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[0:00] The phrase we all love our country stuck in my throat because our country isn't so lovable right [0:07] now. I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying [0:13] they love their abuser. I can't love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars. Robert De [0:25] Niro did what Robert De Niro has been doing for years. He looked at Donald Trump's efforts to [0:30] turn the presidency into a spectacle and called it what it is, a joke. Killing thousands of [0:35] innocents and indirectly causing the deaths and suffering of millions more. I can't love a [0:43] country that takes health care away from millions of people and uses that money to enrich their pals [0:51] in the Trump Epstein class. I can't love a country that sends out masked militias to shoot citizens in [0:59] the streets, torture our neighbors and separate families. I can't love a country that's led by a [1:09] racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant. And let me, let me just say it. I can't love the country [1:21] that's led by Donald Trump. At a New York event defending the First Amendment, which the president [1:25] has attacked at almost every turn, De Niro mocked the president while taking aim at his UFC birthday [1:31] cage fight last week. De Niro spoke at a protest event hosted by the revived committee for the First [1:38] Amendment in New York City. And he spoke at length on the current state of affairs comparing America's [1:42] relationship to the current president like that of an abusive spouse, but never wavering in our [1:49] attempts to stand against said abuser. I'm devoted to our constitution's First Amendment, all parts of [1:59] it, not just the free speech part. That said, I'm pretty close to being a free speech absolutist. [2:06] Even speech, I don't like. And there's plenty of that around. So when I hear something I don't like, [2:13] I use my own free speech to respond. Let me give you an example. When I hear Trump say, [2:23] as he did a few days ago, I don't think about Americans' financial situation. Not even a little [2:29] bit. I say, shut the f*** up. And Wednesday, Trump said, I love the inflation. Now say it with me. [2:58] Shut the f*** up. Trump said he won the 2020 election. Ready? Shut the f*** up. Try this at home. [3:14] Your young kids will especially enjoy it. And the funny thing is, while MAGA immediately dismissed [3:20] the Oscar winner's concerns as that of an out-of-touch elite while bending the knee to a former reality [3:27] TV star billionaire after retweeting opinions from Jon Voight and Kid Rock, etc., De Niro's critique [3:33] actually connects to the broader political reality that we're seeing in the country, right? Trump's [3:38] not riding high. Far from it. He's not being carried by overwhelming national support. [3:45] Four months away from the midterms, voters are not happy with how things are going. Even the ones who [3:50] went all in on Donald Trump are Alex Tabat has been traveling the country, talking to people, and they [3:56] keep telling him the same thing. They've had enough. They want what was promised, that roaring economy, [4:02] the cheaper prices, the focus on America, the focus on them. Instead, what they're getting is an aging [4:08] president obsessed with himself, frankly. Just listen to three-time Trump voter Chris Tackett, who we [4:14] just played at the top, or this trucker from North Canton, Ohio, who had this to say. [4:20] When Alex asked him if Donald Trump cared about what he was going through. [4:27] I don't think they care. I don't think they understand. I think it was all smoke and mirrors [4:31] during the second election. I think Trump is more concerned with getting even with his opponents [4:36] this time around than he was looking out for the average Joe that supported him. And yeah, [4:42] I'm just disappointed. Okay, so that's Chris Tackett again. Not hard to find Chris Tackett, [4:46] even though we did two of them right there. They are everywhere. Donald Trump's overall approval [4:51] ratings are at his second-term lows, with nearly 60 percent of Americans disapproving of what he's [4:59] doing. And what's worse for him is that his base is leaving as well. Just look at these numbers. [5:05] When Donald Trump started his second term, nearly 60 percent of white working-class voters approved [5:09] the job that he was doing overall, and the job that he was doing on the economy. Today, a majority [5:14] of those same voters, 51 percent, disapprove of the job that Donald Trump is doing as president. And [5:21] even more of those voters, 57 percent, disapprove of the way he's handling the economy. [5:27] If you look at the recent Reuters-Ipsos poll, it has his approval at just 36 percent. I mean, [5:32] go look at Fox News' polls if you think that's too liberal for anyone. That's very weak for a president [5:37] trying to project dominance. And on the issue that Americans feel most directly, the cost of living, [5:43] which Trump thinks is just made up, Trump's in even worse shape. [5:47] We have a very resilient economy. We have the strongest economy we've ever had. Now, [5:54] the word affordability is a fake word made up by the Democrats. Here's where it's fake, [5:59] because they made it up, because I inherited these prices. [6:03] That same poll found that 69 percent of Americans disapprove of his handling of cost of living. And [6:09] the thing is, that's the real America outside the spectacle. Bills, groceries, rent, gas prices, [6:15] medical costs. People are not asking for a UFC event on the South Lawn. They're asking [6:19] why life still feels unaffordable for the man that claimed that he was going to bring prices down on [6:25] day one. And Trump