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Media Politics And The Shift Of Power
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So we know that the smoke was pouring out of a Delphia house apartment, 1200 block of Chestnut Street, started in a fourth floor apartment, according to the fire officials there. One resident was rushed to the hospital, suffered smoke inhalation, and this morning is in serious, but stable condition. So it took crews about an hour and a half to get this thing under control. That cause, still under investigation, Red Cross, helping out those who are displaced, and fire crews still checking for any structural damage. We also had a huge fire destroying an apartment building. This is Pine Hill, New Jersey. So this was, the first call came in around 6 p.m. last night for flames showing from that second floor balcony at the Manchin Apartments. This is on West Branch Avenue in Camden County. So the police chief there says about 16 units were just destroyed and nearly 30 people are displaced as a result of that fire. Sadly, five police officers, as well as a firefighter, were rushed to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. So this is very serious, obviously, with the heavy smoke conditions and the wind. The wind is a factor. That's why we've talked about all of these wildfires going on across the country, across the region, but especially in New Jersey. But in these first two cases, we're talking about apartment building. So it looks like no residents injured, but they're looking into, obviously, investigating the call list. - You know, we're doing World War II veterans and we do our veteran spotlight. We do a ton with police, obviously, families behind the badge. I'd like to do a Kailin Company Firefighter Appreciation Week. We got a carve out a week throughout the year to start doing that, get to the next level of our heroes out there. - I love it. It's a great idea. - We send that down to the boys down the hallway when they come in. - Well, speaking of which, in Montgomery County, we have reports that five people, including a firefighter, are hospitalized after a hazmat incident was reported. So rescue crews, those first responders, were called to the unit block of Amy Court. This is North Wales, Pennsylvania, for reports of people who were starting to get sick and fall ill. Fire officials say that there was a very strong chemical odor that was later IDED as ammonia. And so this was being used as part of a cleaning solution for power washing. And obviously a spill happened for residents, the firefighter involved, taken to the hospital, and they are expected to be to survive that. So these are not life threatening injuries, but obviously a serious situation there. And just a reminder that today is the big day when former president Donald J. Trump makes a big return. Some are calling it a victor's return to Washington DC to meet with President Joe Biden. And before he meets with Biden, he will meet with GOP lawmakers. In particular, there was a news conference yesterday with House Speaker Mike Johnson. So Johnson, I don't know if he realized during the news conference that he broke this news, but that President Trump, President-elect Trump, will actually meet with House GOP members prior to the meeting with Biden. - Very interesting. I'm sure we'll have some details developing throughout the day. - Yes. - All right, that's gonna be an interesting little, so technically this would be his first time back since January of 2021, right? And he's not stepped foot on the property since, right? - Yeah, especially the Oval. I mean, they're meeting in the Oval Office, so yeah. So Trump planned to meet with Biden, then yesterday we learned that he would meet with GOP leaders in the House. They're holding that so-called secret vote to pick a Senate majority leader, and he's gonna meet with the House. I don't know if he's gonna meet with those in the Senate before meeting with Biden. - Oh, yeah. - But then in the Senate, remember, there's the secretive vote that we've been talking a lot about today, so that we've got that going on. I don't know, maybe they could come up with a new department to help our Philadelphia 76ers. House Joe LMB, it's, I know, big- - The hell was that, I was saying, I don't know. - He was back, his debut. - Blue court. - What was up with that court? - I was asking Phil, he's like, yeah, it's the NBA Cup. It's this little sham operation they run in the middle of the season, or the beginning of the season, to drum up interest in the regular season. Like, you want to drum up interest? Trim up 25% of these meaningless games. - Look at you, this is your theme. - Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. - Yeah. - It's just a waste, yes. - So the final score was 109 to 99 in Embiid's debut for the season. He looked a little bit rusty. - A little bit. Paul Jordan. - Okay, the next. - Yeah, 25 points, I think. - Yeah. - Yeah, I watched about the first half of the first quarter, then my retinas started to melt from staring at the television. - Yeah, that was not a pleasant watching