I'm Going To Tokyo To Do Some Prime Squattin'

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand Episode: I'm Going To Tokyo To Do Some Prime Squattin' Release Date: June 4, 2025 Host/Authors: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty Produced by: iHeartPodcasts

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1. Recent Military Developments: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

[03:06] The hosts delve into the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, focusing on Ukraine's recent operation that involved transforming trucks into deceptive carriers for drones. This strategy aimed to bypass defenses and target Russian long-range bombers.

Jack Armstrong: "Tales are emerging of Sunday's operation turning trucks into Trojan horses, concealing drones that attacked multiple Russian long-range bombers." [03:06]

Joe Getty: "That bridge operation really was incredibly audacious." [05:39]

The discussion highlights that while Ukraine initially claimed over 40 bombers were targeted, analysis suggests fewer were actually hit. The Kremlin denied damage, accusing Ukraine of targeting civilian infrastructure, a claim both hosts vehemently reject, citing Russia's own actions against Ukrainian civilians.

Jack Armstrong: "Nowadays, the lines of warfare are blurred. Drones can strike anywhere, making the entire planet a potential battlefield." [04:22]

The conversation transitions to NATO's preparedness, questioning their readiness to handle such advanced drone warfare and emphasizing the need for accelerated development in anti-drone technologies.

2. Demographics: Japan's Declining Birth Rate

[09:32] Armstrong and Getty discuss Japan's alarming drop in birth rates, noting a 5.7% decrease in 2024, resulting in approximately 680,000 babies born—a record low.

Joe Getty: "This spiral shows how compounded factors can lead to a rapid decline in population, pushing Japan towards a historical tipping point." [10:48]

The hosts explore the societal implications, such as a surge in vacant homes and the challenges posed by an aging population. They speculate on the long-term effects for Japan and draw parallels to potential future trends in Western societies facing similar demographic shifts.

3. Social Issues: Rise in Anti-Semitism in the United States

[19:55] The episode addresses the troubling increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S., referencing a 2025 ADL report that highlights spikes in these acts, particularly following events on October 7th.

Jack Armstrong: "The rise in anti-Semitism has left Jewish Americans feeling scared and on edge, a situation the ADL has been warning about for years." [19:55]

A specific incident in Boulder, Colorado, is examined where a perpetrator openly expressed hatred towards Jews, leading to discussions about media portrayal and societal responses to such extremist actions.

Joe Getty: "It's baffling how direct anti-Semitic violence doesn't get the same labeling as other forms of terrorism. Yet, it's just as severe." [21:52]

The hosts criticize the delayed response in categorizing such acts as terrorism and emphasize the need for swift legal action to address and deter hate crimes.

4. Political Analysis: Democrats' Struggle to Engage Young Men

[31:03] Armstrong and Getty analyze a politically charged study conducted by Democrats to understand why young men are drifting away from the party. The study, which involved 30 focus groups and a national media consumption survey, revealed that young men feel neglected by the Democratic Party.

Jack Armstrong: "The study found that 43% of young men view the Republican Party favorably compared to only 27% for Democrats. This gap is even wider among the younger demographic." [33:52]

Joe Getty: "Young men perceive Democrats as scripted and cautious, whereas Republicans are seen as confident and unapologetic." [33:07]

The discussion critiques the Democratic approach, suggesting that their perceived lack of authenticity and overemphasis on political correctness alienates young male voters. The hosts argue that addressing economic anxieties and redefining masculinity without vilifying men's identities could help bridge this disconnect.

5. Sports and Legal News: Diddy and Trevor Bauer Cases

[44:54] The conversation shifts to recent high-profile legal cases involving public figures.

Jack Armstrong: "In the Diddy trial, testimonies reveal disturbing behavior, including threats made against a woman." [44:54]

Joe Getty: "Similarly, the Trevor Bauer case highlights the severe repercussions athletes face when allegations surface, despite ongoing legal battles." [45:35]

The hosts discuss the broader implications of these cases on public perception and the challenges involved in legal proceedings against celebrities. They emphasize the importance of due process and the impact of media coverage on the reputations of those involved.

6. Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Throughout the episode, Armstrong and Getty navigate a range of topics, blending serious discussions with their characteristic humor and candidness. They underscore the interconnectedness of global events, demographic changes, and political dynamics, offering listeners a comprehensive analysis of current affairs paired with engaging banter.

