Deranged lefties exposed for knowing nothing about Kings at ‘No Kings’ rally

Deranged lefties exposed for knowing nothing about Kings at ‘No Kings’ rally

This is Power Hour with Gabriella Power. Hello and welcome to Power Hour. I’m Gabriella Power. Thank you for your time and for your company. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has blasted Australia’s ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, at the White House. I don’t like you either. I don’t. And and I probably never will. and I probably never will. It is so embarrassing for Australia. But Kevin Rudd only has himself to blame here for posting and then deleting on social media that Donald Trump is a village idiot and a traitor to the West. Now, after being totally humiliated by the president of the United States, Australia’s ambassador Kevin Rudd chased down the president offering a growling apology for his stupid comments in the past. But there are right now plenty of calls right here in Australia to see Kevin Rudd pack his bags. We’ll have much more to say on this later in the show. But first, let’s look at the events over the weekend where the looneyest of the lefties gathered to rally against democracy, taking to the streets in what they call a no kings protest. A protest against the democratically elected president of the United States. And among those calling on Americans to get out there and march was, of course, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who shared this video on social media that really got the lefties going and must have had the president shaking in his boots. Going to tear up the crown, breaking a crown and posting it to social media. Well done, Nancy Pelosi. But let’s take a look at those lovely, charming, completely sane protesters that took to the streets over the weekend. Starting with this woman who spent her birthday marching with her family. And there’s no other way I’d want to celebrate my birthday than with my parents and my best friend fighting for our country. Okay. So, for a for a birthday present, what do you hope happens? You know, you wake up tomorrow morning. I hope that um I see the obituary that we’re all waiting for tomorrow. That’s what I hope for. Yeah. Wishing that President Trump is dead. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. And let’s look at another No Kings protester who’s calling on other lefties to get meaner. We need to get ourselves together and and and we might even need to be a little bit meaner because um the Republicans don’t mind being mean. And by mean, what do you mean? Do you mean protesting? Do you mean maybe we have to, I don’t know, stop being so nice? Cuz you seem like a pretty nice lady. I’m a pretty nice lady, but I can be pretty mean, too. Okay. And I have to ask this because people on the other side are going to say that they feel like the Democrat party has been mean recently with Charlie Kirk being assassinated. is a piece of garbage. Of course, we were mean. I am so tired of people saying, “Oh, but you know, it’s a terrible thing.” No, Hitler is dead. I’m glad Hitler’s dead. Evil people have no place in in my world. He was a hateful human being. It was disgusting the things that he said and did. I have I have, you know, I don’t have time for that. I’m sorry. I have to point my energy in other directions. And here’s another measured, rational liberal making an excellent point. He was a racist because he was a misogynist. And that means that you are too because you support him. Get out. Get out of here. He hated people. He hated anyone that wasn’t white, that wasn’t male, that wasn’t straight. They’re still triggered by Charlie Kirk. Wow. Now, the president has a message for these seriously deranged lefties who will be certainly triggered again to learn that Donald Trump is a president and not a king. By the way, I’m not a king. I’m not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That’s all it is. I’m not a king at all. Joining us now is Hillary Ford, president and founder of Strowmark. Hillary, it’s wonderful to see you again. Let’s start with these so-called no kings protests that occurred over the weekend. And we’ve seen plenty of lefties having meltdowns celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death and wishing death on the president at these rallies. So, a really charming group of people attending, but we’ve also seen some bizarre dance performances. It’s pretty painful to watch, but I’m sorry to do this, but I’m going to put you through it. In the USA, we’re rising up. Not today. Not today. There ain’t no king. Ain’t no king. Oh, it doesn’t stop. And then you look at the banners that they’ve got uh behind them. I mean, Hillary, can I get your reaction? and and why do we so often see old people taking to the streets performing like this uh to make a point against Donald Trump? Well, wonderful to be back with you again. And what I find is absolutely even more ridiculous than those silly ghastly dances is that I don’t think they know what they’re talking about. First of all, if Donald Trump was a powerful omnipresent king, then we wouldn’t have a government shutdown right now. If he was a king and could just like wave a wand and stop it or command people to to to open up the government, then he would. So