WEBVTT 00:00.460 --> 00:04.040 The spirit of this revolution is not going away. 00:04.180 --> 00:10.260 This is the Ron Paul Liberty Report with Ron Paul, Daniel McAdams, and Chris Rossini. 00:10.780 --> 00:16.580 They're all ambassadors of the Ron Paul Doctrine, and it's a simple, just tell the truth. 00:16.740 --> 00:21.700 An idea who the iron has come to be knocked to stop by any army or any government. 00:33.640 --> 00:38.120 Hello everybody and thank you for tuning in to the Liberty Report. 00:38.120 --> 00:41.780 With us today we have Daniel McAdams, our co-host. 00:42.380 --> 00:43.980 Daniel, good to see you this morning. 00:44.200 --> 00:45.780 Good morning Dr. Paul, how are you this morning? 00:46.080 --> 00:47.480 Doing well, doing well. 00:47.960 --> 00:49.540 Of course there's still a few problems. 00:49.900 --> 00:50.200 Yes. 00:51.140 --> 00:53.340 And sometimes they're hard to figure out. 00:53.880 --> 00:58.600 But we will try because we want to talk about what happened over the weekend. 00:58.820 --> 00:59.800 Lots of stuff happened. 01:00.160 --> 01:02.660 A lot of dollars went from one group to another. 01:03.080 --> 01:06.960 There was a lot of investment changes and there was a lot of talk of war 01:06.960 --> 01:08.760 and who knows what. 01:09.280 --> 01:15.440 Even some noise about Lebanon came up because that war continues. 01:16.220 --> 01:20.940 But the main thing we've been talking about is what's going on, you know, 01:22.160 --> 01:25.920 in a much more difficult place than that's with Iran. 01:26.860 --> 01:32.440 So there's been a lot of talk and there was an article out about 01:33.420 --> 01:38.220 that Trump might even be hard to understand. 01:38.340 --> 01:39.020 We all know that. 01:39.280 --> 01:42.400 But maybe he was in a panic. 01:42.880 --> 01:44.940 You know what I thought about when I read this is, 01:45.720 --> 01:50.440 you know, the last thing you want in a doctor would be a doctor 01:50.440 --> 01:53.180 that's doing delicate work who gets in a panic. 01:53.480 --> 01:54.040 Yeah, no kidding. 01:54.340 --> 01:57.320 And you don't know, boy, he's not conveying much confidence. 01:57.320 --> 02:03.120 But in a way that I think is what's hurting his polling is, you know, 02:03.480 --> 02:08.080 maybe let's say a third or more things that he has said, 02:08.720 --> 02:12.460 we could at least endorse and not scream about it. 02:12.780 --> 02:16.760 But there's so much other stuff that's on again, off again. 02:16.940 --> 02:20.380 And this week was one of the worst weeks for this on again, 02:20.380 --> 02:21.420 on again stuff. 02:21.420 --> 02:27.720 And they, you know, they were going to, you know, 02:28.180 --> 02:31.560 have this agreement and then they changed their mind. 02:31.960 --> 02:36.680 And of course the markets, the markets were vacillating a bit too. 02:37.200 --> 02:39.280 People were making money and losing money. 02:39.620 --> 02:44.680 So it's it's been really a difficult time to work things out. 02:45.020 --> 02:47.120 But you know, one thing I thought about on investments 02:47.120 --> 02:52.600 under these conditions is that people who are big time in investments 02:52.600 --> 02:57.200 and there's been that, you know, the million billionaires and trillionaires, 02:57.440 --> 03:01.500 they watch the news, they watch foreign policy, watch what our government's doing. 03:02.560 --> 03:07.320 But how, but they also, the people involved, 03:07.540 --> 03:11.400 the military industrial complex is a big deal because a lot of people 03:11.400 --> 03:13.080 make money off selling weapons. 03:13.080 --> 03:17.500 And so they're there in the know how to deal with Congress. 03:17.720 --> 03:19.280 They have lobbyists out. 03:19.900 --> 03:24.880 And as you have frequently mentioned, Daniel, when we lived up there, 03:25.200 --> 03:28.340 you knew about a few of these people floating around there, 03:28.520 --> 03:30.640 throwing their weight around because they had to get, 03:30.980 --> 03:34.140 get their, you know, benefits from this. 03:34.300 --> 03:36.680 So if you get a weapon, you become much richer. 