Trump Admits He is Exhausted of Being President!

I thought this was it. I thought I could relax. That's what Donald Trump said last night in Daytona Beach, Florida, three days before an election that could hand Congress to Democrats. He called the final stretch of his campaign 28 days of this crap in a row. He said his voice was operating at about 49.2%. And when Republicans in Iowa and Kansas told him to hold more rallies, his answer was, does it even matter? Folks, the president of the United States is telling you in his own words that he is essentially tired of being president. And we're going to talk about why that matters, because while Trump is running out of gas, his administration's plan to tilt the election is falling apart in court, and the stakes overseas are getting more dangerous by the hour. But guess what? After election day, we're dropping major investigations designed to give Congress a roadmap to investigate everything from Epstein, Trump's ties to Russia, and more. And I'll be honest with you, the reporting is going to ruffle a lot of feathers, and the attacks on our work are only going to get less and less. And I'm going to be honest with you, the reporting is going to get a little louder, but I know with your support, we will fight back. So if you can, subscribe, support this work, like, comment, share, and happy Halloween. We're going to go trick-or-treating later this evening with my daughter for the first time. We're all going to be, she's going to be a bumblebee, and I'm going to be a beekeeper with my wife. But let's start with what Trump said last night, because to me, I thought it was really stunning. He said, quote, I thought this was it. 28 days of this crap in a row is a lot. It's a lot. My voice is about 49.2%. And then they called me in Iowa, and they called me in Kansas, and they said, sir, would it be possible to do a rally of about 50,000 people each? And I said, does it matter? They said, we just want to make sure that we win. Earlier this week, a hoarse Trump also admitted that God didn't make your vocal cords do a rally every day. He spent all or part of the 23 days on the road of this month alone. And then there's the really rally whiplash, because he canceled weekend rallies in Kansas and Iowa, then reversed course less than a day later. Trump said those rallies will draw about 50,000 people each, but aides have reportedly grown uneasy about shrinking crowds in smaller venues. And Trump's approval rating, 30%, according to Pew Research, that's a historic low. So when he says, does it matter? I think he's telling you what he already knows. The writing is, in a way, on the wall, as we reported last night. And Republicans know what's coming if they lose. Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan gave us a preview. See, the conservative outlet Town Hall released an undercover video of Slotkin campaigning against congressional candidate Sean McCann. A voter told her, quote, "I'm worried that we're going to be too nice," and asked about holding the administration accountable. Republicans are up in arms over this answer from Alyssa Slotkin, which I'm about to show you, because she's previewing how, in her words, they're going to take down Trump, like Hungarians in Hungary took down an authoritarian regime in Viktor Orban. Now, the one note here is that at the bottom right corner, there is a timestamp on the video. The video was from yesterday. But the timestamp on the camera just got a little messed up. Take a listen. "I'm worried that we're going to be too nice. What are we going to do to hold the Trump regime and its collaborators responsible? I'm talking prosecutions. What are we going to do?" "So basically, assuming we win both houses, even if we just win one, we'll come up, we have a list of like the signature cases. So the things where it's like so egregious, such a violation of law, such a corruption case, like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." "And we will have in every committee, there will be the signature cases that we, where we hold people accountable. It's literally, I just went to Hungary. I went over to Budapest in Hungary, because they just got rid of their authoritarian leader after 16 years. And I'm like, how did you handle 16 years of corruption? We don't have that much, but we have so much. And they did this signature cases. And they're ones that people identify with, like the east wing of the ball, of the White House, you know, the ballroom, or the reflecting pool." "And they're the ones that are the most important people in the world. And they're the ones that are the most important people in the world." And they're the ones that are the most important people in the world. And they're the ones that are the most important people in the world." administration from demanding that election workers remove voters from the rolls, refuse to give them ballots or set aside their ballots over claims they're ineligible. And then she went a step further. She said, and ordered the Department of Justice to contact every single official who got the threat and tell them that the demands and threats of prosecution have been enjoined, essentially that they cannot be prosecuted. Here's exactly what Judge Thompson wrote. Quote, one of the hallmarks, one of the hallmarks of a fair election is the freedom to exercise the right to vote free from threat, fear, or intimidation. Election day is around the corner. Ballots have already been issued. Americans have already begun voting. The timing matters. Just one day before this ruling, the Justice Department sent letters to election workers in all 50 states hinting at possible prosecution. It issued grand jury subpoenas to California election officials. The threat of the prosecution was one of the most important tools they were using for pressuring local officials. That's not the only loss. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overnight once again rejected the administration's bid to stop California from counting 20,000 mail-in ballots under the guise that there was so-called election interference. A Trump appointee, Judge Mark Bennett, joined the majority warning of a material risk of disenfranchisement. Here's the kicker. Justice Department officials are privately admitting their California efforts are unlikely to block a single ballot from being issued or counted. A senior official wouldn't even commit to continuing the fight after Election Day. My favorite response, though, came from the Secretary of State in Oregon, who wrote this letter in response to the Department of Justice. The DOJ sent Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Reid a warning letter threatening fines or prison time. They spelled his name wrong. They wrote Reid, R-E-E-D. So Reid, R-E-A-D, wrote back saying, quote, my name is spelled R-E-A-D, as in read the Constitution. Now, briefly, let's go overseas because a threat does continue to escalate fast. Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has ordered his military to deliver an immediate and effective response without geographical limitations to any new attack by the United States or Israel. He directed commanders to update Tehran's targets bank so that all U.S. and Israeli assets are within reach. This comes as the United States has told Gulf allies in the region to prepare for a brief but intense campaign after the midterm elections. Trump says he won't strike before the election, but he's repeatedly signaled he's weighing new attacks afterwards. And all the while, the Strait of Hormuz is on fire, quite literally. Iran has said that a supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil hit a mine and caught fire. The fourth tanker, it says, exploded on Friday alone. These claims weren't necessarily always verifiable, but Oman's Navy has rescued 25 crew members from a tanker set ablaze off its coast in the past 24 hours. And so that's where we are right now. I'll be interviewing Governor Josh Shapiro from Pennsylvania later this afternoon and evening. We'll have Congressman or potential soon to be Congressman Justin Pearson on our show. And then we have our Tuesday night election night live, where we'll have everyone from Congressman Ro Khanna to governors and others. Make sure to subscribe, support this work, and I'll see you soon.