Britain Releases 5 Terror Suspects Near U.S. Bomber Base—After Trump Says “WE GOT THEM!” | Iran Two Weeks From Collapse | Canada's Carney Prepared For U.S. Invasion S6 E2

I gotta tell you, you can't make this kind of stuff up. It's really sort of unbelievable and extraordinarily offensive to have learned that the Brits just decided to let their five suspects that may be connected to the IRGC just go. Like are they on some kind of mission to destroy themselves from within? I'm beginning to wonder because they just also announced a big, huge refugee plan to bring in more Afghanis and more Pakistanis literally like 24 hours after we get the news that these men have been arrested on suspicion of having these explosive devices and possibly being connected to the IRGC and the UK's answer is to let them go oh and by the way you're not supposed to talk about what sort of ethnic background they may have or religious background they may have because you know they don't want to send anything off oh gosh darn you know if I were to post a meme and be in the UK and it was offensive to someone I could get arrested but these guys can be arrested on suspicion of explosives and they get to go free even though the investigation is still ongoing I get a lot of questions plus we get to talk a little bit about what's going on overseas in the strait of hormones otherwise known as jump straight you better believe it jump straight it is okay so things are looking good there it's going to take a couple of weeks for energy prices to really come down and press to feel it at the gas pumps but I have some very very positive news to report for you on all of that I mean we're looking at basically two more weeks for the IRGC that they can make it and then they're going to be fresh out of cash so that's not very good for them and uh karnie thinks he's going to war with us excuse me karnie up in canada you know I think you get a little too much time on your hands buddy boy if you're out there preparing for war with the United States whoo that's why you went to the EU welcome to this show everyone good to have you here we have seen that the UK managed to foil attack overseas at a US base arrest in the UK was fantastic working with Britain it was an amazing job we had them under investigation they they were looking to do big damage to our fort and working with the British worked out great it may have been Scotland yard I don't know that we worked with a lot of them we had them under view for a long time and we got them well maybe maybe not maybe it was the farmer I don't really know at this point a lot of information still coming in fresh hot off the presses these were these stripped down terrorists suspects that they got and there were pictures of them uh with with no clothes we have omitted those for uh for the kids here on youtube anyway stripped down terrorist suspects arrested after planning van bombings at UK base used by us bombers as police eye aron this is the story in the new york post yesterday afternoon as it was all coming on done there terror police investigate possible aron link and suspected r a f base bomb plot after five men were arrested on the suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act present Trump said they had been under watch for a long time okay they've been under watch but yet somehow the bridge still decide to let them go I mean I I just can't quite get over this just to back up for a second they got a late night call authorities got a late night call from a farmer from a farmer in town in welford who sparked a major security operation there near r a f fair foot the english air base which is used by our us air force and so like one in the morning she's calling around by the way she couldn't even get anybody to begin with it took a while okay so finally she gets through and she's like I don't know there's all these guys and she said they looked like they were of middle eastern descent and they've got these masks on and they're pouring out of vans and she's obviously a little bit concerned so it turns out police identified all five as british nationals now we don't know when they became british nationals we don't know if they were born in grapefruit and we don't know what their religion is they're very young between the ages of 23 and 25 they live in london or the outskirts of london and so you had armed officers going out and arresting these five men on suspicion of explosive offenses and preparing a terrorist act so you had bomb disposal specialists examine the vehicles they still have this town all closed off okay you still can't get to your house it's still all closed off you know I mean and yet the suspects get to leave you honestly can't make the stop I mean you just can't make it up so they're released on bail while the investigation continues the farmer who raised the alarm right is actually saying she saw eight to ten men and her initial call to the Ministry of Defense police went absolutely unanswered and then she reached out to emergency services which just leave some serious questions about what's going on in terms of protecting our American forces if we get a rely on the local farmer who's driving someone home from a party at 1 a.m come on I mean unbelievable stuff and yet now these guys are all out on bail listen to the latest and greatest out of the UK this morning here we go that following extensive interviews and inquiries the five men who were arrested are being released on police bail this afternoon to be very clear this does not mean that the investigation is over they are subject to stringent conditions on their movements and contact with others they absolutely remain under investigation as we explore multiple lines of inquiry okay I mean you don't think you could have held them a little bit longer as I understand the rules in the UK if you're being held on suspected terror charges they can actually hold you longer like up to seven days but for some reason they let these guys go free five British men all in their early 20s again it's interesting that they're saying they are British men they will not tell us any more information it's like oh god help you if you figure out if you figure out that they're Middle East or they came from Pakistan or something you know we're gonna have riots in the streets and we can't have that because the next thing you know people will be sending out memes and then we're gonna have to arrest all those people with the memes forget about the terrorist we're just gonna go after those darn memes I'll tell you you can't you can't believe what the UK has done to itself I was just there over this summer I was stunned I'm like the only woman who doesn't have a cohead covering on for goodness sakes when I get an elevator in London are you kidding me so authorities right now I can tell you they have confirmed that the gentleman come from some of these London burrows including Camden Westminster welliston but they have not released their names of course not right they haven't said a word about religion and none of that and the the poor farmer who's making the 999 call like thank goodness she did right you see something you say something she described these men as Middle Eastern looking young guys running into the trees and then of course the next thing you know we're being told that the investigators are looking into whether or not they're possibly working on behalf of a foreign state possibly working on behalf of the IRGC and Iran all right Iran's denying any kind of major role in this but we do know that Iran has had some rather choice things to say about the UK within sort of the last 48 hours or so in fact calling out the UK's monarchy we do know there's a major incident homes have been evacuated bomb disposal teams examine the vans the five men they were in handcuffs and now they're under investigation still even though they have been released and the public is being told just stay put just just wait for facts and your questions will be answered I I don't think anybody's really all that okay with that I want to show you some pictures of the Air Force base where this all happened so kind of a really sitting duck if you would right because in some ways take a look at this so this is the very strategic military hub there are a fair for not a random country airfield it's actually one of the few places I should point out few places in Europe that can handle heavy bombers like heavy heavy heavy US bombers for wartime footing so a very important base indeed and again if you take a look at this with me you can see it's a long isolated strip in the middle of this open country and so when you see some white vans rushing towards it on a quiet lane at 12.45 a.m that's going to cause some concern this runways about 10,000 feet long it's long enough for b1s and b52s and during the current campaign against around American bombers have been flying from fair forward I guess the UK did us that favor right so runs revolutionary guard has been calling the base a legitimate target because those aircraft have been used against Iranian sites so that's an important thing to know as well as we try to figure out just exactly what these men were up to I'll tell you the brits they're not having it so don't forget I mean the new guy right Andy Burnham he's on very thin ice very very thin ice because the people have had it the people are sick of the migrant boats showing up in the middle of the night and now they're learning they you know a local farmer who just happens to be on a country road is alerting the authorities to a potentially massive attack, they're not happy about this. Not happy at all. And so you had West Streeting. Let me see if I can get you West Streeting's quote. Well, before we do that, I mean, they are not happy. And so now a British television host just lost it. I mean, positively, absolutely lost it yesterday when addressing West Streeting who's the Secretary of Defense. So it would be like me just kind of unloading on Pete, which, you know, I might have done back when we worked together. But he's, you know, the Secretary of Defense right now. So it's a little, a little strange to do that. But she just, oh my gosh, she let him have it watch. Well, the Defense Minister. You are the Defense Minister, son. What are you doing about the small boat crossings? The terror cells, Islamism, the