I Need A Margarita & More Biscuits And Gravy

Summary

Podcast Summary: Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "I Need A Margarita & More Biscuits And Gravy"

Release Date: April 2, 2025
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts
Title: I Need A Margarita & More Biscuits And Gravy

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1. Provocative Immigration Commentary

The episode kicks off with Jack Armstrong addressing a controversial TikTok video urging listeners to shoot ICE agents on sight. This startling statement sets the tone for a heated discussion on immigration policies and law enforcement.

• Jack Armstrong [00:02]: “Shoot at ICE agents on sight. You have every right to shoot at them.”

Joe Getty immediately questions the potential legal repercussions, pondering whether the TikToker might face federal intervention.

• Joe Getty [00:56]: “Did he get a visit from the feds?”

The conversation shifts to comparing pre- and post-Trump administration border security, with Armstrong highlighting a dramatic decrease in daily Border Patrol encounters.

• Jack Armstrong [01:28]: “Last year it was 7200. Biden's miserable betrayal of the country on the border.”

They cite Bob Woodward's characterization of the current migration as the "biggest peacetime migration in world history," attributing the stabilization to executive orders and strengthened border patrol.

• Joe Getty [02:06]: “It was more from Obama, though.”

Armstrong criticizes Trump’s rhetoric, labeling it as white American nationalism intertwined with racism and xenophobia.

• Jack Armstrong [03:23]: “Donald Trump has kind of embraced this rhetoric of racism and xenophobia that is not beneficial to our country at all.”

2. Val Kilmer’s Passing and Cancer Awareness

The hosts take a somber turn discussing the recent death of Val Kilmer at age 65 due to throat cancer. They delve into the warning signs and emphasize the importance of medical vigilance.

• Joe Getty [11:59]: “Persistent sore throat. These are things that they say he ignored and caused it to go too far.”

Armstrong shares a critical view on celebrity influence, underscoring that acting talent doesn't equate to being a role model for personal health decisions.

• Jack Armstrong [13:09]: “I admire actors. Skill, acting. That's all I want from them.”

3. Trump’s Relationship with Elon Musk and Military Posturing

A significant portion of the episode focuses on President Trump's interactions with Elon Musk, particularly regarding Musk's role in the administration and potential military actions against Iran.

• Joe Getty [08:54]: “Trump has indicated to top advisors that Elon Musk will be taking a step back from his current role in the administration.”

Armstrong speculates on Trump's strategic sidelining of Musk to reduce distractions and maintain effective communication channels.

• Jack Armstrong [09:16]: “Effectiveness says we move him a little bit to the background. I'll bet that's Trump's thinking.”

The discussion escalates to the deployment of B2 Spirit stealth bombers to Diego Garcia, highlighting the enhanced military readiness against Iran.

• Jack Armstrong [23:05]: “The US has moved nearly half of its entire B2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.”

Getty and Armstrong engage in a speculative dialogue about potential global and domestic reactions if the US proceeds with bombing Iran, anticipating both international praise behind the scenes and public condemnation.

• Joe Getty [25:05]: “Will our Germany, France, English friends that we've, you know, been sort of bad mouthing lately, what will they say?”

4. Higher Education Funding and Federal Government Critique

The hosts vehemently critique the extensive federal government's influence over higher education, citing recent actions taken by the Trump administration to halt funding and challenge "woke" practices in universities.

• Jack Armstrong [29:23]: “Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to support a larger, more extensive federal government for 100 years.”

They reference Rich Lowry of the National Review and a Slate article discussing how federal funding mechanisms make universities vulnerable to political manipulation.

• Joe Getty [30:31]: “Trump is using the power of the purse to reign in the insanity.”

Armstrong underscores the absurdity of federal interference, questioning why the government allocates exorbitant funds to universities.

• Jack Armstrong [31:08]: “Why does the government hand out money to anybody?”

5. Final Thoughts and Humorous Wrap-Up

In the concluding segment, Armstrong and Getty share light-hearted final thoughts, blending humor with their characteristic political commentary. They address everyday issues like dietary changes and poke fun at popular culture references.

• Joe Getty [33:08]: “We're gonna. The diet starts today. We're both in agreement.”

