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We've got quite a packed show today, And Emily, I was just thinking that, jording to Biden era, you can actually kind of phone in the prep for these shows sometimes because it wasn't a whole lot emanating from that White House, not a whole lot, and also there wasn't a whole lot going on outside of the lines. Yeah, you just kind of they were just doing what they were doing, and they're doing in genocide over here. They've got to keep doing their genocide with this. You have to be like, wait a minute, is that legal everything? Then you look it up You're like, Nope, what they're doing here is definitely not legal.

We've got quite a packed show today, And Emily, I was just thinking that, jording to Biden era, you can actually kind of phone in the prep for these shows sometimes because it wasn't a whole lot emanating from that White House, not a whole lot, and also there wasn't a whole lot going on outside of the lines. Yeah, you just kind of they were just doing what they were doing, and they're doing in genocide over here. They've got to keep doing their genocide with this. You have to be like, wait a minute, is that legal everything? Then you look it up You're like, Nope, what they're doing here is definitely not legal.

I'm gonna have to gonna have to flag that in the hall.

I'm gonna have to gonna have to flag that in the hall.

It's funny you say this. I had the exact same thought this morning that under Biden, you know, this is the norm. This is the pre Trump norm. It was utterly predictable, and there would be something maybe out of the ordinary every week and you'd think, ah, what a crazy country. But it's back to the routine of you know, twenty seventeen through twenty twenty one here in Washington, which is that all of the different agencies and a lot of people watching this are like, yeah, this is this is what we voted for. All the agencies are in scrambling, they're in panic. But as a journalist, it's a different rhythm, that is for sure.

It's funny you say this. I had the exact same thought this morning that under Biden, you know, this is the norm. This is the pre Trump norm. It was utterly predictable, and there would be something maybe out of the ordinary every week and you'd think, ah, what a crazy country. But it's back to the routine of you know, twenty seventeen through twenty twenty one here in Washington, which is that all of the different agencies and a lot of people watching this are like, yeah, this is this is what we voted for. All the agencies are in scrambling, they're in panic. But as a journalist, it's a different rhythm, that is for sure.

Elon Musk used the word a revolution to describe what he and his is it dojay or doggy? I think we should go with I think it's o joj. Let's go with Dojay.

Elon Musk used the word a revolution to describe what he and his is it dojay or doggy? I think we should go with I think it's o joj. Let's go with Dojay.

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This isn't Ryan's TikTok odyssey involves him try to pronounced that much.

Musk described what his Doggie Committee is doing as a revolution, and I think that's an accurate way to put it. And that doesn't mean that we won't continue pointing out all the different federal laws that it's in violation of, because you know, we're reporters and that's what we do. This is here's a law. Here's what they're doing. They clearly are so far beyond caring about what the law is around this stuff that it almost feels trite to bring it up.

Musk described what his Doggie Committee is doing as a revolution, and I think that's an accurate way to put it. And that doesn't mean that we won't continue pointing out all the different federal laws that it's in violation of, because you know, we're reporters and that's what we do. This is here's a law. Here's what they're doing. They clearly are so far beyond caring about what the law is around this stuff that it almost feels trite to bring it up.

But we're going to keep doing that because of.

But we're going to keep doing that because of.

Contempt for it.

Contempt for it.

There. Yes, yes, it's a it's a revolution.

There. Yes, yes, it's a it's a revolution.

And you also look ridiculous as Democrats, now do you had democrats outside of USAID. You had the guy that beat out AOC for the Jerry Connolly saying, you know, if Elon Musk wants to run AID, then he should get nominated and get confirmed in the Senate.

And you also look ridiculous as Democrats, now do you had democrats outside of USAID. You had the guy that beat out AOC for the Jerry Connolly saying, you know, if Elon Musk wants to run AID, then he should get nominated and get confirmed in the Senate.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And then Reuben Diego is like, if if Trump wants to octi Gaza, he should come to the Senate and ask for authorization for the use of military for like what he should.

And then Reuben Diego is like, if if Trump wants to octi Gaza, he should come to the Senate and ask for authorization for the use of military for like what he should.

Okay, but it's this is a revolution. They don't care.

Okay, but it's this is a revolution. They don't care.

But anyway, we're going to talk about the substance and the legality of all this. Of course, starting with Trump's bombshell announcement that we are just going to own Gaza. Okay, we'll get deeper deeper into that. We're going We're going to talk to Nathan Tankers as an independent reporter who's been talking to people inside the Treasury Department about what the Doggy Committee's lanyard kids, or maybe they don't even have lanyards, They just roll right in there. What these do, what these little hacker kids are doing inside the Treasury Department, and what they're not doing, what the what the risks of that would be? I talked to a very senior former Treasury official who's worked in this precise area last night that I can shed a little light on this as well. Trump is also saying that he's going to get rid of the Department of Education, which again that would require an Act of Congress. He's going to try to make progress toward that through through executive action.

But anyway, we're going to talk about the substance and the legality of all this. Of course, starting with Trump's bombshell announcement that we are just going to own Gaza. Okay, we'll get deeper deeper into that. We're going We're going to talk to Nathan Tankers as an independent reporter who's been talking to people inside the Treasury Department about what the Doggy Committee's lanyard kids, or maybe they don't even have lanyards, They just roll right in there. What these do, what these little hacker kids are doing inside the Treasury Department, and what they're not doing, what the what the risks of that would be? I talked to a very senior former Treasury official who's worked in this precise area last night that I can shed a little light on this as well. Trump is also saying that he's going to get rid of the Department of Education, which again that would require an Act of Congress. He's going to try to make progress toward that through through executive action.

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GOP. What is that one on that thing?

I do remember that well, basically Republican's cave to the Republicans and.

I do remember that well, basically Republican's cave to the Republicans and.

The Tulsi and RFK Junior cruising.

The Tulsi and RFK Junior cruising.

Yeah, I mean this is they have complied with the demands of Mecca. Bill Cassidy was really on the line and could have yeah he's a doctor, but got actually some interesting concessions out of Robert F. Kennedy Junior, Tulsea Gobert, and RFK Junior's votes will be on the Senate floor next week. They're likely to pass. Actually there. Their hardest battle may have just been getting out of committee, which is unusual for cabinet nominees. So we're going to break down what happened in the Senate yesterday. We're also going to talk about housing.

Yeah, I mean this is they have complied with the demands of Mecca. Bill Cassidy was really on the line and could have yeah he's a doctor, but got actually some interesting concessions out of Robert F. Kennedy Junior, Tulsea Gobert, and RFK Junior's votes will be on the Senate floor next week. They're likely to pass. Actually there. Their hardest battle may have just been getting out of committee, which is unusual for cabinet nominees. So we're going to break down what happened in the Senate yesterday. We're also going to talk about housing.

Ryan New York Times had a fascinating analysis in a story that it did with with Pro Publica where it looked at housing price trends all around the country and found that there's now a stark divergence that you're seeing in the data when it comes to home prices in places that face catastrophic climate threats and places like say the Midwest or New England that do not, and in the mid Atlantic to some degree as well.

