Trump SLAMS Israel's South Pars Strikes + Iran Executes Wrestler | PBD #763

Summary

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PBD Podcast #763 Summary

Date: March 20, 2026
Host: Patrick Bet-David (Pat), with Vinny, Rob, Tom, Adam

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Episode Overview

In this intense and wide-ranging episode, the PBD Podcast team tackles headline-making stories spanning global politics—specifically Iran’s public execution of a protesting champion wrestler and escalating Middle East tensions following Trump’s reaction to Israel’s strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field. The episode oscillates between serious political commentary and the panel’s trademark humor, with deep-dives into the failings of political leadership at home and abroad, insight on immigration and fraud, and impactful moments from the world of sports, business, and even reality TV.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Iran Executes Champion Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

• [10:04–24:58]
  • Story: The Iranian regime executed 19-year-old wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi after a widely criticized public trial and alleged torture-induced confession, evoking outrage from the panel over political repression.
  • Quote [13:07 | Vinny]:
    “The human rights group said that Muhammadi was tortured into confessing to the capital charge of waging war against God.”
  • Panel Reaction:
    • Emphasis on the regime’s pattern of targeting high-profile figures to scare citizens into submission.
    • Contrasts with the freedoms and protest activity in the US, highlighting Western privilege.
    • Anger over the silence of Western media and athletes (“I want one athlete to step up... Have you heard one, Pat?” — Vinny, [20:33]).
    • Shown: UFC fighter Bobby Green openly emotional about the execution affecting his performance [21:04–22:05].

2. Trump Slams Israel's Strike on Iran’s South Pars Field

• [24:58–44:52]
  • Context: Israel unilaterally strikes a key Iranian gas field, Iran retaliates, and Trump publicly dissociates the US from responsibility while warning Iran not to retaliate against Qatar.
  • Quote [33:16 | Trump statement (read by Pat)]:
    “Israel out of anger... has violently lashed out at a major facility known as the South Pars Field in Iran... The US knew nothing about this particular attack...”
  • Panel Analysis:
    • Tom elaborates on the dangerous shift to energy infrastructure and civilian targets.
    • Pat and Vinny debate Trump’s true level of knowledge and involvement, with a consensus that US-Israel diplomatic coordination is tested.
    • Discussion of global economic impact: “For every $10 barrel, it’s 0.1% of GDP...” [43:07 | Pat].

3. Political Fallout: White House, Pentagon, GOP In-Fighting

• [44:52–75:57]
  • $200B Pentagon Request: Trump administration faces resistance from Congress on another war supplemental for Iran ops.
    • [72:17 | Tom]: “The House of Representatives has the power of the purse... so they’re going to the White House for special appropriation.”
  • Joe Kent Leaks & MAGA Loyalty: Counterintelligence chief resigns amid leaking scandal; implications ripple to Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, and the Tucker Carlson camp.
    • [47:56 | Vinny]: “It’s starting to look like there were some leaks at the top that trickled down to somebody like Tucker.”
    • [63:28 | Poll]: MAGA/GOP approval of Trump hits 100%.
    • [67:41 | Rob & Pat]: Joe Kent deemed irrelevant to MAGA’s core (“here today, gone tomorrow”).

4. New York Taxes, Economic Exodus, and Hochul's Irony

• [107:32–119:36]
  • Governor Hochul’s Flip-Flop: After earlier telling Republicans to leave NY, now asks wealthy New Yorkers to return due to a tax base “eroded.”
    • [108:17 | Hochul]: “Go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home because our tax base has been eroded.”
    • [109:51 | Pat]: “‘Eroded’... best translation, gradually destroyed.”
  • On Minimum Wage Debates: NY considering $30/hr minimum wage, prompting economic warnings.
    • [112:33 | Vinny]: “The wages are too damn low and the cost of living is too damn high...”

5. Mark Wayne Mullen Confirmation Hearings

• [76:32–87:17]
  • Mark Wayne Mullen, nominee for top DHS position, faces direct confrontations with Rand Paul and recounts emotional story about Trump’s compassion during his son’s brain injury [80:50–82:54].

6. Investigative Journalism: Nick Shirley Strikes Again

• [129:12–138:22]
  • California Fraud Exposé: Nick Shirley uncovers daycare and hospice scams defrauding taxpayers; the government’s tepid response draws criticism.
    • [134:02 | Vinny]: “This guy... is exposing...hundreds of millions of dollars... and it takes a 23-year-old…not someone from mainstream media.”

7. Reality TV Turned Nightmare: Domestic Violence Incident

• [93:59–100:21]
  • Viral Video: A former Bachelorette contestant is filmed assaulting her partner and child, spiraling into a cautionary discussion on dating in the modern age.
    • [96:44 | Tom]: “This is disgusting. This is domestic violence. I’m going to call it what it is.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “If they could kill that guy [the wrestler], imagine the regular people…”
  — Vinny, [14:45], regarding the terrorizing effect of executing high-profile dissidents in Iran.

• “Who knows better about surprise than Japan? …Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?”
  — Trump (quoted by panel), [121:37–122:15].
  Panel and guest (Japanese PM) react with shock and laughter to the offhand historical reference.

• On MAGA’s Loyalty:
  “If you are a member of MAGA and the GOP, you approve of Donald J. Trump. Zero percent say they disapprove. You can’t go higher than 100%.”
  — [63:28 | Pat]

• Pat’s Economic Formula:
  “$10 per barrel equals 0.1% of GDP… If this goes to $200, you’re talking about a trillion in impact.”
  — [43:07]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| MM:SS | Segment/Topic | |----------|----------------------------------------------------------| | 00:36–09:06 | Lighthearted open; rundown of main headlines | | 10:04–24:58 | Execution of Iranian wrestler & regime brutality | | 24:58–44:52 | Israel’s gas field strike, Trump’s warning to Iran | | 44:52–75:57 | Pentagon budget, leaks/scandal in Trump admin, Tulsi etc. | | 76:32–87:17 | Mark Wayne Mullen’s DHS nomination (with emotional moments)| | 93:59–100:21| Reality TV abuse video, dating, modern legal caution | | 107:32–119:36| NY Governor Hochul, mass exodus, minimum wage debate | | 129:12–138:22| Nick Shirley exposes California daycare/hospice fraud |

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Tone & Panel Dynamics

• Direct, passionate, and unapologetically heavy on opinion.
• Mix of outrage at injustice (Iran, NY policy), humor, and inside jokes (e.g., “my dad runs faster than a turtle”), and sincerity (Mark Mullen’s family story).
• Regular bullet-point story recaps and panelist hot takes.
• Many asides and playful, sometimes self-deprecating, banter amid the serious news.

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Conclusion

This episode stands out for its unvarnished critique of foreign and domestic political actors, its championing of freedom and reform (from Iran’s streets to NYC tax reform), and its embrace of citizen journalism pushing for integrity where legacy outlets fall short. Episodes like this capture the PBD Podcast at its best: wounded patriotism, gallows humor, and penetrating analyses laid side by side.

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For further information:

• Most referenced news clips and viral videos aired throughout the podcast.
• To connect with Nick Shirley for fraud tips: [find on Manect app, see show notes].

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Transcript

[Tom]

30 seconds. Did you ever think you were made again,

[Pat]

Adam, what's your point? The future looks bright.

[Vinny]

My handshake is better than anything I ever saw.

[Pat]

It's right here. You are a one of one.

[Vinny]

I don't think I ever said this.

[Pat]

All right, so what. What an interesting. Right. You would think. What a weird day today is. Pre market.

[Vinny]

Yep.

[Pat]

Oil is already at 199, 20. You got the market. Pre market. Everything's down about a half a point. You know, it's a weird day. You know, it's a weird day when the podcast starts and the first thing we talk about just yesterday, apparently the government just bought the domain alien.govwe.

[Vinny]

that's nothing to see here. But.

[Pat]

But let me. Nothing to see here. Alien.gov.

[Vinny]

yeah.

[Pat]

And then we got eight stories, eight top stories that we got to get into today. One is Tuls, not Tulsi. We have to talk about Tulsi. We have to talk about Joe Kent. We have to talk about Mark Wayne Mullen. We have to talk about the five NATO nations that said we're not going to be supporting now they are Britain, Germany, France. This is the serious stuff we're talking about.

[Vinny]

Are we going to address the elephant in the room? The elephant in the room.

[Rob]

Showered in days.

[Vinny]

The mask on your face with hearts and your cape.

[Pat]

Let me tell you about the mask on my face with you. This morning I come, I prep, get in the car with Dan. We go to school because today is. They. They called it the. I thought it was Father's Day today. Just because of Brooklyn. Brooklyn's like, today is Father's Day.

[Vinny]

Oh, no.

[Pat]

You have to come. So I went and we hung out and I got gifts from her in school. Look, she gave you gifts. How cool, baby.

[Vinny]

Brooklyn, a little rascal.

[Pat]

And then you know how they give you smile. You know how they give you these things with stuff they write about that. Let me read it to you. You ready? Folks, don't judge me. Don't share this with anybody. My dad's superpowers. You ready?

[Vinny]

She came up with this.

[Pat]

Well, no, no. They ask you these. They ask questions the day before. Well, first of all, because the first one's going to make you laugh.

[Vinny]

Okay, go.

[Pat]

My dad runs faster than a turtle. Who says that? Brooklyn, he got you beat. He says he can lift all the laundry. He is stronger than my sister, is really good at running. He makes the best rainbow cakes. I've never made a rainbow cake ever. But listen, maybe Vinny, you want to. He is funny when he yawns. Okay. So you know how sometimes we watch movies? I have a tendency of when we watch movies, Vinny knows I knock out fairly quickly. His favorite food to keep him strong is octopus, chicken and pasta.

[Vinny]

Nice.

[Pat]

And my dad's favorite thing to do with me is to go out to dinner. Brooklyn Proverbs 22, 6. Train up a child. In a way he should go. Even when he is old, he will not depart from it. Isn't that amazing? So that's what I did this morning. With your permission, I'm going to take this off.

[Rob]

I kind of think you should rock it for the whole show.

[Pat]

You know, maybe it's better glasses than the one mayor Ranasadi likes. And who knows? So we're gonna. We're gonna use different ones today. Anyway, I got my.

[Vinny]

Just pull the cake.

[Rob]

Faster than a speeding turtle, Stronger than a laundromat.

[Pat]

Bigger compliment can you get than when your daughter says to the world, my dad runs faster than a turtle.

[Vinny]

You is that impressive? Because don't you love that she obviously

[Rob]

saw you the video. You running up those stairs, beating this up.

[Pat]

You know what? Maybe we should showed it. We've never shown these.

[Tom]

These are the days for the innocence of kids and the funny things they say. Just. Just warms your heart as a dad. I wish it for you both, honestly.

[Rob]

Makes me want to have one.

[Pat]

We'll see. We'll see. Okay, let's get into it.

[Rob]

Welcome back, Pat.

[Pat]

Yeah, it's good to be back. Okay, we got a bunch of stuff hokul New York City. Think about you're the governor of New York City and a bunch of people have left and you would say in 22 documented video of this lady from three and a half years ago, three years ago, she says, if you're Republican, take your republican money and move to Palm Beach. We don't want you here in New York. So what did Republicans do? All right. We don't feel wanted. She said that you're going to see the clip.

[Rob]

Oh, wow.

[Pat]

They moved to New York. And then guess what she said yesterday. Hey, you know, we lost so many people that have moved to Palm Beach. We need some New Yorkers that are willing to give their money here to taxes. We need you to go to Palm beach and bring some of those New Yorkers back. Oh, now, weird. But you know what though? A lot of analysts said no one's gonna leave New York.

[Vinny]

Oh yeah, I remember.

[Pat]

You know that. A lot of high end analysts, business analysts, tax analysts. No, no, no, I'm talking about analysts, analysts. Nobody will be leaving New York whatsoever. They're so fired up about Mamdani.

[Vinny]

Oh, yeah. And hopefully pay the tax, we'll pay the extra tax.

[Pat]

They're noble. Of course they're going to convince him to come back.

[Vinny]

Or he says, you don't want to.

[Pat]

Talking like you want New York to fail and you want people to leave. I said, no, I got a big investment in New York, man. I don't want nothing to fail. I want it to succeed. Yankees, you want the traffic, you want the things to happen there. But anyways, we'll talk about that again. You remember when all the NATO people said, we're not going to do this, we're not going to participate, we're not going to do it. Well, guess what? It changed very quickly within 24 hours. Okay? Five NATO nations, including Japan. Japan is the country that knows a lot about surprises, let's not forget.

[Rob]

That's so funny.

[Pat]

Yeah. So Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Netherlands and Japan came in to support and we'll talk about that. Tulsi will talk about this lady from the Bachelorette. Did you see how sweet she is and what she did to her husband and her kid?

[Vinny]

Have you guys seen this clip or not? You want to introduce to your mom?

[Pat]

I'm almost concerned about showing it to Adam because Adam may never have a kid after watching this video. It may be like the full on condom for the rest of his life.

[Vinny]

This is the reason why.

[Pat]

Let's not go that far. You have to watch this video. And then while this is going on to all the people in media that want to report on what's going on, who were silent yesterday, just yesterday. You know what Iran chose to do yesterday, just yesterday, three young men, they hanged it publicly. Hanged them from Britain executed public execution in Iran public. You know who talked about it? Not zero Media. No, zero. This is. This doesn't match with their narrative. So we shouldn't be talking about it. But we'll talk about it here as well. And then the president about the Pearl harbor and then you got a few other things that's going on as well. Trump counterintelligence chief who resigned over war in Iran is under investigation for leakin. Okay. White House slams fake narrative that the Vance absent from Iran strikes amid Operation Epic Fury. A story came out this morning, which is kind of weird, but a story came out this morning. If you've been following the podcast closely, you know this story came out this morning that allegedly JD Vance is considering not running for president in 2028 due to family priorities. Okay.

[Rob]

To spend more time with his family.

[Pat]

That's, that's what it is to spend more time with family. Yeah, we've, we've heard that. Pentagon is now asking White House for $200 billion as Trump considers deployment of thousands of troops for next phase of war in Iran. And then one of these stories, almost 200 house stems vote against deporting people who committed fraud. Nick Shirley went to California, found a bunch of fraud. Newsom's camp decided to retweet. And that retweet was a weird kind of a retweet, which we'll talk about. And then, you know who sat right behind of Mark Wayne Mullen when he was being sworn in, when he was going through the whole boom. What do you call it, the confirmation hearing. The head of the president of Teamsters, Sean o'. Brien. The guy who tried to sat right behind him. Look at the picture to the left. Sat right behind. Can you imagine their entire lives? That organization is a leftist organization supporting Democrats. He spoke at the rnc and now he's sitting right behind.

[Rob]

As his guest.

[Pat]

As his guest. Sitting right behind him. The last story I want to talk about is I, I'm a little bit uncomfortable talking about this, but I think we have to talk about it because, listen, if it's true, it's, it's career ending for some of us, including myself. If this is true, this is a story from Fox Business to all the people at Fox, shame on you for writing this article. The story says I'm almost uncomfortable. I'm sorry. It's a Daily Mail. It says how your accent can hinder your job prospects.

[Vinny]

What you're talking about.

[Pat]

Exactly. Study reveals how people with foreign accents are seen as less competent.

[Vinny]

Oh, really?

[Pat]

That's what Daily Mail says.

[Vinny]

Wow.

[Pat]

We have. That may be the most important story in the world, but everything has taken place. And then at the end of it, damning study of over a million kids finds myocarditis only in the vaccinated the Blaze.

[Vinny]

Oh, weird. That's weird.

[Pat]

With that being said.

[Tom]

Horrible.

[Pat]

With that being said, before we get into it, gang, a reminder to all of you on two separate reports, one of them shows 51% of you guys who for the last 12 months or so who consumed the PBD podcast are not subscribers. If you enjoy what we do and the stories we cover and you're one of the ones that drives to work listening to us, or you wake up in the morning playing this or you watch it with your wife or your husband or your husband turned you on to this or your friend or vice versa. If you enjoy the madness here and you support what we do, one of the ways to show the support is to subscribe to the channel. So if you could go right there and click on that subscribe button, it helps us out with our algorithms. And with that being said, let's get right into it. Rob with the first story I want to get into is. Let's go into the first story with what is this? What are the votes saying on the bottom on what story to get into, Rob?

[Rob]

The execution of the Iranian wrestler.

[Pat]

Really? Then let's get into that. Rob, what page is that on.

[Vinny]

Salem?

[Pat]

Is it seven? Yes, page seven. Okay, there it is. I don't see it on page seven. Rob Mex nuclear program. I don't see it on page seven. What?

[Rob]

Oh, I'm sorry, Page eight. Mohammed Mojataba.

[Pat]

Okay, okay, so here we go. This by way, if you live in a free country, you almost don't believe these stories, you're going to say there's no way this is true and this is what's happening. But this is what's happening. Much to Bahome's regime. The IRGC in Iran executes champion wrestler as Iran intensifies brutal crackdown during war. There's a video of them, Rob, if you want to see them in court. While the. Yeah, right there. Go ahead and play this clip. Go for it, Rob. War against God by drawing a cold

[Tom]

weapon such as a knife or sword during illegal gatherings and riots and causing violence that leads to murder and martyrdom

[Pat]

is a serious matter.

[Tom]

Unfortunately, in the city of com during

[Rob]

the early hours of the night on

[Tom]

the 18th, such a tragic event occurred.

