1 00:00:15,763 --> 00:00:17,513 [Rush Lindell] Welcome back to the Rush Lindell Show. 2 00:00:17,763 --> 00:00:18,963 [Rush Lindell] I'm fired up today, 3 00:00:19,114 --> 00:00:19,364 [Rush Lindell] folks. 4 00:00:19,513 --> 00:00:21,263 [Reagan] And I'm here to keep him honest. 5 00:00:21,414 --> 00:00:22,414 [Reagan] Good to be back, everybody. 6 00:00:22,714 --> 00:00:23,564 [Rush Lindell] Big one today. 7 00:00:23,864 --> 00:00:27,664 [Rush Lindell] Congress just split down the middle on two Iran war powers votes. 8 00:00:27,764 --> 00:00:28,314 [Rush Lindell] And Reagan, 9 00:00:28,364 --> 00:00:29,564 [Rush Lindell] I've got thoughts. 10 00:00:30,064 --> 00:00:30,514 [Reagan] Shocking. 11 00:00:31,114 --> 00:00:31,914 [Rush Lindell] I know, 12 00:00:31,964 --> 00:00:32,364 [Rush Lindell] I know. 13 00:00:32,464 --> 00:00:33,364 [Rush Lindell] But stick around. 14 00:00:33,514 --> 00:00:37,713 [Rush Lindell] We're going to dig into whether either of these votes actually changes anything on the ground. 15 00:00:38,064 --> 00:00:40,664 [Reagan] We're also tracking the money side of this war. 16 00:00:41,114 --> 00:00:42,664 [Reagan] Oil's pushing past a hundred- 17 00:00:42,484 --> 00:00:48,234 [Reagan] 100 barrel gas is creeping toward four bucks, and that's landing right in the middle of midterm season. 18 00:00:48,484 --> 00:00:53,234 [Rush Lindell] Which means some Republicans are getting nervous and crossing lines they don't normally cross. 19 00:00:53,734 --> 00:00:55,034 [Reagan] We'll name names. 20 00:00:55,234 --> 00:00:55,884 [Rush Lindell] Oh, 21 00:00:55,934 --> 00:00:56,584 [Rush Lindell] we will. 22 00:00:56,734 --> 00:00:59,484 [Rush Lindell] But first, this hour is brought to you by Lear Capital, 23 00:00:59,784 --> 00:01:02,284 [Rush Lindell] America's Precious Metals Leader since 1997. 24 00:01:02,884 --> 00:01:06,534 [Reagan] Good partner to have when the ground under this economy keeps shifting. 25 00:01:06,834 --> 00:01:08,184 [Rush Lindell] That's exactly right. 26 00:01:08,384 --> 00:01:08,834 [Rush Lindell] Now, 27 00:01:08,884 --> 00:01:09,434 [Rush Lindell] Reagan before- 28 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:12,853 [Rush Lindell] And before we referee any of it, I want to start with the floor vote itself, 29 00:01:13,053 --> 00:01:16,703 [Rush Lindell] because I think most people misunderstand what Congress actually did here. 30 00:01:17,103 --> 00:01:17,653 [Reagan] Fair enough, 31 00:01:17,753 --> 00:01:18,853 [Reagan] so walk me through it. 32 00:01:19,053 --> 00:01:19,503 [Rush Lindell] No, 33 00:01:19,553 --> 00:01:22,653 [Rush Lindell] you walk me through it. What actually happened on that floor? 34 00:01:28,308 --> 00:01:30,808 [Rush Lindell] Before we dive in, a quick reminder: 35 00:01:31,108 --> 00:01:38,758 [Rush Lindell] we love hearing from you. If you have questions or topics you'd like us to cover, head to the link in the description and submit your question. 36 00:01:39,158 --> 00:01:40,958 [Rush Lindell] We read every single one. 37 00:01:46,458 --> 00:01:47,508 [Rush Lindell] 49, 38 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:48,408 [Rush Lindell] 47. 39 00:01:49,908 --> 00:01:51,058 [Rush Lindell] Say it with me. 40 00:01:51,540 --> 00:01:54,140 [Rush Lindell] Forty-nine to Forty-seven. 