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Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center.
Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
Jack Armstrong
Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty. I am saying this because I'm really afraid that my country's gonna be further weakened by this. I think we're gonna see the end of American empire. Obviously, other nations would like to see that. And this is a perfect way to scuttle the USS America on the shoals of Iran. But it's also going to end Trump's presidency and effectively end it.
Joe Getty
So there's Tucker Carlson on his very, very viewed and influential podcast. And then he goes on Bannon, Steve Bannon's podcast. Steve Bannon was, you know, a major advisor to Trump when he got elected first time around. I don't understand Steve Ban's politics. I don't quite get that. Maybe we can talk about that more. But to that comment, that war with Iran will destroy the American empire and Trump's presidency. Trump was asked about that on the plane flying back to the United States last night.
Jack Armstrong
Criticizing you, saying that you're complicit in the war.
Unknown
I don't know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen.
Joe Getty
Let him go get a television network so people listen. There's an old man who doesn't understand. Times have changed, I think.
Jack Armstrong
Ah, yes, exactly.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Tucker Carlson has more viewers than practically.
Jack Armstrong
Every single show on every cable channel combined at once.
Joe Getty
Combined at once. Yes.
Jack Armstrong
Yes.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Name the host or Meet the Press or any of those shows on the major networks. Tucker's audience is way bigger than Meet the Press.
Jack Armstrong
Sure. Or even the, you know, the Alphabet network's evening news is.
Joe Getty
Yeah. So that's just a guy who surprisingly. Or. Or he's just trying to be. Because he. He understands modern media better than most people. He takes advantage of it all the time. See, the fact that he announces things on Twitter. But maybe he's just poking Tucker, which, you know, he has a. He has a. Want to do. What. What is the Tucker Steve Bannon worldview? I used to watch Tucker was on Fox before he left. I'd watch every night. Every single night. I often loved his opening segment. Often loved it.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
But I couldn't figure out his worldview. I like a consistent state. His Worldview. I just couldn't.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I don't, I don't know if I have the energy to get into this, but I think there are certain people who have, have, have had crystallized in their mind. What does the approach look like that gets the attention and money of the clicks of the young, online, angry, hyper confident America first, but in an isolationist kind of nationalist, hyper nationalist way. They've, they've just crystallized that approach and it's been very, very profitable.
Joe Getty
Okay, well, so, so you think that's an act? The world. I figured out a niche to make a lot of money for both him and Steve Bannon. I feel like they believe it and maybe Tucker is Tucker.
Jack Armstrong
Just.
Joe Getty
Huh.
Jack Armstrong
Believe what though? That's the problem. I can't, like you started. I, I don't get what they're pitching exactly. I think, and, and I don't know, Bannon is different from Tucker is different than Candace Owens is different than, you know, Matt Walsh, who intersects a little bit with that community. For instance. There are a bunch of names out there and they all have different approaches. They overlap a little bit. But yeah, there's, there's a lot of grift there, really.
Joe Getty
I, I go back and forth on that. I, I've watched a fair amount of Tucker since he left Fox Watching. I, he seems sincere to me. I don't know if he went crazy or, or, or his, his claim is, I saw a great long interview with him where he claims that everything changed when he feels like he was lied to about the Iraq war. He pushed the war in Iraq really, really hard. The weapons of mass destruction thing on whichever show he had, and he's had a show on every network. He had a show on msnbc. He had a show on cnn and obviously he had a very successful show on Fox. He pushed the Iraq war hard. He feels like he was lied to. That kind of like broke his brain and then he went a different direction after that. Yeah, but he seems sincere to me. Or he got so cynical he thought, these people don't care. I don't care anymore. I'm just going to get rich. But man, he's good at it.