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Notable Quotes:

• Jack Armstrong: "Old systems can't handle new threats. We need innovation to keep up with modern warfare." [04:22]

• Joe Getty: "Japan's demographic crisis is a wake-up call for all aging societies." [12:37]

• Jack Armstrong: "When a nation can't sustain its population, the ripple effects are endless—from economy to cultural heritage." [12:37]

• Joe Getty: "Anti-Semitism isn't just a statistic; it's a pervasive threat that undermines the fabric of our society." [21:52]

• Jack Armstrong: "Political authenticity wins hearts, not scripted speeches." [33:07]

• Joe Getty: "Legal battles in the public eye test the resilience of our justice system." [45:35]

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This summary provides a comprehensive overview of the episode's key discussions and insights, ensuring that listeners gain valuable takeaways even if they haven't tuned in.

Transcript

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[Unknown]

Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Unknown]

Tales are emerging of Sunday's operation turning trucks into Trojan horses, concealing drones that.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Attacked multiple Russian long range bombers.

[Unknown]

Analysis of video and satellite images suggests.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Fewer long range Russian bombers were hit.

[Unknown]

Than the more than 40 Ukraine initially claimed.

[Ryan Seacrest]

And overnight Moscow launching yet another wave of strikes against Ukraine.

[Unknown]

That bridge operation really was incredibly audacious.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Our team has seen for ourselves how.

[Unknown]

That Kirch bridge heavily defended at least against air attack. This morning, the Kremlin saying nothing was.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Damaged and accusing Ukraine of targeting civilian infrastructure.

[Unknown]

Savannah, of course, Russia has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians.

Yeah, that is quite amazing. That Putin. Well, of course this is the sort of things the Russians say, but they, they attacked civilians. That's ridiculous. Yeah, because you do that every single day.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Obviously I appreciated that guy's spirit. But turning trucks into Trojan horses? No, they were just trucks. They were carrying stuff. That's the point of the Trojan horse. You don't expect a giant horse sculpture to carry stuff like soldiers, for instance.

[Unknown]

Anyway, the world is still talking about that Ukrainian drone strike from the weekend. And then there was a blowing up the bridge yesterday. But I've read so many different pieces and so many different publications about how the United States, China and Russia, obviously your big countries are saying, whoa, are we ready for this? If somebody did this to us, could we stop this? Holy crap. NATO knows it has much to learn, says the New York Times. And how that was the reaction of every NATO country after this attack. Of in what way are we prepared for this at all? Have we ever even thought of that? And are we spending all our money on the wrong thing? At this point, it is a major inflection point in the history of warfare. I heard, I've heard a number of people say this turns the entire planet into a possible battlefield. It's, it's not very clear where the, you know, the, the lines are, where strikes are going to happen. As has always been the case in warfare, it's now anywhere in the planet. All of a sudden some boxes could open up, drones come out. And that's a battlefield.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Whether it's Hoover Dam or, you know, some electric plant in China or, or whatever the hell.

[Ryan Seacrest]

And it's, it's, I mean, you could argue that with ICBMs and advanced missile systems of various descriptions. That was already sort of true. But this is a, this is a very different situation in that you can't necessarily figure out where this stuff came from. It's not trackable via, you know, norcom's protective systems. If it's, you know, a truck that pulls into a truck stop in Plano, Texas.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I mean, wow.

[Unknown]

In theory, if China or Russia shot an ICBM at us, we would pick it up very quickly and have the ability to shoot it down. We are announcing and so is everybody else in the world that we don't have the ability to deal with this drone situation, at least not right now.

[Ryan Seacrest]

As I said yesterday, I hope Darpa is running three shifts, 24 hours a day working on anti drone technology. No idea. Too wacky. Guys, gals, let's get, let's get moving.

[Unknown]

Then back to remember the drones over New Jersey. What was, what was ever the final answer on that? Do we know? Was that part of that? Was that trying to figure out how to. I don't know.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I heard the quote, unquote, final answer and it was pretty unsatisfactory. It was just, oh, those are just consumer drones and I don't need to know. Caught on and blah, blah, blah.