experience. - I was getting texts, and I guess somebody saw my tweet about how awful the court was, and my buddy was there, and he said, it's not as bad on the eyes in person. - It was just the team as it is on television. - I can see that. - Yeah, yep. - So, yeah, so, against the Knicks, they beat us 109 to 99. Embiid afterwards did say that he was pleased with his progress health-wise. - Did he choke Marcus Hayes? (laughs) - Did he, what? - I'm just wondering if he assaulted any reporters, you know, that wrote something about him that he didn't like, never got a story we had a couple of weeks ago. - Yeah, he, well, they should not speak about his deceased family members, or his child, you know? But should they won't do that again? - They're probably not. - Let's talk about your forecast. It is brisk. - It is. - 36 degrees, woo! - Frost in the car is burning. - Yes, it is, gross, yay. So, 52 degrees is the high today. I don't, it won't really feel like 52, despite the bright sunshine, because of this brisk breeze. Tomorrow, much of the same as far as 52 degrees, but we don't have the sunshine tomorrow, so it'll feel even, tomorrow's kind of raw, might have some drizzle tomorrow, enough, no rain of any substance. Friday, we start a nice little warm-up though, for Friday, 58 degrees, partly sunny skies. I'll point out to you that starting Thursday, those overnight lows are in the mid-40s, so just again tonight, covering your tender vegetation, as we say, the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, we're looking at 63 degrees for both days. Saturday is the sun of your day, although Sunday looks like a partly sunny day, and we are sponsored, as I say, Piazza Autogroup sponsoring our sports news, our weather, get the Honda of your dream string. Happy Honda days, with financing as low as 0.9% APR, and a select on those select new models, like the capable ridge line, visit Piazza Honda, Philadelphia, Langhorn, Potstown, Redding, or Springfield online, piazzahonda.com. Thank you, Piazza Autogroup for sponsoring our first edition, Kill and Company News Live. - All right, Don, thank you very much. 614 on Wednesday, let's get to a mid-week, big take. - The big take on Kill and Company. - And it is brought to you by Wawa, the big take, media politics, and the shift of power. Adapt or perish, that is evolution, and that seems to be one of the reasons why the legacy media landscape continues to narrow and narrow. As people in America seek alternate sources of news, information, and entertainment, and that is certainly true within the realm of politics and how Americans seek truth, specifically during an election year. The 2024 election taught us many things, but maybe nothing bigger than quickly, how quickly we've come to realize that mainstream media's influence has eroded before our very eyes. Now, they'll still generate revenue. Their talking heads on TV will still make elitist 1% salaries, but they are nothing more than background noise at this point, largely seen and heard now in the form of clips that go viral on social media or played back on thriving shows and thriving stations, like Talk Radio 1210WPHT and Kill and Company. Politico with a fascinating story on voting trends and media consumption, the headline, quote, "an overlooked and increasingly important clue to how people vote, where they get their news from. In a shocking result, it is Democrats that appear to consume old media far more than Republicans which signifies just another shift in the political realignment of America. According to NBC News, 70% of Joe Biden voters get their news from the newspaper, compared to just 21% of Donald Trump's voters, national network news, Biden voters, 55%, Trump voters, 35%, YouTube and Google, surprisingly, 55% for Trump voters to just 39% for Biden voters. And with social media, it's relatively close with Republicans at 46% to Democrats at 42%. And when it comes to left-wing news television, it has been a post-election bloodbath. MSNBC seeing a ratings collapse, collapse, excuse me, since last Tuesday, Stephanie Rule, down 67%, Joy Reed, down 55%, Alex Wagner, down 54%, Ari Melber, down 50%, Chris Hayes, down 47%, Morning Joe, down 40%, Andrea Mitchell, also down 40%. And why is this happening? Well, it could be cyclical, post-election, the results are in, the next newsworthy event for the left might be Trump's inauguration on January 20th, or it could also be due to the fact that the playbook has gone stale, bash Trump, bash Trump, and when in doubt, bash Trump, well, he won. So what exactly are you bashing? You gonna bash the American voters again? We saw how that turned out for you. And he'll be around for another four years. Joy Reed, the commander of hot takes and cold ratings continues to garner more attention on social media than she actually does in the demographics that her employer likely covets, and she had this embarrassing interview just a day ago. Listen and watch. - Do you recommend just from a psychological standpoint, being around them? We got the holidays coming up. - So I love that you asked this question because