Jack Armstrong
Although the Iraq thing was in 2003 and he changed completely again when he left Fox News. So I don't know. And again, just to make it clear, there are some of the list of 10 or so of the people who are like the leaders in this thing that are probably 10% grift and 90% sincere. There are some that are 90% grift. And 10% sincere, some that are half and half. And you have to remember it's possible to be completely sincere. And your worldview is either just wrong, the world doesn't work the way you think it ought to, or it's incoherent. Your, your, your prescriptions for the world are incoherent. So I don't, I don't know. It's. It's a grab bag. For instance, Candace Owens saying, get ready, white American men. It's time for you to go die for Israel again. And then there's Tucker Carlson's favorite non historian, historian Daryl Cooper, offering prayerful words of consolation to his followers. Excuse me. Don't worry, friends. As arrogant and invincible as he may seem, the end, the devil and all his children are cast into the lake of fire. He's talking about this, the Jews, I guess. So.
Joe Getty
I agree with this critique that I've heard many times. A number of the America first crowd seem to be America Last. Really? They think everybody's better than us and their decisions to do evil things is okay, but we shouldn't ever do anything right.
Jack Armstrong
Well, that's why they call them the woke, right? In some places. Because the woke left says America's irredeemable. It was founded on racism and needs to be terror torn apart for a brave Marxist future. And on the Woke, right, it's America's irredeemable. It's become run by the Jews or the immigrants or whatever. There are all sorts of variations. Therefore, it needs to be torn apart and usher in a beautiful ultra nationalist something or other future. So here you have one more. Here's Dave Smith, who's a comedian, allegedly. He's big in these circles. He's big on Israel, committed genocide in Gaza. He was on Joe Rogan's podcast. There is no bigger media in America than Joe Rogan's podcast. He referred to Trump reports that Trump is fully supporting Israel's action. He called Trump a traitor to his own movement. Quote. If this is true, Trump is the most impotent bitch of a leader imaginable. He is allowing one side of a war who clearly wants to drag us in to lie about our involvement while not correcting the record. Either way, Trump has betrayed Maga and every principle of America First. He is no longer worthy of any of our support. He probably never was.
Unknown
Wow.
Joe Getty
So is this Trump's kind of weirdly sister Soulja moment? Yesterday he told the Atlantic we repeated this. He said, I invented American America First. It's my phrase. I get to define what it is I'm, I'm the definer on this is basically which is true. And you don't get to tell me.
Jack Armstrong
It'S true until it's not. Many a leader has been eclipsed by their own movement, but for so, so far, I'm betting on Trump.
Joe Getty
Yeah, he is not going to be eclipsed by his own movement. He's going to lose a chunk of it, certainly. He's going to gain a whole bunch of more people, though, I think. I mean, this makes Trump look more sane than, than it does it more help than harm because obviously letting Iran get a nuclear weapon, how is that America first? That makes no sense whatsoever.
Jack Armstrong
I think some of these people indulge themselves in a fantasy that if we just keep to ourselves, the rest of the world will just keep to themselves.
Joe Getty
I don't know.
Jack Armstrong
Belied by every moment of human history.
Joe Getty
Right.
Jack Armstrong
And the world smaller. The world's smaller than it's ever been in terms of our ability to reach out and touch someone and everybody else's. One final note, when Trump does leave the scene, whether to go to heaven or hell or when he dies, in short, or just when he's through as a president and you know, he's an old fella, so he might be a quote, unquote kingmaker for a while, but not, not indefinitely, obviously. But as soon as he is no longer the North Star of Maga, it's going to be complete chaos in my estimation.
Joe Getty
Well, since you're talking about the end of the Trump era, let's revisit the beginning of the Trump era. We missed this anniversary yesterday. It was ten years ago yesterday. He comes down the escalator.
Jack Armstrong
Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for President of the United States and we are going to make our country great again.
Joe Getty
Not a person on planet Earth had any idea how consequential that was going to be for a decade or more. As you were just laying out one of the biggest moments in political history, maybe in the world, depending on how things turn out, certainly in the United States of America.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
And I'll always remember watching Fox Brett Bear that night back when he used to have the amazing panel that included George Will and Charles Krauthammer. Charles Krauthammer, yeah. And Brett Bear asked them both played this clip about Trump's announcement. Krauthammer said it was a stunt and nothing more. George Will said, I will not dignify it with a comment. That's how little they made of Trump's announcement. He took over politics in Every way. He took over both parties. You're right, because everything the Democratic Party does is a reaction to Trump. He took over both parties for the next 10 years.
