00:00:00.000A couple of things happened with Iran. Yesterday, a picture was going viral all over the place
00:00:05.900of Reza Pahlavi seen with Korea Marina Machado. Rob, if we can zoom in on the tweet so I can read
00:00:12.140the tweet as well. I don't know if you can do that. There you go. At the pleasure of meeting Reza
00:00:15.720Pahlavi, we exchange insights on respective struggles and align our efforts, shared purpose,
00:00:19.920the liberation of Iran and Venezuela. I express my deep admiration for the Iranian people
00:00:23.580as authoritarian regime deepens their criminal cooperation. Those of us who stand for freedom,
00:00:28.700the alliance of Caracas and Tehran has turned Venezuela into an epicenter of Iranian influence,
00:00:33.600jeopardizing the security of the entire Western Hemisphere. The survival of these regimes is not
00:00:37.880only a tragedy for our citizens, who overwhelmingly, at least if you're going to use chat GBT, clean it
00:00:43.640up. By using Venezuela as a primary platform, the Iranian regime fuels instability, terrorism,
00:00:49.840and transnational criminal networks that expand, extend far beyond our networks. A free Iran and
00:00:54.660free Venezuela more than just goals. Okay, so you see this picture. Everyone's like, oh my God, look
00:00:59.840what's going on. Why are they together? It's the right people to be together. They have a lot in
00:01:04.560common. The difference is Maria Carina Machado lives in Venezuela. She's there every day. She's been there
00:01:11.940her entire life pretty much. She's been involved there. She's with her people. Reza Pahlavi has been
00:01:18.560outside for 48 years independently. He's not been in Iran. She is. However, both of them
00:01:25.380have a lot in common. They're countries. You know, the leader of Iran was replaced Maduro. Okay,
00:01:31.900which is no longer there. He's in New York or wherever he's at now at this place. He could be
00:01:36.140in DC or in New York. You know, where the moment Maduro failed, president didn't come in and
00:01:42.540automatically give it to Edmundo Gonzalez or Maria Carina Machado. It's like, no, let's just do another
00:01:47.180election and see what happens. Now on the streets, everybody is saying, well, something's about to
00:01:51.080happen to Khamenei. There's reports that Lazard CEO Peter Orzog predicts something big that happens
00:01:59.480in Iran over the next few days. And by the way, this is a story from yesterday. Rob, is this the
00:02:04.120clip of him talking about it? Go for it. I think it's very likely that over the next few days, there
00:02:09.320will be something that happens in Iran. You do? It might be something big, yes. Why do you think
00:02:12.940that? I did, well, from a variety of different, you know, sources, indirect information. And also,
00:02:21.400to your point, I think it's entirely possible the United States was waiting for the carriers to arrive,
00:02:27.580was waiting for them, for the carriers to arrive. So that the Greenland story is just a head fake?
00:02:33.640I don't know about a head fake, but it has the fact of it has that effect, even if that's not the intent.
00:02:40.240And that would mean what? How does that play out if that's actually the case?
00:02:44.200Then the big question becomes, can you actually do regime change through effectively a bombing
00:02:50.020campaign? And I don't think we have any history in which that's effective, but we'll see. It
00:02:56.180depends what the objective of what happens is. If it's to take out the ballistic missiles,
00:02:59.860that can be successful. If it's regime change, you know, that's got a more checkered history.
00:03:05.320Okay. So now you watch this and watch what happens next. A couple of stories. The president
00:03:10.960says the following, he says, Iran claims, Trump claims, Iran does not want to talk,
00:03:17.140does want to talk, and we'll talk as he rolls out border peace. Is this it, Rob?
00:03:21.400It's a short clip, but yes. Go for it.
00:03:24.220And Iran does want to talk, and we'll talk.