threat from Russia? Why is Israel sanctioned when they provide a lot of our intelligence reports for us? Why does the government seem to ignore warnings from agencies and former big beasts in intelligence who connect immigration with the security threat? Because I would take a little guess here, West. Let me teach you a thing or two in case you don't get it yet. I would imagine that whatever has gone down, near Fairford, the people who have done it probably came into the country from somewhere else. So came there specifically to do whatever it is they were planning to do. So perhaps let me make it clear, you should join a dot, right? Between Iran saying, oh, we shipped in various terrorists in the IRGC to your country via a boat over the channel. They told you it came out of their mouths. And yet you're still there going, oh yeah, I'm a nice. It's just asylum seekers, give them a hotel. Let them stay on a military base. And don't worry about that. However, defense will open it wide up. In fact, well, let's lay on some minibuses to send them around the local times so they can get their blueprints of where are critical infrastructures and groups and girls. Why is it that all of you, you, West streets, and you, Andy Burnham, every single muppet in the unions, every single past five minutes over the past 10 years, all seem to have failed to notice that if you were a hostile state or a terrorist organization wanting to get weapons into the country or people who might use those weapons, a great idea would be to bust them in illegally. I don't know, on a boat. Sometimes they use private jets. They're still getting in the back of lorries. And perhaps, therefore, some of these people you give smartphones to and teach how to make little blue animals. And you encourage this in combat and hand out the old rape pamphlet. Perhaps some of these people might be terrorists. Perhaps you should state publicly that the risk from these people breaking into our nation is a security one and get real. This has been going on too long. I'm afraid, actually, at this point, it's probably too late. Because they're all there, aren't they? Then I'm dotted around ready to carry out their various operations. We need to have, as you say, our security services, our armed forces, our police and emergency responders on standby 24/7 to actually react and make sure they can't blow things up. Because you and all of your colleagues in Westminster have failed to do your job in protecting the realm. So it's all very well put in your nice words on X-Thank you for saving us again. What are you going to do about it? Wow, wow, wow. You know what I'm saying? The Brits are so polite, right? But listen, I'm telling you, this is symptomatic or something because they've had it. They've had it. And she was reacting to what West Streeting put out. West Streeting, again, is sort of their equivalent of pete access, so had a defense. And he said, I would like to thank all those emergency and specialist team who have acted so swiftly regarding the incident in Gloucester. We can be reassured that this is being dealt with. And it is exactly why our emergency response team and the armed forces are on standby 24/7. So this was like his only thing that he's really said. And she's like, are you kidding me, buddy? Are you kidding me? Because we can't take this, like something has got to give. And I was talking to somebody who spends a lot of time in the UK last night about this and saying, you know, what do you think? And this person's the sources impression is like the UK is going to get it together. And I'm like, I'm not so sure. Like, I'm not so sure. I kind of feel like things have come and gone and they've tried. And for whatever reason, you just have all these wokies there, total wokies that are so obsessed with fixing the world, but they don't care enough to fix things for the people at home. I mean, look at this story. The telegraph ran a couple months ago that Iran was smuggling agents into the UK as channel migrants. Tehran boasted its positioning revolutionary people in London through secret network. So we already knew that they were trying to do this. This was a big investigation by the telegraph a couple of months ago. We knew that this was a concern. They're telling us that these are British nationals, the five, or there could be more, right? Because the farmer saw as many as 10. They're saying they're British nationals. My question still goes back to, OK, who's Iran getting in? And is Iran going around and actually going to recruit and find these young people that maybe are, quote, unquote, British nationals because they get a little bit more cover. And are they training them for something? Look, I'm sorry. And this is going to come across to some as harsh. But in the Islam religion, there's no such thing as guaranteed salvation. Like, you know, if you're a Christian, we love you and you can screw up and you can still be saved, right? There's always another chance. There's always another day. And Jesus forgives. And that's a big sort of part of Christianity is that forgiveness. In the Islamic faith, they don't have that. And one of the only ways you can actually guarantee salvation in Islam is by being a martyr, seriously. So a lot of people will focus on the 72 virgins, right? That they get when they get to heaven and they see Allah. And one of the things you need to remember is that the religion itself is teaching the only way. The only way you can be guaranteed your salvation is by becoming a martyr. And not just you, you can actually help get the salvation of 70 members of your family by pleading their cases when you get to heaven. And so this is all part of their-- so you say to yourself, how can anybody do these horrific things? Like, why is this happening? And it's kind of just there in the religion, which presents you with a big problem when you're seeing that you might have a lot of them right there in London. And we know that these five, again, they have not been convicted of anything. They have been let out on bail, crazy enough. And that's where we are at this moment. But I will tell you that this is pretty darn scary stuff. And you know what makes it even worse? You think about what that British news anchor was saying, right? Buck stops with you, defense secretary. I want to hear a concrete plan. And I want to hear you say, admit that people coming into the country legally are a security risk and then do something about it. But he's not going to do anything about it. In fact, they're doing the opposite about it today. Today, I mean, what? 24 hours later, they come out with a brand new plan to bring more migrants. Oh, these are supposed to be women. They want more afghan. Give me, I think I see a spelling error afghan. And Pakistani refugees coming into the UK got to be kid. Like your head would explode. OK, here's the woman who's in charge of it all. This lady, Shababa Mahmud. So Shababa has decided that the UK is going to actually bring in more. They get a whole new program for refugees, prioritizing Palestinian. Are you kidding me, Palestinian? Did I say Pakistani? It's Palestinian, guys Palestinian refugees, as well as women from Afghanistan. This is according to the guardian. And actually, all the British news has this one today. She's the home secretary Shababa or Shabana Mahmud. Around a quarter of the refugees in the resettlement program will consist of Palestinians and Afghans. The program will make it easier for the refugees to receive permanent settlement rights in the UK. Woohoo! Are you kidding me, lady? Seriously, are you kidding me? I'm talking about bad timing. Something that was noticed on the morning news over in the UK, when they had west on west street. The same guy that that British host was yelling about. On talk TV, well, GB News, they got him good too. Listen to this. Actually, let's just talk about safe and legal routes, because this is another big topic. Our audience have wanted us to put to use today as the government. Shabana Mahmud has announced that we will prioritize women and children from Afghanistan, Palestine, as well. But let me just put some figures to you, defense secretary, 39,100 Afghans have been brought to Britain since 2021, 350,000 to 400,000 asylum applications since 2021, 150,000 plus small boats. Now, are we not doing enough as it is? Are we not full? How many more people can we take? We've got one of your senior MPs, Emily Thornbrie, saying we might have to seize people's properties that remain empty for too long to fix a housing crisis. Surely this goes against all common sense. So it's not the safe and legal routes we should worry about, in fact, safe and legal routes are part of the answer for how we deal with the illegal boat crosses, crossings which the public are concerned about and we're taking action on as a government. We are vigilant about this, we've seen with this home secretary and the tough approach that she has taken some real successes from. to defend secretary charities are saying this morning that this new policy from the home secretary will not touch the sides and will not deter any small boats from coming to Britain so I don't know whether that statement holds true. Well, I think therein lies the right balance actually, you know, you're right to say that there will be charities that criticise us and say we should be doing more and taking more people. But we've got the government establishing safe and legal routes to better manage migration, to make sure that we've got control of our borders. But we've also seen the robust approach that the home secretary is taking, the work we're doing with France, preventing tens of thousands of small boat crossings and increasing deportations as well. So I think crossings are now the lowest level we've seen in six years. I'd be the first to say there is more to do if the home secretary was sat in this chair now, she would tell you that she's going hard at this issue, she is determined to do more as well. But we are taking a robust and effective approach, lots done, but I'd be the first to say as would the home secretary more to do. Really, really, really, this lady is really concerned that she's going to make sure that there's no, oh, how do I say bad guys like in the mix? Like, why are you taking anyone seriously? Like, why? Why is it so important