Jack Armstrong
Right. And the Middle east at the least will be remade. I think the next few years. And what's gonna happen in Europe still mystifies the hell outta me. We haven't even gotten to Trump's just unhinged comments about Putin at the G7.
Joe Getty
Right.
Jack Armstrong
Yesterday about how you shouldn't have kicked him out. I can talk to him. You can't. No, you can't talk to Putin.
Joe Getty
But anyway, Obviously the last 10 years he has dominated both parties. He's got three years at three and a half years left in his presidency. And as you just pointed out, he'll have some sway afterwards, depending on his health and everything.
Jack Armstrong
Right. I'm just, I'm talking less about politics than the trajectory of world history. Sure. Middle East 100% has changed. What's going to happen in Europe? I kind of derailed myself making the point. What's going to happen in Europe is still utterly unclear to me. But he is an agent to change, no doubt.
Joe Getty
If you're a person that leans Tucker. Steve Bannon, what's your Let Iran get a nuclear weapon because it's not our war, not our job. I mean, Candace Owens suggesting white guys are going to go die for Israel going to die to stop Iran, the number one enemy of the United States for decades, has killed so many of our soldiers, has vowed to. To kill us all forever. My whole life they want a nuclear weapon. That's why we'd be going to war.
Jack Armstrong
If indeed we do.
Joe Getty
And I don't think we'll end up with a, you know, American soldiers fighting a war anyway, but.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
Well, anyway, I just wondered what your thoughts on that are on that text line. 415295KFTC.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, Joe, I was just going to say we've got to play the Israeli ambassador clip again. Oh, when we come back.
Joe Getty
Oh, my God. If you haven't heard this, holy cow, is this not getting Morton enough attention. Stay tuned, Armstrong and Getty.
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During a bill signing ceremony last week, President Trump said that quote, unlike Biden, I stay awake at night thinking about how to save our country. And as everybody knows, all the best ideas come from a 79 year old man on no sleep.
Joe Getty
Dude doesn't need much sleep as is famously known. Can you imagine being almost 80 years old and dealing with all this stuff? As Mark Halpern wrote today, he's in the midst of making the biggest decision of his life.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, maybe it's easier when you're that age.
Joe Getty
Maybe.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know.
Joe Getty
Maybe it is a couple of different things. But first, this. This is the Israeli ambassador to the United States in an interview yesterday.
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Joe Getty
See some surprises on Thursday night and Friday that will make the beeper.
Jack Armstrong
Operation almost seem simple.
Joe Getty
So the pagers Exploding and killing everybody in Hezbollah at once, which is considered one of the greatest logistic military ingenious. Yeah. Intelligence tricks in the history of the world is going to pale in comparison to whatever Israel's got. Thursday or Friday.
Jack Armstrong
The imagination runs wild. Is it going to be something incredibly clever like that? Will it be a preview of what I've been talking about a lot When China decides to bring the Great Satan to its knees. US and China flips off all of our electrical systems and water systems and credit card processing and banks and the rest of it. Is it going to be something like that? Now Israel has implanted in Iran systems.
Joe Getty
We made a bunch of childish jokes earlier in the show about exploding beards and what you did.
Jack Armstrong
Please.
Joe Getty
I like the idea of constricting belts. All of a sudden your belt just starts squeezing you like a python.
Jack Armstrong
Thinking outside the box.
Joe Getty
But if, you know, you hide a monkey in their turban, there's all kinds of things you could do. But wow, if all the electricity just gets shut off in Tehran, cell phones stop. That'd be pretty big.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. And again and water and payment processing and banks and anything necessary to pump gas.
Joe Getty
I mean ultimately I want them to not get a nuclear weapon, but in terms of just viewing the monkey in the turbine seems like pretty entertaining stuff.
Jack Armstrong
Wow, wow, wow. You see what I got to.
Joe Getty
How did they sneak the monkeys into their turbines without them even noticing? Like they do that overnight.
Jack Armstrong
They took over a turbine manufacturer, found ways to cross breed monkeys with those weird lungfish that can be like dead in the dirt for you remember learning about African lungfish when you're a kid? Yes, Fascinating. Google it folks, if you're being it. I'm. Yeah.
