Oh, since we last spoke, Mr. Beast says that he is broke and has to borrow money from his mother. Iran's currency has literally collapsed to zero against the US dollar. The United States is being accused of war crimes. I Senate is officially quitting. A mysterious 140-year-long video was uploaded to YouTube. Donald Trump is being accused of scamming people with his golden phone the president. And I have a major announcement to give you guys at the end of today's video. Honestly, buckle up. I'm not even joking. This is probably [music] the weirdest episode of news we've had in a while. It is like 9 something then 10 something. The neighbors are probably thinking, "But you know what I think to that? Let's stop their yapping and let's get Okay, starting off today with the wild headline Mr. Beast says that he is broke. Not even joking. So, despite having a personal net worth of approximately 2.6 billion dollars and his brand Beast Industries being valued around 5 billion dollars which he owns half of as well as Forbes estimating that he earns about 85 million just last year alone. Well, Jimmy said recently during an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he actually has negative money in his bank account and is borrowing money because of how little he actually has. >> No one ever believes anything I say cuz they're like, "You're a billionaire." I'm like, "That's net worth. I have negative money right now. I'm borrowing money. That's how little money I have." >> Bro, he even went as far to claim that quote Everyone watching this video has more money than me um in their bank account. >> has actually said things like this before saying he usually keeps less than 1 million in his personal bank account which I think to everyone watching, "Oh, less than 1 million? WHAT THE FUCK?" HE EVEN POSTED ON X recently this, "I personally have very little money because everything I reinvest into the company. Ironically, I'm borrowing money from my mom to pay for my upcoming wedding. Lol. But sure, on paper the businesses I own are worth a lot." Now, in that interview he kind of gives the justification for this that you know, he doesn't really care about what he has or what he owns. He's just laser-focused on his brand. But there are two ways that most people are looking at it. One, the pessimistic way which I think most people will like to look at. And that way is just it's all just a tax strategy like the rest of the billionaires. One person commented, "I hate when billionaires say this sort of thing. The reason they borrow money is because it's financially advantageous for so many reasons including taxes." If Mr. Beast wants to buy a 25 million dollar beachfront vacation home, he can do so without cash. The dude is at the size where a financial firm which has extended him the credit essentially at a 0% interest and it would be wise to do this versus selling assets that he might incur a tax liability on. And then he says, "I'm not against him making money, but I do think it's a bit disingenuous for him to suggest that he is truly cash poor. He is not." Other people are saying that he's saying it because he wants to be more relatable and blah blah blah. But then, there is the optimistic way of looking at things. And that way is that he genuinely doesn't care about the money he has because when people say they want to make a lot of money, they actually mean they want the access to the things that money can buy. And for example, once like Mr. Beast you have access to anything at any time, you start realizing, "Oh, I didn't want that mansion or that Ferrari." What they actually wanted is just the knowledge that they have access to it if they want it. Does that make sense? But the question is, if Mr. Beast is broke, what are we doing? Are we going to start a GoFundMe for my boy? >> [laughter] >> Imagine that. Giving raising Mr. Beast a million dollars cuz he's broke. Uh moving on. Okay, let's kick today off with some war crimes, shall we? Because it's what we do around God's sake. This is a terrible start to the video already. And I'm not talking about my hair. Um Although that is a war crime, I believe. Okay, so the New York Times, they've just published a pretty shocking report if you ask me alleging that the US have attacked US boats in the past with aircraft that they disguised as civilian planes. I'm not really sure if you guys know, but that is a big no-no under international law. In fact, you know it's serious and they have a term for it. It's called perfidy. Per per per per pid perfidy. Uh and it's regarded as unlawful in war as it prevents the opportunity to evade harm or surrender because you don't know it's military bombs or guns that are coming for you. And thus, it increases the likelihood of civilian casualties. That's why if the allegations are true, it is a war crime and it's specifically prohibited under the Geneva Conventions. Now, I do say if the allegations are true because the New York Times, they didn't actually provide definitive evidence, but they do cite quote unnamed US officials and people briefed on this matter as sources. Now, three of these supposed insiders claim that the aircraft was used in the first strike on the alleged drug vessels in September. And those strikes killed 11 people and they claim that this aircraft was not painted in the usual military gray and it didn't have military markings. And they also claim that the weapons of this plane were hidden inside the aircraft. Brother, last week we're talking about freaking US secret military weapons, sonic booms, and now this? Why is the US all of a sudden bringing