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0:00 Donald Trump already knows that his birthday is and is going to be a complete failure and it is the reason that he just shut down the White House. Donald Trump is about to put on a $60 million spectacle that he doesn't want anyone to watch because it might get rained out. It is certainly going to be filled with bugs and birds and the worst people in the country. And so Donald Trump is trying to distract us from his distraction. That is how bad things have gotten for our octogenarian president. Donald Trump's birthday has completely blown up in his face and it makes me just so happy because the White House is already in shambles and the rain hasn't
0:46 even started coming down yet. We are going to get into what Donald Trump did to shut down the White House. But we just got to start with how they're already prepping for a day that is bound to fail, a little bit of news on no kings, and we'll wrap up with a message from Brian Tyler Cohen. So, you're going to want to stick around for all of it. But let's first get into the White House panic. White House braces for a potential birthday party spoiler. The president's birthday has long been heavily promoted, but an uncontrollable force of nature may now threaten to disrupt it. Donald Trump hopes to ring in his birthday with a cage fight extravaganza, but organizers are scrambling this morning to please him while grappling with the one thing that no one can control, the weather. The
1:31 Sunday event is set to take place on the same day as heavy thunderstorms are expected in Washington DC. I can't stop myself from laughing with lightning and even the possibility of a tornado. Those aren't good. Threatening to disrupt plans for the America 250 celebrations. Standard contingency plans for weather are in place to ensure the safety of the president and all patrons. A White House official said in a statement to the Hill. Thousands of people are expected to attend the UFC event with a massive structure nicknamed the claw has been erected on the White House lawn. The structure towers over the fighting arena known as the octagon and features a steel framework fitted with large beam lights, two things that are great at
2:17 attracting bugs and lightning. The heavy metal construction could be vulnerable in thunderstorms as exposed structures conduct electricity efficiently, posing a particular safety concern if severe weather moves. And this is just so funny. I would have never wanted to do it. I would have never said that we could do it. They have to be in a controlled environment, Donald Trump's friend Joe Rogan said on his podcast Wednesday, adding that it would be better if the event was cancelled and moved indoors. The uncontrollable force of nature risk disrupting more than just a small birthday party as Donald Trump's celebration has grown into a $60 million production requiring nearly 500 portable
3:02 toilets, hundreds of trucks, up to 900 contractors, and support from at least seven federal agencies. The president has already faced a setback a day before his birthday after a judge ruled that his name has been unlawfully added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. And of course, it has been removed from the building. Here's a quick conspiracy for you. Is there any way that Donald Trump is doing all of this to just justify the ballroom again? Is is there any chance that like the whole thing is going to get shut down? He's gonna say, "Well, this is why we need a ballroom." It is going to be a disaster. high percentage chance of rain and thunderstorms. 100% chance of birds and bugs and poo poo and mosquito bites and all of that. But it's not the only thing that is going wrong. Not just in
3:48 the White House, it is also around the White House. Partially the reason that we're going to get into why it's being shut down is the No Kings protest happening today. On Trump's 80th birthday, a White House UFC fight will compete with No Kings in a Jane Fonda concert for America's attention. A concert for the first amendment just before the first fights at the White House began. A concert celebrating the rights granted by the first amendment of US Constitution will kick off in New York City. Go New York Go New York Go. The Rise Up Sing Out event will feature appearances and performances from a list of major stars like B. Midler, Julia Roberts, Patty Smith, and many others. It's being planned by the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that was founded in 1947 to protest the
4:34 government's investigations into alleged communist activities in Hollywood at the time. No Kings events are also happening across the country with hundreds of cities organizing protest against Donald Trump. Of course, this entire authoritarian administration. So, Donald Trump is going to be competing with uh Jane Fonda with protests all across the country. Uh, and of course the fact that nobody wants to see this [ __ ] Uh, and they're saying that it might be bigger than the Super Bowl. I cannot wait for these bad ratings to come in. It is going to be like Kid Rock Turning Point USA halftime show ratings. They're going to be piss poor. And so Donald Trump, knowing that all of this horribleness is about to happen, decided we're shutting down the White House and we're kicking everybody out. White House will be closed to reporters during UFC fight
5:20 unless UFC lets them in. The White House is seating control of who gets into the fight event on the South Lawn in a break with tradition. What a surprise there. The White House press corps won't be allowed on White House ground Sunday because of a UFC fight being hosted on the South Lawn. According to an email sent by the White House Correspondents Association and obtained by the Washington Post, the association's president told members in an email that only the White House press poolers, the designated journalists who follow the president on behalf of various news outlets when he is in locations that cannot accommodate a larger group will be allowed on the White House grounds unless UFC gives them press credentials. The White House Correspondents Association has been pushing back on this, but we have been told there will
6:06 be various Secret Service access points across campus and that the White House's Lawn is being used as the staging area for the Fighters and UFC filming zone. And the White House is standing firm. On Sunday, reporters won't be allowed access to the White House briefing room, their press workspaces, or Pebble Beach, an area on the north lawn used for television appearances. Now, let's think about this. Donald Trump is having $60 million spent on his birthday. There's going to be motocross. There's going to be fireworks. I'm sure there's going to be McDonald's. There's going to be all sorts of spectacle. They built the big cage. It's going to be so exciting. They've got lights that are literally blinding pilots flying into DCA airport. And he doesn't want us to see it. He