Joe Getty
So they got their brand new. Oh look, a new turbine, honey. And you put on your turban not knowing at all there's a monkey, an evil monkey hiding in there.
Jack Armstrong
It houses a dormant monkey. That's right.
Joe Getty
Anywho, what the hell. Thursday or Friday and I was reading the National Review, Andy McCarthy writing he's his prediction is a quick US strike to destroy Fordo with the rest of the war making left to the highly capable Israelis. That would be perfectly consistent with Trump's history. Willing to act decisively but resistant to long term engagements. So we do the big stuff. Bomb the crap out of that thing. Then we're out. And it's up for you. It's yours now.
Jack Armstrong
Israel Trump has not shied away from the big dramatic hit and run Soleimani. The obvious example taken out that that general hey, for what it's worth I missed this Trump Truth Doubt Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Kooky why I oughta so that fracture continues to be very interesting. Coming up, a couple of stories about the United States military that you may find interesting. For instance, Silicon Valley suddenly has rediscovered their patriotism in large measure. Love it.
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Involving the death of actor Matthew Perry, you'll remember, he died of a ketamine overdose in October of 2023. The Justice Department now saying Dr. Salvador Placencia, one of two doctors accused of supplying the actor with the drug, has agreed to plead guilty to of four counts of distribution of ketamine. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison.
Jack Armstrong
Whoa.
Joe Getty
Maximum of 40. He won't get the maximum, but even if he gets a percentage of that, that's quite a bit of time in jail. But then, you know, don't give drug addicts a drug that they obviously are using to get high. Doctor.
Jack Armstrong
And don't give people drugs that, you know, might kill them. Drug dealers all over the world giving people fentanyl, for instance. You kill somebody, you pay for it. So I keep thinking, all right, let's get away from the Iran thing. I just saw the headline in Washington. Lawmakers are continuing their efforts to limit Trump's authority to use forces to engage in hostilities against Iran. But it's like Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, and Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, introducing a measure. There's a couple of senators who are down with this idea, too, of essentially recapturing Congress's role in declaring war.
Joe Getty
Right.
Jack Armstrong
And I'm not hostile to that idea by any means, but the concept of declaring war has become so muddled in the last 75 years, I don't even know what it means.
Joe Getty
Every president since 911 is still using the same authorization for all this stuff, right?
Jack Armstrong
Right. In a way that, you know, if you look at it seriously, it's just. It's silly.
Joe Getty
There is some breaking news. Bloomberg is reporting Russia has said they will not help Iran.
Jack Armstrong
Wow.
Joe Getty
So.
Jack Armstrong
That'S interesting.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Wonder if Trump was working that angle when he made those statements at the G7. Very soft on Putin. You know, we've mentioned this a couple of times. Why don't we go ahead and hit that? Put the place 31 for us. Michael.
Unknown
The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in then. I would say that that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn't have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago. But it didn't work out that way. But it used to be the G8, and now it's, I guess. What's that? Nine years ago, eight years ago, it switched over. They threw Russia out, which I claimed was a very big mistake, even though I wasn't in politics then I was very loud about it. It was a mistake in that you spend so much time talking about Russia, he's no longer at the table. So it makes life more complicated. But you wouldn't have had the war.
Jack Armstrong
That's just an odd, odd statement. The G7 is a group of industrialized Western countries that see the world and trade and civilization more or less the same. And then you've got Russia annexing parts of Ukraine, invading Crimea, taking Crimea.
Joe Getty
Annexing is too soft a word. I know. It's the word everybody uses. But he invaded a country and took part of their land. And so you don't get to be.
Jack Armstrong
In the G7 anymore.
Joe Getty
So, yeah, you kick him out of the we follow the rules group.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Again, I don't know what Trump is doing there. I hope it all becomes clear at some point. But this is so interesting. This is another aspect of this that I didn't see coming. Neither did anybody else. And it's the Wall Street Journal editorial board talking about how recent events, including the current mayhem in the Middle east, just haven't really shaken oil prices that much. They call it the oil price spike that wasn't. And the long and short of it is there's so much production of oil and it's so dispersed that it's. Well, it's like a free market economy is supposed to function. Something crazy happens here, knocks this amount of oil production offline. These people over there say, no, we'll crank out more of it. It'll be fine. And they go through all sorts of different examples and sanctions and Russians selling discounted oil to the Chinese, but the Chinese have the option of blankety blankets. So there's too many moving parts for everything to go nuts, probably at this point.
