The Latest Donald Trump Interview: Must-See Moments
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In an explosive interview with Lex Fridman that’s quickly going viral, Donald Trump delivered several headline-making soundbites.
The first topic that grabbed viewers’ attention was Trump’s reaction to Kamala’s train-wreck interview with CNN, saying he “can’t believe” how “very poorly” she performed in what he called a “softball interview.”
“We have a woman who couldn’t do an interview. This was a really soft interview. This is an interview where they’re given multiple choice questions—multiple guesses. I call it multiple guess. And I don’t think she did well. I think she did very poorly,” Trump said.
The conversation then shifted to the issue of mass migration, sparked by reports of Venezuelan gangs taking over buildings in Colorado.
Trump said that countries like Venezuela are dumping their prisoners into America, noting that crime is down in those countries for a reason.
As president, Trump declared, “We can’t let that happen,” but acknowledged the rationale behind the prisoner dumping, given that America is willingly absorbing the world’s criminals.
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The discussion pivoted to foreign policy, where Trump touted his approach to keeping the peace in Afghanistan during his tenure.
Crediting “The Stick,” he argued that his tough stance was why there were no U.S. casualties for 18 months before Biden’s chaotic withdrawal.
That disastrous withdrawal, which left 13 US soldiers dead, is a big reason why Putin felt emboldened to go into Ukraine, Trump claimed.
As the conversation continued, Trump dismissed any association with Project 2025, insisting that the Democrats know it has nothing to do with him, yet they continue to link him to it anyway.
“Project 2025 has absolutely nothing to do with me,” Trump stressed, adding that he hasn't even read the document.
“I've heard about things that are in there that I don't like, and there are some things in there that everybody would like. But there are things that I don't like at all. And I think it's unfortunate that they put it out, but it doesn't mean anything because it has nothing to do with me. Project 2025 has absolutely nothing to do with me.”
Lex Fridman didn’t shy away from pressing Trump on what he called “tension” with Joe Rogan, challenging him to go on Rogan’s podcast after saying some “not-so-nice things” about him.
Trump played it cool, denying any real tension, saying, “I guess I’d do it, but I haven’t been asked.”
This particular moment was an interesting exchange.
LEX FRIDMAN: “Let me ask you about my good friend Joe Rogan. So you had a bit of tension with him. So when he said nice things about RFK Jr., I think you've said some not-so-nice things about Joe. And I think that was a bit unfair. And as a fan of Joe, I would love to see you do his podcast because he is legit, the greatest conversationalist in the world. So what's the story behind the tension?”
DONALD TRUMP: “Well, I don't think there was any tension, and I've always liked him, but I don't know him. I only see him when I walk into the arena with Dana, and I shake his hand. I see him there, and I think he's good at what he does. But I don't know about doing his podcast. I mean, I guess I'd do it, but I haven't been asked and I'm not asking them. You know? I'm not asking anybody.”
LEX FRIDMAN: “It sounds like a challenging negotiation situation.”
DONALD TRUMP: “No, it's not really a negotiation. And he's sort of a liberal guy, I guess, you know, from what I understand. But he likes Kennedy. This was before I found this out, before Kennedy came in with us. He's going to be great. He's doing... Bobby's going to be great. But I like that he likes Kennedy. I do, too. He's a different kind of a guy, but he's got some great things going, and I think he's going to be, beyond politics, I think he could be quite influential in taking care of some situations that you probably would agree should be taken care of.”
The interview took another interesting turn when Trump reflected on his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton, saying, “She’s so lucky I didn’t do anything.”
Trump added that he “could have done a big number on Hillary Clinton,” but the reason he decided not to was because he thought it would divide the country because it “looked so bad.”
“I could have done a big number on Hillary Clinton. I thought it looked terrible to take the president's wife and put her in prison. She's so lucky. I didn’t do anything. She's so lucky. Hillary is a lucky woman because I had a lot of people pushing me, too. They wanted to see something, but I could have done something very bad. I thought it looked so bad.”
Arguably, the most interesting moment of the entire interview was when Lex Fridman questioned Trump about the Epstein client list, asking if the next Trump administration would reveal the names to the public.
Trump responded by saying he would have “no problem” doing that, adding that the names on that list would also be “very interesting.”
In the final moments, Trump emphasized what he sees as a major problem for today's America: a lack of religion.