Armstrong adds a humorous take on social media debates about food preferences, emphasizing his disdain for corn dogs.

• Jack Armstrong [34:03]: “Just eat a regular hot dog. If you have passed on the blessing from the Lord God, that is the corn dog with a little mustard on it.”

The episode wraps up with playful banter, maintaining their signature blend of satire and sharp political insight.

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Notable Quotes:

• Jack Armstrong [00:02]: “Shoot at ICE agents on sight. You have every right to shoot at them.”

• Joe Getty [01:28]: “Biden's miserable betrayal of the country on the border.”

• Joe Getty [11:59]: “Persistent sore throat. These are things that they say he ignored and caused it to go too far.”

• Jack Armstrong [03:23]: “Donald Trump has kind of embraced this rhetoric of racism and xenophobia that is not beneficial to our country at all.”

• Jack Armstrong [29:23]: “Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to support a larger, more extensive federal government for 100 years.”

• Jack Armstrong [31:08]: “Why does the government hand out money to anybody?”

• Jack Armstrong [34:03]: “Just eat a regular hot dog. If you have passed on the blessing from the Lord God, that is the corn dog with a little mustard on it.”

Conclusion

"I Need A Margarita & More Biscuits And Gravy" delivers a robust blend of provocative political commentary, personal anecdotes, and humor. Armstrong and Getty dissect contentious issues like immigration, federal influence on education, and high-profile political relationships, all while maintaining their engaging and irreverent style. This episode offers listeners an insightful yet entertaining exploration of the current political landscape, making it a must-listen for those seeking both information and amusement.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio, the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty. Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty. Shoot at ICE agents on site. That's right. If ICE agents are trying to take you or a loved one, shoot them on sight. You have every right to shoot at them. This would be the best self defense case. You're just in fear for your life. The way these ICE agents are pulling up with masks on, unmarked vehicles. They are pulling up like gang members. They are pulling up like the mafia. You might as well shoot them on sight and have your day in court. Okay, that's provocative. That is a tiktoker.

[Joe Getty]

Did he get a visit from the feds?

[Jack Armstrong]

Surely I. Yeah, that'd be an interesting case. He's specifically inciting violence against law enforcement officers. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Or domestic terrorism of some sort.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I think you could absolutely class it as that. I certainly hope something's done about the lunatic because there are soft heads who believe him. But speaking of immigration, I'm trying to remember the situation before Trump got in office. How is the border doing?

[Joe Getty]

The border is secure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's right. That's right. March numbers are in. This year Border Patrol encountered 230 people per day. 230. Last year it was 7200. Biden's miserable betrayal of the country on the border. I think most Americans know it. I hope there are some historians who are honest enough to make it clear how unconscionable it was.

[Joe Getty]

Well, Bob Woodward know you know right where in his book, called it the biggest migration in. In world history.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Peacetime migration in world history.

[Jack Armstrong]

And all it took was a couple of executive orders and empowering the border patrol. And it ended. It ended in the blink of an eye.

[Joe Getty]

It also ended his presidency. So I don't understand, getting back to the. I don't understand the politics of some of these issues. It's not like it's popular.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, it's terrible. So we've been talking about, you know, tribalism and politics and the way progressive minds think and how it's different from. From conservatives on and off. I think you'll find this as interesting and amusing as I did. Michael. We're gonna start with clip number 81. We will discuss briefly. And then there's a bit of a reveal.

[Joe Getty]

Donald Trump announced this past week that.

[Jack Armstrong]

He would be urging ICE and other administration authorities to seek out people living.

[Joe Getty]

Here illegally that have broken law to deport them. So I have a quote for you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here that's Been making the rounds on.

[Joe Getty]

Social media about the deportation of criminal illegal aliens.

[Jack Armstrong]

We are a nation of laws.

[Joe Getty]

Undocumented broke our laws, and I believe they must be held accountable, especially those.

[Jack Armstrong]

Who may be dangerous.

[Joe Getty]

That's why over the past six years.

[Jack Armstrong]

Deportations of criminals are up 80%. And we're going to keep focusing on threats to our security.

[Joe Getty]

What's your thought on that quote and.

