On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, corporate media isn’t dead yet but it’s not what it used to be. It’s filled with propaganda and pseudo-events. There are aggregator sites like Mediaite that don’t have a single clip about the horrors in Israel breaking every hour, but lots of Ukraine-Russia etc. Also, there’s a small percentage of people in America who support Putin, Putinoids, – Trump is not one of them despite the media’s efforts. The issue with Putin and Russia extends beyond Ukraine, but too often, people fail to see the bigger picture. Putin has openly talked about ambitions that reach far beyond Ukraine’s borders. Later, Trump’s minerals strategy is a stroke of genius. Ukraine holds trillions in untapped mineral wealth, a prize Russia is desperate to claim. Rather than simply funneling cash into Ukraine, Trump suggests a smarter play: partner with Ukraine through deals that bring American companies in to mine and process these resources. A mutually beneficial financial arrangement could be struck, fueling Ukraine’s reconstruction while securing vital metals and minerals for the U.S.—and keeping them away from Russia. This approach outshines the Marshall Plan, offering more than just aid—it’s a strategic win.
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Rough transcription of Hour 1
Segment 1
Hello, America. Mark Levin here. Our number 877-381-3811. 877-381-3811. Hello, Mr.. Mrs. America. And Hello reprobates at Mediate, the Drudge Report and elsewhere. You know. We talk about the death of corporate media. It’s not dead, but it’s definitely not what it used to be. That’s for sure. And why? It’s filled with gossip and gotcha and propaganda and pseudo new pseudo information. They’re not really news operations. And so what we’re helping develops is sort of independent news efforts now of individuals who are really seriously interested in investigating stories and interviewing people for stories and so forth and so on. But we have what’s called aggregator sites. Drudge is an example of it. If you look at the aggregations on the Drudge Report, if you dare to, they’re horrendous. It’s the National Enquirer that doesn’t even exist anymore. If you look at a site called Media I. It’s horrendous. And I’m going to give you evidence of this. I went on that site, which I try not to do. People keep sending me stuff from that site. I go back to make sure it’s accurate. But I went and I looked at that site and I found something very interesting. There had been horrendous things that had been uncovered in Israel. Horrendous things. Monstrous things. It’s like the Third Reich with this Gaza, with these Palestinians. What they do to children. And it just came out how these these two little babies. Were murdered. They were murdered. By the hands. Of Hamas Nazis. And then their bodies were apparently dismembered. And to try and cover it up. They were tortured. Now, this to me is big news. You know, we talk about this guy saluting like a Nazi and did he look like a Nazi and so forth and so on. We have Jews, babies being slaughtered, tortured, murdered. Forget about salutes. Whether somebody saluted or not. Is that not big news? And more people are being slaughtered. Hostages. And so I go to this site, Media site, which was founded by Dan Abrams. Dan Abrams is a fool. He’s a fraud. He’s a phony. To set up a site like this, and he turns it over to some guy named Colby. What is his last name? I don’t remember how I think who has is his big credential that he was an award winning producer or something. But he’s a lib. And most of the people who write their lives. Not all of them. Most of them. So you would think when you’re creating a new media platform, first of all, they would do more than essentially plagiarized ideas, style clips from everybody else and then just put their own headlines on it and spin. But they don’t. I want to go through the headlines that are on this site so you understand what I mean? You have this horrific, horrendous. Break out of news in the Middle East. And here’s what they have apiece. AP sues Trump after being blocked from White House events. We have the right not to be retaliated against. Next story. And that’s by Kip Jones. What the f is wrong with that guy? Trump reportedly shocked by Elon Musk appearance. It’s a top story. X Proud Boy Leader Pardoned by Trump. Arrested by Capitol Police. Iowa pollsters sued by Trump over bad results file scathing motion to dismiss fatally flawed on every level. These are the headline. The Other Big news. Trump Administration Launches Investigation Into Man Hours After He Sparred With Governor. Florida congressman under active criminal investigation for allegedly assaulting a young woman. AG Pam Bondi says Jeffrey Epstein Client List Sitting on my desk right now when asked by Fox News about releasing it. Nothing is actual. News. Based on their own reporting. Their own investigations, Their own interviews. Nothing. And yet this is their priority. What’s it going to take? Angus King. He’s a senator from Maine, a leftist. Warns Americans to realize we’re in the biggest constitutional crisis in U.S. history. U.S. history. Maggie Haberman, New York Times. So shocking. Trump attacks her because he can because nobody’s stopping him, writes Tommy Christopher, another loser. Prior one was Alex