🚨 Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING before July 4th SPEECH!

[0:00] America's about to throw the biggest birthday bash in history, [0:03] blowing out 250 candles with a star-spangled explosion of fireworks and freedom [0:09] with epic military flyovers all day right here at the Great American State Fair. [0:14] I guess the question, Leslie, is what's legal and what's not, [0:17] what looks good and what looks bad, and how that plays politically. [0:22] Politically, yes, but with voters, no, because what do voters say? [0:25] And we're seeing a lot of the MAGA base turning on the president with this [0:28] because they're saying, look, he really doesn't care about us. [0:31] He's getting richer. I'm getting poorer. [0:34] Well, this is far from the message Trump once conveyed as he [0:38] prepares to give his speech on a scorching hot July 4th. [0:42] The average American believes in those ideals that Weisner is talking about, [0:45] and they're looking at the reality on the ground, which is that they can't afford a good living. [0:49] They can't afford to provide for their kids. [0:50] They can't own their homes until they're in their 40s in some cases. [0:54] And they're looking at the president on the Qatari jet, [0:57] who just made $2.2 billion last year, $1.4 billion. [1:01] They aren't envious liberals like you. [1:03] No, they're not envious. [1:04] They're mad that the system is rigged against us and that the president... [1:07] Who rigs the system? [1:09] The president. [1:09] Oh, really? How does he rig it against them? [1:11] Be specific. [1:12] How does he rig it against them and use the Qatari jet as an example? [1:16] Well, first of all, when you think about the examples of past presidents, [1:20] like putting a peanut farm in a blind trust, you know how corrupt this is. [1:23] But he's rigging the system because he, when his stupid meme coins, for instance, [1:27] they made all the money and regular investors lost their money. [1:30] No amount of flags, flyovers, Ferris wheels or Fox News spin can help mask the fact [1:35] that in the lead up to Trump's big celebration that has cost the taxpayers millions, [1:42] nobody showed up. [1:42] And those who did didn't exactly leave awestruck either. [1:47] In fact, some people were lucky to leave alive after things started falling apart. [1:51] But as Fox's coverage went on through the week leading up to Trump's speech today, [2:10] it only got more humiliating, especially as Fox hosts tried to make excuses, right? [2:16] Oh, there's more people over there. [2:18] You just can't see them. [2:19] They're off camera. [2:20] And of course, my new favorite excuse, a picture doesn't always tell you the full story. [2:25] Meaning, don't believe your eyes, okay? [2:26] Believe Trump. [2:27] President Trump is touting crowd size at the American State Fair. [2:34] From the great American State Fair. [2:40] Despite the paltry crowd size, one news station insisted that there were more people attending [2:46] that event than met the eye. [2:48] Take a look. [2:50] And sometimes the pictures really don't tell the full story because if you look behind us, [2:54] you see, okay, there are a couple hundred people back there. [2:57] But the truth is, when you make your way over here and you're in this lot, you're in a wash [3:02] of people. [3:02] Oh, my God. [3:05] Ouch. [3:06] Karen, I mean, the president and his allies have taken over the event and the planning of [3:12] them. [3:13] When it comes to crowd expectation, though, we were told that the aerial image of the crowds [3:18] from his rally last week enraged him so much that officials ended up deleting them. [3:24] And when Fox host Jessica Talov was invited to speak on the situation, she first showed [3:30] what the president definitely did not want the country to see. [3:33] Wide open space, empty fields, a celebration of America's 250th birthday that looked less [3:39] like a national festival and more like a county fair after everyone heard that corn dogs were [3:44] actually $20. [3:46] I'm out here at the state fair. [3:48] It is as empty as advertised. [3:51] It is also so hot that it's not really safe to be out here, especially if you think of [3:57] people who would typically come who might be a little bit older, maybe supporters of the [4:02] president. [4:03] So I am putting that out there. [4:05] But it got me thinking, how do you talk to people who love President Trump about Freedom [4:11] 250 and what he did to our Independence Day? [4:14] And it got me thinking again, that my book would be a great and helpful guide to how to [4:21] talk to folks who are living perhaps in like a little bit of an alternative reality than [4:25] the rest of us. [4:26] Someone who would say that the libs somehow scared people away from the fair or that we're [4:32] demonic or that we hate the country and don't really want to engage with facts and data and [4:39] all the good stuff. [4:40] And I know you like making your arguments with. [4:42] Um, so make sure that you pre-order, I disagree, probably give you a sample of stuff that's [4:47] in there, um, including one of my favorite things that I discovered while researching [4:51] for the book, which is that your brain actually hurts when you hear information that runs against [4:58] the beliefs that you already hold. [5:00] Um, so like something goes off and like, it actually hurts to hear that information. [5:05] So keep that in mind when you're talking to people who you disagree with, or just like, [5:09] will not come back down to earth, um, link in bio pre-order. [5:13] I disagree. [5:14] It comes out in mid September. [5:15] Um, but love pre-orders. [5:17] Uh, it makes a really big difference. [5:19] I will see you on the five and a few. [5:21] Talov said it was quote, as empty as advertised, but more importantly, I wanted to touch on what [5:26] she discussed inside the Fox studio where she called into question his patriotism regarding [5:32] the state of affairs in the country. [5:33] See, there's a very obvious juxtaposition between how our fearless cult leader seems [5:39] to be doing financially in the rest of the country. [5:41] She discussed how patriotic it is that the sitting president has reportedly enriched himself [5:45] to the tune of roughly $2.2 billion more while ordinary Americans are struggling. [5:51] That you are okay with him making $2.2 billion is one of the more ludicrous things. [5:55] He was making billions before he'll make billions after. [5:58] How much money did the Clintons and the Obamas make after