to you to take people in from Palestine and from Afghanistan? Like, why? Okay, that, I think it's, you know, in light of everything that's happening right now, I think it's a fair question to ask. And I just say, like, are you guys on some kind of, you know, kamikaze mission? Because, you know, and in various different ways, I mean, there's the quite literal way, right? Or your entire culture is just getting sort of, I don't like to use these phrases, right? Because they can be misconstrued, but, you know, you afford me some idiomatic expression here, their entire culture is sort of getting blown up, right? I mean, and unfortunately that could be said in more ways than one. The culture is just by, I mean, you go to London and when I feel uncomfortable because I'll tell you, it wasn't just that people were wearing the head scarves. It's, I was in this hotel. It was like a really, really fancy five star hotel too. And at night, I remember I took my son down to get like an ice cream in the lobby bar. And it was probably around 10 o'clock at night. And we're going up and we look around. And there's none other than a couple of men dressed as women. How shall I say that are ladies in the night except they're not ladies? My little guy looks at me and he's like, because he hears them talking, right? And they're in these like loose sight pink high heels and, you know, the whole, just imagine, like, use your imagination, okay? And my poor son is like, mom, we get in the elevator. He's so confused. I mean, so that was my takeaway from London. I was like, I don't really, I don't really belong here because like, I either need to be fully covered up in a burka or I need to be a guy dressed as a girl working the night shift in my loose sight high heels. I mean, I'll tell you. And this is like a five star very, very nice hotel that will remain nameless to save them. But I'll tell you, I was so done. I'm like, I don't need to come back here anytime soon. And I actually have to worry because I'm working the entire time I'm over there, you know that. And I have to worry because you never know the brits they can get it in their head that they might like what Trish Regan is saying today. And they actually don't have freedom of the speech the way we have it here and anything I say can and will be used against me, including any meme that I might decide to tweet. And the next thing, you know, I can wind up in jail and yet these guys that are suspected terrorists. Well, they got a good life. I'll tell you they got a good life and they want to bring in more more refugees today. They announced that talking about bad timing like I'm just saying if I were their press person, communications person, I would have said to what is her name. Okay, here we go. What's her name? Shababa Shabana Mahmoud. Mahmoud, Ms. Mahmoud, I would have said secretary Mahmoud, we're going to postpone this for a couple of weeks. I think that probably this is not a good news headline to get out the door today in light of what we're up against. You're with me, right? Like this is just common sense. That's why I say they're like blowing themselves to smithereens. It's some kind of common cause emission not just because of what they're doing to their culture and destroying their community and possibly much, much worse. God forbid something had happened with those guys. But it's also this risk of their own political futures, right? Because the people have had enough and the people are saying we can't take it anymore. You guys better hurry up and get more refugees and make sure that they can vote. Otherwise, I don't know how you're going to get elected again. You're releasing these people when you could have kept them for seven days. So what is that about? You got counterterrorism policing still going on, but they say they didn't have enough to keep them. I mean, I don't know. The only thing I can think of maybe here is that this was some kind of dry run. Because apparently they didn't find viable, whatever that means, viable explosives in the vans. And so because they didn't find any working bombs, they could not apparently justify holding five British nationals for the full terrorism detention window. Forgive me, I mentioned seven days earlier. It's actually 14 days, 14 days that you can hold someone suspected of terrorism. And they didn't hold them because they said, you know, they just didn't have enough stuff within the vans. Well, what were they doing in the vans? I suspect that this could have been some kind of dry run. That may have been what it was. You know, the farmer gets out there. She flags them. Thank goodness you have the homes evacuated. They're still not able to go back to the homes as we speak right now. What time is it in the UK? I mean, I'm coming to you on Monday afternoon as this is live. And thank you if you're watching later. We appreciate you being here. Remember to subscribe and go check me out on Spotify as well. But I'll tell you that might be what actually was going down. So a lot of questions and they're going to have to get to the bottom of this. And I can tell you there's a reason why this could be happening right now. There's absolutely a reason because Iran is freaking out. Iran is in a corner. Iran's getting nowhere to go. Literally nowhere to go. I told you this was going to happen. The blockade is working and the sanctions are working. So you combine those two things. They get nothing. Literally nothing. So they're out telling Bloomberg news today. Iranian officials are telling Bloomberg that they are pessimistic about a US deal before midterms. You think guys? I mean, you think he kind of spat in your face. I'm sorry. You know, he gave you every opportunity in the world. You kept squandering it because every time there was a so called truce, you started attacking our ships again. You know, that's not really how it's supposed to work. There I say Wall Street Journal reporting right now. This is good news for oil Saudi Arabia resumes. Yanbu oil loading after pipeline repairs. Don't forget some of the Houthis went after one of those pipelines and those repairs have started. I actually. Oh, interesting. This is by summer. Said I know the reporter she and I think used to work together way back when at market watch. Good reporter on oil markets. And she's saying that Saudi Arabia started loading oil crude Sunday from the Red Sea port of Yanbu as it completed partial repairs and tests on the East West pipelines. We're getting those pipelines back on and guess what? Who Trump straight. It is. Yes, Trump straight. Okay. So we kind of have the straight now. We got the blockade going on. We're getting 20 million barrels a day apparently through that thing. This is what I'm talking about guys. Okay, so this is some good news. What's around supposed to do? What's it going to do? I mean, it's out of money very soon. Oil will come dropping down as soon as the rain gives up as soon as the war is over, which will be soon oil is going to come plummeting down and all prices are coming down. But prices for groceries have come way down from Biden. Almost every price has come way down and remember one thing oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration. But with all of that being said, we're taking tremendous amounts of oil out last night. We took a record amount of oil out from the Harmo straight forward than we took out before the war. Thank you very much. Okay, guys, I'm just getting you caught up on crude oil crude oil is basically trading flat right now. So we'll see 92 bucks. I know everybody's like, Trish, you said it was coming down. And by the way, I was right. Right. We were up at 105 getting their 106. Now we're at 92. So that's good. And the reason why this is happening is because you're seeing more and more oil coming out of the straight of hormones. Meanwhile, Iran has got nowhere to go. Like literally nowhere to go. It is blockaded in. They can't get their oil out. That means the only oil they can sell to China. And that's the only person they're selling to China does like swaps with other goods. Because by the way, don't forget operation outcast economic outcast. They can actually use dollars. And so, Iran is sitting there going, "We get this oil," and then they bring it over to China, and they trade it for goods. And it's not working either. A quick reminder, if you haven't signed up for my-- I'm going to be a fan now. Like, I created this guys for you, OK? And I want you to be able to partake in all the greatness that's happening. And we are smart people. I'm lucky to have a co-founder, Rob Horton, who was a mutual fund manager for Zillions-- he'll get mad if I say Zillions. He's not that old. Anyway, for a couple decades on Wall Street. Anyway, he's brilliant. And I'm not too shabby myself, right? I get more of a macro sense of things. Anyway, 76research.com-- go look. We have three model portfolios there. And you can see all of our stocks in those portfolios. We just added one stock in-- I want to say it was January or February. It's up somewhere around 26% now. So listen, there's good stuff there. And we think it's going even higher. Go check it out when you can. Trump is absolutely rejecting Iran, rejecting them hard. They're begging right now. Begging pretty pleased with the cherry on top. Can we make a deal? Can we make a deal? No deal. They want to make a deal where they open the straight immediately because they're losing so badly. You don't read that. Well, you don't see that in the pictures. We're winning tremendously. We have total control of the Homo straight. Massive amounts of oil are coming out of the Homo straight. Last night, we had 29 ships come out. They want to make a deal. And I think that's fine. I like making a deal, too. But I'm not-- that deal would not make stuff come to me. I don't know what kind of deal he can make with these people. I got to be honest. We tried a few times to make a deal. And every single time, they re-nigged. They don't engage truthfully. And that's part of the problem. So they want to make a deal. He sent this one out. Trump's straight. Trump's straight. There's no deal. You better believe it, right? So they're out there begging. They got lots of problems. And why is it that they have so many problems? We've talked about this before. They had all of this oil. Lots of oil. But