Griffin, another left wing kook. Zachary Lehman. Jasmine Crockett This is a backbencher nutjob. Who is loved by Media eight and CNN and MSNBC says she’s rooting for Canada and Mexico lately because they’re speaking truth to power against Trump. Tommy Christopher Trump Spox attacks Media when confronted over angry voters in red districts revolting over Doge. I’m going to read a few more because it’s a very important point I want to underscore here. I’ll see you in court. Trump and Maine Governor Trade Jabs at White House Governors Meeting Over Transgender Sports Ban. Zachary Liebman. Another one, Jasmine Crockett calls GOP voters less educated. Says they don’t want to read. These are just the facts. Alex Griffin. More Like Grifter. Intentional Chaos. Kevin Barron on how Trump and Musk are reshaping our national Security. Alex Grifter Griffin Federal Judge refused to drop charges against Eric Adams. Charles Barkley says Canadian hockey team was motivated in win over USA because they didn’t want to be the 51st state rights argument. Austin Jr. Sean HANNITY and James Carville exemplify how to make cable news segments great again. Colby Hall, that’s the Forbes name. And it goes on in this vein, ladies and gentlemen. It goes on in this vein. Several more posts to this effect. Always if they can. If they can find people attacking Trump or twist the headlines attacking Trump. It’s like in my case. For the 4,000th time, I’ve laid out my case against Putin for the 2,000th time I’ve laid out my case for Ukraine. And the fact that I laid it out again after Donald Trump spoke meant that I defied Donald Trump. Defied. And then other I attacked Donald Trump. You know, Donald Trump and I spoke last night. He says, don’t this nonsense. They tried to come between. You know, Elon Musk in me, they’re doing the same thing. This rolls off our back, but it annoy. It’s very annoying because of the effort that’s made here. This is propaganda. That’s what it is. From the left. From the left. So when we talk about new media, there’s new media and then there’s this shock media and it’s not even media. What is it exactly? Now if they were to take clips from shows and. Really presents something intelligent, maybe a little bit of historical conduct context or economic context or. Some thoughtful, intelligent people who write. These are these are no decks. These are third tier nobodies who can’t get on cable TV, can’t get on network TV, can’t do anything. Her pulled out of the audio production or other other elements and in the media. And they call themselves media ite. I think they should call themselves plagiarize because all they do is take clips from other people and then give their opinions. That’s it. You know, when you go to the Blaze site or when you go to the Breitbart site or when you go to the right scoop site. They’re not. Intelligent because they’re just conservative. They’re intelligent because they’re intelligent. There’s explanation that there’s interviews, there’s podcasts, there’s all kinds of stuff going on. All kinds of real serious stuff going on. Smart people. Not this. And they’re not alone. Look at the Drudge Report, if you must. Same thing. Clickbait. Clickbait. So they make their money. That’s all they care about. When I play a clip, I spend a lot of time talking about it, a lot of time talking about, you know, where I’m coming from. I’ve been doing this a long time. You know what my philosophy is? Doesn’t mean I’ll always agree. Doesn’t mean I’ll always disagree. I mean, my position on Ukraine is not the favored position. In a lot of places. So what? That’s my position. I’ve done that before in this program. Only get stronger and stronger and stronger because even people disagree with me now. Mark’s going to shoot straight. That’s his view. That’s his view. But this guy. Colby Hall. He’s nothing but a Dan Abrams s kisser. He’s got his head so far up Dan Abrams ass, it’s not even funny. And so they they basically take the approach that Dan Abrams takes with Court TV and these other things with these ridiculous headlines. Ridiculous graphics. That is not new media. That’s yellow, quote unquote, quality journalism. That’s not what you and I are looking for when we talk about new news media. I’m not a news guy. I talk about news. I’m not a journalist. I talk about news, I talk about history. I talk about a lot of things. People know who I am and what we are and what we’re doing. But these entities, media, it’s like they’re a serious media enterprise. They’re not. They’re a joke. An absolute joke. They could have written about what I said and said, I disagree with Trump or Trump disagrees with me if that’s what they wanted to say. But that’s not what they did. That’s not what the headline says. I defied Trump like I take orders or he takes orders. There’s no defiance. None whatsoever. I attacked Trump. No, I didn’t. The way past I did. I think Donald Trump is going to save this country. I absolutely do. I think he’s a historic and iconic figure. And I’ve said it over and over and over again, and I believe that strongly. I also believe there’s entities like Mediaite which are really effectively front organizations for the left or just cheap shot artists. They really don’t have a purpose. What is their purpose? There is no purpose. Lots to talk about. Here we go. I’ll be right back.