03:37.080 --> 03:41.600 But here I got to thinking this was, this was part of that, 03:41.600 --> 03:42.520 but it was different. 03:43.140 --> 03:44.480 This time there was news. 03:44.880 --> 03:45.340 Oh, yes. 03:46.480 --> 03:48.240 We're going to give them 48 hours of it. 03:48.340 --> 03:48.640 Don't do it. 03:48.660 --> 03:50.680 We're going to bomb them with smithereens. 03:51.180 --> 03:52.400 Oh, yeah. 03:53.200 --> 03:54.700 We're going to put a pause on that. 03:55.140 --> 03:57.080 So it's up and down and up and down. 03:57.540 --> 04:00.040 And I got to thinking, what if, what if you had, 04:00.180 --> 04:01.320 what if you were an insider? 04:01.680 --> 04:02.380 What if you knew that? 04:02.620 --> 04:05.380 And I suspect there have been a little few insiders. 04:05.860 --> 04:08.440 And sometimes they're related to the people in charge. 04:08.440 --> 04:12.040 So this, this is, this is just a whole mess. 04:12.320 --> 04:17.700 But it might be more lucrative faster than trying to get a new 04:17.700 --> 04:21.440 weapon accessory built because that takes years and takes a lot 04:21.440 --> 04:21.920 of lobbying. 04:22.240 --> 04:25.540 You got to be really smart to be a good lobbyist and make a, 04:25.540 --> 04:27.400 make a couple billion dollars. 04:27.780 --> 04:32.460 But anyway, it's on again, off again. 04:32.800 --> 04:37.440 And I guess, I guess that there have been some statistics 04:37.440 --> 04:41.440 and articles put out here this last five days or so where, 04:42.240 --> 04:45.380 you know, the markets reflected this uncertainty. 04:46.080 --> 04:49.320 And, you know, it's probably tough enough just looking at 04:49.320 --> 04:53.440 economic factors and, and people honestly making mistakes 04:53.440 --> 04:56.820 or maybe the Fed makes a mistake, but all that is, 04:56.980 --> 04:58.240 I know I wouldn't say that. 04:58.360 --> 05:01.120 Oh, it is, it's made up stuff. 05:01.400 --> 05:05.200 But anyway, this, this is something that has gone on. 05:05.200 --> 05:11.200 And, and I think this leads to a greater problem when we have 05:11.200 --> 05:14.180 a leader who's leading the charge. 05:15.460 --> 05:20.420 Sometimes I wonder, you know, what he's going to say next. 05:20.540 --> 05:24.100 I was a little bit surprised that his four day, 05:24.360 --> 05:25.500 no, I shouldn't have been surprised. 05:25.920 --> 05:28.300 Four days and four days, if you don't do what I tell you, 05:28.400 --> 05:31.240 we're going to bomb you to smithereen, except on three 05:31.240 --> 05:31.820 and a half days. 05:31.980 --> 05:32.980 Oh, we changed our mind. 05:33.120 --> 05:34.020 We're not going to do that. 05:34.020 --> 05:36.100 Maybe next month we'll bring it up. 05:36.400 --> 05:38.300 So I would find that very difficult. 05:38.680 --> 05:42.020 It's not only financially, not only for the people who make 05:42.020 --> 05:45.460 money off it, but also for national security. 05:45.840 --> 05:50.780 If you're doing a, you know, we'd like to see more money 05:50.780 --> 05:52.200 spent on national security. 05:52.480 --> 05:54.860 That is if we were making our country secure. 05:55.160 --> 05:58.000 I mean, when you're spending the money overseas and getting 05:58.000 --> 06:01.640 involved in nine wars, that that's not, 06:01.640 --> 06:03.720 that's not making us more secure. 06:03.880 --> 06:05.060 That's making us less secure. 06:05.420 --> 06:08.440 So in a way we ought to turn our argument is we want to spend 06:08.440 --> 06:10.060 more money on our security. 06:10.960 --> 06:13.940 But right now it doesn't look like we're going in that direction. 06:14.220 --> 06:15.780 Yeah, it's been a weird weekend, Dr. 06:15.940 --> 06:19.080 Paul. I mean, we've been assured by President Trump 06:19.080 --> 06:22.660 and by the US military, the Secretary of War, 06:23.120 --> 06:25.760 that Iran is completely out of missiles, completely defeated. 06:26.380 --> 06:28.840 And then we saw on Friday and Saturday, 06:29.620 --> 06:33.640 Iran hit Demona, which is where the Israelis have their 06:33.640 --> 06:36.600 secret nuclear plant and secret nuclear project. 