Ryan New York Times had a fascinating analysis in a story that it did with with Pro Publica where it looked at housing price trends all around the country and found that there's now a stark divergence that you're seeing in the data when it comes to home prices in places that face catastrophic climate threats and places like say the Midwest or New England that do not, and in the mid Atlantic to some degree as well.

So if you own homes in those areas.

So if you own homes in those areas.

They expect that you're going to continue to see your housing wealth and your housing prices grow. If you own homes in the other areas you're going to see your values crash, which they're forecasting could lead to like five million internal migrants over the next year, fifty five million over the next like thirty years, like going to have real structural implications for the population of the United States.

They expect that you're going to continue to see your housing wealth and your housing prices grow. If you own homes in the other areas you're going to see your values crash, which they're forecasting could lead to like five million internal migrants over the next year, fifty five million over the next like thirty years, like going to have real structural implications for the population of the United States.

Those have a fun Jasmine Crockett clip that we're going to play and see if maybe.

Those have a fun Jasmine Crockett clip that we're going to play and see if maybe.

Some never disappoints.

Some never disappoints.

No, no, see if we can maybe stave off some white tears.

No, no, see if we can maybe stave off some white tears.

She is either four against mediocre white people. Were not quite clear, but we'll unpack it all.

She is either four against mediocre white people. Were not quite clear, but we'll unpack it all.

Yeah, we'll make sure to do that. Let's turn to the White House now, where an absolutely wild cascade of statements from President Donald Trump came during his meeting with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahoo, who was in town last week meeting with Donald Trump, and Trump rolled out an absolutely shocking announcement actually was surprising even to his own White House. Just before we roll this clip front of the show, Phil Weigmann reported in Real Claire Politics, quote after Trump made his announcement, even some senior administration officials were surprised and still looking for answers. Quote that was interesting, one told Real Claire Politics after the press conference wrapped, asked what the plan would look like in practice, the official replied, quote, I need to get clarity myself, Ryan.

Yeah, we'll make sure to do that. Let's turn to the White House now, where an absolutely wild cascade of statements from President Donald Trump came during his meeting with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahoo, who was in town last week meeting with Donald Trump, and Trump rolled out an absolutely shocking announcement actually was surprising even to his own White House. Just before we roll this clip front of the show, Phil Weigmann reported in Real Claire Politics, quote after Trump made his announcement, even some senior administration officials were surprised and still looking for answers. Quote that was interesting, one told Real Claire Politics after the press conference wrapped, asked what the plan would look like in practice, the official replied, quote, I need to get clarity myself, Ryan.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And so Trump in his press conference said that this is not a decision he came to lightly. This is some This is the results of great and extraordinary deliberation, which is undercut by the idea that it came as a surprise to senior administration officials and even seemed to take net Nyaho a little bit by surprise, like it's not clear how what how much of this came up in their conversation. Because we're about to play you some clips from their their little tete tet before the meeting, during which Netnyah who cannot wipe the smile off of his face, you'll notice that in the clips, and then their stand up press conference afterwards, during which nen Yahou looks a little bit shell shocked after getting news that he appeared not to have expected and doesn't quite I think know how to internalize or make of It'simir ben Gavie, you know, super far right guy who was abandoning nen Yahuo overstriking a ceasefire deal, tweeted Donald We're gonna have a wonderful relationship like this is a guy who was himself, like what, a convicted terrorist in Israel and has always wanted to, you know, ethnically cleanse Gaza, and he now sees trumping in his reflection. So let's roll a little bit of this and then try to unpack how serious he is and what the implications would be.

And so Trump in his press conference said that this is not a decision he came to lightly. This is some This is the results of great and extraordinary deliberation, which is undercut by the idea that it came as a surprise to senior administration officials and even seemed to take net Nyaho a little bit by surprise, like it's not clear how what how much of this came up in their conversation. Because we're about to play you some clips from their their little tete tet before the meeting, during which Netnyah who cannot wipe the smile off of his face, you'll notice that in the clips, and then their stand up press conference afterwards, during which nen Yahou looks a little bit shell shocked after getting news that he appeared not to have expected and doesn't quite I think know how to internalize or make of It'simir ben Gavie, you know, super far right guy who was abandoning nen Yahuo overstriking a ceasefire deal, tweeted Donald We're gonna have a wonderful relationship like this is a guy who was himself, like what, a convicted terrorist in Israel and has always wanted to, you know, ethnically cleanse Gaza, and he now sees trumping in his reflection. So let's roll a little bit of this and then try to unpack how serious he is and what the implications would be.

The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative. It's right now a demolition site. This is just a demolition site. Virtually every building is down. They're living under fallen concrete. That's very dangerous and very precarious. They instead can occupy all of a beautiful area with homes and safety, and they can live out their lives in peace and harmony instead of having to go back and do it again. The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. The real job do something different, just state than.

The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative. It's right now a demolition site. This is just a demolition site. Virtually every building is down. They're living under fallen concrete. That's very dangerous and very precarious. They instead can occupy all of a beautiful area with homes and safety, and they can live out their lives in peace and harmony instead of having to go back and do it again. The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. The real job do something different, just state than.

Really demanding a path towards a Palestinian state or any other recognition.

Really demanding a path towards a Palestinian state or any other recognition.

Everybody demanding one thing. You know what it is peace. We want peace. We want people to stop being killed. But everybody's demanding and he wants.

Everybody demanding one thing. You know what it is peace. We want peace. We want people to stop being killed. But everybody's demanding and he wants.

So.

So.

Reporters had a lot of questions about that announcement that we were going to take over Gaza. Among them was will this involve US boots on the ground? And Trump said, if if that's what it requires, then it will require.

Reporters had a lot of questions about that announcement that we were going to take over Gaza. Among them was will this involve US boots on the ground? And Trump said, if if that's what it requires, then it will require.

They also ask because there were there were there obviously is.

They also ask because there were there were there obviously is.

Enormous amounts of reconstruction UH and demolition work and removal of unexploded ordinance that needs to happen there, and so there does need to be some displacement, either internally or externally in the course of doing that. And so Trump was a asked, Okay, you're taking over Gaza. How many Palestinians do you expect will be removed from Gaza? Here's what he said.

Enormous amounts of reconstruction UH and demolition work and removal of unexploded ordinance that needs to happen there, and so there does need to be some displacement, either internally or externally in the course of doing that. And so Trump was a asked, Okay, you're taking over Gaza. How many Palestinians do you expect will be removed from Gaza? Here's what he said.

How many people? Who you're thinking about all of them?

How many people? Who you're thinking about all of them?

I mean we're talking about probably a million seven people, a million seven, maybe a million eight, but I think all of them.

I mean we're talking about probably a million seven people, a million seven, maybe a million eight, but I think all of them.

