Birthright citizenship, established by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution (ratified July 9, 1868), grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction. This constitutional principle, which was ratified in direct opposition to the Dred Scott decision, ensures that anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a citizen, regardless of their parents' immigration status. The amendment also includes protections against state laws that abridge citizens' privileges or immunities and guarantees due process and equal protection under the law.
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Hi and welcome back to BKTv. I'm Brian Karem and this is the view from here.
And it is May 21st and this is a special edition of the Don Donny and the Donnets. That's right, Don Donald, Donald Trump, the president of the United States who thinks it's always all about him and these next few minutes absolutely are as we point out some of the things that Donald has been saying and why we need to listen. Starting with the one big beautiful ballroom. It has gone through many incarnations and iterations in the last several months.
He originally proposed it when he was running for president in 2016. He said then it would cost about $150 million.
That's about as much money as he's already spent on coughing so far since he's come back into office in 2026.
So maybe if you golfed less, Don, you could build more. Just saying. But nonetheless, the cost has risen from 150 to 200 to 250 to 300 to 350 to 400 million. It was all going to be paid paid privately and now he wants it to be paid publicly. Or at least it was part of a bill that the Senate and the House have decided they're not going to pay for because according to Senator Cassidy in Louisiana, there is no plans. We don't know what he needs a billion dollars for, the current price of this, and by God, it's not going to be built.
But Donald is adamant on this one issue more than anything else except not talking about Jeff Epstein, Jeff Epstein, Jeff Epstein, Jeff This is a story about Jeff Epstein. No, this is a story about the ballroom. He doesn't want to hear that it's not going to be built and in the last few days he's doubled down on it and lied about it in a number of places. Starting on the tarmac yesterday, let's listen to Donald talk about ballroom funding.
Hit it. Are you worried about ballroom Some of them don't know how to win. I know how to win.
I think I've proven that, haven't I?
Are you worried about the ballroom funding, Mr. President? There's speculation that could be The ballroom is being built.
I'm building the ballroom. You saw it yesterday, right?
We're building a great ballroom. It's been needed. It's a very military complex. The roof is actually a drone port.
The roof of the ballroom is a drone port.
And it gives great safety to everything below.
We're building a a really great ballroom, but it's it's also a military a strong military position for our our people.
What in the hell are you talking about, Donald? That's the first anyone's heard of the one big beautiful ballroom being a drone port.
Honestly, never was mentioned before. As uh Senator Cassidy from Louisiana said, there's been no plans, there's been no discussion, there's been no insight into this. This is another attempt for Donald Trump to salvage his pride because he wants the one big beautiful ballroom.
In all the iterations that we've seen of it, no mention of a drone port at all.
Of course, that doesn't keep him from saying he's still going to build the damn thing, and now it's all about national security.
Hit it.
>> [clears throat] >> Are you losing control of the Senate, Senator Republican? I don't know. I really don't know. I can tell you I only do what's right. Uh I don't need money for the ballroom. You know, I'm making a gift of the ballroom.
This is the biggest uh misreporting that I've ever seen. The ballroom is being built. It'll cost We've done It was going to be 200 million. I've doubled the size of it cuz we need it, and it's being done in conjunction with the military and with the uh very much in conjunction with the military and Secret Service.
It's been the same size since he showed us those, you know, sugar cube 3D maps of it. Um I I don't know what he means by doubling the size of it, but now he is doubling down on wanting it and by God, he said it later That was in the Oval and then later on in the Oval, here's what he said about his ballroom blitz. Hit it. Uh if they want to spend money on securing the White House, I think it would be very very much a good expenditure. But the ballroom is being built.
>> But what if Congress doesn't sign off on the security money, sir?
Uh then the White House won't be a very secure place. But then regarding Cuba, there was an air It already is already enough. It already is a secure place and by God, you wouldn't have to build the one big beautiful ballroom and enhance security if you hadn't torn down the East Wing for no reason at all. But you do need Congress's approval for public expenditures and he's not getting it.
And now he's saying now he's saying again that it's going to be built by private money, which he said it wasn't after he said it was. So, I guess it's kind of like the blockade in Iran.
It makes no sense. Absolutely no sense.
All we know is there is a gaping hole where the East Wing used to be. The big beautiful East Wing is now one big beautiful hole. It's like having a cavity that you can't fill. But Donald Trump is very happy with himself these days after the uh midterm elections for Republican representation for the fall elections.
That's right. He is oh so happy about the primaries because he he was able to kick out a lot of people he did not like from the Republican Party and these would be the people who don't like him.
And that's given Donald the chance to gloat, which he did yesterday on the tarmac a whole lot. Hit it.
really uh Did you have a problem with Prime Minister Netanyahu? Well, her husband votes against me all the time.
Can you imagine?
I don't know what's with him.
You better ask him what's with him. Her husband, she's married to a certain congressman.
He votes again- He likes voting against Trump. You know what happens with that.
Doesn't work out well.
Who are I don't know why he does, but Mr. What a gloating little face. Yes, he wants to remind everyone, remember he started out saying he knows how to win and now he's saying you can't run against him.
And finally, he feels so happy about himself and he's so secure in how popular he is that he may run for Prime Minister of Israel.