Segment 2
All right. Let’s get down and dirty here. Putin and Russia. Dare I discuss this? Will I be defying somebody? Will I be supporting somebody? Will I be a sycophant or will I be an opponent? This is this is how they write. I want to get into some substance here. There’s a difference between. Not wanting to support Ukraine anymore. There’s a difference between wanting to get minerals and work with Ukraine on that, and I’m going to discuss that later because I actually think that’s a brilliant idea for Ukraine and the United States. And as I’ve explained here in plain English, for anybody who wants to listen. There’s a small percentage of people. Maybe it’s a bigger percentage than I know, who literally support Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump is not one of them. Despite the best efforts by the media, by the Democrats, Russia collusion and all the rest. He never has. In fact, the sanctions he put on Putin and the oligarchs, what he did with the Nord Stream gas pipeline shut it down when Biden opened it. I mean, he took many steps to contain Putin and he was successful in many. So I’m not talking about Donald Trump and Putin. I’m talking about Putin and I’m talking about people in this country that come out of like the Quincy Institute and others, the Soros crowd, the Koch crowd, and others who literally. Embrace Putin. Now, I think I’d be clear right now setting this up, have I not, Mr. Producer, even for the most poisonous, dense morons who are out there. Here’s the problem. With Putin and Russia. People don’t look beyond Ukraine. Putin has talked about expanding beyond Ukraine. He’s talked about the Balkan states, all three of them taking them. That they’re not legitimate countries. He has his eyes on Poland. And Poland knows it, and Poland has said so, and they’re concerned about it. He’s talked about not as much as Poland. He’s talked about Romania. Romania. And so we need to be thinking about who this man is, what his objectives are, and stop kissing his ass. And I’m talking about, again, the Putin points that Putin points those people out there who push this agenda. Not whether or not we should be doing X, Y, Z with Ukraine. This is beyond Ukraine. We’re talking about the entire European continent. Now, is Putin capable of it? Oh, I don’t know. He was in Syria where they slaughtered half a million of their citizens and the people rose up throughout Assad. Assad’s now in Moscow, I guess. And Putin had to leave. Of course he’s capable of it. More when I return.
Segment 3
All right. Now here’s what’s interesting. Now I’m invoking Donald Trump. I’m just trying to help people. Donald Trump has made. NATO’s stronger than it’s ever been. Ever. Ever. It’s Trump who has forced a number of these native countries, these European countries, to contribute more of their own resources. To this joint defense. Trump did it. It’s Trump. To block the Nord Stream. Gas pipeline that the Germans. Wanted and were using, which was bringing capital into Russia. Trump, who stopped there. It was Trump who first provided. Weapons. Weapons to the Ukrainians. Obama wouldn’t do it. And so when he says this wouldn’t have happened, this war if I were president, he’s 100% right. So Neda was stronger as a result of Trump. Russia was weaker as a result of Trump. Ukraine had weapons it didn’t otherwise have. When Trump left office because Obama wouldn’t give them to him. These are facts. These are facts. More facts. Putin looks to build an empire. Putin has said repeatedly that he rues the day. The worst thing that ever happened was the collapse of the Soviet Union. Putin. Put out an essay about his designs on Ukraine. And these these other countries that were captive nations at one point. He has made no secret about it. But the Putin points. They talk about getting out of Naito, the Putin arch. Go well beyond. Well beyond. Raising questions about what we’re doing in Ukraine and the amount of money we’re spending. They literally support Putin and Russia. That’s quite different. Then raising objections or concerns or issues or whatever. About our support of Ukraine or our role and so forth and so on. There’s a distinction. I’ve made it over and over again. I call them Putin ites. Putin writes again for the 4 billion time, Donald Trump is not a Putin, alright? The left has tried to do that some out of this. Small percentage. This cabal have tried to do the same thing. He’s not. Now he’ll talk. To Putin. He’ll talk to UN. He’ll talk energy. He will do these things. You want to know why? Because. Who else is he going to talk to? They are who they are. That doesn’t mean he’s coddling them. Coddling is when you when you open an embassy in Cuba. And you have relations with Cuba. Which