Nikki Haley's last stand and the election conspiracies surrounding Taylor Swift | Planet America

This week: Will South Carolina be Nikki Haley’s last stand? Also, North Korea’s war talk and do Republicans really believe Taylor Swift is rigging the election?
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00:24 -IS SOUTH CAROLINA NIKKI HALEY’S LAST CHANCE?
17:39 -THE CLOSEST PRESIDENTIAL CONTESTS IN AMERICA’S HISTORY
22:00 -IS NORTH KOREA GEARING UP FOR WAR?
23:38 -OUR INTERVIEW WITH NORTH KOREA EXPERT AND DIRECTOR OF 38 NORTH, JENNY TOWN
30:03 -THE REST OF OUR INTERVIEW WITH PUTIN CRITIC AND FRIEND OF ALEXEI NAVALNY BILL BROWDER
38:15 -WHY DO REPUBLICANS BELIEVE TAYLOR SWIFT IS PART OF A SECRET OPERATION TO RIG THE US ELECTION
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[@Omni0404]

I stay awake until 3:57 AM ET just to watch an intelligent Aussie and his friend teach me about US politics. It's entirely worth it.

[@martythompson7680]

Which ones the friend?

[@Omni0404]

@@martythompson7680 Yes.

[@user-td5so8zm4l]

@@Omni0404 i think he means which one do you see as the intelligent one (or more so). The 'main' host John does this as a job, but for Chaz its a lifestyle. In australia hes been around since the early 2000s and was a popular political pest in his youth. Check out his pep podcast if you havent its really informative

[@joejoe2658]

I live in a country that doesn't assume every youtube user is an american (even on australian channels).

[@roughhabit9085]

How come comments are being allowed? This is very unaustralian.

[@cameronbobsmith]

I enjoy the fact that the two hosts don't always agree 100% with each other. They respectfully disagree, make their argument and then move on. It is rare to see intelligent discussion on tv anymore.

[@marcusaurelius9123]

Tens of thousands of Russians living here in Phuket

[@alexanderclaylavin]

I liked John’s extended riff. That’s usually more of a Chas thing. You blokes stay well.

[@sarcasmo57]

She wants to pull a Bradbury.

[@bernadmanny]

As Bradbury proved, ''You've gotta be in it, to win it.''

[@hoyks1]

Totally hanging in there to try and be the only sensible option remaining.

[@marianmartinez1494]

🤣🤣🤣⛸

[@ttacking_you]

You mean burn at 451° fahrenheit?

[@CellarDoorAU]

Indeed!

[@__SummerRose]

Rest in Power Alexei Navalny ~ you will be remembered for the brave hero you are ❤️

[@Mr_Squiggle]

He was far right and supported the invasion of Crimea. Good riddance!!! 1:54

[@lawrencekling8598]

It has moved me to tears when I heard the news. 😥 May he rest in peace

[@ttacking_you]

He's powerfully decomposing. Smh

[@jm2069]

He was pretty keen on the Ukraine war so don't lose too much sleep over it mate.

[@ttacking_you]

@@jm2069 but he also supposedly supported Israel till his dying day

[@balmoralwatersportscentere909]

love your work guys

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

Serious reporting and charming rapport keep me coming back for more 🤓💖👏

[@thunderlock264]

These guys peddle propaganda and I was a devoted supporter of there's for years

[@nevyn_karres]

@@thunderlock264 your bullcrap loses some extra points ... guess what for?

[@thunderlock264]

no agenda mate unlike these ones bahahahah.@@nevyn_karres

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

Oh! Is it because their might be a grammatical error there comment?@@nevyn_karres

[@lindajamroz4807]

Hello from stateside. (US) Thanks for an interesting AND informative hour. Loved it. I've subscribed 👍 Bye the by...I want the chocolate chip cookies too 😂.

[@tomstruct]

Thanks team 🎉

[@alextaylor6793]

Love these shows

[@Levelistchampion]

Thanks, John, for mentioning the plausible electoral tie in 2020. It's something US media frequently omits, probably to simplify discussions. That provision of the Constitution hasn't been used since 1825, and would have cast an even greater pall over Trump's legitimacy. Even if those three states flipped for him by a single vote, he still would have lost the national popular vote by 7 million--more than twice as large a margin as 2016. A fun fact: the last time a non-incumbent Republican presidential candidate won the popular vote AND the Electoral College was George HW Bush in 1988.

[@weston.weston]

I enjoy this show. It is fascinating.