keeps answering with the very thing that he's been criticized for, more show. [6:31] What are your thoughts on the UFC White House, just in general? Obviously, you said that you [6:37] didn't really want to be on the card anymore, but it's such a spectacle, right? [6:41] I don't remember ever saying that. [6:43] Okay. [6:44] I do want to be on the card. [6:45] You do want to be on the card. [6:46] I do. And this is what I got to say. First off, I ain't jealous at any of those fighters. I'm so [6:53] happy for those fighters. I don't think you could have got a better main event. I'm happy for every [6:59] single last fighter on that card. If they need me to fill in, if I'm healthy, hey, I'll do it. [7:06] For the UFC, I think it's great. It's beyond great. It's literally the perfect scenario. [7:13] But as far as the government, I'm an economics major. I love studying politics on the political [7:19] side of things, not the UFC's business. Of course, they're going to say yes to it. But what I think [7:26] personally is that our government is desecrating its role in society by entertaining sports. [7:34] Our government is to protect and serve the people and really should be as minimal as possible. [7:41] And when you're doing all of this stuff, hosting sporting events, it's really outside of what the [7:47] goal of the government was intended to be because our tax dollars and resources are funding this [7:53] operation. And like I said, I'm not criticizing the UFC. I love Dana. I love Hunter. I love Sean, [8:00] Mick. I love all of them. And it's an amazing thing. It's a once in a lifetime thing. But the [8:06] government should never be hosting sporting events because there's more room for corruption. And we [8:12] already have a corrupted government. And so that's my thoughts on it is that the government is supposed [8:17] to protect us, not entertain us. And so it's funny when this man deemed as the out of touch Hollywood [8:24] elite, Robert De Niro, actually reflects a broader public exhaustion. People are tired of Trump turning [8:30] everything into spectacle. The White House becomes a UFC venue. Everything's coated in gold. The World [8:37] Cup becomes a Trump photo op. The Knicks game, something that is supposed to be about the basketball [8:42] team that hasn't won in years, becomes a security disruption and a spectacle. A humiliation on the [8:48] jumbotron as Trump had to attend. America's 250th birthday becomes a Trump rally. The National Mall [8:54] becomes a Trump rally. The presidency becomes less an office and more a production company with [8:59] subpoena powers. And Trump's support is not just low overall. It's showing weakness in places that he [9:04] can't afford to lose support with independents and even on networks like Fox News. Kevin Walsh, [9:11] speaks a little bit differently. It's not too Fed-ease. But you can read through what he's saying [9:17] there about what's coming next. You can. And I think the market read the fact that they think [9:23] that the Fed's going to be raising interest rates, you know, at least once this year and maybe once in [9:27] the first quarter next year. But like you said, he didn't really come out and say that the market's [9:32] leaning that way. And the biggest wild card in this inflation thing right now is oil. And there's a [9:39] debate. Should you, when you have an oil crisis, perhaps the wrong thing to do is to raise interest [9:44] rates because you can slow the economy and make things worse for people who are struggling, [9:49] right? But if we're past that point, then you could potentially raise rates to lower overall [9:56] inflation. But even though inflation's been coming in hot, Brett, I'm seeing signs when you exclude [10:01] food and energies, it could be leveling out. You know, we saw inflation expectations fall from the [10:07] University of Michigan. You know, we've seen the core rates start to cool off a bit. We may have [10:12] seen peak inflation. And if we get this oil deal, you know, we could be talking about disinflation [10:17] hopefully next year. You sound kind of bullish. I am kind of bullish. I'm bullish on America. I mean, [10:23] this is the perfect world. Get rid of the terror threat. You know, if Iran joins the world community, [10:28] starts doing business, you know, we could be in an economic boom. And you've got to credit the U.S. [10:33] energy industry. They rose to the occasion. Record exports, record production. They stepped up when [10:38] needed. Fuels on that network are actually saying also prices are still too high. The Iran war created [10:44] even more blowback. And the Iran deal that Trump is celebrating here is being attacked as surrender [10:50] by his own political party. Now we will move toward negotiations with regard to Iran on the nuclear deal. [10:58] And based on our understanding, if the deal sticks the way it is, they'll go for a period of 60 days. [11:05] What do they get from that? We don't know. We know what the Iranians have done for years. They delay [11:10] and delay and delay. And is it 60 days or does 60 go to 90 and 90 to 120? [11:16] That's why, in a way, that's why if the DocuSign blockchain idea of signing the document the other [11:21] day, the MOU, worked, I'd postpone a photo op until after the 60 days. Because if it's a wait and see [11:28] period to see how that goes, I would wait and say you don't get rewarded with the photograph until [11:33] that's in place. So it's not merely the opinion of a Hollywood elite or someone with Trump derangement [11:38] syndrome, but that of the majority of the country who are tired of a man using the office to put on [11:43] shows for his own entertainment while enriching himself to the tune of billions while people can [11:49] barely afford gas.