There's a New Sheriff in Town...

Summary

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Episode: "There's a New Sheriff in Town..."

Date: March 6, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Armstrong and Getty unpack the rapidly escalating global conflict, the shifting US stance in the Middle East, and changes in American political leadership. With a heavy focus on the growing war involving the US and its allies, new aggressive foreign policy moves, and the firing of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, the hosts dive into the implications for US strategy, media bias, and internal Washington intrigue. Lighter moments address pop culture scandals and the ever-present quirks of American politics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. “There’s a New Sheriff in Town” – U.S. Global Posture Shift

• American Deterrence and ‘Fafo’

  • The show’s title and early banter reference a hardened approach: “Fafo is back, baby. That’s what the kids say—if you blank around, you find out. That’s American deterrence, Jack.” (Jack Armstrong, 04:10)
  • Suggests a major shift in US willingness to use military force.

• Gas Prices and Russia-India Oil Dynamics

  • US reportedly allowing India to buy Russian oil after years of pressure to stop.
    “After browbeating them…because they’re worried the price of gas is going to get too high and people are going to freak out.” (Joe Getty, 04:40)
  • Tension between domestic economic priorities and strategic plans to curb Russian revenues.

2. War Expands: Middle East Complexity and Miscalculations

• US Troops Under Fire in 12 Countries

  • “Biggest war in a quarter century. We have tens of thousands of troops being fired on in 12 countries now. That is unbelievable.” (Joe Getty, 06:01)
  • Hosts criticize media focus on Kristi Noem’s firing instead of major global conflict developments.

• Israel, UAE, and Iran: Strategic Calculations

  • Hostilities described as “metastasizing” by NYT; hosts disagree, see it as a natural and necessary expansion of conflict zones.
  • The UAE freezing Iranian assets after repeated Iranian attacks:
    “So the UAE last night said no more. Apparently even warned Iran…if you don’t stop bombing us, we’re going to cut off your financial supply…and now you’re screwed financially.” (Joe Getty, 07:16-08:01)
  • Analysis that Iran’s attempt to destabilize the region economically has backfired.

• No Loyalty in the Middle East

  • Armstrong reflects on the complexity:
    “Nobody has actual loyalty to anybody, and…religion is entrenched into all of it in various ways.” (Armstrong, 09:30)

• Trump’s Middle East Policy

  • Referenced stance: “no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender.” (Joe Getty, 10:46)

3. Domestic Shifts: Jobs, Scandal, and the Noem Firing

• February Jobs Report

  • Unexpected loss of 92,000 jobs—would usually be a huge story but now overshadowed by war. (Joe Getty, 11:10)

• Kristi Noem Firing (“Ice Barbie” Gives Way to “GI Joe”)

  • Noem's answers about her alleged affair with Corey Lewandowski cited as the final straw for Trump.
  • Juicy, uncomfortable moments recounted:
    “‘Have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?’…Her husband wasn’t there…luck for him.” (13:02)
  • Armstrong jokes about D.C. as a “damn orgy”—general cynicism over Washington culture.

• Real Reason for the Firing

  • Not the affair, but Noem pinning a $200 million ad buy on Trump; “her trying to hang him out to dry…was when he said, f you.” (Joe Getty, 37:22)

• New DHS Leadership

  • Now led by Tom Holman and Markwayne Mullin, whom hosts predict will deport and enforce “in a smart, balanced way that doesn’t alienate the American people.” (Armstrong, 37:32)

4. Media Analysis & Bias

• How Headlines Are Framed

  • Media accused of labeling votes as “party line” when Republicans win, “bipartisan” when Democrats peel off one GOP vote.
    “If you got one Republican, they reported it as bipartisan…in this, because it went the opposite direction…it's mostly along party lines.” (Joe Getty, 21:10)

• Civilian Deaths Coverage

  • Critique that outlets like NYT and Dispatch lead with accidental civilian deaths, showing skewed priorities:
    “If that’s your lead, you are twisted. Sorry.” (Armstrong, 22:01)

5. Quickfire Headlines

• Russia Helping Iran Target US Forces
  • “Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces… using their better-than-Iran’s satellite technology.” (Joe Getty, 22:49)
• China/Taiwan Threat
  • Brief mention: “If China takes Taiwan, that’ll be a near depression style kick to the world economy.” (Armstrong, 23:30)

6. Lighter Segments & Pop Culture

• Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake

  • Brittany’s jail stint and Justin’s ongoing DUI scandal play as comic relief and fodder for discussion on transparency versus privacy.

