Timcast IRL - Tim Pool - US Deploys 3,000 More Marines, 82nd Airborne Deploy To IRAN, WE ARE GOING IN | Timcast IRL

00:02:32.000 Gen Z, y'all getting drafted. 0.93

00:02:35.000 Okay, maybe not, but there's this new report that they've increased the age limit for enlistments to 42, and they don't care if you've been convicted of marijuana or light drug possession.

00:02:47.000 So the 42-year-old thing is obvious.

00:02:49.000 They want older people to be able to join the military.

00:02:51.000 I wonder why.

00:02:52.000 They're also giving out steak and lobster to our troops.

00:02:55.000 And the best part is the marijuana thing, because I'm like, okay, now they're basically saying we need to open up the pool a little bit wider.

00:03:02.000 That one's targeting Gen Z. 1.00

00:03:04.000 But here's the interesting thing.

00:03:05.000 The real concern over the draft, immigrants are worried.

00:03:09.000 Not a joke.

00:03:09.000 This is the report.

00:03:11.000 Young people are kind of like, I'm undraftable because they're just like hikikomori. 1.00

00:03:14.000 If you know what that means, it means they sit at home and play video games all day and they don't go outside.

00:03:19.000 But immigrants are like, uh-oh. 1.00

00:03:21.000 And there's a lot of people saying, you know, it would be funny if Biden brought in 20 million illegal immigrants from Honduras, not for the economy, but to just unload them all in Iran. 0.99

00:03:30.000 And then as John Bolton would say, this time next year, we'll be eating pantanos and baliera in Tehran, which he never said, but would be absolutely hilarious if Iran just became like new Honduras. 0.61

00:03:43.000 But the big news, of course, is, my friends, if you've been following this show, you are not surprised to learn that we are deploying the 82nd Airborne Division, 3,000 more troops to the Middle East.

00:03:55.000 The speculation being this will be for the occupation of Karg Island, the key oil distribution hub for Iran.

00:04:02.000 And we had been talking about this.

00:04:04.000 We had heard rumors in the area about, you know, people who know other people, who see them packing up and getting ready to go, rumors of deployment.

00:04:13.000 And it appears that it's actually going to happen.

00:04:16.000 As many are saying, this is increasing the probability that we will see boots on the ground in Iran.

00:04:21.000 That being said, Donald Trump has said he's in peace negotiations with Iran, and they gave him a truly, truly wonderful gift related to oil and natural gas, but he's not going to tell you what it is.

00:04:31.000 And that's good, but I got to be honest, all the while we're being told that things are winding down, but all of the military action we see shows a dramatic escalation.

00:04:44.000 Now, there's another big conspiracy theory.

00:04:47.000 I had talked about this in 2019.

00:04:50.000 An oil refinery exploded at 4 a.m. in PA.

00:04:54.000 Several hours later, Donald Trump announced that he was canceling strikes on Iran.

00:04:57.000 At the time, I speculated: could this have been a cyber attack?

00:05:01.000 And Donald Trump pulled back on the attack to avoid an escalation of war between Iran and the United States.

00:05:06.000 I don't know.

00:05:07.000 Interestingly, yesterday, only a few hours after Donald Trump announced postponing the attack in Iran, an oil refinery exploded.

00:05:14.000 Now, that's just some wacky speculation, right?

00:05:17.000 Except a Saudi X account posted only a few hours before the explosion that just across the street, there would be an oil refinery explosion and then deleted it.

00:05:29.000 But it's too late.

00:05:29.000 The internet is forever.

00:05:30.000 It was captured and reposted, suggesting there was foreknowledge of this explosion at the plant, which makes one wonder: was this a cyber attack?

00:05:41.000 We're going to talk about that and a whole lot more.

00:05:43.000 Joe Kent says he's willing to testify in the trial of Charlie Kirk, which is being called betrayal.

00:05:48.000 We got a lot to talk about.

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00:07:23.000 Joining us tonight, talk about this.

00:07:23.000 It's going to be a big one.

00:07:24.000 We've got Carolyn Wren.

00:07:26.000 Hello.

00:07:26.000 Thank you for having me.

00:07:27.000 Absolutely.

00:07:28.000 Who are you?

00:07:28.000 What do you do?

00:07:29.000 I am born and raised in Austin, Texas.

00:07:31.000 Moved up to D.C., was there for about 15 years working for friends of the show, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, APAC, other friends.

00:07:40.000 Oh, he nodded at APAC.

00:07:41.000 Until I had a hard pivot when Donald Trump came out of the elevator, and now I'm firmly in the America First Camp, and I run a lot of different campaigns actually against my old friends within the Republican Moore establishment.

00:07:54.000 Wing of the party.

00:07:56.000 I'm sure they're happy now.

00:07:57.000 Well, I think they probably are happy now.

00:07:59.000 Yeah.

00:08:00.000 Well, right on.

00:08:01.000 It's great to have you.

00:08:02.000 Should be interesting.

00:08:03.000 Of course, Elad is here, but everybody knows you.

00:08:05.000 We're not doing the introductions the way we used to because it's just everybody knows who Ella is.

00:08:08.000 A lot of Liyahu, Tim Cast News, White House correspondent.

00:08:11.000 Happy to be here.

00:08:12.000 Tate Brown is here, of course.

00:08:12.000 Tate, what's up?

00:08:15.000 We got to bring up the speed.

00:08:16.000 We're not doing intros anymore.

00:08:18.000 Not for the regulars.

00:08:20.000 Oh, am I introducing myself now?

00:08:22.000 I've never introduced myself ever on this show.

00:08:24.000 I've never said, hi, I'm Tim Pua.

00:08:25.000 I've never exactly.

00:08:26.000 So if he doesn't, that's we're.

00:08:27.000 I think I might have done it one time to be like, should I introduce myself?

00:08:30.000 Were we becoming too formal of a news show with the introductions?

00:08:33.000 No, it's yet.

00:08:33.000 It's like everybody knows who you are.

00:08:35.000 You know what I mean?

00:08:36.000 Like, yeah, the guest needs an intro, but everybody else is like confidence in our catchphrases.

00:08:40.000 We're getting kind of late.

00:08:41.000 Carter's here.

00:08:42.000 Yeah, it's starting to sound too rehearsed.

00:08:44.000 So they're like, you know, we don't like it.

00:08:45.000 Not just that, but it's like, we get it.

00:08:47.000 We know who Tate is.

00:08:47.000 You know what I mean?

00:08:48.000 And like Ian's going to say something like graphene.

00:08:51.000 Catchphrase.

00:08:52.000 Did that doc ever drop it?

00:08:53.000 Never mind.

00:08:54.000 You know what game dropped?

00:08:55.000 The graphene documentary?

00:08:56.000 Yeah, didn't it?

00:08:57.000 I think it's graphene.

00:08:59.000 I think Kevin is out of the grand route.

00:09:00.000 Okay, you see, here's where we're dealing with.

00:09:03.000 My friends, and talk about what's going on.

00:09:04.000 We got this from Politico.

00:09:05.000 Pentagon prepares to send another 3,000 troops to the Middle East.

00:09:10.000 The decision to move the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the region heightens the possibility U.S. troops will enter Iran.

00:09:17.000 No decisions have been made for troops into the country, according to defense officials who confirmed the planned deployment.

00:09:22.000 But the buildup of troops is a drastic escalation.

00:09:24.000 The 82nd has a quick reaction force that can deploy around the world within 18 hours, but it's not clear if that division will head to the region.

00:09:32.000 The troops increase comes a month into U.S. military airstrikes against Iranian military forces and infrastructure.

00:09:38.000 And amid spiraling gas prices, Iranian officials block access to the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world's oil passes.

00:09:46.000 U.S. Central Command, which oversees the effort, said Tuesday that U.S. aircraft and missile attacks have destroyed more than 9,000 military targets inside Iran since the attacks started February 28th.

00:09:56.000 Military officials have said the strikes targeted around missile launchers, Navy, and defense industrial base.

00:10:01.000 Strikes have also killed dozens of the regime's leadership.

00:10:04.000 The U.S. already has 50,000 troops in the region.

00:10:07.000 The increase suggests potential for more involvement, such as taking control of the strait by force.

00:10:13.000 So it is being speculated heavily that we are going to occupy Karg Island, a small island in the Gulf where Iran does most of its oil distribution.

00:10:22.000 Trump keeps saying things are getting better.

00:10:24.000 We destroyed them.

00:10:25.000 They're all but defeated.

00:10:26.000 This is the end.

00:10:27.000 We're having peace talks, but everything we're seeing from the military is suggesting an escalation.

00:10:32.000 So I actually want to throw it to Elad first because you're, I mean, you've been like dancing on the table, tap dancing, excited with joy about what's going on.

00:10:40.000 What do you think is happening?

00:10:41.000 Do you think Trump is nearing peace or do you think we are going to go in and just full-scale war?

00:10:48.000 So a few things.

00:10:49.000 So far, I believe the war is going about as well as it could be, all things considered.

00:10:55.000 Minimal amount of casualties.

00:10:56.000 Of course, I think there are like roughly under 20.

00:10:58.000 Of course, every death of an American service member is extremely unfortunate, but these are the most patriotic among us.

00:11:05.000 And we've all but decimated the Iranian army and navy.

00:11:09.000 I think there will be issues, though, if we do reach the point where we do have a land invasion.

00:11:16.000 Obviously, that would raise the casualties by a ton.

00:11:18.000 And I don't know if the Americans could stomach hundreds of casualties.

00:11:21.000 However, this does seem to be a choke point.

00:11:23.000 Karg Island, where a lot of this oil is distributed from Iran.

00:11:27.000 It's sort of the choke point for the economy of the Iranians.

00:11:31.000 And holding the island would leave a lot of our American patriots and our American troops at risk from counterattacks more easily.

00:11:38.000 I think he wants to leave all his options open, the president.

00:11:40.000 Do you think we are going to go in?

00:11:43.000 Do you think it is escalating, or do you think Trump is winding things down?

00:11:46.000 I think the president wants to leave all of his options open.

00:11:48.000 I'm going to ask you what the president is going to.

00:11:49.000 I'm asking you if you think we are winding things down, or do you think we're escalating?

00:11:54.000 We're escalating.

00:11:55.000 We're ramping things up.

00:11:56.000 The president could not leave this regime in power moving forward.

00:12:00.000 The current Ayatollah, his entire family was killed by the president.

00:12:03.000 I think his current Ayatollah is actually dead, too.

00:12:06.000 Yeah, well, if he's not dead, he'd have a lot of reason to try to over to avenge his father, of course.

00:12:12.000 So I don't think we could moderate this current regime.

00:12:14.000 And I think the president knows that.

00:12:15.000 So I think if we leave these guys in power, they'd probably race to the bomb.

00:12:19.000 And I think that's what the president's mindset on this issue is at this point now.

00:12:22.000 We've done way too much damage to not take the regime out.

00:12:24.000 Is this the most you've ever supported Donald Trump?

00:12:27.000 Look, I knew the president was not going to allow this regime to get a nuclear weapon because he's been crystal clear on this issue for decades.

00:12:36.000 I know a lot of people like to project their politics onto the president and pretend that the president is flipping a new script all of a sudden, but he's actually been extremely consistent when it comes to this issue about Iran not being able to get a nuclear weapon.

00:12:48.000 And actually, I saw Michael Tracy actually quote this, the president talking about this 20 some odd years ago, saying how he would take Karg Island if it came down to it, if push came to shove.

00:12:59.000 So I don't know.

00:13:00.000 You must be a little bit conflicted.

00:13:01.000 It sounds like you worked for a lot of neocons in the past and now have kind of, I don't know, would be too supportive of an act like this.

00:13:08.000 It seems like John McCain's wet dream.

00:13:10.000 Maybe you would know a little bit more about that than I would.

00:13:13.000 Yeah, I'm conflicted on it, especially since I spent so much time working for, I feel like, that wing of the party.

00:13:18.000 And then I left it in like a kind of public breakup.

00:13:21.000 I did a lot of interviews about it.

00:13:22.000 And now I feel like I'm right back in it.

00:13:25.000 And I am very nervous about this.

00:13:28.000 Well, I didn't want any more foreign intervention.

00:13:32.000 I still don't fully understand what the purpose is of why we are there.

00:13:36.000 Also, Iran is an extraordinarily complicated country.

00:13:39.000 It's 90 million people.

00:13:40.000 You have 90 different religious factions.

00:13:42.000 And also, they don't care about human life. 0.99

00:13:44.000 So when you say that, like, if we take Karg Island, and yes, it'll hurt their economy, but like the Iranian regime doesn't give a shit about their economy. 0.99

00:13:51.000 Like, they can let their people starve. 0.97

00:13:53.000 And all they have to do to win the war is just outlast us. 0.51

00:13:56.000 And so we've seen this before when Donald Rumsfeld went on TV and told us that we were going to be going to Iraq for two days and then it was two weeks and then it was two months and Rumsfeld went out there and it's the exact same thing now.

00:14:08.000 They're telling us two days, then two weeks, then two months, then it's two years and then it's 20 years.

00:14:12.000 And so having said all that, I'm praying and hoping for the best.

00:14:17.000 And I do think President Trump is a wonderful commander-in-chief and a great leader.

00:14:21.000 And I do think it's preposterous that like Netanyahu can just walk in and tell President Trump to go do something and he would do it.

00:14:26.000 Trump is famous for bringing in a lot of different opinions, letting people duke it out, and then making a decision.

00:14:32.000 So I, you know, if there's, if there is an off-ramp at this point, I would love to see it.

00:14:36.000 But I don't see how there is an off-ramp.

00:14:38.000 I think that now is a good time to buy Raytheon or Palantir.

00:14:42.000 Yeah, I think you hit it on the head.

00:14:43.000 I mean, that is kind of, I think it's almost maybe a miscalculation.

00:14:46.000 I don't know if it's a miscalculation.

00:14:48.000 I think it's consistent with the Don Rowe doctrine, which is, again, when you're negotiating with these countries, you assume they're all self-interested.

00:14:53.000 They're all driven by economic, you know, economic gain, these sorts of things.

00:14:57.000 And that's worked very well thus far through both Trump administrations.

00:15:01.000 That's kind of the miscalculation, I think, with Iran, to your point.

00:15:04.000 They're driven by things that are sort of detached from like tangible assets, right?

00:15:08.000 We're talking like oil, energy, economics by and large.

00:15:12.000 Like they're driven by fanaticism.

00:15:15.000 I think that is the point that these really, like these Iranian hawks are making.

00:15:18.000 That's correct, is they are driven by fanaticism.

00:15:20.000 That's an argument against getting into a prolonged war with them because again, like you said, Iran, victory for them is just surviving. 0.98

00:15:27.000 Yeah, they got nothing but time.

00:15:29.000 We need to introduce only fans to Iran. 0.72

00:15:31.000 Yeah, I think it's worthwhile.

00:15:34.000 Maybe then they'll be so distracted and degenerate that they'll just stop caring about anything other than getting money and selling oil.

00:15:40.000 Look, maybe I'm confused, but I think there is a serious threat from the Iranians. 1.00

00:15:44.000 I think there's credible evidence that they've had assassination attempts against the president.

00:15:49.000 They chant death to America and death to Israel.

00:15:52.000 There's a lot of evidence of them interested in acquiring a nuclear weapon or at least getting on the precipice of it.

00:15:57.000 They do fund proxies and do have the death of American service members on their hands.

00:16:02.000 But I don't know.

00:16:04.000 I'm sure you're not going to be able to do it.

00:16:04.000 Let me ask you a lot.

00:16:06.000 Let me ask you a question on the first point that you made.

00:16:09.000 So was Trump wrong after the 12-day war when he said they set him back 10 years on the nuclear program?

00:16:16.000 Yeah, he was wrong.

00:16:17.000 So that was look, I'm not here to defend every single thing.

00:16:21.000 I'm not suggesting you are.

00:16:21.000 I'm just saying like the 12-day war was a failure.

00:16:24.000 And, you know, the expectation was they were going to go in, stop, and didn't work.

00:16:28.000 And now here we are.

00:16:29.000 I think the 12-day war was a failure if the goal was to completely decimate their nuclear. 0.54

00:16:35.000 They escaped with the material.

00:16:37.000 There's photos of the trucks.

00:16:39.000 But in a certain aspect, the 12-day war set us up for this war because Israel was able to take out most of Iran's air defenses.

00:16:45.000 So it set the situation up such that we could advantageously have this opportunistic war right now.

00:16:51.000 And I mean, I said this at the top of the show.

00:16:53.000 All things considered, I think this is a good use of American power.

00:16:57.000 And fortunately, the casualties have been extremely low.

00:17:00.000 And I hope they continue to be.

00:17:02.000 I think we have a kill-death ratio of something like one to 100.

00:17:06.000 Still, obviously, all these deaths are too much.

00:17:08.000 But I went to a Pentagon briefing with Secretary Hegseth the other day where he said he went to the dignified transfer for a couple of soldiers that were killed.

00:17:16.000 And the families told him to finish the job and not let his death and these service members' death be in vain.

00:17:23.000 So just, you know, that's where my mindset's at.

00:17:26.000 I know you guys also represent a wing of the party, an emerging wing.

00:17:31.000 It's hard to say what exactly is going on, though, because according to many of these polls, people, Republicans, at least, are trusting the president's plan and are letting him cook.

00:17:40.000 It seems that you guys aren't.

00:17:42.000 That's true, but he needs independent voters, and the Republicans need independent voters if they want to win in November.

00:17:48.000 And this message that keeps going out, like, well, Republicans are behind Trump.

00:17:51.000 It's like, congratulations.

00:17:52.000 We always knew that.

00:17:53.000 Democrats have always been opposed.

00:17:54.000 Republicans always support.

00:17:56.000 It's the very thin middle that you need to convince, and they are not being convinced.

00:18:01.000 Now, you can call it whatever you want.

00:18:02.000 I honestly believe a good portion of these quote-unquote podcaster personalities would say whatever the advertiser dollars direct them to.

00:18:10.000 And I'm not going to call it anybody, but I'm not talking about Tucker Carlson.

00:18:12.000 I don't know what his deal is or what he believes or why he's doing what he's doing.

00:18:15.000 A lot of people have accusations, but he's got something going on.

00:18:17.000 Like, I mean, and I don't mean negatively.

00:18:19.000 I mean, like, whatever it is he's doing, he's doing.

00:18:20.000 But there are certain personalities that have no business in politics that I guarantee you, if you went to them with like a $10 million deal and said, just, you know, don't be mean to the president, support him, they'd say yes.

00:18:30.000 They'd say, okay, in two seconds.

00:18:32.000 Because these guys, these middle door guys, don't know anything about the region or politics or otherwise. 0.99

00:18:38.000 I'm not saying they're right or wrong.

00:18:39.000 I'm saying when someone who doesn't know where Iran is tells me what they think about this war, I question their motivations.

00:18:45.000 Yeah.

00:18:45.000 Well, I mean, I'm not tuning into like the Theo Vaughn show for like a nuanced take on geopolitics, but like it is worthwhile.

00:18:52.000 Like, I think the useful polling that we would need to see is what did first-time Trump voters, what do they think about the war?

00:18:58.000 I think that would give you an indication of like the status of the coalition.

00:19:01.000 Because, you know, everyone's declaring that the 2024 coalition is dead, et cetera, et cetera.

00:19:05.000 And you do see polling like, within MAGA, it has 100% support.

00:19:08.000 It's like, yeah, because that's what it selects for.

00:19:10.000 It selects for people that are in favor of decisions Trump makes.

00:19:13.000 So again, if you're against the Iran war, then you're probably not considered part of the MAGA polling group anymore.

00:19:18.000 And that's when you would need to go back and look at that initial batch of 2024 Trump voters, really determine how popular is this war.

00:19:24.000 And then again, it's like, I think even President Trump is starting to realize that this might have been a miscalculation you're seeing on his truth social feed.

00:19:34.000 It's kind of like he's a little upset.

00:19:37.000 It's kind of clear.

00:19:37.000 He's saying, we're just going to bomb all their energy fields.

00:19:40.000 And then he'll come back around and say, Israel shouldn't have done that.

00:19:42.000 That was a mistake.

00:19:43.000 Like, I think he's starting to realize that we might have undercalculated what's going on here.

00:19:48.000 Let's jump to the story from task and purpose.

00:19:50.000 Army raises enlistment age to 42, removes waiver from marijuana possession.

00:19:55.000 Hey, that last one, that's for you, Gen Z. 0.98

00:19:58.000 So, they want to make sure they can get as many people as possible in.

00:20:01.000 And so, I can imagine they're having a meeting.

00:20:02.000 Like, what do we do?

00:20:03.000 Well, why don't we allow older people to join?

00:20:05.000 Hey, look, 40 is the new, you know, was it 40 is the new 30, right?

00:20:10.000 These guys can still fight.

00:20:11.000 And they're like, What about young people?

00:20:12.000 Well, why can't we recruit young people?

00:20:14.000 They smoke too much weed.

00:20:16.000 Let them in anyway.

00:20:17.000 So, it looks like when you get a story like this and they're saying they want to increase enlistment, and so they're changing the rules instead of offering incentives, it sounds like they're really trying to get a lot of people in right now.

00:20:32.000 And of course, there have been concerns.

00:20:34.000 At least I would argue they may be fake, but the left liberal media has been reporting fears of a potential military draft over this conflict.

00:20:42.000 What people need to understand about Iran: 90 plus million people.

00:20:46.000 This is not Afghanistan.

00:20:48.000 If you think it was hard, if you know that it was hard enough for the U.S. to deal with goat herders with AK-47s in a desert country, imagine what it's going to be like going to a mountainous, 90-million-person strong country.

00:21:01.000 They can take out military targets, but you do not get regime change with 90 million people without occupying that country by force.

00:21:08.000 Yeah, I mean, this is why I think the Trump administration, I don't actually expect that.

00:21:12.000 Elod, how old are you?

00:21:13.000 I'm 32.

00:21:13.000 Ramp it up.

00:21:14.000 You are well within the age for enlistment.

00:21:17.000 And you're coming with me too, Bowdy.

00:21:18.000 Not me.

00:21:19.000 They won't let me in.

00:21:20.000 You have two more years.

00:21:21.000 No, I'm high net worth.

00:21:22.000 They won't let me.

00:21:23.000 Oh, so make me high net worth.

00:21:26.000 What do you mean, Elad?

00:21:27.000 You like this?

00:21:28.000 We're going on a quick trip.

00:21:29.000 The state are going to eat a lot of gourmet sabzi, and that's the only Iranian fighter. 1.00

00:21:29.000 Don't you want to go? 1.00

00:21:35.000 Is that what they eat?

00:21:36.000 I don't eat anything.

00:21:36.000 Gormy Sabzi yet.

00:21:38.000 But wouldn't you want to go there and contribute to the war effort?

00:21:41.000 Yeah.

00:21:41.000 Like if Trump said, like, he was like, Elad, I want you to go in and help us win.

00:21:46.000 Oh, if the president asked me, I definitely would.

00:21:49.000 What if he hands you a gun and is like, you're on the front line first in?

00:21:52.000 Boats landing tomorrow.

00:21:53.000 If I was fully trained for it, then if that's what my fate is.

00:21:56.000 Look, the people who sign up to be in the army are genuinely the most patriotic among us.

00:22:02.000 I don't think we should like treat them as children, too.

00:22:04.000 They know what they're signing up for.

00:22:06.000 I'm asking you.

00:22:07.000 I'm saying like, and I don't have that dog in it.

00:22:09.000 It's not a joke, right?

00:22:11.000 I'm saying, let's say we've stretched our physical force to its limit, and the president says we need any able-bodied man who fits this category, whether you're trained or otherwise.

00:22:11.000 I'm not being silly.

00:22:22.000 We'll give you basic training, but we need you.

00:22:24.000 Would you say yes?

00:22:26.000 Yes.

00:22:26.000 I think there should be a draft.

00:22:27.000 I think there should be national service.

00:22:29.000 I think that's one of the things we should actually copy from Israel.

00:22:32.000 I think everybody should have skin in the game in our society.

00:22:35.000 And I think it would help with actually our assimilation process.

00:22:37.000 But specifically go on the ground in Iran.

00:22:40.000 To be part of the most powerful military that's ever existed.

00:22:44.000 And to know that if anything happened to me, the KD would be 1 to 100.

00:22:50.000 No, there's a price on my head.

00:22:52.000 There's a big price on my head.

00:22:53.000 For every American service member who is hurt in Iran, there is 100 plus Iranians paying the price for that. 0.98

00:23:01.000 And these are patriots among us.

00:23:02.000 These are the bravest among us.

00:23:04.000 We should honor them and thank them, you know, for allowing us to live this free lifestyle.

00:23:07.000 I'm just imagining.

00:23:08.000 We live on the backs of patriots, of dead patriots.

00:23:11.000 Our freedom exists on the back of brave men who are willing to fight.

00:23:15.000 That's right.

00:23:16.000 I'm just imagining, you know, it's like the boat crashes on the shores of Iran and then like Elad runs out and he looks to his left and there's Lindsey Graham and Lindsey Graham's like, I can't believe I'm fighting alongside you, Elad.

00:23:28.000 And he was like, what about fighting alongside a friend?

00:23:30.000 And they go like this and then they run in together.

00:23:33.000 Well, because that reminds me of Ukraine.

00:23:34.000 You had the Reddit waffen get deployed.

00:23:36.000 And they kept like posting like just like with all the metadata in there and they would just get their site blown up all the land.

00:23:42.000 I don't want to romanticize war, but isn't there something so romantic about, you know, you and the boys fighting against the ops and like, Tate, if you got hurt, shot in the arm and I'm holding you in my arms and saying no and then like avenging your injury.

00:23:55.000 Yeah.

00:23:56.000 No.

00:23:57.000 No.

00:23:57.000 I don't mean to fetishize that, but it's like there's something so there's just like awful about, I don't mean to even use that sort of rhetoric.

00:24:06.000 I'm stuck on your opponents.

00:24:08.000 But there's still like 30 to 40 countries.

00:24:09.000 If my group chat could get together that we would invade before Iran, India comes to mind. 0.99

00:24:14.000 Oh, invade India? 0.94

00:24:15.000 Oh, yeah.

00:24:15.000 Dude, we'd be storming the shores.

00:24:17.000 I hope because of the call centers.

00:24:18.000 Because of the call centers, because of the smell.

00:24:22.000 We would be all in.

00:24:24.000 A D-Day would look like a birthday party, quite frankly. 0.93

00:24:26.000 If I were to land it on Goa or something.

00:24:28.000 I would invade Antarctica just to get over the ice wall to see what's on the other side.

00:24:33.000 That seems like a guaranteed failed mission, though.

00:24:35.000 No, man, there's nobody down there.

00:24:37.000 Well, I guess the Koreans, they'd see you and be like, he's one of us.

00:24:39.000 The Koreans? 1.00

00:24:39.000 Oh, my God. 1.00

00:24:40.000 Oh, that's right.

00:24:41.000 Because people don't know this, but outside the ice wall, just all Koreans. 0.92

00:24:44.000 There's like 43 billion Koreans.

00:24:46.000 He is home.

00:24:47.000 You didn't know this.

00:24:48.000 No.

00:24:49.000 So, like, Earth is.

