Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildman
>> Steve Jordahl: Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey. Welcome back to Today's Issues on American Family Radio. Tim, Fred and Steve, Steve Paisley Jordal with us. Good morning, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Good morning everybody.
>> Tim Wildmon: And raised in Kansas City, Ray Pritchard.
President Trump and Elon Musk are reportedly breaking up
So, lot to talk about in the news. We didn't even get to the last hour. there is a rift now between. More than a rift, There's a.
>> Fred Jackson: In hockey, we call it a donnybrook.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. President Trump and Elon Musk are. They broke up.
>> Steve Jordahl: The good news is you could buy a Tesla now without having to worry about it being firebombed.
President Trump is pushing a budget bill that critics say does not cut spending
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, so let's just give us a synopsis here. A lot of people, if they follow the news, they've heard this last few. What's going on?
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, so, you know, Elon Musk was the head of doge, which is the Department of Government Efficiency. And in his job he went through the books of all of the agencies of the federal government, found wasted abuse in the billions, I think, which compared to a couple trillion dollar deficit isn't all that much. But he did work, he worked pretty hard. The
>> Tim Wildmon: On a voluntary basis. On a voluntary basis. And, and let me just add this. There's a little backdrop here. Elon Musk stuck his neck out for President Trump during the election because he thought it was the, the idea of Kamala Harris being elected would be a catastrophe for our country. And so he rallied behind and gave a lot of money to. And basically all his efforts and energies were to get President Trump elected. So there is a backdrop here of investment, in many ways by Elon Truss into the Trump presidency. Okay, go ahead.
>> Steve Jordahl: Reputationally and financially, it could be argued. So anyway, the president is now passing what is being called this big beautiful bill. It's a budget bill and gives Americans tax breaks. But there's a big fight within the Republican caucus as to whether or not it to pass it because it does not cut spending like kind of was promised. It keeps the same Biden spending levels, maybe even increases a couple of them. from. It doesn't go back to the pre Covid spending. what it does is it, it factors in a whole bunch of significant tax breaks. well, Elon Musk thinks it's not sufficient. He thinks it's a porker of a bill and he's disappointed in the president for not.
>> Tim Wildmon: I think you're underselling. He's Outraged.
>> Steve Jordahl: He's pretty bad.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's outraged.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And he calls it an abomination. It's more than a disappointment.
>> Steve Jordahl: And he calls out any Republican who would vote on it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, he used his X platform. Elon Musk did to all his followers. how many he got, Fred?
>> Fred Jackson: Like many millions.
>> Tim Wildmon: I mean, you know, yeah, over 100 million. Good night. And he called on those who are Americans to contact their senators and congressman and tell him to vote no.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: On this. So this is President Trump's being asked about this right now at the White House because he and Elon Musk, you know, we're pals. And I don't know what he's saying.
>> Steve Jordahl: Elon Musk has 200 million followers on X. Whoa, whoa.
>> Fred Jackson: You know, it's just amazing. Less than a week ago, Elon Musk stood in the Oval Office with the President sitting there. And it was Elon Musk's last day as in charge of Doge. His 130 days had run out and, you know, President was praising him and Elon Musk was praising the President, got.
>> Steve Jordahl: A key to the White House, you.
>> Fred Jackson: Know, the whole shebang. So within five days, we have this huge, very open, very public dispute now.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I think they're probably still, they would still talk on the phone and befriend. I don't think this. But there is a, just a, enormous divide here because President Trump's pushing this bill and Elon Musk is saying, no, this is terrible. It's going to lead us. It's not going to do anything to address America going off the economic cliff. Of course, President Trump and his team would argue, oh, yeah, it is, because we're going to increase jobs and revenue and that'll help pay down on the debt. so anyway, Elon Musk, right. I've got to think, is feeling. Listen, I went, I gave it all for. Right, for the, for and the Doge and everything and exposing waste, fraud, abuse. And now, and now the Congress, with the leadership of President Trump, is adding trillions more of debt to the, to the right.
