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BREAKING: Rubio WARNS Americans AS Spain’s Border Crisis IMPLODES! Europe’s ‘Open Borders’ COLLAPSE

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BREAKING: Rubio WARNS Americans AS Spain’s Border Crisis IMPLODES! Europe’s ‘Open Borders’ COLLAPSE

The discussion centers on a migrant crisis in Ceuta, Spain, where 80,000 migrants, mostly military-aged men, have overwhelmed the region, creating unsanitary conditions and public health risks. The host criticizes Spain’s open-door policy under Pedro Sanchez, noting U.S. travel warnings and potential economic measures, while framing this as a broader European tipping point. Poland is praised for its hardline approach, including using live ammunition and rejecting migrant welfare, which the host argues ensures safety and cultural preservation. The narrative then shifts to U.S. pressure on Iran, with President Trump imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, threatening Oman, and using economic sanctions to force compliance, despite Iran’s alleged plans to escalate regional conflict. Domestic politics are also examined, including potential Republican gains in New York, Democratic distancing from socialist factions, and UK reform efforts to cut migrant benefits. The host concludes with commentary on Caroline Levitt’s departure as press secretary, speculating on replacements, and emphasizes a need for strong national borders and economic pressure as solutions to global instability.

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Margo has a message, everyone. Margo has a message for Spain. Margo has a message for the World Margo Rubio, that is. And it's really interesting, and it's actually kind of nuanced here. So you look at what's happening in Saúd, Spain. You've probably seen some of the images. Certainly, if you watch this show, you've seen some of these images, and they're pretty bad. You had 80,000. Yeah, that's the latest number. 80,000. We originally heard 50,000, 60,000, and it's 80,000 migrants that poured in from the rock and board over into Saúd, Spain, just at the start of the month, around July 30 into August 1. And they're still there. So even though you have Pedrito Sanchez, I like to call him a little Pedro, because he's just little in spirit in so many ways, even though he's out there saying, oh, you know, everything's fine. It's fine. It's not fine. The people are still struggling with the remnants of the thousand and thousands. We're going to go into that in a second, because Poland wouldn't put up with this enough for two seconds, right? Marco has a message. He doesn't want anybody going to Spain. They have raised the threat level, if you would, for US citizens traveling to Spain. And most especially to that Saúd region in Spain, because that's what's really, really tough. Again, those migrants still there littering the beaches. We've got some video here. I think I can show you here. I want to take a look at this. This is a Tiktok reporter. OK, so this is a Tiktok reporter there on the beach in Saúd in Spain, who has just really uncovered a lot of this message. It's pretty gross. He has to wear a mask because they actually have reports of tuberculosis there. This is bad. And this is relevant right now. It's relevant given what's going on with Iran, right? When you think about this migrant invasion and who might be part of that, it's relevant in terms of Iran. The president not pulling any punches. We're going to get into that today. And it's relevant in terms of what's happening overall with the fabric of Europe, because people are getting pretty, pretty upset. And Spain has not really-- how do we say, been playing ball? They're not like going with the program. Here we go. Situation, Saúd is far from over. The media is not showing you guys the full truth. Look at how big these shelters are here. There are hundreds of shelters all along the beach, maybe two kilometers long, fires, food, human excretements, human disease, tuberculosis, scabies, just today in a few. This is a really bad situation. The locals have been totally abandoned. Unfortunately, these people are also abandoned. They don't know their next steps. They don't know where they can go. The Moroccans that are here don't want to go back. The Sub-Saharan Africans that are here can't go back. Morocco won't accept them. It is terrible. Families can't go out that live nearby. They can't go out safely, especially women, young girls. It is just an unfortunate situation. This is a place that was once a family beach is-- well, what you see here. How are you doing, brother? Man, I don't know. This makes me sad. This makes me sad. And I have to use the mask for hygiene reasons. I don't want to catch tuberculosis. So yeah, saying goodbye from Síuta, straight to Gibraltar right there, mainland Spain. Take care, everybody. Wow. So that was Adventurer's, Adventurer Elliott. I mean, I've seen a bunch of these things. You know, who's also over there? Nick is over there, Nick Shirley. And he's been doing some great reporting. And what is he finding that they're all men, right? They're all military aged young men. So obviously, there's a whole lot of problems with this on so many levels. Again, the State Department now coming out and saying, don't go there. Don't go to Spain. Don't go to Síuta. The president had already, about a month and a half ago, advanced this idea that we should have tariffs, specifically with Spain. And he also said, don't go there. Don't travel there. I can tell you, having just been nearby there, I was not in, thank goodness, Síuta. Dodge that one, right? But I was actually nearby. I was in Morocco. And I was in some of these Spanish towns near the Strait of Gibraltar, sort of on the other side on the European coast. And I can tell you, like, it's not a pretty picture. I mean, the migration has been massive. I'm in the UK and London now. And it's the same thing. You know, you walk down the street and it's a very different place. I've traveled over here throughout the years, for many years. And it is a very, very different scenario. And so this is really, it's like, it's reaching this tipping point. And that's how you would talk about a tipping point that we're seeing right now. But it makes all the sense in the world. I mean, when you look at what you're seeing there on the beach, I mean, these guys, I guess, just out for a good time, wrestling or something on the beach in Síuta, that's not going over well with the people, right? That's not going over well, especially when they're attacking police cars. And they're creating-- OK. You've got a public health hazard. You've got violence in the streets. People obviously do not feel safe. And now the residents are saying, hey, we're demanding some kind of protection. We want some kind of assurance from Spain, from Pedro Sanchez himself, that we're going to be safe here, that we're going to be OK. And they're not getting that. They're not getting it. So just to kind of give you an idea on the geography. And we've talked about this a little bit before. But you've got Síuta, which is there on the corner there, right next to Morocco, in Northern Africa. And basically, once they're there, they're kind of in the system. Now I know that Spain's like, oh, it's really not that way. And the Shangan system isn't going to give them automatic entry. But it makes it easier. The other thing that you need to know is that there's a lot of boats coming up to that coast, right? So you see the Strait of Gibraltar, which is technically British territory. When they're coming