Joe Getty (2:43)

To buy your first car or home? Understanding your FICO score is key to achieving your life goals. Knowing your FICO scores helps you apply for loans with confidence and avoid surprises. With MyFICO, you get access to your FICO score credit reports24.7 monitoring and alerts on the go. Take the mystery out of your score and get your FICO score for free today. Visit myfico.com free and discover the score lenders use most.

GoDaddy Advertiser (3:15)

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

iHeart Sports Announcer (3:23)

Armstrong and Getty.

Jack Armstrong (3:25)

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

Joe Getty (3:38)

So we got some good stuff to talk about this hour. Last hour we talked about this. The CEO of Bed, Bath and Beyond put out a letter on how they they can't operate stores in California anymore because of all the problems. The taxes, the regulation, the crime, the everything else. Nick Gillespie of Reason magazine says this is the culmination of what they had written about several years back. Is California over because of all its problems? So we can talk about that a little bit later. Good luck running on that. Gavin Newsom.

Jack Armstrong (4:09)

Wow. Wow. So my investigative journalism has paid off. Yet another key fact that makes the hot self important drunk chicks in Rhode island story even more hilarious.

Joe Getty (4:21)

Oh, okay.

Jack Armstrong (4:23)

I wasn't sure in what order to list those adjectives. Hot, drunk, self important chicks.

Joe Getty (4:31)

I think the hot part because you only get traction at all because you're a hot chick with this sort of behavior, right?

Jack Armstrong (4:42)

Militant, loud, nasty looking chick. Or exhibits this sort of behavior too in political settings. Lately it's the angry grad school lunatic screaming at the cops. What are you doing?

Joe Getty (5:02)

What are you.

Jack Armstrong (5:02)

Why are you arresting him at some, you know, pro Hamas rally or something like that? It's kind of a cousin to the drunk self important hot chick syndrome.

Joe Getty (5:13)

Anyway.

Jack Armstrong (5:16)

So here's a question for you. First of all, you know more about drunks in general than I do. These women, particularly the special assistant attorney general name of Devin Hogan Flanagan, who was. Who was busted by the cops. You know what? I'll ask my question after we replay the tape. Go ahead, Michael. This is what it sounded like. The cops trying to get him to leave a restaurant.

Joe Getty (5:40)

You're trespassing. We gotta leave now unless you want to be.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (5:43)

We're not trespassing.

Joe Getty (5:44)

You haven't notified us that we're just. What I just say to you. Number one, I don't want to arrest you guys. You're important.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (5:50)

You're not gonna arrest us. Number two, so let's leave.

Joe Getty (5:53)

We gotta go.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (5:53)

I'm an ag. I'm an ag.

Joe Getty (5:55)

Good for you. I don't give a. Let's go. We're leaving.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (5:58)

Please don't put your hands on us.

Joe Getty (6:02)

I'm an ag.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (6:03)

Buddy, you're gonna reg.

Joe Getty (6:10)

The fact that she apparently.

Jack Armstrong (6:12)

Can I buy those cops a drink, please? I would like to sit down and enjoy a libation with you fellas. Well done.

Joe Getty (6:18)

The fact that she literally seems to believe that as the attorney general, the.

Jack Armstrong (6:25)

Top special assistant attorney general, but.

Joe Getty (6:28)

Well, she's saying, I'm the. I'm an ag. Anyway, you're part of the top cop office. That the laws don't apply to you. I mean, that's what you're saying. That's a. It's a heck of a thing to say out loud.

Jack Armstrong (6:41)

Well, and here's my favorite part of it, other than that they tried to show that they indeed were the reasonable ones by trying to kick out the windows in the cop car. The cops had told him repeatedly, I don't want to arrest you. All you have to do is go. They've asked you to leave. Just go. I don't want to arrest you. You're not going to arrest us. Okay, so let's leave. We gotta go. We gotta go. The officer replies, no, you can't make us. You can't arrest us. I don't want to arrest you. Just leave. See the. No, they had to sit there.

Joe Getty (7:16)

The normal drunken reaction to that would be, whoa, I have really lucked out here that all they're doing is asking me to leave. I am going to get out of here to avoid any further problems.

Jack Armstrong (7:28)

Well, and just to give you a sense of how it was inside the restaurant, the following exchange took place. The cop can be heard on the camera asking a restaurant employee, do you just want them out? Do you want them trespassed? The employee says, anything we can do trespass? Yes. So here's a question for you as a guy who's somewhat familiar with over in Bibers. These two hotties will take complete responsibility, quote, unquote, and say, I have a problem with alcohol. I am an alcoholic. It is a disease. You wouldn't. You wouldn't fire somebody for having a disease, would you? If I had Covid, would you fire me? No, it's a disease. Oh. Is the primary problem that they're Drunks.

Joe Getty (8:21)

Or is it hard to separate? No, no, no, it's not.

Jack Armstrong (8:24)

Or is it that they're a holes?

Joe Getty (8:25)

It's their a holes. I've known thousands of drunks and I've been around thousands of drunks thousands of times. There's only a certain personality that ever acts like that.

Jack Armstrong (8:35)

Right, right, right. Well, and. And part of his hot chick syndrome or, and, or being a hole. I mean, because it may shock you to hear I have actually been overserved at times. Oh, that's a crime. I have filed the appropriate lawsuits against who did it.

Joe Getty (8:51)

You should. They should have recognized it and stopped serving you.

Jack Armstrong (8:55)

But I think those of us who have been in that unfortunate, regretful position, I think might have muttered, this is boles.

Joe Getty (9:04)

But then left, right.

Jack Armstrong (9:07)

Look, I don't want to arrest you. You just have to leave. You can't arrest me. What kind of reaction is that?

Joe Getty (9:15)

And like, well, to me, worst case scenario, this is bull. S. Okay, I'll go. Or I knew we had the music up really loud in our house really late, and I knew the cops were going to come at some point. So. Yes, I'm turning it down.

