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Adam
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Pat
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Vinny
I don't think I've ever said this.
Pat
Okay gang, it feels like we haven't done a podcast for a while, but it was Saturday when we did the emergency podcast and a lot has already happened happened since then. A lot has happened since then. There is feud going on between Tucker Carlson, President Trump and a Republican faction, you know, the different factions, that they're debating each other and arguing on what's about to happen with Iran and Israel, that the tension of that is not decreasing at all whatsoever. The current count when you look at war, what's going on with Israel and Iran? Numbers wise, you have 224 reported dead, including military personnel and civilians in Iran from the Israeli attacks. Independent sources it's as high as 406 killed, 654 wound. And in Israel you got 24 fatalities confirmed and 592 wounded. And a lot of thoughts and a lot of opinions whether we're going to go into war, whether some are saying it's about to be World War iii. Some are saying there's a deal being done. Last night at 1:13am President Trump tweeted something after Macron said it looks like President Trump is leaving G7 because there's going to be a peace deal getting done. And President Trump's like, no, not at all. So there's just a lot of commentary. We'll talk about all that stuff as well. Let me kind of go through some of the stories. We have a friend here with us, Ricardo Aguilar. He's here with us legally. He's very legal. Just so you guys know. It's one of the favorites.
Vinny
Away from me at the airport.
Pat
He's been here many, many times. And he's back. We had a great meeting yesterday. Lots of friendly fire yesterday, but it was a great meeting. Couple updates on stories for us to cover. Apparently 1 million illegal immigrants have self deported.
Adam
Wow.
Pat
Can you imagine? They're like, look, I'm not dealing with this shit. Let's go back to Mexico. Hey, I'm on my way. One million according to. I don't know if they talk like that, but I'm just saying 1 million left. Back to according to New York Post.
Tom
And they all get a little money on the app.
Pat
I don't know what happens, but they're back. Netanyahu speaks to the Iranian people saying, stand up for your vision, for your freedom. And then Iran civil war as Ayatollah Khamenei faces backlash from his own inner circle. Cracks at the top is Iran's inner circle trying to flee. There's videos of Iranians inner circle leaving Iran. Where they're going, who knows. And the credibility of the story, who knows? But we'll definitely talk about it. Israel asked us to join military campaign against Israel, but US Rejects the request. Trump defender Scott Jennings argues US should bomb key Iranian nuclear sites. Okay. And Scott Jennings is a player saying something like that. So we'll talk about that. Israel planned to assassinate Iran's supreme leader, Khamenei, but Trump said no report. Okay, that such thing happened. Then he got Trump's war with the media. House votes to cut $1.1 billion in corporation for public broadcasting funding. That is a scary thing there. Bill Maher sits down. Sean Pence is down with Bill Maher. And he says, if, even if I got an invite to go to the White House, I wouldn't do it. And then immediately that triggers Bill Maher, because Bill Maher went and met with Trump. He says, oh yeah, yeah. So you're not going to go meet with President Trump, but you're going to go meet with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez? Well, I feel like I got more done there. You just have to see that reaction. Good For Bill Maher for standing up there and then a couple other stories here when it comes down to ICE and LA still going on Newsom couple commentary what he's saying with no kings Kings protest Republicans interest for Musk cools after his feud with Trump. New polls poll finds and I think even Elon Musk did a physical yesterday showing the fact that he's negative. He did a test at Austin. It showed that he wasn't on any drugs, any of that stuff. He publicly put it out there and said lol. We may even address that Nancy Mace blast Tim Waltz after he fails to answer one simple question. And you know what it was? What is a woman? They still don't know how to answer a basic question like that. Market fear gauge Simmer down. Why the 15 looks calm. Why the VIX looks calm. Entry level workers are losing confidence in the job market, says Glassdoor. I applied to over 200 to 300 jobs. Even a guy manectomy this morning saying I'm having a hard time getting a job and I'm going to show you guys a stat on what came out yesterday that I think it's important for us to know on the job anxiety levels in America today being at an all time high entry level workers are losing confidence in the job market, says Glassdoor. The fear factor is real. Workers won't leave their jobs even if they hate them because they're so anxious about the economy. Here's how much owning a home in 2030 will cost on stagnant US salaries. That's exciting. Dodger Star controversial message on pride theme hat divided fans this is Kershaw from la. He put something on his hat. You got to take a look at this. Brittany Grinder break silence on footage of Angry Moment versus Fever. She was asked by somebody from was it outkick or barstool sports? Hey, what did you really say that they. That they were kind of mumbling, we want to find it. Did you really call white trash? No. Would you like me to help show the videos to see what you say? I don't need to see the video. And so now she's denying that she said that. Look, I'm not trying to upset some of the people, whether it's a he or she. I'm just saying she did not he. You know, this person denied some of those claims. Macron will cover what happened there. Trump swipes at Tucker Carlson will cover. Netanyahu tells ABC he's not ruling out taking out Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei. And then there's a couple things going on right now saying let's make Iran great again. Netanyahu urges dissidents to topple regime and then few other things here on the bottom. Apparently on TikTok video came out showing the fact that they're paying guys $200 per day in LA to go protest against this. No king, you know, no king protest. The anti ice. Jimmy Kimmel came out, was even out there and I think even Logan Paul was out there. It's funny, I saw Logan Paul.
Ricky
Logan Paul was out there.
Pat
Logan Paul was in LA protesting. Very interesting. Newsom tells Trump's mental fitness that he's lost it. That's what Newsom said. And we got a couple other stories we'll definitely get into. Gang. For those of you guys that love business and you're super competitive and I'm talking like a psycho competitor, you're somebody that wants to win at the highest level and you know how challenging business is that if you don't get your act right, somebody else is going to take your business away from you. This is when we're hosting our annual conference that's coming up here in September called the Vault conference. We're expecting 12, 000 people there, but one of the most exciting pieces of merch that guys wear who run. But you have to be bold to do this. Not for everybody. If you're a nice person, if you're sweet, if you're somebody that's always worried about what other people think, you walk on exos. This merch isn't for you. But if you're somebody that's tough, strong, you understand how hard businesses, you understand that the real game of capitalism is super competitive. Our official line of business is War is back with some items here. Hat straight up businesses war. You can get this one or the black one with white silver that says businesses war. On the bottom it says future looks bright. Rob, if you want to play the clip of this new merch that just got launched, go ahead, Rob. Because of what's going on right now, this is. This couldn't be more accurate than what it is today.
Adam
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Pat
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Rob
Actually really love Trump. He's a deeply humane, kind person. And I am saying this because I'm really afraid that my country is going to be further weakened by this. I think we're going to see the end of American empire. Obviously, other nations would like to see that. And this is a perfect way to scuttle the USS America on the shoals of Iran. But it's also going to end, I believe, Trump's presidency and effectively end it. And, and so that's why I'm saying.
Pat
What do you mean by that?
Tom
That's. That's coming from you.
Pat
That's.
Rob
You get, look, I knew Bush. I knew George W. Bush. We had, you know, family connections to Bush. I knew Bush personally. I still see Bush sometimes. And you know, of course he, he hates me and he does because I criticized him on Iraq. And that war is the sum total from historical perspective of his administration. But I knew him and he had all kinds of plans for the things that he wanted to do, but once domestically. Domestically to improve the country.
Pat
Right.
Rob
And you may agree or disagree, but like, in his mind, he wasn't just about the invasion of Iraq in March.
Tom
Oh, no, no. He was going to redo Social Security.
Pat
Had all of types of. He was going to take care of.
Rob
The entitlements issue and he really thought it was going to work.
Tom
Yeah.
Rob
And you could laugh at that or whatever. But the point is, the second you get enmeshed in a real war, not a fake, let's go bomb the villagers and declare success. We don't even have a good track record. Like, why are the Houthis still there? I mean, there's a whole other question, which is how prepared is the US Military for a real Conflict. And the answer is totally unprepared. Scary. Unprepared.
