This episode of The Mike Gallagher Show navigates the complexities of America’s current political climate. With in-depth discussions on fiscal policies, public reactions to Trump’s appearances, and the stark divide in American politics, Mike brings a unique perspective on what it means to ‘Make America Great Again.’ Plus, learn about the heartfelt Prison Fellowship Angel Tree campaign aimed at supporting children through summer.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior. Mike Gallagher. Broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide. And seen on your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about President Trump’s superpower. You know what his superpower is? His superpower is baiting Democrats and his political opponents into taking positions that ordinary Americans find repulsive. For example, are you really against the idea of making America great? Does that really offend you? Over the weekend, Memorial Day weekend, President Trump spoke at Arlington National Cemetery. He also gave a rousing commencement address to West Point. They were offended. They were very offended at his speech at West Point. You want to know what they were offended by? And the speech was just powerful. Pete Hegseth’s speech was magnificent. I hope you treated yourself to some of the… the oratorical skills of the 45th and 47th president and the defense secretary. Because both Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump gave magnificent speeches and addressed the nation in a patriotic, powerful way. But they weren’t happy, as I know you won’t be surprised to hear, but maybe you’ll be a little surprised a little flummoxed, a little mystified at what it is they’re upset about. I give you Amy McGrath from MSNBC.
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It’s very – it’s shameful, first of all. Not only his words there, the rambling, the talking about trophy wives and – like Al Capone, but the inappropriate attire. I just mentioned the ball cap. You know, Donald Trump either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about what’s appropriate for the military, and he is not surrounded by anyone like Mattis or McMaster or Kelly anymore to simply say, hey, sir, take the ball cap off. And that’s really unfortunate. And I wish that we had, you know, the superintendent of the military academy perhaps could have said to him, hey, take it off, sir. Please don’t do a pass and review in front of the Corps of Cadets with a campaign attire on. Is it unconstitutional? No. Is it totally inappropriate in a politicization of our military? Absolutely. And it’s never been done before. So it’s not just the words. It’s just his actions there at West Point. Terrible.
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They really are offended by Make America Great Again. They take that as a pejorative. And that’s his superpower. He gets people like that bitter, angry, retired lieutenant colonel. a Trump-hating ex-military woman named Amy McGrath, and baits them into saying, I’m offended that the president would wear his familiar red baseball cap because they are repelled by that red cap. The red cap sums up everything that’s wrong in America right now. They think that everything that’s wrong with America is summed up in those four words. Make America great again. Now, I saw one guy, one actor, who I like, Bryan Cranston. He’s a great actor. He gave an interview where he said, now come on, let’s be real here. If you’re black, did you really ever think America was ever great again? How offensive is it? And that’s what… Sometimes they say the quiet part out loud. They don’t ever think this country has been great. How can you make the country great again when it’s never been great to begin with? That’s their warped thinking. That’s how nuts they are. This Amy McGrath is a nut. She’s looking into a camera and intoning that she’s offended… Buy a red baseball cap. And by the way, not to be mean here, who the hell are you to tell the commander-in-chief what he can or can’t wear when he gives a speech at West Point? You’re a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force or whatever you are and a failed political candidate. You’re nobody. MSNBC gravitates to you because you’re just going to bag on Trump. But who are you? Nobody’s going to tell you what to wear. And it’s not just her. Michael Steele. Boy, this piece of work. This guy who used to be the head of the RNC. And he’s MSNBC’s favorite kind of character. Because they love nobody more than a former Republican. And that’s what Michael Steele is all about. He was offended by Trump’s West Point commencement speech.
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Look, I have not had the good fortune and honor to serve in our military, and I was beyond offended knowing some folks who were graduates sitting in that audience. It was hard, I think, in many respects, because this was not, in my view, a military graduation. It was, in fact, a campaign rally.
