00:14:15 Continuation of Trump Policies Discussion
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All right. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us today. Amy Robbins joining us now. She is a spokesperson for Parler, a political commentator as well. Welcome back, Amy. How are you?
SPEAKER 12 :
Hey, John, thanks so much for having me on tonight.
SPEAKER 17 :
I appreciate it very much. All right, let’s talk about Donald Trump, the administration freezing federal family planning grants worth about $120 million.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, let’s talk about that because, okay, before we really dive into it, I want to lay some context for people who, John, you and I both know, barely make it past the headlines, right? Okay. So first and foremost, we have to remember that around 75 million people went to the polls last November and voted for a new direction in this country. President Trump campaigned on two very important things. One, reducing wasteful spending within our federal government and getting rid of DEI programs at the federal level. So this move is really in a direct response to that. So this doesn’t have anything to do with President Trump going out there and trying to eliminate abortion. That’s not what’s happening here for the people that that is extremely important to. But what this is what this is doing is the Health and Human Services has a responsibility to take a look at any organization that is receiving federal grants. They have to make sure that they are in compliance with the executive orders that President Trump signed recently, and that being diversity, equity, inclusion. So they’re planning on freezing these funds until they have a chance to look and see if any of those funds are being allocated in a way or in a manner that actually goes against that executive order. So, you know, for me, I look at this and I say Planned Parenthood has operated in a way, I think, that… says that they’re above the law. For so long, they have been piggybacking off of taxpayer dollars, providing services that more than 50% of the American taxpaying population doesn’t want their taxpayer dollars going to in the first place. So I think in a roundabout way, it probably could be considered a win for a lot of people, even though they’re using the backdoor tactics of going after DEI. I think people that are pro-life are looking at this as a potential win.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay. Now, when you talk about these particular organizations, do you have any you can name out that are receiving these funds?
SPEAKER 12 :
You mean the grants in general?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, who’s actually getting the money is my point.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, I mean, you have to look at it very broadly. So this isn’t just affecting Planned Parenthood. You’ve got schools that are being threatened right now, like colleges, universities, schools. places that are receiving grants for quote-unquote research projects. I mean, I think the biggest one that comes to mind right now is schools. So schools that are continuing to teach gender ideology, that are continuing to include DEI or critical race theory within their curriculum, like those type of programs are going to be looked at as if they’re going to continue receiving federal funding or not.
SPEAKER 17 :
In other words, and that’s where I was going with that, is it’s not just the big name Planned Parenthood. There’s a lot of different organizations that could be receiving our tax dollars is my point.
SPEAKER 12 :
Absolutely. You’re exactly right. Like they’re they’re not. Yeah. And I think that’s a lot of people are up in arms because they think, oh, my gosh, you know, President Trump is stopping the funding just for this. No, he’s not. They’re literally going in and looking at all of these institutions that are receiving these federal grants. He is not playing around when he says that he does not want DEI receiving money at the federal level. And so, yeah, they’re taking a look at all the contracts and they’re going to… As they should, but really quick, Amy. As they should.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, not to interrupt, but as they should. I mean, realistically, this should have been stuff going on all along. It’s gotten so out of hand that now that we’re starting to really… How should I say this, Amy? It’s like, I guess my picture in my mind would be, this is that runaway stagecoach where all of a sudden the stagecoach operator dropped the reins. They’re now down running on the dirt. You watch the movies where he’s now climbing on the horses trying to get the reins back. And literally, that’s exactly what’s happening right now.
SPEAKER 12 :
That’s a beautiful picture because you’re exactly right. That is what’s happening. I was thinking on a more personal level to that. When I got married young, we had to put a budget in place so that our spending habits wouldn’t get out of control. So what did we do? We had to look at the things that had to go. Those programs that weren’t aligning with our goals. President Trump has a goal. and a mission for this country and it’s going to hurt a little bit i remember when i had to get back on track yep get my spending under control it always hurts it always hurts a little bit but at the end of the day when we got a line and we got that spinning under control we got on budget we were able to achieve those goals. And I mean, he obviously has a much larger challenge out for him right now. But this is like, to me, the easiest place to start.