[Pat]

So this is what the court is saying. These are the three boys you can hang. You can stop it right there. Yes. So while this is happening. Okay. In Iran, let me read this story to you and I want to come to you guys. I want to come to you guys. Islamic Republic of Iran judiciary on Thursday ignored the U.S. state Department warning along with pleas from elite Iranian American wrestlers to not execute 19 year old champion wrestler Saleh Mohammadi for protesting against the Khamenei regime. Reports say Mohammadi was killed in a public hanging seen as a barbaric move by the Iranian regime to snuff out the ongoing movement seeking to topple it. Neima Fat, a human rights activist and the Iranian combat athlete who's an expert on elite Iranian wrestling, told Fox News Digital his execution was a blatant political murder, part of the Islamic Republic pattern of targeting athletes who Crush dissent and terrorize society. As seen with Navid Afghani and others executed. Despite international outcry, he said the ioc, International Olympic Committee and the UWW United World Wrestling should have intervened forcefully with public ultimatums threatening immediate suspension of Iran's noc, National Olympic Committee and Federation if the killing proceeded, rather than relying on ineffective, quiet diplomacy, given their own commitments to protect athletes from politically motivated harm. Vinny?

[Vinny]

Well, I don't know if you guys caught that, that the human rights group said that he was tortured into confessing to a crime that he didn't do. Everybody's out there. Remember the revolution was happening. People were in the streets. They were, they were fighting.

[Pat]

Can you say that one more time? But this is the thing, because there's people that will say, no, he, they killed a couple people. This is what they did. Their model. Repeat what I'm going to say that right now, please.

[Vinny]

The human rights group said that Muhammadi was tortured into confessing to the capital charge of waging war against God. Okay, absolutely. But guys, there's zero, zero belief that. I believe that that is like the fact that he just was in the street, a professional high profile athlete, and he's in the street stabbing people. Really, really think about that for a second. It was a political murder, what they did with him. Okay, now I want you guys, FYI, has there been an update of the female soccer team? Think about right now where those girls are, not the ones that defected and stayed here. Think about the Iranian women. If they're doing this to him, these women embarrass the Islamic regime. They're probably in a dungeon right now getting tortured and probably worse. Tom, do you, do you agree?

[Tom]

I absolutely agree. And I think what also happened here, we have to understand how, how these kind of regimes work. People say he's such a high profile guy, you know, how could they do it to such a high profile guy, you know? Well, that's, that's the point. If we're willing to execute this guy, imagine what we do to you. And the crime is a. By waging war against God. And then they also were saying he had a knife. He actually stabbed one of the, the police officers. Those weren't police officers. They were government soldiers shooting into crowds. Thank you. And so when you look at the whole thing here, I look back and do you remember where this started to me four weeks ago? What did Trump say? Don't you execute people you want to call dissidents? Don't step over that red line. And here we are.

[Vinny]

And they do It. And you know what drives me crazy, Tom? People sit here and like in comfort and they act. Or I think it's just they're uneducated. They don't do the research. The Iranian regime, they're like, oh, they're just misunderstood. We need more diplomacy. No. Ok. They hang citizens for protesting in the street. And not just a regular citizen guy. This is like Pat, this is like their number one wrestler. This is like an Olympic freaking high. Like. And if they could kill that guy, imagine the regular people that don't mean anything. So just FYI, the people out there, if they treat their people like this, how do you think they treat the rest of the world? How do you think that they look at people like us when they say death to America? When they. And then they're shocked when this pressure is going to start coming back to them. Now at the same time, I'm not stupid. Everybody has agendas from Lindsey Graham and everybody. They want their stuff about this war. I understand that. But don't, please don't let it distract you from the Main Point. For 47 years these people have been under this freaking regime that has been doing this. Guys. Now it's coming to light. Now you're seeing what they're doing. People didn't. Nobody gave a damn. Everybody's too busy with their freaking Starbucks and the lattes walking around. Now all eyes are on them. And besides the Israel and all that, put all that stuff aside. Wars, war is ugly. I get it. People have their agendas. Look at what the people. Look at what this freaking guy did. You see the other guy sitting with him with the cross on his neck? Imagine the ball is on that guy getting a tattoo in the Islamic freaking controlled place of Iran. With that. Okay, and this is what I want to say. Last thing. It's really, really simple. If you want to be left alone as a nation, stop killing your own citizens, stop backing terrorists, stop screaming death to America and everybody will leave your ass alone. But you chose to be this type of attitude. Now everybody's watching and you want to

[Tom]

know who it is? I'll give you one last shot on this.

[Vinny]

Go ahead.

[Tom]

Let's all watch. Which members of our government, which elected senators and congressmen condemn this. Who condemns Talib? I challenge you to condemn this. Jeffries, I challenge you to condemn this.

[Pat]

They're not going to do that. You're not going to do.

[Vinny]

Where's Megan Rapone or any of the athletes that are so worried about people and athletes and misjust. Where are you? Where not What? I haven't heard one athlete.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Vinny]

One person say something. By the way, Rob, show that these guys are all dead. Yesterday, these guys were all hanged in the freaking street. And the guy on the left is a wrestler. Not a peep. Where are you at? Where's your online rant?

[Pat]

Do you know what could happen? You know what could happen? What major event is coming up?

[Vinny]

World Cup.

[Pat]

In what country?

[Vinny]

United States.

[Pat]

Do you know if the president wanted to, he can say, listen, don't worry about not having your Iranian soccer team compete. They can't. You're out.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Rob]

You did that with Russia.

[Pat]

He can make that announcement and say, you want to do this. We don't want people like you here. Okay, You're. So now the. The challenge becomes what the. The players are going to be like, what did we do wrong? Right. Yeah, but this could be a direct shot to Iran if they do something like this. We'll see. We'll see what's going to happen with it. Adam, your thoughts on this story?

[Rob]

Well, I've said this before, and I'll say it again. Iran is the best country in the world. That killing their own people, that's kind of like their thing, you know. Nobody is shocked by this. This is what they do. He was charged with what? War against God. This is why the fastest growing religion in Iran, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, is not Islam. It's either Christianity, Zoroastrianism, or just completely agnostic atheists. It's driving all its own citizens away from Allah. So it's a. It's counterproductive at the very least. So they have something in. Correct me if I'm wrong, Pat. Something called the morality police in Iran. Oh, you. You're showing your hair. Ten lashes for you.

[Vinny]

Showing your hair.

[Rob]

Right. God forbid you speak out against the government, you're going to be hanged publicly. Right. So the last point that I'll say is this. We in America have no clue what it's like on that side of the world. We have no clue. Think about just in the last five years, the protests that people have been a part of, whether it's on the left or the right, whether it's BLM, whether it's the MeToo movement, whether it's defund the police, whether it's the Free Palestine movement, whether it's even J6 and anything in between. Nobody's getting hung, nobody's being executed. Maybe you go to jail. Maybe the biggest point is this. We have the beauty of living in America. We have the justice system, we have law and order. We have no clue how crazy it is on that side of the world. And this is just an unfortunate. Another example.

[Vinny]

But you know what drives me crazy, too? I can already imagine what. The chat. Or. I don't. I do not look at the chat. I can. I don't look at it at all. But the fact that people automatically. Your brain goes, israel. You, like, shut the hell up for two seconds of your freaking life and think about what is actually happening to the people. Take Israel out of your brain for two minutes and at least admit two things can exist at the same time. Yes, Israel wants this war. Okay, Congratulations. Put that to the side. Does this not bother you? Does this not infuriate you? And they're just sitting there, knowing their fate. Knowing their fate because they had the freaking balls to stand in the street and say, enough. Enough. Their fathers, their mothers, their grandparents, their great grandparents under this freaking regime. And then finally, people are starting to do something, and all you could do is just one. It's just, Israel. Israel. Okay, Take that. Put it to the side. These freaking people are getting murdered and nobody gives a shit. Nobody cares. I want one. I want one athlete to step up. I haven't heard one. Be honest. Have you heard one, Pat? Have you heard one athlete say anything? America, zero. Any athlete.

[Pat]

Well, any.

[Rob]

Let me just echo what you're saying.

[Vinny]

It drives me crazy.

[Rob]

And I understand. I understand why you feel that.

[Pat]

There was an African American UFC fighter that said, I couldn't fight all day because I saw the wrestler. He says the entire. I don't. He says, I don't know why, but I was messed up in the middle of the fight. I couldn't fight. I couldn't even attack. That's all I was thinking about this guy, a friend. A. A. A person that's a wrestler like me got killed for what he does just because he had a different opinion. That guy right there, Is that it? Yeah. Can you play that? Can you play that? Who is this, by the way? Can we give credit?

[Rob]

Bobby.

[Vinny]

Bobby Green.

[Pat]

What's his name? Bobby Green. Go to. Play it, Rob.

[Vinny]

Had a few minutes to digest.

[Rob]

Now, I'd just like to hear your

[Pat]

evaluation of your performance.

[Rob]

Can I curse?

[Pat]

No. Yeah, you can.

[Vinny]

Fucking terrible. I felt it was terrible. I felt I was off.

[Pat]

I don't know.

[Rob]

I just felt like I was out of it.

[Pat]

I don't know why.

[Rob]

Sometimes we have bad nights, I guess.

[Pat]

Tonight was my bad night, you know,

[Vinny]

where I was just like, what's the matter with you?

[Rob]

Like, hit him.

[Vinny]

Like, catch him after that hand, you

[Pat]

know, what are you doing?

[Rob]

I was just really in my head

[Vinny]

a lot, you know, like, you got to show that.

[Rob]

That terrible freaking thing with Navid, and

[Pat]

it just me up, you know, you

[Vinny]

really just crushed me today.

[Pat]

Like, somebody lost their life today. You know, somebody lost their life today. I don't know if that means much

[Vinny]

to y', all, but that means a lot to me.

[Pat]

You know, that's a part of our community.

[Vinny]

I'm a wrestler that was a wrestling coach. He changed people's lives, and he just lost his life.

[Pat]

Sad.

[Vinny]

I. I saw.

[Pat]

We saw you emotional on the broadcast. I was going to ask you how

[Vinny]

much do you think that affected you in there? Just saying that right before.

[Pat]

I'm not gonna lie it me up, man. Like. Yeah, just can't pause it right there.

[Rob]

Can I ask you something?

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Rob]

So, Rob, I don't know if you can try to find what Dana White said, but here you have two different wrestlers. You have an American wrestler doing a press conference, and you have an Iranian wrestler who's seen his life taken because he was protesting. You have obviously family. You're born in Iran. Walk us through the mindset of being a national hero but then being killed for not toeing the line for your country's honor, so to speak.

[Pat]

Well, you have to realize, like, one of the things, like, when we. When we came from Iran and we landed in Germany and we came to the States, we're watching the news. Somebody on the news was saying bad things about the President of the United states. This is 1990. We just came to America, and my mom's watching and saying, poor guy. They're probably gonna kill him.

[Rob]

Oh, wow. That was the first place her mind went.

[Pat]

Because the mindset for us is, you can't do that in America. It's a business model to trash the president. You can't do that in Iran, by the way. You can't do that in Russia.

[Vinny]

Of course.

[Pat]

You can't do that in China. You can't do that in most of these countries. North Korea, by the way. Nowadays, you know, people have a hard time doing it on some of the countries. And, you know, now it's getting opened up with Venezuela. So look at the uk the risk of freedom of speech is what you're going to get. Pushback and disagreement. Okay, you can't do that in Iran. So in Iran, the messaging goes. The guy we played a week and a half ago, he says, bring all of those people back. Make an example of them. So everybody knows you can never, ever speak out against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. But in America, that's not something. That's this guy right here. Listen to what he says. Go ahead, rob parents.

[Vinny]

Just two minutes.

[Rob]

If your son or daughter doesn't listen, it's not our fault.

[Vinny]

Anyone in Iran today who utters a

[Tom]

tune that harmonizes with the enemy, under

[Vinny]

their feet is Tel Aviv and in their head is Netanyahu. A shooting order has been issued for them. No one has ever spoken to you this frankly. We don't want your child to be killed because your child is ignorant.

[Pat]

Do you hear that?

[Rob]

Like, don't make us kill your kids.

[Pat]

Don't make us kill your kids. It's like the husband that. The guy that hits his wife and says, you made me do this. Or the father that hits his son and says, you made me do this. Why did you make me do this to you? Why did you make me do this to you? That's what that is. So it's a very different world that is taking place. And by the way, guess what? That's someone's son, that someone's brother, that's someone's nephew, that someone's cousin. Gone. There is no more birthdays, dinners, nothing. None of that stuff. That guy's gone. No matter all the protesting you do today, those guys are not coming back. Their lives are gone. That's what that regime thinks. When it comes down to any of their existing athletes speaking against their people. I want to get to the next story.

[Rob]

I just wanted to ask you one follow up because this comes down to mindset, power versus force. I don't know if we can pull that up. Walk me where you think the mindset of people of Iran are at this point?

[Pat]

Obviously Iran or irgc?

[Rob]

Both the people of Iran and the people of the irgc, where are they mentally, emotionally? On the.

[Pat]

Yeah, there you go.

[Rob]

Okay, map of consciousness.

[Pat]

We look at this and you go to row three where it says level the Iran, like the. The government of Iran. It's all the way. At the bottom is shame, Humiliation, elimination. Look at the process. God view, despising. Life view miserable level. Shame. Shame on you for speaking against your. Then emotion. Humiliation. We're going to humiliate these guys. Process. Let's eliminate them. Yeah. Okay, you go to the second one is guilt, Life view, evil. God view, vindictive emotion, Blame, process, destruction. Iran, the government is all in the bottom. Red is where they are. That's where they are. Every one of those. Look at the people condemning hopeless apathy, despair, abduction, disdainful, tragic grief, regret, despondency, this is a very different type of place to be living in. I lived there again, like I told you, 11 years.

[Rob]

And you think the people are where in the fear or grief?

[Pat]

The people that are going in the streets are in the courage level.

[Vinny]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat]

Maybe they have courage to go in the streets and say, hey, I think something's going to change. They're in the willingness. I'm willing to put my life on the line because I want us to be free. I'm optimistic that it's worth doing okay. I'm optimistic. They're in that phase right there. And some is even the people. Yeah. Some is also in the pride level. They got pride for their country. This is Iran. We want them to be free. Anyways, listen, may God rest the souls of those three young men that were just executed. Okay. And I can't even say may God have mercy on their enemies. I don't know if he's going to. I don't know if I can even say that. I don't know if he's going to have mercy on his, on the, on what they did to them. I don't know. I mean, we're seeing right now what is happening with these guys left and right. We're seeing it. So anyways, war is nasty, war is ugly. But you, you hate it when you see a country that's willing to execute their own people to make an example to the world. Let me get to the next story here that we have. Tom, I'm going to come to you with Trump warns Iran not to retaliate against Qatar following Israel attacks on gas field. Rob, if you have Trump's tweet on this because there was a lot of things with this that happened yesterday. Even I think Bibi had to come out and not apologize, but said that the President and the US Knew nothing about it. I don't know if you guys seen that clip or not, but let me read this to you. President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has no advanced knowledge of an Israeli strike on a major Iranian natural gas field that prompted Iran to retaliate against neighboring Qatar and sent oil process. Is this the one? The United States knew nothing about this particular attack and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape or form involved with it, nor did it have anything that it was going to happen. No more attacks will be made by Israel pertaining to this extremely important and valuable south parce field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar. Tom, your thoughts on this?

[Tom]

Boy, what a tangled web. We have over there. So the President is issuing, you know, one of many ultimatums. And but he's, he's trying to pull the heat off Qatar. And in this case, apparently Qatar didn't do anything, it was Israel. And so he's trying to come back and say, hey, listen, you may be mad at Israel, but don't go after Qatar. Now the reason is, is there's a gas field that's in Qatar. And so it's like eye for an eye, tooth for tooth. You know what I mean, Pat? Oh, military base. Bang, bang, you hit a ship. Bang, bang, you hit a port. Bang, bang, you hit a barracks. Well, now this is a gas field. This is significant. This is very significant because now we have moved from military targets to civilian targets, the desalination plant in Bahrain, and now we're moving to civilian production. Now you could say it's state production. Okay. But we're moving up on the list of targets. And Trump is trying very hard to get around to understand that this is not, I don't want you to go back and attack these guys because he's trying to protect Qatar a little bit. But really what he's trying to protect, Pat, is energy and energy manufacturing and energy deployment. That's what he's trying to protect.

[Pat]

Adam, thoughts?

[Rob]

So everyone has a different agenda, right? There's some three main players here. You have the United States, you have Israel and you have Iran. Obviously there's some ancillary players. You have the Gulf states. So everyone has a different agenda. So what is USA's agenda? Right. You could say that it's to completely weaken Iran. Right. Whereas Israel, they probably want to take it a step further. They want to completely destroy Iran. What's Iran's goal here? What's their ideal outcome? Just survive. So how is Iran going to survive? Well, they're not going to beat America and Israel in a war. They're already getting destroyed. So what are their ramifications? What can Iran do? Well, they can basically shoot up gas stations and ships and ports to basically eliminate the energy because what, how much, what percentage of the world's energy comes from the Strait of Hormuz, Tom? Like 20%. Correct. So they're not going to win a real war. So they have to basically beat up and destroy their own assets and neighbors and citizens. As we just covered, they'll destroy gas stations, they'll destroy boats, they'll destroy their neighbors infrastructure and they'll kill their own citizens. So they're what happens when an animal is backed into a corner? They'll lash out and try to save their own life. This is what they're doing. They're playing for their own life here. And whether this, you know how long

[Pat]

we've been at war with Iran now, 47 years.

[Rob]

Well said. But this particular version, three weeks, everyone wants us done. Oh, when do we. It's been three weeks, guys. February 28th, today's March 20th.

[Pat]

This can't be a long war, Adam. Okay, this cannot be a long war.

[Rob]

So, so great question, great point.

[Pat]

Can't. It can't be, it can't be.

[Rob]

Fine. Long. Because to me, three to six months

[Vinny]

is completely any normal.