41 00:01:54,590 --> 00:01:56,790 [Reagan] The Senate Vote on the Van Hollen Resolution 42 00:01:57,190 --> 00:01:58,090 [Rush Lindell] Two votes, 43 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,240 [Rush Lindell] two votes short of forcing Trump to end this thing by law. 44 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,990 [Rush Lindell] Meanwhile the House goes the other direction, 45 00:02:06,390 --> 00:02:07,990 [Rush Lindell] two fourteen to two oh eight, 46 00:02:08,290 --> 00:02:11,240 [Rush Lindell] telling him the same thing with zero teeth. 47 00:02:11,508 --> 00:02:12,658 [Reagan] Roll calls numbers, 48 00:02:12,758 --> 00:02:13,658 [Reagan] and they check out. 49 00:02:14,108 --> 00:02:15,707 [Reagan] Jayapal's concurrent resolution: 50 00:02:16,108 --> 00:02:16,508 [Reagan] passed. 51 00:02:16,957 --> 00:02:17,558 [Reagan] Non-binding. 52 00:02:17,908 --> 00:02:20,258 [Reagan] It's a strongly worded letter with a bill number. 53 00:02:20,508 --> 00:02:22,608 [Rush Lindell] A letter that got a majority. 54 00:02:23,207 --> 00:02:25,608 [Rush Lindell] That's the headline nobody's saying out loud. 55 00:02:26,008 --> 00:02:29,508 [Rush Lindell] Most of Congress on the record wants troops home. 56 00:02:30,108 --> 00:02:31,108 [Reagan] Sure, but... 57 00:02:36,276 --> 00:02:36,876 [Rush Lindell] All right, 58 00:02:37,076 --> 00:02:38,776 [Rush Lindell] roll the tape back three weeks. 59 00:02:39,126 --> 00:02:41,576 [Reagan] To the night you said the cease fire wouldn't survive August? 60 00:02:42,026 --> 00:02:44,626 [Rush Lindell] I said it wouldn't survive the summer; there's a difference. 61 00:02:45,126 --> 00:02:46,876 [Reagan] Three weeks isn't much of a difference, 62 00:02:47,076 --> 00:02:47,776 [Reagan] but go on. 63 00:02:48,076 --> 00:02:48,776 [Rush Lindell] Fine, 64 00:02:48,876 --> 00:02:49,975 [Rush Lindell] I was loose on the calendar, 65 00:02:50,426 --> 00:02:51,926 [Rush Lindell] but I called it dead on arrival, 66 00:02:52,325 --> 00:02:53,026 [Rush Lindell] and it's dead. 67 00:02:53,425 --> 00:02:57,725 [Reagan] Being directionally right isn't the same as being right; you need the how, 68 00:02:57,925 --> 00:02:58,975 [Reagan] not just the doom. 69 00:02:59,276 --> 00:03:00,325 [Rush Lindell] I called doom, 70 00:03:00,876 --> 00:03:01,725 [Rush Lindell] doom showed up. 71 00:03:01,907 --> 00:03:05,057 [Reagan] Doom always shows up eventually-that's weather, 72 00:03:05,257 --> 00:03:05,857 [Reagan] not analysis. 73 00:03:06,357 --> 00:03:06,907 [Rush Lindell] Wow! 74 00:03:07,457 --> 00:03:07,757 [Rush Lindell] Ouch, 75 00:03:07,957 --> 00:03:08,107 [Rush Lindell] Reagan! 76 00:03:08,457 --> 00:03:10,007 [Reagan] According to CNBC's reporting, 77 00:03:10,157 --> 00:03:15,457 [Reagan] Secretary Rubio said Iran wasn't serious about the talks, days before Trump pulled the plug. 78 00:03:15,907 --> 00:03:19,257 [Reagan] That's the piece you missed-the deal never had enforcement teeth. 79 00:03:19,557 --> 00:03:19,907 [Rush Lindell] Hmm. 80 00:03:20,207 --> 00:03:20,757 [Rush Lindell] Fine, 81 00:03:21,057 --> 00:03:21,807 [Rush Lindell] I'll take that one. 82 00:03:22,257 --> 00:03:24,257 [Rush Lindell] I thought Tehran would cheat on inspections. 83 00:03:24,807 --> 00:03:27,108 [Rush Lindell] Turns out there was never a mechanism to cheat on. 84 00:03:27,187 --> 00:03:30,487 [Reagan] You also called for a slow draw-down once the cease fire held. 85 00:03:30,737 --> 00:03:33,487 [Reagan] The casualty trajectory went the entirely other way. 86 00:03:33,837 --> 00:03:35,237 [Rush Lindell] I put a caveat on that one: 87 00:03:35,537 --> 00:03:38,687 [Rush Lindell] "Unless Iran struck first." They struck first, 88 00:03:38,787 --> 00:03:40,037 [Rush Lindell] so technically.... 89 00:03:40,187 --> 00:03:42,587 [Reagan] Technically doesn't get you credit for the outcome. 