He says, “I think our country's missing a lot of religion. I think it really was a much better place with religion.”
“It was almost a guide to a certain extent. It was a guide. You want to be good to people. Without religion, there are no real guardrails. I'd love to see us get back to religion, more religion in this country.”
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RFK Jr. drops a series of truth bombs on Dr. Phil.
#10 - FDA approves clinical trials for new “pandemic” vaccine.
- The trials are funded by BARDA (so your tax dollars)
- The words “pandemic vaccine” are in the study's title (weird)
- It's for bird flu
- The most chilling thing is the “vaccine” uses lipid nanoparticles and self-amplifying RNA technology.
Self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) technology allows the RNA to essentially “photocopy” itself inside the body without an off switch.
Dr. Jessica Rose (@JesslovesMJK) describes the new vaccine candidate as “gain-of-function” inside the human body.
She writes, “Based on evidences collected over the past four years from peer-reviewed literature and FOIA requested data, it is more likely than not that this is the priming of/grooming of the public for the next ‘planned pandemic.’ I mean, it’s in the clinical trial name.”
Dr. Jessica Rose joins the show to elaborate on her concerns. This conversation is a jaw-dropper.
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#9 - Federal health bureaucrats FLEE for the exits as Trump nominates RFK Jr. as HHS secretary.
MSNBC’s Dr. Kavita Patel revealed this explosive development, stating that career staff are texting her in panic, saying, “This was just the push they needed to try to get out.”
If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the HHS would give him authority over every federal health agency, granting him the power to clean up the corrupt institutions he has vowed to reform.
In his historic speech after withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, Kennedy declared, “I won’t fail in doing this.”
“If I’m given the chance to fix the chronic disease crisis and reform our food production, I promise that within two years, we will watch the chronic disease burden lift dramatically. We will make Americans healthy again. Within four years, America will be a healthy country. We will be stronger, more resilient, more optimistic, and happier,” Kennedy said.
To secure confirmation as HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. needs 50 Senate votes, with J.D. Vance casting a tie-breaking vote if necessary. With 53 Republicans in the next Senate, Kennedy’s confirmation is a very real possibility.
#8 - Jillian Michaels Goes Scorched Earth on RFK Jr. Haters With a Series of Stunning Truth Bombs
“If you're afraid of RFK, you've lost your mind! Take a back seat. Let the professionals in this space handle it.”
• Infertility rates are the highest ever.
• Early-onset cancer diagnoses are up 79% over the last three decades.
• 74% of adults in America are overweight or obese.
• Health-related conditions are the number one cause of bankruptcy.
Moreover, @JillianMichaels says it is hard to be healthy in America because it is difficult “by design.”
1. Big farming proliferates these cheap, toxic calories.
2. Big food picks up those calories and tinkers with them a bit more with their food scientists to make them more addictive and omnipresent.
3. Then Big Pharma catches us on the other side and starts treating all of our sicknesses with their pills for every ill.
“We need change. We need it now. What they're doing isn't working, and it's not working on purpose because it's profitable for the very few.”
#10 - Joe Rogan GUARANTEES Joe Biden voted for Donald Trump.
“Look at his f—king smile, dude! Look at his f—king smile, man. That’s like when your kid gets married.”
“He lost! His party lost. He was happy.”
Rogan went wild after he pointed out that when Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, Obama looked miserable during his transition meeting with Trump.
On the other hand, Joe Biden smiled so big that he looked like the “Cheshire Cat” from Alice in Wonderland.
“Biden voted for Trump. I guarantee it. I f—king guarantee it,” Rogan declared.
“He’s like, ‘That b*tch [Kamala], she went down.’ You can’t tell me he wasn’t happy... I guarantee you. I guarantee you that motherf—ker was happy. He had a giant smile on his face. He said, ‘welcome back’ to him [Trump].”
“Four months ago, that guy was gonna be running again. And now here he is, smiling like the Cheshire Cat,” Rogan marveled.
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#9 - Jillian Michaels Goes Scorched Earth on RFK Jr. Haters With a Series of Stunning Truth Bombs
“If you're afraid of RFK, you've lost your mind! Take a back seat. Let the professionals in this space handle it.”
• Infertility rates are the highest ever.
• Early-onset cancer diagnoses are up 79% over the last three decades.
• 74% of adults in America are overweight or obese.
• Health-related conditions are the number one cause of bankruptcy.
