Is it a fair takeaway then that the Pentagon regrets not taking down the first balloon before it crossed the entire US?

Well, I'm not going to speak to the Pentagon. I can tell you that the president doesn't regret the way that we

handled the first balloon.

The 2024 Republican presidential primary field is taking shape. The battle lines are becoming clearer

and so is the field of candidates.

Is the odds on favorites if you look at the polling still Trump first Biden?

That seems to be it, but it's just way too early to tell it.

I'm more angry now and I'm more committed now than I ever was.

Big challenge for these candidates is going to be how do they navigate Donald Trump?

And how do they navigate Ron DeSantis?

You and I have a rendezvous with DeSantis.

Welcome back to the Ruthless Friday program. Very big week, fellas.

Huge. Huge. Very big week. I mean, this is going to be, you know, this is really, as you say, it's going to be an insane day.

100% every day. Yeah. And I mean, by the time our listeners are hearing this,

I mean, it's going to be Tuesday. God knows what's going to happen.

It really is that insane of a day.

It is. We're all on Trump indictment day watch.

And so we'll check all of that out and react accordingly.

Let's start with that top. Are you have that's Kirby at the White House lectern there?

Yeah, because you know, there was some news on Monday about how the Chinese spy balloon.

Oh, in fact, did transmit all of that data to Beijing in real time was circling our military

installations. And yet he doesn't regret it all not shooting it down before it did all of those things.

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