90 00:03:43,187 --> 00:03:43,737 [Rush Lindell] Oh, 91 00:03:43,887 --> 00:03:45,237 [Rush Lindell] fair; I'll eat that, 92 00:03:45,387 --> 00:03:47,187 [Rush Lindell] too; but there's got receipts, 93 00:03:47,337 --> 00:03:52,787 [Rush Lindell] too; I've got the line where I said Tehran would break it within thirty days of any strike pause. 94 00:03:53,115 --> 00:03:53,865 [Reagan] And?"-- 95 00:03:53,865 --> 00:03:55,316 [Rush Lindell] They broke it in twenty eight. 96 00:03:55,915 --> 00:03:58,015 [Reagan] Sure; my miss, 97 00:03:58,165 --> 00:03:59,216 [Reagan] since we're keeping score, 98 00:03:59,665 --> 00:04:03,716 [Reagan] I thought House Republicans would hold the line against any war powers vote. 99 00:04:03,966 --> 00:04:05,216 [Rush Lindell] Four of them didn't. 100 00:04:05,466 --> 00:04:10,066 [Rush Lindell] Stripes named Congressman Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as one of the four who crossed over. 101 00:04:10,466 --> 00:04:15,615 [Reagan] I underestimated how many members are fielding calls from families who watched caskets come home. 102 00:04:15,966 --> 00:04:18,165 [Rush Lindell] So we're even-I get the collapse, 103 00:04:18,466 --> 00:04:19,365 [Rush Lindell] you get the defections. 104 00:04:19,475 --> 00:04:20,576 [Reagan] Grade recorded. 105 00:04:21,076 --> 00:04:21,725 [Reagan] Same panel, 106 00:04:21,925 --> 00:04:22,576 [Reagan] next mess. 107 00:04:22,875 --> 00:04:24,725 [Speaker 3] There will be a next one, 108 00:04:25,026 --> 00:04:27,175 [Speaker 3] and speaking of costs nobody predicted- 109 00:04:27,375 --> 00:04:29,375 [Reagan] Just costs nobody predicted. 110 00:04:29,875 --> 00:04:31,675 [Speaker 3] Oil just cracked two digits. 111 00:04:32,125 --> 00:04:34,125 [Reagan] That's the bet everybody's paying for, 112 00:04:34,225 --> 00:04:36,076 [Reagan] whether they're watching Congress or not. 113 00:04:41,609 --> 00:04:47,609 [Speaker 3] Flip that CTA scorecard into dollars at the pump and this war stops being abstract fast. 114 00:04:48,109 --> 00:04:53,109 [Reagan] ABC News says Brent crude hit about a hundred dollars and sixty cents a barrel this week. 115 00:04:53,459 --> 00:05:00,959 [Speaker 3] A hundred bucks up nearly twenty nine per cent in a single month-the Dow dropped five hundred twenty five points that same day. 116 00:05:01,310 --> 00:05:03,310 [Reagan] That's the market pricing in fear, 117 00:05:03,509 --> 00:05:04,459 [Reagan] not just barrels. 118 00:05:05,109 --> 00:05:08,459 [Speaker 3] And somewhere out there a guy who promised gas under three bucks 119 00:05:08,459 --> 00:05:08,859 [Speaker 4] a gallon will be elected. 120 00:05:08,180 --> 00:05:10,780 [Speaker 3] Three bucks is awfully quiet right now. 121 00:05:11,230 --> 00:05:13,030 [Reagan] AXIOS cited AAA data: 122 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,530 [Reagan] the national average is near or above four dollars a gallon. 123 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:20,730 [Reagan] This war opened at two dollars ninety eight cents back in late February. 124 00:05:21,230 --> 00:05:25,329 [Speaker 3] A dollar a gallon since February-you feel that filling your tank, 125 00:05:25,530 --> 00:05:26,829 [Speaker 3] not watching cable news. 126 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:27,730 [Reagan] You do. 127 00:05:27,930 --> 00:05:32,579 [Reagan] But separate two things-there's a war premium and there's structural supply, 128 00:05:32,879 --> 00:05:33,879 [Reagan] not the same animal. 