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Prime Minister Modi having to backtrack on the issue of making Hindi the national language of India in the United States at a time of extreme weather. Funding for the National Weather Service, hurricane services and the Federal Emergency Management Organization all being slashed. Is Rosie o' Donnell really an American? The well known talk show host currently living in Ireland is potentially going to have her citizenship revoked. At least that's the threat coming out of Washington. And the issue, the conspiracy, the dark secrets surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is threatening to really pull apart and destroy the entire management organization. All being slashed. Is Rosie o' Donnell really an American? The well known talk show host currently living in Ireland is an American. The well known talk show host currently living in Ireland is potentially going to have her citizenship revoked. At least that's the threat coming out of Washington. And the issue, the conspiracy, the dark secrets surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is threatening to really pull apart and destroy the entire MAGA movement. All that and more today on the the Communiverse. Hi, I'm TJ Walker. This is the Communiverse. This is the show where we look at the top stories in business, technology and culture and dissect these stories through the lens of communication skills in order to boost potentially going to have her citizenship revoked. At least that's the threat coming out of Washington. And the issue, the conspiracy, the dark secrets surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is threatening to really pull apart and destroy the entire your personal development and to boost your success. That's what we're about. I'm TJ Walker and for decades I have coached and trained billionaire fund managers, Wall street wizards, Fortune 500 executives as well as political leaders, prime ministers around the world on how to communicate effectively to the media, whether it's traditional media, social media, social media. Now I'm looking at it through the other end, the other side, so that you know what's really going on and so that you can communicate better, more effectively and boost your own productivity. So first let's look what's going on in India. Now I will confess I'm not a world class expert on India. I've only been there a handful of times. I have worked with a number of political leaders there. I've not worked with this current administration Modi but let's go over some of the basic facts here. And this is a truncated version of the show. Today I'm on the run, about to board a plane to go from Florida to New York City, then to the Catskills to see and visit my daughter at her camp, her summer camp. Looking forward to a little family Vacation and fun time. So we're gonna have a slightly shortened version today, but I am trying to come to you every single day to dissect the top stories of the day. So the first story regarding Indian Prime Minister Modi. He's pushing to make Hindi a more dominant national language, in part because that is the Hindu language. And he's been trying to force his religion on the entire country. Now, this may sound strange to a lot of Americans who've never been to India. We. A lot of people think of India as an one country, and everyone sort of has the same religion and same language. No, there's a thousand languages, and there are a lot of religions. Hindu is the dominant one. But there are more than 100 million Muslims in the country, and they don't feel very welcome these days. So in a particular district, a policy requiring schools to teach Hindi was retracted after a wave of public outrage. A couple of private. Excuse me, rival politicians named Thackeray. These have been politicians fighting, fighting for years. They united, and they don't feel very welcome these days. So in a particular district, a policy requiring schools to teach Hindi was retracted after a wave of public outrage. A couple of private. Excuse me, rival politicians named Thackeray. These have been politicians fighting, fighting for years. They united in their agreement that Hindi should not be forced upon people. You know, critics say that this is not about creating unity. On the one hand, Modi does have a point that if every like outrage. A couple of private. Excuse me, rival politicians named Thackeray. These have been politicians fighting, fighting for years. They united in their agreement that Hindi should not be forced upon people. Critics say that this is not about creating unity. On the one hand, Modi does have a point that if everybody in a country speaks the same language, it's easier to be unified. That's a fair point. The problem is so many people in India don't think of themselves primarily as a part of a country India. They think of themselves as a part of their community or their state, their language, their culture, their religion. So it's very, very different than for again, their agreement that Hindi should not be forced upon people. You know, critics say that this is not about creating unity. On the one hand, Modi does have a point that if everybody in a country speaks the same language, it's easier to be unified. That's a fair point. The problem is so many people in India don't think of themselves primarily as example, in England, where everybody speaks English, or in France, where, yeah, people speak French and it's taught in school there's not a lot of controversy about teaching French in France. Well, India is a different place. It was sort of an artificial construct of cobbling together so many different cultures, so many different peoples, languages, religions. Now we've had Modi in power for more than a decade, part of a country, India, they