he’s not a king. Secondly, they probably don’t understand anything about kings because at least um the UK king Charles is a constitutional monarch. Even he wouldn’t have the p power to reopen the government. So I don’t think they understand number one what a king is. I don’t think they know much because if you ask them anything about the Magna Carta, if you ask them anything about King John and where it was signed and what it meant in the constitutional monarchy, they don’t even know. So they’re demonstrating their idiocy. It’s rather like when there were all those process um protests from the river to the sea. I wanted to ask them, Gabriella, do you know which river? Do you know which seat? So I think they don’t know what they’re talking about. They’re actually protesting something which actually isn’t occurring. And then last but not least, when you said about their age, it’s their age, but also all of those banners and everything was very well prepared. And there of course is a lot of speculation and President Trump has said this, they are Sorosbacked and funded. I think these people are funded because otherwise their signs all wouldn’t be so similar, nor would they have all these organized routines. Gabriella, well, let’s talk about that. There are reports that George Soros foundations have been backing the No Kings protests. And of course, we know that George Soros is the founder of the Open Society Foundations, which funds plenty of left-wing activism and uh also has financial ties to the Indivisible project, which was managing data and communications with participants for these No Kings protests. Now, Ted Cruz has also raised the alarm about this on Fox News. Let’s take a listen. You look at this no Kings rally and and there’s considerable evidence that George Soros and his network is behind funding these rallies wi-i which may well be riots all across the country and Soros’s is writing the check. Hillary, can I get your thoughts on this? Yes. Um there is speculation. I’m not going to say something that isn’t totally proven, but it looks like it is. From everything that you’re hearing from whether it’s President Trump, as you mentioned there, Ted Cruz, but also the DOJ and the FBI’s investigating this. I will say that he has funded to the tune of 32 billion uh that Open Society uh foundation and they have declared that they do back such things. They’ve said it’s their right to protest and their right for free speech, but it isn’t a right to violence and it isn’t a right to be what what is looked viewed as and definitely seems very anti-American, Gabriella. And as I mentioned before, they don’t know what they’re talking about because we don’t have a king or he would have opened up the government. They have no idea what they are talking about. And then if you listen to some of them, what they have to say is certainly uh not nice. But look, we are just two weeks away from the mayoral election in New York City. And of course, the front runner is Democrat Zeran Mandani, and he’s making it no secret that if he is elected, which he’s likely to be, he’ll be putting taxes up and up. He was asked about this on Fox News. Let’s take a listen. So, a lot of individuals in this city pay more than 50% of their income in taxes. When you talk about a fair share, how much more than that? What is the fair share? What’s the number? I’ve said that we should increase personal income tax% is is fair. And my and my point is this. You give up more than half of your income. That’s if you’re making a million dollars in New York City or more than that. You can afford to pay 2% more. And the reasons you can afford to do so is because that money will be used to better your quality of life as well. As Margaret Thatcher famously said, the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money. But Zaran Mam Danmi has also come under fire for posting a photo and smiling arm- in-armm with Imam Siraj who’s been accused of having ties to terrorism. Yet Hillary Madani is expected to win this election next month. Can I get your reaction to his comments about putting taxes up and up on Fox News? Well, I can tell you who’s really happy about that, Gabriella, and that’s all the realtors in Florida. Uh because more New Yorkers are going to leave and they’re going to go to Florida. Miami is now a booming financial set center. Who would have ever thought that New York City would no longer be the financial set center. The amount of businesses that have moved down there is absolutely um astronomical. And then I would say also with regard to crime um he isn’t advocating for more police on the streets. All the things that he just said there with regard to raising the taxes 2%. Um those aren’t things that he’s also promising. He isn’t. And I do think that the Jewish population in New York City should be very concerned. absolutely concerned because you just mentioned who he had with him and he has also even said as an imam he preached saying that he wanted marches of 10,000 people and he’s talked about obviously being he’s very anti-semitic and I think Jewish people in New York should be extremely concerned yeah I think and I think they are now US Vice President JD Vance is on his way to Israel to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu to oversees Trump to oversee rather uh Trump’s ceasefire deal in Gaza now the President has made it clear that they will be eradicating Hamas if they have to. Here’s Donald Trump. We made a deal with Hamas that, you know, they’re going to be very good. They’re going to behave. They’re going to be nice and if they’re not, we’re going to go and we’re going to eradicate them if we have to. They’ll be eradicated and they know that. Hillary Steve Witoff also gave an emotional interview after securing the release of the living hostages that are now finally back with their families. Let’s listen. How were you feeling when they come up? Elated. Elated. And I was thinking to myself, what would I have felt like when I got the call from Cedar Sinai Hospital that my son had died if the call from them was he didn’t die? Oh god. We revived them. And these people were all getting that type of call. Their kids were coming home. You can see that it is such a powerful moment for Steve Witoff and really such a huge part of his life’s work getting those hostages home. Hillary, yes, it absolutely is. And just uh linking these two stories when I mentioned about Jewish New Yorkers should be scared about Montami in in the US um 73% of uh Jewish people vote dem for the Democrats. I just hope that they’re watching and they’re paying attention to this because President Trump has done more for Israel, more for the Jewish people than any other president in recent memory. And Steve Wickoff, yes, saw that emotional testimony there. He means this from the bottom of his heart. And is there any parent who wouldn’t want their child returned to them? So, I think what he’s done, what Jared Kushner did, they went there together. They went there to um secure this. I think it’s absolutely wonderful. And I hope, as I mentioned, every single Jewish voter is looking at this and all those Jewish voters that vote for the Democrats realize it’s President Trump that’s accomplished this. Absolutely. Now, finally, former Joe Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has unleashed on the Democrat party in her new memoir explaining why she decided to ditch the Democrats altogether and become an independent. Now, she wrote about Joe Biden and how he was essentially pushed out of the race last year. and she wrote, “I was angry and sad and was enraged and heartbroken that this man had given more than 50 years of his life to serving the American people and in the end he’d been treated poorly by members of his own party. It was horrible.” I mean, Hillary, it’s interesting reading these comments coming out of her memoir because we’ve just heard really Kamala Harris blasting the Democrats as well in her book 107 days and that Karine Jean Pierre Kamla Harris neither of them are really helping the Democrats right now. No, they’re not. And I I look at it as sort of like the eyes of March A2 brutai because I look at it’s another stab, right? I mean, the Democratic party this is the last thing they need. They need everyone on board because they’re sinking in the polls. They’re not doing well at all. And I do think they don’t have much of a future because who’s the leader of the Democratic party? Who who are they going to put up? It’s it’s purported that um obviously Kamala is thinking about running uh for national position again and she didn’t win any of the swing states, any of the the popular vote, the electoral college. So I think this is very bad. and Kareem John Pierre. I mean, what she’s saying uh is actually the sentiment of a lot of Democrats and they’re split, divided, and they’re a divided party across the nation and that’s one of their problems. Hillary Ford, president and founder of Stellar, thank you so much for joining us. Pleasure, Gabriella. Thank you for having me. It’s time for Media Meltdowns and woke Hollywood actor Robert Dairo has graced the airwaves of MSNBC with an insightful message to share, claiming that millions of Americans believe Donald Trump, not because Donald Trump is someone who clearly delivers on his promises closing the border, deporting illegals, ending the war in Gaza, and so on, but because these Americans are not watching enough of the mainstream media. Yeah, I’ll listen to this. They’re used to seeing Trump do his stuff and they talk and they listen and that’s the truth to them because they don’t listen to anything else except somewhere way out in the Midwest, somewhere out the out west in certain places, the rural places. That’s the truth because he gets the air time. And I think that we need more air time. Yes. Many Americans are not brainwashed by the leftist media and have stopped watching networks like MSNBC and CNN altogether. Yet, Robert Dairo claims that he has a solution, and that is to push more anti-Trump news content or stop reporting on the president altogether. The news media could find ways to kind of ignore or tamp down nonsense from Trump. It’s just total nonsense. But those people out there listen to it and assume if it can be on the air and it’s out there, it’s the truth. So what is the truth? According to Robert Dairo, it is that Kla Harris was incredibly popular. Joe Biden is as sharp as attack. Steven Miller is a Nazi. And Donald Trump is on his way to destroying the world. Donald Trump wants to destroy