we never had before. That’s coddling. And I could go on about the left and the Democrats, but I don’t need to do that right now. Let’s take some level of thinking, some level of making distinctions. In this media, it says American and American news website. Part of the Abrams Media network. It’s not a news site. What news do they do? What news do they report? Nothing original. What did they do? Nothing except attack Trump. Attack anybody who supports him. And on and on and on. That’s not news. It’s not new media. It’s the Dan Abrams media network like Court TV. Like Jerry Springer. And that’s what they are. I wouldn’t spend a lot of time there. But if you check it out, you’ll see what I’m talking about. Furthermore. This minerals idea I started to think about it is an absolutely brilliant idea and I’m going to talk about it on Life, Liberty and Levin in my opening statement on Saturday morning. Excuse me, Saturday evening. Look at what Trump’s thinking about here. They’ve trillions of dollars in these these minerals. Some of them are rare, some of them aren’t. Russia’s dying to get their hands on them. China’s dinner get their hands on them. At least China doesn’t really want. Substantial mining and production done to compete with it and so forth and so on. They have minerals there. They have metals there that are crucial to us, some of which we have no access to or very little. Some of which the communist Chinese control in places like Africa. Ukraine is not just the breadbasket they used to call it of Europe. But it really is. A remarkable country with remarkable natural resources, most of which they haven’t tapped into. And so Donald Trump’s idea, if people would settle down and really listen to what he’s suggesting rather than attacking him. Attacking him. He says, look, we put an awful lot of money into this country. Has it gotten too far? A lot of people are dead. I have an idea. Why don’t you make deals with us, the United States, Ukraine, where our companies can come in, where we know how to develop and mine and produce and so forth. And we’ll make a financial arrangement. Number one, she can at least start to pay some of the back that we put in a number to. So you and we can exploit these resources. In rich Ukraine. Rebuild Ukraine. And on top of that. Provide much needed minerals and metals to the United States. Plus keep it out of the hands of Russia. Mr. Producers, and that are brilliant. It’s perfect. It’s better than the Marshall Plan, which was hugely successful, where we poured money into post war to Europe, help them build up their economies, helped to install democracies because after World War One, the opposite was done. And we know what happened. You had Hitler and all the rest of it. But here’s the point. It would also benefit our national security interests having access to these these minerals and these metals as well as Ukraine. You’d have American companies there. You’d have Americans there working side by side with Ukrainians. So as somebody who supports Ukraine, me in this war in which they were attacked. Donald Trump’s come up with an idea that actually helps Ukraine, helps build up Ukraine, helps the United States, brings resources here that we need, prevents our enemies and adversaries from getting access to those resources. He should be praised for that proposal. And I will do that on Fox tomorrow evening as well. It’s brilliant. It’s brilliant. It’s very important. Now, the Putin boys may not support that. And remember that Putin likes don’t look beyond Ukraine because they don’t want you to look beyond Ukraine. They don’t quote, you know, they’re posting all over the place. They don’t quote Putin himself and what he says about his designs on Europe. How come? Why don’t they do that? He’s talked about it. He’s written about or at least somebody has written what he wants them to write. When they talk about the fact that he’s all KGB and that’s his mentality. What do they talk about? The fact that he’s assassinated people left and right, Left and right, Left and right. Why don’t they ever talk about that? Because it doesn’t matter. Of course it matters. Of course it matters. Donald Trump knows who he’s dealing with. He knows who he’s dealing with. He knows who who is doing away with UN. He understands it. His eyes are wide open. Just because he deals or talks to them doesn’t mean he agrees with them and supports them. He clearly does not. When Donald Trump was president, he rebuilt our military. Well, why did he do that? To protect us from Bolivia, now China, Russia, Ukraine and Iran. Donald Trump put the most serious sanctions on Iran. He bled them. They were dying until Biden came in and funded them directly and indirectly. It was Trump who took