Joe Getty
Wow. So is that era over? The idea of a problem in one spot causes people in California to have to wait in line for gas.
Jack Armstrong
Barring a catastrophic disruption, as they point out. Yeah, there just won't be that much instability like there used to be.
Joe Getty
Interesting.
Jack Armstrong
If you want to geek out on that, we can post that at armstrong and getty.com. so this is a really good piece from the National Review talking about how in politics and government, clever is not always the same thing as good. Sometimes you use cleverness to deceive and to pull off crap that shouldn't be happening. They're talking about the Trump administration, the Department of Defense renaming nine major military bases. You remember back in 23, the Biden Department of Defense changed the names of all of these forts because they were named After Confederates.
Joe Getty
So that happened in 23. It's interesting because that started under George Floyd, where all kinds of things were getting. Taking off schools and rivers and statues and everything like that. But it took till 23 that they changed the forts.
Jack Armstrong
Well, right, exactly. And so they named. They renamed Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Gordon, Fort A.P. hill, Fort Hood, Fort Lee, Fort Pickett, Fort Polk and Fort Rucker. And then some of the new Biden era installation names were worthy individuals. General Hal Moore and his wife, Julia Compton Moore, who are the same namesakes of Fort Moore. And some of the other ones they named for some pretty good people. Others were less inspired. Fort Bragg merely became Fort Liberty, whatever that means. I mean, I'm in favor of Liberty, certainly, but. So now the army has announced, and this is the clever part, and I want to dislike this because I think the editors of National Review want to dislike it too, but I think I like it. The army has announced it will redesignate these installations back to their previous names, but with a twist. Fort Benning is going back to Fort Benning, but this time it's named for Corporal Fred G. Benning. First. No, you idiot. Fred Benning, a first World War hero, instead of Henry Benning, a general in the Confederate Army. Fort Gordon is back to be. In Fort Gordon. It's now named to honor Master Sergeant Gary Gordon, a Delta Force sniper awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions at the Battle of Mogadishu. Let's hear Blackhawk Down. Mayhem. So they've found great, admirable Americans. And the list, I mean, it gives you a chill. It warms your heart. Distinguished Service Cross recipient, Col. Robert B. Hood, who showed extraordinary heroism in France during WW2. Oh, I'm sorry. He was WW1. Fort Hood is now named after Robert B. Hood. So they found great, loyal Americans with the same last names and changed the forts back.
Joe Getty
Fort Lee now named after Peggy Lee, who sang How Much is that Doggy in the Window?
Jack Armstrong
Which was somebody. A timeless classic, no doubt. All right, so, Jack, come on. What do you think of this maneuver?
Joe Getty
I don't know.
Jack Armstrong
It seems chivey. Hell if. But Fort Bragg is now Fort Bragg again. But it's a different brag.
Joe Getty
Okay, so I guess I have to start at the premise that we need the forts to have the same name, because I'm not sure I'd buy that.
Jack Armstrong
I get what you're saying.
Joe Getty
And then. But if I accept that, it still doesn't. It still doesn't change the fact that if you are an actual racist and or fan of the Confederacy and believe something should be named for Robert E. Lee that, you know, okay, I know what we're doing. You gotta say this for the other people, but we know, we know that you named him after the Confederates.
Jack Armstrong
So cool, Cool.
Joe Getty
We're with you. I mean, I hate the term dog whistle. I think 90% of the time when I hear dog whistle, it's inaccurate or overblown. But this might actually be one.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, yeah. I don't know. They mentioned in the National Review that very few Americans who resisted the changing names in 23 did it out of affection for the Confederacy. Right. They resisted because of the spate of renaming. Seemed to be part of the whole woke cultural revolution.
Joe Getty
True. It all came with taking Thomas Jefferson's name off of the school and everything. It was happening at the same time.