in there to the Spanish coast, it creates a whole lot of other problems. And it's the reason why. It's the reason why George and Maloney is now saying, hey, you know what, we're not going to do it. We're not going to have these open borders anymore. And it's why France is clamping down on this. And it's why where I am today in the UK, they're also clamping down on this. I mean, they did so, right, with Brexit. But now they're looking at how challenging it is from an economic perspective to be taking all these people in. And it's like, hey, look, you know, we did it too. We've been there, right? Been there, done that. And we've lived to tell about it. Because we now have a border that is completely shut down and is completely clean. And I think a lot of Europeans are looking to-- it's like, make Spain great again. It's actually a movement that you're seeing in Spain right now. And you look at what the conservative parties are trying to do here in the UK. You look at what the conservatives are trying to do, Marie Le Pen, right? Getting a lot of traction there in France. There's a reason for this, guys. Because you have pushed the people of Europe to the point of no return. I mean, they're an altruistic bunch, right? Like, really, lovely, you know, lovely, lovely people. But they can only be pushed so far. And you combine this socialist mindset, right? And this welfare system of the state. And then you layer in, OK, we're going to send millions and millions of people your way. And you're going to have problems. Look at Spain. OK, so Spain, just about a couple of months ago, came forward with this action. This was a big thing, both from the court in Spain and from Pedro Sanchez, where they said, hey, we're going to welcome a million people. A million people can come in. And so sure enough, they're coming in. I mean, here's-- you know, they were bringing in trucks and trucks of migrants from Morocco there into Ceuta. So they said, hey, you know what, come one, come all. And now I think that they're realizing the pain, if you would, that's associated with that. Really and truly a lot of pain. You know, the other kind of interesting thing to think about. And do I have a graphic on this? I think I wanted to show you a graphic. If I have it, I made up something sort of spiffy. I want to make sure that it's in the rundown for you. Because it's not as easy as it sounds, right? Like on the one hand, you're like, oh, well, you know, Spain did it to itself. And it did. I mean, Pedro Sanchez is not exactly-- Pedro Sanchez is not exactly how shall we say a rocket scientist in terms of what he chose to do for his people. But at the same time, I think that our State Department is sending a message. Because we are, historically, an ally with Morocco. And Morocco has been playing ball with us. Guess who has not been playing ball? Sanchez. Really? He's more interested in hanging out with China and Iran than he is with us. So just think this one through for a second. If you want to send a message to little Pedroito, Pedroito who's saying, I'll take everybody. You know, you come. There's no such thing as an illegal. You come. You all welcome everybody. And in fact, I'm going to make a million of you right here and now that have been living illegally in Spain. I'm going to make you citizens. So you say, OK, you have, buddy. We're going to take you up on that. And suddenly, Morocco, our ally doesn't care so much about their border with Spain anymore. In fact, in the past, they have historically kind of used it as a little bit of a nudge. And they're not too happy with Sanchez right now. Because you went over to Algiers. And he was like, hanging out with PM of Algiers. And they don't like Algiers. So you wonder if-- and we kind of wink wink, nod nod, look the other way. Because it is in our interest to tell Sanchez, get on with it, get with the program. And it's also in our interest to make sure that Sanchez is voted out of office. And I think this is going to do it. I mean, you just look at the pictures, right? I think that this is going to do it. So I just think it's new ones. complicated. Yeah, Marco has a message. We might even, this is what's being rumored right now. We might even look at having to strip Spaniards of the visa entry that they get when they come into the US. That's another thing that's being floated because if we can't trust the system, how can we let any of them in, especially at a time when we're going to war? I mean, this is really serious stuff. Okay. Now, Morocco, you said, "Yeah, Morocco." Well, Morocco was actually the first nation in the world, in the world, to recognize us. Back when we declared our independence from Great Britain, that there's like a whole, like, little monument and statue and celebration in Morocco, if you go to 10 years. And you can see all that. So with that in mind, with that in mind, maybe we need to kind of expand our friendships. You know how we've been talking about expanding our friendships in the Middle East, like the Kuwaitis, for example. We've given them, or we're talking about giving them a revolving line of credit with the Treasury Department, as opposed to say the Europeans, because maybe we need friends in high places, shall we say, with deep pockets. I don't know how deep Morocco is our, but at least they're controlling that straight at Gibraltar. We want to have access to that. And Spain is not playing balls. So what do you do about Spain? Maybe we can nudge them along. Maybe we can get him out of office. He's a bad, bad guy for the region, right? Because he's allowed Huawei, or his predecessor did, allow Huawei in there into the 5G system, which gives them a backdoor entry, China, a backdoor entry into NATO and NATO communications. So that's a security risk. Lots of reasons to not like Spain right about now, including the fact that they refuse to pay their NATO bills, right? They're like, don't even talk to us about 5%. We're not even going to think about 5%. But I'll tell you, there is one guy, one guy who's done this well, one country, who has done this quite right. And I mean really, really, really, right. Zero. It's because you're afraid of what you're afraid. We're smart. We are brave men. Look at me. I'm not afraid of anything. We are brave. We are strong. We are not political correct. We don't give a sh*t. We take care of our families. Okay, so that's a very prominent Polish politician named Dominik Turchinsky. And Dominik Turchinsky has been very outspoken on all of this. I want to get to that in a second because Poland, much like the U.S. of A, kind of handled this the right way. And they took so much criticism for it. I was looking back through some NGO reports this morning, and they were all like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And they were all knocking Poland. And you know, they're still knocking Poland. But Poland's like, yeah, you know what? We can go out at night. Young women can go out at night and not have to worry about the things that they're worrying about in other places because you guys weren't so smart about all this. I'm going to have more on that in just a second. But first, a quick shout out to one of our great sponsors. O.S.1, I've told you guys about this. I've told you about them. They're really, really terrific. They make fabulous products for your skin. And you know what? 