WEBVTT 00:00.300 --> 00:03.800 The spirit of this revolution is not going away. 00:03.980 --> 00:10.060 This is the Ron Paul Liberty Report with Ron Paul, Daniel McAdams, and Chris Rossini. 00:10.480 --> 00:16.340 We are all ambassadors of the Ron Paul Doctrine, and it's so simple, just tell the truth. 00:16.560 --> 00:21.440 An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any government. 00:34.380 --> 00:38.880 Hello everybody, and thank you for tuning in to the Liberty Report. 00:39.760 --> 00:42.700 With us today, we have Daniel McAdams, our co-host. 00:43.160 --> 00:44.560 Daniel, good to see you this morning. 00:44.640 --> 00:46.100 Good morning, Dr. Paul. How are you this morning? 00:46.720 --> 00:47.680 Well, doing well. 00:48.580 --> 00:52.560 And we're going to go back to a subject we've talked about for a few weeks, 00:52.800 --> 00:54.840 but I thought the war was supposed to end. 00:55.020 --> 00:57.360 It was supposed to be a short war, and we'd be out of business. 00:57.680 --> 00:59.360 We wouldn't have anything to talk about. 00:59.640 --> 01:03.900 There would be peace in our land, and we wouldn't have to worry about the budget or anything. 01:03.900 --> 01:04.160 Only. 01:04.160 --> 01:09.260 But it hasn't changed, and although we wanted to be very reluctant 01:09.260 --> 01:14.240 and not be, you know, challenging and being negative with our administration, 01:15.840 --> 01:20.240 the short war didn't last a short period of time. 01:20.380 --> 01:24.120 It lasted a long time, and it looks like it's going to continue. 01:24.240 --> 01:28.980 Even though the President will speak to the nation again, 01:29.820 --> 01:33.840 I think he must have a record on how many times he's addressed the nation 01:33.840 --> 01:37.840 as a President, but he has been addressing it frequently. 01:40.100 --> 01:43.580 But today there's a lot of people on pins and needles 01:43.580 --> 01:46.640 because they're wondering what they're going to say. 01:47.100 --> 01:48.380 There's a lot of money at stake. 01:49.160 --> 01:51.920 There's a military industrial complex. 01:52.180 --> 01:53.280 Want to know, money being spent? 01:53.820 --> 01:56.180 Are we going to surrender and leave? 01:56.680 --> 01:58.580 Or are we going to add more? 02:00.040 --> 02:05.360 What bit of information has the President given us over the last two or three weeks 02:05.360 --> 02:08.260 about this is what we're doing, this is why we're out there, 02:08.620 --> 02:10.300 and this is when it's going to end? 02:11.400 --> 02:18.140 I predict that all that confusion that we've had for the last two or three weeks or more 02:18.140 --> 02:20.640 will not be clarified tonight. 02:21.160 --> 02:24.960 I have a suspicion that it will be hype. 02:24.960 --> 02:26.300 It will sound good. 02:27.320 --> 02:34.700 And the country now, the biggest challenge that the President has is credibility. 02:35.520 --> 02:37.660 And because he may say some wonderful thing, 02:37.800 --> 02:39.960 well, we agree with that, we agree with that. 02:40.220 --> 02:41.900 That's a movement in the right direction. 02:42.320 --> 02:50.700 But I do not expect magic because even if he did move in the right direction 02:50.700 --> 02:55.060 and just say, I think the Liberty people have it right. 02:55.180 --> 02:55.760 We need to leave. 02:55.860 --> 02:56.940 We're leaving tomorrow. 02:57.980 --> 02:59.960 They're not going to believe him. 03:00.300 --> 03:02.380 And it's not that simple. 03:02.940 --> 03:05.560 So it's an important speech. 