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Chapter 1: Who is hosting today's episode?
Get ready to hear the truth about America on a show that's not immune to the facts with your host, Dan Bongino.
Members of the United States Congress, thank you very much. And to my fellow citizens, America is back.
Chapter 2: What were the highlights of Trump's address to Congress?
back we are so so back folks i told you before i i i think it's you call me crazy it's it's okay tell me in the chat i'm watching right now we see uh edge 1776 i'm watching you guys tell me in the chat if you think i'm nuts I actually think the separation of the two Donald Trump terms with four years of Joe Biden have created an absolute witch's brew for the Democrats.
Where now Donald Trump is at peak popularity because people missed him so much. If you in other words, what I'm getting at is tell me if I'm crazy. If you were going to get to Donald Trump terms anyway. I'm almost at the point right now where I'd rather have it this way than the other way. Because now you had this foil effect in between of four years of horror.
And then you have this, this reemergence into the political scene, reinvigorated, stronger, better, faster. And the speech last night was just the cherry on top of Donald Trump's return to the political scene. Amazing speech. Definitely, definitely one for the ages. We are back. I've got all the highlights. Huge show today. I'm just going to follow up on the big announcement we made yesterday.
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One, because he's wonderful. But second... because you're going to be watching him. He is going to be taking my place on this channel. There he is, smiling, hands crossed, radio pose right there. He will also be taking over my radio show, but this is the podcast audience. Vince will be going at 10 a.m. Anita, McGraw and crew, P1 listeners, Bongino Army folks who've been there from the beginning,
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges faced by Democrats after Trump's address?
We will be at 10 a.m. Eastern time. That will be the live show. Vince has got a killer first week lined up of interviews that are going to blow your mind. You're going to love it. Why 10? Because our good friend, Steven Crowder, one of the most popular live streamers in the known cosmos, he is going to be in the 11 hour as well. So you'll be able to stay on Rumble all day. You got to Vita.
You got Vince. You got Crowder. You got Haley. You got more surprises coming. You got Don Jr. You got Tim Pool. You're going to have a whole lineup on Rumble. We'll be talking more of that next week. You don't need to go anywhere. So I told you we'd take care of you. We're not going to leave you and avoid a content. Now you got it all day.
So thank you, Chris Pavlovsky, Steve Crowder, Vince, Haley, Evita, and to my lovely wife, Paula, for coordinating. All this. We appreciate it. Big announcement. Give them a follow on X. All right. Last night, folks, what an absolute disaster. for the anti-Trump opposition. You know, I can't say it enough.
I am not a huge fan of James Carville, Democrat political analyst, because I'm not a Democrat. I'm a Republican. Right now, I'm in my political opinion role. I have strong opinions. I am a conservative, MAGA-oriented political opinion commentator. I don't think that's a mystery. I find it hilarious when reporters are still reaching out, by the way. They're still reaching out.
Our friend Stewie Thompson reached out to producer Jim. Dan Bongino said that we know what Dan Bongino said. Guys, how do you think we know what Dan Bongino said on the Dan Bongino show? Because Dan Bongino said it on the Dan Bongino. We know, Stu. We know. You don't have to send us our quotes. We know because I said them. It wasn't a clone.
But it's amazing how media people are stunned that a guy who has a job right now as a political opinion maker has political opinions. Crazy. However, last night was a disaster. Carville, who I don't agree with on the opinion front, says often, the old adage is, Don't just stand there, do nothing.
All the Democrats had to do last night, like Zelensky, all he had to do on Friday was show up and sign the minerals deal, and he didn't do it. He blew it and really screwed it up. Starting to unwind a little bit of that now, which is okay and a good thing. However, screwed it up. All the Democrats had to do last night was show up. You don't have to clap for everything. No one expects you to.
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Chapter 4: What is the impact of Trump's speech on public opinion?
I don't expect you to clap for tax cuts and things like that. I know you don't like that stuff. But when you're talking about Deadly, literally deadly serious situations like Lake and Riley. You know, you get up and you're solemn. And when you find out something's being done about that, you acknowledge it. A 13-year-old with brain cancer. Cancer is something I'm all too familiar with.
