Violent & Vicious

Summary

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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "Violent & Vicious"

Date: June 11, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand zeroes in on the rapidly escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, the ambiguities surrounding U.S. military actions, and the broader global effects—especially inflation and energy markets. Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty also riff on other topics including celebrity NBA fandom, the media’s coverage of current events, and some lighter pop culture moments, all in their signature blend of skepticism, humor, and sharp commentary.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S.–Iran Escalation: Bombings, Ceasefire Confusion, and Political Rhetoric

• Opening Shots (03:11–06:04):

  • Jack & Joe introduce the ongoing U.S. military campaign against Iran, invoking Trump’s vow for operations to be “violent and vicious.”
  • They express skepticism about Trump’s claims of having “secretly been sneaking out millions of barrels of oil.” No one really understands what this means or where that oil is going.

• China’s Energy Puzzle (05:10–06:19):

  • The hosts discuss China's reported decrease in oil imports and speculate how its consumer and travel cutbacks (and deeper use of reserves) may have stabilized global oil prices.

• Trump’s War Posture and Ceasefire Analysis (11:44–13:54, 26:29–28:28):

  • Fox’s Trey Yingst relays Trump’s direct quote:

    “If they don’t sign the deal, we’ll bomb the S out of them tomorrow night.” (11:44)

  • The hosts and guests analyze what’s real posturing versus genuine threat.
  • Jack draws a comparison to the Carter-era Iran hostage crisis, noting how the Iranians have historically moved the goalposts in negotiations.

• Cultural Misunderstandings & Negotiation Tactics (13:00–13:54):

  • Joe Getty:

    “One of the great blind spots Americans have is we assume everybody looks at the world the way we do... They don’t, friends. To lie, to deceive… it’s part of their culture. It’s not seen as dishonorable.” (13:00)

  • The dangers of assuming "Western" values and sincerity in adversarial diplomacy are explored.

• Nikki Haley’s Take (26:29–27:08):

  • Clip of Haley emphasizing Iran’s stalling and deception:

    “[They] stall, make you think they're going to do something… right when you think you've got a deal, they throw cold water on it.” (26:29)

• Military Strategy Breakdown (28:28–30:31):

  • Pete Hegseth emphasizes the shift from negotiation to bombing as a negotiation tactic:

    “If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it.” (28:28)

  • Yingst describes recent U.S. actions as “shaping operations” targeting Iranian air defenses.

• Realpolitik and the Limits of Diplomacy (30:59–32:18):

  • Paul Gigot’s analysis:

    “The President's choice now is to alter the facts on the ground or leave the conflict in a worse position than Bush did in Iraq.” (30:59)

  • Both hosts agree Iran is unlikely to make any deal, regardless of pressure.

2. Domestic Implications: Inflation, Oil, and Political Messaging

• Inflation and Energy Prices (33:07–34:16):

  • Trump (via edited clip):

    “I love the inflation. Everything was going well. And I said, I hate to do this to you guys, but Iran’s going to have a nuclear weapon very soon. But now I’m going to take it down a little bit because we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon when the war is over.” (33:07)

  • Both hosts lampoon Trump’s strategy of refusing to publicly acknowledge bad news, wishing he’d just “level” with the public instead.

• Economic Risks (36:37–37:26):

  • Armstrong warns if U.S. action escalates and oil spikes, gas could jump a dollar, impacting summer travel and election chances—especially as 70% of Americans already see the war as a bad idea.

3. Media Coverage, Headlines & Public Perception

• Rundown of Headlines (18:29–23:23):

  • The hosts and Heather Myers react to news from NBC, CBS, Fox, Wall Street Journal, and more—ranging from Social Security shortfalls to “Dirty soda drinks” and astronomical World Cup ticket prices.

• Questioning Narrative Framing (37:26–38:15):

  • Joe Getty lambasts media for emphasizing humanitarian risks of U.S. strikes while seemingly rooting against America:

    “Could you root more openly against the United States than you do right now, you self important, pseudo-intellectual progressive pricks?” (37:46)

4. NBA Finals: Comeback and Celebrity Spectacle

• Madison Square Garden Buzz (06:29–11:14, 41:35–42:18):
  • The hosts recap the “greatest comeback in NBA Finals history,” marveling at the Knicks’ reversal and the energy at the Garden.
  • They poke fun at Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s wildly different reactions in the crowd, and debate the authenticity of Taylor Swift’s alleged Knicks fandom:

    “Where did you come from? How long you been a Knicks fan?... John McEnroe, I get it. You know all those people with New York accents… but Taylor Swift?” (09:28)
    “Taylor Swift's being called out by some announcers for not being a real Knicks fan, as she was in the front row with some of her besties wearing matching T shirts that said Stevie Nicks spelled with a K.” (41:57)

5. Pop & Politics: Celebrities, Social Commentary, and Woke Culture

• Bill Gates & Epstein (17:33–17:54, 19:16–19:46):