Jack Armstrong (9:29)

Yeah, Sorry, dudes. Sorry you had to come up. Yep. Yeah, we're gonna. We'll turn it down. Of course. All right. Speaking of crime, the fabulous David Spunt of Fox News here. Specifically, crime in the District.

Joe Getty (9:41)

The Department of Justice investigating whether someone or multiple people may have manipulated Washington, D.C. crime stats. 2 sources briefed on the matter tell Fox News D.C. police statistics show violent crime down 26% from last year. But members of the Trump administration and local police union dispute the data.

Jack Armstrong (10:00)

This is something that's been unfortunately, part and parcel of the police department for some time, and we're very skeptical that these crime stats are accurate.

Joe Getty (10:08)

President Trump posted about the allegations of number tampering on Monday, writing it was done, quote, to create a false illusion of safety. A D.C. police commander involved in compiling numbers was reportedly put on leave earlier this year pending an investigation into changing statistics.

Jack Armstrong (10:25)

ABC News, I believe, was last night, New York Times, et al, still reporting just that crime is actually down starkly in D.C. it's a. It's a lie that it's a dangerous place with lots of crime. And nobody is mentioning the lawsuit that was quietly settled just a couple of weeks ago by the D.C. department that the Free Beacon reported on chapter and verse, all the particulars, all the exhibits from the trial that this cop was saying, no. They systematically are telling all of us, you've got to misreport crimes in A specific way to make the stats look better. So that's our lead into the fabulous Nellie Bowles of the Free Press who's talking about this. Trump is sending the National Guard to tamp down crime in D.C. is it a symbolic overreaction theater? Yes and yes. But from the left. That's not the critique. The critique from the left, and by that I mean our mainstream newspapers. The critique is that DC has no crime problem, no issue at all. It's perfect here. How could anyone dishonor our completely safe and pristine capital? That sound you heard was definitely not a gun, she writes. Here's the New York Times Chief White House correspondent, quote, citing a non existent crime crisis. Trump plans to take over the Washington D.C. police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Is the crime crisis non existent? As the old gray lady said, yeah, the homicide rate may be falling, but DC still has a very high crime rate. She goes into the stats and then she says, but cars are being stolen because they're wearing short skirts. Car stealing isn't anyone's fault. By the cars. You think I'm joking? And then she shows the big headline, Stolen Kias and Hyundais or Kia and Hyundai have contributed to the car theft rings they should be forced to pay. It's a New York Times story saying that because Kias and Hyundais are slightly more thievable than others that they should be forced to pay back law enforcement for the costs of dealing with car thieves. Hence Ms. Bowles reference to rape that cars are just stolen because they're wearing short skirts. They asked for it. And then she says this one was a classic. Stolen Kias and Hyundais have been involved in numerous crashes, armed robbery sprees and other crimes across the country. We're recovering guns out of a lot of Kias that are stolen, said Seattle's police chief. The Kias are armed. The D.C. police released a simple guide to avoid carjackings. This is in a city that the New York Times Chief White Horse White House Correspondent said a non existent crime crisis. Here's what the city tells you. Drive in the center lane to make it harder for potential carjackers to approach your car. Avoid driving alone. Travel with someone whenever possible, especially at night. Wow. When you are coming to us, when you are coming to a stop, leave enough room to maneuver around other cars, especially if you sense trouble and need to get away. So Nelly writes, easy peasy. I just remember to get my kids in their car seats, put snacks in the cup holders and leave enough room between other cars and me for tactical maneuvers. And if the Kia pulls out a gun, my CRV does too. Oh, and she says a final D.C. police nugget. D.C. 's crime lab lost its accreditation four years ago and only this year received permission, but just to analyze fingerprints and no other evidence.

Joe Getty (14:00)

Maureen Dowd, who lives in Washington, D.C. writing over the weekend, writing over the weekend for the New York Times. And she's a liberal and she couldn't hate Trump more. And she talks about him being Hitler and all this different sort of stuff. But she also talks about how many D.C. residents are secretly glad to see more uniforms on the street. No matter what statistics say, they don't feel safe. Maureen Dowd writing this I find myself packing pepper spray again. I feel more wary about walking around this city. It's disturbing to ask someone to unlock the Claritin at CVS because the police don't lock up the smash and grabbers anymore. That's Maureen Dowd writing in the New York Times.

Jack Armstrong (14:44)

Right? And, and, but you're the chief correspondent of the White the chief White House correspondent in the New York Times. You are among the elite of the elite of American journalism and you are writing with a straight face. It's a non existent crime problem. Crime's way down.

Joe Getty (14:59)

Well, her, her point is, as is is true with a lot of your mainstream Democrats, is you're handing Trump a win. They hate Trump and what they're mad about is that you're handing him a win by claiming D.C. is fine. Her last paragraph is even if Trump is being diabolical because she doesn't like his methods, Democrats should not pretend everything is fine here because it is not.

Jack Armstrong (15:21)

Right. Wow. I don't know.

Joe Getty (15:26)

We've been talking about this like the whole day because the front page story in the New York Times is how the Democrats are bleeding members in their party and it's because of stuff like this. What? What? How are you pretending this isn't true?

Jack Armstrong (15:39)

I've got another example of that. It's gonna blow your mind.

Joe Getty (15:43)

Cool.

Jack Armstrong (15:44)

How nutty has the Democratic Party become? Ask their first transgender congressperson because they will tell you, believe it or not.

Joe Getty (15:56)

Stay.

Jack Armstrong (15:56)

Okay. Cool.

