Trump COLLAPSES in interview, TOUGH to watch

[0:00] Donald Trump was interviewed this morning on CNBC and suffered a complete and total collapse. [0:06] This is difficult to watch. This is difficult to listen to. And Trump actually admits he's [0:11] afraid of falling down. What is fascinating about this, Trump says it in a sort of jokey way. [0:17] But one of the things that many doctors when I go to my dermatologist, I'm asked when I check in, [0:24] have you fallen recently or are you worried about falling down? And if you say I am worried [0:32] about falling down, that triggers a certain intervention because the fear of falling down [0:40] is something that can be can serve as a proxy to health and physical stability. And Trump said on [0:48] CNBC this morning, I got to be careful. Now, he makes it political. If I fall, it'll be a big story. [0:55] But Trump is acknowledging here, which is fine. He's an elderly guy, obese and very out of shape. [1:02] It's fine. But the story we're told is there is no one more powerful and strong and youthful than this [1:10] guy. He's acknowledging I am afraid of falling down. The Saudis impatient now or do they want [1:17] are they on the other side where they are? He's another great guy. You know, he gave me the famous [1:23] line that I use a little bit. He said, a year and a half ago, sir, you were a dead country. Now, [1:28] you're the hottest country anywhere in the world. He said that to me. And it's true. We were a dead [1:32] country. We had a guy that wasn't respected. We had a country that was laughed at. He couldn't walk up a [1:37] flight of stairs. They get about down. He couldn't walk up a flight, but he was falling all over the [1:42] place. I have to be careful because if I do trip or fall, it's got to be the biggest. That's why when I get [1:48] out of those planes, I walk nice and slowly. I'm not looking to set any speed records. But we had [1:54] an embarrassing country. We had a country that was going to fail. If this country would have failed [1:59] if I didn't win this, this isn't the first time Trump has brought this up. Now, you might say, [2:02] David, this isn't really a huge deal. Well, I just we need to acknowledge the contrast between the [2:08] healthiest president ever on the one hand and the accurate headline of oldest president ever [2:15] regularly acknowledges he's afraid of falling down. That does not project the strength and alpha [2:25] characteristics that many of his biggest supporters ascribe to him. Trump was asked about [2:31] refunding proceeds from his illegal tariffs, and Trump said that we're giving the money to people [2:38] who hate the country. I'm so sorry to break it to you, Donnie boy. The money goes to American companies [2:45] because American companies paid the tariffs and we can't do that. And you'll see that, you know, [2:51] we had a little setback with the Supreme Court. They said, I can charge tariffs, but I have to do [2:55] a different way. And because of what they did, we have to pay back one hundred and sixty billion [3:00] dollars. All they had to do is add one sentence, just one sentence. And that's you don't have to [3:06] pay anything taken in thus far back. But because they didn't add. And by the way, it was a close call [3:11] too. There were justices that were powerful that I was right on the tariffs. Right. Because we lost [3:18] by just two votes, you know, just a little vote, two votes. We have to pay back one hundred and sixty [3:24] five billion. They could have with a little to little tiny Supreme Court votes. One sentence, [3:30] you don't have to pay back tariffs that have already been received. You start from this point [3:35] and you do it a different way. So we're doing it a different way. We're going to end up with the [3:39] same. Actually, we'll end up with bigger numbers, actually. But it's a little more unwieldy. But [3:43] it's the way it's been done. But it's so Mr. President, the Supreme Court didn't want to save [3:48] our country with one sentence. One hundred and six. All right, guys, who thinks that Trump is lying [3:54] and who thinks he's actually confused? We are now years into Trump talking about tariffs and who pays [4:00] the tariffs. China paid the tariffs. Trump is suggesting that the tariff refunds go to China. [4:06] But why would the tariff refunds go to China or any other country that hates us when those countries [4:11] did not pay the tariffs? You import something. It gets to the port. The port authorities contact you [4:18] and they go, hey, your crap is here. Your stuff is here. Your steel is here. Whatever. If you want [4:24] it released from the port, you've got to pay the tariffs to the U.S. Treasury. American company [4:30] cuts a check, sends a wire to the U.S. Treasury does not involve China. Does Trump know this at [4:37] this point? And he's just lying to keep up the charade. Or is Trump still confused? Now, Andrew [4:43] Ross Sorkin, interestingly, brings up that there are a lot of companies that have not as of yet [4:48] requested the refunds on the tariffs. And Trump basically just goes full loyalty Mussolini. And he [4:57] goes, I'm honored that they're not asking for the refunds, a reminder of the status quo of politics, [5:04] of loyalty and