Improving Pentagon Priorities, Can Trump Tame Inflation? The Left's Lame Lawfare

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg on 3 Martini Lunch Podcast, where they dive into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s refreshing priorities at the Pentagon, Vice President Vance’s accurate diagnosis of Germany’s issues, Trump’s approach to inflation, and the left’s relentless legal efforts to slow the Trump agenda.

First, they focus on Hegseth's call for a focus on military readiness rather than Pentagon climate change initiatives. Jim and Greg applaud Hegseth for ensuring the Pentagon prioritizes building a military capable of deterring and winning wars. They also discuss Vice President Vance’s remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war and his critique of German policies that have weakened the country’s position on the global stage over the past two decades.

Next, they analyze the latest inflation numbers and reject the left’s immediate attempt to blame Trump for a three percent year-over-year increase in January. While they acknowledge that economic changes take time, they highlight that Americans will expect real progress by the end of the year and especially ahead of the midterms. They agree with Trump's cost-cutting efforts and unleashing American energy to drive prices lower. Will that get the job done?

Finally, they sigh as Democrats launch lawsuit after lawsuit to stop as much of the Trump agenda as possible. While issues like birthright citizenship were always likely to end up in court, the left's relentless efforts to roll back orders that are clearly within Trump's powers, are simply a nuisance. Trump will ultimately prevail in most of these cases, but long will it take to get there?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.5	Three martini's coming up.
0:13.2	So glad you're with us for the Friday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.9	Happy Valentine's Day.
0:18.5	If your blood pressure just spiked because you haven't bought anything yet
0:21.5	and you just realized that is Valentine's Day, well, now's the time to act, or at least before you get home.
0:26.5	And if you're a federal worker in Washington, you probably are not working at home anymore, so you have a chance to hit the store on your way home.
0:30.8	Jim? Grocery stores, grocery stores usually have a good selection and the prices are, you know, look, you're going to pay the most today than any other
0:38.0	day for a dozen roses, but they're still pretty reasonable. But if you really want to say,
0:42.4	I love you to that special someone, you know what will knock her socks off? Does an egg.
0:49.3	That's, you know, wow. That's a better than a diamond, you know.
0:55.2	Yes. Well, we than a diamond, you know. Yes.
0:55.8	Well, we've got good, bad, and crazy one, which will eventually be a good news item.
1:01.8	It's just going to take longer than we probably would want.
1:04.6	But in terms of national security, first of all, Pete Hankseth, the defense secretary, has been
1:10.2	overseas for the past several days, as has the vice president. First of all, Pete Hagseth, the defense secretary, has been overseas for the past several
1:11.3	days, as has the vice president. First of all, over at the free beacon related to Pete Hagseth,
1:16.6	he says the Pentagon's Biden-era climate initiatives may soon be on the chopping block as
1:21.4	President Donald Trump moves to cut wasteful military spending while ramping up the overall defense
1:26.5	budget. Quote, there is waste, redundancies, and headcounts at headquarters that need to be addressed.
1:31.5	There's just no doubt, Heggzeth told Axios Tuesday, pointing to climate-related spending
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