SPEAKER 17 :
But it’s always, you know, on the same token, Amy, whether it’s the federal government, we’re talking trillions, or it’s a home budget. I mean, the reality is, and I’ve explained it numerous times, your point, well taken, that family budget is… Yeah. Yeah. We’re thirty six and a half trillion dollars in debt. The reality is it’s going to be a little while before we actually feel some of that pain subside. But we got to start someplace.
SPEAKER 12 :
We do. And I mean, if you really look at it, he’s got four years. He’s got four years to make as impactful decisions. of cuts as he can possibly make. And I think this is a really great place to start because at the same time, every time he makes a cut like this and he blames on their DEI program, it is another way that it’s opening people’s eyes to what has truly been going on in this country over the last several years.
SPEAKER 17 :
You are exactly right. By the way, good analogy on your side of the fence as well when it comes to just a family budget and how that works. And the reality is if families don’t get their budget, and by the way, Amy, some don’t. Some families never figure this out. They go through that bankruptcy cycle. you know, every five to whatever years it happens to be, you know, how quickly you can actually go back into it again, which, no offense, that’s probably another thing that needs to be revamped and quit doing that. But the reality is some learn, some do really well, some come out of it stronger than they went into it. And unfortunately, Amy, some never learn. And I’m afraid that we’ve got a political party right now that really doesn’t care and they’ve never learned how this works.
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, they haven’t, but also if you look at what Doge is uncovering, we’re starting to see why they have not been so keen on wanting to rein in their spending because we understand that they’re getting a lot of their slush funds They’re getting a lot of their special interest programs funded, things that we should never have been spending our taxpayer dollars on in the first place. And it just goes to show how deep this problem really has become and why. And I honestly think it’s on both sides, why there are people on the Republican side and the Democrat side that don’t want to rein this in because they don’t want their pockets, their little piggy banks to get cut off.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep. Yep. No, Amy, well said. I think you’re 100 percent correct. There are people on both sides of the aisle. Spending can be a problem, by the way, on either side. That is not a political thing. Yes, I realize one party, I think, spends way more than the other because their goal is to ruin the country through their Marxist ideology. And spending, by the way, is one of those, although that disease spreads both ways.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, absolutely, because you think about the Republicans having the opportunity to cut the government. Like, they don’t have to keep letting us raise the debt ceiling. Every single time there’s a budget meeting that comes up, there’s a vote on the budget. They don’t have to keep allowing everybody to keep increasing their spending, but they do. So I think a lot of them are as much a part of the problem, unfortunately. And until they get a handle on this—so this is why President Trump is having to crack down so hard where he can— And what is within his executive power to do, because he knows he knows the game and he knows that we’ve never seen even the Republican side when they’re in party and power cut back on that budget and not spending themselves.
SPEAKER 17 :
That’s right. Amy, how do folks find you and talk about Parler for a moment as well?
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Oh, absolutely. So you guys can go and follow my show. It’s called The Amy Robbins Show. All you have to do is go download Play TV. It’s a brand new free speech, long video format platform. You can get it in the App Store. You can follow me on Instagram at The Amy Robbins or The Amy Robbins Show and follow along with all the wonderful things that we are doing over at Play TV and at Parler as well.
SPEAKER 17 :
Awesome. Amy, I appreciate it very much. You guys keep doing the great work you’re doing. I thank you very much.
SPEAKER 12 :
Thanks for having me on. Have a good one.