think of themselves as a part of their community or their state, their language, their culture, their religion. So it's very, very different than for example in England where everybody speaks English or in France where in a controversial way trying to impose what he believes should be the dominant culture of Hindu the religion, Hindi the language. And it's not too popular in certain quadrants. Now the Modi administrator, yeah, people speak French and it's taught in school. There's not a lot of controversy about teaching. Fration has been promoting Hindi throughout education and branding initiatives. There's been backlash in some schools. Taminadu sued the central government over a three language policy it says imposes Hindi. Southern states in India fear imposition that it's threatening regional languages and regional French in France. Well, India is a different place. It was sort of cultures. The BJP leaders downplay English calling it a colonial relic or artificial construct of cobbling together so many different cultures, so many different peoples, languages, religions. Now we've had Modi in power for more than a decade in a controversial way trying to impose what he believes should be the dominant, uplifting Hindi as a national unifier. Well, let's be English is a relic of colonialism. The reason all of the business elite and the wealthiest people in India and most educated people in India all speak in culture of Hindu the religion, Hindi the language. And it's not too popular in certain quadrants. Now the Modi administration has been promoting Hindi throughout education and branding initiatives. There's been backlash is because England made it a colony and sort of forced it and imposed it. And you can say that's an ugly part of its past, you could say it should stay in the past, but it is reality now. I don't want to be the ugly American and say why doesn't everyone just learn to speak English? That is not my point at all. But as in some schools, Tami Nadu sued the Central government over a 3. If you are an ambitious kid these days, if you come from an ambitious family, if you come from an upper class, upper middle class family or wealthy family in India, you're learning English and you are asking, begging, requiring your kids to learn English. Why is that? It's because English has become the international language of business. And when you Tell people who are aspirational language policy it says imposes Hindi. Southern states in India fear imposition that it's threatening regional languages and regional cultures. The BJB leaders downplay English, calling it a colonial relic. Well, who are trying to grow, who want unlimited possibilities? Who maybe want to become the CEO, uplifting Hindi as a national unifier. Well, let's be fair of Google or Microsoft, which the two CEOs right now were born in India. If you're trying to tell people you can be anything you want in life and you can become the CEO of one of the wealthiest trillion dollar market cap companies in the world, guess what? The chances of doing that without speaking English are pretty low. You dramatically increase your odds of learning to speak the language of business. And let's face it, India is like every other place. You've got a lot of young people hungry for success, filled with ambition, wanting to. English is a relic of colonialism. The reason all of the business elite and the wealthiest people in India and the most educated people in India all speak English is because England made it a colony and sort of forced it play out their dreams, their fantasies, their entrepreneurial visions on an international sand and post it. And you can say that's an ugly part of its past. You could say it should scale if that's the goal. At some point you have to say, okay, colonialism bad, wish it hadn't happened. But we are where we are today. English is the language of international business, people who make the most money. Not every case. There are some exceptions, China and a few other places. But Most of the CEOs of certainly the wealthiest hundred companies in the world say in the past, but it is reality now. I don't want to be the ugly American and say why doesn't everyone just love by market cap speak English. Ajit says hello and says, superb Ajit, thank you for joining me. Learn to speak English. That is not my point at all. But if you are an ambitious kid these days, if you come from an ambitious family, if you come from an upper class, upper middle class family or wealthy family in India, you're a. If you are in India, feel free to give your opinions of this, this attempt by Modi to impose English and then what appears to be the backlash based on reports that are filtering down. To me, language is very much a part of culture. This show is about culture. So I think it's great that so many people in India speak so many languages. It's one of the parts of my own background I regret not learning to really Be fluent in multiple languages. So you're learning English and you are asking, begging, requiring your kids to learn English. Why is that? It's because English has become the international language of business. Business. And when you tell people who are aspirational, who are trying to grow, who want unlimited possibilities, who maybe want to become the CEO. Should everyone in India be taught to speak Hindi? I think a case can be made that whatever language is spoken by the biggest group of people in India, it would sure be helpful for trade, for commerce, for governing, for creating a body politic that can be responsive to everyone. That everyone learn one language. I don't think it should be based on this is the language that goes with this religion. Because we're trying to impose religion. Let's not forget India was really the largest secular yo of Google