there is a push, I think just a societal norm that if somebody is your family, that they are entitled to your time. And I think the answer is absolutely not. So if you are going into a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends, who you know have voted in ways that are against you, like what you said, against your livelihood, and it's completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why. To say, I have a problem with the way that you voted, because it went against my very livelihood. And I'm not gonna be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me. And I actually talk to adults as well as advising parents for children. I mean, I think, I don't think that you should force children. I don't think you should force adults to be around people just because they're your family. I think there's a level of need to establish boundaries. And if you feel like you need to establish boundaries with people, whether they're your family or not, I think you should very much be entitled to do so. And I think it may be essential for your mental. - Imagine bringing on a psychiatrist to talk about your family and mental health and talk about how to handle the holidays with your uncle who voted for Trump and thinking that's good television. And what's with the me time and this need to, I need to reflect and handle your own mental health. All because what, an election didn't go your way. These people have serious, serious issues. And it's not getting any better for the left wingers over at CNN, a network that has crashed and burned since Trump left office and lost all credibility from a journalistic standpoint. On top of the fact that their personalities have zero charisma and zero entertainment value. Big news coming down yesterday that CNN will quote "acts their top stars" in a layoff that'll see hundreds of firings as ratings continue to tank. According to a news report from Puck, Chris Wallace, leaving after three years, he leaves voluntarily making $7 million a year and he's gonna go do a podcast. I mean, nobody consumed them on television. I have no idea why anybody will listen to a Chris Wallace podcast. And I literally didn't even know that Chris Wallace was still around. Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer, have been denied raises. And looming salaries like Anderson Cooper's $20 million per year, Aaron Burnett's $6 million per year and Kaitlyn Collins $3 million per year are being looked at as well. But this goes beyond just news on television. It also includes the late night shows. Now, one guy on CNN who has stolen the show lately as the counter voice is Republican Scott Jennings. You probably have seen him on the panel with Abby Phillips late on the week nights. And he went off on late night hosts like Jimmy Kimmel for crying on television over election results and not being funny, but rather being a political activist. Listen and watch this. Why is the only one who kind of came out of it? Mark gets it. The rest of it. I mean, there's these people become pathetic. I mean, they stop being comedians and they started becoming political activists. I mean, Jimmy Kimmel out here crying. I mean, it's pathetic. And so my question is if you're gonna have a late night comedy show, at some point, people might expect it to be funny and not just a constant political screed against one party. And I don't know that this activism for four more years is sustainable. If you're gonna market something as comedy, but the actual product is nothing more than sort of lowbrow political activists. This is what the television elitists don't understand. They're not funny. They are also so left wing and biased that it's a major turn off and a major tune out for many Americans in this country. And some of four lays it out perfectly with the headline, "A Tale of Two Jets." The old media grapples with its new limits. They write Trump's victory isn't a result of a failure by news outlets to sufficiently hold him accountable. The real answer is one that is a lot more uncomfortable to grapple with. The national news media is more limited in its reach and influence than ever in the modern era. Bingo, they absolutely nail it. Hence columns like this from Politico headline. What Democrats don't understand about Joe Rogan, the future of American political engagement is barely political at all. And nothing illustrated this better during the stretch run of election season than Donald Trump doing podcasts like Joe Rogan and Theo von. While Kamala Harris was paying huge amounts of money to Oprah and Eminem, they completely misread the media landscape. Trump at 78 realized it was 2024. Kamala at 60 thought it was 2004 and therein lies the sweeping differences in the two campaigns and its alternative media that is thriving today. And the Washington Post of all place writing about it. They write, "The 2024 election results make clear how much alternative forms of news have changed the game." You know, talk radio 1210 WPHT may be, you know, terrestrial radio, traditional radio on the surface, but we are a hot format right now. We've gone to streaming