ARRESTS: 3 SCOOPED UP IN CHURCH STORMING.. BUT WHAT ABOUT LEMON?
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to their insanity in the, in the ICE debate. One person that wasn't arrested, Don Le Mans. Don Women, a Democrat judge apparently blocked the indictment of Don Lemon over the ICE protests. And, well, again, I don't like, the protests is probably not the best word for it, but the anti-ice domestic terrorism activism happening. at that church over the weekend. I don't think this is over yet with Donald. I don't think he's out of the woods just yet. I'll explain coming up. Number two. But we'll have the latest from Minneapolis on the way today. For the first time today, Russia, Ukraine, the United States are talking peace in the UAE, fresh off that trip from Davos. We've got the Board of Peace. We got this whole thing shaping up and back home domestically, as I said, okay, other than Minneapolis, things are looking really good. President Trump wrapping up that first year this past week. We'll talk a little bit about some of those things and what you can expect in the year to come, but we've seen what? The GDP is up. We've seen interest rates down. We've seen gas prices down, costs of other things. And by the way, we just got this big headline today that I think is absolutely incredible. We got the lowest murder rate in the U.S. and 125 years. Kash Patel noting over on X. It's the lowest since the 1900. It's incredible. Why? More arrests? You've seen how many people they've taken off the FBI's most wanted list anyway, taking them into custody? That's another massive story that you're not hearing about. We should probably make sure we know. And again, today the story that everyone will be thinking about and talking about, it's cold outside. It doesn't even begin to describe it. Oh, really. It's an extreme cold advisory that's in effect right now. Snow showers continuing throughout today. We could see one to four additional inches according to... Mad at Storm Team 8 of snow, but the cold is the real problem and canceling lots of places. Closing businesses I wouldn't even imagine would be cold, but we're not alone. Two-thirds of America on that storm watch with us, and it's not just cold. They'll see snow and ice and more of nasty stuff headed their way over the weekend. So anyway, we've got lots to discuss, and we're going to give you a chance to join in the program if you want to do that. Now is the time. 616-774-24-24-24. It's a free for all Friday on West Michigan Live, Wood Radio. All right. Let's try to warm things up here a little bit with our good friend Kyle Olson. Kyle, welcome it. I know we just wrapped up that first full year, the president's second term here, and I just went through some of those issues. But I'll give you a quick moment just to kind of reflect. And I think he's doing so much at the same time. I think we kind of lose track because a lot of people are saying, he's spending too much time focusing on the foreign stuff. He needs to focus on the things that are happening and all. But that's happening. And I kind of look at it like this. Hey, the other guy couldn't even walk.
This one can walk and chew gum at the same time, all right? So let's take it. Let's take it easy here. Well, look at what he just said in Europe. I mean, he just browbeat the people there and said America is coming first. And, you know, and, you know, the way he talked to the prime minister of Canada, this is, I think this is what a lot of people voted for, is that President Trump is putting America first. And so he's doing that around the world, but then also at home. And look at, I mean, he were just. You were just talking about the arrests in Minneapolis. The left has absolutely lost its mind to the point where they are defending and protecting criminal illegal aliens who are rapists, murderers, child abusers, drunk drivers, thieves. Everything that you can imagine, that's what they are trying to disrupt. You know, there was this arrest in Holland Township that was sort of very mysterious and there was not a lot of coverage. Well, we asked Homeland Security, who was the person that was arrested? Because we saw there was a lot of, you know, online chatter about how poorly the guy was treated and everything. Well, he was resisting arrest, first of all. But it turned out he was a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. He had previously been convicted of assaulting a police officer, driving under the influence, and other things. So that is who ICE is going after, and that's who Democrats and these insane protesters are defending. It really is wild to watch the latest story yesterday about this five-year-old. Now, I've got a five-year-old. So I hear stories like this, and I think, and I heard the vice president talk about JD Vance the other day. He said the same thing. It goes, you know, I've got a five-year-old. And think about this. What a horrible story. We did what? Well, the five-year-old, and it turns out when you dig into the story. The case is completely separate. It's not how the media is reporting it at all. Apparently, the father of the five-year-old fled, and then ICE didn't detain or arrest a five-year-old. They then cared for the five-year-old who was left by the father. What do you think happens? In fact, we've got folks on the left, Democrats on the left. who are vouching for this situation coming out and saying, you know, I just learned the facts on this. And I'm going to make sure I'm against misinformation. So I'm going to make sure that I get this right too. I can't remember the guy's name. But he said, you know, I watched a lot of this on the southern border and how the CBP cared for those children who came here. Remember, obviously brought here by parents or whatever. However, they found these unaccompanied minors. And he said, you know, trust me, this child was in good hands.