or Microsoft, which the two CEOs right now were born in India. If you're trying to tell people you can be anything you want in life and your democracy in the world. And while it wasn't perfect and the ruling Congress party had its flaws, it did a great job of it could become the CEO of one of the wealthiest trillion dollar market cap companies in the world. Guess what? The chances of doing that without speaking English are pretty low. You dramatically language I don't think it should be based on this is the language that goes with this religion. Because we're trying to impose religion. Let's not forget India was really the largest secular democracy in the world. And while it wasn't perfect and the ruling Congress Party had its flaws, it did a great job of at some level making everyone feel inclusive and part of the country. There weren't all these litmus tests. If you have to be this religion, you have to do everything the way we do worship our gods. It really was kind of embodying this notion of separation of church and state, which is what the United States used to be about before. That's being chipped away by national at some level making everyone feel inclusive and part of of the country. There were no increase your odds of learning to speak the language of business. All these litmus tests. If you have to be this religion, you have to do everything the way we do. Worship artists and let's face it, India is like every other place. You've got a lot of young people hungry for success, filled with ambition, wanting to play out their dreams, their fantasies, their entrepreneurial visions on internationals by authoritarians all over the world. It's certainly happening here in the United States. Modi has certainly embraced an awful lot of authoritarian Practices that right wing leaders and those who are illiberal and anti democratic around the world, whether it's Orban, whether it's what's going on in Turkey, here in the United States, he's a part of that same group. We're going to be monitoring it right here. I know that I have a lot of students based in India. Hope this doesn't kick me. Kicked off YouTube in India, but we'll be following this closely. I'd love to know what you feel about scale if that's the goal. At some point you have to say okay, colonialism bad, wish it hadn't happened. But we are where we are today. English is the language of international business, people who make the most money. So Ajit, let me know how do you feel about imposing one language on every student? Not every case. There are some exceptions, China and a few other places. But in India and if so, should it be Hindi? I don't feel like as a Westerner I can come to you and say I'm imposing English on everyone that does reek of colonialism if someone on the other side of the world is telling you what language to speak. But all I can tell you is look at the wealthiest people born in India today. Who are they? Well, some of them are the CEOs of American Fortune 500 companies, specifically Google and Microsoft. Those guys, Most of the CEOs of certainly the wealthiest hundred companies in the world by market cap, speak English. Ajit says hello and says superb Ajit, thank you for joining me. And Ajit, if you are in India, feel free to give your opinions of this. This attempt by Modi to impose English and then what appears to be the backlash pages are 100% fluent in English. And for all I know dozens of other languages too. In other news stories today. By the way, welcome to Communiverse. This is the show that really is about bridging together news of the day with personal development so that you can learn about what's going on, stay up to date and also improve yourself and not just be doom scrolling and calling caught up in the negativity of the day. Story 2 the National Weather Service in the United States is being slashed on reports that are filtering down. To me, language is very much a part of culture. This shut its budget. The disaster response in the United States is being slashed. Here are the details. Even as extreme weather batters the U.S. the current administration is slashing the very systems design always about culture. So I think it's great that so many people in India speak so many languages. It's one of the parts of my own background I regret not learning to really buy into, forecast and respond to these disasters. Staff cuts and budget rollbacks at the National Weather Service and the NOAA are getting America's weather forecasting capacity. Ten research labs are slated to close, including Miami's hurricane Hurricane Hunter base. Now, that's near and dear to me because I'm only a few miles away from Miami, living in South Florida, where, where I do. And I've got to be more aware of hurricanes now that I'm going from being a renter to being a homeowner, since I'm moving in two weeks to a home I purchased. So this, this one really hits home at a time when hurricanes are gaining in currency and strength and force and destruction to be cutting back on the systems monitoring hurricanes. Meanwhile, Trump is planning, and the current administration is planning a major downsizing of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, fema, pushing cost and responsibilities onto the states. Already, the administration has revoked $3.6 million in disaster mitigation grants and frozen additional funds used for hurricane, wildlife and food preparedness. Over 600 weather service jobs have been lost already, either through direct cuts or people being forced out or just not being able to tolerate it anymore. The FEMA budgets have been slashed, disaster grants revoked, and. And a lot of critics are saying America is now less prepared for disasters than ever before. So why am I talking about this story? Because it is a conflict of visions. It's a