[Jack Armstrong]

That policy in general? I think that policy comes from a place of, like, white American nationalism. Donald Trump has kind of, like, embraced this rhetoric of, like, racism and xenophobia that is not beneficial to our country at all.

[Joe Getty]

I don't think that that quote really stands true. This administration has totally not done anything moral. This is really awful. Amnesty does not necessarily mean that we' losing border security.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think that Trump feels that way.

[Joe Getty]

I think that's a bad decision because, like, the United States should be open to, like, immigrants. Like, it's like, they call it land of the free for a reason. We have to advocate for those kinds of people. And people like in Congress, like Ocasio Cortez, who is helping people overcome these kinds of things. Crimes do not nullify your humanity. And people are coming here in search of opportunity. Oh, my God. Several of those were hard to take.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Trying to reason with those people in the short term would be a fool's error.

[Joe Getty]

Well, no, you'd have to have a class because they're greeting card rhetoric level knowledgeable or have thought about this. Not at all. They called the land the free for a reason. I mean, what kind of argument is this?

[Jack Armstrong]

Just so transparently stupid. But wait, there's a twist. I'm going to show you.

[Joe Getty]

The person that said that, quote.

[Jack Armstrong]

Undocumented workers. Is that surprising? Yeah, a little bit. Why is that surprising?

[Joe Getty]

Because I thought it was the Trump administration that said something like that. Yeah, it's quite surprising. I thought it was from Trump. I didn't expect it to be Obama either. Why did you not expect it to be Obama? Because I'm stupid. I just. I guess. I don't know. Like, it just never. It never occurred to me that it could be Obama. Is that surprising that it's a quote from President Obama? That was surprising for sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Do you think it's still a practice.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of white nationalism, though, to deport criminal, legal aliens? I think the way Trump's doing it.

[Joe Getty]

Is, but President Obama, to this point in Trump's presidency. Obama actually deported more people, though, so it's in practice.

[Jack Armstrong]

It was more from Obama, though.

[Joe Getty]

What's your question? Can I Boil this down. I think I should question. I think I can boil this down very simply. Self governance doesn't work.

[Jack Armstrong]

And children should be seen and not heard. And we must institute a nationwide compulsory child test. Are you still a child? And only when you receive the A of adulthood tattooed upon your body will you be able to speak your damn stupid mind. And there will be a variety of standards, Jack. If you enlist in and serve in the military honorably for at least a year, if you are married, if you have a child, if you have paid income taxes for five years, there will be a number of standards. I have an open mind about this, but unless you are those things, for instance, if you, you are a college gender studies major, never had a job. I don't want to hear an effing word out of you. You don't know enough to, to, to advise an eight year old on the world, okay? Just keep learning. That's fine. That doesn't mean you're a bad person. It doesn't mean I hate you. I don't want the new person in the office to explain to me how things really work around here. K. Unfair.

[Joe Getty]

I was gonna go with a blanket rule of you can't vote till you're 30. But yours is probably more fair for people who get up to speed on reality a little earlier.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? Right.

[Joe Getty]

Oh God, that hurts my heart.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've said this before and I wish, you know, we had the power and influence to spread it. It's my only lust for like more reach of the show, which is great now it's going really, really well. And thanks so much for the support and for listening, but I don't, I don't want to make any more money. I'll take it if it comes, but I just want sanity to prevail. And I wish more people knew this. Adulthood, life is a big, complicated complex. It's like the Ford Motor Company, okay? It's really complicated and huge and sprawling. And if you die at the age of 88 your last week on earth, you will learn something you didn't know, you young folks, you college kids especially, you've been convinced by your professors that you can walk into the reception area of Ford Motor Company and tell everyone exactly how it works and how it should be run. As you stand there in the reception area having not explored any, any of that giant sprawling corporation. That's what you are doing. That's why you're so blanking annoying, which I was at your age, but nobody paid a damn bit of attention to what I said at Your age. And they were better for it. And was better for it.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, Boomer. They call it the land of the free for a reason. Oh, my God.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're a nation of immigrants. Boom. Headshot. Got me. The Statue of Liberty says, oh, I can't argue against that. It's a. You can't argue with a statue. A poem on a statue. Everybody knows that.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, before we take a break, I got some breaking news for you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh.