[Unknown]

If you were testing drone technology so that we could be prepared for this, fine, do it. I don't, I don't need to know the answer. Right. Wanted to get this in because it looks like Russia has hit the Million Man Mark. David French tweeting this out over the weekend. Well, it was an article in the Economist. Putin's sickening statistic, 1 million Russian casualties at this point in Ukraine. David French writing. Russia's losses to date are on par with the entirety of Britain's losses in the Second World War. They are approaching America's losses in the same conflict when its population was similar, the similar size to Russia today, which is just amazing. Over the entire biggest conflict in world history, Russia has a million casualties in terms of dead. They have the equivalent of a US Vietnam death toll every year for each of the three years. Yeah, you wouldn't think you could sustain that politically.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah, yeah. I was just reading a little more about how Russia's really converted its economy so completely to a wartime economy. You know, you've heard that diplomatically and militarily, Putin doesn't really have an off ramp. How does he end this war exactly? Well, economically and socially, he doesn't have one either because you've got now, you know, as I said, a huge part of your economy. Dedicated now to weaponry and just war oriented production. And the other thing is you have all those millions of men under arms. They're going to come back battle hardened, perhaps battle damaged both psychologically and physically to an economy that can't employ them. And they mentioned in the piece, I think it was in the Wall Street Journal that when World War II vets speaking of that conflict came back to Russia, Stalin saw them as such a huge threat, he put scads of them, I don't remember the number into gulags.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Because he knew damaged, angry, battle hardened, unhappy men by the thousands and thousands and thousands is a real liability. And Putin has a similar situation on his hands.

[Unknown]

Wow.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I think he, I think he is the dog that's caught the car.

[Unknown]

Now what in addition to 300,000 dead young men that can't be be productive obviously in any way.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Right. And those who fled his country. Yeah.

[Unknown]

Different topic about not having enough young men or enough young anybody birth rate. Japan released their latest statistics and set a new record low. We can tell you about that right after this.

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[Ryan Seacrest]

It's higher than I thought it was, honestly. But you have the birth rate to.

[Unknown]

Sustain your population and you don't allow immigration.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Right. What the hell. I realize I'm easily amazed, but I want to go back to that figure. If your birth rate dropped by 5.7% in a decade, that would be a huge story. It dropped in a year.

[Unknown]

Yeah, I know. It's absolutely incredible. There's all kinds of fallout from this. Like for instance, the number of vacant homes that they have in Japan. There's just lots of houses that are vacant. There's nobody to buy because there just aren't enough people. And they're trying to figure out what to do with that. The number of Ikea uninhabited properties, that's the term, has topped 9 million nationwide, with 900,000 of them in Tokyo alone. Just uninhabited places. And there's nobody that's going to buy them because there's no hope of anybody buying them.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Well, just. There's nobody to buy. I am, because there's nobody.

[Unknown]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I'm going to Tokyo to do some prime squatting. I'm gonna go down to Shinjuku, squat in some apartment, eat some sushi.

[Unknown]

Anyway, like I said earlier, Fuji, I've.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Never been to Japan. Obviously.

[Unknown]

Like I said earlier, we get to watch the. Japan's gonna be the. You know what's going to happen to the rest of us in Western society as our birth rates decline too, and see what happens. Of course, we allow lots of sometimes not on purpose immigration, which is different than a lot of your Asian countries that have zero.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Right, right. They're very, very racist. They actually are.

[Unknown]

Anyway, so Japan will be a landmass with historical sites and no humans.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Well, the whole country will be like the proverbial Japanese soldier hiding out in the jungle after World War II. I mean, there are. Occasionally you'll come across a human being and be like, whoa, hey, what the hell? It's a whole country. Tokyo will be a, you know, a post apocalyptic moonscape or something. Blade Runner or something. Yeah. Wow. Wild. Speaking of young people, Democrats have set out on a much mocked study of young men and why they've lost them. Their findings are now available.

[Unknown]

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[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Unknown]

But yes, I thought you were gonna say are shocking. The findings are shocking.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Unknown]

This is actually shocking. So nut job terrorist madman who is setting people on fire there in Boulder, Colorado, turns out he recorded one of those in your car videos before he did this. And he did it in Egyptian or whatever language they speak in Egypt. Do they speak Egyptian?

[Ryan Seacrest]

Sure they do, Jack.

[Unknown]

Call it Egyptian. Anyway, I'll play that for you and read what he had to say. I mean he was. He wanted to kill Jews, there's no doubt about that. So that and a bunch of other stuff on the way.

