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stuart: congressman carlos him mess -- carlos gimenez joins me now.ike it's working, doesn't it? >> oh, absolutely. what a breath of fresh air after four years of blinken-biden, holy mackerel. [laughter] we're doing things in favor of american interests. stuart:ing earlier on the program we had white house press secretary karoline leavitt. listen to what she had to say about trump's tariffs on china. roll it, please. >> he is no longer going to allow chinese-sourced, produced and distributed fentanyl to flow through our southern and northern borders here in america. fentanyl is the leading cause of death amongst young people in this country aged 18-34. and it is the president's utmost responsibility to the protect american lives. that's' why he implemented the 10% tariff on china. president xi did reach out to president trump to speak about this, maybe to begin a negotiation, so we'll see how that call goes. stuart: fentanyl seems to be at the heart of this problem. not so much tariffs and trade. now, x if i and president trump, they're going to talk

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. >> florida congressman carlos gimenez said the perfect place to drop off migrants. >> already picked road. >> it is in operation. >> we have so many miles to protect. >> the florida coastline four times the length of the u.s.-mexico border. local, state, and federal agencies work to patrol the waters. getting to the bahamas from chinese is easy. they are no visa requirements. just buy a ticket and go. >> we have to pay more attention to this region. proximity matters and they are on 20-yard line of our homeland. >> lawmakers have sounded the alarm on chan's involvement in the caribbean. they have invested millions not only in infrastructure but the bahamas, sandra. >> live in miami thank you, john. >> john: sandra back to the top story, democrat democrats x capitol hill opposing elon elon musk's to scale back spending. fox news richard fowler with an associate director jessica anderson. so democrats, richard seem to be losing their minds over usaid, doge, and elon musk there to listen to what they said appear. >> an elected billionaire and his team have been given full and unfettered

and carlos gimenez from florida, saying the communist president of mexico's threats against the unitedtates will destroy her own economy and create a financial cris expect the mexican to take -- and i expect the mexican stock market to take a beating tomorrow. you can continue to call in and give your thoughts on these new tariffs. canada and mexico getting 25% in new tariffs, china getting 10%. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents, (202) 748-8002. william joins us on our independent line from ohio. go ahead. caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: my name is william. i am an 84-year-old who is now ashamed to call myself an american. because the united states elected a 34 time convicted felon. he was not convicted of misdemeanors, traffic tickets and such. he was convicted of crimes. 34 times over convicted, and we elected him to be president -- host: ok, how does that relate to the tariff question and these new tariffs and what you think of them? caller: what do i think of what -- host: hold on. you said --new set of tariffs put on canada, mexico,