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It's Mike O'Pelka on this Friday, celebrating Friday and the end of the week, and the end of Chris's plan for vacation. He returns on Monday. I'm sure a lot of you are happy about that. It's been my honor to be here throughout this week. Trying to keep our eyes on literally everything today. It is News Whack-A-Mole Day once again, as there are things breaking everywhere, including different reports on the alleged deal to end the military action, the war against Iran, trying to get Iran to stop its nuclear ambitions, stop threatening to destroy not just Israel, but the United States of America, etc., etc. The Iranian media initially told us they had a 14-point deal, and now it looks like there's a seven-point deal, a draft of this memorandum of understanding with the United States. And there are varying opinions on this. There are varying opinions that say, well, if this is true, if this comes to fruition, it'll be worse than the Obama deal with the Iranians, which, let's face it, that was a terrible deal. A terrible deal. Iran is alleged, according to one report, alleged to be receiving a whole bunch of money. And these are not people you can trust with a whole bunch of money. These are not people you can give billions of dollars to and tell them, whatever you do, don't spend it on candy, meaning nuclear weapons, because they will. They are not to be trusted. And I do believe the President understands that he is the ultimate dealmaker, in my opinion, and we'll see what happens. I know this is one of the priorities of the administration is get this deal done ahead of the President's birthday. Rans, according to the deal, they're going to continue charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. No, no, we can't do that, because you know what will happen. Not only will the Iranians use the money badly, as I said earlier, they're just not good with money. You will find other despotic nations doing similar with the waters around their countries. Something China would probably consider doing is putting tolls up. So it's an idea, all around, very bad idea, all around. CBS News apparently confirming the report from the Iranian media that the Mullahs, they're not giving up anything. So the President will likely, if that's true, the President will likely reject the offer. I'll see, we'll see. Nothing is done until it's done, right? Nothing is done until it's signed, or as my old agents used to say, you can't count the money until the check clears. That's how it's got to be. It ain't real money until the check clears, and you're spending it. We're also keeping our eyes on the markets today, because when we came into the day to day, the markets were really popping. Again, for a second day in a row, there was great momentum building, and we were hoping to end the week on a very positive turn. And currently, as we're talking right now, all the major indexes are up. The Dow up almost 500 points today. It was around 150 a while ago. It seems to be moving pretty well. So maybe there was hope on the deal. And SpaceX apparently set to open at $165 a share down from the initial estimate of $175 a share. I'm not somebody who completely understands the timing on these issues. So I would not listen to me if you were looking for advice on whether or not you should throw some of your shekels at the SpaceX IPO. I'm a fan of Elon Musk, and the work he does, and I think he is our generation's Einstein, our generation's great inventor. A lot of great inventors all bald into one. And so I trust that he will be successful. So I would maybe buy a couple of shares if I can afford it. But that's me. I may wait for a bounce. We'll see what happens there. Also have been talking back and forth about this Gavin Newsom podcast that comes out at around 9am West Coast time. And it features an interview, a sit down with Gavin Newsom and Hunter Biden, and they're joking about a ticket with Gavin at the top and Hunter Biden as the VP. And my favorite part of it is that Hunter's saying that he wants to be the vice president because it's an easier job, right? He wants to be the VP. He says because the residence is cooler. I don't know how you get cooler than the White House. That's pretty darn cool, especially if you've got your situation room, you know, and we don't know really what's underneath the White House, do we? Not completely. But in case you missed it earlier today, we played this very short clip Gavin Newsom teasing the interview with Hunter Biden. I'm joined today by presidential candidate Hunter Biden, 2028. Yuck yuck yuck. Hunter Biden been saying, joking about it online. Does he have presidential timber? Wouldn't that be the ultimate nepo baby? Hunter Biden? Come on, Hunter. You got more buzz out there than you got the president of the United States, Donald Trump, talking about your candidacy