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I don't know if the laugh or the cry I'm not sure what is the more more appropriate Appropriate response but but that's what we're gonna talk about today I want to talk about this this ban that I guess was signed Yesterday afternoon went into effect immediately People are already being detained and some airports are there puts that not so it's a bit of a mess of an implementation But I don't think that's really the story that the implementation is always gonna be messy whenever you do something new like this What do you think what what, you know, what do you think about this? This this whole ban on immigration and and the focus on on these countries and the focus on Muslims and What does it mean? I you know, are you for this? Those of you support a Trump? Those of you for voted for Trump you could call call in let me know I want to know what you think about Donald Trump signed yesterday the ban seven countries for 90 days all refugees for 120 days and With the guidance to I guess the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to provide new guidelines for immigration into the country from People from I guess Muslim countries, so three one two six four two five six zero zero I'm curious to know what do you think particularly if you're a Trump voter particularly if you voted for him But also, you know, I guess if you didn't vote for him, I'll listen to any of you guys I'm a pretty open-minded guy Three one two six four two five six zero zero What do you think about a you are you kind of happy because? because this is a sign that a Donald Trump actually do what he said he would do but also the the fact that You know you you think that Islamic immigration or immigrants of immigration of Muslim into this country is a wealth threat to the national security and that We should really clamp down on this and is this the way to do it? Let me know right all right Was that you know, we had the number here a second ago. I you know, I'm it's gone All right, I see the board is already lighting up, so you guys that you get to talk about this. This is good Unfortunately, we'll see unfortunately my my computer seems to have frozen so You just be patient with me there on the calls And until we get this There we go, maybe unfrozen we'll see So what did the president do he banned he banned immigration from seven countries all Immigration, so I think he was very careful not to specify Islamic immigration as What he was going to what he's going to exclude I think he was worried about maybe some constitutional issues If you explicitly named Muslims as the people he wanted to exclude Seven countries what I what I found I Don't know. I don't know it you know funny sad pathetic ridiculous is That if you look at the countries from which People Attacked us a 9-11 member 9-11 guys anybody remember 9-11. It's it's 2017 16 years ago 15 16 and something or 15 and something years ago 9-11 it really spurred all this without 9-11 none of this would be in the conversation and yet There were 19 terrorists in 9-11 19 of those 19 terrorists 15 of them were from Saudi Arabia and then I think there was one from Egypt There was one from United Arab Emirates There was one from where else Lebanon and I can't remember where the 19th was But what is amazing what it's truly amazing about what Donald Trump just signed is That none of those countries none of those countries are on the list I What do you what do you do about that? What do you say about that? I'm curious to know what you guys say about that, right? I can understand okay You want to you think Muslims are threat and you want to take a time out from there coming into the country and You want to establish the proper kind of security regime because you know The Obama administration was really lax about these things. I kind of buy all that fine. Let's let's pretend that all that is true Wouldn't the first country you ban immigrants farm be Saudi Arabia Don't I mean don't you think? It it it just doesn't make any sense to me right 1515 of the 19 terrorists 75 to 80 percent Well from Saudi and and you could say well that was 16 years ago Saudi Arabia's changed really? Now what basis do we have for that? Do you think the intelligence community believes that do you think anybody believes that? Donald Trump believes that Because he doesn't want to piss off. Can I say piss off on the radio? Maybe maybe they'll bleep me out He doesn't want to upset the sheiks in Saudi Arabia Who are so-called our allies? I would argue that the number one enemy we face they fund every Islamist threat out there every radicalization movement at every every radicalized mosque is funded by the Saudis and The Saudis are friends and we're not gonna ban people from coming to Saudi Arabia Remember 15 of the 19 terrorists were studies. Oh wait. We got Bill from El Elgin Elgin on the line and But I don't seem to be able to get him There we go. Hey Bill. How's it going sir? How are you? Good doing wonderful. Good. I was enjoying your show here listening to you. I always do on the weekend You know, I have to say, you know, you were just much excited Saudi Arabia But I have to say that I'm sure but that Trump has information in front of him that we don't have and So therefore I I think he's fearless. I think he's already proven that he does what he promised us And I'm in extremely happy. I gotta tell you as a