[Joe Getty]

Next segment, a health lesson maybe we all should pay attention to from the late Val Kilmer.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[Joe Getty]

Who passed away Yesterday. It's age 65. But first, this breaking news. According to ABC, Trump has indicated to top advisors that Elon Musk will be taking a step back from his current role in the administration. Sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, I think that's good.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I think it's good, too. I wonder if Elon on his own, just, just from a. I run like six of the biggest companies in the world that are very complicated. I can't do this all day, every day. If just from that standpoint or if he's disgusted with it or Trump told him, look, you're doing more harm than good at this point or whatever, I don't know. I'd like to know the why.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Trump is famously a Fox News viewer. And I'm certain, as close to certain as I can be, that Trump saw that fabulous show Brett Baer did where he interviewed Elon and the half a dozen other, like, head guys of Doge. And Trump, who is a genius at this sort of thing, said those guys are much better, more effective spokespeople for Doge than Elon Musk is himself. And he's too much of a lightning rod. Effectiveness says we move him a little bit to the background. I'll bet that's Trump's thinking.

[Joe Getty]

Hmm. You think it had anything to do with the Wisconsin result? Elon jumping around in the cheese head and.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know, but it could have.

[Joe Getty]

Tesla stock down 13%. First quarter numbers just came out today.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here's a request. Michael.

[Joe Getty]

Or not. Stock sales. Sorry. Sales down 13%.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oof. Oof. Every time we mention Elon Musk, you got to play him saying chainsaw. Come on.

[Joe Getty]

What can we learn from Doc Holliday about our own health? Among other things. On the way. Stay here.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Doc, sorry to be in bed. What the hell are you doing this for anyway?

[Jack Armstrong]

Wide up is my friend.

[Joe Getty]

Hell, I got lots of friends.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't.

[Joe Getty]

What was the accent of Doc Holliday? In the movie Tombstone, as played by Val Kilmer, famously, Abby, your friend Wyatt. I mean, what was that? I'm wild west 18 or 1800s accent? I don't know. I don't know what that was. I'm your huckleberry. I never understood that, but it seemed to work for him.

[Jack Armstrong]

One of the most interesting things I've ever read about accents is how. How they change and that all you can rely on is written descriptions of them prior to 1900.

[Joe Getty]

Anyway, Val Kimmere, the actor who was from that movie clip, died yesterday at 65. And he had cancer, throat cancer he got when he was 54 and had a bunch of operations in chemotherapy and radiation, all that sort of stuff. And then the cancer eventually came back and killed him. And they got this thing in the New York Post about signs to look out for. I don't know if this is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know if this is helpful to anybody or not.

[Jack Armstrong]

It'll freak me out.

[Joe Getty]

Persistent sore throat. These are things that they say he ignored and caused it to go too far. Difficulty swallowing or pain when you swallow. Red or white patches in your mouth or throat, which I wouldn't notice. Frequent severe headaches. We all get those all the time. Nick or your Nick or your pain. Ongoing cough and coughing up blood. If you don't go to the doctor when you're coughing up blood, I don't know what to do for you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, you're just bent on denial. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Or a lump in your neck. If I get a big lump in my neck and I'm coughing up blood, even I am going to the doctor.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. I get the tendency to not want to get the terrifying diagnosis, but I don't get that.

[Joe Getty]

I've never understood that. I want to know immediately. Yeah, I mean, I understand that a lot of people are that way. I am not the. I don't want to find out at all. I don't have that at all. But he struggled to swallow. Woke up in a pool of his own blood on several occasions. Really only the once for. I'm going to, you know, go to the urgent care.

[Jack Armstrong]

I admire actors. Skill, acting. That's all I want from them. I don't need them as an example or to think for me. Thank you very little.

[Joe Getty]

One other cancer note that is somewhat serious because it came up in a real conversation the other day. So David Dave Coulier. Is that how you say his name?

[Jack Armstrong]

The star of Full House in the subject of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album.

[Joe Getty]

Right. All those songs she wrote about.

[Jack Armstrong]

It.

