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n't even care that he walks like a statue. I don't care. I wouldn't even care if he was stealing money from Ukraine. I wouldn't care if his son was coked up and firing bullets in the air if their policies were even a little bit okay. The border is open. Are you kidding me? We're spending our money in Ukraine for God knows what. Are you kidding me? Inflation through the roof. It's crazy. Really, Ch…

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And eight years later Charlamagne says you know that's the best way to talk to the public. Trump did that to you. He went from why is he talking like a child to we should all be talking like that. I mean that's the way to talk. That's what works and he's right.

Gavin Newsom being Gavin Newsom at the border. He's in full lizard mode and he's got a little video in which he's talking about how he's doubled the California National Guard at the border and they're working to stop the flow of fentanyl. Wow that sounds good. That's a man of action. He's getting stuff done. And then he contrasts it to the GOP that are like playing games and Mike Johnson searching for a spot. And meanwhile as Gavin Newsom points out he's out there doing real work. He's there with the National Guard. They're closing the border. Now the National Guard wasn't shown in the video and Fox News's Bill Melugin weighs in and said you know none of that's happening. Not a single person he's ever talked to and he's down at the border all the time and he checked with the border patrol. None of them have seen any National Guard. As in any. As in none. Nobody's ever seen one. The people who actually do work on the border it's like National Guard? We haven't seen them. They're here. So Gavin Newsom actually just does a video and says he's controlling the border. Apparently none of that's happening.

Now what happens when I talk to the next Democrat I run into who thinks that that's true? How do I have a conversation with somebody who thinks Gavin Newsom's closing the border with the National Guard? That's literally just like a fictional story.

All right, well happy birthday to Trump. He's 78. And you, I just saw another interview with Jake Paul. We'll talk about that. He made some news but he looks completely on the ball. Am I wrong? I don't see Trump losing a step. Now I think he's too old because I think everybody that age is at a certain risk but I got to say he looks 100% for what that's worth. It's just not my preference to have people that age in that office but lots of individual differences.

All right so he's talking to Jake Paul who's going to be fighting against Mike Tyson in a few months and here are some of the things he talked about. Oh actually this before I talk about that. Apparently Trump said in a meeting with Republicans that he's considering or that he would consider replacing the federal income tax with an all-tariff policy. In other words 100% of the money coming into the government would be charging other countries for the privilege of trading with the United States. Now could that work? I don't know. Wouldn't they just increase their tariffs on us or would we only be increasing tariffs on people who are already in an unbalanced situation so we'd just be bringing it to even? I don't know how that would work but here's what, so I'm not for or against it. Here's what I'm going to say. Donald Trump turned 78 years old. He's the one who suggested building new cities on federal lands. One of the most radical and forw

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ard-thinking things I've heard from a president ever. He also is considering completely removing the federal tax code. He hasn't decided to do it but he's looking into an idea that's so radical and so different I'd never even heard of it. Can you imagine that there was a potential tax policy that I'd never heard of? Now whether that's a good idea or a bad idea, if you think that being 78 is hurtin…

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