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I mean, Poland has effectively humiliated Europe. I mean, really, really humiliated Europe because Europe was like it can't be done or we don't want to do something like that. And you know, they're they're sitting there kicking back saying, well, you guys were just too stupid. You just number one, you allowed everybody in. And number two is they kept coming in. You refused to actually do anything about it. Well, Poland listened to Dominic here. Poland was willing to use force if needed. Watch. We changed our law when our soldier was skilled with his fear. We changed our law and our soldiers can use alive bullets now. So I have a message to all G high days and I've come to the Polish border. Do not try to harm any of our soldiers because you will be dead. Show that. And mark my words, Romanists, there will come a day when Christian Europe will rise. There will come a day that we will get rid of communists from the government. We're going to get rid of geodesk and we're going to make Europe great again. And always remember my mother learned from Poland, beat like Poland. That's actually kind of funny, right? Anyway, he's got a lot of nationalist pride. And and I think that right now a lot of Europe kind of needs to pay attention, pay attention hard because they did a lot of things one could say in ways that really have led to a lot of benefits. I want to play this sound for you that's been making the rounds on the internet. This is a Polish woman and they're asking her like, why is it that you feel so safe? And this has gone viral. It is all over X. It's all over. I think it's on TikTok as well. Let me play this for you. And she answers the question pretty succinctly. Yeah, I actually commented yesterday that it's really very safe to walk in the evening. You don't feel unsafe walking in the dark streets. Why do you believe that is, that it's so safe even at night time? I don't know, maybe not a lot of immigrants from third world countries. Maybe go out on a limb. Yeah, maybe. So she's on to something, Poland's on to something. And it's a very different experience now in Poland versus other places. I want to go back. You heard some of this sound earlier from Dominic Tarchinsky. But again, he's making it very clear why this is so critical to the country of Poland. And you know, Europe can go to ATW as far as he's concerned, as far as many are concerned in Poland. Why do you support immigration now? Because I want my future daughter to be alive. Is that enough? Is that a good reason? In Poland, putting this quite a predicted country from immigration. We mean quiet. It's zero. We don't have illegal migrants. It's not quite protected. We did not let them in. None. Zero. Zero. We're smart. We are brave men. Look at me. We are brave. We are strong. So I think that's kind of fascinating because that should be kind of a logical thing to want to do. I read a study over the weekend and I was like, you got to be kidding me. This can't be for real. The study showed that there is a correlation between low testosterone and how left you were. Kid you not. I should do a deep dive into this. Maybe we will tomorrow. I mean, all joking aside, there are some reasons for it, but it was fascinating to me because basically the scientists were concluding that your politics could be shaped by your testosterone level. So then I was joking with some of my friends, those of whom that are girls that think like I do and I'm like, oh, I guess we just have more testosterone than your average female. I don't get it. But what they were saying about men was that a lot of the very uber left men had very low testosterone levels and get this. When they increased their testosterone, they actually started migrating more to the center and more to the right. But I thought that was the funniest thing I had seen. But it basically sort of proves, I guess a lot of my thinking sort of, right, like real men are not okay with the nanny state, right? Real men want to protect their wives and families. Real men want to go out and earn a living and keep what they earn. They don't want the government or Kamala Harris or AOC or L. Syed taking over and telling them what they can keep and not keep. And so it just struck me as sort of amazing. When you look at what's happened to Europe, I mean the places when kind of dare I say, justified, right? Like all this wokeness. all this ESG nonsense and sell this DEI nonsense and we've got to bring everybody in and I get sunshine says they're in Spain saying hey come on come on and I'm going to make you a citizen hey you can come in and you can get all the rights that you want well all that sysifying if you would and I don't mean to sound crass but you know it's Europe and they've kind of lost their way and look it's partly our fault don't get me wrong I mean we came up with the whole Marshall plan and we helped rebuild them in the thinking at the time among the political elites and smart political scientists was that if you could just kind of keep everybody the same you wouldn't have to worry about this rise in sort of frustration or these rise in these various fringe political parties which led to world war two so we could cure that somehow and I guess I would just say this like you can't cure human nature you just can't we are what we are which is why I keep going back to my capitalism red blood american capitals that I am is the very very best system because it actually allows for us to be human beings and helps kind of keep these checks and balances I mean with reason and I get it's not completely totally perfect and I've often thought that there's a kind of an imbalance that's been happening in our own economy where labor has sort of lost some of its mojo and capital those that are investing have kind of taken over another conversation for another day but the point still being the capitalism is the best thing we've got and so yeah like around us here in socialist city where I am and yeah you know what maybe the testosterone levels have fallen that's what socialism does to you over time we're gonna do a deep dive on that study we really do it was quite quite interesting but overall in Poland they seem to be doing okay on the testosterone level and on the sort of political sentiment level and they're not willing to just roll over and play dead and turn over their country to every time to inherit your Muhammad Muhammad that may be willing to come in and so it's a very different sentiment there and you know what good for them you know just good for them and I think there's some lessons that can be learned there and and our important lessons and even though the NGOs and all the fancy think tanks want to say oh they're awful they're this they're that they're they're racist etc they're like hey we want to preserve what we have we want to preserve our culture because our culture matters and I'm going to tell you western culture matters very much so I want to get to Iran because there's a lot of developments coming out of Iran but before I do I have to say another quick word for one of our great sponsors here we love our spot hey this show would never without our sponsors and I get to tell you I'm traveling and I'm staying in some nice places but boy oh boy do I miss my cozy or sheets I do so they're these softest sheets I kid you not I 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nice giant lovely wall of steel this is the blockade so they're not going to be able to get any oil out that's a thinking here you know what you guys don't want to play by our rules you don't want to give up your uranium enrichment stuff guess what you're not going to get your oil out so you're not going to have an economy I like this I like this because listen you know we've talked about this before I'm a big believer in using