• Clips of the Week & Inside Jokes

  • Regular comedic interludes with recurring mock spots (cow clips), jabs at politicians, and playful self-awareness:
    “War—what is it good for? Distracting from the Epstein files.” (Joe Getty, 30:50)

• Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Ambitions

  • “Newsom looks small in the face of big war.” Discussion that pundits now see Newsom as “a failed presidential candidate.” (Joe Getty/Armstrong, 31:00-31:31)

7. Wisdom, Mailbag & AI Discussion

• Eisenhower Quote on Leadership & Ego

  • “I got where I did by knowing how to hide my ego and hide my intelligence…why should I embarrass him?” (Jack Armstrong via Eisenhower anecdote, 44:23)
  • Discussion about statesmanship and restraint.

• Mailbag: Iran, AI, and the Comment Section

  • Listener emails riff on Iran's situation, the role of online negativity in AI behavior, and skepticism about media portrayals.
  • “If it’s building all its language off online sources…how quickly do people get in an argument and say why don’t you kill yourself…” (Mailbag, 48:18)
  • Hosts note the danger and utility of AI: “It is wonderful and terrible…Yeah, it’s going to destroy mankind. But man, if you’re shopping for something and you ask it to compare two items, it’s the best.” (Armstrong & Getty, 50:00)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On US Foreign Policy Shift
  • “There’s a new sheriff in town and his lips aren’t shiny. Fafo is back, baby.” (Co-host, 03:58)
• On Middle East Complexity
  • “Nobody has loyalty, actual loyalty, to anybody, and how deeply religion is entrenched into all of it in various ways.” (Armstrong, 09:30)
• On Iran’s Miscalculation
  • “Is it going to go down as one of the biggest mistakes militarily in history? Maybe.” (Joe Getty, 08:45)
• On D.C. Culture
  • “It’s a damn orgy there in D.C. It’s madness.” (Armstrong, 12:54)
• On Media Bias
  • “If you got one Republican, they reported it as bipartisan… If you got one Republican in the senate to vote for—in a bipartisan vote today, the Senate confirmed… but in this… it's mostly along party lines.” (Joe Getty, 21:10)
• On AI and Internet Discourse
  • “The model’s foundation knowledge is built on the assumption that text frequency equals truth…which is a very imperfect proxy.” (Mailbag, 49:03)

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Segment Timeline

• 03:17 – Official start, show’s theme, new US posture
• 04:32 – 06:20 – US softening on Russian oil (India), war escalation, media coverage priorities
• 07:00 – 09:30 – UAE moves on Iran’s assets, Middle Eastern complexity, financial warfare
• 10:46 – 11:28 – Trump’s hardline on Iran, jobs report
• 11:28 – 13:20 – Kristi Noem scandal and firing saga begins
• 13:48 – 15:32 – Official show kick-off, depth on DHS shakeup, commentary on war’s media value
• 16:13 – 16:28 – Britney Spears drama as comic relief
• 20:07 – 22:41 – Media bias and coverage critique
• 22:49 – 23:30 – Russia aiding Iran, China/Taiwan global risk
• 27:33 – 28:49 – Trump’s sights on Cuba after Iran, legacy speculation
• 31:10 – 32:57 – Newsom’s failings as a candidate, new pundit consensus
• 33:07 – 36:28 – Kristi Noem’s affair questioning and commentary on Washington standards
• 37:22 – 37:55 – Real reason for Noem’s firing revealed (Trump & ad buy)
• 44:23 – 45:58 – Eisenhower anecdote on wisdom and restraint
• 48:18 – 50:09 – AI’s flaws mirroring internet toxicity
• 50:18 – end – Handoff to Hour Two, teasers for coming topics

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Tone & Style

The episode is an energetic, smart, and occasionally irreverent exploration of global affairs, US politics, and the media landscape. Armstrong and Getty maintain their trademark blend of gallows humor, skepticism, and informed commentary, switching deftly between topics of global import and the farcical side of DC and pop culture. Frequent references to "Clips of the Week," listener mail, and running in-jokes keep the energy lively and engaging.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode is essential listening for anyone seeking real-time reactions and analysis to the rapidly changing US and global politics, especially the war in the Middle East, the Noem firing drama, and shrewd commentary about media bias. The hosts serve up both serious insight and wry humor, making the show both informative and entertaining. If you want to understand how these shifts will shape American policy, leadership, and even the structure of everyday news coverage, Armstrong & Getty’s take is unmissable.

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Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Live from Studio C. It is a dimly lit room where deep. What's I forgot to say, it's Friday. Oh, Lord, it's Friday.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

A devastating oversight deep within the bowels

[Joe Getty]

of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. And hey, y', all, today we are toiling under the title of the show,

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There's a new sheriff in town and his lips aren't shiny or Fafo is back, baby.