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That’s right. So you’re offended because you’re perpetually offended, Michael Steele. These people are miserable. They’re just miserable, unhappy, bitter, angry, sullen brats. They’re a bunch of spoiled brats who didn’t get their way. The election didn’t go the way they wanted it to go. And now all they do is march around and whine about how miserable they are. That’s Trump’s superpower. That’s what he’s good at. In fact, he’s a specialist. They’re specialists at that. 800-655-MIKE. Welcome, man. Hope you had a nice, relaxing Memorial Day, and perhaps you certainly remembered why we honor those who have fallen over Memorial Day. We have a lot to cover today. It’s a big breaking news Tuesday. Many thanks to Joey Hudson for filling in for me Friday, recharging the batteries a little bit, and ready to get a talk show off my chest. 800-655-MIKE. We’ve got a lot of great things to share with you here in the Relief Factor studios for a busy Tuesday. I want to put your voice front and center. Do you agree with me that Trump’s real superpower is baiting them into acting like a bunch of kooks? His real gift is getting his opponents to look like wild-eyed lunatics. Imagine being against the message, make America great again. Let that sink in. Imagine being opposed to that. And yet, they are. 800-655-6453. Your voice, your call, your perspective. Coming up, PhD weight loss has changed my life. And I’ve got a little secret for you. You know Big Pharma and semaglutide and the shots in the belly. You’ve seen the story recently about the study that shows that a lot of people that are getting this are going blind. You don’t want to do this. You want a program to lose weight that’s centered around science and nutrition. A proven roadmap that has helped over 8,000 clients lose weight and keep it off. Like me. I lost 53 pounds a few years ago and I’ve kept it off. I know what to eat and when. I know how to quiet any of the cravings I might get and finally release that unhealthy belly fat that I carried along for so long. Make the phone call that can change your life in the way it changed mine. It’s called PhD Weight Loss. PhD Weight Loss, Dr. Ashley Lucas’ program is brilliant. And how do I know? Well, 53 pounds later, here I am. 864-644-1900 is their number. Call and schedule your consultation. You can do this program from anywhere in America. Call 864-644-1900, 864-644-1900, or visit MyPhDWeightLoss.com.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior. Mike Gallagher. Broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide. And seen on your trusted conservative TV network. Salem News Channel. Here’s Mike.
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There are a lot of headlines and a lot of breaking news for this Tuesday, the final Tuesday of the month of May. Man, the year is flying by, isn’t it? Blink of an eye, we’re going to be into June. Before you know it, the 4th of July. It’ll be, of course, summertime. Then before you know it, the fall and Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don’t know if it’s the older you get, the faster time goes. It’s just bizarre how it’s already May 27th. We’re in the middle of our Prison Fellowship Angel Tree campaign, and man, are we off to a great start. Let’s keep it going. I want to keep the momentum going because we’ve got almost 300 kids sponsored already after just a week of our Prison Fellowship Angel Tree campaign. That’s a big kind of Memorial Day celebration. kick off the summertime tradition here at the Mike Gallagher Show, where you could sponsor a child and send them to a Christian summer camp. And these are children of American prisoners. So you’re going to send a child on a path that is a whole different direction from maybe the path that their mom or dad has taken. And it’s just a real joyful time for us here at Team Gallagher. We love, love, love seeing the response. This audience gets so excited about our prison fellowship campaign. I mean, right now we’ve got 273 kids sponsored. It costs $200 to send a child to a Christ-centered summer camp. Kids are going to be with other kids. Joey did a great job Friday guest hosting for me. And we’re knocking on the door. We’re knocking on the door of 300 kids. Our goal is 455. So I hope you’ll take a moment and go to mikeonline.com. Click on that Prison Fellowship banner at the top of the page. And please support our Prison Fellowship Angel Tree campaign. There’s no audience like this one. And I get so excited. It’s a joy to come to work just to see how many wonderful people donations we’re going to get. Right now, 273 out of our goal of 455. You’re doing it. Let’s keep it going. Let’s keep that momentum going. Please go to mikeonline.com and contribute to our Prison Fellowship Angel Tree Summer Camp. Big headline over the weekend, a lot of headlines. I mean, Memorial Day, Trump gave speeches at West Point and