03:06.040 --> 03:08.760 And I imagine there will be a lot of people watching it. 03:08.760 --> 03:12.420 And yet there's not much optimism. 03:13.080 --> 03:17.560 Even in a short couple of days, the polls are deteriorating. 03:17.560 --> 03:23.600 So he shouldn't be that cheerful about what's going on. 03:24.080 --> 03:28.920 And it also looks like while this is all happening, 03:29.520 --> 03:35.400 the thing that they more or less forget about is the strength of the dollar 03:35.400 --> 03:40.120 internationally is not exactly getting a lot of pluses. 03:40.480 --> 03:43.160 What kind of a situation is there where we have to sit and wait 03:43.160 --> 03:47.580 whether the president himself will decide to take us further into war. 03:47.840 --> 03:50.460 No authorization, no declaration. 03:50.960 --> 03:52.140 But that's where we are. 03:52.260 --> 03:54.900 It'll be a rare primetime speech that the president, 03:55.260 --> 03:57.420 I think he called it an update on the Iran war. 03:57.800 --> 03:59.660 Nobody knows at all what it could be. 04:00.180 --> 04:02.920 And Trump himself, as we've tried to document on the show, 04:03.000 --> 04:06.060 not only from day to day, not only from hour to hour, 04:06.280 --> 04:10.320 but within each true social post itself, 04:10.860 --> 04:12.240 there will be two or three positions. 04:12.240 --> 04:15.320 We're about ready to go to peace, but we're going to blow you to heck. 04:15.800 --> 04:18.260 And we don't care about the Hormuz Strait being open, 04:18.560 --> 04:20.300 but if you don't open it, we're going to blow you up. 04:20.360 --> 04:21.320 I mean, within the same thing. 04:21.520 --> 04:24.200 So the question is, what will he say tonight? 04:24.740 --> 04:25.760 Nobody knows, of course. 04:26.220 --> 04:28.600 If anyone knows, they're probably putting in bets right now 04:29.060 --> 04:31.300 because that seems to be what's happening with this administration. 04:31.760 --> 04:34.880 But nevertheless, we can turn to people that we know are good analysts. 04:35.060 --> 04:36.620 One of them is our old friend, Larry Johnson, 04:36.820 --> 04:38.060 who's spoken at several of our conferences. 04:38.520 --> 04:42.380 And of course, his indispensable blog, Sonar21, 04:42.980 --> 04:44.860 he put out a piece this morning. 04:45.440 --> 04:48.700 Trump to give important update on Iran Wednesday in primetime speech. 04:49.300 --> 04:53.500 Now, he goes through this article talking about all of the military material 04:53.500 --> 04:54.920 that's been moved to the region, 04:55.060 --> 04:57.240 including a lot of these A-10 warthogs, 04:57.240 --> 05:00.720 which are used for close air support. 05:01.180 --> 05:02.520 So if you're going to Storm and Island, 05:02.680 --> 05:04.300 you need to have these warthogs here. 05:05.040 --> 05:06.360 So there have been a lot of them. 05:06.360 --> 05:07.320 He's calculated it all. 05:07.640 --> 05:10.800 I'll save you all that just to say that he's put it in very, very fine detail. 05:11.020 --> 05:14.120 I'll cut to the chase of what Johnson is talking about. 05:14.180 --> 05:17.280 And I think this is a pretty realistic three possibilities 05:17.280 --> 05:18.300 if you go to that next one. 05:18.500 --> 05:20.180 So what is Trump going to announce? 05:21.980 --> 05:23.580 I think I'll put that next one on. 05:23.680 --> 05:24.040 There we go. 05:24.720 --> 05:27.140 Option one, declare that negotiations with Iran 05:27.140 --> 05:30.960 via intermediaries, example Pakistan, are progressing 05:30.960 --> 05:33.880 and that the U.S. is going to cease combat operations 05:33.880 --> 05:37.040 against Iran in order to support the negotiations 05:37.460 --> 05:39.180 and achieve a peaceful resolution. 