In case you missed a lot of what happened at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, don't worry. Our president probably did, too. The one difference between you and Joseph Robinette Biden, however, is the fact that the latter was giving the biggest speech of the DNC's first night. It...

Donald Trump said he would offer Elon Musk a cabinet position or advisory role in his next administration if he would accept. Trump said in an interview with Reuters he would consider ending a $7,500 tax credit for Americans who purchase electric vehicles. BREAKING: Donald Trump says he would offer Elon Musk a cabinet or advisory role if elected President. pic.twitter.com/yZtECPy3Sy — DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) August 19, 2024 Per Reuters: Asked if he would consider naming Musk to an advisory role or cabinet job, Trump said he would. “He’s a very smart guy. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He’s a brilliant guy,” Trump said. Musk last month publicly endorsed Trump in the U.S. presidential race. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. If elected, Trump could take steps to reverse Treasury Department rules that have made it easier for automakers to take advantage of the $7,500 credit or could ask the U.S. Congress to repeal it entirely. While president, Trump sought to repeal the EV tax credit which was later expanded by President Joe Biden in 2022. “I’m not making any final decisions on it,” Trump said of the EV tax credit. “I’m a big fan of electric cars, but I’m a fan of gasoline-propelled cars, and also hybrids and whatever else happens to come along.” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that if elected he would consider ending a $7,500 tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases and that he would be open to naming Tesla CEO Elon Musk to a cabinet or advisory role. More here: https://t.co/3L3z1tOVb7 — Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 20, 2024 “I am willing to serve,” Elon Musk said with a computer-generated image of himself standing behind a podium labeled ‘Department of Government Efficiency.’ I am willing to serve pic.twitter.com/BJhGbcA2e0 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2024 Perfect name https://t.co/qOUblToy7v — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2024 KTLA 5 reports: Musk, who also owns the social media platform X, endorsed Trump in the presidential race and backed a super PAC supporting the former president’s bid. Trump and Musk held a two-hour conversation on X last week, during which the Tesla CEO signaled he would be willing to serve on a government commission to study the national debt and how Congress could reassess spending. The possibility of a Cabinet position did not come up. “I think it would be great to just have a government efficiency commission that looks at these things to make sure taxpayer money is spent in a good way,” Musk told Trump. “I’d be happy to help out on such a commission.”

According to TASS, a Russian state-run news agency, Moscow will provide a safe haven for foreign nationals escaping “neoliberal ideals put forward in their countries.” “Moscow will provide assistance to any foreigners who want to escape the neoliberal ideals being put forward in their countries and move to Russia, where traditional values reign supreme, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin,” TASS reports. “Under the document, such foreign nationals will have the right to apply for temporary residence in Russia ‘outside the quota approved by the Russian government and without providing documents confirming their knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws,'” the outlet added. JUST IN – Putin opens doors of Russia to foreign nationals trying to escape Western liberal ideals – report https://t.co/iwnyKHlQY9 — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 19, 2024 Per TASS: Applications may be based on the rejection of their countries’ policies “aimed at imposing destructive neoliberal ideals on people, which run counter to traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.” The values are listed in the foundations of Russia’s state policy in this field, while the Russian government is expected to compile a list of countries imposing unhealthy attitudes on their citizens. The Foreign Ministry has been instructed to start issuing three-month visas to such applicants as early as in September. In February, Putin supported the idea of Italian student Irene Cecchini that Russia should ease entry rules for those who share traditional cultural and family values. The head of state agreed that each case requires an individual approach. “Putin just dropped a bombshell decree – inviting people from across the globe who are fed up with the globalist, neoliberal nightmare to seek sanctuary in traditional Russia,” Alex Jones said. “This new decree blows the lid off the establishment’s agenda, letting freedom-loving folks bypass the usual bureaucratic nonsense like language tests or history exams. If you’re ready to reject the insane policies of your home countries that push these destructive, anti-human, neoliberal agendas, Russia is rolling out the red carpet!” he continued. “The Russian government is about to compile a list of countries poisoning minds with these twisted ideals, and the Foreign Ministry is gearing up to issue visas to true patriots as soon as September! It’s time to stand up for spiritual and moral values!” he added. BREAKING: PUTIN JUST DROPPED A BOMBSHELL DECREE—INVITING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE GLOBALIST, NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE TO SEEK SANCTUARY IN TRADITIONAL RUSSIA! This new decree blows the lid off the establishment's agenda, letting freedom-loving folks… pic.twitter.com/lVPHeKWRIC — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) August 19, 2024 Huffington Post reports: Yes, Moscow is encouraging people from around the world to seek refuge in Russia via new three-month visas which may be available as early as in September, according to state news agency TASS. In Russia, “traditional values reign supreme”, the report claimed – the Kremlin is known to oppose gender fluidity, homosexuality and immigration. President Vladimir Putin signed a decree this week which would allow foreign nationals into the country “outside the quota approved by the Russian government and without providing documents confirming their knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and basic laws”. Applicants may apply via a simplified, expedited system and can request residency if they reject their home countries’ “destructive neoliberal ideals”. Those ideals “run counter to traditional Russian spiritual and moral values”, and end up “imposing unhealthy attitudes on their citizens”, apparently.