So it's interesting because, nope, they will not correct this story, CNN, the rest of these folks. And, of course, you've got people like Tim Walz out there repeating the thing. And, of course, they're never going to come out and say, well, look, we got this wrong. No, of course not. And the pro-open borders crowd is that the propaganda is absolutely cranking. You know, there was another story. where a young child who is a U.S. citizen was deported. And there was outrage because this child, who's an American citizen, was deported. Well, but if you read the story, the mother was in the country illegally, and the child was deported with the mother. And I read this, and I think to myself, so wait a minute. On the one hand, they're attacking Republicans because they supposedly want families, you know, they're doing these family separations. So now the Republicans are keeping the family, the Trump administration is keeping the family together, and they're being attacked for that. So it just shows, to me it shows all of this, what we're seeing in Minneapolis. and Columbus and Portland and all across the country is this this doesn't have anything to do with immigrants with migrants that has this has to do with attacking the Trump administration and it's all political and it's all about 2026 they're trying to keep the temperature high for 2026 and that's what this is all about Uh, Jessica, on the chat here over on Facebook, Twitter, actually on the get her locals, YouTube. We got these, uh, all these different platforms that we chat on. Of course, she said, I'm at the point when I want the liberals deported too. Hey, I got to, I do, I got to bring this back though, because this is, this is kind of important. I, I want people to realize because it hit me as I was thinking about this earlier. You know, a lot of us are frustrated. In fact, Glenn is. called Glenn Beck came out earlier this week and called so you know we we may need to change here with Pam Bondi I gave her a year we need to see these arrests and one of the things that I realized today and and really yesterday as they charged they tried to charge the Department of Justice tried to charge Don Lemon we actually have the video evidence and everything that that would prove that look you could charge this guy with the phrase they tried it and the judge wouldn't allow it I want folks to take a step back and realize, and maybe you can comment on this. Right now there's a lot of talk about blues slips and the Senate and whether or not that even be able to get a judge to go along with it and what they need to do to get rid of some of these judges and some of the folks' attorneys, I guess, inside the Justice Department as well that would need approval. Maybe there's a reason why we haven't seen some of the movement that we'd like to see in some of these cases. So if they can't even get... Don Lemon charged, how do you expect them to be able to charge somebody like Anthony Fauci or or any of the Biden crime family or anybody else that really needs to be held accountable throughout the last several years? So are you saying we don't really have a king? Is that what you're saying? That's just incredible, isn't it?
