The Gulf of Mexico

George Pavlantis' strong reaction to Dan's "buyer's remorse" comment on last week's episode

• George defends Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as a projection of American strength and pride
• Discussion of federal employee layoffs with George arguing most were "phantom jobs" created to inflate employment numbers
• Debate over whether politicians, including Trump and Elon Musk, are truly serving the country or serving themselves
• George explains his objection to Dan's "buyer's remorse" comment as playing into Democratic narratives
• Both friends maintain respect for each other despite their political disagreements

• Dan emphasizes his podcast's mission to feature everyday Americans sharing their perspectives

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Transcript

Introduction and Buyer's Remorse

Speaker 1 0:00

Daily American boo boo . I got on the line , mr George Pavlanis . George , welcome to the show , brother .

Speaker 2 0:07

Thank you , dan . Thank you for having me . I'm glad that you got a reasonable voice on to kind of set you straight on your little waver ways . Buyer's remorse I hear you talk about .

Speaker 1 0:20

Yeah . So here's the thing . So pretty much all right . So I don't like the Gulf of Mexico . The only two things I don't like the Gulf of Mexico . And then , as you well know , george , I had lost my job after eight years of employment and was fired . I was struggling big time . A lot of these federal employees some of them got families . Unemployment isn't going to cut it dude for a lot of them . Imagine you're a federal worker and you voted for Trump and you're a conservative Republican . You got a family of four and now you got to go to the unemployment line .

Speaker 2 0:59

Okay , let's address .

Speaker 1 1:01

And there's no remorse , and there's no remorse behind it .

Speaker 2 1:03

Let's address the Gulf of America . The Gulf of America is American pride . The Gulf of America needed to be done because Trump needs to signal to the rest of the world that the Trump administration is in charge .

The Gulf of America Debate

Speaker 2 1:19

We are here . America is strong . America's will will be heard . America is strong , america's will will be heard . So the Trump , the Gulf of America , is one of those statements that is just loud and proud and say we did it because we can . The same thing with why he calls Canada the 51st state . The same reason why we want Greenland . It's all .

Speaker 1 1:42

basically , let me finish this sentence .

Speaker 2 1:46

It's all about projection of strength . We are not the weak country that we were under the past administration . We are a new , stronger , better United States . Okay .

Speaker 1 2:01

Well said . Now , with that statement alone , one would say well , george , our entire nation came from other countries . Every single you speak Greek . Your father born in Greece . You were born in Greece . I'm sorry , but you were born in Greece and you're an immigrant to this nation . You know , it's like I understand the strongest nation on earth this , that and the third , but like , why has it got to—it's like changing the 82nd Airborne to whatever they did .

Speaker 2 2:38

Or Fort Hood , it's the same exact way that the Democrats and the other side operate .

Speaker 1 2:45

No , no , no , it is , it is , but the complete opposite . They're changing names . I mean , that's , it's an ego thing . It's an ego thing for America , right ?

Speaker 2 2:58

After the past four years , don't we deserve an ego thing ? In other words , if you're depressed and you're run down , don't you need something to give you pride ? Don't you need something to say we've been oppressed under the Biden regime for four years and really it's not even about . I mean , let's really if you were to take it all back . I mean , this country has been basically being taken advantage of since World War II , so let's not even talk about the past four years .

Speaker 2 3:28

Since World War II , every other country has had their hands in our taxpayer money , and it's about time Trump puts his foot down and says no more , no more .

Speaker 1 3:43

Okay , all right . I mean , I can see your point of view with that 100% . I can see your point of view and respect that . I can respect that . That one could say that the Republican Party and the conservatives and the backbone of this nation , the American workers , the American workforce , kind of have been I wouldn't use the word oppressed . I wouldn't use the word oppressed but I would , you know , not heard , maybe not heard with the , with the past administration . And let me be very clear when I state this I voted for Trump 16, . I'm sorry . I voted

Trump's Support and Media Narratives

Speaker 1 4:17

for Trump , yeah , in 2016 . And I voted for Trump this past term . Buyer's remorse I said that in my last podcast . I don't know about Buyer , I just feel like I don't see any . I know he's a strong businessman . I don't see any care about the actual Wait , you don't see care the you and I's of the world .