[Joe Getty]

Fafo is back. What? What brought that one on?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Well, that's what the kids say. If you blank around, you find out that's American deterrence, Jack.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, okay.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

The eagle is screeching, bearing its talons, digging in with its beak. Whatever eagles do when they need to kill something.

[Joe Getty]

Digging in with its beak.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I don't know. You imagine the beak factors in? It's very like curved and pointy.

[Joe Getty]

How about this story that's just breaking right now that we're going to allow India to buy Russian oil

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

after brow

[Joe Getty]

beating them for four years to stop buying Russian oil to try to keep gas prices down in the United States because they're worried the price of gas is going to get too high and people are going to freak out.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Oh, we can't have Russia making money. That's what I thought I was going to say. This has to be an interim step towards something, but if this is being done for strictly political considerations, I mean, nobody wants more higher gas prices, but we can't let the damn Russians off the hook. Yeah, man, Trump is soft on Russia in some ways. In some ways not right.

[Joe Getty]

Actually, it was the New York Times, I think, had a big story about how for people who think Trump is a Pal of Russia. Here's eight ways. Trump has been very difficult on Putin, more so than anybody else. But. And that was in the New York Times. But anyway.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

Not to get hung up on that. We do have our own war. And maybe it's just that. Maybe it's just prioritizing the war that we are now involved in, which is freaking huge and getting huger.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

That's why I was. I was surprised. And this is a media story, so I suppose it's not important. I was telling Joe before the show, I was surprised that at least a couple of news outlets were leading with Kristi Noem getting fired. I can understand. Well, Christine was fired. We'll have that later. But first, this is a big freaking deal. Biggest war in a quarter century. We have tens of thousands of troops being fired on in 12 countries now. That is unbelievable.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yeah. Yeah. To the media thing I could get yesterday when it was breaking news. Great. But this morning, it's not the biggest story by far. Yeah. It's interesting. The New York Times characterized the spreading of the hostilities to metastasizing, which of course, they have to, to make it sound terrible. They're referring specifically to Israel hammering the crap out of Hezbollah in Lebanon. I don't see that as metastasizing at all. I see that as. All right, now we're taking care of this.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

The times have changed. The Israelis, the US Strategy, civilization toward the Islamist lunatics has changed. No, we're done talking.

[Joe Getty]

Well, and I think we're going to look back on the era of just accepting thousands of rockets getting fired per year is okay as odd. Why? Why did that ever exist?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

That was odd indeed. Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Why did that ever exist?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Mustn't make the militant Muslims mad.

[Joe Getty]

So the other big story, speaking of metastasizing and changing and everything like that, is how the UAE has locked up. That's the big Wall Street Journal story that broke last night. The UAE has locked up Iran's money. So they are absolutely screwed now. So the way they got around all the sanctions that we've had on them forever, and we're the, you know, the, we run global finance pretty much around the world, is the uae. UAE became their bank to be able to funnel money through so you could engage in the world to get money and sell oil and all, that's how they got around it. And UAE last night said no more. Apparently had even warned Iran after being attacked all week long. If you don't stop bombing us, we're going to cut off your financial supply. And Iran Kept attacking the uae. So they said, that's it, no more. So now you're screwed financially. That's a big deal, because, you know, obviously your finances run the war.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

So it's finally been made clear to me what Iran thinks it's doing by hurling bombs at every country within reach. They thought if they did that, it would plunge the world economy into chaos. All the markets around the world would drop, oil prices would skyrocket, would set in in the capitals of the world, and everyone would say, back down, pack Iran, no, we mustn't hit them anymore. Yeah, good. Good calculation there, boys.

[Joe Getty]

Is it going to go down as one of the biggest mistakes militarily in history? Maybe. Yes. Maybe.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Well, October 7th is. Is. You've got to look at that as the genesis of everything that's happening now. The line is direct and unbroken.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. The exclusive Wall Street Journal story, UAE explores freezing Iranian assets to punish Tehran for attacks. Any crackdown on Iran's shadow financing networks in the Gulf state would strangle Tehran's access to foreign currency and global trade. Yeah, of course, who knows? Maybe they're going to back off the bomb in the uae, and I don't know, we'll see how that plays out. But things are not playing out the way Iran was hoping when they started attacking all their friends.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yes. I find myself going through my memory banks trying to think of some of the Middle east experts we've talked to through the years. I was just reading about Qatar and how. Oh, man, is that a duplicitous regime closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, radical Islamists. Then you got your UAE or being the bankers to the mullahs because they could make a buck and they have loyalty to nobody. And they both resent Saudi Arabia and just. It's the Middle east frenemy thing all over again. And the further you drill down into the region, the greater you realize how complicated it is and how nobody has loyalty, actual loyalty, to anybody, and how deeply religion is entrenched into all of it in various ways.