in order for them to actually engage in the world economy, they need dollars. And you see, they can't get dollars because they're sanctioned. So what does it mean? Well, in the case of oil, they would use it to trade it for other things with China. And right now, they can't really do that. I mean, they're sort of doing it. They get a little bit of oil that's still sitting there in the Gulf. And they're kind of-- they've got that outside of the embargo area. But they only got a little bit left as in 14 days left. And then they're going to be belly up, game over, cyanara, adios, or however you say it in Arabic. Here is Treasury Secretary Scott Besen, who is just fantastic at this. Between the embargo and the sanctions, I'm telling you, this is what we need. This is what we need. Baby, these sanctions have teeth. There's only 15 million more barrels of Iranian oil on the water that Iran will have nothing left to trade for anything. They will have nothing to trade for anything. Probably within the next two weeks, they are going to make their final deliveries of oil to China. And then they will have nothing. It is an empty set. And I believe that they are feeling the pressure here. And that's why they want to deal. And you saw when President Trump was leaving the White House this morning, the Iranians say they'll open the straits within seven days. Larry, the straits are open. If you take out the Iranian oil, which we're not letting out, we are not letting it out, that we're averaging now here. That if you take out the Iranian oil, which we're not letting out, we are not letting it out, that we're averaging now 15 to 22 million barrels a day. It was at about 20 pre-conflicts. So you take out the one and a half or two Iranian barrels. So think of it this way, Larry. The score is, United States, 1 billion. More than 1 billion barrels have gotten out around zero. All right, that's right. You know, I call you, I continue to-- is, United States, 1 billion, more than 1 billion barrels have gotten out around zero. You know, I call you, I continue to call you, to the best wartime treasury secretary since World War II. And I think it's a great story. Larry-- [LAUGHS] That was a pretty good soundbar, right? That was a pretty good soundbar. I actually had to go back and listen to it twice. He is like the best treasury secretary. I feel like we have had since maybe World War II. It is a big, big deal, guys. And we're lucky. We're lucky to have smart, smart people there, because it really does matter. So we got oil. All right, that's the bottom line here. We get a lot of oil. And it's coming out of the straight right now in ways that we have not seen this before. So week is September 13th. We got 49.2 million barrels out. And then September 20th through 25th. Now, that's just five days. I want to point out that the week of the 13th, that was seven days. We're getting 33.7 million barrels out. Now, back in the old days, we were getting, like, 2022 million barrels a day out. So we want to get back to that. So we want to be doing something like 20 times 7. So we're still not quite there. But we're getting there. I think that's the important trajectory that we're on. And then look at energy prices today. Well, you guys have said to me, but here's the problem. It's not coming down in gas prices. And I hear you. Part of that is because it takes a couple of weeks. So whatever you see in terms of oil prices, and look, oil is kind of flat today. So we're not seeing another big decline, unfortunately. But when you see oil prices start to come down, it takes a couple of weeks to catch up to prices at the pumps. And so when I-- this actually I did yesterday, this graphic for you. And I'm looking at AAA numbers. And regular today is $4.48. It's the same as it was a week ago. You think about a year ago, it was 3.14, right? So that's not really fun having to pay that much more at the pump. Diesel is the real problem. Because a year ago, diesel was $369. And diesel is now $6.47. Well, why is that? Well, unfortunately, unfortunately, our friends over in Ukraine have been bombing away in Russia. And when you bomb all of those places in Russia, you actually wind up losing some of those diesel refineries. And so that's where a lot of the diesel gets refined for Europe in Russia. And so because Ukraine has been bombing so heavily, we don't have a lot of diesel now. That's one of the other unfortunate aspects of all of this. So it's another reason why Donald Trump really wants to see some kind of resolution there between Ukraine and Russia. But I'll tell you one other good thing about operation, economic outcast. These Iranians, these IRGC members, they can't get their money even if they wanted to, as the president sort of tried to explain to-- I think this is Brett there. One of the problems that we face is that our money in China is blocked. The fact that you touched upon earlier the accusations that we supply so and so with fundings, we can't even get our own money out of a country to which we have supplied goods. Let alone using those funds to pay someone else in another corner of the world. Hm. So they can't get their money. All right, good. And you know what, if you look at this list, they can't trade with any of those countries right now. China is their biggest trading partner. We're kind of making nice with China, right? So I got more news for you on that one because the media really felt flattened his face. You got to deal with China. I'm going to tell you about it in a second. But anyway, China, maybe you still get some trade but that's like slowing to a trickle because you don't have any boats. You don't have anything left. The embargo is working. You're not going to be able to get any more oil over to China. So that's going to be all dried up. And you go right down this list and all of these countries have been told, hey, you trade with them, we get a problem. So there's a great story over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal. And it was about a city group banker. So city, big, big bank, you know. And I don't know who the banker was but he's working for Scott Bessett now at Treasury. And he went over and took a little trip to all these little countries, okay? And he told all of those countries in the Middle East, Iraq, all mom, every single one of them. Hey, you get caught doing any business with Iran and you lose all access to US dollars. So they received the message loud and clear. And by the way, they actually welcomed the message because you know, they don't like Iran very much. They don't like Iran because Iran's been bombin' them. So Iran has no friends in the area. They are just persona non grata. And they're getting shut out of the financial system. And in two weeks time, it is game over. 60% of our enriched uranium, would you let the US come in and take it? To end the war? Well, I can explain why do we need that. But you answer one question. Is this illegal or not? According to him, we are a committed member of NPT. But my question is whether this is-- 60% enrichment is not illegal. No, but is it for peaceful purposes, though? Is it for people-- I'm not talking about legal or illegal. I'm talking about for peaceful purposes. When it's 20 times, the amount of enriched uranium needed for electricity. No, it is. It is for peaceful purposes. purposes. And we have answered this question, we have removed any concern in our past negotiations. If there is still such a question, why they bombed us? Are they allowed to bomb anything that they think is illegal or there is no justification for that? What is not a solution? That was a subject for negotiation and we did it in the past. We answered that question in the past during the negotiations and we can do it again. There is no need for military operation. Oh, he really is desperate. We did this in the past. You did it in the past, excuse me, you did it in the past and then you would go and take your little fishing boats and just kind of poke at any container ship going through the strait. Now, we're not buying that. You guys screwed up, okay, I'm just going to say it. You thought you could get out on this limb, you thought that the elections were really important to Trump. I mean, hey, they are important to Trump, but they're not more important than the future of the world. And if it takes having high oil prices until after the midterms, he's willing to take that. You thought he wasn't. Well, now you're freaking out. You don't know what to do. You wish you could get a deal. You said, hey, we'll open the strait. The straits are already open for us anyway. We got everything we need coming out of there and it's going to get better and better and better and better. So sorry, Iran, badly played. You know who else is playing their hand kind of badly? That would be the mainstream media these days, gosh, this has been quite a little entertainment side show. Have you been following this because CNN doesn't know what to do with itself. It cannot believe, cannot believe that it cannot get on to Air Force One. Air Force One. It couldn't get into the dinner with the Chinese either, now could it. Now it's kind of, you know, Ben Chouf decide in some way. There's real media meltdown that's happening though in real time. They are very, very upset. They want to be in Air Force One traveling with the president. They're supposed to be the pool camera apparently and while they just couldn't get on and they're coming apart at the seams, just watch them here on CNN over the weekend. What is it that Hannity calls this guy again? Brian Stelter, he is their media reporter. I can't remember if it's Humpty Dumpty or if it's potato head, I get it kind of confused. But, anyway, nonetheless, his name is Brian and he's very, very upset. Much of him here on this network because the president barred CNN from traveling on to Air Force One to handle the press pool duties. And in that role, CNN was scheduled to cover him on behalf of all the major television networks. No outlet has been tapped to replace CNN, which means limited coverage of his trip. CNN's chief media analyst Brian Stelter is joining us right now. Brian, I mean, walk us through this latest media ban and the status of this standoff. Yeah, big picture here. The president is trying to control news coverage. He is picking a fight with the people who are