Ryan Petersen

and how people don't understand how intense and how destructive it is and the power of these weapons. And he left that speech at the end saying, and this is why I'm so fundamentally against this thing. And it reminded me, to your point, Jason, it is so easy to forget that there's only one existential risk save like aliens coming from the heavens, right?

There's only one existential risk where all these issues become fringe issues. You know, you mentioned rule of law, border security, foreign direct investment, tariffs. It all goes out the window in a nuclear war. And I was like, I am so glad this guy's in charge because this one issue, he never wavers. And I think there's all kinds of complicated moments that could make this an issue.

There's only one existential risk where all these issues become fringe issues. You know, you mentioned rule of law, border security, foreign direct investment, tariffs. It all goes out the window in a nuclear war. And I was like, I am so glad this guy's in charge because this one issue, he never wavers. And I think there's all kinds of complicated moments that could make this an issue.

And this was where my biggest issue with Biden was, was I did not know who was in control. And I think that Trump in the first 100 days, to your point, I think has completely reinforced that there are no conditions under which he'll go to war. He has time and time again showed, find the off ramp. And I think that that's really healthy for Americans to see.

And this was where my biggest issue with Biden was, was I did not know who was in control. And I think that Trump in the first 100 days, to your point, I think has completely reinforced that there are no conditions under which he'll go to war. He has time and time again showed, find the off ramp. And I think that that's really healthy for Americans to see.

Jason, you have to pay it. Ryan, correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to pay it. at the dock in order to get the goods released. Is that right?

Jason, you have to pay it. Ryan, correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to pay it. at the dock in order to get the goods released. Is that right?

Sorry, Ryan, do you think that the government, will they view that okay, that kind of hack? If you look at the GDP numbers, one of the craziest things was the inventory pull forward that people did, to your point, like trying to get as much stuff into the United States before April 9th, as an example.

Sorry, Ryan, do you think that the government, will they view that okay, that kind of hack? If you look at the GDP numbers, one of the craziest things was the inventory pull forward that people did, to your point, like trying to get as much stuff into the United States before April 9th, as an example.

So you don't think, for example... the Department of Commerce will have an issue with the strategy of sending inventory into Mexico. That essentially, you're essentially like, isn't it an arc though? It's a workaround. Like instead of paying the China tariff, now you pay a Mexico tariff, which should be less. Is that the idea?

So you don't think, for example... the Department of Commerce will have an issue with the strategy of sending inventory into Mexico. That essentially, you're essentially like, isn't it an arc though? It's a workaround. Like instead of paying the China tariff, now you pay a Mexico tariff, which should be less. Is that the idea?

Let me answer this in a different way. Okay. a lot of those things he's actually doing. I think this is where we are is we're beyond TDS. There's something that comes after it. And I think that the mainstream media has just lost their mind to a degree that they hadn't even lost their mind in Trump one. I'll give you a couple of examples.

Let me answer this in a different way. Okay. a lot of those things he's actually doing. I think this is where we are is we're beyond TDS. There's something that comes after it. And I think that the mainstream media has just lost their mind to a degree that they hadn't even lost their mind in Trump one. I'll give you a couple of examples.

Well, one example, by the way, just a shout out to our friend, completely brazen, ridiculous, shitty reporting by the Wall Street Journal last night when they were told that this, you know, this whole Tesla thing was a total farce. They continued to publish it. Okay, fine.

Well, one example, by the way, just a shout out to our friend, completely brazen, ridiculous, shitty reporting by the Wall Street Journal last night when they were told that this, you know, this whole Tesla thing was a total farce. They continued to publish it. Okay, fine.

They communicated that directly to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal said, I don't care. I have an ax to grind. Correct. I think that Trump has a strength, which is he shapes these potholes for the mainstream media to fall into. The downside of that, though, is that the mainstream media then doesn't do the other part of the job, which is to tell the things that are important.

They communicated that directly to the Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal said, I don't care. I have an ax to grind. Correct. I think that Trump has a strength, which is he shapes these potholes for the mainstream media to fall into. The downside of that, though, is that the mainstream media then doesn't do the other part of the job, which is to tell the things that are important.

So for example, we spent a lot of time breathlessly talking about the MS-13 knuckles of the guy, right? Or then we spent a bunch of time talking about how MSNBC blurred out the names of the placards on the lawn. Okay. But here's the other part where then they get so tilted. Here's what they don't report.

So for example, we spent a lot of time breathlessly talking about the MS-13 knuckles of the guy, right? Or then we spent a bunch of time talking about how MSNBC blurred out the names of the placards on the lawn. Okay. But here's the other part where then they get so tilted. Here's what they don't report.

They didn't report that, for example, when Trump took a shot at Harvard, he also reinforced and strengthened historically black colleges and universities. Totally did not get written. I'll give you another example. This past week, Besant said that the tax bill will allow you to fully deduct all the PPE and all of the incidental costs of building a factory. I heard that.