[Pat]

Anything above six months is a long war. Anything above six months. And by the way, let me tell you, there's two things I'll read to you here. The reason why I'm saying anything above six months is a long. Where former Israeli ambassador doesn't think Iran's war will last for an extra six months. He doesn't believe it'll last for an extra six months. Doesn't believe. I don't know what that means. Does that mean that, hey, mentally get ready, it's going to be six to 12 months. It could be 12 plus months. You don't, you don't want to, you don't want to get this thing into, you know, that levels. FYI, while we're talking about Qatar, the reason why this matters a lot, let me give you some numbers here. The Iran, Qatar South Pars North Dome gas field is huge. Qatar produces 18 and a half billion cubic feet per day from it. And Iran's share is 2 billion cubic feet a day, which is roughly 70 to 75% of Iran's total gas production. Globally, it's the largest gas reserve in the world. So it's not like this is something small that they are messing with. President's not going to go and tweet this and look at the first sentence. What he says, Rob, you just have to tweet up. He says, Israel out of anger, Israel out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle east, has violently lashed out. Those are not complimentary words towards Israel. Out. Lashed out at a major facility known as the South Parks Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The US knew about nothing about this particular attack in the country. Qatar was in no way, shape or form involved in it, nor did it have. So look what he's saying. It's like, hey, this is the second time he's done this. This is the second time he's done this. Like, hey, what are you doing? Don't. Don't forget the last time. Do I, Do I believe who?

[Rob]

Trump?

[Pat]

That's saying, what do you think that

[Rob]

he feels this way? Or it's projection being like, listen, I know what you did, but I'm going to publicly.

[Pat]

Yeah, it's 5050. I think it's 5050, but I think a part of it is, no, listen, all I'm going to do is I'm going to process the way I think and. And I relate to what he's saying because of how I would process. Yeah, I would call and say, what, What, What. What are you doing? What are you doing? Yeah, if you want my help and you want me to support you can't do something like this. Cutter's a part of a partner of ours. You, you, you want me to get a call from them saying, hey, I thought you had Israel under control, and then I do something like this, don't do this again, don't do this again. So to me, I do think a call like that took place. And I do believe Trump said, you better get in front of the camera and talk about the fact that us had nothing to do with it. And he did. I don't know if you guys saw. Bibi got out there and said that in no way, shape or form was U. S. Involved on this. And he almost had to. What do you call it?

[Rob]

Apologize.

[Pat]

Apologize for it.

[Rob]

Could it be a different way, though?

[Vinny]

Well, I know, because I could. I love what you said, but here's my thing, Pat. At what point. So if Israel has, like, this is the second time.

[Pat]

That right there. Watch this, Play this. So why is he talking this? Why is he saying this? Go ahead. Fact number one, Israel acted alone against the. Right off the bat, pause it right there. I guarantee you the president said in the first three seconds, don't drag out the statement in the first three seconds. Make it very clear so the world knows we had nothing to do with this. Go back and play the whole thing for 30 seconds. Rob. Fact number one, Israel acted alone against the Islawiya gas compound. Fact number two, President Trump asked us

[Vinny]

to hold off on future attacks, and we're holding out.

[Pat]

What do we see what happens if the. Are there any signs that the Iranian regime is cracking?

[Vinny]

A lot of signs.

[Rob]

A lot of signs.

[Pat]

I wish I could divulge all of

[Vinny]

them, but I see that.

[Pat]

But will I tell you, Will I commit right now that it's going to collapse? I can tell you that we're working, but.

[Vinny]

So this is the second time. We have to be. This is a very delicate situation.

[Pat]

Are you. Wait a minute. Are you telling me Trump supported this, this hit?

[Vinny]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Tom]

Can I say I'm above 50, 50, that Trump was telling the absolute truth in that?

[Vinny]

No, I'm not.

[Tom]

And he's trying to protect energy production.

[Vinny]

What I'm saying is, Pat, we have. What's your point, Vinny? My point is we went to this together and what, what Marco Rubio said is we knew Israel was going to go, so we went.

[Pat]

Yeah, you can't. You can't do that.

[Vinny]

You ready for this? You know why this is dangerous. We're partners in this. So if your partner is going, for instance, Pat, if me and Adam are going on a. To somebody's house and I. Adam takes out a gun and shoots the person at the house, I'm going to jail, too. So this is. This looks horrible on us because. Wait, wait, you can't do that and then be like, oh, my bad. He told us not to do it again. This is a very, very delicate situation. Yeah, this is not good. I don't like it.

[Rob]

So what I've learned from Trump and even Bibi, what they say publicly might be different from what they do privately. There's a chance. I'm not giving 100% guarantee. There's a chance that the military knew. Hey, listen, Israel is going to do this, but what we're going to do is publicly be like, dude, don't do that again. You know, I told you.

[Pat]

But in private, be like, zero.

[Rob]

There's a chance.

[Pat]

No, there's. The chance is less than 5%. And let me tell you, that is like, the dumbest thing for me to believe. Again, we'll debate. This is a very. This is what we do. But let me tell you what my perspective on this is. What is my outcome? What am I dealing with right now? How does that help me? Like, you know, when Joe Ken sent that tweet out and got whatever, you know, 100 million views, and I asked the question, who did this benefit the most? Number one, Joe Kent.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Who else did it benefit? Who else did that benefit? Well, you know, adversaries, the left, the woke, Right. Who also to benefit. Who. Who does it benefit for you to attack? Parse. Tell me how that benefits Trump. Go ahead, give me three negotiating leverage on how that helps Trump.

[Vinny]

Zero.

[Pat]

I'm waiting for it.

[Vinny]

Zero. The zero.

[Rob]

How this would help.

[Vinny]

How?

[Pat]

In what way you hitting this? That's a partner of yours. You're behind closed doors, you're just convinced NATO to come and support you and they don't want to get any deeper. And then the partner that he's. How do you think this call goes? Hey, guys, listen. Uk, France, I have Israel under control. Uk, France, Germany, Netherlands, you guys, Japan come through and nothing's going to happen. We need your back. We got to be politically on the same page, you know, all this other stuff. And then while I'm getting you to say, no, it's not as bad as you think it is. We have this under control. Boom, you hit parse. And then they're calling, hey, man, do you have control of your guys or what? What is he doing? No, no, I have control. Hey, what the, what? That's how this goes.

[Rob]

I see your point.

[Pat]

No, I, I, I don't totally, I don't, I don't like it.

[Rob]

I'm just wondering if how closely the military is communicating on these types of things.

[Pat]

You have to.

[Rob]

Or if it's just kind of like, you do your thing, you do your thing.

[Pat]

We'll meet in the middle between these two countries. Who do you think wants to eliminate Iran more? Israel, Israel or us?

[Vinny]

Israel. They're right there.

[Pat]

Give me the split.

[Vinny]

80, 20.

[Pat]

OK, I'm with that.

[Rob]

Like I said earlier, Israel wants to destroy that. Ok? The United States wants to weaken them totally.

[Pat]

Get it? 80, 20. This is not a Monroe Doctrine. This is not a, you know, on our side. But guess what? We have partners. And right now he's working with the Board of Peace, so he's bringing a lot of the Gulf states. He likes to work with the Gulf states, folks. He likes that. He's decent and good with Cutter and, you know, Saudi and all those guys. He's, he's brokering a deal that's never happened before. Right? So we understand Israel's like, in the meaning of Israel. Hey, do we tell him or no? Hit it. Yes, hit it. Do you want to call the president? No, we are our own country. Hit it. If you do that, if you do that in these types of situations, this is, this is like, listen, if I get a call from school and one of my kids gets in trouble, here's how I work with them as you tell me the truth. I have your back, but don't put me in a position where I can't defend you. Okay? So this goes to the story where one time he gets kicked out of soccer camp because he punched a kid in the face and knocked him out. And so all we see is he punched a kid in the face. And this is Tico. The kid is knocked out on the floor crying. Mom and dad, what kind of a son are you? What's wrong with your son? I'm like, wait a minute. What? What happened? He comes to me crying. You know, I never lied to you. You know I never lied to you. Look at me in my face. What happened? He punched me in the stomach first. I said, I'm gonna go fight for you, but you better not lie to me right now. I'm telling you the truth. I go to the owner, I said, turn all your cameras on. I want to see what happened. They turned the camera on and it shows that the kid punched Tico in the stomach first. Then he knocked his ass out. So I said, you. Because they kicked him out, suspended him, humiliated him in front of all the kids. I said, hey, you guys got to apologize to him, not to me. He's got to come in. They kicked the other kid out and Tico went back to practice. That part is very clear. You do something like this, don't do stuff like this. If I'm going to empower you, you need me. You needed our B2 bombers to go out there and shoot the nuclear sites. What the hell are you doing? You don't behave like this. Get your act together. So I think there's a part of that that behind closed door happen. But Trump also doesn't want to elevate it publicly more than it is. Even though he is here furious. He has to be here. Because what is everybody else going to say? What are they waiting to say? I told you. I told you. I told. No, no, relax. Yeah, he effed up. Get on the camera and say in the first 10 seconds that you effed up. Bibi followed the lead.

[Rob]

Yep.

[Pat]

Number one, no US didn't have any involvement. Number two, da, da, da. Okay, great. Let's move on. Okay, but you screwed up. Go ahead.

[Vinny]

But here's my question.

[Rob]

Second time, by the way.

[Vinny]

But here's my thing. The only reason you would do something like that, Pat, is if you knew you were going to get away with it. And I think Bibi knows when. Just like how you said it when Bibi said, hit him. But what about Trump? It'll be fine. That's the scary part about this. Because now, this is twice now in a full straight war. What else is next? What else is going to be the next thing, God forbid that Bibi does and goes, it's okay. He's going to be fine with it. That's a huge problem. This Isn't like you took out one person, you shot them. This is going to affect the civilian population.

[Pat]

Correct.

[Vinny]

This is a huge problem, Adam. This isn't like a rinky dink thing. This is the thing where he's probably sitting there and they were like, Mr. Prime Minister, if you do this, he's going to be furious. And he still said, do it. That's, that's not a good thing. And Pat's right. You're giving the other side ammunition to be like, oh, you see? You see, he owns them. He could do whatever. No, no, he got it. He, he. I'm happy that he did it this

[Tom]

way, but Trump's been very consistent about protecting the energy production. When he hit Carg island, he said, I only hit military. I'm not going to touch.

[Pat]

Listen, that part is what validates that he's not owned by anybody. Trump, he owes favors. Because you're a deal maker when you're doing deals. What do you do when you're making deals? This guy does you a favor. I've got you on something else. I get a deal maker. What is a deal like? If you actually think about what a deal is.

[Rob]

Two people to accomplish a goal.

[Pat]

So guess what?

[Rob]

Funny thing about my back.

[Pat]

Does he have these things? Does he have these things that's going on? Yeah, of course. But do I think, do I think in this situation he's showing that, hey, pump the brakes and don't do that again? Yes. Will they accidentally push a little bit more than they probably should to get some things passed? Yes. Long term, does that benefit them? I don't know. We're going to see what's going to happen here. And by the way, as we're going through this with oil prices, Goldman Sachs put out a report that I want to read to you guys on the basic formula for everybody to follow. This is the formula that they're given on how it works out. So attacks on energy infrastructure means higher energy cost everywhere. For perspective, $10 barrel oil translates to $10 plus oil translates to roughly a direct impact of 0.1% to the US GDP. So if the Middle east tensions push oil $40, it could subtract 0.4% of US GDP, which is $100 billion and lost economic growth and higher prices. So just know that number right there, per $10 equals 0.1% of GDP. Okay, so if this all of a sudden goes because some analysts are saying that it may go to $200. Tom, you've seen that before. If it goes up $200 what's $200? $200 would mean it's going up from 67, 65. It's 135. 135. If it's 0.1%, it could be an impact of a trillion trillion and a half in economy. So there is a direct impact that's being posed with this because as they're breaking it down they're seeing what's going on right now. Gas prices are. What is it? U.S. crude oils at 95, 37.

[Tom]

Tom, U.S. average I thought was 387 yesterday.

[Rob]

Can you just.

[Tom]

Rob.

[Pat]

Just gas prices?

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Tom]

U.S. gas price, national average go to triple a or. Yes.

[Pat]

388.

[Tom]

388. 387. 388.

[Rob]

Yep.

[Pat]

Mid range, 438.

[Tom]

438 regular is 87 gas and mid grade is the 89 gas.

[Pat]

We'll see. We'll see what's going to happen with that, have we.

[Tom]

It's almost four bucks for regular. Regular.

[Vinny]

I'm just saying airline flights are about to start going crazy.

[Pat]

Which flights?

[Vinny]

Airline. Just airline?

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Tom]

They're saying because with the shutdown, TSA's

[Pat]

got a huge summer fare could go up. Airfares could spike more than $100 as jet fuel prices rise over Iran experts. Rob, is this it about.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Rob]

From CBS News.

[Pat]

It's three minutes. Rob. I don't want to go. Three minutes. Okay, go for it.

[Vinny]

The war in Iran has caused oil and gas prices to spike and it's not just affecting cars on the road. A recent analysis by Deutsche bank shows those rising oil prices are also leading to airlines hiking their ticket prices. The analysis also warns airlines may start reducing flights and grounding planes altogether if the cost of jet fuel continues to grow.

[Tom]

This is worth knowing.

[Vinny]

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[Pat]

There you go. So that's going to be a direct impact. That's a part of the. You know, for every $10 barrel, you're looking at 0.1% to GDP in ways that we're measuring it. This is one of the ways that the impact will be. But let me go to the Joe Kent story, Rob. What new things have formulated with Joe Kent? Is that. Ok, let me read that one and we'll get into. We'll open it up. Trump counterintelligence chief who resigned over US over war in Iran under investigation for leaking. Okay, so we have a bunch of things on this. So Guys, be ready because I'm going to come to you. And Vinny, I'm probably coming to you first. Okay, what page is that? Rubber? Page 16. It doesn't match page 16. Rob the story.

[Tom]

So if you're page 15, Trump counterintelligence.

[Pat]

Okay, so let me go to page 15. So. The former counterintelligence chief who resigned over the ongoing conflict with Iran is reportedly under investigation of FBI Joe Kent, who issued a scathing letter of the resignation. National Counterterrorism has been accused of improperly sharing classified information. According to Semper Semaphore, the probe into his alleged misconduct has been ongoing for months and predates his resignations from the intelligence agency. This is Daily Mail. The shocking development comes just hours after Kent told TUCKER that the U.S. was providing faulty intelligence from Israel about the war. White House officials suggested Tuesday that Kent was an egomaniac who was responsible for national security leaks. Ken said in his post on X that he could not in good conscience. We read that Iran posed no imminent threat. We read that it marks the first major and voluntary departure of senior Trump administration officials since he retook office last year. So, Vinny, I'll come to you first.

[Vinny]

Yeah, well, I mean, listen, again, we. Everything. I didn't, I, I saw Joe Kent's face maybe three months ago one time. Never knew who he was. Didn't do, you know, because, you know, he was never in the news. So then when you do some research, I mean, obviously Tom was at 11 tours. How many tours do you have? Decorated, gold decorated like soldier loves America. Lost his wife, I believe, in a terrorist attack in Syria, if I'm correct. Correct that I just all of a sudden this. Yeah. Eleven completed combat tours, primarily in Iraq. Earned six bronze stars for his service. So I don't know, Pat, there, there out of nowhere, this just come out of nowhere that this, this happens. Because if first of all put this to aside, thank him for his service. Awesome. As a veteran, God rest his wife's soul. But when it comes to the stuff that we're hearing about leaked, if anything from him was leaked, because this is what it's kind of sounding like was leak. And somehow cuz. What's the first interview that he did? First interview, first podcast went to Tucker. Y. We're finding out from the CIA. And mind you, I, I talked about this earlier in the week. The CIA is not just going to wake up and go, yo, we're going to monitor Tucker because you guys know that they're not supposed to do any operations or any surveillance On American soil. That type?

[Rob]

No.

[Tom]

Never.

[Vinny]

No. Yeah. No. Why would they do that? So that means that you're communicating with the foreign nation that we're freaking about to go to war with. They're going to tap your phone. So this is starting to look like there were some leaks on the top that trickle down to somebody like Tucker. Tucker was in communication with Iran. And this is. This could look really, really, really bad.

[Pat]

I think this is. I think this is nastier than you guys think.

[Vinny]

Way worse. What do you think? What do you think?

[Rob]

The.

[Pat]

Oh, I think going to go all the way to the top.

[Vinny]

Really?

[Pat]

I think this is going to go

[Vinny]

all the way to the top. Your, your opinion. What do you think? Like, how did this all. Like, what, what, what made him go on? X posted letter say he's going to retire. He's resigning.

[Pat]

Well, listen, allegedly there was a couple guys that confronted him because he got caught showing and he promised that he wasn't going to do any. He finally confessed.

[Vinny]

Showing what?

[Pat]

That he shared intel with Tucker.

[Tom]

Oh, man.

[Pat]

Okay. And they, they addressed it. They went up to him, allegedly. Okay, so allegedly they did.

[Vinny]

And, but, but they mean intelligence.

[Pat]

They were like, yo, yeah, guys are like, hey, why are you leaking info to. To Tucker? And then he comes back and now there is even stories. So if you remember last year, again, remember Laura Loomer last year, say what you want about her. She got, you know, waltz, you know, fired from his position. Okay. With the stuff that was showing last year. She. She says this. I told you last year that Kent leaked private President Trump's private messages in meetings, particularly his meetings with Jewish Republicans, to Tucker Carlson and Max Blumenthal. When admin officials caught Kent, who was in the hallway to Trump's office when he was seen picking up his phone and texting Tucker, he was confronted by senior White House officials who wanted to see if he would lie to their faces. So they cornered him and asked him if he leaked to Tucker. They said he knew it was him. Ken confessed. Ken told him, if you ever do that again, you're fired. They. Kent was told, if you ever do that again. Again. This is not a. This was a year ago.