not only the city but the country. and eventually he could destroy the world. Joining us now is chief economist at the Institute of Public Affairs, Adam Kryton. Adam, thank you so much for joining us once again. Robert Dairo, I mean, he’s had Trump derangement syndrome for some time now, but isn’t it ironic to hear him on MSNBC of all places to say that the American people who don’t watch the mainstream media are certainly not getting the truth? No, it’s just extraordinary. I mean, that station MSNBC has really been the biggest purveyor of misinformation, I would say, of all the networks in the US. There’s there’s the Russia gate scandal. You know, the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. There was Trump said that Nazis are very fine people. There are so many examples of this. And you know, it’s also a very insulting comment to ordinary Americans who can make up their own minds. I mean, one of the glories now of the media landscape is that there is so much choice and people can, you know, fact check various claims. Uh there are podcasts, there are newspapers online, there’s of course cable. Uh so look, I just think he’s very bitter that the Trump presidency at the moment has had quite a few wins in recent weeks and I think there’s a lot of anger about that. Uh actually there was a there was a movie I think in the late 1990s that Dairo was in called Analyze this and I think he uh played a criminal who had to see a psychiatrist to get a better understanding of the world. Well, you know, maybe this is a chance for uh for art to to finally imitate life. Life imitate art rather. Yes, I think so. You know, you look on MSNBC’s web page, I visit it constantly, and you rarely see the president getting any recognition. I mean, they moved on from his significant achievement ending the war in Ghana in a matter of days. A matter of days. Correct. It absolutely is. And as you say, Dairo’s comments are pretty insulting to the American people. They can absolutely make up their own mind and get the truth absolutely anywhere else apart from MSNBC and CNN. Totally. Adam, finally after Oh, sorry. No, you go. No, I was just going to say the uh you know, the left’s always criticizing Fox News, but I honestly think MSNBC makes Fox News look like the BBC in 1965. I mean, it’s so far-left and extreme uh that I mean, it’s a comedic uh statement of Dairo. Sorry. Oh, no, no. I couldn’t agree more. But I’m eager to talk to you about this meeting that’s h finally taken place after nine long months. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albani has finally met with Donald Trump at the White House. And just the fact that it has taken 9 months is is not a joke when you consider how much the president gets done every single day. And it’s taken more than 270 days for the president to make time for Anthony Albenezy. and and you look at what he has done in that time. I mean, Donald Trump has had one-on- ones uh one-on-one meetings with leaders of Israel, Argentina, India, South Africa, Ukraine, Russia, the UK, France. I mean, it goes on and on. He’s met with more than 20 world leaders. It is only now that we are approaching the one-year mark of Trump 2.0 that this meeting has finally taken place. So certainly shows you where we stand with the United States, which I think of course makes sense when you look at how Anthony Albanes is running Australia. But today, of course, the two leaders signed a major 8.5 billion uh 8.5 US, I should say, billion dollar rare earths and critical minerals deal. And the president also uh showed his support for the Orca submarine deal, insisting that it is moving along rapidly. But it was of course this question by Sky News political editor Andrew Clintel that is getting headlines right around the world with the president blasting Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rut I don’t know anything about him. I mean if you said bad then maybe he’ll like to apologize. I really don’t know. Uh did an ambassador say something bad about don’t tell me. I don’t Where is he? Is he still working for you? Yeah. You said bad. Before I took this position, Mr. President, I don’t like you either. I don’t and and it probably never will. Adam, can I please get your reaction? Well, look, I mean, I think actually the president was very gracious, I think, to Kevin Rudd. It could have gone a lot worse than that. Uh, I think Trump showed himself to be a great statesman there, really. I mean, the things that Rudd said were really nasty. You know, the most destructive president in US history and various other things like that. I mean, I think actually that Rudd got off pretty well from that exchange, but but I should add that, you know, I really think Rudd should step aside from that position. I I think, you know, this has put the Australian government, I think, in a very awkward position because, you know, of course, they can’t sack Rudd now because it looks like we’re survile to the United States then. But, of course, Rudd can, you know, he can find another job. He’s got extensive contacts. I’m sure there’s plenty of jobs in the UN that he could take and he hasn’t taken them which I think you know I think it’s bad for Australia because I know you know Trump kind of played it down there but it is