[Joe Getty]

It's just.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Well, it's like. Well, I don't want to say it's a quagmire. It's a part of the world that is absolutely rife with quicksand that you must not step in, which is why Trump ran on, hey, we gotta quit getting entangled in Middle east crap. All right? I could certainly make the argument, and I think it's a coherent one, that, okay, this is the. The Middle east is not gonna have the ability to ensnare us in their crap anymore. Now we're going to eliminate the evildoers.

[Joe Getty]

So Trump just said there will be no deal with Iran except for unconditional surrender.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

There you go.

[Joe Getty]

Now to some secondary stories just breaking. February jobs report is out. The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in a bit of a surprise.

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Numbers that will surely be resolved, revised upward, downward or sideways, unexpected downturns, says

[Joe Getty]

the Wall Street Journal. So normally that would be a giant story if we weren't at war. But that's, that's well.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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[Joe Getty]

Yeah. So according to the California Post,

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

her

[Joe Getty]

answers about sexual relations the other day with Corey Lewandowski was the final straw for Trump. We never played that clip. We got to get to that today. I don't. These freaking hearings. So they.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Why?

[Joe Getty]

Why they ask some of the questions they ask and what they're trying to do. Well, they're trying to get on TV, they're trying to get on TikTok. That's what they're trying to do. But they asked her about her affair with Corey Lewandowski. Her husband was there. Apparently he left right before these questions. I don't know if somebody tipped him off or it's just serendipity, but he

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was not official story is he had a flight to catch.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, well, yeah, but did somebody tip him off or was it just luck for him that he wasn't sitting right over her shoulder as she got asked about an affair with another dude that, that's being reported as if everybody knows

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that would be one of those clips that would live on the Internet forever. His face and his expressions over her shoulder as those questions are being asked.

[Joe Getty]

Well, the poor guy, nothing but sympathy for him. I mean, oh my God, what a horrible situation to be in.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I don't know, maybe he's getting it on with Pam Bondi. Geez, it's, it's a damn orgy there in D.C. it's, it's madness.

[Joe Getty]

The California Post says good riddance to Kristi Noem who thought Homeland Security was about her self serving glory hound. Kristi Noem got what she deserved.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yeah, that I would, I would suggest that that hearing was finally the hearing that was A substantive and b impactful.

[Joe Getty]

I'll tell you what I think actually was the reason. You know, it's like it's a camel Straw situation. So whatever is the reason that puts you over the top is just one of many. But I'll tell you what I think was the reason, according to one analyst yesterday. And it makes a lot of sense. But first we got to start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Friday, March 6, the day before my son's birthday, before he turns 16 years old. I can't believe it. The year 2026, where Armstrong and Getty and we approve of the show. Here we go.

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Let's begin. Officially, according to FCC rules and regulations. I guess the head of the fcc, whatever they do is still there. Yes, he is. Okay, let's start it.

[Joe Getty]

Mark Their anti aircraft weapons are gone. So they have no air force. They have no air defense. All of their airplanes are gone. Their communications are gone. Missiles are gone, Launches are gone about 60% and 64% respectively. Other than that, they're doing quite well. And then what happens? That's the part I'm waiting for. This isn't one of those MSNBC critiques of the president. He has no plan. I just wonder what's going to happen. Somebody going to raise their head up and say, I'll be in charge and I suggest we surrender. I mean, how, how, how would they surrender right now if they wanted to?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

They're afraid to pick up their cell phones for one thing. Sure. Yeah. Let me just flip this on and call Trump and tell him we surrender.

[Joe Getty]

Kurbui well, how would you decide you're in charge to make that call? And if you told the guy next to you you started talking about surrender, they might shoot you.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

That's a tough one.

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That's the understatement of the year.

[Joe Getty]

I'll hang on to this. The the best analysis of why Christy Noem what Trump said.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

All right.

[Joe Getty]

F you to Kristi Noman fired her. I think is is pretty obvious once it's explained so we can get to that. We got clips of the week today. I'll tell you, this is a cynical, too jokey for the heavy subject way to look at this, but man, war is a good spring talk radio promotion because there is plenty to talk about every single day. Holy cow. The number of stories that come out every day on so many different angles.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Mm,

[Joe Getty]

absolutely amazing. Oh, and, and some great Britney Spears stuff. Oh, what great Stu. That's.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

That was a jarring transition. My neck. My neck.