129 00:05:34,163 --> 00:05:36,063 [Speaker 3] Tell that to the guy at the pump, 130 00:05:36,163 --> 00:05:36,413 [Speaker 3] Reagan. 131 00:05:36,764 --> 00:05:38,313 [Speaker 5] I will because it matters. 132 00:05:38,764 --> 00:05:44,313 [Speaker 5] The Houthis claim strikes on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and Hormuz is blockaded again. 133 00:05:44,663 --> 00:05:46,264 [Speaker 5] That's real barrels not moving. 134 00:05:46,663 --> 00:05:48,963 [Speaker 3] So it's not just headlines spooking traders? 135 00:05:49,563 --> 00:05:50,813 [Speaker 5] Some fears baked in, 136 00:05:50,913 --> 00:05:51,264 [Speaker 5] sure, 137 00:05:51,563 --> 00:05:56,613 [Speaker 5] but rerouted tankers and war risk insurance stack real cost on real cost. 138 00:05:57,063 --> 00:06:00,463 [Speaker 3] So when some senator promises prices drop like a rock 139 00:06:00,244 --> 00:06:01,744 [Speaker 3] Rock the second we pull out. 140 00:06:02,044 --> 00:06:03,894 [Speaker 5] That's not how oil markets work. 141 00:06:04,294 --> 00:06:07,194 [Speaker 5] You can't unblockade a strait with a press release. 142 00:06:07,644 --> 00:06:10,244 [Speaker 3] Instant Relief from Politicians-Shocking! 143 00:06:10,694 --> 00:06:12,144 [Speaker 5] Every single time. 144 00:06:12,644 --> 00:06:15,644 [Speaker 3] Oil's getting squeezed by a war nobody saw coming. 145 00:06:16,044 --> 00:06:17,494 [Speaker 3] And speaking of squeezed markets, 146 00:06:17,844 --> 00:06:21,344 [Speaker 3] I want to tell you about something my friends at Lear Capital just rolled out. 147 00:06:21,644 --> 00:06:21,944 [Speaker 5] Okay, 148 00:06:22,044 --> 00:06:22,444 [Speaker 5] I'm listening. 149 00:06:22,944 --> 00:06:26,044 [Speaker 3] They're selling the one ounce silver American Eagle below spot. 150 00:06:25,812 --> 00:06:25,912 [Speaker 3] Oh, 151 00:06:26,062 --> 00:06:29,862 [Speaker 3] spot price; below what silver is actually trading for right now. 152 00:06:30,211 --> 00:06:30,562 [Speaker 5] Wait, 153 00:06:30,612 --> 00:06:30,812 [Speaker 5] wait, 154 00:06:30,862 --> 00:06:30,961 [Speaker 5] wait. 155 00:06:31,112 --> 00:06:32,012 [Speaker 5] Below spot? 156 00:06:32,262 --> 00:06:34,012 [Speaker 5] That's not how this usually works. 157 00:06:34,461 --> 00:06:34,912 [Speaker 3] I know, 158 00:06:35,012 --> 00:06:35,312 [Speaker 3] right? 159 00:06:35,512 --> 00:06:38,662 [Speaker 3] And Lear's covering the shipping and the taxes on top of it. 160 00:06:38,912 --> 00:06:39,961 [Speaker 5] So what's the catch? 161 00:06:40,362 --> 00:06:41,711 [Speaker 3] Limit one per person, 162 00:06:42,012 --> 00:06:43,012 [Speaker 3] new customers only, 163 00:06:43,312 --> 00:06:44,812 [Speaker 3] and it's a twenty-four hour offer, 164 00:06:45,012 --> 00:06:45,662 [Speaker 3] full stop. 165 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:49,639 [Speaker 5] Twenty-four hours; so this isn't a think it over kind of deal. 166 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:50,339 [Speaker 3] No, 167 00:06:50,490 --> 00:06:53,639 [Speaker 3] it is not; here's why that below spot number matters: 168 00:06:53,990 --> 00:06:57,240 [Speaker 3] spot price doesn't even include the cost to mint the coin, 169 00:06:57,589 --> 00:06:57,939 [Speaker 3] ship it, 170 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,439 [Speaker 3] or any dealer overhead. 171 00:07:00,101 --> 00:07:02,251 [Rush Lindell] So buying at spot is already a good deal. 172 00:07:02,601 --> 00:07:06,801 [Reagan] Buying at spot is a good deal; buying below spot almost never happens. 