06:36.980 --> 06:39.820 And they hit Arad, which is where their nuclear scientists live. 06:40.240 --> 06:42.580 And if anyone wants to go on X and look at those strikes, 06:42.720 --> 06:44.360 they're pretty remarkable strikes. 06:44.600 --> 06:48.420 The shockwave, a whole block of buildings flattened. 06:49.200 --> 06:51.800 And then, so you have that on Saturday afternoon, 06:52.680 --> 06:54.300 or on Sunday afternoon, I'm sorry, 06:54.300 --> 06:59.900 yesterday afternoon, President Trump out of the blue put this up. 07:00.620 --> 07:03.560 He's been, I mean, I think he's been increasingly erratic. 07:04.160 --> 07:06.880 He says if Iran doesn't fully open without threat, 07:07.320 --> 07:10.280 the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours from this exact point 07:10.280 --> 07:13.240 in time, the United States of America will hit 07:13.240 --> 07:16.000 and obliterate their various power plants 07:16.000 --> 07:17.960 starting with the biggest one first. 07:18.500 --> 07:20.540 Thank you for your attention to this matter, 07:21.160 --> 07:22.680 President Donald J. Trump. 07:22.680 --> 07:26.300 Of course, the biggest one is a nuclear power generating plant. 07:26.520 --> 07:28.060 So that's a very serious threat. 07:28.320 --> 07:30.400 Well, the Iranians, as they've been doing lately, 07:30.520 --> 07:33.180 have responded not with the same kind of bluster, 07:33.180 --> 07:36.060 but with a very serious specific response. 07:36.180 --> 07:38.460 If you go to the next one, and this is the response, 07:38.560 --> 07:40.780 they basically said, if you do this, 07:41.120 --> 07:43.480 any U.S. strike on Iran's energy sector 07:43.480 --> 07:46.140 will trigger attacks on regional infrastructure. 07:46.460 --> 07:48.180 And these are the targets we will hit. 07:48.800 --> 07:51.220 And I can go through them, but there's a power plant 07:51.220 --> 07:55.400 in Saudi Arabia, power and water plant in Qatar, UAE, 07:55.520 --> 07:57.620 a power plant and desalination plant, 07:58.100 --> 08:00.260 Bahrain water desalination complex, 08:01.020 --> 08:03.440 Kuwait water desalination complex, 08:04.120 --> 08:06.640 Jordan power generation plant, 08:07.080 --> 08:08.580 and thermal power plant. 08:09.860 --> 08:12.040 The countries of the region, Dr. Paul, 08:12.140 --> 08:15.160 unlike Iran, rely up to 90% 08:15.940 --> 08:18.360 on desalinized water for their drinking. 08:18.360 --> 08:21.220 So if Iran were to follow through and destroy 08:21.220 --> 08:23.060 all of the drinking water, 08:23.140 --> 08:25.740 100 million people would immediately be without water. 08:26.140 --> 08:27.860 So it's a serious threat. 08:28.320 --> 08:30.080 And they put it out with a lot of bluster. 08:30.760 --> 08:34.240 And that was right after Trump's big blustery thing last night. 08:34.700 --> 08:37.820 Well, Dr. Paul, first thing this morning 08:37.820 --> 08:39.600 before the markets opened, 08:40.400 --> 08:41.960 President Trump put this out, 08:42.540 --> 08:44.080 leaving everyone scratching their heads. 08:44.660 --> 08:46.340 He said, I'm pleased to report that 08:46.340 --> 08:49.020 the United States of America and the country of Iran 08:49.020 --> 08:50.960 have had over the last two days 08:50.960 --> 08:53.180 very good and productive conversations 08:53.180 --> 08:56.260 regarding a complete and total resolution 08:56.260 --> 08:59.360 of our hostilities in the Middle East, a miracle. 09:00.140 --> 09:00.960 I put that in. 09:01.420 --> 09:03.320 Based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth 09:03.320 --> 09:04.880 detailed and constructive conversations, 09:05.400 --> 09:06.860 which will continue throughout the week, 09:06.920 --> 09:08.280 I've instructed the Department of War 09:08.280 --> 09:10.740 to postpone any and all military strikes 09:10.740 --> 09:12.180 against Iranian power plants 09:12.180 --> 09:15.240 and energy infrastructure for a five-day period 09:15.240 --> 09:18.460 subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions. 09:19.000 --> 09:20.580 Thank you for your attention to this matter, 09:20.720 --> 09:21.900 President Donald J. Trump, 09:22.400 --> 09:24.300 to which the Iranians say we have no idea 09:24.300 --> 09:25.160 what you're talking about. 