What it says to me is it shows the power of the deep state and the bureaucracy. And you can have a new president of the United States who appoints a strong attorney general and others around him. And still, the deep state will, the deep state has power and will use it. And so I think I can understand why there is frustration, but I can tell you things are happening. They're not always visible, but things are happening. But it shows why it's so important for the Trump administration to appoint strong America First constitutional judges and bureaucrats and everyone around. You can have someone like the president who is casting the vision and saying this is going to be the policy, but then when you've got rotten people in the bureaucracy who are expected to implement it, well, they're not going to do that. And they're going to fight every step of the way. And so I don't think it's about making excuses. I think it's about facing the reality of the situation and then say, okay, now what are they going to do about it? Let's bring you back to Michigan, if we can here for just a moment. We don't have a lot of time left, but Kyle Olson with us from the Midwestern or the Midwestern or dot news. I saw this yesterday. I think this is a great example of the crazy inside the left and the Democrat Party. Former Democrat Party chair, Mark Brewer, had said he believes that Michigan, the state of Michigan should secede from the United States. and fall into Canada's domain. Now, I saw this, and I laughed, although there were going to be some people who really take this seriously, I thought to myself, you know, I'd rather, as a state of Michigan, the reasonable, rational parts. secede from the insane blue parts. You know, there's certain part of the states that I just like to see. Maybe we could just split the mitt. And you take the Wolverine Queen and Jocelyn Benson and whoever else you want in your hellholes. And you know what? We'll stick with reason. on our side in our neck of the woods. I don't know if I'm going to push for that anytime soon, but I think I'd like that a lot better than this idea of us joining Canada. In fact, I know Canada right now is looking at Alberta is looking to get out of Canada. We may recognize them. And who knows? Maybe we could do a trade, Minnesota for Alberta. Kyle. What do you think about that? Well, that's interesting because Alberta is a very conservative place. And I think that the Republicans could probably use two more Republican senators and some Republican representatives. So that could be interesting. But I thought Mark Brewer's comment, the timing of that was interesting, because maybe one of the most stunning things that I've seen lately is when the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, went to China and literally used the words, New World Order.
In China. Yeah. And so you've got Canada that is now cozying up to China because they're not getting their way with Donald Trump like they did with Joe Biden. And now Mark Brewer wants to concede to China, well, to China, to Canada. Yeah. I just think that's- Might as well been China. It is a great. It really is a great point. Anything else in the state you're keeping an eye because there's a lot happening right now. Well, we're continuing to focus on data centers. Those are not going away. And solar power plants, the Gretchen Whitmer administration is continuing to push those. Those are affecting local communities. Obviously, we're in 2026 now. It's an election season. So elections are heating up. We're going to be increasing our coverage of the Republican primary for governor, et cetera. So there's a lot going on. Yeah, Kyle Olson, always a pleasure. Stay up to date. Don't just bookmark it. Definitely do that, but put your email in so you can stay up today with these stories and more. At the Midwesterner, the Midwesterner.com. Thank you, my friend. Have a great weekend. And stay warm. You too, thanks. You got it. God bless. This says it best on X. Blair White says, you're telling me they can arrest a president, but not done. Lemon? Okay. Make your smart speaker smarter. Stream us. Okay, getting smarter now. It's West Michigan Live with Justin Barkley on News Radio Wood 1300 and 106.9 FM.
News Radio Wood 13001069 FM. Here are your headlines from the Midwestern or this Friday, January 23rd. I'm Robin Hoffman. It's a Midwesternor.News original story. A New York-based nonprofit, siphoning tax dollars meant for expected mothers in Michigan, incredibly is hiring with preference for folks who speak Arabic or Spanish. Full details at the Midwesterner. News. In other news, a leading Michigan Democrat consultant wants Michigan to ditch the U.S. to join the country's neighbor to the north. Former Michigan Democrat Party. chair Mark Brewer took to X to weigh in on a speech the Canadian Prime Minister delivered to world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, and the speech took aim of President Trump without mentioning him by name. And President Trump thinks both sides want to make a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, but admits it's extremely complex. They'll make concessions. Everybody's making concessions to get it done. Europe is going to be a part of it. It's going to be a part of it. It won't be Europe did for me. For these stories and more, visit the Midwesterner at the Midwestern. Wester. News. Yeah, we've got 20, was it 28 minutes? Trump spent on Air Force One talking to reporters. It's probably more than Biden spent his entire four years, just on that one plane right along. We've got some of that coming up. Jack Smith, Mr. Jack Smith goes to Washington yesterday. He was in that hearing. Chip Roy. gave it to. I'm going to get to all of that coming up here in just a moment. But first, Dow futures down about 250 points this morning. The S&P little changed. Wall Street taking a breath after the two-day rally, according to the latest headlines on CNBC. But listen, I've been telling you the best strategy as things are shifting right now. President Trump's trying to get the country back on track. We've seen the GDP. Interest rates coming down. We've seen all these reports. And, of course, things are, I think, moving in our advantage. Don't jump off the roller coaster. I know I can feel nauseous. It can make you feel like, I don't even know what we're doing. It's hard to sleep at night, especially if you're in retirement right now. Maybe you're retired 10, 20 years down the road, or maybe you want to retire today or you already are. Here's the deal. If you want to make sure that you're in good hands, and of course, you can't sleep while at night. You're not feeling nauseous on that ride. Some people... Put their arms up and they enjoy it, right? Some people freak out and say, no way. I get it. The folks at guarding your nest egg.com, talent, wealth, Mike, Lester, and the team can help you sleep well at night. Go. Go to guarding your nest egg.com. Guardingyournesteg.com.
