Trump and Mamdani Meet at Gracie Mansion; Former Harris Aides Question 2028 Run | 9/22/26 FIRST LOOK

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about Donald Trump's shocking press conference with Zohran Mamdani where he addressed why he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House press pool and said some unexpectedly kind words about Mamdani; CNN's Scott Jennings giving his honest assessment of Donald Trump's relationship with Zohran Mamdani; Elon Musk revealing to Joe Rogan how the mainstream media told easily disprovable lies about the actions of DOGE and how it's hastening the demise of legacy media; ABC News' Jonathan Karl being unable to get JB Pritzker to denounce the Democratic Socialists or Hasan Piker comparing the United States to al-Qaeda; "The Five's" Jessica Tarlov admitting to the "Real Time with Bill Maher" crowd that she has been shocked by how normalized the far-left has become in the Democrat Party; Scott Bessent surprising "Squawk Box" host Joe Kernen with what he learned about Xi Jinping and what China admitted about its AI program behind closed doors; and much more. Today's Sponsors: Kalshi - Download the Kalshi app and use code RUBINREPORT to get $25 when you trade $25 or go to https://kalshi.com/r/RUBINREPORT DISCLAIMER: 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Event contract trading involves risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices, values, and available markets may differ from those mentioned. For more information see kalshi.com/regulatory. Zip Recruiter - Try ZipRecruiter to post your job FOR FREE. Four out of five employers who post on ZipRecruiter get a quality candidate within the first day. Go to: http://ziprecruiter.com/RUBIN Quo - Never miss an important business call again. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months. Go To: http://www.quo.com/RUBIN

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including President Donald Trump meeting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion to discuss housing, affordability, immigration enforcement, and public safety before saying Mamdani has the potential to become a great mayor; former Kamala Harris aides, advisers, and donors increasingly questioning whether she will seek the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination despite her continued strength in early polling; and Republican organizations entering the midterm homestretch with a projected $221 million advertising advantage, including $416 million held by MAGA Inc. and substantially more cash at the RNC than the DNC; and much more. #rubinreport #trump #mamdani #kamalaharris #2028election #midterms2026 #daverubin

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including President Donald Trump announcing a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he says will give the United States permanent access and authority to prevent adversarial bases and sensitive investments, while Danish and Greenlandic officials maintain that sovereignty and self-determination will remain intact; Trump proposing a new "AI Force," modeled on Space Force, and an AI czar as his administration resists calls to slow artificial-intelligence development; and Republican campaigns running 5,546 advertisements during heavily targeted NFL and college-football programming compared with 471 Democratic spots as both parties compete for male voters ahead of the midterms; and much more. #rubinreport #greenland #aiforce #trump #football #midterms2026 #daverubin

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Dominik Tarczyński about why Poland rejected Germany's approach to mass migration and refused to accept illegal immigrants; how Poland's history of occupation, World War II, and communism shaped its approach to national sovereignty and border security; why Tarczyński argues Poland chose safety over cheap labor and faster economic growth; Poland's response after a soldier was killed at the Belarus border and why Polish forces were authorized to use live ammunition against violent border crossings; his firsthand experience growing up under communism and his plans to teach about communism at Florida International University; why he compares modern American socialists like Bernie Sanders and AOC to the communist ideology he experienced; his warnings about open borders, policing, the military, and European immigration policies; his family's history fighting communism, including his grandfather's fight against the Soviet-backed communist regime and his father's role in founding Solidarity in his hometown; why the treatment of his mother inspired Tarczyński to enter politics; why he sees an alliance between the radical left and jihadists; his warning to young Americans about socialism, food shortages, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea; and much more.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to former Democratic Party operative Lindy Li and Jordan Schachtel about LindellTV's Alison Steinberg confronting Ilhan Omar about Border Czar Tom Homan's confirmation that Omar is being investigated for potentially marrying her brother to commit immigration fraud; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over Macklemore being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after pressure from stadium owner Robert Kraft over his recent "Free Palestine" speech at MetLife Stadium; the "Real Time with Bill Maher" crowd cheering for Bill Maher's brutal takedown of Macklemore's lies about Israel's genocide in Gaza after he was kicked off Ed Sheeran's tour; "The View's" Joy Behar's clueless support of Elizabeth Warren's push for AI regulation after Anthropic whistleblower Jacob Coxon went viral for his warnings about an AI apocalypse and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown of frontier AI model technology; the "All-In Podcast's" Jason Calacanis explaining to Fox News' Jesse Watters how Bernie Sanders' push to regulate AI will only lead to regulatory capture, allowing the already powerful establishment AI companies to prevent new entrants into the market; Gavin Newsom telling Jake Tapper why he wouldn't run for president if Kamala Harris decides to run in the 2028 election; and much more. Today's Sponsors: Cardiff - Cardiff can get your business up to $500,000 in same day funding. Apply in under 5 minutes. If you've been in business for at least one year and make at least $20,000 a month in revenue, you can apply right now for up to $500,000 in same day business funding. Go to: https://Cardiff.co/RUBIN