Moreover, @JillianMichaels says it is hard to be healthy in America because it is difficult “by design.”
1. Big farming proliferates these cheap, toxic calories.
2. Big food picks up those calories and tinkers with them a bit more with their food scientists to make them more addictive and omnipresent.
3. Then Big Pharma catches us on the other side and starts treating all of our sicknesses with their pills for every ill.
“We need change. We need it now. What they're doing isn't working, and it's not working on purpose because it's profitable for the very few.”
#8 - NY Mayor Eric Adams Stuns the View With Hard Truths About the 2024 Election
These truth bombs hurt so bad that even the audience recoiled in pain.
“They [voters] are not talking about Hitler. They're talking about housing.”
“When I'm in the streets talking to them, they're not asking me, Eric, 'Tell me about fascism.' They’re talking about finance.”
“And what you saw in this city, in this election, when you saw the shift and the city becoming and the state becoming redder, is because we stopped talking about working-class people’s issues.... We need to talk to everyday working-class people. And we stopped doing that.”
#10 - Federal health employees run for the EXITS after Trump nominates RFK Jr. to lead HHS.
MSNBC’s Dr. Kavita Patel revealed this explosive development, stating that career staff are texting her in PANIC, saying, “This was just the push they needed to try to get out.”
If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the HHS would give him authority over every federal health agency, granting him the power to clean up the corrupt institutions he has vowed to reform.
In his historic speech after withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, Kennedy declared, “I won’t fail in doing this.”
“If I’m given the chance to fix the chronic disease crisis and reform our food production, I promise that within two years, we will watch the chronic disease burden lift dramatically. We will make Americans healthy again. Within four years, America will be a healthy country. We will be stronger, more resilient, more optimistic, and happier,” Kennedy said.
To secure confirmation as HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. needs 50 Senate votes, with J.D. Vance casting a tie-breaking vote if necessary. With 53 Republicans in the next Senate, Kennedy’s confirmation is a very real possibility.
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#9 - FBI caught LYING as shocking new development blows open the J6 pipe bomb scandal.
Cellular carriers have told Congress they possess intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident, directly disputing FBI testimony that agents couldn't identify a suspect because the phone data was corrupted, a key House chairman tells Just the News.
The revelations from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the chairman of the House Administration oversight subcommittee, adds new intrigue to a debate that has gripped Washington for nearly four years: Why can't the FBI with so much evidence and manpower identify the suspect who planted the explosive devices at the Democrat and Republican Party headquarters hours before the Capitol was breached.
#10 - Tucker Carlson calls for an IMMEDIATE repeal of the 1986 Vaccine Injury Act.
This would strip Big Pharma of its liability shield, making them accountable for injuries caused by their products.
In fact, Carlson called the vaccine enterprise, particularly the COVID vaccine, a “scam.” Here’s why:
1. “You convince politicians to force the population to buy your product.”
2. “Anyone who complains gets fired.”
3. “You can’t be sued.”
“How is it that there’s this one category that’s exempt from the risk [lawsuits] that all the rest of us who are involved in any kind of business face every single day?” Carlson asked.
“I have liability insurance on my house in case the UPS guy slips delivering a package from Amazon. But somehow, Albert Bourla [CEO of Pfizer] and all the other creepy, creepy billionaires who run these disgusting pharma companies are in no danger of being sued because their corrupt pals in Congress in 1986 gave them blanket immunity? Let’s tear that down immediately,” Carlson urged.
To the argument that vaccines “can’t compete” without blanket immunity, Carlson countered, “Well, why don’t you just make a safer vaccine then? How’s that sound? Why don’t you face the same risk [lawsuits] that every other person who conducts any other kind of commerce or lives in this country faces every single day?”
He demanded, “Let’s see the numbers right now,” highlighting that the government has access to vaccine data that it’s hiding from the public.
“If somehow you’re being prevented from knowing, then you can be absolutely certain that crimes are being committed,” Carlson concluded, “because why else would they be hiding it from you?”
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#9 - Dem strategist James Carville BLOWS UP on his party’s “arrogance” and “stupidity” in glorious rant.
“What you’ve done ain’t worth a sh*t. Get your head around that. And all of the Washington-based Democrats farting around, going to wine and cheese parties, and talking about how misogynistic the race is, get your ass out of Washington, and go work on a 2026 campaign and do penance to make up for your goddamn arrogance and stupidity.”