Jack Armstrong
Right. Which is why at the beginning of the show, I think it is, we have a recording saying from the Abraham Lincoln studios that the George Washington, you know, broadcast complex, that was a reaction to that. And the idea was that, no, no, no, if we let you start with the Confederate generals, you're going to end up turning the Washington Monument into the transsexual monument or whatever.
Joe Getty
Here. Next thing you know, that's what.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. This is clever, but is it smart? I don't know.
Joe Getty
Well, it just. Yeah, it'll just go, oh, you know what?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that's. That's kind of a head scratcher different. Be a lot of different opinions. You want to email us about this mailbag@armstronggetty.com or drop us a note. 415295 kftc to the idea that it.
Joe Getty
Wasn'T actually, you know, fans of the Confederacy or racists that were fighting this. How many people ever thought for a second about who Fort Bragg was named after? He just referred to it as Fort Bragg because that's what you knew it was called. I mean, it's just I didn't do the look back on it. And then how, how many buildings, bridges, whatever, do you encounter every day in your life? You know, across the Robinson Bridge has backup today. Robinson who? Robinson. I don't know why it's the Robinson Bridge.
Jack Armstrong
Nobody ever asks or cares. Right. Yeah, Judy. And I'll actually occasionally search on that sort of thing when we're taking road trips. Wow. The John G. Robinson Bridge. Why don't you figure out who John G. Robinson was? Just to make the miles go by and it's kind of fun. Actually. Here's another fun Thing you're driving through a town, it's got like a big gaudy water tower or something like that. You search on that town's name and we've done this a couple of times.
Joe Getty
And I must say, in bed. No, that's with fortune cookie.
Jack Armstrong
That's your porn name. No, no. Totally different thing. No. And, and usually the Wikipedia entry has notable people who've come from that town and it'll be a couple of running backs in the NFL, it'll be a Supreme Court justice, it'll be a mass murderer, a porn star, and, and you know, the guy who invented the penicillin or something.
Joe Getty
That's a heck of a town I want to drive through there.
Jack Armstrong
Makes them. Well, that's the. Virtually every town in America, honestly.
Joe Getty
Cool.
Jack Armstrong
It's a. It's a great way to make the miles go by. Go by. Speaking of military matters and oh, back to your point about the whole Fort Bragg thing. Two things. It's worth reminding people over and over again that a lot of that stuff wasn't named that in 1866. It was named that during the 1910s and 20s when pushes for real civil rights for Americans, ending the Jim Crow era, African Americans was being pushed and a lot of avowed racists wanted to celebrate the Confederacy. A lot of that stuff was born for the worst possible motives. Second thing is, you know, to your point, nobody knows what for Bragg is. Anyway, I had another point that got me back to 51:49 in favor of this. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Let's move on. Well, night. I got distracted by my own. Yeah, yeah. What was it going to be? Is it bragged and named after it doesn't matter. I'm back to that. This is unequivocally good. I love this. Executives from a bunch of big tech companies have joined a new innovation corps in the Army Reserve. It's a new Army Reserve unit that enlists Silicon Valley executives to upgrade the technical capabilities of the American armed forces. What a great idea.
Joe Getty
And you know, now that you say it, it seems like obs should have done this a long time ago. This is a great idea.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. They're referring to it as the. The Nerd Corps, I think. Is that what they're calling it? Yeah. Executives From Meta Palantir OpenAI are set to join the new Army Innovation Corps, bringing tech upgrades to the military. These tech reservists will 120 hours a year as lieutenant colonels advising on AI and commercial tech acquisition. And there is a real vein of patriotism and up with America running through some of the higher reaches of Silicon Valley right now and a, an understanding that they're, they're good buddies from China, aren't their buddies whatsoever. Let's see. You know, I could name these people. If you know them, you know them. But here's this 43 year old guy who wanted to be a fighter pilot. He was too tall, he went off to do other things, but he's never lost his desire to serve the country. He's the tech chief at Meta Zuckerberg's company.
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Wow.
Jack Armstrong
He says there's a lot of patriotism that's been under the covers that I think is coming to light in the Valley. And these guys will have to do some physical fitness tests advocating this for a while.
