Rich Lowry | Editor-in-Chief of National Review | 06-11-26

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So my guess is it's a terrible deal that's on the table. You probably can't even believe in it, right? The original ceasefire, they're supposed to reopen this trade and they didn't do it. So we're in a, I think it's a real uncomfortable spot for the president who would prefer to move on, but is stuck in this middle space. Stuck is that word I've been using for the better part of a month. You just used it, too, and can't give them money. They've proven in the past. You know, Obama did it, and Biden did it, and all that money went to the terror proxies, Hamas, Chasbola, the Houthis, you know. So you can't give these people money. I think if they're one for the straight, you could just kind of walk away. Say, we're not giving you sanctions relief. We're not giving you a palace of cash. We destroyed a bunch of stuff, and maybe we'll see you a couple years later if we got to do it again. But... It's really hard for Trump to walk away if they have control of the street. How terrifying was it for you to watch Graham Platner celebrate a couple nights ago? Well, it's probably very good for Republican chances to hold the Senate. I kind of gave him pretty good odds of beating Susan Collins when all it was is the Reddit stuff and the tattoo, all of which are terrible and show the guys of poisonous toad. But the sexting and the abusive relationships with girlfriends, when you get into that kind of stuff, there's more where that came from. So I expect other shoes to drop. He's obviously lying about the women. He's lying about the sex thing. And he's lying about the tattoo. He knew what the tattoo was from day one. He thought it was cool and tough. And one of his girlfriends who knows nothing, a former girlfriend, knows nothing about military affairs, was telling her girlfriends, you know, like a year ago, oh, it's a toten cough. And he told me, so obviously he knew. The guy is the worst. And he's twisted. There's something really sick about him. You know, we've had unfaithful Senate candidates before, unimpressive Senate candidates before. This is a guy you want to have nothing to do with, just saying that he would rape someone who broke into his house to establish dominance. That's like out of a bad Quentin Tarantino movie. And yet all these Democrats endorse them. You get this moron, Cory Booker, who again was... Just sweating Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. He called BB a horrible person, which is ridiculous, okay? You may disagree with some of the politics. Let me say it again, folks. Israel is not committing genocide, you stupid bastards or not, okay? So you got Cory Booker calling Benjamin Netanyahu a horrible person, but yet Graham Platner, he's a good guy? You want to explain that one to me? Yeah, and they didn't have to nominate them. They were defending them on all the stuff when they could have nominated someone else, you know, two weeks before the primary, right? But they felt they had no alternative because the other candidate had effectively dropped out, Janet Mills. And they'll twist themselves into it. Well, Bernie loved him too. Bernie loved him too. Bernie Sanders loved this guy, too. He's another low life. Were you surprised?

Let's see what ended up happening with Nancy Mace and that governor run. She gets blown out by Yvette, who Trump endorsed anyway. That whole Nancy Mace story pretty wild in South Carolina. Yeah, I mean, she was all over the map, because originally she was a huge never-Trumper, right? He made me look mild by comparison, and then she became, you know, ultra-Mega, and then she went the Marjorie Taylor Greene route with the Epstein thing, and I think we're the only two people in the United States who think the Epstein thing was idiotic from the beginning, and he never should release the file. And in South Carolina, if you're not with Trump, Trump's not with you, you know, you're going to be in a very bad space. You know, I like her. I know you've had on a lot, but kind of predictable what happened. Yeah. Lindsey Graham did get the win. Now they're talking. I did see something yesterday. You would on Box News talking about potential 2008 Republican candidates for president. And you know J.D. Bants, obviously, and Marco Rubio. But he added some other names in there, like Ted Cruz, and he added in Glenn Youngkin. And he seems to think that Ron DeSantis is going to run again. I think all those guys want to run again. I think Ted, if there's any opening, absolutely, will run again. Glenn Youngkin, you know, what else is he doing? No offense, but I think there's a chance he'll run. And certainly Ron DeSantis has a taste in his mouth as well. I think if you just parachute Ron DeSantis in the presidency, he would be a fantastic president. He's been a great governor. He's a substantive guy. He's smart, takes no BS. But, you know, the people skills are a little lacking, and that's just something you can't get around in politics. So I still heavily favored J.D. Yeah, me too. Rich, you're amazing as always. You know you've got to run this morning. Those who are very, very important eight minutes. Thank you so much for hopping on on this celebratory nickname. By the way, are you available for lunch tomorrow? If not, I'll hit you up for some other dates. I may be. Text me up to the show, okay? I may be, yes. Awesome. All right, there he is the editor of the National Review. My dear friend, as you can tell, we're about to dine together again. The great Rich Lorry here on Sid and Friends in the morning. Thanks for listening to Sit and Friends in the Morning. You can hear Sid and Friends in the Morning, weekday mornings at six. If you like the podcast, share it with your friends, and listen anytime at wabcradio.com and download the Wabc Radio app. Hit that subscribe button on all major podcast platforms. Plus, follow WABC on social, on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X. See you next time for a new episode, so you never have to wonder. What the... What the heck is going on here?