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You know, I feel sorry for Katie Zacharia.

She didn't have a good first 15 minutes on the job, but Trump was awfully quick to give her the hook.

I didn't think she was that bad.

I want to add this too, because there's been all this controversy about her not really being a lawyer because she's never been admitted to practice law in any state, and that's got nothing to do with her job as White House Press Secretary.

But what I pointed out on Power Line is that this is the same situation we see with Abdul El-Sayed, who's running for the Senate.

He calls himself a doctor and talks about it a lot in his campaign, but he has never been licensed to practice medicine in any state, just like Katie Zacharia has never been licensed to practice law.

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But will it be a bloodbath or is it going to be the opposite of the the red the red trickle that we are the opposite of what happened in 2022 where we got a red trickle instead of a red wave?

Well, first of all, there's not going to be a wave by any party.

The reason is that a wave implies that something is towering over everyone, and both parties are very unpopular.

I think what we are seeing is a red undertow.

In other words, Republicans have disappointed some of their supporters.

There's an enthusiasm gap.

Some of them, if they were voting today, would stay home.

The Straits of Hormuz are closed, and this has an impact on gas prices, doesn't it?

opposite of what happened in 2022, where we got a red trickle instead of a red wave?

Well, first of all, there's not going to be a wave by any party.

The reason is that a wave implies that something is towering over everyone, and both parties are very unpopular.

I think what we are seeing is a red undertow.

In other words, Republicans have disappointed some of their supporters.

There's an enthusiasm gap.

Some of them, if they were voting today, would stay home.

Whether or not that was the right or wrong thing to do, the Straits of Hormuz are closed, and this has an impact on gas prices, doesn't it?

What's really going on here?

Well, France has a revolutionary tradition.

They've been tearing up paving stones and throwing them at authorities for hundreds of years.

There's a left-wing element in France that wants chaos, that wants civil war, and Melenchon, the left-wing candidate, uh, is trailing in the polls, and there are people who support him who basically want to have the vote in the street, and that's very dangerous.

What actually is more disturbing is what's happening in Belgium.

Belgium is normally a quiet, placid country, but it has allowed a very large Islamic population into its, uh, borders, and there's no revolutionary tradition in Belgium.

And this is clearly c- related to Gaza, to the Palestinians-

[ crowd chanting ] I mean, plenty of people there clearly sending a message to the Spanish government.

What can happen now?

Well, as I told you the last time I was on, we have a new situation in this country.

We have lawfare, which is using the law to punish your political enemies.

And frankly, both parties are guilty of that.

And we all now have snail fare.

which is you get a bunch of lawyers and they gum up the works, they throw sand in the gears, monkey wrench law, and they slow the process down so nothing happens before it's supposed to.

President Trump issued an executive order telling the Postal Service, you know, we're going to allow the states to run the mail-in ballot program, but they're going to have to have a tracking bar on each mail-in ballot so we can reduce duplication, errors, even fraud.

I mean, what can happen? What can go wrong? A lot, right?

So what can happen now? What can happen now?

Well, as I told you the last time I was on, we have a new situation in this country.

We have lawfare, which is using the law to punish your political enemies.

And frankly, both parties are guilty of that.

And we all now have snail fare.

which is you get a bunch of lawyers and they gum up the works, they throw sand in the gears, monkey wrench law, and they slow the process down so nothing happens before it's supposed to.

President Trump issued an executive order telling the Postal Service, you know, we're going to allow the states to run the mail-in ballot program, but they're going to have to have a tracking bar on each mail-in ballot so we can reduce duplication, errors, even fraud.

I mean, what can happen? What can go wrong? A lot, right?

What can happen now?

Well, as I told you the last time I was on, we have a new situation in this country.

We have lawfare, which is using the law to punish your political enemies.

And frankly, both parties are guilty of that.

And we all now have snail fare.

which is you get a bunch of lawyers and they gum up the works, they throw sand in the gears, monkey wrench law, and they slow the process down so nothing happens before it's supposed to.