So all of them and notice there, and a lot of people have picked up on this. This is not the first time that he has flagged Gaza's current population at about one point seven million. It was two point three million when it started. The public figures are that just over sixty thousand were killed in the conflict. What we know about conflict is that there are usually four to five what they call indirect deaths for every direct killing in a conflict. And the indirect deaths you can just just use your imagination. These are people who die from treatable diseases, die of drive down nutrition, die of dysentery, or something something falls on them. Then they die an accident on death in a way that they would not have if they were not living in a war zone. So sixty thousand times four to five you can imagine that. Okay, So now the US is starting to admit that actually several hundreds of thousands of people were killed here. But then the final question, and then let's analyze this for a bit, is what would the Palestinians be able to return in this let's say fantasy scenario where somehow Trump manages to remove all one point seven million people, which we'll talk about how fantastical that idea is, But would they be able to return? Here's trump would Palestines have the right to return to Gaza if they left while the rebuilding was appening.

So all of them and notice there, and a lot of people have picked up on this. This is not the first time that he has flagged Gaza's current population at about one point seven million. It was two point three million when it started. The public figures are that just over sixty thousand were killed in the conflict. What we know about conflict is that there are usually four to five what they call indirect deaths for every direct killing in a conflict. And the indirect deaths you can just just use your imagination. These are people who die from treatable diseases, die of drive down nutrition, die of dysentery, or something something falls on them. Then they die an accident on death in a way that they would not have if they were not living in a war zone. So sixty thousand times four to five you can imagine that. Okay, So now the US is starting to admit that actually several hundreds of thousands of people were killed here. But then the final question, and then let's analyze this for a bit, is what would the Palestinians be able to return in this let's say fantasy scenario where somehow Trump manages to remove all one point seven million people, which we'll talk about how fantastical that idea is, But would they be able to return? Here's trump would Palestines have the right to return to Gaza if they left while the rebuilding was appening.

It would be my hope that we could do something really nice, really good where they wouldn't want to return. Why would they want to return? The place has been the hell.

It would be my hope that we could do something really nice, really good where they wouldn't want to return. Why would they want to return? The place has been the hell.

It's been one of the meanest, one of the meanest, toughest places on Earth, And right now it's I've seen every picture from every angle better than.

It's been one of the meanest, one of the meanest, toughest places on Earth, And right now it's I've seen every picture from every angle better than.

If I were there, and nobody can live there. You can't live there.

If I were there, and nobody can live there. You can't live there.

It's too dangerous for people. Nobody can go there. It's too dangerous. Nobody wants to be there. Warriors don't want to be there, Soldiers don't want to be there.

It's too dangerous for people. Nobody can go there. It's too dangerous. Nobody wants to be there. Warriors don't want to be there, Soldiers don't want to be there.

How can you have people go back?

How can you have people go back?

You're saying go back into Gaza now, the same thing's going to happen, It'll only be dead.

You're saying go back into Gaza now, the same thing's going to happen, It'll only be dead.

The best way to do it is you go out and you get beautiful.

The best way to do it is you go out and you get beautiful.

Open areas with the sunlight coming through, and you build something nice, and they are.

Open areas with the sunlight coming through, and you build something nice, and they are.

Not going to want to They are not going to want to go back to Ghaza.

Not going to want to They are not going to want to go back to Ghaza.

So the second half of that clip there was actually in response to a different question, which was would you support Jewish settlements in Gaza, which is what Ben Gavie and Smotrich and this kind of faction of settlers are pushing for, And he was saying it's too dangerous for them too. He's like, I'm not saying it's only too dangerous for Palestinians, it's also too dang.

So the second half of that clip there was actually in response to a different question, which was would you support Jewish settlements in Gaza, which is what Ben Gavie and Smotrich and this kind of faction of settlers are pushing for, And he was saying it's too dangerous for them too. He's like, I'm not saying it's only too dangerous for Palestinians, it's also too dang.

So at least he's being consistent there now.

So at least he's being consistent there now.

The other the line he said, where I want to make it so beautiful that they don't want to return, has been bouncing around my head because I'm like, that just doesn't make sense, and I think I finally unlocked it. I think he means they're going to make whatever refugee camp they send them to so beautiful and so amazing and so wonderful.

The other the line he said, where I want to make it so beautiful that they don't want to return, has been bouncing around my head because I'm like, that just doesn't make sense, and I think I finally unlocked it. I think he means they're going to make whatever refugee camp they send them to so beautiful and so amazing and so wonderful.

Well, he said they're going to have beautiful houses.

Well, he said they're going to have beautiful houses.

Beautiful houses that they won't want to leave that area. So he's not saying we're going to make Gaza so amazing they won't want to come back, which makes no sense, because of Gods is amazing, forget the heritage and everything else. If it's amazing, he want to come back. He's saying that wherever they send.

Beautiful houses that they won't want to leave that area. So he's not saying we're going to make Gaza so amazing they won't want to come back, which makes no sense, because of Gods is amazing, forget the heritage and everything else. If it's amazing, he want to come back. He's saying that wherever they send.

Them So.

Them So.

There are layers of this going on here, and the kind of first one that we have to confront with Trump always is how serious is this on the complete total nonsense bluff spectrum to deadly serious plan that he's going to execute on Where are you on this on the Trump spectrum? There?

There are layers of this going on here, and the kind of first one that we have to confront with Trump always is how serious is this on the complete total nonsense bluff spectrum to deadly serious plan that he's going to execute on Where are you on this on the Trump spectrum? There?

I mean, I think you absolutely have to take him seriously because he's speaking as though, on the one hand, this is a fully fleshed out plan. Right, He's saying he had answers to all of these particular questions.

I mean, I think you absolutely have to take him seriously because he's speaking as though, on the one hand, this is a fully fleshed out plan. Right, He's saying he had answers to all of these particular questions.

There are things that hescept not where they're going to go.

There are things that hescept not where they're going to go.

Well, he's so, but that hinges on what he's saying as an agreement in the works with other Arab nations, which is already done on arrival, because Saudi Arabia has said no. The Sovereign Wealth Fund that was announced in what the last forty eight hours, I suppose is potentially aimed at something like this.

Well, he's so, but that hinges on what he's saying as an agreement in the works with other Arab nations, which is already done on arrival, because Saudi Arabia has said no. The Sovereign Wealth Fund that was announced in what the last forty eight hours, I suppose is potentially aimed at something like this.

It seems to can redevelop God's I see right, Yeah.

It seems to can redevelop God's I see right, Yeah.

It seems like it was something that's cobbled together in the last forty eight hours, maybe with input from Jared Kushner. As Tara Palmry is reporting that you know, we covered this at the time, it didn't get a lot of pick up, but Kushner had sent something to the extent this was last year that Gaza could be developed, that it was like an amazing opportunity for real estate developers. Yeah, exactly, Riviera.

It seems like it was something that's cobbled together in the last forty eight hours, maybe with input from Jared Kushner. As Tara Palmry is reporting that you know, we covered this at the time, it didn't get a lot of pick up, but Kushner had sent something to the extent this was last year that Gaza could be developed, that it was like an amazing opportunity for real estate developers. Yeah, exactly, Riviera.

So yeah, the Jordan and Egypt points are I think are worth pausing on for a second, because Trump seems to be so.

So yeah, the Jordan and Egypt points are I think are worth pausing on for a second, because Trump seems to be so.

