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All right. Welcome back. You know, in other news, which happens to be good and also interesting, how about this? Walmart and Eagle have lowered prices and Piggly Wiggly specifically announced last week it's affordable protein initiative. A P I is reinforcing the company's commitment to provide fresh, high quality meat at an exceptional value. It seems like I'm doing a commercial through strategic manufacturer partnerships, fresh in-store meat operations. It's proprietary power buying program and it's cost plus 10% pricing philosophy. Piggly Wiggly is helping customers save on the products families purchase most. It does sound like a commercial. Here's what they say. Our mission has always been simple. As Kevin McDaniel, deliver the highest quality fresh meat at the best value possible. Every decision we make from negotiating with the manufacturer to cutting fresh beef and our pork in our stores, packaging fresh poultry and pricing our products is centered on creating value for the families who trust Piggly Wiggly the most. All right. But why now? Why are they lowering them now? Why are retailers going and making this effort? I think affordable protein initiative would probably make the argument that policy changes are creating an environment where retailers are feeling that they can lower prices and still make their margins. I don't know. To talk more about this and the timing of it, please welcome to the show Mr. TJ Wilson. He's with the American First Policy Institute. Thanks for coming on, brother. I mean, that is a good question, right? Why are they doing it? And why are they doing it now? It's a great question. You know, I think you have to start with there being three ways to govern in situations like this where prices are high. You can govern like the last administration where there's runaway inflation, there's runaway prices, there's runaway input costs, there's no new market expansions in the form of trade deals, and you basically do nothing. That's one way to govern. There's another way to govern that we've seen of late right in New York City, where you have folks like Mayor Mondani who have this idea of government run grocery stores. And what those do is, you know, they make us collect our groceries in the same way we stand in line at the DMV, no selection, no service, no quality, and all the private businesses leave. Or really, you can govern the way that we're seeing the Trump administration govern, which is, you know, where there's a strategic slog of long investments in time to deregulate in both a surgical manner and at Trump speed, frankly. And, you know, we're starting to see those sort of macro, large scale costs that are coming down in the economy, and they're reducing everything from the cost of refrigeration to energy that cuts across the whole economy to input costs. I mean, look at the price of natural gas, look at the price of fuel, you know, you can see it really across the whole economy. And so it's a lot of hard work that's going on by President Trump, by Secretary Rollins, by the rest of the cabinet, to lean into this problem from day one, you know, and we're starting to see the results. Egg prices don't come down by 90% because of charity or accident. You know, and you've seen that now there's double digits with other proteins with other staples. So it's really promising news. And, you know, I think it's really going to be hay in the barn. A lot of this work that's going on as we turn to the fall and the winter. Yeah, because it because in the fall, we all know November the fifth, it's going to be about affordability, right? And this goes, I would think a long way towards that affordability issue, right? And I guess my question is, is that how is he strong armoring us? How is he getting these folks to lean in with him to bring these prices down? What's in it for them? Well, it's a good question. I think folks forget that President Trump is the only president we've had in decades, to my knowledge, that started and ran large businesses, very successful large businesses. And in a lot of ways, he leads from the front in that way. And we see that with the way that he talks to these companies with the ways that he holds them accountable, frankly, for when the macros are trending lower, which is what we're seeing. And, you know, it's not acceptable to not pass those savings onto consumers. And frankly, we've got a lot of patriotic companies that you've seen cut prices and pass those savings that are systemic along the consumer. So, you know, I think he leads from the front, I think he also, you know, provides a lot of certainty to folks, we all know that that's the key, the key piece of this right before prices get cut, there's got to be certainty that, you know, we're not going to get whiplash. So well, so the last thing that really one of the last things, but it's probably the biggest and you probably know what I'm going to say, but he needs to have come his way. And in line with what he's doing here with these retailers is, is that energy price, oil prices, that's going to be kind of the fly in the heart one here in the short term. And I say short term because I do believe he understands that it definitely will be over. And obviously the sooner, the better. And the trade off is, and I've said this a hundred times on this show, at least we're getting something for this higher inflation. And today it came in rather benign and it's going in the right direction. But we had 9.1% CPI in June of 2022 under under Joe Biden. And what did we get from that? Did we disarm any big terrorist country in the world for that? No, we had, we had to pay a tax and we got nothing for it. At least with this small tax, and we're still not as high as the prices were under his government, we're getting something for these higher prices. And I think that we need to make sure that that message gets out. I think you're right. And you know, there are prices were up stunningly 25% food prices were up 25% during the last administration. That is an incredible amount of money on average across all goods, some goods. Oh, yeah, some goods were multi, you know, hundreds of percent side, you know, multiple, multiple times higher. You know, and so folks forget this, it takes a lot of hard work in the trenches, thousands of hours from the cabinet, from, you know, pitch patriotic folks that are serving the administration that are leaning on these companies that are doing the slashing and you know, strategic surgical cutting to regulations and otherwise to bring down these costs, you know, I mean, these are where America last policies that that took time to sort of slash and gash and we're thankfully getting there. Yeah, I totally agree. Great stuff. You know, to your point about the 25% I heard that I hear that number all the time. But you want to tell me that what you know, $100 worth of groceries in 2020 was only worth 125 in 2024. Ask anybody's wife, they'll tell you no way on God's green earth. It's more like 160 bucks, 170 bucks. And I agree with that too. So I think that 25% that everybody still uses and I use it too, is really not reflective. But TJ, always love having you on you always bring us some great stuff. That was a great idea. I appreciate you that that story was very interesting. We'll see how it all comes out. We'll get that oil price down on the way we go, but I appreciate you coming on the show super