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All right. To dovetail into what we were just talking about with Amy a moment ago on some of the things that, you know, Trump and the administration is trying to do. We talked about that with HHS and the revamping of things under Robert Kennedy Jr. We did that in the first hour with Dr. Kelly. My son just sent me this tweet that went out or this X that went out. UK’s PM Starmer opens the door to trade wars with Trump over tariffs. Starmer has suggested that the U.K. could retaliate against any tariffs imposed by Trump. The prime minister said all options are on the table as officials continue intensive talks with the White House in an attempt to avoid the car tariffs of up to $25 billion. Such tariffs would risk crippling the British economy and would mean Rachel Reeves might have to launch a new tax raid in October. In other words… They’re screwed. Now, he can be mad all he wants. In fact, all of these countries, I’ve said it over and over again. I’ll keep saying it. All of these countries can be mad. Ask me if I care. I don’t care. I don’t care. And I’ve already gotten in trouble for, I guess, being hard on Canada. So I’ll have to I don’t care down here. I can do whatever I want to. I have to be careful on the podcast because we have all sorts of Canadian listeners. And yes, some of you Canadian listeners I know listen to me here. And, you know, I love y’all. This isn’t personal. This isn’t because I don’t like folks from Germany or the UK or any other place around the world. No, no, no. This is just I love my country. And we’ve been getting screwed by a lot of you for far too long. And yes, I mean that sincerely. For example, German cars that come into the U.S., they have been tariffed in the past at about 2.5% is all. Yet our cars that go to Germany are tariffed at 10%. So tell me how that’s fair. Two and a half to 10 seems like a pretty good spread there to me. Those of you that are mathematicians could do the math and figure out what that is. Why isn’t it equal? And I think that’s Donald Trump’s point. Why isn’t it equal? So, you know what, to make them equal, here’s what he’s going to do. You’re 25% now. Until you guys can figure out how to make this equal, and by the way, Germany’s already talking about going down to that same two and a half percent to avoid this 25% tariff. Why does it take, though, that threat… of the 25% to get you guys to play ball. And I think that’s Donald Trump’s point, by the way. What are you guys doing? And I know a lot of people think, well, this is just going to really hurt the American public, and we’re all going to pay for it at the end of the day, and tariffs just a tax. Well, is it? And yeah, I get it. I know. I have said numerous times that all costs, all costs, that are bore by a company will eventually get passed down to the end user. I get that. But what happens in this particular case is maybe somebody that would have been shopping for an Audi that’s coming from Germany will go and buy something else instead. They’ll go buy an American vehicle instead. And a lot of people say, whoa, they’re not the same quality. Yeah, BS. Yeah, they are, actually. Sorry, I talk about that on Drive Radio all the time. All those cars that are coming now from all over the world, they don’t even make their own cars anymore. No one does. I talk about that constantly on the Saturday show. You can tune in for that if you want a better explanation. But the reality is no one makes their own car. They do what they call an RFP, a request for proposal, from all the different vendors out there that make, for example, a starter or an alternator or a seat. And they get bids, if you would, on, yeah, we can make that part for this. We’ll supply that fuel injection for that. We’ll do this wiring harness for X. And so all these companies, all of them, all of them, The only exception to this, by the way, is Tesla. Tesla makes the majority of its components here in the U.S. and even does its own stuff. For example, makes its own seats, which no one else does. And I’m not exaggerating in what I just said. If you don’t believe me, go verify that. Go check it if you don’t believe me. Nobody else building cars makes their own seats. I mean, maybe a Rolls Royce or somebody like that or a Ferrari might actually make their own stuff. But every common car made that most people are looking at buying, no, they don’t make their own seats. They don’t make their own alternators. They don’t make their own wiring harnesses. They don’t make their own glass. They don’t make their own steering wheel. You get the drift. So people that come out and say, well, yeah, Audi’s a much better car. Yeah, BS. No, it’s not. No, it’s not. Well, it lasts longer. No, it doesn’t. Well, it’s just a much better made vehicle. No, it isn’t. In fact, right now, Germany is really struggling because of the various things I’m talking about right now. They put all of their eggs in one basket called the auto manufacturing basket, and the reality is because it’s not doing as well as it once was, they’re struggling. Their economy is struggling. If you don’t believe me, go look it up. Go read for it yourself. You’re, by the way, talking to a car expert. So those of you that might not believe what I’m saying, go check me. Go tell me I’m wrong. I’m not. So, yeah, what I’m going to tell the UK and Germany and others when it comes to these tariffs, especially on cars, you want to play ball, go for it. Have fun. Because here’s the other reality. Does somebody really have to buy a new car? No. No. They don’t. They can get by with driving what they’re driving right now. There’s plenty of repair shops and plenty of ability out there for a person to keep driving what they own for a very, very, very long time. And buying a new car, unless you’re a fleet or a business or something along those lines, is not a necessity. It’s not. Now, one thing that’s not been talked about, by the way, in the automotive world, and I’m surprised it hasn’t been, I was going to get to this at some point, but I might as well cover it now. One thing I’m surprised hasn’t been talked about is the amount of cars that may not be purchased in the future by government entities, especially federal government, because of what Doge is doing. It’ll be interesting to see if they actually start paying attention to that and realize that, wait a minute, we may not actually sell the amount of cars down the road that we have in the past because the feds may not be buying as much of them as they once were. Tom, go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
This is Tom. Am I talking to John?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, it is. Go ahead, Tom.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, well, thank you very much. I had no idea that I was calling on to the radio. That’s all right. Go ahead. I’ve heard you in the past, and I love you, and I trust you, and I’ve never met you. But anyway, I live in Louisville, Colorado. Okay. And I bought a 93 Chevy pickup truck Silverado 20 years ago from the first owner who owned a parts store.