on an app, to broadcasting live on YouTube, to give a visual component to our presentation. And we offer alternative opinions that are miles apart from the legacy media. Conservatism on the rise, not just in America, but globally. Look at some other nation's elections in the last calendar year. And it's popular with young voters and Gen Z today. Did you see how well Trump did in Gen Z demographics? He got 44 to 49% of Gen Z in the swing states. Young men, especially so. And in many regards, we are the anti-establishment, the anti-authority outlet for rebellion, similar to how to, you know, Gen X rebelled from forced norms in the 1980s with parents and teachers. The media landscape isn't just shifting. It is a landslide to the right in politics and the power belongs to those who dare to speak up and dare to speak out and do it in an entertaining and relatable way. That is the secret to the sauce. And that's the big take. The big take on tailing company. Big take this morning brought to you by Wawa. You may have heard by now that Wawa has pizza, but did you know that Wawa has pizza at a really great price? That's right. Right now, get a personal size 14 or 16 inch Wawa pizza for just six, eight or $10 because you've got to have a Wawa. 855, 839, 1210, if you want to jump in on social media at 1210WPHT and of course, let it rip in the YouTube chat. 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Follow and listen to First and Pod on Mondays and Fridays on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - It's Kale and Company on demand from talk radio 1210 WPhD and the free Odyssey app. - 855-839-1210, we'll get to the Trump transition. All of these positions in his administration being filled. What does it signify? What does it mean? What do we like? What do we have questions about all of that coming up here in just a couple of minutes? But I really thought yesterday with this, before all these Trump administration moves started to come down in the evening hours, the media landscape is just fascinating right now because MSNBC is in crash and burn mode post-election. What it signifies, I mean, I don't know. I don't know what their ratings were like four years ago around Thanksgiving into the Christmas weeks and month or how it was in 2016. But those numbers can't be making executives happy. And then you have CNN that looks like they are just ready to completely purge and shed salaries. I can't believe that Anderson Cooper is making $20 million a year. It's just staggering to me. I would guess Caitlyn Collins at $3 million a year with her salary and her age, I would assume she's probably safe because she's young and they'll flip her around, give her a different time slot, maybe keep her in the, but I think Anderson Cooper is, he might as well just start looking for his next endeavor because $20 million a year with almost no ratings, he's gonna get zapped in my opinion. Some of these numbers are bad for them too. So the ratings for both CNN and MSNBC, MSNBC has seen a 23% decline year over year and CNN is sitting at a 40% decline year over year. I remember, and we talk about this, I don't know, maybe once a month on this show when these networks ratings come out. And I remember back in the summer, we were talking about CNN had hit maybe an all-time low, the lowest they had been since 1991 or 1992. But what I thought was interesting in Politico, the Washington Post and a couple of the other sources that I cited in The Big Take, have you noticed the transition? I mean, think about the, if this doesn't illustrate where the Republican party is today versus what the Republican party used to be years and years ago, it's the Democrats that read newspapers that watch cable news. Republicans are going to alternative sources. I was told that Republicans were the old, funny-dud party. It's a totally different party under Trump. And I think media consumption illustrates that more than anything. Don, your takeaways from where the media is, the meltdowns, the collapses and maybe the changing of the landscape, so to speak? Well, I think the media has, even Fox News is down slightly. So I would say that the so-called mainstream media has proved that it is irrelevant. They are irrelevant. Look at the last election. And so what, what influence, you know, if you look at the influencers, they are the Joe Rogan's, they are Elon Musk, but all of these different influencers. And, you know, you mentioned Anderson Cooper. I would submit to you that they have invested in him in promotion. He's still one of their most popular people and most recognizable people. A lot of people don't recognize many of the others. He's one of the, he's pretty much the face of CNN. And so as far as a long time, you know, person who people recognize and know, so I would disagree with you. I would think that they've invested a ton in him, but, but. But 20 million a year and then got in ratings. No, they all have to, they all have all of them. Yeah. All the networks, you know, Nora, Nora from CBS, she's leaving in January. So it's going to, they're going to have their own reset button