out Baghdadi and Suleimani. TRUMP And by the way, the Putin ites didn’t like that either. They didn’t like the fact that he put sanctions on oligarchs in Russia. They didn’t like the fact they thought it was provocative that he blocked the Nord Stream gas pipeline that Russia was relying on. They didn’t like the fact that we were rebuilding our military after Obama did deal with whom? Well, obviously the same for, but especially China and Russia. These are the things Trump has done. Because he’s realistic. He’s realistic. I haven’t changed my views. That’s why when people he’s defying Trump, it’s not a matter of defying or endorsing or anything of the sort. It’s a matter of taking the facts. They say they’re a news site, taking the facts. And looking at them. Rationally. Mike Walt came out and said, Look what upset Trump was, the fact that Zielinski blew off his minerals idea. You know what that would upset me to. That would upset me too. People are trying to figure out how do you get out of this muck? How do you get out of this quagmire? All these people are dying and so forth and so on. Trump says, I’m not going to do what Biden did. Just put in money and arms where they fight a defensive war they can’t win and they just die and die and die and eventually they’re going to lose. He’s right. And he’s come up with this idea in dealing with the minerals. Which is even smarter than the Marshall Plan. Because. Ukraine happens to be sitting on all these valuable minerals and metals. Which we need. And the influx of money and resources and knowhow and technology is what Ukraine needs and is going to need. That’s why he was furious. When Selenski apparently blew them off, according to Waltz. This is very rational when I’m talking about it’s very rational what Trump’s thinking about. Very rational. And so these negotiations are going to be very difficult. They’re going to be very complicated. I mean, Russia’s involved. Very difficult, very complicated. It’s very important that Ukraine’s security be maintained. That’s very difficult, but it’s got to happen. And so here you would have Ukraine. Really? Getting more direct. Economic involvement by the United States side of what even if it was a member nado. America having more interests in Ukraine as a result of the Trump plan? They wouldn’t even need to be a part in-a-row. Under those circumstances. Now, as you know, one of my heroes is Ronald Reagan. And he dealt with Gorbachev and they became friends. But let’s not mistake Gorbachev for Putin. They’re two different animals. Putin’s a killer. Putin’s KGB. Gorbachev was not. Gorbachev was very serious. About trying to figure out. About trying to figure out, have they how to have relative peace with the United States because their economy collapsed, their country collapsed. Financially, they just could not compete with the United States. And that was Reagan. There was Star Wars. It was all of it. And he built up the military just as Trump has built up the military. You know, I have to do it again because another Democrat degrades the military. Now. Nothing you hear me say is in defiance of anybody or attacking anybody. What you hear me saying is things I’ve said all along, except for this new peace with this minerals, which is Trump’s idea, not mine. And it’s a brilliant idea. I like it a lot. And if you’re Ukraine, you should like it a lot, too. In fact, it’s a prayer that’s answered the rebuilding of your country. American investment. And coming with American investment is we will protect our investments. What would surprise me, quite frankly, in negotiations if Russia didn’t object to the Trump plan? Who knows? I’ll be right back.
Segment 4
And if you’re at Dan Abrams news site and your site this evening has absolutely nothing about what’s taken place in Israel, you’re a grotesque joke. A grotesque joke. And Dan Abrams should be ashamed of himself. Absolutely ashamed of himself. I don’t care if he did stuff yesterday or the day before. There’s breaking news out there. It’s constant. No interviews done by you guys? None. None. You write about people. You don’t even contact them. You don’t even contact them. You just grab information collected somewhere else and give your opinion. You’re not a news site. Your propaganda operation. That’s what you are. And by the way, this this media puts out a top of whatever media influencers. Remember that Mr. Producer and we market and joke. And yet here they are monitoring me, talking about. How. Here we have this guy as powerful guy comments the way he does. I don’t think I’ve ever been on their list, however. They’re frauds. They’re phonies. That’s all there. And we’re going to start monitoring them very, very, very carefully. I’ll be right back.