March 12, 2025

White House Tesla Showroom While Federal Art Disappears! Rosie FLEES

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Trump transforms the South Lawn into Tesla dealership as government officials order workers to shred documents and abandon priceless artwork. Meanwhile, Rosie O'Donnell is fleeing the country, and Greenland's election results show the world is watching! Patrick Gutfield breaks down the most SHOCKING political developments that the mainstream media won't tell you about!

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Callaroga Shark Media from Ireland, new home of Rosie O'Donnell.

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This is ballad. Hey, I'll give Rosie one thing. At

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least one celebrity actually did it. Also, who cares? Let's

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hit this. So Rosie O'Donnell has moved to Ireland. That's right.

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The Flintstone star has officially Yaba daba dude her way

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across the Atlantic, and the Maga crowd couldn't be happier

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if they were getting free red hats at a monster

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truck rally. O'Donnell posted a nearly ten minute TikTok video

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explaining her departure, which is about nine minutes longer than

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anyone needed. She said she left in January with her

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twelve year old child, conveniently right around the time a

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certain someone was being inaugurated. What timing. She didn't name

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names in her video. Very subtle, Rosie, she said, when

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it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights

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there in America, that's when we will consider coming back.

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I'm no detective, but I think she might be referring

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to Trump. Just a hunch. The comedian also encouraged Americans

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to stand up, use their voice protest demand that we

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follow the constitution in our country and not a king,

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not a man. Because nothing says I'm committed to fighting

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for change like moving four thousand miles away. It's like

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telling someone to put out a house fire while you're

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booking a hotel in another country. O'Donnell claims she's one

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hundred percent Irish and is working on getting citizenship. Meanwhile,

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a maga supporters on social media are celebrating harder than Trump.

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At an all you can eat KFC buffet. One wrote,

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thanks to Rosie O'Donnell, America became healthier overnight. Another added

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good riddance Rosie. She joins other celebrities who threatened to

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leave if Trump won, like Barbara Streisan Share and Sharon Stone,

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though so far, Rosie seems to be one of the

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few who actually followed through. It's almost as if celebrities

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say things they don't mean shocking. Trump turned the White

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House lawn into a tesla's showroom this week. That's right,

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the President decided to transform the historic South lawn into

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a car dealership. Because nothing screams dignified presidency like haggling

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over extended warranties on government property. The President invited Elon

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Musk to showcase five Tesla vehicles right on the White

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House driveway. Trump especially praised the cyber truck, saying, as

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soon as I saw it, I said, that is the

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coolest design. You know what else has a cool design?

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The Constitution. But I guess we're not showcasing that these days.

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Trump promised to buy a red model s which costs

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seventy three, four hundred and ninety dollars. That's quite a

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splurge for someone who hasn't bought a new car in

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a long time. I haven't bought socks in a long

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time either, But I'm not inviting Haynes executives to the

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White House. Remember when Trump railed against electric vehicles during

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his campaign. Well, apparently friendship with Elon Trump consistency. He's

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like that friend who swore they never joined TikTok and

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then suddenly they're doing dance challenges with teenagers. Senator Chris

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Murphy called this corruption, but Trump insists he's just supporting

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a great American company, because what better way to show

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patriotism than by giving free advertising to your billionaire buddy

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who spent a quarter of a billion dollars getting you elected.

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That's not corruption, that's just good old fashioned American quid

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pro quo. The President even held a cheat sheet with

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Tesla talking points, including that they cost two hundred and

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ninety nine dollars a month and have self driving, though

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I should note that self driving actually costs extra and

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requires human supervision. Kind of like how this presidency requires

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constant supervision despite claiming to run itself. We're now getting

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into the shred and burn phase of this administration. The

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US Agency for International Development has ordered employees to destroy

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internal documents, including personnel files and classified materials. Nothing says

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totally legitimate government operations like frantically feeding papers into shredders.

