'Inclusive' Arnold: 'It Makes No Difference If You're a Communist'
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'Inclusive' Arnold: 'It Makes No Difference If You're a Communist'

Schwarzenegger-Mamdani 2028! Don't laugh! After all, on today's Morning Joe, an oh-so-inclusive Arnold declared: "To me, it makes no difference if you're a Communist." That Constitutional thingy about presidents having to be native-born Americans? Stuff for small minds. The Austrian-born Arnold and the Ugandan native Mamdani are a match made in . . .  Scarborough and Brzezinski had Schwarzenegger on the show to talk about the so-called "Austrian World Summit" that he is hosting. The goal is to battle climate change, or, as Schwarzenegger suggested, the real focus should be pollution, since it kills seven million yearly vs. only 25,000 by climate change. "I use my movie lines, 'Hasta La Vista, Pollution,'" said Arnold. A top guest at the "summit" is Kamala Harris, who was seen offering the brilliant insight, based on her experience as California's Attorney General, that there have to be "consequences" for law-breaking. Who knew?  There was no pushback to Schwarzenegger from Joe or Mika. To the contrary, Scarborough unctuously called his spiel, "such an important message." Then came the signature pivot. Joe teed up Arnold to criticize Trump and Republicans at large about threats to democracy, referencing election skepticism in California and investigations of the Newsoms.  'Inclusive' Arnold: 'Makes No Difference If You're a Communist!' pic.twitter.com/haU5SbDs28 — Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) June 16, 2026 Schwarzenegger dodged with a rambling ode to "inclusion." "The most important thing is that we are inclusive . . . Going in the direction of kind of like inclusion has always been something that I was taught by people here in Austria, and then when I came to America, I saw inclusion really in the highest level . . . I want everyone [to] be included . . . When we work on inclusion, I think that we will go and protect our democracy much more." Arnold even managed to work in a humblebrag that, learning from his experience as an immigrant, he donates 1,000 Thanksgiving turkeys every year in East LA "to feed the people that have less money." Mika played off that to end the segment with a closing shot at Trump world:  "Very different things happening with immigrants today, here in America, that is for sure." The guy who ran and won as Governor of California as the rough, tough, Terminator has fully morphed into a Hollywood open-borders, climate alarmist pussycat. As for MS NOW, it was just another day of liberal-celebrity lectures — zero pushback, maximum virtue signaling. Here's the transcript. MS NOW Morning Joe 6/16/26 6:23 am EDT KAMALA HARRIS: On the issue of what we will do to, to terminate pollution, and to save our planet, the policy must include, and, and my experience as attorney general reinforced that for me, the policies must include accountability and consequences for bad behaviors. JOE SCARBOROUGH: That was former Vice President Kamala Harris this morning, alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Austrian World Summit taking place right now in Vienna. The summit is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, with climate leaders from several countries taking the stage to discuss and offer solutions now to fight climate change by bringing together governments, businesses, and individuals. And this year's theme is, 'We Are Unstoppable.'  And Arnold Schwarzenegger joins us now from Vienna. He is, of course, the host of the summit. Governor, thank you so much for being with us. We greatly appreciate it. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, thank you very much for having me, and, you know, I just want to, right off the top, correct you, because you said it's climate change. I want you to talk about fighting pollution. Because we have to terminate pollution, and that's what I always say, I use my movie lines, "Hasta La Vista, Pollution."  So this is the kind of things we have to talk about. Climate change, most people don't understand it, and they don't care about any of that stuff. I think they care about pollution, because pollution is the thing that actually kills seven million people a year. You know, climate change, you know, and with all the, the, the bad weather and the storms and the floods and all of this stuff, that kills maybe twenty-five thousand people, which is of course twenty-five thousand people too many, but pollution kills seven million. So this is why I always stress pollution rather than climate change. SCARBOROUGH: And what are some of the ideas right now that you're hearing this year, that you're getting excited about in some ways to fight pollution?" SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, you know, the theme of the conference is, that we are unstoppable. And the reason why it is, is because, as you know, in, America, we have an administration that doesn't really believe in pollution being a threat to our health and, that it kills all of these people.  So we want to encourage people here to just say, stop whining about the White House and about them not believing in that. I said, what is it that we can do?, I said. Because it doesn't really matter in the end who is in the White House. What really matters is what we're doing on the state and local level.  I said, we have to rely on ourselves. That's where the action is. And so when you think about, you know, what California has accomplished and what Texas is accomplishing right now, and what Massachusetts is accomplishing and Minnesota and all of those states, it's really remarkable because they just say, Okay we're gonna go and take the bull by the horn create the changes, and we're gonna set goals of updating our renewable energy, lowering our greenhouse gases, and all those kind of things. Let's not wait for the federal government to take the lead, let us take the lead.  So what we are doing is with this conference here is, really encouraging people to go and to just continue working themselves and thinking about what can I do versus what can they do. SCARBOROUGH: That's such an important message. I, I wanted to ask you, you've, you've said some very inspiring things about American democracy. And I always found that immigrants, have, have a better perspective sometimes than those of us who were born in America and were raised here, cause we just assume that democracy's always gonna be with us. We always assume that everything will always be the way it is.  You've given some very moving warnings in the past about your own family members that have been swept, that were swept up during—World War II, in, in Nazism, and, and, and you've warned Americans against this.  I'm wondering as you look at what's happening with Gavin Newsom and his wife, if you, as you look at what's happening where people are trying to say that California's elections are being rigged. You're the last Republican governor elected in California, and it took 30 days, that's the law.  How are we doing as a democracy right now? What are your concerns as somebody who has a perspective that maybe those of us who were born here don't have? SCHWARZENEGGER: Well, you know, it doesn't really matter where you live. The most important thing is that we are inclusive, and that we don't hate anybody because they feel differently than we do, or they belong to a different religion than we do, or they're belonging to a different party than we do. And this is the theme also of our conference here.  I tell, to me, it makes no difference if you're a communist, if you're a socialist, if you're Democrat or Republican, or if you come from a dictatorship, it makes no difference.  It's, come here to Vienna, and let's work together to solve this problem and to create a good environment. I think that if we work together, we are much more powerful rather than fighting each other and always alienating half of the people.  So to me, I think going in the direction of kind of like inclusion has always been something that I was taught by people here in Austria, and then when I came to America, I saw inclusion really in the highest level. You know, where people were kind of like really helpful to me as an immigrant that just arrived in America, they gave me pillowcases and pillows and, blankets and dishes and silverware and the black and white TV and all of this kind of things. I was shocked when I came to America and I got this much help. And I learned how to be generous, and, I do exactly the same thing now. I want to make sure that when it is Thanksgiving, that I go to East LA, and to feed the—people that have less money, and then I donate a thousand turkeys to them on Thanksgiving. I do exactly the things that was done to me when I came to America, and I want to continue the tradition, you know.  And since, and all the other stuff. I'm just in the, if it's bodybuilding, if it's fitness, I deal with the world, so I never ask when I promote bodybuilding or when I promote fitness, are you a Democrat? Are you an Arab? Are you, Israeli? Are you Australian? Are you from Africa? I don't care. I don't care.  I want everyone to be fit, I want everyone to enjoy the motivation when I say, 'Go and train and do something every day.' It doesn't matter what party you're coming from, if you believe in the things that I believe in, I want every, everyone be included. And so this is, I think, when we work on inclusion, I think that we will go and protect our democracy much more. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Very different things happening with immigrants today, here in America, that is for sure.