[Rob]

Who told Kent that.

[Pat]

The other officials told them that. The senior White House officials. So then now you're hearing reports that, that this is. This is a little bit weird to even talk about. Now you're seeing reports of, you know, yesterday, Tulsi or two days ago, she's being asked and pressed on questions about this, and her answer is very vanilla, okay? Very vanilla. Very, very vanilla. And remember, for the last six months, what has everybody been saying? Where's Tulsi?

[Vinny]

I haven't seen her.

[Pat]

Where's Tulsi? Where's Tulsi? So to me. Is this it, Rob, where she's kind of like said a lot of things in that letter? Yeah, this is the one. So if you want to. Oh, It's a minute 30. If you. Yeah. If you want to play it and go to the. Go play it.

[Vinny]

Thank you. I also wanted to ask this because this. There was a high profile resignation of director of National Counterterrorism Center. Now, I want to be clear from the outset, I've communicated directly with President Trump my support for Operation Epic Fury. And I was very, not only disappointed, but how inappropriate this letter was. And I want to read a statement that. And get your personal assessment whether you agree or disagree with that. And that's this. Early in this administration, high ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America first platform and pro war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States States

[Pat]

and that you should strike so big right now.

[Vinny]

There was a clear path to a swift victory and is the same tactical.

[Pat]

She's asking questions. Okay, right here.

[Vinny]

He said a lot of things in that letter.

[Rob]

Ultimately, we have provided the president with

[Vinny]

the intelligence assessments and the president is elected by the American people and makes his own decisions based on the information

[Pat]

that's available to him. But do you agree with.

[Vinny]

Does that statement he made blaming Israel concern you? Yes.

[Pat]

Okay, so watch this. Go back from, go back 20 seconds from the moment she starts talking and what she says. Tulsi's a pro. And look, but you have to realize what's going on here, Vinnie, press play. Listen, what's going on here.

[Vinny]

He said a lot of things in that letter. Ultimately, we have provided the president with the intelligence assessments, not the President.

[Pat]

She's not defending position elected by the American people.

[Vinny]

His own decisions based on the information

[Pat]

that's available to him. We make the decision. Right. Pause it right there, Rob. Positive. Right. Because she's asking that follow up. Okay, go back when she starts following up with the question right there. Plus so watch your answer.

[Vinny]

Does that statement he made blaming Israel concern you? Yes.

[Pat]

What does that mean? Yes, concern you? Could mean that. Yes. Yes, it concerns me. Yeah. So. But yes could mean I agree with her.

[Vinny]

Of course not.

[Pat]

Yes means I'm Not.

[Rob]

It's a vague yes.

[Pat]

So she may resign in the next few few days. I wouldn't be surprised if she's next and she resigns. I don't think she will be fired. I think she will resign. Okay. I think she'll step down in the next few weeks maybe. And by the way, my guesstimation, my gut feeling of her resigning. 20, 30%.

[Vinny]

Okay.

[Pat]

That's still a high number. Oh yeah, that's pretty high. And let me tell you what else happened yesterday which is kind of weird story comes out with JD Vance now saying dropping stories out there to people. Which is what?

[Vinny]

Hey, I'm not going to run.

[Pat]

Have you seen this, Rob? Can you see. Can you verify this if this is true or not? Is story of from the AFP post news saying that JD Vance is considering not running for president in 2028 due to family priorities. Okay. Did you. Did you guys see this or no?

[Vinny]

You sent it in the. In the podcast.

[Pat]

Not going to run in 2028. Do you see anything coming up, Rob?

[Rob]

Yep, right there.

[Pat]

Okay. The decision to keep JD Van sermon situation Vance was deeply emerged behind the scenes. No, not this one, Rob. It's. It's. It's a. It's a just.

[Vinny]

It was in the. It's. It was in the. Right there.

[Pat]

You just had it right there. Go back to Twitter. Was the next story Connors. No, not there.

[Vinny]

Pat. Can I read it for you?

[Pat]

Yeah, no, I have it. Rob has it as well. I just want him to find it. I texted to him this morning. So if you go to the. Right there above it. Oh yeah.

[Rob]

It was the first thing you texted.

[Pat]

Yeah. JD Vance is considering not running for president in 2028 due to family priorities. This is 1811 hours ago. Vance will discuss this matter with his family to decide if the timing is right. If wife Usha is currently pregnant with their fourth child. Other speculations suggest that Republican polling shows strong push for Marco Rubio and causing Vance to reconsider political environment. Strategists caution that a heavily contested primary followed by a general election loss as VP could potentially decimate Vance's future ambitions as the primary and height. So if you run and you lose in the primary to Rubio and you're the Vice president, that's a pretty heavy thing right there to happen. So to me, where does all this go? The alliance, Tucker, Joe Kent, probably Tulsi. If Joe Kent is your direct report, you're probably part of that camp as well.

[Vinny]

I think so.

[Pat]

Then you have probably Massey and you have a Small little dotted line to J.D. vance. So I think what just happened with Joe Kent is the nuclear bomb to put a. To put a divider, divide between them. And I know yesterday the press secretary who does a phenomenal job, she got up and she said to all the people that are saying stuff that's going on with Tulsi, shame on you and whatever, you know, she kind of defended her while Tulsi is standing behind her. But let's not get it twisted. Tulsi's very ambitious.

[Vinny]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat]

Tulsi's very ambitious. And she doesn't see herself as just having this job. That's the one, Rob. I think. Is that it? Yeah. Play the clip.

[Vinny]

I think. Who is saying that. That she would release this to try to boost her standing with the president? Who has said that?

[Pat]

Well, the president has publicly undermined her. When it came to Iran, he said she was wrong.

[Vinny]

He told me that she didn't know what she was talking about.

[Pat]

That was on Air Force One. On camera.

[Vinny]

No, the only people who are suggesting

[Pat]

that the Director of National Intelligence would

[Vinny]

release evidence to try to boost her

[Pat]

standing with the President are the people

[Vinny]

in this room who constantly try to sow distrust and chaos amongst the President's cabinet. And it is not working. I will just answer your question directly. I am with the President of the

[Pat]

United States every day.

[Vinny]

He has the utmost confidence in Director Gabbard. He always has. He continues to. And that is true of his entire cabinet who is all working as one team to deliver on the promise is this president. Anyone else have.

[Pat]

You can pause it. She may be one of the best ones ever. Now, obviously I can't say she's the goat because we all know Karine Jean Pierre is the goat. We can't ever undermine her for her to read off the papers. Everything was written to her. The chat GBD press secretary that we had, Karine Jean Pierre. But I think something's going on here and I think goes all the way to the top. By the way, can you verify this? Did Joe Kent vote for Bernie Sanders?

[Rob]

Yes.

[Pat]

Did he vote for Bernie Sanders? Was he a Democrat until like 2021 or something like that? He voted for until so info. Until 2021. Joe Gint was a registered Democrat. In 2020, he voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. Vinnie, do you see this? That he voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary. He switched to the Republican Party in 2021.

[Vinny]

Oh, so that's very recent.

[Pat]

Very recent.

[Tom]

So did Tulsa.

[Pat]

And not voted for Biden. He voted for a Socialist, not Biden. So this isn't like Tulsi or this isn't like voted for Bernie Adam and

[Rob]

also apparently voted for Bernie in 16 when he was the Right.

[Pat]

Right.

[Rob]

But so with this Joe Kent. So the first thing I thought of when I heard, well, Joe Kent said something about Trump was, who's Joe Kent? I mean, let's face it, we study politics. I've been actively studying politics for at least a decade. We've been doing the show for six years. I've never heard of this person. Have you ever heard of him before this situation? The name didn't ring a bell to me.

[Pat]

So I want to know where you're going with that because to me, you don't get the job, the Director of National Counterterrorism without being somebody.

[Rob]

No doubt. Yeah, you know, the vetting process should come into question, but at the end of the day we're saying, do you trust some guy you've never heard of or the President of the United States that all four of us has voted for? To me it's, it's, it's 100% versus zero. Now let's go deeper of who this person is, though. We're not just going to dismiss him and say, can't trust anything because I don't know you. Okay, let's go a little deeper. Apparently he did vote For Bernie in 16, then, then vote for him in the primary. Then there's even Trump tweeted, hey, this is what this guy said two years ago. Complete Iran hawk. And now he's this Iran dove. And then it's basically fizzled down to, yeah, yeah, Trump's controlled by Israel. Tell me where we've heard this before. So to me, at the very least he's flip flopping. He's impressionable. But at what point? How did this happen? So two quick stories. I used to have a, my one of my best friend's younger brother. When, whenever I would see him, he was somebody new. I was like, oh, what's up, dude? How are you? He's like a little skater kid. The next time I see him, he's a little gangster. Next time I see him a few years later, he goes, yeah, I'm actually becoming a rabbi, becoming a rabbit. What seemed a few years later, he goes, no, I stopped being a rabbi. I'm a teacher now. And then I see him recently, he's like a Jewish kid, but he's pro Palestine. I go, listen, at what point are you just completely confused with who you are and are completely impressionable by the World around you. To me, that's Joe Kent. He served in our military. Respect. But you're voting for Bernie, then you become maga, then you become this Iran hawk, then you're this Iran dove. And now because apparently his wife is very, very, very anti Israel, his new wife, he's now accusing the Trump of being a BB puppet. How many times have we heard the Putin puppet thing? And what did you say about the puppet strings with Elon? That's just the latest iteration with this last thing about Joe Kent. You know, this is his second wife. Did you know this? His first wife, God bless, rest her soul, was killed by ISIS in Syria in I believe 2019. His wife was killed by ISIS in Syria, nothing to do with Israel. His new wife, the latest wife, it's only been two years, is vehemently anti Israel. So I, I think he's gone through a lot. I think he's confused. I think he's under major duress and stress. He's flip flopping on issues. He's obviously had some major issues in his life. And you know, they say who's the last person in your ear? The last person in his ear now is this Max Blumenthal, far left, isolationist, anti Israel woman. And that's the, the latest recreation of whoever Joe Kent is. My, my final thought is this. Joe Kent himself is here today, gone tomorrow. And Trump and MAGA are stronger than ever. Have you seen what Trump's rating is within Maga? Have you seen that, Pat?

[Pat]

Yeah, you're gonna pull it up, Rob.

[Rob]

It's insane. I had to. Like when Harry Enton said the number,

[Pat]

I said let him, let the audience see it. Watch this, folks. It's Harry Enten's yesterday doing a poll. Go ahead. Yeah. You know, sometimes you look at the polling data and there are numbers that

[Vinny]

just jump off the screen at you.

[Pat]

And this is one of those because just take a look here. MAGA, GOP view of Trump approve 100%.

[Tom]

100%.

[Pat]

If you are a member of MAGA and the GOP you approve of Donald John Trump, 0% say that they disapprove. You don't have to be a mathematical genius to know you can't go higher than 100%.

[Rob]

He is the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Okay, look at the fine print.

[Tom]

6631among non maga.

[Pat]

So that means even against non Maga, he still has 2/3 of them. Correct?

[Tom]

That's right.

[Rob]

When they say MAGA, they mean the Trump's base.

[Pat]

Like guys like you, the hardcore.

[Rob]

Yeah, omega 2.0. But basically, listen, you do an Instagram poll. You ever done an Instagram poll? I could say, hey, do you want me to give you a million dollars? Or do you want me to kick you in the balls? You're going to still have 2 to 3%.

[Tom]

That's like, those my only choices.

[Rob]

I'm gonna take that.

[Vinny]

I'm gonna take that ball. I'm really into it.

[Rob]

You do not get 100 senses on anything.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Rob]

So let's just call that 98%. That's where Maga is with Trump. They're not leaving Trump. The guy they've known to be the president and the leader of their movement for 10 years for some guy they've literally never heard of. Nice try, buddy.

[Tom]

We need to step back and look at something in Washington. The history of leakers in Washington have come from intelligence communities and people that are undermining this president or that president. One of the most famous leakers, if you know your history, was during Watergate, and Woodward and Bernstein referred to it as Deep Throat. Now, Deep Throat's got terrible connotations because it was the name of. Of a porn film in the 70s.

[Rob]

Tom, let's just stay on Politics of Watergate. Referred to it.

[Tom]

You know, the guy. I don't know if it shows it here, but the guy who is eventually exposed to a bend. Deep Throat, which was the guy that was leaking to Woodward and Bernstein. Mark Felt, Deputy Director of the FBI. And so now you've got a guy inside the intelligence community that was leaking to a major member of the media. This is the way it works.

[Rob]

Who was the member of the media?

[Tom]

Tucker Carlson.

[Rob]

Oh, so interesting.

[Tom]

It's a kind of a. Kind of a media voice. Call him what you will. He's a member of the new media, the alternative media that we're a part of. We're part of the podcast that people trust more than they trust regular. But you think about that. And also, do you know what happens in October? On October of 2026, Tulsi celebrates her second anniversary of being a Republican. Remember, she switched right before the election.

[Rob]

Happy anniversary. I think.

[Tom]

I don't. I don't know what's going on, but people are selecting teams, and teams are becoming very obvious. You know, something that Pat said two years ago, something very strange will happen, and you'll see alliances form, and some of them will surprise you. You predicted it, and we're. You didn't say who and when, but you said, guys, when things happen like this, alliances become visible that maybe were invisible and alliances get made.

[Vinny]

Catch you a question. If J.D. vance doesn't take family time off and actually, which I, I don't believe, I think he's in a. He's gonna go against.

[Tom]

Well, he better hurry up and make a decision.

[Vinny]

Think he would have like a Joe Kent as vice president?

[Rob]

What?

[Pat]

That's the worst combination for him. Would it be because he is Joe Kent? So why would you have a Joe Kent? JD Vance's best pick for vice president is Ron DeSantis. Best pick. He needs to get somebody that's a true conservative. JD's not. He needs to get somebody. Like he needs a Mike Pence type. Okay. A safe, full on conservative is who he needs.

[Tom]

He has to widen the lane.

[Pat]

Yeah. Remember Trump for 2016, Pence was the right pick. Trump for 2024, JD was the right pick because who he needed in 2016 was a traditional conservative. Rhinos, all that stuff. And they got it with pens, evangelicals. And what he needed in 2024 was the technocrats and he got it with JD. So you have to realize it's a very, very different strategy. So for JD, if he runs Joe Kent 100%, you're losing.

[Rob]

Kent is here today, gone tomorrow. I don't think we'll ever see this guy again.

[Pat]

When everybody said Michael Avenatti, Michael for office. I don't know if Joan Ken, what he's going to end up. By the way, Joe Ken told. You know, I'm just curious if he, if this stuff, if he did this stuff.

[Vinny]

Oh, he's in deep trouble.

[Pat]

And they have it. He's getting arrested.

[Vinny]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Pat]

Just so you know, if he did. I'm not saying he did. Yeah, if he did, he's getting arrested. What's worse is if he went to Tulsi and cleared the tweet with Tulsi and J.D. vance. Oh, if he did that. No good. This is not just bad, this is horrible all the way to the top.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Pat]

So that's what I'm saying to you. Yeah.

[Rob]

That AFP News, who was that? Are they ever a credible source? I don't know who they are.

[Pat]

They, they, they share a lot of stories and, and who knows?

[Rob]

Well, I'll say this one story is not enough to draw any conclusions. If you start seeing this story pop up on different media outlets about J.D. vance, about taking some time off, that's when I, you know, there's smoke, there's fire, I think you'll find some credibility there. This is the first and only story of this kind. Is that Right, Pat? That we've seen.

[Pat]

Yes.

[Rob]

So I think it's a little too premature to, to go that path. I mean, he doesn't have to make any decision.

[Pat]

I actually agree that it's, it's a very premature to go that path. But you know, it is what it is. It is something that's going on. So.

[Rob]

And if you look at the odds, Pat, where's Rubio versus Vance in terms of the couch?

[Pat]

Go to Calshi. Let's take a look at Calshi right now,

[Vinny]

people.

[Rob]

I want to say that, that, that Rubio is now surpassed. Vance.

[Pat]

Rubio. Not yet. Not yet.

[Rob]

Okay. He's closing in on points.

[Pat]

He is nine points.

[Rob]

And that's for the Republican nominee. Do you have for who would likely be president.

[Pat]

There's a, to get past the primary.

[Rob]

Yep.

[Pat]

How closely you think JD is watching this?

[Vinny]

Oh, what do you mean? That's every morning.

[Pat]

How close do you think their team is watching this?

[Vinny]

Oh, big time.

[Pat]

Look at that.

[Rob]

Look at it. It's a three way tie. If you scroll down, Rob, if you see it. Yeah, bing, bing, bing. There you go.

[Vinny]

The fact that Gavin.

[Rob]

So JD's gone up in the last couple days and Rubio's gone down the last couple days.

[Pat]

Yeah, it'll, it'll fluctuate.

[Rob]

I mean, the volatility tipping point for Rubio. My opinion, in the next, you said three to six months. Iran's going to be done. Let's just say that. Who's the next piece on the chessboard?

[Pat]

Cuba.

[Rob]

Cuba. Who knows better of what's going on in Cuba than Marco Rubio?

[Pat]

Nobody. No.

[Rob]

If he take, we've seen these, these memes of Rubio sitting there.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Rob]

He's the President of Venezuela, he's the Ayatollah of Iran. Next thing you know, he's going to be the dictator of, of Cuba. I think that has a lot of weight.