everything out? Now, some are saying that the plane might have looked something like these modified 737 Boeing spotted by aviation enthusiasts on You have a second to guess on which platform? Yes, Reddit. You You were correct. Now again, this cannot be confirmed because this comes from anonymous sources. Even New York Times themselves say that a bunch of key details about this aircraft are unknown. And I guess that's the whole point of it. Now, in the White House's defense, they say that they have always acted in accordance to the law in their strikes. So, they say, "No, no, no, no. The war crime's here. All right? So, moving on." Also, since we last spoke, one of the largest streamers in the world just posted a video last night titled I quit. Feels like a lot of people are quitting right now content in general. Now, many fans have noticed that Kai hasn't streamed in about 3 months and in the video he said that he won't be streaming for the foreseeable future either. But technically, nowhere in the video does he say, "I quit streaming." I think he kind of wanted to leave that door open just in case. Rather, he said quote, "I quit overthinking. I quit staying in my head about whether or not the goals I pursue are going to work or not." And those goals are actually the reason he is stepping back from streaming. Because I don't think a lot of people realize certain types of content that people do like streaming take over your life. Cuz with streaming, you have to be physically there every single day. There's no making or saving extra videos so that you can take a week off and post those while you're there or work on something else. No, streaming is every single day. It's kind of like news. I can't post a backlog of videos while I go sip margaritas at the Aruba, Jamaica. And because of that, a lot of things that you want to be working on, you don't get any time to do. And for Kai, he said that he doesn't want to be boxed into being a streamer alone. I mean, keep in mind, he has only been streaming for 4 5 years. Of course, there's a lot more you want to do. Most creators work on these things simultaneously, but again, certain types of content. He said that the main thing that he's focusing on right now is launching his clothing brand Vivet. And even spent the last 3 months in Italy learning how to make clothes. Learning how to sew, learning how to do denim, etc. And even previously mentioned that he has dreams of becoming a film director. So, a lot of things very different to streaming. And you know, there's a lot of people with their very different opinions on this, but for me personally, I'm actually very glad that someone that is very creative and talented can take those talents and creativity to other areas. I mean, think about the amount of talent that's wasted because the people never move on. You know what? We would never have Will Smith. He started as a successful rapper and then he let that go. He moved on and became a TV show star. That was massive for him and then he let that go, too. And then, he became one of if not the biggest actor ever. He then let that go, too, and became a MMA fighter. >> [laughter] >> Sorry, that might be too far. Point is, good luck, Kai Cenat, with all of your future dreams. Go out there, hustle, make something amazing, and then give it to us. Yes. MOVING ON. OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME pretty strange YouTube news because this week an anonymous account is going mega viral for uploading a YouTube video that says it's 140 years long. >> [sighs] [laughter] >> How are people doing this? If you saw the raw length of the videos that I sent to Alex, that's about It's about the same length and he turns that [ __ ] around in a day. Now, the channel is called Shiny WR. It sounds like one of the channels that are freaking written on here, let's be honest. And I have no idea how they've got this video to show 1.23 million hours in length because when you actually click on the video, it only plays 12 hours which is the standard maximum length. And when you actually are watching it, it's nothing. It's just a blank screen. Uh but for this, they have got nearly 3 million views and 200,000 subscribers for a blank video and a glitched YouTube. If it was that easy, then Alex, run a 10 hour. >> [laughter] >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT kind of secrets they've discovered about YouTube, but they also posted a short which is 6 hours long which is absolutely absolutely a short. >> [laughter] >> Bro, one of the comments is saying that they are going to report it for nudity so the moderators of YouTube have to scroll through the entire thing. Moving on. Okay, something else that's about 1.23 million hours long is the wait time to get Trump's golden phone that he promised eons ago. I think we are now in the realms of asking the question, how long do we have to wait before we can officially sign this off as a scam and get the class action law lawsuits rolling and going. Because as of recording, we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people that have not got what they've paid for. So, I don't know if you've heard by now or not, but the Trump administration for some time now has been promising the release of their very own golden cell phone for just $500 and it's called the T1. I'm not sure what the T stands for. You'll have to get back to me on that. Now, the look of this thing is like a happy mix of Android >> [laughter] >> and iPhone. WHAT EVEN IS THIS? SO, WE'VE GOT the the three cameras on the back is signaling the iPhone. It's got the Android sort of like punch cut out at the top and then everything else is kind of like the Trump signature. It's got the American flag, it's golden, it's got the T. Still don't know what T stands for. Maybe T-Mobile? No, I have no clue. And you might be thinking, who seriously would buy something like this? 590,000 people bought something like this. Is my math correct? $500 * 590,000 people. 