>> Tim Wildmon: His argument is that, this, this great big beautiful bill. I mean, he said, I think you could have a big bill, you could have a beautiful bill. But I'm not sure he said you could have a great big beautiful bill that actually accomplishes anything. And I think he believes that he, wants the Congress to turn it down and rewrite something that actually brings down the debt.
>> Tim Wildmon: The debt and the deficit. Yeah, yes, the debt. We can forget about that that's never going to be paid.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, but we, but you can. What's the old adage? Stop digging.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. When you're, when you're, when, when you're in a hole, stop digging.
>> Tim Wildmon: Stop digging. And that's what Elon Musk is saying. And now, you know what, Tim?
>> Tim Wildmon: He's right. He's right. Because government spending is addictive. Right. And once you, once you get for.
>> Tim Wildmon: Republicans and Democrats.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes, yes. He's extremely addictive.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And all Americans.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. He's right. I don't know if anything can ever be done about.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: The biggest, one of the biggest indicators of that is every time you hear somebody talk about cutting spending, ah, that only means that they're decreasing the amount of increase that is going into the spending.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
Ray Four: President Trump is thinking about the economy right now
Okay. And what I'm about to say is a, is not necessarily a criticism of President Trump. It's just a true observation of him. he's never billed himself as a fiscal hawk. I mean, he's not a, fiscal conservative. really. And he's never said he was. That I know of. I mean, so I don't think he cares about what the criticisms are of this particular bill or. He's living in the moment and he's trying, I think, to do the best he can for the American economy right here and now with not a lot of thought or 3, 5. Well, maybe a lot of. He's not thinking about the consequences of the debt. Okay. Because, he's thinking about how can we impact the economy here and now. And so now I will say this. I don't want to hear the, I don't want, I don't want to hear Republicans say in. Should a Democrat get elected or be in Congress. Oh, the Democrats are exploding. They're exploding the debt. Oh, my word. Our country is going to go down the tubes if the Democrats keep spending money. The Republicans and the Democrats are not too far apart. No. In there. and I will say this as a criticism of our observation of the whole situation, and that is, this is the fault of the American people. Okay. Ultimately, because we, we are the ones who have voted in these folks over the decades, which has led us to this point. Now the debt has accelerated like crazy. They were going from like, I don't know, like 15 trillion to 35 trillion in like 10 years or something. It's like insane. And. But there's no, there's no. We've almost reached a. Ah, I think almost. I think we, we have reached a point of no Return.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So this is going to sound gloomy, doomy, but whatever bad is going to happen because we reach the point where we can't pay the interest on the debt, then whatever is going to happen and there's no turning back. So President Trump wouldn't probably come out and say that like I just said it. But I think, Ray, a lot of people just know that the expression, that ship has sailed.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That horse is out of the barn.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. And that's the good news for today.
>> Tim Wildmon: And that's just me. But.
>> Tim Wildmon: But I think you're right. Absolutely right.
>> Fred Jackson: I think, you know, we remember it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Was Bush, but Elon Musk thought. Excuse me, Fred. And then you. But Elon Musk thought, there's one last chance to turn this thing around. Yeah. And now he's saying President, Trump and the Republicans are not going to do it, not even going to try. That's what, that's his viewpoint.
>> Fred Jackson: That's right. I think Elon Musk thought for a moment because he was invited to come in. Trump knew Elon Musk's background. He's the CEO of huge companies, richest.
>> Tim Wildmon: Man in the world.
>> Fred Jackson: And Elon Musk ran those companies like a good CEO should. You know, you're bringing in profits that exceed expenses. I think what Donald Trump has done, you remember Bush Senior said, no new taxes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Read my lips, read my lips, read my lips.
