> 00:37:14.690
 Good luck. Oh, you don't believe me. Okay, cool. Uh, let's go ahead to um

538
00:37:14.690 --> 00:37:15.690
 Heineken's website

539
00:37:16.230 --> 00:37:18.270
 Look at that

540
00:37:18.270 --> 00:37:21.070
 Our brands see that our brands

541
00:37:21.750 --> 00:37:25.330
 Heineken those eke's tecate red stripe amstelite

542
00:37:25.330 --> 00:37:26.910
 There's the pictures

543
00:37:28.130 --> 00:37:28.770
 So

544
00:37:29.630 --> 00:37:30.270
 Yeah

545
00:37:30.710 --> 00:37:33.190
 Oh, i'm i'm celebrating success with a dutch beer

546
00:37:37.020 --> 00:37:37.420
 anyway

547
00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:42.520
 There we go. That's what we need. All right. Let me take a sip of this. Cheers to everybody listening

548
00:37:42.520 --> 00:37:44.740
 Listen, and I haven't done this in a while but for all those who

549
00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:49.220
 Are off of work don't want to go to work at work. Don't want to be at work

550
00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:53.060
 Have a day off. You're out there fishing camping. Whatever. Cheers to you. Here's a beer

551
00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.200
 Cheers

552
00:37:58.700 --> 00:37:59.500
 Oh man

553
00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:02.520
 I haven't had a tecate in a while. That's actually pretty good

554
00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.520
 Yeah, that's tasty

555
00:38:07.220 --> 00:38:07.980
 Not bad

556
00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.200
 Okay

557
00:38:11.620 --> 00:38:13.960
 Now on to eric swalwell

558
00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.180
 so

559
00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:20.540
 Let's get to it. Let's go over the uh summary of the allegations here

560
00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:29.140
 Uh in april 2026 representative eric swalwell withdrew from the california gubernatorial race and resigned from congress

561
00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:36.760
 Following a series of escalating allegations involving sexual assault and misconduct. So let's go over those allegations

562
00:38:38.140 --> 00:38:41.400
 Okay, so first a former staffer primary accuser

563
00:38:42.620 --> 00:38:45.850
 An aide who worked for swalwell for nearly two years

564
00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:52.900
 Alleged he sexually assaulted her twice while she was too intoxicated to consent. This was in 2019

565
00:38:53.640 --> 00:38:55.860
 And uh in april of 2024

566
00:38:55.860 --> 00:39:02.100
 She also claimed he requested oral sex during work hours while she was performing her official duties

567
00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:08.180
 Her claims are reportedly corroborated by medical records and text messages

568
00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:12.460
 Okay, we also have uh lana drewes

569
00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:15.340
 publicly accused swalwell

570
00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:22.220
 Of spiking her drink drugging and raping her at a west hollywood hotel in july 2018

571
00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:25.060
 Stating he choked her unconscious

572
00:39:25.060 --> 00:39:25.460
 Conscious

573
00:39:26.580 --> 00:39:34.260
 Um, we have ali samarco a democratic influencer who identified herself as a recipient of unsolicited

574
00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:41.140
 Explicit photo from swalwell. So it probably sent her like a dick pic or something. I don't know

575
00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:44.260
 Um cnn reports. Okay, so there are three additional women

576
00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:50.100
 Uh who detailed misconduct including unsolicited nude photos and messages

577
00:39:50.100 --> 00:39:51.480
 one reported

578
00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:53.580
 non-consensual

579
00:39:53.580 --> 00:39:58.320
 Sexual contact occurring while she was intoxicated

580
00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:06.480
 So far it seems like swalwell's mo is getting ladies, uh drunk inebriated and with

581
00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:10.160
 I don't know different methods maybe spiking drinks, whatever

582
00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:12.360
 and then just

583
00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:14.700
 Laying hands and trying to do things

584
00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:18.640
 um, okay, so there's also the dhs investigation

585
00:40:18.640 --> 00:40:26.100
 Separate from the sexual misconduct claims the department of homeland security investigated swalwell for illegally employing a brazilian nanny

586
00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:27.920
 I didn't hear this one

587
00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.600
 huh

588
00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:33.100
 Okay after her work authorization expired in 2022

589
00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:36.060
 Hmm. Yeah, I didn't hear about that one

590
00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.280
 so

591
00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:40.660
 Eric swalwell, of course is denying everything

592
00:40:41.700 --> 00:40:45.560
 And amid all the sexual misconduct charges, I I mean

593
00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:48.620
 This is the this is the guy that also was

594
00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.840
 Dating

595
00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:57.160
 Chinese spy fang fang like the guy was banging fang fang fang bang remember that whole thing

596
00:40:57.700 --> 00:41:01.620
 Yeah, chinese spy. It was dating this lady. I think it was like for two years or whatever

597
00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:06.760
 Um, you can fact check another but I believe it's like a two-year period what what not a chinese spy

598
00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:09.500
 Who allegedly or apparently was?

599
00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:11.800
 Getting secrets from swalwell

600
00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:17.320
 Either directly or indirectly, I don't know we we have no idea what what happened with that investigation

601
00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:23.900
 Um what decisions were made as to pursue him or not after all the questioning but regardless

602
00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:30.400
 Let's hear eric swalwell apologize and deny everything. In fact, he's not even apologizing. He's just denying

603
00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.920
 all these allegations

604
00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:35.160
 Here we go. Let me go ahead and blow this up for y'all

605
00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:38.520
 Swalwell in his own words

606
00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:44.260
 As far as the recent allegations a lot has been said about me today through anonymous allegations

607
00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:48.400
 And I thought it was important that you see and hear from me directly

608
00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:54.000
 These allegations of sexual assault are flat false. They're absolutely false

609
00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:59.460
 They did not happen. They have never happened and I will fight them with everything that I have

610
00:42:00.040 --> 00:42:05.660
 They also come on the eve of an election where I have been the front-runner candidate for governor in california

611
00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:08.500
 I do not suggest to you in any way

612
00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:10.340
 That i'm perfect or that i'm a saint

613
00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:14.280
 I've certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past

614
00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:16.800
 But those mistakes are between me and my wife

615
00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:21.220
 And to her I apologize deeply for putting her in this position

616
00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:26.120
 I also apologize to you if in any way you have doubted your support for me

617
00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:29.580
 But I think you know who I am

618
00:42:29.580 --> 00:42:34.200
 For over 20 years. I have served the public as a city councilman

619
00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:35.980
 As a member of congress

620
00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:42.960
 And as a prosecutor who went to court on behalf of victims, particularly on behalf of sexual assault victims

621
00:42:43.740 --> 00:42:46.060
 That's who I am and have always been

622
00:42:48.140 --> 00:42:51.360
 This weekend i'm going to spend time with my family and friends

623
00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:57.660
 And I appreciate those who have reached out to me to show support and I look forward to updating you very soon

624
00:43:01.540 --> 00:43:04.380
 Okay, so that was issued by eric swalwell himself

625
00:43:05.640 --> 00:43:08.300
 And uh, he put that out there on instagram

626
00:43:09.720 --> 00:43:10.200
 so

627
00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:12.260
 Do we believe him?

628
00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.800
 I mean

629
00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:16.420
 20 years a servant a public servant

630
00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:22.620
 Acting as if everybody knows who he is. Well, the reality is the um

631
00:43:22.620 --> 00:43:25.700
 Democratic party has been covering up for him for some time. I mean again

632
00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:28.960
 We had the bang the fang fang bang whatever spy

633
00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:30.900
 thing that happened

634
00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:38.240
 And then you know, as I just read earlier when we were going over the allegations, I mean we have stuff going to 2018

635
00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:42.180
 So, yeah, I guess people do know who you are

636
00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:48.340
 um, and then you know, here's another video, uh, I have no there's no sound on this, but this is

637
00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:51.040
 there's a video of him in a hotel in a hotel room, which

638
00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:55.800
 which looks like it's with a uh, while they're saying this recording is with him and

639
00:43:57.580 --> 00:43:58.060
 underaged

640
00:43:58.060 --> 00:43:58.620
 girl

641
00:43:59.580 --> 00:44:03.640
 Um, if you're not watching this on youtube go ahead or just look it up

642
00:44:03.640 --> 00:44:09.420
 In fact, all you gotta do is just look up. Um, eric swalwell hotel video or whatever and it should pop up

643
00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:10.980
 But for everybody watching

644
00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:16.560
 Let's go ahead and play this. I'm gonna blow it up and it goes pretty quick, but I want you to see this

645
00:44:16.560 --> 00:44:18.060
 So here's swalwell

646
00:44:18.060 --> 00:44:19.860
 Here's the girl with the phone

647
00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:21.800
 He grabs her kisses her

648
00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:24.980
 Tries to pull her back a bit

649
00:44:26.560 --> 00:44:27.360
 and uh

650
00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:28.440
 This is a married man

651
00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:31.940
 I mean this is eric swalwell married a guy that we're supposed to trust 20 years a servant

652
00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:35.420
 You know me you know me i'm good guys, right right i'm good

653
00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:36.500
 I'm good

654
00:44:37.060 --> 00:44:39.260
 I'm good. I'm i'm honest. I'm the guy

655
00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:43.120
 I've made some mistakes, but I would never I would never

656
00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:44.820
 Yeah, sure

657
00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:51.120
 And so there's more videos like that that are coming out

658
00:44:52.080 --> 00:44:54.440
 And aside from him denying everything

659
00:44:57.020 --> 00:44:59.000
 I go back to the fang fang thing

660
00:44:59.000 --> 00:44:59.880
 right

661
00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:03.400
 the whole fang fang thing because

662
00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.380
 He first came

663
00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:13.800
 Came into the uh public eye in terms of controversy when he got caught dating that spy and he denied it all

664
00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:15.300
 He denied it all

665
00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.980
 but

666
00:45:16.620 --> 00:45:19.980
 If he didn't do anything then why is this happening?

667
00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:28.780
 It's reported that representative eric swalwell sends cease and desist letter to fbi director over old

668
00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:30.580
 investigation files

669
00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:39.120
 FBI director cash patel is reportedly seeking to release files related to the democratic lawmaker's previous association with a suspected chinese

670
00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:40.900
 intelligence

671
00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:44.080
 Operative that's right

672
00:45:44.620 --> 00:45:50.170
 So he did nothing but he wants the files to not be released. He wants them sealed. He doesn't want them to get out

673
00:45:51.160 --> 00:45:52.240
 the alleged

674
00:45:53.160 --> 00:45:56.400
 Fang fang bang fang bang spy

675
00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:58.940
 Collusion thing. Yeah

676
00:45:58.940 --> 00:46:01.140
 Never did anything but he doesn't want the files come up

677
00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:05.520
 If you didn't do anything eric, then why are you sending a cease and desist to cash patel?

678
00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:07.700
 That makes no sense

679
00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:08.980
 whatsoever

680
00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:10.800
 and so

681
00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:12.940
 How does this impact?

682
00:46:14.180 --> 00:46:16.440
 The california race because

683
00:46:17.140 --> 00:46:21.520
 He claims he was a front runner he actually wasn't but regardless

684
00:46:22.240 --> 00:46:27.220
 So let's go ahead and uh discuss, uh, how this affects the california gubernatorial

685
00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:30.400
 realignment, uh post swalwell

686
00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:38.300
 So the withdrawal of representative eric swalwell from the california gubernatorial race has significantly reshaped the political landscape

687
00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:40.260
 in california

688
00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:46.600
 As he was previously a top polling candidate and yeah, he was a top polling candidate, but I I still don't think he was going to

689
00:46:46.600 --> 00:46:47.480
 Get it

690
00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:51.040
 um, but his exit leaves a vacuum for both supporters and

691
00:46:51.680 --> 00:46:52.960
 institutional backing

692
00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:54.340
 as in donors

693
00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:56.060
 so

694
00:46:56.060 --> 00:46:58.080
 primary democratic beneficiaries

695
00:46:58.080 --> 00:47:04.320
 Um, so the people who'll benefit from this as analysts point out would be tom styer and katie porter

696
00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:09.540
 Uh, they move up in gaining more support in their race for governor of california

697
00:47:10.120 --> 00:47:11.880
 Tom styer is a billionaire

698
00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:19.760
 Climate advocate with significant self-funding styer has already begun absorbing endorsements from former swalwell allies

699
00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:23.400
 Such as he was representative jared huffman and several state assembly members

700
00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:26.620
 Uh katie porter a former law professor

701
00:47:26.620 --> 00:47:34.120
 Porter appeals to a similar demographic as swalwell specifically liberal progressive and older white voters

702
00:47:34.120 --> 00:47:41.680
 She is also expected to benefit from a backlash among female voters for following the sexual assault allegations

703
00:47:42.930 --> 00:47:44.100
 Against swalwell

704
00:47:44.620 --> 00:47:45.840
 so

705
00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:48.360
 Here's the impact on the broader field

706
00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:49.440
 uh

707
00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:52.890
 Financial surges so san jose mayor matt mayhan

708
00:47:53.470 --> 00:47:59.630
 Saw an immediate 12 million dollar surge of financial support from silicon valley donors following swalwell's downfall

709
00:47:59.630 --> 00:48:03.530
 so other candidates are starting to receive funding as

710
00:48:04.590 --> 00:48:09.850
 People who are trying to back the democrat party shift their support towards other candidates

711
00:48:10.570 --> 00:48:15.770
 um, there's also vet veteran candidates like um, so there's figures like antonio

712
00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:18.610
 uh villa regoza I

713
00:48:19.050 --> 00:48:23.270
 Apologies if I didn't pronounce your name correctly and xavier becerra

714
00:48:24.470 --> 00:48:29.250
 um who are looking to capitalize on the field's disarray with uh villa regoza

715
00:48:30.250 --> 00:48:33.350
 Already launching new advertisements focused on the cost of living

716
00:48:34.190 --> 00:48:37.030
 Uh, so the strategic goals of the democratic party here

717
00:48:37.490 --> 00:48:40.410
 Now i'm going to read the summary. I may or may not agree with all of it, but

718
00:48:40.850 --> 00:48:44.250
 This is what ai helped me with uh when it came to this summary here

719
00:48:44.250 --> 00:48:51.930
 So the push by the democratic leadership for swalwell's immediate exit was a strategic move to prevent a lockout in california's jungle primary

720
00:48:52.450 --> 00:49:00.370
 The party feared that a fractured field of eight democrats would split the liberal vote so thinly that two republicans steven

721
00:49:00.370 --> 00:49:02.630
 Hilton and chad bianco

722
00:49:02.630 --> 00:49:08.890
 Could secure the top two spots and move on the the general election alone by forcing a quick withdrawal

723
00:49:08.890 --> 00:49:15.230
 The party hopes to consolidate democratic voters behind a single viable candidate like styre or poor

724
00:49:16.250 --> 00:49:18.410
 There's some truth to that. I mean

725
00:49:19.630 --> 00:49:25.890
 Sure too many democratic uh candidates would have thinned it out, but I think what would have happened which always happens is

726
00:49:26.670 --> 00:49:33.370
 It always tends to be concentrated and directed towards backing one horse so to say or so to speak

727
00:49:33.370 --> 00:49:37.430
 Uh one one candidate and so eventually it was going to get pared down and

728
00:49:37.430 --> 00:49:40.710
 I think I think what happened here was swalwell is

729
00:49:41.330 --> 00:49:47.290
 I think it got to the point where they were just like they were just tired of backing them and covering up for him

730
00:49:47.290 --> 00:49:51.630
 He's had allegations and misconduct going back for years and he can claim for 20 years

731
00:49:51.630 --> 00:49:54.790
 He was the good guy. He was squeaky clean, but it's not the case. I mean

732
00:49:55.630 --> 00:49:56.510
 Just google

733
00:49:57.770 --> 00:49:58.650
 Just google

734
00:50:00.390 --> 00:50:01.270
 Um swalwell

735
00:50:02.110 --> 00:50:02.550
 Uh

736
00:50:03.550 --> 00:50:03.990
 Misconduct

737
00:50:03.990 --> 00:50:06.490
 I mean just go ahead and uh google

738
00:50:07.570 --> 00:50:12.530
 Swalwell's past misdeeds. I mean there's going to be plenty that come up. He's trying to bury it, but it's not going to happen

739
00:50:13.450 --> 00:50:14.490
 and so

740
00:50:14.490 --> 00:50:16.790
 What this does is it actually?

741
00:50:17.690 --> 00:50:21.050
 To a point in degree. Let me go ahead and switch screens here

742
00:50:21.590 --> 00:50:28.350
 And uh, this is from emerson college polling and this is california's 2026 poll right here as it relates to the

743
00:50:29.430 --> 00:50:30.950
 gubernatorial primary election tracking

744
00:50:31.580 --> 00:50:39.350
 And you'll see all these colors so we got various colors looking at 2025 september october 2025 december 2025 february 2026

745
00:50:39.950 --> 00:50:46.530
 March 2026 and april 2026 so we're going to concentrate concentrate. Um on april here

746
00:50:46.530 --> 00:50:54.230
 So what this did is sure this thinned things out it shifted the support for the democrats towards styre and porter

747
00:50:54.230 --> 00:50:56.470
 but even then porter is

748
00:50:57.070 --> 00:51:03.590
 Gaining at 10 percent, but so is becerra. So it's pretty tight between those two but styre has moved up to a 14 percent

749
00:51:04.830 --> 00:51:06.110
 Support according to the polls

750
00:51:06.110 --> 00:51:11.270
 But what this did do it did open the door for support in the republican party

751
00:51:12.050 --> 00:51:15.470
 Uh more to the point the two republican candidates

752
00:51:15.970 --> 00:51:18.170
 So we got hilton over here

753
00:51:18.170 --> 00:51:21.110
 Who is surging at as of april 2026?

754
00:51:21.750 --> 00:51:25.390
 17 support which is more than any candidate on the board

755
00:51:25.390 --> 00:51:28.930
 And bianco is at 14 which is tied with styre

756
00:51:29.470 --> 00:51:31.810
 And so what could happen here?

757
00:51:32.550 --> 00:51:33.110
 is

758
00:51:33.110 --> 00:51:38.550
 If becerra drops out or or ends up being out and so does mahan or mayhan

759
00:51:39.330 --> 00:51:44.130
 Um that support is expected to shift over to either porter or styre

760
00:51:44.130 --> 00:51:50.230
 It looks like the horse they should be backing here is styre as styre already has more support

761
00:51:50.230 --> 00:51:53.790
 but regardless the support for becerra mahan they're

762
00:51:54.390 --> 00:52:00.630
 Estimating will be absorbed by styre and porter now that may put them in a position to be ahead of the current

763
00:52:00.630 --> 00:52:04.050
 Republican or the leading republican candidates here hilton and bianco

764
00:52:05.470 --> 00:52:07.710
 I don't think bianco and hilton should

765
00:52:09.370 --> 00:52:14.290
 Um should yet combine or what I mean by that. Sorry, let me rephrase that

766
00:52:14.290 --> 00:52:20.230
 I don't think either one of them should drop out yet. Yeah, it still splits the republican vote, right?

767
00:52:20.230 --> 00:52:26.090
 It still splits that republican support but having the two on the board right now also disrupts the support

768
00:52:26.850 --> 00:52:33.190
 That styre or porter will get I think this will also force the split on the democrat side depending on

769
00:52:33.970 --> 00:52:37.590
 How you oppose bianco or hilton based on their positions?

770
00:52:38.690 --> 00:52:44.570
 Um down the road, we're going to see how this plays out. But this whole thing as of now as of now

771
00:52:46.050 --> 00:52:46.810
 So

772
00:52:46.810 --> 00:52:56.200
 Swalwell dropping out swalwell resigning being forced to resign has the unintended consequence to the democrats or the democratic party

773
00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:59.380
 Possibly flipping

774
00:53:00.420 --> 00:53:01.540
 the governorship

775
00:53:02.200 --> 00:53:03.020
 to

776
00:53:03.020 --> 00:53:05.080
 republican in california

777
00:53:06.560 --> 00:53:07.840
 which

778
00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:13.500
 The play here to get swalwell out looks like it could absolutely backfire on the drum

779
00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:14.820
 Democratic party

780
00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:18.620
 So why would they do this?

781
00:53:19.440 --> 00:53:26.600
 Maybe it was that swalwell is too hot. They could no longer cover up for him after all the years of allegations misconduct and misdeeds

782
00:53:27.140 --> 00:53:29.360
 Yeah, I think that is part of it for sure

783
00:53:29.880 --> 00:53:34.900
 They probably felt it was safer to like put more support towards a styre reporter

784
00:53:35.540 --> 00:53:37.300
 But I think here's the bigger play

785
00:53:37.300 --> 00:53:43.420
 I think the bigger play is the democratic party is getting themselves ready for 2028 for the presidential race

786
00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:47.920
 See by doing this by they themselves eating their own

787
00:53:47.920 --> 00:53:53.700
 Uh by standing up and telling swalwell you're out. We're not supporting you your career's done

788
00:53:54.620 --> 00:53:57.460
 I think they're able to say look

789
00:53:57.460 --> 00:54:00.880
 we're the party of moral superiority because

790
00:54:01.460 --> 00:54:03.440
 Trump is still in hot water

791
00:54:03.440 --> 00:54:05.320
 in regard to the whole

792
00:54:05.320 --> 00:54:12.100
 Epstein files in the Epstein case actually his whole administration has been scrutinized over it pan bondi was fired over it

793
00:54:12.740 --> 00:54:19.820
 Cash patel has been questioned and scrutinized over it dan bondino stepped down and claimed there was nothing there and Epstein hung himself

794
00:54:19.820 --> 00:54:21.340
 Yeah, all right, whatever danny

795
00:54:21.340 --> 00:54:21.740
 um

796
00:54:22.340 --> 00:54:23.320
 and so

797
00:54:23.320 --> 00:54:26.840
 That is the one thing that is the one thing like iran look

798
00:54:26.840 --> 00:54:31.640
 I I don't think that would have been as big of a point sticking point in at all

799
00:54:31.640 --> 00:54:36.680
 For trump administration or even the future of the republican party so much as the epstein files

800
00:54:37.300 --> 00:54:41.700
 That is all the democrats have that is all the democratic party has

801
00:54:41.700 --> 00:54:42.760
 That is it

802
00:54:42.760 --> 00:54:45.460
 So by by saying look what we did

803
00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:48.560
 We were able to hold our own people accountable

804
00:54:48.560 --> 00:54:55.080
 We were forcing them to resign. We took them away and cleared them off the board because they were no longer

805
00:54:55.760 --> 00:55:02.440
 They were no longer representative of the values of the democratic party. We are the party of mirror

806
00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:04.080
 moral superiority

807
00:55:04.800 --> 00:55:06.600
 Why would you elect a democrat?

808
00:55:06.600 --> 00:55:12.400
 I mean a a republican to be president. Why would you elect a republican to be president? Why why would you do that?

809
00:55:13.280 --> 00:55:15.420
 They're morally bankrupt. They're corrupt

810
00:55:16.100 --> 00:55:17.620
 but not us

811
00:55:17.620 --> 00:55:19.600
 Not the democratic party

812
00:55:20.440 --> 00:55:22.680
 We took down one of our own

813
00:55:23.600 --> 00:55:25.600
 for the same

814
00:55:25.600 --> 00:55:27.260
 type of allegations

815
00:55:28.840 --> 00:55:29.920
 sexual misconduct

816
00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:32.220
 and rape of minors

817
00:55:33.100 --> 00:55:38.620
 We are the party of morality and that is the actual real play

818
00:55:39.180 --> 00:55:41.430
 The democratic party is making right now

819
00:55:42.780 --> 00:55:47.400
 And standing up to and against wall while forcing him to resign

820
00:55:48.560 --> 00:55:51.920
 That is what they're really doing they're making a play for 2020

821
00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:54.580
 and republicans

822
00:55:54.580 --> 00:55:56.610
 Republican party you need to be paying attention to this

823
00:55:57.560 --> 00:56:00.160
 You need to get your heads out of your ass

824
00:56:01.380 --> 00:56:08.420
 And come up for air and realize that you may very well have been outplayed here

825
00:56:09.420 --> 00:56:11.100
 By the democratic party

826
00:56:11.860 --> 00:56:15.160
 I'll be watching for your counter and so will the rest of america

827
00:56:15.760 --> 00:56:19.120
 All right, everybody from california to new york's been a while

828
00:56:19.820 --> 00:56:22.180
 I haven't discussed them in a bit

829
00:56:22.180 --> 00:56:25.100
 Let's check in on old zoran mom daddy

830
00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:31.800
 He's doing good for new york, right? Yeah. Yeah, everybody wanted him everybody got him

831
00:56:33.080 --> 00:56:33.640
 and

832
00:56:33.640 --> 00:56:37.100
 Here comes your marxist socialist place

833
00:56:37.740 --> 00:56:41.320
 Here's a video of proud zoran mom. Donnie discussing

834
00:56:43.570 --> 00:56:45.070
 What he's going to be doing?

835
00:56:46.150 --> 00:56:47.490
 In terms of revenue

836
00:56:47.490 --> 00:56:50.890
 When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich

837
00:56:52.680 --> 00:56:54.680
 Well today we're taxing

838
00:56:54.680 --> 00:56:59.460
 I'm thrilled to announce we've secured a pita tear tax the first in new york's history

839
00:56:59.460 --> 00:57:05.620
 This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than five million dollars whose owners do not live full time in the city

840
00:57:05.620 --> 00:57:07.560
 Like for this penthouse

841
00:57:07.560 --> 00:57:11.560
 Which hedge fund ceo ken griffin bought for 238 million dollars

842
00:57:11.560 --> 00:57:17.200
 This pita tear tax is specifically designed for the richest of the rich those who store their wealth in new york city real estate

843
00:57:17.200 --> 00:57:22.820
 But who don't actually live but even so they're able to reap the huge financial rewards of owning property and dare

844
00:57:22.820 --> 00:57:27.240
 I say the greatest city in the world and most of the time these units are sitting empty since again

845
00:57:27.240 --> 00:57:33.420
 They don't actually live here. This is a fundamentally unfair system that hurts working new yorkers now

846
00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:39.040
 It's coming to an end. This tax will raise at least 500 million dollars directly for the city

847
00:57:39.040 --> 00:57:43.400
 It'll help fund things like free child care cleaner streets safer neighborhoods as mayor

848
00:57:43.400 --> 00:57:49.480
 I believe everyone has a role to play in contributing to our city and some a little bit more than others

849
00:57:49.480 --> 00:57:50.680
 Happy tax day new york

850
00:57:56.310 --> 00:57:56.830
 Questions

851
00:57:58.110 --> 00:58:00.630
 How does someone owning a

852
00:58:01.690 --> 00:58:03.590
 expensive property in new york

853
00:58:04.410 --> 00:58:07.430
 Chooses not to live their full-time hurt new yorkers

854
00:58:08.770 --> 00:58:11.230
 Explain that logic to me like really

855
00:58:12.050 --> 00:58:16.050
 What's the logic there like how's it hurting new yorkers number one?

856
00:58:16.810 --> 00:58:18.330
 uh number two

857
00:58:18.330 --> 00:58:20.390
 He wants to impose a tax

858
00:58:21.050 --> 00:58:24.030
 On people who are able to own a second property

859
00:58:24.030 --> 00:58:26.510
 Specifically targeted people who aren't

860
00:58:26.510 --> 00:58:32.170
 Occupying it full time now just because they're not there full time doesn't mean they don't go there

861
00:58:32.170 --> 00:58:36.130
 I mean people don't just buy real estate if i'm not going to use it in some fashion

862
00:58:36.130 --> 00:58:38.670
 Now if they're renting them out

863
00:58:38.670 --> 00:58:40.850
 Then they have to pay income tax

864
00:58:41.870 --> 00:58:45.200
 Right. Okay. Well, there is that mom donnie and then

865
00:58:45.730 --> 00:58:47.570
 Just for owning the property

866
00:58:47.570 --> 00:58:49.770
 They're already playing

867
00:58:50.370 --> 00:58:53.690
 Property taxes, that's right. They're paying property taxes

868
00:58:54.510 --> 00:58:56.350
 So you want to put

869
00:58:56.350 --> 00:58:57.270
 um

870
00:58:57.270 --> 00:58:59.390
 You want to put and impose

871
00:59:00.190 --> 00:59:01.210
 a tax

872
00:59:01.830 --> 00:59:07.850
 On top of a tax we're already paying because you say that because they're not living in these

873
00:59:09.190 --> 00:59:16.530
 Exorbitant properties these properties valued over five million dollars full time that they're hurting new yorkers somehow

874
00:59:17.310 --> 00:59:22.510
 Even though they're contributing to the city's bottom line by paying property taxes already

875
00:59:23.390 --> 00:59:29.590
 That if they choose to rent out or lease their buildings or their

876
00:59:30.310 --> 00:59:31.090
 domiciles

877
00:59:31.090 --> 00:59:32.590
 to other

878
00:59:32.590 --> 00:59:34.990
 People like other ceos, for example

879
00:59:35.710 --> 00:59:37.150
 other people in their network

880
00:59:37.890 --> 00:59:40.230
 They pay income tax on that

881
00:59:40.230 --> 00:59:42.190
 But that's not enough

882
00:59:42.190 --> 00:59:44.470
 Do you want to go after?

883
00:59:44.770 --> 00:59:47.610
 The rich because you hate the rich

884
00:59:48.410 --> 00:59:52.530
 Explain how this is benefiting the average new yorker

885
00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:56.280
 how is

886
00:59:56.280 --> 01:00:00.980
 Somebody how is the ownership of a multi multi-million dollar property?

887
01:00:02.240 --> 01:00:03.080
 by somebody

888
01:00:03.820 --> 01:00:10.000
 Just for the sake of like just owning the property. How does that hurt new yorkers ma'am dotty?

889
01:00:10.680 --> 01:00:15.860
 How is it that you believe that you can put a tax on top of a tax you're already collecting?

890
01:00:19.020 --> 01:00:21.820
 How's that I mean let's let's talk about

891
01:00:21.820 --> 01:00:26.120
 Let's talk about that. Let's talk about that. In fact, you know, I want to move up

892
01:00:26.120 --> 01:00:30.240
 Let's talk about new york city's property taxes

893
01:00:31.380 --> 01:00:34.120
 So new york city's property taxes are already pretty high

894
01:00:34.120 --> 01:00:38.480
 Here's the new york city property tax rates for 25 26 fiscal year

895
01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:41.840
 Uh, they're categorized by property class

896
01:00:41.840 --> 01:00:43.700
 Class one is residential

897
01:00:43.700 --> 01:00:45.580
 Which are one to three units

898
01:00:46.220 --> 01:00:52.630
 Those are already taxed at 19 percent actually over 19 percent. That's what the property tax rate is

899
01:00:53.220 --> 01:00:55.830
 Class twos, which would be apartments and co-ops

900
01:00:56.220 --> 01:01:02.360
 Are taxed at 12 or over 12 percent and then rates for class three and class four

901
01:01:02.360 --> 01:01:05.600
 Are 11 percent and 10 percent

902
01:01:05.600 --> 01:01:06.760
 Okay

903
01:01:07.660 --> 01:01:11.440
 Now you may be asking well, why are these other ones lower?