Speaker 2 4:42

When he speaks . When he speaks Wait , he literally brought Elon Musk front and center to the White House and basically bought a vehicle from him and basically showed him to the rest of the world . Stop messing with him . That's caring . That's what friends do to friends . That's the same thing we have . If someone was Go ahead , if someone was picking on me , would you come up and stand in my defense , and doesn't that show caring ?

Speaker 1 5:10

Yeah , but who was picking on Elon ? Tell me about the Elon thing .

Speaker 2 5:14

Because they've been burning down his dealerships , they've been shooting up his stores , they've been vandalizing the Tesla Chargers . It's been an ongoing thing now for a couple of weeks .

Speaker 1 5:25

Wait , really See .

Speaker 2 5:26

I'm so unplugged .

Speaker 1 5:27

That's why , that's why I try to . I don't try , but I , I try to stray away from politics because I don't know my history and I'm , I'm uneducated . Remember , I'm not , I'm just your daily American . I just I'm your regular folk who you know operates under this nation , and , and , and you know , operates under this nation . And you know I don't know everything about everything .

Speaker 2 5:46

So what do they do in Elon ? They're just dragging him through the rear . They're basically . You know , Elon Musk was , you know , the pride and joy of the left-hand party and now they're just putting him through a wood chipper . They're destroying his name , they're destroying or trying to destroy his cars , destroy his dealerships . You know they're . They're basically , they're trying to basically do , they're trying to cancel . They're trying to cancel him . And that's what happened . And President Trump basically brought him to the front of the White House and said he's a patriot no-transcript .

Speaker 1 6:25

Okay , and what about his ? What about that ? The whole shebang about his Hail Hitler thing Was that . I don't know anything about that , I just know I heard it somewhere . What was the deal with it ? I didn't watch the video myself , or else I'd have , or .

Speaker 2 6:38

I would just tell you what it was . Nothing , man , that was just general emotion . I mean , he basically he put his hand to his heart and he said my heart goes out to you guys . Seriously , come on , man , you know you watch too much msnbc man see , here you go .

Speaker 1 6:51

Now you're coming at me . I just told you the truth that I didn't watch the video . I heard it through the grapevine , just like I hear everything through the grapevine . I'm just I . I gotta bring other awareness to the other sides of things in order to get people to understand different perspectives . For instance , that was fake news that was fake news . That was fake news media .

Speaker 2 7:11

It's always been , it's been , it's been . 10 years of fake news .

Speaker 1 7:14

Well , that's what the Daily American's about George bringing the everyday folk to the limelight to allow them to express their opinions . You know what I mean . This isn't a , this isn't a one way street , and for saying things that I say , they always come from the heart . You know what I mean . They come from the heart , it is . It is what it is , but obviously , you know , I I use one statement buyer's remorse , and in my last podcast , and it's and it stirred you up a bit , but I don't like any , if there's any . I don't like politicians , to begin with , because they're corrupt . Everybody's stuff in their pockets . If you're a politician , how can I get my pocket stuffed the most ? Now , with Trump , it's a little bit different , right ? Because he wasn't a traditional politician . So I don't want you to sit here and think I'm turning into a libtard , because that's certainly not the case , but I need to bring awareness to different perspectives . So that was completely fake news , that Hitler thing . He didn't , he didn't , he didn't . So that was completely fake news , that Hitler thing .

Speaker 1 8:19

He didn't do the whole Hitler sign and he's not a Nazi sympathist or a racist Correct . Okay , yes , how many baby mamas does he have ? I guess 13 . 13 baby mamas . Are any of them good looking ?