05:39.820 --> 05:42.880 Option two, declare that victory has been achieved 05:42.880 --> 05:45.800 and that U.S. forces will begin withdrawing from the region, 05:46.260 --> 05:48.760 leaving the status of the Strait of Hormuz in Limbo. 05:49.440 --> 05:52.840 Option three, announce a massive air and ground operation 05:52.840 --> 05:57.400 to secure the freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. 05:57.900 --> 05:58.920 Now go to the next one. 05:59.540 --> 06:01.140 Now this is, again, I've mentioned this, 06:01.140 --> 06:04.080 the deployment of the A-10s, the Warthogs and the Apaches, 06:04.720 --> 06:06.960 combat helicopters, I mean, one of two things. 06:07.540 --> 06:09.980 One, it's a show force intended to pressure Iran 06:09.980 --> 06:12.460 into returning to the negotiating table. 06:12.880 --> 06:15.340 Or two, the U.S. is going to launch a massive attack 06:15.340 --> 06:17.880 against Iranian assets in the Persian Gulf, 06:17.960 --> 06:20.580 especially those located in and around the Strait of Hormuz. 06:21.440 --> 06:25.240 Let's go to Larry Johnson's conclusions in the next one. 06:26.400 --> 06:29.900 He says, I think, and I think I tend to agree with Larry Johnson here. 06:29.900 --> 06:31.640 You probably feel the same, maybe Dr. Paul. 06:32.100 --> 06:34.920 Larry says, I think Trump is counting on Iran offering up 06:34.920 --> 06:37.700 the concessions in the face of the U.S. buildup 06:37.700 --> 06:39.960 of additional air combat assets. 06:40.860 --> 06:43.780 Netanyahu reportedly just said Iran no longer poses 06:43.780 --> 06:47.940 a threat to Israel's existence, a dramatic pivot, if true. 06:48.740 --> 06:50.100 However, over the last few hours, 06:50.260 --> 06:51.960 Israel and the U.S. carried out a large wave 06:51.960 --> 06:53.000 of attacks against Iran. 06:53.580 --> 06:56.080 They struck targets across several parts of Iran. 06:56.080 --> 06:59.400 Iran will retaliate in force to these latest attacks. 07:00.040 --> 07:01.660 Now, here's a cut to the chase here. 07:02.020 --> 07:04.460 In short, I believe Donald Trump will announce 07:04.460 --> 07:07.260 a major offensive to try to force Iran 07:07.260 --> 07:10.060 to release its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. 07:10.540 --> 07:12.520 I believe that offensive will fail 07:12.520 --> 07:14.400 and that the war will escalate 07:14.400 --> 07:15.980 unless the U.S. and Israel agree 07:15.980 --> 07:18.100 to two critical Iranian demands, 07:18.560 --> 07:20.440 the end of all sanctions and the removal 07:20.440 --> 07:22.140 of all U.S. military bases 07:22.140 --> 07:24.600 from the Persian Arab Gulf country. 07:24.600 --> 07:25.800 So that's what Larry says. 07:26.300 --> 07:27.800 You know, and that's interesting. 07:28.140 --> 07:30.300 And of course, we respect his opinion 07:30.300 --> 07:35.040 and we'll see what will happen. 07:36.720 --> 07:39.800 But I don't know whether he will make, 07:40.260 --> 07:42.740 his words might be a little bit different. 07:43.200 --> 07:45.380 He might say, you know, 07:46.040 --> 07:47.900 peace is here, we're doing it 07:47.900 --> 07:48.860 and we're moving in this direction. 07:49.060 --> 07:51.000 And then still do the bombing anyway. 07:51.680 --> 07:53.440 So that's up for grabs. 07:53.440 --> 07:55.580 And that's why my first comment was 07:55.580 --> 07:57.800 the credibility isn't there anymore. 