904
01:01:11.440 --> 01:01:17.500
 Well, those those are those are properties that people make money on actually like they rent out lease, etc

905
01:01:17.500 --> 01:01:20.980
 So they're already getting income tax on top of property tax

906
01:01:22.160 --> 01:01:27.090
 So they get a little bit of a break on it, but regardless, uh, these property taxes are pretty high

907
01:01:27.700 --> 01:01:29.900
 People are already paying

908
01:01:29.900 --> 01:01:30.840
 tax

909
01:01:31.600 --> 01:01:33.500
 On their properties that they bought

910
01:01:33.500 --> 01:01:35.660
 The values are assessed

911
01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:41.340
 Against the market values or at least the last most or most recent assessment of the property

912
01:01:42.320 --> 01:01:43.180
 and uh

913
01:01:45.140 --> 01:01:48.420
 That's not enough because new york city

914
01:01:48.420 --> 01:01:53.760
 Can't manage their money. You see they got a deficit and they're trying to make it up

915
01:01:53.760 --> 01:01:56.140
 by taxing those

916
01:01:56.140 --> 01:02:00.400
 Who own expensive real estate hate to break it to you?

917
01:02:00.440 --> 01:02:04.820
 But fucking every bit of real estate in york is fucking expensive while new york city anyway

918
01:02:05.660 --> 01:02:09.620
 Like there's not too many things there or well, I don't think there's anything informal

919
01:02:10.860 --> 01:02:11.380
 so

920
01:02:12.420 --> 01:02:14.760
 What's going on here, you know, it's even crazier

921
01:02:17.440 --> 01:02:19.720
 uh ron de santis posted this earlier

922
01:02:20.720 --> 01:02:21.760
 and apparently

923
01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:24.500
 Looks like even the new york governor

924
01:02:25.200 --> 01:02:29.920
 Kathy holkle is buying into the bullshit too. She's like hey good idea mom. Donnie. I'm on your side

925
01:02:29.920 --> 01:02:31.520
 Looks like socialism works

926
01:02:31.520 --> 01:02:36.280
 It's going to propose a tax on second homes worth five million or more and I think

927
01:02:36.280 --> 01:02:37.900
 I think this

928
01:02:37.900 --> 01:02:41.720
 I think she she's going to go beyond the new york city

929
01:02:41.720 --> 01:02:48.240
 I think this might be applied to all of new york. I may be wrong on that looks like looks like she's backing mom donnie's play here

930
01:02:52.250 --> 01:02:53.950
 Mom donnie hates you

931
01:02:53.950 --> 01:02:57.410
 Mom donnie wants to destroy america. I know you don't want to believe that

932
01:02:57.410 --> 01:03:00.650
 But this is going to drive people with money out of your city

933
01:03:00.650 --> 01:03:05.270
 You see people with money actually spend money. You can cry about the taxes. They pay all the time

934
01:03:05.270 --> 01:03:08.170
 But what about the taxes they pay on what they spend?

935
01:03:08.950 --> 01:03:11.350
 these big spenders

936
01:03:11.350 --> 01:03:14.490
 That that make these large purchases pay taxes on these

937
01:03:15.910 --> 01:03:16.370
 purchases

938
01:03:17.450 --> 01:03:18.370
 these properties

939
01:03:19.390 --> 01:03:24.090
 That have these crazy assessed values of five million or more or in this case

940
01:03:24.090 --> 01:03:29.830
 The example mom donnie made I think what you say two hundred thirty eight million dollar property. They're paying property taxes on that valuation

941
01:03:30.310 --> 01:03:34.610
 You are already getting money from them. It sounds like you're just penalizing them for being rich

942
01:03:34.610 --> 01:03:40.900
 Or having the ability to own these things and you're calling it a luxury tax that they got to pay every fucking year

943
01:03:42.660 --> 01:03:48.000
 Really so does it does this affect your parents mom donnie? I thought you were raised in a rich well-to-do

944
01:03:48.420 --> 01:03:49.580
 family as well

945
01:03:49.580 --> 01:03:51.220
 Or is it good to exclude them?

946
01:03:51.800 --> 01:03:55.590
 How's that gonna work? I I mean

947
01:03:56.670 --> 01:04:00.150
 Really like does any of this make sense? How would you feel? How would you feel?

948
01:04:00.270 --> 01:04:03.690
 Look, i'm not i'm not that guy that's in the position to buy a 238 million dollar property

949
01:04:03.690 --> 01:04:07.350
 But let's just dream a bit right dreamers, right as they say

950
01:04:07.350 --> 01:04:08.690
 Yeah, the american dream

951
01:04:08.690 --> 01:04:13.170
 But let's just say you were able to how would you feel that you worked your ass off to get where you were

952
01:04:13.170 --> 01:04:16.850
 Now let's talk about those people who became rich through hard work

953
01:04:16.850 --> 01:04:19.210
 I'm not talking about people who just were rich because they were born rich

954
01:04:19.950 --> 01:04:21.730
 Well, let's say you're one of those people

955
01:04:21.730 --> 01:04:26.970
 Worked your ass off and it finally worked out. They're like wow now i'm making some money now