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Jewish Americans across the country feeling sad, on edge and fearful after yet another horrific anti Semitic attack. The Anti Defamation League has been sounding the alarm for years. According to a 2025 ADL report on the seven countries with the largest Jewish populations outside of Israel, anti Semitism has been on the rise. Reported anti Semitic incidents increasing drastically in particular in the United States and spiking after October 7th. I heard a great point made yesterday from Charles C.W. cook about this guy who set people on fire there in a Boulder the whole thing. And he brought up a bunch of different examples. He did the research. If you pay attention to the news, you don't even really need to do the research. How many things have been compared to Hitler or Nazis that have happened on the right in the last 25 years? Every Republican president is Hitler. He had examples of articles in like major publications about how tariffs are something Hitler did or school choice was a common Nazi theme. And he said, the only thing in recent memory I can think of where nobody has written an article mentioning Nazis.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Or Hitler is these Jewish attacks is killing Jews.

[Unknown]

Is killing Jews. So tariffs obvious. The most obvious analogy you can come with, you know, the most closest analogy to hand when you're talking tariffs, of course, Nazis and Hitler. Same with school choice or Trump wanting to, you know, stop Harvard from having whatever right you come up with Nazi and Hitler. But if you got somebody setting Jews on fire because he hates Jews, no mention of Nazis or Hitler, that's pretty freaking amazing.

[Ryan Seacrest]

You just look down at your feet and, you know, just mumble here, right? Are you kidding me? Pretty beautifully put.

[Unknown]

Ah, that is amazing. Anyway, so this scumbag was in jail and right after he's arrested he said, yeah, I did it. I did it because I hate Jews and I want to kill Jews and I'M glad I did it, and I would do it again if I had the chance. So, you know, good. Good on the Boulder police for holding back on whether or not we should declare this a terror attack, while the FBI, not only the FBI, Trump's FBI, declared it a terror attack, sold it. The governor of Colorado, who's a Democrat, and the Attorney General of Colorado, who's a Democrat, and then old what's his name, McCabe, the crook who. McCabe, the crook who used to run the FBI and CNN, also went on CNN that day and said, too early for the FBI to be calling this a terrorist attack.

[Ryan Seacrest]

That is something. If it is Islamism, the left hates to admit it's terrorism. Everything else is terrorism or fascism, as you pointed out. But, yeah, God dang it.

[Unknown]

Anyway, so the scumbag did the thing that so many people do now. He recorded a video in his car as he's driving to the parade so he can set Jews on fire. And I will play it and read a little bit of what he had to say. Allah is greater than anything. Allah is greater than the Zionist. Allah is greater. Whoops, he's talking too fast for me here. Let me back it up just a little bit. So Allah is greater than anything. Allah is greater than the Zionist, greater in America and its weapons. Allah is greater than the F35 planes. Allah is greater than anything else. So why do we fear those who are inferior to Allah rather than fear Allah himself? He's a dedicated Muslim extremist. No doubt about it. If I told my wife and son every day to do something but they didn't do it, I would be angry. Maybe I would divorce my wife. Maybe I would kick my son out of my home. Go on, crazy person. Then what about Allah who says to us every day, dozens of times, allah Akbar. It's wild to think. Do not forget Allah Akbar. Do not forget that Allah is greater than everything. So it's. It's. First of all, it's wild to be looking at him on this video and think that, you know, he's about to set a bunch of people on fire and try to kill as many people as he can. And if he'd have got a gun, he would have. Like he tried to do. He would have killed a whole bunch of people. But he is a dedicated Muslim extremist.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Too early. Just call it terrorism, Jack. Yeah. Yeah, well. And they are being aided, abetted, financed and encouraged by these campus organizations and the affiliated, you know, organizations tangential to them, including several that are well known. It's going to take us a while to wake up to this threat. Obviously it's discouraging from a legal.

[Unknown]

From a legal standpoint, it shouldn't be a complicated case to convict this guy.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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Well, I hear something happened while we were at lunch which led me to make some news here today and say something I didn't think was imaginable. I agree with Elon Musk. Republicans should listen to him and actually to their former selves, outraged about the national debt.

[Unknown]

Breaking news. Elon Musk and I agree with each other. The GOP tax scam is a disgusting abomination. Every single Republican who voted for the one big ugly bill should be ashamed of themselves. So that's Hakeem Jeffries, quite possibly the next speaker of the House, leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives after Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate. Both so happy that Elon has criticized the Republican bill as a disgusting abomination.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Has anybody referred to Hakeem Jeffries as Haktua Jeffries as far as you know, or is that new? Have I invented that?