at Arlington. Pete Hegseth was magnificent at Arlington. Maybe the big political bombshell was the story from the New York Times, how Donald Trump has remade America’s political landscape. The New York Times did an extensive, lengthy, deep dive into the political makeup of America. And the Times claims that Trump’s victory in 2024 was not an outlier. It was the culmination of continuous gains by Republicans in much of the country each time he has run for president. A sea of red that amounts to a flashing warning sign for a Democratic Party out of power and hoping for a comeback. The steady march, and I’m quoting right from the pages of the New York Times, the steady march to the right at the county level reveals not just the extent of the nation’s transformation in the Trump era, but also the degree to which the United States now resembles two countries charging in opposite directions. The New York Times analysis is America is lurching dramatically to the right, that Trump is remaking the country in his image. And I call BS on this article, and let me tell you why. I think the New York Times, which is committed to the utter defeat of President Trump’s agenda, as they all are on the left. Look, I mean, it is what it is. We want their agenda to fail. They want our agenda to fail. We get it. We’re a two-party nation. But I call BS on this claim that the New York Times is throwing in the towel and claiming that Trump has turned the country red. We’ve always known that if you look at a map of counties and states in America, we’ve always known that it’s a sea of red. We are a conservative majority country. The left is loud, but they are in the minority, especially the far left. You’ve got pockets of Oregon and New York City and San Francisco and L.A. and Chicago. You’ve got big blue cities, of course, that have a Democrat stronghold. But you look at the country overall, we are a Republican country. Now, they hate that. The Trump opponents don’t ever want to acknowledge it, but they know it’s true. However, however, look at elections that have taken place in 2025. Special elections. One-offs. Have you seen who’s been winning? Even in elections that the Republican was expected to win? Don’t look now, but the Democrats have been winning. Now, there’s all kinds of anecdotal evidence that things are going in the right direction. Rasmussen came out with a poll today, first time in their polling history, that a majority of Americans feel that we are finally on the right track. It’s a slim majority, but it’s a majority nonetheless. I trust that that’s true. Normal people like what’s happening. Normal, ordinary Americans are very pleased with the direction of the country. The hysterics are not. The people who are the loyal opposition to Trump and Republicans, they’re mortified. They’re angry. They’re bitter. They’re irate. They’re complaining about Trump’s speech at West Point because he had his red MAGA hat on. They couldn’t believe that he had a hat on. I saw some goofy woman on MSNBC whining about how inappropriate it was that he wore his red MAGA hat. Michael Steele over on MSNBC, I’m very offended. I’m very offended. I’m continually offended at Donald Trump. Well, we know that. You guys are in a state of perpetual offense. You’re bitter. You’re miserable. You’re mean. You’re angry. We get that. But when I see this big article in the New York Times, and the media was breathlessly reporting on this, even conservative media, oh, oh, look at the New York Times, how Trump has remade America’s political landscape. Oh, isn’t this great? It’s a sea of red, county after county, community after community turning Republican. Uh-huh. Look at elections in 2025. If we screw up this big, beautiful bill, we’re going to be in big trouble. We’re going to be in a lot of trouble. Republicans have an ability to snatch defeat right out of the jaws of victory. We have the votes. We have the momentum. We have a lot going for us right now. And along comes a good guy like Senator Ron Johnson, Wisconsin. I like this guy a lot. I do not like what he’s saying about Trump’s big, beautiful bill.
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I couldn’t care less if he’s upset. I’m concerned about my children, my grandchildren, and the fact that we are stealing from them. We are stealing from our children and grandchildren $37 trillion in debt, and we’re going to add to it as Republicans? That is unacceptable. And that’s why there’s no way I’m going to vote for this bill in its current form.
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Okay, good. Your music, those words are music to the Democrat Party’s ears. They’re praying for Ron Johnson’s to emerge victorious. They want Rand Paul to win. They want the naysayers. And let me just stipulate, Ron Johnson is right. We are adding to the deficit. We get it. We get it. You got to walk before you can run. You got to start somewhere. Here’s Rand Paul.
