Tim Kaine
Appearances
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Birth of Christ | Biblical Series: The Gospels
Attacks on Virginia consumers. prices went up, and then when those nations retaliated, they retaliated against critical Virginia industry sectors, especially agriculture and forestry. I remember going out during the Trump first term to talk to my farmers and foresters, who by and large were Trump supporters, and they were saying, for God's sake, Senator, help us. This is hurting our businesses.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Birth of Christ | Biblical Series: The Gospels
So look, here's what Americans are going to see. Higher prices, for energy, higher prices for groceries. That's what they're going to see. Businesses are going to get hurt when the retaliatory tariffs tick in. And I'm struck by the irony of last week, the president signed an emergency order regarding energy. There's an energy emergency, and he just put a 10% tariff on energy from Canada?
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Birth of Christ | Biblical Series: The Gospels
he is increasing prices at the pump and you'll start to see it within the next couple of days at the same time he's saying there's an energy emergency the emergency is self-created now senator kane i think has been on a roll lately let me show you one more clip of him right here let's play it i'll tell you i had a suspicion about why he did that why race bait at a moment like this i think the president didn't want to be asked tough questions like why did you let elon musk
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Birth of Christ | Biblical Series: The Gospels
force the FAA administrator to resign. When this crash happened, there was no FAA administrator because he had clashed with Elon Musk. Why did you scrap an aviation safety advisory committee within DHS on the second day of your presidency, saying that it wasn't related to national security? Oh, air safety is not related to national security?
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Birth of Christ | Biblical Series: The Gospels
Why did you issue a buyout offer to include air traffic controllers when we're already short of air traffic controllers. I think the president was nervous that he was going to be asked questions about his own administration's policies that were deemphasizing air safety. And so he decided to have everybody chased down a rabbit hole of his DEI allegations with no evidence.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Dems Finally OUTMANEUVER Trump with RAPID RESPONSE
And they received an email that said, from the administration, if you tender your resignation by next Friday, we will guarantee you payment through the end of September, whether or not you show up for work. So tender your resignation. And then, boy, it's just going to be a gravy train. You're just going to get paid for seven months without working.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Dems Finally OUTMANEUVER Trump with RAPID RESPONSE
The president has no authority to make that offer. There's no budget line item to pay people who are not showing up regularly. for work. This is a guy who made this promise to contractors again and again and again when he was a private business guy. Oh, come work for me on my casino. Come work for me in a hotel. We're going to do a handshake. We're going to do a contract.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Dems Finally OUTMANEUVER Trump with RAPID RESPONSE
The contractor does the work and then finds out they get stiffed. So my message to federal employees who receive this is, yeah, the president has tried to terrorize you for about a week. and then gives you a little sweetheart offer If you resign in the next week, we're just gonna pay you for doing nothing for the next seven months. Don't be fooled.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Dems Finally OUTMANEUVER Trump with RAPID RESPONSE
Really want to focus on this last thing. What the president is doing is not only illegal, it's not only chaotic and damaging to Virginians, it's betraying a deep insecurity. And let me explain why. As you know, we're working on a budget deal right now. The Republicans kicked the budget to March 14. The president has two Republican houses.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Dems Finally OUTMANEUVER Trump with RAPID RESPONSE
If he wants to cut the budget, he's got majorities in both houses. He could just work with them to do it the lawful way. reach a budget that matches the Trump priorities over the course of the next six weeks.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
Dems Finally OUTMANEUVER Trump with RAPID RESPONSE
The fact that he's not doing that, that he's using this illegal unilateral executive strategy means he doesn't have confidence that the Republican leadership in both houses will go along with the extremity of the actions that he's taking. That should tell us something.