00:24:50.000 43 billion.

00:24:51.000 No.

00:24:51.000 Oh, yeah.

00:24:52.000 Like, so Earth is not flat.

00:24:53.000 It's round, right?

00:24:55.000 But what we know as the world is actually a small portion of the planet surrounded by an ice wall where the 43 billion Koreans keep us in as slaves. 1.00

00:25:05.000 It's true.

00:25:07.000 That's the only true conspiracy theory.

00:25:09.000 I don't know if there won't be a single community note.

00:25:12.000 I think if we zoom out, Elon's going to be like, maybe.

00:25:17.000 I can't even do my Elon right now.

00:25:18.000 I got to lock in for that.

00:25:19.000 The ice wall.

00:25:20.000 I need some weed.

00:25:21.000 And then I can still get to.

00:25:23.000 I would invade Cuba. 0.99

00:25:25.000 Yeah.

00:25:25.000 I think that's right there.

00:25:26.000 But Hassan beat us to it.

00:25:29.000 There's no hard rock cafe there.

00:25:30.000 That makes me mad.

00:25:31.000 I just love the idea of Hassan eating a really nice meal at a five-star restaurant and there's like a bunch of starving kids outside like shivering.

00:25:37.000 Yeah.

00:25:38.000 But they wouldn't be shivering because it's Cuba, but you know, remember when they imagine they are anyway.

00:25:42.000 And like they're doing the thing where they're like literally throwing food out.

00:25:44.000 Remember how mad they got at Trump for like shooting the toilet paper and was it Puerto Rico?

00:25:48.000 Yeah, that was hilarious.

00:25:49.000 Yeah, and that was like awesome.

00:25:50.000 And he was still doing it and stuff.

00:25:51.000 Yeah.

00:25:53.000 Get them throwing like setbacks.

00:25:55.000 I was like, whoa.

00:25:56.000 I was like, James Hardy.

00:25:58.000 He did a 360 dunk with the toilet paper.

00:25:59.000 Yeah, just some little kid caught it.

00:26:01.000 On Bad Bunny's head, and that's when he's like, I'm going to become a libtard when I grow up because of this. 0.99

00:26:06.000 That's right.

00:26:08.000 Yeah, that's Laura. 0.98

00:26:09.000 To come full circle for a second, back to this story.

00:26:12.000 I think this was on the list of like three different things to increase military recruitment.

00:26:17.000 And like that was way overdue.

00:26:19.000 Of course, expanding the age range, but also like this waiver for marijuana is very overdue.

00:26:24.000 I think there's a lot of people who could serve despite having minor possession convictions.

00:26:28.000 I think there was also one other thing and that's the grooming standards.

00:26:31.000 As I understand, like there's a strict grooming standard in the military and black people deal with this differently than other people because their beards grow in differently and it's very curly and like it causes. 0.71

00:26:41.000 Shaving causes ingrown hairs and stuff like that.

00:26:43.000 And it's actually a serious issue where it affects the amount of black people that could be recruited.

00:26:43.000 Something like that.

00:26:48.000 So these are big changes that could, you know, or.

00:26:51.000 Oh, I know tons of black people that don't have beards.

00:26:52.000 I don't know.

00:26:53.000 I don't understand this.

00:26:54.000 I couldn't tell you.

00:26:55.000 I think they just want beards.

00:26:57.000 I think they look cool with their beards.

00:26:59.000 I was at a meeting in the Pentagon recently and this marijuana thing came up because they were actually talking about the context of how Trump has been talking about how he wants more shipmaking in the United States.

00:27:07.000 But like to build ships, there's not a labor force here in the United States.

00:27:11.000 And even to build out the ports to have to do it.

00:27:14.000 They were struggling with it.

00:27:15.000 And really it came up with me like the biggest problem was marijuana possession or use.

00:27:19.000 If you like when you become a contractor for the Department of War, even if it's just to build this facility or to enlist, you have to say that you've never smoked marijuana before.

00:27:29.000 And so that takes out almost all of the workers that you would have to do like some construction jobs like this.

00:27:34.000 And so there was really no way to proceed with building these huge new bases and things Trump wants to do without removing that waiver.

00:27:40.000 Yeah, I don't mean to sound like a pothead, but that seems like an unex like an unreasonably high bar to pass for some of these gigs.

00:27:48.000 High bar to pass. 0.99

00:27:49.000 Damn. 1.00

00:27:50.000 Don't smoke weed. 1.00

00:27:51.000 Don't, I mean, look, we're legalizing weed, so doesn't it seem like there's some contradictions here?

00:27:58.000 I think it's more so just we want to get as many people as possible to sign up and we're going to remove the restrictions.

00:28:03.000 I wouldn't be surprised if like, look, if we actually did invade Iran and we were in full-scale war with 90 million people, I know that's not the entire size of their army or whatever.

00:28:12.000 Yo, they'd be like, send in the crackheads. 0.95

00:28:14.000 Meth is next.

00:28:16.000 If you tell them there's fentanyl on the nuclear reactors, get them, and then drop all the homeless in, this war would be wrapped up like that.

00:28:16.000 That's what I'm saying.

00:28:21.000 No, what you do is you fly over Iran with all of the addicts, and then you give one like, you know, carrier with a bunch of crackheads, one with a bunch of meth heads, one with a bunch of heroin addicts.

00:28:32.000 And then what you do is, as they're all like sitting there, like freaking out, you walk up to like, you know, they open the hatch or whatever, and then he dangles a bunch of baggies and says, you guys want this?

00:28:41.000 And he chucks it out, and they all run full speed and just jump out to go get it.

00:28:46.000 There wouldn't be a single copper wire left in Iran after war.

00:28:49.000 We're just yanking them out.

00:28:51.000 I think Peyote's making a round.

00:28:53.000 Peyote?

00:28:54.000 Really?

00:28:54.000 Yeah.

00:28:54.000 Yeah, so that could be an incentive for some folks.

00:28:56.000 Those people are tripping.

00:28:57.000 Wow.

00:28:58.000 There's a lot of, yeah, we could send a lot of groups over there.

00:29:01.000 It'd be really exciting.

00:29:03.000 The Somalis.

00:29:06.000 We should use them.

00:29:06.000 They're here.

00:29:07.000 So we have pallets.

00:29:09.000 We have grant forms for hospice and daycare centers.

00:29:14.000 And then we kick it off the back of the plane and be like, there it goes.

00:29:17.000 And they all jump off.

00:29:19.000 Oh, man.

00:29:20.000 It's a shame we took up their navy because we could take their ships.

00:29:23.000 Yeah, we could have had the Iranian ships if we sent the Somalis. 0.99

00:29:25.000 Oh, I think you meant the Somali Navy.

00:29:27.000 I'm like, you mean like guys on speedboats without the ship?

00:29:28.000 That's what I think because we sunk all the Iranian boats. 1.00

00:29:31.000 We could have just sent the Somalis and we could have captured the boats and then sold them. 1.00

00:29:34.000 Or maybe the homeless captured.

00:29:36.000 We had some options here.

00:29:36.000 I don't know.

00:29:37.000 I'd say if they were putting mines in the strait, I was like, why don't we just capture some of these Iranian ships and just make them go first? 1.00

00:29:42.000 Yeah.

00:29:44.000 You'll find out what the mines are there real fast.

00:29:45.000 Yeah, why are we seeking it?

00:29:46.000 Because if you sink any boats in the straight, then it's too shallow and it will potentially mess up the...

00:29:52.000 Well, that's why we have these car...

00:29:54.000 That's why we use Carg in the first place is because the coastline is too shallow.

00:29:57.000 And so the Carg is the only place that the tankers can actually get into.

00:30:00.000 Let's jump to this story.

00:30:01.000 We've got this from WKDZ Radio.

00:30:04.000 New search data shows surge in draft anxiety among immigrants following policy shift.

00:30:10.000 What?

00:30:10.000 That's right.

00:30:11.000 A rise in online searches related to U.S. military drafts is revealing growing anxiety among immigrants and non-citizens following recent changes to federal law that automate selective service registration.

00:30:20.000 A new report from Mendoza Immigration Law found that Google search activity in March of 26 spiked dramatically, with some searches increasing by as much as 5,000%.

00:30:28.000 The data suggested growing concern over how personal information collected through draft registration could be shared across federal agencies.

00:30:37.000 If Joe Biden brought in 20 million illegal immigrants and the play was to send them all to Iran, I ain't even mad.

00:30:47.000 Patriot, quite frankly.

00:30:49.000 Like I was saying, as John Bolton would say, by this time next year, we'll be eating Baleeda and Plantanos, Plantanos in Tehran.

00:30:57.000 It's like 5D churches.

00:30:59.000 We need more cannon fodder.

00:31:00.000 I don't even know what that is.

00:31:01.000 Brilliant.

00:31:02.000 It's like the Baleeta is, I don't know, say it properly.

00:31:06.000 It's a Honduran burrito, I guess, like a quesadilla or something.

00:31:10.000 And then Plantanos.

00:31:11.000 You don't know Plantanos?

00:31:12.000 Plantains?

00:31:13.000 Yeah.

00:31:13.000 But we call them Plantanos.

00:31:13.000 Okay.

00:31:15.000 We don't eat it.

00:31:16.000 They're just small.

00:31:17.000 Not in West Virginia.

00:31:18.000 We don't.

00:31:18.000 Actually, they do.

00:31:19.000 When you go to the restaurant, it says Plantanos on the menu.

00:31:22.000 Yeah, can I get the small name?

00:31:23.000 Do you have illegal names, please?

00:31:24.000 No, no, bro.

00:31:24.000 That's all.

00:31:26.000 Is that a joke?

00:31:27.000 Do you have any idea?

00:31:28.000 Tate, that is embarrassing.

00:31:29.000 I am embarrassed for you.

00:31:30.000 Yeah, can I get the shriveled up, nasty bananas?

00:31:32.000 They fry them in butter.

00:31:34.000 They fry them and caramelize them in butter and then give you creme frache.

00:31:38.000 And imagine if it was a banana.

00:31:39.000 It'd be even better.

00:31:40.000 When it said it's like the shriveled up, I'm like, no, you're wrong.

00:31:42.000 See, when you caramelize the plantains, they are sweet and delicious, but bananas would melt and break apart.

00:31:48.000 So, anyway, the point is: could you imagine if like the Israelis, the Israelis finally go into Iran to like finalize the occupation after the country's been conquered?

00:31:59.000 And when they get to Iran, it's just basically Honduras. 0.85

00:32:01.000 There's like just burrito and taquitos everywhere, and everyone's speaking Spanish.

00:32:05.000 Well, you're connecting some dots for me because if this was a long game by Biden here, then lifting the marijuana restrictions would make sense for Hunter to be deployed.

00:32:14.000 If this is a Biden family operation here, yeah, Hunter goes.

00:32:19.000 Well, but they didn't lift the crack, so he's still out.

00:32:22.000 Not yet.

00:32:24.000 Did we ever find out whose bag that was in the White House?

00:32:27.000 Hunters.

00:32:28.000 Robert on the patio, he's like sniffing around, goes and turns around.

00:32:32.000 It's almost like that's kind of encouraging if the White House staff is doing Coke.

00:32:35.000 That means they're getting everything done.

00:32:36.000 But it was outside the situation room.

00:32:38.000 So why Hunter was in there is a greater question that we have not gotten answered.

00:32:42.000 So they've already, there was already a couple legislators a few years ago that were trying to get a bill passed to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants if they serve in the military.

00:32:51.000 I would not be surprised if a big reason that Biden was like, bring as many as possible in, is because they're going to go to them and say, you go fight for us, and when you come back, you're a citizen, knowing that a lot of them ain't coming back, if any at all.

00:33:06.000 Would you be open to something like that?

00:33:07.000 An illegal if they served our country patriotically over, I don't know, let's say the course of four years, then they could have like a pathway to citizenship.

00:33:14.000 They have the French Foreign Legion, and you aren't actually given a pathway to citizenship unless you get hurt or you did it for like five years.

00:33:19.000 Yeah, I think it would have to be an extended service, like eight years, not a single, you know, four-year.

00:33:24.000 So, and uh, and you got to consider that there, there's, there's, there's a darkness to this question because what you're basically saying is most of them aren't coming back.

00:33:34.000 If we said we got 10 million males of fighting age, as everyone was pointing out, and we're going to just drop you in the country and just take it over, like we got narco gangs. 0.99

00:33:44.000 You know, why is it that Joe Biden wants so many rapists and murderers?

00:33:47.000 I know, no, no, we need to keep them because we're going to drop them in Iran and let them just do their thing. 1.00

00:33:51.000 It's kind of like if you took a cat and threw it into a like a rabbit pen and just like watched what happened, yeah, that cat would go nuts.

00:33:56.000 It'd just be mauling everybody, and the rabbits would be freaking out.

00:33:59.000 Now, honestly, the rabbits might actually kill the cat, but 10 cats.

00:34:02.000 So, the challenge there is some bad people might come back.

00:34:05.000 I get it.

00:34:06.000 But while I would like to say yes, understanding that what you're saying is, you know, six million are probably going to die.

00:34:14.000 If we actually, like, this is a country of 90 million people.

00:34:17.000 And if you do, like, a foreign legion, you also have this problem. 0.96

00:34:20.000 The French Foreign Legion had this problem is since they were, you know, they're having activities in Western Africa, a lot of Western Africans would go and join the French Foreign Legion and then come back and start settling scores right away.

00:34:31.000 You just have, it's like, where did Emmanuel go?

00:34:34.000 And he's like burning down like a rival tribes village with a French double Asian problem. 0.95

00:34:38.000 Yeah, we'd probably have like a similar issue with like these guys just going back to like the Middle East and just settling scores.

00:34:44.000 I got to be honest, I mean, I don't understand why this isn't like a standard military tactic.

00:34:47.000 It seems really obvious. 0.91

00:34:49.000 Just getting a bunch of like rapists and deployment. 0.91

00:34:51.000 Well, they're not all rapists. 0.96

00:34:52.000 They're just guys from Honduras of low skill. 1.00

00:34:55.000 And it's just like 50%.

00:34:56.000 We're going to give you a good coming for ourselves.

00:34:58.000 Even our soldiers' jobs aren't safe from illegal.

00:35:01.000 I know, dude, H1 being the soldiers.

00:35:03.000 There's soldiers now, too, bro.

00:35:04.000 Americans can't do anything. 1.00

00:35:06.000 There are no true.

00:35:07.000 Hold on.

00:35:08.000 What is the argument against this?

00:35:09.000 Do we send our soldiers to go fight?

00:35:12.000 Or what if we could just be like citizen titlements?

00:35:15.000 We can't afford it.

00:35:17.000 So we can go serve in the military in four or six years, but we can't even afford to go to the bottom.

00:35:20.000 I never said that.

00:35:21.000 I never said giving them entitlements.

00:35:22.000 They give them citizenship, though.

00:35:23.000 When you let them come back, you give them citizenship. 0.99

00:35:25.000 The ones who come back.

00:35:25.000 They're not paying into Social Security or taxes.

00:35:27.000 How many are going to make it back?

00:35:29.000 That's the point of the question.

00:35:30.000 That's the argument is by Greenland because then they go and fight, and then you give them at the end of the war, they get a plot of land in Greenland, and they get to live in the United States.

00:35:37.000 There you go.

00:35:37.000 No, no, we give them Canada.

00:35:38.000 Yeah, they can run the data centers.

00:35:42.000 One massive data center.

00:35:43.000 To be honest, the data centers should be in colder regions.

00:35:46.000 Yeah.

00:35:46.000 Iceland is starting to build some too because they've got geothermal, which is actually a great source to use energy instead of taking it from other things we're using, geothermal.

00:35:54.000 And it's cold, so one of the data centers needs a lot of water to cool.

00:36:00.000 But no, my point is most of the people ain't coming back.

00:36:04.000 Like, if you set them on the ground in Iran for a full-scale invasion, they're not coming back. 0.99

00:36:08.000 Well, look, we had roughly 3,000 casualties in Iraq.

00:36:12.000 Or wait, wait, you just go back on your word and leave them there.

00:36:16.000 No, we give them the plot of land in Iran.

00:36:19.000 Yeah.

00:36:20.000 40 acres and take it over.

00:36:22.000 And then they get it.

00:36:22.000 What kind of, they don't have camels?

00:36:25.000 I think they probably do.

00:36:26.000 Something.

00:36:26.000 Probably do.

00:36:27.000 You know?

00:36:27.000 Why not?

00:36:28.000 Yeah, it's like a south road, I feel like, yeah, cross through Central Asia.

00:36:31.000 40 acres and a camel.

00:36:34.000 On the side of a mountain.

00:36:34.000 Yeah.

00:36:36.000 Where most of Iran is.

00:36:38.000 Like that?

00:36:38.000 I like it.

00:36:39.000 I like it.

00:36:39.000 Do you want your own acre in Iran?

00:36:42.000 40 and a camel.

00:36:43.000 It's not a bad idea, you know.

00:36:44.000 And then when we take over Canada, we get 40 acres and a moose.

00:36:47.000 Yeah.

00:36:48.000 Yep.

00:36:49.000 That might be nicer in some parts of Iran than some of them. 1.00

00:36:51.000 Well, there's the big real estate development happening in Gaza, too.

00:36:53.000 So if they're a really good fighter, maybe you get one of those new beaches.

00:36:56.000 Oh, I'm buying all of Gaza. 0.98

00:36:57.000 I'm buying all the labels.

00:36:58.000 Ara-Gaza. 0.87

00:36:59.000 All of Gaza. 0.96

00:37:00.000 I will buy it.

00:37:01.000 That's like a purple heart situation.

00:37:02.000 Yeah. 0.91

00:37:02.000 If you kill 200 Iranians and you get a place in Gaza or something. 0.91

00:37:06.000 It'd be like the arcade where everyone, they give you a ticket and then you go to the counter and you can exchange for your plot of land or you can get a penthouse in Gaza City. 0.96

00:37:13.000 You get like 200 kills.

00:37:15.000 Beautiful thing when you really think about it.

00:37:15.000 Yep.

00:37:17.000 And no one speaks English.

00:37:19.000 So the friendly fire rates through the roof.

00:37:22.000 These guys are just mowing each other down because no one's speaking the same language.

00:37:26.000 They're talking about plantains.

00:37:28.000 Tim's like man splaning plantain plantain splanting plantain stuff.

00:37:32.000 When you caramelize them.

00:37:33.000 Yeah, I'm like, sorry, what am I?

00:37:35.000 They turn into sweet treats.

00:37:36.000 All I see is gross shriveled up bananas. 0.98

00:37:38.000 That's all Catholic. 0.98

00:37:39.000 Would it faint anyone? 0.99

00:37:40.000 You know, I mean, like, you're just showing your white boy ignorance here, insulting the delicious. 0.98

00:37:45.000 Being American. 0.98

00:37:47.000 Bro, have you never had mango?

00:37:50.000 Mango, mango.

00:37:52.000 Oh, my God, dude.

00:37:53.000 Mango?

00:37:53.000 You guys are just fried cheese.

00:37:57.000 This is Caribbean, bro.

00:37:58.000 This is West.

00:37:59.000 South is the border.

00:38:00.000 I go to vacation.

00:38:01.000 I go to vacation areas.

00:38:02.000 European colonizers.

00:38:03.000 I eat hard rockets.

00:38:04.000 They came in and they massacred the natives, took their food and fried it up. 1.00

00:38:08.000 Mangu.

00:38:09.000 You take boiled mashed plantains, you fry salami, and you fry cheese and you put it on top with pickled onions.

00:38:16.000 This is just illegal immigrant food.

00:38:17.000 I'm not eating this.

00:38:18.000 No way, dude.

00:38:18.000 It's like the most delicious.

00:38:19.000 Do they make it on the street, too?

00:38:21.000 No, man.

00:38:21.000 They make it in restaurants.

00:38:22.000 I went to a, it's like Dominican.

00:38:24.000 I went to, I think it was a Dominican restaurant, and it's my favorite breakfast.

00:38:28.000 When I used to work at Vice, I would always go for breakfast at this like, that's right.

00:38:32.000 The three hits.

00:38:33.000 So amazing.

00:38:34.000 And that's what I get for breakfast.

00:38:35.000 Fried cheese, fried salami, boiled and mashed plantains, and I'd be like extra pickled onions.

00:38:41.000 And this funny thing happened where there's like the Hispanic guy working around the counter.

00:38:46.000 He was like, man, he's like, white people love yellow rice. 0.66

00:38:49.000 And I was like, oh, there was like a black dude. 0.90

00:38:51.000 He was there and he was talking to the Hispanic guy.

00:38:53.000 And then he said, don't white people love yellow rice?

00:38:55.000 And then the guy working there was like, yeah, man, they do.

00:38:57.000 And I kid you not.

00:38:59.000 Referee says it.

00:38:59.000 This is in Williamsburg.

00:39:00.000 A white dude walks in, hipster, flannel and glasses, and like, you know, slicked back hair.

00:39:06.000 And he walks up and goes, can I just get an order of yellow rice?

00:39:09.000 And then we all started busting out laughing.

00:39:10.000 I didn't even know why. 0.99

00:39:11.000 And I was like, damn. 0.99

00:39:13.000 That's me. 0.99

00:39:14.000 When I go to like Mexican restaurants, I'm getting like the chicken fingers, like a burger.

00:39:18.000 Not eating the candies.

00:39:19.000 Oh, yeah.

00:39:19.000 What is this?

00:39:20.000 It's fried corn with cheese and beans.

00:39:22.000 That's every meal you can order in a Mexican restaurant is some variation of corn, beans, and it's like someone cheated up and vomited.

00:39:29.000 That's what it's like, everything at one.

00:39:31.000 Sometimes they deep fry it.

00:39:32.000 Sometimes they deep fry it.

00:39:33.000 Have you ever had a chimichanga?

00:39:35.000 Yeah, it's a deep-fried version of beans, cheese, and deep-fried burrito, bro.

00:39:39.000 You stuff that thing with cheese, you deep-fry it.

00:39:42.000 Heaven.

00:39:43.000 Heaven forbid I want something like made from flour.

00:39:46.000 Have you ever had it is?

00:39:48.000 What are you talking about?

00:39:48.000 A chimichanka is a flour tortilla deep fry.

00:39:51.000 No, it's not.

00:39:52.000 It's all deep.

00:39:52.000 You can't tell.

00:39:53.000 Yes, you can.

00:39:54.000 What are you talking about?

00:39:54.000 And it's burritos or flour tortillas.

00:39:56.000 Have you ever had a fried ice cream?

00:40:00.000 Oh, my God.

00:40:00.000 No.

00:40:01.000 Why would you fry your ice cream?

00:40:05.000 What is this?

00:40:06.000 We can't.

00:40:06.000 This is why we can't let these people in the country.

00:40:08.000 No way, dude.

00:40:10.000 You've had fried ice cream, right?

00:40:11.000 I don't think I've had fried ice cream.

00:40:13.000 I haven't had fried ice cream.

00:40:14.000 They take a ball of ice cream, they dip it in batter, and then deep fry it real quick.

00:40:20.000 It's a deep, and then it's not, the inside's still cold, but they fry the outside real quick.

00:40:24.000 It is the most delicious.

00:40:25.000 It's a bit too decadent.

00:40:28.000 And you put chocolate and caramel sauce and whipped cream and a little cherry on top.

00:40:33.000 You know what really pisses me off?

00:40:34.000 Is these cheapo places now?

00:40:35.000 What they do is they roll a ball of ice cream in corn flakes.

00:40:39.000 And I'm like, no, That's just an offense to my country.

00:40:45.000 I'm getting married next weekend, and I'm doing a whistle dinner. 0.98

00:40:48.000 And I'm not a fancy person.

00:40:50.000 And so I'm just getting a taco truck.

00:40:52.000 And I've got all these guys coming.

00:40:53.000 I was like, you know what?

00:40:54.000 Let all the family come in.

00:40:55.000 They're coming to Palm Beach for like a fancy wedding.

00:40:57.000 No, no, no.

00:40:58.000 It's backyard taco truck.

00:40:59.000 Because correction with the Mexican food, that is the one exception is the tacos do have some variation to them.

00:41:04.000 Everything else, and it's numbered.

00:41:06.000 That's like, you know, the number tortillas and not corn.

00:41:10.000 But it doesn't matter.

00:41:11.000 You can't tell because they're slathering it in like tomato juice and beans every single time and cheese.

00:41:17.000 It's the same like four ingredients, but the taco, they switch it up.

00:41:20.000 I respect that.

00:41:21.000 So that being said, they only need to be deported, but still, like, I respect that.

00:41:25.000 Well, we can keep their food.

00:41:26.000 That's true.

00:41:27.000 Did you guys, do you remember that story out of, I think it was Seattle, too?

00:41:30.000 White women opened a taco shop and the activists demanded they shut it down because it was cultural appropriation. 0.99

00:41:35.000 I'm glad I feel like we passed that thing.

00:41:37.000 Sounds familiar.

00:41:38.000 That era, I feel like it's a bygone era now.

00:41:40.000 I don't know if.

00:41:40.000 It is.

00:41:42.000 And it's a happier time now.

00:41:43.000 Because it was like white people realize the dreads look.

00:41:45.000 We gotta, you know what?

00:41:46.000 Stop becoming a fight.

00:41:47.000 I'm not even playing.

00:41:48.000 This was Mary's idea.

00:41:49.000 We got to open a North Korean barbecue.

00:41:51.000 And it's brilliant.

00:41:52.000 Not even joking.

00:41:53.000 They don't do.

00:41:53.000 Do they do?

00:41:54.000 They don't eat meat there.

00:41:55.000 They can't afford it.

00:41:55.000 They just don't meet in Korea.

00:41:57.000 Yes.

00:41:57.000 Some do.

00:41:59.000 What are you talking about?

00:41:59.000 They have cows, bro.

00:42:00.000 No, only the richest there.

00:42:01.000 They're too poor to afford.

00:42:02.000 No, you are wrong.

00:42:03.000 On a regular basis.

00:42:05.000 You are incorrect.

00:42:07.000 It is harder to get because they're all starving, but they eat beef.

00:42:10.000 They raise cattle.

00:42:11.000 Yeah, like maybe once a month.

00:42:12.000 The Olympians that lose, they eat them.

00:42:15.000 So I think we actually have to do this.

00:42:16.000 I need to find someone who can open a restaurant.

00:42:18.000 It was Mary's idea.

00:42:19.000 You open a Korean barbecue, but everyone's dressed in like North Korean jumpsuits. 1.00

00:42:22.000 And then when you order like a pound of brisket, they give you a half pound.

00:42:25.000 They go, that's a pound.

00:42:26.000 And then like, when you walk up to it, we're going to do a trick with the windows where inside looks really nice, but when you walk in, it's actually dingy and gross.

00:42:34.000 Yeah.

00:42:35.000 Or it's actually, I don't want to, you don't want it to be gross, but it'll be like plain.

00:42:38.000 Like from the outside, we'll do, like, have you ever seen those screens?

00:42:41.000 They're see-through with like a mesh.

00:42:44.000 I don't know how they do it, but like at our cades, they have this thing where it's like, it's glass you can see through, but this is a touch screen as well.

00:42:52.000 We'll do that.

00:42:52.000 So from the outside, it looks like there's candles and a nice TV.