Joe Getty (15:57)

That's interesting stuff. A lot on the way. Stay here.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (16:00)

Armstrong and Gettysburg this Labor Day say goodbye to spills, stains and overpriced furniture with washablesofas.com featuring Anabe, the only machine washable sofa inside and out where designer quality meets budget friendly pricing. Sofas start at just $6.99, making it the perfect time to upgrade your space anibae's Pet Friendly, Stain resistant and interchangeable slipcovers are made with high performance fabric built for real life. You'll love the cloud like comfort of hypoallergenic high resilience foam that's never needs fluffing and a durable steel frame that stands the test of time with modular pieces you can rearrange anytime. It's a sofa that adapts to your life. Now through Labor Day. Get up to 60% off site wide@washablesofas.com Every order comes with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If you're not in love, send it back for a full refund. No return shipping, no restocking fees, every penny back. Shop now@washablesofas.com Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply.

iHeart Sports Announcer (17:02)

The reviews and ratings are in and Ice Cube's Big three is the surprise hit of the summer and to cap off the season, iHeart presents the Big Three basketball playoffs this Sunday at 3pm Eastern. The remaining four teams battle it out for the right to make the Big three championship in the most physical, fierce and competitive basketball league in the world. The action starts with the Big three Monster Energy Celebrity game where your favorite stars compete in Big three three on three basketball. Then the first of two semifinal games features Dwight Howard and the LA Riot taking on Montrez Harrell and Dr. J's first place Chicago triplets. The finale will see popular Miami 305 with stars MVP Michael Beasley and Lance Will make youe Dan Stevenson take on Nancy Lieberman's Dallas Power who finished the season winning five straight weeks to capture second place. Can Glenn Rice, Greg Monroe and Paul Millsap stop Miami's physical assault? Or will Miami and Beasley put an end to Dallas winning ways? Who will make it to the Big Three championship? This no holds barred action starts Sunday at 3pm Eastern, 12 Pacific only on CBS.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (18:03)

As a parent, you wear many hats. At dinner, you're the chef. When your kids play, you're the ref. And let's face it, you're basically a full time chauffeur. Fortunately, when it's time to wear your teacher hat, Abeka makes things easy. Our proven flexible homeschool curriculum is designed to let your kids retain and build on the knowledge they acquire, setting them up for success later in life. Abeka Learning for life begins with the right homeschool education. Learn more@abekahomeschool.com Ah, come on, why is this taking so long? This thing is ancient.

Lenovo Advertiser (18:37)

Still, using yesterday's tech Upgrade to the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultra Light Ultra powerful and built for serious productivity with Intel Core Ultra processors. Blazing speed and AI powered performance. It keeps up with your business, not the other way around.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (18:51)

Whoa, this thing moves.

Lenovo Advertiser (18:52)

Stop hitting snooze on new tech. Win the tech search@lenovo.com Lenovo Lenovo unlock AI experiences with the ThinkPad X1 carbon powered by Intel Core Ultra processors so you can work, create and boost productivity all on one device.

GoDaddy Advertiser (19:10)

Running a business online. Look legit and own your own brand with professional tools from GoDaddy. Instantly build trust with your customers and boost your credibility with an email that matches your domain so people know you mean business. There's never been a better time. Just go to GoDaddy.com GDnow and choose from a wide variety of popular domains to find one that's right for you. Pair that with a professional email that works for all your business needs from daily communications to email marketing and everything in between. That's a little price for a lot of credibility. For a limited time, get a domain and matching professional email for just 99 cents a month for one year. Go to GoDaddy.comGdNow and look legit with GoDaddy. That's GoDaddy.comGdNow again. GoDaddy.comGdNow there's never been a better time to choose the domain and email that's right for you. New customer purchases only products Auto renew separately. See terms on site godaddy.com gdnow and.

Joe Getty (20:11)

What we're hearing, of course, Martha, is.

Jack Armstrong (20:13)

That people are terrified by what has happened with some of these Venezuelan gangs and Senator Vance, I'm going to stop you because I know exactly, exactly what happened. I'm going to stop you. The incidents were limited to a handful.

Joe Getty (20:24)

Of apartment conflicts, apartment complexes.

Jack Armstrong (20:29)

And the mayor said our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns.

Joe Getty (20:33)

A handful of problems. Do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes. Remember that.

Jack Armstrong (20:41)

Exactly. Yeah. Martha Raditz is mainstream as can be, saying, yeah, trendy Aragua is in charge of a handful of apartment complexes in Colorado. But let's not overreact.

Joe Getty (20:52)

Well, she had to interrupt J.D. vance. She wasn't gonna let him get away with that, right?

Jack Armstrong (20:58)

What are you talking about?

Joe Getty (20:59)

By the way? Gotta throw this in. Elon Musk, according to Mark Halpern, is headed towards spending hundreds of millions of dollars to elect J.D. vance president in 2020.

Jack Armstrong (21:10)

And he's shelved his plan to start his own political party too.

Joe Getty (21:13)

Hundreds of millions of dollars.

Jack Armstrong (21:15)

Yeah. Wow. Wow. So headline in the new York Times that Jack referenced a couple of minutes ago. The Democratic Party faces a voter registration crisis. And just in the first three little paragraphs, they say the Democratic Party is hemorrhaging voters and voters are stampeding to the Republican Party. Some sort of bloody stampede, apparently.

Joe Getty (21:39)

Oh my God. Some sort of stampede where you cannot stop the bleeding.

Jack Armstrong (21:43)

And as we discussed in hour two of the show, I think it was, we kicked off hour two of the show with this in detail. But of the 30 states that track voter registration by political party, Democrats lost ground to Republicans in every single one of them and often by a lot. And a lot of it's young voters and certainly male voters. But it is disaster for the Democratic Party. And the obvious diagnosis, I think was exemplified there by Martha Raditz and some of the other stuff we've been talking about to say, hey, a handful of your apartment complexes are run by murderous Venezuelan gangs. Could be in such a baby. Or Washington, D.C. is perfectly safe. There's no crime there. I mean, that is so wildly outside the actual mainstream of America.

Joe Getty (22:39)

A handful of problems.

Jack Armstrong (22:41)

The mainstream media might think that's reasonable, but humans don't.