[@samuelese22]

Stellar job guys

[@petet2973]

Mafs has nothing on the US Presidential Election! Did you know U.S spells US? I'm hooked 😂😂😂

[@buckrogers3727]

There should be a sanity test for public office

[@thomasmanning829]

As an American I must say you've mis-characterized Donald Trump. Your viewers can search KZbin for 'Donald Trump today' and get a more accurate account of the man. Also, of the several states already finished in their primary voting Nikki Haley has Won only ONE county. Just one; with each state averaging about 50 counties each. The question should be, why is Nikki Haley still in this race? She'll undoubtedly receive millions of dollars from Trump hating Donors for staying in the race. (If you really want to call it a race at this point.) But it's no longer a race. It's more about auditionung for a job on Leftist Media isn't it?

[@__SummerRose]

Yes I agree. There are nowhere near enough guardrails in the US to stop him and people like him from becoming president. You can’t vote if you have a felony conviction in the US but you can be president o.O Truly mind boggling 🤷‍♀️

[@danellis-jones1591]

Repeated every 6 months

[@peter65zzfdfh]

Anyone who *wants* to run for public office automatically fails.

[@danellis-jones1591]

@@peter65zzfdfh That's sad. And I actually think maybe 50% of people who enter politics are there to make a difference for people. Whether you agree with their methods or not. But it quickly becomes corrupt

[@detectiveofmoneypolitics]

Economic investigator Frank G Melbourne Australia is following this informative content cheers Frank 😊

[@jezzaaaaaaaa7183]

Fireside Chaz ✅👍😎 with Elton John Baron 😂❤

[@whophd]

@11:00 oh god no, please zero your axes 😩😩😩

[@davidgross316]

Lol, the Sims music

[@ozzie7523]

A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin and the GOP just proved it this week.🤡

[@madworld1808]

I agree.

[@Omni0404]

@@madworld1808 And my bow.

[@roughhabit9085]

A vote for a right wing candidate is a vote for a relic of communism. That makes a lot of sense.

[@KristinaKarina]

Thank goodness, someone who gets it! A vote for Trump =Putin=BRICS=Xi….

[@thunderlock264]

wake up please my brotha trump is the goat

[@whophd]

Chazzy! You OK? Or is it just your eye.

[@doedoe9307]

17:58 someone in the editing team likes the sims 3

[@presntnow]

North America 😂

[@rhendersbee685]

Where is Buttigieg?

[@noelleggett5368]

Yulia Navalnaya - echoes of Corazón Aquino

[@tystkanin9996]

If it's integral for Biden to win Michigan does it even matter if the rest of us vote? You cited Hillary winning a majority but losing to Trump due to just a couple states...Can you please explain how any of our votes matter if we don't live in one of these very important states?

[@beadsy-dl5up]

@tystkanin9996 It is because of the crazy elctoral college system that is so weird as to be actually NON Democratic

[@lawrencekling8598]

Yep, the electional college system is crap. If the candidate has most votes, he/she should win.

[@joshiek7839]

@@beadsy-dl5upthe USA is not a democracy. Democracy is mob rule. The electoral college was designed to stop heavily populated areas over shadowing less populated areas. If they ran a simple votes percentage then the only vote that matters is who New York and California. Probably though because they would vote for people you like you will think that’s a good system.

[@Idlemind842]

I think that N.K. is mainly upset with S.K's rapidly growing arms export success and these threats are to intended to scare off their buyers and make S.K. want to keep more equipment at home for themselves.

[@tomhermens7698]

Nikki you are not fighting Trump , you are fighting Putin.

[@MuffFlux]

Mate. I get ya older, I get you can't do it sustainably any more. But you still needa do some chaser-esque shit, like once every 2 years. You're the only one who can make it happen. Just a performance one every couple of years. No one else is going to do it! You are in the best position to.

[@ttacking_you]

In fact if the guy who got boo'd at sneakercon wins ? WE NEED A NEW SYSTEM. Shit don't make NO sense!

[@pianowhizz]

The abortion/IVF issue is just another example of why winning against the Confederate states was actually the worst thing to ever happen to the United States! I.e. Trump (along with 100+ million supporters - some just aren’t old enough to be allowed to vote yet) is a symptom/consequence and victim - not a cause!

[@simonalexanderwood]

Do you think America should have broken up?

[@pianowhizz]

@@simonalexanderwoodit still is broken up - the Confederate flag has never stopped flying (both literally and culturally). Can it be called a divorce if the marriage was without consent to begin with? Annulment is the more accurate situation. It’s amusing that the United States on one hand is struggling to hold itself together hundreds of years after its own ideological civil war… yet on the other hand is so quick to give unsolicited advice to China about its in-progress ideological civil war (Taiwan)! The parallels are striking!