You ignore it when people get up and give the young man a round of applause? I mean, really? Al Green, we'll show you more of this. Al Green, get him screaming like Scrooge McDuck with the cane. Did anyone even, do you guys even hear what he was saying? I mean, if you're going to scream, here's a little hint. If you don't have a microphone, nobody hears you.
All everybody saw, pretend this was Al Green's cane, was here's what they saw. All they heard was Charlie Brown's teacher shaking a stick at people. You really believe this is the image you want? Even Dick Durbin, longtime liberal Democrat, said, Dick Durbin on the Senate side. He was like, well, I wouldn't have done it that way. Of course you wouldn't. It looked terrible.
And the contrast of that and then Donald Trump projecting strength up there and pointing out it was political opponents that made a martyr out of him was imagery I'll never forget. One of the best speeches he's ever made, reviewed overwhelmingly positive by the public receipts incoming in case you think I'm making it up. Let's play this one first.
Here's one that we're going to cover the highlights of the night. Here's Donald Trump talking about weaponized justice going after him and how it completely, 100% backfired. And newsflash, he's correct. Check this out.
We've ended weaponized government where, as an example, a sitting president is allowed to viciously prosecute his political opponent, like me. How did that work out? Not too good. Not too good.
How did that work out? Well, in an electoral college landslide. Folks, there's no disputing the fact that this was an electoral college landslide. You can stick to your talking points all you want. Oh, there's no mandate. He only won the popular vote by by X amount of votes in a polarized country where large, big cities in New York, California, Chicago.
New York, L.A., Chicago, and San Francisco, move a lot of the popular vote in one direction. That's not an effective argument to make. You're losing. You're losing because you're not listening to Carville. Don't just stand there. Do nothing. Really. The line of the night, of course, was this. The border was a big issue. The borders turned chaotic.
The open border has resulted in a fentanyl crisis, a child sex trafficking crisis, a logistics crisis, an illegal immigration crisis, a gang crisis, a public safety crisis. The open border under Biden was a disaster. There is no question this probably sunk the Democrats along with the economy.
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Chapter 5: How did humor play a role in Trump's recent speech?
You got the soundbite of the night. There were tons of them, but that was definitely numero uno. This is for the snapshot. This is all people are going to remember on the snapshot side. Check it out.
Take your seat. Take your seat, sir. Take your seat. Finding that members continue to engage in willful and concerted disruption of proper decorum, the chair
Folks, J.D. gives them the old heave-ho thumb. Snapshots and soundbites. Listen, you all are the most amazing, fantastic audience because you guys learn so quick. I was a quick learner, too. I absorbed everything with politics really fast. That's why we went from one career to the other and moved right away. Snapshots and sound bites. Look at this. Look at this.
Man, did you catch that at the perfect time? Johnson, Mike Johnson's looking like, I can't believe I got to deal with these knuckleheads. Trump is smiling like, man, you guys just gave me a snapshot gift because he knows it. And J.D. 's giving him the old evil. Guys, look at his face. Hey, guys, I know you guys are meme lords out there.
Somebody put that up on X and Truth and just bump that thing around, man. That's up there with you. Listen to me. To my Apple and Spotify crowd, you know I love you. You guys were there from the beginning. We didn't have video in the beginning. But please, you got to watch it. Go to 14 minutes into the show. You got to see that, where Guy stopped at. That is the greatest snapshot ever.
What's that line they put onto it? Oh, yeah. So let's keep it to you. And J.D. and Donald Trump, check it out. Guys, they say hang it in the Louvre. Hang it in the Louvre. Hang it in MoMA in Manhattan. That is just a beautiful picture. That is what politics is about. You starting to see it now? When you woke up this morning, right? It was a really deep, detailed speech last night.
But let's be honest. I mean, even you and I, who are MAGA supporters, and we get it. Like, this is what we do. We follow politics. At least me for now. How much of the speech policy-wise do you really remember? I'm not trying to knock anybody. Don't take it the wrong way. All right. It was 100 minutes long. But you do remember that.
You will fully understand politics when you embrace that and tattoo it on your brain. Right direction, wrong direction. Donald Trump, President Trump highlighted this last night as well.
