He wasn't clear or convincing for a lot of voters.

Well, I think there's three or four things that I think went wrong.

We have this in our hotline today, by the way.

One is that, you know, tariffs turned out very unpopular.

And they raised prices on farmers and, you know, small businesses.

And so, you know, the terrorists were clearly now moves away from terrorists.

The second issue was these ice raids.

Where was it? It wasn't there.

He wasn't clear or convincing for a lot of voters.

Well, I think there's three or four things that I think went wrong.

We have this in our outline today, by the way.

One is that, you know, tariffs turned out very unpopular.

and they raised prices and farmers and, you know, small businesses.

And so, uh, you know, the terrorists were clearly now moves away from terrorists.

The second issue was these, uh, ice raids.

Where was it? It wasn't there.

He wasn't clear or convincing for a lot of voters.

Well, I think there's three or four things that I think went wrong.

We have this in our hotline today, by the way.

One is that, you know, tariffs turned out very unpopular.

and they raised prices and farmers and, you know, small businesses.

And so, uh, you know, the terrorists were clearly now moves away from terrorists.

The second issue was these, uh, ice raids.

uh but again not just the president but the congress the congressional leaders the republicans they didn't have clear concise messaging where was it it wasn't there

They're both happening at the same time, it seems like.

Well, the problem for Trump, and then this is a lesson we've learned throughout, you know, the last 50 years is one thing Americans hate is high gas prices, you know, because it's the one thing, it's always one of the first parameters we use for how well the economy is doing.

We're in a good mood when gas prices go down and we're in a bad mood when the gas prices go up.

And that has been one of the frustrating things.

I mean, you know, I have an Audi, uh, I think I mentioned this the other day on your show and it's a big tank 16, but, the gallons but you know i filled up my tank and it was 110 you know i'm like oh my gosh you know so now diesel is more expensive than gas but uh you know so that is a problem for trump in the republicans because people's gas prices are so high we also have a tendency to look at you know the food, you know, grocery prices are high too.

And my wife gets so angry, you know, when she comes home from the store, but I say, well, yeah, the prices are higher, but our income is higher.

So people tend to look at just what's happened to prices and not what's happening to their income.

yeah and you know i don't think that people also understand the the massive expansion of government you know i think of course the democrats would have to get the white house in 2028 to really take this uh full steam ahead but the leftist economic policies that are being presented very openly and honestly and in practice in new york city among a few other places across the country it's un-american

They're both happening at the same time, it seems like.

Well, the problem for Trump, and then this is a lesson we've learned throughout, you know, the last 50 years is one thing Americans hate is high gas prices, you know, because it's the one thing, it's always one of the first barometers we use for how well the economy is doing.

We're in a good mood when gas prices go down and we're in a bad mood when the gas prices go up.

And that has been one of the frustrating things.

I mean, you know, I have an Audi, uh, I think I mentioned this the other day on your show and it's a big tank 16, but, the gallons but you know i filled up my tank and it was 110 you know like oh my gosh you know so now diesel is more expensive than gas but uh you know so that is a problem for trump in the republicans because people say ah gas prices are so high we also have a tendency to look at you know the food, you know, grocery prices are high too.

And my wife gets so angry, you know, when she comes home from the store.

But I say, well, yeah, prices are higher, but our income is higher.

yeah and you know i don't think that people also understand the the massive expansion of government you know i think of course the democrats would have to get the white house in 2028 to really take this uh full steam ahead but the leftist economic policies that are being presented very openly and honestly and in practice in new york city among a few other places across the country it's un-american

They're both happening at the same time, it seems like.

Well, the problem for Trump, and this is a lesson we've learned throughout, you know, the last 50 years is one thing Americans hate is high gas prices, you know, because it's the one thing it's always one of the first barometers we use for how well the economy is doing.

We're in a good mood when gas prices go down and we're in a bad mood when the gas prices go up.

And that has been one of the frustrating things.

I mean, you know, I have an Audi, uh, I think I mentioned this the other day on your show and it's a, you know, big tank 16, but, uh, But, you know, I filled up my tank and it was one hundred and ten dollars.

Oh, my God.

You know, so now diesel is more expensive than gas.

But the The leftist economic policies that are being presented very openly and honestly and in practice in New York City, among a few other places across the country, it's un-American.

hey steve moore they keep acting like the number one issue is gas prices it's the number one issue well a gas price is going up well that could cost somebody you know an extra hundred dollars a month but democrats have raised your electric bill an extra 200 a month so isn't that the bigger problem your electric costs

well that's a big problem and and it's true that the uh the blue states have much higher electric power costs you know we we use uh in addition to gasoline you know oil uh that that we use in our uh in our tank for our cars you know we are massive producers of natural gas and that's part of the uh their great bounty from trump's drill baby drill policy And natural gas is how we get most of our electric power.

A lot of people don't actually even know where we get our electric power comes from.

A lot of it comes from natural gas and a lot of it comes from good old fashioned coal.

And so we are paying about half as much as Europe pays because they went in all in for the green stuff, you know, the wind and solar, which is fine, but it's not scalable.

It's very expensive to produce and it's not reliable.

So we have a big advantage when it comes to energy.

yeah but here in new york kathy ogle blocking the natural gas cuomo shutting down indian point that quadrupled everybody's electric bill so uh what what is the actual opposition natural gas it's as clean as can be

So isn't that the bigger problem, your electric costs?

Well, that's a big problem.

And, and it's true that the, uh, that the blue states have much higher electric power costs.

We use, in addition to gasoline, oil that we use in our tank for our cars, we are massive producers of natural gas.