00:03:27.880That's it. That's a long clip, Rob. That is the shortest clip we've ever put up that was
00:03:35.260phenomenal, right? But he commented about this in passing at Davos, establishing an international
00:03:42.000border peace and overseas ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the Gaza Strip. And then
00:03:46.400while this is going on, Iran protests numbers are looking at 20,000 plus. Some reports are saying
00:03:52.98030,000. Some have even said 50,000. The lowest number you read everywhere is around 3,500
00:03:58.440to 4,500 killings. I've seen the videos, the videos that are being sent. Some of them were
00:04:03.340sent to me this morning. Absolutely devastating, tragic to even take a look at. Number of people
00:04:09.340reported killed in Iran's protests crossed on a surge with one UN special reporter saying the
00:04:14.900total could be around 20,000. U.S.-based human rights activist news agency said it's verified 5,002
00:04:20.840deaths and is reviewing a further 9787 while more than 26,000 people have been arrested. Iranian
00:04:26.880authorities reported 3,117 deaths and of which 2427 are considered innocent, including members
00:04:34.300of the security forces, but doesn't provide a breakdown to refer to any civilians. And by the
00:04:40.360way, this is what they had to say yesterday. Iran warns Trump not to take action against the
00:04:47.880Supreme Leader, Khamenei. Rab, if you want to play this clip, go forward.
00:04:51.920He says Trump's military reminds me of Hitler that got stuck in Russia. Iran is like the Russian
00:05:12.760winter. I don't want a long war. I will carry out one short attack.
00:05:16.800I don't want a long war. I will carry out one short attack.
00:05:21.800You would ask for another ceasefire? Do you think Iran would agree to that? Do not advance any further.
00:05:38.800This is indeed a serious matter, but our armed forces are ready. Not only do we have our finger on the trigger, the bullet is already chambered.
00:06:00.880Every night to Mr. Trump dreams of Iran's oil.
00:06:15.880Okay. So how do you process that? Because Tucker said the other day, he said he believes, I think, Rob, if you want to find this tweet, Tucker said he believes the Middle East would be safer, I'm paraphrasing, we can validate, that if Iran had nuclear weapons, right?
00:06:34.980I think he said that. Again, right there, Rob, go above it. Go above it with the Iranian flag. No, no, go a little bit low, Rob. Right there. Right in front of you. Right there. Rob, right above it, Rob.
00:06:46.380No, no, right there. That one right there. Yeah, there you go. Is that what it's saying, Rob?
00:06:50.980There you go. Tucker Carlson says a nuclear armed Iran could deter attacks, limit U.S. and Israeli intervention and reduce pressure on Tehran, potentially stabilizing the region and making war or regime change less likely.
00:07:07.960Just so I'm, because I'm not geopolitically versed that much, is he talking about the same Iran that says death to America?
00:07:17.660Yes. Can we just make sure, is that the? Yes. Okay. I absolutely disagree with him 1,000%. And going back to the, who was the CEO? Of what was it?
00:07:27.940Rob, which one is this, Rob? This is from the Tucker Carlson Network. This is.
00:07:32.980Okay. Thank you for finding this. So could the Iranians obtaining the bomb wind up being a good thing?
00:07:39.700Whether anyone in the foreign policy establishment admits it, North Korea's nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula.
00:07:46.220The region has seen no wars, coups or interventionalists, forced regime changes since 06.
00:07:51.400Would Iran becoming a nuclear power have the same effect on its region?
00:07:55.380Could it finally prompt America to leave the area alone and incentivize Israel to drop its stated goal of continuing control in the Gaza Strip and weak the West Bank?
00:08:02.960Would it make the Iranian government less oppressive? Because it wouldn't have to worry about the West's constant decapitation ambitions? Vinny.
00:08:12.200We're talking about a regime in a country that currently, and by the way, obviously you're not going to believe their numbers, over 20,000 civilians, they're not getting killed because they're riding each other.
00:08:24.880The government is shooting and killing people, protesting because they have had enough.
00:08:30.640We didn't come in there, whatever stupid story you heard of other countries coming in and starting this revolution, it became, it's a breaking point for these people.
