Valuetainment - March 30, 2026


“Why Do They Hate America？” - Hannity CALLS OUT Media CORRUPTION In Iran War Coverage


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In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Sean Calacanis to talk about the current state of American patriotism and why it s at an all-time low. I also talk about why the mainstream media is anti-American and why they root against our country.

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00:00:00.000 Straight up. I'm running as a socialist. Get behind me. It used to be a thing. Hey, don't tell anybody. I'm actually a communist socialist. Let's keep it on the down low. Now they're running on that platform. Was that going on 50 years ago, 40 years ago?
00:00:14.140 You go through cycles. It's kind of like they got to learn their lesson. You go through Walter Mondale. Then you go to Bill Clinton, who took a more middle of the road approach.
00:00:24.320 And then after Hillary Kerr failed, he followed Dick Morris' advice, and he triangulated.
00:00:31.660 And remember he said famously, the era of big government is over, the end of welfare, as we know it, all of those things.
00:00:39.220 But we got to understand one other thing, and maybe this is a good way to kind of dovetail onto another topic.
00:00:47.180 Legacy media is corrupt.
00:00:48.760 You want to know why PBD is so successful and all these podcasts are successful and talk radio, in spite of people proclaiming it's dead, not even close.
00:01:00.660 I'm on 760 stations every day and Sirius XM and I'm on Fox and Fox is crushing it.
00:01:07.720 I'm honored to be there. I love being there. And now I'm doing this podcast.
00:01:12.200 Why are people turning off legacy media?
00:01:16.120 because I'll give you three examples.
00:01:19.020 I brought them with me.
00:01:19.940 This is The Economist.
00:01:21.580 This is their cover.
00:01:23.200 Advantage, Iran.
00:01:25.920 At this point in time.
00:01:27.540 Okay.
00:01:28.340 Then you've got foreign policy saying
00:01:29.980 why U.S. victory in Iran would be bad for Washington
00:01:33.740 and bad for the world.
00:01:35.400 Then you have Politico.
00:01:37.140 Thought Iraq was a blunder. 0.76
00:01:39.020 Iran is far worse. 1.00
00:01:40.660 Why do they root against our country?
00:01:43.200 Whether you agree with Operation Midnight Hammer, this epic fury, or not, when American treasure is in harm's way, for crying out loud, can you just hope, even if you disagree, that it works?
00:02:04.260 It's almost as if cheering against America has gotten cool.
00:02:09.060 And I really do think, Sean, Donald Trump came in and ruined their – something happened.
00:02:16.000 It's beyond TDS where it was like, you know what? 0.99
00:02:18.820 To hell with him and I'm going to turn it and burning the flag is cool and talking crap about our soldiers is cool 0.99
00:02:23.940 and to hell with the system and trying to burn down the system. 1.00
00:02:26.400 It made it trending to hate the greatest country in the history of the world.
00:02:32.520 I'm talking about, Sean, Rome and all that and this greatness and Assyria, the empire, 700 years.
00:02:37.400 nothing beats this country talk as much as you want talk about all the influences talk about
00:02:43.880 everything name me a better place go ahead go ahead you could pick up this phone right now i
00:02:49.460 could order food plane tickets this do a homework paper everything just and this is the greatest
00:02:53.620 place and it all started here and it's all in this country it's cool it's like a like f america
00:02:59.100 yeah man and they get together in these groups and they think it's cool they think going on these
00:03:03.120 campuses and bashing this country yes you could criticize which i said earlier criticize yes and
00:03:09.100 this is the thing too when it comes to politics sean they think everything has to be perfect they
00:03:12.800 expect this guy they expect the president to be absolutely perfect perfect one mistake and it's
00:03:19.240 turned on him how what was the first one you said advantage iran what are you talking about
00:03:23.540 advantage what what is that they're hanging on by a thread they're corrupt the um yeah you brought
00:03:30.100 up the media yeah and i think you're the perfect person to have this i'm not them i hope no you're
00:03:35.440 not you're not but to me it comes down to a couple different things why does the mainstream media
00:03:41.460 essentially root against america here's my philosophy number one a lot of these people
00:03:48.180 are detached they're in their ivory towers whether in the new york whether they're in boston whether
00:03:53.180 in la san francisco and they're not you know fly over country they don't have family or friends
00:03:58.600 that are serving in the military they don't know so they can just sort of like pontificate from
00:04:03.280 their from their soapbox that's number one number two undeniably patriotism is almost at an all-time
00:04:09.160 low right now rob i don't know if you have that hold our shared values are uh are all-time low
00:04:14.760 whether it's family whether it's community patriotism all-time low i go around with an
00:04:19.820 american flag everywhere i go vinnie says to me that he goes wow like you just got the shower
00:04:23.980 with the american flag yeah i don't mess around bro i wear it every night exactly and then here's
00:04:28.120 the kicker we all know this trump derangement syndrome is a real thing be cured it's a real
00:04:36.440 thing people hate trump so much if trump goes hey i got you i want you guys to save money 0.76
00:04:42.700 people would go oh you want me to save that money here's my wallet i'm gonna burn it on fire
00:04:47.720 don't tell me what to do be cured cancer what wait what do you guys remember when he was telling
00:04:52.340 like they came out and said rfk said if you're pregnant you're pregnant don't take tylenol
00:04:56.560 they're like oh yeah oh yeah oh they're pregnant tying off for dinner buddy yeah oh my god at the 1.00
00:05:02.000 end of the day we have it so good here in america we do we have it so good you said you traveled
00:05:07.260 to the other side of the world you have no interest in going back there i've traveled
00:05:10.740 you've traveled traveled all i people go where are you going this summer i go i'm staying in
00:05:14.820 miami i there's no place else i want to go i've been around the world there's nothing like america
00:05:20.280 or miami but uh we have it so good here miami's getting too cluttered just saying it is because
00:05:26.000 Because Adam is inviting people here.
