Shawn Ryan and Candace Owens agree that Trump will “never be liked again”
Candace Owens: “It's kind of shocking the ways that he lied. ... Trump is not his own man. Plain and simple.”
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From the July 2, 2026, edition of Vigilance Elite's The Shawn Ryan Show, uploaded to YouTube
CANDACE OWENS (GUEST): The person that I think I placed stock in was Trump, and we got played. I mean, there's no other way to say it. We got -- it's kind of shocking the ways that he lied. And so you have to then go, why? This is nothing like Trump 1.0. Trump 2.0 is totally different. And, the obvious answer is I think that Trump desperately, by any means necessary, wanted to win again, felt the election, like many people do feel was stolen for him in 2020. COVID, changing the way we vote. I totally agree with that by the way. And, his entire life's mission then transformed into, I will do anything to win again. Including making a deal with the devil and selling my soul.
SHAWN RYAN (HOST): That's what you think happened.
OWENS: And he took $300 million from Miriam Adelson, something that he once mocked Marco Rubio for doing. He tweeted once about Sheldon Adelson owning Marco Rubio. And you don't take $300 million from people who run the -- Vegas.
RYAN: A very generous woman.
OWENS: You don't take $300 million from people who run Vegas and tell them no about anything. That's how it works. You know, that -- you could talk about that in the micro level. You know this stuff growing up, basic survival skills, like when people, you know, you don't borrow money from people unless you know who they are, like, and that's can apply to gangs. You know, you, it's time to pay up. And so, Trump is not his own man. Plain and simple. Trump is not running this administration. It wasn't a gift. It wasn't, hey I really love what you're doing. Here's $300 million. You know, it came with contingencies, demands.
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OWENS: I don't think he likes not being his own man. I think that's what a lot of the lashing out is about. I think Trump at his core wants to be liked and I think he knows he's not liked right now.
RYAN: You think he'll ever be liked again?
OWENS: No.
RYAN: Me neither.