I Couldn't Find My Pink Stretchy Shorts!!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: I Couldn't Find My Pink Stretchy Shorts!!
Date: April 1, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Armstrong & Getty, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty dive into a wide spectrum of contemporary issues with their signature blend of irreverence, candor, and cultural insight. Main themes include anticipation of President Trump's national address on the Iran conflict, the Supreme Court's hearing of a birthright citizenship case, a viral military helicopter "Kid Rock Gate" incident, and the complexities of the current global and domestic political climate. The banter is lively and sharp, mixing serious analysis with satirical commentary and classic Armstrong & Getty gallows humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Show Opening & April Fool’s Day

• [04:00] Jack kicks things off with a humorous lament about his missing “pink stretchy shorts,” poking fun at his supposed “Bimbofication fan page,” setting the playful tone for the episode.
  • Quote: Jack: “I couldn’t find my pink stretchy shorts to do all my posts on my Bimbofication fan page.” (04:04)
• Banter about April Fool’s Day pranks and abuses of trust.
  • Quote: Jack: “Find a trusted loved one...lie to them, and then laugh at them when they take you seriously because you developed all that trust over the years, right?” (13:06)
  • Joe: “Abuse.” Jack: “Hilarious.” (13:22)

2. Anticipation of President Trump’s National Address

• [04:49, 28:53, 31:13] The hosts discuss the significant unknowns around President Trump’s address regarding the Iran conflict, including speculation over possible declarations of victory, escalation, or withdrawal.
  • Frequent references to the speculation and lack of transparency: “Nobody actually knows. What do you suppose he’s going to do?” (04:56)
  • Joe: “Yeah, the full range of options is out there, which is…a pretty good place to be in if you’re trying to keep your opponent guessing, too.” (05:37)
• Military & Foreign Policy Complexity: Analysis of other nations’ (e.g., France, Italy, Spain, UK) stances on the conflict and military support, noting surprises and frustrations regarding NATO and allied cohesion.
  • Joe: “It’s troubling partly...Britain’s under a lefty Labour government...you just have a giant welfare state and kind of whimper and cower in the corner.” (07:11)

3. Birthright Citizenship Supreme Court Case

• [08:10, 10:41, 12:17] Detailed discussion on Trump’s controversial decision to attend Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship, including the constitutional ambiguity of the 14th Amendment and the spectacle of a sitting president attending SCOTUS.
  • Joe: “Looks like intimidation.” (08:35)
  • Jack: “Is that his point? Is it kind of like Godfather 1 or 2 where you have somebody walk in the back room...?” (08:37)
  • Joe: “He said some really stupid stuff last night about the justices he appointed...” (08:57)
  • Jack: “I think it’s a stupid idea, but that’s what the Constitution says.” (10:41)
  • Joe: “There’s plenty of ambiguity. It’s almost as if the writers of the 14th Amendment intentionally said...let’s word this really vaguely.” (11:07)
  • On Chinese birth tourism: “That’s absolutely not what the 14th Amendment was about. It was about the children of slaves, period.” (12:42)

4. International Tensions: Iran, UAE, and Global Alliances

• [06:10, 27:55–36:14] Extended examination of rising tensions in the Middle East, threats against US interests, shifting European/American alliances, and the emerging willingness of Gulf nations (UAE in particular) to intervene militarily.
  • Joe: “Now there are new threats coming down...18 American companies...will become legitimate targets. They say that this is in retribution for all the assassinations of their top leadership in Iran.” (27:55)
  • Jack: “So Marco Rubio said yesterday...explicitly defined winning as destroying Iran’s missile capability with no mention of the nukes, regime change or the strait.” (30:17)
  • “You can’t overemphasize what a big deal it would be for Arab countries to be flying alongside Israeli planes and attacking one of their neighbors.” (36:03)
  • Joe: “Iran is doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on their strategy of...terrorize the region until they cry uncle and beg us to call off our dogs.” (33:19)

5. Media Coverage & Bias

• [18:49–22:55] “Katie’s Headlines” segment, dissecting media narratives about NATO, the Middle East, oil prices, Supreme Court, identity politics at NASA, health studies, and pop-news weirdness.
  • Jack: “That would be a bombshell if he hadn’t said that about 100 times, starting with like the first week of his first term.” (19:09)
  • On NPR: “Nice job of continuing what killed NASA in the first place. I think they made it all about the identity politics, the first this or that in space...” (20:03)
  • Critique of progressive and virtue-signaling coverage styles, especially regarding NASA and legal proceedings.

