With regard to Lisa,
let's talk about this Tob.
Wait to find out if she's gonna be
charged.
What a what a what a what a hateful
anti-Trump guy. I mean, start with
Bolton. I mean, Bolton, he could have t
what Tai Cobb could have pointed out was
Judge Royce Lambert. I saw your rules
speak in the hill that John Bolton
likely jeopardized national security,
gambled with national security and the
Trump administration would have likely
prevailed on the merits of the case if
it had gone forward and Trump had been
reelected. Now what would that would
have meant likely jail term for John
Bolton. So don't tell me Tai Cobb that
we're going after John Bolton English.
guy took by his own admission copious
notes in places like the situation room
and places where national intelligence
secrets were being done and then he
cashed in on that with his with his with
his memoirs and he's just been out of
control ever since. He's a threat to
national security. The guy should be be
uh investigated if if they find he's got
what we think he might have. that guy
should go to a federal prison.
Why not the same approach to Lisa Cook?
Why not wait to find out?
So, let's talk Lisa Cook. So, here's the
thing. Um, this is a very interesting
case. The way the statute reads is that
the president unequivocally has the
authority to fire for cause. In this
case, the cause would be malfeasant. So,
what do we know here? What we know here
appears to be a slam dunk damning case.
What do we got? I couldn't believe this
when I saw this. Two mortgages
applications. Yeah.
In two weeks where she put on they both
claimed uh they they were her permanent
residence. The way the rules are you got
to occupy within 60 days and stay there
for at least a year. I mean by the math
of it you can't do that in two houses.
Okay. So on the face of it that's
malfeasants. Now the statute doesn't say
the malfeasance has to happen while
you're in office in the fed. It just
says malfeasants. Now look at the
history. I mean, we've had I I can I I
can go 20 20 names of people who left
administrations because of allegations
like this under a scandal.
The appearance or impression of
impropriy in this case though because
people are already asking you about
politicizing the Fed. Why not embrace
due process?
This is due process. The president has
the power to do exactly what she's
doing. Fire her for cause in this case
malfeasants. Now, for those who look,
Nixon resigned without a without a
trial. We had uh uh the whole Contra
thing. Uh those people were gone without
a trial.
The ones that's most relevant here is
the independent agency guys who were
fired by Biden. One of my good friends,
Mark Calabria, was at an agency um and
he got fired and the court said Biden
had every right to do it. So
what's going on here?
Can you imagine a world in which she
gets the injunction and she stays in
that job while this uh criminal
investigation is underway and Donald
Trump is sitting in the White House
truththing at her every day. How ugly
could this guy get?
Look, when she got appointed, Joe uh
back when I was outside and Biden was
the appointee. I said flat out it it was
a terrible hire. It was a DEI hire.
She's not qualified. But you look at the
the arc of what she has done as Fed
governor. She was the one who was one of
J. Pal's votes to keep rates
artificially low as the inflation crisis
began because of Biden's overspending.
She fed into the inflation is transitory
narrative which was pure partisanship.
And she's was the one who helped light
light the inflationary spiral that that
we've been fighting with ever since. And
then and then Trump gets in there. What
does she do? She flips and it's like
partisan again. It's like she won't
lower rates. She's a partisan animal who
weaponized a Federal Reserve. This is
not about federal Fed independence. It's
about about I mean, think about it, Joe.
Two mortgages in two weeks claiming
falsely. Now, here's the thing. This is
personal to me.
Oh, I understand.
I when I went
using language like animals.
I went to prison. I went to prison, Joe,
for defending the Constitution. And when
I was in there, which is why this is
relevant, is there were at least two
guys I knew in there who were in there
for a long time for similar charges. And
not only you don't only go to prison,
you get your assets seized. There's
forfeite and generally there's a
restitution that has to be paid. So this
is not this not, folks, this is not a
slap on the wrist. This is not a little
thing. I mean, people are in prison. And
what does it say about the world if she
tries to hide behind the fact that she
hasn't had a trial yet when in fact the
facts are the facts and it doesn't
require a trial.
I read your view on that. I don't think
you want to you don't want to call these
to cook an animal. You didn't mean that.
An animal. Well, I didn't think you said
partisan animal. I just animal. We
understand.
I understand. I apologize.
Okay, fine. I just want to give you I
don't want you to leave it. partisan. I
mean, look, that's a look, it should
investigate everyone who disagrees with
Donald Trump.
Of course not. But that's not what this
is about. This absolutely not. Was that
not what that's about before walked out
of the White House in a huff?
Um, and the only thing he shares with
Tai Cobb, it would proves my thing.
Never trust a guy with a handlebar
mustache because both of them had that.
He walks out with a stack of copious
notes screwing both the president
everybody works with and he goes and it
what it looks like to judge Royce
Lambert don't ask me it looks like he
relied on information that should
otherwise have not seen the light of day
under four possible different statutes
and if he did that as Royce Lambert said
okay
you know he
I've never talked to you for this long
without bringing up tariffs you know
yeah
we got India today.
Let's do that
50%. Are we actually in talks with India
right now? Is there a potential for a
deal to change that number?
Look, it's it's real easy that India can
get 25% off tomorrow if it stops buying
uh Russian oil and and helping defeat
the war machine.
They're not sending that signal.
They're not. And look, I it here's the
thing. I'm I'm puzzled, okay? Because
Modi is a great leader. These people are
are this is a mature democracy with
intelligent people running it and they
look us bald-faced in the eye on on the
tariff part and say we don't have the
highest tariffs in the world when in
fact they do. There's no dispute about
that if you look at the numbers and then
they say uh we're not we're not going to
stop buying Russian oil. Now what what
does that mean? I mean we've talked
about this but it's worth talking with
your viewers again.
When India buys Russian oil at a
discount and then Indian refiners in
partnership in India with Russian
refiners
make that and sell it at a premium to
the rest of the world, right? Russia
uses the money it gets
to fund its war machine, kill more
Ukrainians, and then the next thing that
happens, of course, is Ukraine comes to
us and Europe and says, "Give us some
more money."
So we, everybody in America loses
because of what India is doing. The con
consumers and businesses and everything
lose and workers lose because India's
high tariffs cost us jobs and factories
and income and higher wages. And then
the taxpayers lose because we got to
fund Mod's war. Okay. The the the road
to peace runs at least partly right
through New Delhi. I mean Mod's war.
Because the road to peace runs in part
through New Delhi. I mean that's a lot
of money.
It's a lot of money.
There are some who say that we're we're
losing leverage with China by
eliminating
the the next biggest economic
alternative. You know, I'm so tired of
these these national security strategy
is being too cute by half. The reality
is you got to stop India and China from
buying Russian oil. You do that tomorrow
when the war is over. Okay, the war is
over. If if if
everybody including Europe, this is like
Europe's still buying Russia oil, which
is crazy. Okay. If people just stop
buying Russia oil,
then it's only a matter of time before
Putin doesn't have the money to fund
that war. So Modi's a big part of that.
It's it's it's a million and a half
barrels of oil a day. That buys a lot of
lot of drones and bombs to kill
Ukrainians. Okay. A lot. Okay. So what's
troubling to me, Joe, is that the
Indians are so arrogant about this. They
say, "Oh, we don't have higher tariffs.
Oh, it's our sovereignty. We can buy oil
from anyone we want." India, you're the
biggest democracy in the world. Okay?
Act like one. Side with the de
democracies. You're getting in bed with
the authoritarians.
You know, China, you've been at at quiet
war with them for decades. They invaded
a Chin and all your territory. These are
not your friends, folks. Okay? and the
Russians. I mean, come on.
With a direct appeal to the listeners,
viewers here.