because television news used to, it's like a bear, you know, you look at the pie and you look at how it's being caught up. And so television news used to be able to charge more because they were the only, you know, at one point, you have the big three. Yeah. Well, now you have 57 plus. Are they fast track and you would know better than me? Television news, is it, is it on the same fast track that newspaper has been on where the newspapers? I mean, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, they've lost hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Is it, is it that level of panic within the industry, do you think, as far as people going to trust them for, for their news and information? Or is it not that point? And I know the salaries are, and look, like, you know, like CNN, honestly, God, you could put people in there making a million dollars a year. And that's an incredible life to live making, you know, a seven figure salary. I just feel like the days of these people, like Jake Tapper commanding a raise, really? Like, dude, you're, you're, you're so out of touch with reality. It's not even funny. Well, that's just it. So the big newspapers, I would say they started dying because less and less people were buying those subscriptions. Then they saved themselves by, a lot of them would align themselves with other media outlets, with a broadcast entity, or, well, for the Inquirer, they went non-profit, the Lenfest, you know, foundation. So they went non-profit, that's how they saved the Inquirer. But I think part of the problem is, other than maybe the arts and gardening and cooking and some of those hobby things, and now they have, if you look at the Philadelphia Inquirer, a lot of those people with the niche-type interests, they have their own podcast. They have a spinoff that they do. They're probably on Odyssey. Yeah. So I think it's, it's a realignment and that's how you have to view it. And then also think about corporations. Corporations bought up media. So we no longer have local newspapers or local television stations or really local radio stations because they're, everything is corporate. So NBC, who are they owned by? So then you saw, I think the tip-off was when you saw, what was it, Fox? Fox News, they sold, you know, and they obviously had the Murdochs, they loved, they loved in past tense news. What, they wanna get rid of it. I also-- - It's expensive, it's-- - Yeah. - So it used to be if you study this stuff and I do, 'cause I worked in television for a long time. And so the bottom line is, it used to be that corporations, if they own TV stations, they viewed that as their public service. You know how, like our Odyssey group will go out and clean up the park and plant trees. So there, they really viewed that that was like, it was a throwaway. And people back in the day did not make a ton of money. It wasn't like that. It was, it was you were becoming a journalist because you believed that this was an altruistic thing, like becoming a school teacher, that you were serving society. - Yep. I also saw a story yesterday from Fox Business, and I don't know if this is true or if this is just one competitor trying to stick it to the other, that Comcast is exploring selling off MSNBC, which I find fascinating. And to bring it to Trump and to politics with the media cycle and the news, I'm really wondering how much of this, and I get it Trump's one of one, so maybe it's not apples to apples. But think about after Trump left the White House, he was taken off of Facebook, he was taken off of Twitter. So what does he do to get his message out? He creates truth social, right? And in a way, Trump has circumvented the news media. He has told them they're fake, they're awful, I don't need you, you need me more than I need you, and I'll go around you to get my message out. And in that, in the last eight or nine years, he has basically said what a lot of us had speculated or thought or believed that the media is the enemy of the people, bought and paid for propaganda. They're meant to just tell you what the establishment wants you to hear, and then along the way, these other platforms come out, and then Trump returns the social media, then Elon Musk buys X, and it takes a select billionaire or two, right? It takes a Donald Trump, it takes an Elon Musk, but really, like they have taken a flamethrower to the way it's always been done. Newspaper, television, radio, the traditional formats, and with the advancement of technology and the curiosity of Americans, and the skepticism in doubt in our politicians and our agencies and these institutions that we have been told, like the whole thing is just going in a different direction right now, and that's really why I think, there's many reasons why Kamala lost, there are many reasons why Trump won, but misreading the room on media is fascinating to me. I mentioned that in the big take. Trump's doing Theo Vaughn, he's doing Joe Rogan, he's calling Zioli on election night, and here's Kamala Harris with entertainers that even the younger entertainers that she was with. I know Meghan the