09:25.460 --> 09:28.100 We haven't had any discussions with you whatsoever. 09:28.840 --> 09:29.900 What is this about? 09:31.180 --> 09:34.880 You know, there's been a lot of... 09:34.880 --> 09:37.800 a lot about what really are they after? 09:38.000 --> 09:39.620 Is it just the oil or whatever? 09:39.620 --> 09:46.100 So the time when Trump first went into office, 09:46.280 --> 09:49.520 he was sort of anti-NATO. 09:50.200 --> 09:51.660 I don't know what he is now. 09:52.140 --> 09:53.940 But NATO, we don't need them. 09:54.160 --> 09:55.140 They won't do this. 09:57.140 --> 09:59.800 But now, the big issue now 09:59.800 --> 10:02.660 in these negotiations is how we're going to get 10:02.660 --> 10:05.200 the NATO-type people together again 10:05.200 --> 10:06.580 and do what we tell them to do. 10:06.580 --> 10:10.640 And it's to make sure that the Hormuz Strait 10:10.640 --> 10:12.940 is jointly controlled. 10:13.400 --> 10:14.220 But he never mentions, 10:14.560 --> 10:16.980 well, are you going to consider the ownership 10:16.980 --> 10:19.240 of that part of the world 10:19.240 --> 10:22.120 as part of this coalition you're building? 10:22.400 --> 10:23.840 Oh no, there are enemies. 10:24.600 --> 10:26.000 And so they go on and on. 10:27.040 --> 10:29.920 And so they're looking for jointly controlled, 10:30.300 --> 10:32.040 which is in a way a modification 10:32.040 --> 10:33.720 of the principle of NATO. 10:33.720 --> 10:38.240 And I don't think that's going to solve 10:38.240 --> 10:39.460 anybody's problem. 10:39.780 --> 10:42.000 And of course, you can watch the oil prices. 10:42.260 --> 10:43.820 But when they have these announcements, 10:44.180 --> 10:45.920 it's not, boy, this is good news. 10:46.340 --> 10:48.760 In the marketplace, they can't refuse to react 10:48.760 --> 10:50.340 because they might miss it 10:50.340 --> 10:53.100 and get into trouble with their customers. 10:53.740 --> 10:57.040 So they go all out 10:57.040 --> 10:58.520 and they switch their bets. 10:59.060 --> 11:01.240 And like you say, you woke up this morning 11:01.240 --> 11:03.100 and we got that information. 11:03.800 --> 11:07.040 And that is about the most opposite way 11:07.040 --> 11:10.140 of how to run an economy. 11:10.480 --> 11:12.580 Of course, we don't want people 11:12.580 --> 11:15.140 to have an economy that's being run 11:15.140 --> 11:17.240 by government and bureaucrats 11:17.240 --> 11:20.320 and connivers and money to people. 11:20.680 --> 11:23.080 So we want the market to run itself. 11:23.740 --> 11:26.120 And that's only the chaos 11:26.120 --> 11:27.360 that we're having there now 11:27.360 --> 11:29.960 in all the places that we've bombed 11:29.960 --> 11:32.040 in the last 10 years or longer. 11:32.040 --> 11:35.620 I mean, it's been going on for dozens of decades now. 11:36.560 --> 11:40.180 And it's always designed for good purpose. 11:40.900 --> 11:42.340 But to me, probably, 11:43.100 --> 11:44.960 top of my list on being discouraged, 11:45.460 --> 11:49.300 he is not being able to energize the people 11:49.300 --> 11:51.360 against the members of Congress 11:51.360 --> 11:52.860 that keep voting for this. 11:53.180 --> 11:56.280 I can understand when there are a few people in power, 11:56.660 --> 11:59.820 they love the power and they can't be stopped. 11:59.820 --> 12:02.480 But I think the people, 12:02.700 --> 12:03.920 they do wake up, 12:04.400 --> 12:06.660 but my point is it's always late. 12:07.320 --> 12:11.180 They should have awakened a long time ago, 12:11.660 --> 12:14.380 even though right now on this effort, 12:14.820 --> 12:18.600 Ukraine, I think they were a little bit more alert there 12:18.600 --> 12:21.620 than say, you know, the Middle East, 12:21.860 --> 12:23.300 Iraq and Afghanistan. 12:23.780 --> 12:26.000 But they're not wide awake, 12:26.000 --> 12:30.080 I think on is on Iran, 12:30.600 --> 12:34.000 except there are now more and more stories now. 12:34.140 --> 12:36.680 When you look at polling, you find out 12:37.320 --> 12:39.100 there's some cracks in the support 12:39.100 --> 12:41.680 that the administration has been getting. 