The Truth Might Not Be Out There...

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Boy oh boy, do we have some really disappointing news for you today because bam, the emergency glass has been broken once again. And in order to distract everyone from the unpopular and devastating war, which is itself a distraction from the president's relationship with the world's most notorious child trafficker, the Pentagon has done it again. They've released the UFO files.

[00:00:23]>> Yeah.

[00:00:24]>> You asked for it, you got it.

[00:00:27]>> Yeah. proof once and for all that we are not alone in the universe and that little green men walk among us analyzing our biological data by day and sneaking into Cash Patel's hotel rooms at night to frame him as an alcoholic.

[00:00:42]>> Those dastardly aliens.

[00:00:43]>> They're hiding bottles and they're locking the door from the inside.

[00:00:46]>> Yeah.

[00:00:47]>> Except no, this latest release of the UFO files isn't the final and definitive proof that aliens exist and they've tried to contact us. It's just more information on literal objects that are in the air and unidentified.

[00:01:01]As you can probably imagine, the reaction to this latest release has been little more than a shrug of the shoulders from the general public despite the sleek sci-fi style web page that was set up by the Department of War to disseminate these files. You can click through various sections including spotlights, videos, and resources, as well as still images that have been featured on the front page. This one right here looks like uh it looks like a helicopter. This one is a photo with an orb digitally added to it because it's simply based on witnessed reports.

[00:01:35]>> Yeah.

[00:01:35]>> And yes, most of these are just the same kind of blobs and dots that have become synonymous with modern military UAP sightings. Though it is notable that this administration has seemingly brought back the term UFO in an official capacity after the more accurate woke term UAP or unidentified aerial phenomenon had successfully worked its way into the mainstream recent years.

[00:01:57]UAP is DEI. We're getting rid of it.

[00:01:59]We're going back to UFO.

[00:02:02]>> America was better when we called things UFOs.

[00:02:04]>> So yeah, but the Trump administration and HEGs department of war know that people don't give a [ __ ] about UAPs.

[00:02:11]What is that? They want to believe that we have found proof of alien life. And UFO means ET. They even have a tab on the official Department of War website clearly labeled UFO where you can find all of this, you know, newly it is newly released, but it's a lot of it is very old so-called evidence.

[00:02:31]>> The rest of the website literally feels like it belongs in a video game. Like you go up to a terminal in a game and you pull this up. It's both like low tech and um yeah, everything is written in a tone that is very overly serious with details that seem to be in intentionally left out in order to, you know, peique your curiosity and get you on the case. Cleared for release, the Department of War is in lock step with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government's understanding of unidentified anomalous phenomena.

[00:03:03]>> They're they're called UFOs, actually.

[00:03:05]Yeah. These files hidden behind classifications have long fueled justified speculation, and it's time the American people see it for themselves.

[00:03:12]This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump administration's earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency. United States Secretary of War Pete Hexath.

[00:03:23]Like we said, lots of videos of orbs and objects and maybe balloons or military aircraft. And many of the documents are things that were previously known or are simply government related references to UFOs or UAPs. Like when in 2023 or according to the official Department of War website 20,23.

[00:03:43]>> That's in their in their text, it's listed as in the year 20023.

[00:03:48]>> Wow. The the Mexican Congress heard testimony relating to UAPs and alien life. Remember that? Then they had the little mummies in there. Yep.

[00:03:56]>> There's a whole slate of documents related to this. Yeah. But this was the testimony where they showed up with those like fake obvious bogus alien corpses.

[00:04:04]>> Yeah.

[00:04:05]>> And uh people really wanted to believe, but it was like they were [ __ ] they were chicken bones.

[00:04:10]>> Mhm.

[00:04:10]>> This is just a bunch of random chicken bones. Yeah. So yeah, take all of this with a grain of salt, especially how it is being presented, which is basically Trump and Hex saying that it's up to you. Do you have what it takes, Gumshoe?

[00:04:22]The public, it's your job to help figure all this out. It's something fun that you can occupy yourself with >> while they go and destroy the world.

[00:04:31]>> Yeah. Why don't you focus on this? It's a little problem for you to solve. And uh you know what? Whatever you come up with, we're going to be very proud of you and no one's going to tell you that you're wrong because this is so inconsequential right now that no one gives a [ __ ] >> You don't need gasoline. You should stay at home and research aliens.