00:42:56.000 But then you walk in, it's just very plain.

00:42:58.000 It'll be delicious.

00:42:59.000 We'll make a good food.

00:43:00.000 North Korean barbecue.

00:43:01.000 I bet we'd be packed every day.

00:43:04.000 Yeah, you'd have a lot of defectors.

00:43:06.000 We would get a guy who looks like Kim Jong-un to be like the main dude at the restaurant.

00:43:10.000 Yeah.

00:43:11.000 Yeah, you would have like a kitchen staff defect like the normal Korean restaurant and they get like hauled back in. 0.53

00:43:16.000 No, what we do is every like every hour we stage an error where like the like a guy will run out from the from the back of the kitchen being like, I'm so sorry, I messed up your order.

00:43:29.000 I'm so sorry.

00:43:30.000 And then he gets dragged to the back room and you hear screaming.

00:43:32.000 You'd also have to have like anti-American propaganda of history stories playing on screens.

00:43:37.000 But like pictures of Trump, he's great because Kim Jon-un likes him.

00:43:40.000 Yeah, he likes him.

00:43:42.000 And Dennis Rodman.

00:43:43.000 Yeah.

00:43:44.000 I'm doing this.

00:43:46.000 We got to do it because I love Korean barbecue.

00:43:48.000 It's delicious.

00:43:50.000 So, you know.

00:43:50.000 And North.

00:43:51.000 Let's go.

00:43:52.000 Let's go.

00:43:52.000 I like it.

00:43:53.000 Let's jump to this next story.

00:43:54.000 Check this out.

00:43:54.000 This is big news yesterday.

00:43:56.000 Massive explosion at crude oil refinery, Rocks, Texas City, as residents told to shelter in place.

00:44:02.000 You may have seen the story.

00:44:04.000 We don't know the, I think they've gotten only a preliminary.

00:44:09.000 The sheriff came out immediately after it said it was a fire that caused an explosion in one of the engines or something.

00:44:15.000 And then they did a press conference this morning that I watched it.

00:44:18.000 So shortly before this, Donald Trump announced he was postponing strikes on Iran.

00:44:25.000 Seven years ago, June 21st, 2019, Donald Trump came out and said he was stopping.

00:44:31.000 He was calling off an attack on Iran because the casualties would be too great and it was disproportionate to Iran had shot down a U.S. drone.

00:44:38.000 So he's like, no, no, no, we don't want to kill that many people over this.

00:44:41.000 We're not going to do it.

00:44:42.000 However, a few hours before Trump made the announcement, a refinery in PA exploded.

00:44:46.000 At the time, I speculated this could be what's called ICS sabotage or industrial control system sabotage.

00:44:53.000 That is, we know for a fact our adversaries have hacked into our industrial control systems to destroy them.

00:44:59.000 We do the exact same thing.

00:45:01.000 And it's largely viewed in cyber warfare as a mutually assured destruction moment, a Mexican standoff.

00:45:08.000 Every country's got their finger over the button that would destroy the critical infrastructure of adversarial nations.

00:45:15.000 Now, here's where it gets interesting.

00:45:16.000 This morning I speculated saying, look, I really don't know.

00:45:19.000 Probably just a coincidence, right?

00:45:21.000 Except I was unaware of, not this post, this post here from at Amuse, who tweeted, a Saudi X account posted a specific threat against the Port Arthur Motiva refinery one hour before the nearby Valero explosion in the same city.

00:45:38.000 He deleted the post and all 4,739 of his previous tweets immediately after.

00:45:43.000 This account is a Saudi X account created in April of 23, connected via Saudi Android app, posted a specific warning that Motiva Enterprises in Port Arthur, Texas, the largest U.S. refinery at up to 720,000 barrels a day, would be destroyed within a week.

00:45:57.000 The post went up about an hour before the Valero refinery explosion rocked the same city.

00:46:01.000 The user then deleted that warning.

00:46:03.000 Now, here's the thing.

00:46:03.000 The Valero facility is across the street.

00:46:05.000 It's literally, they're next to each other.

00:46:10.000 This can't be a coincidence, right?

00:46:14.000 Apparently it can be.

00:46:17.000 I don't know.

00:46:20.000 He's Saudi.

00:46:21.000 I can't.

00:46:22.000 I don't believe a thing I read on Twitter.

00:46:24.000 This is a real tweet.

00:46:25.000 No, I never.

00:46:26.000 No, This guy did tweet this.

00:46:30.000 This guy did tweet this.

00:46:31.000 Oh, yeah.

00:46:32.000 He was highly online, too.

00:46:34.000 And he was clearly Saudi.

00:46:35.000 But I went through, he wiped all of his tweets, but all of his, when he tweeted at someone, you could still read it.

00:46:41.000 So I just put in his, and like, he was, I don't know if he's like a terrorist or something, but he's just always talking about foreign policy and stuff.

00:46:49.000 But he absolutely sent that one hour before.

00:46:51.000 Like there's no AI here or something.

00:46:53.000 That tweet was up.

00:46:54.000 Like there's enough screen grabs.

00:46:55.000 It was coming from all over the place.

00:46:56.000 And it is, I mean.

00:46:57.000 But this could be one of those things, like, you know, the people that will like tweet the prediction of a sports game like a year before, but they tweet like 100 predictions.

00:47:04.000 So one of them, when it does hit, they delete all the other ones and they're like, see, possibly I got that right.

00:47:09.000 And I think he may have been seen as a tweet of different predictions.

00:47:12.000 Tweeted a bunch of, this is going to be target, like a bunch of different targets.

00:47:15.000 A bunch of refineries and like a tweet, the president will attack Carg Island on this day.

00:47:20.000 No, but if you have every day.

00:47:21.000 I read 200 of his tweets last night.

00:47:23.000 And like there weren't many predictions, right?

00:47:23.000 Okay.

00:47:25.000 Because I agree.

00:47:25.000 If there was just a bunch being like, he's going to hit this facility or whatever.

00:47:28.000 And you tweet 100 of them.

00:47:30.000 And you just, this was, I think, the fourth or fifth largest refinery in the United States.

00:47:35.000 720,000 barrels a day is a ton.

00:47:38.000 Like this will affect oil prices in the United States.

00:47:41.000 No, it's real.

00:47:42.000 We don't know how much damage has been done, but if that facility were to go down or offline in what is already a very delicate oil market, it would be very bad.

00:47:52.000 Well, it exploded, and that is going to cause problems.

00:47:56.000 It wasn't the Motivo, but it was right across the street from it.

00:47:59.000 And I believe there is a very strong probability that these things are ICS sabotage.

00:48:04.000 This is basic cyber warfare.

00:48:06.000 This is the first level of cyber warfare.

00:48:08.000 It's rudimentary.

00:48:09.000 I've seen demonstrations.

00:48:10.000 It is not hard to do.

00:48:12.000 I think one demonstration I saw at the Black Hat convention in Vegas, security researchers said only a couple lines of code can blow up any, any refinery, any industrial chemical plant, water processing.

00:48:26.000 They use the same pumps.

00:48:28.000 And you can do a couple of things.

00:48:30.000 You can set the pressure limit high so that the pressure keeps building up until a pipe bursts.

00:48:35.000 And then what happens?

00:48:36.000 They say a pipe burst.

00:48:37.000 Yeah.

00:48:38.000 That's it.

00:48:39.000 And Valero, from what I understand, people could fact check this, but this is from what I understand.

00:48:43.000 They're headquartered in San Antonio.

00:48:44.000 San Antonio is military city, USA.

00:48:46.000 There's like four bases there.

00:48:48.000 And Valero is also the primary defense contractor for like energy supply for a lot of the Air Force specifically.

00:48:54.000 So I did see people speculating that, look, if there were going to be a foreign attack on refinery of some sort, this would be the number one target.

00:49:02.000 This is like, it would be kind of obvious almost as, again, you go for Valero because Valero is a domestic oil producer and they are the defense contractor of choice.

00:49:12.000 They also, this refinery process is heavy crude, which is what Venezuela has, which is kind of interesting because Venezuela and Iran had some deep ties.

00:49:18.000 And so if Iran wanted to retaliate against Venezuela's new, like working with the U.S. government, then hitting this facility would make sense. 0.56

00:49:28.000 And it seems largely like the very pro-Iran war, pro-Trump factions are the most, I don't know what the right word is, a combination of skeptical and offended. 0.89

00:49:40.000 The response that I've seen are that the most Arduino Trump supporters are like, this is ridiculous.

00:49:44.000 It never happened.

00:49:45.000 Because the implication is that we are being attacked.

00:49:48.000 And they don't want the narrative to be that Trump gets involved in this war and then the U.S. is paying the price domestically in any way.

00:49:55.000 The one thing that could turn a hawk into a dove in this country is high gas prices.

00:50:01.000 The one way to drop support very quickly, even among the most hawkish of us, is for gas prices to go up by a dollar.

00:50:10.000 We have.

00:50:11.000 I think it's been like 50, 60 cents so far, the national average.

00:50:14.000 But once we start seeing 450, it's like an ad against the president.

00:50:20.000 Isn't a buck or two worth it for having a clean conscience?

00:50:24.000 You know, it's hard for Americans to see tanks.

00:50:26.000 Hey, I asked you a question.

00:50:28.000 Isn't a buck or two worth it for having a clean conscience?

00:50:31.000 Yeah, yeah, it is.

00:50:32.000 That's a Colbert quote.

00:50:34.000 Yeah, even Colbert said that.

00:50:35.000 It is much more than a buck or two, though, because it's going to be a buck or two.

00:50:38.000 It's going to go to, I think, $175.

00:50:40.000 If you saw the United CEO put out a press statement yesterday that they're preparing to raise all flights by 20%.

00:50:47.000 So you start to do your flights and then also oil prices.

00:50:50.000 That involves everything from, you know, you driving to work, planes, machinery that you work.

00:50:54.000 But then on top of that is 70% of the world's fertilizer supply comes from there.

00:50:58.000 Fertilizer is food.

00:51:00.000 It will decimate our food supply.

00:51:01.000 Not only, you know, in the United States, we're a little bit more insular to that, but allies across the region, across the country, the fertilizer is like just as you could see a massive famine from this in places like India.

00:51:14.000 I've become less and less concerned with our allies as it becomes more abundantly clear that they are just spineless and not willing to help us when it matters.

00:51:21.000 It seems as though they're more of a burden and drag us into things more than anything else.

00:51:26.000 I think Scott Bessett put it most succinctly, though.

00:51:28.000 He said, we're going to have to deal with 50 days of higher prices for 50 years of no Iran nukes. 0.52

00:51:34.000 So I think that's the current pitch from the administration.

00:51:37.000 I think there are things that we could do to help curb the issue of high gas prices in the United States that we should look into.

00:51:44.000 These are like gas taxes.

00:51:46.000 I think we should also...

00:51:47.000 Gas taxes?

00:51:48.000 We have gas taxes.

00:51:49.000 We could remove the gas.

00:51:50.000 Oh, okay.

00:51:51.000 I was like, how do you taxes?

00:51:52.000 Yeah, and then also, I think we should do a temporary ban on oil exports.

00:51:56.000 I'm sure the gas companies will be pissed about it, but we are a net oil exporter at this point, and it could help at least domestically.

00:52:04.000 Well, the oil prices are set by a world Illuminati that nobody really understands or elected.

00:52:09.000 So even if we ban exports in your bed, then it'll still take, it'll affect the prices of the world. 0.81

00:52:14.000 I mean, our allies and the Europeans can get screwed, but we wouldn't have because we are a net exporter at this point.

00:52:14.000 Sure.

00:52:20.000 I told someone gave it out.

00:52:22.000 I do believe banning exports doesn't actually help the gas prices because they're just selling at a premium to American.

00:52:27.000 As I understand domestically, it should make them go down, but then the oil, the global market will still go up.

00:52:34.000 Maybe I'm misunderstanding some of the things.

00:52:35.000 I don't know.

00:52:36.000 As an exporter, if I saw an autist gaming out on Twitter, he was just saying, like, best case scenario is what Trump is doing, which is you ease sanctions on Iran. 0.89

00:52:44.000 Something you said I wanted to follow up on that grabbed my attention.

00:52:47.000 I know that you used to be part of the, maybe we'll call it more hawkish squad and now the more so-called American First Squad.

00:52:52.000 What do you make of Trump's actions in Venezuela and how that went about?

00:52:56.000 I know you're also in Florida right now.

00:52:58.000 And as I understand, a lot of Floridians are very supportive of that kind of stuff.

00:53:02.000 What do you make of the president's stuff in action in Venezuela?

00:53:05.000 So I was pretty heavily involved in that.

00:53:07.000 And I went down to Venezuela not long ago, actually.

00:53:12.000 And I was initially against it, mainly because I was against the narrative that we were doing this because of drugs.

00:53:20.000 And I'm like, that doesn't make sense.

00:53:21.000 No drugs come out of Venezuela.

00:53:22.000 The drugs come out of Colombia.

00:53:24.000 Like, Venezuela doesn't need to launder drugs.

00:53:26.000 They launder oil, like, in gold.

00:53:28.000 And so I just felt like we were being, we started blowing up boats, or I called the canoes.

00:53:34.000 I'm like, I don't really understand what we're doing there.

00:53:36.000 And I think there were two different, again, this is why I love Trump.

00:53:39.000 He'll bring in different factions to come and debate, and then he chooses the course to take.

00:53:43.000 There were factions that wanted a full regime change there, which was to go in, take Maduro, and then bring in MCM, who is the opposition party leader.

00:53:53.000 I thought that would be a disaster.

00:53:54.000 And especially because Venezuela is 23 million people.

00:53:57.000 They're in our backyard.

00:53:58.000 They already had a massive migrant crisis that led to them all flowing here. 1.00

00:54:02.000 And so if you start a civil war and just take out the leader and regime in Venezuela and then just abandon it, then like you could see real famine, inflation, and then migration.

00:54:12.000 But what Trump ended up doing is he took what the real hawkish, you know, my South Floridians wanted, which was to topple the Maduro regime.

00:54:20.000 But then by putting Delcey Rodriguez in charge, he was the vice president there who I've met.

00:54:25.000 She's very smart and stuff.

00:54:26.000 And then basically he owns her now, right?

00:54:28.000 She has to do everything they said.

00:54:30.000 He was able to do it where there was no protesting in the streets, no loss of life, really.

00:54:36.000 So he kept the regime intact.

00:54:38.000 But we got the objectives we wanted, which was to neutralize what could be a threat there.

00:54:42.000 I mean, they were close to the Iranians and Russians or other.

00:54:45.000 They were selling all their oil to like pennies on the dollar to China.

00:54:48.000 And now we really get to be the ones to export all that and secure that.

00:54:51.000 And there's also a lot of other natural resources that Venezuela has.

00:54:54.000 So I think it was flawlessly executed by President Trump.

00:54:58.000 And I think he took several opinions and meshed that together.

00:55:01.000 And I was a skeptic, but I'm very, very pleased with the outcome.

00:55:06.000 There is some chatter now about something similar being done in Cuba.

00:55:10.000 I know you're a little bit reluctant to support what the president is doing in Iran, but what do you think of a potential regime change or similar to Venezuela move in Cuba?

00:55:22.000 I know you have those again, those Florida connections.

00:55:25.000 You could give us a tidbit about why this matters so much in Florida and the influence of that in Washington.

00:55:32.000 Yeah, so I just reread Marco Rubio's book because I was trying to get inside of his head as we were going through all these Venezuela negotiations.

00:55:40.000 Yeah, his father's dying wish was for him to liberate Cuba.

00:55:43.000 I think for Rubio, this is like very, and even Venezuela, Venezuela, it was weird.

00:55:48.000 Like Maduro's security guards were all Cuban. 0.87

00:55:50.000 And so the Cuban intelligence, they were directly linked.

00:55:52.000 So I think Rubio's thought was if you, you know, take down Venezuela and cut off Cuba, that was their only financial resource and lifeline.

00:56:01.000 So for me, I'm just, I'm less interested in Cuba because they have no natural resources.

00:56:05.000 Yes, they have beautiful beaches.

00:56:07.000 It's a cool tourism spot.

00:56:08.000 But like Venezuela was a strategic, incredibly important country of like 23 million people on a coast with a ton of oil.

00:56:16.000 And more importantly, they have a lot of gas.

00:56:19.000 Cuba, you can build hotels at the end of this.

00:56:21.000 So I'm like, but for Ruby, I get that it's deeply personal.

00:56:25.000 You could topple the Cuba regime in like eight seconds.

00:56:27.000 I don't like, we went in and captured Maduro, no problem.

00:56:30.000 We took out half the Iranian regime, no problem. 1.00

00:56:33.000 We can't find Nantikon three, so that's confusing.

00:56:35.000 But I'm assuming they could find and take out the Cuban leadership. 0.89

00:56:38.000 But I think that that is on pause right now because I think it's taking a lot of our, whether or not Secretary Ruby or high-level State Department folks, their time away from like Iran is now what everyone actually should be focused on or working.

00:56:51.000 But I think Cuba will fall fairly easily.

00:56:54.000 But it's really just South Floridians.

00:56:56.000 It's about 700,000, I think.

00:57:00.000 And maybe even, actually, maybe unless that might be combined with Venezuelans who live in South Florida.

00:57:05.000 And this, I mean, that's what they really care about.

00:57:07.000 But it's been so long that any of them have gone back.

00:57:10.000 A lot of their families have passed away.

00:57:11.000 Like a lot of people grew up with their parents came over here.

00:57:14.000 Like they've never been.

00:57:16.000 And so I do think it is that loudness about liberating Cuba has really died out on a national stage.

00:57:22.000 But, you know, Pam Bondi is from Florida and got elected from this crowd. 0.99

00:57:25.000 Susie Wilde's White House Chief of Staff is from Florida.

00:57:28.000 You've got, obviously, Rubio is from Florida.

00:57:31.000 You've got Michael Waltz from Florida.

00:57:32.000 I mean, it is a like Floridian cabinet.

00:57:36.000 Obviously, Mar-a-Lago also.

00:57:38.000 Yes.

00:57:38.000 And so this was a priority of Secretary Rubio's, and I think he'd end up doing a very good job in Venezuela.

00:57:44.000 And I hope he takes Cuba with the minimal loss of life.

00:57:48.000 The reporting that Emily Gregory won Florida State House, District 87.

00:57:53.000 Was that the one where Trump's Trump endorsed John Maples?

00:57:56.000 That's a Democrat then.

00:57:57.000 Right.

00:57:58.000 That's a big deal.

00:57:59.000 That's a big deal.

00:58:00.000 So, this, but this is not a primary.

00:58:02.000 This is the actual state seat.

00:58:03.000 So it's a special election.

00:58:05.000 And I forget what happened where the state house member went.

00:58:07.000 So that's why these special elections can be, some people say they can be indicative of the midterms.

00:58:13.000 Let's pull this up.

00:58:14.000 We got this from Frank Lunt.

00:58:15.000 Mar-a-Lago in this dictionary.

00:58:17.000 Trump carried it by plus 11 in 2024.

00:58:19.000 And the seat will be going up for grabs in 2026.

00:58:22.000 But Vote Hub is projecting that the Democrat has won the Florida State House District 87 general election.

00:58:29.000 This goes along with the other story that we have from Media.

00:58:31.000 Yikes, yikes, yikes, seen in poll experts stunned by Trump's massive plunge with young men, showing that Trump is down on with men 40 points on the cost of living, a 40-point swing to minus 30 from plus 10 on cost of living.

00:58:48.000 And generally seeing he's minus seven among men.

00:58:52.000 I believe that the conservatives who are telling Republicans Trump is with, like, Trump is enjoying 100% support.

00:59:00.000 You know, CNN ran that story.

00:59:02.000 The goal of this is to trick conservatives into losing.

00:59:06.000 If you are actually trying to win a war and someone came to you and said, my liege, we've won on every front.

00:59:13.000 What are your orders?

00:59:14.000 And he's like, oh, okay, I guess maintain position.

00:59:17.000 And then what's actually happening is everyone's just getting brutalized and slaughtered.

00:59:20.000 The king loses.

00:59:21.000 A week later, they storm the gates and he's like, but I thought I was winning.

00:59:24.000 We're seeing these prominent personalities all across social media being like, don't listen to these people.

00:59:29.000 Trump is enjoying massive support among Republicans.

00:59:32.000 His support for the Iran war is at 89% indeed.

00:59:36.000 And now Palm Beach just went Democrat.

00:59:40.000 Look, this is what they did to Biden.

00:59:42.000 They all propped him around saying he's great.

00:59:43.000 Don't listen to him and show fake polling.

00:59:45.000 And they lived in this bubble where the rest of us living out in the country were like, yeah, he's going to lose.

00:59:49.000 Like, if you go talk to your neighbor or whatever else.

00:59:51.000 And this is why these polls are so dangerous.

00:59:54.000 And I think it is a form of suppression.

00:59:56.000 And I always say that I think polls are for strippers and firemen.

00:59:58.000 They're not for predicting elections.

01:00:00.000 And the problem with these is when you go ask the MAGA question where I was on CNN of like that question, the way they phrased it was: if you were a consider yourself a MAGA voter, if that's how you would check the box when they asked you that, which like a MAGA enthusiast, that that's the wing of the party that you're in, then it was just asking, do you still of Trump's approval?

01:00:19.000 Like I'm a MAGA voter and do I approve of Trump?

01:00:22.000 Yeah, like, of course I do.

01:00:23.000 I would walk over glass for that man.

01:00:25.000 But that doesn't mean you can't disagree with certain things.

01:00:27.000 And also, I do think, especially for someone like me who works in this field, I'm very vocal when I do disagree on things because this is what I like about Trump.

01:00:34.000 He listens to a lot of people.

01:00:36.000 So it's just Lindsey Graham on the golf course with him telling him to bomb Iran all day.

01:00:40.000 And the rest of us are just clapping, saying you have 100% support.

01:00:43.000 Then, like, what are we all doing here?

01:00:44.000 What did I work eight years of my life for?

01:00:46.000 Reuters Ipso's poll shows Trump's approval is at 36%.

01:00:49.000 Now, to be fair, that's a single poll.

01:00:51.000 But I think when you're looking at all of these polls, let's pull up the RCP average and see what the current approval aggregate is for Donald Trump.

01:01:00.000 It's currently sitting at 41.3.

01:01:03.000 Disapproval is at 46.3.

01:01:05.000 It's a minus 15 spread.

01:01:07.000 Now, a lot of these polls I don't trust.

01:01:08.000 I think that's fair for most people.

01:01:09.000 What you want to track is the polling trend.

01:01:12.000 Because if you've got, you know, ABC or CBS, what is it?

01:01:15.000 They have a minus 20, right?

01:01:17.000 You're going to say, well, they're biased.

01:01:19.000 Fox News is utilized bad.

01:01:20.000 They're biased.

01:01:21.000 So if Fox News says Trump is minus 10, you know, you can assume, well, they're biased.

01:01:26.000 They're going to skew negative.

01:01:28.000 That's baseline.

01:01:29.000 A month later, that minus 15.

01:01:31.000 If they haven't changed their methodology, Trump went down.

01:01:34.000 And when you see Trump going down across all metrics, Trump is down.

01:01:39.000 And again, I'll stress this: the proof's in the pudding.

01:01:42.000 A Democrat just won first state house Mar-a-Lago, like Palm Beach.

01:01:48.000 That's where Trump won that by 11 or 14 points.

01:01:50.000 That's right.

01:01:51.000 I voted this morning before I got on the 2010s.

01:01:52.000 That's only I voted at 7:15 a.m.

01:01:54.000 I went to go vote for John Maples because they were hammering.

01:01:56.000 You said before the show started that Trump endorsed the guy in Florida, and I was like, oh, he's going to win.

01:02:00.000 I'm like, how does Trump lose Palm Beach?

01:02:03.000 Wow.

01:02:04.000 People in Palm Beach voted Democrat.

01:02:07.000 That's crazy.

01:02:08.000 Yo, Republicans are getting cooked this minute. 0.71

01:02:12.000 I don't, you know, I will be honest.

01:02:13.000 If they pass the SAVE Act, Republicans never lose again.

01:02:16.000 They're definitely not passing the SAVE Act.

01:02:18.000 I agree.

01:02:19.000 0% chance on that one.

01:02:20.000 So, do you guys, should we start just exercising now and smoking so we can get ready for prison?

01:02:28.000 No, we got to get tough and in shape and be ready to be shipped off and fight for a great conversation.

01:02:34.000 I don't know if it was discussed in the show previously, like while you guys are in Austin, but do you think there's any credibility to the idea that the Republicans don't want to pass the SAVE Act because they would just be getting primarily left and right?

01:02:42.000 Because a lot of these primary votes are propped up with probably a lot of shady tactics.

01:02:47.000 Out of John Corn and Route and Paxton.

01:02:50.000 That's a fair point, but I view it more likely that Republicans and Democrats share the ethos of we here in Congress are smarter than you, and we know it.

01:02:59.000 And so they don't want people to vote.

01:03:02.000 Oh, I'm just imagining like Thune is sitting there with Democrats and he's going, oh, God, could you imagine if people voted for us?

01:03:10.000 And so, to be fair, I actually don't like the popular vote for the Senate, and it should be through state appointment.

01:03:16.000 But I think the actual view is we want procedural elections, not popular elections.

01:03:23.000 We want to win by the numbers of the machine, not by the whims of the people.

01:03:28.000 So if they pass the SAVE Act, you're going to actually have people making decisions. 0.99

01:03:32.000 So long as they don't, Democrats get elected by just convincing morons to vote who don't know what they're talking about. 0.98

01:03:38.000 What I hate most about this is that it feels so just theatrical. 0.99

01:03:42.000 The whole time, the president knew the SAVE Act wasn't going to pass.

01:03:45.000 John Cornyn knew the SAVE Act wasn't going to pass.

01:03:48.000 Chuck Schumer knew the SAVE Act wasn't going to pass.

01:03:51.000 Everybody knew that you needed 60 votes to overcome the filibuster.

01:03:54.000 And the Republicans don't have that.

01:03:56.000 They weren't going to flip, what, eight some odd Democrats to do that.

01:04:00.000 John Cornyn was never going to get rid of the filibuster.

01:04:04.000 Senators like the filibuster because it makes them more powerful.

01:04:07.000 It makes each individual, individual senator more powerful because now if you want to reach that 60 vote threshold, you need to compromise.

01:04:14.000 And that allows more people, more senators to stuff more pork in each bill to bring back home the bacon. 1.00

01:04:22.000 So it just, it feels like a dumb waste of time.

01:04:24.000 It feels like some people were let on.

01:04:26.000 This was used as a sort of pressure release valve for some people who thought we were going to get some form of voter ID ID, but it was never going anywhere.

01:04:34.000 And, you know, I felt like I was taking crazy pills for a moment because it was like, I don't know, am I missing something here?

01:04:39.000 Do I not understand?

01:04:40.000 You're missing the money.

01:04:41.000 The legislative process.

01:04:42.000 See, I always, I always, you got to trace the money on these things.

01:04:45.000 First of all, a 60-vote threshold is not in the Constitution.

01:04:48.000 So that was a rule-making decision, I think, in 1913 that then kind of sprouted.