[Unknown]

So I must say, I was just reading Byron York's piece in the Washington Examiner. Musk goes off the reservation about how Donald Trump is about to have an Elon problem. I was wrong and everybody else was right. I guess last week I felt like everybody was making way too big a deal out of Elon saying, well, this is not helpful with what Doge was doing. I didn't think that was that big. But Elon coming out this way. And if he goes full. Elon is his own man. He doesn't. I mean, nobody on planet Earth maybe ever has had left less Fs to give or needed to give than Elon Musk. I mean, he is. He Is untouchable. Maybe possibly SpaceX contracts or something. You could have some leverage. I don't know. But if he decides he wants to do nothing but bash the Republican Party from here on out and. And spend money against them in the midterms, he'll do it. He may.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Final note on this topic. The idea that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries could join with the criticism of this bill when the criticism of the bill is it's overspending and driving up the debt and pretending like they have some sort of kinship, that's obscene.

[Unknown]

Are you kidding me? Yeah, it's really.

[Ryan Seacrest]

It's obscene.

[Unknown]

This is just a dumb personality thing with me. But Chuck Schumer's. When he drops a line, I. Well, I guess there was some news. And here. This is gonna make news. I never thought I'd say this. I agree with Elon Musk. And then he always has that smile on his face like he just dropped the wittiest truth bomb ever. Aren't I clever? It just drives me nuts. Move off the stage, old man.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Meanwhile, both parties are trying to figure out who they are and where they ought to go in the future. Go to hell would be my suggestion at this point, but. So, Democrats, you invented a party last week.

[Unknown]

That was a good name. What was your party?

[Ryan Seacrest]

F y' all can. Yeah. So the Democrats trying to understand young American men know people are roasting their plan. This is a discussion in Politico about the widely mocked project to get under the hoods of young men to figure out why the Democrats are losing them. And according to the good folks of Politico, the study has had sobering results. There's all sorts of interesting stuff in this, including the fact that it's a two year, $20 million study, said Ilsi Ilsa Hogue, who co founded the Speaking with American Men Project. Quote, it reaffirms what young men already think, that Democrats don't want to invest in you. Well, I would say we'll start here. Ilya, stop talking like that. If you want young men, we understand that. You want us to invest in you. No, that's not the way that plays. Anyway, so, two year, $20 million study to figure out how young men and Democrats. I'm sorry. To study young men and how Democrats can reach them. Results of the initial round of research, shared exclusively with Politico and stolen exclusively by the Armstrong and Getty show, include 30 focus groups. And a national media consumption survey found many young men believe that, quote, neither party has our back. As one Black man from Georgia said in a focus group. I hate focus groups are stupid. But participants described the Democratic Party as overly scripted and cautious, while Republicans are seen as confident and unafraid to offend.

[Unknown]

Has a focus group ever done any good with anything ever? No.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Let's have a focus group on it.

[Unknown]

I mean, that's hilarious. A focus group found out that Democrats are too scripted. You know where they came up with their scripts from focus groups. And as I said the other day, the people that have been the most successful politicians in my lifetime or in recent memory, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, they went with their gut. They weren't focus group people, right?

[Ryan Seacrest]

100% correct. Yep. Democrats are seen as weak, whereas Republicans are seen as strong, said Hogue, the head guy. Young men also spoke of being invisible to the Democratic coalition. And you've got this weak problem, then you've got this I don't think they care about me problem. And I think the combination is kind of a killer. Not kind of, it's a killer.

[Unknown]

And.

[Ryan Seacrest]

And by the by Democrats, it's worse than I don't think they care about me. No. They've been systematically castigating young men, yelling at them and accusing them of toxic masculinity and being bad people merely for their maleness. Anyway, the SAM Project, which has turned into a new punchline for liberals and conservatives alike, is pitching itself to donors. Blah, blah, blah. Focus groups found that young men feel like they are in crisis, stressed, ashamed and confused over what it means to be a man in 2025. I would say for all of the sins of the dopey Republican Party men feeling stressed, ashamed and confused over what it means to be A man in 2025 is from the left. I mean, part of it is from technology and absolutely nature of this, that and the other, but it's absolutely from the left. They vented about conflicting cultural messages of masculinity that put them in a no win situation about the meaning of a man, something we have been talking about our entire careers according to the Sand Project memo. And then if I may throw in a caveat, Jack, and feel free to jump in here, I think I tried to appreciate, but I couldn't fully what I'm about to talk about. I'll just read it, then I'll throw in why I couldn't appreciate it. The young men they talked to described how the COVID pandemic left them isolated and socially disconnected. I should talk about economic anxiety and.