Trump is saying, and he's going to meet soon with the King of Jordan. He talks.

Trump is saying, and he's going to meet soon with the King of Jordan. He talks.

You know, you can get the as he calls him, the General in Egypt CC and get him on the phone when ever he once.

You know, you can get the as he calls him, the General in Egypt CC and get him on the phone when ever he once.

Trump is saying that he's he compared them to Mexico and Canada.

Trump is saying that he's he compared them to Mexico and Canada.

He's like, Mexico and Canada said they weren't gonna do anything about their border, and then I threatened tariffs and boom, all of a sudden, they're doing something about their border. Couple things there. Mexico and Canada never said they wouldn't do anything about their border.

He's like, Mexico and Canada said they weren't gonna do anything about their border, and then I threatened tariffs and boom, all of a sudden, they're doing something about their border. Couple things there. Mexico and Canada never said they wouldn't do anything about their border.

It was fairly easy.

It was fairly easy.

Oh, you want to send ten thousand National Guard to our border and you'll back off these terriff threats.

Oh, you want to send ten thousand National Guard to our border and you'll back off these terriff threats.

Okay, fine, we will do that.

Okay, fine, we will do that.

That's a different concession than something that both CC and.

That's a different concession than something that both CC and.

The Royal family and Jordan believe would lead to their toppling. Think about this.

The Royal family and Jordan believe would lead to their toppling. Think about this.

They're much smaller countries than we are, and you're asking them to take a million people each. And these million people are more affiliated politically with Muslim brotherhood factions, which the hash of Mites in Jordan and the military and Egypt have done everything they can to suppress. So now you're just you're empowering them and destabilizing your country. So you're asking these rulers with threats of whatever economic threats that Trump is going to make on the one hand, and carrots on the other, we'll pay this, we'll do this, We'll give you all this money from the World Bank im and we'll build this. What does that mean to a ruler who thinks that the end result of accepting the deal is that within some period of time they will be overthrown, They will be out of power. Rulers are willing to take deals that are harmful to their populations if they think it's going to extend their power.

They're much smaller countries than we are, and you're asking them to take a million people each. And these million people are more affiliated politically with Muslim brotherhood factions, which the hash of Mites in Jordan and the military and Egypt have done everything they can to suppress. So now you're just you're empowering them and destabilizing your country. So you're asking these rulers with threats of whatever economic threats that Trump is going to make on the one hand, and carrots on the other, we'll pay this, we'll do this, We'll give you all this money from the World Bank im and we'll build this. What does that mean to a ruler who thinks that the end result of accepting the deal is that within some period of time they will be overthrown, They will be out of power. Rulers are willing to take deals that are harmful to their populations if they think it's going to extend their power.

Like that's just basic kind of power politics.

Like that's just basic kind of power politics.

So Trump is in a Trump thinks they're just being stubborn and that he can conjole them, but it is existential for.

So Trump is in a Trump thinks they're just being stubborn and that he can conjole them, but it is existential for.

Them, and they actually also know. And this is worth pausing on maybe one of the most obvious points here. The reason that Trump is asking the question, why would you want to go back? It's a place of death and destruction? Well, they know that, they have known that for decades and they have not left. The whole point is the land. The entire fight is over the specific piece of land. So to say that why would they want to go back? I mean, this is the question that they have been answering definitively for decades. So in terms of in the pragmatic terms of what Donald Trump thinks will actually happen here, when you have Tony Blincoln saying just a month ago, less than a month ago, that three quarters of the Hamas fighters have already been replaced. They've already replaced three quarters of the people that Hamas has lost. You have a population that is clinging to the land and has been for years, for generations, over and over again, and a militant government that's US troops on the ground. There's no other way to put it. The other Arab countries wouldn't be able to just peel the population of Gaza away from Gaza without violence. There's absolutely no way that this happens without incredible violence. And likely if Donald Trump says we quote own the Gaza strip, if he says the US is just going to come in and take ownership and he thinks he can make a deal, this will be US troops. This would be kids from the Midwest, from everywhere, boots on the ground in Gaza, peeling people away from the land that they have spilled generations of blood to stay on.

Them, and they actually also know. And this is worth pausing on maybe one of the most obvious points here. The reason that Trump is asking the question, why would you want to go back? It's a place of death and destruction? Well, they know that, they have known that for decades and they have not left. The whole point is the land. The entire fight is over the specific piece of land. So to say that why would they want to go back? I mean, this is the question that they have been answering definitively for decades. So in terms of in the pragmatic terms of what Donald Trump thinks will actually happen here, when you have Tony Blincoln saying just a month ago, less than a month ago, that three quarters of the Hamas fighters have already been replaced. They've already replaced three quarters of the people that Hamas has lost. You have a population that is clinging to the land and has been for years, for generations, over and over again, and a militant government that's US troops on the ground. There's no other way to put it. The other Arab countries wouldn't be able to just peel the population of Gaza away from Gaza without violence. There's absolutely no way that this happens without incredible violence. And likely if Donald Trump says we quote own the Gaza strip, if he says the US is just going to come in and take ownership and he thinks he can make a deal, this will be US troops. This would be kids from the Midwest, from everywhere, boots on the ground in Gaza, peeling people away from the land that they have spilled generations of blood to stay on.

If they wanted to rebuild Gaza, Like, there are hundreds of thousands of residences that are still habitable, Like the entire thing is not on ahabitals. But let's say you do need a million people to go somewhere else. You could find some housing internally within Gaza for some portion of those. But there is another country that is right there that could take people for the time period.

If they wanted to rebuild Gaza, Like, there are hundreds of thousands of residences that are still habitable, Like the entire thing is not on ahabitals. But let's say you do need a million people to go somewhere else. You could find some housing internally within Gaza for some portion of those. But there is another country that is right there that could take people for the time period.

And that country's name is Israel.

And that country's name is Israel.

And that country also happens to be the one that made it uninhabitable. So if they're serious here about that, like, they could do that, and there's a step toward peace and coexistence. But I think it's worth underscoring a valid point that Trump makes and that is the absolute level of destruction. And Witkoff talked about this as well outside of the White House. So let's and you can see the real estate developer in him as he's talking about So let's roll eight A two here, and then I want to skip ahead on something go ahead.

And that country also happens to be the one that made it uninhabitable. So if they're serious here about that, like, they could do that, and there's a step toward peace and coexistence. But I think it's worth underscoring a valid point that Trump makes and that is the absolute level of destruction. And Witkoff talked about this as well outside of the White House. So let's and you can see the real estate developer in him as he's talking about So let's roll eight A two here, and then I want to skip ahead on something go ahead.

When the President talks about cleaning it out, he talks about making it habitable. And this is a long range plan. They've dug tunnels underneath there that have basically degraded the stone that you make that would form foundations. We have to examine that. You do it with borings, you do it with subterranean surveys, and this guy knows real it's years on top of years. The disposal effort in Gaza is we estimate three to five years just to dispose of all the things before you can look down but believe beneath the surface of the soil, and then before you get a master plan done. And the President is intent on getting it all done correctly. So to me, it is unfair to have explained to Palestinians that they might be back in five years. That's just preposterous and he's just taking common sense.