And that's part of the great bounty from Trump's drill baby drill policy.

natural gas is how we get most of our electric power a lot of people don't actually even know where we get electric power comes from a lot of it comes from natural gas and a lot of it comes from good old-fashioned coal and so uh we are paying about half as much as europe pays because they went on in all in for the green stuff you know the wind and solar which is fine but it's not it's not scalable it's very expensive to produce and it's not reliable so we have a big advantage when it comes to energy Now, on the gas prices, yes, they are up, but one of the things we point out on our hotline yesterday was that, guess what states, Mark, have the highest gas prices? Wild guess, blue states? Yeah, guess which one? California, New York? Yeah, I was just in Los Angeles about a week ago, and it was like $6.49 a gallon there.

It's like $1 to $1.50 higher than... other other states so you know i don't get the logic if you're angry about gas prices i am i hate you know paying 80 to fill up my tank but you know you pay the highest gas prices in the states that are run by democrats so do you think they're going to lower the price when they get into power i i doubt it

but here in new york kathy ogle blocking the natural gas cuomo shutting down indian point that quadrupled everybody's electric bill so uh what what is the actual opposition to natural gas it's as clean as can be

yeah hey steve moore they keep acting like the number one issue is gas prices it's the number one issue well a gas price is going up well that could cost somebody you know an extra hundred dollars a month but democrats have raised your electric bill an extra 200 a month so isn't that the bigger problem your electric costs

well that's a big problem and and it's true that the uh that the blue states have much higher electric power costs.

We use, in addition to gasoline, oil that we use in our tank for our cars, we are massive producers of natural gas.

And that's part of the great bounty from Trump's drill baby drill policy.

natural gas is how we get most of our electric power a lot of people don't actually even know where we get electric power comes from a lot of it comes from natural gas and a lot of it comes from good old-fashioned coal and so uh we are paying about half as much as europe pays because they went on in all in for the green stuff you know the wind and solar which is fine but it's not it's not scalable it's very expensive to produce and it's not reliable so we have a big advantage when it comes to energy Now, on the gas prices, yes, they are up, but one of the things we point out in our hotline yesterday was that guess what states, Mark, have the highest gas prices? uh prices uh wild guess blue states yeah guess which one uh california new york yeah cal yeah i was just in los angeles uh about a week ago and it was like 649 a gallon there it's like a dollar to a dollar 50 higher than other other states so you know I don't get the logic.

If you're angry about gas prices, I am.

I hate paying $80 to fill up my tank.

So what is the actual opposition to natural gas? It's as clean as can be.

There's no good that would come of that, is there?

No.

I mean, there, there's two problems with that.

You know, when I first came to Washington in the, the mid-'80s, I actually worked for one year in the R- Reagan administration, believe it or not.

And, uh, I was, uh, I was working on privatization, where we were actually looking at how the federal government could sell assets, like federal lands, and the post office, and things [laughs] like that, and, and sell these assets in or- and, and to collect money, so we could use that to reduce our debt.

Uh, and so, uh, you know, and we, we did some of that.

We didn't do near enough of it.

Yeah.

There's no good that would come of that, is there?

No.

I mean, there, there's two problems with that.

You know, when I first came to Washington in the m- mid-'80s, I actually worked for one year in the Reagan administration, believe it or not.

And, uh, I was, uh, I was working on privatization, where we were actually looking at how the federal government could sell assets, like federal lands and the post office and things [laughs] like that, and, and sell these assets in or, and, and collect money, so we could use that to reduce our debt.

Uh, and so, uh, you know, and we, we did some of that.

We didn't do near enough of it.

Yeah.

There's no good that would come of that, is there?

No.

I mean, there, there's two problems with that.

You know, when I first came to Washington in the m- mid-'80s, I actually worked for one year in the R- Reagan administration, believe it or not, and, uh, I was, uh, I was working on privatization, where we were actually looking at how the federal government could sell assets, like federal lands, and the post office, and things [laughs] like that, and, and sell these assets in or- and, and collect money so we could use that to reduce our debt.

Uh, and so, uh, you know, and we, we did some of that.

We didn't do near enough of it.

But now we have the opposite.

Yeah.

What's the economic policy being presented by the alternative to Donald Trump and the Trump administration by the left?

Well, first of all, I mean, I have to say that I'm very, very nervous about the, um, the takeover of the Democratic Party by the socialists.

I mean, it's a very, very significant and very, very dangerous thing to see, you know, the major Senate candidates and House candidates and gubernatorial candidates talking about the government giving everything away for free to people and they're going to raise taxes through the roof to pay for it.

And that's the Europe model that has been so destructive.

I mean, just look what's happening in the streets of Paris right now, where they're burning the city down of the Democratic socialists.

So We don't, I'm very, I'm, this is a very deadly serious issue, folks.

I mean, these people are nuts.

But do you get the kind of innovation that SpaceX and Elon Musk's genius brain? Can you get that type of innovation in a socialistic country?

What's the economic policy being presented by the alternative to Donald Trump and the Trump administration by the left?

Well, first of all, I mean, I have to say that I'm very, very nervous about the, um, the takeover of the Democratic Party by the socialists.

I mean, it's a very, very significant and very, very dangerous thing to see, you know, the major Senate candidates and House candidates and gubernatorial candidates talking about the government giving everything away for free to people and they're going to raise taxes through the roof to pay for it.

And that's the Europe model that has been so destructive.

I mean, just look what's happening in the streets of Paris right now, where they're burning the city down of the Democratic socialists.

So We don't, I, I'm very, I'm, I'm, this is a very deadly serious issue, folks.

I mean, these people are nuts.

But do you get the kind of innovation that SpaceX and Elon Musk's genius brain? Can you get that type of innovation in a socialistic country?