“All the criticism of him [Pete Hegseth] is that he’s not the expected Washington pick. And I’m just saying to you that the American people just voted against the expected Washington pick.”
“Does anyone have confidence in the current leadership of the Pentagon and the way the defense situation has been operating for the last several years? I mean, from the Afghanistan pullout, which was an extreme debacle for which no one was held accountable. We’ve had spy balloons flying over the United States. We built a $300 million pier as a public relations stunt, which wound up killing an American service member.”
“I’d say I’ve had just about enough of the so-called insiders running the Defense Department. I think we ought to give Pete Hegseth a chance.”
#10 - Trump has inherited a “turd of an economy,” and when things “roll over,” he’ll be the one blamed for it.
This dire news comes from COVID vaccine data analyst and former BlackRock asset manager Ed Dowd.
Dowd predicts things could “unravel anytime between now and March.” And if the incoming Trump administration doesn’t “get out in front of the narrative,” then they are “going to get blamed for what is coming.”
According to Dowd, America should have already entered a recession by “the second half of 2023.” However, “The government went on a spending spree... which gave the economy a bit more life.”
“The real economy (not the stock market) has been rolling over,” Dowd lamented, “and we’re just waiting for the financial markets to figure this out. They will. And when they do, unfortunately, Trump will inherit turd of a financial market crisis.”
Dowd added that he has insights into “some interesting indicators” that suggest the economy has “nowhere to go but the other direction [down].”
Although the short-term economic future looks grim, Dowd mentioned some “good news.” And the good news is that Trump is the incoming president. Under Trump’s leadership, Dowd believes, the looming financial mess can be dealt with much better than if Harris won the office.
“Now, the good news is that Trump is in office, and his policies will be far better than under the Biden administration. If Harris had won, I’d be far gloomier. There will be pain, but I believe it can be mitigated somewhat,” @DowdEdward said.
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#9 - RFK Jr. reveals his opinion has “completely changed” about Trump, so much so that he believes Trump could go down as “one of the great presidents in history.”
“I’ve been … convinced that this guy that I had such contempt for, such disdain for, is actually a really extraordinary leader that could be one of the great Presidents in history,” Kennedy said.
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#8 - The FEMA manager fired for discriminating against Trump supports claims it was NOT an isolated incident and alleges that the agency “made [her] a patsy.”
This news comes after internal messages reveal FEMA employees were told to “avoid [helping] homes advertising Trump.”
Now, FEMA has been hit with more bad news, as it was revealed that “FEMA didn’t answer half the calls it received for disaster aid.”
Let’s not forget that the media said that anyone claiming FEMA was incompetent or had an anti-Trump agenda was a “conspiracy theorist.”
In another remarkable example, it turns out those “conspiracy theories” were actually true.
#10 - Woman fired for refusing the COVID jab wins a jaw-dropping $12 million jury verdict against her ex-employer.
Lisa Domski has secured a $12 million award after a federal jury ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan violated her religious beliefs.
This all started when Lisa Domski, a veteran IT specialist with over 30 years at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, was terminated for refusing to take the COVID-19 shots, citing her Catholic faith.
Domski’s lawyer, Jon Marko, argued that the firing was a clear case of religious discrimination. “Lisa refused to renounce her faith and beliefs and was wrongfully terminated from the only job she had ever known,” Marko stated after the verdict, adding, “The jury’s verdict today tells BCBSM that religious discrimination has no place in America.”
Domski’s $12 million award marks the largest amount a single individual has won after suing their former employer for COVID jab discrimination.
As it becomes common knowledge that the shots were not safe nor effective, expect more future lawsuits to swing in favor of those wrongly fired for refusing the COVID jabs.
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#9 - Dr. Peter McCullough Calls On Trump to REPEAL the 1986 Vaccine Injury Act
This would strip Big Pharma of its liability shield, making them accountable for injuries caused by their products.
“Americans deserve safe vaccines. And when they are applied, the company should stand behind their products, and they should have this liability shield removed,” Dr. McCullough said.
Dr. McCullough also urged President-elect Trump to pull the COVID jabs off the market.
“They have not had the safety track record America wanted to see. And sadly, so many have suffered injuries, disabilities, and even death.”
#8 - Megyn Kelly drops the F-Bomb on insane Democrats pushing crazy leftist feminism.
“Until you get that through your thick, f—king head, you’ll keep losing!”