Stallion or the Stallion is new, but Eminem, he's 20 years remover, I mean, I listen to Eminem in high school, I'm 40 now. I know Eminem's like an all-time legend in the hip hop game and I know Beyonce is great, but they're not the peak performers of the industry today, and it feels like she was stuck in 2005, and Trump was the one that adapted to 2024, and she's 20 years younger than Trump. - But keep in mind the couple of things. Keep in mind that you mentioned Comcast locally, right, and a mega, mega company owning NBC Universal, MSNBC, CNBC, that announcement that they made to shareholders, that was, I think, two weeks ago. So that has little to do with the election as far as what's happening as they look at, because it's all about how they can make money. And so obviously everything with it changing and evolving, that's what we're seeing here. They're going toward streaming on Peacock, people unplugging. So if they dump MSNBC, CNBC, some of those, I believe that they're saying they would still keep the traditional, let's say, NBC News network, today show all of that, and then the local stations, because those still are profitable, believe it or not. But they're going to, you know, do the streaming, that's the profitable, you know, margin that they're looking at. - Yeah, and CNN's trying to take that in a different direction. They basically, it seems like they're almost punting on broadcast and going digital. Meanwhile, a station like us, we're putting up record ratings and doing streaming well and doing YouTube well. And we're bringing in people on this station that aren't necessarily lifelong conservatives or staunch Republicans. And just, I really think right now our format talk radio, and I know we're the number one talk station within the Odyssey Company for talk radio, I think our format is hot right now is hot. I mean, we're being sports stations. - But Nick, part of the reason is, think about what you're talking about, oranges and apples, and that's what they're looking at. So we don't have a huge overhead. You know what I mean? When they do a little thing called the Olympics, those sets, the on-air talent, - Oh yeah. - The union, you know, these are union crews putting together sets, it's incredible. So their overhead is something that, you know, we can't even imagine. So that's what they're looking at. They're saying Joe Rogan with a set that looks like is in his like garage or his basement. - That works better. I like our set up better than Rogan's. I'd like to have some weed, not some weed, but some alcohol in here, that'd be great. - But I'm just saying that they're looking at that thing, look at how, it's because it's part of the authenticity of it, right? But Joe Rogan, with a very simple setup and a microphone and no hair and makeup, literally, is raking in all these ratings, raking in all this money, and they look at this and say, we're paying all this on-air talent, talent in air quotes, and we have to pay a ton of staffers, and we still can't match the profit or the ratings that some of these people are getting. If you look at it, I know it's orders and apples, but that's the kind of thing. If you're a business person, you're going, and then you have all the drama going on, come on. I mean, they're looking at this going, wow, what are we doing wrong? - Yeah, 855-839-1210. Let's get to Trump's administration on the other side. We'll start that conversation to wrap up the six o'clock hour, and then we'll go deeper into the seven o'clock hour after Dawn's news. What are some of these selections signify? Which ones do you like? Which ones kind of came out of left field? We'll get to that as we continue. 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Call 1-800-Cambler. - This is the Kaling Company podcast from Talk Radio 1210-W-P-H-T, and on the free Odyssey app. Pieces falling into place in the evening hours last night. Right around, I think it was maybe 4-4-30 yesterday in the afternoon as I was taking my girls to dance. The reports were coming out that according to four sources, and I believe this is not official yet, this is not confirmed or verified, but Elena Haba, one of Trump's attorneys from some of the high profile cases he had in New York, is going to be the White House press secretary that is not official yet, but that is the speculation and chatter. But what is official is Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, heading up the Department of Government Efficiency, and Pete Hegsef. And Hegsef, that was the news prior to Elon and Vivek, if we're looking at it in sequential order. He is now the defense secretary, combat veteran, decorated vet in this country, who was a Fox and Friends weekend television host. For anybody that happens to watch, it's Hegsef, it's Rachel Campos, Duffy, and our buddy, Will Kane, who we had on the show a couple of weeks ago. And now all of a sudden, Pete Hegsef goes from television host to defense secretary. John Rakcliffe is back as director of the CIA. This is on top of Tom Holman, as your borders are, Elise Stefanik, Lee Zelden, Kristi No, Marco Rubio. And it tells