Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show. Did you ever see the movie The Blobs starring Steve McQueen?

The blood-curdling threat of the blob. Well, way back when, Eric had a small part in that film,

but they had to cut his scene because the blob was supposed to eat them.

But he kept spitting him out.

Oh, the whole thing was just a disaster.

Anyway, here's the guy who's not always that easy to digest.

Eric, the Texas!

Thank you. to digest, Eric the Texas. Holy guacamole. It's Tuesday, September 9th. As far as I know, I'm in New York City.

Keith Junta, Chris Himes, can you affirm that for me? I'm a little bit, I'm a, I'm in New York City. Keith Junta, Chris Himes, can you affirm that for me?

I'm a little bit, I'm a little overwhelmed.

What happened yesterday, which we're going to talk about any moment, was genuinely, genuinely overwhelming, impossible fully to process.

The president of the United States and I spoke.

Well, we will talk about all this stuff in a minute, but I just... It was jaw-dropping. It was jaw-dropping as the headline.

I'll say this up front. I got to say this up front.

And I hate repeating myself, but I have to repeat myself.

I often say that I don't like it when people say something's miraculous when it's just wonderful or kind of lucky or, you know, a blessing.

You don't say miraculous just as an adjective.

Like, oh, it's amazing.

Oh, it's, you know, awesome.

What happened yesterday, and I will explain, to my mind, was miraculous, genuinely miraculous.

And I will explain.

Now, you can't prove it, but trust me, folks, I don't use that kind of term lightly what happened and say that it was miraculous. I'll describe that as we go forward. But let's just give the context, because there are people tuning in. They're like, what the heck are you talking about, Eric? Please help us out here.

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