00:05:27.340 Come on down. 0.94
00:05:28.120 No, don't come down.
00:05:28.940 But we have it so good here.
00:05:30.240 When you have it so good, you look for things to complain about.
00:05:32.900 Yeah.
00:05:33.620 I remember I had a conversation with this, this will be a real quick story,
00:05:36.980 with this Indian kid on Manect.
00:05:38.600 Yeah.
00:05:39.120 And he goes, what is depression?
00:05:42.600 I was like, what?
00:05:43.120 He goes, I hear that American kids, they all have anxiety and depression.
00:05:47.340 I don't know what depression is.
00:05:49.500 I said, what do you mean?
00:05:50.120 You don't, you've never been depressed?
00:05:51.720 He goes, no, I don't know what this word means.
00:05:54.160 What does it mean?
00:05:55.540 I'm like, you know, when you're like so sad and upset
00:05:58.280 but you don't have anything going on in his life,
00:05:59.980 he's like, yeah, that is India.
00:06:02.300 You have to figure it out.
00:06:04.400 He's like, why are they so depressed in America?
00:06:06.920 I love you, Kamaj.
00:06:09.060 And it was incredible.
00:06:10.540 It made me realize we had so good here
00:06:11.920 that we have the luxury of being depressed.
00:06:15.160 You know, Tom, we were talking earlier,
00:06:18.860 your dad fought in World War II.
00:06:20.800 His dad did.
00:06:21.880 My dad's father.
00:06:23.440 Your dad's father, okay.
00:06:24.220 My dad fought in World War II, four years in the Pacific.
00:06:27.860 Died 30 years ago, my father.
00:06:30.520 And that was the greatest generation.
00:06:33.860 And I think you're raising a lot of good points here
00:06:36.940 because I think of my grandparents all came from Ireland.
00:06:40.720 I took one of those ancestry tests.
00:06:42.160 Oh, really?
00:06:42.760 Yeah, I'm like the only person that came back 100%.
00:06:45.500 Oh, really?
00:06:46.200 You're Irish. 0.98
00:06:46.840 100% Irish.
00:06:47.880 Oh.
00:06:48.440 All four of my grandparents came from Ireland.
00:06:50.560 Hannity.
00:06:50.960 And they told me that, how's Sean O'Hannity?
00:06:53.080 Sean O'Hannity.
00:06:54.720 Ah, I like that guy.
00:06:56.360 I'm going to buy some Irish Spring after this.
00:06:58.700 Try the Irish Spring 5-in-1.
00:07:00.580 It's actually really good.
00:07:01.520 I use it.
00:07:02.580 You're going to start showering now, Vincent.
00:07:04.600 Yes, my lady.
00:07:05.540 We should have that as a sponsor.
00:07:08.500 We have product placement here.
00:07:10.000 I've got Starbucks.
00:07:11.040 I've got Celsius.
00:07:12.640 Where are all the advertising?
00:07:14.360 So 100% Irish. 0.60
00:07:15.740 So 100%.
00:07:16.320 But I think they came here, and this is the quintessential American story.
00:07:21.160 It's not the Sean Hannity story.
00:07:22.480 and they had nothing broke poor they faced their discrimination irish catholic need not apply at
00:07:30.860 the time every group that's come here i'm not you you can't compare anybody to what happened
00:07:37.160 african-americans separate and apart and but um they did it because they wanted a better life
00:07:42.860 courageous people they were thinking about future generations and they were willing to sacrifice
00:07:47.160 their life and then my parents stood on their shoulders and i stand on my parents shoulders
00:07:52.080 I refuse to, you teach people how to get wealthier.
00:07:56.600 Adam, this guy's run CEO, Fortune 500 companies.
00:08:02.020 Next level right there.
00:08:02.740 Next level, okay.
00:08:04.240 And I'm just telling you, all those things, we owe it to our kids to teach them what freedom is.
00:08:11.880 The blessings of liberty and freedom and the high cost of liberty and freedom.
00:08:18.160 That's why, you're right, Tom, you said it earlier.
00:08:21.140 I don't want these kids to die.
