As we explore the nuanced world of politics, the conversation shifts to President Trump, sparking discussions on his unexpected media retreat and what it could mean for the nation. From intriguing insights into public perceptions of Trump’s health to humorous speculations about potential announcements, this episode keeps listeners on the edge of their seats. Additionally, we delve into Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s surprising public persona transformation, and discuss shifting political dynamics surrounding COVID-19 and vaccines.
00:00:00 Dances with Wolves and Graham Greene Tribute
Dude. Okay. Kind of bores me. The subject matter bores me.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Does he really dance with the wolves? Does he dance with the wolves? Sort of, kind of. But the occasion for this is one of the great, great, great, great Native American actors in history, the wonderful Graham Greene. And it’s funny, it doesn’t ring a bell. Google him and you’ll go, oh, that guy’s been in everything. Dances with Wolves, Green Mile, Maverick, Wind River, Thunderheart. So a great actor gone to his rest, the wonderful Graham Greene.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’ve got my own problems.
SPEAKER 04 :
I’ve had such a morning.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’m sorry. Sorry for his family. Sorry for the loss. I don’t know who he is. All I know is that the ATM machine this morning gobbled my card and kept my $1,000. Oh, no. Oh, I’ve never had this happen in my life. Now, picture this.
SPEAKER 04 :
I’ve had to keep a card. Like, I forgot my code, and so it said, well, we’ll just keep the card. I was a big dummy, so I understand that. But it kept the card. Okay, but did it hit your account for the $1,000?
SPEAKER 05 :
It did. It did. And it kept the card. It said, finally, after five minutes of clicking and buzzing and bells, it says, this ATM is malfunctioning. Contact your financial institution. Now, here’s the rub. You’d think the bank that has the thieving ATM, the dastardly, diabolical ATM that ate my card and kept the $1,000, you’d think they’d step up. Oh, no, because I used a different financial institution’s card. Right. So they’re telling me, you’ve got to go to your financial institution. They’ve got to cancel the car. I said, what did you do? Where’s my money? I mean, I’m standing there. I’m sweating. It’s the Port Authority bus station. There’s degenerates all around. It’s unbelievable. This is in New York. Oh, yeah, I’m in New York City, and I’m trying to get on the subway because I didn’t follow your advice, and I took the subway. So big mistake, big mistake, big mistake. So anyway, I got it.
SPEAKER 04 :
I also want to know, where do you find these ATMs that will give you $1,000? I think I’ve maxed out at $400 anywhere I’ve ever been anywhere.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and it’s a brand-new ATM. I use this machine. There’s actually two side-by-side, and they’re brand-new. I don’t want to mention bank institutions, but I’ve never had a problem before, and so here I am.
SPEAKER 04 :
So there’s a machine that’ll crank out $1,000 for somebody in the Port Authority bus terminal? Is that healthy for society?
SPEAKER 05 :
In retrospect, it’s probably not a smart move. Now that you put it that way, because I’m not kidding you, do you know that the intersection of 42nd and 8th, which is where I was, is literally the most dangerous block in all of New York City? You would have been waving, you know, would that have come out in the 20s?
SPEAKER 04 :
You need a bricks truck to bring that thing.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I put it in the 50s, but here’s what I think is going to happen. The next person… that puts in a card, they’re going to get $1,000. Because it didn’t give me the money. And I said to the bank lady on the phone who was not helpful, I said, look, what’s going to happen to the $1,000? It hit my bank. Are you guys going to think that I have the money? She said, Mr. Gallagher, you have to call your financial institution. I said, if you say that one more time, my head’s going to explode. I know. So that’s my day. We’ll need a full resolution on this.
SPEAKER 04 :
I need to know how this plays out.
SPEAKER 05 :
And then we’ve got bigger fish to fry because President Trump is going to make an announcement of some kind at 2 o’clock today. 2 Eastern, 1 Central, correct?
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. I don’t want to go along with the conspiracy stuff. Which conspiracy stuff are you talking about?
SPEAKER 05 :
Is he going to make some revelation about his ill health? Is it true that he hasn’t really spoken in public in seven days? It seems like we would notice because he’s usually everywhere. Well, and he’s not. I think I can confirm that he hasn’t spoken in public in seven days. Now, let’s just put all of our Trump loyalty on hold for a moment. Let’s be objective. Are you and I capable of being objective at all? Of course. Can we be objective? Isn’t it weird that he hasn’t spoken in public in seven days? Yes.
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s strange, right? That’s because he’s usually multiple times. Well, okay. But here’s what’s weird. When you say that, I think, okay, have we gone a seven-day stretch maybe ever without him speaking in public? No. Maybe? No.
SPEAKER 05 :
He was on the Home Shopping Network last night. Really? He’s everywhere.
