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Nov 29, 2024
Trump’s gone ‘crazy’ says his biographer facts #usa #americanfalls #improvementjourney #america
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that's part of his Mental Illness but
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he's also you call it a me mental
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illness oh yeah but you're not a
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psychiatrist though no but you know what
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you don't have to have a medical degree
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to know somebody is crazy president-
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elect Donald Trump continues to make
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headlines in the US after his Landmark
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electoral Victory 10 days ago earlier
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today the former president made official
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his nomin I should say the president-
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elect uh made official his nomination
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for the Secretary of the Interior in
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Doug beram this follows two
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controversial nominations of trump
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loyalist Matt Gates as attorney general
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and vaccine skeptic and former
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Independent presidential candidate
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Robert E K Robert F Kennedy Jr as
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secretary for Health and Human Services
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the latter appointment causing the head
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of the American Public Health
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Association to release a statement
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criticizing the appointment saying
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Kennedy has and I quote already caused
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Great damage in health in the country
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well joining me now to help understand
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president-elect Trump's thought
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processes and what he makes of the these
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appointments and the controversies is
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David K Johnston author of the making of
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Donald Trump he's also professor at the
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Rochester Institute of Technology David
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welcome back to the program we last
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spoke to you I think just before the
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election um how do you think it's going
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so far Henry I think Donald's doing
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exactly what um I and other some others
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predicted he would do he is finding
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foxes and putting them in charge of the
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hen houses ah now to what end do you
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think does you think he wants him to eat
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the
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hens well Donald whom I've known and
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covered for 36 years 1988 I wrote that
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he might become president of the United
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States Donald in his own mind is special
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uh there's no one else in in in America
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who could possibly do the job of
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President except him and if you don't
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agree with him uh you know he'll tell
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you how stupid you are how low IQ you
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are how unfit for office you are because
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that's part of his a mental illness but
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he's also you call it a me mental
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illness oh yeah but you're not a
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psychiatrist though no but you know what
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you don't have to have a medical degree
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to know somebody is crazy and Donald
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Donald is is absolutely crazy uh he he
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uh he I would say he has delusions of
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grandure except he got to the white
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house uh well I mean he might have you
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might say he's got delusions of Gro but
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he's gone from being yes a nepo baby
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inheriting money from his father father
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to becoming this real estate quotes
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billionaire and now he is master of all
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he surveys and he's changed the profile
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of the grand old party he's made it the
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Trump party and he's doing whatever he
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wants and he's got the trifecta all the
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branches of government on his side come
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the 20th of January Henry I don't
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disagree with you about that but the
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people he's appointing to these
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positions uh Matt Gates there is a video
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evidence of him taking part with a
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member of Congress in the US he wants to
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be the next Attorney General uh with a
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17-year-old high school girl having sex
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at a cocaine fueled orgy uh that was
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about to come out from Congress and then
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uh Gates resigned to avoid that there
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are going to be a lot of people who will
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not like the idea of such a person uh
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being the Attorney General hang on but
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before we get to Robert F Kennedy the US
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House speaker you'll be aware of this
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David Mike Johnson said he will and I
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quote strongly request that a report
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into allegations of sex trafficking of
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you repeated against Matt Gates um who
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is the president-elect's choice it's the
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President's Choice of Attorney General
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should not be released what do you make
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of that statement from Mike
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Johnson well um traditionally if you
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resign whether you're a member of
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Congress or a judge they shut down the
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investigation and nobody sees the
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findings I think that's a terrible
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policy I think there should be an option
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or a standard procedure that we may or
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may not release them but the Senate if
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they hold confirmation hearing ings
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Trump doesn't want confirmation hearings
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for reasons that should be obvious on
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Matt Gates uh some senators are probably
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going to demand to see what the house
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has and among the things they have are
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videotape of uh Matt gates with this
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17-year-old girl have you seen the video
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yourself say it again have you seen the
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video yourself no I only know that it
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exists and that members have told people
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who've seen it what's there right so
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what do you think so how confident are
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you that under pressure from Donald
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Trump people like Senator John th who's
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going to be the leader of uh the Senate
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will hold fast and steadfast to the
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ethics you think that they will I mean
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because Under Pressure they might Wilt
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well Henry you've gotten to the exact
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crucial Point Donald promoted uh U I'm
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sorry nominated Gates and uh Robert F
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Kennedy Jr and some others as a test of
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obedience a test of loyalty he wants the
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Senate to not fulfill its constitutional
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duty to advise and consent on certain
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appointments the requirement of the
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Constitution which they could get around
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with something called a recess
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appointment at least for a period of
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months and this is really to see well
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everyone totally bow down to him will
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United States senators uh Act only as
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vessels to carry out what Trump wants
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and whether they hold hearings and if
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they do how vigorously they investigate
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uh these appointees that's a test of the
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Constitutional system in the US remember