6. Kid Rock “Helicopter Pool” Scandal (“Kid Rock-Gate”)

• [04:35, 28:26, 37:34–41:16] Satirical coverage of the viral video showing an Army Apache helicopter hovering over Kid Rock’s pool, saluting him—becoming a surprisingly hot-button issue about military “decorum.”
  • Joe: “An Apache, an Army Apache helicopter was hovering right off the deck of Kid Rock’s awesome hillside, Tennessee pool...as he saluted it and pumped their fist and they gave him a little nod...” (37:37)
  • Jack: “How badass would you feel if the army flew Apache helicopters over to your pool?” (38:12)
  • Resolution: Army suspends, then reinstates pilots after social media uproar.
  • Joe: “Then you trust your professionals to be professionals.” (40:32)
  • Jack: “I don’t think Kid Rock was lacking self confidence before this incident, but probably juiced him up pretty good.” (40:53)

7. Pop Culture, Miscellany, and Listener Mail

• [18:18, 45:39–48:53] Brief forays into baseball’s resurgence, Tiger Woods controversy, wrestling vs. boxing as exercise, and lively listener emails on military culture, Tiger’s driving, addiction denial, and AI-driven military technology.
  • Quote: “I don’t understand why we think that’s a good idea.” (11:55, on birthright citizenship)
  • Joe, quoting Winston Churchill: “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy...” (45:39)
  • On US/UK/Iran: “We have self-rule in our DNA...they have nothing but a tradition of kings and oligarchs...” (47:15)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the unpredictable presidency:

  • Jack: “Nobody actually knows. What do you suppose he’s going to do?” (04:56)
  • Joe: “The full range of options is out there, which is…pretty good…if you’re trying to keep your opponent guessing.” (05:37)

• On Trump attending the Supreme Court:

  • Joe: “Looks like intimidation.” (08:35)
  • Jack: “Is that his point? Is it kind of like Godfather 1 or 2...?” (08:37)

• On identity politics at NASA:

  • Jack: “Nice job of continuing what killed NASA in the first place... made it all about identity politics, the first this or that in space...” (20:03)

• On “Kid Rock Gate”:

  • Joe: “Apparently in a video some are describing as really blank and cool...an Army Apache helicopter was hovering right off the deck of Kid Rock’s awesome hillside, Tennessee pool...” (37:37)
  • Jack: “How badass would you feel if the army flew Apache helicopters over to your pool?” (38:12)
  • Joe: “Then you trust your professionals to be professionals.” (40:32)

• On birthright citizenship:

  • Jack: “Isn’t there a decent chance you’re going to say no? The Constitution says if you’re born here, you’re a citizen. It’s stupid—I think it’s a stupid idea, but that’s what the Constitution says.” (10:41)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Show Intro & Pink Shorts Banter: [04:00]
• April Fool’s Day Reflections: [13:06]
• Discussion: Trump’s Anticipated National Address & Media Speculation: [04:49], [28:53], [31:13]
• Supreme Court, Birthright Citizenship & Trump’s Attendance: [08:10]–[12:42]
• Global Conflict/NATO Analysis: [06:10], [27:55]
• Media Coverage Dissection (“Katie’s Headlines”): [18:49]–[22:55]
• Kid Rock-Gate (Helicopter Pool Incident): [37:34]–[41:16]
• Listener Mailbag & Churchill Quote: [45:39]–[48:53]
• Military Tech (AI drones, US posture): [48:19]–[48:53]

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Tone, Style, and Final Thoughts

Armstrong & Getty maintain their trademark mix of tongue-in-cheek observations, genuine concern, and satirical edge throughout. Even as they dissect serious matters—constitutional law, war, and national identity—they consistently use humor, relatable analogies, and direct audience engagement (e.g., “Mailbag”) to keep conversations accessible and lively.

For the listener who missed this episode, expect:

• Real-time analysis of breaking political events (often before the facts are settled)
• Satirical skewering of media and virtue-signaling
• Deep dives into constitutionality and governance philosophy (with an everyman filter)
• Social commentary on everything from pop culture to international intrigue
• A mix of earnest warning (particularly about war and domestic discord) and self-aware, irreverent banter

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Summary prepared by PodcastGPT, based on the Armstrong & Getty On Demand episode "I Couldn't Find My Pink Stretchy Shorts!!" (April 1, 2026).

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Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here, Armstrong.

[Jack Armstrong]

From Studio C, Senor, A dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. I was a little late getting in. I couldn't find my pink stretchy shorts to do all my posts on my Bimbofication fan page.

[Joe Getty]

Hang to dry. They're gonna shrink up on you if you're not careful.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're already a little snug, but yeah, I noticed.

[Joe Getty]

Anyway, today we're under very little left to the imagination.

[Jack Armstrong]

Today we're under the tutelage of this title of the show to the Moon.