[Joe Getty]

Like me, sex and anger and everything like that was about this dude.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Anyway, he's got cancer. He actually has the same cancer I had. Same stage, same cancer. And he the other day said he was prepared to die after his fifth round of chemo. I don't know if I could do this again, he told Parade magazine. And this just came up in a conversation with some of the other day, whose relatives are going through cancer. Here's my only advice on, like, cancer should be in the same category as advice on child rearing in my mind, partially because. And this is the only advice I ever give anybody, don't listen to anybody's story because it's got nothing to do with you. Everybody's situation could be so radically different. I was so misled by. I did this and it wasn't bad or this part was. It was. Was horrible. And I had the reverse experience in both of them. Something that wasn't bad for them was horrible for me. Something that was horrible for me than was a walk in the park for me. You have no idea.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[Joe Getty]

Your. Your situation is different. And also, if they had cancer eight years ago, the technology has changed so much in the last eight years. You don't have any idea. So anyway, my only advice would be. And I said this someone, don't. Don't let them listen to anybody's. My uncle had the same thing and this is what happened to him. It's worthless information.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Wow, that's good to know. That is worthy information.

[Joe Getty]

I wish I had going in. There were a couple of things people told me, oh, it's a walk in the park. That were just brutal. And the other way around.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what I was terrified.

[Joe Getty]

I was like, that was what.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. I had a friend who was going through a similar thing to you at the time you were going through it, and it was black and white. The difference.

[Joe Getty]

So here's the Val Kilmer advice then. If you wake up in a pool of your own blood again, go ahead and go to Urgent Care. And when you write and they give you a clipboard and you write down symptoms. Woke up in pool of blood again.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, go ahead and include that Geemony. Okay. Transition music. Michael, we barely got a minute left in the segment. The major universities of the United States are on the run. They have been brought to heel. They are sitting, fetching and lying down as commanded. And I love this headline. Rich Lowry, the National Review, somewhat sarcastically. And this is the headline. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to support a larger, more extensive federal government for a hundred years because now it's been used against y'all. Thank goodness. So is there hope in reforming the universities? Maybe.

[Joe Getty]

Yet another book is out about the end of the Biden administration. There are some nuggets that are coming out before the book's actual release. Apparently Obama was working furiously behind the scenes to make sure Kamala was not the candidate.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because she's a moron. Is that why a talentless moron?

[Joe Getty]

Probably because she's a black woman was the reason. Okay, more on the way. Stay here. Armstrong and Gettysburg. There's this scorched earth campaign going on. I just have a column out today on this where Democrats are shredding many of the things they believe most fervently about. They're adopting anti environmental positions, anti labor positions just to get musk. And it's really untoward. But also with the rise of political violence on the left, it's very concerning, it's very dangerous. And we're not seeing what we were hoping to see from Democratic leadership denouncing this campaign. Yeah. Interesting. And then the breaking news from ABC that Trump is telling aides that Elon is going to be backing away from his role or stepping down or something. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Taking less of an out front role maybe.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Be interesting to see that Joe brought up earlier the fact that a certain kind of plane has been deployed to the Middle East. Is that what your story was?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, B2 Spirit stealth bombers.

[Joe Getty]

And we were looking for the actual quote from Trump from two days ago. If Iran doesn't make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's got to be that 30,000 pound.

[Joe Getty]

Bunker buster which nobody in the world has but us. Israel can't do that because they don't have them. Right. So that could be happening any moment, any day. And this be a fun little add in to tariffs and everything else that's going on. Chimney also, there's yet another book out about the final years, months, weeks of the Biden administration. This current one, which I would like to read, also has Barack Obama working furiously behind the scenes to keep Kamala Harris from being the nominee. It says, it said that Biden didn't want her to be the nominee and Obama didn't want her to be the nominee. Man, you think the sitting president and then the most popular Democrat they've had in 40 years would be able to control that outcome better than they did?