[00:04:48]>> Yeah. The materials archived here are unresolved cases, meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomenon. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including a lack of sufficient data, and the Department of War welcomes the application of private sector analysis, information, and expertise.

[00:05:07]>> Really, we need >> I don't know. You figure it out.

[00:05:10]>> Uhhuh. Uh, DOW will continue to conduct separate reporting on resolved UAP cases as mandated by statute. Under this administration, we will pursue the truth and share our findings with the American people.

[00:05:24]>> Okay.

[00:05:25]>> What a Who could think of a better birthday present for the nation than uh Alien Life, >> Happy Mother's Day, >> and and coming down to Earth and greeting the president on the 250th birthday.

[00:05:35]>> Of all the presidents to be the one to to >> It had to be him. If it if it were real, it had to be him.

[00:05:42]Shortly after the release, Trump posted the following. Whereas previous administrations have failed to be transparent on this subject, with these new documents and videos, the people can decide for themselves what the hell is going on.

[00:05:57]Okay. And as for the eyewitness accounts in the files, sure, we don't doubt that people can and have seen things that they cannot explain. But at this point, everyone seems to be far more concerned with the very real monsters who are actively making all of our lives worse.

[00:06:12]Literally, what could a space alien do that President Trump hasn't already threatened to do himself? A month ago, he spent days joyfully musing about wiping an entire civilization off the map.

[00:06:26]If an alien came down and said that, I guess people would think it was somehow different.

[00:06:32]I guess you could at least maybe think that the alien wasn't going to back down from the constant threats, but >> I Yeah, I'd take the aliens threats a little more seriously.

[00:06:40]>> Sure. Anyways, you can see all of this [ __ ] for yourself if you want at the official government website for the UFO files like they're going to [ __ ] tell you anything. Links are down below in the Department of uh war website. They say that they'll be releasing more information of course whenever Trump's approval rating dip.

[00:06:58]It's like when they follow Poly Market uh because they don't have real polling anymore. So, they have to follow Poly Market and whenever like the Trump approval rating dips, they release more UFO >> files. It's the back stop. And we we broke the glass for this one. We got a lot more stuff behind glass.

[00:07:13]>> Yeah. If we're being transparent, but not fully transparent because then we wouldn't be able to leave.

[00:07:18]>> We're being just transparent enough.

[00:07:20]Yeah.

[00:07:20]>> For the current situation.

[00:07:22]>> Yeah. You need to drip feed people. I do want to add that I I love alien [ __ ] I truly believe there is intelligent or maybe just stupid and self-destructive life out there somewhere like our life.

[00:07:33]But uh I want to see the space alien too. It is just, you know, very nice to see the Department of War focusing on this instead of um anything else while they are also literally at war.

[00:07:44]>> Yeah, it's cool that they found found the time to do this.

[00:07:48]>> Yeah, we you know, we reached a real stalemate with these conversations with the country that we're at war with. So, uh, in the meantime, we vibe coded an XFiles website and released a bunch of stuff that you've already seen before, but with cool, uh, cyberpunk text all over it.

[00:08:04]>> Yeah.

[00:08:04]>> How do you feel about that?

[00:08:06]>> Pretty cool.

[00:08:06]>> I I I don't really feel anything.

[00:08:09]>> If you were wondering how that whole ceasefire is going, well, not great, folks. Can you believe it? And on Monday of this week, Trump called Iran's latest proposal unacceptable.

[00:08:19]>> You rejected a deal from Iran over the weekend. Can you tell us anything about that proposal and what if any effort made to break the game?

[00:08:27]>> Yeah, it it was just unacceptable.

[00:08:30]>> You know, a lot of people said, "Well, does he have a plan?" Yeah, of course I do. I have the best plan ever.

[00:08:36]>> Wow. The best plan ever. You say, "Wow, may I see it?" No. Huh. Well, I guess we'll have to keep taking your word for it, sir. Yeah. I I fully believe that Trump at this point now 70 days into this war has the perfect >> got to have a plan.

[00:08:54]>> They said let him cook and that's what he did. He's been cooking.

[00:08:58]>> Uh but yeah, speaking of Trump's incredible plans, he's got something up his sleeve to fix those pesky gas prices while also continuing to heavily benefit his friends at the oil company.