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including President Donald Trump threatening heavy tariffs or trade restrictions if he determines that the European Union's proposed "associate member" relationship with Canada is hostile to the United States; Senator Rand Paul objecting to Senator John Kennedy's unanimous-consent request for legislation requiring advanced artificial-intelligence developers to install emergency kill switches; and the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial disputing other jurors' accounts, saying he believed Clancy was criminally responsible from the beginning and has faced harassment since the mistrial; and much more. #rubinreport #canada #eu #trump #randpaul #ai #lindsayclancytrial #holdoutjuror #daverubin Subscribe to Dave's free newsletter The Rubin Recap here: https://rubinrecap.beehiiv.com/?utm_source=firstlook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rubinreport

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's scathing reaction to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's push to regulate AI using the government as well as dubious third-party groups like METR that originated from the effective altruism movement; Bernie Sanders joining with Steve Bannon at the Pro Human Assembly to use scare tactics to push for AI regulation to prevent an AI apocalypse; Zohran Mamdani officially hiring Throne Labs to install 17 app-based public toilets while being unaware of the disaster of a similar program in San Francisco where the public toilets became magnets for drug use and prostitution; Spencer Pratt's viral attack on Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta for blocking the Paramount merger with Warner Bros. to attack Donald Trump fan David Ellison who has responded by threatening to move Paramount out of Hollywood to either Tennessee or Georgia; Donald Trump lashing out at Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh over his plan to raise interest rates to combat inflation; CNN's Harry Enten sharing new polling data that should make voters a little less trusting of betting against Donald Trump in the upcoming midterm elections; and much more. Dave also does a special "ask me anything" question-and-answer session on a wide range of topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community. Today's Sponsors: Kalshi - Download the Kalshi app and use code RUBINREPORT to get $25 when you trade $25 or go to https://kalshi.com/r/RUBINREPORT DISCLAIMER: 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Event contract trading involves risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices, values, and available markets may differ from those mentioned. For more information see kalshi.com/regulatory. Chapter - Optimize the one piece of your health most people never audit: the Medicare coverage that pays for all of it. For free and unbiased Medicare help: Dial (332) 867-0207 or Go to: https://askchapter.org/rubin Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan's contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don't directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Ethos - Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Trustpilot rating as of 6/1/2025. Get your free quote now at: https://ethos.com/rubin

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including three people facing federal charges over alleged schemes that diverted more than $12 million in Southern California homelessness funding toward shell companies, personal expenses, luxury travel, and a nightclub; documents released by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley showing one FBI agent repeatedly sought an assignment to the Trump-Russia investigation while another proposed investigating Elon Musk; and residents of Piddington, England, overwhelmingly voting in a symbolic referendum to leave the United Kingdom over plans to house approximately 1,200 male asylum seekers near their 350-person village; and much more. #rubinreport #chuckgrassley #elonmusk #trump #fraud #Piddington #asylumseekers #daverubin

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates joining the side of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in calling for large globalist international organizations to regulate AI just as NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang shreds the AI doomer narrative at the Salesforce Dreamforce Summit; JD Vance telling the "All-In Podcast" why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's story of needing government regulation to eliminate AI risk doesn't hold up to scrutiny; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani officially banning the use of AI in schools; Jim Jordan finding out firsthand from Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar how sanctuary cities and Kathy Hochul's anti-ICE policies incentivized a Peruvian killer to relocate to his New York community; FBI Director Kash Patel getting Democrats to go eerily quiet as he laid out the facts about how successful his FBI has been at reducing the murder rate as well as capturing all 10 of the most wanted fugitives in America; Fox News reporting new details about the lone holdout juror on the Lindsay Clancy jury and how he is now unable to leave his home due to harassment from true crime fans and the media; and much more. Today's Sponsors: Kalshi - Download the Kalshi app and use code RUBINREPORT to get $25 when you trade $25 or go to https://kalshi.com/r/RUBINREPORT DISCLAIMER: 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Event contract trading involves risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices, values, and available markets may differ from those mentioned. For more information see kalshi.com/regulatory. Relief Factor - Relief Factor is an alternative to help your body's natural inflammatory response so you can keep doing the things you love. Try Relief Factor's 3-Week QuickStart—just $19.95 Go to: https://www.relieffactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF. Rumble Wallet - Don't let the big banks freeze your accounts. Own Tether Gold - real gold, on the blockchain and get direct ownership of physical gold bars, each one fully allocated, verifiable by serial number, purity, and weight. Take Control of Your Money and claim $10 in US Stablecoin (USA₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/rubin and use the code RUBIN10.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including newly disclosed federal records revealing that Thomas Matthew Crooks used the alias "Bob Dole" for online purchases before his attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, while investigators still have not established a motive; the Kennedy Center board voting to close its main building for extensive renovations as a federal judge again blocks efforts to add Trump's name to the institution; and female athletes criticizing Sydney Sweeney's provocative new sports-prediction advertisement before the actress responds with images from ESPN's celebrated "Body Issue"; and much more. #rubinreport #trumpassassinationattempt #thomascrooks #kennedycenter #sydneysweeney #daverubin