59 million? No. I don't even know anymore. Listen here, it's 10:00 p.m. I don't know if it's 59,000 or 590,000 pre-orders. It can't be 590,000, is it? Yeah. Okay, 590,000. It's never too late to do your fact-checking. So, I do believe that's this amount of money. Thanks, Alex. Everyone, round of applause for Alex. Thank you very much. In fact, it doesn't even just stop at the phone because in June they said that they would launch their own cell phone service called Trump Mobile to go with the T1 phone. Uh but even though they were supposed to release late last year around August time, nothing. Just nothing yet. I mean, we're talking like I don't know which one's going to come out first, GTA 6 or the T1. I'm putting my money on GTA 6. In fact, they are still accepting deposits for this phone as of right now. In fact, watch this. Hey, I was just calling about an update for the T1. Yes, sir. So, production did stop a couple of weeks ago due to the government shutdown, but it is going to be but it is back up and running now and it's going to be releasing at the end of January. Sweet. Thank you. Because of the government >> Now, apparently from what I've read, the suspected reason for this delay is that it's the realization that manufacturing a phone in America isn't as easy or affordable as it seems, which is >> [laughter] >> pretty ironic. And in fact, they did promise that this would be proudly designed and built in the United States. Bro, just imagine if >> [laughter] >> if he switched up and he produced these in like China or something after hitting the world with tariffs to bring manufacturing back to America. It's it's got to be built in America, but I don't know when that's going to happen. Anyway, what do you guys think? Do you think that this is verging on a scam? Will people get the phones um or will they not and will we see class action lawsuits in the future? Let me know your thoughts on this, but for now, moving on. Okay, we've got another quick wild update on the whole Grok bikini situation because the UK, as I guess we all expected, yeah, they stepped in and they've made another thing illegal and are [laughter] able to arrest you for. Uh [snorts] is that a knock on the door? No, no, no, no, guys, I didn't generate any image So, the UK are now enforcing a law which officially makes it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images of anyone using any AI tools. And this has come off the back of a bikini trend and I guess a bikini would suffice as intimate. I don't know. I mean, because bikini is not like Alex has generated so many images of Kim Jong Un, for example, in that exact attire. Now, can Alex be arrested under UK law for that? We'd like to find out. >> [laughter] >> Now, the UK's technology secretary, Liz Kendall, she made the announcement to Parliament on Monday saying, "Quote, last week X limited the image creation function to paid subscribers. This does not go anywhere near far enough. It is insulting to the victims to say that you can still have this service if you're willing to pay and it's monetizing abuse." I hope she does know that's not the only thing you can generate using Grok. Um and so, as of this week, thanks to enforcing the Data Act, which was passed last year, actually, quote, "Individuals are committing a criminal offense if they create or seek to create such content including on X. And anyone who does this should expect to face the full extent of the law." So, technically, guys, if you create an image of me in a bikini, which I do not consent to, on X, I can get you arrested, which I will, and I will throw you in jail. I'll first whip you on the whip wall, then I will make them throw you in jail. I do not consent. >> [laughter] >> Maybe I Maybe I should trick Alex. Be like, "Hey, how about this sick idea of me and I'm like on the beach and you know, I want to be wearing a bikini." And then I get the police. ALEX, GO TO JAIL. SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, before it was technically legal to create these images in the UK without sharing them. But now that has changed and even if you engage with the tools inappropriately in private, just in your own spare time, you can be charged. So, you don't have to share it for it to be a criminal act anymore, you just have to seek to create it. Yeah. So, yeah, the UK are cracking down hard and Keir Starmer also warned that X could lose their right to self-regulate. If X cannot control Grok, we will. As always, let me know what you guys think. Is the UK being too harsh or is this warranted? Let me know, moving on. Okay, we have to go through two quick major updates on the Iran situation. Yes, it is still going crazy over there. Firstly, the currency in Iran, the rial, has essentially collapsed. Go look at it on Google right now. It is 0.00 against the dollar, the euro and most other currencies. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen that before. In fact, $1 US dollar is now valued at 1.3 to 1.4 million rials. $1. That's crazy. Now, here's the thing, inflation has been the major contributor to this for a while now, so it was bound to happen at some point. But of course, the protests and the civil unrest, they've only accelerated the inevitable. Now, what this essentially means in theory is that the rial cannot even be exchanged in many other European countries and the United States and that only further isolates Iran from the global financial system. And obviously, the major one, this makes everything even more expensive in Iran, more expensive than it currently is. And that will only intensify the protests in Iran. And if that wasn't bad enough, Trump today announced that any country who does business with Iran will face 25% sanctions. And guess who Iran's biggest trade partner is with? China. So, Ch- Iran is getting hit from every single side right now. Trump announced that this order is final and conclusive. He still hasn't ruled out any military intervention and then he also said that Iranian authorities will pay a big price for the killing of protesters. And then he urged people to continue protesting and that quote, "Help is on the way." Yeah, I'll keep you updated when that help arrives. Moving on. Okay, talking about help being sent, I have just read the most insane story today. China has a new number one app in the App Store and this one is paid for, so it makes it even more significant and it's called Are You Dead. That was designed for people that live alone as a way to notify their friends or family that they are not dead, they're alive. It's a pretty dark app. And immediately I thought, how bad is the living alone situation in China for that to be the number one paid app in the entire country? Now, apparently how this works is every 2 days the app will ask you to press a green button, which indicates that you're alive. It'll then send that signal to your friends and family and if you then they'll say, "Okay, yeah, you're all good." But if you don't press that, it'll send out an emergency contact and say your Your family member, your friend could be dead. You might want to go check up on them. And let me be honest, I I get the usefulness. I do, but surely this is a terrible app. Does it not only encourage or enable the further isolation because you don't need to check up on your family members and your friends anymore. You just like, "Oh, yeah, they pressed the button. They're all right. I'll probably just speak to them next month." But then, >> [laughter] >> when I asked News Maddie about it, she said the complete opposite, the psycho. She said, "Ah, that sounds like a great app. That will stop all the unsolicited arrivals at your house. That will check up on Do you want to live alone for the rest of your life? Change your ways. Alex, unfortunately, we are putting you in the position of the vote decider. Is this a good app or is this a bad app? Thank you very much, Alex. I hope that you sided with me. Oh, and this isn't just China, by the way. It also peaked at position six in the US charts and has since dropped down to position eight. Moving on. And it only gets stranger. You guys are not going to believe me on this one. This week, there is also a serial killer elephant on the loose in India. And I know what you guys are thinking. Damn, four or five people this elephant has killed? No. This Dumbo has killed 22 people in 10 days. Brother is averaging numbers more than two a day. According to reports, a young rogue male elephant has been on a rampage for the past two weeks in the Indian state of Jharkhand. They say that this elephant has been storming villages in the middle of the night while everyone is sleeping and just taking people out. That sounds like a straight-up horror movie. The The rogue Elephants are supposed to be chill. The entire region is now being put on high alert and around 100 authorities are attempting to track it. Yes, that means they cannot find this brother. Now, one of the forest officers say that he was separated from his herd, which is what caused him to become extremely dangerous. Now, in my professional elephant experience, yes, they they they called me elephant daddy in the past, as well as sheep daddy, we've been over that. But this has all the classic hallmarks of a revenge arc. All right? There's a a lot of the telltale signs, only us professionals would know. Let me tell you, somewhere in little bro's memory, one of these humans have done him wrong and he is now out for vengeance. I mean, we saw it last year with the orcas. Bash, was that 2024? It's all It's all a blur from here. I mean, they do say elephants have the longest memory. Revenge arc. In fact, they have apparently tried to tranquilize this elephant three times. All three failed. Only the rage from a revenge arc could power you through something like that. I rest my case. Moving on. And then, for the big announcement, guys, it is official. Our tickets are booked and we will meet Alex the editor, the man who we have been communicating for for hundreds [snorts] and hundreds of hours. We are going to be seeing him in person this week for the first time ever. COME ON. WOO! THAT'S CRAZY NEWS. And look, now guys, he says that he is very nervous and awkward on camera. So, I want you to put all the supportive messages in the comments right now saying, "Yay, Alex. You'll do great." But you're also a failure of a man with a thin neck. Sorry, that was just projecting. So excited to see you, Alex, this weekend. [ __ ] is about to go down. The things we have in store for you, my boy. Woof! You You may never You may never make it back. >> [music] >> I'll see you guys on Friday, but until then, Woo! Just a small town girl living in a lonely world. Oh, that's a hard song to turn off. COME BACK IN. AH. LOSER. Only strong survive in this studio. Don't they, Alex? That's why Shawn the Combs Holmes is dead.