SPEAKER 17 :
All right.
SPEAKER 09 :
And I have driven it for 20 years, and it’s never had – I don’t think it’s had any problem with emissions tests. Okay. And I love my mechanic, who I’ve been going to for 10 years, let’s say. And they just, there was something wrong with the, it was missing on a few. And they couldn’t find out what it was. So my buddy said, we can change the plugs, the wires, the rotor, and the cap. We did that, and it didn’t fix it. Then I brought it back to my mechanic, and they ran another test or whatever, and they They said they had an educated guest, which I didn’t really like, but they were honest. And they replaced the ignition control module, and it did appear to fix it. Okay. And it’s running, like, very good. Okay. And ironically, that was at 3 o’clock yesterday, and I went, I said, okay, thanks. hurry up, I’ve got to get out of here and go get emissions. I went to the emissions place, and it failed the NOx.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, so too much NOx coming out of it?
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Okay. So then they said, and my mechanic’s great, so I’m not even going to tell you who it is, because I’m not putting them down.
SPEAKER 17 :
Sure, sure, sure, understand.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, not a problem. And I had a full tank of gas, not knowing. And they said, no, go in there with a half a tank of gas or less, and tried to put the seafoam in there. So yesterday afternoon, I drove clear to Fort Collins and back, and then this morning, that was after I put the seafoam in, and then this morning, I drove up to Central City and back, and then went right back to Broomfield and did another test, and it failed all the time.
SPEAKER 17 :
all the uh things and so so what are you you in my in my opinion i have to see exactly the sheet that you’ve gotten if you if you sent me that via email i could help you with this tom directly but my gut feeling is you’ve got a a catalyst efficiency issue going on if the vehicle is running well it’s smooth you don’t have an engine miss or anything along those lines what you’re telling me And not to say the other technician was wrong, but seafoam will sometimes clean some things up, but with what you’re talking about, highly doubtful it will in half a tank of gas or a full tank of gas or a quarter tank of gas isn’t going to make any difference on that. I’m guessing you have a catalyst efficiency issue. Okay. Meaning the catalytic converter is not working as well as it should.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 17 :
Nope, I’m losing you, Tom.
SPEAKER 09 :
I’m driving. Okay, there you go. Now you’re back.
SPEAKER 17 :
Go ahead. I got you back. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
Is this something that you guys work on?
SPEAKER 17 :
No. Personally, I have a fleet operation, and I don’t do any work whatsoever individually speaking. I’ve got shops, though, that are our sponsors and even some that are sponsors of this program during the week that can definitely help you. In Louisville, you’ve got two close facilities. You can either go over to Broomfield to Accountable Automotive and talk to Mark and the guys over there, or you can run to Boulder and talk to the guys at Legacy Automotive. You’re about halfway between the two. You’re probably closer to Ridgeline than going to Boulder, actually.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, it doesn’t matter to me. And Broomfield is where I was getting the emissions at.