all the economic pressure you can and I am a big believer in making sure that all of your allies sign on to this as well and by allies I mean anybody that does business with Iran is not allowed to do business with us like can we make that clear to India to China to everyone you want to do business with us you're not doing business with Iran and just to make sure you're not doing business with Iran we've got as you can see in his nice little graphic that he made and he made but he did post it on true social we have the blockade so the wall of blockade and not just the wall of blockade that the wall of steel that is going to be in the way he's actually now threatening to bomb Oman if Oman gets in the way so Oman has been put on notice don't forget Oman and Iran we're kind of trying to work out some kind of deal where the US would be involved but they would still have some say over who was going in and out of this trade or her moves and it looked like that was going to happen for a little while until it didn't and so now the president is warning Oman that we're going to bomb you know what out of them oh yeah this is what he told the Fox reporter let me play the sound free today the president told Fox News Iran should raise the white flag of surrender it went out to say I have no time schedule I'm not in a hurry the president indicating that the US naval blockade is continuing to put new economic pressure on the Iranian regime despite what the Iranians have said publicly he said they're good poker players but they're dying and that the midterms in the United States have nothing to do with the president's thinking now I asked the president about these parallel talks that are taking place between Iran and Oman about control of the state of Hormuz and the president told Fox News if Oman gets in the way will bomb the s out of them we went on to talk about a variety of different regional topics including the US stockpiles of weapons that are currently stationed in the Middle East the president says what we've used so far is peanuts he went on to say the United States has a lot of mid-level weapons and that many of the more advanced systems the president says we're given away by President Biden to Ukraine for example when we're talking about air defense that is needed right now in the Middle East so very interesting in other words if you guys have any plans to gang up against us you'd better forget about it today because if you do we're going to bomb as you explain the you know what out of them very very interesting apparently the Iranian negotiators have in recent weeks been having some talks with Oman they had that provisional arrangement in order to manage shipping through the strait and those talks have continued on they have yet to yield any kind of tangible result it seemed like they had come to some kind of agreement at one point but that was an agreement that we were then part of and now we are not so we just want to make sure that nobody's conspiring like don't get any ideas because if you do you're going to have some trouble but here's what you also need to think about again we've got the blockade going in I think the blockade is smart economic pressure economic pressure and more economic pressure I know I saw in the chat somebody saying well you know oils at eighty three bucks a barrel listen like we've had really high oil in the past and I don't want to downplay that but I look at the most recent inflation report and we really haven't had a ton of it in light of what's going on I would have thought inflation would have been far worse and there's reasons for that and we can have a whole conversation about productivity and AI etc it's partly why I think that the Fed ought to be more aggressive in cutting rates rather than leaving them steady or in fact even raising them that would have been a disaster right so we don't have a lot of inflation yet in the economy because you're watching to see whether or not those oil prices permeate out through the rest of the economy how much wiggle room you have how much time you have this is all something that's fair conversation and certainly up for debate but I would say still at this point in time we have some wiggle room okay we do so we need to basically run that as far as we can because otherwise you're going to be in a situation where they're then calling the shots so economic pressure works this is the pressure campaign we're sending fresh aircraft because you know where USS Abraham was there for quite some time like nine months and so they're finally getting some relief they're going to change out that ship and I think we're going to continue on here with lots and lots of pressure so you guys are not going to get any oil out or not going to allow you to trade with any of your buddies that's over game over and at some point you're going to have to wake up to the reality of having literally no money now here's the problem this is an article in the Wall Street Journal today I want to share with you a Ron secret plan to escalate the war this is what I kept saying remember guys I was like never trust him never trust him never trust him never trust him because what What did they do with the memorandum of understanding that we signed just a few weeks ago? They used it to buy time to go out and figure out how they were going to strategize in even bigger war, because they actually want to have a regional conflict. Yeah. Okay. So here's the article, and they make a lot of good points, and a lot of points that we talked about right here on this show, and a lot of concerns that I had, even a few weeks ago when we were looking at that memorandum of understanding. After President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran and Medjoon, administration officials fanned out to build support for an agreement that they hope to reopen the straight of Hormuz and start winding down the war, but that's not what the hardliners want it. No, because these people just want war. It's all they know. And this is what you have to get inside their head. You have to. And I said to you before, listen, we got a great president, but in this particular situation, he's such a realist, because he's like, okay, you guys want to make money, and we all want to make money. And let's just make love not war, or in this case, make money, not war. And that is not how these people think, because they want control over the region. They want to run it all. They want to run the whole show. They want to run everything here, too. I mean, what do you think Sharia law is about, et cetera, which is why, as we began the show, and I talked about Sago to Spain, and I talked about the immigration challenges that they're having in Europe right now, I feel like they're very, very important in light of what's happening with Iran. Anyway, reading on in this article, it says Iran hardliners huddled in Tehran and came up with a different plan, according to Iranian and Arab officials. In their review, the pact was likely just an attempt by the U.S. and Israel to take pressure off the global economy and buy time for a bigger attack down the road. So instead of putting faith in talks, they took the past two months to prepare for a bigger fight. So what did we do? We just gave them rope. We gave them runway. And so I'm going to get back to, you know, you get two choices here. You can make their life really just a complete miserable living hell through economic sanctions. You can do that through bombing campaigns. Maybe you do both, but whatever you do, you got to make their life a living hell to the point where