Pat
Okay, so that's. They go. They go. But anyway, do you have the tweet, Rob, of what Tucker said? You have the tweet on Mark Levin, all these other guys? I can't find it. So. So anyway, so while that's happening, somebody asked President Trump about Tucker Carlson. I don't know if you saw this one. Did you see what he said? Live, Live. Somebody asked President Trump, rob, I sent you the clip. If you have that. Here's when he's asked out of nowhere, hey, about Tucker Carlson. Watch what he says. Go for it. So he's done really a very good.
Tom
Job, Carlson criticizing you, saying that you're complicit in the war.
Pat
I don't know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen. Well, damn, Vinnie, thoughts on this entire exchange?
Adam
On, on this exchange?
Pat
I mean, not just this exchange. You know, you have Scott Jennings, one camp that's saying, attack, take him out. You got one camp saying, no, don't do it. Where are you at with just.
Adam
Just in a nutshell, I mean, listen, you got to tip your hat to Bibi Netanyahu. Just from the, from the jump. Every single time this guy has asked for war and wanted us to get involved, it has worked. Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, every time from. If Trump is warning and we're sending airplanes and we're sending all this stuff, that guy wants it, that guy gets it, okay? And in this whole situation, Pat, like, let's just be honest. Tucker has not shifted. Besides being America first, we don't want any new wars. This is what we were talking about. This is what we were promised. I don't want another war, period. And I don't know how you. How does it flip? And that's my question back to you guys. How do you go from no. To peace treaty to this to absolutely no war? And then all of a sudden, it flips. It's just a complete 180. And it's like, I don't understand it. He was pro peace, and then Mike Walls got caught in the, in the, in those rooms with the Israeli signal chat. Trump got pissed off at Bibi. He's like, what the hell are you doing? He goes overseas for those meetings. He doesn't even meet with Bibi. So there's beef. There was beef there. And then all of a sudden, now they have nuclear weapons. And if you saw Tulsi Gabbard in March, in March, she said, The United States intelligence community continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. And Supreme Leader Khomeini has not authorized a nuclear weapon program. That was, that he suspended in 2003. Okay. By the way. And then Trump says she has no idea what she's talking about. So you mean to tell me the Director of National Intelligence isn't intelligent on this topic? And it's like, here's my thing. I've been getting a lot of messages from people from Iran and everything like that. I just hate the games that are being played, okay? Especially with Bibi Netanyahu. If you want regime change, which I know he does, just say it. Stop with the nonsense about Iran trying to assassinate Donald Trump and trying to drag us into it, okay? You don't need to do all that shit. Just say you want it. There's 90 million people there. I got a message on my neck this morning. I got to show you this just really fast. This is a guy on my neck that's Iranian. And you know what his attitude is? He's like, listen, you guys are on, we're getting, you guys are getting pulled into another war. He goes, the Iranian people need change, but not through war, through, through their own will, through protests. That's how real lasting change happens. Not other countries going in and saying, this is what you need, okay? And in regard to the nuclear stuff, Pat, this is my, my assessment is that every country has, I know everybody's attitude is, well, why do they have nuclear facilities and all that stuff. Every country has nuclear energy. That's not the issue. It's transparency. That's why we have the iaea. It's the International Atomic Energy Agency. The, their job is to verify that nobody's building bombs, okay? Iran signed it. They go there, they check on their shit. Israel doesn't sign it. Israel's not involved in it. And as everybody always says, and Adam, you've said it before, Israel doesn't have nuclear weapons. Yes, they do. And you know why? Nobody can go in there and see what they're doing. I don't like the attitude. I don't like the flip flop. I don't want. Because everybody's going to say, pat, well, we need to take them out. They're building a bomb. He's been saying it's since 2012. I don't believe it. That's my point of view.
Pat
Tom thought so.
Tom
There's a, there's a lot in there to unpack. I mean, we're seeing Netanyahu, we're seeing Scott Jennings. Just seeing things. So let me start with Scott Jennings. Really, really quick. Scott Jennings is not out there like a Nikki Haley warhawk. Let's go fight. Let's just go dive in. What Jennings said, he used the word Trump. Can't miss. Let's not miss the opportunity to conclusively end the nuclear threat from Iran, and let's not miss the opportunity to remake the Middle East. If Trump did something supportive, he would be justified, is what Jennings said. And I think you should get the Peace Prize. That is a hell of a lot different from the war hawks that are out there saying, you know, there's just sheer bloodlust. Let's go, go, go, go, go. So I think the media is trying to make Jennings sound a little bit more war hawkish than he was there, especially because he. He talks about a quick action and then ending with the Peace Prize. Now, to Netanyahu. Yeah, I mean, there haven't been. We can talk about inspectors throughout the Middle east, but, you know, there have not been inspectors that have successfully, you know, gone through Israel and, by the way, Arab countries who have their motives and they're trying to start trouble of their own, you know, have said, you know, hey, if you're going to inspect us, you got to inspect everybody. And so that's how I feel about that. But right now, I also think Netanyahu is being pretty shrewd because they say there's 60% of the people in Iran want regime change. We've seen the videos of people cheering. And so when Netanyahu goes out and says, let's make Iran great again, I don't have a problem with you, I have a problem with your government. He's really trying to stoke the protests and stoke the opposition party to go do its thing, but, you know, he's no saint, but that's what's going on, in my view.
Ricky
Adam Bibi Netanyahu will probably go down as the Winston Churchill of Israel. So you can tell a lot about regime, not how they deal with external forces, on how they treat their own people. I would argue that the Ayatollah and the regime in Iran treat their people worse than any regime in the Middle east, possibly the world. You know, we've seen all this Free Palestine, Free Palestine, Free Palestine movement. Cool, I get it. You know what movement I'm all about? All about Free Iran. I'm all about Free Iran. Iran has been hijacked by this theocratic thug like Islamic regime since 1979. I also believe in symbolism. They've been in power 46 years, to be exact. Trump is president number 45 and 47. Is he not smack dab in the middle of that is 46. I believe that Trump, when he says Iran cannot and will not obtain a nuclear weapon, I believe he knows what he's talking about. I believe that Trump believes in what he's saying. I believe he believes in his intelligence. For all the people out there that don't think Iran is working on a nuclear weapon, what the hell do you think they've been doing? What the hell do you think they've been negotiating? What the hell do you think they've been working on for a decade that you think they're just having fun, peaceful conversations over nothing? They're developing a nuclear weapon and Netanyahu's looking at them and he's saying this is the line in the sand and we're not going to deal with it.
Vinny
But Adam, we said the same thing in Afghanistan and Iraq and they didn't have anything. And we went to war for 20 years.
Ricky
Yeah. What we do were we, were we doing nuclear negotiations with inspectors all the time.
Vinny
Send inspectors.
Ricky
I want to understand one basic thing. Do you think Iran is not developing a nuclear weapon? Is that what you're saying, Adam?
Adam
Here's the thing, Ricky.
Ricky
Do you think they're not developing a nuclear weapon?
Vinny
It's not about what we think. We can't start a war over a.
Ricky
Hunch and there's already a war going.
Vinny
On, but we can't get involved in a war.
Ricky
America's not involved. I totally understand that.
Vinny
I understand. But when we're moving our fleet down there and trying to, we're getting, we're getting our army ready for it, our military ready for it. We're, we're showing signs of aggression. That's the way I'm looking at it. On top of that, when we voted Trump in, he said as of day one, we were going to start, stop the war with Russia and Ukraine. That didn't happen. And then as of day one, that we were going to have that the Palestine, uh, Israel, uh, things, uh, solved that didn't happen. On the complete opposite. Now Here we are 100 something days in now, we're getting ready to fund another war, help them with another war. That's not something we signed up for.
Ricky
I totally, I totally understand and I totally appreciate why the American people are completely over funding foreign wars. I totally understand that. I'm with you. I don't want any American troops on the ground. But people have to understand there's nuance in this conversation. We don't have to have any American troops on the ground. If we want to live in reality, let's live in reality. Have American troops been in Gaza? Zero. Have American troops taken out Hezbollah? Zero. Have American troops been in Syria? Why is that any different in Iran? I hear you loud and clear. No American troops on the ground. No American lives lost. I'm with you. Israel has the ability to fight their own battles. Let's give a little credit to where credit do. They've taken out every single terrorist regime around them and now they're about to knockout blow Iran. And America hasn't to do anything. So meanwhile, we've given. Meanwhile we've given Ukraine, we've given Ukraine more money in the last two years than we've given Israel in their entire life.