man almost 50 years old I I feel elated that we finally have a president that is going out and doing what he promised So you you actually believe Bill that that Donald Trump Has information that people from the United Arab Emirates Qatar, which supported ISIS and still does support ISIS Saudi Arabia, which 15 of the terrorists came from Egypt the home of the Muslim brotherhood and We're the number two the number one leader of al-Qaeda now that bin Laden's dead comes from that all of those countries and our safe and That these seven countries, this is where the real threat is you think that is what motivated this particular list And there's no politics involved and it's not about it's not about our relationship with Saudi Arabia And our financial and oil relationship with them Well, you know, you know, I have to agree that there there might be some Politics being played here now that he's in office. He's got it He's got a certain people to a degree But but I would I would have to say, you know, this is a great start, you know, who knows what's next So I I just I just got a trust them because so far He has told me the truth and he has done everything he said. And so therefore I do have faith in him Okay, I have faith that he's doing the right thing whatever it be. All right, Bill Thanks. Thanks for calling and thanks for listening every weekend and I'm just gonna say I'm gonna put it out there You're naive Bill. You are very very naive and The idea that Donald Trump has been telling us the truth and everything he said he's telling us Yeah, yeah, he told us he would ban Muslim immigration say he's doing this But this is a little patch. This is to appease you. This is to make you guys feel happy This has zero impact on national security. This is just this is this is a joke And but but you guys are gonna feel good because Donald Trump is falling through and he's doing what he said and You know, sorry and and those of you who follow the show a lot know that I don't believe a word He says and and I don't trust that thing he does and I am I am a super super skeptical Note that part of this restriction is on people who have green cards people who have been vetted people who have Received in a sense permanent residency in the United States But because they come from some of these countries this includes Christians from some of these countries This includes old people who are You know, probably not exactly the types who are gonna strap bombs themselves and build themselves up It includes one of some of the people who've been detained in New York includes People who helped our troops in Iraq and were contractors and worked for the US government in Iraq Helping us during the insurgency. This includes friends of the United States This is an all-out ban Now it does have exceptions so on a case-by-case basis It can be exceptions and it isn't the permanent plan which he plans to announce I guess in in 90 days or 120 days but just a list of countries suggests to me that What I've always suspected that Donald Trump doesn't really know what he's doing you're listening to one book show will be right back Stuck in traffic. 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You've waited long enough See your authorized Mercedes Benz dealer for complete details and limitations on certified pre-owned warranties Intrigued inspired and possibly even angered Welcome back to the Iran Brooks show on AM 560 the answer Hey, I think today we got the anger down. I don't know about the inspired You're listening to you on Brooks show and we're talking about Donald Trump's ban on immigrants from seven countries From seven countries and I want to I want to talk about why these countries and what's unique about these countries in a minute And and I do have an Echola and we will get to match in a minute So I promise Matt hold on the line I noticed a couple of people dropped off who were waiting but please call in three one two six four two five six zero zero And I promise I'll be nice and I take your call I'm interested in how people are thinking about this issue and and and what what concerns them about Muslim immigration Why they think this is a solution what they'd like to see more from Donald Trump if at all But before we do that Let me just tell you quickly and I'm gonna devote more time to this in a future show But let me tell you quickly what my position about Muslim immigration is in the broader sense My position is this I believe the United States and by the way, this was my position on September 12th 2001 and I've held pretty much the same position for the last 16 years And so this is my position The United States should declare war against Islamic deterrence and everybody who supports them in other words We should identify all those who promote terrorism in the name of Islam Targeted towards the United States that list immediately would include Iran and Saudi Arabia some other countries but those being the primary countries it would include many organizations including ISIS and al-Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah and and and Many others Islamic jihad and many others We would immediately launch an offensive against these countries and crush their willingness to fight crush The whole idea that Allah is on their side because they would be so devastated They couldn't imagine that God actually wants this for them at the same time I have would have no