embarrassing that you have you know one of the best allies of the United States and the ambassador says Trump is the most destructive president in your history. I mean that’s not really tenable in my books. No, he’s called Donald Trump a village idiot. He’s made other comments saying he’s a traitor to the West and and then Kevin Rod had to, you know, chase down Donald Trump and then offer this apology after Donald Trump kind of suggested that he maybe he should apologize for those comments. But I I agree with you. I don’t think it really helps Australia and our relationship with the United States. I mean, the fact that it has taken this long to finally uh to finally get this meeting and and it now the headlines around the world is that Donald Trump has blasted Kevin Rudd. But Adam, what do you make of how the relationship will will go between Australia and the US from here? I suppose what they the two leaders were able to achieve today was significant, signing a major rare earth deal to of course counter China’s dominance and now rare earth stocks have certainly jumped and and the president also showed his support for August Orcus rather. Let’s just take a listen. It was made a while ago and nobody did anything about it and it was going too slowly. We do actually have a lot of submarines. We have the best submarines in the world, anywhere in the world, and we’re building uh a few more currently under construction. Uh and now we’re starting, we have it uh all set with Anthony. We’ve worked on this long and hard, and we’re starting that process right now, and it’s I think it’s really moving along very rapidly, very well. Adam, what’s your assessment of the rest of the meeting? Well, well, look, I think it was a win for Albanzia. I think it was a win for Australia. It could have gone a lot worse actually. I mean, there’s so many points of foreign policy disagreement and domestic policy disagreement that Trump could have brought up, but but he really didn’t. And not only did he not do that, he, you know, he said is going ahead and the subs are going ahead, uh, the rare earths deal. I mean, certainly Albanese would have been very scared, I think, on the way over because, as you said earlier in the program, nine months or something like that between, you know, where there wasn’t a meeting and that was indeed very embarrassing. Uh but Trump, you know, again, just like I said before, he’s quite gracious and yes and diplomatic when he wants to be and I think probably people were in his ear before the meeting, I would say from the state department saying Australia is very important. Australia’s very important and so he was nice and you know I mean he even said uh that our defense spending was you know kind of okay. So look I mean I think you know the appearance of it the Labor government will certainly take that as a win. Yeah, absolutely. Let’s talk about what’s happening in Victoria. I mean, what a mess it is. Two Victorian police officers had to be hospitalized over the weekend after left-wing activists attacked officers during protests in Melbourne. Let’s listen to Victoria Police. The people that came to pick the fight were police were the issue motivated groups on the left. I can tell you that the March for Australia group, they were peaceful, they were engaging, they listened to our instructions, they did what they were told, and they let they protested by example. The disruption to Melbourne, um, to the general public who want to come into our fine city, the disruption to businesses, we really need to find an answer of what we do. So, Adam, police making it very clear who is causing trouble here. Left-wing activists, far leftwing activists. Yet that seemed to have been missed by many of our mainstream media outlets. No, look, certainly that’s true. After the march on Sunday, I went to the age to read what had happened and I read an article and it sounded like from the article that it was all the March for Australia people that were doing terrible things. And then and then later on in the day, I saw that that clip and I thought, hang on, what that’s the complete opposite of what was reported basically or certainly what was implied. Uh so it’s good that the police were calling out the truth. You know, my experience is at least that the leftwing protests are extremely vicious and violent. In fact, you know, a few months ago when I first arrived to Melbourne, I found myself caught up in a trans rights protest on Burke Street. Not I wasn’t willingly there, but I was there and I saw the way they treated the police and it was unbelievably bad, spitting on them, screaming at them. Uh, you know, I was really shocked. So, so it’s good that the police have said that and you know maybe that goes some way to restoring the public’s respect for the Victorian police because of course it’s co uh the reputation has declined somewhat but uh you know most of the March for Australia people I think were you know were very peaceful from what I hear and yet on the other side there were burnings of Australian flags and so forth. uh very disappointing and it’s refreshing to hear the truth from the police there making that really important point that most of the people who turned out for the March of a March for Australia rally were peaceful