the iraq war was a mess. we withdrew and lost the piece, and then ice is popped up, and we had to go back in. at this point, america was sick of the mideast, and we took our soldiers and bases out of there. but we can t leave without a plan in place, and i we are begging. and beggars can t be choosers. here s what i mean. all american presidents have made the pilgrimage to saudi arabia to make sure the royal family kept the oil flowing and kept prices down. remember when george w. bush held hands with the saudi crown prince? or when barack obama bowed? and then he said it never happened. [laughs] maybe he just dropped his wallet. they rolled out the red carpet for donald trump, projecting his face on the side of the ritz. they let him touch that glowing orb, remember that? and don t forget trump s ceremonial sword dance. jesse: [laughs] at these times we had leverage over the saudis because we had troops, bases, and carriers in the middle east, not to mention sweet arms
close to the sketch. crooked politicians and political appointees in california spent more than two weeks trying to keep this photo from going public. why? was it really that bad? pretty handsome for a drunk 82-year-old. initially napa county claimed this would jeopardize the investigation. did it jeopardize? of course not. they were just trying to protect the most powerful democrat in california nancy pelosi. and the most powerful woman in america, sorry, kamala. it s worth noting they sent this to all the other media outlets before fox. even though we were the only network that asked for it so they are bitter. now, i know what you are thinking. this isn t about politics. this is about fairness. we just want to know what happened. and we re entitled to the same information they would release about any other dui arrest like someone lo married to california royalty. the d.a. is still stonewalling though on the dash cam, the body cam and the drunk tank cam we re not going to
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