Mike Benz

Whatever happens with the Files, I think, is an interesting litmus test for how those relationships are going to go.

I think the role of unions in organized crime and statecraft, as we were discussing earlier, is something that has to be much more robustly explored. One of the main things that I think is likely to destabilize the U.S. in the next few years, as it was during Trump's first term, were these rent-a-riot pop-up protests that can completely destabilize a country when All the workers are walking out.

I think the role of unions in organized crime and statecraft, as we were discussing earlier, is something that has to be much more robustly explored. One of the main things that I think is likely to destabilize the U.S. in the next few years, as it was during Trump's first term, were these rent-a-riot pop-up protests that can completely destabilize a country when All the workers are walking out.

I think the role of unions in organized crime and statecraft, as we were discussing earlier, is something that has to be much more robustly explored. One of the main things that I think is likely to destabilize the U.S. in the next few years, as it was during Trump's first term, were these rent-a-riot pop-up protests that can completely destabilize a country when All the workers are walking out.

They're blocking the highways. They're provoking the police. So you're left with either a sort of authoritarian crackdown or, you know, your police precinct burns to the ground, as what happened in Minneapolis. But a lot of this is intermediated by the unions and these groups like AFL-CIO and SEIU and whatnot. And while there's been much attention by Doge on USAID,

They're blocking the highways. They're provoking the police. So you're left with either a sort of authoritarian crackdown or, you know, your police precinct burns to the ground, as what happened in Minneapolis. But a lot of this is intermediated by the unions and these groups like AFL-CIO and SEIU and whatnot. And while there's been much attention by Doge on USAID,

They're blocking the highways. They're provoking the police. So you're left with either a sort of authoritarian crackdown or, you know, your police precinct burns to the ground, as what happened in Minneapolis. But a lot of this is intermediated by the unions and these groups like AFL-CIO and SEIU and whatnot. And while there's been much attention by Doge on USAID,

and on the NGOs, I think there's this very unexplored layer which needs to be renegotiated, which is U.S. financial assistance to unions and worker groups internationally with that money boomeranging back home to spill into paid protests. And so I think that's something that the Justice Department, the Department of Labor, and the State Department need to seriously reevaluate.

and on the NGOs, I think there's this very unexplored layer which needs to be renegotiated, which is U.S. financial assistance to unions and worker groups internationally with that money boomeranging back home to spill into paid protests. And so I think that's something that the Justice Department, the Department of Labor, and the State Department need to seriously reevaluate.

and on the NGOs, I think there's this very unexplored layer which needs to be renegotiated, which is U.S. financial assistance to unions and worker groups internationally with that money boomeranging back home to spill into paid protests. And so I think that's something that the Justice Department, the Department of Labor, and the State Department need to seriously reevaluate.

You guys got volume? You know, liquefied natural gas is in great demand by our allies. Why would you do that? Because you understand, we just talked about Ukraine. You understand you're fueling Vladimir Putin's war machine because they've got to get their gas from him. And he looks at me, stunned, and he said, I didn't do that. And I said, Mr. President, yes, you did.

You guys got volume? You know, liquefied natural gas is in great demand by our allies. Why would you do that? Because you understand, we just talked about Ukraine. You understand you're fueling Vladimir Putin's war machine because they've got to get their gas from him. And he looks at me, stunned, and he said, I didn't do that. And I said, Mr. President, yes, you did.

It was an executive order, like, you know, three weeks ago. And he goes, no, I didn't do that. And he's arguing with me. I said, Mr. President... respectfully, could I go out here and ask your secretary to print it out? We'll read it together. You definitely did that. And he goes, oh, you talk about natural gas. Yes, sir. He said, no, no, you misunderstand.

It was an executive order, like, you know, three weeks ago. And he goes, no, I didn't do that. And he's arguing with me. I said, Mr. President... respectfully, could I go out here and ask your secretary to print it out? We'll read it together. You definitely did that. And he goes, oh, you talk about natural gas. Yes, sir. He said, no, no, you misunderstand.

He said, what I did is I signed this thing to, we're going to conduct a study on the effects of LNG. I said, no, you're not, sir. You paused it. I know. I have the terminal, the export terminal in my state. I talked to those people this morning. This is doing massive damage to our economy, national security. It occurred to me, Barry, he was not lying to me.

He said, what I did is I signed this thing to, we're going to conduct a study on the effects of LNG. I said, no, you're not, sir. You paused it. I know. I have the terminal, the export terminal in my state. I talked to those people this morning. This is doing massive damage to our economy, national security. It occurred to me, Barry, he was not lying to me.

He genuinely did not know what he had signed. And I walked out of that meeting with fear and loathing because I thought, we're in serious trouble. Who is running the country? Like, I don't know who put the paper in front of him, but he didn't know. If it's illegal.

He genuinely did not know what he had signed. And I walked out of that meeting with fear and loathing because I thought, we're in serious trouble. Who is running the country? Like, I don't know who put the paper in front of him, but he didn't know. If it's illegal.

in order to win the war against Russia right now. NATO believes we need to build the single largest military base in all of NATO on the Black Sea coast of Romania that points straight out in a line at Crimea and move this base that's under construction is 100% bigger. als die größte NATO-Base in Europa. Sie sehen, es gibt eine Wahl in Rumänien.

in order to win the war against Russia right now. NATO believes we need to build the single largest military base in all of NATO on the Black Sea coast of Romania that points straight out in a line at Crimea and move this base that's under construction is 100% bigger. als die größte NATO-Base in Europa. Sie sehen, es gibt eine Wahl in Rumänien.