Joe Getty (22:48)

How many apartment complexes need to be taken over by gangs before it's newsworthy, Martha?

Jack Armstrong (22:55)

Right. Handful of problems. What an insane thing to say. But anyway, I turn again to the free press and, and this story is kind of the crystallization of the Democratic Party's problem. And if they can come to terms with this, take a deep breath and like I did when my arthritis was so bad, I realized I needed surgeries and it would hurt real bad and it would be expensive and I couldn't do stuff I liked for a real long time. But I had no choice. They have got to have surgery to remove the radical left from their party. Listen to this. Sarah McBride, quote, unquote, Delaware's Democratic representative and the first openly transgender member of Congress, did an interview with POLITICO's Dasha Burns earlier this month. In the interview, McBride very gently threw some of the extremist center party under the bus. Quote, the reality in today's environment is that your party ecosystem is defined not just by politicians or the party, but also by some of the loudest racist voices online that in the voters minds reflect and represent that broader coalition, meaning the movements being ruined by our radicals. She was murdered on Blue sky torn apart. Don't Even Google Sarah McBride Blue sky unless you want obscenities and threats and horrors. This is the first transgender member of Congress saying, yeah, the Democratic Party's been ruined by our radicals and the radicals wanted to rip keep his her throat.

Joe Getty (24:30)

Out and Elon's gonna spend hundreds of millions to help J.D. vance get elected president in 2018.

Jack Armstrong (24:36)

Hundreds of dollars might be enough and Getty.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (24:41)

This Labor Day say goodbye to spills, stains and overpriced furniture with washablesofas.com featuring Annabe, the only machine washable sofa inside and out where designer quality meets budget friendly pricing. Sofastart at just $6.99 making it the perfect time to upgrade your space. Anibe's Pet Friendly stain resistant and interchangeable slipcovers are made with high performance fabric built for real life. You'll love the cloud like comfort of hypoallergenic, high resilience foam that never needs fluffing and a durable steel frame that stands the test of time with modular pieces you can rearrange anytime. It's a sofa that adapts to your life. Now through Labor Day. Get up to 60% off site wide@washablesofas.com Every order comes with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If you're not in love, send it back for a full refund. No return shipping, no restocking fees, every penny back. Shop now@washablesofas.com Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply.

Ice Cube Big Three Announcer (25:40)

The reviews and ratings are in and Ice Cube's Big Three is the surprise hit of the summer. And to cap off the season, iHeart presents the Big 3 Basketball Championship and 8th Annual Big 3 All Star Game this coming Sunday, August 24th. Live from Orlando, the remaining two teams fight it out for the Big 3 Championship Dr. J Trophy in the most physical, fierce and competitive basketball league in the world. Don't miss the wild conclusion of Big Three's eighth and most historic season ever. This is the game no one wants to lose and there's no crying in the Big three. The action starts with the Big Three eighth Annual All Star Game. Don't miss All Stars Dwight Howard, Montrez Harrell, MVP Michael Beasley, Lance will make you Dan Stevenson, Jordan Crawford, Greg Monroe, Earl Clark, Nasir Kor and more show you why they are the best three on three basketball players in the world. Big Three's exciting all star game plus the crowning of a new Big Three champion. The no holds part action starts Sunday at 2pm Eastern, 11 Pacific only on CBS.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (26:40)

As a parent, you wear many hats. At dinner, you're the chef. When your kids play, you're the ref. And let's face it, you're basically a full time chauffeur. Fortunately when it's time to wear your teacher hat. Abeka makes things easy. Our proven, flexible homeschool curriculum is designed to let your kids retain and build on the knowledge they acquire, setting them up for success later in life. Abeka Learning for life begins with the right homeschool education. Learn more@abekahome school.com Ah, come on. Why is this taking so long? This thing is ancient.

Lenovo Advertiser (27:14)

Still using yesterday's tech Upgrade to the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultra Light Ultra powerful and built for serious productivity with Intel Core Ultra processors, blazing speed and AI powered performance that keeps up with your business, not the other way around.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (27:28)

Whoa, this thing moves.

Lenovo Advertiser (27:30)

Stop hitting snooze on new tech. Win the tech search@lenovo.com Lenovo Lenovo unlock AI experiences with the ThinkPad X1 carbon powered by Intel Core Ultra processors so you can work, create and boost productivity all on one device.

GoDaddy Advertiser (27:48)

Running a business online look legit and own your own brand with professional tools from GoDaddy instantly build trust with your customers and boost your credibility with an email that matches your domain so people know you mean business. There's never been a better time. Just go to GoDaddy.com GDnow and choose from a wide variety of popular domains to find one that's right for you. Pair that with a professional email that works for all your business needs from daily communications to email marketing and everything in between. That's a little price for a lot of credibility. For a limited time, get a domain and matching professional email for just 99 cents a month for one year. Go to GoDaddy.comGdNow and look legit with GoDaddy. That's GoDaddy.comGdNow again. GoDaddy.comGdNow there's never been a better time to choose the domain and email that's right for you. New customer purchases only Products auto renew separately. See terms on site godaddy.com gdnow when.

Jack Armstrong (28:49)

It comes to security, they're willing to.

Joe Getty (28:51)

Put people on the ground.

Jack Armstrong (28:52)

We're willing to help them with things, especially probably if you talk about by air because there's nobody has the kind of stuff we have.

Joe Getty (29:02)

So yeah, that was Trump yesterday making it clear no US boots on the ground, but we would help with our Air Force. But you know, obviously if we were.

Jack Armstrong (29:12)

Attacking fences or something.

Joe Getty (29:15)

Well, that's a good question.

Jack Armstrong (29:16)

Michael Trump's fractured syntax it's syntax. It's always a little challenging to figure out what he actually means and sometimes.