And make sure that you check out and ask those questions. Give them a call, 616-66-66-16-1-1,000. It's the things that are on your mind. Get the counsel. And, of course, And weigh it. You know, of course, make those best decisions for you and your family. But I'm certain you'll be glad that you do when you go and do that to do. Don't not, don't waste whatever you do. Don't waste time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. How many members of Congress for the Senate? Did you subpoena phone toll records? Get it done. Special on a snowy, cold day. As I sit here right now, I know that we'll call a specific number. But you may not, everything else is closed anyway. You may not have anything else going on it. All right, Chip Roy, giving it to him. This was yesterday. In fact, during that hearing, Jack Smith goes to Washington. Jack Smith really got it. As I sit here right now, I do not recall a specific number. Is this the complete list right here?
Chip Roy's asking me, how many of these Congress men and women did you tap? How many members of Congress did you tap their phones, get their phone records? Jack Smith is supposed to be investigating President Trump. I mean, the kind of things that were happening under Biden are criminal. He's getting his day inside the hearing right now, but I'd like to see this guy in orange jumpsuit as well. Let's see this. Am I on this list? Did you? Target my records and subpoena my phone toll records? He did, along with other senators. There is a long list of them on there, including Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from Louisiana, Ron Johnson, and Wisconsin, Josh Holiday, Bill Hagerty. uh Lindsey Graham Marsha Blackburn in tennessee louis gomer down in uh texas is a rep congressman Jim Jordan who's leading that panel which isn't that sweet justice and senator Tommy Tuberville down in the alabama uh my understanding is your records were subpoenaed by prosecutors before uh i became special counsel Well, staff would put this up on the screen. You hear that? That was the, it wasn't me defense. I'm thankful for the great staff who discovered the email where I learned for the first time a few weeks ago that my phone records were indeed targeted. We called AT&T and we've learned that they were given to the Department of Justice as this email indicates because I've been in communication with Scott Perry. One of my colleagues here in Congress. who literally had his phone taken from him in front of his family. And of course, we've already talked about in this document, it talks about you could be in violation of privilege by even obtaining and possessing this information if the member objected to the disclosure. This happened four years ago in May of 2022, and I couldn't object because I didn't know. Yeah. I didn't know until about three weeks ago. My question here is, was there any limits to your investigation or the investigation that preceded you, Mr. Smith? Because as egregious as a violation of separation of powers this is, is an egregious and abuse of power it is, it's far more concerning you are clearly targeting American citizens for merely being conservative or supporting the president. We've got memos that we've already been talking about in this hearing from April 2022 that preceded you that established and open the investigations, one of which. If they're willing to go after congressmen and women, if they're willing to go after those folks there, you think they have a problem going after those Christians? going after Catholics because they wanted to do the traditional mass. They won the Latin mat. You think they had a problem going on for mom and dad's who just wanted their kids to be safe at school and they'd go to school board meetings? Do you think they have a problem going after anything? No. Everyone was fair game under the Biden regime. That's the case. That's the point Chip Roy's making here. General Merrick Garland's signature on it. And the focus was the electors.