6:53 doesn't want press there. Donald Trump loves the press covering his big parties. He loves it. He wants them there. He wants more photos. He wants more attention. Isn't that what this is about? Isn't this a distraction? A UFC fighter, one that Donald Trump deliberately added to the card. Derrick Lewis said, "This is a good distraction from everything that's happening." Literally said, admitted, "This is a distraction." But Donald Trump doesn't want the press there. Why is that? Why wouldn't he want the press? He's obsessed with the press. Might it be that he knows it's going to be a massive [ __ ] failure? Might it be the fact that Donald Trump knows that this is going to be a complete humiliation of him? That maybe he doesn't want press taking photos of him covered in mosquito
7:39 bites? Maybe he doesn't want photos of everyone sweating their ass off or running away from the rain. Might it just be that Donald Trump knows that this is a disaster? So instead of allowing that to be captured, they're just shutting down the White House entirely to the press. And what a surprise that is. This administration is not only covering up the files. They're not just covering up Donald Trump's failing health. They're also covering up the fact that his birthday was a massive mistake. This was a massive mistake. If they let real journalists in, all that they would see is people sweating their little tushes off, covered in bug bites, and probably like bird poop dropping down as even Joe Rogan is like, "What is going on here?" So, of course, Donald
8:25 Trump is shutting down the White House to any press that would want to come and report on how badly his birthday went because it's going to be a disaster. Believe you me, this is not going to go well. And Donald Trump is well aware of that. It is why he is kicking everybody out. It is why he knows this is going to be a disaster. It is why there's going to be Secret Service patrolling everywhere because Donald Trump is well aware of the fact that if the press came in, they would see how poorly it's going to go. It is going to be a disaster of a party. And so he will attack and lash out against anyone who says that truth, that this is a [ __ ] that this is a mistake, that it is a humiliation of our country. But that is what happens when
9:11 you trumpify America. You know, we've been talking about it on the show that Donald Trump has largely tried to frame a lot of the projects that he's carried out. The ballroom, the arch that he wants to build, throwing gold everywhere, the UFC as a beautifification project. Hell, his reflecting pool, he said, was beautifification, and now it's filled with algae. But really, what it is is a Trumpification of America. And how do Trump events usually go? um pretty well for him financially. He scams everyone and then you're left holding the bag of [ __ ] and paying the bill and then uh the structure collapses. Like that's a Trump party. That's how it goes. That's the best case scenario. That was his first presidency. It's certainly the second.
9:56 And so of course he's going to ban or attack the media who want to cover that. And he's now doing it with creators, with people like David Pacman or Brian Tyler Cohen, who spoke out about how no matter what enemies list he's put on, he's not going to be intimidated by it. And that's what I want us to hear. To close this show, I started thinking about the way that I felt when I watched law firms like Paul Weiss capitulate to Trump because it was easier for them and how Trump saw that and felt emboldened. I remember how I felt when ABC and CBS settled insane lawsuits with Trump because it was easier for them and how Trump saw that and felt emboldened. I remember how I felt when tech CEOs and companies lined up to pay Trump millions for his ballroom because it was easier for them and how Trump saw that and felt
10:43 emboldened. I remember being so [ __ ] angry because in effect those people and their decision to try and make their own lives easier actually made the rest of us less safe, less secure in our democracy because now Trump knows how easy it is to wield the government against his enemies to get his way. So when I saw my name on Trump's newest enemies list, the absolute last thing I was going to do was the same thing all those other cowards did. fold the Trump, get themselves out of trouble, and not think about the effect that it was having on everybody else. So, if that means I have to speak out every [ __ ] day, then that's what I'm going to do. I'll go on national television and call Trump out. I'll go online and call Trump out. And I will do my level best to make sure that the White House knows that I wear their inclusion of me on their enemies list as a badge of honor. And
11:31 any other content creators whose name appear on that list will do the exact same thing. And the only net result of this list will be that the White House has in effect elevated the voices and profiles of the very people they sought to suppress. I will dedicate my life right now to ensuring that this move backfires because independent media might not have the resources as big law firms, as big tech companies, as legacy media companies. But what we do have is a willingness to speak out against this corrupt White House and to stop at nothing in our effort to do so. And that is what I and the rest of independent media will continue to do so long as we've got breath in our body. >> Donald Trump can shut out the White House from press. He can try to hide his
12:16 big birthday disaster. He can attack us. He can put us on lists. He can call us enemies of the state. He can try to, you know, browbeat us into submission. It's not going to work. Right. Brian Tyler Cohen is maybe the OG. like he is the goat of this. Kyle Kolinsky, TYT, Pac-Man, Brian, of course, Midas has been doing it a long time. He is an OG of the political creator space, right? He kind of built all of what we inhibit now, right? We owe I don't want to be like, you know, he's founding father of YouTube over here, but like come on. Brian Tyler Cohen has been doing this forever and Donald Trump thinks he's going to stop just because you put him on some list on a website. No, you are just going to
13:02 embolden the guy and I am glad. That is the type of energy that we need and that we need to keep and that we are going to on the show. Thank you, Brian. We're actually going to be talking to him later today. And if you want to stick around for that, as always, you can hit that subscribe button, leave a like on this video. If you stuck around to the end, drop a blue heart in the comments. Keep on fighting, y'all. Don't let them silence you. an unhappy birthday to Donald Trump.