conflict of storytellings. One story that is a part of this country and really a part of every country in a democracy, is the story that government is bad. Government bureaucracy is bad. The private sector handles everything better. That's one vision. If we could just reduce the size of government, give people back their tax dollars, everyone would be better off. That is a vision. Ronald Reagan really brought it to the fore in the last 50 years in America, but it's continued and is a part of the main story. Voters here every single day. And it's a compelling story. Hey, more money to do whatever I want. It's a great theory. Until that hurricane hits, your house is gone, the roads are gone, everything is underwater, there's no electricity. Guess who people call? Do they call up their stockbroker? Do they call up their banker when these things happen? No. Now they want to communicate with their government. Everybody loves to bash government until the moment they need fluent in multiple languages. So it. And what we saw just last week with the flooding, the horrible disaster with more than 100 people drowning to death in Texas, dozens of young girls drowning to death in part because there was not adequate warning. There were no sirens, there was no all call alert saying get to high ground right away. It didn't exist. It resulted in people's deaths. So when you frame it that way, all of a sudden people say, oh yeah, I like government now, American, look, everybody's a hypocrite. I'm a hypocrite. Americans are hypocrite. People are hypocrites everywhere. And the classic example is senior citizens in Florida, where I am holding up signs saying, you know, get the government's hands off of my Social Security. Well, that's, that's government spending. Get the government's hands off my Medicare. Well, that is government spending. So you can't say government can't have a hand in something when it created the thing itself. There are certain things I believe that the private sector should handle. In fact, I believe the vast, vast majority of an economy should be controlled by the private sector. I want the private sector deciding what movies to make, what furniture to create, what clothes to, to manufacture. I want it manufacturing virtually everything. But there are some things where we need to pool our resources. It doesn't make sense for every person to have to build their own road. It doesn't make every sense, sense for every single person to have to build their own airline and their own airport. So we bond things together. We share resources for the common good. So that's the other vision of the world. I'm not talking about the socialistic vision or the communistic vision. I'll leave that to others. I'm talking about a vision, a liberal vision, a progressive vision for the world that says, yeah, there are some things. And if you look at most successful capitalistic societies, it's between 27% to almost as much as 50% of the economy is run by the government for things like roads, schools, healthcare, defense. Our. I can't tell you what the exact percentage is. I can tell you you can't point to a single large capitalistic economy where people have rich standards of living, where they're not taxed, at least 27% of the entire GDP and that much being spent by the federal government. So we are living through a clash of stories being communicated right now in real time. Everybody likes the idea of limited government. Get the government off my back until there's something worse on your back. A hurricane, a flood, a storm. We saw that vividly in the early 2000s with Hurricane Katrina just flattening out and flooding and drowning New Orleans again. People love the bash government, but boy, oh, boy, were they upset with the administration in power back then for seemingly not knowing, not even caring about disaster that resulted in loss of life. So we're going to be paying attention to that story. Bengan sends says hi, how are you? Great. Glad you're here. Thanks for joining us today. Today is a shortened, truncated version of the show. I'm on the run. I'm about to pack up and head to the airport, head up to New York City, visit my daughter in summer camp. So it's a fun transition day. The next big story going on is the issue of Rosie o'. Donnell. Now she's in America and extraordinarily famous celebrity. She had her own talk show for many, many years. She's been in movies, stalwart of Broadway. She and President Trump have been fighting since 2006. She criticized him on the View. And ever since, he's called her a fat pig, disgusting, wacko, obscene, crazy. Now he's threatening to revoke her citizenship. She moved to Ireland within the last year in part because she just can't stand living in a world that Trump has control over. So she wanted to leave the United States and now he's talking about revoking her citizenship. Now, it should be pointed out she's not someone who was working in the United States but was actually a citizen of Canada or England. She was born in the United States. Her parents were born in the United States. So what he's talking about here is sending a clear, clear message to people. If you criticize me, I will try to destroy your citizenship. I will try to destroy the very process of the rule of law in America because it's simply unconstitutional and illegal to try to strip away citizenship of a citizen for voicing their First Amendment rights to express opinions. And that is exactly what's happening, is in an attempt to silence critics. Yes, it is. And it might not be effective against Rosie o'. Donnell. She's wealthy and she lives in another country and she loves talking about what complete and utter contempt she has for Donald Trump. So I don't think it's going to silence her. But how many other people see these