[00:09:10]>> Everybody wins.

[00:09:11]>> Some more than others.

[00:09:12]>> Some a lot more than others. Now, Trump claims he's going to pause the federal gas tax in order to lower gas prices, and it would do that, at least temporarily. Yeah.

[00:09:21]>> But it would also obviously choke a line of income that the government uses to build and repair roads. And it doesn't solve the actual problem causing those price spikes, which is Trump's war in Iran. So, >> wait, hold on. Everyone loses.

[00:09:36]>> Gas is still expensive. We're making it slightly cheaper at the expense of um I don't know fixing potholes in the millions of miles of federal highways in this country, but >> bridges and >> yeah, lots of things.

[00:09:47]>> Yeah. Um also, yeah, this would obviously help. We're not denying that.

[00:09:51]But the tax, it accounts for 18 cents a gallon. So, it wouldn't even get prices back to what they were before Trump started this war.

[00:09:57]>> Just some slight relief. It would get things back to where they were a month ago, maybe two weeks.

[00:10:01]>> Hey, remember the early days of the Iran War when gas was only $5 a gallon? M let's get back to that. Like we said, the prices of oil and therefore gas are going to continue to rise regardless of whether or not the gas tax is added to your cost down at the pump.

[00:10:18]Uh but with more on this desperate attempt to put a band-aid on just a gaping self-inflicted wound, here's Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he backs reducing the 18.4 4 cent federal gasoline tax as US fuel prices shoot higher due to the Iran war and have sparked anger among US motorists. Waving the tax requires Congress, which is controlled by Trump's fellow Republicans, to pass legislation.

[00:10:40]Also, stop saying it requires congressional approval, but um where you been?

[00:10:48]>> Where have you been? Especially on something like a gas tax. You think he's going to give a [ __ ] about going to Congress?

[00:10:53]>> Nope.

[00:10:55]Yeah, I'm going to reduce. Trump told reporters on whether he would suspend the tax. Asked how long he would suspend the tax, Trump said in the Oval Office, "Till it's appropriate." Senator Josh Holly, a Missouri Republican, said he is introducing legislation on Monday to suspend the gas tax and the 24.4 cent diesel tax for 90 days.

[00:11:13]>> Oh, there he is. So Josh is going to do it. M they also add though that uh Senate Majority Leader John Thun on Monday was non-committal about a gas tax freeze, arguing the best way to get gas prices to fall is to reopen the Straight of Hormuz and noted that the taxes support road repairs.

[00:11:30]>> Yeah. Wow.

[00:11:32]Hold on. Wait. The Straight of Hormuz was open before we we started this.

[00:11:38]Yeah. We're literally the the goal now is just make things what they were before we started this war.

[00:11:45]>> Mhm.

[00:11:46]>> Things are going great. It sounds like >> Yeah. But with the, you know, killing all their military leaders and >> Yeah.

[00:11:54]>> pissing off the entirety of the Middle East.

[00:11:56]>> Yeah. A lot of other big wins for this administration, you know, along the way.

[00:12:01]As for uh the airlines, which are also heavily affected by rising fuel costs, uh [ __ ] them, I guess. [ __ ] them. Trump told CBS earlier on Monday that a bailout plan for airlines, which are struggling with surging jet fuel costs, had not really been presented and that the airlines are doing not badly. H >> Yeah, we can already feel you screaming at your screens. If the airlines aren't doing badly, why did one of the largest carriers in the country just cease operations?

[00:12:27]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:12:28]>> Joe Biden, that's why.

[00:12:29]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. That was that was Biden's fault. That was last week.

[00:12:32]>> Had nothing to do with Iran. It was Biden's fault. Uh they also add lowcost carriers have asked for a $2.5 billion bailout and Spirit Airlines ceased operations on May 2nd, blaming high jet fuel prices for making its restructuring plan impossible.

[00:12:47]>> Yeah. But you know that was like that was last weekend. That wasn't even that was two weekends ago.

[00:12:52]>> Totally different.

[00:12:53]>> That's like a whole different era.

[00:12:55]Trump's in a new era.

[00:12:56]>> Yeah.

[00:12:57]>> Yeah.

[00:12:59]But uh while Trump being completely clueless on a topic is not shocking, it is slightly unusual that he has reversed one of his most critical early staffing decisions. And we have to assume it's because he thought no one would know.