for president of the United States. You know why President Trump talks about it? Because the bonehead media asks them about it. The same reason the president called Graham Plattener a pig is because somebody in the media asked him about the candidate from Maine, the guy who wrote Maine Conf with the Nazi tattoo. That's the reason the president talks about it because he answers questions, unlike the last administration. But this is where it got interesting with Hunter Biden and Newsom. Give you a break for just one day at least. Here's the deal. Here's the deal. I'll run, but only as your VP because the truth of the matter is the vice president's residence is a lot cooler. It's a lot easier job too. A lot easier job too. I think that's the key for Hunter. He's a slacker. Really, ultimately, he is a slacker. I want to talk about some other slackers and some other irritating Democrats because they've been saying some ridiculous things this week. I want to grab a quick call though and say, Petersburg, Dick is calling. Dick, welcome to the Chris Plant Show. Good morning. Good morning, sir. I just wanted to comment on, first of all, yeah, Bruce and Newsom and Hunter Biden, they're both pathetic. They're not and they don't even, they don't even reach my caliber of a joke because they don't have a clue what it takes to run a business as large as the United States of America. This is a country that, even though it has many faults, back during the Vietnam War, I fought for it. And there were a couple of times that I should not have made it through the night, but by God's grace, I did. I persevered. And that's what much of this country is made of, people that persevere, people that when they meet a speed bump in the road, they learn how to adapt, go around it, or do whatever it takes to go over it. As far as this deal with Iran, this is a mentality, such as what the last type of mentality anywhere close to similar to this was during World War II when we faced, when the United States faced both the Japanese and the Germans during World War II. Only this type of mentality that we're facing with the Iranians now, they are very patient, very patient. How many years did they wait before they finally took down the financial center of New York City on September 11th? Most of the hijackers were Saudis. So, I can't slap that on the Iranians, but the Iranians do display patience. They were very patient and waiting, waiting until they had enough nuclear fissile material before they really started moving towards a bomb. They have developed a massive stockpile of drones, of missiles, of rockets, and anti-aircraft equipment. Now, we've taken out a lot of that, but you're right, they've been very patient. So, I do think the president's deal-making is on display here, and I hope he has the, I hope he's got this down pat, and I think he is working towards a great solution on this. But yeah, I agree with you on that. Now, I have to thank you for your service. There's so many of our friends and relatives who served in Vietnam never got the appropriate thank you from this country. And that wall that sits in DC is just one of the most humbling experiences anybody can see when you stand at that wall and touch the names, especially if you have a connection to them. So, I'm, Dick, I'm glad your name is not on that wall. You probably know some of the people who are there, but I want to personally thank you for your service to the country. And I hope we get this deal done with the Iranians. Thank you, sir. God bless. I want to talk about projection, because one of the things the Democrats are geniuses at is projection, meaning they accuse you of something they are doing. They are the ones who point a finger at you, and there's three point right back at them. And I think we should give out a projection award to Democrats every single day, because they are truly the projection winners, the projection professionals. One of the nominees for today's projection award is Hakim Jeffries, the guy who karate chops the air wherever he is, even if he's standing not in the same room as somebody talking on television, those hands are still moving. So you've got to duck him. But he was on MS-13 now yesterday projecting a little bit. We believe that we have to operate under the assumption that Republicans are going to do everything they can to try to rig the midterm elections. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We're still counting votes in California. They are right now, as we speak, over a week and a half later still counting votes in California. And what is that, Hakim Jeffries? We believe that we have to operate under the assumption that Republicans are going to do everything they can to try to rig the midterm elections. Everything they can. Three fingers point right back at you. While I think that's a good nomination for the projection award this week, there may be a better nominee. And it might be one of the more despicable members of the Democrat Party. Of course, I'm talking about Ilhan Omar. See you. Jerry Seinfeld has said again last night, Palestine doesn't exist. Do you think that's dangerous rhetoric for someone with such a big platform? I mean, Jerry Seinfeld has been really horrific human being. So Jerry Seinfeld's a horrific human being. He made people laugh for decades. So Ilhan Omar, that's projection number one. She says Jerry Seinfeld, a horrific human being. An example when it comes to talking about the reality of the genocide that Israel has carried out. So she's believing Israel's carried out of genocide and Jerry Seinfeld because he said there is no Palestine, which there isn't. That makes him a horrific human being. And I think when people prioritize their own people in the interest of harming others. Interesting. Here you have someone who came to this country and is saying when you prioritize your own people over the interest of others. Gee, I wonder, I wonder if that applies to her. Isn't that interesting? This is massive projection. It's very dangerous. Oh yeah, dangerous. And I don't even think of him as like just a celebrity or someone who has a platform in that danger, but it is dangerous just as a human being to talk the way that he does. Well, it's just dangerous as a human being to talk the way he does. Gee, it's dangerous as a human being for you to talk the way you do. Just saying. Can we ever get an answer on the anniversary date for when she married her brother? Can we? I'd like to be able to send the appropriate happy wedding anniversary card to Ilhan Omar. Can somebody take care of that? I got to take a break.888-630-9625.888-630-9625. She's your projection award winner today. It's Opelka Infraplant on the Chris Plants Show. Some people did something. Okay, Micah. What do you want now? Roy is coming home, baby. Can't you feel it? The excitement, the group chat, the atmosphere. Well, come on. I've got a good feeling about this one, Roy. The world's gone. Football! Okay, Dan. A bit. It is the Chris Plants Show. Michael Pelka, my name sitting in for my friend. And golly, Bob, howdy. It got late, fast, didn't it? I have barely a little more than a half an hour. And then Chris returns on Monday. And I have truly enjoyed being here, especially with this audience, a reactive audience, which I love all of you. Talking earlier about Hunter Biden and possibly the vice presidential candidate along with Gavin Newsom and challenging people to come up with the appropriate slogans for these two. Eric is calling from Ashburn, Virginia. Eric, welcome to the Chris Plants Show. Hey, Michael, how are you doing? Good, sir. Good, sir. You got one for us? A good one? I've got one for you, the showman and the snowman. Wow, the showman and the snowman. Yeah, let's hope it's not. Let's hope he's still not the snowman. Hunter Biden, he would never have lost his crack, his cocaine in the White House. Would he? No, never. They're still looking for the person who left it behind. That's true. That's very good. Thank you, Eric. Appreciate it. So let's go to Michigan, where Aaron is under the watchful eye of Big Gretch. I'm sure Aaron, welcome to the Chris Plants Show. You got a you got a thought for us? Yes, I do, sir. Up in smoke for both Newsom and Hunter. Yeah, it works on two levels. It works on two levels. It works on the fires and it works on the on the pipe, as it were. Very well done. Well, nice and efficient. That's what we love. I have to get to a couple of stories. I've been talking about the Democrats swing towards socialism. And I really feel like what we're seeing is a party in transition. Well, as we talked about it earlier this week, and I've been trying to keep my eyes there's a great piece in Town Hall today about Democrats becoming all one thing or all the other. That's the headline. Scott Hogan's in on it. I'll give you just a hip tip. But if you're Town Hall reader, you know it. It feels like there's a big shift happening. I said that carefully. Shift happens. Michael Palke in for Chris Plants on the Chris Plants Show. Self in the filmmaking magic at Warner Brothers Studio Tour London, the making of Harry Potter. Tickets must be booked in advance. WBstudiotour.co.uk It is the Chris Plants Show. Michael Palke guest hosting this week wrapping up today. Chris returns on Monday. Thank you for being here today. The 12th of June, hopefully will be a consequential day that we get an agreement with the Iranians. I know it'll take till Sunday to get all the eyes dotted and teased crossed and then everybody together somewhere, maybe in maybe in Switzerland, and they'll sign the agreement. Hopefully it will come together. Right now, they're still working on things. But maybe June 12th will be an important day. I'm looking at this day in history because