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I've been saying this forever about this guy. He is one of the toughest, most resilient human beings that I have ever met in my life. And let me tell you what, everybody wants to act like a tough guy, right? Everybody wants to act like a tough guy. Well, when the shit goes down, you find out who tough guys are and who tough guys are not. This guy is the legitimate, ultimate American bad ass of all time. You know, the guy takes a shot at him, he goes down, he stands up and then he starts chanting to the crowd and you know, fight, fight, fight. I literally was blown away. I called him as soon as I landed. I called him and he answered and he was already home from the hospital and we talked for like 30 minutes. Pat, I'm telling you, I have never known a human being like this in my life. He is literally one of the toughest, most bad ass guys of all time.

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Thank you very much. It's a great pleasure to be with the president of Lebanon. He's highly respected in his country and actually flown beyond his country. And the relationship is very good. I think that Lebanon has been a very mistreated country for a long period of time. It's an amazing group of people. So it's an honor to have the president and your representatives here. Now, really, I would like to thank President Trump, really, and his team for the historic visit. And I know your vision is peace, your vision is stability, and I think my vision will start as your vision. And together, I think we will be able to achieve and to score success in that regard. I agree with that.

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Donald was the young man and he was going to conquer Manhattan. He takes chances that would make a less daring man shudder. To think about the arc of where he's been in, it's like some sort of mythical story or something. This sounds like political presidential talk to me. Donald Fump seems to always get stronger with challenge. My God, that guy's got resilience. Those who deal with you underestimate you, but to regret it. It's always good to be underestimated. It is not about politics. It's about our love for this great country, America. And we're not going to let it fail. I will fight like no one has ever fought before. Trump is the bodyguard of Western civilization. You want to talk about a fighter, a walk-through fire? He's an absolute savage. He knows that this is much bigger than him. This is about the American people. They have no idea what they have unleashed. He was ready to go face the cameras and come out swinging. What will future Americans say we did in our brief time here on Earth? It will be defined by your vision, your perseverance, and your grit. Nothing will sway us. Nothing will slow us. And no one will ever stop us. We are Americans. Ambition is our heritage. Greatness is our birthright. And the future belongs to us.