>> Fred Jackson: No new taxes. And of course, that turned out not to work out very well for him. I think Trump is aware he made very specific promises during the election campaign. no taxes on tips, very specific things. He knows that if this thing doesn't pass, he doesn't get that, that the Democrats will come back and say, look, those Republicans, people like Trump, Whoever runs in 28, you know, don't believe them because, you know, they didn't keep their promises. So I think, I think along with what you guys have been saying is the size of this government, the size of debt right now, there is just no way that we can dig out of this hole. But at least we can try. Let's stop saying that. You know, we're just going to keep going with this. We have to try. And I, think that's why Musk is so upset. Four days, five days after he stopped working for Trump.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go, Steve.
The Six Day War was won by Israel through divine intervention
>> Steve Jordahl: I have a choice to make here. We could go with some news, but I was struck by something you guys were talking about last half hour. Can we go back to the Six Day War?
>> Tim Wildmon: Go down.
>> Steve Jordahl: I Am reading an article from several years old from 2022 from the CBN and this is what they read. You asked how the smaller Israel could win that war from this article, although outmanned and numbered. I'm quoting now. The Israeli fighter pilots realized that God's supernatural intervention secured their victory. Pilot and IDF Major General Ezra Wisenman was asked to explain how for three hours Israeli Air Force planes destroyed aircraft at one Egyptian airstrip after another. Yet the Egyptians did not radio ahead to let their forces know about the imminent attacks. Weizmann, who later served as president of Israel, said simply, the finger of God. Many eyewitness accounts, which have been well documented, emerged in the following months. Older airplanes that had been plagued with problems behaving surprisingly well that day. Squadron members who flew the aging water bombers said that on June 5, the aging aircraft operated without a single malfunction. An enemy shell that made a direct hit on a munitions pile miraculously failed to explode. This one I love. One Israeli infantry recruit on patrol with another soldier. Two of these guys reported an encounter with a truck loaded with 18 well armed Egyptian soldiers. The two Israeli, equipped with inadequate weapons, believe they faced certain death. However, the Arabs look panic stricken, did not fire on them and complied immediately. When the Israeli soldier said hands up. Later they asked the Egyptian sergeant why he hadn't shot the Israeli soldiers. They reply, my arms froze. They became paralyzed. My whole body was paralyzed and I don't know why. Arabs not only got to their, gave in to their fears and waved the white flag of surrender to these two. One tank commander later explained that he gave up a far smaller number to a far smaller number of Jewish tanks because he saw a desert mirage that made him see hundreds of Israeli tanks.
>> Tim Wildmon: Wow.
>> Fred Jackson: Doesn't surprise me.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: End of God.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, yeah. And that, and just the mere fact that Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people was created Post World War II by the United nations, which is now openly, almost always against Israel.
>> Fred Jackson: Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Was a miracle in and of itself.
>> Fred Jackson: just a moment. It was a moment in time when they felt so sorry for the Jewish people because of the Holocaust.
>> Tim Wildmon: And that country, was under the British mandate. Right, right, right. So the British had the land to give to the United Nations, I guess, to create.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ah, a Jewish homeland.
>> Fred Jackson: And we had the right homeland. Had the right president at the White House at that time too.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, everything came together together.
Former NSA analyst says rogue power inverters have communications devices in them
All right, next story. Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, we may have an insight into what if there is a war between the United States and China and it's good news that President Xi and President Trump are going to be meeting. But a former analyst with the National Security Agency says that they have found, basically communications rogue power inverters that have communication devices in solar panels that we bought from China. And these solar powers, these communications devices could actually take the solar panels out. Chinese companies are mandated by law to assist Chinese intelligence agencies when needed. The the rogue power inverters have undocumented communications channels which could be used to circumvent firewalls remotely. Could have major consequences these powers inverters could have to the solar panel and to the electric grid. Everything we get from China is bugged.
>> Fred Jackson: We shouldn't be surprised even like, you.
>> Tim Wildmon: Know, at the Chinese restaurants and things.
>> Steve Jordahl: Be careful, Be careful what you see into your fortune cookie.
>> Tim Wildmon: So that. Sir.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. They're listening. They bugged the fortune cookie.
>> Tim Wildmon: That server that comes to your table may in fact be a Chinese agent. You know, that's what you're saying, Steve?