01:04:52.000 But it is like nowhere in the Constitution, it says you have 51 votes. 0.90

01:04:56.000 So it is ridiculous.

01:04:58.000 60 vote threshold came along with lobbying.

01:04:58.000 We have 60.

01:05:02.000 Because corporations did not want, think of your big pharma company and Elizabeth Warren or someone just goes and gets to drop a bill that says that like we need to lower insulin prices and you only need 51 votes. 0.95

01:05:02.000 Why? 0.95

01:05:12.000 And all of a sudden these senators actually really do have to be on record on a vote like that.

01:05:16.000 When you do the 60 vote threshold and there's never, you know, no one's ever had more than I think 56 or 57 of one party, then you can always blame the other side or whoever else and claim this bipartisanship.

01:05:26.000 But really it's a massive corporate lobby trying to keep this filibuster to exist because these senators would not be able to survive in their jobs if they were actually taking votes that we, the people, wanted them to take on things such as an 80-20 issue like voter ID.

01:05:39.000 So then it goes to the Democrats said we will lift the filibuster.

01:05:43.000 This was to pass HR1.

01:05:44.000 That was Nancy Pelosi's big their election bill, basically the same thing, that now they're saying you can't federalize elections. 0.76

01:05:50.000 It's like, okay, you all, all of you went on record saying you would nuke the filibuster to pass your HR1, which was federalizing elections in the way you want.

01:05:57.000 Two senators didn't, and that was Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema.

01:06:00.000 They are no longer senators because of that one vote alone.

01:06:03.000 Democrats only had 52 seats, so they couldn't get it passed to nuke.

01:06:06.000 You have to actually vote and get 51 to nuke the filibuster.

01:06:09.000 And in fact, Sinema couldn't even go to like a wedding in Arizona. 0.70

01:06:13.000 She would be booed out of it.

01:06:14.000 The Democrat base was so pissed.

01:06:15.000 So the Democrat Party has made their decision.

01:06:16.000 When they take power, the filibuster is gone.

01:06:18.000 Now we, Republicans, are in power, and we have all three branches of government, and we can't get Trump's agendas passed.

01:06:23.000 And I think it's sane that we're holding on to this filibuster rule that is not even in the Constitution.

01:06:30.000 And this is an incredibly important vote for them to take.

01:06:33.000 And at minimum, I think we should take a vote on the filibuster so they won't tell us which senators are against it.

01:06:38.000 You are certain that the Democrats will every single one of them.

01:06:42.000 Yeah.

01:06:42.000 Oh, my God.

01:06:42.000 They all.

01:06:43.000 Because all it would take is two or three, depending on how big of a majority they have to not, right?

01:06:48.000 Because they would need the 51 votes.

01:06:50.000 Yeah, you just need 51 votes to nuke it. 0.99

01:06:51.000 So assume that would need, I don't know if they'd be able to get all of them.

01:06:54.000 I think John Fetterman said he wouldn't nuke the filibuster, and I'm sure there's at least.

01:06:58.000 Well, this would be if the Democrats take power and get enough seats and stuff.

01:07:01.000 So if they were in power right now, they would.

01:07:02.000 Schumer has already come out.

01:07:03.000 And then in fact, when Schumer, they were criticizing this talking filibuster.

01:07:06.000 The talking filibuster is different from nuking the filibusters.

01:07:09.000 The talking filibuster is basically you just talk exhaustively until that party, the other party goes home or has to leave.

01:07:15.000 And then they don't have a quorum until you can technically pass it with 51.

01:07:19.000 This was Mike Lee's idea.

01:07:20.000 And they all, everyone's like, we've never, John Thune came out and said, I've never even heard of this.

01:07:24.000 Well, I found a video from two years ago of Chuck Schumer calling to use the talking filibuster to pass HR1 when it was right after Sinema and Manchester have voted against nuking the filibuster.

01:07:34.000 So Michael E's idea was not wrong.

01:07:36.000 He was right to push for this.

01:07:38.000 And it's not nuking the filibuster, like using the talking filibuster is better.

01:07:42.000 But I think that these Republicans, like they just, they, I don't know, they don't want to do anything.

01:07:48.000 Like, and it's not that they're against voter ID or some of these senators, but they are so obsessed with the institution itself.

01:07:54.000 But now they're lying to us today and came out and said, oh, we can pass it through reconciliation.

01:07:58.000 I think, no, you can't.

01:07:59.000 The Senate parliamentary will never allow it.

01:08:01.000 You couldn't even get illegals who are on Medicaid.

01:08:04.000 We tried to get the Senate parliamentarian to, we tried to ban that in the big, beautiful bill, and the Senate parliamentarian stripped it out.

01:08:10.000 And the idea that you're going to get any part of the Save America Pass through reconciliation is a joke, but they just want to fundraise on Hannity and tell us that it's going to happen.

01:08:18.000 I think this is largely why young men especially are sour on Trump.

01:08:24.000 And I think just dudes in general are checked out.

01:08:26.000 I think the polling data shows exactly what a lot of people are suggesting right now in the space.

01:08:33.000 I'm going to go there.

01:08:34.000 I know that guys don't like to hear it, but this is why you've got a lot of people Kirk posting.

01:08:39.000 Erica Kirk content is massive female viewership, and guys have checked out.

01:08:44.000 They're just, they're over it.

01:08:45.000 I think the Iran war was a massive kick in the balls to a lot of guys.

01:08:49.000 And I think I feel like we got a one-two punch of mass demoralization right at this exact same moment.

01:08:57.000 And that is the Save Act failure, as well as the Iran war, told a lot of guys you've been wasting your time with this.

01:09:04.000 And so they're probably like, guys, let's go watch football.

01:09:08.000 What's the point?

01:09:10.000 We struggled, we screamed, and we clawed for years, and we're back at square one.

01:09:16.000 It's almost like you ever play a video game, and then it's like you forget to save, and you fight a boss and lose, and then you realize you didn't save, and now you got to go start from the beginning, and you're like, oh my God.

01:09:25.000 And you just throw the control down.

01:09:26.000 I'm not playing anymore.

01:09:27.000 That's what it feels like for a lot of people.

01:09:29.000 And then, so at the same time, there are in the metrics, a lot of behind the scenes, I'll tell you guys a secret.

01:09:35.000 A lot of people are pointing out, like, we're friends with some of these people who have been, you know, talking about Erica Kirk quite a bit, though we disagree with it.

01:09:41.000 Their viewership is skewed almost entirely female the moment you start talking about Erica Kirk and it makes a lot of money.

01:09:48.000 Your RPMs triple.

01:09:50.000 Your female viewership skyrockets.

01:09:52.000 Male viewership is massively crashing.

01:09:54.000 And that's what everybody's pointing out right now.

01:09:56.000 Because they were like, look at her, the type of dress she's wearing and the makeup. 1.00

01:10:00.000 Her pants. 0.85

01:10:01.000 And I'm just like, she looks like completely the same as how I always see her.

01:10:05.000 But for women, it's like big differences. 1.00

01:10:07.000 Even Joe Rogan had a viral clip where he was talking about Erica Kirk because everybody in the history knows this.

01:10:15.000 And what I will say to everybody is that behind the scenes, these conversations, like I had like an hour-long phone call with someone in the industry that you guys all know who it is.

01:10:22.000 I'm not going to say who it is, talking about how viewership is collapsing right now.

01:10:26.000 Everybody's experiencing it.

01:10:28.000 And the one thing I often hear is like, obviously, for those that are watching on Timcast IRL, between Rumble and YouTube, we have, I think, 32, 32, 33,000 concurrent viewers.

01:10:39.000 And we were hitting like 45, 50K two months ago.

01:10:42.000 Now we're down to like 33K.

01:10:44.000 It's better than where we were comparably to the previous election cycle.

01:10:44.000 It's not bad.

01:10:47.000 We have seen some growth, but it is seriously down.

01:10:50.000 And everybody is having conversations wondering what's going on and why it's happening.

01:10:56.000 And I think it's fair to say that men have checked out.

01:11:01.000 That's it.

01:11:02.000 Women don't care about this stuff and never did. 1.00

01:11:04.000 That's why our audience has always been 80% guys and 20% female.

01:11:07.000 And now you can see with the approval ratings of Trump among men dropping, they're not interested in this.

01:11:12.000 But the people who are hanging on are Trump supporters.

01:11:14.000 So they're saying, no, what's the problem?

01:11:16.000 They stand with Trump.

01:11:17.000 Then, of course, you've got the libertarians.

01:11:19.000 They were never going anywhere.

01:11:20.000 They were always going to be in politics complaining about something, right?

01:11:23.000 But the regular people that got on board when politics became pop culture, I think, are checking out.

01:11:28.000 And so I'll give you an example.

01:11:31.000 For my morning show, viewership's pretty dang good.

01:11:34.000 Like, it's fairly stable.

01:11:36.000 But I do like, I did a video about the woman getting a car accident.

01:11:41.000 It's general interest.

01:11:42.000 And then the videos that do the best are UFOs, aliens, space weather, like totally non-political stuff.

01:11:49.000 I think dudes have checked out of politics right now, and it's going to be apocalyptic in November for the Republicans.

01:11:56.000 I think it's going to be worse than people realize.

01:11:57.000 If this trend continues, we're not looking at Democrats just taking the House.

01:12:01.000 We're looking at a supermajority.

01:12:03.000 We're looking at like a 30-sweet, 30-seat swing or something absolutely insane with these numbers.

01:12:09.000 Yeah, you're kind of just seeing, you know, it retract back to the politicos, where it's just the people that are interested in politics are the ones tuning into political content.

01:12:16.000 I mean, to Tim's point, like, you know, I'll do uploads occasionally on his channel.

01:12:20.000 And by far, my best performing video was one of HOMAF.

01:12:23.000 Yeah, they talk about women being hoes, and it's like guys are like, tell me about it. 0.99

01:12:27.000 And I like, I put out these different videos, and it's fine.

01:12:29.000 Like, I'm not, it's whatever, but I put out these videos and I bring all these different experts or whatever on like politically focused content to get like 10,000 views.

01:12:36.000 When I have like congressmen on it, like it's like 10,000 views, but then you start talking about like stuff that men are really at the top of their mind dating.

01:12:43.000 That's why we'll get into it later, I suppose, is the discourse right now again.

01:12:46.000 Yeah, we'll jump in there.

01:12:47.000 But this is the point: guys got heavily involved in politics.

01:12:51.000 Politics became pop culture.

01:12:52.000 And I think now I'll tell you, my honest feelings was like with the Iran war kicking off.

01:12:58.000 I was like, so Trump was, he was wrong about the 12-day war.

01:13:02.000 We did not disable their capabilities.

01:13:04.000 Now we're going back into war and it just, it feels like a one-two punch of demoralization.

01:13:11.000 You've got the SAVE Act failing, despite it being extremely popular.

01:13:14.000 And I think people are completely demoralized.

01:13:16.000 Like, oh, it was fake the whole time.

01:13:18.000 Trump's giving us war.

01:13:19.000 We didn't want that.

01:13:20.000 And I know, I know the Trump supporters are saying they're for it, but it's fascinating to see Trump supporters all of a sudden being like, a lot's right about everything.

01:13:26.000 Bro, come on.

01:13:26.000 Like three months ago, they were like, we don't like a lot.

01:13:28.000 He's wrong about everything.

01:13:29.000 Now they're all agreeing with him.

01:13:30.000 Hey, I got no problem if you're going to stand behind Trump the whole time.

01:13:32.000 I think Trump still is the best president of my lifetime.

01:13:36.000 I think we've had a bunch of miserable presidents and way better.

01:13:38.000 But my point is for young men, they're like, oh, Trump's doing the exact same thing.

01:13:43.000 What was the point?

01:13:44.000 Oh, the SAVE Act isn't getting passed.

01:13:46.000 What was the point?

01:13:47.000 Why were we spending time doing this?

01:13:48.000 Bro, I'm going to go order a pizza and go kick back and fish or something.

01:13:51.000 You know, I think we're also coming off of a high of like the pre-Trump era or like the early Trump era where all of the left was freaking out about everything that the president would do.

01:14:02.000 There was a ton of these women marches and Tifa and then there was the George Floyd riots and like media was really hitting a high then and the left was going crazy and there was transgenders everywhere. 0.99

01:14:12.000 And everybody was non-binary or gay.

01:14:15.000 There was every new what form of gay of LGBTQIA, CB. 1.00

01:14:21.000 And a lot of that stuff seemed to be dwindling down.

01:14:24.000 Yeah, like it was a lot.

01:14:26.000 There were a lot more.

01:14:26.000 There's a lot more much click more clickbaity stuff.

01:14:29.000 I remember five or six years ago, there were like these transgender protests every day and Tifa every year.

01:14:33.000 They were constantly failing against the president.

01:14:36.000 And it was like, it was crazy.

01:14:37.000 And then they would even write against the president, especially in the first term.

01:14:40.000 Things were so crazy.

01:14:41.000 And now they're losing.

01:14:44.000 Here's the other thing.

01:14:45.000 Maybe, you know, not to be so pessimistic.

01:14:48.000 Maybe we won.

01:14:49.000 I mean, to finish the point, the progressives in the progressives in Illinois all lost.

01:14:55.000 Every single progressive was crushed.

01:14:58.000 And that whole woke era is dead.

01:15:01.000 And so guys are not being as motivated.

01:15:03.000 I think maybe, and they've canceled Starfleet Academy.

01:15:08.000 I think maybe they're getting the message that we should just let guys play video games.

01:15:13.000 Well, I think the left just like realized how disastrous the resist lib like era, how bad optics that was.

01:15:20.000 Because you think about all the characters that to a lot of point, they're freaking out all the time.

01:15:24.000 Trump, too, they're actually things are happening that they were saying because nothing happened in the first term, but the things that they were saying were happening in the first term are actually happening now.

01:15:32.000 Like there's ice goon squads and everything.

01:15:34.000 And they're like not really freaking out.

01:15:36.000 I mean, Moeller just died.

01:15:38.000 You remember like the first term, like Moeller was like the superstar and they were glazing him like crazy and they had like you know effigies and these candles forming everything.

01:15:46.000 And then he died and they just kind of like quietly were like, okay, because they're almost embarrassed by how crazy that period.

01:15:51.000 I remember Trump supporters being assaulted in the streets regularly.

01:15:54.000 If you wore a MAGA hat, you were persona non-grata.

01:15:57.000 You were liable to be assaulted and people would justify it on the internet.

01:16:00.000 They would say like, yeah, we're just punching a Nazi. 0.95

01:16:02.000 And if you're wearing a MAGA hat, then you're a Nazi.

01:16:04.000 The country has shifted completely away from them.

01:16:07.000 They burn cars over like Ben Shapiro.

01:16:10.000 They used to riot over a bench shapiro.

01:16:12.000 I know.

01:16:12.000 They now sell MAGA hats like in the airport.

01:16:15.000 If you like arrived, MAGA's mainstream stole us.

01:16:19.000 There's like little kiosks.

01:16:20.000 I've been to, I think, like 137 Trump rallies.

01:16:24.000 The OG ones in the beginning in like 2016 primary days.

01:16:27.000 There used to be just people busting like fist fights and Trump would get into it and like start screaming and be like, get him, get him.

01:16:33.000 And like, if you went to a Trump rally, it was like dangerous.

01:16:36.000 Like you were like going to something.

01:16:38.000 Nobody knew what was going to happen.

01:16:39.000 There was like brawls breaking out.

01:16:40.000 Trump's like throwing, there's like two cops and an SEC tailgate.

01:16:44.000 Yeah, it was just absolute like madness.

01:16:47.000 But I'm like, I'm like, this is so different from like, then I'm like standing at a Jeb Bush rally.

01:16:51.000 I'm like, what do I, what is this?

01:16:52.000 Yeah.

01:16:52.000 But that, to me, that part is like kind of, one, it's just everything is so formal now when you're president Joe's law and he's also had multiple assassination trips.

01:17:00.000 But I just find in January, the White House was saying, all right, we're going to spend, said the president out and we're going to focus on a like affordability tour.

01:17:08.000 And now we're in March and I'm like, okay, but, well, I think I saw him go to Memphis and like one other place and we've invaded Iran. 0.95

01:17:16.000 But like, where, can we go back to the future?

01:17:17.000 I think he gave up on the tour.

01:17:19.000 I think he gave up on the midterms.

01:17:20.000 He said, I mean, there's, we're already, I think, going to not be, the Republicans are losing the majority.

01:17:24.000 I believe there's a Republican who's going to die in the next couple, who has a terminal illness in the House.

01:17:30.000 And then depending on how you count Thomas Massey, there's about to be a true 50-50 split.

01:17:30.000 Neil done.

01:17:35.000 The party in power almost always loses in the midterm.

01:17:39.000 So the president might just be thinking, F it, if I'm already going to lose, I'm just going to do whatever I want.

01:17:44.000 And then, again, second-term presidents have a history of being more unrestrained, especially when it comes to the— And he's got Mark Levin in his ear, who's like—there's a literal Nazi group in Iran.

01:17:56.000 And if you take them out, you can like be in the history books forever.

01:17:58.000 And Trump's going to like respond to that.

01:18:00.000 And also, to be fair, like the people that are slamming Trump for like being friendly to Mark Levin, keep in mind that these guys are like constantly supporting the president and encouraging him and like putting out these like really pleasant posts about Donald Trump.

01:18:12.000 And then all the guys that they're like mad that Trump won't listen to are like constantly like ankle biting and like being nasty to him.

01:18:17.000 It's like, well, why would Trump listen to these guys who are like undercutting him, even if they're like more based?

01:18:22.000 Trump's going to respond to the guys that are like glazing him all the time.

01:18:25.000 Look, I also think there's...

01:18:25.000 That's just human nature.

01:18:26.000 And he's 80.

01:18:27.000 There's something to be said about people in power and understanding how to wield power instead of, again, being like ankle biters. 0.63

01:18:33.000 So like, again, people love to trash Lindsey Graham. 1.00

01:18:36.000 There's a reason why he's a, what, three, four time senator in South Carolina and not going anywhere.

01:18:42.000 Please dare to primary Lindsey Graham and see how far that gets you. 0.99

01:18:45.000 He's extremely popular in his state.

01:18:46.000 He's not going anywhere.

01:18:47.000 He has a power base.

01:18:48.000 He has constituents. 0.98

01:18:50.000 And this allows him to be effective and effectively pitch the caddy gay guy. 1.00

01:18:54.000 Good luck taking that guy. 1.00

01:18:55.000 It's going to be interesting if the progressive Democrats lose, the Republicans lose, and we get corporate Dems taking over.

01:19:02.000 I wonder how that's going to change the culture in this country because, I mean, the polls are not good for Trump, but the corporate Dems have not been in control of their party for some time.

01:19:12.000 The progressives have been.

01:19:13.000 That's why we were saying they're protesting in the street every day.

01:19:16.000 What is that going to look like?

01:19:18.000 Right?

01:19:19.000 Abby Spell, Spanberger everywhere.

01:19:21.000 Guns banned.

01:19:23.000 Exactly.

01:19:23.000 Yeah.

01:19:24.000 That's what it looks like.

01:19:24.000 But I'm not convinced that I think maybe they're just being careful and they're actually allowing primaries, which is nice.

01:19:31.000 You forget they just annoyed people.

01:19:33.000 They didn't allow any conversations of the Democratic Party.

01:19:35.000 They had no primaries ever.

01:19:36.000 They're actually allowing those to happen.

01:19:38.000 But like, I do think Graham Plantner ends up winning in Maine, and some of these populist Democrats will win.

01:19:43.000 And Illinois, I mean, you did have APAC did not have a good night that night.

01:19:46.000 So you had some progressives win as well.

01:19:48.000 And AIPAC also, the amount of money they spent compared to even some of those races being quite tight.

01:19:56.000 We're going to jump to Nazi tattoo or am I being a sensitive Jewler?

01:20:00.000 From Plantner, I that was joking?

01:20:03.000 It was a toten conf.

01:20:04.000 Well, I just want to make sure I'm not being a sensitive Jew about it.

01:20:06.000 No, no, no, no.

01:20:07.000 It was literally the toten conf, and he said it was.

01:20:09.000 And he said, oops, I didn't know what it was.

01:20:10.000 He didn't say it wasn't a Nazi tattoo.

01:20:12.000 He says, yes, it is, but it was an accident.

01:20:13.000 I think he said.

01:20:13.000 Did he say that?

01:20:15.000 Yes, he was wrong with Israel.

01:20:15.000 I didn't know what that was.

01:20:17.000 He didn't admit it.

01:20:18.000 Did he admit that it was a matter of it?

01:20:21.000 Yeah, he was like, in the military, we get Nazi tattoos.

01:20:23.000 It's what we do.

01:20:24.000 We don't insult our country.

01:20:25.000 We get a Nazi tattoo.

01:20:26.000 But listen, listen.

01:20:28.000 Listen, listen.

01:20:29.000 If you hate the Jews, which political party do you choose? 0.80

01:20:33.000 You tell me, I guess the Democrats.

01:20:34.000 What do you mean you guessed the Democrats?

01:20:36.000 I think the whole debates in 2028 are going to be about this and about Israel and support, and both parties are going to have it.

01:20:43.000 And so I think, you know, if you have Ruby a run or even JD Vance, I think you're going to have an MGG and a Tucker and a Thomas Massey and people all on the stage in these primaries.

01:20:53.000 And this is going to be a declining question.

01:20:56.000 I agree.

01:20:57.000 I think on the left, too, you saw even like the Pennsylvania governor distance himself from AIPAT.

01:21:02.000 Like it is so I cannot like Israel's support in this country is over.

01:21:08.000 You know, a lot, I hate to break it to you.

01:21:10.000 Boomers love Israel. 1.00

01:21:11.000 Bill Maher said, if I'm with Trump on this issue, boomers love Israel, but boomers are on the way out. 0.97

01:21:18.000 I'm not trying to be a dick, but it's true.

01:21:19.000 And among the younger generations, you've got either anti-interventionist or outright anti-Israel and on both sides, the fringes, anti-Semites. 0.75

01:21:31.000 This is just a fact at this point.

01:21:33.000 When we're looking at the cancellation of these TV shows, why?

01:21:36.000 It's because their viewership is all 70 years plus.

01:21:39.000 These people will not be voting in any substantive fashion in the next, in 2032, boomers are out. 1.00

01:21:46.000 Especially if we eliminate Mail and Booney.

01:21:48.000 We're looking at boomers now that are split between 70 to 80 years old.

01:21:54.000 So in the next six years, we are expected to see what's called the mortality shelf.

01:21:58.000 This is where two-thirds of boomers are going to all die because they're all hitting life expectancy on average.

01:22:03.000 It's the goes down.

01:22:04.000 That means they will be a minimal voting block.

01:22:07.000 They'll be important, but they'll be much, much smaller than Gen X, Millennial, and Gen Z, which each are going to be around, I think Gen X is like 70, then Millennials and Gen Z are 80.

01:22:16.000 Gen Alpha is microscopic, so they're not going to play a role.

01:22:19.000 Millennials are going to dominate politics in this country as the largest voting block.

01:22:24.000 Indeed, with boomers out, Israel's got no support. 1.00

01:22:28.000 Cable TV is done.

01:22:29.000 It's cooked.

01:22:30.000 And so I wonder if, and this has been some of the speculation, the reason why we went to war with Iran now is that Israel knows if the war doesn't happen now, the U.S. will not be involved six years from now.

01:22:40.000 I'm praying for our boomers.

01:22:42.000 They're our country's biggest patriots.

01:22:44.000 Actually, the boomers are split. 0.78

01:22:46.000 They half voted against, half for.

01:22:48.000 70 plus was the only age decade that opposed Trump.

01:22:52.000 Every other age bracket supported Trump.

01:22:55.000 So the younger boomers are more pro-Trump.

01:22:58.000 The older boomers are anti-Trump.

01:23:00.000 And it's going to be interesting how this plays out now that Trump is moving on.

01:23:04.000 But I do believe that when you get to that stage in 2028, no one is going to be staunchly pro-Israel.

01:23:10.000 No, no, no, hold on.

01:23:11.000 I'm not saying there won't be support for Israel.

01:23:13.000 I'm saying you're not going to see that weird, cringe New York mayor stuff where they're like, which country would you go to?

01:23:18.000 And every mayor is like, I go to Israel.

01:23:20.000 And then Zaran's like, I just stay here and help New Yorkers.

01:23:23.000 Like, it's weird that everybody's saying that for Israel.

01:23:27.000 You look at young people, and this is what I said when I was that meeting with Netanyahu.

01:23:30.000 I was like, you guys got 10 years if you're lucky.

01:23:32.000 That's it.

01:23:32.000 And then the U.S. is cutting off and Israel's on their own.

01:23:35.000 Well, I mean, even Israel themselves, like Benjamin Netanyahu, is like, we should probably just try to decouple like now.

01:23:40.000 And he didn't say it, but I think in his head, he's like, it's probably inevitable that the U.S. will try to decouple.

01:23:46.000 There's certainly be a push from the digital.

01:23:47.000 Let's jump to this story.

01:23:48.000 We've got this tweet, massively, massively viral tweet.

01:23:52.000 Trevor Sheets, he's got 32 million views because he said, my wife was formerly promiscuous. 0.98

01:23:58.000 I was a virgin.

01:23:59.000 She was then radically born again, committed to church, evangelized constantly, puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin.

01:24:07.000 We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another.

01:24:13.000 Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day.

01:24:16.000 Reaction, pick attached.

01:24:17.000 We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker.

01:24:23.000 You could imagine.

01:24:24.000 He's saying she's been the most wonderful.

01:24:25.000 That's what he's saying.

01:24:26.000 She's more pure than most virgins as biblical purity has less to do with past sins and more to do with one's current posture.

01:24:33.000 I'm going to speed through this because you get the point.

01:24:36.000 He says, a woman or man's past sexual sin matters, but what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands.

01:24:50.000 And then he quotes the Bible.

01:24:52.000 He's got this beautiful picture of his marriage.

01:24:55.000 And of course, it is blowing the F up with 12,000 replies, 7,000 retweets, and 31.5 million views.

01:25:04.000 And, oh boy, here we go.

01:25:06.000 Tate, what's wrong with this?

01:25:08.000 There's a lot wrong with this.

01:25:09.000 I mean, like, let me just clear this because again, people just don't understand.

01:25:13.000 Like, I think people are being intentionally obtuse.

01:25:17.000 We're not really critiquing the concept of redemption.

01:25:20.000 Like, yes, in Christianity, I'm speaking as a Christian.

01:25:24.000 When you do admit to your sins, right?

01:25:27.000 Like, you are a new creation in Christ.

01:25:29.000 There's no doubt about that.

01:25:30.000 Like, no one is debating that.

01:25:32.000 What we're having contention with is two things.

01:25:35.000 One is the bizarre public declaration where you just air your dirty laundry on the internet and then somehow package it as if it's like a testimony and that it's somehow helping somebody.

01:25:46.000 It's really not.

01:25:47.000 And it's actually just having a demoralization.

01:25:49.000 I actually think that's like the primary issue. 0.97

01:25:52.000 But I think it's also exacerbating the problem by telling women you can be promiscuous and slutty, but don't worry. 0.96

01:26:01.000 Just once you're done, just claim that you're born again and you're good.