[Joe Getty]

The COVID of the California Post has a picture of her headed out of jail. Tipsy baby. One more time. And about how emotional she was in the jail cell and crying and yelling at guards and stuff.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Blubbering angry drunk chick.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, we've all been there.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Oh boy. Oh golly.

[Joe Getty]

Back. Well, back and forth between angry and crying. Yes. Why nobody likes me like I hate you.

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In moments of affectionate giving way to

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anger again, then perhaps you never know. All of a sudden sex could happen. We got a lot on the way. Stay here.

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No, the Wells Fargo Active Cash credit card. Visit wells Fargo.com ActiveCash Terms Apply Here's a little lesson for you on media bias. You have to get tuned into it to pick up on it, or maybe just pay attention for long enough to understand how they handle different stories in different situations. So I heard several times yesterday that the House voted to reject a measure that would have curtailed Trump's war fighting ability. This was an attempt to get a little handle on Congress declaring war and making these decisions as opposed to Trump, which I think I'm kind of in favor of, depending on how it's worded. But it was reported on the news all day long and a vote mostly along party lines, the Republicans were able to defeat an effort to blah blah blah blah blah. There were a dozen Democrats, something like that, that joined in a couple of Republicans that went the other direction. I remember major votes on major legislation when Obama and Biden were president. If you got one Republican, they reported it as bipartisan. If you got one Republican in the senator in the Senate to vote for in a bipartisan vote today, the Senate confirmed, but in this, because it went the opposite direction. What the media would like it to be, it's mostly along party lines. It's the evil Republican House that did

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

this that is a subtle but great example of bias. Yeah. Speaking of which, we're going to run through a handful of headlines. Katie is off at least for a little while today. But it was funny. I was just about to bring up the fact that a couple of outlets including the New York Times and the Dispatch where they have actually actual Trump derangement syndrome. For all of the intelligence and great work that Dispatch does, they've lost their minds. Both the New York Times and Dispatch, their number one stories are the strike on an Iranian school that was right next to the IRGC base and allegedly a handful of several kids got killed, which is obviously terrible. But if you are leading with that story, you are so twisted in your priority and your priorities and your perspective. The United States of America is more careful about civilian deaths than any any military in the history of mankind and occasionally bad things happen and it is tragic and it's sad and it's to be avoided. But if that's your lead, you are twisted. Sorry.

[Joe Getty]

Among the big headlines out but not

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

sorry like they say these days. Sorry, not sorry. Which is so peevish and annoying.

[Joe Getty]

Sorry, not sorry. Washington Post. Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces Officials says so Russia is using their better than Iran's satellite technology to supply Iran with targeting information to attack American forces various locations.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

This is happening simultaneously as countries all around the region, including the US are saying to Ukraine, hey, y' all are super great at intercepting drones. What do we need to know? So Ukraine, I'm sure Zelinsky's thinking would be more than happy to help you. Gee, let me think about what you can do for us.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, no kidding.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

So who knows? Who knows? No mousted from the dhs. We mentioned that the White House made a major change to its chip export policies which is way more significant than we have time to explain to you right now, but maybe more on that a little bit. You know we never did drill down on a couple of big articles about if China takes Taiwan that will be a disaster. A near depression style kick to the world economy.

[Joe Getty]

Also staggering list of 911 calls to Britney Spears LA mansion in recent days.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Your bill, ladies.

[Joe Getty]

I got it.

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[Joe Getty]

No, the Wells Fargo Active Cash credit card. Visit Wells Fargo.com ActiveCash Terms apply. You know, one thing we haven't talked about is a lot of your smart pundits think Trump's actually absolutely got Cuba on the list as soon as we're done with Iran.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Oh, yeah, we did.

[Joe Getty]

Venezuela, Iran, Cuba. And that's going to be his legacy for all time. Which would be. Could be something if they turn out okay. And Trump just told some news outlet in an interview he thinks Cuba's gonna fall here pretty soon. So he probably has some idea of how that might happen.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Plenty of indications to think that. Yeah. And that would, that would be a real boon to our neighborhood. I would love to see that. Anybody who's anti communist would love that. What an evil, evil regime. But boy, that, that's gonna be a bit of a basket case for a while, though.

[Joe Getty]

And that's his Secretary of State's number one issue.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yeah, you might even want to create a Secretary of Cuba or something like that. But more on that to come just because it, it needs a lot of work, but it has enormous, enormous. A friend and ally and vacation destination. All right, it's the Friday tradition. Let's take a fond look back at the week that was. It's Cow Clips of the week.

[Joe Getty]

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[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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I'm done with this.