  • Discussion and mockery about Gates’ congressional hearing and how his reputation has plummeted post-Epstein associaton.
  • Notable exchange:

    Joe Getty: “He just looked like a small old man being dragged around to me… But well, imagine if you had a reputation that he had prior to this, which was pretty saintly… People have a completely different view of him now and will forever—Bill Gates, that dirty dog.” (19:18–19:46)

• Babylon Bee Satire (22:57):

  • A highlight lampooning LA’s mayoral choices:

    “LA resident faces tough decision whether to elect communist or Communist.” (22:57)

• Email Bag & Audience Notes (43:38–46:50):

  • Playful listener emails about Taylor Swift, the NBA, and commentary on political “race to the top” on mountains of BS.
  • Strong language humorously critiqued (“Keep raping those burglars,” from an old segment—clarified for context).

• Preview for Next Hour (46:50–47:26):

  • Tease for deeper discussion on “woke” philosophy, referencing James Lindsay’s critique of Marxist institutional tactics.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On U.S.-Iran Diplomacy:

  • “To lie, to deceive, to just f with your negotiating partner. It’s part of their culture. It’s not seen as dishonorable. It’s seen as smart.”
    — Joe Getty (13:00)

  • “If they don’t sign the deal, we’ll bomb the S out of them tomorrow night.”
    — Trey Yingst quoting President Trump (11:44, 29:20)

  • “I love the inflation. Everything was going well. And I said, I hate to do this to you guys—but Iran’s going to have a nuclear weapon very soon.”
    — Donald Trump (clip, 33:07)

  • “Could you root more openly against the United States than you do right now, you self-important, pseudo-intellectual progressive pricks?”
    — Joe Getty, on NYT editorializing (37:46)

• Pop Culture & NBA:

  • “If it were the Spurs coming back against the Milwaukee Bucks, it wouldn’t get near as much attention. Although a 29-point comeback is still quite amazing.”
    — Jack Armstrong (07:09)

  • “Taylor Swift… have you ever watched the Knicks game in your life? That’s maddening… John McEnroe, I get it… but Taylor Swift?”
    — Jack Armstrong (10:06)

  • “I don’t hate on Taylor Swift, but there was a little bit of, oh good, you get to be super happy again. Jumping up and down with your mouth open.”
    — Jack Armstrong (44:25)

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Important Timestamps

| Segment | Content Summary | |------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 03:11–06:04 | U.S.–Iran escalation, oil “sneaking,” China’s role, Trump’s ambiguous remarks | | 11:44 | Trey Yingst (Fox): Trump threatens to “bomb the S out of them tomorrow night” | | 13:00–13:54 | Culture clash in diplomacy; the Carter administration parallel | | 18:29–23:23 | Heather Myers shares major news headlines and the hosts react in real-time | | 26:29–28:28 | Nikki Haley, Pete Hegseth, and shifting U.S. strategy toward Iran | | 28:28–30:31 | Trade Yingst’s report: U.S. deliberately disabling Iranian air defenses (“shaping operation”) | | 33:07–34:16 | Trump’s remarks on inflation and tying it to Iran policy | | 36:37–37:26 | Political consequences of oil spikes and inflation | | 37:26–38:15 | Critique of NYT’s coverage and broader media skepticism | | 41:35–42:18 | Taylor Swift’s legitimacy as a Knicks fan, celebrity culture critique | | 43:38–46:50 | Mailbag: listener emails, political satire, pop culture, and personal anecdotes | | 46:50–47:26 | Tease on upcoming analysis of “woke” culture and Marxist tactics, plug for podcast replay |

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Episode Takeaways

• U.S. and Iran are locked in familiar cycles of brinkmanship and mistrust; agreement appears elusive, and both military action and economic consequences loom large.
• The cost of conflict is already showing up in economic pressures like inflation and volatile oil prices, with political ramifications for the upcoming election.
• Armstrong & Getty’s strength is dissecting these issues with a mixture of cynicism, humor, and frank cultural commentary—even as they jump from hard news to the spectacle of the NBA and celebrity culture.
• Listeners are encouraged to think critically about media framing, diplomatic realities, and even the authenticity of public figures’ fandoms.

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For Further Discussion

• Has the U.S. underestimated the cultural and strategic mindset of adversaries like Iran?
• What are the consequences of leadership refusing to acknowledge negative realities in public messaging?
• How much do celebrity optics (like Taylor Swift at Knicks games) color our perception of real events?

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Violent and vicious. That is the Armstrong and Getty show, live from Studio C, deep within the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. And today on Little Friday, we're toiling under the title of the show I

[Joe Getty]

Don't Love, Inflict, or if you prefer, a historic victory in the nick of time.

[Jack Armstrong]

Violent and vicious is what Trump promised the bombing would be like in Iran. It's a little violent, little vicious. Like to see some more violent and some more vicious, but we'll see what happens today.