12:42.320 --> 12:43.920 And here's something that you mentioned 12:43.920 --> 12:45.460 in your opening statement, Dr. Paul, 12:45.580 --> 12:47.680 which I'm far from an expert in this. 12:48.160 --> 12:50.340 There are people that do know about this sort of thing 12:50.340 --> 12:52.200 and I've seen a lot of it out there. 12:52.360 --> 12:54.280 But something very strange happened 12:54.280 --> 12:57.320 just before President Trump made that statement, 12:57.700 --> 12:59.360 which sent the markets reeling. 12:59.520 --> 13:02.780 I mean, they were, you know, oil dropped like a rock. 13:03.680 --> 13:07.040 You know, all of these things happened. 13:07.280 --> 13:09.260 So put this next one up and now there's a chart 13:09.260 --> 13:10.620 along with an explanation. 13:10.960 --> 13:12.260 There are plenty of other charts out there 13:12.260 --> 13:13.720 if people are looking. 13:14.360 --> 13:15.600 But this is fascinating. 13:16.160 --> 13:19.340 Five minutes before Trump's announcement, 13:20.040 --> 13:23.380 $1.5 billion notational worth 13:23.380 --> 13:27.860 of the S&P 500 futures were bought in a single clip. 13:29.180 --> 13:33.940 $192 million notional oil futures were sold 13:33.940 --> 13:38.100 more than four times or six times any other trade size 13:38.100 --> 13:39.960 during the market close. 13:40.820 --> 13:44.560 Insiders profited from his lies in broad daylight. 13:44.920 --> 13:47.260 So someone, Dr. Paul, made, I don't know, 13:47.300 --> 13:49.900 millions or hundreds of millions of dollars 13:49.900 --> 13:53.620 with inside information before Trump put that out. 13:54.000 --> 13:57.800 At my point is, this looks like the new opportunity. 13:57.980 --> 14:00.140 You make more money quicker than you do 14:00.140 --> 14:02.000 when you have to develop a new weapon 14:02.000 --> 14:04.920 and get all the congressmen to vote for it. 14:05.020 --> 14:07.140 Yeah. And you wonder, was it a family member? 14:07.400 --> 14:08.220 Was it Kushner? Who knows? 14:08.500 --> 14:10.060 But it's very suspicious. 14:10.580 --> 14:12.280 Well, here's the, and I mentioned, 14:12.440 --> 14:13.740 I used the word erratic. 14:14.300 --> 14:16.160 And here's Trump over the weekend. 14:16.300 --> 14:18.740 This is why I think the pressure may be getting to him 14:18.740 --> 14:19.640 if you go to that next one. 14:20.040 --> 14:22.900 So on March 20th, remember, he was out there. 14:23.040 --> 14:25.040 He had did a press gaggle and he was talking 14:25.040 --> 14:26.020 about the Strait of Hormuz. 14:26.100 --> 14:27.880 And he said, we don't use the Strait. 14:28.040 --> 14:28.840 We don't need it. 14:29.300 --> 14:31.720 Essentially, he said, we've got all the oil we want. 14:31.820 --> 14:32.840 We don't have to go through that. 14:33.280 --> 14:36.400 And then that one day later is when he gave that threat. 14:36.680 --> 14:39.380 If you don't open it, we're going to blow you up. 14:39.440 --> 14:40.860 Right after saying we don't need it. 14:41.480 --> 14:43.740 The poster on X said this is strategic incoherence. 14:44.660 --> 14:47.680 We're being led to the abyss by a madman. 14:48.620 --> 14:49.760 Now go to the next one. 14:49.980 --> 14:52.420 Now a little bit after, he said, no, no, no, we're talking. 14:52.980 --> 14:53.940 Things look pretty good. 14:54.280 --> 14:56.960 And the Iranian says, we have no idea what you're talking about. 14:57.460 --> 15:00.260 Now Trump says, oh, and you mentioned this, Dr. Paul. 15:00.280 --> 15:01.760 Oh, no, no, the strait's going to be fine. 15:02.080 --> 15:05.600 It'll be jointly controlled, maybe by me and the Ayatollah. 15:06.200 --> 15:09.520 And I know Bertrand, by the way, if you don't follow him, 15:10.060 --> 15:11.360 very, very important to follow. 15:11.520 --> 15:12.160 Excellent analyst. 