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. I think it fits into what we were talking about earlier, which was, was that hour three, grab the podcast. Armstrong and Getty on demand. We were talking about, you know, the different ways progressives see the world than conservatives on a very, very fundamental level, the different way they see life. The Ezra Klein stuff. Is that hour two or hour three? Can't remember. Somebody look it up. Anyway, there's been so much wisdom, it's tough to keep track of all of it, but how people on the left actually believe themselves to be. Katie Recline was the beginning of hour three. Thank you. Hour three, grab the podcast. Like I said, progressives actually believe themselves to be morally superior further down the road of perfection. Morally and intellectually superior. And therefore they should run things. And they don't trust processes like the free market, for instance, the non having of a primary. When it became clear that Joe Biden was every bit as senile as everybody was saying he was. The decision not to have a primary. Great example of that. We can't trust a quickly assembled primary where people, you know, audition for the job and the strongest survive and the most articulate spokesperson for our policies emerges. No, no, no. We will decide. We've got to go with the vice president. Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Sweet. So Obama apparently went to Biden there toward the end and told him, I don't see a path for you, and then was against the idea of Kamala ending up the nominee. So I think that's the first time we've heard that, you know, we know Schumer went. New York Times had that story that Schumer went there to his beach house and told him, if you don't announce you're stepping out, I got a whole bunch of senators that are gonna break tomorrow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. So, yeah, Obama's obnoxious, but he's got great political instincts.

[Joe Getty]

Mostly I agree with you, but I don't. I don't think you have to have great political instincts to realize Joe Biden shouldn't have run.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, the. Kamala Harris is a no talent moron.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, what was I going to say? You know, Obama's lecturing black males. The only reason you're not supporting her is because she. You're racist and sexist against black. That was one of the stupidest maneuvers I've ever seen in the history of politics.

[Joe Getty]

Lecturing black dudes that you, you need to get over this whole sexism thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Even if it weren't true, that would be idiotic. And I don't think it's true. Yeah, it's incredibly insulting anyway. What's that? I had A point. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But yeah, in game respects game. I mean, he could tell Kamala was just nothing. But they went ahead, did it anyway.

[Joe Getty]

My last political note. Bill Maher and Donald Trump had dinner last night at the White House. So I imagine we'll be hearing more about that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Friday night on the Bill Maher show, probably.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Crazy. I want to get to a little update on colleges and how they've been brought to heel, at least temporarily, by the Trump administration.

[Joe Getty]

Bill Maher wanted to drink.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have you heard that part?

[Joe Getty]

Bill Maher's at the White House with Trump and Kid Rock.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Bill Maher says, I'd really like a drink. And Trump got him a margarita.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. I'm telling you, having that chef around who's also a bartender, apparently, I'd be.

[Joe Getty]

So fat and so drunk.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, they'd have to have. The cabinet would have to have an intervention. I'd wander into the Oval Office. They're all there. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. What's going on here?

[Joe Getty]

That was a good margarita. Real lime. Oh, yeah. Fresh. Fresh limes flown in from Maine. Okay, cool. So you got any more of the biscuits and gravy? So I need a margarita and more biscuits and gravy. The cabinet meeting's about to start. They can wait.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm eating this wallet. Hot dinner table events. That's right, man. Yeah. Just to flesh out what Jack said about the. The bombers, the US has moved nearly half of its entire B2 Spirit stealth bomber flyable fleet to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. In addition, close to 20 tanker aircraft were moved to the base, effectively giving the B2s the range to attack Iran pretty quickly. And not to go into full detail, but this plane specifically can deliver the GBU 57. That's that 30,000 pound bunker buster that only we have. And they're among the few bombs believed capable of destroying buried, hardened complexes like Iran's nuclear sites. And this plane is spectacular in its stealth abilities. It relies on this coating skin technology that's high maintenance. And they keep these things hangered in air conditioning, mostly to preserve the skin. Well, Diego Garcia doesn't have much of that, so you would not capriciously move these spectacularly high maintenance and expensive planes just to sit there for six months in the sun just in case.

[Joe Getty]

No, no. We're gonna bomb Iran. I mean, I would bet money on it to try to take out their nuclear facility. What do you think the world reaction's gonna be to that? Assuming it's successful.

[Jack Armstrong]

Thoroughly predictable. The usual Actors are gonna say the usual things.

[Joe Getty]

Well, I don't care what Russia and China says, but will our axis of a holes, right? Will our Germany, France, English friends that we've, you know, been sort of bad mouthing lately, what will they say?

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a great question.