[Joe Getty]

My beloved music teacher in elementary School, Mrs. Constant, Ms. Constantine. I don't think she's married. Anyway, she. If we were a little out of hand, she would often say, silence is golden. Your talk is cheap and interesting. Yeah, yeah, it was funny. I'll never forget that. I don't, I don't care what is being said anymore. You've worn me out with what's gonna happen. Right. Fine.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a fair amount of bombing, though, yesterday, and we'll bring you up to speed and all that in a little bit. I, you know, as we've been saying for a long time, don't exactly know what's holding Trump back here. What that don't, don't quite get what that's going on. Hopefully something behind the scenes. He did say something yesterday that was brand new and nobody knows perfectly what he's talking about, about how he'd been sneaking out millions of barrels of oil out of there. He said that in the midst of his flurry of things he said to reporters and there was like, everybody's, like looking around. They may know what that is.

[Joe Getty]

We have been doing it.

[Jack Armstrong]

We have been. Yeah, yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Sneaky. Stealing their oil.

[Jack Armstrong]

Millions of barrels of oil. And how are we doing that? And who'?

[Joe Getty]

Where's it going?

[Jack Armstrong]

And so is that being used or.

[Joe Getty]

Nobody's exactly sure what that is all about, but wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Wall Street Journal had a heck of an interesting story today about how China is mysteriously importing 3. A little more than 3 million barrels of oil less per month than they

[Jack Armstrong]

were a year ago, but surviving somehow.

[Joe Getty]

Well, right, exactly. And you know, I could get into it. They've gone heavily into electric cars and Planes cut back on the number shorter term flights, all to save oil. They've ramped up this and cut back on that. But the point is, if they. Part of it is utilizing the reserves too. But if they went back on the oil market in the usual way they do, then you'd see the horrific oil prices that people have been afraid of. $150 a barrel, that sort of thing. And it's kind of interesting and mysterious why they are doing what they've done in the way they've done it. But that has kept the world economy afloat and inflation from getting wildly out of hand.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, well, we got some pretty fascinating reporting that will play you from Trey Yingst of Fox, who has the advantage of being on the phone with the President every single day and night getting more information about exactly what's going on. So we'll play some of that for you.

[Joe Getty]

You know, I like that too, because Trey is a serious reporter and a terrific journalist. He's not some sort of sycophantic influencer.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you watch the game last night, Michael?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, I was wondering.

[Joe Getty]

I almost texted you.

[Jack Armstrong]

I thought, I hope you did not turn this off. Oh, I'm glad you didn't text me because I'm always like an hour behind.

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[Jack Armstrong]

And it's difficult for me to watch sports, but. So I'm like an hour behind. And I was, I did my walk. I'm listening to it mostly skipping through commercials and everything like that. But greatest comeback in NBA finals history. One of the great comebacks in all of like championship level professional sports. Definitely. And then the fact that it happened at Madison Square Garden in New York, you know, adds to the, the, the, the, the jazziness of it.

[Joe Getty]

I know you're loathe to admit that, but it's true.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's that?

[Joe Getty]

I mean, New York.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, absolutely.

[Joe Getty]

The New York.

[Jack Armstrong]

Absolutely. If it were the spurs coming back against the Milwaukee Bucks, it wouldn't, wouldn't get near as much attention. Although a 29 point comeback is still quite amazing. Here's my Jerry Seinfeld impersonation.

[Joe Getty]

His mouth and jaw are agape, folks.

[Jack Armstrong]

He was sitting in the. For whatever reason, he was sitting like right where they take the ball back to take the ball out. So every time they went to a player when they're inbounding the ball after a foul or something like that, Jerry Seinfeld was right behind, behind the player and his mouth, the entire fourth quarter was like that open.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Whereas Larry David, who wasn't sitting with Seinfeld he was way down to the other end of the the court in the I'm a super rich guy seat, sitting with John McEnroe, just jumping up and down and high fiving. I mean, like very, very dynamic for a guy who's 70 years old. I thought that was something. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

I heard a couple of columnists remark on the fact that Larry David seemed joyful.

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[Jack Armstrong]

How odd is it was. It was, you know. That's right. I didn't recognize. Why did that seem so weird? It was incongruent with his entire vibe. I mean, he's leaping in the air like a cheerleader.

[Joe Getty]

So I did not watch the game live last night. I watched one of those super edits today before the show. And watching it, the second half especially was like, these Disney movies are so hokey. Nobody could make, you know, all those shots in a row and all those incredible off balance. How many times did they have to do that take before the ball went in the hoop? But it was real.

[Jack Armstrong]

What I always like. For some reason, comebacks are interesting because at some point the team that was way, way ahead starts to panic in a way that you wouldn't. If the game had been close the whole time. If it had been a, you know, back and forth, two or three point game the whole time, you'd have your composure. You're used to that. But the fact that you were once ahead by almost 30 points and then watching people that have. Are professional athletes who have been the man in every sport they played since they were five years old, they were the guy fall apart is always so amazing to me. Like they can't, they can't hold the ball. They're so nervous and they step out of bounds and they bounces off their face and they just

[Joe Getty]

so wild, emotionally crazy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Then the thing that annoyed a lot of people, okay, you can put up with a lot of those. Celebrities are hardcore New York Knicks fans for decades. And everybody can handle Spike Lee, even Timothy Chalamet, who's young, but he's been, he's been at every game, everything. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, there's Taylor Swift and a bunch of friends wearing matching T shirts and jumping around and hugging each other and high five. Where did you come from? How long you been a Knicks fan? How long you been an NBA fan? What is this?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy. This is a turning moment, turning point in the perception of Taylor Hicks in America.

[Jack Armstrong]

I believe Taylor Swift all of a sudden, whatever her name was. Wait a second, wait a second. Have you ever watched the Knicks game in Your life. That. Yeah. That's maddening. John McEnroe. I get it. You know all those people with New York accents there that are at every game, even when they sucked? They get to do that.

[Joe Getty]

Sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Again.

[Joe Getty]

Jerry over yet, though?

[Jack Armstrong]

Jerry Seinfeld, the. The billionaire Jerry Seinfeld with his mouth open was pretty funny. We got to start. You don't think it's over yet? How does anybody come back from that?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, it's a game of streaks, Jack.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hang on. How does anybody come back from that?

[Joe Getty]

How does anybody come back from the first half? That's crazy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Entire first half, it was record after record. No team has ever been this far ahead in an NB finals. No other team has ever made this many threes. Nobody. No team has ever fought, shot 60 plus percent and a half. It's just endless records. The spurs were so dominating. Then they lose.

[Joe Getty]

Did we mention the Knickerbockers were behind by 29?

[Jack Armstrong]

29.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Yeah, there are 29.

[Jack Armstrong]

And it was 20 in the fourth quarter. Crazy.

[Joe Getty]

That's ridiculous.

[Jack Armstrong]

It really is. Until you. The pressure starts to get you and look over there and you see Larry David mocking you. And then you, like, your hands turn into fists and you can't touch the ball without it falling out of your hands. Oh, that was wild. Let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Thursday, June 11, the year 2026, where Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

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[Trey Yingst]

asked the president, if they don't sign the deal, what's going to happen? And he said, we'll bomb the S out of them tomorrow night.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope he means it. He's said a lot of that sort of stuff and not meant it. Are these shaping operations for some sort of really devastating attack as we continue to take out their air defenses and all that sort of thing?

[Joe Getty]

Show, don't tell. I'll just wait and see.

[Jack Armstrong]

I got an interesting one for you. I don't know if you saw the Financial Times. This guy, Ed Luce, who I've only ever seen on Morning Joe, he's a reporter for the Financial Times. He worked in the Carter administration and he's got a piece today about how this reminds him so much of when he was in the Carter administration and they were trying to get a deal on the hostages in 1979 leading up to the election. And How Iran just, they, they constantly thought they had a deal and Iran would move the goalpost or lie or, you know, you'd be close to having a deal. And then they do something that obviously went against any effort to make a deal. And they, but they, they, they were so hopeful. They wanted it so bad. They kept thinking that it's got to happen. They keep saying they want to do it. And that went on for a long, long time. And they lied the entire time.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Iranians.

[Joe Getty]

It's, you know, I've talked about this a fair amount. One of the great blind spots Americans have is we assume everybody looks at the world the way we do E that they have similar concepts of morality and fair play and the rest of it. They don't friends, they don't to lie, to deceive, to just f with your negotiating partner. It's part of their culture. It's not seen as dishonorable. It's seen as smart. You have to know that going in if you know somebody cheats at poker, if you still want to sit down with them. Okay. But understand that they cheat.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. That's interesting. Yeah. I think the title of that piece is Donald Trump's Becoming Jimmy Carter. Just based on having lived through that once before of the Iranians constantly pretending they want a deal when they had no interest in a deal at any point, which is quite possibly the case now. But they have no interest in any deal.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

you know, there's a new book out about Trump, Maggie Hagerman and Jonathan Swan of the New York Times. It's getting a fair amount of attention and a piece of an excerpt came out yesterday that I didn't get around to reading until last night about how big a deal the Epstein thing was behind closed doors. And there's a lot of nuggets in that that are worth discussing.

[Joe Getty]

Maggie Haberman gets in, Swan gets a.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was listening to some of my favorite podcasters yesterday who swear by loving Maggie Hagerman and Jonathan Swan. Know her personally, have known her for years and trust this book greatly. And they fair enough. Hate the New York Post and hate the liberal media, but they like her.

[Joe Getty]

Interesting. Yeah, I'm a Swan fan. I don't know her as well. Anyway, let's figure out, speaking of reportage, who's reporting what? It's the lead story with Heather Myers. Heather, forgive me for using the word reportage.

[Heather Myers]

No problem, Joe. Jack, good morning. It is Thursday, June 11th. Let's find out how the networks are covering the big story of the day, starting with NBC News. U.S. launches second day of strikes. Iran fires back and says Strait of Hormuz closed. Same story From CBS News, U.S. denies Iran closed Strait of Hormuz as war reignites. And from Fox News, President Trump calls into Fox and Friends and says US Will be hitting Iran hard.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope so. The idea that the street of Hormuz is open is hilarious. Come on.

[Heather Myers]

Yeah, that story is changing by the moment here. So we'll keep you updated on that one. From CBS News this morning, Bill Gates tells Congress that meeting Epstein was a grave error in judgment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Looking back on it, walking through the

[Joe Getty]

halls of Congress look like a sad, cowed, extremely rich old man.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, really? I saw a headline yesterday, a smug looking Bill Gates walks into congressional hearing. But I thought, how are you reading

[Joe Getty]

this smug thing had the I'm okay, I'm fine half smile on his face. I see. You could read that as smug, but he just looked like a small old man being dragged around to me. Not that I have great sympathy for him and what he did, but well,

[Jack Armstrong]

well, imagine if you had a reputation that he had prior to this, which was pretty saintly becoming the world's richest man and spending billions of dollars trying to stop various diseases around the world. People have a completely different view of him now and will forever Bill Gates, that dirty dog.

[Heather Myers]

That's what we also discovered yesterday. All right, from the Wall Street Journal, Social Security now expects Shortfall earlier in late 2032. From the Texas Tribune, three new cases of screw worm found in Texas. So that brings the total of cases now discovered to five.

[Jack Armstrong]

I gotta do something about these.

[Joe Getty]

Open. That's what it's telling you. Go to the doc in the box. Go to the urgent care.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah.

[Heather Myers]

Yikes. All right. From the LA Times, this one's interesting. Mayor Karen Bass's brother joins Palisades fire lawsuit against city of Los Angeles.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, how about that?

[Joe Getty]

Hey, probably knows how duplicitous and incompetent she is. The, the big fan of Cuba and communism. Some Karen Bass never forget. He probably knows better than the rest of us.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, he wants money. Blood is thicker than water. But apparently money's thicker than blood. Or.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Yeah.

[Heather Myers]

From NBC News, they're coining a new term here. The Panini generation. Squeezed by kids, aging parents and then melted by inflation.

[Joe Getty]

Too clever. Way, way, way. Trying too hard. What? No, I don't, I don't think the

[Jack Armstrong]

Panini generation is going to catch on as a thing.

[Heather Myers]

From Fox News, Dirty soda drinks are everywhere. But doctors warn of health risks. Metabolic disaster, they call it fecal matter.

[Jack Armstrong]

What do we mean by dirty soda drinks?

[Heather Myers]

Have you heard of this new drink?

[Joe Getty]

No.

[Heather Myers]

It got very popular on a reality show and it's basically you take soda and you add sweet coffee cream to it or other flavors. So it's just really, really, really sugary. And it became very popular on. Gosh, what's the name of that, that show with the Mormon Housewives? I'm forgetting it now.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah. Real Lives of the Mormon Housewives. Whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

For people who pop isn't sweet enough. Is that what it's for?

[Heather Myers]

Can you believe that?

[Joe Getty]

No. Wow. Or milky enough.

[Heather Myers]

Metabolic disaster they're calling it. From Fox Business, World cup tickets at eye popping highs. Out pricing mortgage payments in five U.S. cities. I'll give you an example on that. At MetLife Stadium, the cheapest tickets are $7,200.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

And that's a soccer stadium. Wow.

[Heather Myers]

Well, here's who can afford it. Fox News is reporting that Patrick Mahomes agrees to a 550 million dollar deal that dwarfs every quarterback contract in NFL history.

[Jack Armstrong]

It'll keep him with the Kansas City Chiefs through age 38.

[Heather Myers]

Reporting that Knicks pull off the greatest comeback in NBA finals history. Did you watch it last night?

[Jack Armstrong]

Absolutely. We were talking about it earlier.

[Joe Getty]

We'll talk about it more later.

[Jack Armstrong]

It was unbelievable. So good.

[Heather Myers]

And finally this morning from the Babylon be LA resident face tough decision whether to elect communist or Communist.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yep, that's pretty true.

[Joe Getty]

Big fans. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

I I don't know if Karen Bass is a communist or just a machine democrat. Just stay in power. Do whatever I got to do. Hand out money.

[Joe Getty]

He was an outspoken fan of communism for a long damn time.

[Jack Armstrong]

Running against a person basically who just denounces a communist currently. So that's just nice choice right there.