[Jack Armstrong]

If you.

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You guys are doing that. I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home. God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non binary.

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[Jack Armstrong]

So long live the resistance. And death to America.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Where are they getting this? Well, Fox Derangement. I mean, it's 24.

[Joe Getty]

7.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

The California Derangement Syndrome.

[Joe Getty]

Holy cow. So much going on with this embattled homeless.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confronted over

[Jack Armstrong]

allegations have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski? Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today. As we learn more, we.

[Joe Getty]

You don't want to say anything to their families?

[Jack Armstrong]

I did. I said condolences.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

For what?

[Joe Getty]

That's a failure of leadership. And that is why I've called for your resignation.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I wasn't. I've got to be honest with you. I wasn't expecting the call, but super excited. And I'm more excited about. Just ready to get started. The Iranian regime shaken to its core.

[Joe Getty]

Iran's formerly supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, is dead. May he rest in pieces.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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[Joe Getty]

Somebody said, on a scale of 10, where would you rate it at?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Said about a 15. And we're doing war.

[Joe Getty]

War.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

What is it good for?

[Joe Getty]

Distracting from the Epstein files.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's clips of the week

[Joe Getty]

lot there.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Gavin Newsome's goose is cooked, by the way. He is a failed presidential candidate. There can be no argument. Go ahead, narcissist, if you want.

[Joe Getty]

Can you give a quick version of why that is?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

More and more pundits are lining up to say dude does not have the skills. Got a couple of examples. Not at my fingertips, but we will get into them. Great piece, for instance, in the Free Press entitled. What's it entitled? It's a clever title and it's worth waiting for. I assure you Newsom looks small in the face of a big war.

[Joe Getty]

So let's. You heard a little bit of it there in Clips of the Week. Let's drill down on this whole Kristi Noem affair thing, because that's what. But at least the New York Post is saying that was the straw that broke the camel's back for Trump to fire his DHS secretary was the way she answered this question in the hearing. And she got asked it by a bunch of people multiple times. I don't know how we feel about that. I. Well, the more I think about it, I. I don't like that at all. Why. Why is that a question?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I'm hearing it's illegal to be sexing up your subordinates. But. But is that. Is that it?

[Joe Getty]

Is that. Is that the reason they were asking about it is because. Yeah, that's got to be it.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Well, we're all sticklers for that. Federal regulations. No, I. I'm surprised to hear you say that. People are saying that was the Straw that broke the camel's back in New York Post. I think our job performance has been so loathsome that you wouldn't need that.

[Joe Getty]

Well, I've got the real reason already paralyzed. I got the real reason from my favorite pundit. But here was she. Her being questioned about the affair with Cord Lewandowski, who we had on the show. We met him when we were in Milwaukee at the convention. Smart guy. He doesn't exactly strike me as a lady killer, but he's been involved with two super hotties that were married, you know, kind of publicly known in recent years. So he must.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Oh, I get it. I get it. Extremely bright square jaw, piercing blue eyes.

[Joe Getty]

I get it. I don't. I don't remember his eyes.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Am I a little in love myself?

[Joe Getty]

I don't remember his eye color, but that's just me.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

What were you doing in there?

[Joe Getty]

Here's how the questioning went the other day.

[Jack Armstrong]

So, Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski? Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today. Reclaiming and ma', am, one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government employee who works for the White House. There are thousands of them in the federal government. So reclaiming as an advisor, it is okay.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

No authority.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is okay for you to question, but it is also a real question. So what I would say, and you should be able to answer what we do at the Department of Homelessly, every single. Without any hesitation, every single day, is to protect. If someone is asking to make decisions, you or any federal official is sleeping with their subordinate. That should be the easiest you should be wanting to answer that question is garbage because it is not about your senses that you have brought. It is about your judgment. That kind of garbage about reclaiming my time so that I can hear my recognize.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Oh, so exhausting.

[Joe Getty]

She was asked that by multiple people. They just kept hammering on that question. Somebody at some point said, you know, you could just say no when she was going on about. So, first of all, while, yeah, it's strictly illegal to do that. Give me a freaking break. First of all, you're the party that fought tooth and nail to keep Bill Clinton from getting booted out of office for sleeping for an early 20s intern. Give me a break. And in Washington, D.C. are we going to all of a sudden start firing people who are having affairs? I'm sure Krissy Gnome, if she wanted to get to, you know, she's probably aware of several people up there that are having affairs, let alone if you dug into a little bit. I'm not saying I like that, but that's not the reason they brought that up. They just wanted to embarrass her and put her in an uncomfortable position.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

She should have said, look, I, I work for a president who's had more affairs than I've had dead dogs. I mean, come on.