15:12.600 --> 15:15.000 He said, Trump is now speaking about sharing power 15:15.000 --> 15:17.800 with the Ayatollah, with the smiley face. 15:18.420 --> 15:19.560 And now go to the next one. 15:19.640 --> 15:23.940 So where does all this talk about Trump talking to Iran? 15:24.180 --> 15:25.060 Where does it come from? 15:25.360 --> 15:26.660 What is the origin of this? 15:26.960 --> 15:28.860 The Iranians are saying, no way. 15:29.360 --> 15:31.020 Well, here we go, Dr. Paul. 15:31.640 --> 15:34.480 In addition to White House Special Envoy Steve Wittkoff 15:34.480 --> 15:37.680 and Jared Kushner, Vice President J. D. Vance 15:37.680 --> 15:41.000 may attend a peace summit with Iranian officials, 15:42.280 --> 15:44.720 including Iranian Speaker of Parliament, 15:45.100 --> 15:47.720 being planned for later this week in Islamabad. 15:47.880 --> 15:48.940 What's the source? 15:50.120 --> 15:52.500 Israeli officials tell Axios. 15:53.040 --> 15:55.160 So I suspect this whole thing, Dr. Paul, 15:55.220 --> 15:58.800 is in Israeli Cyop, and that's what this whole 15:58.800 --> 16:00.120 today chapter is about. 16:00.380 --> 16:03.840 Can you imagine what the pressure must be on 16:03.840 --> 16:06.560 these individuals who are managing money 16:06.560 --> 16:08.880 for, you know, very wealthy clients? 16:08.880 --> 16:09.200 Yeah. 16:09.480 --> 16:12.480 Because either they have to be on the inside 16:12.480 --> 16:14.060 and know exactly what the president is going 16:14.060 --> 16:16.740 to say next hour or two or three, 16:17.260 --> 16:19.900 or they have to guess at it, 16:19.900 --> 16:23.160 because you can't go with honest economic figures 16:23.160 --> 16:24.640 since they think, you know, 16:25.300 --> 16:26.880 what's happening with employment, 16:27.080 --> 16:28.420 what's happening with the Federal Reserve, 16:28.660 --> 16:29.680 what the interest rates are doing. 16:30.000 --> 16:31.720 You can't use those things at all. 16:31.900 --> 16:34.320 It's all this political demagoguing 16:34.320 --> 16:37.680 that will not play well. 16:37.680 --> 16:41.680 It will not do a good job at trying to reassure 16:42.720 --> 16:44.240 the American people that they should be 16:44.240 --> 16:44.760 more optimistic. 16:45.120 --> 16:46.680 Right now, they're getting more pessimistic 16:47.380 --> 16:48.780 as the days go on. 16:48.960 --> 16:49.520 Yeah, absolutely. 16:50.100 --> 16:50.920 That's the case. 16:51.500 --> 16:52.720 And as they're getting pessimistic, 16:52.780 --> 16:54.140 that's being reflected in the polls, 16:54.720 --> 16:55.940 which is one of the second thing 16:55.940 --> 16:56.740 we want to talk about. 16:57.240 --> 16:59.440 CBS News poll came out over the weekend. 17:00.080 --> 17:01.380 If you put that next one up, 17:01.660 --> 17:02.580 people are upset. 17:02.820 --> 17:04.140 People are being very, very nervous. 17:04.780 --> 17:06.020 Anyone who goes to the gas, 17:06.020 --> 17:07.760 I filled up on Saturday, Dr. Paul, 17:07.920 --> 17:10.840 and I was pretty shocked at the sticker price. 17:11.220 --> 17:14.580 Iran war rising gas prices fuel economic concerns. 17:15.060 --> 17:18.840 Most Americans say the conflict is not going well, 17:19.400 --> 17:21.220 because I brought out a couple of charts 17:21.220 --> 17:23.700 from Dr. Paul just to cut to the chase. 17:24.580 --> 17:26.260 So if you go to that next one, 17:26.580 --> 17:28.320 military conflict with Iran will make 17:28.320 --> 17:30.780 U.S. oil and gas prices higher? 17:31.420 --> 17:33.540 90% said in the short term, yes. 17:33.540 --> 17:36.360 But even in the long term, 58%. 17:36.360 --> 17:38.060 So remember the way they said, Dr. Paul, 17:39.300 --> 17:41.340 short term pain, long term gain, 17:41.580 --> 17:42.620 people are not buying that. 17:42.880 --> 17:46.760 Only 4% in the short term and 27% believe 17:47.180 --> 17:49.900 we will have better prices in the long term. 17:50.300 --> 17:52.980 They realize that things are fundamentally changing now. 17:53.480 --> 17:55.760 Now, military conflict with Iran 17:55.760 --> 17:57.540 will make the U.S. economy, 17:57.800 --> 17:58.640 if you go to the next one, 17:58.920 --> 18:00.360 there we go, the next one, please, 18:01.500 --> 18:05.780 will make the economy weaker in the short term, 63%. 