Your News Talk America with Jake Smith – 10/28/2025
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9:06
Show Open:
- Chuck Schumer slams GOP's claim that Democrats want to give healthcare to illegals as an 'effing lie.'
- Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer slammed Republicans' claim that Democrats shutdown the government to provide illegal immigrants with free health care as a "total, absolute, effing lie" during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday. (MSNBC/Morning Joe)
- Republicans argue Obamacare has done the opposite, with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., telling FOX Business, "Look at how much this is all costing us. Obamacare was sold on a lie. The costs have skyrocketed."
- Republican cave?
- Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., and Jen Kiggans, R-Va., are sent a letter to Speaker Johnson last Tuesday thanking him for his leadership during the shutdown but maintaining that Obamacare must also be dealt with before the end of the year.
- A major shake-up of ICE leadership is underway across the country as the Trump Administration moves to increase deportations.
- SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people!
- More than 40 million low-income food assistance beneficiaries are expected to receive less help with grocery bills — or no help at all — in the coming days.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funding, which Congress has already allocated for emergency scenarios, if the government shutdown stretches into November. (The Gateway Pundit)
- Do the Dem-Com’s want the entire country to learn how many Americans are on food stamps?
- Are illegals depriving American citizens of benefits?
- The Dem-Coms are ratcheting up their threats. Brandon Johnson outraged that illegals were being referred to as illegals.
- Chicago mayor was outraged he was asked a question about depriving his own (legal) citizens benefits in favor of illegals.
- Illinois Senator Dick Durbin Compares ICE Enforcing Immigration Law to WWII Internment Camps. Durbin failed to mention that HIS party did that! (The Gateway Pundit)
- The shake-up will affect approximately half of the country’s 25 ICE offices.
- Border Patrol officials will be taking over the ICE leadership roles.
- According to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, the shake-up is being spearheaded by Cory Lewandowski.
- Do Tom Homan and Pam Bondi need to stop threatening to arrest Michelle Wu, JB Pritzker, Brandon Johnson and Lori Lightfoot and start doing it? What is it going to take, a dead ICE officer?
Panelist:
Phil Reboli, Senior Director of Conservative Partnership Institute and former US Senate Legislative Director
9:20
Segment Topic:
- Grassley: Garland, Wray OK'd Arctic Frost Probe!
- First it was the Lincoln Bedroom and now we will have the Trump Ballroom. The Dem-Com’s are melting down over the construction of the “Trump Ballroom.”
- Eric Swalwell calls for the next Dem-Com president to destroy the Trump Grand Ballroom.
- Newsome and Kamala are talking about running in 2028.
Panelist:
Phil Reboli, Senior Director of Conservative Partnership Institute and former US Senate Legislative Director
9:35
Monologue:
10:08
Segment Topic:
The U.S.-China Trade War Isn't Cooling; It's Just Getting Started. A preview of the Trump-Xi meeting on Thursday.
By the time Trump meets with Xi on Thursday, he might face a deal where the United States needs much less from China.
The latest escalation between Trump and Xi arose after Beijing announced plans to restrict exports of rare-earth minerals, critical materials needed to power a wide range of electronics. (CNN)
Is it all about rare-earth minerals? If so, Trump has been working around Beijing to secure these much-needed substances (Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand).
The U.S. has been working to expand its supply chains to reduce reliance on China, as Beijing has limited exports of key components in technology manufacturing. (Fox News)
China processes around 90% of the world's rare earths, which go into everything from solar panels to smartphones, making supply of them to US manufacturers a key bargaining chip.
The last time Beijing tightened export controls - after Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods early this year - there was an outcry from many US firms reliant on the materials.
If rare-earth minerals are no longer critical to a U.S.-China trade agreement, is Xi in a weaker negotiating position?
But that’s hardly anything new — China, which controls the majority of the world’s supply of rare earth minerals, began putting measures in place to limit foreign access to them over 30 years ago. And as demand for China’s rare earths has increased since, so have the safeguards for allowing other countries to purchase them.
After meeting with Chinese trade negotiators in Malaysia over the weekend, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he anticipates the high-stakes meeting between Trump and Xi could result in “some kind of deferral” on rare-earth export controls.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who has led Chinese trade talks with Bessent, said the Treasury secretary told Chinese negotiators at their last meeting, “This is the last time we want to be talking about rare earths.” (CNN)
He’s right. “Some kind of deferral” simply means Xi is still going to be able to use access to rare earths as leverage over the United States any time he is perturbed with actions Trump takes.
And when Beijing inevitably announces new ramped-up export controls of rare earths, Trump will likely respond by threatening higher tariffs.