me a couple of things. Number one on the Pete Hegsef front for the defense secretary position, the vision to me is very clear here. There's gonna be no nonsense. We have to build up our military, make our military strong again, hit our recruiting goals. I was watching some of the military pundits last night on television, that if we actually got into a war with China today, that we would run out of defense industry protection against being attacked, as well as certain missiles very quickly in a escalation or a full blown war with China. That's scary to think about that. We are that depleted and that vulnerable. And I think with Pete Hegsef, a guy that's not one of these guys that's just gonna look at it from a bureaucratic standpoint, but as a guy that actually risked his life, we're gonna end these pointless wars. Russia, Ukraine, I think that thing is over in three to six months, once Trump takes office. But then on top of it, just looking at all of them, it tells me that Trump knew he was going to win. He had his mind made up on who he trusts, who he likes, and where he's gonna put certain people. And he has also allowed, I would argue, very minimal leaks. I mean, other than the hobby story, and you know, it's interesting, the Rubio thing, I don't know, has that officially been confirmed? I haven't seen one of the Trump Vance letterheads that I'm holding up if you're seeing on YouTube that come out from Trump Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. I don't know that that's official, but for the most part, these have been released by the Trump campaign. So I would argue that probably 80 to 90% of these have been relatively tight-lipped before they became official. But I really do think that he is ready to hit the ground running. And it wouldn't surprise me if he's got this entire thing buttoned up before Thanksgiving. Don, your thoughts just generally on what you like, what you don't like, what you're seeing so far? - I think he's moving quickly. You know, I think that he's announced maybe six or seven, but he still has in the cabinet, you know, you're looking at what, 18 open positions. What I've noticed with the way he's doing this is that he has, this is interesting to me. He is also naming some individuals a czar, such as Tom, such as Tom Homan, who we talked about yesterday. So the reason that that's different is that then, if you are a czar, you're not a cabinet member. - Right. - So you don't have to do what? You don't have to be confirmed. - There's an end, there's no oversight either. - Exactly. - So everyone Republicans lost their minds 'cause Van Jones was the climate czar and they're like, - Nobody is gonna be able to do, he's in the no checks and balances. I guess now we're cool with it. - That's right, no. - Yeah, no, Greg's right. - Yeah. - So the reason that they're doing that because do you think-- - Because technically the Department of Homeland, so my orchus is out. It's not Tom, by the way, so just so-- - Why don't everybody's out? It's a whole new cabinet. - Well, I know, but just so everybody realizes, I think people think that Tom Homan is replacing my orchus. - No. - Christy Gnome is Department of Homeland Security, right? So she will have the-- - Well, she has to be confirmed. - Once she's confirmed. But she'll be the new my orchus. Homan will just have the borders are labeled at Kamala Harris ad. - But we've been playing the clips of Homan in the past. Do you think Homan might have a little difficulty getting confirmed looking for the Congress? - I don't know, he's verbally spanked. - I don't think he can get through all the security and $2400 market. - So I think that what they're looking at is putting people in these positions that they think, like Christy Gnome, seemed very nice, at least Stefanik. So all of those individuals must be confirmed before Congress. All the others, as Greg is saying, yeah, there's no real oversight, but the important piece of this, the others, they can get right to work. Because you're creating these positions. Also, he's putting in people who are policy people who can write the policy and others who can, I'd say, the policy and the pit bull. - Yes, yes, and people that are going to carry out his agenda, he wants peace, he wants prosperity. You know, on this war front, one of our cut sheet contributors, Harry, you just sent me the tweet from Liz Warren. Liz Warren already raising a stink about this on Twitter. She tweeted from her @senatorwarren account, a Fox and Friends weekend co-host is not qualified to be the Secretary of Defense. I lead the Senate military personnel panel all three of my brothers served in uniform. I respect every one of our service members. Donald Trump's pick will make us less safe and must be rejected, to which I would counter. So, yeah, how do you feel about Lloyd Austin, folks? All right, Lloyd Austin, it wasn't Lloyd Austin, the cat that just disappeared for a while, nobody could find him, he was in the hospital, we got all these wars going on, Russia, Ukraine, China, Taiwan could go off at any moment. I feel like I've been saying that for