[Joe Getty]

Alice to the Moon.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or

[Joe Getty]

live updates on what's being called Kid Rock Helicopter Pool. Oh for God's sake, Gate.

[Jack Armstrong]

The scandal that has rocked the nation.

[Joe Getty]

Up and down the coast.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, we got a a rocket ship going off tonight to the moon for the first time in half a century, which is very exciting. That's. And the President's going to speak tonight and address the country. And nobody has any idea why, what he's going to say with lots of speculation that he's going to come out and kind of announce it's over. Ish. That's what most of the cable news channels are saying. Who knows? I have no idea myself. Nobody actually knows. What do you suppose he's going to do?

[Joe Getty]

Gosh, I would be making a wild guess. I don't have any idea.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're a month and a couple of days in. He's made no national address other than when he came out in the middle of the night in his white hat in a poorly lit room and announced it started, but then nothing else. And so we'll see what goes on with that tonight.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, the full range of options is out there, which is, you know, pretty good way to place to be in if you're trying to keep your opponent guessing too. I read a theory that, hey, the IRGC at this point realizes, hey, we can survive about anything without a nuclear weapon. So maybe we put that aside and all the headaches it causes just hang on to our kleptocracy. Let's cut a deal right now. We'll clamp down on the population, torture, kill as we must, but we'll stay in power.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I don't know who's speaking for who or if they speak with one voice or whatever, but yesterday, late in the day, they made threats on all kinds of American companies. All the big name companies that you've heard of, we got, you know, installations around the Middle east. And Iran said they're going to start hitting them if we don't lay off, which we're not. And UAE announced last night that they're willing to officially get involved in the war and help open the strait. We'll see.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, they're yelling go all the way. Let's not stop now.

[Jack Armstrong]

I just saw the list of European countries and what they've announced. I might not have all these perfectly right, but they're close. France said no Israeli planes can land on any of their air bases. Italy said US can't use any of their bases for refueling or whatever. And then Spain was like super hardcore. You can't use airspace, you can't use bases, you can't use this. Or what is that all about? Why, why would you be that way?

[Joe Getty]

Boy, that's a complicated answer to that question. Spain's a special case. Their current leader is a socialist nut job, populist dip ass. But those other countries, it's, it's troubling partly. Let's see, Italy is surprising to me. I'd like to know more about that. Britain's under a lefty labor government of, run by the limp wristed Keir Starmer. So they're just of that kind of weak noodle armed lefty stance right now where you, you don't ever do, you don't assert your national interests at all. You just have a giant welfare state and kind of whimper and cower in the corner.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, the other interesting thing happened today is Trump says he's going to attend the Supreme Court oral arguments over one of the big cases that he started with an executive order and that's never happened before where a sitting president Goes and watches the Supreme Court do their arguing. So that'd be exciting, I guess.

[Joe Getty]

It's a bad idea and he hope he, I hope he doesn't do it. It's a terrible idea. It's the birthright citizenship case though, and I've got some really good perspectives on that to dive into. Should your kid be a citizen just because you flew into LAX for an hour and squatted there on the tarmac?

[Jack Armstrong]

We can talk about the argument on that later. Why do you don't like the idea of Trump going and watching?

[Joe Getty]

Looks like intimidation.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I, I wondered if. Is that his point? Is it kind of like Godfather 1 or 2 where you have somebody walk in the back room and all the, the justices or whatever judges are like, oh, but he can't threaten justices, he can't remove them or do anything to them or whatever. They're appointed for life.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's true. Although, you know, he said some really stupid stuff last night about the justices, about the justices he appointed and the conservatives who have gone against him occasionally because they had principles, saying that they were stupid people and bad people and it was just childish and idiotic. It's one of his low moments, one of several. On the other hand, there's part of me that thinks if he, he goes there and listens, his eyes will glaze over instantly as the justices get deep into, you know, strict scrutiny versus, you know, another legal doctrine and blah, blah, blah. And you know, maybe it'll snap his eyes open. I doubt it, but maybe it will snap his eyes open that it's not. I'm against Trump cuz I don't like him. Well, I like Trump. And that's not the arguments, you know, that's the way he sees it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you know what celebrity's a big Supreme Court fan and goes and watches oral arguments whenever he can get in and his friends with some of the top lawyers and everything like that. Comedian John Mulaney saw him on Colbert the other night and he was talking about he attended the tariff arguments. He's a super Supreme Court nerd. He drives around listening to old oral arguments cases in his car when he's commuting and stuff like that. And he's, and he, and he goes and watches when he wants. He's just super into SCOTUS blog and all that different sort of stuff and the long detailed arguments and that's a funny thing for a comedian to be into.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. And if you've listened to these oral arguments, as I do occasionally, they're often not about the parts of the case that you and me, you and I can understand. Right. They're about, you know, legal doctrines and then precedents established, blah, blah, blah. It's pretty technical. In other words.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Aren't they going to. Isn't this going to be deciding whether or not what the Constitution says. I mean, because whether it's right or wrong doesn't come down. It's whether or not it's constitutional or not. And if. Isn't there a decent chance you're going to say no? The Constitution says if you're born here, you're. You're a citizen. It's stupid. I think it's a stupid idea, but that's what the Constitution says.