The Democrats like to ape the Communists, because, well, that’s kind of what they aspire to be. We all got to see it in full operation Monday night. And they call Republicans weird. You know what’s weird? The President of the United States giving the first night speech at his own party’s convention, having been tossed from the ticket and made a lame duck. What’s also weird? That Biden, after being forced to read his own eulogy, left for a beach vacation, where it’s likely he will spend the next five months until he fades away completely. Biden stood with his wife, who was there to rescue him should he completely lose the plot and start speaking to Chairman Mao. But actually, the president mostly stuck to the 72-point teleprompter text. Mostly. Biden said he ran for president because of what he saw in Charlottesville in August of 2017. What he saw was the media misquoting then-President Donald Trump, out of context, to invent the “very fine people” lie, painting Trump as a foaming racist. Who know who belongs in that category? The androgynous idiot who ran up on the stage at the DNC reception party held Sunday night to scream a Jew-hating rant. Democratic National Convention welcome party:– “Free Palestine” lunatic – Chants of “genocide in Gaza” – Covid mask Looking forward to the DNC itself pic.twitter.com/UBe9lxEo6J— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) August 19, 2024 Tens of thousands of anti-Israel protesters–all from the left–are showing up to march and disrupt the DNC. But Biden only cares about Jew haters when they come from the other party. Extremists coming out of the woods, carrying torches, their veins bulging from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas and chanting the same exact antisemitic bile that was heard in Germany in the early ’30s. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the Ku Klux Klan, so emboldened by a President then in the White House that they saw as an ally. They didn’t even bother to wear their hoods.  Such hypocrisy. But then again, Biden has been a hypocrite for 50 years. It’s what he is and what he does. Biden said “COVID not longer controls our lives,” after it was Democrats who closed our schools for almost two years while Republican-led states were back and schools began to reopen by the fall of 2020. “Wages up and inflation down.” It’s like he lives in Looney Tunes world. The crowd cheered at every opportunity as Biden read his own eulogy, presided over by the Harris campaign and Barack Obama. The Biden team couldn’t stand the Harris campaign (they still can’t). The only people they hate worse is Obama. Kamala and Tim understand that this nation must continue to be a place of possibilities. Not just for the few of us, but for all of us. Join me in promising your whole heart to this effort. And where my heart will be, I promise I’ll be the best volunteer Harris and Walz’s camp have ever seen.  Another lie. Biden departed the convention so he didn’t have to share the room with the one person he can’t stand: Barack Obama. He was forced into an early political grave (let’s face it, he shouldn’t have ever been president) by his own party, after being passed over by Obama in 2016. Biden left to cheers of “Thank you, Joe!” It turned to dust in his ears. The only kind of party that knifes its own leader then forces that man to give a speech lauding his own betrayal…well that’s reminiscent of a man named Georgy Malenkov. He was the Soviet official who briefly replaced Joseph Stalin. The Party replaced Malenkov with Nikita Khrushchev, but forced Malenkov to stick around long enough to give his own eulogy. At least Malenkov wasn’t given the same treatment as many who opposed Lavrentiy Beria: a bullet to the back of the head. The party of price controls, lies, and Jew-hatred can add Soviet-style cruelty to its list of horribles. We won’t be seeing much of old Joe anymore. He’s done. Follow Steve on Twitter @stevengberman. The First TV contributor network is a place for vibrant thought and ideas. Opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of The First or The First TV. We want to foster dialogue, create conversation, and debate ideas. See something you like or don’t like? Reach out to the author or to us at ideas@thefirsttv.com. 