[00:13:12]Trump will be nominating someone to lead FEMA very soon. And the lucky nominee is the guy that Trump fired weeks into his presidency.

[00:13:20]Don't go too far. I >> All right. Look who came walking right back into the door, I guess. Uh, so what did this former slash future FEMA chief do that got him fired in the first place? He had the gall to suggest that maybe, just maybe, the Trump administration shouldn't dismantle FEMA. That was, >> how dare you?

[00:13:43]>> Former/ future FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton was replaced by a guy named David Richardson. Yes. David Richardson, the guy who was absent for most of his time in that role, most notably during the Texas flooding disaster. That guy finally resigned in November of last year.

[00:13:59]>> Yeah. And in the in the meantime, uh the guy who's been picking up the slack is a guy who thinks he teleported to a Waffle House.

[00:14:06]>> Mhm. Yeah.

[00:14:07]>> And he's apparently pretty good at his job, all things considered.

[00:14:10]>> That's the thing. Of all the weird things that you could have attached to you, anything having to do with Waffle House is good for the weather. Yeah.

[00:14:18]because you're gonna trust when they close down. We've already said this, but as far as FEMA goes, Trump is ready for a fresh face. A hot young go-getter named Cameron Hamilton. Nobody's heard of him before. He's great. Uh he's going plucked from obscurity. The I think Trump is m he's not realizing anything, but I think maybe some of his top uh people are realizing that like there aren't a lot of people that are uh specifically qualified to do certain things.

[00:14:46]>> No, no. These are very like there's a very like narrow expertise in a lot of these.

[00:14:52]>> It takes decades of experience to form uh you know the the expertise of doing this job.

[00:14:58]>> FEMA is a multiaceted web of moving parts and it's not really a job you can kind of just pick up as you go.

[00:15:08]>> Why would institutional knowledge you're going to be relying on? You could extend that to uh just any government agency that felt the axe last year and the the brain drain that has certainly happened.

[00:15:18]>> Well, we sent in a bunch of teenagers and they said, "No, this is dumb. I could do this better. Delete >> and >> done. They they do that like I do to my uh unread messages in my old Gmail.

[00:15:30]Probably not important.

[00:15:32]>> Mark as red."

[00:15:33]>> Yeah.

[00:15:33]>> Uh anyways, here's the Associated Press.

[00:15:35]President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A notable comeback for the former Navy Seal, who was fired from his role as FEMA's temporary leader last year after he defended its existence.

[00:15:47]>> He's a former Navy SE like the >> he knows about water.

[00:15:51]>> Yeah, he's been wet before.

[00:15:53]>> His nomination comes as the Trump administration has increasingly signaled it is backing away from promises to dismantle FEMA, an agency that has faced withering criticism by the president.

[00:16:02]The nomination of Hamilton, who argued abolishing FEMA was not in the country's best interest.

[00:16:06]>> How dare he, >> is the latest indication of that change.

[00:16:09]He would take over an embattled agency still reeling from Christine Gnome's turbulent leadership of the Department of Homeland Security, of which FEMA is a part. And yeah, it's like the like the one redeeming quality that I can say based off of any other nomination that the Trump administration could put forward is the fact that he thinks the agency should exist at this point is that's very refreshing by Trump standards. This might be the first time Trump has appointed someone to a job who doesn't have an open ulterior motive to dismantle the agency he's been pushing.

[00:16:40]It would be like Linda McMahon all of a sudden being like, "We actually, not only do we need the Department of Education, it's the most important part of this government."

[00:16:48]>> Turns out the children are our future.

[00:16:50]>> Uh-oh.

[00:16:51]>> But hey, who's ready for a cliffhanger?

[00:16:55]>> It's a thing we do now.

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[00:19:18]Thank you. Okay, I know you've been on the edge of your seat. Edging as they call it, but yes, it's true. Indie Car has removed a shirt design from their merch lineup because well, if you can't tell how this could be easily misinterpreted, we can't help you. No.

[00:19:33]>> The shirt in question was related to the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race. It's it's apparently part of the America 250 celebration for this country's birthday.

[00:19:44]Now, free of any historical context related to our country, it's still pretty wild. The shirt is red, white, and blue and features a version of Abraham Lincoln as a race car driver with the following slogan surrounding him. One nation, one race. Woo!

[00:20:00]>> Oh no. Come on, man. How did that slip by?

[00:20:07]Oh jeez. Cannot be serious. It's uh one nation, one race. The Indie car race that is. Why? What did you think I meant?

[00:20:17]Yeah. Yeah. The the shirt wearer is clearly in on the joke. Wink wink.

[00:20:22]>> Jesus. So, obviously this is referring to the Indie Car, the race. Yeah. But you can't honestly expect us to believe that this went through multiple people and no one thought to reconsider the slogan one nation, one race. I mean, come on. Come on.

[00:20:35]>> Here's the Indianapolis Star with more on this. Indie Car went into full reverse Wednesday when it released then quickly pulled an officially licensed shirt some fans charitably described as tonedeaf. Others called it racist, inflammatory, and questioned how on earth the design ever got approved in the first place. On May 6th, Indie Car's official online apparel store released a shirt reading one nation one race. Jesus Christ.

[00:21:00]>> This fun graphic tee is going to be a piece that brings back great memories of this race. A description of >> the white race that is. But after intense public backlash, Indie Car pulled the shirt off its digital sales rack. They add that the shirt was originally listed for $50 and meant as a promotional tie-in for the 2026 Freedom 250 Grand Prix happening in August, which will see cars racing down Pennsylvania Avenue past the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Archives in celebration of the nation's 250th birthday.

[00:21:32]>> Oh, that's going to be a [ __ ] [ __ ] show.

[00:21:34]>> Yeah. I mean, I I guess it's good that people were pissed now instead of in August when there I I'm telling you, there is a good chance if this wasn't put on a merch piece of merch now and this made it all the way to August, there might have been dozens of banners around Washington DC, which is turned it, it's just a city, but it's being turned into a raceourse. So, just imagine tourists from all over the world walking around DC and just seeing giant banners that say one nation, one race on them, devoid of other context.

[00:22:03]Yeah, it's not a good look. And for the people in Twitter threads and Instagram comments that are just in there complaining, defending this shirt for a race they were never going to watch for a president that is gouging them financially in there defending this shirt and saying that everyone's too sensitive. So, I just want to say imagine wearing that shirt in public.

[00:22:26]Would it be easier to assume that that person is a [ __ ] racist or a fan of a one single indie car event that 99% of people aren't even aware of? If you're wearing a shirt that says one nation, one race on it, what are people going to assume?

[00:22:40]>> Probably that uh there's a white power thing going on.

[00:22:43]>> Yeah, but they don't know the context.

[00:22:45]That's actually Abraham Lincoln. He freed the slaves.

[00:22:47]>> He freed the slaves. How could my shirt be racist?

[00:22:50]>> And he did it really fast, too.

[00:22:51]>> Yeah.

[00:22:52]>> You see the helmet?

[00:22:53]Uh yeah, just some food for thought. If you're going to comment that in an Instagram thread, just imagine wearing that out in public.

[00:23:00]>> Yeah. My problem is Abraham Ling is too tall to fit in one of those tiny cars.

[00:23:03]>> That's right.

[00:23:04]>> That would have never happened.

[00:23:05]>> He would have lost his head one way or another is what Elliot thinks. Yep.

[00:23:09]>> Better a gun than an Indie car, I guess.

[00:23:11]That's right. One of those low bridges.

[00:23:13]>> RIP Abraham Lincoln. You would have loved race cars.

[00:23:16]>> Yeah. And no roof. So if JFK was driving one, same issue.

[00:23:22]>> Yeah. Yeah, they would have got his ass.

[00:23:23]>> They would have got him.

[00:23:24]>> Mhm. Turned four just like Dale Earnhard.

[00:23:28]>> Jesus. But anyway, speaking of cars, you know who loves cars and reality television? Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who has self-admittedly been filming a travel reality show while, >> well, you know, running a vital government agency tasked with keeping people safe.

[00:23:45]>> Nobody wants to work anymore.

[00:23:48]Like I I heard I I heard like I heard the headlines and stuff about this and then I actually like watched the trailer. I was like, "Are you [ __ ] kidding me?"

[00:23:55]>> Yeah. So, um this is actually this is all part of the plan because if Trump gets rid of the gas tax, then there's going to be no funding for John Duffy's uh Department of Transportation. So, he gets to take more vacations. It's fine.