Joe Getty
Don't make them do a certain number. Keep the guy out, he can't do enough push ups fast enough.
Jack Armstrong
Who freaking cares, right? Right. For the army, the deepening ties can help it prepare for the wars of the future. Obviously it's all going to be technology.
Joe Getty
So I mentioned this as a mom of one of my son's friends, they moved to Austin, Texas. Like, like so many people I know have, have left California for the obvious reasons. But anyway, she had been in the mel. Military, I think she's FBI, since then anyway, she had to do all this physical fitness stuff. She was a computer person like this, she was super smart with computers and that's what she did in the military. And she never could understand the physical fitness stuff or the being able to shoot a gun. That's what she talked about. If it ever gets to the point where I need to shoot a gun, we're screwed. I mean just sitting, sitting in a building somewhere running a computer. Yeah, we get, we gotta change the requirements for some of these jobs.
Jack Armstrong
A lot of folks listening in Silicon Valley, you want to keep the freedom that's given you the opportunity to innovate like y' all are, you got to protect this country. I love this trend. Love it, love it, love it. Let's see more of it.
Joe Getty
More on the way.
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Jack Armstrong
Here'S our first one peloton seemed like a good idea during the pandemic. Baked Lays. You're gonna want to lubricate these things somehow. That's true. Taco Bell. You don't have to be drugged, but like big lots, like if a giant picked up a target and shook it like a game of bottles. Grape Nuts because breakfast should hurt. And finally, Funyuns. There aren't enough Listerine strips in the world to save you.
Joe Getty
Now Baked Lays. You do need some water handy. They are a bite full of the Sahara to Grape Nuts. Breakfast should hurt my son because I eat Grape Nuts fairly regularly and they're pretty healthy cereal. I mean there's no sugar or fat in them or anything like that. And lots of fiber, which I need incredibly bland like most healthy stuff is. My son had his first bowl because he Sees me eat him all the time. He said, how do you eat these things? He said, I gotta throw them away. I said, make a small bowl because you might not like it because it is eating a little box or a bowl of rocks.
Jack Armstrong
Well. And it's dense as uranium.
Joe Getty
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Very filling. That's the other thing I like about it. A couple of spoonfuls and I am full. And the Peloton thing, which the crowd laughed at for quite a while. I guess a lot of people did that. Bought your exercise machine. Did you do that, Katie? You're one of them.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, guilty.
Joe Getty
What is a Peloton? It's just a brand.
Unknown
Or is it the recumbent bike that has the screen and you can go.
Joe Getty
On and take classes with people.
Jack Armstrong
Well. And the poor folks at Peloton. Peloton said, we're growing like crazy and it'll keep happening, so let's expand like crazy and invest all the money we're making into growing even more. And then it all went curblooey.
Joe Getty
I'm not mocking it because I've done it myself, but it's amazing. Our ability to convince ourselves that if we have the right piece of expensive equipment, we will exercise regularly.
Jack Armstrong
That's the mission was pretty good. It had some real appeal to it because you'd take classes with the screens and all sorts of stuff and have landscapes go by.
Joe Getty
Missing link is not my ambition or getting over laziness or I just don't want to. Nope, it's the right equipment. That's what'll answer. That's what we'll fix it. We do four hours every single day. If you miss an hour or a segment, you could get it in podcast form. You just subscribe to Armstrong and Get it on Demand.
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Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand
Episode Title: How'd They Get An Evil Monkey In My Turbon?
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Host: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Produced By: iHeartPodcasts
In this episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, host Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into the intricate web of American politics, media influence, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the ramifications of former President Donald Trump's era. The discussion intertwines critical analysis of media personalities, foreign policy decisions, and domestic political maneuvers that shape the current state of the American empire.
Jack Armstrong initiates the conversation by expressing concern over the perceived weakening of America's global standing:
"I think we're gonna see the end of the American empire. Obviously, other nations would like to see that."
(03:03)
The hosts explore the impact of Trump's leadership, contemplating whether his actions are hastening America's decline or redefining its role on the world stage.