two and a half years now. We've got Iran, we got North Korea, I don't need some of these legacy Washington elitist bureaucrats that are just lurking around for 40 years, stealing paycheck after paycheck. I look at Pete Hegset's combat history and look, do I know all of the specifics and the nuances as to what goes into being Secretary of Defense? No, I'm not gonna sit here and lie and pretend that I do, but looking at his resume as a combat veteran, I feel good about having an outsider. And that's what I think all of these people hate, they hate the fact that there's outsiders coming in, Pete Hegseth, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswami. How have the insiders been doing for 50 years in this country? I think the Pete Hegseth pick tells me that every time we've heard Trump talk about any major developments, who made the decisions, Trump? So, choosing somebody like, you know, and Pete Hegseth is, you know, a bright guy by all accounts and yes, served our military. Great hair. But yeah, incredible TV hair. But I will say this that I think for Trump, this is an area where he has said he trusts his generals, he is a hands-on commander in chief. And so the department head, the cabinet level department head, he just wants that person to be loyal. That's what that tells me. He still, and remember he said that he would, as far as the generals that he worked with, that he liked, they will be, you know, activated again. Not the ones that, you know, Biden is listening to. And that was something that Trump has said repeatedly. So, I just think a lot of this is that he's a hands-on, he's not a hands-off guy. You know, he's not sitting on a beach in Rojoba, or wherever, in Delaware. Yeah, you're not gonna have a president that's out to lunch, physically and or mentally. You're gonna have a guy that, for better or worse, wants to shape it the way he wants to shape it with his vision. And we'll see how it pans out. Yeah, but watch out, because he's somebody, if any of these people goof up, or are embarrassing, you're fired. Yeah, they could talk, we can talk. Totally see, we can talk. She should've been Tulsi Gabbard. Like, that's a bad pick. You like Gabbard overheads somebody like that. Yeah, somebody with some sort of, I don't know, political chops? I know, I know the common, it's a great pick, it's a great pick, it's a great pick. Well, I'm not saying it's a great pick. I like something different. I'm tired of the warmonger-ers, the guys that just cost us. It's gonna be long four years, guys. It's gonna be long four years. If everything this guy does is like, "Oh, that's great, that's wonderful." I didn't say everything was great. I don't like Marco Rubio, and I don't like the radio. Well-- I don't like Marco Rubio or Kristi Noem. I mean, I will say that there's a-- I can see Kristi Noem being the first one gone. Keep in mind, remember the first time around Don, that he had people that were in and out for, what, 12 months, 16 months? This person came in for the second 18 months? I mean, the notion that all these people will be there for four years is probably misguided. Oh, yeah, there's no shot. Right. There's no shot. Yeah, I would say with, I mean, I'm surprised that you choose Kristi Noem. I mean, she's a governor, she's also, remember, she's somebody who her dad died when she was like 20. And she shoot him, too. And I met her during one of the women for Trump events. And so she ran the family huge ranch and realized that when dad died, they were supposed to pay tax, inheritance tax. That's when she started learning about all this, but she was running a business and rose to becoming the governor of her state. So don't, I would say don't rule her out. She is somebody who, by all accounts, she's a very hard worker. She is very smart. And I mean, look, look at where she is right now. I mean, but she's for her background as somebody who was, you could say she was never a privileged person, nothing like that. And how she has risen to becoming a national name. She's, she, when you meet her, she's an impressive individual. And I would say somebody, the key here, these are individuals who succeeded mostly in the private sector in big ways, went on then to the public sector. - 855, 839, 1210, news to kick off the seven o'clock hour. - Which we're in. - Which we're in. - Oh my God. - Oh my God. - I got to learn to shut up. - FEMA follow up as well, because apparently it was standard operating procedure. - Start your day with Kaylin Company, weekday morning six till 10. - On talk radio, 1210 WPHT and the free Odyssey app. - Come join me, Andrew Philiponi. - And me, Patrick Peterson, three time NFL all throw cornerback on first and pod for premier NFL coverage and conversations. - Our motto on the podcast is every team every week, and we don't play favorites. Every episode, you get a glimpse of the entire National Football League with first and pod. Follow and listen to first and pod on Mondays and Fridays on the free Odyssey app, or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music)
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