[Joe Getty]

So, but do you think she should have just said no? Because apparently there's a lot of pretty obvious what should. How should she have handled that other than not having the affair in the first place?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I read a really thought provoking piece of writing. I wish I had it in front of me about the new game of baiting people into humiliating themselves by answering your charges. Whether it's Mrs. McCrone is a man or a couple other examples where, you know, these Internet rumors get started and finally the person has to, you know, stoop to the level of the accusations and answer it. Now, I think this is an imperfect example of that because I think they are banging. Frankly, I just don't particularly care.

[Joe Getty]

Corey Lewandowski wasn't, was asked about it and his answer sound, I mean, he didn't deny it at all. So, but, but that doesn't really make any difference. Back to the, should we be asking this? Is this, is this really the way we want to run our government? These sorts of things shouldn't have brought Hillary up when she had nothing to do with the whole Epstein thing and tried to embarrass her. And they shouldn't bring Kristy Noem up, asking her about her affairs. You want to ask her about how she handled Minneapolis and all that sort of stuff, and whether she should have called that person domestic terrorist and all that, that's obviously open, open season on that.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

But spent $220 million making herself the sexy, sexy face of the DHS and the rest of it. That's why she got fired.

[Joe Getty]

Well, the real reason she got fired, and this one makes sense to me from, from, from an insider, is this. So the information came out this week that she made a $200 million ad buy, a lot of it going to people in South Dakota, her home state, to make the commercials. So, you know, maybe those are the best TV commercial producers she knew because she's from that state or she's kicking back tons of money to friends. Depends on how you look at it. But anyway, she made this $200 million ad buy, and when that came out, she said that was authorized by President Trump. Trump. And he did not authorize it. And her trying to hang him out to dry on this ad buy was when he said, f you the way. You're not gonna do that.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

And that, that sounds real to me. That makes sense to me. No, no, no, no.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Much more.

[Joe Getty]

You're not gonna get yourself out of trouble by trying to hang this around me when I had nothing to do with it.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I'll tell you what, though, and it's a shame we had to stumble, fumble, and bumble our way to this. You've got Tom Holman and Mark Wayne Mullen now heading up the program of enfor and deportation and stuff like that. They will do it in a smart, balanced way that doesn't alienate the American people. I think it's a great move. Overdue, certainly, but I'm glad it's been made.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, no kidding. Road there, as you said, was not the straightest line of ease.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Here's the other piece of writing about Gavin Newsom that I knew I had in front of me somewhere. Kenneth Kachigian. Boy, there are a lot of consonants in that name. Holy cow. Were they giving them out free that day? Holy cow. Anyway, Presidential timber, that's a quote from a famous book, is hard to find. AOC and Gavin Newsom stumble early on the road to the White House. And we'll get into that a little bit more later. Gavi haters in particular, got a good

[Joe Getty]

clip of another clip from the interview that Mark Halpern did with Gavin Newsom, asking Gavin Newsom about the swirling questions of whether or not he's running and what would make him run. And that's a pretty damned interesting answer. So we'll have to get to that later also.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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Our two I'm gonna combine two tabloidy stories of former lovers into something that I think actually is important about transparency or right to privacy. As I combine Britney Spears DUI with Justin Timberlake's DUI and a new lawsuit he's got out to try to keep the DUI footage secret, which I'm on his side. I think it's pretty interesting so we'll get into that now or two. We've got Mailbag on the way.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

how you's been doing. I told my kids about that new story about the guy who killed himself and Gemini told him to and dad suing and all that. I told my kids that whole story last night. Man, we ended up all just sitting around kind of staring at the wall with like where is the world going? After discussing that.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

No kidding. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Fantastic. Sent along by Eric in Astoria, Oregon. Frequent correspondence on it. Fine man. Eric, Appreciate you having quoted the underrated Dwight D. Eisenhower the other day. This is one of my favorite stories about him. This is a story as much as a quote, but it has a quote in it. 1967, former Army Chief of Staff General Howard Harold K. Johnson visited Ike at his farm. Johnson quoted the Greek historian Herodotus about how one should not be an armchair General 20 miles from the front. After Johnson left, one of Eisenhower's aides said that General Johnson is a smart fellow. Ike said, well, yes, but he got the quote wrong. It was actually Paulanes and he wasn't talking about the Peloponnesian War. It was the Punic war with carts at Carthage. And the aide asked why Ike didn't correct him. And Ike said, quote, I got where I did by knowing how to hide my ego and hide my intelligence. I knew the actual quote, but why should I embarrass him?