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You know, the bigger a bill, the more it includes, the more difficult it is to get everybody to agree to things. I supported the tax cuts in 2017. I support making them permanent, so I support that part of the bill. I support spending cuts. I think the cuts currently in the bill are wimpy and anemic, but I still would support the bill, even with wimpy and anemic cuts. if they weren’t going to explode the debt. The problem is the math doesn’t add up. They’re going to explode the debt by, the House says $4 trillion. The Senate’s actually been talking about exploding the debt $5 trillion. This year in September, when our fiscal year ends, the deficit will be about $2.2 trillion. Now, people used to always say, the Republicans would say, what’s Bidenomics? That’s Biden’s spending levels. When March, every Republican, virtually every Republican other than me, voted to continue the Biden spending levels. which are going to give us a $2.2 trillion deficit. Now, if you increase the debt ceiling $4 to $5 trillion, that means they’re planning on $2 trillion this year and more than $2 trillion next year. That’s just not conservative. So I’ve told them if they strip out the debt ceiling, I’ll consider, even with the imperfections, voting for the rest of the bill. But I can’t vote to raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion. There’s got to be someone left in Washington who thinks debt is wrong and deficits are wrong and wants to go in the other direction. The idea that we’re going to explode deficits and the projections are now looking at over $3 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years, I think is just, you know, not a serious proposal.
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You know what is a greater problem than exploding deficits? Giving the Democrats their desperately needed victory. You either trust Trump or you don’t. And I think it’s fair to say that the Rand Pauls and the Ron Johnsons of the world don’t trust Trump. You heard what Ron Johnson said at the beginning of that soundbite. He doesn’t care what Trump thinks. He doesn’t care. He cares about deficits and spending. And I get it. Why haven’t they made these doge cuts permanent? Elon Musk has kind of given up. Have you seen what Elon has been saying lately? Essentially, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. And a whole lot of Republicans are afraid to drink. I don’t buy the New York Times’ alarmist article that Trump has remade America’s political landscape. I think this is a truly deep fake. I believe the New York Times… is using reverse psychology and trying to motivate their base into making sure that they move heaven and earth to defeat Republicans. Republicans like Ron Johnson and Rand Paul shouldn’t help them. Maybe you see it differently. Let’s find out. I want to turn it over to you, 800-655-MIKE. Welcome aboard. Thanks again to Joey Hudson for filling in on Friday. I had a little long weekend to recharge the batteries. Remember those who have fallen and served our country over Memorial Day? Got some great sound from Pete Hegseth and President Trump from over the weekend. We’ll share that with you as well. But in the meantime, here in the Relief Factor studios, I want to put your voice front and center. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. I hope you join us. Portions of our show brought to you by MyPillow and Big Deal. Two sales in one. First, they’re having a closeout sale on the percale bedsheets. Any size, any color, $25. You can get Queens, Kings, Split Kings, California Kings, any size, any color, $25. It’s a crazy sale from MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Special Square. The second sale, Mike Lindell has introduced a brand new energy drink called Rev7. It’s a premium energy drink that’s good for you. It tastes great, gives you energy all day. I sampled it yesterday for the first time. It is delicious. No sugar, no caffeine. Rev7 is so special because it’s powered with a premium nootropic that helps fuel your mind. MyPillow is so confident you’re going to love Rev7 that for a limited time you can try their introductory three-pack absolutely free. Now, these offers aren’t going to last long. So go to MyPillow.com, use the promo code MikeG, MyPillow.com, promo code MikeG, or call 800-928-6034, 800-928-6034. Sing along with me. For the best night’s sleep in the whole wide world, visit MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG.
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This was a huge, huge victory for Trump. I think there were really three heroes here. Obviously, President Trump and then Mike Johnson, who has an almost impossible job. And then I have to say, Chip Roy raised some objections to the bill last week. And I happen to agree with some of those objections. And you know what? They made it into a better bill. And so now this goes to the Senate. I think the Senate will act sometime before Fourth of July.
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In the ReliefFactor.com studios, here’s Mike.