they have to negotiate, because we keep saying, okay, yeah, you know, we want to get along and we want to make this whole thing work. And, you know, the president keeps giving them these opportunities. You kind of can't give it to them, okay, I'm sorry, like, you know, I think he's a heck of a negotiator. I think he's fantastic at what he does. I would just say in this particular case, these guys are bad guys. And these guys are going to keep playing for and swinging for the fences. Their efforts include giving the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard core more control over the country's regular army, appointing hardened veterans of the War with Iraq and past internal crackdowns to keep posts expanding domestic counterintelligence operations and ramping up production of missiles and drones. The leadership quickly sees the initiative attacking ships to tighten Iran's grip on Hormuz and expanding the battlefield to the Red Sea, which Saudi Arabia has used to get around Iran's chokehold in the Persian Gulf, right? So now you get the Houthis that get it on the action there in the Red Sea. And I told you about what was going on near the Nile, right, in Egypt recently, you know, the Suez Canal. They actually, somebody, we don't know who, just nobody's actually taking responsibility for that, but I have my suspicions had a bombing campaign there against some US tankers. So look, unfortunately, it's a problem. And you know, I'm not going to sit here and say he shouldn't have done this or he should have done that. I am going to just say right now, you got to go in eyes wide open and know what we're dealing with. And we're dealing with a regime that wants to grow and grow in a mass power. And so we have to be thoughtful about that. And it's why I think you're seeing sort of this idea of a new NATO, right, the new NATO in the Middle East, the NATO that is going to be the Saudis, that is going to be the Kuwaitis, it is going to be a cutter, all of these nations, I mean, cutter, but you know, all of these nations, everybody who's willing to play ball with us, right? We're willing to play ball with you, so long as you're not on their side. And so we have the strength and the power and the ability to do that right now. So you got to, you got to run the ball right to the end zone. You don't really have a choice. I mean, you just don't have a choice, otherwise speaking of markets, we're just talking about oil just now and like it could be worse, right? It could be worse. The market that's down a little bit today, as I watch here, some of the numbers, the S&P down 4, 10th of a percent, down off 6, 10th of a percent. And I'm looking over at oil, which is trading up 1.8 percent. And I'm looking at gold up 8, 10th of a percent, glad I bought it the other day when it was down a little bit. Silver is actually trading up 1.6 percent. Look, I like gold and silver. You know me. I'm a big precious metals junkie. And I like gold and silver because I am a long-term investor and I'm holding for many, many years. And so, look, I think it's one of the best ways. And certainly on the gold front where you can hedge inflation, silver, I like for different reasons. We've talked about it before, especially as somebody who is a believer in the tech economy. There's some utility, if you would, to silver. So this is my sort of personal, you know, everybody, you do you, I do me. But I can tell you, I do like these. And the team that I love for investing in gold and silver are the folks over at KEPM. You've met Dr. Kirk on the show, really, really smart guy. You can learn more about investing in gold and silver today. Just go to Trish, loves gold and silver.com. Trish, loves because I do. I love gold and silver. Don't forget, silver. Do not forget it. It's actually, I mean, I looked at my portfolio last year, I think silver was up more than anything. I'm like, oh my gosh, who needs AI when you get silver, right? Anyway, we'll, you know, we'll see if it can continue. And I like seeing it up 1.6% today. Donald Trump is really coming up swinging against some of these candidates that we're seeing running for office. When you consider what's going on with Iran right now, when you consider the vulnerabilities that we have, and then you think about some of the funny things that are happening on the way to the forum like Mr. Mammdami, Conrad Mammdami, trying to set up with his office, I'm meeting with Iran, oh, and then his wife traveling over to Lebanon and Syria, and then you look at El Said out there in Michigan, and we already know about Ilhan Omar and some of the others. I mean, the president put this one out over the weekend. This is on his true social, referring to them as jihadists, you know, he kind of threatened to do this. Do you remember? Last week I played you this sound by he was like gash, and these people kind of seemed like jihadists. One of my friends said, I should just call him jihadist, and he's like, I've been thinking about it because that's sort of how they feel here. I've got the sound here, we'll play it. They're playing for making life easier for them. Well, the one thing is we have jihadists being elected all over the place. We have this, whether it's communism, jihadism, it's a lot of a friend of mine called up. He said, you know, really? You should use the word jihadist because that's what's happening, and I'm not sure that anybody of you take a look at what happens in other countries. I think that's not going to be necessarily the way we want to live. But when you look at the radicalism and the craziness of the candidates and the stupidity of what they're suggesting, let's get rid of the Supreme Court. Let's get rid of the presidency. Let's get rid of the Senate. You know, sometimes I'd like to get rid of the Senate too, but I don't say it and I wouldn't do it. But, you know, they want to get rid of the Senate, they want to get rid of ideally the House, but they're thinking about maybe keeping the House, you know, isn't that nice? These are people that have been not successful. They're people that have been, in many cases, failures. They come from other failed countries that they come here and they tell us how to run our country. They come from places like I won't mention because I don't want to get myself into a controversy, but they come from countries that are not great. They come from, let's say, as an example, Somalia, they come in and then they tell us how our constitution, how our declaration of independence how it works. It doesn't work that way and they're not smart, they have no aptitude, they have nothing going in that telling us how to run our country. And I just don't think it's going to happen. I think that they start off, now I may be wrong, you know, they start off with a big disadvantage. People don't want to have right. So he's calling them the jihadist now and I kind of think that's going to stick. I do because their sympathies seem to be, well, how shall I say? Not with the US, but rather with Iran. And I think that that's going to be a problem. I mean, so much of a problem that you now have anchors on MSNBC or Miz, not whatever it's called now. Chris Matthews was on there the other day saying, I don't know, he's an anchor anymore. I guess he's just a, he's just a commentator, he's just a host, but he said, you know, people have to come out and they have to denounce us. They have to say, I'm not for this. I'm not for this. I'm not for this. I'm not a communist. I'm never, you know, and I don't know as enough are going to do that. I mean, shifty shifts. No way. Shifty shift came out and