[Joe Getty]

There, there's plenty of ambiguity. It's almost as if the writers of the 14th Amendment intentionally said, hey, hey, I got an idea. Let's screw with the future and let's, let's vague this or word this really vaguely.

[Jack Armstrong]

So since the oral arguments today, do you have a handle on why some people on my side of politics, the way I see it, I shouldn't say politics because it's not the politics on my side of, I don't know, vision of the way you ought to run things.

[Joe Getty]

Sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Philosophy of governance, say, no, that, that the 14th Amendment is a good idea because I don't quite understand it.

[Joe Getty]

Interpreting it the way it's currently interpreted is a good idea with anybody who, for instance, according to one broadcast report, squats on the tarmac at LAX and produces a child.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't understand why we think that's a good idea.

[Joe Getty]

I don't either. Honestly. I've read the arguments. I think they're weak. Yeah. And as often at the end of this discussion, I could point out Congress could clarify it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

If we had a Congress that was worth, you know, a bucket of warm spit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. But the argument, as you pointed out, is going to be all day and for the next several days, and their decision won't come out till June. It's just the arguments today. It'll be if Trump, if they go against Trump, it's a setback for Trump, and if Trump wins, it be yay for Trump. As opposed to. How about we discuss. Does it make sense that if you're here and you have a baby and you got no other attachment, the United States, your baby's a US Citizen for life? I think it makes no sense whatsoever.

[Joe Getty]

But talk me out, and I didn't ask for this and I should have. I'm an idiot. Trump was talking. I think it was Yesterday, maybe the day before, about these Chinese oligarchs who have 57 kids in the United States. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's absolutely not what the 14th Amendment was about. It was about the children of slaves, period. Now, how we want to interpret that to me is wide open. Again, we'll get into that. You will be the smartest person in whatever room you are after you hear that segment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, we need to start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty. On this. It is. Oh, it's April 1st. This is what you do. Find a trusted loved one. Over years, you've developed a trust with them, lie to them, and then laugh at them when they take you seriously because you developed all that trust over the years, right?

[Joe Getty]

Abuse.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hilarious.

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's called April Fool's Day. It's April 1, the year 2026, where Armstrong and Getty and we approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

Let's begin then. Officially, here comes the show at. According to FCC rules and regs at mark taller than the Statue of Liberty from the base of the tip of the torch, well over 300ft. It weighs around 6 million pounds, but that's okay because it can produce about 8 million pounds of thrust. Starting with those two big solid fuel boosters on the side there.

[Jack Armstrong]

They will both burn straight through at

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

You're right, by the way. You're full, by the way. This is not an April Fool's joke. It's April 1st. The rent is due. The rent is too. Damn. We've got cases. We've got Katie's headlines on the way.

[Joe Getty]

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about how baseball interest seems to be up tickets attendance up three years in a row and resurgence and nobody's exactly sure why anything like that. I just bought tickets for the home openers for the, for the Sacramento A's for Friday. So I'm going to go to that game. Me and the boys.

[Joe Getty]

Cool. Baseball fever. Good. I got baseball fever. Excellent. Excellent. I've got getting on with it fever because we've got so much great stuff to talk about today. I mean, I was, I'm so excited, I can't stand it. So let's begin by figuring out who's reporting what. It's the lead story with Katie Green. Katie?

[News Reporter Katie Green]

All right, let's start with the Alphabet Network's NBC. Trump said he's strongly considering pulling out of NATO. CNN the president renewed his criticism of Naito. Meanwhile, Tehran says it's prepared for a longer war. And abc, Trump considers pulling United States out of NATO, cites allied reluctance on Iran.

[Jack Armstrong]

That would be a bombshell if he hadn't said that about 100 times, starting with like the first week of his first term. So we'll see what happens. And who knows what he's going to say tonight.

[Joe Getty]

Also, you know, it could be worth reassuring assessing NATO if it's, you know, includes a lot of flabby, defenseless Euro socialist states. I mean, what's the point? I'm pro NATO, but these are tough times.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

From the Washington Post. Markets rally, oil prices fall as Trump prepares to address the nation on Iran war.