problem is for the duration of the war I would stop all immigration from those countries who make the list of the enemies of the United States That no problem with that during the World War two. We did not allow immigrant immigrants from Germany Unless I think they could have proved that they were anti-Nazi or from Japan So I'm fine with stopping immigration But let's declare an enemy Let's declare war. Let's commit to actually Fighting a war not pretending not playing games But actually and then limit the immigration then Selectively based on the countries we've identified as the enemy and screening fine. That's too intense detailed screening In order to determine who is has sympathy towards radical Islam and who doesn't and I say don't let anybody Who believes in using violence in order to attain their religious goals into this country period? That's fine, right? During the duration of that war and anybody later who's suspect of terrorist activity or suspect of using violence ban them Absolutely. All right. We're gonna take this call from Matt and for some reason my my There we go. Hi Matt. How's it going? Hey, good afternoon. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. So what do you watch your views here? My views are when Trump first started running I was not a fan and I had I really had strong hopes that he wasn't going to make the other president I I definitely have different views from him and so there's more Stances, but I also realized that when I voted I wasn't voting for a priest or a Boy Scout leader or babysitter I wanted somebody to try to fix what I believe to be eight years of a disastrous time in our America I think part of the reason why he has identified the countries that he does not want them coming from is Medical Islamic terrorism has been like a cancer. It has gone basically unchecked for quite an extended period of time It is it's far reaching way outside of those core countries that you spoke of yep And I believe that our our military intelligence community has inflammation of certain countries has The sleeper cells and these pockets of these individuals that are there that have gotten these countries that we need to be careful They're coming from I believe that the Syria and the other ones that we're very worried about there is so much intelligence And so much data gathered on them They know should it's not be coming out of those areas because they've been on the microscope So so so mad I think there's a reason yeah, I'm sure some of these countries make sense I'm not saying these countries don't make sense What I'm saying is that the countries that have been excluded don't make any sense now I am not I'm not privy to any Intelligence information I but I've studied them at least carefully. I'm from the Middle East I'm I'm from Israel originally some of you might not know this and I would go one step further I I was actually in military intelligence in Israel. I know all of these countries. Well, I've studied them carefully and the idea That Saudi Arabia is not a hotbed and a source of Islamic terrorism is absurd It's just not true the idea that Egypt is not a hotbed and a source of Islamic terrorism Both for ISIS and al-Qaeda and anti-American is just not true And the idea that you would create a list and not include those two countries In terms of the people coming in is absurd and ridiculous Jordan is not on here And again, it is a country that is a strong presence of the Muslim Brotherhood a strong presence for sympathizers with ISIS and and al-Qaeda And and I could go on and on in terms of Algeria is not here Morocco is not here Tunisia is not here No, I don't believe that if that were true 9-11 would have happened if that were true The Paris attacks wouldn't have happened because those people came in from different countries if that were true Plus I don't believe that Donald Trump would actually listen to the intelligence agencies. He's given us no indication The Paris attacks that we're talking about in the US We can't be responsible for the security Well, if if what you're concerned about is the US and then I have to have to go to the next caller But if what are you concerned about is the US the fact is okay, it's since 9-11 No terrorist attack has been committed in the US by somebody who immigrated into the country that the terrorist attacks that have happened here by Islamic Islamists Have all been from people who were born in the United States or people who came here very early You know with the exception of San Bernardino where I think their wife came from Saudi Arabia again So Saudi Arabia somehow play always plays a role There's no basis for the idea that our intelligence agencies know that the Islamists are gonna come They're terrorists are gonna come from these seven countries and offer other countries And there's also no basis for the idea that the United States is somehow under Massive attack from Islamists and people are dying in the streets and there's a terrorist attack every day There are more terrorist attacks than they should be but almost all of the terrorist attacks that have occurred in in the United States since 9-11 were homegrown were people who were born here and were not immigrants this idea that Muslims are invading our country and committing horrific It's just not true. It might be true of Europe and we can talk about Europe and Europe is an interesting case But when it