Speaker 2 8:31

I heard they're all mediocre , average . You know , honestly , I have no idea . You know , I don't , I haven't , I haven't . Honestly , I don't even know anything about his personal life . But can we touch upon this whole ? Federal employees that are laid off now and all of a sudden , now they have yeah , go ahead .

Speaker 2 8:46

Now listen , let's really scrutinize what actually happened . Trump took those deadbeat employees that were hired by the Biden to just make it look like the economy is going strong .

Federal Employee Layoffs Discussion

Speaker 2 9:19

That's where most of these employees are . Think about it 80,000 IRS agents for what ? For 100 billionaires that are in the country ? I mean , come on , you know what I mean . All of these jobs , people that were hired was done deliberately to make it look like the economy was going good . And look , oh , I'm Biden , I'm creating all these jobs . They weren't real jobs , so these people that are losing their jobs were pretty much collecting a paycheck and weren't even coming to work , so they already had other forms of income . This was just extra income that they were getting , you know , because of . The Democratic Party was basically saying oh , you voted for us . Here here's extra money , just like the $2 billion that Stacey Abrams got .

Speaker 1 10:06

Yeah , that's who is Stacey Abrams , by the way .

Speaker 2 10:10

She ran for governor in Georgia .

Speaker 1 10:13

Is she the one that came back after Trump's congressional address and she was . She basically stood the stand for the Democrats after his address and gave her a little speech , or no ?

Speaker 2 10:25

Some younger girl .

Speaker 1 10:26

She was well spoken Democrat . No , no , no , yeah , no , no , I forget her name Alright . So here's the thing some younger girl she was well-spoken democrat .

Speaker 2 10:31

You know how they always do that . Okay , yeah , yeah , no , no , that was uh . I forget her name , all right so here's the thing .

Speaker 1 10:35

Here's the thing about those . Okay , if they're phantom jobs , and you know , just like , this is why the biden administration wanted open borders and no ids during voting , because what it does is it boosts their votes . So you're pretty much saying that it boosted our economy and made it seem like job creation . Right , but realistically , they were DEI , which is what ? Diversity , equity and inclusion A bunch of undeserving , pretty much undeserving individuals in the United States getting these positions in the federal government , possibly of power . We don't know the exact positions , but the bottom line is they didn't deserve the jobs . A lot of the times they were phantom , meaning they didn't even have a need . They were just hired strictly to boost numbers and make the economy look like it was better , correct ?

Speaker 2 11:22

And you're saying that was the majority of them , and that's my opinion , yes , Okay , all right , so .

Speaker 1 11:27

So that's okay . See , that's fair and you have the right to share your opinion . I would say that some of them were , but I don't know about all of them I'm talking about the one or two individuals , not one or two . But you know the regular humans that got the family of fours or fives and they're you know they find themselves trying to live off of 500 , 600 bucks a week , which is damn near impossible in today's economy . You know , I feel for people like that .

Speaker 2 11:56

But these , these government employees , they weren't just , you know , making a few hundred dollars a week . These , they were making multimillion dollars . You know , living in you know , five , ten million dollar homes all around Washington DC .

Speaker 1 12:08

You know it's , it's , you know , right , so that all around washington dc . You know it's , it's , you know right .

Speaker 2 12:12

So that's what , that's what it is . I mean , you know , you know you're not thinking about some guy that you know lived in the suburb of pennsylvania that we , you know , got a job and was making 500 bucks a week and now he can feed his family . It wasn't like that at all . Okay

Politicians and Corruption

Speaker 2 12:25

, these most of these , most of these jobs were in the dc area area . You know , and just you know , were already these people that got these jobs already had money and this was just extra money .

Speaker 1 12:39

Okay , and this is why this is again . I just want to restate I do appreciate all the listeners . George , you're definitely one of my you know friends and you know I consider you almost family and you know you're definitely one of my friends and I consider you almost family and you're definitely a listener . And this is what this is about . Dude , just to reiterate that To have people from all walks of life it doesn't matter their skin color , their race , anything like that because the media out there , the ones controlling with the big bucks , they got it all corrupted . Everything we see , it's all corrupted . Sometimes I wonder if the other side's corrupted too , if the Republican , conservative side's corrupted . But I think what it boils down to is that anybody , once you hit a level man , it's pretty easy to corrupt somebody with a ton of money Money it can be used for good .