SPEAKER 17 :
And Mark, by the way, is just down the street from the emissions center. He’s literally in the same industrial area.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, well, then that’s where I’d like to go.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, go talk to Mark at Accountable Auto. And you can look him up not on this website for this show, but drive-radio.com. Mark is listed there. It’s Accountable Automotive.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. Mark at Accountable Automotive.com.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Thank you a million. You bet, Tom. No, thank you. No, appreciate it. Talk to Mark.
SPEAKER 17 :
Tell him I sent you. Okay. All right, man. Appreciate you very much. John and Cheyenne, hang tight. I’ll come right back to you as well. Golden Eagle Financial is coming up next. Al Smith would love to help you with your future finances, getting to retirement, staying to retirement, making sure you’ve got a plan for retirement. Talk to Al today. Go to klzradio.com. Sorry, technical difficulties on our screen. So I’ll tell you what, let’s do this. We’ll come back to Golden Eagle in a moment. John, let’s take you next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, John. So you’re talking about the difference between American and European, Japanese, you know, whatever cars.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Is there really a difference anymore? I don’t think so.
SPEAKER 17 :
And really quick, John, I know that I’m going to get all sorts of hate email on that because some are going to say, oh, I’ve been driving this vehicle for this many miles and, you know, you’re full of crap and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I’m going to get all of the hate mail on that, John, because people are going to say, well, you know, Toyota’s better and this is better and that’s better and blah, blah, blah. John, it really comes down to, I believe to this day, it comes down to how well are you taking care of the vehicle? Who’s driving the vehicle? Yes, there are some vehicles that are better than others. That’s a whole other conversation I could probably get to on a Saturday. But really, John, at the end of the day, no. Go buy what fits you the best and what you like.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, what you need. I mean, there are people who I know a guy. I knew a guy. He bought five Raptors in a row. He traded it in every other year for the newest version.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Just because that’s what he wanted to do.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
Good for him. He kept them garaged. And he only drove them in the summertime, so he would trade them in with like 15,000 miles on it. I was like, you’re losing money when you do that. Oh, I just want the new one.
SPEAKER 17 :
Evidently, he has enough to spend. It doesn’t matter, John.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, he didn’t. He got really sick during the Gulf War, and he knew his time was numbered. He has since passed, but he was at the point where he didn’t care. He was going to drive the nicest truck he could. But anybody, I mean, look at me and my wife. Both of our trucks are over 150,000 miles. There’s nothing wrong with them at all. I would loan my red truck with 236 out to anybody. Say just, you know, here you go. You need to use it, whatever. There’s nothing wrong with it because they take care of it. Does it drive the same as it did when it had 5,000 miles on it? No, because it’s an older vehicle. But for people that say, well, you can’t get 200,000 miles out of a Ram or out of a F-150, you’re crazy.
SPEAKER 17 :
All day long you can, actually.
SPEAKER 08 :
All day long. I mean, all you have to do, whether it’s a Toyota, whether it’s a Lexus. I mean, Toyota Lexus, they’re made by the same company, so to speak.
SPEAKER 17 :
They are. No, it is the same company. It is the same.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, I always laugh because every now and then I’ll see a Lexus that looks almost exactly the same as my 4Runner. And I’m like, that’s built on a 4Runner frame.
SPEAKER 17 :
It is.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I’m sure there’s one. Because you remember back in the late 70s when the Cutlass, the Monte Carlo, the Grand Prix, and the Regal were. They looked exactly alike except for, you know, basic differences. Correct. But when I was in Germany the last time on vacation, they rented us an Audi. And the thing, yes, the beautiful car, it drove beautiful. Was it worth? I looked up the price of it when we got back. It was not worth what they were asking for it in the U.S.
SPEAKER 11 :
Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
But, you know, there’s a great, I can’t remember the name of it, but one of the old Tom Clancy books with Jack Ryan, the originals. Okay. He wrote about this exact tariff thing where the U.S. was imposing the tariff equal to what the other countries were doing. And this was like 30 years ago when he wrote that book. And all I look at it from the tariff side is what’s fair.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 08 :
Is it fair? You know.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, and by the way, I think that’s exactly what the current administration is trying to get people to understand is, no, it’s not fair. And somebody just texted me and said that that actually, if you really get into it and dig into it, Germany, actually, it’s more like 20 percent. There’s a 10 plus another 10. I didn’t read that. That could very well be. I’m not going to argue that point because it could very well be the case. In fact, it might even be as high as 25 on Germany. you know, on U.S. imports into Germany. Reality, John, is it’s not fair. We’ve been getting screwed all these years and needs fixed.
SPEAKER 08 :
Exactly. And there’s a prime example. When I was stationed in Germany and I shipped the car over and they told me pretty much, if you’re shipping it over, you’re shipping it back. They won’t let you sell it over there unless you sell it to another American.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Another military person.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
So, you know, they paid to ship it over and ship it back, so I shipped it back and had a car over there while I was, you know, while I was stationed there. Which, John, driving on an Autobahn with no speed limit is a lot of fun.
SPEAKER 17 :
I can imagine.
SPEAKER 08 :
You know the scary thing, though? I was in a Pontiac Firebird 87. I know it wasn’t the greatest car, but I liked it at the time. And I was doing 130 miles an hour. I got past like I was standing still by a Mercedes. Wow. That’s how fast those people drive over there.
SPEAKER 11 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 08 :
And so, you know, like I was standing still. And what was funny, you could tell because if you saw a Porsche coming up behind you, you best better get out of his way because he was going. I swear I saw a Porsche probably doing about 160 go by. Wow. And that’s, you know, but everybody over there drives fast. More attentive than we do. I’m not saying they’re better drivers. I’m saying what they spend to learn to drive, because it cost them about five times what it cost us to go to, like, driver’s ed.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right.
SPEAKER 08 :
And what they spend and what they cost. Insurance was expensive, too, over there. But what they spend, those people really paid attention to their driving. I don’t know what it’s like today, but I don’t think they’re talking on, you know, got cell phone help for their air.
SPEAKER 17 :
Makes sense. Makes sense.
SPEAKER 08 :
John, man, I appreciate it.
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SPEAKER 17 :
All right, we are back. Jeff and Golden, you’re next. Go ahead, sir. Hello? Hey, Jeff.
SPEAKER 10 :
Hey, a question from you.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
I’ve got an 02 Excursion. It’s got 326,000 miles on it. Wouldn’t trade it for anything. Awesome. 7.3 diesel. I’ve always been a Toyota guy, and I’ve actually only bought one new vehicle in my entire life.
SPEAKER 17 :
Which proves that you don’t have to buy new cars to still have transportation.
SPEAKER 10 :
So I’m in a Toyota work truck right now with 150 on it, and… That’s that. Second thing, what’s your opinion on, I’m a car guy, but I’m not an expert like you. I love driving. I got a 13 911 S and a 17 Cayenne 4.8 twin turbo. What are your opinions on those things?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, the 911, don’t get rid of it. It’s going to do nothing but continue to increase in value. Unfortunately, the Cayman won’t be quite as valuable down the road as the 911 because it’s not a 911. There’s something about that 911 that just makes those things continue to go up and up and up in value. I saw some at Mekin Auto Auction this past weekend that literally just, it’s like you just shake your head at the kind of money that those things continue to bring. So, yeah, if there’s any car you’re ever going to sell, make sure it’s not the 911.
SPEAKER 10 :
And I’m sorry, maybe I misspoke. It was a Cayenne. Are you a fan of the big twin-turbo V8s?
SPEAKER 17 :
I don’t think – well, two sides of that. Am I a fan of having it, driving it, and so on? Absolutely. Is it going to retain its value and do as well as what a 911 will down the road? No, they won’t.