01:26:04.000 Because that's like the primary issue I would say with the entire thing is it's really just presenting to women the concept that it's more of a bailout than an actual like there's not a there's not a proper there's not proper indication to these women that like it's actually a really bad thing to be promiscuous it's just saying like it happened oh well you know it's like it was like a phase of her life you know it's like Like some people are emo, some people sleep brown.

01:26:25.000 There's a Simpsons meme for this.

01:26:26.000 We call it Bart Simpson, and he says, A life of sin followed by the deathbed repentance.

01:26:30.000 Yeah, well, that's and that's effectively what he's telling.

01:26:32.000 And again, it's like this isn't a novel testimony.

01:26:35.000 This is probably like half of marriages where like the woman or the man had like a really promiscuous background. 0.78

01:26:40.000 Because unfortunately, the world that we live in today is like the concept of chaste, like the concept of saving yourself for marriage is basically laughed at.

01:26:49.000 So it's like, it's really rare this actually happens.

01:26:51.000 So again, I don't know why he's packaging this.

01:26:53.000 Like this is some unique testimony that we are desperately needing.

01:26:55.000 It's like, no, young women understand this.

01:26:57.000 And for young men and young women that are pursuing like a Christ-like marriage, this is just unbelievably demoralizing and frustrating to see because it's like, yes, we know young women who are women that like sleep around, get bailed out all the time.

01:27:08.000 We know that.

01:27:09.000 And then in addition to that, it was just no repercussions.

01:27:11.000 No repercussions.

01:27:12.000 And then it was insulting where he says, she's more pure than a lot of virgins. 1.00

01:27:17.000 I think he might have said most virgins.

01:27:18.000 That's just absurd on the face because it's like, one, that has a definition, what like pure means. 0.99

01:27:22.000 And two, it's like, screw you. 0.97

01:27:24.000 Like, there's a lot of young women specifically that are waiting, that are trying to be obedient. 0.99

01:27:28.000 And like, this woman's stolen valor because, like, what this guy married her and now she's more pure. 0.98

01:27:32.000 It's like, no, that's ridiculous. 0.96

01:27:34.000 Here's how Tristan Tate responded. 0.97

01:27:35.000 He says, you know, when you've never driven a car before and then you scrape money together for an old shitty vehicle, but you think it's pretty good because you've never driven another car?

01:27:43.000 I remember that feeling.

01:27:44.000 Mine was a VW golf and the engine didn't even fire from one of the cylinders.

01:27:48.000 The salesman told me it had been reworked and was good as new.

01:27:50.000 I didn't know it wasn't.

01:27:51.000 I had no point of reference.

01:27:52.000 Now, this isn't about the physical driving sensation.

01:27:55.000 That was enjoyable enough, despite the wear and tear.

01:27:57.000 But the reliability and soul of the vehicle was expended.

01:28:00.000 It went through numerous breakdowns.

01:28:02.000 One day you will think back on this analogy.

01:28:04.000 Nonetheless, I wish you both well.

01:28:06.000 Nikes.

01:28:06.000 Yeah.

01:28:07.000 And that is ice cold.

01:28:08.000 What Tristan's getting at, and like, you know, I'm trying to approach this from like a Christian standpoint.

01:28:13.000 But what he is hitting on is valid, and this is a problem, is this like scarcity mindset.

01:28:18.000 So it's specifically with young men because the dating market is so bad for young men right now that as soon as they find a woman that will like show them love and affection, especially if like this guy, I think he's a little older, he's like 30 when he got married, they're just going to jump in with both feet because the reality is for a lot of young men right now, especially Christian young men, there is this sense that like there's really not that many eligible spouses and they have a really difficult time finding eligible spouses.

01:28:41.000 So if they finally find someone that at least ticks a few boxes, they just go all in and like worship this woman.

01:28:46.000 It's the scarcity mindset and it's a big problem with the evangelical community.

01:28:50.000 If you're a young guy right now and you're seeing this, like I agree with what you're saying, it's basically like this, this guy is a weak man. 0.99

01:28:58.000 I'm not trying to be a dick. 0.58

01:29:00.000 And this is the narrative that's been pushed on the internet for some time by like the red pill or like men's rights guys. 0.66

01:29:05.000 Maybe not men's rights guys is that way to describe it, but like dating advice that women are going to go for the Chads, the Alpha Chads, and they're going to get used and abused by them because these guys have no reason to settle down because everybody wants them.

01:29:17.000 Then once they're older and hit the quote-unquote wall, they'll look for a weak man who says, I'll give you anything you want.

01:29:22.000 So the young guys are sitting there saying, I just want to have a family.

01:29:22.000 Yeah.

01:29:25.000 I want to have a job.

01:29:25.000 But the women are saying, I have no reason to do this because the hottest guys want me.

01:29:29.000 And then as soon as I turn 30, I'll just, I'll come back, come crawling back to you and you'll give it up.

01:29:33.000 And that's like the thing.

01:29:34.000 Like there's this thing where a lot of men are like, wow, you know, she's like ran through or whatever.

01:29:39.000 She's really going to regret that one day or she's waiting to get married. 1.00

01:29:42.000 Like she's really going to regret that when she's older and doesn't have kids.

01:29:44.000 It's like there is no justice, actually.

01:29:46.000 These women do end up happily ever after. 1.00

01:29:48.000 They will find a guy that, again, is just going to bail her out.

01:29:51.000 That's like looking for a wife and he's gotten old enough where he's like, I'll just, you know, marry anyone that'll show me affection.

01:29:56.000 There is no justice.

01:29:57.000 Like these women will be fine. 1.00

01:29:58.000 They will have kids.

01:29:59.000 They will have a husband.

01:30:00.000 And there's nothing you can do about it.

01:30:01.000 And that's what infuriates young men so much.

01:30:03.000 Look, I'll take the contrarian take here.

01:30:06.000 If these are two happy consenting adults, let them go at it.

01:30:10.000 You know, not to argue for the future.

01:30:13.000 No one ever said not to the point.

01:30:14.000 I'm just saying social degradation.

01:30:16.000 Sure.

01:30:17.000 I also think there's something to be said about how promiscuous.

01:30:21.000 I don't know if I'm getting into the nitty-gritty here, but people have different definitions of this.

01:30:25.000 But, like, all things considered, if they're happy about it, like, I'm not saying they should get like divorced.

01:30:32.000 I'm just saying, like, let's not prescribe this as like a model to follow.

01:30:35.000 And that's what this guy is trying to do by airing out his wife's dirty laundry. 1.00

01:30:39.000 I mean, she's spoken about this testimony publicly, but it's like, dude, stop the way he's portraying this.

01:30:44.000 Again, it's not, I believe her.

01:30:46.000 I believe her at face value that she truly is redeemed and she's not going to fall in that lifestyle.

01:30:50.000 Some guys are trying to, you know, dig into her lifestyle.

01:30:52.000 I don't really care about that.

01:30:53.000 What I'm saying is, stop presenting this like it's a model because it's not.

01:30:58.000 And the reality is the way that marriage works in 2026, I'm saying this as a Christian, picking your spouse is not something you can screw up.

01:31:05.000 You got to get that right.

01:31:06.000 And so it's like you need to interpret it, interpret whatever data you can to determine you're making the correct calculation for the same reason why you wouldn't have a born-again pedophile like babysit your children because it's like that's great. 0.51

01:31:19.000 You've redeemed your life and I do believe you.

01:31:20.000 I do believe you're redeemed.

01:31:22.000 But past sin, there's consequences to that.

01:31:24.000 You're not going to be seen the same.

01:31:25.000 It's just unfortunate.

01:31:26.000 But it's like you cannot remove consequences.

01:31:28.000 It's just the only female here. 1.00

01:31:30.000 Do you have a thought?

01:31:32.000 I don't really.

01:31:33.000 I read it as a super douchey post.

01:31:36.000 And I'm also confirmed what he says.

01:31:38.000 My wife was promiscuous. 1.00

01:31:39.000 Part of me is like, what does that mean? 0.67

01:31:41.000 She like made out with other people.

01:31:42.000 Does it detail like, do we even know what this woman did?

01:31:45.000 Like, it could have been that.

01:31:46.000 I immediately assume she slept with like a bunch of people. 0.99

01:31:50.000 That's what she said.

01:31:50.000 But also, but the type of guy that would write this, like, would think it's promiscuous to make out with someone.

01:31:54.000 So that's why I'm like, what do I do?

01:31:56.000 We even know if this woman slept with anyone. 1.00

01:31:58.000 Like, yeah, that's like these evangelical guys, like, she had like two life rates.

01:32:01.000 Let's assume, let's assume.

01:32:02.000 But she's, she came out later and she was like, I couldn't keep track of how many men I was with.

01:32:07.000 That's what she said verbatim.

01:32:09.000 I lost count of how many men.

01:32:10.000 Oh, I didn't know you had the inside scoop here.

01:32:12.000 Oh, yeah, I got the T.

01:32:13.000 Yeah.

01:32:14.000 Well, because it's all over the timeline.

01:32:15.000 I didn't want to learn.

01:32:16.000 I'm learning everything about this couple I'm learning is against my will.

01:32:19.000 Oh, so you have more information than we do for women to sleep with many men, or I don't know, many men.

01:32:27.000 In our generation, yeah, I do think people are sleeping with more partners because they're getting married later, right?

01:32:32.000 Like, so that's a that is another problem.

01:32:34.000 Everyone used to get married at like 18 to 23, and so like your number would be much lower.

01:32:39.000 But now when everyone's getting married at 36, so you just inherently have more partners.

01:32:43.000 But yeah, I think I would rather set myself on fire than go to a dinner party with these two people.

01:32:50.000 And I pass that don't really have too many hot takes on it.

01:32:54.000 No, that's completely.

01:32:55.000 It's just like there's a reason why, because this is like it just epitomizes like what a lot of young men are feeling, but specifically young men that are Christian, the young men that are like specifically in the evangelical are young Christian men seeking a virgin woman?

01:33:09.000 Well, the problem isn't that we're like seeking that every man, it's going to be ideal for them.

01:33:14.000 Like, let's not pretend like men are actively seeking out women with a high body.

01:33:18.000 Is it even a consideration?

01:33:19.000 It is.

01:33:19.000 That's 100%.

01:33:20.000 Well, it's 100% a consideration for a lot of men who are like serious about marriage.

01:33:23.000 You want to make sure they get it right.

01:33:24.000 And then like the message from like evangelical leaders, I'm seeing it all over the timeline.

01:33:28.000 Is like, not only is it like you're wrong for thinking that it's like they're basically saying you don't have the right to like desire in Christianity, nobody's beyond redemption.

01:33:39.000 And I agree, but it's like, again, it's just the way things work with how broken the dating scene is.

01:33:44.000 It's like men have to be a little caught.

01:33:46.000 And women too. 1.00

01:33:47.000 For the record, women should also have the right to want their spouse to like be at least on the same footing as them, the same level of experience.

01:33:53.000 Because this doesn't apply to sexuality.

01:33:55.000 Like it applies to multiple realms.

01:33:57.000 Education, like you could, it's fair to say you want your spouse like at the same level as you.

01:34:02.000 But for some reason, men, for some reason, evangelical leaders are dead set on removing all the consequences of like sexual degradation, sexual degeneracy.

01:34:12.000 I don't know why, but they're just so intent on it. 0.98

01:34:14.000 It's trying to get these promiscuous women wed. 1.00

01:34:16.000 I think it is. 0.71

01:34:16.000 Well, I think it's that, but I think like evangelicalism in and of itself has a serious undercurrent of feminism. 0.71

01:34:22.000 And this is why you see these churches.

01:34:23.000 That's true. 0.98

01:34:24.000 These churches have like basically TED Talks for sermons, and the worship is like gay. 1.00

01:34:28.000 It's like literally, you know, it's like just this really whimsical music.

01:34:32.000 Jesus is my boyfriend style music.

01:34:34.000 The great Vodie Bakum coined that. 0.99

01:34:35.000 And it's like, it's just pathetic. 0.97

01:34:38.000 It really is. 0.98

01:34:38.000 Evangelicalism in 2026 is just anti-male, fundamentally. 0.98

01:34:42.000 And it's this, and then you're seeing it where all these pastors are coming out and they're like, the real problem here is actually the men.

01:34:48.000 And you're like, what?

01:34:50.000 Like, where did this come?

01:34:51.000 We need to have an evangelical millennial to defend their honor.

01:34:54.000 I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church.

01:34:54.000 I grew up.

01:34:56.000 Like, by all accounts, every trad cath would call me like a kitschy evangelical.

01:34:56.000 I'm a Presbyterian.

01:35:00.000 I know this is my people.

01:35:03.000 I know a million people like Trevor Sheets.

01:35:05.000 I know these people like the back of my hand.

01:35:07.000 Maybe it's testosterone's going down.

01:35:09.000 You know what I mean?

01:35:10.000 Yeah.

01:35:11.000 Yeah.

01:35:12.000 You know, you know what?

01:35:12.000 I do think a big component of testosterone going down has to do with people's skin is nicer as well.

01:35:18.000 You know why?

01:35:19.000 Nobody goes outside anymore.

01:35:21.000 So there's a really funny, I guess, trope where it's like, you ever notice that in the 90s, people who are like 30 looked like they were 50?

01:35:28.000 Like on Seinfeld, you're like, those people were 29, 30 years old.

01:35:28.000 You ever notice that?

01:35:32.000 Like I think Elaine was supposed to be like 28 or something. 1.00

01:35:35.000 And they look like they're in their mid to late 30s relative today.

01:35:38.000 It's because we don't go outside as much.

01:35:39.000 This is true.

01:35:40.000 So people went outside to walk places more often.

01:35:43.000 So obesity went up.

01:35:45.000 And a lot of people are like, something happened.

01:35:47.000 There's this meme where they're like, something happened at the end of the 90s where obesity skyrocketed.

01:35:51.000 They changed our food.

01:35:52.000 No, the internet.

01:35:54.000 People stopped going outside.

01:35:55.000 They started doing more work at computers.

01:35:57.000 You used to have to walk to the store for things.

01:35:59.000 Now you don't.

01:36:00.000 Now someone else does it for you.

01:36:02.000 There was this, I can't remember who told the story.

01:36:04.000 You guys maybe look it up.

01:36:05.000 I think the channel know.

01:36:06.000 Where guys like, I intentionally walk to the store to get envelopes or whatever because it's not going to the store that matters.

01:36:14.000 It's what happens on the way where I see a dog and I pet it and I wave to my neighbors.

01:36:19.000 Not anymore. 0.90

01:36:20.000 And so I think one of the reasons why testosterone has been dropping is not necessarily because of microplastics in our balls or whatever.

01:36:26.000 It's because guys don't use their muscles.

01:36:28.000 They're not lifting.

01:36:28.000 They're not walking.

01:36:29.000 They're not doing manual labor.

01:36:31.000 Young men used to have to go and lift rocks and do work as kids.

01:36:35.000 Like women worked at the soda shop and they'd bring in your burger on roller skates and guys would move boxes and lift and break rocks. 1.00

01:36:45.000 And then you had like that video of the presidential fitness program where the guys are swinging on the monkey bars and they're doing pull-ups.

01:36:51.000 That work boosted testosterone.

01:36:54.000 It's not just about all the food.

01:36:56.000 Now guys are eating, you know, takeout pod thai, which is heavily starchy with only a little bit of protein.

01:37:01.000 They're sitting around watching movies.

01:37:03.000 Their muscles are thin and flabby.

01:37:05.000 They don't build testosterone. 0.98

01:37:07.000 And then they go, whatever you think, dear.

01:37:09.000 Yeah, it was the Bronze Age pervert tweet where it was like, ancient men conquered cities, put them to the sword.

01:37:15.000 Meanwhile, you go to wine bar with your girlfriend and enjoy tasteful banner.

01:37:19.000 That's like, it's so true. 1.00

01:37:19.000 You are gay. 1.00

01:37:22.000 We're taking that trip to Tehran. 1.00

01:37:23.000 I think that's why we got to go to Tehran.

01:37:25.000 That's why I said I love the masculinity. 0.92

01:37:27.000 Maybe the real problem is just all these frail little sissy boys. 1.00

01:37:30.000 We just need war. 0.98

01:37:31.000 For no other reason, just war.

01:37:34.000 No, we just need brutal men who just do brutal things. 1.00

01:37:37.000 Well, there's some truth also to the fact that the world wars removed the top percentile of test like men out of the gene pool forever.

01:37:44.000 Yeah, because all the wheat guys stayed behind.

01:37:44.000 Wow.

01:37:46.000 Yeah, all the weak guys stayed behind and also like the most like strong men.

01:37:50.000 But that's been true forever.

01:37:51.000 Yeah, but World War II.

01:37:51.000 That's been true forever.

01:37:52.000 That's why there's so many Smiths. 0.97

01:37:54.000 Yes, but like the World Wars were like a really high volume of herd thinning, so to speak.

01:37:59.000 I mean, Russia every 20 to 30 years has a massive birth rate drop purely because there's so many men missing from that generation.

01:38:05.000 They call it echoes of the wars.

01:38:06.000 And they're actually going through one right now.

01:38:08.000 Isn't it crazy?

01:38:09.000 Ukraine war is still going on.

01:38:10.000 Like, what is it?

01:38:11.000 Everyone just forgot about it.

01:38:11.000 Yeah, who cares?

01:38:12.000 It's like over that war.

01:38:13.000 Remember that war that still happened?

01:38:15.000 TV drones that still like I still watch those videos all the time.

01:38:18.000 I don't know.

01:38:18.000 Nobody cares.

01:38:19.000 They have like 25,000 deaths a month right now.

01:38:21.000 This is like a serious word on a minimum, and no one talks about it.

01:38:25.000 I'm like, we lost seven people, and I, and then it's like, war so far, I'm losing my mind.

01:38:29.000 They're literally like, it's wild.

01:38:31.000 This topic that did remind me, and maybe it's the picture, but I um, I used to work for Turning Point, and I know Charlie from like original and helped with fundraising for him.

01:38:40.000 And Charlie and I were flying to New York, and he was that night having his first date with Erica.

01:38:45.000 And he was so nervous.

01:38:47.000 But earlier that day, I won't say who, but there was, I was with Charlie and some guys.

01:38:50.000 They were all making fun of him, saying, Charlie, like, you're 26 years old and a virgin now.

01:38:54.000 Like, you need to figure this out.

01:38:56.000 I think it was 26 or 27.

01:38:57.000 Like, and so they went to a CIA recruiting farm where they found Erica and he picked her.

01:39:03.000 Yeah, no.

01:39:03.000 So they go to New York City.

01:39:04.000 He was asking me about like restaurants.

01:39:06.000 And then I don't remember what he picked someplace.

01:39:08.000 And then the next day we were flying somewhere in the Midwest.

01:39:10.000 And so he gets on the plane immediately.

01:39:12.000 Like, how did it go?

01:39:13.000 And he just looks at me and was like, I'm going to marry her.

01:39:15.000 And was so, and then I got to like watch him court her, just how purposeful he was.

01:39:19.000 It was actually really neat to see.

01:39:20.000 I'd not seen a guy just like take a girl out on a date in so long and then do that and then just actually like be so interesting.

01:39:27.000 Let's actually hit this one more story.

01:39:28.000 I know we're pushing a little late, but let's grab this one from Media Betrayal.

01:39:32.000 The Charlie Kirk show utterly disgusted after Joe Kent says he'd testify at alleged assassin's trial.

01:39:38.000 Now, Joe Kent has made the claim that he was not allowed to investigate any foreign nexus which may have been involved in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which, of course, presents a little bit of doubt.

01:39:50.000 I'm not saying it's, you know, beyond a reasonable doubt, but the outrage here is that Joe Kent is insinuating there may have been something else involved and they were blocked, which will allow the defense for the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin to say this was not a proper investigation.

01:40:05.000 And with this statement already in the public, how can the FBI say that their investigation was thorough and complete and correct if you have the testimony from a counterterrorism director saying they weren't not allowed to investigate?

01:40:17.000 That's going to create reasonable doubt for the jury.

01:40:19.000 They're going to get this guy found not guilty because at least one or not to mention the amount of jurors that are probably watching a lot of these podcasts and these shows.

01:40:28.000 So this is interesting, but I will just say, you know, I haven't seen the evidence.

01:40:33.000 You know, we've only seen what's in the public.

01:40:35.000 I think the trial should be public.

01:40:36.000 We should be able to see what the evidence is.

01:40:38.000 And I think that the official narrative on Tyler Robinson is not correct, but I think Tyler Robinson is likely the person who did it.

01:40:47.000 We'll see what the evidence bears out.

01:40:49.000 I think Tyler Robinson did not act alone, and there's evidence that other people had foreknowledge of what was going to happen.

01:40:53.000 And that is being effectively, and I don't know if cover up is the right word, but you've got people claiming Israel did it, which seems ridiculous because Charlie held a seminar to convince Gen Z to support Israel.

01:41:06.000 Like even Nick Fuentes is like, that's crazy.

01:41:08.000 Like if Ben Shapiro died, people are going to be like, Israel did it. 0.86

01:41:11.000 That's insane.

01:41:12.000 That being said, they are really downplaying all of the evidence suggesting other people were either assisting or involved with this assassination, such as the vehicles outside of Robinson's house, the social media posts from individuals saying something is going to happen.

01:41:26.000 They had foreknowledge something was going to happen.

01:41:28.000 The question is, how did they know?

01:41:30.000 Well, he's the director of counterterrorism, which, by the way, this is an organization that was founded post-9/11 because there are many people say that if the CIA FBI had actually been coordinating on the intelligence that they have, we could have prevented that attack.

01:41:43.000 So that is what his role is to be at the intersection.

01:41:46.000 He has access to every single piece of sensitive data that comes through our country from both the FBI and CIA.

01:41:53.000 So the idea that Joe Kent, he's saying that they tried to obstruct him.

01:41:56.000 Nobody extrupted you, Joe.

01:41:57.000 You were in that job.

01:41:58.000 You could have investigated anything.

01:42:00.000 You were the director of counterintelligence and you were counterterrorism.

01:42:04.000 You were Senate confirmed.

01:42:05.000 No one is able to go into the computer system and block Joe Kent from having access to that data. 0.75

01:42:09.000 So one, I think he's a liar.

01:42:11.000 And I think that this is pretty outrageous as to what he did. 0.82

01:42:14.000 And by the way, you were in that role for a year.

01:42:15.000 So, what the hell did you do about anything other than run away and then go debate Mark Levin where I learned absolutely nothing and what was the worst like 47 minutes of my life?

01:42:22.000 Yeah, and if he's fixated in all this, this indicates why there was so much inaction on like the NT facilities following the Charlie Kirk assassination.

01:42:27.000 If he didn't even think it was them that conducted it.

01:42:30.000 But if Andrew Clavelt sends you a private text message chain that they want to keep private, and your job is to go investigate that, you have access to literally every single piece of intelligence the United States government has access to.

01:42:41.000 And instead, you give it to Candace to say on her podcast.

01:42:43.000 So he denied leaking it, but Colvett, and I can corroborate this, said that he said that he gave that text where Charlie said he was he would be being forced to leave the pro-Jewish cause.

01:42:57.000 He gave that to Joe Kent, and then sure enough, the next thing you know is it leaks to Candace Owens.

01:43:01.000 Joe Kent's denying it, but then it would be Joe Kent gave it to somebody.

01:43:05.000 He shared with somebody after he said it needs to be made public.

01:43:08.000 What I can say is that I had spoken with guys at TPUSA, including Colvet, and what they're saying now is true.

01:43:16.000 That this is my understanding before any of this became public when the text came out, I was told this exact story.

01:43:23.000 And so the fact that Joe Kent is now, you know, in the spotlight and Colvet is saying he's the guy that was given it and it got leaked.

01:43:30.000 Even before this was public, I knew.

01:43:32.000 So I don't say anything because if someone tells me to keep things private, I'll be like, okay, because they're like, we don't know who leaked it, but I'm like, yep, I don't know.

01:43:41.000 Well, I will say this.

01:43:43.000 It would seem, at least as far as my understanding of these conversations, Joe Kent did leak these texts.

01:43:47.000 100%.

01:43:48.000 Now, whether he leaked it to Candace Owens, I don't know, but somebody was given it and it got to Candace.

01:43:53.000 Now, the problem is the problem with the selective release of a text message like that and what Candace is doing with these texts is that she can just put out whatever message she wants to frame the picture any way she wants. 1.00

01:44:02.000 And Charlie can't speak up to defend himself or to correct the context.

01:44:06.000 And so I just, you see it endlessly where people are like, this proves Charlie was anti-Israel.

01:44:12.000 And it's like, yes, but at the same time, like around the same time, he did a seminar with Gen Z to convince them to support Israel.

01:44:20.000 So that's context too.

01:44:22.000 And it sounds like to me from these texts that he was basically venting, not that he was saying he was changing his stance, but he was like, man, you know, it very much reminds me of the, oh, won't someone rid me of this meddlesome priest?

01:44:34.000 Not a direct statement of, I want him dead, but I'm just so frustrated with these people.

01:44:39.000 And then it's taken to be construed as that he was anti-Israel.

01:44:43.000 No, he was under a lot of pressure from his donors.

01:44:46.000 I was a fundraiser for Charlie, and the pro-Israel donors are very intense.

01:44:51.000 They care about one thing, and that is Israel. 0.68

01:44:53.000 I always joke that there are pro-Israel donors, pro-business donors, and then the like actual ideological ones.

01:44:58.000 Those are the three categories.

01:44:59.000 The pro-Israel, they want you to unequivocally support Israel, which is fine. 0.88

01:45:04.000 And Charlie, but he had, and Charlie had a massive amount of donors, right?

01:45:07.000 He was the best fundraiser in the country.

01:45:08.000 People loved him.

01:45:09.000 But those pro-Israel donors would give him so much pressure on his speaking lineups and all this stuff.

01:45:13.000 And it was weighing on him.

01:45:15.000 But also, he would tell people in private that he thought that the trans community was going to kill him.

01:45:19.000 And ultimately, I think that's what happened here. 0.90

01:45:21.000 I think the trans community did kill him. 0.96

01:45:22.000 I think there's been a lot of radical trans shootings. 0.91

01:45:26.000 And I think this guy was radicalized by the trans community. 0.90

01:45:28.000 He shot Charlie Kirk. 0.64

01:45:29.000 The people who threatened to kill me are not Israel. 0.57

01:45:31.000 It's the craziest thing. 0.96

01:45:32.000 It's just literal whack-aloons. 0.96

01:45:34.000 The people who have swatted us, and we believe we know what it is, they are leftists.

01:45:39.000 There has never been an instance where, like, it makes no sense that Charlie Kirk would be killed by Israel. 0.73

01:45:44.000 Maybe some other foreign country, I suppose.

01:45:47.000 But it is wild what has become of the political space in this country.

01:45:51.000 And I'm going to say this too.

01:45:53.000 I think another reason why young men may be dipping out of politics, you do have a break from Trump.

01:45:59.000 And this could be a combination of factors from demoralization.

01:46:03.000 Also, many of these people are probably fans of Tucker.

01:46:05.000 Tucker is probably driving a shift as well.

01:46:07.000 But I also wonder if there's a lot of people that have just Checked out because of the psychosis of politics.