Speaker 2 13:52

But I think at the end of the day that a lot of times it's not used for good man and people will do whatever it takes to continue stuffing their pockets .

Speaker 1 14:00

But I know you're not like that and that's why you're always welcomed on the Daily .

Speaker 2 14:05

American correct and Elon Musk same thing . They're doing this work in the government to help the people of America . They're not doing it like every other politician , to pad their pockets . Trump and Musk were billionaires and they're losing money to help this country . They weren't just normal people that said , oh , we're going , gonna come into this government and we're gonna try to , you know , steal as much as possible . You know that's . That's not what they're doing , but that's what you know . If you really look at the history of the politicians , that's what pretty much every other politician has done . They go in poor , they come out rich .

Speaker 1 14:47

Yeah , it's , it's unbelievable . That's not necessarily what it's supposed to be , or that isn't what it's supposed to be about at all . And also , with politics , don't people switch like not not switch their , their values or their viewpoints ? But didn't the Democrats in America like , didn't they used to stand for what the Republicans stand for , or no ?

Speaker 2 15:15

uh , I mean way back when . Yeah , I mean way , way back when . You know the the democrats were about , you know , peace , love and happiness . You know and , and that's the problem is , people still think that that's what the democrats are about . But they , they've long that that , that that has long been um switched over . You know it's , you know they're . They're the party of war , they're the party of big corporations . I mean they're the , they're the party of um . Globalism is what they are . Yeah , you know , we haven't even we haven't even touched upon about the , the global agenda , the global agenda . Yet I mean that's , you know that's a whole , nother conversation yeah , yeah , yeah , it certainly is .

Speaker 1 15:48

But I just meant , like , when it comes back to politics , like when it comes back to like , say , our founding fathers right , you know , you got George Washington and William Penn and I don't know if he was a founding father but John Locke , these individuals that came together to go against the Brits from the tyranny , the taxation , this , that and the third , and for them to have freedom . Wouldn't they be considered Democrats or no ?

Speaker 2 16:11

to have freedom wouldn't they be considered Democrats or no ? No , they were totally different parties . And as far as William Penn , William Penn was like 150 years before the founding fathers . It made even more than 150 years .

Speaker 1 16:25

Yeah , that's what I'm saying . I shouldn't be . I shouldn't be even talking politics . That's why I stray away from politics , because I'm not educated enough on it . Even talk in politics . That's why I stray away from politics , because I'm not educated enough on it . But I get one comment . I say one comment about buyer's remorse just because , like you know , I have buyer's remorse when it comes to any sort of thing that I get . I could go buy a piece of gum and be like , oh , I have buyer's remorse , but I would not change anything in my life that I've done up until this day Not anything bad , not anything good .

Speaker 1 16:52

I'm okay with every decision that I've made and I , god willingly , will hope will continue to be okay with the decisions that I make . There's always repercussions for them and there's ramifications , but I don't regret anything . I don't regret saying that just because now he's got four years left , right , we'll see what happens . He's got four years left right , we'll see what happens . He's got four years left . His ego's big

Addressing the Buyer's Remorse Comment

Speaker 1 17:15

as is mine no , nope , nope nope okay okay , that's true .

Speaker 2 17:20

God saving his life has humbled him , true , true , true his rhetoric and and everything , his demeanor and everything has been extremely humble and you're a man of god and you can you should be able to sense the difference between trump now and trump of uh eight years ago yeah , would you say that he's a ?

Speaker 1 17:37

he's more humbled now , without a doubt . Okay , I haven't been paying attention to politics , just like sports . I haven't been paying attention to tv , period since my son's been bored , um . But you know , here I am having conversations and somehow people like yourself are still listening and I don't really understand why , but it is what it is , my brother .