Now that was six months before you were appointed. You testified earlier, you met and interviewed Merrick Garland and Deputy AG Lisa Monaco, and you briefed the AG and deputy multiple times. Did you brief them on the electors and the prosecution of their supposed crimes? Did I, I'm sorry. Did you brief them on the electors and their supposed crimes? I don't recall specific conversations, but I'm sure that in the course of briefing them, I discussed. It wasn't that the purpose of the entire investigation as it was set out? Because putting aside that in 1960, it was already talked about my friend, Mr. Tiffany, that Hawaii put forward an alternate slate of electors, the investigation pivoted to President Trump and, frankly, anybody who knew him. Do you know who Cleena Mitchell is? Yes, I do. She's an election lawyer that was involved in filing an election context on the program several times. President Trump in Georgia in December of 2020. A 64-page complaint with over 1100 pages of exhibits, witness affidavits, and expert witness reports documenting thousands of votes cast in violation of Georgia law, but which were nevertheless included in the vote totals. Now, notwithstanding the disposition of the cases that was filed, is that a criminal act? filing an election contest on behalf of a candidate for office, a client. Is that a criminal act? Yes or no? No. In fact, we stated- So why did you deem it appropriate to monitor Jay Clayton Mitchell's long-distance phone records in 23, two and a half years after the election context was filed? And after the presidential electors were certified? What about Jen Ellis? What about Sidney Jerome Powell? What about Bill Sepion? What crime did you suspect have been committed by them that would warrant monitoring their phone records two and a half years after the 2020 election was certified?
With respect to Sidney Jerome Powell, she is one of the co-conspirators alleged in the indictment. I don't know what you mean by monitoring, sir. If you're talking about- Well, there were some 400-plus Republican conservative groups and leaders who were targeted by your investigation. Their financial records were obtained, records of the RNC, the Trump campaign, Jay Clayton Mitchell, the Conservative Partnership Institute, the America First League Policy Institute, NRCC, NRC, PACs, conservative groups, people all across the country, citizens. Because we hear a lot. about members of Congress. And we should because of separation of powers and the egregious abuse of power. But what we're not talking about enough in my opinion are the American citizens that have been targeted. That's right. Because frankly, are there any limits to the power of a special prosecutor or special counsel? So much so in your abuse of power that in the summer of 2024, the indictment involving classified documents was dismissed after determining your appointment violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, but you continue to sign your name on court filings until the time you resigned from office in January of 2025. The federal judge has recently stated to the prosecutor who continues to sign his name in court filings after a disqualification order should face discipline. Yeah, is a stone called criminal. Plenary action or disbarment. Yeah. I yield back. Yeah, this fantastic moment. In fact, there were a couple of them during the hearing yesterday, one that largely went underreported silent because there's just so much happening right now. I just wanted to make sure that you heard it, though. as the find-out era continues. It may be not necessarily the level of accountability that some people want, but we're getting there and patience, the fruit of the spirit. Boy, we've got to work on that one, don't we? Myself included, and a lot of it. But hang in there, folks. More coming up after this. In fact, we jump back on the phones. Word out of folks fighting here on our own backyard. Those data centers next. Tackling the hot button issues with style. It's West Michigan live with Justin Barkley on News Radio Wood 1300 and 106.9 FM. Here are your headlines from the Midwesternor this Friday, January 23rd. I'm Robin Hoffman. It's a Midwesternor.News original story. A New York-based nonprofit siphoning tax dollars meant for expected mothers in Michigan. Incredibly is hiring with preference for folks who see. speak Arabic or Spanish. Full details at the midwester. News. In other news, a leading Michigan Democrat consultant wants Michigan to ditch the U.S. to join the country's neighbor to the north, former Michigan Democrat Party chair Mark Brewer took to weigh in on a speech the Canadian Prime Minister delivered to world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, and the speech took aim of President Trump without mentioning him by name. And President Trump thinks both sides want to make a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war. admits it's extremely complex. They'll make concessions. Everybody's making concessions to get it done. Europe is going to be a part of it. It's got to be a part of it. It won't be Europe than for me. For these stories and more, visit the Midwestner at the Midwesterner. Free for all Friday in West Michigan Live, powered by the good feed store and the good people there ready to help you get going. Whether you made that New Year's resolution, they just want to get back on your feet.