18:05.780 --> 18:08.680 But even in the long term, 44%. 18:08.680 --> 18:10.540 They believe this conflict with Iran 18:10.540 --> 18:11.780 is not going to help the economy, 18:12.000 --> 18:14.320 even in the long term. 18:14.920 --> 18:17.500 And only 30% think it will make us stronger. 18:18.300 --> 18:19.120 Go to the next one. 18:19.200 --> 18:22.260 Should Americans be willing to pay more for gas 18:22.260 --> 18:24.000 during the conflict with Iran? 18:24.600 --> 18:26.320 Boom, 67%. 18:26.320 --> 18:29.720 No way we do not want to pay more for gas 18:29.720 --> 18:31.100 during this conflict. 18:32.720 --> 18:34.640 Next one, how is the conflict with Iran 18:34.640 --> 18:36.460 going for the U.S.? 18:36.460 --> 18:38.020 Well, this is not good, Dr. Paul. 18:38.620 --> 18:40.320 Very or somewhat badly, 18:41.780 --> 18:42.280 57%. 18:42.280 --> 18:44.460 Almost 6 out of 10 people say 18:44.460 --> 18:46.720 this is not going well. 18:47.520 --> 18:49.640 Now go to that next one, one last one. 18:49.980 --> 18:52.740 U.S. military taking action against Iran. 18:53.640 --> 18:55.980 Approval on March 3rd was 44%. 18:55.980 --> 18:58.120 Now it's down to 40%. 18:58.780 --> 19:01.200 Disapproval on March 3rd was 56%. 19:01.200 --> 19:02.620 Now it's up to 60%. 19:02.620 --> 19:06.440 So 6 in 10 Americans disapprove 19:06.440 --> 19:08.180 of this military action. 19:08.720 --> 19:10.440 I think it's the most unpopular 19:10.440 --> 19:12.180 beginning to a war, 19:12.280 --> 19:13.540 certainly in my lifetime, 19:14.560 --> 19:16.120 maybe since Vietnam, 19:17.120 --> 19:18.160 maybe since... 19:18.160 --> 19:20.380 You know, the greatest challenge 19:20.380 --> 19:21.940 to our views is that 19:21.940 --> 19:24.480 we're going to be called unpatriotic. 19:24.680 --> 19:26.620 We're not willing to defend America 19:26.620 --> 19:29.160 by not sending our kids over. 19:29.360 --> 19:30.600 Stick nothing out the way, yeah. 19:30.800 --> 19:31.060 Exactly. 19:31.460 --> 19:33.320 So there's another poll. 19:33.580 --> 19:34.820 There's quite a few polls, 19:35.000 --> 19:36.880 but every once in a while, 19:37.000 --> 19:39.440 Glenn sat, and that is drudge. 19:39.860 --> 19:40.800 And he said that 19:40.800 --> 19:43.680 Trump's approval rating is now 34%, 19:43.680 --> 19:45.960 and that's close to what you were saying. 19:46.660 --> 19:49.620 And only 18%, 19:50.340 --> 19:54.060 I think the president is better... 19:54.060 --> 19:56.880 The president is making them 19:56.880 --> 19:58.180 better off financially. 19:58.980 --> 20:00.760 So that's not a very good 20:00.760 --> 20:01.780 function. 20:02.740 --> 20:04.620 So I think that 20:05.860 --> 20:07.780 this is going to lead to 20:07.780 --> 20:08.980 big problems. 20:10.060 --> 20:10.760 As a matter of fact, 20:11.140 --> 20:12.960 is it election year again already? 20:13.980 --> 20:17.280 And that'll tell the tale. 20:18.040 --> 20:20.200 It's not the best way 20:20.200 --> 20:21.860 to do what they say will. 20:21.860 --> 20:23.440 Let's practice democracy. 20:23.700 --> 20:25.800 But we look at the polls 20:25.800 --> 20:27.740 and I guess voting. 20:28.180 --> 20:29.700 But voting is getting to be more 20:29.700 --> 20:31.840 difficult to be even used as an honest poll. 20:31.960 --> 20:33.840 An honest poll might be a lot better than 20:33.840 --> 20:35.960 voting because of all 20:35.960 --> 20:37.400 the controls that they have. 20:37.820 --> 20:39.780 With the voting and all 20:39.780 --> 20:41.600 the cheating that they do. 20:41.860 --> 20:42.520 Yeah, absolutely. 20:43.360 --> 20:44.800 Well, I'm going to do a shout out 20:44.800 --> 20:46.560 before I close down dr Paul Jeremy 20:46.560 --> 20:48.900 down on YouTube. 20:49.500 --> 20:51.180 Super chat. Thank you, Jeremy. 20:51.340 --> 20:53.200 He kicked in $20 for today's show. 20:53.320 --> 20:54.660 And he said, dear dr Paul, 20:54.800 --> 20:56.380 I voted for you in Burlington, Vermont, 20:57.680 --> 20:58.960 2008 surrounded by 20:58.960 --> 21:00.900 Obama fans who thought I was one of them. 21:01.040 --> 21:02.680 Thank you for your tireless 21:02.680 --> 21:04.040 work toward peace. 