[Jack Armstrong]

And everybody's guessing as to if he's going to say we've just begun the ground operation or if we're leaving because it's over or anything in between.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

From the Associated Press, NASA'S launch director gives the official go for tanking rockets ahead of today's planned moon launch.

[Jack Armstrong]

Npr. Nice job of continuing. What killed NASA in the first place? I think they made it all about the identity politics, the first this or that in space and everything.

[Joe Getty]

They're so obsessed.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know. Who looks at the world that way?

[Joe Getty]

Well, on an individual basis. And the progressives who own NPR would disagree with this. But on an individual basis, somebody walked into the room that I'm gonna do business with. I'm not thinking, ooh, Hispanic guy. Hispanic. That's interesting. No, I'm thinking, all right, we're gonna do business here. What kind of guy is this? Hey, good to meet you. Blah, blah, blah.

[Jack Armstrong]

People are sick.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

From the New York Times Supreme Court to hear landmark challenge to birthright citizenship.

[Joe Getty]

Can't wait to get into that.

[Jack Armstrong]

I expect to be highly annoyed by this. I know. It could be pretty interesting, though.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

I'm highly annoyed by this. Daily Mail. Black Kansas City businessman bullied into dumping plans for a new nightclub after white liberal women told him the name he chose was racist.

[Jack Armstrong]

And what was the name?

[News Reporter Katie Green]

Sundown hi Fi for. For a nightclub. And they're. The term sundown just really set them off.

[Joe Getty]

What, upset the white ladies. Yeah. Sundown Town. Black people got to be off the streets by sundown. It's not safe.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

So they went after a black business owner.

[Jack Armstrong]

That sounds like a great way to go.

[Joe Getty]

White ladies.

[Jack Armstrong]

It sounds like a great name for a nightclub.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's perfect. Yeah. Plus, it's his nightclub. Shut up.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And he's a black guy.

[Jack Armstrong]

He is a black guy.

[Joe Getty]

Oh. What?

[News Reporter Katie Green]

From the New York Post, Don Lemon teases possible run for president and claims he'd be a lot better than Donald Trump.

[Joe Getty]

All right.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

From study finds just six weeks of boxing outperformed running and weightlifting for lowering your blood pressure.

[Jack Armstrong]

So just plain better cardiovascular exercise. I assume that's what that means.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Well, yeah. Have you ever tried to box? It's incredibly tiring.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've never boxed, but I wrestled and similar sort of thing. Leaning up against somebody and using all your limbs forcefully is exhausting. Like in a minute, you're exhausted.

[Joe Getty]

Sure. Well, boxing is jumping rope while doing curls and presses.

[Jack Armstrong]

And if it's real, occasionally getting punched

[Joe Getty]

in the nose, which doesn't help your concentration.

[News Reporter Katie Green]

And finally, from the Babylon Bee, Tiger woods awarded honorary California cdl.

[Jack Armstrong]

I like that one.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, commercial driver's license. Yeah. Okay, great.

[Jack Armstrong]

I didn't like his statement he put out yesterday. From his standpoint, still is all about him. Nothing in there about. Thank God I didn't hurt anybody or anything. Nothing like that. No. Still all about him now.

[Joe Getty]

He is one of the most astoundingly self centered people ever in the world of sports and that's saying something.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll have that for you a little bit later. What he said, what his plans are. Also, we got to get into Christy Noem's husband because we did that late in the show yesterday when the news broke. If you haven't seen the pictures, good

[Joe Getty]

lord, the balloons that rock donations stay with us.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, it certainly rock your marriage. It would certainly throw a wrench into your marriage if, if you were unaware of that and you saw the pictures for the first time, you'd have to sit down.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh yeah, that's my husband. Yes, that's definitely my husband. And why is he dressed like that?

[Joe Getty]

Why does he have balloons under his tight top? And why is he sitting spread legged in pink Go Go shorts?

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

Oh. Oh boy. So you expect to be annoyed by the birthright citizenship.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm just question. Maybe I've listened to too much Ms. Now I'm afraid it's going to go the direction of keeping it going the way it is, which I've always found to be nuts.

[Joe Getty]

You gotta stop torturing yourself with that garbage. It's terrible

[Jack Armstrong]

with that garbage. As you heard, we've got so many different topics to get to today. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand. More on the way.

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[e-mail] and now there are new threats coming down. Starting Today, they say 18American companies that have operations in the Middle east will become, as they say, legitimate targets. They say that this is in retribution for all the assassinations of their top leadership in Iran. You see the companies on that list, big tech names, big companies in the aerospace, defense sectors as well, all being added to this legitimate target list according to the Revolutionary Guard.

[Jack Armstrong]

So that might happen, which obviously would up the ante if Iran started to attack our business interests in a whole bunch of different countries. In just a few minutes, Joe is going to get the latest on Kid Rock Gate, which has rocked the nation. It's such a scandal.