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And I don’t want to beat up on these guys too much. In fact, I won’t even call them grandstanders. They’re not grandstanding. I believe that Ron Johnson is sincere. I know that Rand Paul is true to his beliefs. I get it. I really do. But like you just heard, the Senate now has to make it a better bill. And I trust they will. We’ve got to trust the process, not panic. But let’s remember what we’re up against. Here’s a headline over at Newsmax. GOP senators, the Big Beautiful Bill falls short on debt. At least four Senate Republicans are saying they support many of the components of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, but they fear the House-passed legislation falls short of reducing annual federal deficits that are projected to keep growing… Rick Scott from here in Florida, Republican, said, I want to get a deal done. I support the president’s agenda. I support the border. I support the military. I support extending the Trump tax cuts. But we have to live in reality. We have got a fiscal crisis. Okay. Then get it done. Figure out how to get it done. And don’t say no for the sake of saying no. We cannot afford to give this guy… A defeat. And here’s the guy that I’m talking about. Spoke at Arlington Cemetery. They’re livid that he went to West Point with a red MAGA hat on. That’s what they’re reduced to. The Democrats are reduced to like theater kids. Did you see Scott Pelley over the weekend at Wake Forest? Just lambasting President Trump. Free speech is under attack. They’re panicking. Because Americans don’t trust CBS, NBC, ABC anymore. Americans aren’t getting their news from the legacy media anymore. And they don’t know what to do about it. So all they can do is lash out. All they can do is flail about. Because this guy is winning. Here he was at Arlington Cemetery.
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Each of the service members who have made the supreme sacrifice for our nation has also left an unfillable void and an unbreakable silence in the lives of all who love them. For the families of the fallen, you feel the absence of your heroes every day in the family. These are great families. These are wonderful families. In the familiar laugh no longer heard, the empty space at Sunday dinner, or the want of a hug or a pat on the back that will never come again. Every Gold Star family fights a battle long after the victory is won, and today we lift you up and we hold you high. Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving America the brightest light in your lives. It’s what you’ve done. We will never, ever forget our fallen heroes, and we will never forget our debt to you.
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Now, Trump haters were offended by that. If you don’t like Donald Trump, somehow you found fault with that message. He gave a rousing speech at West Point. It was terrific. You know what they were mad about? He had a red MAGA hat on. Amy McGrath is some retired lieutenant colonel and I believe a failed political candidate. And she goes running over to MSNBC to whine about his Make America Great Again hat that he had on his head.
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It’s shameful, first of all. Not only his words there, the rambling, the talking about trophy wives and girls like Al Capone, but the inappropriate attire. I just mentioned the ball cap, you know. Donald Trump either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about what’s appropriate for the military. And he is not surrounded by anyone like Mattis or McMaster or Kelly anymore to simply say, hey, sir, take the ball cap off.
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There it is.
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There it is.
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is that those backstabbers, Mad Dog Mattis and Kelly, the opportunists who wanted their 15 minutes in the Oval Office and then went out and stabbed him in the back and wrote books and did tell-alls and betrayed Trump, that’s who Amy McGrath wants back in the Oval Office. She wants more backstabbers. And pardon me, but who in the heck are you to tell the commander-in-chief what he is or isn’t permitted to wear at a commencement speech? I’ll bet she didn’t complain about Scott Pelley attacking the Trump administration at Wake Forest. Now, that’s a good commencement speech. She wouldn’t care if Scott Pelley wore a Ronald McDonald clown suit. That’d be fine with her. Trump wears a MAGA hat? Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. Brutal. Brutal. These people are nuts. And I say it over and over again. Trump’s superpower, his amazing, astounding superpower, is he baits them into sounding like fanatical lunatics. Imagine objecting to the expression, make America great again. Think of it. Let that sink in. That’s shameful. Shameful that he would wear a red baseball hat that says, make America… There’s a funny expression on a hat. I’ve got it in my… Somebody sent this to me in my office. I’ve got it in my office. Somebody sent this to me a couple years ago. And I can’t… Can I use the expression dumb? I’ll just say dumbbell. It’s not really dumbbell. It’s another word. But my hat, my red hat says, it’s just a hat, dumbbell. And again, it’s not bell. You can fill in the blank. 20 minutes before the hour. Hey, every day. I get a chance to tell you about living a pain-free life with Relief Factor. I get to tell you about it because I come into the Relief Factor studios, and I’m so grateful that we get to tell you about this 100% drug-free way to get out of pain. Hey, summertime is almost here. We’ve gotten through Memorial Day. We’ve gotten through Memorial Day, and we are ready to rock and roll. with pain-free living the Relief Factor way. I want you to get out and play with the kids, grandkids. I want you to go for long walks. I want you to swim. I want you to go to the beach. I want you to live a pain-free life. That’s what Relief Factor is all about. Wherever you’re hurting, back, neck, joints, muscles, Relief Factor can help you like it has for so many others, like me. I’m a Relief Factor customer. I can’t imagine living life without it. Give them a call and get started. 800-4-RELIEF. 800-4-RELIEF. 800-4-RELIEF or visit relieffactor.com. Less than a dollar a day. The three-week quick start is $19.95. Let’s see if we can get you out of pain the Relief Factor way. John is back in North Carolina. Hey, John, how are you?