[Heather Myers]

Armstrong and getty

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I mean, this is a. They've done this so many times. They stall, they make you think they're going to do something. You know, right when you think you've got a deal, they throw cold water on it. And then the whole time they're strategizing, they were rebuilding, they're starting to build back up to get ready for the next strike. As we were just talking about, they did the same thing with Jimmy Carter for like a year. Kept claiming they were going to do this or that and never did follow through. That's Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the UN presidential candidate. Probably would have made a good president. Governor of South Carolina. And she might be absolutely right that the Iranians have never at any point in reality had any interest in making a deal.

[Joe Getty]

If I were the regime and I was intent on getting a nuclear weapon, no matter how long it took and how hard the road was, I would behave precisely the way they're behaving. That doesn't prove the case, but it sure makes it worth looking into right now.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is possible to go through all this reporting on is it, is there any way you can still call it a ceasefire? I mean, there's been a lot of swap and ordinance over the last 72 hours, but it's possible we end up bombing the crap out of them and changing reality on the ground and getting the deal. We want that, that none of this previous month will be remembered by history. Trump did everything he possibly could to avoid the full scale demolishing of their, not just military, but maybe a lot of their infrastructure. Because he didn't want to do it. But history will only remember the end result of he eventually did it and we stopped them from getting a bomb. Maybe that's what's going to happen.

[Joe Getty]

Right. The whole question of is it a ceasefire? There's a lot of firing going on is an interesting one. Although when you're in the midst of serious negotiations, or what you hope are serious negotiations, the framework does change. The meaning of bombs change. And now's an appropriate time for 61. Michael this is a secretary of War, Pete Hegseth.

[Jack Armstrong]

You can see when someone's trying to tap, tap, tap on a deal. Instead they're going to have tap, tap, tap bombs dropping on key facilities in Iran from the United States of America. If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate with bombs. And we're very good at it.

[Joe Getty]

So maybe that's what's happening.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I don't know why we waited so long, but

[Joe Getty]

I like a lot of the things Pete is doing. I don't know that he has to play the hard ass all the time. I mean, like when he's at McDonald's ordering a hamburger, you know, I could rip the side of the beef right off the cow and eat it raw if I wanted to. That'd be no problem for a man like me. But I'll have a Quarter Pounder with cheese. It'll be fine. All right. Trey Yinx, probably the best reporter on this, certainly around the country, maybe in the world, was on Fox and fiends discussing the new situation.

[Trey Yingst]

52, Michael, my understanding is that there's a new equation for the Iranians because they were unwilling to make a good faith deal at the negotiating table. And I asked the president, if they don't sign the deal, what's going to happen? And he said, we'll bomb the s out of them tomorrow night. And so clearly, President Trump is keeping the military option on the table if the Iranians are unwilling to make those concessions. This is a change in thinking. Rather than trying to force the Iranians into a deal that they've been unwilling to make so far, the president is now targeting these critical assets belonging to the Iranian regime.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, that's a change in thinking, he said.

[Joe Getty]

It is, but what's the next question? I'll bomb the ass out of him. Right? Did he just say that in that clip? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I was reading, trying to get ready for the next thing. So one more clip from Trey.

[Trey Yingst]

53, Michael, what we saw last night, broadly a shaping operation. You see the radar systems and the air defense systems taken out by not only Tomahawk missiles, but the fighter jets that were in the skies of Iran. The message that President Trump sent overnight to the Iranian regime. Iran does not control the skies of its own country.

[Joe Getty]

So that is an unequivocal statement, at least from trade. This was a shaping operation. This was a You know, tying their hands behind her back and then getting ready for the big whomping, allegedly, which

[Jack Armstrong]

is coming today or tomorrow or this

[Joe Getty]

weekend, you would hope. Yeah, yeah, we'll see. So the big clip of the day, I think, politically speaking.

[Jack Armstrong]

Are you moving on from the war?

[Joe Getty]

Kind of, sort of. Oh, just to the inflation part. Okay. I want one more thing on the war.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's do it. Paul Gigot in the Wall Street Journal writing today, the President's choice now is to alter the facts on the ground or leave the conflict in a worse position than Bush did in Iraq. And Mark Halperin's analysis after talking to people is there is no deal to be had with Iran unless the facts change on the ground by a lot. I think that's probably true. I think there is no deal to be had. I think any. If Trump still has any belief, if he's still reaching out. You see what we did last night, huh? Are you willing to come now? It just. I don't. I don't know. I don't know at what point he needs to realize they ain't gonna deal. They might not make a deal ever. They might be willing to actually die.