SPEAKER 04 :
What do you mean? But when three of them are the Labor Day weekend, where maybe he… What passes for downtime? He has no downtime. He doesn’t sleep. He doesn’t sleep. He never stops. A lot of what he does is social media posting. A lot of what he does is… Which could be anybody. It could… I think it’s always him. I don’t know that it is. With all those weird capitalizations. I mean, unless they’ve got somebody who’s real good at channeling him on Truth Social, I think that’s him dictating and maybe somebody else’s thumbs are on the device or something.
SPEAKER 05 :
He’s got a team that wrote Koveffy. A team wrote Koveffy. He didn’t write Koveffy. I don’t know what’s going on. I have a funny feeling. Have you seen the video of somebody throwing stuff out the second floor of the White House? Oh, yeah. Check that video out. Somebody’s got a video. They were shooting the White House with their cell phone camera. And you see somebody off in the distance open the second floor window. Now, it could be AI. I don’t know. But it looks like somebody’s throwing things out the window of the second floor of the White House.
SPEAKER 04 :
Unless it’s Melania throwing out his suits, I think we’re in good shape. I think we’re going to be. And I hope I’m right about this because I think you’ve been trolled a little. I don’t mean you have, but I mean. Oh, I may have. There’s just something. It is, you know, there’s going to be a white. But it’s also vintage Trump, isn’t it? Think about it. It’s like, now I don’t know about you, but I’m canceling business appointments at 1 o’clock Central, 2 o’clock Eastern. Because it’s from the Oval Office, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
See, yeah, but I also love the idea that he may just be going along with the whole troll and saying, oh, they think I’m dying. They think I’m sick. They’ve got bruises on my head.
SPEAKER 04 :
I’ve never felt better.
SPEAKER 05 :
And I feel like a million bucks, but I’m going to lay low for a few days just to add fuel. That’s Trump. That could be him. Or today at 2 o’clock, he’s going to tell us, you know, that Gabriel’s calling and J.D. Vance is coming along. I mean, and isn’t it sick to watch his critics? hope that something is really dreadfully wrong with him. Aren’t they sick?
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s not. That’s who they are. It is who they are. There’s something about this social media cable news segment era that takes the, I hope it’s a sliver, whatever percentage of horrible people and elevates them and gives them bigger megaphones. That’s not real America, is it? That’s not even the real Democrats.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, here’s what I know is when Joe Biden was obviously…
SPEAKER 03 :
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SPEAKER 05 :
in bad shape physically and cognitively, nobody on our side was hoping he would die. Nobody. Nobody did that. Do you remember anybody saying, oh, I hope the guy keels over any minute now? Nobody on our side did that. Did they? I mean, not noteworthy.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, can I find the occasional, you know,
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, nobody on the internet, but nobody of any sort. No, of course not. But there’s a lot of… Meanwhile, can I bring up Jasmine Crockett for a moment? Why, of course. Tell me you’ve seen the before and after accent. She’s now going 2.0 on her kind of in the hood, street lip. All right, so Kristen, can you cue this up for Mark? Because this is a before and after. When she was on the campaign trail… Mm-hmm. She was proper. She was dignified. She was polished. I mean, and now, well, let’s just check it out. Here’s the before and after. This is Representative, the pride and joy of Texas.
SPEAKER 04 :
Your 30th District Congresswoman.
SPEAKER 05 :
30th District Congresswoman. Here’s her during the campaign and just the other day.
SPEAKER 01 :
First of all, it’s good to see you in the new year. You know, no one could have told me that when I went down to Austin, now it looks like a little bit over a year ago, that I would be running for Congress.
SPEAKER 02 :
Maybe because these people, they are crazy because they always talk about how Christian they is. Yeah, I don’t know how many of them on that side are getting divorced because they’re getting caught up sleeping with their co-workers, staffers, interns, all the things. Yeah, you ain’t got to believe me. Just go Google. You’ll find some of it. I’m telling you. And the wives is being messy and petty.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, my. Mark. Oh, my. Now, Mark. I knew the point you were going to make, and I’ve seen some side-by-side before. Nothing like that. I mean, that’s like going from Condoleezza Rice to Nicki Minaj. So which is the truth? Which is real? I mean, how does she really talk? The first one. The second one. So the hood? It’s an affectation. I mean, she’s not even good. They is? I know. Subject-verb agreement went right out the window. It’s like, whoa. Whoa.
SPEAKER 05 :
I mean, none of this is real. It’s all a game to these people. Back to Trump for a moment. Did you see his post about COVID and drugs and Operation Warp Speed?
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, he’s in an interesting spot because when we were all scared to death and like, please, anything, anything, the idea of Warp Speed bringing a vaccine to the market seemed good. I’m still not going to bag on bringing it to the market as long as people are left with a choice as to whether to use it or not. And now in the Maha RFK Jr. era and some of the revisions being made to vaccine policy, not telling people they can’t do anything, but also not telling them that they must. If you’re Trump, what is exactly, what line are you walking?
SPEAKER 05 :
I got crucified on Friday’s show, and I don’t even, I still to this day don’t know what I did. I don’t know what I did. I mentioned that I got the vaccine.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, there you are.