Maybe add a few more steps to your day. Yeah, everybody's trying to track their steps, get their 10,000 steps. I'm telling you, I did that for a while. The only way I was able to really get that habit instilled. Well, it's because of the people at the Good Feed Store. Whether you've got a New Year's resolution to be more active or just do the things that you love again, the Good Feed Store can help you. Stop in on 28th Street right in front of Costco or in West Edge on Portage in front of Coles and ask them how they can help you. Get back on track at the Good Feet store. Back to feeling good again, you know, feeling that comfort of the everyday living. And it's just, you know, sometimes you just don't know how good you can feel. You know, like, because you just get used to it. You just get used to feeling so bad. That's how they wear you down over time. I go to the Good Feet store and make sure that you're feeling better today. Speaking of wearing you down, that's how you get worn down in the fight in everyday life. I mean, you look at the things like a frog in a boiling pot of water. They just gradually turn the temperature up on you. And suddenly don't realize you've got things going on in your backyard that you would have never dreamed of. They're fighting it right now. In fact, in Cedar Springs, John is on the phone line with this right now, who is... It looks like I wanted to discuss this. You guys have, there's another, is there a data center that they're trying to put in in your backyard? Is that the story from what I understand? We had heard something about that, and I don't want to rub any sand in the wound here, but I'm speaking to you from Southern Florida. But I'm going to get my just dues when I come back home to frozen, heater-touchy wasteland. Don't rub it in right now, John, because, yeah, it's going to be a rude awakening when you come back. Oh, my goodness. And it was not because of my time. It was just an act to God that this happened. Yeah. You know, I've been looking in this. A rachers keep going up. Mm-hmm. And DTE and Consumer Energy is all on board about bringing in these data centers. And then I'm wondering, how do they keep raising the rates? I look into it a little bit. And it's a public service commission. And that's three people that are appointed by the governor. And supposedly they can't be any two, more than two, from one party. One woman that was just... Got another six-year term. She was the former chief of staff for the lieutenant governor. I think his name was Gilchrist. Well, and then I'm wondering, well, how do they determine how are you going to raise the rate? And what's based on infrastructure and, you know, just the course to do a business. Well, if they're building windmill farms that don't turn, they're building solar arrays that...