[00:24:07]You see, >> like it's literal state propaganda. It's not.

[00:24:11]>> And a free vacation for him and his family.

[00:24:13]>> Yeah. No, he's doing a cross-country road trip while his job is just I guess and secondary.

[00:24:19]>> And what's that sound? Another plane crash. Oh well, >> our reality star transportation secretary, who works for our reality star president, was too busy filming a reality show to give a [ __ ] Also, as many have pointed out, it is a bit tonedeaf to release a show glorifying road trips during a gas crisis.

[00:24:36]>> Well, people, if they can't afford to take a road trip, they can watch Shawn Duffy take a road trip and live vicariously. family enjoy the the country.

[00:24:44]>> Here's the Guardian with more on this.

[00:24:46]>> Shawn Duffy, the US Transportation Secretary, hauled his family into a van for a wholesome sevenmonth trek across the nation. Seven months, which was filmed for an upcoming reality TV program, he told Fox News on Friday. The revelation drew immediate blowback as tonedeaf from critics who pointed toward various crises that have recently hammered the country's transportation sector. Between February and April, a partial government shutdown stemming from a protracted debate about funding for the Department of Homeland Security led TSA agents to quit in droves over the lack of pay. Some airport travelers faced long wait times due to the ensuing staffing shortages. Then in April at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck, resulting in the death of two pilots.

[00:25:31]The circumstances around the incident remain under federal investigation.

[00:25:34]Meanwhile, dominating headlines as of late has been the spike in gas and jet fuel prices while the USIsrael war with Iran continues to disrupt the oil industry. And >> and I'll add that uh tragic as it is, there was another uh plane collision in Denver when it just hit a guy that apparently had gotten out onto the runway.

[00:25:51]>> Yeah. I don't know how this happened, but yeah. Uh, quote, "I wanted to lean into America's 250th birthday," Duffy said on Fox News after a preview of The Great American Road Trip played.

[00:26:01]>> "And lean away from my responsibilities at my job." Over the course of seven months, we just kind of found these moments where I might do some work. I could take the kids with me. Our motto was to love America is to see America.

[00:26:14]He exhorted the public to embark on similar road trips, suggesting it as an alternative for kids accustomed to scrolling through social media. The husband of Pete Buddhajed, the US transportation secretary under Joe Biden, took Duffy to task on social media over the segment. The same Duffy's who threw endless fits on national television when Pete was working from our son's ICU bedside are now bragging about their multi-month taxpayer funded family road trip while gas and grocery prices so sore for American families because of Trump's war of choice.

[00:26:43]Chaston Buddhaj wrote in an ex post, "How much more unfocused, unserious, and out of touch can you be?" He's got a good point. And uh yeah, he yeah they Pete Buddha Judge one of the one of the only cool things he did as sec transportation secretary was take paternity leave um when they adopted their baby. And uh yeah, they gave him hell for it. Like it was I mean it was very like it was homophobic and it was uh it was it was you know just >> you know a man a man should never get to meet his own children. A man's job is to be >> and why would you take your time away from this uh obviously very very very important and vital job to to be with your sick child.

[00:27:25]>> Yeah.

[00:27:25]>> When Shawn Duffy's family can be on vacation, >> right?

[00:27:28]>> Yeah. But he's he's better at working remotely is >> the Yeah, the hypocrisy is is is thick on this one. And >> don't worry, I got Claude running the show while I'm gone.

[00:27:36]>> And good for Chase and Buddha Judge bringing that back up because I I had kind of forgotten about that. Anyway, it continues. Rachel Campos Duffy, Duffy's wife, I think she was a reality TV person, too. I could be wrong, but she issued a social media rebuttal saying that production costs were paid for by a nonprofit, The Great American Roadtrip, Inc., I would love to see the 501c7 or whatever filings for that company. It was filmed in small one and two day stops over the course of seven months, she also wrote. Okay. And let's take a look at the sponsors of this nonprofit that seems to only exist as a part of Trump's America 250 campaign.

[00:28:17]>> Yeah, it's uh and these are just the public sponsors. Uh there's anyone, I guess, could donate to this nonprofit.

[00:28:23]So, these are the ones willing to put their logos on the actual website.