When the President talks about cleaning it out, he talks about making it habitable. And this is a long range plan. They've dug tunnels underneath there that have basically degraded the stone that you make that would form foundations. We have to examine that. You do it with borings, you do it with subterranean surveys, and this guy knows real it's years on top of years. The disposal effort in Gaza is we estimate three to five years just to dispose of all the things before you can look down but believe beneath the surface of the soil, and then before you get a master plan done. And the President is intent on getting it all done correctly. So to me, it is unfair to have explained to Palestinians that they might be back in five years. That's just preposterous and he's just taking common sense.

So a few months ago I spoke to a un official whose job it was to do ordinance removal after the twenty fourteen war in Gaza, and what he described. First, first of all, there are not a whole lot of people able to do this in the world, like there's you.

So a few months ago I spoke to a un official whose job it was to do ordinance removal after the twenty fourteen war in Gaza, and what he described. First, first of all, there are not a whole lot of people able to do this in the world, like there's you.

Know, small teams that specialized work.

Know, small teams that specialized work.

Second of all, he described it as painstakingly laborious stuff. So in general, as he was describing it to me, and I've since been able to confirm this with others. The munitions that Israel uses, oftentimes five to ten percent of those under the best of circumstances, do not explode upon impact.

Second of all, he described it as painstakingly laborious stuff. So in general, as he was describing it to me, and I've since been able to confirm this with others. The munitions that Israel uses, oftentimes five to ten percent of those under the best of circumstances, do not explode upon impact.

They are not operating in the best of circumstances.

They are not operating in the best of circumstances.

They're operating in this dense urban environment, which means you're going to have a much higher failure rate, which means you're going to have unexploded ordinance everywhere around around Gaza. Because if you know, the numbers are absolutely breathtaking when it comes to the amount of metric tons that have been dropped on gays. And so if you take ten to twenty percent of that and assume that that is unexploded, like that's that's the task. And he said that these are actually much more stable than you would think that doesn't probably wouldn't give me a whole lot more comfort, Coli comfort if it was in my own courtyard or in my bedroom. He said, For instance, they pulled one out of a kitchen, like it came to the roof, second floor, through the kitchen floor, and just getting that one single unexploded bomb out of that kitchen took them weeks because you got to first, you got to clear the door out, and you have to do all this gently because while they are stable, they become destabilized if if a bulldozer hits them or something else significant. And so our one of our correspondents in Gaza, Abubaker a bet who's been on this program a bunch of times. So yesterday he tried to get to Gaza City, couldn't get a ride, ended up in these a bunch on his Twitter agencies, ended up walking and took him like three and a half hours to walk to Gaza City. And we can roll a four here just to get a sense of the destruction. And at the end of this clip he stumbles on an unexploded mine. Just to just to underline that Trump's point that this is an extraordinarily dangerous situations let's play a four.

They're operating in this dense urban environment, which means you're going to have a much higher failure rate, which means you're going to have unexploded ordinance everywhere around around Gaza. Because if you know, the numbers are absolutely breathtaking when it comes to the amount of metric tons that have been dropped on gays. And so if you take ten to twenty percent of that and assume that that is unexploded, like that's that's the task. And he said that these are actually much more stable than you would think that doesn't probably wouldn't give me a whole lot more comfort, Coli comfort if it was in my own courtyard or in my bedroom. He said, For instance, they pulled one out of a kitchen, like it came to the roof, second floor, through the kitchen floor, and just getting that one single unexploded bomb out of that kitchen took them weeks because you got to first, you got to clear the door out, and you have to do all this gently because while they are stable, they become destabilized if if a bulldozer hits them or something else significant. And so our one of our correspondents in Gaza, Abubaker a bet who's been on this program a bunch of times. So yesterday he tried to get to Gaza City, couldn't get a ride, ended up in these a bunch on his Twitter agencies, ended up walking and took him like three and a half hours to walk to Gaza City. And we can roll a four here just to get a sense of the destruction. And at the end of this clip he stumbles on an unexploded mine. Just to just to underline that Trump's point that this is an extraordinarily dangerous situations let's play a four.

Here.

Here.

Here we are, it's just seven in the morning. Came Gaza City where all you can see is just total destruction. There are some buildings that have been destroyed during the genocide.

Here we are, it's just seven in the morning. Came Gaza City where all you can see is just total destruction. There are some buildings that have been destroyed during the genocide.

So I think I found a line.

So I think I found a line.

Yeah, so I'm gonna walk away fixed. Oh my god, what this sound is?

Yeah, so I'm gonna walk away fixed. Oh my god, what this sound is?

And we often get questions, by the way, about Aba Baker's British accent. He was a before the October seventh. His passion was doing journalism around football, European football, and so he picked up his British accent. He's never left gods in his life, picked up a British accent watching British footballers. But so you see there he's just stumbling along and oh, there's a mind like that that does have to be that does have to be dealt with. And I had the sense throughout this that Israel knew that that part of the carpet bombing of the entire thing of goz It was to make it uninhabitable, was to produce a reality that left you only bad options for the Palestinians, and one of them being all right, what a shame, love to have you stay. But now it's completely uninhabitable, You're going to have to leave. But like I said, if he was serious, there is a there is a plan where five hundred thousand, two million people can stay. Another one hundred get relocated inside Gaza. Those are the workers who are involved in this reconstruction.

And we often get questions, by the way, about Aba Baker's British accent. He was a before the October seventh. His passion was doing journalism around football, European football, and so he picked up his British accent. He's never left gods in his life, picked up a British accent watching British footballers. But so you see there he's just stumbling along and oh, there's a mind like that that does have to be that does have to be dealt with. And I had the sense throughout this that Israel knew that that part of the carpet bombing of the entire thing of goz It was to make it uninhabitable, was to produce a reality that left you only bad options for the Palestinians, and one of them being all right, what a shame, love to have you stay. But now it's completely uninhabitable, You're going to have to leave. But like I said, if he was serious, there is a there is a plan where five hundred thousand, two million people can stay. Another one hundred get relocated inside Gaza. Those are the workers who are involved in this reconstruction.

It's ridiculous.

It's ridiculous.

What's Trump's idea is going to kick all the Palestinians out and then bring like Indian or Thai construction workers in Like that doesn't make any sense. You've got people who could do the work, and then you could have the others internally displaced in the Negev desert or elsewhere in like in settlement camps, and with a promise that they're going to return when it's done. And that promise backed up by the prospect of a path towards statehood and normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

What's Trump's idea is going to kick all the Palestinians out and then bring like Indian or Thai construction workers in Like that doesn't make any sense. You've got people who could do the work, and then you could have the others internally displaced in the Negev desert or elsewhere in like in settlement camps, and with a promise that they're going to return when it's done. And that promise backed up by the prospect of a path towards statehood and normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

So all of that is pushing in the same direction.

So all of that is pushing in the same direction.

Instead, instead of Trump getting a Saudi Israel peace deal, in this path, he's more likely to see the Egyptian and Jordanian ones unravel, like they will stop recognizing Israel if they keep pushing this.