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Good, sir. Yeah, I want to say that I’m glad for this situation because it shows the face of who Ron Johnson and Rand Paul really are. And I know you say you know them and You think they’re good guys, but I don’t. And the reason is because, first of all, what Ron Johnson and them are speaking is rhetoric. The reason I’m saying it’s rhetoric is because they have had the longest time when they had House and Senate majority to make changes through the Republican Party. They’re the ones spending for all this massive invasion of immigration to come into this country. A lot of them voted on funds that went towards that. And so I just believe that it shows who they really are, just like when we found out who the Bushes were. through situations.
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I think it’s fair to say that there are Republicans like Tom Tillis. If you look at their track record, we got Republicans in the Senate and the House who are not on board with Donald Trump, period. We know that. I don’t think Ron Johnson is in that category. I believe Ron Johnson has a legitimate, sincere, genuine concern about the deficit. We all do. I get that. There are fiscal consequences that we’re looking at. So, but this is part of making the sausage. They’re in the factory right now, and they’re going to have to get the best possible bill advanced. We’ve got the votes. Only if Republicans stay unified. But ultimately, it’s not going to be perfect. And you know the expression. I used it with the House last week. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. You cannot blow up Trump’s big, beautiful bill because it’s not perfect. And I get it. We spend too much. We all understand that. Trump certainly understands that. Do you trust him or don’t you? 800-655-MIKE. Eric in Florida. Hey, Eric, how are you?
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Hey, Mike, I was just going to say, yeah, just regarding the fiscal consequences, we have to appreciate what those things are. If we go over a cliff, lives are going to be badly impacted. So when you think about what Paul and Johnson are trying to do, they are trying to protect us financially financially. in such a way that we’re not going to be harmed badly. Fair enough.
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Hold on, hold on. Fair enough. But if they torpedo the bill and hand the Democrats the victory that they want, because you know, Eric, the Democrats want this bill to crash and burn too. Don’t you think the consequences are going to be exponentially worse?
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Yes, but the thing of it is, is the improvements that they’ll make to the bill are really what matters. I want to know, why isn’t Trump putting forth a bill that’s already balanced? Why is exploding the debt still good?
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It’s not still good because it’s some of the fiscal realities that he’s having to contend with. But what you just said, if they don’t make enough improvements to Rand Paul or Ron Johnson’s satisfaction, do you want the bill to crash and burn? No, but I don’t want the debt to explode either. I understand that. But if the debt continues to increase, you want to blow up the bill?
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Well, I don’t think the bill should pass unless the debt is not going to increase. If the bill doesn’t pass, if the bill doesn’t pass. If you’re talking about trusting Trump, what are we trusting him to do?
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Well, first of all, we’re trusting him to do the job that we elected him to do. And look at what’s in the bill. You can’t ignore border security. You can’t ignore military.
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You can’t.
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You can’t ignore shipbuilding. You can’t ignore all of the things that are in there. You can’t ignore stripping all of the funding for illegal immigration. You can’t ignore all of it. I mean, there’s a list as long as our arm. But what you’re saying is… But we can only pay for what we can afford. Well, look, we print more money is what we do, and I understand that it’s a… I know, but you saw our credit rating get downgraded.
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You know that eventually when the government tries to issue more bonds, if people don’t buy the bonds, we are in a world of hurt.
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I get it. You know when we’re in a bigger world of hurt? If you give the Democrats the victory they want. Eric, your objections are music to the Democrats’ ears. In other words, all of your points are valid. All of Rand Paul’s points are valid. When you say, do you not trust Trump?
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I do trust Trump to be the type of leader we’ve already seen him to be, but what I’m trusting him less on is to be fiscally conservative.