956
01:04:26.970 --> 01:04:28.590
 I got more money than I could spend

957
01:04:28.590 --> 01:04:29.090
 hell

958
01:04:30.050 --> 01:04:34.330
 I I've been living in a shoe box for like 30 years of my life or 20 years of my life

959
01:04:34.330 --> 01:04:36.130
 I want to know what it feels like to have some

960
01:04:36.950 --> 01:04:37.750
 badass property

961
01:04:38.370 --> 01:04:41.510
 And you do that you choose to do so in new york

962
01:04:41.510 --> 01:04:45.830
 And then you got old mayor ma'am dotty knocking your door say oh, yeah

963
01:04:45.830 --> 01:04:51.090
 Look what you did. Good for you. Yeah from the bottom and now we're here, right started from the bottom now. We're here

964
01:04:51.550 --> 01:04:55.270
 Yeah, well, you know, i'm here too and uh

965
01:04:55.270 --> 01:04:55.930
 Pay up

966
01:04:56.370 --> 01:05:02.410
 Yeah, oh you pay property taxes. Yeah, but because you're rich and you're able to buy this property

967
01:05:03.110 --> 01:05:04.710
 I need a little more of your money

968
01:05:06.470 --> 01:05:08.850
 How would you feel how would you feel seriously?

969
01:05:10.110 --> 01:05:12.150
 You'd probably move the fuck out

970
01:05:12.850 --> 01:05:14.630
 You'd probably say

971
01:05:14.630 --> 01:05:15.650
 Fuck this racket

972
01:05:16.310 --> 01:05:21.150
 That's like old school fucking mafia strong arm bullshit that mom donnie's pulling

973
01:05:21.650 --> 01:05:27.350
 Is is this really the guy that you want to represent new york city? Sure the people who don't make much

974
01:05:27.350 --> 01:05:33.850
 They're all like yeah. Yeah, fuck the rich stick it to them. Yeah, they don't deserve to have any money. Sure

975
01:05:33.850 --> 01:05:40.020
 Sure, sure sure sure some of these people work their ass off to get what they were

976
01:05:41.500 --> 01:05:43.540
 They had an idea had a dream

977
01:05:43.540 --> 01:05:50.200
 I mean, I know I know bezos is very disconnected now, but when he first started out the guy was selling fucking books

978
01:05:51.040 --> 01:05:51.600
 online

979
01:05:53.840 --> 01:05:58.340
 At fairs at conventions on a fucking plastic folding table

980
01:05:59.000 --> 01:06:02.720
 Yeah, I worked out for him, but the guy spent years before he got there

981
01:06:04.700 --> 01:06:08.560
 And the same could happen for anybody it's always possible

982
01:06:09.320 --> 01:06:12.020
 This is just a direct attack on the american dream

983
01:06:12.020 --> 01:06:16.420
 I know everybody hates the rich because they got more than we have. Okay, whatever

984
01:06:16.980 --> 01:06:21.460
 That's life, man. That's how shit works out. Unfortunately, it sucks. Yes

985
01:06:21.460 --> 01:06:23.780
 but to penalize these people just because they

986
01:06:24.300 --> 01:06:25.360
 spend money

987
01:06:25.940 --> 01:06:32.340
 Like you're already getting property tax you're getting tax on everything they buy every restaurant they go to every bottle of champagne

988
01:06:32.340 --> 01:06:35.200
 every fucking super sports car they buy

989
01:06:36.120 --> 01:06:36.680
 helicopter

990
01:06:37.280 --> 01:06:39.240
 Fucking private plane, whatever

991
01:06:39.920 --> 01:06:45.000
 They're taxed on all of that all their consumption all their spending plus the properties

992
01:06:45.720 --> 01:06:49.780
 You only get so many exemptions on your income that you can write off

993
01:06:49.780 --> 01:06:51.200
 But these things

994
01:06:51.840 --> 01:06:54.520
 You don't write that off

995
01:06:54.520 --> 01:06:55.480
 Well

996
01:06:55.480 --> 01:06:59.680
 Possibly maybe okay. There is a way to do some of that. But the reality is

997
01:07:01.510 --> 01:07:05.130
 Those taxes are being fed into the system into the city

998
01:07:07.300 --> 01:07:08.940
 and so

999
01:07:11.190 --> 01:07:11.750
 Yeah

1000
01:07:12.310 --> 01:07:19.300
 Mom donnie is just a socialist marxist piece of shit there. I said it. I don't regret what I said. I said it

1001
01:07:20.010 --> 01:07:26.650
 Mom donnie, you're a socialist marxist piece of shit. I said that's my opinion my opinion. I'm not saying it's fact

1002
01:07:26.650 --> 01:07:28.170
 But in my opinion

1003
01:07:29.030 --> 01:07:32.360
 You're a socialist marxist piece of shit

1004
01:07:33.370 --> 01:07:36.260
 And without being said I want to end the show

1005
01:07:36.690 --> 01:07:39.740
 Let me grab my beer here cheers to everybody who was able to

1006
01:07:40.180 --> 01:07:42.160
 Hang on and listen to all that

1007
01:07:44.360 --> 01:07:47.260
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1008
01:07:47.840 --> 01:07:49.680
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1009
01:07:49.680 --> 01:07:51.780
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01:07:51.780 --> 01:07:55.340
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1015
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1016
01:08:20.460 --> 01:08:22.020
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1017
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1019
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1020
01:08:44.319 --> 01:08:45.580
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