Dan Farah

And so Mnuchin reached out to Stratton to get a briefing.

And he told Stratton that the reason he wanted the briefing is because he needed to be able to evaluate what the impact would be to the economy and

If the president decided to step to the mic and tell the world we're not alone.

Stratton tells the story on camera in the film, and I've heard a lot more about it off camera.

So we know Trump contemplated doing this already.

Now, I think the release of this film and Rubio's involvement puts enough on the table that it makes it easier for him to do.

Or at least grab control of the situation and say that this is real and the U.S.

intends to lead the way.

Because the other factor that the White House has to keep in mind is you don't want Xi or Putin being the guy to do that.

You don't want them to have that moment, right?

Right, right.

You know, something I was thinking about with regards to that moment of a president stepping to the mic, when we entered the space race, Kennedy gave that big famous speech, right?

He was like, we're going to lead in space technology, like, you know, space technology, like nuclear technology has no conscious of its own.

It's up to man to use it for good or bad.

And we're going to make sure it's used for the betterment of all mankind.

And we're going to lead the way.

That was his whole rallying speech, right?

And it made the whole scientific community be like, we're going to help.

help US win, like rah, rah, rah, right?

I think that's needed in this race.