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Look at his first term and now this. And there’s the problem, because you’re trusting him less, and you’re abandoning him, and you’re going to give Democrats the victory that they want. That’s what they’re saying. You sound just like Chuck Schumer. Do you realize you sound just like Chuck Schumer? You do. You’re saying the same thing. Eric, you’re using the exact same rhetoric as Chuck Schumer, Eric, and you don’t even know it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, then you’re following Trump off a fiscal cut. No, I’m not. I’m not. I’m trusting.
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Rand Paul and Ron Johnson know a lot more about the debt than you and I. Well, Donald, and you don’t think Donald Trump knows more about the debt than you or I. You don’t think you’re if it’s between Rand Paul, if it’s between Rand Paul and Ron Johnson and Trump, who are you going to go with?
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If it’s between Ron Johnson and Donald Trump, who are you going to go with? What I’m hoping is I’m going to I’m hoping that Trump is going to take their suggestions to heart. Whatever they put back into the bill to make it better. I hope Trump agrees. Me too.
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But but if it falls short, you can’t blow up the bill, Eric. If it doesn’t check all the boxes… I don’t want to blow it up. Well, then good. Then be with it. Let’s get it better. I’m with you. I totally agree with you.
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Let’s get it better.
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Let’s make it better. But let’s not blow it up to be Dr. No. Let’s not be the Thomas Massey of the Senate and say, Nope, nope, nope. Not going to do it. It’s not where I want it to be. And then you hand the Democrats the victory that they so desperately need. We do this over and over and over again. And Eric, don’t lose your confidence in Donald Trump now. You’ve come this far, thus far, this far. Don’t blow it up. Don’t bail now. Stay with him. Stay with him. 800-655-MIKE. Glad you called. More coming up.
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SPEAKER 10 :
Breaking now on the Mike Gallagher Show.
SPEAKER 11 :
President Trump said yesterday he wants to yank $3 billion in federal grants away from what he calls a very anti-Semitic Harvard University. He ripped the Ivy League school for not handing over a full list of its foreign students to identify what he calls radicalized lunatics. and wait till you hear what he wants to do with the $3 billion. Let’s go to our newsroom where the one and only Roger P. Shulman is standing by to bring us up to date on the latest thing to make the liberals’ heads explode. Right, Roger?
SPEAKER 01 :
Well, this will definitely do it. He wants to take that $3 billion and use it to fund trade schools across the nation. And he comes up with these ideas that actually make so much sense because we have a massive shortage of plumbers, electricians, welders, mechanics, air conditioning techs. and many other trades. And these are high-paying jobs. Many of these folks start at over $100,000 a year, and many of them will start their own business and become multimillionaires. You don’t need a college degree for that. You just need to know how to do some things that need to be done. Try to find a plumber. or an air conditioning person fast in this country, it’s impossible. People are not getting their construction done because there’s just so much demand and so few people willing to do these jobs. And you can make a lot of money doing this stuff. And if the trade schools got the $3 billion, it would definitely help. If we want manufacturing back in this country, we’re going to have to have trained people to actually do the manufacturing. And it’s interesting, Harvard has about 25,000 students. 6,700 of them are from about 140 countries, many of which do not like us at all. And he’s correct. There are radicalized lunatics among them who wanted to kill Jews, demonstrated on the campus. They created problems. The Jew haters attacked Jewish students since the October 7th attacks. And there was verbal harassment, intimidation, physical assaults captured on video. Some others have gotten death and rape threats. So this is not a good situation at all. With Harvard having $53 billion in endowments, they don’t even need to charge tuition. It wouldn’t even make a dent with their 25,000 students paying about $100,000 a year. They could stop paying tuition forever. It wouldn’t make a dent in their income.
SPEAKER 11 :
Roger, the sense of entitlement that these liberal entities have is astounding to me. For example, yesterday we learned that NPR and three of its public radio stations filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order that would cut off all federal funding to NPR and PBS. They’re claiming that this order is a clear violation of the Constitution. I want to know where they think it’s written in the U.S. Constitution that taxpayer funds have to either go to Harvard to help fund that exclusive Ivy League school or go to NPR to fund all things considered. And yet they believe they’re entitled to it, Roger.