[Joe Getty]

Of course, what you say out loud is not always the same as what you actually believe.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, exactly. I was going to say that for domestic consumption, they will have to condemn violence in all its forms. And democracy or not democracy, diplomacy is the way to achieve solutions. Blah, blah, blah. Behind the scenes, they'll probably call up Trump and say, way to go, dude, way to go. Oh, we needed that. But yeah, they'll make gaily mouthed Euro style statements.

[Joe Getty]

I think most of the world, even China will probably think, cool. There's one less unpredictable thing we gotta worry about as we try to take over the world.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah. I would love to talk to Xi Jinping about, you know, Iran's on your side these days. What do you really think of them?

[Joe Getty]

How about domestically, we bomb Iran, it's successful is. What are college students and Democrats gonna say?

[Jack Armstrong]

Just righteous condemnation, starting a war, the war monger, blah, blah, blah. And folks, some folks on the right are going to say Trump's gone neocon.

[Joe Getty]

Definitely.

[Jack Armstrong]

What happened to J.D. vance? J.D. talk to him.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, well, I mentioned this when I read the autobiography of Mahakam Begin, who was the prime minister of Israel when they bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor. And we condemned that out loud. We condemned it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

But behind the scenes told him. All right, nice job.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the usual. People say the usual things. In short, I feel like in the.

[Joe Getty]

Modern world it'll be a one day story.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Biggest military attack since Iraq and it'll be a one day story. Maybe. Of course, that's if it goes well. And it might not go well. These things don't always work out the way they're supposed to.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, I was gonna say. And then, you know, AOC will cry or something and there's somebody, Elon Musk will do something. Everybody will go crazy and forget about it. Which reminds me, I was reading various theories about the Trump third term thing.

[Joe Getty]

Honey Boo Boo will get married and have a kid. Something like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Wow. The wedding all of America has waited for. Honey Boo Boo is all growed up.

[Joe Getty]

Aren't we at war with Iran? Honey Boo Boo has grown up. Didn't you hear me?

[Jack Armstrong]

But anyway, somebody was positing that Trump's. One of Trump's greatest talents is distraction and that the Mike Waltz, signal string, war plans thing. He thought, all right, what'll distract everybody third term? Third term's good. I can lean on that one. Man. I can play that card about as often as I feel like. And so he's trotted it out again. Oh, geez. And if the tariffs go badly, he will announce that the Constitution doesn't apply to him or something like that. He'll say something completely cuckoo nots.

[Joe Getty]

Right. I'm going to expand the Supreme Court.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure. Or I will declare myself the Chancellor of America, which is above the presidency, and people will go crazy.

[Joe Getty]

We are used to successful military operations. These, these one off sorts of things. Not like Afghanistan was not a successful military operation over 20 years, but like this attack Iran. We're used to these things going well, but you could have a plane load of guys go down, captured, you know, they're prisoners of war. I mean, just, you know, all kinds of ugly things could happen.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, true.

[Joe Getty]

But it is. This is going to happen. I would be shocked if we don't bomb the hell out of Iran.

[Jack Armstrong]

So the left hoisted on by around their own petard, whatever a petard is. The colleges are sitting, they're staying, they're begging for treats from the Trump administration. It's delightful. What does it mean? Coming up, Armstrong and Getty. Starbucks new free refill perk has tripled customer traffic in stores, which is perfect for everyone. Thinking this Starbucks is okay. I just wish there were three times more people using that bathroom.

[Joe Getty]

I didn't know they had a free refill thing now. But you'd have to stick around long enough to finish your coffee and want another one, which I never do.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Yeah. Interesting. So I love this headline from Rich Lowry, National Review. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to support a larger, more extensive federal government for 100 years. He's talking about how Trump is using every tool he has to challenge woke practices in America and all the many tentacles of the federal government and funding specifically that the left has built up through the years. He is shamelessly and good using them. And Larry, I wish we had more time for this, but a recent Slate headline and Slate's left colleges are getting in line. An expert in higher ed finance explains why every school in the US is vulnerable to Trump. It's the power of the purse. All the research, all the grants, all the subsidies, all the everything. And Trump is using it. I would like to see it all go away.

[Joe Getty]

Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

But you know, what better use of those things when you have power than to use them to reign in the insanity. So a couple headlines real quick. Trump pauses. $175 million in funding to Penn over the Trans Swimmer deal.