07:58.200 --> 08:00.660 And I don't think it can be regained. 08:00.840 --> 08:04.000 I think it's over with as far as the credibility. 08:04.680 --> 08:06.780 So that is a serious problem 08:06.780 --> 08:09.780 because what if there is a serious attack 08:09.780 --> 08:14.620 on us as a consequence of our misunderstanding 08:14.620 --> 08:17.660 or not being able to understand 08:17.660 --> 08:19.800 what our foreign policy is all about. 08:19.800 --> 08:24.400 And then we're in big trouble. 08:25.080 --> 08:27.080 But this is not going to be a press conference 08:27.080 --> 08:28.700 as I understand tonight. 08:29.180 --> 08:31.640 But sometimes they get a question in 08:31.640 --> 08:34.240 and there will be a press conference. 08:34.780 --> 08:38.080 But if I happen to be in a press group, 08:38.580 --> 08:40.320 I would ask a few questions. 08:40.560 --> 08:41.280 Not complicated. 08:41.840 --> 08:43.480 My first question would is, 08:43.740 --> 08:45.160 why did you start this? 08:45.660 --> 08:47.080 Why did you start this war? 08:47.080 --> 08:50.440 Especially when you have no authority. 08:51.540 --> 08:55.480 And although the Congress gave me my money, 08:55.580 --> 08:56.780 that must be my authority. 08:57.260 --> 08:59.440 So anyway, but they don't press them. 08:59.700 --> 09:01.240 I don't know if everybody's ever asking, 09:01.760 --> 09:05.540 Mr. President, why in the world did you do this? 09:06.700 --> 09:09.280 Maybe there's more people asking that question 09:09.280 --> 09:11.800 but maybe they don't get the real chance 09:11.800 --> 09:14.660 to do that at the press conference. 09:14.660 --> 09:19.360 And the other thing that is important 09:19.360 --> 09:24.820 but politically it would never be honestly addressed 09:24.820 --> 09:27.540 and that is Mr. President, 09:28.640 --> 09:32.800 when things go badly and people die from it 09:32.800 --> 09:37.100 and the policy was predicted that people would die from it. 09:37.280 --> 09:39.100 Matter of fact, it seems like sometimes 09:39.100 --> 09:41.580 your administrators and your stickhand 09:41.580 --> 09:43.080 will brag about it. 09:43.080 --> 09:49.720 So do you or does your staff ever feel guilty about this? 09:50.260 --> 09:52.280 Is there any feeling about this? 09:52.600 --> 09:55.040 They say, well, we only lost seven people. 09:55.660 --> 09:59.420 And we've killed 2,000 09:59.420 --> 10:02.880 and we do it as efficiently as we can. 10:03.800 --> 10:07.580 But those questions, don't they have any remorse? 10:07.820 --> 10:09.780 Do they think they're above it? 10:09.800 --> 10:11.060 Or are they totally ignorant? 10:11.060 --> 10:13.780 Or are they just trying to fool the people consciously? 10:14.240 --> 10:16.220 I'll tell you what, I don't know what their motives are 10:16.220 --> 10:22.760 but I know that the people are getting very frustrated with this 10:22.760 --> 10:24.740 and the polling. 10:25.460 --> 10:27.380 We don't think a whole lot about a system 10:27.380 --> 10:31.380 that is absolute democracy where the majority always rules 10:31.380 --> 10:34.780 but when the people speak out and there's a consensus 10:34.780 --> 10:39.940 like there was with COVID, people know that. 10:39.940 --> 10:43.880 You know, whether the support for a war like World War II 10:43.880 --> 10:48.140 versus, you know, the lack of support for Vietnam eventually. 10:48.520 --> 10:50.220 You'd think they would learn a lesson. 