and look uh Adam I’ve been in similar situations uh as you when I’ve spent plenty of years in Melbourne uh reporting and covering protests. I’ve seen some very far leftwing activists uh be uh very aggressive and uh it’s really not a pleasant experience at all. Yeah. Just a broader point, just a broader point on Victoria. Um it’s, you know, really sad the press Victoria has been getting recently is just absolutely shocking. Whether it’s crime or economics and I’m just, you know, I just can’t believe that the state government here doesn’t realize how bad it is for their citizens. I mean, people are moving away. House prices are falling. It’s very sad, not just for Victoria, but also for Australia, too. It is. So, I really, you know, I really think the Labor government down there is is the, you know, is a black mark on the country at the moment. But uh anyway, maybe that was No, I I agree with you. And Premier Justinta Allen must be divorced from reality. I mean, she’s insisting that the city is safe as it’s right Melbourne’s right in the middle of this horrific crime wave, Adam. Yeah, that’s true indeed. Some crime statistics came out recently, at least on the on the burglary and the carjacking front. Uh the absolute numbers are actually double in Victoria from New South Wales, which is extraordinary. because the population of course in New South Wales is about you know 20 30% higher but there are actually more crimes uh down there and I think you know a part of the reason I think is the rate of incarceration in in Victoria is just so low uh I think the rate there from memory the IPA did some research on this recently and Victoria has the lowest rate of incarceration in the country 104 I think per 100,000 and in New South Wales 194 and I think in Western Australia 200 and something so you know if you’re not putting criminals in jail well you know of course there’s going to crime on the streets and the Andrews government, the Allen government, they’ve changed the laws, I think, repeatedly in the last 5 years to basically make it harder for the judic. That’s exactly right. And I think if you look at what’s happening now also is partly the result of Daniel Andrews putting Melbourne and Victoria through one of the world’s longest lockdowns. And I mean it’s horrific for so many citizens of I think it’s very frustrating from for everyone in Australia, not even people in Melbourne to hear from Premier Justinta Allen saying that the city is safe and you know any any day now that you turn on the news there’s another machete attack and so she’s just gaslighting Victorians. But Adam Kiteon, thank you so much for joining us. Brilliant to speak with you. Thanks very much. Joining us now is skynews.com.au columnist Louise Roberts. Louise, thank you for joining us. Good to see you as always, Gabriella. Before we get into all the royal news, you’ve written a really interesting piece for our website about how Gen Z are starting to really wake up to the impact mass migration is having here in Australia. Considering there’s been a jump of 24% in the number of young Aussies who want a temporary migration pause, that’s a significant shift. It is a significant shift because it’s only happened in the last 12 months. And I think the important thing about Gen Zed, which is that 18 to 24 year old age group, is that politicians have relied on them or assumed that they’re the bleeding heart generation and will be happy with any level of migration. Open the borders, we have to support everyone. This is a very much a case of economic reality overriding ideology, I think. And it could be, you know, we were talking earlier about Charlie Kirk’s influence that it’s not racist or nationalists who actually want to protect your own standard of living. They’re not being racist. They’re not saying no to migrants. They’re just saying, which older generations have been saying for some time, let’s pause it. Let the infrastructure and the housing and healthcare and roads and everything and schools, let it all catch up. let us calibrate as a society because more people doesn’t necessarily mean a better standard of living and I think young Aussies who are finding it hard to rent let alone buy a home or get a job or do anything that they expected they would do in their mid20s and they can see that migration is putting such a massive strain on our way of life and it’s not racist to say that and thank goodness they’ve actually come to the party and realize that’s the case and it’s interesting you mentioned Charlie Kirk because he spoke to so many Americans about the issue and the concerns around mass migration and and the importance of having strong borders. And so although he spoke to so many young Americans, he also reached so many young Australians. So it’ be interesting to see whether he really played an influence and as well as the fact that so many young Australians are are really feeling the pinch and starting to wake up as to That’s right. And it’s a wake up call to CRA. They’ve made assumptions about this generation who are, you know, in the newer cohort of voters, let’s face it, of 18 to 24 25. and they can’t they have to really look at their policy now to say well we probably we were more worried about the older generation saying they didn’t want