[Joe Getty]

Schools have closed, meetings canceled. Oh, shocking stuff.

[Jack Armstrong]

So the president's gonna address the nation tonight. What is going on? I have felt like I've been less confused than the mainstream media claims to be since this war started. I'm getting closer to confused, though, based on a lot of the statements yesterday. So Trump said yesterday, and this is the first time he ever said this, that he was ready to live with the status quo and leave it to one of his successors to deal with. He said in quoting. In a very fairly short period of time, we'll be finished. They will not be able to do a nuclear weapon for years. And when they are ready, maybe in a long time, for now, able to do nuclear weapons, you'll have a president that will be like me and go in there and knock the hell out of them. So that seems like a slightly different position than we've been in previously.

[Joe Getty]

Or is that a feint so they feel

[Jack Armstrong]

let their guard down? And we're about to. The Marines are about to land on the coast of Iran. I have no idea.

[Joe Getty]

I wish I had a firm idea. But it is possible, as I referred to earlier, that the current leadership and the IRGC has said, look, you know, through back channels, we're willing to completely abandon the nuclear program. I mean, completely abandon it. If you say we're in charge and you call off the dogs.

[Jack Armstrong]

In charge of the Strait of Hormuz?

[Joe Getty]

No, of Iran.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

And then we negotiate ratcheting down attentions in the Strait of Hormuz, and the

[Jack Armstrong]

IRGC keeps their kleptocracy, would they reopen the Strait of Hormuz with that deal? I don't know. So Marco Rubio said yesterday, continuing along with the. I'm not exactly sure what's going on explicitly defined winning as destroying Iran's missile capability with no mention of the nukes, regime change or the strait. Was that an oversight? Was that on purpose? So, once again, is this. They both know that a ground invasion is set to start this afternoon. And so they're answering these questions in very, you know, what the hell difference does it make what I say at this point?

[Joe Getty]

Sort of way, yeah. Intentional, you know, vagueness.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure. Yeah. I really don't know. Contradiction it's gonna be. So usually when a president addresses the nation, you know exactly what they're gonna talk about.

[Joe Getty]

Right. They may justify what they're doing or help you understand the reasoning, but you know what they're gonna say. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Often to the point of like, really, really know what they're gonna say. The whole thing is laid out and CBS is reporting, the President is about to let us know that blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, all the points. Because it's a way to help make the. Who don't catch the address to hear. Here are the arguments. Get it? We're trying to make them. We're trying to win an argument. That's the point of these things. And so you get the information just dispersed as you can to as many people as you can. And that's the way it's always happened. And unless, you know, maybe this afternoon information will come out, I don't know. But right now, nobody has any idea if he's going to come out and say it's over, we accomplish our goals, or if he's going to come out and say the ground operation has begun, or like I said, or anything in between. So, I don't know. Buckle up.

[Joe Getty]

How do you like these two headlines about 3 inches apart on my computer screen, same publication. Iran is focused on defending its territory and believes the US is not serious about diplomacy, said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. Down there a few inches. Trump claims Iran's new regime president has asked for a ceasefire. Oh, boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know what I think often, I don't know if Joe does. We had an agent. Currently we have an amazing agent, but we had an agent before. That was so perplexing to us. But he was. He was a Trump guy. He was, like, roughly the same age from roughly the same part of New York. And he. And he negotiated in roughly the same

[Joe Getty]

style, which was always so difficult for

[Jack Armstrong]

us because it was just. He would just be, like, bewilderingly difficult and confusing and never respond or say different things. And everybody was just like, what is happening?

[Joe Getty]

And you're gonna keep them on their heels. So they're gonna wonder what the hit him. And we're like, wait a minute. We like these people. What's going to deal?

[Jack Armstrong]

And I think about that often when I hear this stuff with Trump, that that's just the way our old agent used to negotiate. It was just like, confuse everybody up into the moment of.

[Joe Getty]

And piss them off.

[Jack Armstrong]

And piss them off sometimes.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I just wonder if that's what's happening.

[Joe Getty]

Here's another angle on the conflict that I found interesting. Iran is doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on their strategy of let's just. Just bomb all of our neighbors. Let's just terrorize the region until they cry uncle and beg us to call off our dogs. And so what they've done is take a look at your UAE and your Saudi Arabian, what they've done to expand and diversify their economies so they're no longer just oil and gas. Now they're attack. Now they're tourism, now they're aluminum. In the case of the uae, blah, blah, blah. And Iran is like, okay, okay, all right. That's your hot new prospect. That's what we're bombing. And they're deliberately going after the green shoots of diversified economics in the. In the region, further angering their neighbors.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's also the possibility, and this might unfortunately end up being true, that Putin's advising the Iranians, maybe even President Xi advising the Iranians, saying, look, the United States, particularly this president, all they care about is their 401ks in the stock market market. We keep making it difficult with gas expensive, and the stock market rocky. People will turn on this so fast. They have a very short attention span. We can weather the storm, and they might be right about that.