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According to an email obtained by The Washington Post, a

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senior US AID official instructed employees to shred or burn

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documents at the organization's Washington headquarters. The campaign is being

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championed by everyone's favorite billionaire advisor, Elon Musk, who has

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called the organization a criminal organization without actually providing any

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evidence of widespread criminal activity. Representative Gregory Meeks said, haphazardly

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shredding and burning USAID documents and personnel files seems like

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a great way to get rid of evidence. Of wrongdoing

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when you're illegally dismantling the agency. The Trump administration is

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also setting its sites on art. That's right. The future

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of over twenty six thousand pieces of public artwork is

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in jeopardy as the administration plans to fire workers who

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preserve and maintain the US government's art collection, which includes

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pieces by renowned artists dating back to the ab teen fifties.

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Fine arts and historic preservation workers at the General Services

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Administration told The Washington Post that at least five regional

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offices were shuttered last week, and more than half of

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the division's three dozen staff members were abruptly put on

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leave pending termination. These workers are now worried about what

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will happen to precious artworks like Alexander Calder's nineteen seventy

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four Flamingo in Chicago and Michael Lance's nineteen forty two

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Man Controlling Trade in Washington, DC. And that last one

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is so on the nose I wish it were a joke.

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The dismissal notices were brutally direct. This email serves as

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notice that your organizational unit is being abolished, along with

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all positions within the unit, including yours. Nothing says you're

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fired like you're abolished. One worker described it as just

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the rug being pulled out, leaving precious artworks in limbo.

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For example, the nineteen forty one Gifford Beale painting Tropical

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Country is currently with a for restoration, but now the

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conservator doesn't know who to contact or whether he'll even

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be paid. It's like dropping your car off at the

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mechanic and then the entire car company disappears overnight, according

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to former staffers, The agency also plans to end its

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lease for a storage facility in northern Virginia that holds

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hundreds of paintings and sculptures, including pieces from the Depression

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era Works Progress Administration. These iconic New Deal artworks have

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been protected for decades. Artists were paid up to forty

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two dollars a week in nineteen thirty four, about one

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thousand dollars in today's money to create them. The Federal

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Art Collection functions like a distributed museum, with artworks spread

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across courthouses and office buildings nationwide. Many require frequent care,

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which is managed by small teams across eleven regions, plus

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a central Washington office. This collection is managed by a

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staff much smaller than other American art museums. Crystal Bridges

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in Arkansas has a smaller collection but employs about three

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hundred people. Some artworks are literally part of the buildings,

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like BENJ. Sewan's nineteen forty two fresco The Meaning of

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Social Security plastered onto a federal building wall in Washington.

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Workers wonder what will happen to these pieces if buildings

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are sold, Will they be jackhammered out, left to deteriorate,

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turned into luxury condo feature walls. Staff were told to

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quickly upload documents into a shared folder or risk losing

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the preservation history for these works. An email from the

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director addressed for everyone left. Nothing says orderly transition like

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a frantic document dump. Greenland just had a surprising election

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and guess what, The center right Democratic Party pulled off

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a major upset victory. Why. Possibly because Donald Trump casually

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mentioned the US would take control of the island one

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way or another. Nothing like a little American imperialism to

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spice up your local elections. The Democrats surged from nine

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percent to nearly thirty percent of the vote, beating out

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parties that have been running Greenland for years. This is

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like if the Libertarian Party suddenly won control of Texas

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because Canada threatened to Annexit. Both the winning party and

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the runner up favor independence from Denmark. They just disagree

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on how quickly to do it. It's the political equivalent

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of breaking up with someone. Someone a clean break, Others

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prefer the slow, it's not you, it's me approach. The

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outgoing Prime minister called early elections saying Greenland needed unity

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during this serious time, which is code for Trump is

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eyeing our minerals like they're on the McDonald's dollar menu.

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Trump told Congress he thought the US was going to

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get Greenland one way or another, which is what Debbie

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Harry told me back at CBGB's in nineteen seventy nine.

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But that's a story for another day. Why does Trump

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want Greenland so badly? It has rich deposits of rare

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earth minerals needed for phones and renewable energy. That and

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I think he genuinely believes it's green, the most beautiful

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green island. Nobody has greener islands than me. The election

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saw massive turnout, with officials keeping poles open late to

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make sure everyone got to vote. Democracy in Action. Portions

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of today's show were made with the help of Rosie

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O'Donnell ai and my new free tesla I got in

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exchange for the mentions