migration or mass migration now we have to address younger people who are going to be the taxpayers and really building the society of the future of Australia and you look at the events over the weekend people taking part in the the March for Australia protests and obviously of course there are some people who are very extreme but a lot of very genuine Australians that that uh really want to make sure Australians Australia culture remains alive and we don’t rely on mass migration is of course is the the point there. But let’s talk about the royal news cuz there has been massive royal news over the weekend. Prince Andrew has officially given up his royal title of the Duke of York along with his honors following a discussion with his brother King Charles. So he put out a statement saying, “In discussion with the king and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distraction from the work of his majesty and the royal family. I’ve decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me. As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me.” Louise, I think this really needed to happen. It did need to happen, but let’s be clear, Andrew’s not made some kind of noble sacrifice here. Absolutely not. His arm’s been twisted somewhat by his brother and certainly by his nephew. I think Charles in a way has been very cautious and he’s quite sentimental about family ties obviously being his younger brother. But William is far more clinical and corporate and his reign will be very much if you’re in you’re in as a royal. you have to prove your worth and don’t feel that you can sort of you know lace onto the train here and sort of you know get all the benefits without being a proper working royal but you know I feel for Andrew losing his title it’s a necessary amputation to save the body of the monarchy in a way they have to be clinical they have to be brutal and every week there’s a new scandal with Andrew I mean those emails over the weekend he said in that you know catastrophic 2019 News night interview I cut off contact in December 2010 and clearly was still emailing Jeffrey Epstein by February March the following year. So his contradictions have been exposed. So it’s very well for him to say in that rather pompous statement. I have decided to put my duty and my family first. Andrew only puts Andrew first. Clearly he’s been painted into a corner. And I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Charles had the conversation with him. And if Oh, me too. Particularly if William was in the room. I mean, we saw the footage outside Princess Michael of Kent’s funeral where Andrew was trying to engage William in some sort of general chitchat and William was not having it. He had a face of granite. He was thinking, “Just get away from me. I know the cameras are on us, but I want nothing to do with you.” Yeah, you can see it, can’t you? And the Met has launched an investigation into claims that Prince Andrew recruited the force to dig up dirt really on his accuser, V Virginia Defra. So, this investigation is ongoing into reports that Andrew used one of his taxpayer funded bodyguards for an attempted smear campaign against Virginia. Is that right? I know. Well, that’s the allegation. It’s a very very ser serious allegation. But it’s also quite disgusting that he was apparently going to these lengths using taxpayer funded palace security to dig up dirt, dig up her social security number, her date of birth, and find her anything he could to try and discredit a woman who of course he still denies ever meeting in person despite the photographic evidence to the contrary. And denied that he ever sexually abused her. And of course, um, Virginia took her own life in April. And it it was is it such a a tragic end to a terrible life for her and down the line now the repercussions are being felt very much I think by a lot of people. Let’s talk about Fergie and what’s going to happen with her. The reports are that King Charles has vowed to protect Beatrice and Eugenie whereas Fergie Sarah Ferguson faces life without her title Duchess of York. Of course, she agreed not to use it after Prince Andrew relinquished his uh Duke title after the ongoing fallout with with Jeffrey Epstein. But what’s going to happen with Fergie? Well, I think what’s happened with Andrew losing his title and now her losing Duchess of York, it just proves that the York brand is totally toxic within the royal circles. And yes, I have read that Charles will somewhat try and ring fence Beatrice and Eugenie as his um nieces because they shouldn’t pay for the sins of the parents clearly, but I wouldn’t expect them to have any front and center row. Don’t expect to see them on the the palace um balcony for any kind of fly past or anything anytime soon. I I don’t think he’s going to throw them under a bus, but at the same time, he’s not going to be um putting them forward when Williams reign is very much going to be a very streamlined monarchy. I think but it’s just amazing that I think Fergie and Andrew have become so undone by their devotion to Jeffrey Epstein. It just beggars belief and Fergie has survived so many scandals over the years and in recent times in fact a lot of that to do with her Australian connections has sort of been somewhat rehabilitated. There’s