00:08:39.980Okay. They're starving. They are pissed off and they want change. Okay.
00:08:43.720And giving that government nuclear weapons, and I'm not saying we're the perfect freaking government in the world, but guess what?
00:08:49.580We're keeping things pretty, pretty damn safe around the world.
00:08:54.280So, and by the way, when that guy was talking about, I think something's going to happen in the next couple of days, I do agree that that might be one of the tactics.
00:09:00.380I'm not the Greenland. Greenland thing was going to happen regardless, but our, our ships are getting into place to do something.
00:09:06.920But at the end of the day, with this regime change, everybody's talking about who's going to be the change.
00:09:12.800Who's going to be the guy? Who? Who? It's not going to be Reza Pallavi.
00:09:17.080I'm sorry to all the people out there that are going to get pissed off and furious.
00:09:21.060He's staying in Washington with his wife and his kids.
00:09:24.980He's not going to go there and be the freaking leader that they're begging him to be.
00:09:28.620So all those people, they're going to make these videos sitting in their cars, getting mad at you and getting mad at me.
00:09:34.220He's not the guy. Once you realize that, then they can shift their focus, Pat, and find someone.
00:09:40.460There has to be somebody in that group that's willing to step up and say, hey, I'll do it.
00:09:45.160Because he's not going to do it. So, I mean, I don't know. I don't know the next couple of days that they're going to do something.
00:09:50.460But, but to say that Iraq, yeah, let's give the people that want to kill us nuclear weapons.
00:10:51.400If we don't both want to get it, then neither one of us should push the button.
00:10:54.800Those are rational states, you know what I mean, Pat?
00:10:57.980Those are rational states that now both had the big gun.
00:11:01.300I don't think the Islamic regime is a rational state.
00:11:06.540You know, India was not suicidal against Pakistan.
00:11:10.660Pakistan was not suicidal against India.
00:11:13.900Whereas when you get to the radical Islam states, they are suicidal when they come to their objectives.
00:11:21.640And I do not think it would stabilize the region.
00:11:24.180I think you're kind of giving the gun to a crazy man.
00:11:27.660Oh, well, let's hope he behaves like all the other nations that have become nuclear powers and kind of just say, hey, I got the bomb too, man.
00:12:32.960If you were going to give Venezuela a rating in terms of how bad they are as a country, how bad they are to their people, they are rated R.
00:14:44.480And I even had somebody that was on the military side told me the other day that, you know, Maduro could have even agreed to a deal for this to happen as long as he doesn't look like he escaped.
00:14:58.080I'm going to do this, do this, do that.
00:14:59.540And you guys can come at this time and I'm going to be able to leave.
00:15:02.100There's many different speculations of what happened there.
00:15:04.200But going back to the conversation with Iran getting nuclear weapon, question for you.
00:15:09.700If you had the power to decide this, would you be okay with Iran getting nuclear weapon, the government, as long as its citizen can have firearms and they have Second Amendment?
00:15:22.060Or are those two different separate issues?
00:15:45.660No, don't forget about the leadership.
00:15:47.760No, no, no, no, because I don't think the decision to launch and go there would have anything to do with Second Amendment because what are they going to do?
00:15:55.700If the government right now, our government, wanted to go all out attack, you can't, I worked at a nuclear missile base, you can't get to them.
00:20:34.520So, no, I don't want Iran having nuclear weapons, and I would love to see their citizens have the Second Amendment.
00:20:42.800But, unfortunately, the Supreme Leader is stopping them from doing anything.
00:20:47.300Efren, maybe take a minute here and share with the audience how you ended up being on the podcast.
00:20:51.060So, it was during Christmas, like you said, and I ended up, I was going to buy the merch anyway, so I ended up buying two pairs of the shoes, and then also the sales classes.
00:21:01.500I saw a massive discount, so I purchased that.
00:21:03.840And I actually love what you guys do on the emails.
00:21:06.640I still get emails right now saying you have not started the courses.