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Donald wants to be our dictator he
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himself said it nine years ago I said uh
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Donald wants to be our dictator if he
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gets to the White House he will never
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leave peacefully which turned out to be
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exactly the case and uh Donald jokes
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that you know if you voted in 2024 you
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never have to vote again another sign
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that you know he believes he should be a
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dictator and Donald really believes that
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he's he's special he's the only person
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qualified and he's also said I have an
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article two in the Constitution I have
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an article two that says I can do
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anything I want that's not what it says
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right and and what about you were going
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to talk about Robert F Kennedy Trump's
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nominee for secretary for Health and
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Human uh services and he said to him um
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stay away from the environment but
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otherwise just go wild go wild make
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America healthy again and some people
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are excited because he's they think he's
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saying the right thing about food if not
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about fluoride in the water well Robert
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F Kennedy who's never held public office
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uh who has had a very sad life since the
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assassination of his father in
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1968 uh believes that vaccines are
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harmful that they don't save lives
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that's ridiculous there scientific
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evidence is over the top about uh how
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much vaccines have reduced unnecessary
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deaths and blindness and injury and ill
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health
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um uh he he holds a whole bunch of views
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that have no basis in fact none zero and
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to put him in charge of Health and Human
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Services
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would well it's I mean it's a it's a
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pattern to kill people it is simple as
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that if we he has would have the power
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to say we're not going to have the
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federal government pay for those people
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who are on Medicare or Medicaid's uh
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vaccinations anymore and if that happens
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people will die aren't there any guard
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rails uh David I mean Fouch is gone now
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but uh the there must be people at the
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National Institutes of Health or
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elsewhere who could push back strongly
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perhaps in a group if not uh one voice
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and say sorry Mr secretary this is
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dangerous so Trump and his team have
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announced that anybody who stands in
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their way whether they're generals of
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the United States military uh
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prosecutors at the justice department or
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anybody else will be fired they intend
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to eliminate as many as 500,000 of the 2
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million civilian government employees
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and they've made it very clear that you
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will kneel down and do exactly what
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you're told by Donald Trump and his
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appointees or you're out of there now
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the guard rail is going to be
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unfortunately litigation yeah uh
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Outsiders are going to sue and here's
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the problem they R into if they get a
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trump ER judge not just a trump
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appointed judge but one who wants to
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promote Donald Trump the judge may find
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that they lack what called standing that
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is a reason to sue one of the reasons
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that nothing happened when Donald
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thumbed his nose at the emoluments
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clause which says a president may not
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take money from foreign governments or
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state or local governments without the
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permission of Congress was Judge after
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judge said well you have no standing to
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Sue that is there was no enforcement
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mechanism for the emoluments Clause so
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this is a real serious problem the
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robertt F Kennedy appointment is
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probably the not well it's not only the
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the worst I think in the history of the
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United States but it is an appointment
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that will cost lives if it goes through
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David one more thing um it's a personal
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one there are some people who are very
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concerned because they have irked Donald
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Trump he sees him as an enemy they've
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attacked him in the media Etc you've uh
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talked to us and others about Donald
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Trump you've disparaged him you've told
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us that you don't think much of him
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you've written books about him how
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concerned are you for your safety well
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Donald has said he hates me more than
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any other journalist in the world and I
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have said many times that if we become a
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dictatorship sooner or later uh firing
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squads are down that road what and well
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name me a dictatorship that doesn't have
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doesn't kill people I mean it's a nature
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of dictatorships as they go along over
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time they kill people Donald has called
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for executing the former head of the US
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military General Millie and they're
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going to try and bring him back and
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court marshall him he's called for
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shooting journalists he's told people in
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his audiences to beat people up and in
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one case said and I'll pay your legal
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bills if you have any which Donald would
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never do so you have to think about this
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not just in terms of Donald but if we
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lose the Liberties of the people and the
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Constitution becomes
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irrelevant then down that road of a
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dictatorship that's what eventually
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happens now Donald has said he intends
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to fire many of the top generals and I
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wrote and warn people 9 years ago if
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Donald Trump starts firing generals and
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Admirals and promoting uh majors and
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captains and uh Lieutenant Colonels you
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should be very worried because he is
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setting up a military dictatorship all
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right David we're going to have to leave
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it there on that very somber note thank
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you very much to David K Johnson the
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author of the making of Donald Trump and
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professor at the Rochester Institute of
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Technology he's been tracking the
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president-elect for a number of years
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Stefan isn't impressed he says oh your
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guest is as mad as Donald Trump so
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should you really be interviewing him
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well he's an expert on on Trump Stefan
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he may not you may not like his views
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but he has done the work he's done the
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research over a number of decades and
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that's why we talk to him