Jul 8, 2026 · 56 min · 10 segments
The 250th anniversary has just passed yet the country seems divided. The guys discuss what it means to be American and how different Trump's and Mamdani's speech on this anniversary was.
So, 4th of July just passed.
It was the 250th birthday of America.
The 250th anniversary of our founding.
which is i would say substantial that that's um a very interesting amount of time in terms of something that when you think about the founding of this country and why it was founded is pretty remarkable considering that it was a bunch of Very intellectual, but rebellious and defiant guys that all banded together under the banner of freedom, liberty, not taxing without representation, defiance against the king.
it's pretty badass.
It's pretty badass that the concept of that is badass, but then also it's badass that it's lasted 250 years.
And I know you and I, we share similar views on the country in terms of how fortunate we were to be born here, what it means to be American, the fact that You can't really have a life like we have in many other countries unless you're like already kind of like born into it or you're connected or you know what I'm saying? For sure.
Um, so it's interesting that that's a, just an interesting thing.
And that's something that I always take time every 4th of July to, to think about.
I, I, and, and I'll always, even if it's for a few seconds, like I'll close my eyes when like all the fireworks are going off and I, you hear, you hear the sounds, the fog and everything.
And I think like when this case 250 years ago, it was just like, damn, these were like the sounds that, Some of the visuals probably different, but definitely the sounds of like what was going on.
And if that didn't happen, you know, who knows what? well, I don't even know if I would exist.
I, I, I don't, you know, and even if I did exist, what sort of existence would it be? Um, and so something that that's definitely some to, for at least for me to take time to, to thank God about and, and, uh, and, and, and reflect on that.
But it's interesting because as I believe that, and I feel that We are seeing, and we've covered in a recent episode with how everything went down with the socialist candidates in their primary elections in New York.
There are quite a few people, quite a lot of people, not a few, a lot, quite a lot of people that don't really share that same view of this country, that same regard, that same appreciation.
And I guess I'll start off the discussion by asking, why do you think that is? Because a lot of these people, and before you get into it, they don't look that different from us.
A lot of these people are either children of immigrants or immigrants themselves.
lot of these people in some ways had it better.
Like, you know, they, they were, they were, they went to college and like, they, they, uh, they, you know, were candidates for doctorates and, you know, certain things where it's just like, oh, well, you didn't live a bad life.
Like, you know, nothing about what you're, what's reported on your background suggests that you should even think this way or have such a, uh, bitter resentment towards the nation so without with factoring all of that in why do you think that they see things so differently
So, 4th of July just passed.
It was the 250th birthday of America.
The 250th anniversary of our founding.
which is i would say substantial that that's um a very interesting amount of time in terms of something that when you think about the founding of this country and why it was founded is pretty remarkable considering that it was a bunch of Very intellectual, but rebellious and defiant guys that all banded together under the banner of freedom, liberty, not taxing without representation, defiance against the king.
it's pretty badass.
It's pretty badass that the concept of that is badass, but then also it's badass that it's lasted 250 years.
And I know you and I, we share similar views on the country in terms of how fortunate we were to be born here, what it means to be American, the fact that You can't really have a life like we have in many other countries unless you're like already kind of like born into it or you're connected or you know what I'm saying? For sure.
Um, so it's interesting that that's a, just an interesting thing.
And that's something that I always take time every 4th of July to, to think about.
I, I, and, and I'll always, even if it's for a few seconds, like I'll close my eyes when like all the fireworks are going off and I, you hear, you hear the sounds, the fog and everything.
And I think like when this case 250 years ago, it was just like, damn, these were like the sounds that, Some of the visuals probably different, but definitely the sounds of like what was going on.
And if that didn't happen, you know, who knows what? well, I don't even know if I would exist.
I, I, I don't, you know, and even if I did exist, what sort of existence would it be? Um, and so something that that's definitely some to, for at least for me to take time to, to thank God about and, and, uh, and, and, and reflect on that.
But it's interesting because as I believe that, and I feel that We are seeing, and we've covered in a recent episode with how everything went down with the socialist candidates in their primary elections in New York.
There are quite a few people, quite a lot of people, not a few, a lot, quite a lot of people that don't really share that same view of this country, that same regard, that same appreciation.
And I guess I'll start off the discussion by asking, why do you think that is? Because a lot of these people, and before you get into it, they don't look that different from us.
A lot of these people are either children of immigrants or immigrants themselves.
lot of these people in some ways had it better.
Like, you know, they, they were, they were, they went to college and like, they, they, uh, they, you know, were candidates for doctorates and, you know, certain things where it's just like, oh, well, you didn't live a bad life.
Like, you know, nothing about what you're, what's reported on your background suggests that you should even think this way or have such a, uh, bitter resentment towards the nation so without with factoring all of that in why do you think that they see things so differently
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