[Pat]

Well, let me read this next story. Pentagon asked White House for $200 billion as Trump considers deployment of thousands of troops for next phase in war with Iran. Tom. I'm coming to you with this one here, Rob. Is that it?

[Tom]

Yes, sir.

[Pat]

Go for it. There was a report last night that

[Vinny]

the Pentagon asked the White House for

[Pat]

200 billion for Iran War supplemental.

[Vinny]

Can you confirm this and, and can you explain why a package this large is necessary? Well, first of all, none of this would have been possible without Midnight Hammer, without that audacious mission with very clear goals that did obliterate their ability to enrich and the capabilities they have in those facilities. So it created the conditions for Iran to step forward and say, okay, you can reach out and touch us like that in our nuclear ambitions. You can see that we're still trying to do this, let's make a deal. And President Trump put our, our two best folks on it, Steve and Jared, and they worked diligently, earnestly. I watched it, to try to pursue that deal. And ultimately, I think the whole time, Iran sort of said, well, we'll talk as we build more missiles and as we build more UAVs and we create this conventional umbrella so that if we chose to, we could try to reconstitute the program and sort of naively thinking that President Trump wouldn't do something about it. And that's why, as Secretary Rubio has said, and I've said, it's the conventional

[Pat]

umbrella that was growing and growing and

[Vinny]

growing, that was meant to protect that nuclear capability. So you had to address both what happened with Midnight Hammer and what happened with that as well. As far as $200 billion, I think that number could move. Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys. So we're going back to Congress and folks there to ensure that we're properly funded for what's been done, for what we may have to do in the future, ensure that our ammunition is. Everything's refilled. And not just refilled, but above and beyond.

[Pat]

Yeah. So, Tom, thoughts?

[Tom]

So here's what's going on. The the House of Representatives, U.S. house has what's called the power of the purse. And if you looked up United States Congress power of the purse, you can find all the descriptions of it. Don't need to do it now, take my word for it. That's the way our government works. So you run a business, you go to a bank, Vinnie the bank says, I'm sorry, I don't like your business, so I'm not going to loan you money.

[Pat]

So.

[Tom]

So. And you're like, well, what do I do? Well, you go to dad, hey, Dad, I can't get a loan from the bank where businesses normally get a loan. Will you give me a special loan to do it? That's exactly what is happening right here. If they need 60 vote difference, Pat, to avoid a filibuster. And a filibuster is where people are just stalled. You know, it's just basically just when you see filibuster, just think of it as your mom and dad are just yelling at each other constantly and nothing is getting accomplished and no decision is being made that's a filibuster. And so to avoid a filibuster, needs 60 votes. And Pat, guess what they're saying. They took a poll, they looked around. Rand Paul is leading a group of Republicans saying, don't vote on war funding, don't do it. So they don't have the 60 votes in a Congress. So normally you go, you say, hey, we need some more. And this is what we were doing. And can you give me a hand? Nope. So they're going to the White House. So what the reporter is saying is, is the Department of War going to the White House to get a special appropriation and a special access to funding to continue the war, which is up to $3.7 billion or 900 million

[Rob]

a

[Tom]

day, something like that. Even more now, is he gonna do it? Because, Pat, they can't get it from Congress. Congress isn't going to let him. And so that's what's going on. And that reporter was trying to kind of corner Hegseth to say, but Hegseth wouldn't say it. He said, well, it takes money to kill bad guys. What she wanted Hegseth to say, yeah, we know our Congress is against it, so we're going to get it through White House special appropriation. But he didn't do that. He gave that little speech.

[Rob]

I'm just going to make a prediction. I don't, I'm not watching the movie, but I'm just going to tell you how the movie ends. Trump's going to get the money that he needs to finish this war one way or another. You know, like he said, we're taking Greenland. We can do this the, the easy way or the hard way. What we're doing in Iran is going to take handful of months. You know, you might, some might say three months, some might say six months. I certainly think it'll be finished well before the midterms, one way or another. But they're going to get funding. They're going to finish this, finish the job, and then they're going to rely on allies in the Middle East, Israel and the Gulf countries to actually step up and finish this job. Even if the US is back in domestic peripheral.

[Vinny]

Easy to get 200 million. Why don't they just go to 200 billion easy? 200, whatever. A couple hundred billion, just even 10 billion. Go to freaking Minnesota, go to the Somali pirates, start getting some of that money. All the fraud that Nick Shirley is exposing in California, I mean, we have the money getting frauded out here. They could easily find that money and use it for war instead of all These hospices that nobody's in and all these people driving freaking Lamborghinis and, you know, Mercedes and Beamers, which is, by the way, the money's here. Is just where you're gonna go.

[Rob]

You're talking about the domestic waste, fraud and abuse.

[Vinny]

Oh, yeah.

[Rob]

What about the international. We can go to Ukraine and get it. See Zelinsk, he's got any.

[Vinny]

A couple bucks, yeah.

[Rob]

But.

[Vinny]

Yeah, he. Give me money. Give me money.

[Rob]

Pat, you think this is going to pass? You see this being an obstacle into the war with Iran or what do you foresee?

[Pat]

I'll figure out a way to get it, but I. If I'm a Democrat, guess what I'm thinking right now, I got leverage to make a bunch of asks. Y. Period. So guess what? Oh, you want money? No problem. Boom, boom, boom, boom. So they. They're going to have to make some just like, funding. They're going. They're going to have to make some concessions. And these concessions right before the prime. Right before the midterm elections, a lot of leverage for these guys. So I. I trust they'll do something with it. We still have a couple stories. One of the clips I got to show you guys with this lady who is crazy, crazy, you know, crazy what she does to her husband and her kid. But we'll go to that later. Let's go to Markway Mullen.

[Vinny]

Rob.

[Pat]

So the Mark Wayne Mullen who is announced that he is replacing Kristi Noem. He is going through his hearings. There's a lot of different clips. Rand Paul, there's a moment, he gets emotional. Rob, if you want to play this clip with him and Rand Paul, that's a good one right there. Go for it.

[Vinny]

Complications led to an infection in the

[Tom]

space between my lung and chest wall.

[Vinny]

I spent a week in the hospital

[Tom]

having the infection lavaged every six hours

[Rob]

through a chest tube.

[Tom]

Recently, Senator Mullen, if you have time to listen. You were confronted by constituents that were

[Vinny]

angry because you voted against my amendment

[Tom]

to stop all funding for refugee welfare programs.

[Vinny]

Instead of explaining your vote to continue these welfare programs for refugees, you decided

[Pat]

to transfer the blame.

[Vinny]

You told the media that I was a freaking snake and that you completely understood why I had been assaulted.

[Tom]

I was shocked that you would justify

[Pat]

and celebrate this violent assault that caused

[Tom]

me so much pain in my family.

[Vinny]

So much pain. I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the

[Tom]

right person to lead an agency that

[Vinny]

has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.

[Rob]

Being confronted by your constituents does he respond. Rob, there is a.

[Vinny]

Senator Mullen, your constituents.

[Pat]

Is there a response there, Rob, or no?

[Rob]

Right here.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Tom]

Chairman made calling me a liar. Sir, I think there's. Everybody in this room knows that I'm very blunt and direct to the point. And if I have something to say, I'll say it directly to your face. If you recall, back in your. Back in my House days, we actually did have this conversation because the remarks

[Pat]

that I made, you were in a room.

[Tom]

I simply addressed that. I said I could understand because of the behavior you were having, that I could understand why your neighbor, why the neighbor did what he did. As far as my terms as a snake in the grass, sir, I work around this room to try to fix problems. I've worked with many people in this room. Seems like you fight Republicans more than you work with us. I did address those remarks. I did explain your gimmicks by the amendment you put forth. And as far as me saying that I invoke violence, I don't. I don't think anybody should be hit by surprise. I don't like that. But if I do have something to say, everybody in this room knows I'll come straight to you. I'll say it publicly and I'll say it privately, but I'll never say it behind your back. So for you to say I'm a liar, sir, that's not accurate. And I got proof to say that because you have spent millions of dollars in my campaigns against me because we just don't get along. However, sir, that doesn't keep me at

[Vinny]

all from doing my job.

[Tom]

I can have difference opinions with everybody

[Vinny]

in this room, but it's pause.

[Pat]

Listen, I like both of them. It sounds funny. I really. I think there is a place for Rand Paul because he kind of gives the story that you don't think about sometimes. But I also like, you know, Mark Wayne. I do. I think he's tough as well. But there's also another clip, Rob, where he gets emotional talking about the President. I think you have that as well. He tells the story where he gets emotional and go for it. This episode is brought to you by indeed.

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[Tom]

It's not about President Trump, it's about my son. So my son was a really world class athlete. And January 17th of 2020, which mind

[Vinny]

you, was an election year, he had

[Tom]

a really serious brain injury, woke up 26 hours later and he's a different kid. We almost lost him for 26 hours. He had extremely low pulse. There was a time that they thought that they lost his pulse altogether. And when he woke up, he was just different. I mean, here he had a world class athlete that wrestled all over the world since he was 12 years old. And he couldn't touch his nose, he

[Vinny]

couldn't walk without shuffling his feet.

[Tom]

He had short term memory loss, he couldn't control his muscles, couldn't add five plus three.

[Vinny]

He was in high school at that time, had to learn how to read, walk, everything.

[Tom]

And the President found out about it and he gave me a call immediately. And one thing that the President joked about was he said, he said, let me get this straight.

[Vinny]

He doesn't know who you and Christie

[Tom]

are, but he knew who I was. Because the only question you got right

[Vinny]

is who the President was.

[Tom]

And he said trump with his cocky

[Vinny]

grin on his face.

[Tom]

But the President didn't understand the severity

[Vinny]

of it, but he heard it in my voice. And immediately he went to work. I told him we had to get

[Tom]

to Bakersfield, California, to the center for Neuroskills, which is one of the best neural rehabilitation places in the world. And the President offered us in his plane, his personal plane, this President, United States. And I said, sir, we can't fly, we got to drive. We get there. And he called almost every day for

[Vinny]

two weeks checking on Jim.

[Tom]

And then he says, I'm going to come see him. And now this is the middle of the election. This is Bakersfield, California, really not an

[Vinny]

area he's got to go campaign.

[Tom]

He took the time to come up there and see Jim. And the center told us that the short term memory loss would, something would trigger it, some big event would eventually trigger where he'd start retaining stuff.

[Vinny]

Until then he was still having issues.

[Tom]

And the President arrived and of course

[Vinny]

there was cameras and everybody around and

[Tom]

of Course, none of the media ever talked about it, which is funny because the president called him on stage and

[Vinny]

talked to him, and then we went.

[Pat]

If you want to watch the rest of it, it's a very emotional story, he says about this. These are the stories you don't hear about with the president, what he does behind closed doors. Anyways, he's being challenged. The.

[Rob]

The.

[Pat]

You know, the Sean o', Brien, president of Teamster, sitting right behind him. Vinny, how do you think this is going to end up?

[Vinny]

I. I think it's going to go through. I mean, you could see how the. The Democratic Party was losing their minds. They're like, you know, are you gonna. And because at the end of the day, the reason the DHS and everything is shut down, Pat, and the Democrats are losing their minds, it's the illegals. Let's not forget this whole thing. He's the Department of Homeland Security. We were flooded with 20 million illegals. And the main thing, besides the sex trafficking and all that stuff, which I believe in my heart of hearts, and Alejandro Mayorkas was at the helm. It's all on him, okay? He knows exactly what the hell he was doing. Not Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas and all those rats. It's illegals. All the airports. Everybody's out there right now listening to this at an airport. And there's a long line, like in Atlanta or LAX or anywhere. It's because Democrats are fighting for illegals to be able to vote in the elections. Full stop. Don't lie to yourself. Don't let Hakeem Jeffries or anybody try to blow smoke. That is it, ladies and gentlemen. And one thing I'm a little upset about, Pat, they got rid of the other guy. This person is coming in. I hope it doesn't stop. Because if everybody's noticed because Minnesota was fighting back and telling them, go fight the Gestapo and fight Hitler, and two people lost their lives. Everything has slowed down. This mass deportation has slowed down, okay? And I'm sorry. I voted for the people that do not belong here to leave so that the people that do belong here get all the money, get all the support and everything that they need and all the safety, and no more of our freaking young girls across this country get raped and freaking taking advantage of all the negative stuff that's happening, okay? I hope he comes in and does his job and doesn't fall for the freaking left rhetoric of all you guys are Gestapo. All these people are good. No, no. The rules are the rules. You have to leave if you're Freaking here illegally, and that's it. I just hope that because he seems like a tough guy, but the last tough guy that was here got booted, period.

[Tom]

I think it comes down to how I see there the human side of him, and I just wish we could see the human side of each other more often. And he was there, I think, being very, very honest about his experience with Trump. So seeing the man that people want to paint as this perpetual villain, you know, what he was doing for that family and giving him encouragement to a colleague is tremendous. Now for the position he is interviewing for, and he's going through congressional hearings. You know, there's this big game in Washington, and the big game is you said these words, and we peel context away and we just say, you said these words on this date. Wait a minute. Were we yelling at each other? And we were both on CNN and there was a moderator where we're yelling at each other on a podcast where we. Were we on Fox. Where were these words saying, what's the context? The game is strip away the context and accuse you of saying those words. And that is a little bit of what's going on there. And by the way, I respect both guys. I respect Rand Paul, I respect Mark Wayne Mullen. But I look at it and I'm like, guys, you're just playing this game for the committee. Do I think we need strong leadership for the border? Yes, I do. But how we were doing it previously had some serious problems. I wanted like everybody else. Think about it, Vinnie. Do you know how many. You know what the most easiest place to find the illegal aliens are in the United States? County jails. Counties all over the United States have got people that have committed crimes that are there. Why doesn't DHS just say, hey, you know what? I'm gonna help all the county jails with their budgets. If you're holding an illegal alien, we will take custody of him. We'll look at what he did, and guess what? He's going back to wherever he came from. Yeah, you do it that way, and it's a whole different visibility. Now you're out there saying, hey, the people that immigrated illegally that were doing something wrong, we're gonna get them out. Now you're doing that, and you're gonna have the support of communities. And how we did it was a major issue. And I don't need another guy with a flamethrower. I need someone to methodically handle the problem and move the people out. But I like this guy's tenacity, and I like his leadership.

[Vinny]

Well, let me ask you a question though, Tommy. I, I thought that they were trying to do it, but Gavin Newsom and the.

[Tom]

Oh, they were blocked.

[Vinny]

No, they were, but they also had their own techniques. No, no, I understand that. But Tom, if for instance, I think he's competent, Mark Mullen to the job 1000%, is he going to be allowed to do the job? And the view of how they did it, Tom, you have to admit, when the media, all of them, all in unison, are saying, you guys, look at what they're doing. They're hitting them and they're provoking people. Tom, it was a call to action. Who was the, who was Minnesota's governor Tim Walls. Tim Walls, Ilhan Omar. And the whole Democratic Party was saying, go get in their faces, Tom. And they wanted this, this optic. They wanted them, they, I think they wanted these people to get killed. They, they were waiting for that moment.

[Tom]

They talked about. They wanted a new George Floyd, wanted a martyr. They, they wanted that, that woman's fault, that woman that tried to run down the officers in her car. They want those martyrs because they need those Mars.

[Pat]

Because when you don't have power, and

[Vinny]

you're right, Dominic, and I'm sorry to cut you off, whose fault is that? It's not Homeland. It wasn't Kristi Noem's fault. Kristi Noem was given a directive, an objective go. You said, you're gonna kick these people out, go do it. That's one of the worst jobs. Because the other. Alejandro Mayorkas opened the door and said, come on in and sat there in Congress and goes, the border is closed. Lying to the American public. And he got pardoned. And meaning what did he get, Pat? Did he get pardon or preemptive pardon? He's untouchable right now. Okay, so I understand what you're talking about. But when you're not allowed to do the job and then you have the

[Pat]

media going, you're saying, you're saying Thomas saying that or.

[Vinny]

No, Tom was saying it looked really bad. But whose fault was that? Cnn. And everybody was saying that they were hypocrisy.

[Tom]

I'm not walking back what I said. There were parts of it that looked really bad. There were other parts of it that it was completely contrived resistance with pre printed signs fully paid for and organized to walk down the street and interfere with federal officers doing their job.

[Vinny]

I agree.

[Tom]

But there were also things when that was going on. It's like, wait a minute, can be smarter about this. We're being entrapped Here by paid protesters. Can we be a little bit smarter how we engage them in what we do here? This is going to be used to create public sympathy. You know, it was going to be used when you walk into a field of workers picking strawberries and you just pick them up, right? That. That's going to get carried and look like something at the same time. My point was just a simple suggestion. What about all the illegals that were in county jails? What if you had taken them off? What support would you have gotten from sheriff, from police, from citizens?

[Pat]

Very good point right there. Adam, where you at?