comes to the United States, there's just zero evidence of massive immigration into this country in the name of Disrupting this country and terrorizing this country and killing Americans. It's just not there So I think this ban is silly. It's stupid. It's premature It doesn't make any sense and then banning some countries are not other countries if you want to do a ban do a comprehensive ban and If you really want to do a ban and you want to have the full constitutional authority to do a ban Declare war for us to know who the enemy is. Alright, we're gonna take a call from Corey Corey Whoa, there you go. Hi. How's it going Corey? Hey, it's good. I'm going good here. You run. Thanks for the show I Could put you pretty much have answered my question, but I do have this that I wanted to add that I did Trump I did vote for Trump Unfortunately, I wasn't by I think I all excited about it. So As far as the wall goes though, I'm totally against that and my opinion is, you know Well, I'm gonna get to the wall in a future show focus and immigration. Let's try to focus. Thanks, Corey Yeah, yeah, so people are gonna come here Regardless, you know, I don't get here. However, they need to get here You know, kind of already as far as the countries that are genes put up That are you were talking about earlier I just want to know that he's doing that we're actually going to do the correct of vetting and I don't know exactly how It's gonna be fun. But I Don't know if I trust that the government to do the correct thing you as far as that scary coming over Scary when the government is responsible for vetting ideology and vetting ideas and vetting intentions It gets very dicey and one of the things that in the executive order. Thanks, Corey. I really appreciate the call Sorry, I cut him off. Sorry One of the things that I noticed in the executive order was This statement in order to protect Americans the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not be a Hostile attitudes towards it. I'm fine with all of that then it says and its founding principles So we won't let anybody into the United States if they bear hostile attitudes towards the founding principles of the United States Now if that were the standard You know, we would we should apply it to all Americans and by that standard we would have to kick out every university professor in this country or 90% of them and And many American citizens who have no concept of what the founding principles are and indeed have hostile attitudes towards it I think it's very dangerous very dangerous for the government to start figuring out what the You know who supports the founding principles and who doesn't if you have violent intentions It's the job of the government to Eliminate, you know to borrow you from entry but not based on your ideas Donald John Trump do solemnly swear a new era has started in America and with it a new attitude Outlock and feeling of purpose. It's going to be only America first can President Trump deliver on his promises from the campaign and will the Democrats come around and get on board Or just be a roadblock one thing's for sure It'll be interesting and you can follow it all right here a 560 the answer box news radio I'm Karen McHugh protesters at New York's JFK International say they are alarmed over President Trump's executive order on the extreme betting of Muslims coming to America from 7 Middle Eastern and African nations back a heller the director of the International Refugee Assistance Project says similar situations are happening nationwide About a dozen individuals are being held there at the present time the president signed three more executive orders today one banning Administration officials from lobbying for five years after moving on Five-year ban that I've been talking about a lot on the campaign trail and we are now Putting it into effect another executive order instructs the Pentagon to present a plan in 30 days to defeat ISIS Fox News we report you decide How can you get from here to there? 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Let's let's take this list You know it's kind of interesting to me Iran is on the list first and foremost and that's a good thing Iran is a real threat to the United States I wish we recognized that fully and I wish we had identified as an enemy after 9-11 and taking care of it And and I think we still can it still should do that and it'll be interesting I understand that Donald Trump has given the Pentagon 30 days to submit a Plan to defeat and destroy ISIS and it's gonna be very interesting to see that plan very interesting I mean, I I hope they know what they're doing But I will I am willing to put a significant amount of money on the table that they have no clue Or that they won't present a plan that actually is doable because such a plan would involve replacing the regime in Iran But let's take the other countries. Iran's a real country a real threat Developing nuclear weapons. We have a deal with them. We'll see what Trump does with that deal much more important That limiting immigration limit limiting people from coming into the United States from Iran if from what I can tell There has not been a terrorist attack on American soil That has emanated from Iran or its allies in other places around the world like second America They has but Shiites, which is the type of Muslims that the Iranians are Have not attacked America on