every day is an important day. We go back and look and see what happened in history on this day back in the day. This was in 1942, and Frank turned 13 and got a diary that would become quite a historic piece of writing. On this day in 1944, we talked about D-Day happening over the weekend. Last weekend, we talked about D-Day and the heroic efforts of the United States and our allies to corral and Hitler's march on Europe. D-Day was a big deal, but six days after, which would be today, six days after the Allied forces converged together in Normandy and created this powerful moving line. It's kind of an important day as well. In 1967 on this day, the Supreme Court said, you're banning interracial marital assets on constitutional. That was kind of a big day in our country, I think, on this day in 1994. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered by OJ. There was another big event that happened on this date in 1987 when President Ronald Reagan made a challenge. Mr. Gorbachev teared down this wall. Those were great moments in world history. And of course, the Berlin Wall did eventually come down, but that moment, I was thinking about this moment because they announced yesterday that the movie Reagan, which came out in 2024, the movie that starred Dennis Quaid and Penelope and Miller, is great film. And it was in theaters for a while, did fairly well, but it's coming back for July 4th. It's coming back for the 250th. So if you're a fan of history and a fan of great performances, it handles the Reagan story, I think, very fairly and deals with the challenges the President had at the end of his life as well. It's a great love story, but that is coming back to theaters. I recommend when you have a great movie, you see it on the big screen if you can. So just a hip tip from me on that. I did mention the Democrat Party seems to be trending towards socialism. You look at the mayor of New York City, you look at Nithya Raman, who will be one of the people in the runoff, apparently, for the mayor of Los Angeles gig. And those are socialists, those are big time socialists. You look at this situation in Seattle where the young lady who was living with her parents until very recently got elected. God knows what's going to happen to that city in Portland, Oregon, in the state of Oregon. And now we have Bernie Sanders buddy, Graham Platner, who does sound to me like he's a guy who could tilt quickly towards socialism. So is it happening? Is that what's going on? I think the Democrat Party, we used to laugh about the squad and talk about how dangerous and difficult the squad would be if they ever got more power and it kind of feels like they're drifting that way. AOC, Ionopressly, Ilhan Omar, the numbers are growing. And if they are starting to elect the Platners, the Mamdamis, the Ramans of this world, and you could look at Chicago and say the same thing, the city of Chicago with its mayor, Brandon Johnson. This is a dangerous time, I believe. You know, the left likes to say we're at a tipping point. I think the Democrat Party's at a tipping point and there's a terrific breakdown on Town Hall. If you would like to take a look at this, Scott Hoganston has written the headline is Democrats will become all one thing or all the other and a great historical perspective on it if you want to check it out. Speaking of Chicago, I am a, like Chris, I'm a Chicago born guy, lived my early childhood and early adult life in the city of Chicago or the suburbs. As such, I was a Chicago Bear fan. Still am, still am, ever hopeful for the Chicago Bears. And I was prepping for the show today and I saw, came up in my feed, Chicago Bear legend Brian Erlacher talking about what the Democrats are doing in Chicago, especially as it relates to the location of the Bears. It looks like the Bears are done very soon in the city of Chicago, which will in fact break my heart. But I do take comfort in the fact that I think they'll always be the Chicago Bears after all the New York football teams playing New Jersey. And nobody makes them officially be called the New Jersey giants or the New Jersey Jets. So they'll always be the Chicago Bears to me. But when I watch Erlacher talking about this, Brian Erlacher talking about this, I learned something about him I did not know. And that is that his politics appear to be in the common sense department. I just don't see how as a state, was it a legislator, governor, city mayor, how you can let this team leave the state of Illinois or even be a topic of discussion. You know, you do what you have to do to keep the Bears there. The fans, we have some of the best fans in the world for any sport. If I was those guys, I would probably do what I had to do to keep them in the state of Illinois. Maybe not a soldier field, because I was already off the table, but they had origin heights planned out. They have the land bought