>> Steve Jordahl: That's what I'm saying.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah. Well, we had those two Chinese individuals arrested in Michigan, was it?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: with the mold that they were carrying that could destroy, our crops.
>> Tim Wildmon: You're talking about, you're not talking about m. A moldy animal?
>> Fred Jackson: No, mold.
>> Tim Wildmon: Mold like in person.
>> Fred Jackson: A, no, a mold has in mold. Mold.
>> Tim Wildmon: M O L D. Yes.
>> Fred Jackson: Destroys crops.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: It was called agroterrorism.
>> Steve Jordahl: Agroterrorism. Yeah. They caught them coming in and not only crops, but it was also harmful to animals and humans.
>> Fred Jackson: Yep.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'd like to know how we knew, how we, the United States government, knew they were coming in, these Chinese people were coming in with this.
>> Steve Jordahl: Maybe the Chinese aren't the only ones with listening devices.
>> Tim Wildmon: Duly noted, Steve. That explains how Ray and Fred got told, tech, you owe your toll tax.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And they were being spied on to know which toll bridge.
>> Fred Jackson: By Dave and in, in Beijing. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: In all seriousness, this was a, this was a, this gentle. This is a problem, right?
>> Steve Jordahl: I mean, yes, yes it is. The next war, they say in, the defense circles, they'll say you're always trying to fight the last war. In other words, you see what you did wrong. Your tanks didn't work for this reason. And so you fix the tanks and now the next time they're going to work. But the next war might not use tanks at all.
>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, no, they're going to use drones.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Fred Jackson: As we've seen Ukrainians prove that.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Next Story.
Derek Carr, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, is retiring
>> Steve Jordahl: All right. Hey, one of my football heroes is retiring. I have to bring this up. Derek Carr, who is the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, is retiring from the NFL. He was with the Raiders for a while, and this is what's remarkable. This is why I bring it up. He is injured and he can undergo surgery and he could get back on the field, he says, but it would take a while and he might not be 100%. So, he said that part was tough because I didn't want to have surgery and just sit there and it sounds crazy, but just take the Saints money. He was going to get $150 million with contract. He forfeited $30 million base salary. He'll keep a $10 million bonus signing, but he forfeited the money because he didn't want to just sit there and take it when the Saints could use it to improve their team. A, man of honor and a Christian.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Devout Christian.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Good for him. Yeah, absolutely. Derek Carr. Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: The Fresno State had a brother, David Carr, who played also in the NFL.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's been around like eight or ten years, right?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes. He was a Raider. The Raiders drafted him and he was so disappointed. Everybody was. I was. When he was traded because he wanted to live and die as a Raider. Being from Fresno, that's in their backyard.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: And, he was such a team player, such a good team player.
>> Tim Wildmon: So somehow I knew that. I knew. You're going to get the Raiders in.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: One way or the other.
>> Tim Wildmon: are, the Raider, one of the Raiders going to be back, Steve?
>> Steve Jordahl: I wish I knew.
>> Tim Wildmon: Tom Brady's part of the ownership now, isn't he?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. Yeah. That can't hurt.
>> Tim Wildmon: See, that Brady charm will run off on the.
>> Steve Jordahl: That can't hurt.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oak on the,
>> Steve Jordahl: Still have some good coaches.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's going to be hard to ever get used to not saying Oakland Raiders for us who grew up with.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, those who grew up with them now had to call them the Los Angeles Raiders for several years.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. LA Raiders. Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: That rubbed me the wrong way as well.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So I just remember those great Raider teams of the seventies with John Madden as their coach and, oh, by the way, Kenny Stabler as their quarterback.
>> Steve Jordahl: Alabama quarterback. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: the A's are joining them in Las Vegas in a couple of years.
>> Tim Wildmon: Saw that.
>> Steve Jordahl: So.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, Oakland is a bad place to be.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, they're not. The A's aren't in Oakland anymore. They're playing at a Triple A stadium somewhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Steve Jordahl: Sacramento, I think.