Joe Getty (29:23)

He does that on purpose or all politicians do that on purpose to leave things vague. But. And then, and then sometimes you fill in the blanks the way you want them filled in. But they didn't actually commit to that. Everybody does that in politics. But John Bolton said the other day, you know, we, if, if you got French and British troops on the ground and they start getting hammered by Russia, we're in it. I mean, even if we don't put U. S. Boots on the ground, we've got our air force coming to their defense, obviously, and so, and everything that goes from there. So a couple different things, I suppose we'll get into the longer conversation about this. Our current thinking. Well, my current thinking, I think our current thinking, starting with, I don't know, yesterday or a couple of days ago. Has anybody asked Putin if he has any interest in this? I feel like this is like an entirely one sided conversation.

Jack Armstrong (30:17)

Yeah, they, the Kremlin and Putin and Lavrov have given every signal that, no, I'm not meeting with Zelinsky, absolutely not.

Joe Getty (30:23)

Well, here's a little more on that. Here's a report from cnn.

Jack Armstrong (30:26)

Yesterday the Russian foreign minister came out and he said, look, the Russians are not against any sort of format per say whether it's bilateral or trilateral, but they also say that any sort of meeting would have to be well prepared and takes time to prepare. So so far the Russians have not confirmed whether or not Vladimir Putin is even up for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and whether he has confirmed that, that such a meeting will actually take place.

Joe Getty (30:48)

Of course, Trump does what a lot of salespeople do, the presumptive close thing where you just, you state something as if it's already been agreed upon and then hope that momentum or your embarrassment at saying, wait a second, I don't remember agreeing to that, or something will, will carry it forward, but it's not going to work in this case. Another quick report from cnn.

Jack Armstrong (31:10)

Putin can't go just anywhere.

Joe Getty (31:13)

There is a warrant out for his arrest by the international courts. That was from 2003 because of the Ukrainian war.

Jack Armstrong (31:19)

So that's why he has ruled out almost all European countries.

Joe Getty (31:23)

But there have been a number of countries that have been floated that it would include Switzerland, Hungary.

Jack Armstrong (31:29)

But right now it doesn't appear as though Putin has firmly set a time which is obviously going to impact where exactly this is. I have been told that most of.

Joe Getty (31:40)

The planning on the trilateral has been.

Jack Armstrong (31:41)

Put on hold until they figure out that first meeting.

Joe Getty (31:44)

Well, the Wall Street Journal is writing today that they think it's very unlikely that there is a Putin Zelinsky meeting with or without Trump ever.

Jack Armstrong (31:53)

Right. I would agree.

Joe Getty (31:56)

I'm starting to think this is gonna. Nothing is gonna come out of all of this. And then we're gonna be back here.

Jack Armstrong (32:03)

Go ahead.

Joe Getty (32:04)

Then we're going to be back to. Is Europe willing to go to war against Russia with Ukraine or not?

Jack Armstrong (32:13)

So I don't remember if it was Prague or Romania because people have been throwing it around, but you want to hear how calculating and cloaked but mean Putin and the Kremlin are, they threw out a suggestion for, well, you know, if we did meet, how about this location? And it was, and I can't remember if it was Prague or Romania or whatever, but the very location where Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arms in return for the Brits and us, the United States, assuring their defense and their sovereignty.

Joe Getty (32:46)

That's where Budapest comes from. So the famous Budapest. Right, the famous Budapest Agreement from 1994, which is horrifying in retrospect, where the world basically said, you bring, give up your nuclear weapons, Ukraine, we got your.

Jack Armstrong (33:01)

Back paper right here.

Joe Getty (33:04)

We'll sign the Budapest agreement, which obviously hasn't helped them much, as they've been invaded multiple times and now currently are at war with Russia, and nobody is really, really stepped up to help them.

Jack Armstrong (33:16)

So why would they agree? Putin says, hey, why don't we go back to Budapest to sign another agreement with the West? Wow. You think that was an accident?

Joe Getty (33:25)

Wow, okay, I see, I see what you're saying here. So he's saying to Ukraine, no agreement they make for you means anything. Yeah, and that's a reasonable point. I mean, it's not. It's not, not a reasonable point.

Jack Armstrong (33:39)

Right. And he's practically saying, and I'm gonna attack you anyway. I attacked you over that. After that agreement, I'll attack you over the next one. After the next one, you want to sign three more, that's fine. Can I give you a hint what I'm going to do?

Joe Getty (33:54)

So are you up on this story of this. All of the, the whole last two weeks originates from a miscommunication or a mistranslation? Are you up on that story? It doesn't. It hasn't. I've only heard it reported. So the, the, the London Telegraph, they talk about it regularly. And the London Telegraph done tremendous reporting on this whole war at the very beginning. When, when. At the very beginning, two weeks ago, when Witkoff went over and met in Russia with Lavrov, or did he meet with Putin directly, it doesn't make any difference. He either misheard, miswrote down, got mistranslated that Putin had agreed to security forces being in Ukraine.

Jack Armstrong (34:41)

European forces.

Joe Getty (34:42)

European forces, yeah. And he hadn't. And it was a miss. It was a mistake. But all of this. And. And so Witkoff came back and told Trump, yeah, Putin has agreed. He's okay with some, you know, security forces on the ground as part of the deal. And everything is emanated from that belief. That was a mistake from the very beginning. Have you heard that anywhere other. The Telegraph has talked about it, and then I heard it one other place over the weekend.

Jack Armstrong (35:10)

That is bizarre and troubling and rings 100% True, I think, because I remember hearing that repeatedly and thinking, wait, no, he didn't. Putin wouldn't agree to that. And sure enough, he hasn't.

Joe Getty (35:22)

Well, and it explains how Trump got so far out over his skis of, you know, let's meet, let's blah, blah, blah, because he thought Putin had already agreed to. I mean, if he's gonna agree to troops on the ground, then obviously he's on board with some peace here.

Jack Armstrong (35:39)

And remember, Putin's the master manipulator. So I can actually. Another possibility contradicts myself, but another possibility was he might have said to Witkoff, you know what? There are circumstances where I could see that, yeah, it's certainly something we could talk about just to delay, just to obfuscate, just to confuse, just to cloud the waters.

Joe Getty (36:02)

And Putin had, In the last 24 hours, one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine in the last month, Right? Yeah.

Jack Armstrong (36:10)

And it's close to breakthroughs. You know, It'll cost another 50,000 men, but close to breakthroughs and some fairly significant sectors. So on he goes, you know, if the peace talks.

Joe Getty (36:20)

Peace talks, are they even peace talks? Is that the right word? Term? But if the peace talks don't amount to anything, Trump's going to get hammered by the mainstream media. I don't. I don't think he should get hammered for trying to. What's the downside? But we're going to be back to square one. Is the world willing to help Ukraine push Russia out of there? Or does Ukraine need to say, we're never getting that land back? How do we stop this war?

Jack Armstrong (36:48)

I feel like there's going to be one more big push. Europe will say, we're going to give you all the weapons you need. We're going to buy them from the United States. Because Trump is obsessed with getting good deals. He say, yeah, we're not giving them, we're selling them. This is going to support our great arms manufacturers. The US Is going to make a mint and they will sell them, quote, unquote, to the Europeans, Ukrainians. Those debts will be forgiven in future days, by the way. And Ukraine will make, with European arms, one more big push to push Russia back as far as they possibly can. That's. That's what I would guess.

Joe Getty (37:23)

So do you think that this becomes evident? Putin's not interested in a ceasefire or peace in any way whatsoever? Does Trump think, well, I did what all I could and we just kind of go with status quo, or does he hit the sanctions and the arming Ukraine to a greater extent than we have in the past? That's what Mark Halpern thinks is going to happen.

Jack Armstrong (37:45)

Right, Right. Yeah. I, like I said, I think it will go that way. I could see him washing his hands of it, saying, it's not our fight, it's not our problem, it's Europe's fight. If they want to buy arms, we'll sell them to them, but not with the kind of behind the scenes encouragement we're on your team aid that I think would make a difference. But he'll still sell them arms.

Joe Getty (38:08)

Not an unreasonable conclusion to say, hey, Europe, you want to, you want to really fight Russia and push them out, go ahead.

Jack Armstrong (38:16)

Right.

Joe Getty (38:16)

We'll help you a little bit. You know, we'll say your stuff and maybe some intelligence or whatever. But, yeah, what an interesting situation for the world. Might makes right is just a fact. It's, it's, it's horrible. The only time. Well, no, might always makes right. Sometimes the good guys have the most might. So you get to kind of claim that might didn't make right. But the reason the world order exists the way it does now is not because we're more moral than China, it's because we've had more might than everybody else.

Jack Armstrong (38:54)

Yeah, yeah. That the might makes right. That sounds like a bit of a moral judgment, and I think that confuses people.

Joe Getty (39:03)

Right.

Jack Armstrong (39:03)

I, I prefer the ancient saying that strong countries do what they will, weak countries do what they must.

Joe Getty (39:13)

Hmm. What an interesting situation.

Jack Armstrong (39:19)

Yeah. Putin is not meeting with Zelensky. It's not happening.

Joe Getty (39:22)

I don't think he has the slightest interest in stopping.

Jack Armstrong (39:26)

Correct. Why not that all along? Why is it that somebody should ask me, why isn't that more evident to more people? I really don't know.

Joe Getty (39:40)

When he got off that plane, I doubt he knew what happened to it.

Jack Armstrong (39:45)

I don't know.

Joe Getty (39:46)

Would you assume that he didn't know this until he landed and he looked out the window and saw the red carpet that that was going to happen. Nobody didn't know that was going to happen. So the plane lands, rolls up, he probably sees the red carpet and thinks, this is unbelievable. He walks across the red carpet. Trump waves him over into the beast. And he had to be thinking, this is really amazing the way they're treating me here. Whatever.

Jack Armstrong (40:07)

Well, yeah, and Putin being Putin. I'm sure he was thinking, I wonder what cards they're gonna play. This is interesting.

Joe Getty (40:15)

Why do you people think I'm willing to quit? Okay, I'll play along if you want.

Jack Armstrong (40:21)

Cool flyover. Yeah, Cool planes. Wow. That was fun. Thanks for doing that.

Joe Getty (40:28)

Yeah. There's another chapter eight to be written to this story. No doubt we will finish strong.

GoDaddy Advertiser (40:33)

Next Armstrong and Getty.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (40:39)

This Labor Day, say goodbye to spills, stains and overpriced furniture with washablesofas.com featuring Anabe, the only machine washable sofa inside and out where designer quality meets budget friendly pricing. Sofas start at just $6.99, making it the perfect time to upgrade your space. Annabe's Pet Friendly stain resistant and interchangeable slipcovers are made with high performance fabric built for real life life. You'll love the cloud like comfort of hypoallergenic, high resilience foam that never needs fluffing and a durable steel frame that stands the test of time with modular pieces you can rearrange anytime. It's a sofa that adapts to your life. Now through Labor Day. Get up to 60% off site wide@washablesofas.com Every order comes with a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. If you're not in love, send it back for a full refund. No return shipping, no restocking fees. Every penny back. Shop now@washablesofas.com Offers are subject to change and certain restrictions may apply.

iHeart Sports Announcer (41:38)

The reviews and ratings are in and Ice Cube's Big three is the surprise hit of the summer. And to cap off the season, iHeart presents the Big Three basketball playoffs this Sunday at 3pm Eastern. The remaining four teams battle it out for the right to make the Big three championship in the most physical, fierce and competitive basketball basketball league in the world. The action starts with the Big three Monster Energy celebrity game where your favorite stars compete in big three three on three basketball. Then the first of two semifinal games features Dwight Howard and the LA riot taking on Montrez Harrell and Dr. J's first place Chicago triplets. The finale will see popular Miami 305 with stars MVP Michael Beasley and Lance will make you Dan Stevenson take on Nancy Lieberman's Dallas power, who finished the season with winning five straight weeks to capture second place. Can Glenn Rice, Greg Monroe and Paul Millsap stop Miami's physical assault? Or will Miami and Beasley put an end to Dallas winning ways? Who will make it to the Big Three championship? This no holds barred action starts Sunday at 3pm Eastern, 12 Pacific only on CBS.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (42:38)