173 00:07:07,351 --> 00:07:10,301 [Rush Lindell] And this isn't some obscure bullion piece nobody's heard of. 174 00:07:10,801 --> 00:07:14,651 [Reagan] The Silver American Eagle is one of the most recognized coins on the planet, 175 00:07:14,951 --> 00:07:16,001 [Reagan] backed by the U.S. 176 00:07:16,051 --> 00:07:21,051 [Reagan] government for weight and purity—one ounce of point nine nine nine fine silver. 177 00:07:21,451 --> 00:07:22,701 [Rush Lindell] IRA-eligible too, 178 00:07:22,801 --> 00:07:23,801 [Rush Lindell] if you're thinking long term. 179 00:07:24,201 --> 00:07:25,201 [Reagan] IRA-eligible, 180 00:07:25,451 --> 00:07:26,901 [Reagan] and it's fully insured shipping. 181 00:07:26,809 --> 00:07:28,109 [Reagan] straight to your door. 182 00:07:28,409 --> 00:07:31,909 [Rush Lindell] A tangible asset you can actually hold, not a line on a screen. 183 00:07:32,459 --> 00:07:36,659 [Reagan] Go to www.RushCoinOffer.com right now. 184 00:07:36,809 --> 00:07:39,659 [Reagan] I mean right now because it's a 24-hour offer. 185 00:07:40,009 --> 00:07:41,759 [Rush Lindell] The URL goes dark after that. 186 00:07:42,109 --> 00:07:42,859 [Reagan] When it's gone, 187 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:43,609 [Reagan] it's gone. 188 00:07:44,009 --> 00:07:47,109 [Reagan] www.RushCoinOffer.com 189 00:07:47,509 --> 00:07:48,159 [Rush Lindell] Back to barrels, 190 00:07:48,409 --> 00:07:52,609 [Rush Lindell] because $4 gas is about to explain some very sudden convictions on Capitol Hill. 191 00:07:52,441 --> 00:07:52,741 [Rush Lindell] HILL 192 00:07:53,591 --> 00:07:58,141 [Reagan] Funny how a primary challenge clarifies a senator's feelings on war powers. 193 00:08:03,705 --> 00:08:08,005 [Reagan] I'm calling them the Fantastic Four of Fiscal-wait, 194 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:11,055 [Reagan] wrong issue-the Foreign Policy Four. 195 00:08:11,455 --> 00:08:14,905 [Rush Lindell] Catchy; but consistency isn't a conspiracy Rush. 196 00:08:15,155 --> 00:08:19,105 [Rush Lindell] Massie's voted this way on every war powers measure since twenty nineteen. 197 00:08:19,555 --> 00:08:19,955 [Reagan] Sure, 198 00:08:20,155 --> 00:08:20,755 [Reagan] but Collins, 199 00:08:21,005 --> 00:08:28,105 [Reagan] she's up for reelection in a state that hasn't gone red in decades and suddenly she finds her constitutional conscience? 200 00:08:28,473 --> 00:08:31,173 [Rush Lindell] Or she's voted for war powers limits before, 201 00:08:31,373 --> 00:08:31,523 [Rush Lindell] too. 202 00:08:31,723 --> 00:08:35,973 [Rush Lindell] You don't get to assume the worst motive just because the timing's convenient for her. 203 00:08:36,273 --> 00:08:36,673 [Reagan] Fine, 204 00:08:36,773 --> 00:08:44,523 [Reagan] fine; but CNN's reporting Trump called the Republicans who backed earlier resolutions losers who made his job harder. 205 00:08:44,973 --> 00:08:47,923 [Rush Lindell] Which tells you everything about how he views dissent: 206 00:08:48,173 --> 00:08:48,973 [Rush Lindell] not as principle, 207 00:08:49,273 --> 00:08:50,373 [Rush Lindell] just inconvenience. 208 00:08:50,523 --> 00:08:51,673 [Reagan] And here's the kicker: 209 00:08:52,023 --> 00:08:54,723 [Reagan] Gregory Meeks is threatening to force another vote. 210 00:08:54,713 --> 00:08:59,063 [Reagan] and drag the Administration into court over ignoring Congress entirely. 211 00:08:59,613 --> 00:09:00,713 [Rush Lindell] That's the real fight, 212 00:09:00,863 --> 00:09:05,963 [Rush Lindell] not who gets a nickname on Truth Social whether the executive branch has to answer to anybody. 