already. Find a way to keep them there and they have dates, they just don't care. You know, that they're putting their money in other places that maybe aren't as important. So he said they're putting their money other places that maybe not as important. That made my ears prick up. I thought, okay, he's talking sports logic here. But when he said that, I said, oh, can you say more, Brian Erlacher? You know, you look at all the money they've given to illegal immigrants and the money they've set aside for that's like two and a half, three billion dollars that they've spent on the illegal immigrants. That money could be, you know, could be for the Bears, could be trying to keep them not for the Bears, but trying to keep their stadium in town instead of keeping people that aren't supposed to be in our country here. Very interesting. When a former sports star, you know, he's not making the gigantic books that you would normally make playing pro football at the level he played, we'll make that statement and go very public with it. You know, sponsors might be nervous about that, but it's common sense and he's right. And I hope the people of Chicago realize this the next time they get to make a choice in either the city or the state government that the money is being spent on people who aren't supposed to be here, spend it on the people who are here, maybe not necessarily in the sports stadium discussion, but it is an important topic. Anything that President Trump does on Montborn with, I don't know if he's going to do it great. If not, he's going to, he has a pecking order. He's going to follow whatever he does and everything he's done so far has been great. So just keep it up. Would you like? I like the idea. This is a loyal conservative. I was totally surprised by this. Had no idea. Very happy to see Brian Erlocker, Chicago Bear, Brian Erlocker stepping up and announcing his conservatism. That was kind of cool. Very cool. The other story that surprised me greatly is what is bubbling under after the conviction of Carmelo Anthony, the young man in Texas who's now facing 35 years behind bars. He will have to serve at least 17 and a half years. That's the way Texas law works. If you're convicted of murder, you have to serve at least 50% of your sentence. And what's concerning me is the very loud statements being made that I think are meant to divide us as a nation. I think it's getting to a point where it's very dangerous. And I saw a podcaster named Larry Reed who is basically calling for a mass exodus of Black Americans to leave this country. Which if you want to leave, look Rosie O'Donnell wanted to leave. She left, but I think she also still owns property here so she can come back whenever the hell she wants. But this is a very interesting response and this is saying that America is not an opportunity laid land for these folks. Some disturbing things here. I just want to play a little bit of this guy because he has a substantial audience. He's not a top tier podcaster. He's not in the Joe Rogan category, but he's in a category that has a decade-long following of significance. To begin to think about this America and the white people problem that we have. White people problem. Okay, now I didn't realize that was a problem, but continue. I'm going to make a statement. Okay, I'm with you. We know that Martin Luther King, the beginning of his work, was all about integration. We do know that later on that did change. Did it, did it. Can we talk about that? Integration has had great benefits. I think now, unless you must stay in America, unless you are supposed to be in the USA. Now what does that mean? What does it mean unless you have to stay in America or unless you must be in the USA? It's a choice to live here. People have a choice to live here. It's not, there's no requirement. You're not mad. There is no, dare I use the word slavery? Otherwise, if you're black, integration has had great benefits. I'm telling you, and I'm saying this as a collective, let's drain this place of his benefits and make our mass exodus. So this guy is saying we should drain America. Take, take as much money as we can out of America and then leave it. Gee, that's a, that's not really a grown-up position, is it? It really isn't. It's a horrible way to think about things. No, I thought we were all about trying to fix America. I thought that's what both sides are trying to do, is say, hey, this is my vision for the country. Why can't we make the country better this way? I see this problem. Let's discuss it and fix it. No, this is somebody who does have a substantial following, as I said. He's got a pretty large following. He's a mid-tier guy. He's saying let's basically drain America and then leave it. Not exactly what I would call a beautiful idea. Not exactly what I would call an adult idea. He might even use the word rape America and then leave it or stab