10:50.320 --> 10:51.440 That'd be another question you got. 10:53.140 --> 10:56.580 Why don't the American people and our administrators 10:56.580 --> 11:00.500 learn from all the dumb mistakes they made in foreign policy 11:00.500 --> 11:03.060 where a lot of Americans and a lot of other people 11:03.060 --> 11:07.000 and some people die and history shows 11:07.000 --> 11:09.140 that the policies that you're following 11:09.140 --> 11:10.800 is going to bankrupt the country 11:10.800 --> 11:13.600 and there's evidence that that's ongoing right now. 11:13.780 --> 11:14.960 Yeah, in the middle of it for sure. 11:15.620 --> 11:18.340 Well, Trump put out a post on Truth Social 11:18.340 --> 11:20.300 that a lot of people are talking about this morning 11:21.340 --> 11:23.940 because it again suggests this is someone 11:23.940 --> 11:26.700 who either is being really kept in a box 11:26.700 --> 11:29.100 or there's something going on upstairs. 11:29.400 --> 11:30.620 Go to that next one if you can. 11:31.280 --> 11:33.180 This is what Trump put out this morning. 11:35.460 --> 11:39.300 Iran's new, if we can get that, I know there's a lot to put up, 11:40.440 --> 11:44.600 Iran's new regime president, much less radicalized 11:44.600 --> 11:46.720 and far more intelligent than his predecessors, 11:47.380 --> 11:50.400 has just asked the United States of America for a ceasefire. 11:51.120 --> 11:53.980 We will consider it when Hormuz Strait is open, free and clear. 11:54.500 --> 11:57.260 Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion 11:57.260 --> 12:00.380 or as they say, back to the stone ages. 12:00.380 --> 12:02.340 President DJ T. 12:03.320 --> 12:06.540 And the point is, and our friend Will Ascriber pointed that out, 12:06.980 --> 12:09.880 Iran has had the same president as it's had for almost two years, 12:10.380 --> 12:11.460 Massoud Pazegi Khan. 12:12.100 --> 12:14.300 Neither he nor any other Iranian officials 12:14.300 --> 12:15.600 have requested a ceasefire. 12:16.960 --> 12:19.620 Iran would like nothing more than to face a U.S. 12:19.620 --> 12:20.880 attempt at a ground invasion 12:21.640 --> 12:23.660 and then he characterized Trump. 12:23.780 --> 12:26.160 If you scoot ahead too, this is zero heads, 12:26.280 --> 12:27.300 it's characterization of it. 12:27.300 --> 12:30.400 Iran, it's not true that Iran requested a ceasefire. 12:30.700 --> 12:32.100 Go forward one more. 12:32.700 --> 12:34.260 And you would say, well, of course they would say that, 12:34.300 --> 12:35.880 but there's a pattern of this, Dr. Paul, 12:36.260 --> 12:38.840 where he says we're negotiating with Iran. 12:39.280 --> 12:40.100 We're almost there. 12:40.200 --> 12:41.980 In Iran says we've had no contacts at all. 12:42.320 --> 12:43.340 Over and over and over. 12:43.860 --> 12:47.040 And so now, because Trump has destroyed his credibility, 12:47.140 --> 12:48.800 we have to believe the Iranians even. 12:49.520 --> 12:51.680 So Iran has again rejected Trump's narrative 12:51.680 --> 12:56.100 after he hours ago claimed that the new regime president 12:56.100 --> 12:58.540 has just asked the U.S. for a ceasefire. 12:59.640 --> 13:01.260 The foreign ministry responded 13:01.260 --> 13:03.780 by saying there is no truth to Trump's statements 13:03.780 --> 13:06.040 that Iran requested a ceasefire. 13:06.660 --> 13:07.520 The spokesman said, 13:08.200 --> 13:10.040 no decision is made met yet. 13:10.240 --> 13:11.240 We've made many considerations. 13:11.960 --> 13:13.940 Our conditions for ending the war are very clear. 13:14.080 --> 13:15.500 We do not accept a ceasefire. 