As a parent, you wear many hats. At dinner, you're the chef. When your kids play, you're the ref. And let's face it, you're basically a full time chauffeur. Fortunately, when it's time to wear your teacher hat, abeka makes things easy. Our proven, flexible homeschool curriculum is designed to let your kids retain and build on the knowledge they acquire setting them up for success later in life. Abeka Learning for life begins with the right homeschool education. Learn more@abekahomeschool.com Ugh.

Jack Armstrong (43:08)

Come on.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (43:09)

Why is this taking so long? This thing is ancient.

Lenovo Advertiser (43:12)

Still using yesterday's tech upgrade to the ThinkPad X1 carbon ultralight, ultra powerful and built for serious productivity with Intel Core Ultra processors, blazing speed and AI powered performance. It keeps up with your business, not the other way around.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (43:26)

Whoa, this thing moves.

Lenovo Advertiser (43:28)

Stop hitting snooze on new tech. Win the tech search@lenovo.com Lenovo Lenovo unlock AI experiences with the ThinkPad X1 carbon powered by Intel Core Ultra processors so you can work, create and boost productivity all on one device.

GoDaddy Advertiser (43:46)

Running a business online. Look legit and own your own brand with professional tools from GoDaddy. Instantly build trust with your customers and boost your credibility with an email that matches your domain so people know you mean business. There's never been a better time. Just go to GoDaddy.com GDnow and choose from a wide variety of popular domains to find one that's right for you. Pair that with a professional email that works for all your business needs from daily communications to email marketing and everything in between. That's a little price for a lot of credibility. For a limited time, get a domain and matching professional email for just 99 cents a month for one year. Go to GoDaddy.comGdNow and look legit with GoDaddy. That's GoDaddy.comGdNow again. GoDaddy.comGdNow there's never been a better time to choose the domain and email that's right for you. New Customer purchases only products Auto renew separately. See terms on site godaddy.com gdnow I.

Jack Armstrong (44:47)

Found some models online.

GoDaddy Advertiser (44:48)

After a variety of failures, I found one that actually printed and it sounded good.

Jack Armstrong (44:53)

It's a great start for kids.

GoDaddy Advertiser (44:55)

That smile that comes out as they're.

Jack Armstrong (44:57)

Starting to play and they create that sound themselves, that love of music for their entire life.

GoDaddy Advertiser (45:03)

If that sticks with them, then to.

Jack Armstrong (45:04)

Me it's worth it.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (45:05)

It makes me feel more confident in.

Jack Armstrong (45:08)

School because I'm like, I can play this instrument.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (45:11)

I can do anything.

Joe Getty (45:15)

Children, they're so stupid. That's a little happy about getting. So they're, they're 3D printing violins. They couldn't afford violins for the school and they 3D print them, which was a really cheap way to make violins. Which is kind of interesting because I, I know some about what that's they're doing in the guitar world with stuff like that, with synthetic materials and stuff in a way that they never have in the past. You can make instruments that sound pretty decent for really, really, really cheap. And they also don't like, get ruined by weather. So at least the availability of instruments is becoming much, much, much, much, much easier.

Jack Armstrong (45:52)

Right, right. And this gal took this on on her own. You know, we rail a lot about the state of American education, which is horrible, and Marxist indoctrination, blah, blah, blah. But this gal is a hero. She came across the idea of 3D printing from the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and watched a bunch of stuff online, started tinkering, found some models online and just thought, hey, this is a chance to get our kids to be able to play in a very, very low income, rural Pennsylvania school district. Really cool. A nice story. Music is so good for kids and their brains. Oh, can't be beat.

Joe Getty (46:33)

Yeah, My son's taking guitar lessons. I really hope he sticks with it, partially because I keep telling him, dude, chicks dig it. You, you play a song and sing. Chicks dig it, man.

Jack Armstrong (46:44)

Even in this era of prefab, you know, computerized music. Yeah. If you can play something. Very impressive.

Joe Getty (46:53)

Do you know who David Mamet is? He's a playwright. He did most famously Glengarry Glen Ross, which is maybe my, in my top five movies of all time, screenwriter.

Jack Armstrong (47:03)

Yeah, I really like him.

Joe Getty (47:05)

He's got a piece in the Free Press today. It's called Back when we Gave an F. And that's the actual word. Back when We Gave it F. And the sub headline is Profanity was once a useful weapon. Now it's a dull blade. Profanity has Lost its punch. I'll bet. I haven't read it, but I'll bet it's out of the Trump. And then now the Democratic Party thinking the way to fight back is to cuss. And it's just so okay, then it's meaningless.

Jack Armstrong (47:31)

Yeah. Yeah. So jivy.

Joe Getty (47:33)

And I guess the history of language would be the younger working class is going to have to invent some new words or sounds that are extra dirty that we don't think we should say.

Jack Armstrong (47:46)

In public to shock us.

Joe Getty (47:48)

To shock us. Because that has to exist in language.

Jack Armstrong (47:52)

We did one of my favorite podcasts we've ever done. And so I'm sure some of you geniuses can figure out which one it is. Let us know and we'll. We'll repost it or something. But it was about the new nature of obscenity through the centuries and how back in the day in your village, people pooped and had sex, like, in front of each other. There's no privacy. There was no room. And so the obscenities that we use that reference sex or. Or poop or whatever, they were unknown. It was all religious references that were the obscenities of the day.

Joe Getty (48:24)

Why'd you have to put those together? I'd much rather see my neighbors have sex than poop.