American soil. I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's true So Iran actually is not the primary funder of terrorist activity in the United States That is Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia as I mentioned before is not even on the list It's insane Iraq is Libya is Somalia Sudan is Syria and Yemen. What is unique to all these countries? What is the common denominator between Iraq Libya? Somalia Sudan Syria and Yemen Afghanistan is not on this which is interesting What's common to all these well, what's common to all of them is they have no government is That they are engaged in some form of civil war Iraq has nominally a government The others don't Yemen is in the midst of civil war Syria's in the midst of civil war Sudan and Somalia basically being civil war and anarchy forever Libya is basically in a civil war in the state of anarchy Iraq is in a civil war in a state of anarchy between Shiites Sunnis and Isis and everybody else Nobody nobody at these countries can object to what Donald Trump has just done He's not gonna get a memo from the prime minister the president say you can't do though from the king of Saudi Arabia God forbid we upset the king of Saudi Arabia He's not gonna get a memo this is these are like the safest countries to ban people coming from that you can imagine There's no diplomatic, you know, nobody diplomatically is gonna be upset Nobody's gonna make a big deal out of this. These are that the real hell holes of the Middle East But not not the funders of terrorism not the most religious adamants Not the recruitment basis for Isis and al-Qaeda necessarily These are just the places where people are fighting and killing each other right now But you know, none of that is relevant towards whether somebody is gonna be come to the United States to Terrorize us or not. So again, the whole choice of these seven countries is is low-hanging fruit It's the easy things. It's the things that won't upset the people who we try to pretend allies like the Saudis, so I'm much more radical than you guys are you guys are a Wimps when it comes to foreign policy, you guys think Donald Trump is tough Donald Trump. So wimp this list suggests wimph hood I mean, this is like a list who cares Take on Egypt. I'd like to see him take on Egypt Egypt a major US ally Do you know that we send Somewhere between two to three billion dollars billion with a B in foreign aid to Egypt every year I'd like to see Trump stop that right and and Egypt's a hub of Muslim brotherhoods It's granted the Egyptian president is on our side. He's trying to fight these the Islamists and trying to fight the Muslim brotherhood But that doesn't affect the people coming here Saudi Arabia Qatar Qatar funded ISIS funding ISIS. So This is a wimpy list. This is a list to appease you guys Particularly if you know nothing about them at least so if you're ignorant, sorry guys most of you are ignorant about the Middle East the Middle East is a pretty complex place and I bet you Here's another bet 60 70% of Americans Couldn't identify Saudi Arabia on a map would be my guess I'm not saying you who listened to the show couldn't but many Americans. This is the poll Pull pull one over us. It's to appease the base Which is what he's done from the beginning is try to appease his base It's an all-grill address and everything but it's not meaningful in any way other than the negative way in a sense That this says a precedent that in non wartime. We restrict immigration based on specific countries We've done it before in our past Not good that we're doing now and not the right countries not the right way to fight this war. You're listening to your own book show Stuck in traffic. 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That's 888-984 trade to reserve your seat That's 888-984-8723 888-984 trade or visit tradingacademy.com Intrigued inspired and possibly even angered Welcome back to the uran brook show on a 560 the answer Hey, we're talking about The ban on Immigrants some muslims from some countries in parts of the middle east a partial ban at best But is it even appropriate to have a ban and what exactly are we trying to achieve by doing this ban? But joel in the meantime Joel is really it seems like he's angry with me for calling americans wimps. Hey joel. How's it going? Uh It's going okay for me Um, I'm just curious you keep saying that's what you guys want Yeah, um like it What are you? Are you not one of us? I mean, I was born here. Well, I I didn't know if you were I was not I don't know how you have a radio show where you just insult everybody to call. So you call this wimps I do call this stupid. I I didn't call you wimps. I didn't call you stupid Call I I called donald trump. I called donald trump a wimp and I called this policy stupid And I'll stand by that. I you said anybody that believes what he's doing or Thinks this is a good thing is a wimp. I think that's right I think if you think this is a good thing Then you're a wimp because you're ignoring you're ignoring reality. You're ignoring facts You I am you're on I am really easy to sit behind your little microphone protected in your little no I I go out I go half of america wimp. Yes and stupid. Yes. Yes. I didn't call half of america stupid But let me tell you this I don't sit behind a microphone I don't know what you do joe, but I go on university campuses. I go in front of audiences I