[@Mark-wv6sg]

America has got Freedumb

[@Tony-dk1bp]

Why couldn't Trump run again in 2028 if he loses in 2024? Where is that in the constitution?

[@lawrencekling8598]

Yes he can try to run again in 2028 if he lost this year election. President can serve only two terms.

[@nevyn_karres]

That NK thing does really sound bad, or maybe just sad :(

[@joejoe2658]

FIX THE TOP OF YOUR FIRE. IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.

[@davo6263]

what's wrong with it?

[@jsma9999]

well that's fun Taylor Swift getting out the Vote, America you so silly

[@AndrewSheldon]

I wonder if this change in policy is the result of lost support from China.

[@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745]

Lol, Nikki's last stand, sounds so dramatic

[@XHikarixxx]

I really want her to use her real name on the ballots and see just how many people in her demographic want to vote for NIMARATA HALEY

[@Liamv4696]

Why do the democrats not have Kamala up as an option? Not an American, so I guess I don't know the whole situation, but looking in from the outside, she seems like the much better option between all three.

[@joshiek7839]

Because she is a horrible person. We learned that in the 2020 primary debates.

[@montanaoneill9262]

Tucker is a journalist that is allowed to go and interview putin even if you don't like him. I found the interview quite interesting even if people found it boring I dont care.

[@EstaviusMarx]

Tucker is not a journalist. Journalists ask tough questions.

[@montanaoneill9262]

@EstaviusMarx Tuckers profession is a TV journalist, he's been for many years on Fox and now has his own network. Most corporate media journalist don't ask tough questions anyway

[@joshiek7839]

@@EstaviusMarxyou didn’t watch the interview. Ask me how I know.

[@bulkzorage]

140 mill in and has not won a thing .. 😂

[@joshismyhandle]

🚀🌎

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

Free Julian Assange

[@its_Today_]

Pass. RuZ can keep him, no worries 😊

[@lawrencekling8598]

I sincerely hope he can be free but more likely he will be jailed in US 😥

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

​@@lawrencekling8598I disagree

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

​​@@lawrencekling8598the Americans really don't want to do that Consequences

[@lawrencekling8598]

@@FieldDay-cj3tv Why do you disagree? I cannot see the court will stop the extradition. Like Trump, Biden want him to face the justice and being jail. It's really sad but that's reality we have to face

[@dangerzone007]

14:00 If a hundred American cells is a human being how many Palestinian cells does it take to make a human being.

[@tanias4877]

Slava Ukraini 🇭🇲🇺🇦🇭🇲🇺🇦

[@AussieWelder]

Why so much fascination with polls? They are meaningless when dealing with such a diverse and large population like the USA.

[@DuckReach432]

It's the only way to guess which way the political wind is blowing. Without them, journalists are stuck with 'man in the street' interviews and the occasional guest academic.

[@sivansharma5027]

Polls give you an idea of changes in opinion as candidates do things and give information out at press briefings, for example. Let's you know whether certain actions change their level of support; whether or not an action is of significance to a voter's allegiance.

[@iainherridge6253]

​@@sivansharma5027not really these days!

[@sivansharma5027]

@@iainherridge6253 well you're wrong... The average person, who doesn't know how polls work, just assumes they reflect the entire population and that they project/predict voting outcomes. Like I said above, they are best used for seeing changes in opinion between polls. You can also assume that the average polled person is likely more informed than the average voter, even if the polling organisation tries their best to get a fair sample, because the fact that someone is being polled increases the likelihood that they might try to be more informed on politics etc. However it does not necessarily mean they are well informed, or correctly informed. Though there are metrics available, for example by also asking where they get their news from etc. This data is not often presented though, but it certainly exists! Polls rarely ever ask just a handful of questions! Btw if you want to know more, I think John Oliver might have done a segment on polls. But at the very least, you can find other videos on how polling organisations work, like how they select their polling samples and how they go about maintaining fair representation of the population. It's not just walking down the street and asking just anybody for their opinions... Every member of a sample has a detailed profile on record. There is a system and method to it all

[@gavaniacono]

Insider Advantage is ranked 84! Why don't you use a top 10, or even a top 20 polling organization? You blokes are suspect.

[@beadsy-dl5up]

@gavaniacono Not as suspect as you mate

[@gavaniacono]

@@beadsy-dl5up i'm so suspect, i use my real name.

[@stigsandstrom866]

Can you please stop focusing on polls and focus on the actuals on the ground.

[@EstaviusMarx]

How exactly do you do that? Personal anecdote through interviewing randoms on the street?