Vinny
That we don't have to physically be their support. As a matter of fact, the people in France, just all of them in the at the bay just said, hey, we're not going to be loading these weapons for them in France. They're doing that right now.
Ricky
Well, French is a bunch of gay frogs. What do we worry about that?
Adam
But, but Adam, but here's the thing. You're saying the intelligence if the Director of National Intelligence. Because you were saying if Trump says it's there now just in March, they said he's not doing anything that you guys are claiming that he's doing. 0. He's not going to try. He's not trying to make a bomb. Why the flip? So from March, April, May, June, now all of a sudden, in three months, what they've been saying. This is the clip right here. Play. And then, and then this is what he says about. Is this the. Both videos, Rob?
Tom
Yes.
Adam
Okay.
Pat
The IC continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. And Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003. The IC continues to monitor closely if Tehran decides to reauthorize its nuclear weapons program.
Adam
Okay, this is March, guys, mind you, in March, Adam, they are not making a bomb. I trust the intelligence coming from the Director of National Intelligence. I'm just.
Ricky
And maybe we're living in two completely different realities, but because every piece of information I see, where are you getting it from? Where Iran is building a nuclear weapon.
Adam
Adam, what are we even doing?
Pat
What are we even talking about?
Adam
Hold on, Adam. Everything that you're getting is from Israeli intelligence and Bibi Netanyahu. Hold on. That's been wanting this war forever. He wants this war.
Ricky
And when people like, because you're yelling doesn't mean you're right.
Adam
I'm just telling you the fact. No, because you say stuff like free Iran. What's the plan, Adam? What's the plan? What's the plan? Look at the. It's not. Bomb the shit out of.
Ricky
Pretty damn good right now.
Pat
Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you questions, because this, this is. I'm listening to this, and I'm trying to hear everybody out. I'm really trying to hear Scott Jennings saying, you know, bomb for, though. And I'm really trying to hear Tucker saying, hey, don't go. And. And do you have the Tucker tweet when he says about the Mark Levin and he's got all the names. Not this one. There's another one. Just go to his handle and you'll see it. If you go a little bit lower. Go a little bit lower. Go a little bit lower. Go a little bit lower. Let me see what that one is above it. Click show more, please. Yeah, this is the one. The real divide is in between the people who support Israel and the people who support Iran or Palestinians. The real divide is between people who casually encourage the violence and those who seek to prevent it, between warmongers and peacemakers. Who are the warmongers? They would include anyone who's calling Donald Trump today to demand airstrikes and other direct US Military involvement in a war with Iran. On that list, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rupert Murdoch, Ike Perlmutter, and Miriam Adelson. At some point, they will have to answer to this, but you should know their names. Okay, so I think we talked about this on the podcast last week. I'm trying to understand what he's saying. Got it. So I'm trying to understand what President Trump is saying. Why is he attacking? Who has the most intel between you, between Tucker, between Jennings, between Trump, between all these guys, who has the more intel on what's going on? So then the question for me goes to the following. Remember when he killed Hassan Soleimani?
Ricky
Yes.
Pat
You remember when he did that? Okay. Were you supportive of it when he killed some Soleimani?
Adam
Yeah.
Pat
Why?
Adam
Because he was trying to do damage here in the United States.
Pat
So Iran's no longer trying to do damage to Indiana?
Adam
I didn't say that, but the. The conversation is nuclear.
Pat
No, no, no, no. Stay on this. This is my question. That's what I'm asking. And you'll see where I'm going with this, because I'm trying to watch, truly, I'm sincerely trying to watch everyone's patterns. My position has been the same for 46 years. Okay when it comes onto this topic cuz I lived there. I saw what they're all about. All I'm trying to ask is the following. When Trump came Gassam Soleimani, how many Republicans who voted for Trump celebrated that day?
Ricky
Every single one of them. Why did they because they recognize a threat when a threat is seen.
Pat
So so but isn't that an act of war when we killed their number two guy that was supposed to be the president and be the leader of Iran?