No, I I'm not kidding about that. He said that on the tarmac yesterday.
Hit it. I'm right now at 99% in Israel.
I could run for Prime Minister, so maybe after I do this, I'll go to Israel, run for Prime Minister. I had a poll this morning. I'm 99%.
So, that's good. But, uh 99%. He's at 39% among Republicans in the United States, but apparently he's running at 99% in Israel. Hell, he's not He's not an Israeli. He's not Jewish, but he might run for Prime Minister in Israel and by God, he thinks he can get reelected there. Oh, oh, he also thinks he can get reelected here. He plans on being in the White House for quite a while. Now, we've heard rumors about this on and off again since he came back, well, actually since he strode down the wonderful escalator at Mar-a-Lago many years ago. How long would Donald be in office? Well, Donald is pretty sure he's going to be around in 2028 and after, I suppose. No, I'm not making that up. This is Donald in the last 2 days lying about the wonderful ballroom and now lying about him being around to run for another term.
Hit it. But we're making uh right now currently under construction. We have 11 bre- a beautiful and I said, "Come on, when is the first one coming?" They said, "In '28." I said, "I'm going to be here in '28. Maybe I'll be here in '32, too.
I don't know.
Maybe I will.
But I'm going to be here in '28 and Well, he'll be there in '28 until the election in '28 and then he'll be gone by '29, but he thinks he's going to be there in '32 as well. Remember, Dr. Ronnie Jackson told us that Donnie'll live to be 200 and apparently Donnie believes that crap. And because he believes he's going to be around and he's so confident because of the midterm primaries, Donald Trump wants to know and wants you to know exactly how upset he is about the continuing irresponsible part of the US that allows people born here to be citizens here. And on that, I can only say, "Hit it."
So, now we have another one coming up, birthright citizenship. It would be a disgrace.
It would be a disgrace if the Supreme Court of the United States allows that to happen.
Remember what I said, 20 to 25% of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship. They'll become citizens through birthright citizenship and it'll cost us numbers that are I don't even think they're doable.
And it's all up to a couple of people and I hope they do what's right.
Birthright citizenship is a disgrace.
The fact that we're Look at the people that are bringing the suit.
Study Stop. Just stop.
>> [clears throat] >> Amendment 14 of the US Constitution was ratified July 9th, 1868 in regards to the Dred Scott decision that in in direct opposition to the Dred Scott decision which came earlier.
Section 1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The US Constitution to the United States and Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule against the Constitution of the United States and says that immigrants being born here is the biggest problem.
If you're born here, you're a citizen, plain and simple.
And that's one of the great things about this country.
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses learn yearning to be breathe free.
Engraved on the Statue of Liberty encouraging those who don't want their citizens to bring them here because we'll give them the opportunity to make something of themselves and to build a nation that is better than any other nation on Earth through the cooperation of immigrants across the world.
It was Ronald Reagan that said you have to be born in France to be a Frenchman.
You have to be born in Germany to be a German. But anybody can call themselves an American. We've taken pride in that and we should because it's important that the world sees that our huddled masses, the tempest-tossed here, have made something and built something better than any other nation in the world. But Donald Trump doesn't give a about that. Donald Trump is a racist, a misogynist who doesn't understand the US Constitution.
He doesn't even understand that it is he that runs the government because he has sued the IRS.
I can't We'll get into it on the flip side, but just take a look at what he's saying.
Hit it.
Mr. President, have you responded to anything People that are critical of your your um settlement over your IRS case about the tax now that you can't be prosecuted for tax Yeah, well, what happened is I was suing IRS for a lot of different reasons. One of the reasons is they released my tax returns, which you're not allowed to do. Now, they showed I pay a lot of tax. I may even release my current returns cuz they show I pay a lot of money.
But they're not supposed to do that.
They were lock boxes as president. They were And they Hold it.
Stop.
Just stop.
Donald Trump's government. Donald Trump is the head of the US government. He's suing the US government.
And now he wants to set up a slush fund.
By the way, I'll sign up to, you know, get my portion of that slush fund. After all, the US government has harassed me and weaponized the DOJ against me. So, maybe I got a shot, right, Donnie?
Here's the simple fact. He sued a government that he is the head of now.
But more importantly, the government that released his tax forms, he was running it then, too.
It's all a mountain of Donald Trump doesn't understand the Constitution. He doesn't understand how the country runs. All Donald Trump understands is what benefits Donald Trump. It's more apparent every day.
There are Maga members that are opposed him. And in this let's in this special edition of the Don Donny and the Don hats by saying Donald, you won't be around in 28. After the election you'll be gone.
And the Epstein files will live on. In 20 years from now, who will know it?
Maybe Jeff Epstein will be the guy who saved modern democracy by the release of those files.
With that said, everyone have a wonderful day. This is the view from here. This is BKTV and I'm Brian Karem and that's the way it is. See you next time. Thank you for watching and listening. We hope your experience was most triumphant. Anyway, we do post on this channel daily. We have new segments coming, fresh interviews as well. And as always we'll be tackling the hard issues and taking a deep look into politics, journalism and anything else that catches our fancy. So anyway, please like, subscribe, comment and of course as Anita Ward would sing to us all, ring my bell, ring, ring my well, you know what I mean. Be excellent to everyone.
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