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[00:00:00] Joining us is budget chair Lindsey [00:00:01] Graham from the great state of South [00:00:03] Carolina. Welcome, Mr. Chairman. You [00:00:05] were with the president yesterday and [00:00:08] today. What what happened in Venezuela [00:00:11] to me has ramifications far beyond that [00:00:14] single country. [00:00:17] >> Well, number one, from an American point [00:00:19] of view, what happened in Venezuela [00:00:22] takes the bad taste of Afghanistan out [00:00:24] of our mouths. We left Afghanistan in [00:00:27] shame. We withdrew all of our forces. [00:00:30] The terrorists took over. It was a low [00:00:32] moment to see America flying out with [00:00:35] people hanging on the wings and the [00:00:37] wheels. Looked like Vietnam all over [00:00:39] again. What did we see a couple of days [00:00:42] ago? America at her best. Our men and [00:00:45] women in the military doing the [00:00:47] unbelievable as if it was routine. A [00:00:50] commanderin-chief that doesn't overthink [00:00:53] the fact that Maduro and Venezuela are [00:00:56] bad. They're hurting America. He gave [00:00:59] him every chance to leave. He could be [00:01:01] in Turkey now, Madura, but he's in jail [00:01:04] because he miscalculated Trump. What [00:01:07] happened was there's one less country on [00:01:09] the planet pretty soon, not quite yet, [00:01:12] that will be a safe havenarot terrorist [00:01:14] drug cartels that will be aligned with [00:01:17] Hezbollah. Better days are ahead in [00:01:19] Venezuela. Hats off to the brave men and [00:01:22] women of the military who did an amazing [00:01:25] military operation. You you heard it, [00:01:27] Trey. You were with him today. It's a [00:01:29] story of legend. But the [00:01:31] commander-in-chief does matter. With [00:01:33] Donald Trump, you have a bold visionary [00:01:36] who doesn't look for conflict, but will [00:01:39] not be trifled with. So here's the [00:01:41] message for the world. If you're hurting [00:01:43] America, you do so at your own peril. [00:01:49] >> All right, chairman. If I am sitting in [00:01:51] Cuba right now and I even see a flight a [00:01:54] kite flying over my head, I'm ducking [00:01:57] for cover. I mean, is Cuba next? [00:01:59] >> Yeah. [00:02:01] >> Yeah. The communist dictatorship in Cuba [00:02:03] will soon come to an end. 30% of the oil [00:02:06] to supply the Cuban economy comes from [00:02:08] Venezuela. Uh again, we got some work to [00:02:11] do in Venezuela, but we'll get there. [00:02:13] They will be denied that oil. Um, the [00:02:16] new leadership coming through a free and [00:02:19] fair election, hopefully will happen [00:02:20] sooner rather than later, is going to [00:02:22] reject communist Cuba. Communist Cuba is [00:02:25] a dictatorship that's killed priests and [00:02:28] nuns. Um, they've sent tens of thousands [00:02:32] of people to our country here illegally. [00:02:35] Uh, um, people have fled Cuba looking [00:02:38] for freedom. Uh, the communist [00:02:40] dictatorship stays are numbered. There's [00:02:43] no way that the communist dictatorship [00:02:47] in Cuba survives after the takedown of [00:02:50] Madura. It is over. It's just a matter [00:02:53] of time. And Donald Trump will have done [00:02:56] something that saluted America since the [00:02:58] 50s. Deal with a communist dictatorship [00:03:01] 90 miles off the coast of Florida. Uh I [00:03:04] can't wait till the day comes to our [00:03:06] Cuban friends in Florida and throughout [00:03:08] America. the liberation of your homeland [00:03:12] is um close. [00:03:16] >> All right, chairman, let me span the [00:03:18] globe with you. How do you see the [00:03:20] protests that are unfolding in Iran? And [00:03:22] is this an opportunity to rid the world [00:03:25] of the single biggest sponsor of [00:03:27] terrorism? [00:03:29] [clears throat] [00:03:30] Well, all the people who were protesting [00:03:33] for the Palestinians, where are you [00:03:35] today? Uh, standing behind the people of [00:03:38] Iran are trying to throw over the [00:03:40] Ayatollah, who's a religious Nazi, who [00:03:43] who killed a 16-year-old girl for not [00:03:45] wearing a head cover on a bus, who's [00:03:47] tortured, raped, and maimed the [00:03:49] population, who is the largest state [00:03:51] sponsor of terrorism on the planet. The [00:03:54] people are in open revolt. They've [00:03:56] chosen not to live this way anymore. And [00:03:59] unlike Obama, President Trump has not [00:04:01] turned his back on the people of Iran. [00:04:04] So I pray and hope that 2026 will be [00:04:11] the year that we make Iran great again. [00:04:17] >> All right. Speaking of 2026, new year, [00:04:20] new chance at something called [00:04:21] reconciliation. You're the budget chair. [00:04:24] What do you want to see? Yeah, [00:04:27] >> another bill. And we had a talk today [00:04:29] with President Trump. I'm going to meet [00:04:32] with him and some others uh maybe as [00:04:34] early as Monday to put together a second [00:04:36] reconciliation package. The first [00:04:38] package, the big beautiful bill, we had [00:04:40] the largest tax increase in American [00:04:42] history without one Democrat vote [00:04:44] because all you need is 50 votes under [00:04:46] reconciliation. We had the largest [00:04:48] spending cut in American history without [00:04:50] one Democratic vote. We had hundreds of [00:04:52] billions of dollars to secure the border [00:04:54] without one Democratic vote because they [00:04:56] wouldn't vote for these things. Round [00:04:57] two. What do I want? I want to go after [00:05:00] welfare fraud. I want to rewrite the way [00:05:02] the programs work. I want to make sure [00:05:04] that every state before they get a [00:05:06] dollar for food stamps or any form of um [00:05:10] welfare that they send biometrics to the [00:05:13] federal government proving that the [00:05:14] person exists and they're eligible for [00:05:17] the services in question. I want to go [00:05:19] after the fraud that's so rampant in [00:05:21] Minnesota and throughout these blue [00:05:22] states through reconciliation. And [00:05:25] second, I want to do an affordability [00:05:27] package making America more affordable [00:05:30] uh to the hardworking men and women of [00:05:32] this country through reconciliation. [00:05:35] Stay tuned. It is coming. [00:05:39] >> All right, Chairman. It was great fun [00:05:40] being with you and the president last [00:05:42] night and again this morning. Uh feel [00:05:44] free to Venmo me the money that you lost [00:05:46] to me on the golf course. I do accept [00:05:48] Venmo. Until then, [00:05:50] >> I'll see [00:05:51] >> you. You take care. [00:05:52] >> Well, here's the good news, Trey. Here's [00:05:54] here's the good news. I'm going to pay [00:05:56] you, but be it will be in Venezuelan [00:05:58] dollars. So, [laughter] [00:06:00] >> good luck. [00:06:00] >> I can't wait. [00:06:02] >> All right. Have a great week, Senator [00:06:04] Lindsey Graham. Thank you.