[Unknown]

Other things should transition into the adult men not having friends Topic after this.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Right, right. And there are a couple of things going on during COVID that I think blunted my feeling as much pain as some people did. Although my youngest was in college and had a miserable crappy senior year of college, didn't really exist, which was terrible. Shame. I live in a lived during COVID very conservative part of central California, Northern California, where we didn't give a crap. We got. We had big barbecues and parties and get togethers and drank together a lot.

[Unknown]

During COVID Spreading the virus to kill others.

[Ryan Seacrest]

No, no, nothing bad happened. I mean, everybody got it a little bit or a lot once or twice. And we went on with our lives because we're reasonably healthy, not elderly people. And the kids were perfectly fine, by the way. And I know that may sound crazy to lot of you depending on where you live, but no, we, we. Aside from the stuff we had to do because, you know, at the golf club they were screaming at us get further apart. We just lived our lives. And so I didn't appreciate how especially young people who are trusting the authorities around them became so terribly isolated. It's heartbreaking.

[Unknown]

It is heartbreaking. Who told you to do that? I mean, the government did, but don't listen to the government. I have a friend of mine who said to me the other day, and I just, I didn't respond. He said, I'm actually considering not getting this latest Covid booster. And I thought to myself, you're still getting Covid boosters. And he mentioned how his son who's in college, he said, you know, he's his own person. So I just let him be. But he hasn't gotten like the last three Covet boosters.

[Ryan Seacrest]

No. Why would he.

[Unknown]

Why the hell, Woody? Yeah, not interesting.

[Ryan Seacrest]

And then the young men they talked to talked about overwhelming economic anxiety and that making traditional milestones like buying a home or saving for kids college felt impossible. The degree to which those economic concerns are also impacting how they think about themselves and quote, unquote, success of being a man living up to their own expectations, the expectations of their family or society. Well, and then constantly berating them again that they're terrible people just for having, you know, XY chromosomes. Young men's feeling of crisis are connected to their exodus from the Democratic party. The research suggests just 27% of young men viewed the Democratic Party positively. 43% viewed the Republican Party favorably. So a 16 point gap there. The polling sample included 23% of self to describe Republic Democrats, rather very even actually more independents than anything. But the gap became even more pronounced among younger young men. Skipping around An Asian American professional described Democrats as embracing the fluid masculinity of being like empathetic and sensitive, while Republicans are more like traditional masculinity of a provider strong in the machismo type, Latino man from Las Vegas said. During the 24 campaign, Harris focused on oh, I got Beyonce on stage with me. Oh, I got Lady Gaga on stage. And I just kind of felt like.

[Unknown]

What does that have to do with me?

[Ryan Seacrest]

I'm trying to move up in life. Anyway, that's the long and short of what they found. I mean, they could have asked us or you, frankly, and we would have told them. But on the other side of the aisle, I thought this was interesting. The the big conference in, what do they call it? The American Compasses New World Gala at Washington's National Building Museum. It's kind of a maga ish forum that happens once a year, I think. And the keynote speakers were J.D. vance and Marco Rubio. And it was interesting. No one mentioned 2028, although it was an unmistakable undercurrent as the two speakers, who both hope to carry on Trump's legacy into the future, laid out their respective visions. This is not a 5, a 10, a 20 year project to actually get. Oh, I'm sorry, this is not a 5 or 10 year. This is a 20 year project to actually get America back to common sense economic policy. J.D. vance said Rubio spoke first. Know the country was in the midst of an important and long overdue realignment. It's gonna be the work of a generation. There's still much work to be done. Vance and Rubio, who lavished praise on one another, offered similar assessments of the current state of the country and where they hope to take it. Both spoke of reindustrialization and America first approached economic and foreign policies and the role the next generations will play. It does not surprise me the bit that they lavished praise on one another as they circled each other warily, keeping their knives behind their backs until the moment they were needed to figure who's gonna be the top guy and who's probably going to be the veep or something like that. But it's good stuff. It's good, positive stuff, rubio said. You're never gonna be secure as a nation unless you're able to feed your people, unless you're able to make the things your economy needs in order to function and ultimately defend yourself. And Vance said that's why Trump was elected, adding that the president is the first mainstream American politician to come along and say this isn't working. Both, I think really good points.