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>> From Catskill, New York, weighing 217 pounds. His professional record consists of 37 wins, one defeat with 33 KOs. He is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Iron Mike Tyson. [ Cheering ] >> All right, so with the introductions, the referee Richard Steele calls the two combatants to the center of the ring. There's the tail of the tape. You see the differences there. Six years in age, two pounds in weight, and about four and a half inches in height, favoring Henry Tillman. Tillman will be dressed as you see across the way in the white. And here in the black trunk, solid black is Michael Tyson, the former heavyweight champion of the world. Most think that Tyson, being the prohibitive favorite, will come out real fast. But Tyson has been a very determined fighter in part of his career. And he does look like he's on the assault early to me. Mike has something that he wants to show here. That's exactly what I expected from him. They said he wasn't aggressive on us against Buster Douglas. He's aggressive right now. He's just powering and pushing Henry Tillman around right now. He wants to go for a knockout early. He wants to punish this guy for what Buster Douglas did to him. He looks like a madman on his face. Mike Tyson is not going to have Henry Tillman around here very long. Although Tillman got our left hand through. Didn't bother Tyson at all. Tyson is a determined young man tonight. As he comes back, misses the left hook. He's very aggressive. He's not using that jab that we heard so much about in his training. He kind of flicks it in there a couple of times, and Tillman ties him up. I remember against Bone Crusher Smith that they just tied him up constantly all the time. If Mike Tyson tries to punish Tillman to the body, or in round one, just on the way here in round one, Bob Sheridan on the Don King Sports and Entertainment Network. And Tyson has come out here to really fight very, very aggressively. Again, we want to welcome all of our audience around the world, especially those on TV Free in Auckland, New Zealand, Chris Myrons and Clint Brown for joining most of our telecast involved by Tyson, the next few anyway. We're glad that people down under can be with us all over. New Zealand and Australia, welcome to TV Free. Wild with a right hand. The left hook catches Tillman. Midway through round number one, and Tyson hasn't finished yet with this guy. Tyson is not fooling around one bit with this guy, not giving him any breathing room at all. Tillman is trying to stay on the move and does the proper thing if you're fighting Mike Tyson. That's to tie him up inside. Mike is staying out where he's punching at so much power. Watch for his left hook in his uppercut when he gets inside, and Mike will hit you anytime. He'll hit you coming in, he'll hit you on the break, he'll hit you with a looping right hand, he'll hit you with a left hook. He's got Tillman shell-shocked already, and the thing hasn't even really got going. Mike really tees off when he gets inside on him. This is the Mike Tyson that we saw so effective, knocking out 33 of his opponents. Tillman has a look at fear in his eyes as Mike Tyson just goes headhunting. Richard Steele, the third man in the ring, has got his work cut out with Mike Tyson. Oh, the right hand! I don't if he'll be able to get up from this. He hit a flush on the jaw with the right hand. It's up to six and seven and eight and nine and ten. It's all over. Tyson, a first-round knockout! Mike runs across the ring and tries to help his friend Henry Tillman up. There's pandemonium in the ring. As Tillman tries to get to his feet, he caught him flush with the right hand that knocked him out cold. And Mike came running across the ring, and it almost looked like it was managed something, but we saw immediately that Mike Tyson wanted to help his wounded friend. So that answers the questions of what Mike Tyson will do when he comes back. It came at 2.47 of the first round. It was a big right hand, a very, very aggressive Mike Tyson. Wow, what a right hand. By the way, James Busta Douglas is in the audience here, and you have to wonder what he's thinking. I think he's thinking he's glad he has the fight at Evanda Holyfield before he faces this guy again.

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"Why wouldn't you dedicate yourself to public service?" "Well, I think it's a very mean life. I would love, and I would dedicate my life to this country, but I see it as being a mean life, and I also see it as somebody with strong views, and somebody with the kind of views that are maybe a little bit unpopular, which may be right, but may be unpopular." "I am your voice. So to every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight. I am with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you. We will make America strong again." "We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again. God bless you, and goodnight!"

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But as I look back at my life's journey and events, I now recognize that it's been the hand of God leading me to where I am today. (Applause.) Thank you. (Applause.) And my faith took on new meaning on July 13th in Butler, Pennsylvania, where I was knocked to the ground, essentially, by what seemed like a supernatural hand. And I would like to think that God saved me for a purpose, and that's to make our country greater than ever before. (Applause.)

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