[00:28:26]>> Okay, we got Boeing, Toyota, Shell, Google, Royal Caribbean. Hey, stay in your lane, Royal Caribbean. This is a this is a land travel ship. Well, actually, they need all the help they can get right now with the antivirus going around.

[00:28:39]>> I wonder if any of those companies could benefit from funneling a bunch of money into a nonprofit that can be used by members of the Trump administration to take their families on vacation. Who's to say?

[00:28:48]>> Yeah. Speaking of getting in the president's good graces, there's truly no better way than a gift. And if that gift is gold >> or wrapped in gold, >> even better. And if that gift is a 22-ft tall gold statue, some would say golden idol of the president himself, you better believe he's going to be impressed. He's going to be impressed even if his sons already distanced themselves from the project because it's extremely sketchy. Trump's going to say, "Shut up, son. I like the big golden idol of me." There's like there's been a couple times now where the this has been brought up where Trump has himself as an idol in gold and Christians are a little upset for a little while and then they they get they forget about it.

[00:29:35]Yeah.

[00:29:36]>> H but this time Trump got ahead of things or whoever got ahead of things and they invited a preacher to the event.

[00:29:41]>> Yeah.

[00:29:42]>> An evangelical preacher to make to let everyone know that this is fine.

[00:29:46]>> Yeah. a preacher who uh has publicly said multiple times that like Trump was literally sent by God.

[00:29:53]>> So, >> well, he but this guy would know more than anyone because he's obviously talking to God. God hung up on Pope Leo.

[00:29:59]Yeah.

[00:30:00]>> And he took a cash call.

[00:30:01]>> Yeah.

[00:30:02]>> Yeah.

[00:30:02]>> So, you know where this is going. A massive gold leaf covered statue of Trump was recently unveiled at one of his golf courses. And instead of thinking this was maybe a bit too much, he of course loved it.

[00:30:12]>> Yeah. A towering gold statue of Donald Trump was unveiled at the president's golf course in Dural, Florida during an emotionally charged ceremony presided over by an evangelical pastor. Placed on a pedestal in a clearing of palm trees, the 22-oot colossus depicts the president thrusting his fist into the air, echoing his defiant gesture after the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania.

[00:30:33]>> I do like that they made his his fist tiny. Yeah, like it it is it's very noticeable that his hands in this statue are very small.

[00:30:42]>> The next golf course statue is going to be uh from his most recent assassination attempt where he's just staring blankly at a at a mentalist who's just like, "Oh, wow. Very impressive." Yes, he guessed the name.

[00:30:55]>> Uh at Wednesday's dedication ceremony, the sculpture was draped in white and blue fabric resembling a Greek toga. It was encircled by a few dozen guests seated in chairs as Pastor Mark Burns, a member of Pastors for Trump, spoke at a podium. Today at Trump National Dural Miami, we witnessed an unforgettable moment. Burns wrote on social media before emphasizing that the gilded effigy was not a false idol. Just to be clear, let me be clear. This is not a golden calf. He said, "This statue is a celebration of life. It is a symbol of resilience, freedom, patriotism, strength, and the willpower to keep fighting for the future of America. And it is not a golden calf.

[00:31:34]>> Yeah. It's a golden human.

[00:31:35]>> Yeah.

[00:31:36]>> Totally different. Nothing in the Bible about having statues of a golden man.

[00:31:40]>> Yeah.

[00:31:40]>> Golden calf. Uh-uh. Golden man.

[00:31:43]>> Totally fine. Jesus would have wanted, by the way.

[00:31:45]>> Yeah. Jesus is upset that all of the all the statues of him in churches aren't gold.

[00:31:50]>> No.

[00:31:51]>> Why are you cheaping out on Jesus?

[00:31:53]>> That's right.

[00:31:54]At one point during the proceedings, Burns held his cell phone up to the microphone and the president's voice rang out. I want to thank Mark Burns, a pastor. He's a good pastor. He's a good man. Trump said, "I've known him a long time. He's been with me from the beginning. RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, MAYBE ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER." "WHAT? I want to thank everybody there." He added, "I know it was done from love."

