They're basically just quality champagne and cigars and stuff like that. And we're not talking about giving somebody a pile of cash.

Now, that is very different. You know, what you would do for a pile of cash would be completely different than what you do for a little extra good champagne. So the first thing I'd like to know to understand this topic is Netanyahu really being accused of real crimes. Are these real crimes? And even if it's a real crime, let's say he took some champagne. Let's say he accepted some of the best cigars in the world. Do you really care? Do you really care? I mean that's what Trump asked. Do you care? I mean, I get how it would be technically illegal, but who cares?

Now, if they gave him a luxury car, well, yeah, I get that. You should care about that and find out if there was anything they gave in return. I haven't heard the accusation of that. But we're flying a little bit blind here in the US because we don't know if the accusations are credible or not. But the real question is, is it a coincidence that the Epstein stuff popped up the same time as the Israel stuff? Probably is. Probably is a coincidence.

All right, here's another persuasion lesson. Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, he says that he does plan, if he can do it, he wants to speak to President Trump. And he says calling his relationship with Trump quote critical to the success of the city. O is reporting on this. Anyway, so Mamdani plans to speak with Trump. And the way he worded it was, quote, "If President Trump wants to speak about lowering the cost of living or delivering cheaper groceries like he ran on in 2024, I'm there to have that conversation."

Now, do you ever hear Republicans use that phrase? I'm here to have that conversation. Remember what I said about fight, fight, fight? If what you're affirming is fight, you get a fight. If what you're affirming is health, you get health. If what you're affirming is greatness, you get greatness. But he's affirming a conversation. Like, why? Why would you affirm a conversation? It's like the lowest level of accomplishment. I'll tell you, I worked all year on this and I got myself a conversation. I know. A lot of people would never be able to have a conversation, but I got myself a conversation.

Carl, Carl just won't leave me alone this morning. So never use the word conversation if you're trying to be a person who gets stuff done. He started really well, which is Mamdani's secret sauce, that he's a good communicator. So he started out by talking about lowering the cost of living, delivering cheaper groceries, and pointing out that Trump had asked about those same things. But then he falls into Democrat talk, which is we have to have a conversation about this. That's a nothing. That's a nothing. So we'll see. Good luck, Mamdani. I'm sure that'll be a great conversation with Trump.

I saw this story today from the history of behavioral sciences. So you all know what cognitive dissonance is, right? So cognitive dissonance, most of you know, totally well documented psychological phenomenon and it happens when somebody is in a situation where they d