JD Vance on AI, Entitlement Fraud, Iran War, Israel, H-1B Abuse & the Midterms

(0:00) VP JD Vance joins The Besties!

(1:40) Assessing the Trump Admin so far: Border control, re-industrialization, inflation, Iran, government debt, anti-fraud

(9:28) AI approach: Dealing with Doomerism, "Frankenstein," and AI negativity

(16:23) H-1B abuse and the massive $1T+ of fraud in federal spending

(21:48) Relationship with Israel, rational foreign policy

(25:19) JD Vance's midterms message

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