213 00:09:06,413 --> 00:09:07,413 [Reagan] I'll give you that one. 214 00:09:07,713 --> 00:09:10,863 [Reagan] Insults are cheap; contempt of Congress is expensive. 215 00:09:11,363 --> 00:09:13,763 [Rush Lindell] And Meeks is betting a judge agrees with him. 216 00:09:14,063 --> 00:09:15,813 [Reagan] We'll see if that bet pays off, 217 00:09:15,913 --> 00:09:18,963 [Reagan] because Trump's Truth Social feed didn't stop at losers. 218 00:09:24,505 --> 00:09:28,805 [Reagan] So Trump's out here running foreign policy like a vending machine now. 219 00:09:29,055 --> 00:09:31,805 [Reagan] One shot at a tanker, one bridge comes down. 220 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:34,105 [Reagan] That's the actual math he posted. 221 00:09:34,555 --> 00:09:36,355 [Rush Lindell] A power plant for a missile! 222 00:09:36,705 --> 00:09:40,055 [Rush Lindell] Very precise exchange rate for a man who doesn't do decimals. 223 00:09:40,355 --> 00:09:40,905 [Reagan] Right? 224 00:09:41,005 --> 00:09:42,755 [Reagan] And Tehran didn't blink. 225 00:09:43,005 --> 00:09:46,655 [Reagan] They promised to hit regional energy and infrastructure right back. 226 00:09:46,755 --> 00:09:50,905 [Reagan] So now we've got two governments trading real estate over Truth Social. 227 00:09:50,873 --> 00:09:51,123 [Reagan] Sure. 228 00:09:51,423 --> 00:09:57,973 [Rush Lindell] And Euronews reported Trump told Axios he's close to deciding on something he called a "massive attack" 229 00:09:58,273 --> 00:09:59,673 [Rush Lindell] bigger than anything so far. 230 00:10:00,073 --> 00:10:01,373 [Reagan] Bigger than ever before. 231 00:10:01,573 --> 00:10:04,273 [Reagan] I don't know if that's a war plan or a movie trailer. 232 00:10:04,473 --> 00:10:05,773 [Rush Lindell] Coming this fall! 233 00:10:06,223 --> 00:10:06,973 [Reagan] And get this, 234 00:10:07,323 --> 00:10:12,623 [Reagan] he says the tanker damage gets paid for with Iranian money the U.S. already controls, 235 00:10:12,773 --> 00:10:15,923 [Reagan] like he's running an insurance claim out of the Situation Room. 236 00:10:16,087 --> 00:10:18,187 [Rush Lindell] Which is a real policy position, 237 00:10:18,337 --> 00:10:18,637 [Rush Lindell] apparently. 238 00:10:19,137 --> 00:10:26,187 [Reagan] He's also pledging the U.S. will hold Tehran responsible for the Houthi strikes on those Red Sea tankers per CNBC, 239 00:10:26,537 --> 00:10:29,037 [Reagan] so now we own two fronts by post. 240 00:10:29,487 --> 00:10:29,837 [Rush Lindell] Okay, 241 00:10:30,037 --> 00:10:30,837 [Rush Lindell] the bit's funny, 242 00:10:31,037 --> 00:10:32,487 [Rush Lindell] but strip the jokes out: 243 00:10:32,687 --> 00:10:34,487 [Rush Lindell] is any of this actually strategy, 244 00:10:34,737 --> 00:10:37,387 [Rush Lindell] or is it just vibes with a countdown clock? 245 00:10:37,787 --> 00:10:39,387 [Reagan] That's the uncomfortable part: 246 00:10:39,887 --> 00:10:42,687 [Reagan] nobody's laughing if the Bridge Post turns into the Act. 247 00:10:42,457 --> 00:10:43,307 [Reagan] The actual order. 248 00:10:43,557 --> 00:10:47,907 [Rush Lindell] Which brings up the question nobody in Washington wants to answer out loud. 249 00:10:48,407 --> 00:10:52,207 [Reagan] Which is who's actually allowed to give that order in the first place. 250 00:10:52,507 --> 00:10:57,007 [Rush Lindell] Because posting a Doctrine isn't the same as having the authority to run it. 251 00:11:02,361 --> 00:11:04,161 [Reagan] With that vote map settled, 252 00:11:04,311 --> 00:11:07,811 [Reagan] let's talk about what these resolutions actually do-nothing, 253 00:11:08,111 --> 00:11:08,511 [Reagan] legally. 