[Rob]

Well, I'm just gonna take a step back here. And to me, this comes down to something very simple. This is MAGA versus libertarians. And people like to throw that. That libertarian word. I'm a libertarian. Do you even know what that means? And I've done some research on this. First and foremost, this is a personal issue. They know each other. You know, you, you said, you made fun of me. You said it was okay. Hey, buddy. Actually, I did. Like there was some personal beef going on right there. Beyond that, to me, Mark Wayne Mullen is like a kind of like a badass dude. He'll fight somebody, then go grab a beer with you. That's why he's got Sean o' Brien sitting behind him. Isn't the guy that was like, you want to step outside, buddy? Remember that clip? Want to go fight outside, buddy? Give me a joke. And then you have sort of like a professor type, doctor type who's sort of ideologically pure. And this comes down to what I would call MAGA versus the libertarianism. Libertarian has. They have a strong ideology, but they're like, weak in reality. Who are the big libertarians? You got Dr. Ron Paul, you got Rand Paul, you got Thomas Massey, you got Justin Amash. There's not a big libertarian movement. Obviously you ended Joe Jorgensen's career. Then you had whatever the other lady was that was running. She did it to herself. To me, these are people who have this ideological purity, but then reality smacks them smack dag in the face and they go, have a seat, buddy. People who are actually going to get stuff done are actually going to take over here. So to me, maga, you know, that you can go, you can argue the size and the role of government. You know, MAGA stands for peace through strength. The one thing I've learned about libertarians is they're just like, stay out of everything. Stay out of everything. They want no conflict. They want no issues. They want no war. Here's the problem with that. Rand Paul and libertarians. Sometimes war wants you. Sometimes there's people that say, death to America. Sometimes there's people that are going to come across our border and try to rape and pillage and kill our citizens. By the way, libertarians are radically open border. So that's the crux of this issue. This is for dhs, is this not. This guy's becoming the border czar, essentially above Thomas Omen, replacing. What's her name again? Christy Noem. That's his role. So the libertarians have been radically. Correct me if I'm wrong. Open border advocates where this guy's like, nope, shut it down. So at the end of the day, it's this ideologically, libertarians have all these great ideas. In reality, ain't none of these people getting elected for the highest office in the land. None of them.

[Pat]

Yeah. And so I. We're going to see. We're going to see what's going to happen. I think he's going to get his job. What I want to know is, if you pause it right there, who is the girl on the back left sitting behind? Sean o', Brien, the blonde. Ma', am, if you are single folks, if you know, if she's single, she has to be. I have an Assyrian friend named Vincent Oshana who is very funny. She's looking at me very healthy. And again, that could very easily be someone's wife. If it is, forget about it. But if she's single, can you please man. Vinny and. And make that introduction if you want to manect Vinny right there. And I think the only request I have is while I'm doing this, just please make sure she is, you know, because, you know, there are a lot of stuff that's happened in market right now where men are afraid of dating girls. A lot of things. Guys are afraid. Like, there's a lot of men in America last time that were having nightmares. True story. Guys went to sleep yesterday. I don't know if you guys saw what happened or not. Friends were texting me middle of the night saying, can you please call me? I just want to comfort me. I'm like, not every girl is like this girl from the Bachelorette. No, Pat, please. What if I marry somebody who seems sweet and all of a sudden they're like this. I don't know if you guys saw this or not. True story. This is the girl from the Bachelorette show. I. I think she, you know, who was telling me in the back, Alicia was saying she was on a Mormon show and they're a Mormon husband and wife. I don't know what this is. Is that.

[Vinny]

Is that what it was of Mormon

[Pat]

guys to all the. To all the men? And I'm being honest, guys. If you're a man above 25 who wants to get married, but you're single right now, I want you to take a break and not watch the next 60 seconds because it may encourage you to not get married. We want guys to get married. This isn't everybody, but every once in a while you land them like this. Go ahead, Rob.

[Vinny]

Yeah, yeah. Look at you. Look, look.

[Pat]

She got fired, by the way, immediately when this video went viral.

[Vinny]

Physical abuse.

[Pat]

Race the audio.

[Vinny]

Yeah. See, Taylor, this is all you do. It's the only thing you know how to do.

[Tom]

Holy.

[Pat]

Watch. Watch what she does. The kid is sitting right there. This is tmz.

[Rob]

Go. Stop.

[Pat]

It's not a bad kid.

[Tom]

Dude, leave me alone.

[Pat]

Oh, my God.

[Vinny]

Kids on the couch. The kids on the couch. Your daughter is right here. Are you ready?

[Tom]

No.

[Vinny]

Another. Listen, listen. She hit the kid in the head. Yeah. What is going.

[Pat]

So here's a question. Outside of just getting fired from abc, what else?

[Rob]

A picture of her.

[Pat]

Yeah, that's the girl to the right. Go right there. That's the girl to the right.

[Vinny]

She got them crazy eyes. Oh, the Book of More Men.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Vinny]

Jeez.

[Rob]

Gosh, I did not expect this from a reality TV star. You know, I just. I didn't see this one coming.

[Pat]

How do you process this, Vinnie?

[Vinny]

I mean, it's like.

[Pat]

Does it scare you a little bit?

[Vinny]

Oh, 1,000%. But just. Just look at, like. Look at the photo on the right. It's so, like images and what people portray on social media or like you said, Adam, sometimes. I guarantee she wasn't like this on the show, but behind closed doors. And I'm so happy that he had the. Know how to take out your phone and record the craziness. Because guess what? If the cop showed up and he hadn't had that, she would have said, he hit me and he's crazy.

[Pat]

Let me see this. What does it say? Secret lives are Mormon wives. So it's not more men. It's more men. More men, not more men.

[Vinny]

Well, the secret life of Mormon.

[Pat]

Tell me, because I don't. Obviously, I don't watch a show stars reportedly under investigation for domestic violence. Utah alleged both sides of the incident. It's unclear if the polices are investigating the incident or separate one. Paul is set to star in the season 22 of Bachelorette, who reportedly starts in three days. They just fired her.

[Vinny]

They just fired her. And think about that. That poor. The kid that you guys heard crying, the daughter, Taylor. That. That. And I know this from experience. That image, that fight, that moment will never disappear out of that kid's head. Mommy screaming, fighting, yelling, throwing a chair and cracking me in the head like she needs help. She needs. She needs some. Well, wow.

[Tom]

In a world of Hollywood talent, whether it can be maladjusted, high maintenance, you know, under the influence, all these things say what you have, all sorts of stories float around about talent. That's how TMZ stays in business. Somebody melts down like this and goes bonkers. I am so surprised. Yes, but you know what this is. This is. This is disgusting. This is domestic violence. I'm going to call it what it is. And you have a child sitting there. First of all, you don't fight in front of your kids. You fight quietly. Second of all, you don't get physical at any time in a marriage. And then third, you don't pick up a weapon. She picked up a chair as a weapon. Whether it's a chair, a dish, it doesn't matter what it is. This is, for me, this is three strikes. And I cannot believe what you did. And you know what else in this. That child's going to grow up with the perpetuity of the Internet. And someday somebody's going to say to it, hey, wait a minute. Wasn't that your mom? I found this old video and I saw your mom do this. And now the kid has to answer for that. That is unfair to the kid, by the way.

[Pat]

So can you pull up her criminal record? If she has a record or not? 31 year old. Let's see. Go to chat and just ask. What's the record like? Is. Is there a pattern?

[Tom]

It didn't look like she's smiling with her eyes.

[Pat]

Is there a pattern? What is Taylor Reinke's criminal record?

[Rob]

Okay, those eyes.

[Pat]

2023 arrest, main incident. She was arrested in February 2023 after a domestic incident with then her then boyfriend. Assault, criminal mischief, domestic violence in the presence of a child. Report say she allegedly threw objects, including a chair, and a child was present and possibly injured.

[Vinny]

Allegedly.

[Pat]

What happened? Legally? Prosecutors later pursued felony aggravated charges. She entered a plea, pleaded guilty to aggravated assaults, other charges maybe she completed. And then outcomes and current status. She was placed on probation after around three years with conditions like no alcohol, drugs, no further legal violations.

[Vinny]

Whoops.

[Pat]

And then the new one.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Pat]

There's an open domestic assault investigation involving her and her same partner. No confirmed conviction from the. Yes you plead. I mean, so the question becomes patterns. Do you date somebody? See these patterns, Tom? Like, do you think right now, if you're watching this, can you see these patterns while you're in your courting her, while you're dating her?

[Vinny]

I think sometimes they cover her.

[Tom]

Absolutely. This is why it's so important to meet the family. This is why it's so important to meet friends. This is why it's important to see a future spouse in multiple contexts. They're on good behavior with you. When you're going to dinner or going to a movie. They're on good behavior.

[Pat]

So you're saying start a fight to find out if they have it.

[Vinny]

Look at. Your hair is really frizzy today.

[Pat]

Like, really? Yeah.

[Vinny]

Yeah. But I do believe I like your hair.

[Tom]

It's like the fifth most nicest haircut I've seen on a woman today. I mean, something like that to kind of break down.

[Vinny]

But I do believe when you go into this reality tv, it's an all.

[Pat]

You're.

[Vinny]

You're. You're not. That's not who you're seeing. You're seeing the person that she wants the world to see, and vice versa. Guys do it too. And it's. You're on a reality show and you're trying to, you know, look good and proper and whatever, but behind closed doors, sometimes this just happens. I don't know. You don't see this coming all the time.

[Pat]

Yeah. To me, listen, it's so easy to judge when you see somebody like this, you're like, oh, everybody else, we walk on. You know, we're so perfect. And all this other stuff. The part like, obviously throwing chairs. Crazy. But when it gets to the kid.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Pat]

And you're doing that, that's bad. Fights are gonna happen. Like, just earlier today. I don't want. I don't know if you guys are comfortable me saying this. Adam and Vinnie got into a big cat fight.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Jake have to break apart. Humberto decided to get involved. And Rob says, this is great content.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Pat]

He grabs the camera, starts recording. And Tom, in the middle of it for seven minutes, he's still talking about why that $200 billion budget that hexed is asking for is not enough.

[Tom]

Well, it's a war budget, and there was a fight going.

[Pat]

You made a very good point. And the fact that in the middle of it, you were able to stay so locked into the story was so impressive. And Dan is just standing there making sure everybody is protected.

[Tom]

We should Film this.

[Pat]

Yeah, so protect it.

[Rob]

I'm sorry about that, man.

[Pat]

Yeah, but look, you guys handled it.

[Vinny]

Yeah, well, it was.

[Pat]

Because this is out of control. This is out of control. Adam, I'll come to you last.

[Rob]

There's so much going on here. I mean, look, if it comes. If you're looking for dating advice, I'll tell you this. The number one thing you do not want from a woman is a drama queen. Because life is tough as a man. I mean, we got to wake up and work every single day. We're fighting the demons, we're fighting the dragons. We're getting out there. We're dealing with threats. I mean, we got Dan out here. We got our people around here. We know. And then you're going to go home and have more drama. Save that for your mama. You know, this kind of puts a little damper into the believe all women narrative. You know, we can believe women, but not all women. We can believe most people, but not all people. Also, you know, you've talked about this before. Police got body cams. If you're in a situation with a lady that you don't know that well or maybe you know a little too well, you might need a little one of these things, being like, hey, here's what's going on, and thank God he has that. You brought that up. If you didn't have that back, that. That body cam or camera filming, who knows what would happen here. Last thing I'll tell you is this. Everything's on the Internet these days. Everything. Backgrounds, social life, previous relationships. Don't rush into anything. And do your reconnaissance before you end up getting your ass whooped by this girl.

[Pat]

Yeah, so in other words, like, wait till you're 70 to get married because. Don't do. Don't.

[Vinny]

Because then her right hook is really slow.

[Tom]

Don't be careful when you film yourself in relationships.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Rob]

What was that?

[Vinny]

Tom.

[Pat]

But. Bob.

[Rob]

Rob.

[Tom]

Rob Lowe. Dating tips. What a coincidence. You want to be an actress? I have a movie camera.

[Pat]

Okay, all right, all right. But by the way, honestly, like, today. Today, to be a bachelor and to have money and to have fame, to go dating, you have to have so many different things to protect you. Can you imagine what it's like right now? Like, you have to, say, say into the camera that you're open to the idea of what we're about to do right now. When we go into my bedroom, let them know you're safe. And I'm showing the door is open if you want to leave. You're choosing to stay here. Yes. Yes or no? Yes. And please sign this agreement that you're about if you're a tier one celebrity.

[Rob]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat]

You have to do that.

[Rob]

Nowadays they make women sign NDAs before they can show up in the house.

[Pat]

If you're a tier one celebrity and you're single, I'd have the lawyer standing right next to me. I'd be like, hey, move your hand there.

[Rob]

That's right. Can you imagine the case dismissed?

[Pat]

She said, yeah, you know, anyways, I'll pause. Right.

[Tom]

Liability waiver is pre printed on the back.

[Pat]

Lawyer. And he's like, your honor, I was right there. I was present. Matter of fact, I have the videos.

[Rob]

Objection, your honor. He never said that I was there.

[Pat]

Oh, my God. You know, because what happens? And there's a Johnny Depp. Yeah, the Johnny Depp situation with Amber Heard who put on the bed. He says, you, you know, do you remember a time where you drank a pint of wine? A pint. Remember that one scene?

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Have you seen this?

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Vinny]

He was like, just pull it up

[Pat]

like this video calls for Johnny Depp clip. He needs a shout out. Where is Johnny Depp? Johnny Depp is counting as 300.

[Rob]

Not believing all women.

[Pat]

Johnny Depp. Just type in wine pint. Just type in. No, no. It's too many words. So one year. Just erase the other stuff.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Pat]

It should come up with the court. Probably go a little bit lower, man. Come on. It's such a great clip in court. He's in court. Put court, Rob. Put court. My apologies. Court room. Court is such a great scene in court where it's like, so a pint.

[Rob]

Why don't you do a little Johnny

[Pat]

Depp impression, by the way? Hey.

[Rob]

British accent.

[Pat]

Hey, Disney. Disney, Disney. If you want to bring back any kind of favor with the people, pay Johnny 2, $300 million to bring the guy a megapint. That's the one. Okay. Bring him back. Disney needs to give this man $300 million to bring that show. What is it called?

[Rob]

Pirates of the Caribbean.

[Pat]

Bring it back. Go ahead.

[Rob]

And you may have been.

[Pat]

We play this.

[Rob]

You may have been. May have been drunk in that video. Correct.

[Pat]

There's a possibility of that.

[Rob]

You poured yourself a.

[Tom]

A mega pint of red wine.

[Pat]

Mega pint.

[Rob]

Correct.

[Vinny]

A mega pint.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Pat]

I poured myself a large glass of wine.

[Tom]

Right.

[Vinny]

I thought it necessary. I felt it necessary.

[Rob]

I melted it.

[Vinny]

I'm with you, Johnny.

[Pat]

I felt it necessary.

[Vinny]

I'm with you, Johnny.

[Rob]

I felt it necessary. What's up with Johnny Depp?

[Pat]

Right now.

[Rob]

Seriously?

[Vinny]

Well, Pat, just really fast, you.

[Pat]

Yeah, I'm gonna say. I'm gonna get into that.

[Vinny]

Sorry, that was. It was a Syrian.

[Rob]

What was the last word you just said right there?

[Pat]

No, but listen, you know. You know, there's only been one man who built the hospital he was born in, and he just died right now. Oh, no. Chuck Norris has passed away.

[Tom]

Oh, man.

[Vinny]

You know, he literally just did, you know that he counted. You know, he counted to infinity.

[Pat]

Twice.

[Vinny]

Twice, yeah.

[Pat]

So impressive, you know, do you know some are even saying allegedly he's going to show up to his own funeral?

[Rob]

That's true. I also heard that Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer. But too bad he's never cried.

[Vinny]

You know, that he threw it once through a grenade and killed 50 people and then it exploded,

[Rob]

man, he was our white Bruce Lee. Chuck Norris.

[Pat]

He was May. He rescued me.

[Vinny]

You know, Death. Death once had a near. Chuck Norris.

[Rob]

Yeah, I remember that.

[Vinny]

By the way.

[Pat]

There's so many of those you can say and like, you know, you know who enjoys the Chuck Norris lines? Tico. Tico will sit and read every single one of them and just laugh. Anyways, may he rest in peace.

[Vinny]

How old was Chuck Norris?

[Pat]

86, I believe. 80. 86 years old.

[Rob]

Hey, man. Salute to Chuck Norris. Love that guy. Big time.

[Pat]

Was born in American Oklahoma, but he died in Kauai, Hawaii. May the man, the star of Walker, Texas Ranger. Oh, yeah. Rest in peace. Okay. Legend. It's so funny because I just saw videos of him two days ago. I saw videos. I'm like, oh, wow. He's. He's active. He's doing stuff. Anyways, real name Carlos.

[Vinny]

Yes, his real name was Carlos Ray.

[Pat]

All right, let's go to the next story. Next story I want to go to. Chuck Norris is New York. New York Governor Hoko.

[Vinny]

Hmm.

[Pat]

Is now begging New Yorkers to go beg Republicans or other billionaires and millionaires that left New York to beg them to come back. And she forgot what she said in the campaign trail in 2022. So watch this clip, folks, and just enjoy it. Go ahead.

[Tom]

And we're here to say that the

[Vinny]

era of Trump and Zeldin and Moenaro, just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong.

[Tom]

Okay? Get out of town.

[Vinny]

Get out of town, because you don't. You don't represent our values. You are not New Yorkers.

[Tom]

But maybe the first step should be

[Vinny]

go down to Palm beach and see who you can bring back home because our tax base has been eroded.

[Pat]

Eroded.

[Vinny]

I feel soft we don't have a problem. It is like I have to look

[Pat]

at the fact that we are in

[Vinny]

competition with other states who have less of a tax burden on their corporations and their individuals. And I would say remote work changed everything.

[Pat]

There are people who could only work

[Tom]

in an office in Manhattan or work

[Vinny]

in New York state and they were

[Tom]

captives to our state.

[Vinny]

They were going to stay. We saw that that's not the case. I mean, you know, Wall street businesses looking at Texas, they're not going there because they have a nicer governor. I know that for sure.

[Tom]

But they're going there because of the tax rate.

[Vinny]

We have to be smart about this.