SPEAKER 10 :
No, they won’t. Sure, sure. Thank you so much. All right, Jeff.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, great questions, by the way. Appreciate it. And good cars, by the way. Have fun with those, Jeff, and enjoy. And again, going back to just the whole hype that right now is coming out of all sorts of different things. I was watching last night, my son and I were going back and forth on some of what was happening with Toyota stock, which was suspended, trading was, for a while last night because of the big dip that it took. And And by the way, I don’t know why. I think because, frankly, sometimes Wall Street and traders are just absolute knuckleheads. I mean, I don’t know why they think that that’s going. I mean, yes, tariffs are going to have an impact on a lot of different companies. And I’ll run through really quick because there is a listing that came out. this morning on what companies make how much of their American sold vehicles, how many of those are actually made in the U.S. In other words, the share of U.S. sold vehicles that are made in the U.S. So Tesla, of course, 100% because they make everything here. Rivian, same thing. They make everything here. Ford, 78% of what they sell is made here. Honda, 64% of what they make is actually sold here. Stellantis, which is… Fiat, Chrysler, Ram, Dodge, you get the drift. 57%, so actually they’re below Honda. Subaru, 56% of what they make or what they sell is made here. Nissan is at 53%. GM, which you would think would be upwards of where Ford is, but the company itself is run by a bunch of knuckleheads. I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say. And I’ve been a GM guy most of my life, grew up with them, still have a fondness for them, I guess because it’s in my blood. It’s what I grew up with. But those knuckleheads, because of what they don’t know what to do in running a company, 52%. And yes, that is one of the two American car companies, Ford and GM. Ford, by the way, 78%. GM, 52%. BMW is 48%, which is the same as Toyota, which is 48%. Mercedes, and again, these guys have plants and things here where they’re making vehicles here, 43%. Hyundai, 33%. Volkswagen, 21%. They’re really going to get killed, by the way, on some of these tariffs and such. Mazda, 19%, and Volvo only 13%. So, yeah, tariffs are going to affect some of these individual companies. And trading, again, with Toyota stock late last night was suspended for a while because, I guess, because of just the fears of what the tariffs are going to do to them and their stock value and so on. And, again, how will some of this stuff get – you know get shaken out as time goes by don’t know don’t know i do know this when i was reading earlier about what the you know what the you know not only the eu but in this particular case what the uk which i always have to make sure that i specify this because remember the uk is not just england It’s all of the greater area. The UK, I believe, don’t quote me on this because I’m not an expert on geography in the UK, but I believe, Charlie, the UK is Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, and there’s one other country I want to throw into there that all make up the UK. This is the prime minister of the U.K. talking about the trade war itself and acting like he’s going to puff his chest out and get all excited, I guess. And I guess he feels like he can put some sort of a dent in what actually comes to the U.S. Yeah, sorry. Sorry. And again, I’m not speaking ill of anybody that lives in that area or is from that area. And if you’re from that area, I’m not speaking ill. I’m just saying good luck. Good luck. The United States of America. This is something I think the rest of the world sometimes forgets. And by the way, it’s something the left forgets on an ongoing basis. The United States of America, we have close to $30 trillion GDP, gross domestic product. What we consume in the U.S. is roughly $30 trillion. And I’m doing this from memory, so if you want to go look this up and see how close I am, be my guest. The next closest country, of course, is China, and they’re in the low 20s. Still not close to where we are. And then from there, it really takes a jump down, and you could even combine a bunch of countries, and it still doesn’t equal what the U.S. does. Not exaggerating, by the way. You can go look. This is public information. Any of you that are out there listening, you that are on the right, the left, the middle, whatever, you can go check my numbers. We are so far ahead. of any other country, that when these other countries start running around and acting like they’re going to have some sort of a big dent in what we do, you know, Canadians, you know, you guys as well, you think you’re going to have some sort of a dent in what we do? I mean, people forget that Canada is a country of 35 million people, roughly. 35 million. We’re 350 million-ish. A little low, a little high, whatever. We’re right in that area. We’re right in about that $350 million. So Canada’s 10% of us. That’s it.
SPEAKER 1 :
10%.