01:46:15.000 Because you've got, you go on X, and what happens?

01:46:17.000 I love this. 0.99

01:46:18.000 You're either a Nazi or a Jew. 1.00

01:46:20.000 Like, that's that's the polar extremes at this point. 0.87

01:46:23.000 And then somehow I'm both simultaneously.

01:46:26.000 It's amazing.

01:46:28.000 So I got to tell you, it's demoralizing and it makes it like, why would I want to be involved with any of this insanity?

01:46:36.000 Why would I want to be party to the grifter class who are just saying whatever they have to say because they're scared their views are going down?

01:46:44.000 And that's what's happening.

01:46:45.000 And, you know, I'll say this to everybody watching.

01:46:49.000 I told this story before.

01:46:50.000 There's a fitness influencer.

01:46:51.000 He made videos about fitness.

01:46:53.000 After October 7th, he made a video about October 7th.

01:46:58.000 And he was like, you know, I don't really talk about this stuff, but the things that we're seeing are really horrifying.

01:47:02.000 And everyone's talking about it.

01:47:03.000 And the comments were asking me my thoughts.

01:47:04.000 So I decided to make a video.

01:47:06.000 And, you know, it's like everybody gets in this moment, this cultural moment.

01:47:10.000 Well, all of a sudden, he goes from getting like 30,000 views on fitness videos to 150,000 views.

01:47:15.000 And he's like, wow.

01:47:16.000 Then he gets more comments being like, have you heard what's going on?

01:47:19.000 Can you update us?

01:47:20.000 Can you tell us what you think?

01:47:21.000 And so then he's like, well, when I do, when I last video I did, it got six figures, right?

01:47:25.000 There's another video on Israel.

01:47:27.000 All the comments are anti-Israel critical saying, I don't know, man, this seems fishy.

01:47:30.000 Did you see this story?

01:47:31.000 Did you see that story?

01:47:32.000 Slowly over time, with more and more comments and more and more money, his channel is now nothing but anti-Israel content.

01:47:40.000 He is nothing but an anti-Israel influencer because his RPMs went up, his viewership went up, and he says, I've become successful.

01:47:47.000 It's when you look at Mr. Beast, look at his early YouTube videos, playing Minecraft, giving people money.

01:47:53.000 And then that's where he found his success.

01:47:55.000 Now he's doing game shows.

01:47:57.000 You know, he's just become a generic personality.

01:47:59.000 He just chased after whatever built him up.

01:48:01.000 Dylan Mulvaney, another great example. 0.76

01:48:04.000 Dylan Mulvaney's original TikTok videos were gay safari.

01:48:08.000 Then Dylan made a I'm non-binary video, 4 million views.

01:48:12.000 Gay Safari, no one's watching. 1.00

01:48:14.000 Then I think I'm trans, 4 million views.

01:48:17.000 Then I'm going to do a trans thing every single day and millions and millions and millions and millions of views.

01:48:22.000 People are driven in this direction because they're chasing after what gets them money.

01:48:27.000 And what I will tell you right now is behind the scenes, the business, the guys selling ads, the people know this.

01:48:33.000 I don't know if this next thing is true, but I'm going to say it anyway.

01:48:36.000 A lot of people have pointed out.

01:48:37.000 I was talking to a guy who does ad sales and he says, you'll notice the Hodge twins on Facebook and the Hodge twins on Twitter have inverted political opinions.

01:48:46.000 And what I was told, it's because the marketing company that does the posting does not care about politics.

01:48:46.000 Oh, interesting.

01:48:54.000 They care about engagement.

01:48:56.000 So this is a guy sitting in a room who has no idea what Trump is doing or not.

01:49:00.000 All he knows is that when he says Trump here, he gets 4X impressions.

01:49:05.000 When he says no, Trump here, they get 4X impressions.

01:49:08.000 So they just set the machine.

01:49:09.000 It keeps going.

01:49:10.000 People have been saying this all over X every time the Hodge Twins post.

01:49:13.000 They're like, on X, they're pro-Tucker, they're anti-Israel.

01:49:15.000 On Facebook, they're pro-Trump.

01:49:16.000 Why?

01:49:17.000 Facebook is largely boomers who like Trump.

01:49:19.000 X has something else going on, whatever that may be, different audience.

01:49:25.000 So all of a sudden, these people, they start shifting what they normally talk about.

01:49:29.000 They're talking about geopolitics, talking about taxes, to Erica Kirk's leather pants.

01:49:33.000 100,000, 400,000 views, you know, 100,000, 200, 300, 400,000.

01:49:36.000 I'm like, why is this guy who used to talk about politics that I actually liked watching and cared about now just complaining that you wore the wrong pants?

01:49:42.000 Right.

01:49:43.000 Because they get a boost in female viewership.

01:49:45.000 They make a lot more money.

01:49:46.000 Their RPMs jump.

01:49:47.000 And they're chasing after it.

01:49:49.000 So by all means, we can have a show here where we talk about whether Trump is doing good or Trump is doing bad and be honest about our thoughts on it.

01:49:56.000 But that's not what makes the most money.

01:49:57.000 And then something else happens.

01:49:59.000 YouTube is going to algorithmically promote whatever generates the most viewership and ad rates.

01:50:05.000 And for some reason, right now, RPMs on Erica Kirk content have passed finance.

01:50:14.000 Finance is the number one RPM.

01:50:17.000 It's like 20 bucks.

01:50:18.000 And now Erica Kirk posts are rivaling or beating finance. 1.00

01:50:24.000 I was talking to these people who are running this behind the scenes, and they're like, oh, yeah, Erica Kirk content, $20, $25.

01:50:29.000 And I'm like, what?

01:50:30.000 News media is $6, $7.

01:50:32.000 That means for every thousand views you get, you'll get $6, $7.

01:50:35.000 Not if you're talking about Erica Kirk, you'll get $25.

01:50:37.000 That means not only do you get more views, you get more money.

01:50:40.000 And the reason you get more views is because YouTube is like, if the RPMs are higher, promote these videos more because we'll make more money off ad sales.

01:50:48.000 So who the is advertising intentionally on Google ads targeting Erica Kirk content?

01:50:53.000 That's the weirdest thing to me.

01:50:55.000 But it's happening.

01:50:56.000 It is.

01:50:57.000 She is completely irrelevant on the world stage. 0.99

01:51:00.000 And I'm not trying to be a dick, but she is. 0.97

01:51:03.000 She's running a student organization for politics. 0.98

01:51:08.000 She's not telling Trump to bomb Iran.

01:51:10.000 She's not involved in any of that.

01:51:11.000 And if you really want to influence what's going on, you need to be talking about Pete Hegseth or Donald Trump or our Mark Wayne Mullen right now.

01:51:19.000 Nope.

01:51:20.000 That's not where the money's at.

01:51:21.000 And there's a bunch of conspiracies about it, but it could just be that people chase after what gets the viewership.

01:51:28.000 They struck a gold mine with this because women are interested in it and men. 0.99

01:51:32.000 So if you've got 80% male viewers, but you add so many female viewers that you shift to 60% female, your audience is skyrocketing.

01:51:41.000 Your RPMs are going to go through the roof and you're going to be rich.

01:51:44.000 I wish you the best of luck.

01:51:49.000 Let's go do Rumble Ransom Super Chats, my friend.

01:51:51.000 Smash that like button.

01:51:52.000 Share the show with everyone in your life you've ever met.

01:51:56.000 We got that uncensored portion of the show coming up in just about 11 or so minutes at rumble.com slash Timcast IRO.

01:52:01.000 I will briefly mention that we have this post on X where they're announcing they are now going to RevShare based on your home country to stop foreigners from talking about American politics. 0.63

01:52:12.000 Let's go.

01:52:13.000 This is going to be ethics.

01:52:14.000 They used to have like the servers for like, oh, just North America, oh, Asia server, oh, Europe server, Africa server.

01:52:20.000 We need that with social media.

01:52:22.000 No, we need region blocking.

01:52:23.000 I am going to block everyone outside of like 10 countries. 1.00

01:52:28.000 United States, Canada, UK, you're good.

01:52:30.000 France, Germany, the Netherlands, it's fine.

01:52:34.000 But for the most part, that's 95% of my audience.

01:52:37.000 We don't only need physical borders.

01:52:38.000 We need virtual borders.

01:52:40.000 Indeed, unironically, yeah.

01:52:42.000 We got Mac.

01:52:42.000 Let's grab some of these.

01:52:43.000 He says, we have had service for citizenship for a long time, but they still have to pass the citizenship test.

01:52:48.000 I had a buddy that was serving to get citizenship when I served over 20 years ago.

01:52:52.000 Indeed.

01:52:54.000 Junior Rod says, is that what it is?

01:52:55.000 Jay R. Rod?

01:52:56.000 Tate has never had true Mexican food.

01:52:58.000 Tate has had American Mexican food.

01:53:00.000 He needs to eat a torta or a pozole. 0.96

01:53:02.000 Go eat a torto.

01:53:04.000 That's not pozole.

01:53:05.000 No, they're not eating this in Mexico.

01:53:07.000 In Mexico, the Mexican food's really good.

01:53:09.000 I'm talking about American Mexican food.

01:53:11.000 It's literally the same generic slop over and over again.

01:53:14.000 And I can't actually.

01:53:15.000 You mean like Taco Bell?

01:53:16.000 Not even.

01:53:17.000 Taco Bell is fantastic.

01:53:18.000 I was about to strike you.

01:53:18.000 It is.

01:53:19.000 Taco Bell's American food.

01:53:21.000 That's right.

01:53:21.000 It's like the Tex-Mex, right?

01:53:23.000 It's like the same, like...

01:53:25.000 Dude, hard-shell tacos don't exist.

01:53:27.000 That's an American invention.

01:53:29.000 It's just like just meat on a corn tortilla, and I'm like, fine.

01:53:32.000 Let's cry like that.

01:53:33.000 I enjoy the rest of the stuff.

01:53:33.000 Runch your cream is probably the best Mexican food that was ever created.

01:53:36.000 That's not Mexican. 1.00

01:53:37.000 That's American.

01:53:38.000 Well, it's an Americanized version of Mexican food.

01:53:40.000 We bastardized their food in May.

01:53:41.000 No, we did.

01:53:43.000 That is no equivalent in Mexico.

01:53:45.000 Burritos or Tex-Mex. 0.87

01:53:46.000 Mexicans better than. 1.00

01:53:47.000 No, Elad, the flower tortilla wrap, okay, that was invented in America, not in Mexico.

01:53:55.000 Do you understand that, right?

01:53:56.000 Yeah, yeah.

01:53:56.000 That's Tex-Mex.

01:53:57.000 They don't have burritos in Mexico.

01:53:58.000 We bastardized their food and made a better version of it.

01:54:00.000 No.

01:54:01.000 What don't you understand to we invented that?

01:54:05.000 Tex-Mex.

01:54:06.000 Tex-Mex is Texas.

01:54:08.000 Texas, not Mexico.

01:54:09.000 Yeah, but there were Mexicans in Texas, as I understand who made Tex-Mex.

01:54:13.000 No, the burrito is an American, a Texan creation.

01:54:16.000 It is not Mexico.

01:54:17.000 The best Mexican food officer.

01:54:19.000 When you go to Mexico, they're eating chicken and rice.

01:54:21.000 I don't go to Mexico.

01:54:22.000 That's why I'm saying the best authentic Mexican food is Chipotle.

01:54:25.000 Quidoba is at a close second.

01:54:26.000 I don't even know if Chipotle accounts.

01:54:28.000 Oh, that's authentic 100%.

01:54:30.000 Burritos, again, it's Tex-Mex.

01:54:32.000 No.

01:54:34.000 People think burritos is a Mexican food, and you go to Mexico and they're like, a what?

01:54:36.000 You're like a burrito.

01:54:37.000 And they're like.

01:54:38.000 You can't, on the ethnic food stuff, you just can never win.

01:54:40.000 If you put it, it's like a losing battle.

01:54:43.000 No matter what take you have, it's wrong.

01:54:45.000 Ordering a burrito in Mexico is like ordering veal. 0.50

01:54:47.000 You're basically saying, give me baby donkey meat. 0.61

01:54:50.000 Burrito means baby donkey.

01:54:52.000 You just can't win.

01:54:54.000 You can't.

01:54:55.000 I really like.

01:54:56.000 No, that's not authentic.

01:54:57.000 The problem is you haven't had real Mexican food.

01:55:00.000 I'm like, what am I supposed to eat?

01:55:01.000 I hate it.

01:55:02.000 I don't like it.

01:55:02.000 I'm sorry.

01:55:03.000 Chicken and rice, bro.

01:55:04.000 Oh, my God.

01:55:05.000 Chicken and rice.

01:55:07.000 That's every brown country. 0.99

01:55:08.000 That's what they eat.

01:55:10.000 Oh, in my country, we eat chicken and rice.

01:55:10.000 That's what they eat.

01:55:12.000 Are you all bodybuilders now?

01:55:14.000 Like, what's going on?

01:55:15.000 I can't handle it anymore.

01:55:16.000 That is like what people eat everywhere.

01:55:18.000 That's the brown belt. 0.96

01:55:19.000 They all eat the same variation of chicken and rice and a certain spice.

01:55:22.000 It's true.

01:55:22.000 I went to Brazil and I was like, let's get Brazilian food.

01:55:24.000 My friend was like, you want real Brazilian food?

01:55:26.000 And I was like, yeah, it was steak and rice.

01:55:27.000 Yeah, it's steak and rice.

01:55:28.000 Steak and rice.

01:55:29.000 But they do put a little cornmeal on top. 0.57

01:55:30.000 Oh, that's how we differentiate from the Philippines. 0.99

01:55:33.000 It's like, okay, all right.

01:55:35.000 Can I get some Italian food?

01:55:36.000 Maybe French or and then he was like, do you want to have guacamole?

01:55:38.000 And I was like, sure.

01:55:39.000 And he bought an avocado that was this big.

01:55:41.000 And I was like, what the is that thing?

01:55:43.000 He's like, it's avocado.

01:55:44.000 And I was like, it's massive.

01:55:46.000 And he was like, what do you mean?

01:55:48.000 And then I was like, bro, our avocados are like this big.

01:55:50.000 And he's like, ah, no, avocados, they're big.

01:55:52.000 And it was amazing.

01:55:53.000 And then we put like a cup of lemon juice on it and it was the best thing ever.

01:55:57.000 You just mash it up.

01:55:57.000 That's right.

01:55:58.000 You dump lemon juice or lime juice or whatever.

01:56:00.000 All right, let's grab some more.

01:56:02.000 Quispy Joe says, as someone who takes CBD THC as a sleep aid, I don't see the big issue with marijuana.

01:56:09.000 It is an illegal drug.

01:56:10.000 Okay.

01:56:11.000 It's a crime. 0.99

01:56:12.000 You're a criminal. 0.99

01:56:13.000 I'm kidding. 1.00

01:56:14.000 So true.

01:56:15.000 Unironically, yeah.

01:56:16.000 All right.

01:56:17.000 Dem Nuts says, did anyone else get over 20,000 back on taxes this year?

01:56:21.000 Here's a tip for the boys.

01:56:22.000 Sorry, I can't do more.

01:56:23.000 Oh, wow.

01:56:24.000 Dude, you're going to get audited for saying that way.

01:56:26.000 I don't get refunds.

01:56:27.000 The way it works when you're running a business is that you pay quarterly, and that's it.

01:56:31.000 There's no such thing as a refund anymore at a certain point.

01:56:34.000 That's another thing, Andrew Tate should point that.

01:56:36.000 When you're rich, you don't file taxes the same way.

01:56:38.000 I don't file once a year.

01:56:39.000 I file every quarter.

01:56:42.000 And then at the end of the year, they just say, you overpaid and will apply it to next year's taxes.

01:56:48.000 I think I've overpaid probably like an insane amount.

01:56:50.000 I'm still a million dollars.

01:56:52.000 Contractors do quarterly, but you're legally obligated to.

01:56:55.000 They will be able to do the yearly.

01:56:58.000 Wage cook, W-2 American.

01:57:00.000 Andrew Tate says, if you know how much money you have, you are poor.

01:57:03.000 I do.

01:57:04.000 I have not that much.

01:57:05.000 Same old man says, Tim, go outside and talk to people in town, cities, and so forth.

01:57:08.000 They will give you a better idea of how popular Trump is or not.

01:57:11.000 Indeed.

01:57:12.000 And that's literally what I do all the time.

01:57:17.000 I go out every weekends to various poker rooms, of course.

01:57:21.000 And one of the things that I and everybody loves about the poker table is sitting down with usually seven other people because a lot of casino, a lot of poker rooms, they make more money if they do eight Macs instead of nine seaters.

01:57:32.000 And then you're sitting with a random group of people and everyone's talking.

01:57:35.000 And it's a lot of fun.

01:57:36.000 And that's why old guys do it. 1.00

01:57:37.000 They call them old man coffee.

01:57:39.000 You go to a poker table, there's going to be three old retirees and they're there because they want friends. 0.64

01:57:42.000 And all their friends are dead.

01:57:44.000 So they can sit down and they can talk with people and have some social engagement.

01:57:49.000 And it is very nice.

01:57:50.000 It is very nice, you know, to play with these guys.

01:57:52.000 And then you talk and you find that I got to be honest.

01:57:56.000 I find that most people I talk to similarly agree with what I've been saying.

01:58:02.000 Even the people who are like, I like Trump, like me, I like Trump.

01:58:04.000 I think Trump's the best president of my lifetime.

01:58:06.000 I think he's had a series of blunders and he's hurting really greatly among moderates.

01:58:11.000 I sit down with some young guys, varying ages, old guys, and they all say the same thing.

01:58:15.000 Yeah, Trump's a lot better, but man, this is not looking good, and the economy's not doing well, and young men are struggling, and they're frustrated because all of these hoes are getting bailed out by these Christian guys. 1.00

01:58:27.000 My bad.

01:58:28.000 You can hear it.

01:58:28.000 Sorry, guys.

01:58:29.000 That's how we get that reproduction rate back up. 0.94

01:58:33.000 Salty Pete says, guys, the Save Act is pivotal in saving a republic.

01:58:37.000 Then why is it America First Crowd, Benny Crowder, Uttar, are putting all pressure on the GOP 24-7?

01:58:42.000 Take responsibility.

01:58:43.000 We talk about it all the time.

01:58:43.000 You command the millions.

01:58:45.000 We talk about it all the time.

01:58:46.000 What do we need to do?

01:58:48.000 What are you going to do, huh?

01:58:50.000 Trump said he won't pass any legislation.

01:58:52.000 He won't sign anything until the Save Act is passed.

01:58:54.000 And they said, screw off.

01:58:55.000 Because they're basically like, oh, boy, if you hold out for a couple more months, Trump's cooked.

01:58:59.000 You know what the cynical hot take here is this Save Act is just more distraction from the Iran war.

01:59:07.000 I think it was good to let all the podcasts, everyone's been debating the Save Act online instead of actually debating the Iran war.

01:59:12.000 So the White House, I actually think it's a good thing to have this Save America act debate going on.

01:59:16.000 Yeah, draw away attention.

01:59:18.000 We got Electric Chimera saying as is tradition.

01:59:18.000 All right, let's go.

01:59:21.000 I'm in the hospital with my wife having our first child, our son, Ray.

01:59:24.000 Spin the UFO.

01:59:25.000 Let's go.

01:59:27.000 Let's go.

01:59:28.000 Welcome to the world, little Patriot.

01:59:30.000 I'm trying.

01:59:30.000 Bang.

01:59:30.000 Here we go.

01:59:31.000 Too far away.

01:59:34.000 Can you see it?

01:59:35.000 Oh, yeah.

01:59:38.000 That harkens back to the olden days of 2020 when the table was much smaller and there were only two people and rarely did we have a guest.

01:59:47.000 And there was spin the UFO Gmail account.

01:59:49.000 Here's the secret.

01:59:50.000 The original purpose of this show, Timcast IRL, was I have a van that I had built, and I had talked about this on Rogan.

01:59:57.000 It has solar panels.

01:59:58.000 It's actually outside.

01:59:59.000 It still works and everything.

02:00:00.000 It's got electric.

02:00:01.000 It's got so much juice from the solar panels that it will never run out of power because it's just somewhat.

02:00:05.000 And I had actually produced my morning show from it when I was on a road trip to go to Texas to join Joe Rogan.

02:00:12.000 And Timcast IRL in real life was going to be, I would do my show from this mobile sleeper van and then pull up somewhere and say, hey, guys, I'm currently in this place.

02:00:25.000 Come hang out and we're going to do a real conversation where I put up a table and anybody can come and we can have a conversation about anything.

02:00:31.000 And then COVID happened.

02:00:32.000 So the channel had like 78,000 subscribers on it because I was like, check out the van.

02:00:36.000 And like, you could look at the first videos.

02:00:37.000 I was like, I got the van.

02:00:38.000 COVID happened and it was like, okay, well, now we can't go anywhere.

02:00:41.000 So then the idea was I have nothing to do with the other half of my day.

02:00:44.000 So I wake up, I do my morning show, everything's great.

02:00:47.000 And then I'm playing World of Warcraft.

02:00:49.000 You know, I was playing World of Warcraft the Legion, I believe, at the time.

02:00:51.000 And then I was like, you know, the easiest way to do more segments would be to just do a live stream with my buddy.

02:00:59.000 And then we would just do 10 minutes, 10 minutes, 10 minutes, and we can pick anything.

02:01:04.000 And the original idea was going to be weird and wild, wacky, interesting stories and conspiracy.

02:01:09.000 And then because of the nature of COVID, it turned into news, politics, and commentary.

02:01:14.000 And that's how we ended up where we are with this show.

02:01:18.000 And yeah, now that's all over.

02:01:21.000 So there we go.

02:01:22.000 Let's grab a couple more of these.

02:01:24.000 What do we got here?

02:01:27.000 All right.

02:01:27.000 Let's see.

02:01:30.000 That one gamer says Trump should send the Chirac Special Forces with Tim leading the charge.

02:01:35.000 Tim can be the company commander for Oblock.

02:01:38.000 There are a lot of gangbangers and let's just call them listless young men in Chicago.

02:01:44.000 Man, you drop those guys. 0.96

02:01:46.000 Drop them into Iran. 1.00

02:01:48.000 Man.

02:01:49.000 That'll be wild.

02:01:50.000 YN Brigade.

02:01:52.000 Warming the shores.

02:01:54.000 I like it.

02:01:54.000 What's the name of the guy who got shot?

02:01:56.000 The Oblock rapper?

02:01:57.000 King Vaughn.

02:01:58.000 There we go.

02:01:58.000 Vaughn.

02:01:59.000 Yeah.

02:02:01.000 For Vaughn.

02:02:02.000 Come on, guys.

02:02:03.000 That's what they talk.

02:02:03.000 George.

02:02:04.000 83rd?

02:02:05.000 That's all the listless young men talk. 0.99

02:02:06.000 Come on, guys.

02:02:07.000 Let's band together and let's take down this Nazi regime, guys. 0.82

02:02:12.000 SA Federale says random, but in the Army, it's legit that the bees constantly have to get shaving profiles for irritation.

02:02:19.000 It's like getting Ashy or something, IDK.

02:02:22.000 The blood.

02:02:22.000 They look like Freddy Crow.

02:02:24.000 Yeah.

02:02:25.000 No, it's a serious issue.

02:02:26.000 I think it is.

02:02:28.000 There's like 80 different products to help them with the neck.

02:02:28.000 Go to Walgreens.

02:02:30.000 The ingrown is.

02:02:32.000 We have that problem too.

02:02:33.000 Let's grab one more.

02:02:34.000 We got Grandma.

02:02:35.000 It is.

02:02:35.000 Only 3 to 4% of Iran's population support the IRGC.

02:02:38.000 All opposition factions have agreed Crown Prince will lead the tradition.

02:02:42.000 Government, watch 2C TV to get educated on the Immortal Guard.

02:02:46.000 The Crown Prince isn't coming back.

02:02:47.000 The president says that he wants somebody from in Iran, not somebody from Virginia.

02:02:52.000 And Trump has been talking about the parliamentary speaker, I guess.

02:02:54.000 Yeah, in Iran. 1.00

02:02:56.000 You guys are idiots. 1.00

02:02:57.000 You're not watching this really obscure YouTube channel for what's really going on in Iran. 1.00

02:03:02.000 We are going to go to the uncensored portion of the show over at rumble.com/slash Timcast IRL.

02:03:06.000 So smash that like button. 0.97

02:03:08.000 Share the show with everyone you've ever met because it's important, I suppose.

02:03:12.000 You can follow me on X and Instagram at Timcast.

02:03:13.000 Carolyn, do you want to shout anything out?

02:03:15.000 Thanks for having me.

02:03:16.000 This was a lot of fun.

02:03:17.000 Appreciate it.

02:03:19.000 Good evening, everybody.

02:03:19.000 Right on.

02:03:21.000 A lot of Liyahu, White Man, White House reporter.

02:03:23.000 Thanks for having me, Tim.

02:03:24.000 It was a good time.

02:03:25.000 Caroline, it's been a lot of fun to chat.

02:03:26.000 Tate, how's it going?

02:03:27.000 Yeah, X and Instagram at Realtate Brown, and I'll be back tomorrow for the Timcast News Noon Life.

02:03:31.000 Also, where can people find you?

02:03:32.000 Like on Twitter?

02:03:33.000 Oh, social.

02:03:34.000 Just at Caroline Wren on X and True Social.

02:03:37.000 Love it.

02:03:38.000 All right.

02:03:39.000 Carter Banks, you can follow me at Carter Banks on X and Instagram, which is just Carter Banks with a 4L because someone else took it.

02:03:47.000 Follow our label Trash House Records on YouTube at Trash House Records Tim.

02:03:50.000 We'll see you all over at rumble.com/slash Timcast IRL in about 30 seconds.

02:03:54.000 Thanks for hanging out.

02:05:11.000 I love it.

02:05:12.000 This viral story. 1.00

02:05:14.000 TV reporter finds the dumbest spring breakers in America. 1.00

02:05:16.000 Who the fuck is the Ayatollah? 1.00

02:05:18.000 Yeah, this clip from Jesse Waters is going viral, but I got to be honest, like, duh, we know this. 1.00

02:05:25.000 Of course, these people are fucking retarded. 1.00

02:05:28.000 Is it going to play? 1.00

02:05:30.000 Are we muted?

02:05:31.000 We should not be.

02:05:33.000 Is the most important to you?

02:05:35.000 What bikini I'm going to wear next?

02:05:36.000 Obesity is terrible.

02:05:39.000 Ice.

02:05:40.000 Not personally.

02:05:41.000 I'm legal.

02:05:42.000 Getting a tan on the beach.

02:05:43.000 That's the most important thing in my life right now.

02:05:45.000 I'm thinking about Starbucks, to be honest.

02:05:47.000 I'm thinking about Starbucks.

02:05:48.000 What am I going to get for today?

02:05:49.000 The elevators don't work.

02:05:51.000 You got 43 floors.

02:05:52.000 The elevators don't work.

02:05:54.000 I could take this little glass of water, drop it in the magnets.

02:05:56.000 That's the end of the elevator.

02:06:01.000 I give up.