[Joe Getty]

Americans are soft and have a short attention span. Yeah, true.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a lot of truth. And. And it's easier for especially the mainstream media, who hates the current president, to. To keep hitting you with what the gap price of gas is over, whether the overall strategy long term is a good one.

[Joe Getty]

One more angle, and then we'll get to the controversy that is roiling America. Kid Rock, Gate. So at least you can send your children off to school and not be worried about.

[Jack Armstrong]

I almost don't want to talk about it. I get so emotional around it.

[Joe Getty]

Sure, sure, everybody does. The UAE is preparing to help the US and other allies open the Strait of Hormuz by force, Arab officials said, a move that would make it the first Persian Gulf country to become a combatant after being hit by Iranian attacks over and over. And over again, they have absolutely taken the brunt of the IRGC's anger.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I feel like because Iran hit a tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait International Airport yesterday, and terrain has been unrelenting in its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors, according to the Associated Press. As you were just saying, I feel like UAE officially gets in and then Saudi Arabia is like, okay, we gotta. We got it. Also, I think a couple more will join right away.

[Joe Getty]

I would agree. Yeah. The UAE is lobbying for the UN Security Council useless resolution that would authorize such action. Not happen. Emirati diplomats have urged the US and military powers in Europe and Asia to form a coalition. Coalition to open the strait by force.

[Jack Armstrong]

You can't overemphasize what a big deal it would be for Arab countries to be flying alongside Israeli planes and attacking one of their neighbors.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's amazing.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, and as long as we're talking about this, Jack and I both referred yesterday to this piece by the fabulous Gerard Baker in the Wall Street Journal about how depending on which side of this you are, you're already pronoun that it was a disaster, this is a miserable failure, or this is the greatest success ever and everything's gone perfectly according to plan. Both perspectives of which are nuts. But he gets into some of the specifics and it's almost hilarious. The Economist, which is just terrible, saying a month of bombing has achieved nothing. There's this famous professor of political science in the University of Chicago.

[Jack Armstrong]

Say that with a straight face.

[Joe Getty]

I know, it's insane. This. Robert Pape, who's a super heavyweight among political scientists, insists the war is a long time disaster and the most catastrophic failure of air power we have ever seen. Unbelievable. And then you've got on the other side, this guy who's the chief economist at the private equity firm Apollo, who's super well known on Wall street, dismissed the alarming fallout in commodity, equity and bond markets, saying it would ultimately result in 50 years of stability in oil markets, supply chains and geopolitics. And Mark Thiessen, who I generally like, who's a commentator, a speechwriter for George W. Said the war would go down as possibly the greatest military campaign since the American Revolution.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, that seems a little over the top.

[Joe Getty]

Which side am I on? Signaling, brother. All right, Michael, do we have scary music or anything? We really. I mean, this is. This is the scandal that's shocked America to the core. Apparently in a video some are describing is really blank and cool. An Apache, an Army Apache helicopter was hovering right off the deck of kid rock's awesome hillside, Tennessee pool As he saluted it and pumped their fist and they gave him a little nod of the helicopter and flew off again.

[Jack Armstrong]

How badass would you feel if the army flew apache helicopters over to your pool? Just say, hey, thanks for all the help.

[Joe Getty]

Kid Rock is the American badass. But yes, in a video described by every male on the planet with any testosterone is really effing cool. But wait, the army said. The army is aware of a video circulating online that appears to show an AH64 Apache helicopter operating in the vicinity of a private residence in the Nashville area. Army aviators must adhere to strict safety standards, professionalism, and establish flight regulations. Asked about the incident on Tuesday, president Trump, who is the commander in chief, said, quote, quote, I'm sure they had a good time. When told the army was investigating, Trump said, yeah, they probably shouldn't have been doing that. On the other hand, Pete Hegseth, secretary of war, declared yesterday, pilot suspension. Oh, cuz. The pilots were suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. Uh, secretary Pete posted on social media last night, pilot suspension lifted. No punishment, no investigation. Carry on, patriots. Secretary Pete rocking the coast up and down the coast with a flag that says what chilling the most.

[Jack Armstrong]

So how far are you willing to go with these out of control right wing Apache? So like sortie strikes on Ella degeneres's house. Would that be too much for you

[Joe Getty]

to nominate Don Lemon? But let's not argue. Sidewinder missiles launched into Don Lemon's house is probably a little too far.