Instead, instead of Trump getting a Saudi Israel peace deal, in this path, he's more likely to see the Egyptian and Jordanian ones unravel, like they will stop recognizing Israel if they keep pushing this.

That's a great point because this plan is I think, on the one hand hyper pragmatic and not pragmatic at all, Like that's the tension between this. On the one hand, he's saying he's making this very obvious point that everyone dances around, which is, okay, if this is a ceasefire, we're about to repeat a traffic cycle. He's making that point, everyone dances around it. But on the one hand, that's absolutely true, and it's from the sort of pragmatic lens of a non idea logue, and so he made that point. On the other hand, the idea of peeling people off the land that they fought generations to keep, there's nothing pragmatic about it unless you're willing to actually do a significant A Rock style nation building operation in the Gaza strip, which is what about the size of Las Vegas. If you want to go and do that and then have the US own a strip of land in the Middle East that is sacred to many many people, you're asking for again, generational nation building. And so it's exploded all of these typical I guess fault lines of what MAGA means to the Republican Party, but beyond that, what MAGA actually means, like to the American people, to the people who voted for Donald Trump. Is it about the sort of expansionism imperialism, or is it about actually, like quote unquote America First, Josh Holly right away told The New York Times, I don't think it's the best use of US resources to spend a bunch of money in Gaza. I'd prefer that to be spent in the United States. First.

That's a great point because this plan is I think, on the one hand hyper pragmatic and not pragmatic at all, Like that's the tension between this. On the one hand, he's saying he's making this very obvious point that everyone dances around, which is, okay, if this is a ceasefire, we're about to repeat a traffic cycle. He's making that point, everyone dances around it. But on the one hand, that's absolutely true, and it's from the sort of pragmatic lens of a non idea logue, and so he made that point. On the other hand, the idea of peeling people off the land that they fought generations to keep, there's nothing pragmatic about it unless you're willing to actually do a significant A Rock style nation building operation in the Gaza strip, which is what about the size of Las Vegas. If you want to go and do that and then have the US own a strip of land in the Middle East that is sacred to many many people, you're asking for again, generational nation building. And so it's exploded all of these typical I guess fault lines of what MAGA means to the Republican Party, but beyond that, what MAGA actually means, like to the American people, to the people who voted for Donald Trump. Is it about the sort of expansionism imperialism, or is it about actually, like quote unquote America First, Josh Holly right away told The New York Times, I don't think it's the best use of US resources to spend a bunch of money in Gaza. I'd prefer that to be spent in the United States. First.

That's the logic of MAGA.

That's the logic of MAGA.

So maybe which rows out of the ashes of the Iraq occupation exactly exactly.

So maybe which rows out of the ashes of the Iraq occupation exactly exactly.

I mean, what about all of the tunnels. Just let's just take the point that you hear from Yahoo and yeah, all like, what does it look like if Hamas says you are not taking us.

I mean, what about all of the tunnels. Just let's just take the point that you hear from Yahoo and yeah, all like, what does it look like if Hamas says you are not taking us.

And if you tell them they're not right, If if you tell them right out front, okay, we're kicking you out and you're never coming back, then of course they're going to fight you.

And if you tell them they're not right, If if you tell them right out front, okay, we're kicking you out and you're never coming back, then of course they're going to fight you.

Yeah. But this brings us to your original point, which is how serious is what Donald Trump laid out yesterday And my impression is that this is something he's thought about for a while. With Kushner, they've kicked around this sort of like.

Yeah. But this brings us to your original point, which is how serious is what Donald Trump laid out yesterday And my impression is that this is something he's thought about for a while. With Kushner, they've kicked around this sort of like.

Galaxy brain, real estate brain.

Galaxy brain, real estate brain.

Right, Yeah, it's sort of been kicked around and then just in the last few days they decided, oh, who's coming, we can like actually really do this. Let's see what we can actually put together. Because again, like actual people in the White House, senior officials were caught off guard by this. That much is very clear. So whether this is a starting point tariff style, twenty five percent tariff style or teriff style starting point is unclear. But Ryan, it's the same thing with the tariffs. I think he should be taken seriously because he's not He has not an ideal log. He's not ideologically committed to one outcome or the other. So when he does these negotiations, he could kind of land wherever he thinks it works for him.

Right, Yeah, it's sort of been kicked around and then just in the last few days they decided, oh, who's coming, we can like actually really do this. Let's see what we can actually put together. Because again, like actual people in the White House, senior officials were caught off guard by this. That much is very clear. So whether this is a starting point tariff style, twenty five percent tariff style or teriff style starting point is unclear. But Ryan, it's the same thing with the tariffs. I think he should be taken seriously because he's not He has not an ideal log. He's not ideologically committed to one outcome or the other. So when he does these negotiations, he could kind of land wherever he thinks it works for him.

And confusing the situation further.

And confusing the situation further.

He's now talking, as of this morning, his most explicitly about reaching a deal that he will celebrate with Iran, which obviously cannot happen if he engages in full on ethnic cleansing in Gaza. So let's put up a three here where he's talking about the role that Iran negotiations play.

He's now talking, as of this morning, his most explicitly about reaching a deal that he will celebrate with Iran, which obviously cannot happen if he engages in full on ethnic cleansing in Gaza. So let's put up a three here where he's talking about the role that Iran negotiations play.

Here, Iran and their proxys who threaten to retaliate.

Here, Iran and their proxys who threaten to retaliate.

Against you and your team by killing you guys or taking out solo.

Against you and your team by killing you guys or taking out solo.

Well, they haven't done that, and that would be a terrible thing for them to do, not because of me. If they did that, they would be obliterated. It would be the end I've left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated, there won't be anything left and they shouldn't be able to do it.

Well, they haven't done that, and that would be a terrible thing for them to do, not because of me. If they did that, they would be obliterated. It would be the end I've left instructions. If they do it, they get obliterated, there won't be anything left and they shouldn't be able to do it.

And Biden should have said that, but he never did. I don't know what. Lack of intelligence perhaps, but he never said it.

And Biden should have said that, but he never did. I don't know what. Lack of intelligence perhaps, but he never said it.

If that happens to a leader or close to a leader, frankly, if you had other people involved, also, you would call for total obliteration of a state that did it.

If that happens to a leader or close to a leader, frankly, if you had other people involved, also, you would call for total obliteration of a state that did it.

That would include Iran.

That would include Iran.

So that's the shot. So here's the chaser, and we can maybe add this. In posts on.

So that's the shot. So here's the chaser, and we can maybe add this. In posts on.

Truth social this morning, Trump says this quote, I want Iran to be a great and successful country, but one that cannot have a nuclear weapon. Reports that the United States, working in conjunction with Israel, is going to blow Iran into smithereens all caps are greatly exaggerated.

Truth social this morning, Trump says this quote, I want Iran to be a great and successful country, but one that cannot have a nuclear weapon. Reports that the United States, working in conjunction with Israel, is going to blow Iran into smithereens all caps are greatly exaggerated.

In other words, he's referring to his own comments the entire bluff.