02:06:02.000 Heard that Donald Trump has been doing recently?

02:06:04.000 Gulf of America.

02:06:05.000 That's the last thing I kept up with.

02:06:07.000 We're going to war with Iraq. 1.00

02:06:08.000 That's been crazy.

02:06:09.000 What do you do in Columbia?

02:06:10.000 You got Maduro out?

02:06:11.000 Oh, Columbia.

02:06:12.000 That's good.

02:06:14.000 He's trying to sue those people for making jokes about him.

02:06:16.000 600 times.

02:06:19.000 You must be happy.

02:06:20.000 Yeah, Ayatollah's dead.

02:06:20.000 I'm very happy.

02:06:21.000 I'm so what?

02:06:22.000 Who?

02:06:23.000 What?

02:06:24.000 What is that?

02:06:25.000 Who the is Ayatollah?

02:06:26.000 I never heard that word in my life.

02:06:28.000 Lewis, what's Ayatollah?

02:06:30.000 I haven't heard.

02:06:31.000 I found out about Chuck Norris yesterday.

02:06:33.000 That was what's devastating to me.

02:06:34.000 He was the supreme leader of Iran.

02:06:36.000 He's dead?

02:06:37.000 Oh, yeah. 1.00

02:06:38.000 We killed him. 0.95

02:06:39.000 You did? 1.00

02:06:40.000 You killed him?

02:06:41.000 Johnny. 0.97

02:06:42.000 Whoa.

02:06:43.000 If you were in charge, how would you take on Iran? 0.78

02:06:46.000 Yeah, all my girls and we would all start putting belt on them. 1.00

02:06:49.000 We get a bunch of girls in bikinis. 1.00

02:06:50.000 We make them run across the battlefield.

02:06:52.000 All the guys are distracted.

02:06:53.000 We all run in.

02:06:54.000 Look at him in his eyes, I guess. 0.99

02:06:58.000 I'd blow him up. 0.99

02:06:58.000 Flirt with him? 0.99

02:07:00.000 I don't know enough about it, but I would probably wipe it out. 1.00

02:07:03.000 Drop a bomb, baby. 1.00

02:07:05.000 Bomb the out of him. 1.00

02:07:08.000 I would bomb the out of him. 1.00

02:07:10.000 Who have you heard about Venezuela? 0.98

02:07:12.000 Venezuela?

02:07:14.000 Nothing?

02:07:14.000 I'm not sure.

02:07:15.000 I barely know what would be going on in like Tennessee where I'm from.

02:07:17.000 That they beat us in the world baseball classic.

02:07:19.000 Have you heard anything else?

02:07:20.000 No?

02:07:21.000 Nothing.

02:07:22.000 I have heard nothing about Venezuela.

02:07:24.000 You know, honestly, I don't know, and I don't care.

02:07:27.000 Where is Venezuela?

02:07:28.000 I don't know.

02:07:29.000 I'm drunk.

02:07:30.000 I really, I don't know.

02:07:31.000 Venezuela?

02:07:32.000 Isn't that in Spain?

02:07:33.000 No.

02:07:34.000 Go easy on the tequila.

02:07:37.000 This is what you want to tell Jesse Waters.

02:07:39.000 That's the guy who was eating the steak.

02:07:39.000 You're on his show.

02:07:41.000 It was like in front of the vegan guy.

02:07:41.000 Remember?

02:07:42.000 Oh, shit. 1.00

02:07:44.000 Do you know who I am? 1.00

02:07:45.000 I do not.

02:07:46.000 Here's Johnny.

02:07:48.000 Hi, Johnny.

02:07:50.000 This is the world-based.

02:07:52.000 I will say, to be fair, he probably did find people that were just not entertaining.

02:07:57.000 You stop somebody and you ask them, because I did this.

02:08:01.000 We tried this.

02:08:02.000 When I was working for Fusion, we had discussed like, okay, we should go do some men in the street stuff and talk to people about what's going on politically.

02:08:08.000 And we found that every single person we met was actually of moderate intelligence. 0.99

02:08:12.000 And I was like, these fucking people. 1.00

02:08:17.000 We met no one this dumb. 1.00

02:08:19.000 People, most people, it's like we're in Times Square. 0.99

02:08:22.000 And what year was it?

02:08:23.000 It was like 2014.

02:08:24.000 I forgot what we were talking about.

02:08:25.000 We're talking about like Occupy protests or something or like tax the rich.

02:08:29.000 And you'd go to a random person and you'd say something like, you know, you'd ask him a question about modern politics at the time, which 2014, I can't really remember because I wasn't.

02:08:38.000 What was going on in 2014?

02:08:39.000 I don't know.

02:08:40.000 O'Bergefell.

02:08:42.000 Trump's comfortable.

02:08:42.000 Yeah.

02:08:44.000 You'd ask them about something like the Supreme Court, and they would just go, you'd get a lot of, well, I wish I was you'd stop like a young woman, and you'd be like, what do you think about the current makeup of the Supreme Court and the ruling Jonathan Obergefell?

02:08:55.000 And they would go, which one was that?

02:08:57.000 And you go, this is the ruling on gay marriage.

02:08:59.000 And they go, oh, yeah, yeah, that's interesting.

02:09:00.000 You know, honestly, I haven't followed it enough to give you a fair opinion.

02:09:03.000 So I just feel bad if I said something.

02:09:05.000 And I'd like we go, okay.

02:09:07.000 Like, what are you going to do? 0.99

02:09:08.000 So you try to find dumb people to make the video work. 0.99

02:09:11.000 But most people, it's like, I was like, dude, I'm not going to sit here for four hours trying to find three dumb people. 1.00

02:09:16.000 That's stupid. 1.00

02:09:17.000 And they were mostly just not really that stupid. 1.00

02:09:20.000 This is like unironically like a good sign. 1.00

02:09:23.000 If like Americans, this is like white people are dumb as shit. 1.00

02:09:27.000 No, this is like an old American thing where it's just like general ambivalence to what's happening in the world. 1.00

02:09:32.000 Who cares?

02:09:33.000 Venezuela, what's that?

02:09:34.000 Why do I need to know that?

02:09:34.000 Spain?

02:09:35.000 That's actually like unironically kind of a good thing.

02:09:39.000 Well, ask yourself about the demand then, because if these people aren't interested in purchasing your product tape, then what are you selling them?

02:09:46.000 I think you should be focused more on selling spray tans than the news.

02:09:48.000 I try.

02:09:49.000 My show, if you watch it, is like the quality has been dropping every day.

02:09:52.000 I think I have these people in mind.

02:09:55.000 I have these people in mind.

02:09:56.000 Oh, bro, look at Candace Owens. 0.99

02:09:56.000 I'm thinking. 0.99

02:09:58.000 Yeah.

02:09:58.000 She says tobacco on purpose.

02:10:00.000 I'm not kidding.

02:10:01.000 Yeah.

02:10:02.000 This is an old George W. Bush technique.

02:10:05.000 There was an SNL joke where George W. Bush says strategery, and everybody laughs. 1.00

02:10:11.000 But people would be like, why does George W. Bush talk like he's a fucking idiot? 1.00

02:10:16.000 He's a smart guy. 1.00

02:10:16.000 He's not an idiot. 1.00

02:10:18.000 It's because they're like, if you want to maximize, you have to be that dumb guy. 1.00

02:10:23.000 Like, you know, who's a great example of this? 0.99

02:10:24.000 Is Dave Portnoy?

02:10:25.000 Yeah. 1.00

02:10:26.000 And I'm not saying that he's stupid. 1.00

02:10:28.000 I'm saying he acts just like a doofy bro. 1.00

02:10:30.000 And again, that's not meant to be disrespectful.

02:10:32.000 But when he's like, yo, man, I got a pizza here.

02:10:35.000 Like one bite.

02:10:35.000 I'm going to bite it.

02:10:36.000 They're entertaining and everybody likes it.

02:10:39.000 He's not coming out and being like, bro, let me tell you about quantum equations.

02:10:42.000 We're going to do hard math. 1.00

02:10:43.000 People are going to, no one cares about that shit. 1.00

02:10:45.000 He's like, bro, I watched that guy. 1.00

02:10:47.000 He scored a touchdown.

02:10:48.000 Let's eat pizza.

02:10:49.000 And everybody's like, we like this.

02:10:51.000 But anytime there's like a controversy involving anti-Semitism, he's like locked in.

02:10:54.000 He's like, I have a serious problem.

02:10:57.000 Because he's Jewish.

02:10:58.000 He's like dialed in.

02:10:59.000 See, Jasmine Krock gets that way where she's like on camera. 1.00

02:11:02.000 She's like, I don't know about none of this.

02:11:04.000 And then she gets in front of the press and she's like, honestly, one of the big issues facing this campaign.

02:11:04.000 What y'all?

02:11:10.000 What is going on? 1.00

02:11:11.000 So I think what we got to do for this show is just be real stupid. 1.00

02:11:14.000 Like, you know, the other day I said the word beleaguered, and then I instantly regretted it. 0.99

02:11:18.000 Tim, what do you think about Ayatollah?

02:11:21.000 Can we just talk?

02:11:22.000 Can we just do that?

02:11:23.000 Nah, nah, nah.

02:11:24.000 Nah, bro, bro, bro.

02:11:25.000 It's like this.

02:11:26.000 It's like this.

02:11:26.000 Hey, hey, there's this, there's this place, and it's far away, right?

02:11:31.000 But yo, we get gas from there.

02:11:32.000 Like, your gas is expensive, man. 1.00

02:11:35.000 That's bullshit. 1.00

02:11:37.000 I can't pay $4 for no gas. 1.00

02:11:38.000 It's bullshit. 1.00

02:11:39.000 We got to kill the Ayaturla. 1.00

02:11:41.000 I don't know, man. 0.99

02:11:42.000 All I know is that there's a lot of weird stuff going on.

02:11:44.000 And, you know, Benjamin Netanyahu seems to really be pulling on the strings.

02:11:47.000 You know, he calls President Trump.

02:11:48.000 Trump just listens to him, man.

02:11:49.000 He tells the president to do something.

02:11:51.000 Tells the president to attack Iran.

02:11:52.000 President just doesn't.

02:11:53.000 Bro, look at, you know, like the Savannah Guthrie thing.

02:11:57.000 What was his name?

02:11:58.000 The guy, the comedian.

02:11:59.000 That was my Theo Von impression.

02:12:00.000 The Savannah Guthrie story is where we really saw the total breakdown in politics as pop culture.

02:12:06.000 Because you could see it in Laura Ingram's face.

02:12:08.000 She did not want to be talking about this. 0.99

02:12:10.000 Like, who the fuck cares, bro? 0.99

02:12:14.000 Like, honestly, who cares? 1.00

02:12:15.000 But the viewership was fucking nuts because women were just locked in, staring at the screen. 1.00

02:12:23.000 And I was watching, because, you know, we start pre-production here. 0.96

02:12:26.000 Call time is 6:30.

02:12:28.000 Pre-production starts 7:15.

02:12:29.000 And so that means the first 15 minutes of Laura Ingram, we got on the TV and she was talking the slowest I've ever seen her talk with just abject disinterest.

02:12:39.000 Savannah Guthrie.

02:12:42.000 Well, the FBI can't find her. 0.98

02:12:47.000 And I was like, you got to be fucking careful. 0.98

02:12:48.000 Because it's like the average viewer is like a half-asleep boomer. 0.98

02:12:54.000 You know, it's going to be hilarious is when like Laura Ingrams and like her show just turns into infomercials for Slapchop. 1.00

02:13:01.000 Yeah.

02:13:01.000 Because nobody watches TV anymore.

02:13:04.000 They're all just watching TikTok and shorts and AI slop content now.

02:13:08.000 30% of YouTube is AI slop.

02:13:09.000 Do you guys know that?

02:13:10.000 Yep.

02:13:10.000 I'm surprised it's not more at this point.

02:13:12.000 It's going to be a year from now.

02:13:13.000 It's going to be crazier.

02:13:15.000 There was this story where it's like YouTube is asking people if this video looks like AI slop.

02:13:19.000 And everyone's like, yay, they're going to start banning AI slop.

02:13:22.000 No, they're trying to improve their video models.

02:13:26.000 So when you identify AI slop, they tell the AI, don't make it like this.

02:13:31.000 So it's going to get worse.

02:13:33.000 It's going to get a lot worse.

02:13:34.000 Have you seen on Instagram?

02:13:35.000 There's these fake hot chicks that pretend to be close with the president. 1.00

02:13:39.000 Yeah, like, do you know which ones I'm talking about?

02:13:41.000 Yeah, that one got like a million followers.

02:13:43.000 Yeah, these are huge accounts fundraising.

02:13:45.000 Not fundraising, I guess, accepting like a ton of money.

02:13:48.000 Right.

02:13:49.000 I guess fundraising for God knows what.

02:13:52.000 And it's like softcore type content.

02:13:55.000 And I don't judge, I don't, I feel like I can't blame people for being misled by them, though, because a lot of the pictures are extremely convincing.

02:14:02.000 And if you don't know that the president wouldn't take a picture like this, then I could see somebody thinking like, oh, the president met with one of his supporters and it is just some with her cleavage out in this really odd way.

02:14:13.000 And I don't know.

02:14:14.000 There's something about how impressionable people are on social media that scares me with the rise of AI.

02:14:20.000 Just got to look at the follower count.

02:14:23.000 You've seen those two.

02:14:24.000 No, those people.

02:14:25.000 Like, I think it's convincing a lot of people online.

02:14:28.000 And then it's also hard to differentiate real pictures from AI pics because people are also editing their pictures in weird ways that make them look like AI.

02:14:36.000 So it's, you know, I don't know, but I get fed a lot of those pages.

02:14:40.000 And it's funny that you've seen them too.

02:14:43.000 I mainly just consume like current events and political news.

02:14:46.000 I don't really watch TV and I don't watch sports, but I will say the Savannah, Savannah, the Savannah Gunthri, Nancy Guthrie thing, like locked me in.

02:14:54.000 And to where my, I had like massive family text with cousins I'm in spot two in seven years and we're all like out here like investigating this woman's kidnapping for like 10 days of my life.

02:15:04.000 I lost 10 days of my life just like investigating.

02:15:06.000 They have not gone.

02:15:07.000 I finally was like, I have to, but I subscribed to so many new podcasts.

02:15:07.000 Yeah.

02:15:11.000 Any podcaster, I would just search her name who was covering that topic.

02:15:15.000 I would download their podcast and listen to it.

02:15:17.000 Like that was – so I don't know what it was about that one weird thing.

02:15:20.000 But for girls, it was like – Hannah Guthrie? 0.96

02:15:22.000 It was an obsession.

02:15:22.000 Yes.

02:15:22.000 Yeah.

02:15:24.000 Women like content where there's no conclusion. 1.00

02:15:30.000 So that's why true crime dramas, where it's like each episode leaves you with not knowing what happened.

02:15:36.000 And then it's like only at the very end, when it's over, do they say, oh, yeah, by the way, this is what happened.

02:15:40.000 And so true crime is really big for that reason. 0.95

02:15:42.000 Women love murderers. 1.00

02:15:44.000 It's just true. 0.97

02:15:45.000 It's just what women like. 1.00

02:15:46.000 So like the Charlie Kirk story is perfect.

02:15:48.000 You got mystery, conspiracy, you've got betrayal.

02:15:51.000 You've got a scorned wife who betrayed her husband. 1.00

02:15:54.000 It is just, it's a soap opera.

02:15:56.000 And so it's a massively female audience. 1.00

02:15:56.000 Right. 1.00

02:15:58.000 So I couldn't make, and I know Candace and I like her.

02:16:01.000 Friends of their, I love Charlie.

02:16:03.000 I know Erica.

02:16:04.000 I could only make it through.

02:16:04.000 Oh, Candace.

02:16:05.000 I'm a really person.

02:16:06.000 See, I know.

02:16:07.000 But I could only make it through one of the Erica episodes, and I was so uninterested.

02:16:10.000 I'm like, this is, I love the Brigitte Macron series.

02:16:13.000 I listen to all of it.

02:16:14.000 Even if I disagree with you, I listen to like all the different podcasters.

02:16:17.000 I like to listen to news.

02:16:18.000 But with Candace, I was like, I don't care that you just uncovered that like Erica's mom was divorced.

02:16:23.000 Like, why do I care about any of this?

02:16:25.000 Like, I couldn't even make it through one episode.

02:16:26.000 I'm like, I'm out.

02:16:27.000 How could you, it's so fascinating because you fundraisers fundraised for Charlie.

02:16:32.000 Yeah.

02:16:33.000 Knew him on his early part of his relationship with Erica.

02:16:37.000 And just, I don't know, I guess what's your reaction to see many people, particularly, though, Candace Owens, slandering her so aggressively?

02:16:46.000 I think it makes, I think it's deeply uncomfortable.

02:16:49.000 But also, you know, when Erica stepped into that role, I guess you get, you assume some responsibility.

02:16:54.000 And I think that they moved too soon on doing that.

02:16:57.000 I think that they should have put an actual one like figurehead in charge of the show and like and replaced Charlie with someone.

02:17:04.000 I think those are meaningfully different arguments than what Candace Owens is making.

02:17:08.000 Candace Owens isn't saying, oh, Erica Kirk took over a turning point too soon. 0.69

02:17:12.000 She's saying, oh, Erica Kirk was potentially involved in the murder of her husband.

02:17:16.000 I don't think Candace has gone that far into say that.

02:17:19.000 She's saying she's a psychologist.

02:17:20.000 So she should have definitely gone way past that.

02:17:23.000 So I stopped after one episode, to be fair.

02:17:26.000 So it was more like into Erica's background.

02:17:27.000 I'm like, what is this?

02:17:28.000 So I don't, I don't know.

02:17:32.000 I don't buy any of it.

02:17:33.000 I don't know why Candace is going down this rabbit hole other than money. 1.00

02:17:35.000 You said exactly.

02:17:36.000 That made a lot of, that made that like tons of sense to me.

02:17:40.000 And the Bridgette Macron series was pretty convincing.

02:17:42.000 It was well done.

02:17:43.000 But with this one, I'm just like, I don't watch it.

02:17:46.000 You thought the Bridget Macron stuff was convincing too?

02:17:48.000 Yeah.

02:17:48.000 By the end of it, I'm like, Bridgette is not only a man, but also It's very scary how people are very impressionable and like easily misled, particularly by documentaries that are very selective in what they show you.

02:18:04.000 A documentary, a well-put-together documentary could leave out the most things.

02:18:09.000 Bridget McCrone isn't a man, though. 0.84

02:18:10.000 And like the fact that I think people like you are.

02:18:13.000 I believe it.

02:18:14.000 Bridget Crown's a man.

02:18:16.000 I think Candace is a fed. 1.00

02:18:17.000 Because you were being fed nitpicked information about Bridget McCrone and probably didn't bother to look into it deeper.

02:18:23.000 The bloggers who she cites retracted all of their statements, but it's like...

02:18:26.000 You know that her lawyers work in a federal building with federal agents, right?

02:18:30.000 Yes.

02:18:30.000 Why?

02:18:30.000 Yeah.

02:18:31.000 Well, I don't think, I don't know if I think that she's a fed. 0.90

02:18:34.000 I think she's married to a British lord.

02:18:36.000 I know her husband.

02:18:37.000 I know George well.

02:18:39.000 But I think, again, I like all.

02:18:41.000 I listened to Ben Shapiro.

02:18:42.000 I listened to Candace.

02:18:44.000 I listen to Megan Kelly.

02:18:44.000 I listened to Tucker.

02:18:45.000 I listen to you.

02:18:46.000 And I like to consume news.

02:18:50.000 Why did Tucker, Megan, Candace switch on a dime six months ago?

02:18:54.000 I don't think Tucker did switch as much on a dime.

02:18:58.000 Tucker came out.

02:18:59.000 His second episode was about a guy who blew Obama, and now every show he does is Israel.

02:19:04.000 Yeah, he is going fairly hard on it.

02:19:06.000 But also, if you think that the country is being marched into World War III, that could potentially lead to 20 million deaths, as we all discussed, then should you even be talking about anything else?

02:19:15.000 Yes.

02:19:16.000 Wait, 20 million deaths?

02:19:18.000 We talk about a variety of issues on this show because there's not just one thing going on that threatens your country.

02:19:24.000 I mean, our economy is a factor.

02:19:27.000 Our birth rates are factors. 0.99

02:19:28.000 And it's just like just Israel every fucking day. 0.99

02:19:32.000 But it's because this is what generates traffic. 0.99

02:19:34.000 This is what keeps you in the algorithm.

02:19:36.000 But I don't think Tucker's that driven by money.

02:19:38.000 Like he has a place in Maine.

02:19:42.000 Yeah, like I know it's different from Candace.

02:19:45.000 I think Candace is driven by money. 1.00

02:19:47.000 Tucker, I don't think that's what's driving.

02:19:49.000 But this is why I don't personally lump Tucker in with the rest of him.

02:19:52.000 I say he's a guy with opinions.

02:19:53.000 He's always been married.

02:19:53.000 He doesn't need to do this.

02:19:54.000 But Candace, I think it's narcissism and sociopathy.

02:19:57.000 I think she likes to be, she wants people staring at her. 0.99

02:20:01.000 But I do think it's interesting that she's married to a British lord.

02:20:03.000 Her lawyers work in a building with federal agents and she's casting doubt on Tyler Robinson, which if he really was a Patsy in a foreign government really did prop him up, then this would be the way you get your Patsy out without going to prison.

02:20:17.000 Right.

02:20:18.000 So let's say it was Candace is right and Israel, whoever she thinks killed Charlie Kirk, and it wasn't Tyler Robinson.

02:20:23.000 If that was true, you'd want your Patsy not to go to prison for the rest of his life.

02:20:27.000 So you'd make up reasonable doubt, get someone to go testify, and then he wouldn't go to prison.

02:20:31.000 It would be a controversy.

02:20:32.000 He'd disappear.

02:20:33.000 And then the story's gone.

02:20:37.000 Yeah, I can't. 0.96

02:20:38.000 All I know is I like to consume a lot of different ones because I have agents here, but I can decide what I think is bullshit or not. 0.64

02:20:38.000 I don't know. 0.64

02:20:44.000 And so, like, so Candace, some of the stuff she says is batshit crazy, but other stuff I find like compelling and interesting.

02:20:52.000 And I like kind of.

02:20:53.000 Like when she said that I survived the shooting committed by my brother.

02:20:56.000 I didn't see her say that. 1.00

02:20:57.000 Yeah, she's she's full of shit. 1.00

02:20:58.000 She just makes shit up. 1.00

02:20:59.000 And she claimed my brother tried to kill me because she's a psychopathic piece of shit. 1.00

02:21:04.000 Yeah, my brother never shot at me, never tried to kill me. 1.00

02:21:06.000 It's an insane story. 1.00

02:21:07.000 And she does this because she's got a legion of people who believe everything she says, and it's all just fucking made-up shit. 0.99

02:21:14.000 I've got to follow her closely enough to know that because I've never even seen her talk about you before. 0.99

02:21:18.000 But again, the Bridgette Macrone was like what sucked.

02:21:20.000 That series is what I've watched of her.

02:21:22.000 Otherwise, like— She got mad because I had called out something she had said back in, like, December.

02:21:29.000 And then she claimed that I was auditioning for the Zionists.

02:21:33.000 And then she said, we don't care about your midterms. 0.60

02:21:36.000 I said, what Candace is doing is demoralizing the base. 1.00

02:21:38.000 It's going to result in a fracturing. 0.98

02:21:40.000 And I was fucking 100% right. 0.94

02:21:42.000 What she has done is she's driven a ton of podcasters who are normally talking about these issues that affect our economy. 0.99

02:21:48.000 And she's now split the base between Israel is taking over the world and the people who are like, bro, I just want cheap fucking gas. 0.99

02:21:56.000 Right. 0.98

02:21:57.000 She started this.

02:21:58.000 She wasn't the only one.

02:21:59.000 But there's a handful of other personalities that now do what I call Israel posting and Kirk posting.

02:22:03.000 And Jamie Doer is doing it.

02:22:05.000 And they're just chasing after this machine.

02:22:09.000 Trump is going to lose because of this.

02:22:11.000 And when I said this in December, if this is the route that we are going and she is pushing this and she gets followers to track this stuff, we will lose support for the Republican Party. 0.99

02:22:20.000 Democrats will win and we are fucked. 0.95

02:22:22.000 And she personally responded on her show to me saying that, saying, we don't care about your midterms. 0.99

02:22:30.000 She's not a conservative.

02:22:32.000 So we're watching this happen.

02:22:35.000 We are cooked.

02:22:36.000 Republicans are going to win.

02:22:37.000 A lot of the people who pushed for Trump that she's been attacking are going to go to prison and she's got a smile on her face about it.

02:22:41.000 Meanwhile, her lawyers work in a building with federal agents.

02:22:44.000 He's married to a British lord.

02:22:45.000 And I'm like, oh boy, if that's not WEF, I don't know what is.

02:22:50.000 They're splitting and dividing.

02:22:50.000 I agree with you.

02:22:51.000 She doesn't have security lies about it.

02:22:53.000 You can't stifle too much debate because that's what the Democrats did and it exploded on them.

02:22:58.000 So I do like that people debate, but this is what sucks about losing Charlie.

02:23:01.000 It's like Charlie was truly a glue that was kind of able to hold all this together and keep everyone together, bring them together.

02:23:07.000 I remember what it was.

02:23:08.000 She said that she did this manipulation tactic where it's called assumptive reasoning.

02:23:14.000 She said, this show will be off the air for this week.

02:23:18.000 I am facing death threats.

02:23:19.000 The FBI has confirmed or whatever, confirmed receipt of the threats against me.

02:23:24.000 It's fabricated.

02:23:26.000 And what she was really saying is, we're going off the air for Thanksgiving to see family.

02:23:30.000 By the way, I emailed the FBI to let them know I got a death threat.

02:23:32.000 Probably Joe Cann.

02:23:33.000 And then I called this out saying, like, this is a manipulation tactic.

02:23:37.000 And then she started criticizing me.

02:23:38.000 And I said, she's lying.

02:23:40.000 And, you know, here we are.

02:23:42.000 So, anyway, we should go to callers.

02:23:44.000 Let's start with plastic cup politics.

02:23:46.000 What's going on, brother?

02:23:48.000 What's up, Mr. Cook?

02:23:49.000 Hello.

02:23:49.000 If I may start out with my shout-out, I want to shout out the great Seamus Coglin for his return to the internet after two months, two-month disappearance.

02:23:59.000 Great show.

02:24:00.000 No, he was gone.

02:24:00.000 Yeah, it's a great question.

02:24:01.000 Well, the rumor is, the Reddit rumor is that he was actually in federal lockup for possibly being an accomplice in the Butler assassination attempt.

02:24:10.000 Sounds crazy.

02:24:12.000 But a bunch of reputable sources, including Timcast, actually reported that the alleged shooter had no silverware in his house.

02:24:22.000 Yeah.

02:24:24.000 Oh, man, that joke landed like an air cannon flight.

02:24:27.000 Okay.

02:24:29.000 I'll move on to my question then.

02:24:30.000 I want to talk a little bit about some domestic terrorism and the good old Virginia AG Jay Jones.