SPEAKER 01 :
Nope, we lost you. invented until about 1920-something. So radio was not around when the constitutional founders were alive, so I don’t think they have much to stand on, and neither does Harvard, for that matter.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, I don’t think so either. I mean, look, Trump’s order not only bars direct federal funding, but also mandates that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting cease indirect funding to NPR and PBS by instructing local stations not to use federal funds for NPR or PBS programming. Nobody’s asking… for taxpayer dollars to fund our show? I mean, conservative media, why is there this expectation that federal funding be handed over to NPR and PBS with a big red bow around it?
SPEAKER 01 :
It’s called machine in motion. It started and it just continues and continues and continues. Nobody’s saying they have to go off the air. They can make money the same way we do. You have the sales department and go out and sell radio time. They can have more fundraisers. They can do anything they want. He’s not saying they have to go off the air. He’s not going to choke them off the airwaves. They can participate and do whatever they want, preferably not as radical as that.
SPEAKER 11 :
I think we need to start selling tote bags, Roger. Let’s just sell Mike Gallagher’s show, Tote Bags. I mean, we could make a lot of money. Maybe you never know. I may have to put that to work. Maybe beach balls, too, this summer, you know. Bobbleheads. All right, Roger P. Shulman checking in from the Mike Gallagher Show Newsroom. Thank you, Roger. Appreciate it very much. You know, somebody just texted me, Mike, you may not know about this, but Pete Hegseth holds a monthly prayer service at the Pentagon. You can view it at YouTube. We talk all the time about the need for a spiritual revival, and they’ve gone after Hegseth mercilessly. And yet President Trump is standing by him. I want to go back to his rousing speech that he gave at Arlington Cemetery. It was so powerful, it’ll probably bring a tear to your eye. But here’s part two of the defense secretary’s amazing Memorial Day speech at Arlington.
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As Jesus taught his disciples, greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. This love is a gift given freely. And yet this gift comes with responsibility to those living. We owe a duty to those who have fallen in war. They have paid a debt we can never repay. And for that, we owe gratitude and remembrance. We owe at least this, to remember their sacrifice and honor their memory year after year. Salute after salute, ceremony after ceremony, parade after parade, prayer after prayer. That by our remembrance, we keep lit the eternal flame of their heroic deeds in defense of our nation. And we owe eternal vigilance. Eternal vigilance, the price of freedom. These men died for something. The hope of a free, secure, and peaceful republic. That is our inheritance and we must steward it and hand it down to our kids and our grandkids. We must live worthy of it. These men dreamt of a future in which their children would not fear of attack. No enemy could threaten their peace. No war could require them to take up arms. The duty we owe these men is peace, which only can be achieved through strength. And because we strive for peace, we must prepare for war. That’s the job of the chairman and I and so many others at the Defense Department. Each and every day, we will never, on behalf of those who’ve given so much, we will never be complacent. We owe these men nothing less. our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. So on this Memorial Day, in honor of the unknown soldiers and the known, let us rededicate ourselves to God and country. To our great republic 249 years on, we stand on the shoulders of great men. and on the shoulders of those great men in those graves, and may we live worthy of it. Thank you. God bless our warriors, and may God bless our fallen. And amen. Amen.
SPEAKER 11 :
Amen. And amen. Now, Rasmussen had a poll that came out a few hours ago talking about whether or not Americans believe we’re on the right track For the first time in the history of Rasmussen polling, a majority of Americans believe that the United States of America is on the right track. For the first time in the polling history of Rasmussen, a majority of Americans believe that this country is on the right track. And Pete Hegseth is a big part of the reason why. A prayerful defense secretary. Imagine that. Let them get upset. Let them scream. Let them whine. Let them be angry. We get that they’re going to do that. But we have to appreciate that this country is headed in the right direction, finally. We have to remember that we have a president who’s fighting morning, noon, and night for hardworking, tax-paying Americans. We have a president who wants to restore sanity to to an otherwise insane agenda and an ideology that is so out of touch with ordinary Americans that they might as well be on Mars. We’re headed in the right direction. Keep the faith. Keep the faith. 800-655-MIKE is our number. I’ve got an update on our Prison Fellowship Angel Tree kit. We’re getting close to 300 kids. We’re almost there.
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