In other words, he's referring to his own comments the entire bluff.

Yes, I would much prefer a verified nuclear peace agreement, and this is all caps. So that's VNPA, which will let Iran peacefully grow and prosper. We should start working on it immediately and have a big Middle East celebration, celebrations capitalized when it is signed and completed.

Yes, I would much prefer a verified nuclear peace agreement, and this is all caps. So that's VNPA, which will let Iran peacefully grow and prosper. We should start working on it immediately and have a big Middle East celebration, celebrations capitalized when it is signed and completed.

God bless the Middle East.

God bless the Middle East.

And so here you have Trump, who has been who has hired an enormous number of people who want to reach a piece deal with Iran and get back into the nuclear deal that Obama struck, that Trump ripped up in his first term. Here you have him the most explicitly stating it outright that that is a goal of his. And it comes after he threatened to obliterate them basically if they kill him, which fair right, you say, Look, you kill me, I've left instructions that.

And so here you have Trump, who has been who has hired an enormous number of people who want to reach a piece deal with Iran and get back into the nuclear deal that Obama struck, that Trump ripped up in his first term. Here you have him the most explicitly stating it outright that that is a goal of his. And it comes after he threatened to obliterate them basically if they kill him, which fair right, you say, Look, you kill me, I've left instructions that.

You're dead too.

You're dead too.

Yeah, it's a again, it's a hell of a bluff. But it all came on the heels of this New York Times report on Monday that because of all of the insanity going on sort of ended up being buried in the news cycle. The Times reported quote new intelligence about Iran's nuclear program has convinced American officials that a secret team of the country scientist is exploring a faster, if cruder approach to developing a toom weapon if Tehran's leadership decides to race for a bomb, according to current and former American officials. Now, if you are like many people, vague New York Times reporting about nuclear program sends a chill up your spine because you just don't know if you can trust it. But they are saying, essentially the timeline could be severely minimized or significantly minimized based on these new efforts, down to something like a month if Iron wanted to enrich uranium and have a crude nuclear weapon. So Trump is then asked, in this context, that was the broader thing that was happening when he gets these questions from Peter Doocy.

Yeah, it's a again, it's a hell of a bluff. But it all came on the heels of this New York Times report on Monday that because of all of the insanity going on sort of ended up being buried in the news cycle. The Times reported quote new intelligence about Iran's nuclear program has convinced American officials that a secret team of the country scientist is exploring a faster, if cruder approach to developing a toom weapon if Tehran's leadership decides to race for a bomb, according to current and former American officials. Now, if you are like many people, vague New York Times reporting about nuclear program sends a chill up your spine because you just don't know if you can trust it. But they are saying, essentially the timeline could be severely minimized or significantly minimized based on these new efforts, down to something like a month if Iron wanted to enrich uranium and have a crude nuclear weapon. So Trump is then asked, in this context, that was the broader thing that was happening when he gets these questions from Peter Doocy.

And scientifically or practically, whether that's true, we don't know, but strategically we can see the internal logic. The deterrent that Iran had up until recently was it's massive sprawl of proxies throughout the region that could threaten Israel and threaten you know, US forces in Iraq or Syria if if Iran was attacked. Plus it's what they believe to be sophisticated air defenses. Israel apparently massively degraded their air defenses.

And scientifically or practically, whether that's true, we don't know, but strategically we can see the internal logic. The deterrent that Iran had up until recently was it's massive sprawl of proxies throughout the region that could threaten Israel and threaten you know, US forces in Iraq or Syria if if Iran was attacked. Plus it's what they believe to be sophisticated air defenses. Israel apparently massively degraded their air defenses.

With that counter strike.

With that counter strike.

Leaving them significantly exposed to future strikes and their their own proxies.

Leaving them significantly exposed to future strikes and their their own proxies.

Are significantly degraded.

Are significantly degraded.

Has has been in particular as well as as well as maas the who the these are still you know, very much capable of firing missiles out of their mountains, and that will be the case for the foreseeable future, no matter what Trump wants to do about it.

Has has been in particular as well as as well as maas the who the these are still you know, very much capable of firing missiles out of their mountains, and that will be the case for the foreseeable future, no matter what Trump wants to do about it.

So with those uh, with with those kind of.

So with those uh, with with those kind of.

Thereo's protections so to speak, kind of beaten down strategically, you can understand why they say, okay, well all we have left then is a race towards a nuclear weapon, because they look around and they're like, who's not around? Like, oh, Gaddafi? Gaddafi struck a nuclear deal not long after that he was ousted.

Thereo's protections so to speak, kind of beaten down strategically, you can understand why they say, okay, well all we have left then is a race towards a nuclear weapon, because they look around and they're like, who's not around? Like, oh, Gaddafi? Gaddafi struck a nuclear deal not long after that he was ousted.

Who is around?

Who is around?

Kim Jong un is around, and he for no other reason than he has a nuclear weapon. So you can understand the logic at least, even if we don't necessarily have to believe the precise contours of the reporting.

Kim Jong un is around, and he for no other reason than he has a nuclear weapon. So you can understand the logic at least, even if we don't necessarily have to believe the precise contours of the reporting.

Yeah, I'm trying to imagine Gadafi with a nuclear weapon, what you'd.

Yeah, I'm trying to imagine Gadafi with a nuclear weapon, what you'd.

Be imaginings as a man who's going to die of natural causes.

Be imaginings as a man who's going to die of natural causes.

Yeah, that's right. So before we wrap this up, it's also absolutely important to note that Trump was asked about quote.

Yeah, that's right. So before we wrap this up, it's also absolutely important to note that Trump was asked about quote.

And by the way, Libya would be so much better off than it is now.

And by the way, Libya would be so much better off than it is now.

The real Middle Eastern riviera is Trump is now saying Goza will.

The real Middle Eastern riviera is Trump is now saying Goza will.

Be Libya completely destroyed by the US and NATO, like absolutely ravaged.

Be Libya completely destroyed by the US and NATO, like absolutely ravaged.

Well on that point, though, I have to mention that Trump was asked about quote, Judea and Samaria, about his ideological disposition what he believes. If he believes that you in Samaria, that Israel has a biblical right to them, And we can put this vo up on the screen here. This is from the West Bank Trump essentially, this is a five. Trump essentially was saying, well, you know, we're going to make a big announcement about that in the weeks ahead. So Ryan as the.

Well on that point, though, I have to mention that Trump was asked about quote, Judea and Samaria, about his ideological disposition what he believes. If he believes that you in Samaria, that Israel has a biblical right to them, And we can put this vo up on the screen here. This is from the West Bank Trump essentially, this is a five. Trump essentially was saying, well, you know, we're going to make a big announcement about that in the weeks ahead. So Ryan as the.

West four weeks or something three or four weeks.

West four weeks or something three or four weeks.

Yeah, yeah, so as the West Bank is now these are startling images. If you're listening to it, you're seeing you know, the like familiar this is Gaza, but before you're seeing the familiar skyline of the West Bank with all kinds of explosions. That is huge and gets another one of those things that is keeps getting buried in these news cycles. But in a matter of weeks we could have some announcement that Trump also wants to do something significant, major with the West Bank.

