Army veteran and Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell on Trump disrespecting the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery and Michael Cohen returns for Michael Monday
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Jim Acosta
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🗓️ 26 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everybody to the Jim Acosta show. |
| 0:01.9 | It is Memorial Day. |
| 0:03.4 | And instead of just remembering the fallen, our heroes, Donald Trump, making much of it all about himself, even at Arlington National Cemetery. |
| 0:12.5 | Shocker, I know. |
| 0:13.3 | But joining me on the show as former Capitol police officer hero of January 6th, an Army Sergeant Acalino Ginell. |
| 0:21.6 | And it's great to see you, Sergeant Ginell. |
| 0:23.6 | It's been too long, Akelino. |
| 0:24.6 | You and I used to talk on my old show from time to time. |
| 0:27.6 | It's great to see you again. |
| 0:28.6 | How you doing? |
| 0:29.6 | Well, thanks for having me back and a happy Memorial Day. |
| 0:34.6 | I also want to convey my gratitude to those who have served and we need to honor the service and sacrifice |
| 0:44.3 | of those who pay the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom. |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah, no, it's absolutely essential and that's what this day should be all about. I have grandparents |
| 0:55.5 | on my mom's side who are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, and that place means a lot to me. |
| 1:02.3 | To me, it's not a place to do politics. Unfortunately, Trump was there earlier today. He was |
| 1:07.0 | bragging that the World Cup and the Olympics will be happening in the U.S. while he is president. |
| 1:11.9 | He said, quote, we have the World Cup and we have the Olympics. Can you imagine? I miss that four years, |
| 1:17.7 | talking about when Biden was president. And now I have everything, he says. Amazing the way things work out. |
| 1:23.7 | And then he goes on to say, God did that. He actually said that at Arlington National Cemetery, |
| 1:28.4 | talking about all these things that are going to be happening while he's president. |
| 1:32.1 | God did that. |
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