[Jack Armstrong]

For instance, bunker buster on Rosie odonnell's house.

[Joe Getty]

You know, here's, here's what needs to happen. This is way the way adults handle this sort of stuff. You put out word to all your flyers, dudes, you got to be really careful not to attract too much attention. Remember the rules and regs. This is not a big deal, but this could get out of hand. Everybody ratcheted back a bit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, a little bit of that.

[Joe Getty]

Then you trust your professionals to be professionals.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're serious people at war. No more of that. End of speech.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, exactly. That's fine. That's fine. That is if there are any further violations. Look, the hammer's gonna have to come down.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't think Kid Rock was lacking self confidence before this incident, but

[Joe Getty]

probably

[Jack Armstrong]

juiced him up pretty good.

[Joe Getty]

Kid Rock, real name Robert Richie, appeared to be enjoying the flyby.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'd say he's having a drink out by his pool. The coolest aircraft on planet earth come over to just give him you know. Hey, what's up?

[Joe Getty]

How you doing kid? Good to see you bro. That's, that's not at all cool. I'm shocked and outraged.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, we got Mailbag next to here, Armstrong and Gettysburg.

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[Joe Getty]

yeah, really interesting questions and and you again will be the smartest person in any room you happen to be in after listening to that segment. So stay tuned, would you? I'll be a crass ignoramus. It's up to you. Here's your freedom. Love me Quote of the day from the great Winston Churchill with all due respect to those who claim Churchill was the villain in World War II, and you know how much respect is due to those people? None. Absolutely none. They're morons. Here's Churchill's quote. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy. Or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever is no longer the master of policy, but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's a good thing to remember.

[Joe Getty]

Boy, when he would know. Yeah, mailbag. Feel free to correspond. Mailbagarmstrongandgetty.com is the email address. First this from Cascade John heard you guys talking about the crazy ass uproar over military helicopters flying near Kid Rock's property. I just had two massive Chinook choppers

[Jack Armstrong]

fly over my house.

[Joe Getty]

I went on the deck, raised a glass of rye whiskey to toast them best. Cascade John will Cascade John will be investigating that uncoordinated flyby. And yeah, if during the Biden administration some helicopters have tipped their cap to Katy Perry, no, I wouldn't have given a single pope. Let's see, Stan writes Trump and I suppose others hope that military action in Iran would somehow result in Iran becoming democracy with protected individual liberties for the citizens citizens. But it's sadly impossible. Love the idea. Hate to be negative but I just don't see it. The IRGC won't let it happen. Then he describes meeting people from all over the Middle east been really nice people, whatever their heritage. From my perspective, Israel's great. So is Iran. You name the country, nice people there, hard working, blah blah blah. They just in that region they have nothing but a tradition of kings and oligarchs, kings and dictators. That's just culturally that's what they know. Russia is a great example of that. No time to talk about that now. But we have self rule in our DNA going back hundreds of years, way prior to the birth of our country.

[Jack Armstrong]

Cuba is similar to those other countries you mentioned as I've been reading this book about Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. But yeah, they've always had strong men leaders.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's all they can relate to. Paul in the Sea Ranch writes, my view and experience at Tiger woods and President Trump are extremely similar. Always appreciated their accomplishments but have always cringed when listening to their narcissism. Guess we can't always have both accomplished and humble. And this from Rich. I'm surprised it never came up. But how about Tiger getting one of those self driving Teslas with really dark tinted windows so he could sit martinis on the way to the gym to work out, then to the pharmacist to get his doctor prescribed medication. Seems like a pretty simple solution to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'm surprised.

[Joe Getty]

What a blind spot.

[Jack Armstrong]

No kidding. Well it's, it's again as I know a lot of addicts and alcoholics, it's a. He would be admitting to himself he's got a problem. That is the whole thing. That is the whole ball game. And so he's not going to make adjustments to his problem because in his mind he doesn't have a problem.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Yeah, that's the sort of thing I don't think most people would think of, including me. Jared in Missouri with our chilling and terrifying email of the day on the topic of armed drone swarms. China already has these. They've already developed tactics with AI driven drones of different sizes and armaments, timing them to coordinate with AI efficiency and no fear of losses, I guarantee it. You know, I was reminded of the Olympics and this was quite a few years ago when they had that mind bogglingly complex drone lights show as part of the opening ceremony.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[Joe Getty]

I'll bet they're way ahead.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's troubling thought if you saw 60 Minutes Peace Sunday night about drone swarms and about how that's about powered by AI. It's about to come to the battlefield and will change the world. Yeepes. Okay, we're gonna get into the Supreme Court case, which Trump is attending an hour too, among other things. If you missed the segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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