13:16.040 --> 13:17.460 We seek a complete end. 13:18.120 --> 13:19.960 As a reminder, the Iranian president 13:19.960 --> 13:22.960 has been in office since July of 2024 13:22.960 --> 13:25.600 and he's made public appearances in Tehran 13:25.600 --> 13:27.120 even over the last days. 13:27.440 --> 13:29.820 There is no new regime president. 13:30.340 --> 13:31.760 And I highlighted this additionally. 13:32.360 --> 13:34.820 Trump is now threatening to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age 13:34.820 --> 13:36.160 if Hormuz is not open. 13:36.780 --> 13:38.780 But just yesterday, he suggested 13:38.780 --> 13:40.980 he's fine with it staying close 13:40.980 --> 13:43.980 and that ultimately others should open it. 13:44.640 --> 13:45.220 So happy. 13:45.820 --> 13:46.800 How do you follow this? 13:46.900 --> 13:48.580 This is political schizophrenia. 13:49.160 --> 13:49.540 It is. 13:49.720 --> 13:51.300 It's all over the place. 13:51.300 --> 13:53.310 You know, the other point 13:54.100 --> 13:55.560 that people ought to be asking 13:55.560 --> 13:58.540 because we're not going to get the answers 13:58.540 --> 14:00.100 directly from the administration 14:00.100 --> 14:02.960 or probably either political party 14:02.960 --> 14:04.220 when you think about it, 14:04.240 --> 14:07.200 but why are we going so far away 14:07.200 --> 14:08.140 to look for a fight? 14:08.380 --> 14:11.540 Whether it's Korea or Vietnam 14:11.540 --> 14:13.420 or Ukraine, 14:14.160 --> 14:16.140 and here we are 6,000 miles 14:16.140 --> 14:20.100 and determined to have this war going on 14:20.100 --> 14:22.720 and that was 6,000 miles away. 14:23.460 --> 14:27.300 How many, I'm sure there are a few Iranians 14:27.300 --> 14:29.400 that are really upset with us 14:29.400 --> 14:31.180 and probably lingering around there 14:31.180 --> 14:32.500 and they'd like to do us harm. 14:33.160 --> 14:37.540 But how many troops have we sent? 14:37.660 --> 14:38.980 How much money have we spent? 14:39.380 --> 14:41.940 How many bombs have we dropped to make a point? 14:42.100 --> 14:44.300 And I think it's this obsession with empire. 14:45.760 --> 14:46.940 We have an empire 14:46.940 --> 14:49.180 and they see this as a responsibility. 14:49.180 --> 14:51.680 It's not like they're aggressors. 14:52.820 --> 14:53.940 They're responsible 14:53.940 --> 14:55.960 and they're supposed to stop wars 14:55.960 --> 14:57.220 and bring about peace. 14:57.420 --> 14:59.420 They're always for peace 15:00.040 --> 15:02.560 as long as they do exactly what we tell them. 15:03.300 --> 15:05.240 And that doesn't last forever. 15:05.660 --> 15:08.280 We're seeing the winding down 15:08.280 --> 15:09.820 of that attitude 15:09.820 --> 15:11.340 and that type of system 15:11.340 --> 15:13.480 that we've lived with for too long. 15:14.020 --> 15:15.280 That's exactly true 15:15.280 --> 15:16.600 because it is winding down 15:16.600 --> 15:18.680 along with the support for this war. 15:18.800 --> 15:21.640 Now skip ahead a few to this YouGov poll 15:21.640 --> 15:22.660 that just came out. 15:22.740 --> 15:23.640 It came out last night. 15:24.200 --> 15:25.440 A very important poll. 15:25.860 --> 15:29.640 Most Americans oppose sending ground troops to Iran. 15:30.160 --> 15:32.720 The latest economist YouGov poll finds. 15:33.220 --> 15:33.820 Go to the next one. 15:33.840 --> 15:35.080 Here's some more info on it. 15:35.640 --> 15:37.620 The war in Iran is unpopular 15:37.620 --> 15:40.160 and becoming even more unpopular. 15:40.620 --> 15:44.060 Few Americans support deploying ground troops. 