You know, good luck on getting any solar energy from them right now. Of course, they're going to keep raising the rates and to believe, like you say, this whole thing is based on unicorn parts, and their mission is to get the utility rates to come down, and I don't see that happening. What are we going to be able to? Yeah, what can we do about that? The way it could happen, I'll give you kind of an example, but first and foremost, you're absolutely right. These are unelected officials that sit on these boards that say yes, that the rates can go up. And so they don't have any accountability. Largely they're like just cronies that the governor puts in place. And the reason, and in fact, Trump talked about this last week. President talked about it last week. The reason people are seeing actual rates go down in other parts of the country right now, but the reason why you're seeing your rates go up is because you're in a blue state. You and I are in a blue state. So anybody in blue states are going to see it. Why? Because they spent like a decade nearly, or maybe more, trying to push this green pipe dream. The wind solar and the unicorn farts. How dare you? And that is the investment. that they put into this energy that, again, didn't and wouldn't, it just wouldn't produce the way it should. Now, we always said this. Look, we're going to have blackouts. We're going to have brownouts. We were talking about this before we got into this data center issue, before we got into anybody ever plugging on, everybody plugging their Tesla's in, we just didn't have enough energy. So that was the issue. At the same time, they're unplugging these coal plants. And the Trump administration had a fight to keep the one on. over here on the lakeshore. And they got the nuclear plant back up and running as well. So the answer is this. And John, it is a great end. First of all, you've got to get all these people, the cronies and all the rest of them, you've got to pull their power. You've got to get them out of those positions. We've got to make sure that we have. you know, full accountability in these places. The other thing is, and Tom Leonard talked about it earlier this week, he's a candidate for governor as a Republican. He's mentioned about having more competition in the energy field for us. So we don't just have, you know, like we've got two, but like literally, you know, where you are, you probably only have one that you can get, you know, and it's consumers or DTE, and then in some places they have coal. And on the other side of the state, it's vice versa. But here's the point. There's no competition. So there's no reason for them to lower rates. The other piece on the data centers is the President Trump has said this. He said, I want these people to make their own power, whether that be modular nuclear, which a lot of them are looking at, some of them are looking at natural gas. I know Facebook Metas got one down in the, I think in Louisiana that they've got, they're doing that with. But they need to make their own energy. And Howard Lutnick, one of the advisors to the president, said this. If they do that, if they produce their own energy, there's a chance. As we get the grid back on track as well here for ourselves, there's a chance is they're producing energy. They'll produce so much that they'll actually send it back into the grid so that we'll have that energy to use as well, and that'll drive costs down. Now, this is a multi-prong.
issue and all of these specific things need to be addressed. Along with the data center issue comes the question about whether or not people actually want them in their own backyard. In fact, somebody from Cedar Springs reached out. That's who I thought you were when I saw John on the phone or somebody reached out this weekend and said, hey, can I call in and talk about this? I'm more than willing, if you see these in your area, chances are you'll find out them before I do. So tell us about them, and we'll give you a chance to make your voice. I hope that answered your question. I've got to run here. But thank you so much, John. Appreciate your call. Very good. When I get back to Cedar Taki, I'm going to researches a little bit more, and I'll get back to you. You got it, brother. Enjoy your time down there in South Florida, the Southern Command. Woo, man. I could wish I was down there right now with him. No such. Although they're getting pretty cold temperatures. I don't know if they're going to have iguanas falling from the trees down there yet. We should probably have asked him about that. But they're going to have some pretty cold temperatures. 28 minutes, folks. By the way, I got more coming up of the after show today. It's the show after the show. Never enough time in the fastest air on radio. We're flying right through it right now. But 28 minutes is what we know took place in this full Q&A session on board Air Force One with the president. He talked about everything from the Golden Dome, the Greenland deal, a message for Iran. Trump's still talking about capping credit card rates. How was the trip? This is probably the funniest. The funniest part. This is the trip to Davos he's talking about. Again, he did 28 minutes. It's more than any other. I would say that's more than Biden ever did probably in his full four years. I think the trip was great. We had a lot of good response, even from the fake news. And I think Greenland's going very well. It's in negotiation. And I think what we did today was great. It's great. That's going to be a great board. That'll be a board, I think, like no other. Talking about the board of peace here. Right? That's a board like no other. A lot of people join it. We just went out with the letters and a lot of people are joining. So despite the fake news, even a great trip, he said. Even though, like I said, full 28 minutes, you want to see that. I put that and all the other stories we talk about today on the stack. That's up at Justin Barkley.com, where you can follow along. The stack at Justin Barkley.com. The show after the show, rolling next. You can find the iHeart radio app wherever you download your podcasts. As I mentioned, still lots to cover, and yet we barely got a chance to scratch the surface on some of this stuff. General Motors, by the way, here's some big automotive Michigan news. Some good news we'll talk about on the after show. Moving production of the Buick SUVs back. to the United States from China. Yeah, another big story. One, I guarantee you won't hear anywhere else.
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