[Joe Getty]

Correct? Yeah. I've been shouting what you just said the previous part for, like, six weeks now. You're not going to demonstrate your force, then get them to capitulate? They're not made like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no. That's got to be. The tough thing about diplomacy, actually, is to recognize that somebody else has a completely different worldview than you've had your entire 80 years on Earth, particularly if

[Joe Getty]

you, in my opinion, lack imagination for that sort of thing. But anyway, and you need to remember, too, that if you are part of an extremist regime, moderation is almost never rewarded. To be a moderate in an extremist regime is an extremely dangerous hobby. And so it's just, I don't know, maybe he's waking up. Slowly but surely we will let events inform us. Can I hit the inflation thing real quick? Trump, as usual, was taking questions in the Oval Office. He's the most transparent president, perhaps in American history, sometimes to a fault, but somebody asked him, and I don't think the question's in this clip. I don't think, anyway. What about the inflation? Are you worried about the inflation? What the inflation's doing 40B.

[Jack Armstrong]

Michael, you know what I really love? I love the inflation. Everything was going well. And I said, I hate to do this to you guys, but Iran's going to have a nuclear weapon very soon. But now I'm going to take it down a little bit because we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon when the war is over. Yes. It's coming down. I know you can't. It's going to come down like a rock.

[Joe Getty]

So that was an edit of a long, rambling statement. Why does he have to say stuff like I love the inflation. Just to show you. You can't get me to admit anything's bad. It's just childish. Say the inflation's unfortunate, but it's a necessary part of denying Iran a nuclear weapon. It will end soon and you will see that it will all be worth it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Just say that he's got the, you

[Joe Getty]

know the joke of like 16 year old.

[Jack Armstrong]

The joke of like you fall down or wreck your bike or whatever and you say to the people with you. I meant that to happen. Right. He's got that. Yeah. You know, and that is a joke. You just fell down and you say I meant that to happen is a joke.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. For my next trick.

[Jack Armstrong]

Because obviously nobody meant that to happen.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

He does that all the time with stuff. So I, I don't know why. I don't know why. That's just the way he's built. No, no, no. Inflation. I love inflation. I meant that. That as opposed to what you just said. Yeah, it's tough. It's tough on everybody. I hate it. It. But we can't let this country get a nuclear weapon. Maybe roll out a couple of reasons why. What would happen if they had a nuclear weapon? We're all gonna. I'm asking the American people to bear the pain for a little while. I hope to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon and then people either will or they won't. But at least you've made the ask. As opposed to pretending gas prices don't matter. Inflation doesn't matter.

[Joe Getty]

Right. Such an amazing communicator and such a terrible communicator.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that's the interesting part about him.

[Joe Getty]

One trick pony, I would suggest. Meanwhile, I'm sorry, there's. There's unbelievably great stuff going on. Uncovering fraud in government programs. I mean, it's like Halle freaking Luya. This is half a century overdue. This is the best thing that's ever happened. So it's, it's a mixed bag.

[Jack Armstrong]

So just since we played it. So our executive producer said, I've only heard the edited version of that inflation thing like they played on Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning. Our executive producer said the full thing is like a minute and a half long and doesn't come off the same way. Although obviously the sentence, I love inflation still in there and I can't imagine what you put around that, that softens it.

[Joe Getty]

Right. It's just, it fleshes out the picture. I'm more than happy to play it if you want to play it here. The sprawling Trump.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know if I can handle it here.

[Joe Getty]

I might have to steal my very delicate folks.

[Jack Armstrong]

I might have to steal myself for that long of a rambling explanation for it.

[Joe Getty]

But yeah, he goes into, he mentions that we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil, which everybody's like, wait, what? To where?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, exactly. From who? From Iran.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or other oil countries that can't get it through the Strait of Hormuz.

[Joe Getty]

Or from ourselves because we're producing millions of barrels more per month to help alleviate any sort of world shortage. Did he mean that? I don't know. No clue.

[Jack Armstrong]

As I heard one economist saying this morning, if we, you know, beat the bejesus out of Iran here over the next couple of weeks and it lasts a while, they hold on, we pound the heck out of them. Straight of Hormuz is completely closed, et cetera, et cetera. And oil spikes again and gas jumps up another dollar. Which it could happen. What are the politics going to be around that for summer driving season? Gas jumps up another dollar. Election.

[Joe Getty]

It's going to be a real challenge. God, I would say it would require some absolutely skillful messaging to keep the American people on his side. Except they're already not on his side. And if there was exquisitely careful mess, that would be a first.

[Jack Armstrong]

70% of people already think the war was a bad idea. I can't imagine that ever going the other direction.

[Joe Getty]

So a couple more notes for me, then I'm done. From the New York Times, here's your headline. Iran War Live updates US Iran Strikes Risk dangerous new phase. It's a war, it's supposed to be dangerous. We need to make it much, much, much more dangerous. So it ends.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it's not dangerous enough for my taste.

[Joe Getty]

And then the New York Times really went into how the administration did some damage to a reservoir. Allegedly. I saw pictures of it and it looked like it needed a new paint job. But I don't know, it's like, could this turn into a humanitarian disaster? Here's a question for you. Could you root more openly against the United States than you do right now, you self important, pseudo intellectual progressive pricks?