Yeah, yeah, so as the West Bank is now these are startling images. If you're listening to it, you're seeing you know, the like familiar this is Gaza, but before you're seeing the familiar skyline of the West Bank with all kinds of explosions. That is huge and gets another one of those things that is keeps getting buried in these news cycles. But in a matter of weeks we could have some announcement that Trump also wants to do something significant, major with the West Bank.

Yeah, he's saying he'll decide whether or not he's going to allow Israel to annex the West Bank. Which, again, you're not getting a piece deal. You're not getting a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia, you're not getting a deal with Iran. You might lose your deals that you already have with Egypt and Jordan if if you do that. But Jal Madison's widow, Miriam, had a hundred plus million dollars and asked him in return to allow for the annexation of the West Bank. Like that's as shocking as it is to say that that's the.

Yeah, he's saying he'll decide whether or not he's going to allow Israel to annex the West Bank. Which, again, you're not getting a piece deal. You're not getting a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia, you're not getting a deal with Iran. You might lose your deals that you already have with Egypt and Jordan if if you do that. But Jal Madison's widow, Miriam, had a hundred plus million dollars and asked him in return to allow for the annexation of the West Bank. Like that's as shocking as it is to say that that's the.

Thing that happened.

Thing that happened.

In twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five, and so he may give it to them. And as an update, my colleague get Drops Site News Jeremy Skhill has an official statement from Bassam Naim, a spokesperson for Hamas, in response to Trump's claim. He says the US plan to seize God's and remove the Palestinians quote is a crime against humanity and a reinforcement of the law of the jungle at the international level.

In twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five, and so he may give it to them. And as an update, my colleague get Drops Site News Jeremy Skhill has an official statement from Bassam Naim, a spokesperson for Hamas, in response to Trump's claim. He says the US plan to seize God's and remove the Palestinians quote is a crime against humanity and a reinforcement of the law of the jungle at the international level.

He goes on to say, the problem.

He goes on to say, the problem.

Of reconstruction is not in the presence of the Palestinian people on their land, but rather in the continuation of the Zion occupation and the stifling siege of the Gaza Strip for more than seventeen years with American support unquote, the name called for quote urgent regional and international action to put an end to these malicious plans. Scayhell Wright says reports emerge at Nantahau intends to sabotage future phases of the ceasefire deal. NAIM reiterated Hamasa's position that it intends to abide by the terms.

Of reconstruction is not in the presence of the Palestinian people on their land, but rather in the continuation of the Zion occupation and the stifling siege of the Gaza Strip for more than seventeen years with American support unquote, the name called for quote urgent regional and international action to put an end to these malicious plans. Scayhell Wright says reports emerge at Nantahau intends to sabotage future phases of the ceasefire deal. NAIM reiterated Hamasa's position that it intends to abide by the terms.

Quote.

Quote.

We demand that the mediators, especially the United States, oblige the occupation to implement the ceasefire agreement in its three stages without procrastination or manipulation. We are committed to implementing the agreement as long as the occupation commits to it in any manipulation and implementing the agreement may cause it to collapse. So interesting statement from Hamas because there are some people who think that Trump's bluffing here. To just make sure that the agreement actually does continue to be implemented, we'll see.

We demand that the mediators, especially the United States, oblige the occupation to implement the ceasefire agreement in its three stages without procrastination or manipulation. We are committed to implementing the agreement as long as the occupation commits to it in any manipulation and implementing the agreement may cause it to collapse. So interesting statement from Hamas because there are some people who think that Trump's bluffing here. To just make sure that the agreement actually does continue to be implemented, we'll see.

Turning now back to.

Turning now back to.

Why in which I was I was saying a moment ago, Chris Murphy said, oh god, the thing is just a distraction for what we're going to talk about in the next couple of blocks.

Why in which I was I was saying a moment ago, Chris Murphy said, oh god, the thing is just a distraction for what we're going to talk about in the next couple of blocks.

We can do both at the same time.

We can do both at the same time.

We can we can walk and we can shoot gum.

We can we can walk and we can shoot gum.

So here is President Donald Trump being asked whether Elon Musk is a total rogue agent or not as he's as he's going about this doggie revolution and Kilan Musk.

So here is President Donald Trump being asked whether Elon Musk is a total rogue agent or not as he's as he's going about this doggie revolution and Kilan Musk.

How often are you talking to him? And how there have been ideas.

How often are you talking to him? And how there have been ideas.

That he's brought to you that he said, oh no, this is going a little too far.

That he's brought to you that he said, oh no, this is going a little too far.

Well, many ideas, but look he's done a great job.

Well, many ideas, but look he's done a great job.

Look at all the fraud that he's found in this US aid it's a disaster. What the people radical left lunatics. They have things that nobody would have believed.

Look at all the fraud that he's found in this US aid it's a disaster. What the people radical left lunatics. They have things that nobody would have believed.

The whole thing with.

The whole thing with.

One hundred million spent on you know what, with money going to all sorts of groups that shouldn't deserve to get any money with the money, I'd like to see what the kickbacks are. How much money has been kicked back. Who would spend that kind of money to some of the things that you read about and I read about, and I see every night of the news and every morning when I read the papers.

One hundred million spent on you know what, with money going to all sorts of groups that shouldn't deserve to get any money with the money, I'd like to see what the kickbacks are. How much money has been kicked back. Who would spend that kind of money to some of the things that you read about and I read about, and I see every night of the news and every morning when I read the papers.

Who would spend money for them?

Who would spend money for them?

I would say this, the people that get all that money, are they kicking it back to the people that gave it from government?

I would say this, the people that get all that money, are they kicking it back to the people that gave it from government?

No, that's to me, very very corrupt.

No, that's to me, very very corrupt.

They're really those engineers that Elon Musk has helping him brsy young as nineteen years old.

They're really those engineers that Elon Musk has helping him brsy young as nineteen years old.

Good.

Good.

They're very smart, though, Peter. They're like you, they're very smart people.

They're very smart, though, Peter. They're like you, they're very smart people.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Has he Have you met any of these guys?

Has he Have you met any of these guys?

No?

No?

I haven't seen them. They work actually out of the White House. They're smart people.

I haven't seen them. They work actually out of the White House. They're smart people.

Unlike what they do in the control towers, where we need smart people. We should use some of them in the control towers where we were putting people that were actually intellectually deficient.

Unlike what they do in the control towers, where we need smart people. We should use some of them in the control towers where we were putting people that were actually intellectually deficient.

Democrats, of course, are reacting quite angrily to this. Let's roll some of them.

Democrats, of course, are reacting quite angrily to this. Let's roll some of them.

So today Leader Jeffries and I are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Departments payment systems and protect Americans across the country. Our bill aims to do a few simple things. One to deny access to special government employees, employees that don't have to disclose their conflicts of interest or any other ethic agreements. Two to deny access to anyone with conflicts of interest or lack of appropriate clearance. And three include personal tax information into existing privacy protections. We call our legislation stop the steal.