00:08:24.140 However, you have to weigh that against, well, do we want to leave this country to our kids and grandkids with a nuclear-armed Iran, 1.00
00:08:35.440 the number one state sponsor of terror, and then risk a Holocaust potentially down the line? 0.60
00:08:42.520 Did we learn if we could take Hitler out before the Holocaust, did you take him out? 1.00
00:08:47.020 I'm killing baby Hitler. 1.00
00:08:48.400 I'm straight up doing it. 1.00
00:08:49.180 You're straight up doing it.
00:08:49.840 Yeah.
00:08:50.280 Well, isn't that what we're doing here?
00:08:51.920 Yeah, that's what it is.
00:08:53.380 And I hate Hitler analogies.
00:08:55.460 Yeah, I'm not a fan of Hitler.
00:08:57.200 I'm going to come out and say it.
00:08:57.940 So do I, because I feel like it's a form of name-calling that somehow moderates history.
00:09:04.020 Because if you're going to call somebody a liar, okay, they lied.
00:09:08.740 You proved it. 0.93
00:09:09.900 They are a liar in that instance.
00:09:11.740 But when people use Hitler's name as a name-call, it's like, wait a minute.
00:09:17.640 The comparison is you can't compare it. How dare you use that to create, you know, just all you want to do is create the boogeyman effect and the angst across the aisle and push the votes the other way through just the slaughter of reputations.
00:09:34.100 And I agree with you on that, because I feel that Hitler has his own tragic, horrible place, and I don't want it watered down or used in any way. 0.88
00:09:44.980 I want it to have almost a sense of just horror that sticks to it, that you can't talk about it unless you look into the eyes of it and see the pure evil that it was,
00:09:56.260 and it disgusts you so deeply at that moment that you say to yourself, there is no comparison.
00:10:01.840 so that it's almost like a word that you can never use.
00:10:08.680 And it just disgusts me.
00:10:09.680 Well, Thomas, let me ask you, though, because you're raising a great point.
00:10:12.660 I argued the same way you just did, not as articulately.
00:10:17.620 But here's my point.
00:10:19.660 The regime in Iran, if they're that evil,
00:10:22.380 and we really believe if they had nuclear weapons,
00:10:26.260 we are risking for our children and grandchildren a potential nuclear holocaust. 0.73
00:10:30.200 is it not like neville chamberlain and churchill can we take that basic lesson from history
00:10:36.020 absolutely you know oh the the appeasement strategy yeah hey but but that's it didn't work
00:10:44.360 who sent pallets of appeasement i'm sorry dollars over i wish i thought of that when i was fighting
00:10:51.440 gavin newsom this week yeah who sent the pallets of appeasement over over there so this was barack
00:10:57.760 obama with the neville chamberlain playbook well let's assume and what they assume is that because
00:11:03.700 they're for sale that guy's for sale and they apply the same standard to say well look you know
00:11:09.860 we've been um we've been uh bribing the poor for their vote by giving them welfare programs let's
00:11:15.400 just bribe these guys yeah because they apply that same standard of human manipulation that they that
00:11:20.660 works for their voting blocks over there but they're dealing with bloodthirsty genocidal 1.00
00:11:26.020 dictators and that's what i call them when i to say blood and then this is where somewhere and
00:11:31.720 culture is smiling because i said it that way they are bloodthirsty there's a blood lust for 0.90
00:11:36.920 the complete termination and destruction of the other side that is not a person that you can just
00:11:44.500 bribe with pallets full of cash because they're going to take the cash and they'll say boy that
00:11:49.360 guy was dumb yeah and they're going to look at all this money we have to keep doing what we're 0.59
00:11:52.760 doing just keep it down keep it down don't be too loud about it to what sean said by the way thank 0.98
00:11:57.760 you for taking a hard stance on hitler because when i go on x he's the coolest guy in the world
00:12:01.240 so thank you for that but you brought up that you're 100 irish you know my grandfather he fought
00:12:06.240 in world war ii you know uh you're you said you're a grandfather as well uh i remember a time
00:12:12.060 where you know i'm a student of history what we've seen the movies we've seen what happened
00:12:17.660 whether it's the irish whether it's the italians whether it's the jews whether it's the polish
00:12:21.920 whether it's the Asians, whether it's Indians, they come and you know what they give you? 1.00
00:12:25.600 Nothing. Nothing. Welcome to America. You get the golden ticket. Here you go.
00:12:30.940 And now, a couple generations later, these newcomers come on in. Here's a hotel. Here's 0.80
00:12:36.860 a debit card. Here's some free health care. You know what? Rip off the system, wife, you don't 1.00
00:12:42.720 want. Start a little Medicare fraud. Start a little leering center in Minneapolis, Somalians. 1.00
00:12:48.420 and then this is what happens and they become entitled 0.98
00:12:50.720 and then here's the biggest hypocrisy 0.64
00:12:52.820 of all. They're 0.91
00:12:54.720 here, they get this
00:12:56.740 welfare and then they start hating
00:12:58.640 America. To me
00:13:00.780 it's like, what is going on here right now?
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