President Trump issued an executive order telling the Postal Service, you know, we're going to allow the states to run the mail-in ballot program, but they're going to have to have a tracking bar on each mail-in ballot so we can reduce duplication, errors, even fraud.

I mean, what can happen? What can go wrong? A lot, right?

John, can I get your thoughts about this today?

Well, a Renaissance woman, leaving aside her iconic status in country music, look at what she accomplished.

She gave out 300 million books to children who didn't have them so they would read and learn music.

She created Dollywood, which is an amusement park in her old hometown in Tennessee, in part because she wanted to employ people in an area that had sky-high unemployment.

And she was really old school.

She had a career that was over 60 years long, and at no point did anyone know what her politics were.

She made clear that she loved everyone and everyone bought her records.

stormed over the border from morocco and officials are working out exactly how many remain in the city and of course that city has a population of around 84 000 so we've we've seen just the impact this has had uh john is the media covering this issue fairly and what's going to happen here

How do you read this, and, and could this go into effect right away? This is a big deal.

Well, as you know, the Trump administration has said that mail-in ballots are way too available and too easily, uh, violated, um, in terms of security protocols.

So what they have asked the US Postal Service to do is establish regulations which would limit, uh, the ballots that the post office can transport and deliver.

Um, i- this is an executive order.

It's not a, a, a law of Congress.

And I have to say, even though I'm very sympathetic to the general trend, I, I don't think the Supreme Court has given this a green light.

The Supreme Court decided that it will, it will not require the Postal Service to drop its plans while this goes through the lower courts.

Are we looking more like this might help for 2028?

Uh, what, how do you read this, and, and could this go into effect right away? This is a big deal.

Well, as you know, the Trump administration has said that mail-in ballots are way too available and too easily, uh, violated, um, in terms of security protocols.

So what they have asked the US Postal Service to do is establish regulations which would limit, uh, the ballots that the post office can transport and deliver.

Um, i- this is an executive order, it's not a, a, a law of Congress.

And I have to say, even though I'm very sympathetic to the general trend, I, I don't think the Supreme Court has given this a green light.

The Supreme Court decided that it will, it will not require the Postal Service to drop its plans while this goes through the lower courts.

I think in the next few weeks we're gonna have this judge in Boston, who's very much a left-wing judge, I think she's going to issue an injunction, uh, try to issue another injunction and try to strike down this regulation.

Are we looking more like this might help for 2028?

How do you read this? And could this go into effect right away? This is a big deal.

Well, as you know, the Trump administration has said that mail-in ballots are way too available and too easily violated in terms of security protocols.

So what they have asked the U S postal service to do is establish regulations, which would limit the ballots that the post office can transport and deliver.

This is an executive order.

It's not a law of Congress.

and i have to say even though i'm very sympathetic to the general trend i i don't think the supreme court has given this a green light the supreme court decided that it will it will not require the postal service to drop its plans while this goes through the lower courts i think in the next few weeks we're going to have this judge in boston who's very much a left-wing judge i think she's going to issue an injunction try to issue another injunction and try to strike down this regulation.

So I think the Supreme Court's action is tentative.

Now, an ordinary federal judge is going to go against the Supreme Court?

How do you read this? And could this go into effect right away? This is a big deal.

Well, as you know, the Trump administration has said that mail-in ballots are way too available and too easily violated in terms of security protocols.

So what they have asked the U.S.

Postal Service to do is establish regulations which would limit the ballots that the post office can transport and deliver.

This is an executive order.

It's not a law of Congress.

And I have to say, even though I'm very sympathetic to the general trend, I don't think the Supreme Court has given this a green light.

Now, an ordinary federal judge is going to go against the Supreme Court?

So if you were Donald Trump or a member of Congress, what would your solution be?

Well, not to repeat Tom's excellent suggestions, I would say the recent shortage of munitions and weaponry and missiles that we have because of use in Ukraine and Iran tell us we really need to improve finally our socialistic military procurement system.

Donald Trump has made a good start on that, but we need to bring AI and we need to bring a form of private sector competition so that four or five defense contractors don't use cost plus contracts to gouge the taxpayer.