>> Tim Wildmon: But.
>> Tim Wildmon: But What, What? They're playing in Sacramento.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're. Yeah. Their stadium, is being built in Las Vegas, but it's going to take ah, for this year and next year I believe the. They will be playing in Triple A. They have been playing and will continue to play in the AAA Stadium, probably.
>> Tim Wildmon: In Arizona or somewhere where they have their. I don.
>> Steve Jordahl: Their Triple A team, the River Cats, are in Sacramento. Let me just see. I could look it up.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. But the, City of Oakland, California has just gone downhill and it's like, has a terrible reputation now as being one of violence and mayhem.
>> Steve Jordahl: They're in Sacramento. So who is, the A's are playing Sutter. Sutter Health Park, Oakland.
>> Tim Wildmon: A's.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: There's the most colorful uniforms in sports.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, they used to have Charlie Finley. That was a Charlie Finley thing that Kelly green and gold. He was an innovator. He had a mule that he, was named Charlie. He had a, an automatic ball dispenser from home plate. A hole would open up at the ground and a little elevator thing, a box would come up with balls for the umpire. It didn't last long, really. Yeah, he had the first. He had the first, designated runner.
I saw this really cute guy at the grocery store the other day
Herbie Washington was, he's drafted. He never saw home plate his whole career. His job was to replace somebody on first basis steel bases.
>> Tim Wildmon: They had golfed around with Raleigh fingers one time.
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh yeah? Did you? Yeah, I was,
>> Tim Wildmon: It was a golf tournament in Florida. There were four of us and he was one of the four.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. Hey, can I, close with this? Because I want to tell you how glad I am and I think you guys will agree with me that I don't have to date in the Internet age. It is just getting weird out there. I want to list. This is a, I found this online and I just. I wouldn't want to have to deal with this kind of a thing. Cut 13.
>> Speaker E: I saw this really cute guy at the grocery store the other day. So naturally I followed him to the checkout counter and when he gave the cashier his credit card, I peeped it to see what his name was. And then I googled him and found his social media profiles and I was able to tell that was he single? So I went through his friends list and I found his mother's page. And then I looked through his mother's page and I saw that she was a member of this book club that's in my area. So I sent a request to join the book club. So I went to the Book club meeting, and I met his mom there, and we bonded over some books that we both liked. And she just thought I was so nice. And I brought it up randomly in conversation that I was single, and she let me know that she had a. That was single also, that lived in the area, and maybe it would be cool for us to get together and chat sometime. So I gave her my number, which she gave to her son. And this morning, he texted me and asked if I'd like to get together this weekend and do something. So I guess we're gonna go on a date. I'm really excited.
>> Fred Jackson: that's a Hallmark movie. Yeah, right?
>> Tim Wildmon: Or Lifetime. Lifetime. It's like, that's.
>> Steve Jordahl: Are you gonna trust that girl? If you get in a relationship that's.
>> Tim Wildmon: Often works out for the dude with the cyber stalker girl.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Best of luck.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, my word. She just admitted all that.
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh, yeah, right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ah. she sounds sweet enough.
>> Steve Jordahl: She looks exactly like Phoebe from Friends.
>> Tim Wildmon: So I guess it'll work out for him. But anyway, you're right. It's. It's a different world out there.
>> Steve Jordahl: Such a different world.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Back in our day, we just asked him to go to the movie.
>> Fred Jackson: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Oh, we.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Steve Jordahl: Can you ask so and so if she'd go out with me?
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: I need to know.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: You find out ahead of time.
>> Tim Wildmon: That way you don't had a friend.
>> Tim Wildmon: That way you don't get shut down by asking. Right.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yep.
American Family Radio will be back tomorrow with Trivia Friday
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we, we'll be back tomorrow with Trivia Friday here on American Family Radio. Tim, Fred, Steve and Ray. And we want to thank, Brent Creely, our producer, Dr. Alex McFarland. Chris Woodward. Is that all?
>> Fred Jackson: That's it.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, have a great day, everybody.