telling unpleasant truths about his administration. Today, yes, it happens to be CNN, but tomorrow, it could be any other news outlet. So we continue now for more than a week to see the president taking these unprecedented steps that CNN and other outlets have called illegal. And the first of them, attorneys have said, will eventually be defeated in court. We know that that ban about the White House grounds, that ruling from the court, was handed down a couple of days ago and taken into effect. So reporters from CNN put a go at MSNOW are back on the White House complex. But today, the White House tried something different. The president rejected the plan, the schedule for CNN to be the TV poll correspondent. So the president not allowing CNN on Air Force One, not allowing CNN on this trip for this football game. And no, the football game is not the most newsworthy event on the president's schedule this month. But it is still important to have the press with them at all time. You guys really wanted to go to the football game now, didn't you? OK, so here's the five pool cameras. And you probably never realize this before, but the curtain has been pulled back. So there's five pool cameras. And they take turns so that not everybody has to go everywhere, not everybody has to go to the football game. They all get access to the footage that they shoot. And you pay, if you're another organization, often to get some of that access. So you've got ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC/MS, NBC. I'm just looking at this objectively, and I would say ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC/MS, NBC all happen to be very, very left-wing networks, don't they? Yeah, so the judge basically said, listen, you know what, you're going to have to, because you didn't give them due process, you're going to have to, you're going to have to make good on the passes for the due process thing. But there's a bigger issue at stake right now that they're still fighting, and that I actually think the White House has a leg to stand on, and that's whether or not they have to give them access at all. I mean, due process is one thing, but do you really have to allow for CNN to be there just because it's CNN? I mean, why can't you have real America's voice or why can't you have newsmax or why can't you have that Lindell TV, everybody's making fun of it. These guys over on MSNBC, they think they're such hot shots, they think they all, they think they're the only ones that can afford a plane ticket on Air Force One, listen to this, because by the way, just to keep you in the loop, if you work for a news organization and you travel on Air Force One, your news organization is expected to pay your fare in order to keep everything on the up and up, and it's usually like the price of a first class ticket. Here we go. The TV press poll provides coverage, both print and TV and audio, but the networks pay for the pay to do that. And when it comes to Air Force One, the networks, the folks in the poll, they have to pay for those seats. When you were traveling on Air Force One with political, you had to pay for those seats. The question now is, are Lindell TV and America's radios whatever are they paying for those seats? And if not, who is? You could be a former president of the White House Corp. Association, my friend, because that is a question that many of us have. And we have had for a long time since the White House took over the press poll, was is everyone that's going on there? The friends of Trump, right? The folks that a lot of folks argue seem like what would be state media, right, just saying whatever the administration wants, are those folks also paying the same amount that everyone else in the poll is paying, right? Are they doing all the same things? Do they have all the same restrictions that the regular reporters have? So far, we don't really have a big answer to that. And that's one of the reasons why you haven't had, you know, the random news organizations on Air Force One are traveling with the president, because it's very expensive. No. Okay. Well, if it makes you feel any better, let me share with you what a real America's voice sent out. Okay. Hey, guys. MS, now we do pay for the Air Force One seats, but just admit you're big man, that we can do what you do, but better. So they're all up on their high horse. Oh my gosh, these little networks, they can't possibly come close to us. They can't afford the plane tickets. They can't do a decent job. All you have to do is stick a camera up there and follow the president. And I mean, it's one lousy camera. I mean, if you want to get fancy, you can have an audio guy too, all right? It's a camera and an audio guy and a plane ticket for each one of them, presto, done. I mean, for them to sit there and think that they're so darn special, because they're part of the pool. I'm sorry, but those days are over, okay? This is a brand new world that we live in. So stelter and the rest of them over there at CNN are just going to have to get used to it. I don't think this is an assault on their freedom of speech or their constitutional rights as he would insist. This is a direct threat to press freedom in the United States. This happens to involve CNN, but I'm trying to zoom out here and recognize this is a free speech test in America. All right, all right, all right, you know what? Nobody's infringing on your free speech. You can get up on your little podium and you can talk all you want and go to your studio and you can talk all you want and nobody's shutting you down like they did, by the way, with the president of the United States. Remember when all the social media companies shut him down and they wouldn't allow him to have an account. I remember that. I remember that quite well. That was actually a violation of the First Amendment. But this, now I'm sorry, you just don't get your fancy little setup inside the White House. You can't have a desk there anymore. Gosh, darn it, isn't that rough. Oh, it's not just stelter that's all worked up. One of CNN's most notoriously, how shall I say this? Honest, reporters is a guy named Jake Tapper. Do you remember him because he's the one that went after Lara Trump and said, Lord, how dare you sit there and mock Joe Biden's stutter because she was suggesting that Joe didn't have it all going on, which we eventually found out. In fact, no, Joe definitely did not have it all going on. Not all the wires are connecting in the heads. Anyway, you weren't allowed to say that. That was- Oh my gosh, they could have de-platformed you for that they would have. So, Jake Tapper sat there and told everyone with a straight face for months and months and months of months how fantastic, just great, you know, nice spring chicken, Joe Biden was until he wasn't, right? And then Jake came on television and basically said, "Yeah, he's not so hot anymore." Well, we couldn't talk to him, right? We were telling you for weeks and weeks and weeks, and nobody believed us, you know, I'm just looking at the raw tape that's coming in. I guess I have a harder job than he does. Some other producers looking at it for him and putting some words into it prompt her and he just reads them. Well, Jake Tapper has now been reduced to near tears, begging and pleading with Mike Waltz from the administration. Can you please tell your boss Donald Trump that we really want to be back on Air Force one? Because you know, we really want to go to football game and be on that fancy plane, especially now that it's all decked out with that guitarist stuff. Watch. I just want to note, yesterday, the White House barred CNN from fulfilling our pool assignment on behalf of the five major television networks, as you know, we all pool coverage. And all of our affiliates and some subscribers. And I would just ask if you could please convey to President Trump to let CNN back in the pool. It was not okay when President Obama tried to freeze Fox out of the pool back in 2009. And I don't think we'd want a world where presidents decide who gets to cover them. Well, I hear you, Jake, but I think we need fair and objective and well-sourced reporting. And I could tell you, as having been the victim of a lot of this nonsense, my family members, and so many others, we need a free and fair and honest press corps without an agenda that tries to take facts to fit a narrative. And whether that is Biden's inability and many issues that he had that was whitewashed, and then people came back around with corrections or other issues. So that's a much longer conversation. And President Trump's frustrated, and by the way, there are over what, 50 seats in the press room. I don't think all of them like Washington Post or New York Times are exactly positive towards this administration. So that's a false narrative that is about negative reporting. We need fair and objective reporting for the country. And that's President Trump's point. President Trump specifically said that there's something wrong with the country where people are allowed to report things that are purposely negative. That's his language, not mine. Well, I think he's going to what I just said in that there is a negative agenda. There is a negative narrative. And then we're going to get anonymous sources. Heck, I just saw a story where anonymous sources were referring to a now dead senator. So this needs to be fixed. And President Trump is quite frustrated with this media bias across the board. This has every single president that I've ever covered been frustrated with the press. But Ambassador Walls, I appreciate your time today. Thank you so much for joining us. Yeah, but you know, it's kind of a little bit different. I do think that you guys were really nice to Biden. I mean, you were really, really nice to Biden. You have to ask him what his favorite ice cream was. And then here's some numbers for you. My friend Steve Moore put this out today in his note, and I thought this was just really good to see. And take a look at inflation, right, because everybody's worked up about inflation. And you'd think by now that Joe Biden had like awesome inflation, the way the press talks about it. But here's the reality of it. Okay, Trump won. We had fabulous, just 1.9 percent Biden overall. This is the collective amount was roughly near 5 percent. And now we're with Trump