[00:32:16]The statue, which rises 15 feet at top a 7- foot base, was commissioned and bankrolled by a collective of crypto investors seeking to boost visibility for their meme coin, Patriot, according to the Daily Beast. Um, and yeah, there was this whole thing. So, what I was saying like Don Jr. and Eric, I think, >> well, I think they might have like a >> I think they they legally have to distance themselves from it because like as as blatant as everything else they're doing is, at least it's done >> uh you would assume with the correct legal uh eyes dotted and tees crossed, like the cowshi stuff and the poly market stuff, whereas this is like a crypto token that everyone's just like, we're going to give the gift to the president. He's going to talk about us.

[00:33:02]>> I could see why they'd want to distance themselves. It's wild enough as a preacher of Christ to be like presiding over the unveiling of the statue like this, but a statue that's like funded by crypto money.

[00:33:13]>> Yeah.

[00:33:14]>> Like >> it's all bad.

[00:33:15]>> This guy's going to hell.

[00:33:16]>> Absolutely. Do you think people are like, you know, when they go to the bull and rub the balls, do you think they're going to rub the ear for good luck when people go visit?

[00:33:22]>> Cuz I mean the it's unbelievable the ear grew back completely and fully.

[00:33:26]Unbelievable. He's got some might say a miracle and that the powers would come through you going >> rub on. That's that's true.

[00:33:32]>> Yeah. The Ala points out this isn't the first Trump statue to be erected in the United States. Uh, one titled Best Friends Forever portrays the billionaire president alongside the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Another called King of the World shows the pair Trump and Epste posing like Jack and Rose at the prow of the Titanic.

[00:33:51]>> Yeah, he didn't like those.

[00:33:52]>> Lot a lot of golden statues of Trump out there.

[00:33:54]>> Yeah. Well, and finally today, why don't we check in on the Hanza virus now that a few days have passed and the president has been brought up to speed alongside his top health officials RFK Jr. and and Dr. Oz.

[00:34:05]>> Uh it's very much, we hope, under control.

[00:34:09]>> We have this under control and we're not worried about it.

[00:34:13]>> Uh it seems like it is not uh easy to spread. In fact, it's in certain ways very hard to spread.

[00:34:23]Oh, [ __ ] Yeah. Yeah. Actually, I'm I'm more worried about it now.

[00:34:28]>> We'd be in better hands if no one was in charge of the Department of Health. I think >> I I mean, I said this a couple weeks ago, and I it's only become more true.

[00:34:36]But if you just imagine that Trump did absolutely nothing the day that he was inaugurated, from then till now, how much better of a place the world would be.

[00:34:44]>> Yes. Yes. Objectively, >> if he had done nothing at all.

[00:34:47]>> Yeah. No question. But in all seriousness, the people from the cruise that uh this all the big one broke out happened on uh they're either home with no symptoms and they're they're checking in or they're in quarantine centers. So >> or they're dead. A few of them did die.

[00:35:02]>> Yeah, a few of them did die. But fingers crossed uh that everything's going to be fine because um I don't trust our current leadership.

[00:35:11]>> Yeah. If we have another pandemic like that's that's it. That's the last one.

[00:35:15]It's going to end it. Imagine history repeating itself that quick. I mean, it does, but it is one of the one of the consequences of climate change is that pandemics pandemics which traditionally have been like once every hundred years are going to they're going to be happening more frequently. So, anyways, as for good news, uh, good news, we have more episodes you can watch. They're going to pop up in a second.

[00:35:37]>> The only good news I have is that there's more bad news.

[00:35:40]>> Well, no, no, no. Our most recent episode is a bit light on politics, but it is quite heavy on the balls. Yeah.

[00:35:47]>> And you're going to find out why when you click the link. Um, >> a lot of people they're like, "I don't trust Ricky. I need to see for myself."

[00:35:55]And they're like, "Okay, Ricky was right."

[00:35:56]>> Do they like the cliffhers? I went to the Renaissance fair immediately after.

[00:35:59]I didn't get to see the comments.

[00:36:01]>> I don't think we did. We do. I We did not do a cliffhanger in Weekly Weird News. I took There was no cliffhanger.

[00:36:05]>> Oh, because there was no sponsor. So, yeah, you only get it when there's sponsors.

[00:36:08]>> Yeah, a lot of some people were glad there was no cliffhanger. So, I don't know.

[00:36:11]>> Maybe they'll >> You can't please everyone. Maybe they'll change their mind after today's cliffhanger about the racism.

[00:36:16]>> Yeah, maybe they will.

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