SPEAKER 17 :
With, by the way, the lion’s share of Canadians living in the area where Canada dips down into the U.S. When I say dips down, I know it’s still Canada. But people forget that there’s actually more Canadians… that live in that section of land across the upper part of the U.S. If you go look at a map and you look at what I’m talking about, keep in mind that there’s only a few big cities in the U.S. that are above that line. Detroit, Seattle, probably Boston. I mean, there’s a few larger cities that are above that line, but reality is there’s more Canadians living below that area than U.S. citizens. Not in Canada. In other words, Canadian citizens below that geographical line, there’s more of them than there is us, than there is U.S. citizens. And that’s just because of the way Canada dips down and there’s a lot of people living in that Toronto area and so on, above Buffalo, above Michigan and so on. Point being, Canada acts like there’s some sort of a world leader when it comes to production and things along those lines. And they act like they can have some sort of a big dent in what we do here in America. And yeah, no offense. It’s like a mosquito. I’m sorry to say it that way, but it is. In fact, outside of China, there’s not another country that even comes close to consuming and or producing what we do. Not even close. And what Donald Trump is trying to do, I believe, in the White House right now is get us on a more even keel and even get us back on track manufacturing wise and so on. So that there’s incentive even for other other countries, other companies that are in other countries to actually build and do things here versus having those things imported like we’re currently doing. It’s why companies like Hyundai have agreed to, you know, have said, not agree, but have said, we’re going to spend $25 billion and invest building cars in the U.S. We want to build a million cars in the U.S. Now, that’s forward thinking and they’re being very smart in what they’re thinking about. We as a country consume more than anyone else. Why would you not want to be here and do that and avoid all the tariffs and shipping costs and on and on and on we go? Why would you not just want to compete here on this level playing field here in America? And what Donald Trump is doing is going to make more of that happen. It’s why we see chip companies agreeing to spend billions of dollars here. It’s why the UAE, which I talked about yesterday, is going to spend $1.4 trillion. And remember, folks, and I talked about this on the podcast. Some of you may have heard that last night. You’ll hear it again Saturday morning if you want to listen then. But the reality is these are not things – this is where the left, by the way, doesn’t understand or doesn’t want to admit – These are decade-long, or decades, plural, long investments from other countries, other companies in other countries, when they talk about that type of an investment. I mean, if you think, for example, even going on the small side with Hyundai at $25 billion, if you think Hyundai’s going to just do that and then another administration comes in in the next three and a half years… four years, whatever it is, if you think that because a new administration comes in in four years, all of a sudden Hyundai is going to pack up and go someplace else, that’s not how that works. These companies are building for their own future, and they’re going to be here to stay, and it doesn’t matter who is in charge at that point in time. They’re going to continue to stay here and keep doing business. Same thing with the chip companies, same thing with other car companies that would decide to build here, and so on. So is what Donald Trump doing, is what he is doing, is it going to make a big difference in our overall economy as time goes by? Absolutely. This is a pivotal time for us as Americans. And if we keep at it, we will continue to benefit from these things moving forward. Absolutely. So anyways. We’ll see how all this pans out, trust me, as time goes by. Paul Leuenberger, speaking of cars and all of the things involved with that, insurance becomes a big deal for a lot of you listening, for all of us, by the way. Give my good friend Paul a call. He’ll walk you through all the insurance end of things. 303-662-0789.
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All right. Not that many of you probably travel to France, but if some of you listening are or you know someone that is or have a family member that is, France has updated its travel advice for U.S. citizens. And what it means is that it is warning travelers that you are now required to declare your gender assignment at birth when completing visa or ESTA applications. The move follows growing international concern over a decree signed by President Trump on January the 20th. Yeah, because Trump said there’s two genders, male and female. And in a lot of ID situations, you’re going to have to put down what you were assigned at birth, which, in other words, what were you when you were born? Jeez, how hard is this? Are you male or are you female? Were you born with an innie or an outie? How difficult is this, folks? It’s not hard. Sorry, this is really easy. You guys on the left want to make this really hard, and it’s not. So go back to the way things were. Make it simple once again. Any Audis, it’s easy. Move on from there, and off we go. All right, Hour 3 is next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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