too. And it's at 2.98 percent. So it's come down significantly from Biden. But of course, as I've talked about before, this stuff is cumulative, right? So that's why it feels so much worse. But the media is just, I mean, I'm just going to, they've really seemed to jump to shark. And here's another issue that's kind of a big deal. This is important. The administration, the DOJ is arguing that this is actually now a matter of national security. Because they look at what CNN has done in political and MSNBC, and they see them as actually hurting the president. And I will tell you, when I saw the story that came out on the plane, that he had gotten from Qatar, and it's lack of security, I mean, my heart was in my throat. And I thought, wow, like somebody reported that, I don't know about that. Like maybe that was something that should have been, and this is just me, and I would have done the same thing. By the way, if it was Biden, and this is maybe I'm just, my instinct is always to protect my country and to protect my president. And I would have actually been running that one right up the food chain to say, hey, you guys need to make sure that you have the right kind of security on this plane. I don't think I would have blasted it out as, you know, and you know, I try and tell you everything. But like, this is one where I actually would have been concerned. And I actually didn't report this, even though everybody else was reporting it, because I just felt like it was wrong. And, you know, this is the president's life. And by the way, that's the life of the, anybody on that plane, right? You had Marco Rubio on that plane, you had a whole bunch of cabinet people on that plane, you had all those reporters on that plane. And I just thought, I, I think this is really wrong that they're like getting this word out there, that the right security's not on board. And my instinct at the time, it turns out, was also the instinct of some of the people at DOJ, because on Friday, they went before the judge, and the security issue came up. And I'm just going to say, you know, the penalty, and this applies to reporters. You don't get an excuse, a free speech right here, but the penalty of reporting something that's a national security issue is actually up to 10 years in prison. So if I were Jake, I'd be pretty happy that some people in my organization or elsewhere aren't actually facing a much bigger deal right now. Let's go to the lawyer. Can I please record access to the White House, to the privilege, not a right, the court just heard CNN report that it surged interpretation of the First Amendment, that they can willingly publish classified information, and the president would be required to still give them privilege access to the White House complex, but a law prohibits this H-E-U-W-S-E-798. Maybe that's why the cases that were reported identified would have died not on First Amendment grounds, but on due process grounds. Okay. And that's actually the truth of it. Remember the judge said, okay, we're going to reinstate these passes based on due process, but didn't have anything to say on security. So this is the security issue. Basically, if you disclose classified information, federal law prohibits that knowingly and willfully publishing or disclosing to an unauthorized person, certain classified information involving secret codes, ciphers, cryptographic systems, I mean, that could have been considered with the plan equipment used for cryptography or communications intelligence, U.S. or foreign government communications, intelligence activities, information obtained by intercepting foreign government communications, knowing that that was the source. The statute explicitly includes publication. So if you publicize that, it's wording is not limited to government employees. So this is kind of 18 U.S.C., 798. Like nobody wants to see that. We all believe in the freedom of the press. Don't get me wrong. But like, you know, I occasionally have these moments where I'm like, is this really in the best interest of the president, the country, our intelligence operations? Like sometimes you got to use a little bit of judgment, but I don't know as they can in part because they're just so clouded with hate, right, for him. And if you're so clouded with hate for him, at what point does that get in the way of actually protecting the president? And this is something that the courts are going to be deciding. I would say that things are going to change no matter what at CNN. And this is one of the reasons for the hysteria. We've talked about this. You know, this is a big deal, OK, so Warner Brothers Discovery got bought, any got bought by David Ellison, who's a friend of the presidents. And by the way, his dad, Larry, is also a friend of Donald Trump's. And so David owned Skydance, which then came in and bought Paramount and Paramount, which on CVS, then came in and just gobbled everything else up, which means David is going to run the biggest entertainment corporation in the world, OK, this is 110 billion dollar merger. It's just insane what he's going to own. And he's going to change things. He's going to change things in a big way. You know, Susan Rice didn't like this. Remember Susan Rice when she got out there and she was trying to spin why Netflix should be able to buy Warner Brothers Discovery. And this was not a good thing for her to say at this particular time. I think I have the sound, but I should play it for you because she started getting really kind of nasty, even for her, really, really, really nasty. And Susan Rice was out there trying to basically say that she was going to make all these threats and they were going to come after these people and, you know, you weren't going to get to first base. Well, here's the deal. David Ellison got to first base, he owns CNN now, along with CBS, along with HBO and a gazillion cable channels and every big movie franchise that ever existed. And Susan Rice, you and Netflix. conflicts are out in the cold. But when it comes to the elites, the corporate interests, the law firms, the universities, the media, I agree with you, Pete, it is not going to end well for them. For those that decided that they would act in their perceived very narrow self-interest, which I would underscore is very short-term self-interest, and take a need to trump. I think they're now starting to realize, wait a minute, this is not popular. Trump is not popular. What he is doing, whether on the economy and affordability or on immigration now, is not popular, and that there is likely to be a swing in the other direction, and they are going to be caught with more than their pants down. They're going to be held accountable by those who come in opposition to Trump and when at the ballot box. And I can tell you, Pete, as I talk to leaders in Washington leaders and our party leaders in the states, if these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to play by the old rules and say, oh, never mind, we'll forgive you for all the people you've fired, all the policies and principles you've violated, all the laws you've skirted. I think they've got another thing coming, because just in a way, she went on to just make all these threats. And remember, there was a good chance that Netflix had a shot at getting that deal done. Well, thank goodness they didn't, right? So the proud new owner of CNN and a whole slew of other things happens to be David Ellison in front of the presidents. And he got invited into the big shindig dinner, right, with, with she and everyone else. He was there. Oh, Elon was there too. Do you see Elon seated there? Elon might be an investor as well. Elon, buying a part of CNN, oh, that'll just be great, right? Then they won't know what to do with themselves. The point is being this media is so biased against them, but it's going to change, it's going to have to change. They're all going to be out of jobs. Aren't they? You know, did you hear them report how there was nothing to happen, nothing to happen at all with the whole Trump she thing? I mean, it was just a waste of time. It was, oh, here we go, CNN analysis. What do you know? The Trump she meeting was heavy on pomp light on substance China is just fine with that. Oh, yeah, we had all kinds of negative headlines saying there was nothing that went down other than a red carpet and a fancy dinner and this and that and the bombers flying overhead and they were very, very negative, very condescending. If you ask me, if you more of them, she humiliates Trump to his face in the White House. Oh, yeah, lovely, daily beast. And then again, there was, oh, I don't, I guess I don't have them for you, but there was a whole, we did this on Friday, whole series and then basically saying it was all pomp. Every single one of them. And I said to you at the time, it's like they had a talking point and they just read through their talking points one after another. Well, here's, here's, here's the biggie. Guess what? Reuters over the weekend put this one out, China, US, agree to you, AI dialogue, tariff cuts and $30 billion in goods during she visit. So actually we did get a lot. Here we go. Here's the deal. Okay. So after hearing from the media for two days straight that nothing happened, do you think they bothered to tell you that anything did happen? No. But I will. Okay. They cut tariffs on $30 billion and nonsense of goods in each direction. AI talks on risks are going to resume in November. And the US and China teams agreed that we're going to have some communication for any AI related incidents. Iran should fulfill its commitment not to develop nuclear weapons. That's a biggie. They agreed in no country or entity should impose transit tolls on international waterways. That sounds like kind of a lot to me. It sounds like a lot to the Treasury secretary too, apparently not to the media, but they were already done there reporting by the time the actual deal was announced. The leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world meet four times. Four times. This never happened before. And each time we have more deliverables that in Beijing we set up the board of trade. We set up the board of investment and this time the board of trade will deliver on $30 billion, tariffs being removed from non-critical items. And we always tell the Chinese, we begin the discussions