Speaker 2 17:59

Well , I , I , I listened , I listened to try to , like you know , set you straight on certain things . Because here was the main reason why I guess your buyer's remorse comment really , really bothered me , because that is the new narrative of the Democrat Party . They're basically saying look at all these Republicans coming out publicly and saying they all have buyer's remorse . So by you making that comment , you're just playing right into their narrative . Like I mean , you say you haven't followed the news , but that's literally what they've been saying . They've been saying there's hundreds of town halls all across America with these Republicans that are coming out there and saying they have buyer's remorse but in actuality they're paid protesters . So by you saying that , you're just kind of like feeding into that narrative .

Speaker 1 18:53

That's why . That's why it affected me so much . I I feed into narrative , sometimes unintentionally , and guess what ? Tomorrow I go to the doctors , and guess what , what ?

Speaker 2 19:02

I'm beginning to work on my vocal cords becoming a little bit like this baby nice , you know what you should , you , you should , you should definitely say , you should definitely . You should definitely say this that buyer's , that buyer's remorse comment was definitely premature , all right fine , all right , I agree , the buyer's remorse comment was 100% premature .

Speaker 1 19:30

Sometimes I speak again . Remember the daily American pocket . Sometimes I speak again , remember the Daily American Pocket , unedited , unbiased and unfiltered . I try to just have conversations with your everyday , not just Americans your everyday human beings on their perspectives , on their life obstacles and on their philosophies . That's pretty much it . Yes , the comment was premature . We'll find out here shortly , right in the next , you know few years . No , I do not regret saying it , but the comment was premature . Good to go .

Speaker 2 20:09

No , I think you should regret saying it . Oh , I do not , I do not , I don should regret saying it , but I do not .

Speaker 1 20:12

I do not . I don't regret saying it , george , because you know what ? If I regret saying that , then I better start fucking regretting everything . I've said everything up until this day , because I don't . I don't know exactly what's going on with everything . I don't think I do .

Speaker 1 20:26

I have an open mindset when it comes to people that I know , people that I

Closing Thoughts and Reconciliation

Speaker 1 20:30

trust , people that I don't trust , people that I don't know and people that I don't trust . I have to have an open mindset and in order to learn if I'm , you know , you're a little bit older , so you've been doing this a little bit longer . I respect your opinions , but I definitely do not regret saying anything . I don't regret doing anything . I don't regret getting blacked out and doing dumb shit , you know what , because everything is of it . It's how we learn . Right now . Am I going to go on there to ? Am I saying right now , no , I don't regret it , baba , and trying to put up an argument , a null argument , when I really don't understand all the , all the things about politics ? No , but I'm certainly not going to say I regret it . I agreed with you that it was a premature comment , that that's the most I can do All right .

Speaker 2 21:14

I'll take that win , that's fine .

Speaker 1 21:15

All right , that's a win . That's a W in your column and an L in my column . If it's an ego thing , for sure , but at the same time , I've learned from it , right ? So now , when this podcast releases , then maybe the next one . I'm not going to go in there and speak prematurely Now I'm always going to talk about topics I got no fucking idea about , because that's what I do . I'm not going to be educated on everything . I'm not educated on anything . Actually , I know absolutely nothing . Thank God I'm able to get by and earn a nice living , and you know , and I'm thankful that I'm able to raise my son today , because I should be dead or in jail , but thanks to God I'm not and we're able to have this conversation . At the same time , I respect your beliefs , george , and you do know what you're talking about , with some religion , not religion with some history and your political philosophies , and you listen to this stuff every single day . I can't be consumed with that stuff . What I'm consumed with is having conversations with regular people from all walks of life .

Speaker 2 22:16

Amen .

Speaker 1 22:17

All right , my man , I will catch you later and , as always , you're welcome back on a daily American podcast .

Speaker 2 22:25

See you later .