A significant portion of the discussion centers around influential media figures like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon. Joe Getty questions Steve Bannon's political motivations:
"I don't understand Steve Bannon's politics. Maybe we can talk about that more."
(04:13)
They analyze Carlson's shift from mainstream media to his own platform, noting his substantial viewership surpassing traditional shows:
"Tucker's audience is way bigger than Meet the Press."
(04:31)
Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty debate whether these media personalities are acting out of genuine belief or are strategically capitalizing on political niches for profit, highlighting the ambiguity between sincerity and opportunism within these figures.
The hosts reflect on Trump's unprecedented ability to dominate both the Republican and Democratic parties:
"He took over both parties for the next 10 years."
(13:10)
Joe Getty reminisces about the initial reaction to Trump's 2015 announcement:
"Not a person on planet Earth had any idea how consequential that was going to be."
(12:31)
They discuss Trump's lasting influence, suggesting that even after his presidency, his presence will instigate significant political chaos and reorientation.
A substantial segment is dedicated to the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. The hosts speculate on possible Israeli strategies to neutralize Iranian threats, using metaphorical language:
"How'd they sneak the monkeys into their turbines without them even noticing?"
(23:01)
They reference current events and potential military actions, highlighting concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions and the strategic responses that could redefine Middle Eastern dynamics.
Jack Armstrong critiques the Biden administration's efforts to rename military bases previously honoring Confederate figures:
"They found great, admirable Americans with the same last names and changed the forts back."
(34:30)
The discussion underscores the complexities and perceived hypocrisies in attempting to reconcile historical reverence with contemporary values, questioning the effectiveness and sincerity of such initiatives.
The hosts commend the emergence of Silicon Valley executives joining the Army's new Innovation Corps:
"Executives from Meta, Palantir, OpenAI are set to join the new Army Innovation Corps."
(42:09)
Joe Getty and Jack Armstrong view this as a positive convergence of technological expertise and military advancement, emphasizing the patriotic shift within the tech community to support national defense through innovation.
Addressing recent legislative moves, Joe Getty informs listeners about bipartisan efforts to rein in Trump's authority to engage militarily against Iran:
"Lawmakers are continuing their efforts to limit Trump's authority to use forces to engage in hostilities against Iran."
(29:10)
Jack Armstrong expresses skepticism about the clarity and practicality of modern war declarations, suggesting that the nuances of contemporary warfare make traditional declarations obsolete.
The duo references a Wall Street Journal editorial discussing the resilience of oil prices despite Middle Eastern instability:
"They say there's too much oil production and it's so dispersed that the market can absorb disruptions without dramatic price spikes."
(32:13)
This analysis underscores the complexities of the global oil market and its capacity to mitigate the economic shocks typically expected from geopolitical conflicts.
Throughout the episode, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty provide a critical lens on the interplay between media influence, political leadership, and international relations. They express concern over the potential unraveling of American global dominance, driven by internal political strife and external geopolitical threats. The hosts advocate for a more coherent and strategic approach to both domestic policies and foreign engagements to navigate the multifaceted challenges facing the United States.
Notably, they highlight the transformative yet precarious legacy of Trump's presidency, cautioning against the chaotic aftermath that could ensue from his departure. Additionally, the incorporation of Silicon Valley talent into military innovation signifies a hopeful intersection of technology and national security, poised to address future conflicts with advanced solutions.
Jack Armstrong (03:03): "I think we're gonna see the end of American empire."
Joe Getty (04:13): "I don't understand Steve Bannon's politics. Maybe we can talk about that more."
Joe Getty (13:10): "He took over both parties for the next 10 years."
Jack Armstrong (34:30): "They found great, admirable Americans with the same last names and changed the forts back."
Jack Armstrong (42:09): "Executives from Meta, Palantir, OpenAI are set to join the new Army Innovation Corps."
Armstrong & Getty On Demand delivers a thought-provoking episode that dissects the current state of American politics and its broader implications. By intertwining critical discussions with sharp observations, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty offer listeners a comprehensive understanding of the forces reshaping the nation's trajectory. Whether analyzing media influence, political legacies, or geopolitical strategies, this episode provides valuable insights for anyone keen on the future of American leadership and global standing.