SPEAKER 05 :
That was all it took. That was all it took.
SPEAKER 04 :
And then I pointed out that I probably don’t say, but I hope the word booster didn’t come out of your mouth.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, well, well, but but I got people went nuts. People started. And I said, look, I’m not telling anybody. You talk about going down a rabbit hole. Here’s what Trump said for the benefit of people didn’t say, because this is fascinating. Here’s what he wrote. He said, He said, that is extraordinary, but they never seem to show those results to the public. Why not? They go off to the next hunt and let everyone rip themselves apart, including Bobby Kennedy Jr. and the CDC, trying to figure out the success or failure of the drug company’s COVID work. They show me great numbers and results, but they don’t seem to be showing them to many others. I want them to show them now to the CDC and the public and clear up this mess one way or the other. Then he finishes with, I hope Operation Warp Speed was as brilliant as many say it was. If not, we all want to know about it. And why? Thank you for your attention to this very important matter.
SPEAKER 04 :
I knew that was coming. Thanks for your attention.
SPEAKER 05 :
President DJT. I think those are good questions, don’t you? I think it’s good. Well, sure it is. Remember when he got booed in Dallas with Bill O’Reilly? Oh, yes, yes, yes. And he was genuinely surprised. I mean, I don’t think, look, this is, again, we probably shouldn’t even touch this rabbit hole because people go bonkers on this issue. People are so fed up. Look, COVID is over. COVID is over. I’ve got people in my life… And so are COVID vaccines, by the way.
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s it.
SPEAKER 05 :
It’s gone. I’m sorry. People aren’t going to take it. Maybe if you’re vulnerable, if you’ve got cancer, if you’ve got a severely… But that’s between you and your doctor. Now that’s not Mark and Mike telling you to get a vaccine. Please send all inquiries to Mark Davis. Thank you for your attention to this matter. At Mark Davis. I am not going to get yelled at anymore from these people.
SPEAKER 04 :
Let’s finish on something that I think… Not like I’m Einstein or anything. Let’s stipulate Democrats have hardly ever been worse off, right? They’re desperate. They’re in bad shape. They’re against exactly polling terribly. And, of course, part of it is because their ideas are awful. But isn’t that always true? No, they’ve gotten worse. The other end of that equation. But what’s made them worse? Trump has made them worse. His successes, his… connection with the American people, including a lot of the Democrat base. Democrats are no longer the party of the working class. There are black and Hispanic voters coming Republican in slow and gradual waves. I think it is the power of the Trump agenda that has helped send the Democrat party over the cliff.
SPEAKER 05 :
Just for the moment. Their default position is to oppose any of his policies, including successfully fighting crime.
SPEAKER 04 :
I just cured cancer. I think we’re pro-cancer, say the Democrats.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, we’re okay with curing cancer. We think that’s probably a good thing, but they can’t do that. So look what you got Muriel Bowser touting the success of the surge, but Brandon Johnson is saying we’re not going to militarize Chicago. And we want you to stand up.
SPEAKER 04 :
We’re going to stand up against that invasion or whatever. What? What is he calling on Chicagoans to do?
SPEAKER 05 :
And Chicago had one of the bloodiest weekends they’ve had ever this weekend. 50 people shot. 50 people shot over the weekend in Chicago, and they’re acting like everything’s okay. So, look, wish me luck. I’m going to be collecting bottles from the side of the road.
SPEAKER 02 :
I’m going to donate some blood.
SPEAKER 04 :
I need some money.
SPEAKER 05 :
Send a brother some money.
SPEAKER 04 :
So pray for me. I need ATM recovery story. And tomorrow, of course, we’ll talk about whatever Trump tells us this afternoon. I’m going to presume that it’s all good, that he’s having a little fun with us, and that nothing bad’s coming, at least.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Let me make a prediction. I think it’ll be bigger than that. I think something big is coming today. Big and not good? Not necessarily good. I don’t know. Well, we’ll see.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, I understand.
SPEAKER 05 :
I don’t know whether it’s good or bad, but I have a feeling something weird, something daunting, something we’re not expecting.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, isn’t that true every day, though?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I’m sure tomorrow I’ll be wrong and you’ll be right, and it’ll just be another day in paradise in New York City. And I hope you get your $1,000 back. And I hope I don’t get set on fire tomorrow when I come into work on the subway.
SPEAKER 04 :
I hope so, too. We wish you well. I love you. Goodbye. And we’ll be listening. Mike Gallagher from New York City. Today at 10, as soon as we’re done, right here on 660 AM E-Antic.
As we explore the nuanced world of politics, the conversation shifts to President Trump, sparking discussions on his unexpected media retreat and what it could mean for the nation. From intriguing insights into public perceptions of Trump’s health to humorous speculations about potential announcements, this episode keeps listeners on the edge of their seats. Additionally, we delve into Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s surprising public persona transformation, and discuss shifting political dynamics surrounding COVID-19 and vaccines.