actions? How many CEOs of mid sized companies, large companies, say, you know what, I'd like to offer criticism. I think what's happening here is really destroying the fabric of our nation and our economy. But if I lose my citizenship and am deported, I've got 10,000 employees who could lose their jobs. I have to bite my tongue for the good of my employees. That's the real fear. Now, the other issue going on here is this does seem to be a classic move from this administration when there's a big controversy over here. He doesn't want to talk about changing the subject. That is designed to get attention. I think ultimately that's what this is about. This administration knows that even a court where Trump picked the judges, they're not going to be able to give any ruling saying you can legally strip away the citizenship of someone who was born a US Citizen born in the United States. That's too much of a strike. What's really going on here, It's a social media game. It's, oh, you want to talk about this scandal here that makes me look bad? Let's talk about something more exciting over here. Let's distract because the big issue right now completely overwhelming the MAGA movement, the conservative media world, is the issue of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the client list. Those of you unfamiliar with this, Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile who according to official government reports, killed himself in his own cell in 2019 waiting sentencing because he had been convicted of being a pedophile and child trafficking and all sorts of horrendous things. Now, it's an article of faith that among conservatives, MAGA types, certain right wing extremists, that the, the government is committing a mass conspiracy. And I should point out they might be right, that there is a client list and it's going to have all sorts of famous people and they believe mostly Democrats. So they want this uncovered so they can prove their theory that the entire Democratic establishment is filled with rot and pedophiles. That's what they want. Now the problem is that now the Republicans, the MAGA movement, the very people who spent so much time criticizing the government cover up of Jeffrey Epstein were people like Dan Bongino and Cash Patel. Well, they're now running the government. They are running the FBI. They're the deputy director of the FBI. And earlier in this administration, the Attorney General Pam Bondi said, I have the Epstein client files on my desk and I'm going to be releasing them now. We're told, oh, there aren't any Epstein client files. Nothing to look at here, folks. Next subject. So even the people who normally support, backup and endorse anything and everything Trump says, people who say, well, we don't want any wars. That's why we want Trump. No wars. And then he starts a war, they're like, yes, we love Trump because he starts wars. Even people who flip flop that easily are like, wait a minute, we're not going away on this Epstein issue. You said that you're going to release the files. You said you had the files. You said they're on your desk. Now you're telling us there is no file. So even for us, that's calling white black and black white. That's saying two plus two equals negative 14. It's just not adding up. So let's see. Why, why would, let's ask ourselves, I mean, I don't know what's really there or isn't there, but let's just ask ourselves. If there were a file and it went only Democrats to Jeffrey Epstein as clients and people that he helped connect with teenage girls for illicit illegal activities and crimes and felonies, in what world would the Trump administration keep that hidden and say, well, we wouldn't want Democrats to look bad, we better keep it hidden? What world is that possible? I would contend no sane person of any political persuasion thinks that they would keep that hidden. They would want to get it out there. But let's look at the alternative and hello, Pablo, good to see you today. Because Trump is the one person that Jeffrey Epstein is on record saying. Trump's my best friend. Trump is on record saying many nice things about Jeffrey. I was a great guy. Talked about how they share the love of beautiful women, especially on the younger side. They're seen together, partying, dancing, laughing. And one of the oddest things about Trump is you can look at any picture from any part of his life, any video, you'll never see him look happier than in the times when he is partying with Jeffrey Epstein again. Do I have a proof that he did anything illegal? No. But if you're looking for motive as to why one administration would hide something, that's kind of a glaring one, because why would you want to communicate that? Now, as I pointed out yesterday, I think it doesn't matter. I think that Trump supporters are so rabid at this point, so fixated on attacking liberals, being an anti liberal party, that Trump could say, sure, you know, I, I slept with a thousand 12 year olds that Jeffrey introduced me to. And I think they would say, well, that's okay, since it's you. I think that's where we are in terms of how anything he wants to communicate filters down. But for right now, this is a real controversy. There are reports coming out from credible sources that Cash Patel is so upset that Dan Bongino might actually resign, he didn't show up for work on Friday. So we will be monitoring this. We've run out of time for today, but I want to thank you for spending time with me again. This is Communiverse with TJ Walker where we look at the top stories related to business, technology and culture, decoding it through the lens of communication, all with the goal of building your personal success. Thanks so much. I'll be on the road tomorrow, but hope to see you for at least a few minutes. Then, thanks.