[Jack Armstrong]

God. And of course, one of the big questions of the day is Taylor Swift a fake Knicks fan?

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Oh, I'm sorry, We're gonna answer that later.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got Mailbag on the way next. Stay here.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty.

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Out of here, girl. Taylor Swift's being called out by some announcers for not being a real Knicks fan, as she was in the front row with some of her besties wearing matching T shirts that said Stevie Nicks spelled with a K. I think that was their. Their joke, I guess.

[Joe Getty]

Well, there they are. Knicks fans. Stevie Nicks fans. She's not a Knicks fan. Get out of here, girl. Oh, wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Joe pointed out during the commercials, she's a billionaire who realized that was the hottest place to be on earth in terms of enjoyment and getting attention. So she bought a seat or was given one.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. It's an electric atmosphere. It'd be fun to be there. I don't give a damn about the Knicks either way. And if somebody said, hey, dude, I got a pair of tickets, you want to go? I'd say, yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Heck yeah. I'd have flown across the country.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day as we work our way toward our nation's 250th birthday. Love this from George Pat. I'll read it, then we'll discuss. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war. For the very idea of losing is hateful to an American. In a little more of that coming

[Jack Armstrong]

up on the anniversary. You know, on July 4th, there's going to be a lot of anniversaries. I suppose over the next couple of days and weeks. Today is the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the writings, the Declaration of Independence draft phase.

[Joe Getty]

I love the T shirt. I really ought to buy it. It's Jefferson and it's Jefferson's portrait. And the caption is. Oh, July 3rd, 1776. Oh, crap, that's due tomorrow. Mailbag.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hey,

[Joe Getty]

drop us Note [e-mail] Sean writes with with anti Semitism on the rise, I feel I have to point out that Taylor Swift having her wedding at Madison Square Garden, which I learned from the press earlier in the year, was a venue for a famed fascist rally in the 1930s. I think we should all ask, what is she really up to here?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Wow, Sean, nice job pointing out what utterly laughable horse crap that was.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, my God.

[Joe Getty]

And they said it with a straight face. Drew the millennial speaking of msg, writes regarding the Knicks miraculous comeback in the Garden tonight. I think I speak for everyone and when I say I'm just so glad that our celebrities finally have something to be happy about.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, no kidding.

[Joe Getty]

Love the show too.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't hate on Taylor Swift, but there was a little bit of, oh, good, you get to be super happy again. Jumping up and down with your mouth open. Oh, my God.

[Joe Getty]

And you get to do something cool with really pretty people. That's great. Another J in San Jose writes today's politics, be like Party one says to Party two. Hey, you stand on a mountain of BS and lies. Then party one says, party two, because you're so high in your own mountain of bs, I'm gonna build a mountain of BS even higher than you can so I can show everyone how full of BS you are. Party two says, hold my beer.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's my race to the bottom philosophy. Only that's a race to the top on piles of bs.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, indeed. Well illustrated, yes. How about this from Travis. First of all, he. He goes on for some time about a how much he enjoys the show and a couple other things he enjoys, but he signs off krtb. Keep raping those burglars. Travis of Olympia.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, my God. That's around Graham Platner, if you haven't heard us talking about it. I mean, if you're out of context, it sounds pret harsh, but yes, in context, it's pretty harsh.

[Joe Getty]

I gotta rape him. Not in a gay way, not in a sexual way. I'm gonna rape him to show him my dominance. All right.

[Jack Armstrong]

What?

[Joe Getty]

Tom from SoCal. I was referencing the original Star Trek yesterday. And Tom writes, I'm so jealous. Had to comment on Monday's One More Thing. I guess it was on the One More Thing. My brothers and I were original Star Trek fans as well, with my younger brother Jim being the biggest of us, biggest fan of us. Fast forward. A couple years ago, my brother Jim ends up buying DeForest Cal, that would be Bones. Dr. McCoy. He ended up buying DeForest Kelly's late 60s Ford Thunderbird.

[Parent]

Cool.

[Joe Getty]

He even has a Facebook page called Dr. McCoy's Thunderboard Bird where he gives updates on his refurbishing of the car. His vanity plate says sick bay. That is sick.

[Jack Armstrong]

And you need a horn that goes.

[Joe Getty]

That'd be another one. Tom, send me a picture, dude. I would absolutely love to see that. Fascinating. Let's see.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's funny.

[Joe Getty]

Coming up next hour, we're big fans of James Lindsay around here who has done a beautiful job at times of explaining the woke mind virus, the woke philosophy, how it works and what it's trying to accomplish accomplished, how it's actually a tactic of Marxism to take over institutions. Came across another explanation of it that is so utterly clear. It is dedicated to all of you who've been shamed and yelled at and pressured in your jobs, in your schools, et cetera. Stay tuned for next hour.

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Don't miss it. If you miss a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand. A lot of good stuff on the way. Armstrong, Armstrong and Getty.

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