said, hey, I'm a big tent. I'm a big tent. And so now he came Jeffries who kind of had been in that big tent party, Chuck Schumer too. It's almost like they're listening to the commentators on MSNBC who are saying, listen, you guys are going to get killed in the polls and they are, I mean, they're just, they're down. They've sunk to a level like that it's lower than the Titanic. They are way down there. Okay, so they are sinking in the polls, the entire party. And so now they get the MSNBC people putting pressure on saying, you guys got to come out and say something. So clever. and conveniently enough, NBC asked Hakeem Jeffries, like, hey, you know, is it time to back away from the DSA? Rahm Menuel is, you know, what about you, buddy? Listen to his answer. You know, last weekend in Chicago, the DSA held a convention. You're not Democrats. You're a separate party. I'll see you in November. Do Democratic Socialists belong in the Democratic Party, leader Jeffries? Well, what I can say is that I do not support defunding the police. I do not support open borders. I do not support abolishing the Senate. We're focused on actually solving problems that hard working American taxpayers want us to solve, which is to lower the high cost of living in a situation where life is far too expensive in this country. That's the Democratic agenda. That's what House Democrats are fighting to achieve. Yeah. Okay. She kind of let them get away with that one, right? Didn't double back because I think the real question is, when are you going to actually say DSA is over? Now, he kind of massages way through that. But I think it's interesting that he's like, look, I'm not for this. I'm not for this. I'm for this and this. And you're going to have to see more distancing. I mean, otherwise, I don't really see the Democrats. I mean, look, I'm nervous about midterms. We're all nervous about midterms. I look at, you know, your comments and you guys always tell me that, you know, and you'd be a fool not to be nervous about midterms. However, however, the jihadist stuff is not going to help him. The jihadist communist stuff is not going to help him. Or it's like, that is, that is a serious vulnerability. You know, I know it's a vulnerability. I'm just looking at the numbers out in New York, okay? New York is going red for the first time in 20 years. This is amazing. The big article about the Sianna poll. This was on the Hills of another poll. There was just like a week earlier. It's like poll after poll after poll. And Kathy Holko keeps dropping like a rock. So Kathy Holko, the governor of New York could be out of a seat because you see people don't want to sign up for that sanctuary, city sanctuary state nonsense. Not when they're hurting so badly themselves. They want to know that she cares about New Yorkers first. So this is becoming a bit of a problem. And Domian has communist nonsense in his grocery stores and his free bus fares that aren't there. And his locked in rent when it goes up 10%, I mean, he can't get a darn thing done, right? And everybody sees the handwriting on the wall. And the more she appears with him, the more problematic it is for her Bruce Blakeman, who's running to unseat her, was out over the weekend with the president. He had lovely things to do with it. Well, that lovely things to say about each other. And I want you to hear what Blakeman had to say about his own internal poll numbers. Seeing about seven polls already that have me in single digits, it's neck and neck when a virtual tie. So the reason why it's so close and the reason why I will be the next governor of New York is that wherever I go in New York, people are miserable. We're the most over-taxed state in the United States of America. Our electric bills are 70% higher than the national average. And Kathy Hocal is the most pro criminal governor in the United States. Every major criminal justice initiative is designed to make it easier for criminals to prey on our communities. So people are fed up. She's given $8 billion of our taxpayer dollars to illegal migrants who just step into our state to get free food, free housing, free transportation, and the free cell phone. They get more than New Yorkers. I will put New Yorkers first. I will make New Yorkers happy again. And all that insanity ends on day one when I become governor. And you make a good point about the- So he might just get it. And I think that this is very indicative and very telling in general of what's happening nationally. Because New York is about as blue as it gets, okay? New York is really, really, really blue. And the fact that New Yorkers are willing to shift right now, the fact that you're seeing this weakness in Kathy Hocal's polling, I think is very, very telling because their values are just not aligned right now, not aligned at all. At all. I mean, think about Mam Dommie getting out there saying, you know, he was actually Kathy Hocal speech that she was giving the other day in New York. And at some point he took the microphone from her, you got to watch it because she looks so surprised when he does. And then he just starts going on about the migrant thing. Sorry, if I can just add one more thing. New Yorkers are horrified by the actions of ICE. These are actions that are ripping apart the very fabric of communities across the city and the state. There are neighborhoods today where you can feel the absence of those who do not feel as if they can leave their homes any longer. OK. And now if New Yorkers. The problem is there are plenty of people that were born and raised in New York that don't feel like they can leave their homes. I mean, horrifically, today a teenager actually visiting from Australia was in McDonald's in Times Square and was stabbed in the back and in the ribs just sitting in the middle of Times Square. I mean, this is, this is not good, right? Like people being lit on fire, I mean, I hate to even say these words. I mean, it's scary in New York. And there seems to be no empathy, no sympathy for that. It's like we have to protect the criminals. We have to protect the homeless. We can't actually like round up the homeless and put them in shelters and get them to the appropriate treatment. We're just going to just live with that. I don't think so. You know, and it's not just this is a global phenomenon, guys. It's happening in the US and it's happening where I come to you from right now, right here in London because the UK's reform party is saying enough is enough is enough. The UK's reform party wants to end migrant welfare period. Now, God, sounds radical, right? Right. Right in the public. It's, it's pretty strong in terms of this cannot last. This is a woman who is a writer at the spectator speaking on G.B. News and G.B. News had her on to talk about just how massive the thing this is. And she's saying like the public can't take it anymore. They don't want to be paying for these welfare programs for people that are migrants that are in their view, taking advantage. Let's go back to her name is Tally Fraser. And also people are taking advantage of this. So with reforms plan, they're proposing £50 billion worth of cuts for Robert Jenrick. They're proposed chancellor. And £21 billion of these would be from basically cutting foreign nationals out of the welfare system. It's it's big and it's bold. It's big and it's bold indeed, okay? It's big and it's bold. And if you cut them out of the welfare system altogether, wow, I mean, that would be a real departure from socialism now, wouldn't it? Apparently it comes with some technicalities and this actually could lead you