Mid-Day Update: April 16, 2026
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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John breaks down the news of the day, including President Trump heads to Las Vegas to discuss the economy and his recent claims regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program, the potential jet fuel shortage in Europe due to the ongoing conflict in Iran and new leadership at the CDC.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America show Midday Update for Thursday, April 16th. |
| 0:05.5 | Happy Thursday, folks. President Trump departed in the White House just moments ago in route. |
| 0:10.9 | He's going to be en route to Las Vegas, Nevada. He'll be touting his economic numbers as we celebrated a tax day yesterday, the economy, and what's next for America, as he looks to bring everything |
| 0:23.3 | back home to America and wrap up the war with Iran. Before departing, he spoke to the press, |
| 0:29.6 | and he said that Iran has agreed, this is a big one, folks, to getting rid of their nuclear |
| 0:35.3 | weapons program and getting rid of their enriched uranium. |
| 0:39.1 | Take a listen. |
| 0:39.8 | There has to be a big deal all at once, but would you accept a little deal to start? |
| 0:46.3 | Well, I have a little deal. I can make a little deal. Everyone, I want to get it done and get back to |
| 0:51.0 | keep going with low. You know, our pricing is doing great. |
| 0:55.0 | As soon as the war is over, we're going to be lower than we were two or three years ago. |
| 0:59.0 | So I want to get back to that. |
| 1:01.0 | We had to do something. |
| 1:03.0 | We had to make sure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. |
| 1:06.0 | And we're at that. They've agreed to that. |
| 1:08.0 | They've totally agreed to that. |
| 1:10.0 | They've agreed to almost everything. |
| 1:11.7 | So maybe if they can get to the table, there's a difference. They agree. They've got to get to |
| 1:16.8 | the table with a pen. We'll have that overboard. And then we can focus on our great economy. |
| 1:22.8 | And also, you know, I inherited the highest prices in the history of our country the worst inflation |
| 1:28.8 | in the history of our country I'll get it down to a very low number we had it to a very low |
| 1:33.7 | number and it's still low but the most important thing right now is to make sure a rent |
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