[Joe Getty]

That's a lot of money. $175 million.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think that may be the smallest amount of money we're about to talk about as we scroll through these headlines too. Yeah, it's breathtaking amounts of money.

[Joe Getty]

Why are they getting so much money from me? Why is Penn, which probably housed an endowment of billions of dollars, getting so much money from us taxpayers?

[Jack Armstrong]

Now, I could give you the policy, the state of policy reason, or I could just say, why does the government hand out money to anybody? To ensure their never ending support. So Trump is going after him for the whole. Lia Thomas, 6 foot 4 inch male with a penis, taking Victor away from women.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, that kind of male. The kind with penises.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, male. And I don't use the term biological male. It's the only kind of male there is, so it's redundant. And, and as Riley Gaines has described, she, when she tied with the dude at one point, the NCAA was so terrified of the progressives, they said, look, we only got one medal and we're giving it to Leah.

[Joe Getty]

I forgot that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, and she cried backstage at how she's being victimized that it was so horrible. I know. So horrib. Here's another headline from the journal. Harvard's $9 billion scramble to avoid becoming the next Columbia. The president Alan Garber. What a man as a university president can't believe it made a flurry of moves before Trump. Before Trump opened a federal funding review. This Garber bloke is dancing as fast as he can.

[Joe Getty]

Why has this been going on so long? Why did Trump just figure out that, hey, we can really get these universities do what we by yanking their funding Headline.

[Jack Armstrong]

Princeton says Trump administration is halting research grant funding.

[Joe Getty]

Nobody wanted the blowback on that. That. That's why nobody's done it before.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, right, because it's so easy to demagogue it and say, you know what? We are two days from. From curing cancer, Right? And now all of our research, all the rats died. So now enjoy your cancer, folks.

[Joe Getty]

All great things are simple and many can be expressed in a single word. Freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Final thoughts is two words. Okay, here's your host for Final Thoughts, Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's get a final thought from everybody on the crew. There he is. Pressing the buttons are technical director Michelangelo Michael. Final thought. Okay, I'm getting this ready. It's for when Clint Eastwood passes. Jack, do you want A clip from Unforgiven or Bronco Billy, Dirty Harry or the ape fighting movies. Katie Greener, steam newswoman, has a final thought. Katie, mine is right along that vein as well. If you want to hear Jack absolutely blow a gasket, go listen to our.

[Joe Getty]

One of today's podcast. Armstrong, getty.com or about 30% of shows anytime in the last 28 years to Shay.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good point, Jack. A final thought for us.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, my son and I are on board after our food orgy at the baseball game the other night. Hot dogs, milkshakes. We both lost control. We're committed, Ron. We're no more of that. We're gonna. The diet starts today. We're both in agreement.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

New way of looking at life.

[Jack Armstrong]

You got a specific plan?

[Joe Getty]

Just don't eat crap.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, it's funny, that distracted me from my final thought. Reminded me of a Twitter thread I saw in which somebody was arguing that corn dogs were stupid and perverse and how could you eat them? Just eat a regular hot dog. If you have passed on the blessing from the Lord God, that is the corn dog with a little mustard on it. Why? Why are you alive?

[Joe Getty]

Wow, that is good. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Surrender your years to me so I can enjoy them. Corn dog in hand.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty wrapping up another grueling four hour workday.

[Jack Armstrong]

So good, so many people to thank. Go To Armstrong and getty.com for the hot links for the swag. Drop us a Note [e-mail] Dogs were.

[Joe Getty]

Put on earth to be corned. That's how I'm corn.

[Jack Armstrong]

Dogs are dogs. See you tomorrow.

[Joe Getty]

God bless America.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and get it was. He's crazy thinking this is a national emergency.

[Joe Getty]

It's true. Yep. Absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

So let's go out with a bang.

[Joe Getty]

Do you tune into that radio show where they talk about the we're all doomed, life is going to hell and our best days are behind us?

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good radio show.

[Joe Getty]

You should tune in. It's fun.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, the one guy thinks beavers are going to take over the planet and.

[Joe Getty]

The other guy gets extremely worked up over Val Kilmer.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm your huckleberry. Yeah, damn right on that high note.

[Joe Getty]

Thank you all very much.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Gettysburg.