they were president? [6:02] You honestly don't even care. [6:04] You don't care how much you are. [6:05] Oh no, I care. [6:05] You don't care. [6:06] It's just politics. [6:07] The Atari jet is insane. [6:09] It's politics. [6:09] And you're jealous. [6:11] I... [6:11] Go ahead, Kennedy. [6:13] The president's financial disclosure shows an enormous personal windfall, most of it [6:17] through crypto, but also licensing, foreign linked ventures, new streams of money flowing [6:23] while he occupies the most powerful office in the country. [6:27] Now, of course, the White House denies any sort of conflict of interest here, but politically, [6:32] the image is already pretty bad, right? [6:35] A president wraps himself in the flag while his own fortune explodes, asking struggling [6:41] Americans to stand in dangerous heat and applaud him and his spectacle. [6:46] This is a central contradiction of Trump's whole America 250 celebration, right? [6:51] The spectacle, of course, is enormous. [6:52] The practical benefit to ordinary people, though, is non-existent. [6:56] We have seen 10-figure business deals breaking the Trump family's way for rare-earth minerals [7:02] and for cryptocurrency. [7:04] The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes, assuming all of this is legal, it's still an [7:09] unseemly display of using the presidency for family profit. [7:12] It's hard to believe the Trump boys would be able to do the same deals if dad wasn't in [7:16] the Oval Office. [7:17] The main difference between Hunter Biden's foreign dealings and the Trump projects is that [7:22] the Trumps are brazenly open about theirs. [7:25] It's the biggest grift of all time. [7:27] Donald Trump has turned the White House into his own ATM. [7:30] Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported about Binance, the crypto exchange. [7:34] Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture's new stablecoin product, enhancing [7:39] its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from 127 million to over 2.1 billion dollars. [7:48] Its incarcerated co-founder then earned a presidential pardon. [7:52] I do not have any business relationship with any of the sons of President Trump. [7:56] The president insists with the stock market going up, a rising tide lifts all boats. [8:02] So we're all profiting. [8:03] I'm profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash and I give it to institutions. [8:09] I don't know if they know what they're doing or not, but they buy a vast array of things. [8:15] A new interview with President Trump just finished airing on CNBC and in it, the president was [8:22] asked if he knew that the family was getting into the crypto business. [8:25] The president said he could know it wouldn't be illegal and that he feels badly for his [8:31] sons, Don Jr. and Eric, because any business decision that they make is so scrutinized. [8:38] He will stand up there. [8:39] He will gloat. [8:40] But what will any of that do for people who are struggling across the country? [8:43] As Fox can't even deny inflation isn't in a good place. [8:47] And his efforts don't lower grocery prices. [8:50] They don't reduce rent. [8:51] They don't make health care cheaper. [8:53] They don't help families who have lost food assistance under his guidance. [8:57] And it doesn't repair wages or make life any more affordable. [9:01] It just gives them a show and not even a well attended one at that. [9:05] Now, the reason I'm telling you this is not just to make fun of Donald Trump. [9:08] The reason I'm telling you about it is because Donald Trump's celebration of America's [9:12] 250th birthday is in many ways a reflection of the Trump administration itself. [9:18] A bizarre two-bit right-wing circus that is deeply unpopular with the American people. [9:24] And just like the Trump administration itself, this event is also rife with corruption. [9:30] Now, in order to put on this celebration, Trump is using $68 million of taxpayer money. [9:35] At least some of that money is being paid to a company called Events Strategies Incorporated. [9:40] It's run by a group of Trump allies, and it's the same company responsible for organizing [9:45] Trump's Ellipse rally on January 6th. [9:47] We've talked about them before. [9:49] We don't know how responsible they are for the $68 million of your tax dollars going towards [9:54] this event. [9:54] But so far, that money has paid for a janky Ferris wheel plagued by power outages, a couple [10:00] of tents with chairs in them, a Timu version of Trump's planned arch, which appears to be [10:05] falling apart and seems like it's being held together with a slapdash sealant job. [10:09] And of course, some bizarre entertainment, half of which seems to just be Trump officials [10:16] sitting on stage, basically filling the time. [10:20] So how much of that $68 million actually went to the state fair and how much to Events Strategies [10:25] Incorporated did they get to keep for themselves? [10:28] We don't actually know right now. [10:31] The New York Times reached out to Events Strategies Incorporated, who declined to tell them [10:34] how much money they are being paid. [10:36] They later said the firm was making a profit of 3.5% on that payment. [10:42] Wish we could see what that meant. [10:44] And the Trump-backed organization running the event declined to say how much the events [10:48] thus far have actually cost to put on in total. [10:53] But it actually gets worse. [10:54] Because that $68 million in taxpayer money is not the only money going to this event. [10:59] Trump's organization also solicited donations to help pay for this half-assed celebration. [11:04] And a new report released today by Congressman Jared Huffman alleges that some of those donors [11:10] were misled about where their money was actually going. [11:13] And you know it will inevitably result in the same issues that Trump always seems to have [11:19] with these events, his never-ending obsession with crowd sizes. [11:22] I mean, earlier this week, he just had to post about how his crowd size and people stayed [11:28] to the very end, despite video footage literally showing the exact opposite. [11:33] But you best believe, on her 250th birthday, it will not be about the red, white, and blue, [11:38] but the orange and all who came to admire him. [11:41] America's 250th celebration has turned into a Trump-centered spectacle, which it was always [11:47] going to be, where a man further enriching himself to the tune of billions will present [11:51] himself as a man of the people.