[Joe Getty]

There's a lot there. That there is a lot. Yeah. There's no reason to correct him. I mean, what would the upside be other than make yourself feel smart, I suppose. Well, no, I don't.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

No, no, I disagree. But the setting, he obviously thought that would be the main effect.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

If the guy likes to run around and quote Greeks, you know, I could have certainly said wow, that's. That is the best quote of all time. You know, it was actually palanis. A lot of people get those reverse. You could protect the guy's ego, but I just. The restraint of Dwight Eisenhower and his wisdom and his self efface. I wish I knew more about him. I'd like to read a good biography.

[Joe Getty]

I'm sure there are several. Well, you lived just a few miles from the presidential library there in Abilene, Kansas. Did you ever visit?

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I did not do the hard work that was required.

[Joe Getty]

It's pretty cool. And my mom met Eisenhower in the White House mailbag.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

More on that later. Or not. [e-mail] Leo in San Francisco writes the Ayatollah's obit should read. Died suddenly from complications with Lockheed Martin disease. He will be missed. M I S T. Oh. Oh, Leo.

[Joe Getty]

He would be missed. I'd never heard that one. That's pretty funny. We almost forgot the whole Washington Post. You know the eulogy piece that they did on where they talk about him being a fan of poetry and Le

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Mis ridiculous JT and Livermore on a couple of topics including how Ron how Iran can be two weeks from breakout for years on end. This would take too long. Too long because we got several things I want to get to. Why don't we grab this next hour

[Joe Getty]

And I like it.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Hit that. It's. It's very informative and well written as usual from jt. I like this Adam from Slowly Turning Purple Idaho who wrote a very funny follow up email because we started into his email yesterday and didn't get to it. But guys, you played a clip of a communist podcast where the host said the that commini was sitting at his desk working for his people and was murdered. She made it sound like he was minding his own business and working hard for his people and it's a shame that he was murdered since he was doing no wrong. I wonder if she feels the same about the poor guy that was murdered for being a healthcare executive walking down the street minding his own business. I'm sure she was leading the charge against the murder of Charlie Kirk since he was sitting in public, not hiding, working for his people. These people are effing crazy and we need more voices battling against neo Marxists.

[Joe Getty]

They are crazy.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

I would agree. But remember, and always, always, always remember, these people make moral sounding arguments because they know you are a good person and you can be manipulated through your morality to start declaring, for instance, that a man is a woman or that capitalism is murder or what have you, that speech is violence and violence is speech. Don't let them do that. They're Marxists. They lie like crazy. Let's see on the AI Companion Weirdness Scott says Just catching up on this story via your fabulous podcast, Armstrong and Getting on Demand.

[Joe Getty]

It is fabulous.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Thank you for that affirmation. He says. You guys were talking about how it jumps to the worst degree the furthest extent of the imagination very quickly. If it's building all of its language off online sources and includes all the comments sections, how quickly do people get in an argument and say why don't you kill yourself? Why don't you do all these horrible things to yourself? Or where are you even living? And all these nasty things that the comment section people instantly go to. I'm thinking it's only modeling that rapid jump off in a way that sees a lot of communication online through comments sense.

[Joe Getty]

Well, right, it's just grabbing stuff off the Internet. It's zeros and ones. So it has no concept of the seriousness of ending a life. Of course, unless it was looking into it specifically, and it's not.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

And then Paolo, another great correspondent, was actually digging into this with Claude. Why do AI systems do this sort of thing? And one of Claude's answers, fascinatingly, is the model's foundation Knowledge is built on the assumption that text frequency equals truth, or kind of usually equals truth, which is a very imperfect proxy. It's one of the core reasons why LLMs hallucinate. The model learns to produce plausible sounding text, not to reason from verified facts. So frequency equals truth. Not so.

[Joe Getty]

I had a situation yesterday where I had a refrigerator in the back of my truck that I was going to unload and it turned out the ramp I had wasn't exactly what I wanted wanted. And I asked one of the AI chatbots what's the best way to get the refrigerator out of the back of a pickup truck. It had all kinds of amazing suggestions. Oh, immediately, of course. And videos.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

It is wonderful and terrible.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, it's going to destroy mankind. But man, if you're shopping for something and you ask it to compare two items, it's the best.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Yeah, yeah, well enjoy that until your organs are forcibly ripped from you. But by Chinese robot soldier dogs or something.

[Joe Getty]

Or something like that.

[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

Something equally horrifying.

[Joe Getty]

We're going to talk to Mike Lyons an hour too about where we are with war in Iran. If you don't get it, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Armstrong and Getty Co-host (likely Jack Armstrong)]

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