[Unknown]

So I do want to get to that. Adult Men don't have Friends crisis they're calling it. Maybe we'll get to that in our four. If you miss a segment, you can get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand. We have a slight Diddy update from the trial. Among other things on the way. Other things on the way. I need to be plural to be a sentence that makes sense in English.

[Ryan Seacrest]

I would encourage it.

[Unknown]

Other things on the way stage here.

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[Unknown]

Pretty funny. A couple updates for you. The Diddy trial going on today. There should probably be some testimony that we talk about probably tomorrow as there's a woman taking the stand that has told the story to others about how he once dangled her over the balcony of a high rise hotel as a threat for something or other. So that would be obviously a crime of some sort.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Certainly. Yeah.

[Unknown]

Yeah. And then we talked about the Trevor Bauer case, you, pitcher most most recently for the Dodgers four years ago when he had to stop pitching because a woman came forward and said that he had raped her. This picture.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Blackballed from the major leagues.

[Unknown]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that's one of his arguments, that he missed out on at least $30 million by this as he was a real good pitcher and that pays really, really well. So this woman had. Had claimed that he raped her and choked her and all these different sorts of things. And he'd have been in big trouble if she was a little less stupid and hadn't texted a friend of hers about how she was, you know, gonna make these claims and taking pictures of her next to him in the bed and all these different sorts of things.

[Ryan Seacrest]

She's gonna find a way to get into his bank account.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Made it clear enough that she was just a gold digging scumbag who was willing to ruin someone's life to try to get some cash. Anywho, they had come to some sort of 300 some thousand dollar agreement sort of thing. Part of it was she'd shut up after that. That and, and she just kept going on podcasts over the recent years and talking about it over and over and over again. So they, Trevor Bauer and his people took that to court and now she owes him that $300,000 which she does not have because she has done a bunch of things. I should have Hansen come in here. He had this long story about all the off the rails things she's done recently. Being drunk and out of control and, and whatever. So she's just awful human being. My main point for this is watch out dudes. Watch out for that kind of woman. I mean, they're out there. There's also bad guys out there. Ladies, obviously, of course.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Monsters. Yeah. But every woman of a certain age, and I mean probably past 16 who has a pretty face, understands that they can use that pretty face to disarm men. Why don't we just say that?

[Unknown]

And you can use it in a mild way to get into the office of the boss too, try to make a sales pitch. Or you can use it in a much less mild way to destroy someone's life.

[Ryan Seacrest]

To blackmail Trevor Bauer, for instance. Yeah, so yeah, some use their beauty for good, some for evil. Some with restraint and morality, some utterly without it. Like this horrifying waste of internal organs woman that we're discussing. Yeah, that's a terrible story. Is he still pitching in Japan? He got blackballed from Major League Baseball in the wake of the whole U2 era. Of course, he was essentially box office poison. We can't have Trevor Bauer around here. This woman says he raped her and he's got just absolutely ruined by this witch.

[Unknown]

Well, yeah, Hanson and I were talking about this yesterday. Pitching is such a valuable thing in Major League Baseball. I'll bet he makes his way back, don't you think?

[Ryan Seacrest]

Yeah, arm holds up. I mean it's. That's one of the things about being a major league pitcher. You have no idea what the trajectory of your career is going to be. Physically, mentally, the rest of it. That's why they get paid so much.

[Unknown]

Because your arms are only going to last so long for your elbow cracks open.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Well, you can be completely unhittable one year, show up the next year and it's like you're throwing batting practice. You can't strike anybody out. And and the pitchers as mystified as the coaches and everybody else. But did you see weird?

[Unknown]

Do you see the guy the other day? And I should have the name for baseball fans, but most of you aren't. He was one of those phenoms, had to get one of the big surgeries, spent I think two seasons rehabbing, pitched the other day, threw a pitch immediately he likes on the ground and he knew exactly that it was over. He starts crying. He's sitting on the field crying because he knew it was over. That'd be dreams. Yeah.

[Ryan Seacrest]

Streams are over. Yeah. Ugh.

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