been I I sensed a real sort of renewed affection for her that you know she’s been a victim in the past and the toe sucking and the scandals and the royal things everything else that has gone wrong. It really hadn’t been her fault. Deep down she’s a decent person. I think the line was crossed though when that email was revealed that she was calling Epstein a treasured friend and I don’t think even her most diehard fans are going to stand by her when she’s endorsing a pedophile in that way. So I think that was the end for her. Yeah, you’re absolutely right. What about Megan and Harry? Cuz there are reports that Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their children could be set to lose their royal titles if uh if and when Prince William becomes monarch. Do you think that’s what I do? I I really do feel it will happen. And I think it’s important to note that it won’t be a revenge play by William. It’s very much a reforming play because he when he is King Winn the fifth, when his father passes on, he’s the monarch. He’s more aware than anyone I think that the monarchy and the royal family have to provide value to the taxpayer and also the Commonwealth as well that it’s not we don’t just keep the royal family because we’ve always had the royal family. They very much have to prove their worth. And he wants to, you know, really push aside anyone who’s been freeloading or using their titles for commercial gain. And we know the late queen had said to Megan, you know, forbade her from using the HR title. And of course, Megan’s just blindly gone ahead and done that and tried to commercialize it wherever she can. But it’s a reform play by William. I think he just wants to keep it a very tight monarchy, but also he wants to reward the people who do actually do the work and do it quietly without any fanfare. Princess Anne is a perfect example of that. And I think that’d be plenty of support to see Harry and Megan Markle lose those titles. Now, Megan Markle’s very short-lived podcast series, Confessions of a Female Founder, has picked up two honors in the annual Signal Awards for podcasting. So, despite being really a flop, Megan’s podcast picked up two nods at the Signal Awards. And Confessions won a gold award in the business people and entrepreneurs shaping culture category rather of the Signal Awards, which aims to recognize meaningful podcasts. Um, surely there’s some backlash to this to this decision. Um, but were you surprised? What did you make of it? Well, I I do feel that Megan’s building this empire of perception. It’s not actually what the talent is. It’s more that, you know, the smoke and mirrors. I think she’s very good at that. And I don’t know how involved she was in the entry or who the other contenders were. I do feel a bit sorry for them because no doubt there would have been some probably some pretty talented people doing some podcasts and sort of Megan stemmed in or steamed in rather and and won. But, you know, it’s a show that flopped. vanished pretty quickly. So, the fact that it’s won the award, I think sort of highlights what type of award that is, I would feel. I mean, the podcast title itself, Confessions of a Female Founder, that’s really what she’s been so desperately trying to rebrand herself as. Yeah. But I don’t remember any I don’t remember any great tips or tricks that you could sort of pass on if you were a potential female CEO. It was all just waffle. Waffle 100%. But there are reports that she’s planning on uh moving into cosmetics. So, this is part of her uh lifestyle brand as ever. And there are reports that she’ll be uh trying to to go down the cosmetics um area. What more can you tell us about this? Look, I I would say this is probably true. I think if you want to make big money as a celebrity, you launch a makeup line. Like serious money. It’s not flower sprinkles or, you know, little jars of jam, all the the things she’s sort of been tinkering around the edges with. It’s the, you know, the Kylie Jenners and the Rihanna’s of this world who’ve become billionaires producing their own makeup line. And there’s been some Instagram posts which Megan sort of dropped of her applying lipstick at her dressing table. And none of the labels of the product she’s using are visible, which apparently I’ve learned is code in the beauty industry that she’s about to launch her own sort of product. So, she wants to sort of set the scene of someone who applies makeup and is a makeup expert and possibly would know how to do her face up and has apparently also met with Khloe Mahal, who’s the new um esteemed young editor of Vogue in New York. So, she’s trying to sort of, you know, feather her nest in the makeup land, but I don’t think uh Kylie Jenn or Rihanna have got anything to worry about for the time being. No, I don’t think they do. Louise Robert, so wonderful to talk to you. Thank you so much. Thank you. And that is Power Hour. Thank you for your company. We’ll see you tomorrow. Make sure you subscribe to Sky News Australia on YouTube.

Today on Power Hour, Trump humiliates TDS Ambassador Kevin Rudd, lefties at Soros-funded ‘No Kings’ protests mocked, De Niro’s Trump meltdown, and bombshell reports Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be next to lose their Royal titles.