Trump EPA Press Conference 05/21/26

[0:00] I watched Trump's press conference regarding the EPA today, so you don't have to, and here's my [0:03] overview, and I don't often say this, but I'm telling you right now, go touch or inhale grass [0:06] before you watch this or you will regret it. He spoke for 48 minutes, he mentioned Biden seven [0:10] times and Obama twice, and this whole thing was about getting rid of some rule that they had to [0:14] have some new refrigerant and grocery stores. He says removing these regulations will save [0:17] consumers $2.4 billion a year, then he calls the CEO of Kroger Central Casting, and then he said [0:22] because of this regulation, half of all grocery stores across the country had to shut down. He [0:27] will say this regulation was a national security risk because it made it harder for us to make [0:31] semiconductors, and then said that this administration has already saved the American [0:35] people $1.2 trillion. Then Lee Zeldin gets up, he mentions Biden twice for some reason, then he also [0:41] confirms this will save American consumers $2.4 billion per year, and also says that this is [0:46] going to save 350,000 jobs. Then some guy who owns 12 Piggly Wigglies gets up and says that Biden had [0:52] a really good idea, it was just implemented very poorly, and if they had to go by this regulation, [0:56] then they would have gone out of business. Then Trump will say that the new refrigerant that [0:59] Biden wanted people to use doesn't actually keep your food cold at all, and then some random guy [1:03] gets up and says that we're saving people $14,000 per family, and then a random senator gets up and [1:09] says that it's important that we save Americans money at the grocery store, and also that we save [1:12] grocery stores, and then a random woman gets up and says that it's important that he has a replica [1:17] of the Declaration of Independence because it reminds people that he is saving Americans money. [1:21] He thinks he has the actual Declaration of Independence in his office. He does not know [1:26] that what he has is a replica. Now it's time for questions. Trump will reiterate again that this [1:29] is going to save Americans a ton of money, and also that the refrigerant that Biden wanted people to [1:34] use just doesn't work. Then the CEO of Kroger says that they're going to start reducing their food [1:38] costs because of this removal of this regulation, and then Trump says again that the new refrigerant [1:42] doesn't cool the food, and also there's no environmental concern about this at all. And if you're wondering [1:47] if the transgender for everyone shirt is going to come up, it in fact will in this EPA discussion. [1:53] Trump will say that he has already been gifted all of the money that he needs for the ballroom, [1:57] and also that ballroom is going to have a drone port on it, and also that ballroom is going to have [2:01] four-inch thick glass, and if Americans have to pay anything, they're only paying for the security [2:06] upgrades. They're not actually paying for the ballroom. Oh yeah, and it'll be the finest ballroom [2:10] anywhere in the world. Trump gets asked why is there an aircraft carrier that just arrived in Cuba [2:14] a couple days ago, and he says it's not for intimidation. We just want to help the Cuban [2:19] people, and also all Cuban Americans should go back to Cuba. Trump will say we have to pass the [2:24] Save America Act because all of our elections are completely rigged, and also there were 500,000 [2:29] fraudulent mail-in ballots in Maryland. This is some point that he's made before that he hasn't [2:34] clarified in any way. He says Democrats don't want to pass voter ID because with voter ID they would [2:39] never ever win. Why? Because they have terrible policy like open borders, men and women's sports, [2:46] and transgender for everyone. He will say it's the most important thing, but one way or another Iran [2:51] is not going to have a nuclear weapon, and then he calls the people of Iran absolutely crazy and says [2:55] that they can't have a nuclear weapon, and if they did there would be war in the U.S., and then claims [3:00] that we have new drone technology that we didn't have two months ago. He will claim that because of [3:05] our blockade, which I will remind you, is an act of war. Iran is losing $200 million, $300 million, [3:10] and $500 million per day, and then also says that we don't need or want their uranium, but we're going [3:15] to go in and get it. He has previously said that for every one regulation they put on, they are [3:20] getting rid of $129. Now he is claiming for every regulation they put in, they are getting rid of 20, [3:25] 30, 40, and 44 regulations, and then also says that regulations are bad for everyone, and then he says [3:31] that gas used to be $1.85 before the war in Iran started, and we're going to be back to those [3:36] numbers very soon. If this feels incredibly erratic, it's because the entire press conference was him [3:41] just having tangential thoughts and making up numbers the entire time. He will say the Supreme [3:47] Court cost us a ton of money by making a horrible decision on tariffs, and also says that cost our [3:52] country $149 billion, and also says that that money is now going to have to be given back to our [3:58] quote enemies. Just a reminder, that's your money, so he is calling you, the American consumer, [4:05] the enemy of the United States. There's a long rant about birthright citizenship, and then he says [4:10] that birthright citizenship means you just step into our country and you become a citizen, so he [4:15] clearly does not understand what that means at