254 00:11:08,961 --> 00:11:09,761 [Reagan] Come on! 255 00:11:10,111 --> 00:11:10,411 [Rush Lindell] No, 256 00:11:10,511 --> 00:11:10,811 [Rush Lindell] listen, 257 00:11:11,011 --> 00:11:15,211 [Rush Lindell] the House resolution is Concurrent; Concurrent resolutions don't go to the President, 258 00:11:15,661 --> 00:11:20,211 [Rush Lindell] they don't carry force of law; it's Congress writing itself a strongly worded letter. 259 00:11:20,611 --> 00:11:21,311 [Reagan] And the Senate one? 260 00:11:21,711 --> 00:11:22,461 [Rush Lindell] Joint resolution, 261 00:11:22,761 --> 00:11:23,911 [Rush Lindell] binding if it passed, 262 00:11:24,061 --> 00:11:25,711 [Rush Lindell] but even if it clears both chambers, 263 00:11:26,011 --> 00:11:26,861 [Rush Lindell] Trump vetoes it, 264 00:11:27,211 --> 00:11:28,861 [Rush Lindell] and overriding takes two thirds. 265 00:11:29,049 --> 00:11:30,799 [Rush Lindell] That threshold isn't close. 266 00:11:31,249 --> 00:11:33,249 [Reagan] So Congress littered on a message, 267 00:11:33,549 --> 00:11:34,199 [Reagan] not a power. 268 00:11:34,599 --> 00:11:35,699 [Rush Lindell] Exactly the distinction. 269 00:11:36,199 --> 00:11:38,999 [Rush Lindell] And here's what bugs me; both parties like it this way. 270 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:43,099 [Rush Lindell] Nobody's touched the actual lever which is appropriations. 271 00:11:43,499 --> 00:11:44,099 [Rush Lindell] Cut the funding, 272 00:11:44,249 --> 00:11:45,049 [Rush Lindell] the war stops. 273 00:11:45,499 --> 00:11:46,899 [Rush Lindell] Nobody's filing that bill. 274 00:11:47,249 --> 00:11:50,499 [Reagan] Because that's the one vote that actually cost you something back home. 275 00:11:50,499 --> 00:11:50,849 [Rush Lindell] Mm-hmm. 276 00:11:51,049 --> 00:11:51,299 [Rush Lindell] Right. 277 00:11:51,599 --> 00:11:54,749 [Rush Lindell] Roll call's coverage of the Senate vote noted Senator Van Hollen. 278 00:11:54,585 --> 00:11:58,185 [Rush Lindell] Macallan framed this as Congress finally taking responsibility. 279 00:11:58,835 --> 00:12:00,435 [Reagan] Responsibility? 280 00:12:01,085 --> 00:12:03,785 [Reagan] Responsibility looks like a signature on a funding bill, 281 00:12:03,885 --> 00:12:04,785 [Reagan] not a press release. 282 00:12:05,335 --> 00:12:06,685 [Rush Lindell] I'd push back slightly: 283 00:12:06,985 --> 00:12:08,685 [Rush Lindell] symbolic votes do build a record, 284 00:12:08,985 --> 00:12:11,685 [Rush Lindell] but if responsibility doesn't include the money, 285 00:12:11,985 --> 00:12:12,685 [Rush Lindell] it's a word, 286 00:12:12,885 --> 00:12:13,585 [Rush Lindell] not a policy. 287 00:12:14,035 --> 00:12:16,635 [Reagan] A fig leaf with a hundred ninety co sponsors! 288 00:12:17,135 --> 00:12:18,385 [Rush Lindell] That's one way to put it. 289 00:12:18,785 --> 00:12:21,235 [Reagan] So if the institution won't use its own power 290 00:12:21,401 --> 00:12:27,351 [Rush Lindell] Then the check moves somewhere else, and there's only one place left that actually votes on this in November. 291 00:12:32,985 --> 00:12:37,735 [Reagan] Forget the vote count. The real test is whether Trump's own voters stick around. 292 00:12:38,335 --> 00:12:40,435 [Rush Lindell] NewsNation citing Politico poll, 293 00:12:40,685 --> 00:12:45,635 [Rush Lindell] only 37% of Trump supporters still back the war if it raises prices. 294 00:12:46,185 --> 00:12:46,785 [Reagan] 37? 