Jack Armstrong (48:29)

You don't get a choice. Choice.

Joe Getty (48:30)

You don't get a choice.

Jack Armstrong (48:31)

And they do both wake up and. Well, you know.

Joe Getty (48:49)

I suppose it depends on the neighbors. Them over there, not so much them over there. Sure. Absolutely.

Jack Armstrong (48:54)

I find myself wandering by their hut semi frequently.

Joe Getty (48:59)

Here's your host for final thoughts, Joe Getty.

Jack Armstrong (49:02)

Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap up the show. There he is, our technical director, Michelangelo Michael.

Joe Getty (49:07)

Final thought?

Jack Armstrong (49:07)

Yeah. Today is National Radio Day, and I would say my radio career began when.

Joe Getty (49:11)

I was five years old.

Jack Armstrong (49:12)

I'd use my Tinker toys to build radio towers up to the ceiling, and I even put little lights up at the top to make sure the planes.

Joe Getty (49:19)

Wouldn'T hit my tower.

Jack Armstrong (49:21)

Wow. Sensible precaution there in your living room. Katie Green, our esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie? Jack, warning for your son or for anybody else's whose kids are getting braces afterwards, wear your retainers or else your bottom teeth will look like mine fighting for a spot in their mouth.

Joe Getty (49:39)

They get crooked again real fast. Yesterday at the doctor.

Jack Armstrong (49:42)

Yeah, it took a couple of years. They said all your time and money.

Joe Getty (49:45)

Will be wasted if you don't keep wearing your retainer. I didn't know that I Jack final thought for us.

Jack Armstrong (49:50)

Yeah, we're going to talk about it.

Joe Getty (49:51)

On National Radio Day. We are going to talk about radio some in the One More Thing podcast. Have some stories to tell. I'm sure Joe does too.

Jack Armstrong (49:58)

I'm sure Katie does.

Joe Getty (49:59)

That'll be entertaining. So that's the One More Thing podcast.

Jack Armstrong (50:03)

My final thought, I was thinking about some of the things we discussed today, including the transgender congressperson who like dared to say, hey, maybe our radical left is hurting the party and got murdered for it. It's one of the best things about being a conservative. We disagree all the time. You don't have to stay to the specific party doctrine every single day. It's, it's cool.

Joe Getty (50:23)

It's liberating Armstrong and Getty pooping and having sex in front of their neighbors and wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

Jack Armstrong (50:29)

So many people. Thanks. A little time Go To Armstrong and Yeti.com a lot of great hot links for you. Drop us a Note mailbag@armstrongandgetty.com Pick up a hat or a T shirt or a hoodie.

Joe Getty (50:38)

See you tomorrow. God bless. Bless America.

Jack Armstrong (50:42)

Armstrong and Getty Sims face a crisis. A legend falls on hard times. Bad trucker with a license, bad therapy and a mouthy wench. They covered it all this morning and tomorrow they'll do even more. The Armstrong and Getty show. The conscience of a nation. Armstrong and Getty iheart presents the Big.

iHeart Sports Announcer (51:13)

Three Playoffs this Sunday. The remaining four teams battle to make the championship in the most physical, fierce and competitive basketball league in the world. The action starts with the Big three Monster Energy celebrity game. Then Dwight Howard and his Ellie Riot take on Montrez Harrell and Dr. J Chicago triplets. The finale will see popular Miami 305 with stars MVP Michael Beasley and Lance Stevenson take on Nancy Lieberman's Dallas power who will make it to the Big Three championship. The no holds barred action starts Sunday at 3pm Eastern, 12 Pacific only on CBS.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (51:42)

As a parent, you wear many hats. At dinner, you're the chef. When your kids play, you're the ref. And let's face it, you're basically a full time chauffeur. Fortunately, when it's time to wear your teacher hat, ABEKA makes things easy. Our proven flexible homeschool curriculum is designed to let your kids retain and build on the knowledge they acquire, setting them up for success later in life. Abeka Learning for life begins with the right homeschool education. Learn more@abekahomeschool.com Ah, come on why is this taking so long? This thing is ancient.

Lenovo Advertiser (52:16)

Still using yesterday's tech upgrade to the ThinkPad X1 carbon ultralight, ultra powerful and built for serious productivity with Intel Core Ultra processors, blazing speed and AI powered performance. It keeps up with your business, not the other way around.

Abeka Homeschool Advertiser (52:30)

Whoa, this thing moves.

Lenovo Advertiser (52:31)

Stop hitting snooze on new tech. Win the tech search@lenovo.com Lenovo Lenovo unlock AI experiences with the ThinkPad X1 carbon powered by Intel Core Ultra processors so you can work, create and boost productivity all on one device.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (52:49)

Looking for a mortgage, credit card or auto loan? Then you should know your FICO score. Did you know 90% of top lenders use FICO scores? Visit myfico.com today to get your FICO score for free. MyFICO makes it easy to understand your credit with FICO scores, credit reports and alerts. Visit myfico.com free that's myfico.com free. Or download the myfico app and discover the score lenders use most. That's myfico.com free.

Joe Getty (53:22)

Song stands about an obsessed fan who's taken me too literal.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (53:26)

From Eminem and the producers of 8 Mile.

Jack Armstrong (53:28)

Never seen anything like Eminem fans.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (53:30)

This is the story of a fan base.

Jack Armstrong (53:32)

I had to look in the mirror.

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (53:33)

And be like, am I one of these crazy Stans that created a culture? I do have an addiction to Eminem.

Joe Getty (53:39)

I traveled the world for him. Without Eminem, I wouldn't have the life.

Jack Armstrong (53:43)

I have right now.

iHeart Sports Announcer (53:44)

What's your first question?

MyFICO Advertiser / Guest (53:46)

Stans new documentary, streaming August 26th on Paramount.

Jack Armstrong (53:50)

This is an iHeart podcast.