all, and then he says that it only had to do with [4:19] the babies of slaves. He will repeat that phrase four different times, then he will claim that the [4:24] courts are ruining college sports, and then he will claim that some rich person came into the [4:28] country with 57 children, and they all just became citizens right away, and then he will claim that [4:34] no other country does birthright citizenship when many, many other countries do. He will make a claim [4:39] that 20 to 25 percent of people who come into our country are coming in via birthright citizenship, [4:44] again proving he doesn't know what it means at all, and then he says people who want birthright [4:48] citizenship hate our country. He will just claim that AI is quote, causing tremendous good. Don't know what [4:55] that means. He says the ark that they're building in DC is going to be bigger than the ark to triumph in [5:00] Paris, and then says that we're the only major city in the world that doesn't have an ark, and also we don't [5:05] need any congressional approval to make it. He says that he himself paid for a new granite floor in the [5:10] entrance to the White House, and then he says, and if you watch my post, you'll know a little bit about this, [5:14] that there were 31 fountains in DC, and none of them worked. Some of them didn't work for 25 or 30 years, [5:20] and now he has 20 or 21 of them working again. Yes, of course, he goes on about the reflecting pool [5:25] for quite a long time. He says that the reflecting pool is 2,500 feet long. That is incorrect. He also [5:30] says that it's longer than the tallest building is tall. The Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet, so even if it [5:37] was 2,500 feet long, which again, it's not, it would still not be as long, and then he says that Biden [5:42] and Obama spent hundreds of millions of dollars on it, and they had to still refill the pool every single [5:47] day because it was leaking so much, and then he says the project that he's gonna do should have [5:51] taken three years and 350 million dollars, but he's gonna fix the whole thing for less than 20 [5:56] million dollars. Again, that's still your money. He will claim that DC used to be one of the most [6:01] unsafe cities in the world, but now it's one of the safest anywhere in the world, and says that before [6:06] restaurants were all closing down, but now they're all opening up, and then he says they removed 5,000 [6:10] career criminals from DC, and then he claims that 2% of all people do 95% of all crime. He will say that [6:16] Democrats handed him the highest inflation in the history of our country, which is not true, [6:20] and then he says that it was only 48 years, but then he repeats again that it was in the history [6:24] of our country. Then he says that Democrats only say the word affordability because they're good [6:28] with words, but also he is good with words too, so he can also say affordability. He will also claim [6:33] that Democrats invented the word affordability. He will say that energy prices are way down. I'm gonna [6:39] remind you that this man truly believes that gas and energy are synonyms, and then says also the stock [6:45] market is at an all-time high today, so everyone should just be happy. He will say that two years [6:49] ago we were a dead country, and now we're the hottest country anywhere in the world, and then [6:53] says that the Supreme Court is hurting our country with their decisions on tariffs and birthright [6:57] citizenship, and then also says that birthright citizenship is going to cost our country hundreds [7:02] of billions of dollars, and then he says that if the Democrats win the midterms, then our country is [7:07] going to be dead because why they cheat on elections? Well, he cheats on all his wives, so I mean, [7:13] you know, he will claim that the Democrats want 21 Supreme Court justices, and then says that they [7:18] only say 13, but he knows that it's going to be 21, and then says again, if they get into power, [7:23] then we're going to have a dead country, and then he finishes up by saying that 25 million criminals [7:28] entered our country. He is saying that every single person who is an immigrant into this country [7:33] is a criminal, every single one of them. But guys, he's not racist. I really hope you took my advice [7:39] and went and touched or inhaled grass before you listened to that because that was one of the [7:43] craziest things I've ever heard. This was a press conference on him getting rid of some regulation [7:49] that was about a refrigerant. Now, he's only getting rid of one regulation here. He's also [7:54] not getting rid of the 20 or 30 or 40 or 44 or 129 other regulations that he says he's getting rid of [8:03] for every single new one that's put in place. His brain melting. This was just a parade of [8:12] tangential thoughts. It was absolute nonsense the entire time. He didn't answer a single question [8:17] in any way that made any sense at all. He just talked about the things that he wanted to talk [8:22] about. He ran it about trans people again for some reason. I have no idea. I do not know why [8:28] the press is not pushing back harder or just saying what you said is completely untrue as a [8:33] follow-up to your previous question. Here's a little advice for the press. As a follow-up to your [8:38] previous answer, everything you said was untrue. Could you please clarify why you're lying to the [8:43] entire country on a daily basis? That would be a thing that would be valuable for you to say to the [8:49] president. Call out the lies. Do not just accept a slate of nonsense. Anyways, love you 10%ers. Thanks for [8:57] being here.