[@shiplesp]

Trump can absolutely run again if he loses. The limit is on terms served, not attempts.

[@marianmartinez1494]

it might be if he doesn't get in this year he'll be in his mid 80's next election.

[@lawrencekling8598]

More likely he'll be barred to run in the future if he has criminal records.

[@shiplesp]

@@lawrencekling8598 There is no law that bars someone with a criminal record from running. Maybe if he is incarcerated?

[@shiplesp]

@@marianmartinez1494 Like Biden? I fear we will not be safe until he cannot even be propped up.

[@lawrencekling8598]

@@shiplesp That's true. I say it's nuts. This constitution needs to be reform.

[@ryanadam7443]

Boring history lessons … so this guy has learnt nothing from the past … where did u find him 😂

[@atb12312]

Get the jab

[@jimgraham6722]

Halley is running on principle by offering a sane conservative candidate. Hopefully she will hang in to the convention. Although it seems unlikely she will get over the line as a Republican, she might run as a conservative independent, so she might just make it to the presidency. If by chance she won the presidential election she would likely make an excellent president.

[@davidk6264]

yes but has she offered anything? That is what people who vote are looking for

[@gingercat777]

She's a racist war monger...get real buddy.

[@lawrencekling8598]

If she couldn't win the nomination, she can try to run again in 2028. It's more likely she's successful.

[@lawrencekling8598]

​@@davidk6264Tell me what has Trump offered to his people? His policies are delusional IMO.

[@jimgraham6722]

@@davidk6264 Matching MAGA hats and sneakers?

[@artaxerxes811]

WHY DO YOU CLOSE COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC VIDEOS? ARE YOU AFRAUID OF PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS? YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF, SO MUCH FOR THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

[@vandiemonlost]

Australians have no constitutional right to free speech, we have what basically amounts to an understanding (High Court ruling) that people should be able to express themselves, while the law tries not to interfere. If you are American, you have a right to free speech but only in America. The ABC owes you and no one an explanation on which videos they choose to allow comment. I would suggest though that they often choose the videos to block comments where people will start screaming on the internet in all caps - Those people are really annoying.

[@purplexs2506]

John: "Everybody knows what 'covert' means ...". Errrm, I ' m n o t s o s u r e a b o u t t h a t ....

[@jm2069]

The only show on the ideologically driven, virtue signalling, communist, feminist, victim obsessed, western democracy hating, woke ABC I can still watch. (I think I got them all in there 😂) - cheers guys. (Media watch hung in there for a while).

[@davidk6264]

im not hearing much about what a Nikki's presidency will be like.

[@lawrencekling8598]

I'm sure she would be good President.

[@someyoutuber99]

The economy is not in a good place. I don’t know if you’re paying attention but there have been mass layoffs right across the board.

[@Omni0404]

In which sector? Many businesses are hiring which is why the quarterly job numbers were so strong.

[@Dinki-Di]

US job vacancies are the lowest in years. What indicators are you relying on?

[@gavaniacono]

​@@Omni0404 what part of employment numbers are strong? The 100s of thousands of new part time jobs? Which are taken up by already working people?

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

The basic hourly rate is the same as it was under Clinton. The condition of the working poor and wage slavery will never change now. The richest 3 people own more than the bottom 25%.

[@Omni0404]

@gavaniacono The unemployment rate is around 3.7% which is the best it's been in my lifetime. The figures are so good even Fox News wasn't able to spin it as a negative. Not to mention wage growth is outpacing inflation, and our 401ks are booming.

[@jesteronetime]

Any more left leaning there ear would be in the dirt

[@marcelgrguric3785]

Your commentaries are so WYSIWYG. You cannot deconstruct sufficiently and there is an a priori of ridicule 'involuntarily' built, no matter what or who, as along as it fits with your partisan prejudices. You lack the capacity to adequately deconstruct.

[@lawrencekling8598]

Maybe you could tell us what is your "theory"?

[@mightyricho8526]

Speak English please

[@EstaviusMarx]

Please enlighten us.

[@kathyconway5327]

Check the title - Planet America Fireside Chat. What were you expecting; Political Philosophy 101? And discussion of upcoming election results are always provisional, just as the hosts acknowledge.

[@pls_explain9608]

Who can’t but ‘ridicule ‘’involuntarily’’ the absurdity of american politics after all half the population voted for a complete imbecile in 2016

[@Satronaut-pw3ij]

If Haley wanted to do America a favour she would run as an independent and take votes away from Trump.

[@Satronaut-pw3ij]

Kick Biden for Gavin Newsom