15:44.060 --> 15:46.980 Only 30% of Americans strongly 15:46.980 --> 15:48.640 or somewhat approve 15:48.640 --> 15:51.600 of Donald Trump's handling of the Iran conflict. 15:52.060 --> 15:53.520 60% disapprove 15:53.960 --> 15:56.900 for a net approval of negative 30. 15:57.560 --> 16:00.180 That's down from negative 19 last week. 16:00.460 --> 16:02.680 That's a huge shift from negative 19 16:02.680 --> 16:04.100 to negative 30. 16:04.400 --> 16:06.220 That's dropping like a stone, Dr. Paul. 16:06.320 --> 16:07.020 Now go to the next one. 16:07.100 --> 16:08.140 You can look at the tabs here. 16:08.720 --> 16:10.240 If you are watching us, 16:10.480 --> 16:12.020 if you're not watching us, 16:12.020 --> 16:14.520 the new poll signs that even Republicans 16:14.520 --> 16:16.140 are starting to sour on the war. 16:16.560 --> 16:18.380 Support for the war has fallen from 16:18.380 --> 16:23.000 73% of Republicans to 62% of Republicans. 16:23.540 --> 16:25.680 That's just a little over half, Dr. Paul. 16:26.240 --> 16:28.000 Approval of how Trump is handling the war 16:28.000 --> 16:30.120 has dropped from 81% of Republicans 16:30.120 --> 16:32.360 to 68% of Republicans. 16:32.820 --> 16:34.060 Huge drop there 16:34.060 --> 16:36.440 and just 30% of Republicans favor 16:36.440 --> 16:39.040 sending ground troops to Iran. 16:39.420 --> 16:40.820 The only numbers that are relatively 16:40.820 --> 16:42.740 holding steady are the self-identified 16:42.740 --> 16:44.320 MAGA Republicans. 16:45.040 --> 16:46.820 I would say the only methodological 16:47.460 --> 16:48.720 problem with that, Dr. Paul, 16:49.180 --> 16:50.960 is how many and what percentage of total 16:50.960 --> 16:53.080 Republicans identify as MAGA. 16:53.320 --> 16:54.860 Are there five people that are still 16:54.860 --> 16:55.760 dead-enders? 16:56.040 --> 16:57.440 We don't know, but nevertheless 16:58.080 --> 16:59.620 the non-MAGA Republicans, 16:59.860 --> 17:01.880 only 33% of Republicans 17:01.880 --> 17:04.020 support Trump's handling of this war. 17:04.780 --> 17:06.220 These are nightmare numbers, I think, 17:06.240 --> 17:06.640 for Trump. 17:06.780 --> 17:09.280 Yes, and they're not going to 17:09.280 --> 17:10.560 change favorably. 17:11.320 --> 17:12.900 These should be warning 17:12.900 --> 17:14.540 to the people. 17:14.880 --> 17:16.980 This is where we should be optimistic 17:16.980 --> 17:19.360 because we're 17:19.360 --> 17:21.200 losing a 17:21.200 --> 17:23.120 concept of the First Amendment 17:23.120 --> 17:25.260 protection of free speech 17:25.260 --> 17:26.920 even though 17:26.920 --> 17:29.020 that is the case and we have to pay attention. 17:29.660 --> 17:30.680 We still have it. 17:30.920 --> 17:33.260 We still have the ability to speak out 17:33.260 --> 17:35.280 and that evidently 17:35.800 --> 17:37.380 has an influence 17:37.380 --> 17:39.700 and this is why this is spreading 17:39.700 --> 17:40.480 but 17:40.480 --> 17:43.100 what's going to add fuel to the fire 17:43.100 --> 17:44.340 and it's already happening 17:44.340 --> 17:46.780 is that the economics of suffering 17:47.380 --> 17:48.460 as a consequence 17:48.460 --> 17:51.080 and I think people are going to say 17:51.080 --> 17:53.300 especially during Ukraine 17:53.300 --> 17:55.300 when we had inflation 17:55.300 --> 17:56.440 everything's stirring up 17:56.440 --> 17:58.640 they immediately saw, you know, 17:58.680 --> 18:00.440 why are we spending all this money in Ukraine? 