21:04.700 --> 21:06.600 That's wonderful, Jeremy. Thanks a lot 21:06.600 --> 21:08.720 for watching the show and for helping us 21:08.720 --> 21:10.720 keep the show alive. We really appreciate 21:10.720 --> 21:13.020 it. And I'll put up that last 21:14.240 --> 21:15.420 clip if you will. 21:15.940 --> 21:17.100 You guys know what's up. 21:17.100 --> 21:17.620 It's Monday. 21:18.160 --> 21:20.280 Get those tickets for the 21:21.100 --> 21:22.820 RPI spring conference 21:22.820 --> 21:24.900 war is back on the 21:24.900 --> 21:26.900 menu. I will put a link 21:26.900 --> 21:28.000 in there if I forget. 21:28.280 --> 21:30.180 Go to Ron Paul Institute.org 21:30.180 --> 21:32.160 and you'll see the tickets and description. 21:32.640 --> 21:34.880 I have a couple of big speaker 21:34.880 --> 21:36.240 announcements coming up. 21:36.300 --> 21:38.880 Trust me, you will be surprised 21:38.880 --> 21:40.420 and you will be happy. 21:40.800 --> 21:42.820 So beat the rush, grab those 21:42.820 --> 21:44.680 tickets, come down and see 21:44.680 --> 21:46.680 us on April 25th. 21:47.760 --> 21:48.720 We've got a lot to 21:48.720 --> 21:50.140 talk about. Over to you, dr Paul. 21:50.160 --> 21:52.740 Very good. I'm going to close with a short statement 21:52.740 --> 21:54.320 from the New York Times 21:54.320 --> 21:56.420 and they're not our 21:56.420 --> 21:58.540 favorite source of 21:59.220 --> 21:59.760 libertarianism. 22:00.160 --> 22:01.920 But they 22:02.490 --> 22:04.460 printed something I thought was rather 22:04.460 --> 22:06.020 thoughtful. The headline is 22:06.020 --> 22:08.060 Israel thought it could spur rebellion 22:08.490 --> 22:09.180 inside Iran. 22:09.640 --> 22:11.900 And I think the administration 22:11.900 --> 22:13.920 actually, they must believe this. 22:14.140 --> 22:15.600 I don't believe they, this fly 22:15.600 --> 22:16.900 bin, maybe we can get them started 22:16.900 --> 22:19.100 and then they'll have to leave us there. 22:19.440 --> 22:21.360 They probably believe that they're above 22:21.360 --> 22:22.200 everything else. 22:22.840 --> 22:25.640 And of course the New York Times concluded 22:25.640 --> 22:27.380 that hasn't happened 22:27.900 --> 22:29.940 and they expected 22:29.940 --> 22:31.660 it to bring the war 22:31.660 --> 22:33.240 to a swift and 22:33.240 --> 22:35.700 it has not, it has so far 22:35.700 --> 22:36.680 been dashed. 22:37.640 --> 22:39.840 That of course 22:39.840 --> 22:41.700 would be coming from the left. 22:41.820 --> 22:43.420 Anybody they probably don't like 22:43.420 --> 22:45.200 Trump. But the whole thing is is 22:45.200 --> 22:47.620 I think right now 22:47.620 --> 22:49.620 it should be this way. I like the 22:49.620 --> 22:51.720 founder's suggestion, which was a little bit 22:52.300 --> 22:53.360 overly optimistic. 22:54.120 --> 22:56.020 Why have these political parties? 22:56.660 --> 22:57.720 You know, the greatest people 22:57.720 --> 22:58.820 that have gone through 22:58.820 --> 23:01.920 our economic or our government 23:01.920 --> 23:03.720 system, the congress and all, are 23:03.720 --> 23:05.320 the people who really 23:05.320 --> 23:06.880 weren't die hard 23:07.880 --> 23:08.860 and you know 23:08.860 --> 23:09.880 partisan people. 23:10.460 --> 23:13.020 The partisanism that goes on 23:13.020 --> 23:14.860 you don't 23:14.860 --> 23:16.340 have to even listen to them. 23:16.420 --> 23:19.100 You know what kind of fibbing they're going to do. 23:19.580 --> 23:20.040 So anyway 23:20.700 --> 23:22.780 things are changing quickly. By the time 23:22.780 --> 23:24.980 we finish our program today, who knows 23:24.980 --> 23:26.740 who knows what will have happened. 23:26.980 --> 23:28.600 Maybe we're back to bombing 23:28.600 --> 23:29.900 again and 23:30.620 --> 23:32.340 we'll have to stop 23:32.340 --> 23:34.440 and figure out what to do next. 23:34.440 --> 23:36.700 I want to thank everybody 23:36.700 --> 23:38.480 for tuning in today to 23:38.480 --> 23:39.540 the Liberty Report. 23:40.160 --> 23:41.300 Please come back soon.