go to washington dc. I actually go and articulate my case I believe that if we are going to engage in stopping islamic terrorism Then we have to engage in a proper war. We have to define the enemy We have to crush that enemy and you don't do that by trying to avoid insulting Saudi Arabia, which is what donald trump is doing I we don't do that by defining the countries that you limit immigration from by those countries that have that The weakest and have the most pathetic governments are they not going to oppose you. This is a wimpy foreign policy That's what it is not if if if what's his name before barma had done this and I had said he was a wimp You would have cheered me. You would have said that's wonderful, but the people who voted for trump. I've seen this You guys are willing to accept everything that he does almost blindly You're willing to accept everything that he does is a good thing You're on you're just said it again. I did I did you guys who voted for trump That's right. Where are you guys? What are you? I didn't vote for trump. I didn't vote for trump I'm not I didn't I'm an american I'm an american but I didn't vote for trump and I didn't vote for hillary because I thought they were lousy lousy awful unamerican choices But I am an american and I will defend america and I will voice You still make it a choice You don't have I I that's right. I made a choice not to decide between two very evil candidates That's a decision. Absolutely Half the country wins. I can call them. It's called free speech That choice to call half the country stupid and half the country wins and you say you guys You're not an american so i'm an american. I'm an american. I'm an american citizen See that that's a difference say you guys get tells me right there. You're not one of us No, I I said you guys about people who support trump You an american by accident You an american by accident people voted for trump trump won. Yes. He did. So you're saying that anybody that voted for trump All right, joe, I appreciate it. I can't disconnect you from here, but maybe my producer can help out No, you're not you see this is the point you guys are americans by total accident You were born here. You you didn't you you have no concept of what the rest of the world is You didn't choose america. You just happen to be here. I chose this country I came here consciously because I believe in the founding principles of this country I believe in the right to life liberty in the pursuit of happiness I've studied the founding fathers and the founding principles of this country and I fight every day for the founding principles Of this country. I'm an american citizen by choice, which makes me a patriot by choice What are you? You just happen to be born here and that that gives you some kind of automatic patriotism with regard to america I am trying to save this country You guys I just want to you guys i'm saying you guys the people who voted for trump and Are willing to accept everything that he does that's who i'm referring to by you guys not everybody who voted for trump Not all americans and indeed i'm much more critical of people who voted for hillary, right? But i'm critical of most americans. I think this country is in bad shape I think we've lost this we've lost sight of the principles that made this country great and this this Abandoned immigration is an example of that And I think we've lost a backbone a backbone to actually defend ourselves, right? I'm not some pacifist leftist You know who believes that we should just we should just fold our tent and go away Or we should just succumb to the islamic threat or there is no islamic threat It's it's pretend. No, I believe there is a threat and I believe we should deal with it head on and we should deal with it Properly like americans used to I'm saying we become soft as a country. Yes, you have become soft as a country joe Right, you become soft And if you can't take criticism It if you you can't take criticism from an immigrant who was chosen to be an american citizen And you in a sense implying that I don't have a right to speak because I wasn't born in this country Then you better go back and read the founding documents of this country You better go back and gain an understanding of what this country actually stands for all right, so You know, let's let's think about What kind of what kind of country are we heading towards? Where we just accept whatever the president gives us, right? In this case this president if obama had that anything close to this we would have called hamer wimp We would have said that was pathetic. Why isn't saudi arabia on it? I also would love to know and and of course we don't know from donald trump or anybody in his administration What about all the business relationships that exxon has and that donald trump has with the middle east and with places like The united arab emirates in katal in dubai and saudi arabia And do we know that that's not why they are not on the list? And that these are countries where we don't have those business interests and therefore they made the list All right, you're listening to your own book show and i'm upsetting you and that's okay When the fountain head was first published more than 70 years ago iron rand's bold literary vision and groundbreaking philosophy of individualism captured the world's attention Initially rejected by 12 publishers as too intellectual the