to the breaking point for all of Europe because in part of that Brexit negotiation, they actually agreed that they would cover the welfare benefits of anyone who was safe from France or from Spain or from Italy living in the UK. And vice versa, they would have reciprocity as far as that went. But if they suddenly say, okay, we're just we're just not going to pay for anybody who's not a UK citizen, then that is going to introduce a new layer of challenge to the whole EU experiment. Again, I've never, ever gotten it because you just can't have all these little countries running around with their own little languages and their own, you know, wave doing things and then suddenly expect that everybody's going to get a long, hunky-dory. No, no, no, no, no, that never made sense to me, you know, if you're going to have one currency and one system, then you better have like a really good treasury secretary, Allah, Alexander Hamilton, right? Who's going to federalize your little European union, but you don't have that instead you just have a bunch of people with, you know, strong opinions and a lot of disagreement. And so it's just a gigantic mess. But this is inching them one step closer, I think, to kind of come in a part. Listen also to what the reporter had to say about how that would be negotiated and how the trickiness of that with the rest of the Europeans. It means that reform should they get into government, would have to go and renegotiate with the EU over Brexit because this covers EU nationals with settled status. So that's where a lot of questions come in over, would reform be able to do that, because right now the agreement basically means that with us and the EU we treat our systems sort of the same on both sides. So if we look at removing EU nationals with settled status from the welfare system, then they might let to do that with British people who are living in the EU. I'm looking at peace of mind who's saying why this is ends of the country, you have to pay for the foreigners. I mean, it doesn't really kind of make sense, right? Again, this is the whole thing, like it's just bonkers, because you either are the United States of America or you're not, like, you know, we've got social security in the United States of America. You cannot have, like, England doing this and France doing this and Spain doing this. It's a mess. Like, the whole thing has always been a mess. I've never gotten it. And I think at some point it is actually very fragile and this fragility is getting tested because of the migrant crisis and at some point they're going to have big problems. But, you know, they don't want to admit it here in the UK, the liberals, they think it's [BLANK_AUDIO] It's all like fiction that's created on social media. Listen to this guy's MP of, oh gosh. I have his name somewhere here, and I'll get it, but listen to him first. - We obviously have social media, which is a massive problem at the moment for engagement. I'm tempted to say, you know, how you make your voice heard as a citizen in 2025 in the UK, set up an ex-account and start writing some sort of nativist content and it'll go around the world really, really quickly. Your voice will be heard as quickly as you want it to be, not in a way that I would be comfortable with, and I was just probably not aware that most people on the panel this evening would be comfortable with either. But that is a really easy way to get your voice heard, get some content about, you know, how you think immigration's too high, or immigration is the big thing that's tearing the country apart, et cetera, and that goes around the world because social media run by the world's richest man, ex is now making sure that you can have your voice heard in a really easy way that you couldn't in the past. God forbid, you have your voice heard. God forbid. Oh, it's just, it's Elon's fault. Yeah. It's Elon, can we blame so you to spain on Elon too? I mean, for goodness sakes, people. For goodness sakes. So they want to say, you know, this is just a bunch of nativism that's created because, you know, Elon wants it to be that way. This guy is Max Wilkinson, MP, British Liberal Democrat, surprise, surprise politician, and, you know, look, they're talking about now cutting 50 billion pounds, which is a large sum for them. And probably we have about 67 billion dollars or so, which would be a significant proposal there. They would cut all benefits for the foreigners, and they want to have something that's in place instead. They're calling it making welfare work. So foreign nationals, but that would actually include EU citizens would be banned and barred from welfare payments. And it would cover universal credit housing benefit, pension credit, job seekers allowance, child benefit, free childcare, and disability benefits. Wow. So, you know, I don't see it as that controversial. Do you, I mean, I'm curious. I mean, it kind of seems like it makes sense to me, but people are freaking out over here. They're really, really freaking out. And, you know, again, I think that this is kind of reaching a tipping point where people don't want to be paying for all of these migrants that are coming in. They just don't want to do it. Quick shout out to my company, 76 Research. You know it. If you're a fan of the show, if you watch the show often, you've heard me talk about it. We've got a market that's down a little bit today, and we don't have to do some buying anyway. Go check it out 76research.com. Those are my three portfolios. American resilience, inflation protection, and income builder. I want to just get to something else, because there's some sound coming into us right now. The president, did you guys see that Caroline Levitt from New Hampshire is leaving her job at the White House that news breaking last week? And it makes sense, you know, the timing kind of makes sense. You get midterms coming up. She just had another baby, and I think there's a lot of reasons for her probably wanting to do something a little bit different, like maybe take a job at Fox, right? Right about now. As some kind of correspondent of the president said that she will continue on as an advisor to him, as well as somebody who's very still active in the MAGA movement. So there's a way to do that, right? And maybe work more 9 to 5 than 9 to 9, 24, 7. So I think that's part of it. The president giving an interview to reporter there on Fox. So let's go to him talking about Caroline and how he replaces her because who are you going to bring in? I have some ideas, but she is not going to be an easy set of shoes to fill. Here we go. Is Caroline Levitt replaceable? I know she's not. She really isn't. She's standing right over there and she's done a great job. But you have somebody in mind? She likes her children more than she likes Trump. I'm very concerned about that. It's a lot to juggle, right? And you said you support that going back. Is there somebody have in mind that you'd like to see up at the podium to take over you? How about you? She could do the job. I think so. What do you think, Caroline? I like it. I've always liked you. That's what I'm doing this. I don't do this that often. I get off. I make a speech here. I come off and we see Alexis. You have done a great job. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Anything else that I didn't ask you? You wanted to make news in this interview. So is Caroline Levitt? There we go. So, you know, he's keeping his cards close to his vest at this point. He does do a lot of talking, himself, right? So in actuality, I looked at the numbers. Caroline Levitt actually did fewer press conferences than her predecessor, Jean Pierre. Remember her. She was kind of a disaster at during the Biden administration. But it makes all the sense in the world because the president speaks every day to the press. So he doesn't necessarily need somebody standing in for him all the time. So who might it be? You guys are sweet. I could never do that job. And I'm going to tell you why as much as I love the president, I am not a politician. Like, I'm way too honest. I am way too what you see as what you get. And I don't necessarily always think through spin first. I'm going to take myself out for those reasons. I really don't. I mean, I tell you exactly what I think, whether he's right, whether he's wrong. I have my own view on things most of the time I think he's right. But if I'm worried about the Iranians, I'd be the one who get up there and black well. We can't really trust them. And that's not your job as the PR person for the president of the United States. So I would be the worst PR person ever. I promise you that would not be a job you'd want to see me in. But there are people-- I mean, think about Alina Hava, for example, who was his attorney. And she was great. In front of the press, and she was great with the press. And she has that attorney background where she can just always talk his book, right? Whereas, you know me, I'm an opinion maker on a podcast. So you hear my opinion. You don't want to hear my opinion. You want to hear whatever the representation is from the White House and for the president. And so as his spokesperson, I think she'd actually be terrific at it. What do you think, Alina? Anyone-- I think she'd be really good. I think there's a lot of people that have had a background on television that would be great, that also have that background in politics. Because again, it's different. I'm sort of the journalist who came up two sides to everything, et cetera. And I like this job because it forces me to always have an opinion. I want to know what I think before I get out here and I spout off to you guys. And so I try to look at all sides always. And it's a big part of what I do. But it means I have my own biases. And those biases, I wear them on my sleeve and they're very evident. And sometimes they get me in a lot of trouble. Just as Fox in 2020. But I'm willing to take those hits. I think as the press person, again, it's a different kind of job. And you need somebody who can really deliver the party line is consistent on that party line and doesn't deviate. So I kind of think, yeah, possibly Alina might be a good pick for that. I mean, there's others that maybe are at Fox that maybe want to do something a little bit different or at Newsmax or plenty of these conservative networks that also may have a political background. Because a lot of those contributors there, in fact, even some of the anchors even have had those political backgrounds. And so there's probably-- I'm thinking of very, very deep bench and he's going to find someone great. He would-- oh, somebody suggested Tommy Leran. That would be interesting. That would be very, very interesting. All of Tommy too. She's a little bit like me. She's kind of unpredictable. Trish is her own boss. It's so true, Robert. I mean, I really, really am. And peace in my mind is saying, Trish will never leave us. It's true. I would never. How dare Dambon Gino leave, right? To go to the FBI. I won't. I like what I do far too much. I like it so much that wherever I am in the world, I try as long as I got Wi-Fi. I am here with you. It's important to me to keep doing this every single day. If you haven't subscribed to the show, please do me that favor. Subscribe to the show. You can also listen to the show. And watch it, too, actually. Now on Spotify, we have the video up. So go check that out. I left the link there in the show notes. So go take a look at that. If nothing else, just subscribe to it. So you do me that favor. Anyway, and let me know who you think on the next press person to replace Caroline. That's a tough seat. But someone's going to be able to do it. Thank you guys for everything. I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. A mass influx of 80,000 migrants into Ceuta, Spain, has created a severe public health and safety crisis, including reports of tuberculosis and local abandonment.
  2. The U.S. State Department has raised travel advisories for Spain, especially Ceuta, with President Trump suggesting tariffs and potential visa restrictions on Spain.
  3. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces criticism for welcoming a million migrants, while tensions with Morocco and U.S. allies escalate.
  4. Poland is highlighted as a model for strict border control and safety, with officials using force and rejecting migrant welfare, contrasting with broader European challenges.
  5. The U.S. is pressuring Iran via a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, threatening Oman, and warning of economic collapse, while Iran reportedly plans to escalate conflict.
  6. Political shifts are noted
  7. Caroline Levitt steps down as White House press secretary, with speculation on successors like Alina Habba.

Summary:

The discussion centers on a migrant crisis in Ceuta, Spain, where 80,000 migrants, mostly military-aged men, have overwhelmed the region, creating unsanitary conditions and public health risks. S. travel warnings and potential economic measures, while framing this as a broader European tipping point.

Poland is praised for its hardline approach, including using live ammunition and rejecting migrant welfare, which the host argues ensures safety and cultural preservation. S. pressure on Iran, with President Trump imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, threatening Oman, and using economic sanctions to force compliance, despite Iran’s alleged plans to escalate regional conflict.

Domestic politics are also examined, including potential Republican gains in New York, Democratic distancing from socialist factions, and UK reform efforts to cut migrant benefits. The host concludes with commentary on Caroline Levitt’s departure as press secretary, speculating on replacements, and emphasizes a need for strong national borders and economic pressure as solutions to global instability.

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Around 80,000 migrants entered Ceuta, Spain, leading to overcrowded shelters, disease outbreaks like tuberculosis and scabies, and safety concerns for locals. The situation is described as a public health hazard with ongoing migrant presence.

The State Department raised the threat level for US citizens traveling to Spain, especially the Ceuta region, due to the migrant crisis and associated health and safety risks.

Margo Rubio's message is that people should not go to Spain due to the severe migrant crisis, and the US may consider stripping Spaniards of visa entry if the situation isn't addressed.

Poland is praised for effectively stopping illegal migration, using force if needed, and maintaining safety, with a politician stating they have zero illegal migrants and are willing to protect their borders.

The president declared US supremacy over the Strait of Hormuz, imposing a naval blockade to prevent oil exports, and warned that if Oman interferes, the US would bomb them.

The UK Reform party proposes cutting £50 billion, including £21 billion by removing foreign nationals, including EU citizens, from the welfare system, covering benefits like universal credit and housing benefit.

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