And that would actually, over time, would save a lot of money and give us a better and more flexible military.

Secondly, and this might have to wait until after Donald Trump leaves office.

I think the next president, assuming it's a Republican, and maybe even if it's a Democrat, we need to expand the savings opportunities that people have to save for their retirement.

It probably won't mean touching Social Security, but I think we can dramatically expand on the Trump accounts and the IRAs and the savings plans that people are allowed to have.

I mean, remember back in the 60s and 70s, this was kind of the story that 60 Minutes would do, and they never do this kind of thing anymore.

So if you were Donald Trump or a member of Congress, what would your solution be?

Well, not to repeat Tom's excellent suggestions, I would say the recent shortage of munitions and weaponry and missiles that we have because of use in Ukraine and Iran is tell us we really need to improve finally our socialistic military procurement system.

Donald Trump has made a good start on that, but we need to bring AI and we need to bring a form of private sector competition so that four or five defense contractors don't use cost-plus contracts to gouge the taxpayer.

And that would actually, over time, would save a lot of money and give us a better and more flexible military system.

Secondly, and this might have to wait until after Donald Trump leaves office.

I think the next president, assuming it's a Republican, and maybe even if it's a Democrat, we need to expand the savings opportunities that people have to save for their retirement.

It probably won't mean touching Social Security, but I think we can dramatically expand on the Trump accounts and the IRAs and the savings plans that people are allowed to have.

I mean, remember back in the 60s and 70s, this was kind of the story that 60 Minutes would do, and they never do this kind of thing anymore.

So if you were Donald Trump or a member of Congress, what would your solution be?

Well, not to repeat Tom's excellent suggestions, I would say the recent shortage of munitions and weaponry and missiles that we have because of use in Ukraine and Iran tell us we really need to improve finally our socialistic military procurement system.

Donald Trump has made a good start on that, but we need to bring AI and we need to bring a form of private sector competition so that four or five defense contractors don't use cost plus contracts to gouge the taxpayer.

And that would actually, over time, would save a lot of money and give us a better and more flexible military.

Secondly, and this might have to wait until after Donald Trump leaves office.

I think the next president, assuming it's a Republican, and maybe even if it's a Democrat, we need to expand the savings opportunities that people have to save for their retirement.

It probably won't mean touching Social Security, but I think we can dramatically expand on the Trump accounts and the IRAs and the savings plans that people are allowed to have.

I mean, remember back in the 60s and 70s, this was kind of the story that 60 Minutes would do, and they never do this kind of thing anymore.

So if you were Donald Trump or a member of Congress, what would your solution be?

Well, not to repeat Tom's excellent suggestions, I would say the recent shortage of munitions and weaponry and missiles that we have because of use in Ukraine and Iran tell us we really need to improve finally our socialistic military procurement system.

Donald Trump has made a good start on that, but we need to bring AI and we need to bring a form of private sector competition so that four or five defense contractors don't use cost plus contracts to gouge the taxpayer.

And that would actually, over time, would save a lot of money and give us a better and more flexible military.

Secondly, and this might have to wait until after Donald Trump leaves office.

I think the next president, assuming it's a Republican, and maybe even if it's a Democrat, we need to expand the savings opportunities that people have to save for their retirement.

It probably won't mean touching Social Security, but I think we can dramatically expand on the Trump accounts and the IRAs and the savings plans that people are allowed to have.

I mean, remember back in the 60s and 70s, this was kind of the story that 60 Minutes would do, and they never do this kind of thing anymore.

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... and they were overwhelmed.

Almost as many people as live in the enclave crossed the border and took over their town for a while, so they have every right to be upset.

The problem is that Prime Minister Sanchez is, as a minority government, he is beholden to far left wing parties to stay in office.

The far left wing parties want open borders in Spain.

So as long as they prop him up, he has to c- dance to their tune.

And I think what's gonna have to happen is a new election.

John, what'd you make of that?

What do you make of this guy? Tell us about him, John.