This is important because once you start talking about big global pictures of leadership, you want to make sure that American citizens who are responding to the president feel like they're responding to his policies by saying, yes, I think we are headed in this direction rather than the wrong one that way. This was smart for him to highlight this. Check this out.
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Chapter 6: What are the contrasting styles of Trump and Biden's speeches?
Inefficiencies in our social security system that have led to excess payouts, people who don't. You know, people who may be dead getting money, people who are older getting Social Security. They are a powerful, powerful set of American citizens. They vote. They've worked their whole lives. They built this country. And listen, they're reliant on this product called Social Security.
No matter how badly it's been mismanaged, we can't just pull the rug out from other them because they already they paid into this program and feel justifiably so like, hey, you know, I get my money out. I don't blame them. You'd feel the same way. So Donald Trump took an opportunity last night to use a little bit of sarcasm and humor to highlight an ongoing problem there.
And sometimes, these guys here know where I'm going with this, because we had this conversation. Sometimes humor and sarcasm, which we are quite fond of here, can be some of your best weapons. Alinsky said it, too. Ridicule, your most potent weapon. Here's funny Trump last night. Check this out.
According to the social security databases, our age, over 160 years old. We have a healthier country than I thought, Bobby.
Again, I don't think that was in the prompter. I'm reasonably confident it wasn't. It was just an opportunity to kind of break up what's a very serious moment with a bit of sarcasm and humor and use it as a potent ridicule weapon like Alinsky recommended. It was a liberal activist, by the way, because there's no comeback to it. He's, of course, talking to HHS Secretary Kennedy.
Nobody doesn't like him. Nobody. People have been as good, nobody better. He is really, really good at this. And he really made fools out of his opposition last night. You know, serious moments, lighthearted moments. You want to take people on an emotional roller coaster. It makes them feel alive, like they're part of something. I want to contrast that coming up next.
And hat tip, Mays Moore in advance, great account, M-A-Z-E-M-O-O-R-E on X, great videos. He had the lowlights of one of Joe Biden's State of the Union addresses. And I want you to see the contrast between the two because contrasts matter too. Diamonds look nicer on a very specific background, even though it's the same diamond. You'll see what I mean coming up next. Patriot Mobile.
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Chapter 7: How did the public react to Trump's speech according to CNN?
You may have a different skill set. Maybe you're a good football coach. But if you don't understand how this imagery matters, you're in the wrong space.
Take your seat, sir.
Look at this. What a disaster. They complained about Joe Wilson with the you lied thing. Al Green's screaming. Now, listen. Anybody can say, hey, the speech was great. I mean, obviously, while I'm still in my political opinion role, I have a strong opinion about it. I do, however, try to be objective. I mean it, you know, serious time, okay?
It doesn't do me any good as a supporter of this movement we have built over the years to lie to you. If it was a garbage speech, I'm obligated to tell you. I mean, I wouldn't call it garbage. I'd be nice about it, but I would still tell you, and we need to work on that. Last night was spectacular. It really was.
It was also, and I think objectively bad, horrendously bad night for his opposition that just decided to embarrass themselves. I don't know why. I don't know why. They're usually smarter than this. But those are opinions. Back it up. Okay, here it is.
Here's CNN, so I can't be accused by Stewart or anyone else who doesn't like us in the media, and we have a lot of people who don't like us, as I'm finding out. Here is CNN discussing a poll where 69% of Americans had a positive reaction to the speech. 69% of Americans. You can't get near 70% of Americans to agree on anything. That's how good of a speech this was. Check this out.
What was your reaction to Trump's speech? 44% of speech watchers in our Instant Poll tonight say they had a very positive reaction to Trump's speech. 25% somewhat positive, 31% negative.
Now, I get it. Where am I going with this? There are some people out there who are like, Dan, you said 69% of positive reaction. Yes. Michael was a math major. Play the clip again. I'll rewind. You'll see what I mean. Some people are confused. Not you. Not you. I promise you there are people confused going, I don't get it. I know you don't. I'm sorry. I can't help you. Michael, help him out.
Sometimes we text Michael. Well, my daughter has a math problem. They can't figure it out. Michael's like, boom, boom, right away. He never forgot his math. That's pretty good. Here, you want to put the screen up?
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