Scott Bessent told the BBC's US news partner CBS that this included a "final deal" on TikTok's US operations and a deferral on China's tightened rare earth minerals controls.
He also said he did not anticipate the 100% tariff on Chinese goods threatened by President Donald Trump coming into force, while China will resume substantial soybean purchases from the US. (BBC)
China is no longer purchasing soybeans from U.S. farmers. Which country have they been importing soybeans from?
Vietnam announced "unprecedented" trade access between the countries. Vietnam also agreed to buying Boeing jets worth more than $8 billion dollars from the US and American agricultural goods.
Trump began his whirlwind weeklong Asia trip on Sunday with a flurry of trade and mineral agreements with his Malaysian and Cambodian counterparts, as well as frameworks for trade pacts with Thailand and Vietnam.
The four countries, part of an 11-member regional bloc called the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), pledged to remove trade barriers, provide preferential market access to U.S. goods, and increase purchases of American agricultural, energy products, and aircraft.
They also agreed to cooperate with Washington on export controls, sanctions and access to critical minerals — commitments that appear to strengthen Trump’s standing in a region where Beijing has a growing clout.
How would you assess Trump’s accomplishments on trade (on his Asia trip) so far and will new trade deals have any impact on a deal with China?
What do American countries need from these agreements and how fast do they need them to kick-in?
Panelist:
Kenneth Rapoza, is an analyst at the Coalition for a Prosperous America. A trade association focused on industrial strategy and preserving investments in domestic manufacturing.
10:35
Segment Topic:
Segment Topic: (REBROADCAST OF 10/21/25)
The shutdown: It is not about revenues; it is about spending!
- Americans want low costs and patient-centered care. Obamacare has failed Americans. Excessive regulations and mandates ignore the needs of patients and drive up costs. To hide how unaffordable these bad policies are, the government gives Obamacare subsidies directly to insurance companies.
- The Biden COVID Credits made the problem worse. The result? Insurance companies profit at the expense of the American taxpayer.
- Why are ending these subsidies worth fighting for?
- The subsidies were supposed to be temporary. The Dem-Com’s agreed that they were a temporary COVID subsidy and would sunset. Why are they going back on their prior commitment?
- Is it possible to finally end Obamacare and replace it with something which does not fleece U.S. taxpayers?
Panelist:
Brittany Madni, EPIC Executive Vice President, Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
11:05
Segment Topic: (REBROADCAST OF 10/24/25)
- Remembering the Iraq War and those brave men and women who fought there:
- The Last 600 Meters, a 90-minute documentary looking back at the Iraq War, will be broadcast nationally on PBS on the eve of Veterans Day, November 10, 2025 at 10PM (check local listings).
- There is a hunger for films that celebrate the men and women fighting for our freedom that portray them objectively, without political commentary.
- The Last 600 Meters focuses on two of the deadliest battles of the Iraq War, in Najaf in the South against the Shiite Mahdi militia, and in Fallujah in the West against Sunni insurgents.
- The film tells the story of these battles, not through narration, but through the words and deeds of those who fought there. It tells the ground truth. This compelling documentary of urban warfare is newly relevant, in light of the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
- If you could list the three most positive aspects of our war in Iraq, what would they be?
Panelist:
Michael Pack, director and producer of The Last 600 Meters.
Mr. Pack is the President of Manifold Productions and Palladium Pictures. The Last 600 Meters won the highest honors at the G.I. Film Festival in Washington, DC and the Hudson Institute Film Festival in New York City.
11:33
Segment Topic:
Will Trump’s Asia trips have a positive impact on the U.S. economy? If so, what kind of impact will these trade deals have and when will we notice the impact?
These agreements with Asian countries are agreements to cooperate on access to each other’s markets – rather than a trade agreement with hard numbers on trade; correct?
Have the tariffs imposed by President Trump prior to his Asian trip had an impact on trade negotiations so far?
The news of a basic framework on a U.S.- China deal was met with approval by the markets.
If there is a final deal with Beijing, will the markets respond appropriately or has the bump already been felt?
How do you assess the U.S. – Japan trade deal?
The Fed meets tomorrow to announce its decision on interest rates. What do you expect? Will the shutdown and the absence of economic data available to the Fed have any impact on tomorrow’s meeting or announcement?
The Labor Department, however, on Friday released one key report ahead of its meeting: The Consumer Price Index. That report showed that the inflation rate rose at a pace of 3% last month, cooler than expected, as the impact of President Trump's wide-ranging tariffs have so far been more muted than economists have forecast. (CBS NEWS)
Tariffs imposed by the president have not yet shown to be inflationary. Will they at some point?
Panelist:
Anthony Esposito, Founder, CEO, AscalonVI Capitol
11:50 Salute the Troops
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