now Sorry about joel. I didn't know how far you wanted to let him go What motivates a creative thinker do you say something? I didn't do it desire to benefit me Sorry about joel. I didn't know how long you wanted to let him go No, that's fine. The problem is my um My uh connect thing when I press the the thing that usually disconnects them, it's not working Yeah, I've been running it from here. Um, I don't know how to tell you to fix that other than maybe restart your computer That would be the only thing that I don't think you restart. I don't think you restarted after you downloaded did you? No, I didn't so it's it's too late for this show. I'll uh This is a new computer and you know, it's I screwed up. So but next time it'll be fun So baby and ought to be order your copy today in amazon.com How do you would you like me to heat up some nuggets for dinner? 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Go to plated.com Yaron brook executive director of the iron rand institute speaks to audiences around the world Promoting iron rands ideas and talks and books now. He's on your radio here on am 560 the answer So we're talking today about uh, this ban on uh, seven countries the immigrants of seven countries Primarily obviously targeted Muslims, but that's not really included there It's it's more by suggestion and they're they're going to be exclusions and they're going to let people in on a case-by-case basis Um, and and I wanted to make clear I mean if you hold a violent ideology if you hold an ideology that suggests The overthrow of the u.s. Government or the murder of american citizens no matter whom they are Then you should not be allowed into the united states absolutely not You know if you are advocating for violence or if you hold an ideology that is advocating for violence and You know you're unapologetic about that You should be denied access Into the united states and if that's all that was being done and if that's ultimately What they will recommend, uh, that's fine. I just find this this uh 60 day or 90 day ban on immigrants with these seven countries I I find it mainly based on An appeasement of the base the people who voted for donald trump Let me also say this I understand that many of you voted for donald trump because you hated hillary clinton And I I don't blame you that that's that's fine. I hated hillary clinton. I I hated donald trump, too So I didn't vote for either one of them, but you guys Preferred one candid over another and I have nothing against that when I am saying you guys I'm talking about the people who are passionate about donald trump who Excuse everything that he does and who now claim. Oh, yo, we're sure that what he did here is based on intelligence briefing This is the same intelligence agencies did just a week ago He said were incompetent and didn't know what they were doing and he would not take briefing from them And he didn't trust them. So you selectively hear what donald trump says and you decide when In other words, I fear that there are too many of you Who are blindly following donald trump not all of you, but some of you and and that worries me It worries me in terms of the future of this country. It worries me in terms of the direction in which this country is going to go and You know, I am I am hopeful that many of you will wake up over the months and years to come In addition, I actually think a majority of americans an overwhelming majority of americans today and since 9 11 or wimps I I think you've had it We've had an opportunity to fight a proper war and to defeat islamic totalitarianism and we didn't do it Now we're going to take sharon's call quickly because uh, because uh, we're almost out of time sharon. Uh, you're on the run book show Hello Well, maybe yeah, I told you before thanks for taking my call. I voted for trump I have no regrets for having voted for him. I do have some halting reservations about his policies For example, I want to see tariffs eliminated. I don't want protectionism. I wish you fashion federalists I want as much power restored to the 50 states as possible Each state, for example has its own epa. We can eliminate the national epa We can reduce our federal government by at least 70 to 80 percent because we have a lot of overlapping laws A lot of redundancy. I'm glad he's taking a stand on the border because of this country's inception We've always been choosy about who we let in the country. That is not a bad thing I'm for immigration, but we're so far over our heads So I have to cut you off. I apologize But you know, I agree with 90 percent of what you said. I will say this I'm not I'm not as much of a states rights person as you probably are. I'm an individualist I believe in individual rights I believe that this country was founded to protect the rights of individuals Now I actually don't care whether the federal government, the state government, the local government, my local city, my local council Violates my rights. They're all wrong But I would like to see the federal government shrink by 80 to 90 percent I think it's doable and you've been listening to your own book show Where we don't just follow donald trump blindly We actually examine the facts and actually examine his policies talk to you next week This has been the your own brook show with your radical thanks, man As a host your own brook. Thank you. Have a good week. You too. Log on to iron red