[Pat]

Do you understand the logic behind this? Like, hey, they're not going to Texas because they have a better governor. They're going there because they have lower taxes. Meaning I'm a better governor than their governor, but we have higher taxes. But this is New York. Be a New Yorker and pay the high taxes. And FYI, this whole exodus that they said was not going to happen, do you know what is a validation that they're eroding and people are leaving. Guess who knows about the data of people leaving in New York more than anybody else? What job you think it is? It's Hochul. And guess what Hochul just said. New Yorkers that are tax basis, the revenue is what. What's the word she said? Eroded. For some people that are part of the story, that have an accent and English is their fifth language. Can we go look up what erode is? Erode is what gradually wear away, gradually worn away by natural agents. Look at the third translation, the best one. Gradually destroyed.

[Vinny]

Wow.

[Pat]

Gradually destroyed. That's what's going on to New York under Mayor Mamdani, under Governor Hochul. And Mamdani wants to raise the taxes on estate, planning, on wealth, death tax from 16% to 50%. From 7.1 million down to 750,000. So he even thinks those of you guys that live in New York, that you're worth $750,000. You're worth too much money. You know what $750,000 is worth in New York City? Not a lot of money. If you live in New York City, that's not a lot of money. And that's what they want to do. Can you imagine this concept? Tom, I can't understand this. Where are you at with this? When you saw Hopeful saying this, it gets better, please.

[Tom]

So New York has a budget problem and New York can't afford the welfare that it's going to owe. So to do that. They are flirting with a $30 minimum wage. If we just make the minimum wage $30 PAT, then some of these people won't be on welfare. They could just work at McDonald's. But then there was all these business owners that came out and said, if you do that, I don't have a business. I can't, I can't do it. So it is basically, you know, what if Microsoft could somehow how to figure out how to break into the New York market and sell Excel? I think think this would work. Maybe some Excel classes, simple spreadsheets because New York doesn't get the joke. They have chased out the tax base. There is no money tree in the backyard, just printing money that's over at the Fed. That's in Washington D.C. not New York. And they're going to do this. This is a, it's a, it's like you're in a two sided clamp, right? You're in the garbage pit in Star Wars. Only R2D2 isn't going to find the combination and make the compressor stop, by the way. You know what else has happened? Just yesterday Massachusetts announced that it had a critical deficit situation for the last two years because Massachusetts enacted a heavy asset tax. And over the last two years it has shown up and it's right now showing up in Massachusetts. And they signed the, they sounded the alarm and yesterday, Massachusetts.

[Pat]

And while you're saying this, here's the councilman of New York saying we got to raise minimum wage from 17 to 30.

[Tom]

There you go.

[Pat]

Just watch this beautiful logic.

[Rob]

Million New York city workers earning 17 per hour.

[Vinny]

A full time worker making 17 per hour brings home after taxes about $2,000 a month. 30 bucks an hour is something council

[Pat]

member Sandy Nurse says people can't afford to wait for.

[Tom]

The wages are too damn low and

[Vinny]

the cost of living is too damn

[Pat]

high under the current 17 an hour minimum wage.

[Vinny]

Some New Yorkers like Joelle, an Amazon worker, have had to make tough choices. Then I had to choose each month

[Rob]

if I was gonna do groceries or

[Vinny]

pay bills, if I was gonna pay my phone or my Internet. Internet nurses legislation would see a gradual

[Pat]

increase to 30 an hour by 2030.

[Vinny]

A spokesperson for the mayor says they will review it. We know we're gonna have to help everyday New Yorkers who keep this city moving.

[Rob]

And so yes, we need to tax the rich.

[Pat]

He's like that one guy that thinks he has to scream the minimum wage to 30.

[Vinny]

Macrozenberg 1010 wins on 19.

[Pat]

There you go folks. 17 to 30 bucks an hour, minimum wage.

[Tom]

At the.

[Pat]

At the same time, Hokul is saying, please go, go ask him to come back, because we need them. And there's some millionaires that are okay with paying the taxes, but let's go get some of those guys. 123 billionaires live in New York City. Watch what's going to happen with that number. FYI, this exodus hasn't even started yet. This exodus hasn't even started yet. This is just getting. This mass exodus of New York is about to get started. Guy said to me, says, you know, we don't want these guys to come to Florida because we know what's going to happen when they come to Florida. They're all going to end up voting for blue, and they're going to turn Florida into New York. And all this is what everybody keeps saying, right? But for decades, New Yorkers have been moving to Florida. It's not like it's a new thing, this next wave of people that are going to come. It's the people New York doesn't want to lose. It's the people that have the money. It's the people that can say, you know what, babe, I'm done. We were planning on moving to Florida in five years. We got to do it now. We were planning on moving to Florida in 10 years. We got to do it now. Wait, wait, folks, wait. Adam, your thoughts.

[Rob]

To me, this comes down to the difference between socialism and capitalism. So, you know, who's the famous New Yorker speaking of New York that once said that you campaign in poetry, but you govern in prosecution? I think that was Mario Cuomo, our friend Chris Cuomo's dad. So when Kathy Hochul is out, we don't need you. Trump, get out of here. Go back down to Palm Beach.

[Pat]

Right?

[Rob]

That sounds great. On the comp campaign trail, Kathy, right? Where you're just doing bluster and rhetoric, as some say, and you're, you're giving feelings and inspirational rhetoric, Rhetoric.

[Vinny]

Sorry about that, sir.

[Rob]

English slogans.

[Pat]

Alienation of herself.

[Rob]

But slogans don't pay the bills, as we know. So when it's time to govern, like what she's doing now, she has what is known as a little bit of a math problem. So we got a budget of 5 billion and we're short 1 billion. Why do we kick out all the billionaires? She's got a math problem. Because when you're governing, it's not so much about slogans anymore. It's about budgets, it's about data, it's about money. And this is the difference between capitalism and socialism. Socialism is going to give you all these promises. Capitalism is going to say, yeah, we don't have the money for that last point. I remember when I was first started my show on doing men on the street stuff, I went down to downtown Miami. There was a fight for 15 thing going on. It was all these low skilled workers that, you know, worked at remedial jobs and they were fighting for 15. And I don't know if that's passed in Florida yet, but it's certainly passed. I think the fight for 20 in California, now they're fighting for 30 in New York. Do you know what $30,000, if that's what minimum wage is. Sorry, $30 an hour. Minimum wage. You know what that is a year? $60,000. $60,000 for what? So I remember when I was doing these interviews and they're all nice people, mostly immigrants, barely speak English, working $8 jobs, $12 jobs. I said, I started asking questions like, well, I know you want more money, but what are you doing to improve your skills? You barely speak English. Are you learning English? Are you working harder? Hey, I, I work at two jobs. I work at two jobs. That's great. Respect. Welcome to America. But are you, are you learning? Are you contributing? Are you doing anything to help yourself or society? Or you're just looking for jobs and more money? And that's the, the premise here is that these people want more money and they're leaving a lot of times socialist communist hellholes to come to America to basically say, give us more money. So capitalism is the way socialism is all lies.

[Vinny]

Well, I mean, I, I, you know that saying when people say, I hate to say I told you so, I don't how much I'm a tell. I absolutely love saying we told you so on this show. We have said it on this podcast. I can't even how many times when the moment this started, the moment they were even hinting at Mamdani, we said what he was gonna do. We know what's happening with all the taxes, with all the, Remember the congestion tax that she tried to do. And I think, was it Adams, Rob, they tried. I don't know if it came back or not, but it's like it's. And then all the useful idiots, all the people on all the podcasts, all the comedians going, no, we'll pay the extra this and we'll pay the extra that. Everybody's gone. And all the people that left, I think they took a line out of that song, Adam, that really good song by that band NSYNC from the year 2000. And it said, yeah, it says. Don't really want to make it tough I just want to tell you that I had enough Might sound crazy but it ain't no lie, baby. Bye, bye, bye everybody. Never heard of it, but they're all leaving. I even know family tonight at 7pm

[Pat]

they're performing at 50.

[Vinny]

They're in the living room. But I know I will not be with them. I have personal friends and I have family that are. Are considering leaving New York because of how bad this place has gotten. And it's the saddest thing, because New York was the best, bro. New York was the freaking. Everybody wanted to go. I just talked to somebody the other day that was like, yeah, I went there. Just. I was there for a day and I changed my flight to Lee's the best. That's how bad it was. It was.

[Rob]

Well, who's your favorite boy band? Speaking of boy bands, they.

[Tom]

My favorite boy band.

[Rob]

We're doing a boy band. Who would you want to.

[Tom]

I. I don't. I didn't have a favorite boy.

[Pat]

Tom. Be honest.

[Tom]

Zeppelin was on Crisscross,

[Vinny]

Crisscross. Leonard Skinner.

[Pat]

The bus. You don't know. I missed the bus.

[Rob]

And it was something that I would never, never, ever do again.

[Pat]

Missed the bus. No, Tom's more like a. I can see it. Like a little bit, maybe.

[Rob]

No, Tom's more like a cat's in the cradle in the silver spoon. Tom.

[Vinny]

Love the rush.

[Rob]

That's more Tom. Anyway, great in sync reference. More of a Backstreet Boy guy.

[Tom]

But to your. But to your bigger point, right?

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Tom]

You know, I know a certain relative of yours. She can come live right next door to me if she meet. Brings that recipe here. Bozouki.

[Vinny]

Okay. Did he say but it's Nazuki. I know. I'm Middle Eastern time.

[Tom]

Bring the recipe for.

[Pat]

Great.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Pat]

You know, talking about your mama.

[Vinny]

Yeah. My mom's coming. My mom and my sister, we've been

[Pat]

joking for a while.

[Rob]

Okay, good.

[Vinny]

No.

[Pat]

Okay.

[Tom]

She makes a big bag.

[Pat]

On a serious note, we love you. If you stay with Tom when we do during the summer and you go watch one day in the morning, I go early just to see what he's blasting in the gym. Yeah. None of you guys will be able to guess what he was blasting. No. No. None of you guys will be able to say, 45 in the morning. This guy's playing Bone Thugs and Harmony. Murder. And he's doing murder.

[Vinny]

Yeah. And he's doing the.

[Pat]

And I'm like, I'm watching. He's got white feeder. I'm like, listen.

[Vinny]

Yeah.

[Pat]

And by the way, like, almost like, yeah, yeah. It was like wake Tom, you know,

[Vinny]

he does a Crip.

[Pat]

No, no, no, Tom. Tom does show off it. Oh, Thomas, remember Cholof it old school, ten years ago. Let's go. Let's go to. Let's go to gangsters. All right, let's play this clip, Rob. I mean, listen, can you imagine a reporter from Japan is asking a very serious question of your president.

[Vinny]

Oh, my Lord.

[Pat]

And out of all the answers people are sending to me saying, look what your president just said. I said, so. I'm like, no. That's a. Yeah. You're like, no, listen. You know, what are you going to say? So here's the president. Japanese reporter is asking the president a question. He's got a beautiful yellow tie on.

[Vinny]

That's the golden.

[Pat]

The prime minister of Japan is sitting there. And her facial reaction. Her reaction, Vinnie, when he gives the answer. But go ahead, play the clip.

[Rob]

Of course, no, Japan and us are very good friends.

[Vinny]

But one question. Why didn't you tell US allies in Europe and Asia, like Japan, about the war before attacking Iran? So we are very confused about we Japanese.

[Tom]

Well, one thing, you don't want to signal too much. You know, when we go in, we

[Vinny]

went in very hard and we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise.

[Tom]

Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

[Vinny]

Look at her face, right?

[Pat]

He's asking you believe in surprise.

[Vinny]

I think much more so than us.

[Pat]

No, no, wait a minute. Go back, go back. Let's watch it one more time.

[Rob]

So good.

[Pat]

Just watch her reaction. Go ahead, Rob.

[Rob]

Look at her coil back.

[Pat]

One thing you don't want to signal too much, you know, very hard.

[Vinny]

And we didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?

[Tom]

Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?

[Vinny]

Okay, right.

[Pat]

He's asking me, don't you believe in surprise?

[Vinny]

I think much more so than us.

[Tom]

And we had a surprise and we did comedians.

[Vinny]

And because of that surprise, we knocked

[Pat]

out the first two days as if

[Vinny]

that guy was alive. And he didn't call him.

[Rob]

He made himself laugh. If you want to replay that, you see, he's like, oh, I just went there, guys.

[Vinny]

He's almost 80. He doesn't give a. He doesn't care who knows better than Japan?

[Tom]

And you know what?

[Rob]

I gotcha.

[Vinny]

Gotcha.

[Tom]

This wasn't Zelensky. This is the prime minister of Japan, who is very diplomatic. She's very honorable. Look at, look at her decorum and everything in there. She's just sitting there and it's like, what is she supposed to say? I mean, if he does this with Zelensky, I get it, but, you know, this is not the diplomat.

[Vinny]

Even if I was Trump, I wouldn't have done.

[Rob]

We just, we just had a whole segment about reality tv. Trump is the reality TV president. Cameras are rolling. He'll say things that any other person could not get away with. And by the way, I want to say, I could be wrong. Fact check it. After this meeting, there's like, all right, we're, we're on your team against Iran. I think after this meeting.

[Vinny]

Yes.

[Rob]

They worked out a deal where she's like, all right, I'm on your team. So he can, like, make fun of you, poke fun at you, but then get you on to come along to his side.

[Vinny]

So funny.

[Rob]

It's, it's, it's the art of the deal.

[Tom]

And over the weekend, the reason she was here is over the weekend, she signed an energy deal.

[Pat]

Rob, do you have the one. Do you have the one with the five countries, the NATO, Germany, France, Spain. Not Spain, but yes.

[Tom]

It's a Fox News report here.

[Pat]

Okay, go for it appears to be

[Tom]

a big change of heart from Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and Japan. We put out this statement a short time ago. We expressed our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the strait. We welcome the commitment of nations who are engaging in preparatory planning.

[Pat]

Sounds like 80 president. Let it keep going. So it's just, it's just saying that, Rob, that they are now saying, and it's. Tom, how big of a deal is this?

[Tom]

This is a very big deal because what it shows is that there's oil pain around the world, and that oil pain is stretching onto fertilizer. You guys can go look it up. But the spring fertilizer is needed. And there's more than just oil out there in those fields. There's also chemicals, and chemicals are used to fertilize fields. And we're in the middle of planting season, so. Which is also European is in planting season, the whole west getting ready to plant crops that'll be coming up. And you, you can't make those go faster. So everyone is coming together right now to open up the Straits of Hormuz. Because, Pat, it's not just oil. We're also up against the clock on fertilizer for the spring seasons. We're up against the clock on natural gas for Europe, even though 60% of the national gas in Europe comes from the U.S. but it is a big deal that just days after Germany put this posture together, that was pretty heavy, right? Pretty heavy posture. They turned around the other way, and now the band is together, which is very important. And I think it shows two things, you know, whether it's Witkoff, whether it's Rubio, whether it's Trump itself. Our phone calls and diplomacy on the back end are working. And also the world is waking up to the fact that this can't be allowed to go on too far, and they're getting behind the guy who is leading and driving. I think it's a very big deal.

[Rob]

Adam, look, if you can just pull up the list of countries real quick that have signed on to this agreement.

[Pat]

Holland, France, U.K. germany, Italy, and Japan.

[Rob]

Okay. Number one, how many of these countries used to be our enemy? Germany, Italy, Japan. We've all went to war against all these guys. Now they're our ally. Obviously, we know our relationship with Britain.

[Pat]

Yep.

[Rob]

So, speaking of allies, this is what allies do. You step up. You know, we're questioning NATO right now. Hey, what are you guys doing here? What are you doing for us? You even have Mark Root, who's the commander of NATO, I want to say, basically saying in his thick European accent, if you think we can defend ourselves other America, you're dead wrong. Like, America is the number one superpower in the world, and all these countries, whether they want to or not, are going to get on board. Why? How much money do we give Japan every year? $5 billion. We also have, I think, 50,000 troops located in Japan, Germany, Same numbers, South Korea, a little bit less. 50, 000 troops. $4 billion. We're giving all these countries money. We're protecting all these countries. And what we're saying is, how about a little help back for your number one ally, huh, buddy? So if I need to bring you into the White House, into the Oval Office, make a little sneak attack, surprise, Pearl harbor joke, I'll do what I got to do, but you're going to step up and look. And lo and behold, now they're going to help in the straighten Hormuz. Here's that clip of Mark Root basically saying, yeah, yeah, we need America.

[Pat]

I will praise him, and I don't mind him publishing text messages. And if anyone thinks here again that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US Keep on dreaming. You can't. We can't. We need Each other. And why do we need each other? I tell you, first of all, because also the US needs NATO. And US is not only a NATO to prevent a mistake after the second, after the First World War, not to re. Engage with Europe. And then again, the long arm of history reaching out to the US Again in the Second World War, as Churchill famously said in his speech in 1941 in the US Congress, they are also in NATO because for the US to stay safe, and by the way, Arctic region is evidence here, they need a secure Arctic, they need to secure Euro Atlantic, and they also need a strong, secure Europe. So the US has every interest in NATO as much as Canada and the European. NATO. NATO allies.

[Rob]

So I'll. I'll give them this. We both need each other. But the question is, who needs who more?

[Pat]

It's not even a question.

[Rob]

It's not even a question. So, guys, you need us. Respectfully, we need you. We're friends, we're allies, we're partners, we're strategic partners. But don't get it twisted. Everyone's going to fall in line to America because we protect them.

[Tom]

Yeah, Remember the Finland guy at Davos?

[Pat]

Yeah, yeah. You don't know? I never said that. You just said that a few minutes ago. Yeah, but I'm gonna wrap up with California Newsom and Nick Shirley. So Nick Shirley, when he comes to your city or state, everyone shivers. So can you imagine Nick Shirley, nice guy. Okay. Mormon kid. We love him. He's phenomenal. Good family, great family. All of them working together, the state of California, Minnesota, any of these states. They look at him as if he's like a mafia boss. When he shows up, he's about to expose all of us. This is a 23 year old young man. Okay. Is this Rob him in California?