with, we don't want to decouple we have to de-risk. Boom. Okay. And that's what we're doing. And we get a whole bunch of meetings. I mean, that's actually good. We've talked about that. It's very, very, very good. So there was that. You know what the media was really fascinated with? Or it with Canada. This one cracked me up. Take a look. Oh my goodness. There he is. Mr. Carney and all his glory. Mr. Carney wants you to know he's working overtime. He's preparing for a potential invasion of Canada by the United States of America. It's funny, right? Here's the headline. Here we go. You can't beat it. I mean, this guy must be so desperate for some political clout. He is so desperate that he thinks he's going to generate a whole new version of TDS 2.0 up there in Canada. I mean, the Canadian press, by the way, they're all loving this. They love it. They were debating it and talking about it all weekend long. Let me go to the CBC. The analyst said he was kind of surprised by this. And then he had a few thoughts, it's worth hearing, and they'll explain my thoughts after that. There are two things that are genuinely astonishing about this. The first is that it is an understandable but still staggering reminder of where our relationship is with the United States and how much Donald Trump changes everything. This was an unimaginable discussion point that has now not only become imagined, but actually it feels somewhat obligated to think it through. I'm also astonished at the Prime Minister said it, if I'm going to be honest. I don't think that people find it that preposterous, given the aggression of Donald Trump. He paints the stars and stripes across our map and he talks often about his desire to have preferential access and perhaps exclusive access to our critical minerals and energy. So you can imagine a situation where at some point he just says, "Yeah, I'm just going to take him." But I'm still surprised that the Prime Minister said this, I can only think of one or two reasons. One, he just got a little ahead of himself or two, perhaps he is trying to reinforce. On both sides of the border and particularly here at home, how unique these circumstances are, how high the stakes are, and therefore it reinforces the political imperative to do things like pass the legislation that he's trying to pass, to pursue the policy agenda that he wants, knowing that he's asking for things that other Prime Ministers have been told no to. Ah, I see. So in other words, he figures, if he can just scare the living daylights out of every Canadian citizen about Donald Trump, then maybe he's got a leg to stand on. I see. There's a method to Kanye's total insane madness. I mean, he really does look kind of a mad scientist there, but this is why it became an issue. Okay. So on Friday, I think it was, over the weekend, this all came out. This is Canadian news letter. Okay. So the New York Times apparently sat down with Mr. Kanye and they did this interview with him and they asked him, "Hey, Kanye, is there any chance that you might go to war with the US?" It's funny, but it's really, I mean, it's such a preposterous question, but this has been floated out there and I think they're actually using it as a communication style technique. I'm not kidding. He needs to get a bunch of stuff through and he's thinking, "How can I do that?" Ah, I'll just try and scare everybody. So Mr. Kanye apparently was asked the question, "At any point in the last 18 months, were you ever seriously concerned that President Trump, as these threats escalated, would seriously use military force against Canada?" And then, the New York Times writes, "In breathless fashion, Mr. Kanye paused for nine seconds, twice interrupting the silence to clear his throat." As that for drama, then he said, "I think you have a responsibility in these roles to look at extreme tail risk." He added, "That's just risk management. That's not a base case, but it would be impossible not to." The Times resumes the stunning, if narrow and carefully worded statement by Mr. Kanye has generated a strong response in Canada. In fact, it's all they're talking about in Canada, every single one of them. They are all up in arms about this, but I'm telling you, they had this on their mind. They've had this on their mind for a while. In fact, I found some tape from earlier in the month, earlier in September, September 2nd, I think, where they approached a U.S. admiral. I believe this was a Canadian reporter, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific area, and they asked him if they were planning an attack on Canada. I mean, the guy practically lost it. He lost it. He lost. This is a military member. And admiral, he like loses it. And that's like asking me if I have war plans with the Martians. do you look will pay in order to launch military action against that? Yeah, I find that I find that scenario to be absolutely and utterly preposterous. And so I follow the I follow the orders of the commander in chief, but that is a needlessly emotional question. I don't forgive my saying it too, is that Canada is a close ally. I'm sorry. I mean to be insulted, but I said I follow the orders of the president and I find it to be a. would you ask me please also what my attack plans are for the Martians? Yes, sir. I don't dismiss you, but I just miss your question because it's idiotic and stupid. But apparently the Canadian press has been kind of dancing around this for quite some time, so it was kind of convenient that the New York Times went there. They're trying to put out an agenda and you know, you got a loony tunes carne who I imagine is behind it all. Here we go. My friend Conrad, Conrad Black. I got to get Conrad on one of these days. I don't know if you guys have seen me on with him. I've had him on before, but he is just such a character and he was a big deal in Canadian media. He writes this fabulous tweet. It's like six pages long, so I can't read it all, but you should go check it out. At Conrad and Black. It is with great concern for some of my fellow countrymen, his Canadian, inching precariously towards the edge of utter lunacy that I write this post. Prime Minister Mark Carney, this week in an interview with the New York Times, when I'm record saying it would be irresponsible not to plan for the possible contingency of a military invasion of Canada by the United States. Unfortunately, Mr. Carney didn't misspeak or fall victim to a cherry-picked quote taken out of context to concern was later reiterated by the defense minister. Oh, my gosh. And then the artificial intelligence minister. We all know that Donald Trump has a colorful history of spouting awesome truly outrageous whoppers from time to time, but even he has never disseminated something as ridiculous dangerous or dishonest as this. Wow. And then he goes on to say, you know, despite these idiotic statements, these are intelligent men. The odds that all three of them would simultaneously be afflicted by the same psychotic delusion is infantensely small. The only rational conclusion, therefore, is that they believe, or rather, their polling data shows that enough Canadians are so possessed by Trump's arrangement syndrome that engaging in such asinine democracy is politically expedient. Boom! Exactly, Conrad. That's exactly what just went down. Demagoguery is politically expedient. I mean, it goes on, like I said, I'm just giving you a little sampling here. He did say if we woke up tomorrow in some parallel reality where the United States actually was contemplating a full-scale military campaign against Canada with all due respect to our brave men and women in uniform, the only preparations to be made would be negotiating the terms of our unconditional surrender. Because Canada, you're not going to win that one, okay? Oh, my gosh. But, you know, they are just freaking out. And the fact that, think about it, September 2nd was the date on that clip that I found of that admiral being asked that question. He's like, "What do you mean?" Like, "We're going to the war with the Martians." They were putting this out there. Now we're at September 28th, okay? So, they wanted this. They wanted this out there for a reason. And I think it's because I don't know why. Like, I think they really, they're looking at it. Like, they want to get some various things through. Like, maybe this EU deal. They want to join the EU's. They want to get that through. They want to make sure that Alberta doesn't go anywhere. Let me tell you, Canada is mad at me. Oh, they're really mad at me. I have unleashed the Canadian beast. Guys, wait till I show you this. Ta-da! I mean, they're mad at me because I had a good idea. I said we should make Alberta a 51st Associate State. I mean, if Canada can become like an associate country to the EU, you know, maybe we need an associate state. They've got a lot of oil. And I bet they'd love to be able to trade with us with zero taxes on that oil, especially given all these tariffs that are going through. Thanks to Carnie's mismanagement. Hmm. Well, this disinfo watch, whatever it is.org, it's actually a liberal think tank up in Canada that is sponsored by a bunch of Libs. And these Libs, they came out swinging because, you know, Trisha had a good idea. Apparently, you can't have any ideas in Canada. No, you're not allowed to have ideas, because if your idea that maybe it might be kind of a good arrangement for the US of A and Alberta to have some kind of free trade agreement and make them an associate state, well, that is a sin that gets you an X over your face. Ha, all right, they said. In a September 18th episode of The Trish Regan Showtitle, Trump to offer Alberta's statehood as Canada flees to EU for protection. I think it's a good idea, don't you? Right? Like, why not? They've got tons of oil. We need the oil. They need the dollars. Hey, this could work out great. Host Trish Regan suggests that Alberta could become an associate state or even a 51st state. This is how you know it's a good idea when the Canadians are worked up. Well, Carnies, like, get that girl. The episode describes closer Canada EU relations as a potential justification for Washington to develop a competing relationship with Alberta up in the video has 130,000 views over the first 48 hours. I think it's got even more now. The segment represents an example of overt