02:24:37.000 So I doubt anyone's surprise at the rise of Islamic terror attacks at home, given what's happening overseas. 0.88

02:24:43.000 My concern is the local prosecutors who would charge those patriots that are willing to defend themselves.

02:24:48.000 We know the Austin DAs are required by law to present evidence to any police shooting to a grand jury.

02:24:55.000 Question for the panel: Do you foresee confessed domestic terrorist Jay Jones taking legal action against the old Dominion ROTC candidates who defended themselves from a jihadist with nothing more than a pocket knife?

02:25:09.000 No, no, they won awards.

02:25:11.000 He's not going anywhere near that.

02:25:13.000 That'd be very, very bad for him.

02:25:17.000 Well, that's the first really national story of crime coming out of Virginia.

02:25:22.000 I mean, would it surprise you in the least?

02:25:25.000 I would be shocked if he actually went after these guys.

02:25:28.000 I'd be shocked.

02:25:32.000 It's a bit.

02:25:32.000 Go ahead.

02:25:33.000 No, I'm sorry.

02:25:34.000 Finish your point.

02:25:34.000 Go ahead.

02:25:36.000 I was just trying to.

02:25:36.000 I was done.

02:25:37.000 I was just thinking, you know, there's been so much fear-mongering around Jay Jones, and I've been keeping a close eye on him, but I feel like he hasn't.

02:25:44.000 I don't know if anything's come up yet so far into his term.

02:25:49.000 I guess we are still early on.

02:25:54.000 Yeah, we'll see.

02:25:57.000 It seems like he's trying to maintain a low profile.

02:26:00.000 But with that, with that, that pretty much answers my question.

02:26:04.000 If I may give two quick shout-outs.

02:26:07.000 Two of my favorite Brandons.

02:26:09.000 The reason I bring it up, the Old Dominion thing was kind of hit home kind of close.

02:26:13.000 My future son-in-law graduated from Old Dominion last year, and he was part of the ROTC program.

02:26:19.000 So he was pretty broken up about what happened and had a lot of really good things to say about him.

02:26:25.000 So I just want to shout out Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shaw giving his life for his nation on his own soil.

02:26:31.000 And he's got to, the last thing he saw was the next generation picking up the rifle.

02:26:38.000 So rest in peace, soldier.

02:26:39.000 We'll pick up the gun.

02:26:41.000 And then second Brandon, my boy Brandon Carrera, who won District 23, likely headed to Congress, made a bit of a hype video for him.

02:26:52.000 It's pinned to my Twitter.

02:26:53.000 Sure, you guys will like it.

02:26:54.000 Check it out.

02:26:54.000 Lessica Politics, pinned tweet on Twitter and YouTube.

02:26:58.000 You guys have a good night.

02:26:59.000 Thanks for calling in, brother.

02:27:03.000 All right.

02:27:04.000 Next up, we've got the Dob.

02:27:08.000 Hello, everybody.

02:27:09.000 What's up?

02:27:11.000 How's everyone doing?

02:27:12.000 Pretty good.

02:27:13.000 Good.

02:27:16.000 I have one for you, Tim.

02:27:17.000 You are wrong about Iran.

02:27:20.000 In what way?

02:27:20.000 Our military.

02:27:23.000 Go ahead.

02:27:24.000 I said, in what way?

02:27:26.000 You feel as though we can't do what we want with them.

02:27:29.000 What is that?

02:27:30.000 Our military is incapable.

02:27:32.000 I didn't say that.

02:27:34.000 When did I say that?

02:27:36.000 We can't deal with the raw population numbers of Iran.

02:27:39.000 I didn't say we couldn't take over Iran. 0.99

02:27:42.000 I said it's not Iraq and Afghanistan.

02:27:44.000 It's not going to be this.

02:27:45.000 You know, if we had a hard enough time with the Taliban, we're going to have to have a full-scale occupation of the country with boots on the ground. 0.51

02:27:54.000 We didn't have a hard time with the Taliban. 0.55

02:27:56.000 That was politicians.

02:27:58.000 The Taliban remained for 20 years.

02:28:00.000 It took the country back over.

02:28:01.000 My point with Iran is that if we want to topple the regime, we have to go in boots on the ground. 0.99

02:28:05.000 I didn't say we couldn't do it.

02:28:07.000 And you still got to deal with politicians.

02:28:10.000 Yeah.

02:28:10.000 And that's just the main thing that stops us from.

02:28:12.000 And I reckon Afghanistan was mainly by design in order to really funnel money into the military-industrial complex.

02:28:18.000 It was a sick combination of politics and military action, which just goes to show how powerful our military really is and how capable it is.

02:28:28.000 You're not going to have regime change with 90 million people unless you have boots on the ground.

02:28:33.000 Fighter jets can't occupy street corners. 0.88

02:28:39.000 But it can definitely facilitate a revolutionary action.

02:28:47.000 We should have done this before the 40,000 people were murdered by the regime.

02:28:52.000 What?

02:28:53.000 Invaded?

02:28:56.000 No, bombed them, preventing them from killing their own people, and maybe even do what we did way back when and drop weapons in there. 0.77

02:29:02.000 You can arm people.

02:29:07.000 We do have a great track record of arming Iranians.

02:29:10.000 Also, like, I don't think we want to arm the Kurds because we don't want to piss off the Turks, the Syrians, the Iraqis. 0.99

02:29:16.000 Yeah.

02:29:18.000 And then abandon them again.

02:29:19.000 We love abandoning Kurds. 1.00

02:29:22.000 We suck at this. 1.00

02:29:24.000 We're terrible at this. 0.99

02:29:27.000 Or we could do another Iran-Contra.

02:29:29.000 I guess, wait, that was a reverse.

02:29:31.000 Whatever.

02:29:32.000 That's what I'm saying.

02:29:33.000 Yeah, we should just.

02:29:34.000 No, I haven't been seeing those protests.

02:29:37.000 As I understand the president and BB Netanyahu were assuming that there would be like a part two to the protests that just aren't materializing.

02:29:46.000 I don't know. 0.99

02:29:47.000 Maybe they're scared of all the fucking bombs flying everywhere. 0.99

02:29:50.000 Because you saw like, look, you saw like not to go World War II, but like in World War II, we started bombing the Germans because we were like, we're going to demoralize them. 0.99

02:29:57.000 And all it did was like consolidate support around the, well, the Third Reich was on their last legs.

02:30:02.000 And also like they also did this anticipating that like people would come out and protest against the regime.

02:30:08.000 But all that happens is people are like, wow, a foreign country is bombing us.

02:30:10.000 I guess I'll take the devil I know or the devil I don't know.

02:30:12.000 And that's what's happening in Iran is like, again, it was just a miscalculation is they thought that since there were protests occurring, that once we started bombing Iran, that then these protesters are feeling bold and they go and they'd storm the capital and like pull them out like a Disney movie.

02:30:24.000 And they're not protesting anymore.

02:30:26.000 They're not protesting.

02:30:26.000 Not only are they not protesting, but there are demonstrations now for pro-regime move, like a pro-regime movement are the ones that are out in the streets of Tehran.

02:30:34.000 You can just look at the videos.

02:30:35.000 Like, that's just the reality on the ground.

02:30:38.000 So it's just a miscalculation.

02:30:40.000 I think that was the main thing that they were trying to do is they thought that if they just sort of provided some breathing room for the protesters, took the boot off of their neck, that they would go in and then they would do the regime change without us having to get involved.

02:30:50.000 That didn't happen.

02:30:51.000 And I think that's why we're in this situation we are in now.

02:30:54.000 I don't think they were trying to acquire a nuclear weapon.

02:30:56.000 I think they just wanted to maintain enriching at 60% and tell people that they were trying to obtain a nuclear weapon because they learned the lesson from Libya. 0.85

02:31:04.000 Like, look what happened to Gaddafi when you take the nuclear weapons, like the country gets toppled and stuff.

02:31:08.000 So that's where I just think that they wanted to maintain a status quo and tell people they were enriching.

02:31:13.000 They were like, and just maintain right in there so that they have a lot of regional problems with Saudi Arabia and others.

02:31:18.000 And they were never actually going to obtain a bomb or drop it on New York City or any of that.

02:31:23.000 And I just don't understand why we couldn't just let that status quo continue.

02:31:29.000 Yeah, I don't know.

02:31:30.000 Their last opportunity to do it before the boomers die and there'll be no support for any of those operations. 1.00

02:31:35.000 Look, I think in 20 years, we'll look back on this and say, wow, the president really reinvigorated American hegemony in the Caribbean with Cuba when we eventually invade, which I think is a fargone conclusion at this point, in South America, with Venezuela, and with Iran, which, God willing, will be a democratic ally.

02:31:56.000 Because here's the problem, though, is like, look, we already saw today, like, Trump is negotiating.

02:32:00.000 Well, JD Vance, apparently, if you believe they're reporting, is like now going to be negotiating directly with the Iranians.

02:32:06.000 That means we're going to have to make some concessions.

02:32:07.000 The most likely concession is that we pull out of Iraq, like completely. 0.99

02:32:10.000 We did make some concessions.

02:32:12.000 We lifted sanctions already.

02:32:13.000 We lifted sanctions, but it's like if we're talking about like, because they want us out of the Persian Gulf, that's not going to happen.

02:32:16.000 That's never going to happen.

02:32:17.000 But I could see us saying, okay, we'll withdraw from Iraq. 1.00

02:32:21.000 If anything, the result of this is actually American hegemony is worse.

02:32:25.000 If he's sending in JD Vance, then you know it's a bluff.

02:32:28.000 Well, they're demanding like 11 trillion.

02:32:29.000 I'll tell you anyway.

02:32:30.000 No, the president's not serious.

02:32:32.000 They're demanding $11 trillion in reparations in the United States. 0.99

02:32:35.000 Yeah, good fucking. 0.97

02:32:36.000 We're going to leave the Persian Gulf, but there's a realistic situation in which we just withdraw completely from Iraq, which I think a lot of people in the audience will enjoy. 0.99

02:32:36.000 That's not going to happen. 0.99

02:32:42.000 But the reality is that does mean that, again, our footprint in that specific sub-region of the Middle East is now shrunken completely.

02:32:50.000 I mean, between Afghanistan and Iraq, it's over.

02:32:53.000 Caller, I hope that answers your question.

02:32:55.000 Is there something you wanted to shout out?

02:32:59.000 No, not particularly aside from hydration.

02:33:02.000 Water is important for life, drinking.

02:33:04.000 Yeah, man.

02:33:05.000 It is important to life.

02:33:06.000 You should try some pool water.

02:33:08.000 Indeed, we have the aluminum bottles now.

02:33:11.000 Aluminium.

02:33:12.000 And they told us there's no plastic in them, but we have to – I'm like – I mean, they said, no, there's no plastic.

02:33:18.000 And I was like, we're going to test it to make sure.

02:33:21.000 Because my understanding is every metal has a plastic liner.

02:33:24.000 So we'll see.

02:33:26.000 Well, right on, brother.

02:33:27.000 Thanks for calling in then.

02:33:30.000 Thank you for having me.

02:33:31.000 Thanks, dude.

02:33:32.000 All right.

02:33:32.000 Right on.

02:33:33.000 Up next, we've got Troy W. Hi, thanks for taking my call.

02:33:39.000 How does it work?

02:33:39.000 So, let me paint a picture for you here.

02:33:42.000 Imagine you're a high-ranking military commander in Iran, and you want a more pro-Western government to replace the regime, but you risk being assassinated if you're too public.

02:33:50.000 You have control over, let's say, tens of thousands of troops who just want a paycheck.

02:33:54.000 How do you start talking to and convince the Israel-U.S. alliance that you are the real deal and have the power to effectiate regime change in Iran?

02:34:02.000 Perhaps the alliance suggests hard evidence that you can do what you say you can do.

02:34:06.000 So, you suggest firing some missiles that aren't supposed to exist, that have a range twice than what everybody knows you have, capable of hitting London.

02:34:14.000 So, Trump suggests they, you know, that they knew they were speaking to the right people based on things that have happened, but he didn't say what that was.

02:34:21.000 And that was shortly after those missiles were fired at the UK Diego Garcia base.

02:34:25.000 So, my question to the panel is: yes or no?

02:34:28.000 Were these missiles that were fired a signal that Mossad or pro-Western actors in control of large enough segments of Iran are in a position that can help affect regime change?

02:34:39.000 Are you saying that these missiles were fired because Trump was like, prove it?

02:34:45.000 What do you say?

02:34:45.000 Or what?

02:34:46.000 I mean, look at what the results of the missile.

02:34:48.000 No damage.

02:34:49.000 They didn't hit.

02:34:50.000 And it dismantled the narrative that Iran wasn't an imminent threat. 0.98

02:34:54.000 They are an imminent threat.

02:34:55.000 They can hit most of Europe.

02:34:57.000 And that was largely classified within Iran.

02:35:00.000 Why waste your biggest secret on a false shot at an obscure base that no one's aware of out in the Middle Indian Ocean?

02:35:00.000 That was a secret.

02:35:09.000 Saying it's like a warning shot.

02:35:10.000 And they didn't use it as well.

02:35:12.000 They didn't use it as a casserole's belly.

02:35:13.000 So.

02:35:15.000 No, no, I'm not saying it was a false flag by Mossad or anything like that.

02:35:18.000 But if you're a military commander in Iran, how do you prove to the Americans and Israel that you're the real deal?

02:35:25.000 Well, I guess the soft attack that you're talking about, that was after the 12-day war, right?

02:35:29.000 Or when we struck it first.

02:35:32.000 I understand they fired two missiles.

02:35:35.000 One was blown up in the air and one just fell short.

02:35:37.000 I think most of the IRGC and like the command structure is what is it called?

02:35:45.000 Decentralized.

02:35:46.000 Decentralized at this point.

02:35:48.000 So I don't believe that they're getting commands from the top and organizing in a meaningful way strategically with one another.

02:35:55.000 So if anything, I think it was a small segment of whatever command group that had access to these weapons that just said, F it, let's try to get a hit on them.

02:36:04.000 I think the reason for them not actually being able to hit the island is because their weapons suck, not because this was like sort of a like, yeah, we're in power or we have some influence here.

02:36:15.000 So if that kind of makes sense, I don't think there's like a really good plausible deniability for the people in the regime, but how does that explain what Trump said?

02:36:22.000 We're talking to the right people because of things that have happened that we've seen.

02:36:25.000 And we wouldn't elaborate on that.

02:36:27.000 Well, I think what he said, who they're talking to is the like basically the head of the parliament there.

02:36:32.000 But the problem with the military or how to deal with this in a regime, and this was the same thing with Venezuela, is what they do is they decentralize their military very much.

02:36:40.000 In the United States, it's top-down.

02:36:42.000 You know, exactly everyone's rank, and that reports to that person, that person, that person.

02:36:45.000 Instead, they give you a little fiefdom that you control.

02:36:48.000 And it's very decentralized.

02:36:50.000 That way, if that military leader gets struck, someone else just comes in and replaces them.

02:36:53.000 And also, you can't organize a military coup, most importantly.

02:36:56.000 It is very difficult to start a coup when you have a decentralized military system like they had in Venezuela, like what they have in Iran. 0.64

02:37:03.000 And so, to your question of like, if you control 10,000, then I don't think I would step up if I'm in Iran because your head would get chopped off. 0.99

02:37:11.000 And then probably all 10,000 of the soldiers that followed you, which I only think a few heads would also be chopped off.

02:37:17.000 And so that's why they killed the Ayatollah. 0.92

02:37:20.000 But I think it's going to be a harder mission than just that.

02:37:23.000 It runs much deeper and wider.

02:37:26.000 Sure.

02:37:27.000 But are we really going to believe that Mossad has no more aces up their sleeves, no more agents in the RGCC coups force?

02:37:33.000 I think they do, but I don't know why they would waste it on like trying to send a signal.

02:37:38.000 I think they have deep infiltration throughout Iran.

02:37:42.000 And I think that's why they've been so successful in hitting so many of these generals so quickly.

02:37:46.000 And like Ayatollah and then his son, likely, is we don't know the status of him, but then the IRGC leader as well.

02:37:53.000 Israel's become extremely effective. 0.91

02:37:56.000 The Beaver Day was the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life.

02:37:59.000 Also, the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, also the Hamas commander that was killed in Iran before even the 12-day war started.

02:38:07.000 Israel's become extremely effective at these targeted assassinations. 0.89

02:38:11.000 One thing I was curious about, too, is why we're not doing any of the targeted assassinations.

02:38:16.000 And why is it that Israel gets to kill the Ayatollah instead of us?

02:38:20.000 Because I think that Israel's willing to take the backlash, which is horrified scary. 0.57

02:38:24.000 But if you're the one who actually said, and so for the United States, that's why we try to distance ourselves.

02:38:28.000 But the idea that Trump doesn't know, like he does know what's going on, but Israel is literally willing to be martyrs in this type of fight.

02:38:34.000 I mean, this is the war that they know they've been have to have.

02:38:38.000 It's their intel.

02:38:39.000 And I think they actually are the ones who fire the weapon and stuff.

02:38:42.000 But especially those weapons they have where the hum just go around and went literally into someone's apartment window and killed them and left the whole apartment building intact is the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

02:38:53.000 There's good reason to believe that Mossad has deeply infiltrated Iran Islamic regime over there.

02:38:59.000 Deeply, deeply to uh they had someone in the very inner circle that they knew about that meeting like taking place that day at the Ayatollah side.

02:39:06.000 I mean, that was all Israeli. 0.95

02:39:08.000 Same thing with Hezbollah, too.

02:39:09.000 It's um, they're doing amazing things.

02:39:12.000 But anyway, call it.

02:39:13.000 You've got to think too.

02:39:14.000 Well, these leaders are getting assassinated left and right.

02:39:16.000 So there's there's military promotions happening quick.

02:39:19.000 So you can bet those low-level Mossad agents are getting promoted into high-level positions.

02:39:23.000 At the end of the day, I really think all of the leadership is going to be Mossad.

02:39:26.000 And James O'Keefe is going to dress up as the Ayatollah and be the new supreme leader and take off his next Ayatollah was just a Mossad agent.

02:39:34.000 That's who they're waiting to bump up, where it's eventually just like this agent that bubbled up.

02:39:39.000 Anyway, thank you for calling in.

02:39:41.000 Was there anything else you wanted to shout out?

02:39:44.000 Yeah, no, I'm a big fan of lad.

02:39:46.000 I'm always defending you.

02:39:47.000 You're in the neocon view, so keep up the good work.

02:39:49.000 We're being vindicated.

02:39:50.000 We're being vindicated right now.

02:39:52.000 And the president really knows how to plan.

02:39:54.000 Yeah, I mean, let him cook green dream coffee.

02:39:57.000 We drink it every morning.

02:39:58.000 Yeah, man.

02:39:59.000 So thanks a lot, guys.

02:40:01.000 Thanks for calling in, brother.

02:40:04.000 And last but not least, we got Sinoski.

02:40:04.000 All right.

02:40:06.000 What is up, brother?

02:40:08.000 Oh, man.

02:40:09.000 Tim, I have got the scoop of the century for you.

02:40:13.000 I was going to give it to Candace, but she went a little bit off the rails. 1.00

02:40:16.000 I have to give it to you instead.

02:40:19.000 Light on me.

02:40:20.000 The next Ayatollah is going to be Erica Kirk's leather pants. 1.00

02:40:24.000 Oh, I was thinking that, you know, but you just confirmed it for me.

02:40:27.000 So it must be true.

02:40:29.000 All right.

02:40:31.000 On to more important things.

02:40:32.000 Can we stop pretending and just say it out loud? 0.99

02:40:35.000 The Senate under the spineless fuck, John Zoon, is the most pathetic, flawless, Olympic failure of an entire history of the United States at this point. 1.00

02:40:46.000 Why are we barreling towards another midterm ass whooping, staring down at another lame duck session of President Trump? 1.00

02:40:54.000 And we're just getting blushed down the toilet because they're bubbling at this point are still bent over, eagerly sucking off the Democrat cock. 1.00

02:41:02.000 Yep. 1.00

02:41:03.000 Why do we not nuke the filibuster?

02:41:06.000 Because some legislation passed at this point.

02:41:09.000 This is why I think politics is cooked.

02:41:12.000 Because people are just demoralized.

02:41:14.000 They're like, what was the point of all of this stuff that we've been doing?

02:41:17.000 I don't know, man.

02:41:21.000 I mean, I don't disagree.

02:41:25.000 We're talking about legislation that 90% say yes, absolutely get this done.

02:41:31.000 Get the Save Act passed.

02:41:33.000 Why don't we have voter ID?

02:41:35.000 Why?

02:41:35.000 Well, because nobody wants to know who voted for who because we all want to sit here every ICO and say, oh man, there was cheating involved.

02:41:42.000 There was cheating involved.

02:41:43.000 Doesn't matter who's elected. 1.00

02:41:44.000 We have fucking cheating involved. 0.99

02:41:46.000 Guess what? 0.99

02:41:46.000 How do we fix that? 0.99

02:41:47.000 We shore up the system.

02:41:48.000 Save act, voter ID, show ID when you're voting.

02:41:52.000 This is basic political science.

02:41:55.000 But they don't want a democratic institution.

02:41:58.000 They want to retard it. 1.00

02:42:00.000 No, they're very smart and they want to keep the machine in place for procedural elections, not popular elections.

02:42:05.000 And they don't want you to be able to voice your opinion.

02:42:07.000 So they block the Save Act.

02:42:09.000 And then you see massive amounts of people just walking away from the political system, giving up.

02:42:13.000 And then it goes back to status quo.

02:42:15.000 I've been predicting for a while.

02:42:16.000 You guys have heard me.

02:42:17.000 I said status quo is coming back.

02:42:18.000 And I think everything's showing us that it's happening.

02:42:21.000 So what you're saying is we have Henry Ford to blame for all this.

02:42:24.000 We needed a workforce and a voter base just smart enough to work the machines, but not smart enough to know what's actually going on.

02:42:31.000 Yeah.

02:42:35.000 A lot, you look like you have something to do.

02:42:37.000 Yeah, when the voter base gets a little bit too smart, you know, dangerous.

02:42:41.000 That's the problem right now: the voter base is getting really smart. 1.00

02:42:45.000 The real issue, I think, is the voter base is getting too stupid. 1.00

02:42:47.000 We're very impressionable. 1.00

02:42:48.000 Our media literacy is at an all-time low. 1.00

02:42:50.000 Yo, we're fucking retarded. 1.00

02:42:53.000 And our social media is making us even stupider, even more dumb. 1.00

02:42:57.000 Everyone's getting smarter. 1.00

02:42:58.000 You wouldn't know all this about evil. 0.99

02:43:00.000 Israel's behind everything, dude, if we were getting dumb or something. 0.99

02:43:02.000 No, of course I know Israel's behind everything. 0.99

02:43:03.000 I'm Israel.

02:43:04.000 Dude, you're getting so smart, dude.

02:43:06.000 Clearly, you're not tapped into Candace, dude.

02:43:09.000 Candace, but it is largely women who watch her. 1.00

02:43:12.000 Do you think those Springbreakers watch Candace? 0.87

02:43:15.000 They're getting drunk.

02:43:15.000 No.

02:43:18.000 With all due respect, they would know who the Ayatollah was, or at least they'd know the word.

02:43:23.000 They've won.

02:43:24.000 The Springbreakers have won.

02:43:25.000 The Man on the Street interviews where they were like, oh, where's the X country? 1.00

02:43:29.000 Like, those are such classic videos of like, you know, imagine you went to the beach, pulled up a map.

02:43:33.000 It's like, oh, where's Iran?

02:43:34.000 They wouldn't be able to point it out. 1.00

02:43:35.000 It's like, oh, silly Americans. 1.00

02:43:36.000 They don't know the thing. 0.99

02:43:37.000 Do you know like how much bandwidth Horowitz got out of like 15 years ago going to like the Bronx and asking black people about IDs and then going to that college campus?

02:43:44.000 And everyone cites it on every podcast for 15 years.

02:43:48.000 Like, bro, can we do this video again and see if they've learned?

02:43:51.000 Run it back.

02:43:52.000 Because now they'd be like, um, no. 0.72

02:43:53.000 Um, yeah, black people are smart enough to get IDs.

02:43:55.000 I'm just against the Save Act for other reasons.

02:43:57.000 Like, they would know now.

02:43:58.000 I hope.

02:43:59.000 I mean, man on the street interviews with mommy Horowitz have ruined it for everyone else. 0.98

02:44:04.000 Tim, you talked about you had to go out for four hours and you barely got one or two people that might have passed muster on being dumb enough. 0.98

02:44:11.000 Yep. 0.92

02:44:12.000 Whoever did this one that you showed, I mean, they were brilliant. 0.98

02:44:15.000 They went to spring break where everyone's fucking drunk and indoctrinated. 1.00

02:44:20.000 They don't know shit anyway. 1.00

02:44:21.000 Yeah, but it was four people. 1.00

02:44:22.000 It was stupid by default. 1.00

02:44:24.000 That's the point. 1.00

02:44:24.000 It was four people. 1.00

02:44:25.000 He's on this massive beach and they only show in his whole edit four people, which likely took him all day to find these stupid people. 0.99

02:44:32.000 We need like a where are they now? 0.93

02:44:34.000 I bet, I bet most of the people would be would most of the people are going to say something like, oh, yeah, yeah, I heard about the Iran strikes, but to be honest, I'm not well versed in it, so I wouldn't have a good answer for you.

02:44:44.000 And you go, okay, that's boring.

02:44:46.000 I mean, and if that gets the case, Tim, I'm actually truly happy because I was concerned when I heard this.

02:44:52.000 I was concerned that these are the people who are going to have to take care of me when I actually get old.

02:44:56.000 And that concerned me deeply.

02:45:00.000 Yep.

02:45:01.000 Nope. 1.00

02:45:01.000 They just find stupid people to make these videos. 1.00

02:45:03.000 Everybody does it. 1.00

02:45:04.000 Left, right, up, down.

02:45:05.000 It's the same thing.

02:45:07.000 All right.

02:45:08.000 Thank you, Tim.

02:45:10.000 And everyone else who chimed in.

02:45:12.000 Thanks for calling in.

02:45:13.000 Was there something you wanted to shout out?

02:45:15.000 As always, Quiet Park Pod Monday through Friday, 6:30 Eastern.

02:45:19.000 We talk about most of the same stuff you talk about here, only we do it a little bit earlier.

02:45:25.000 Right on.

02:45:26.000 Thanks for calling in, brother.

02:45:28.000 Have a good night, guys.

02:45:29.000 You too.

02:45:29.000 Or a good night.

02:45:29.000 Right on.

02:45:31.000 All right, my friends.

02:45:32.000 We are out of here.

02:45:34.000 We're back tomorrow, of course.

02:45:35.000 It's been a blast.

02:45:35.000 Thank you all so much for hanging out.

02:45:36.000 I was talking about the missing scientists over on the Timcast channel, so you don't want to miss that.

02:45:41.000 Other than that, Carolyn, it's been great hanging out.

02:45:42.000 Yeah, thank you for having me.

02:45:43.000 This was great.

02:45:44.000 All right.

02:45:45.000 Well, we'll see all of you guys tomorrow.

Timcast IRL - Tim Pool - March 24, 2026

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