Well, he's a public health official.

By the way, he has never practiced as a doctor.

So better to call him Professor Abdul.

He was the big supporter of the lockdowns in Michigan, which were horrendous.

They shut down almost all businesses.

You could buy liquor and you could buy marijuana during the lockdown.

It does seem to be Seinfeld come true in New York.

What's your read on this?

Well, I think there is some tightening, but the Republicans have had a bad year, and certainly the gasoline prices and the other turmoil in the Middle East have not helped it.

The biggest problem the Republicans have is enthusiasm gap.

Democrats are really fired up, partly because of Trump derangement syndrome, and they really want to vote.

Republicans are a little bit uncertain.

Donald Trump is, shall we say, gone in several different directions at once at the same time in the last few months.

So the clear MAGA message, I think, has been a little muddled.

What did you make of that?

Does that, uh-

Well, the good news is, um, you know, the, the Labour Party is extremely unpopular because they've done nothing to solve Britain's underlying economic or social or immigration problems, and as a result, Nigel Farage is still the favorite to become the next British prime minister after this.

We just have, we just have to wait a couple of years for an election.

Um, and that's why they're doing so much to try to discredit Nigel Farage.

And, uh, look, the real s- the real issue that we have to worry about is, you know, Britain is seeing an upsurge in left-wing political violence.

We just had that former cabinet minister who was brutally murdered in her home at age 78.

Uh, Nigel Farage has been threatened by people who've been arrested for that.

Oh, good.

Does that, uh-

Well, the good news is, um, you know, the, the Labour Party is extremely unpopular because they've done nothing to solve Britain's underlying economic or social or immigration problems, and as a result, Nigel Farage is still the favorite to become the next British prime minister after this.

We just have, we just have to wait a couple years for an election.

Um, and that's why they're doing so much to try to discredit Nigel Farage and, um...

Look, the real s- the real issue that we have to worry about is, you know, Britain is seeing an upsurge in left-wing political violence.

We just had that former cabinet minister who was brutally murdered in her home at age 78.

Uh, Nigel Farage has been threatened by people who've been arrested for that.

Oh, good.

Does that, uh-

Well, the good news is, um, you know, the, the Labour Party is extremely unpopular because they've done nothing to solve Britain's underlying economic or social or immigration problems, and as a result, Nigel Farage is still the favorite to become the next British prime minister after this.

We just have, we just have to wait a couple years for an election.

Um, and that's why they're doing so much to try to discredit Nigel Farage and, um...

Look, the real s- the real issue that we have to worry about is, you know, Britain is seeing an upsurge in left-wing political violence.

We just had that former cabinet minister who was brutally murdered in her home at age 78.

Uh, Nigel Farage has been threatened by people who've been arrested for that.

Oh, good.

the

president did not make a compelling message to move the needle on this bill in the Senate.

for three reasons.

One, he kept on revisiting the 2020 election.

I don't think people want to hear the 2020 election relitigated.

That's for sure.

I think also the president's allies oversold some of the stuff.

talking about it and try, you know,

So how do you see this playing out?

Well, fortunately, the president did not make a compelling message to move the needle on this bill in the Senate.

for three reasons.

One, he kept on revisiting the 2020 election.

I don't think people want to hear the 2020 election re-litigated.

That's for sure.

I think also the president's allies oversold some of the stuff.

talking about it and try, you know,

But he also said that more than 250,000 illegal voters had registered, What do you make of the claims?

Well, first of all, the president was very wise that for once he did not make this about himself and whether or not the 2020 election was stolen.

I don't think we're ever going to know what really happened in the 2020 election because incompetence merged with shenanigans and we'll never know the final result.

What we do know from what the president revealed tonight is declassified documents that apparently had been hidden for several years.

They show that the Chinese accessed enormous files of U.S. voters, took that personal information.

What they did with it, we're not sure of.

But we do know from a separate FBI declassified report that apparently they were manufacturing and shipping to the United States fraudulent driver's licenses.

Do you think this sort of information will at least make the Democrats start to see things a little bit differently?