Back to episode — Episode 2907 CWSA 07/24/25
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because they can claim we knew some of it was not credible. We didn't know at the time that none of it was true. They might even claim some of it was true because you've heard them say that recently. Well, not everything was debunked. Even though I think there's no evidence for any of it, but there's some of it that maybe wasn't debunked. It's just there's no evidence for it. So is that the same?…
← Previous segment →t it. I don't think that you could get this past the reasonable doubt stage. Now, is it possible that you get a grand jury to indict? Yes, that is totally possible. I'm not going to predict it, but the grand jury stuff is sort of easy to get. So I would say that the evidence that Tulsi Gabbard has released and plus what we know is definitely enough for a grand jury to say that it should go to trial. But I don't see any chance of a conviction. That's what I think.
Anyway, apparently the Department of Justice has launched a what they call a strike force to investigate the Tulsi Gabbard's claims that the intelligence community weaponized their department. So the Post Millennial is reporting on that. So that's good. At least they're looking into it.
Here's my favorite story of the day. So you know that Trump has been trying to get rid of Jerome Powell, the head of the Fed, but he would like him to quit. He says he's not going to fire him because that would roil the markets. And he's repeated, Trump has, that firing him is off the possibility. The only way you'd be able to fire him is if he were involved in something so illegal or corrupt that the public would say, "Oh, okay." You know, he has the ability legally to fire him for cause, but the cause would have to be really obvious and the public would have to see it. Now, if it's really obvious and the public sees it, well, then maybe the markets would understand. It's like, oh, you can't let this go. So the question is, would there be anything like that?
Well, as you know, Bill Pulte has been promoting the idea that there are lots of questions to be answered with the building or the upgrades to the Federal Reserve headquarters, which apparently are budgeted at $2.5 billion. And as Bill Pulte points out, that is a lot of money and you should be able to build an entire building for that, you know, much less just fix up the building that already exists. So they have some real questions there. And Pulte had said that he would be willing to tour the site because he has a background in construction as well. You've heard of Pulte Homes. That was his grandfather's business and he worked there so he knows about construction. Bill Pulte did visit. I don't think he had a reservation with him. I think he just showed up at the site and saw there were only like half a dozen people working. So it does make you wonder where the 2.5 billion is going. But here is the best part.
Trump is going to join Bill Pulte and James Blair and Russ Vought on his team and today they're going to be visiting the Federal Reserve building site. Now remember I told you that Bill Pulte has a background in construction so he knows what he's talking about. What does Trump have? Trump has, you know, he also has an extreme background in construction, specifically for these larger buildings, which I think would be on point. And this is just great. Now, I don't know that this will have any impact on Jerome Powell because the work wouldn't even be done while he's still in office. His term ends in May, so he's not going to spend even one day in that building after it gets rehabbed. But maybe somebody's taking some bribes or some of that money is being wasted. There might be more to the story. We don't know. The budget is so big that asking questions makes sense.
So imagine Trump getting to attack his enemy, I guess you could call it that, Jerome Powell, by looking at a construction project. And what do you think Trump is going to say about the construction project? Do you think he's going to go there and say, "Oh, everything looks good. Looks like they made all the right decisions. That budget makes sense to me." No, he is going to absolutely eviscerate whoever is doing the building of this thing and he's going to raise all kinds of questions and boy that's going to be a fun visit. So Bill Pulte, congratulations for pushing that topic forward because I've told you before that when you see the government competing to try to find out who can find more fraud and get rid of it, that is a really good sign of a healthy change. If people were simply approving more budget and spending it, you're heading to doom. But the Trump administration and DOGE especially have changed the thinking such that your highest priority, and that's what this looks like, highest priority is to look for waste and abuse. And so it all makes sense. They're looking for waste and abuse.
I told you that Trump has humorously monetized things he
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couldn't solve. So he monetized the Ukraine war by saying, "We won't put any money into it, but we will sell Europe as many weapons as they want to buy." He monetized it. He monetized the fentanyl problem by using it as an excuse to raise tariffs on China and also Canada and Mexico I believe. So he couldn't solve it but he monetized it. And now apparently Columbia University is settling with the g…
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