US-based amplification of Alberta separatism during an active referendum campaign. Don't forget, right? They have that referendum. It's October 19th. And basically, these people are all upset because I interchange the couple of terms. I had said that, you know, they're voting to have this secession from Canada. But this is actually, and I did say this to be very, very clear. I was specific, and I did say that this is the initial vote. So basically, Daniel Smith is like, hey, do you want to have this conversation? And you can vote yay or nay. And if you vote yay, we can have this conversation, then Alberta's going to start that conversation. It doesn't actually mean secession right then. Anyway, they go on and on and on and on. They're very, very upset with me. They're very upset in part because I, at one point, referred to all that oil they got up there. I mean, oh, I'll go back to this in a second. I did mention they got four million barrels of oil a day. And then later, when I was talking about it, I said four billion. I got a little carried away. Hey, you know? Anyway, it's four million. And I miss information on disinformation, because I got my millions and my billions mixed up. Josh doesn't pretty much every Democrat, because they don't understand math, get that done on a regular basis. I do recall Joe Biden having a little problem with that. Anyway, you know, there's no teleprompter. I'm just talking extemporaneously. So occasionally, I misspeak. And that somehow lands me on the naughty list in Canada. All right. So these disinformation people, what else did they say? They said that this is especially problematic, because they're not being done in isolation. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besson publicly described an independent Alberta in January as a "natural partner for the US." See, I told you Scott and I think alike. Great minds. Exciting. Alberta's energy resources. You better believe it. They got a ton of energy. His intervention represented one of the most prominent expressions of support for Alberta's separatism by a senior Trump official. Hmm. Can I just add to that? Because, you know, I enjoy making the mad that, you know, it really shouldn't be overstated. How essential Alberta oil could be. And is already for the United States. It's kind of important from a national security perspective. I mean, we can't be cut off. Access to Alberta oil is actually really critical. It's critically important to the US economy. It serves as a lifeblood or a vast portion of our refining sector. I've spent time up there. I went and did a documentary years ago. And they get this heavy stuff. But, you know what? It works because we refine it. Canada supplies actually over 60% of total US crude oil imports with Alberta accounting for overwhelmingly the majority of that volume. Midwest and Gulf Coast refineries that we get here. They are custom engineered so that they can process this heavy stuff that they get from the oil sands that I've been to up in Alberta. But because they cannot quickly substitute the specialized feed stock with domestic-like sweet crude, losing it would actually force immediate production cuts and disrupt fuel supply chains and cause gasoline and diesel prices to spike sharply nationwide. So we really need it. What was the last time you thought about that? Probably never. Right? Probably never. But Alberta is critical to our energy industry. And so with these tariffs going in, it's very problematic for Alberta. And problematic for us too, right? So again, I get back to my 51st state idea and I realize that this is, you know, a grand idea and kind of a lofty idea. But I think it's a good one. And I think it's a good one because I think that Canada is not doing right by Alberta. Forgive me, yes, they're not doing right by Alberta. And if they're not doing right by Alberta, then they really, if I was in Alberta, ought to be looking about where they can go, you know, elsewhere. And so that's why this secession thing is kind of an interesting opportunity to at least begin the discussion. There's a commercial going around. It's done totally viral. And it's encouraging Canadians in Alberta to vote for option two. And I want you to see it. Starting March 15th under the new European partnership. This is supposed to be Alberta in the year 2030. And you know, they're there now with you. They've got the partnership, etc. And so this is about what life is going to be. Digital ID is now mandatory for all banking. What a bunch of clowns. Sorry, your digital ID is flagged. One beef item per household per week. It's declined. Over 150 arrests were made last week for posts that violated the new online speech laws. Thank God we're not part of that anymore. Yeah, we should have moved to Alberta. They banned gas trucks out east. Out east. All of them. Everything electric by spring. Love to see them haul grain with a Tesla or plow a road in January. They just doubled the carbon tax back east. Thank God we're not part of that mess anymore. This is great, right? That's what that's I mean, unfortunately, this is where they're heading with all their green energy stuff. I mean, think about it. If you're all burrow, right? You're kind of a big deal for the rest of the economy. You're sitting on nearly 160 billion. There we go with my billion barrels of oil proven oil, sans reserve. You're pumping out four million a day. It's really critical for the U.S. of A. And you know what, the rest of the country that don't really appreciate you because you're the money capital, right? You are actually creating all this wealth and you've got all the resources and all they want to do is taxi up the wazoo and tell you you're on stolen land. So, I would just say, I think I have a good idea and I think my very good idea touched a nerve. Anyway, Danielle Smith admits that she's going to vote one, not two, but she wanted to have this conversation. Here she is in late August. This is the woman who is in charge of Alberta. We have to follow the law. And our law in Alberta says that if a certain number percentage of petition signatures are gathered on an issue, then tell them we're obliged to put it forward to our fellow citizens for a vote. As the law here, B.C. has a similar law. In fact, that's part of the reason why British Columbians ended up with a referendum on the HST because they got the requisite number of signatures. And there is also a similar law in Saskatchewan. So, I know it's unusual in the rest of the country to have that kind of citizen initiative, but we had 700,000 people. 400,000 signed one petition to remain and 300,000 signed a petition to leave. And we felt like to follow the law, we had to put something forward. That being said. And so, that's what's happening. That's what's happening. Now, Karni is like, even if they vote that they want to continue this discussion, there's no way on this earth. It's ever, ever, ever going to happen. He does not want that to ever happen. But I would just say, you know, Alberta may have some options out there. And I think that with the EU and Canada teaming up, they may want to take a look at these options. They may want to take a good hard look at these options, because I'll tell you, this is not going to work out well for them. Take a look at Canada's biggest trade partners. Look at who's number one on that list. Oh, yes, you see $715 billion worth of goods. That would be us. China comes in at 89.4. So, you see, when you look at exports, and this is quite a graph, hey, we're kind of important on that list. I think we're very, very important on that list. Take a look at Canada. They are exporting $400 nearly $4 billion a year to the United States of America. UK comes in second. That's only because of gold. And that was at 33. And then China, we're 16 times the size of China. And then you go down the list and they get a few little Europeans, 3.6, 2.8. I'm sorry. You guys elected the wrong guy, because this is really simple. Cut your taxes. Cut your tariffs. Lower your regulations. Short your borders. And enjoy the prosperity. But I'm bummed. Again, not that hard. Anyway, in terms of where we might actually invade, it's not going to be Canada, but whoa, Cuba, watch out. Brand new report. CBS News putting this one out here. Take a look. US military lays ground for potential action around Cuba. CBS News getting this report up. This seems to have come from Southcom, or they they're hearing that Southcom is actually looking to see whether or not we would have the ability to get folks out sometime within the next 90 to 120 days. They're checking on availability. And it's believed it is for, of course, Cuba. The president was asked about it just yesterday. Listen in. I would say that Cuba and us will make a deal. I don't think we'll need the military. Cuba is failing very badly. We want to help Cuba. We want to open Cuba up to our people. We have great Cuban Americans. We want to go back. Okay. Thank you very much, everybody. Yeah, who needs the pool camera, right? We got to see him just fine. He talked to the press multiple times yesterday before his meeting with Dariel and Anthropic. Anyway, look, Cuba, we have our ion, shall we say. And we intend to make some changes in Cuba, some big changes. And I think that that is what is making some folks in Cuba, perhaps very, very nervous right now. I don't know if you saw the president. He came out recently at the UN and sent them all running out of the room. Did you see that one, guys? It looks like I can't actually get to it. I think we might be having a, can I get to this? No, that's all right. Well, the bottom line is they are very fearful that he's going to do something. And look, there's an economic squeeze that's going on there that's really quite massive, quite significant. And I think the country's kind of on its last legs, on its last legs in a very, very big way. So I'm not sure quite how that's all going to shake out, but I would keep your eye on that one a whole lot more than I would be watching say Canada. But Alberta, now that's an idea. I say this fondly because I really do love Canada. Anyway, thank you so much for being here, everyone. Great to have you here. As always, we will continue the conversation live on the show again tomorrow. Until then, make sure you subscribe, share, make a comment, and I'll see you soon.