America and let it bleed out. It's disgusting to me, but he has a following and we need to be aware of it. I do know that we've had maybe one of the greatest reactions to the question I asked earlier today in my history of guest hosting in the Chris Planche show. We asked what should we call the Gavin Newsom, Hunter Biden ticket that Gavin Newsom and Hunter Biden kind of joked about yesterday on Newsom's upcoming podcast with potential for Newsom Biden to be the 2028 Democrat ticket. What should we call them? And you guys have responded. Let me grab one more of those to add to my very lengthy list. I'll remind you my idea was hair, gel and hookers, but some of you have come up with even better. Let's go to Thomas in Tennessee. Thomas, you have the floor, sir. Thank you. Thank you for taking my call, Mike. You're welcome. Can you hear me? Yeah, you're coming in loud and clear. Sound great. All right. My idea for the name of the ticket, the Spoo Bar ticket. And you know how much Chris appreciates acronyms. The Spoo Bar ticket. I just want to see it on a bumper sticker with their two pictures above it. I mean, you know, there is a thing called Etsy. You know, you can make your own stickers. Thank you, thank you, my call, Mike. Have a good day. Thank you, brother. God bless you. Have a great weekend. Yes, Thomas in Tennessee with the word and a good suggestion. You can go to Etsy and make your own stickers. There are all kinds of places you can make your own hats and stickers and shirts and all that stuff. The Spoo Bar ticket. And you know what? It kind of fits, doesn't it? All right. I'm going to take a break. We'll grab whatever remain calls we can before we get out of here and put a bow on the show. It's Michael Pelkett into Chris Plant on the Chris Plant Show. In person and on the go. Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup. It is the Chris Plant Show. Michael Pelkett wrapping up. What has been an absolute joy to be with you. Thank you, Jane, demanding the phones or handling the phones. Jeff Wolf on the board for Michael Piercy today and you, the audience, been incredible. I want to go to the phones once more about first we were talking about socialism and the Democrats drift towards socialism. Wow. I forgot about this. Thank God. Jeff Wolf reminded me Donald Trump made mention of a potential socialist winning a Democrat city here in Washington DC. There's a Democratic primary for mayor. One of the two leading candidates, Janice Lewis George, is running a Azura and Mondami campaign. So focused on socialist policies. How would you feel if she emerges victorious in next Tuesday's? Well, I wouldn't like it. And maybe we'll take back Washington, run it on the federal basis. We won't put up with it. We're not going to lose our businesses. By the way, Washington now is a safe, beautiful place. He's right. Safe, beautiful place. I like that attitude, Mr. President. I like it a lot. And speaking of I like it a lot. We were talking earlier about all of the great names that you guys came up with for the Gavin Newsom Hunter Biden campaign. Slick and crack, crack and burn, showman and the snowman, grift and graft, eye candy and nose candy. Oh, my God, that was so good. Tom and Jerry, Charisma and Barisma. Those were some of the goons making grift great again. The Sodom and Gomorrah party and ticket. Let's go to skip in Montgomery County, Maryland. Hello, Skip. You want to add to the list of potential names? Sure do. I've got two possibilities. They're both kind of movie related. Okay. Dumb and Dumber and the other is Bokey and the Banger. Well, this is interesting because Dumb and Dumber, that works for me because we both use both sides of the aisle to call out the other. But Smoky and the Banger. I guess, you know, Hunter would be mad that he's not the Banger, but he has history of being Smoky and Gavin Newsom has a history of inappropriate behavior with the wife of a campaign manager back in his day. And everybody seems to forget about that, which is kind of funny to me. Those are two good ones, Skip. Dumb and Dumber and Smoky and the Banger. We're going to have to work on this. God forbid that becomes the ticket or maybe that's a good thing if that becomes the ticket because that would mean whatever we put together should have a walk in the park against Smoky and the Banger. We'll see. I still don't believe Hunter Biden is a serious candidate. I think he's absolutely trying to find a way to create some kind of political action committee that will then fund his activities for the next four years, whatever they are. And I do hope he stays sober. I hope anybody who's fighting addiction stays sober. I have enjoyed my time here, as I said. Thank you all, everybody who reached out and participated. You are amazing people. Get out, have a great weekend, love your country, enjoy every sandwich and Testudo, my friends. Testudo.