18:00.980 --> 18:01.840 So I think that 18:03.500 --> 18:04.140 attitude 18:04.860 --> 18:05.760 is spreading 18:05.760 --> 18:07.440 and it's a good attitude 18:08.000 --> 18:09.420 why are they doing this? 18:09.620 --> 18:12.080 Because I think the economy is going to get worse 18:12.080 --> 18:14.140 and I think they can relate it 18:14.140 --> 18:16.120 to, you know, government 18:16.120 --> 18:18.100 spending and the militarism 18:18.640 --> 18:19.120 and 18:20.020 --> 18:21.520 so I think, you know, 18:21.800 --> 18:23.320 we listen to these speeches 18:23.320 --> 18:25.200 and I will listen to it 18:25.200 --> 18:27.160 and I'll try to figure out what he's saying 18:28.360 --> 18:28.840 but 18:30.160 --> 18:31.360 I don't think 18:31.360 --> 18:32.280 that we'll hear 18:33.080 --> 18:35.080 what it's going to be, what it's like tomorrow 18:35.080 --> 18:37.180 it could change tomorrow 18:37.180 --> 18:38.520 but 18:39.320 --> 18:40.660 I think that 18:40.660 --> 18:42.540 those who have 18:43.360 --> 18:44.380 been introduced 18:44.380 --> 18:46.280 have a fair understanding 18:46.280 --> 18:48.140 of Austrian economics 18:48.140 --> 18:50.580 realize that these events 18:50.580 --> 18:51.940 are locked in place 18:51.940 --> 18:53.620 how can you prevent 18:53.620 --> 18:56.700 the recession 18:57.200 --> 18:58.160 if there's wind coming 18:58.160 --> 18:59.240 how can you prevent it? 18:59.840 --> 19:00.740 It's already 19:00.740 --> 19:04.060 the sins have already been 19:04.060 --> 19:04.620 committed 19:05.820 --> 19:07.700 not only have we spent the money 19:07.700 --> 19:10.060 and we have debt and we're paying on it 19:10.060 --> 19:11.320 it's automatic 19:11.320 --> 19:13.400 the debt is growing 19:13.400 --> 19:15.440 because of the interest so fast 19:15.440 --> 19:16.620 that we're locked in 19:16.620 --> 19:18.280 so it has to be 19:18.280 --> 19:21.260 a big change in attitude 19:21.260 --> 19:23.360 which it's sort of like 19:24.540 --> 19:25.740 getting the medicine 19:25.740 --> 19:27.000 you need to save your life 19:27.000 --> 19:28.840 because you have a bad cancer 19:30.360 --> 19:30.800 because 19:31.280 --> 19:33.640 it's not going to be easy 19:33.640 --> 19:35.640 but the reason why it's acceptable 19:35.640 --> 19:36.840 in medicine 19:36.840 --> 19:39.520 is people get a relief when they say 19:39.520 --> 19:41.580 okay what do I have, you have this 19:41.580 --> 19:43.580 this is the truth, this is what you have to do 19:43.580 --> 19:45.580 and knowing that 19:45.580 --> 19:47.200 and then going in a positive way 19:47.200 --> 19:48.440 to do what you need to do 19:49.220 --> 19:50.240 we're not there 19:51.600 --> 19:52.720 oh you mean 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--> 21:44.160 you don't believe there is any truth out there 21:44.160 --> 21:46.080 and there is a big difference 21:46.080 --> 21:47.640 even the founders understood 21:47.920 --> 21:49.940 the difference between the natural law 21:49.940 --> 21:51.740 and the nihilism 21:51.740 --> 21:53.380 saying you can't solve those problems 21:53.380 --> 21:55.060 that's why you need dictators 21:55.060 --> 21:56.460 and you need an empire 21:56.460 --> 21:58.160 and you have to take charge 21:58.160 --> 22:01.280 and feed the people and take care of them 22:01.280 --> 22:02.920 and if they don't act right 22:02.920 --> 22:04.120 we'll take care of them 22:04.120 --> 22:06.180 because we will have a strong military 22:06.180 --> 22:08.900 it's that attitude that we try to change 22:08.900 --> 22:11.960 I want to thank all of you for tuning in so frequently 22:11.960 --> 22:12.820 and 22:12.820 --> 22:14.860 please come back soon 22:14.860 --> 22:16.400 to the Liberty Report