cronyism. That topic. There's a whole number of very large companies, including Apple [5:10] and Amazon and others that have not sought reimbursements yet for the tariffs. I mean, [5:16] they haven't they haven't tried to collect refunds. And from what I understand, part of the reason [5:22] that they have waited is because there is a worry about, frankly, offending you. Would you find it [5:29] offensive for them to try to collect a refund? I think it's brilliant if they don't do that. [5:33] Actually, I actually think if they don't do that, they got to know me very well. I'm very honored. [5:39] He's sort of acknowledging, yes, I will be offended. And yes, I will try to hurt them. They know me very [5:44] well by what you just said. If they don't do that, I'll remember them. I will tell you that because I'm [5:49] looking to make this country strong. Supreme Court could have helped us. Now they have birthright [5:54] citizenship. They'll probably rule against us. No country in the world has it. It's hard. Of course, [5:58] many countries have birthright citizenship, but that is not really the subject of our discussion here. [6:03] Trump is admitting his politics is a politics of loyalty and cronyism. He charged illegal tariffs [6:10] paid by companies. And when someone suggests to him, even though they would be entitled to get their [6:16] tariff back, their tariff payments back, they're worried about offending you and what you will do. [6:22] And Trump goes, that's beautiful. That's absolutely right. And I will remember that. I will remember [6:26] them. I think that that's a beautiful thing. Overt cronyism and loyalty tests. Donald Trump insists [6:35] we control the Strait of Hormuz. Anything else is fake. Well, if we control it and Trump wants it open, [6:45] why aren't ships going through it very successfully? And the blockade has been a tremendous success. [6:51] They said two days ago, we will open the Strait. I said, no, we're not going to open the Strait [6:56] until we have a final deal. No, no, we want to open the Strait. They said, we're not opening. We [7:00] totally control the Strait, just so you understand, for all the fake news out there. And this president, [7:06] we are. There you go. Well, Trump closed it in order to get it open. And so it should be open, [7:13] but we closed it and ships go through it, but they don't. And we're in control, but we aren't. [7:18] And Iran had better, except it's all up to me. Come on, guys. Come on. Inflation. Where was inflation [7:27] where Joe when Joe Biden left office? I will tell you in a moment, but I will also play for you, [7:34] Donald Trump lying about this. I just want to return for one second and make an analogy. You [7:41] saw what inflation did to the Biden legacy and administration. So 22 percent price increases. [7:49] By the time he was, by the time he was leaving, it was down to about where it is now, about three [7:55] percent, but not a single. It was down to five percent. It wasn't down or three, but not a single [8:00] person. And the reason it was down was because I had won the election and it started falling. [8:04] After I won the election and lie, lie, lie, lie, lie. Trump makes two claims that when Biden left [8:12] office, inflation was five percent and that it was only down because Donald Trump had been elected, [8:18] but not yet sworn in. We have the data. It's up on the screen. As you can see, inflation peaked [8:25] during the covid phase. It peaked at nine point one percent and then it went down, down, down, down, [8:31] down and essentially hit its rough bottom in July of 2023, meaning we had all of July 23 to July 24, [8:41] plus August and September and October and a few days of November under Joe Biden. And as you can see, [8:48] inflation was all equally low. It got even down as low as two point four percent. And then as Donald Trump [8:57] was sworn in, it basically was in that same window between two and a half and three and a half percent. [9:03] Trump is lying that inflation was five percent when Biden left office. In fact, when Donald Trump took [9:09] over in January of twenty twenty five, it was three percent. Trump is lying that it was his election in [9:15] November that drove it down further. He is lying, lying, lying. And they let him get away with it on CNBC. [9:23] Finally, Trump is asked, a deal might be signed today or tomorrow with Iran. If not, will you be [9:30] bombing? And Trump goes, oh, I think we're going to be bombing. To be clear, you're you're saying [9:35] that you need a at least a prospects for a signed deal today and tomorrow or else you would resume [9:44] bombing Iran. Well, I expect to be bombing because I think that's a better attitude to go in with. [9:52] But right now, we're ready to go. I mean, the military is raring to go. They are absolutely [9:57] incredible. You know, I built the military my first term. I'm using it now. The military, [10:01] when I took it over from Barack Hussein Obama, they had just it was so depleted. So anyway, [10:07] he gets back to his lies about the cupboards were bare. I'm the military is raring to go. [10:13] I expect to be bombing. So we're not really at the end of this three to four week war. 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