[Rob]

Yes.

[Pat]

Okay. And by the way, did you guys see what Newsom's office tweeted about Nick Shirley? Did you see that? We have to show it after this clip. And then did you see what Newsom's wife said yesterday?

[Vinny]

I didn't see what she said.

[Pat]

That we all are on the spectrum of lgbtq, like every.

[Vinny]

No, I want to see anyways.

[Pat]

You guys got to see those too, Fetterman. Yes, yes. And then Federman went after him. So we'll wrap it up with California because we love California so much. But here's Nick Shirley. Go for it.

[Vinny]

Now let's go to another one that's even more concerning as kids are left all alone. Now we're at the Jama Shukri family child care. This place Is not a shopping plaza. It's not anywhere near any place that looks like a place where daycare would be. In fact, it's actually in one of these apartments right here. So they're able to have daycares inside apartment buildings? Yes.

[Pat]

So I've come across many of these.

[Vinny]

Some of these are on third.

[Tom]

The third story of an apartment complex.

[Vinny]

It's only one bedroom, and yet the capacity is for eight kids. We just arrived to the daycare. We have two kids out here. I don't know if they're members of the daycare. There's no one. There's no oversight. Right, Right here. Can we talk to your teacher? Is your teacher there? So this is the first child we've ever encountered at one of these daycares. There's two kids out here right now. And we're gonna see if we can talk to the licensee. It is according to this paperwork. Shukri Jama. Can we talk to the adult?

[Tom]

He is not here.

[Vinny]

Not here.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Vinny]

So you guys all by yourself?

[Pat]

Wow.

[Vinny]

No one's here.

[Pat]

Wow.

[Vinny]

So you guys are all by yourself.

[Pat]

And this is one. One of many of the clips Rob. Right. That they're showing. Do you have any other ones or is that. Is that the only one?

[Rob]

Another one.

[Tom]

Regarding registered hospices in California being used to.

[Pat]

Let's see a little bit of this go forward.

[Vinny]

Are you guys the hospice consultants?

[Pat]

Yes.

[Vinny]

Oh, can we talk to you guys? Want to open my house hospice? You want to open a hospice? Yeah.

[Tom]

Okay.

[Vinny]

What. What was your name? My name's Nick, but I want to open up a hospice. I understand, but we don't take care of that. Can I get some information? Do you want a number?

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Vinny]

Or give me a flyer or something. And this is a hostage consultant.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Vinny]

All right. So they say they're open right now. They won't let us into the lobby. This is no way to conduct business. We are two entrepreneurs trying to open up our own houses. Soaked to the bone right now. We were denied service by the potential fraudsters. And as we were leaving, one of the fraudsters started to leave from the back in a 200,000mayback. Where can we open a hospice at? We'd like to open up a hospice, get a Maybach just like you. So this time I can get a Maybach by opening up my own hospice. Now, after seeing all the wealth that is being created from these hospice centers, I headed back to the original location where we found over 15 hospices in one plaza. I wanted to make sure it wasn't a fluke that Armenian mafia members were running the show and that there weren't just randomly $100,000 cars the day I went by. And this time it was even worse. Sir, how are you? Good. So what do you think about all this hospice fraud, sir? You're. You're in the cyber truck driving away, taking money from old people, yet he's just driving away in a cybertruck. Won't even answer any questions. Let's see, we have another rich person as well. It's getting rich off this hospice. This guy's leaving as well. So the two people that walked out of Holy Angels, they're in a brand new cybertruck and a new BMW. It's how lucrative a business is hospice. I'm seeing a cybertruck here in a nice BMW. It's good. Yeah, because it looks like, for instance, Guardian of Angels that used to be here. $4.8 million they build the state of California. And how many clients do you guys have? Do you have a badge? Do I need to answer your question? I'm just curious. Yeah, you must be getting paid pretty well, right? Did your parents run the hospice? No. Is that. Who's that guy in the cyber truck? He's your uncle. So it's like a family business known the hospices. But why was he walking out of the hospice then, too? Like these hospices? There's nothing inside of me. If it's not you guys, how come you're in BMW and into a cyber truck? I can only imagine what the guy just. All the other hospices. Do you like taking care of old people? Like, are you the one going out visiting the hospice patients, sir? Oh, he's going to have to do another point turn.

[Rob]

Yeah, you guys are in the way.

[Vinny]

You could just go that way. What's the key to opening up a hospice if I wanted to open up one? Because it's a. You're in the family business of hospices. If I want to open my own. What do you do for work here? What do you do for work here? Why? Oh, we're just looking around. We're seeing all these offices, so we're just curious.

[Pat]

Well, I don't know. I mean, he's good at what he does. You got to realize he's very good at what he does.

[Vinny]

Chris Cuomo doesn't think that he's a real journalist. And he's not doing it.

[Pat]

He said that today.

[Vinny]

He was on this pod. No, no. Chris Cuomo sat here and said that what he is doing is not journalism. Nothing's going to come out about it. Which is, it's baffling for me to even hear because this guy is. He's exposed. Minnesota people have gone to jail because of his investigative journalism. Actual journalism, not CNN journalism. Propaganda. Sitting in front of a camera, lying to the American people. If that isn't journalism, going out there risking his life, how easy could one of these people go up to him and punch him in his face or stab him or shoot him. And he's out there doing actual work, hundreds of millions of dollars exposed. Minnesota has already arrested people. I don't know how deep the investigations are going to go, but this is blatantly obvious. And it takes a 23 year old kid, not somebody from mainstream media, to expose it. And it drives me crazy when I hear people like him say, oh, this isn't real journalism. Then what is it? I'm curious to what? What is he doing? And why did it take a 23 year old to expose it? Just curious, Tom.

[Pat]

By the way, here's what Newsom's office had to respond with. They said, hey, can I see your kids? As if that's Nick Shirley, right? Going into the daycare now. Do me a favor, go to the tweet, Rob. So I want to show how Nick Shirley responded to that tweet. So Governor Newsom's press office, that's the real press office. You see the check mark right next to it on the political side? Okay, so go a little bit lower. Nick Shirley responds. He says, you do realize I'm trying to help America eliminate fraud and waste, right? No need to try and make me look like a bad guy for exposing fraud. People are over it. Start working for the people and not against them. 275, 000 likes for what he had to say. Nick Shirley. And guess who's doing it now. CBS is now is following his lead. CBS is now doing it in New York. They got a bunch of different things. Finally, everyone's starting to realize we got to do it. Now keep in mind, CBS is being ran by Barry Weiss. She's like, look, if this Nick Shirley model is what they're doing, why don't we stop? Why don't we start doing it? I'll go on a couple thoughts on this and then I want to show you guys what Gavin Newsom, she's sharing some wisdom with the rest of us. Go ahead.

[Rob]

Yeah, well, I'm a proud member of the Equality Leering center and Nick knows this. I'll tell you a funny story about Nick Shirley. You know we were at the State of the Union. We were lucky enough to interview a lot of the GOP congressmen and women. I'm there interviewing all the people with John Kennedy and Lisa McClain, all these names. All of a sudden, Nick Shirley walks in the room and it was if, like MJ walked in all the. I go, yo, what up, Nick? What up? Adam walks towards me. Congress people stop doing what they're doing, start walking towards Nick. And what are they saying, though? Come to my state. You got to see what's going on here. There was a. I think the lady in California, Young Kim. Not Lil Kim the rapper, Young Kim the politician. She's saying, come to California. He goes to California. So it's such a needed thing. By the way, shout out to journalists that do this. Citizen journalist, by the way, James o', Keefe, leader of the pack. I met Nick Shirley at a James o' Keefe event.

[Pat]

James o' Keefe is. Is. Is incredible.

[Rob]

Incredible.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Rob]

Also Nate Friedman in New York, respect to you.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Rob]

Going to the communist socialist Gaza rallies. But these independent citizen journalists with a. A phone, a camera and a dream are out there changing the world. This guy got Nick Shirley, got Tim Walls to resign and not run for governor. Imagine what may happen to Gavin Newsom. Imagine what happens if waste, fraud and abuse is found in all these other states. We have that video of the lady saying, come to Ohio. So I become real tight with Nick. He's a great kid. I actually took him to his first Sabbath dinner and then we went to a club and he said, I just want to see club live. This is interesting. He goes, I don't want to party. He goes, I'm a virgin. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I said, you want to go in for 10 minutes? Let's go in for 10 minutes. He knows this. He filmed the video. He saw it. He goes, okay, cool. We left. They're not going to get this kid doing anything weird or anything like that. And that's the thing that's going to happen. He's doing the right thing. He has the right agenda. And all he's doing, like he said in that tweet, I'm just trying to help find the fraud. You should be thanking me.

[Pat]

By the way, if you're watching this, Nick Shirley is on Manect and he actually gets back to people if you want him to, if you have anything you want to share. Because remember, good luck getting to him through email, Twitter, DM. He is right now. He posts something, gets 10 million views. He's got tens of thousands of DMS. But if you want to get right to Nick Shirley, you can connect him. Rob, put the link to Nick Shirley in the chat as well as the. What do you call, what do you call it? Comment section and description. But go download the admin act and find Nick Shirley and message him. This is one way of also supporting what he's doing and encourage him for the great work that he's doing out there. By the way, while this is happening, Gavin Newsom's wife comes out. She had something to say. Vinnie was specifically directed to you if you want to play the clip. This is Gavin Newsom.

[Vinny]

Okay, this is the first part.

[Pat]

This is direct message. Go ahead. Learning from same sex couples. Go ahead.

[Vinny]

There's so much to learn from same sex couples who have learned to communicate

[Tom]

and who also are like, well, look, you know, someone's got to do the

[Vinny]

care work in a same sex male couple.

[Pat]

Someone's got to do that.

[Vinny]

So I'm just gonna do it. And this is like. And not be afraid or ashamed because it's part of being human.

[Tom]

We're all on a spectrum, right?

[Vinny]

It's just how society kind of pushes us and pressures us into these limiting gender roles. But again, the folks on the far right, they're missing is just this. They're living in this silo, this evangelical conservative silo that ultimately is.

[Tom]

It's just pulling us back as a

[Vinny]

country to a time and a place where we don't deserve to be and we're not going to be.

[Pat]

Because honestly, young women and fathers of

[Vinny]

daughters are awake now and they're woke and they're not going to let us go back. And so I hope there's so much hope because of that. And obviously California has a huge responsibility to leave. There's. What the hell?

[Pat]

I'm coming to you first.

[Vinny]

What is she talking about? What the hell? I'm dead serious. I was just. Look, I was trying.

[Tom]

Tom.

[Vinny]

I couldn't even. Was she saying we have to get advice from gay couples? I. I like relationships.

[Tom]

I don't know what she was saying.

[Rob]

They.

[Tom]

They clipped it. There was three parts in there.

[Vinny]

Speaking like Rob, I'm just.

[Rob]

Let me explain it to you, Vincent.

[Vinny]

I'm being dead serious, but explain it. I. Because, by the way, I'm not gonna lie to you. As she was talking, I was just thinking about, like, Gavin Newsom and the hands, because that's where my brain goes. But nothing that she said makes sense. She's trying to say that married couples need to take Advice from gay couples about what? Relationship advice. I don't get.

[Rob]

I'll explain how I'll interpret. She's basically saying same sex couples. So two men, who's gonna raise the children, who's gonna go to work, two women, who's doing the household chores, who's paying the bills? Right. And she's saying, we're all on a spectrum.

[Tom]

We got to figure it out.

[Rob]

The thing that I felt so disgusting to me is that she used that as a, as a way to attack God fearing evangelical Christians who believe in the Bible and believe in God and Jesus. And she used that as an attack line as if they're the problem. Mrs. Newsom, those are people that believe in the Bible and believe in what a woman is and what a man is and maybe gender roles. And the gender is not just a construct. So maybe it's you that needs to revisit your gender roles with your husband and not the people that are putting God first, country first, and their family first.

[Vinny]

You're on the spectrum.

[Tom]

I'm going to leave opinion out of it. I'm going to go to stats. Young people today, the current generation and the one immediately preceding them. So from the ones that are, you know, 12 years old up to about 20 years old, the current two generations, there is more evangelical awareness and there is more turning to God and faith as a foundation for life than their parents and their grandparents. There is a resurgent and I believe it's because they are honestly looking for truth and they are looking for sanity and they are finding it. And you go take a look at the stats right now, you saw it with Turning Point USA of the percent of young people that are turning. It's not what it needs to be, but it's moving. And what it shows you is that there are audiences out there that are just looking at the wrong thing and they're getting very confused by it. And there's a lot of them out there, but there's also kids that are, that are. I'm going to use the word waking up to the truth. And, and it's our job to ensure that we help cultivate more of that because there's a lot of people looking at. And this, this as a potential first lady just scares the hell out of me.

[Vinny]

Oh, and Tom, he's in first. He's ahead of Marco Rubio and he's ahead of Vance because that's. Don't get it twisted. It's only. I don't see anybody coming out of

[Tom]

the time, but for the first time in I believe it's six presidential elections. The out. The out party, you know, the ones that's not in the White House, they do not have a candidate that's at 25% going into midterms. Gavin Newsom is the first one that is not at 25% going in the midterms. I believe it's six. Six administrations. So guess what that says the Dems aren't excited about him.

[Vinny]

Of course not. No. But. But look at how scary that is, Tom. And imagine if she comes in and he comes up because. Do you guys remember that thing that they were talking about?

[Tom]

The abortion numbers?

[Vinny]

She mushed. She kind of. She moved him out of the way, and he stayed quiet. She's in charge.

[Pat]

From my point, you're saying she may be like a bachelorette girl.

[Vinny]

She's like the bachelorette girl. I don't know how violent.

[Tom]

Two weeks ago when she jumped in

[Vinny]

front of him and I am in his media.

[Tom]

Stop picking on Gabby. Gabby's working hard. Don't pick on him.

[Vinny]

It wasn't planned. She moved him to the side, and he stayed there with his head down. And she's like, hey, you guys need to stop bothering my husband about the nonsense and how horrible he's ruined California. We're talking about murdering innocent babies. All right? And he stayed quiet with his head down. Look at this, by the way. Look at. Just stop. Rob. Look at this photo. This isn't planned. Okay? She's. That's the look of. I'm gonna speak now. Play. Look at. Look at that. Look at him. Stays quiet just for a couple seconds.

[Tom]

You were in California. Take acting lessons.

[Vinny]

Remember?

[Tom]

President. At the same time.

[Vinny]

Look at his face.

[Pat]

We have Planned Parenthood here.

[Vinny]

And women are 51% of the population. And the majority of the questions. All of these questions have really been about other issues.

[Pat]

Pause it. Right?

[Vinny]

Yeah, pause.

[Pat]

I don't.

[Vinny]

Because here's what scares me. Here's what's scary. Gavin Newsom is openly telling you he's pro illegals. He's pro sanctuary. He wants to give all them money. He want. He'll open the border. And then you have a wife that is promoting murdering innocent babies in the womb. Full stop. That's who she is. And she's telling you that you need to learn as heterosexual people how to learn from two gay men who bought babies because you have to pay for them and how you're going to raise kids.

[Rob]

Kids.

[Vinny]

That is the number one front runner of the Democratic Party. Congratulations. And here we go. I'm telling you so this is what you guys want. This is what you're going to get. Remember this?

[Pat]

Well, listen, last thing before we wrap up. We'll see what's going to happen is this. There was a video going around last week, viral, hundreds of millions of views, saying Jeffrey Epstein, seen in a car, convertible, with the hat put backwards. I don't know if you remember that.

[Vinny]

I think I saw him, actually.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Vinny]

Actual guy in the car.

[Pat]

Yeah. So that. That video that you saw with everybody. I told you he's alive. I told you he's alive. The guy that was in there. Vinnie, show the one that. Yeah, that one right there. That guy right there. The guy that was in there. Go back a little bit. No, no, don't. Show this one, Rob. Show the one I texted you. Show the one I texted you. The one that you got in your text.

[Vinny]

If I was a Democrat.

[Pat]

Yeah, right there. Show this one. Watch this.

[Rob]

Yeah.

[Pat]

Look how much light. Look how many views it got. It got 1.6 million likes. It got a million shares. Go ahead, Rob.

[Vinny]

Hey, everybody, this is Palm Beach Pete. And my video went viral because some dude randomly filmed me while I was driving on I95, unbeknownst to me. And the next thing I know, I'm a viral sensation. I had my phone down for about four hours and didn't know my phone was blowing up with all these comments from that video. So I got a lot of traction.

[Rob]

It's pretty crazy.

[Vinny]

Thanks.

[Rob]

So you're not Jeffrey Epstein?

[Vinny]

I'm not Jeffrey Jeffrey Epstein. I'm Palm Beach Pete.

[Pat]

He looks like him.

[Vinny]

Jeffrey Epstein would say, by the way, Palm beach, he's. He did all his dirty work in Florida.

[Rob]

You're telling me that's not Palm?

[Vinny]

But.

[Rob]

But he happens to be in Palm Beach.

[Vinny]

If I was him, I'd be. He happens to look exactly like Jeffrey Epps. Pay me, and I'll just hang around.

[Pat]

Democrats hanging around.

[Vinny]

Hanging around.

[Pat]

All right, well, gang, great time spending time with you guys. Remember, Remember, to the 51% of community subscribe to the channel. That's one way you can help us out if you enjoy us doing these things, these emergency podcasts. This is a whole crew team. We're about to launch our new set. We're excited about doing a new set. There's some surprises that's going to be made the next couple. Couple weeks here, but it means the world to us if you can smash that subscribe button, especially to the 51% that consume this weekly. But don't subscribe. Thank you. God bless. Have a great weekend. Take care, everybody. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.