295 00:12:47,185 --> 00:12:48,935 [Reagan] That was 50 back in May. 296 00:12:49,385 --> 00:12:50,485 [Rush Lindell] 50 in May, 297 00:12:50,785 --> 00:12:51,885 [Rush Lindell] 37 now, 298 00:12:52,185 --> 00:12:54,535 [Rush Lindell] 13 points gone in two months. 299 00:12:54,735 --> 00:12:57,385 [Reagan] That's not a crack. That's a fault line. 300 00:12:57,685 --> 00:12:59,885 [Rush Lindell] And the Hill's reporting GOP... 301 00:12:59,705 --> 00:13:04,605 [Rush Lindell] GOP senators are now openly questioning whether Hegseth can actually manage this war! 302 00:13:04,955 --> 00:13:08,605 [Reagan] When your own party's asking if the secretary knows what he's doing, 303 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:10,655 [Reagan] that's a problem bigger than messaging. 304 00:13:11,155 --> 00:13:11,555 [Rush Lindell] So, 305 00:13:11,755 --> 00:13:12,705 [Rush Lindell] here's what I'm watching: 306 00:13:13,055 --> 00:13:17,105 [Rush Lindell] Does the next war powers vote pick up more than four House Republicans? 307 00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:24,555 [Reagan] I've got my eye on the Bab el-Mandeb—if that strait closes—gas prices stop being a talking point. 308 00:13:25,011 --> 00:13:28,111 [Rush Lindell] And I want the actual pump price on November first, 309 00:13:28,261 --> 00:13:29,511 [Rush Lindell] not a poll about it. 310 00:13:29,961 --> 00:13:30,411 [Reagan] Same. 311 00:13:30,761 --> 00:13:33,061 [Reagan] Numbers don't wobble; polls do. 312 00:13:33,461 --> 00:13:35,011 [Rush Lindell] Grade us on that next time. 313 00:13:40,441 --> 00:13:40,991 [Reagan] Well, 314 00:13:41,041 --> 00:13:45,391 [Reagan] the big lesson tonight—grading our own predictions is brutal, huh? 315 00:13:45,641 --> 00:13:48,891 [Rush Lindell] Being directionally right isn't the same as being right. 316 00:13:49,041 --> 00:13:50,691 [Rush Lindell] I own that on the defections count. 317 00:13:51,041 --> 00:13:53,191 [Reagan] And I own the ceasefire call. 318 00:13:53,491 --> 00:13:54,441 [Reagan] Wrong mechanism, 319 00:13:54,641 --> 00:13:55,791 [Reagan] not just wrong timing. 320 00:13:56,241 --> 00:13:57,191 [Rush Lindell] That's the takeaway, 321 00:13:57,391 --> 00:13:57,591 [Rush Lindell] really. 322 00:13:57,841 --> 00:13:59,691 [Rush Lindell] This war keeps punishing certainty. 323 00:14:00,202 --> 00:14:01,152 [Rush Lindell] Both sides of the aisle. 324 00:14:02,252 --> 00:14:07,152 [Reagan] Which is why we keep score out loud instead of pretending we nailed it. 325 00:14:07,452 --> 00:14:09,402 [Rush Lindell] Exactly the point of doing this show. 326 00:14:09,702 --> 00:14:10,202 [Reagan] Alright, 327 00:14:10,352 --> 00:14:11,302 [Reagan] if you like tonight, 328 00:14:11,452 --> 00:14:11,852 [Reagan] subscribe, 329 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:13,552 [Reagan] leave us five stars, 330 00:14:13,702 --> 00:14:15,852 [Reagan] and drag a friend into the fight with you. 331 00:14:16,252 --> 00:14:18,002 [Rush Lindell] New episodes every weekday. 332 00:14:18,252 --> 00:14:21,302 [Rush Lindell] We'll be tracking those approval numbers and Hegseth doubts closely. 333 00:14:21,802 --> 00:14:22,252 [Reagan] And, 334 00:14:22,352 --> 00:14:22,652 [Reagan] Reagan, 335 00:14:22,852 --> 00:14:25,652 [Reagan] next time no mercy on my predictions. 336 00:14:26,110 --> 00:14:26,960 [Rush Lindell] None promised. 337 00:14:27,410 --> 00:14:28,410 [Reagan] Fair enough. 338 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:30,260 [Reagan] Thanks for spending the hour with us. 339 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,110 [Rush Lindell] See you tomorrow.