President Joe Biden repeated the debunked lie on Monday night at the DNC that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of an extremist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. “I ran for president in 2020 because of what I saw in Charlottesville in August of 2017,” Biden said. “Extremists coming out of the woods carrying torches, their veins bulging from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas and chanting the same exact antisemitic bile that was heard in Germany in the early ’30s.” “When the president was asked what he thought had happened, Donald Trump said, and I quote, ‘There are very fine people on both sides.’ My God, that’s what he said. That is what he said and what he meant,” Biden continued. “That’s when I realized … I could not stay on the sidelines. So I ran.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Biden has made this debunked claim before when he said that Trump referred to neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the protest as “very fine people.” WATCH: “Donald Trump said…’There are very fine people on both sides.’ That is what he said and what he meant.” Fact check: not true. pic.twitter.com/O8Kr561cqg — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) August 20, 2024 However, that is not what the former president said at the press conference where he made the remarks on August 15, 2017, following the violence that broke out at the protest. “And you had people, and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally,” Trump said. “But you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people, but you also had troublemakers, and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats,” he continued. “You had a lot of bad people in the other group too.” Biden just repeated the “very fine people” smear against Trump Trump condemned the racists at the Charlottesville protest: “I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally”pic.twitter.com/AejOrmJVMO — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 20, 2024

President Joe Biden claimed during a speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen a booming economy and low inflation, but the data show that the U.S. economy and inflation are worse now than they were during the Trump administration.  “We’ve had one of the most extraordinary four years of progress ever, period. When I say ‘we’ I mean Kamala and me. Just think about it, COVID no longer controls our lives. We got from economic crisis to the strongest economy in the entire world,” Biden told the crowd of Democrats in Chicago. “A record 16 million new jobs, record small business growth, record-high stock market, record-high 401ks, wages up, and inflation down and continuing to go down.”  The 16 million new jobs number cited by Biden is skewed by the COVID pandemic since many of those jobs were the natural result of the economy returning after lockdown measures were lifted nationwide. Under President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the unemployment rate has gone down as the U.S. economy recovered from the COVID lockdowns, but the latest unemployment numbers show that more Americans are struggling to find work now than before COVID led to many companies shutting down.  Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The civilian unemployment rate has slowly increased over the past few months, hitting 4.3% in July. In February 2020, the last full month before the COVID pandemic hit the U.S., the unemployment rate was at 3.5%.  The president’s boasting about wages going up under his term is accurate. Average hourly earnings have risen by 17% under Biden compared to 15% under Trump, but what Biden left out is that hourly earnings increases went further under Trump’s economy since they outpaced inflation much more strongly, Forbes reported. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Americans saved around 8.7% of their monthly paycheck under Trump compared to just 5.9% under Biden. Biden also pointed to a lowering inflation rate, claiming it shows his administration has been good for the U.S. economy. While the inflation rate has cooled to 2.9% from a staggering 9.1% in June of 2022, it remains higher than where it was during most of the Trump administration.  While Americans face higher inflation and a rising unemployment rate, grocery and gas prices have also skyrocketed under Biden and Harris’ watch, a fact even the vice president acknowledged during a rally last week.  “We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed, but our supply chains have now improved, and prices are still too high. A loaf of bread costs 50% more today than before the pandemic. Ground beef is up almost 50%,” Harris said.  Along with bread and ground beef, dairy products such as milk, cheese, and butter have also jumped more than 30% in price since 2020, according to Yahoo Finance. Eggs are up 54%, and cereal has gone up 28% on average across the country. From 2019 to 2023, food prices overall rose by 25%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Gas prices have also increased during the Biden-Harris administration, hitting a national average of $4.09 per gallon in 2022, nearly $2.00 higher than the average in 2020. The current national average for a gallon of gas is at $3.50, still higher than at any point during the Trump administration.  On top of groceries and gas, Americans are dealing with high interest rates and an unfriendly housing market as the prices of homes across the country have continued to rise under Biden’s watch. Interest rates for a 30-year mortgage were at 2.78% when Biden took over in January 2021 and shot up to 7.79% by October 2023. They are now at 6.49%, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac.