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Speaker 4 President Trump's Asia Tour wraps up with his much-anticipated sit-down with China's Xi Jinping.

Speaker 5 We will be having some discussions. I think we've already agreed to a lot of things, and we'll agree to some more right now.

Speaker 4 I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Thursday, October 30th, and this is Morning Wire.

Speaker 6 A scathing report on Joe Biden's presidency accuses his aides of conducting a cover-up and suggests key executive actions may not be legally valid.

Speaker 7 We could never find any instances where Joe Biden was actually in the room with the people who were making the decisions to sign Joe Biden's signature on legal documents.

Speaker 4 And Canada's euthanasia program continues to expand, with some groups now calling for minors as young as 12 to be included.

Speaker 9 There is a kind of gruesome relentless logic at work here and this is why the logical slippery slope argument is a valid argument.

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Speaker 6 The eyes of the world turned to South Korea for President Trump's high-stakes meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

Speaker 4 Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here to break down what happened at the big meeting, as well as what other deals the president has already locked down during his swing through Asia.

Speaker 4 So Cabot, we'll get to the Xi meeting, but first, tell us about the latest deal brokered yesterday.

Speaker 13 Yeah, President Trump arrived in South Korea looking to finalize the framework of a trade deal that's now been months in the making.

Speaker 13 So for context, over the summer, he threatened to impose those 25% tariffs on all South Korean goods coming into the U.S.

Speaker 13 And he let them know that if they wanted those rates lowered, they would have to make massive investments in the American economy. And now they have.

Speaker 13 On Wednesday, they followed through in a big way, finalizing a deal that will send $350 billion stateside over the next decade.

Speaker 13 Among other things, that deal will include the purchase of about $50 billion in Boeing aircraft manufactured in the U.S.

Speaker 13 There's a multi-billion dollar partnership between the Korean Air Force and U.S. defense contractors, and new partnerships between U.S.
and Korean rare earth mineral companies.

Speaker 13 South Korea also pledged to purchase millions of tons of American natural gas and then invest billions more dollars in American energy refiners. The list goes on and on.

Speaker 13 You can see it's a very big deal. Now, in exchange, American companies like Amazon will invest billions of dollars in new projects in South Korea, helping them build out their cloud infrastructure.

Speaker 13 And also, this is kind of a fun one. NASA is going to help launch a Korean satellite to study space radiation.
So, a lot going into this for both sides.

Speaker 13 But perhaps most importantly, as part of the deal, Trump has now reportedly agreed to lower tariffs on South Korean goods from 25% to 15%.

Speaker 13 Here he is, speaking to the impact of his tariffs on Wednesday.

Speaker 13 Not only are the tariffs strengthening our alliances they're all also bringing peace to the world my administration has rejected the old model of incompetent government that punished success and rewarded failure and we're making america the best place on earth to do business and it's worth noting ahead of those final negotiations trump it got the red carpet treatment once again and he got just a royal treatment to say the least first he was gifted a replica of the historic korean crown of gold and then he became the first american president to ever receive south korea's highest honor, the Grand Order of Mugun Hua.

Speaker 2 To honor your achievements in paving the way toward peace on the Korean Peninsula six years ago, and in anticipation of the peace and prosperity you will bring to the Korean Peninsula, we present you this medal with our deepest appreciation.

Speaker 4 Okay, so now let's turn to the big showdown between President Trump and Xi Jinping.

Speaker 8 Well, first, this meeting began late last night for us here in the U.S. But here's what's taking place as of this recording.

Speaker 8 Things started with some really unexpected drama when just minutes before the meeting kicked off, President Trump issued a stunning social media post saying, quote, because of other countries' testing programs, I've instructed the Department of War to start testing our nuclear weapons on an equal basis.

Speaker 8 That process will begin immediately. Now, for context, the U.S.
has not tested any nuclear weapons for the last 33 years. And the timing of that message is no accident.

Speaker 8 In the last week alone, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had successfully tested nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missiles and a torpedo.

Speaker 8 And North Korea also claims to have conducted missile tests of their own.

Speaker 8 But it seems clear this was directed more than anyone at Xi himself, who's overseen a historic nuclear buildup in China, growing their arsenal lately at just an alarming pace for the Pentagon.

Speaker 8 However, despite that apparent warning, once the two met just a few moments later, it was all smiles, with Trump cracking a joke as they shook hands.

Speaker 5 We're going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt. But he's a very tough negotiator.
That's not good.

Speaker 8 And then, for his part, Xi complimented President Trump on the growing list of peace deals that he's brokered and called for the same steady leadership.

Speaker 8 Now, at one point, referring to the relationship between the U.S. and China as a giant ship that must simultaneously be steered by two captains.

Speaker 8 Here's President Trump giving his reaction to the meeting afterwards aboard Air Force One.

Speaker 14 It was an outstanding

Speaker 14 group of decisions, I think, that was made. We're in agreement

Speaker 14 on

Speaker 14 so many elements,

Speaker 14 large amounts, tremendous amounts of the soybeans and other farm products are going to be purchased immediately, starting immediately. Many other things like that.
We, on Fentanyl,

Speaker 12 we

Speaker 14 agreed that he was going to work very hard to stop the flow. You know, it's a very complex subject because it's used for lots of different reasons,

Speaker 14 including anesthetics and things like that.

Speaker 8 Remember, coming in here, the stakes were extremely high, with both sides threatening even higher tariffs on November 10th without a deal.

Speaker 8 For his part, Trump came in with a pretty clear wish list for Beijing. He wants assurances that they're cracking down on fentanyl production and also the opening up of sales of rare earth minerals.

Speaker 8 China controls about 90% of the global market there. He also wants China to increase their purchasing of American soybeans and other agricultural products.

Speaker 8 Now, Xi could also curry favor by cutting back on Russian oil. Remember, China is the largest consumer of Russian oil, and they've helped prop up their economy in the face of sanctions from the U.S.

Speaker 8 Trump feels that the war has gone on because of that. Now, on his end, Xi wants the U.S.

Speaker 8 to lift its restrictions on chip exports to China and also allow Chinese companies to more freely invest in the American economy.

Speaker 8 He's also likely to call on Trump to walk back his support of Taiwan, which Beijing, of course, views as Chinese territory, but that's going to be a tall order.

Speaker 8 Ultimately, again, we'll have to wait and see how this all plays out. What we're hearing from both sides, they are confident confident a deal is going to get done and might already be done.

Speaker 8 And Wall Street seems to agree on Wednesday, the Dow, Nasdaq, and SP 500 all hit record highs.

Speaker 8 We saw the same thing in China early Thursday morning as the country's largest market there hit a mark not seen since 2015. Investors are clearly thrilled by the seemingly looming deal.

Speaker 8 We'll see if that optimism is rewarded. Again, we'll have all the latest on dailywire.com.

Speaker 4 Cabot, thanks for reporting.

Speaker 12 Absolutely.

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Speaker 4 The House Oversight Committee has recommended that the Justice Department investigate the Biden White House's use of an auto pen to sign official presidential actions.

Speaker 4 In a 100-page report released this week, Republicans charged Biden staffers with covering up for an increasingly senile president and taking action without his knowledge.

Speaker 6 Here to talk about the Oversight Committee report, as Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce at Tim. So what actions exactly do the Republicans want the DOJ to take here?

Speaker 11 Well, they want the DOJ to take a deep look at this because many of the actions that Biden took or appeared to take may not have been valid.

Speaker 11 Committee Chairman James Comer asked Attorney General Bondi for a comprehensive review of all executive actions taken during the Biden presidency.

Speaker 11 He also asked for special attention to be paid to White House Dr. Kevin O'Connor, Deputy Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini, and senior advisor to the First Lady Anthony Bernal.

Speaker 11 They all pleaded the fifth during the House investigation. House Speaker Mike Johnson described the report as a blockbuster in a press conference on Tuesday.

Speaker 16 And this report includes 47 hours' worth of transcripts and testimony revealing that every executive action signed by the Autopen without written authorization from President Biden should be voided.

Speaker 16 This is an unprecedented situation in American politics and government.

Speaker 16 The actions of President Biden simply were not all his own actions. And there are major implications to that, including all the pardons that he signed.

Speaker 11 Now, the report is titled The Biden Autopen Presidency, Decline, Delusion, and Deception in the White House. And it has a lot of nuggets in the House interviews with the top Biden officials.

Speaker 11 For instance, Biden's chief of staff, Jeff Ziantz, said that as the president declined mentally, everything at the White House slowed down.

Speaker 11 More meetings were required, more time was required in order to make basically any decision.

Speaker 6 As we said at the top, this report includes a lot about the top aides of Biden allegedly covering up his mental decline. Has there been any action taken so far regarding that?

Speaker 11 Yeah, well, there is an ongoing DOJ investigation into that. But in addition to that, Comer sent a letter to the D.C.

Speaker 11 Board of Medicine asking for a review into O'Connor's work as the White House doctor.

Speaker 11 The report says testimony indicates that O'Connor may have succumbed to political pressure and hid Biden's health decline from the American people.

Speaker 11 Comer said the medical board should consider whether O'Connor issued misleading medical reports, misrepresented treatments, or failed to conform to standards of practice in violation of D.C. law.

Speaker 11 If any violations are found, the D.C. Board of Medicine could discipline O'Connor to the extent of even revoking his medical license.

Speaker 6 All right, so some potential consequences for O'Connor there. Now, the House Judiciary Committee also released documents this week related to Arctic Frost.
That's the FBI investigation.

Speaker 6 We already know that it swept up eight Republicans' phone records. There's some more information that came to light this week.
Tell us about that.

Speaker 11 Yeah, this comes after House Republicans revealed last week that this operation received sign-off from top Biden officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, his deputy, Lisa Monaco, and then FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Speaker 11 On Tuesday, the committee released documents that show 150 Republicans may have been scrutinized because of this.

Speaker 11 President Trump said on Truth Social that the thugs responsible should all be investigated and put in prison. He also called former special counsel Jack Smith, who led that investigation, a criminal.

Speaker 11 Here's House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan talking about Smith on Fox News.

Speaker 17 Now, with Jack Smith, what we've learned is it was much broader, much more expansive than we ever thought. This is the same Jack Smith, who we already know spied on eight United States senators.

Speaker 17 Now we learn all this.

Speaker 17 And this is why we want Jack Smith in front of our committee in a deposition format after we get the documents, and we can ask him some of the same questions we ask his deputies that they took the fifth two.

Speaker 6 It sure sounds like Republicans can't wait to grill Smith under oath. Tim, thanks for reporting.

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Speaker 6 Canada's euthanasia program known as MAID is rapidly expanding, with some groups calling for minors as young as 12 years old to be included in the government-funded program.

Speaker 4 Here with the details is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestijiacomo. So Amanda, we've reported on this on this show before, but just give us some background.

Speaker 4 What is the MAID program and what exactly is its stated purpose?

Speaker 20 Yeah, so MAID, which stands for Medical Assistance in Dying, it's effectively a euthanasia program funded by the Canadian government.

Speaker 20 It started back in 2016 for people whose natural death was, quote, reasonably foreseeable and they wanted to end their lives.

Speaker 20 And we've only seen expansion since then, particularly in 2021, when chronic illness and disability became included as reasons for someone to be euthanized.

Speaker 20 Every year since its inception, more and more people have had these procedures. Now, thousands of Canadians do this annually.
In 2023, it was more than 15,000 Canadians, about 5%,

Speaker 20 almost 5% of all deaths in Canada.

Speaker 4 So thousands thousands a year, and that number is expected to increase.

Speaker 20 Yeah, that's right.

Speaker 4 So let's talk about those expansion efforts. There are advocacy groups that want more people, including minors, to have access to this.
What exactly are they looking for?

Speaker 4 And how would that work regarding consent for minors?

Speaker 20 Yeah, so advocates, they want children as young as 12 years old to have access to the MAID program. Currently, you have to be 18 to be considered for these procedures.

Speaker 20 The general argument is that children need more autonomy in their health care and the MAID program, you know, after all is supposedly about compassion.

Speaker 20 Advocates also note that minors can already consent or refuse certain procedures. So permitting this would be consistent, they argue.
And finally, advocates will point to the Netherlands as precedent.

Speaker 20 They'll say that assisted dying for so-called mature minors has been legal since 2002.

Speaker 20 As for consent, one advocacy group called Dying with Dignity Canada, they recommend that minors between 12 and 15 years old, they have parental consent to be euthanized, but they don't recommend that for minors 16 and 17 years old.

Speaker 20 Now that's shocking to hear, especially in America.

Speaker 20 And I wanted to learn more about this. So I reached out to Dr.
Aaron Cariati. He's a psychiatrist, an author, and a director at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Speaker 20 I asked him if he thought this movement for mature minors to be included in this, if this is fringe and unlikely or something that could happen pretty soon in Canada. Here's what he told me.

Speaker 9 A few years ago, I would have said, no, I don't think the Canadian regime is going to go that far to have so-called mature minors, adolescents avail themselves of euthanasia.

Speaker 9 But now I, sad to say, I wouldn't put it past them. And there is a kind of gruesome, relentless logic at work here.
And this is why the logical slippery slope argument is a valid argument.

Speaker 9 And the reason it's a valid argument is once you cross the line of allowing doctors to kill patients,

Speaker 9 once you cross the line of accepting the basic premise of the euthanasia movement, which is that some lives are not worth living and therefore these people should be killed by the medical profession.

Speaker 9 then it's very hard to argue that there should be any limitations.

Speaker 20 In addition to advocating for minors to be permitted in this program, there's already a very strong push in Canada to have people who suffer solely from mental health to be involved in this program.

Speaker 20 That's actually set to take effect in 2027. Dr.
Cariatti told me that it's actually already happening in Canada.

Speaker 9 I remember one case of, I believe it was a 27-year-old female, a woman in her 20s, whose sole diagnosis was autism and ADHD, neither of which are terminal conditions.

Speaker 9 Even if it's not officially legalized in Canada yet, that psychiatric conditions can be used as the sole criteria for euthanasia.

Speaker 9 There have been reported cases in the literature where clearly that's been happening already.

Speaker 20 Now, euthanasia is not legal in the U.S. However, there are a number of states that do permit assisted suicide.

Speaker 20 So this is a domestic movement that we're watching closely here, and it certainly has been influenced by our neighbors up north.

Speaker 4 Well, a disturbing trend. Amanda, thanks for reporting.

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