Ricky
Yes.
Pat
So why did we celebrate? Why were we not upset? Actually answer that question. Many think about it. All of us. I'm asking that. I'm asking why did that not upset and why were so many people go back time the tweet of what people said at that time show strength took him out. When you try America, check yourself see what happens. Why were you not upset and why are we upset now? What is the only difference between why were we upset? Why were we not upset then versus now?
Adam
I think when with the Soleimani it was a strategic thing that took him out because he was trying to do stuff on our soil. This situation.
Pat
But what hasn't changed though because so meaning it has to be at that time if they did because they were trying to do something on our soil and after we kill them, they no longer want to. You don't think they no longer want to do anything to us. You don't believe them when they say death upon America, you don't believe them. You think it's just an act?
Adam
No, I 100% believe them.
Pat
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Vinny
Or drop a crispy fry between the car seats or use your McDonald's bag as a placemat. But then that wasn't a road trip.
Pat
It was just a really long drive at participating McDonald's.
Ricky
The way that the what they call Woke. Right. Views, Israel.
Pat
That's it. The only thing that's changed is there is a community of people in the last. Since October 7th that absolutely cannot stand trust anything with Israel. And that triggers them, you know? You know. You know, when I watch everyone, I listen to everybody, and I'm. And I'm not listening to people that disrespect anybody that disrespects. Boom, Muted block. Go away. I don't need to. But if you say something to me, respectfully, I want to hear it. Okay? I want to hear it. So what. What. Think about people. Rank. Things that trigger people the most. Can we agree that number one is Trump derangement syndrome?
Ricky
Oh, yeah.
Pat
Do you know. Do you see what happens when you see someone that hates Trump? How they react? They're like, hey, I want to read you some of these tweets of what Barack Obama said. And I'll read it. Oh, wow, that's powerful. That's amazing. That's. This. Oh, that was actually Trump. Oh, really? Yeah. I want to read you what Trump said. Oh, that's why he's a white nationalist racist. Oh, these were actually said by Obama. Obama never said that. Let me play the clip. You ever see that? What does that tell you? TDS.
Vinny
TDS, absolutely.
Pat
Rank me the top five deranged syndromes. If number one is TDS, what's two?
Ricky
Number two is Israel Derail.
Pat
I guarantee you number two is Israel 100%. And by the way, most of you are in one of the two camps, if not both. Yeah, some are in both.
Vinny
Yeah.
Pat
But most of you are in both of the camps. So then what happened? Which one are we falling for? I'm trying to be as reasonable as possible, okay? I'm trying to see, like, when Netanyahu says, oh, they try to kill the president. Stop it, stop it. It's like, dude, don't talk like that. I don't even like you talking like that. That doesn't. Like, as a president, you know, when they. When they're seeing this. Is this the one, Rob?
Tom
Yes.
Pat
How long? I don't. Does he get into it right off the bat?
Tom
Yeah, pretty quick.
Pat
Go for it. Watch this here. Do you have the. One of Trump reacting to it?
Vinny
I can find.
Pat
Okay, play this clip here.
Tom
I want to talk about President Trump. You just said Iran tried to assassinate President Trump twice. Do you have intel that the assassination attempts on President Trump were directly from Iran through proxies?
Vinny
Yes.
Pat
Through. Through their intel?
Adam
Yes.
Pat
They want to kill him. Look, he's right there. What was the Answer. What was the answer?
Adam
Proxies.
Pat
Through proxies? Yes. Through their intel. Yes. You didn't say, yes, we have it. Because if you got the intel, give it to me. If I'm us. Okay, so one. Why are you saying that? Are you saying that because you want the people to be even more like, okay, so that's one part. The other part, when people say, you know, Trump is owned by Israel, you know, US Is ran by Israel. Come on, guys. I mean, both sides are playing the game to get eyeballs. And if the success is based off of how well your tweet did and then that's like, oh, okay, no, that could also be the mob being on your side. But if we were happy when Ghassam Soleimani was killed and we thought that's showing strength, what changed? My concern, Vinny, right now with this is I do think Iran's going to be us Is going to be pulled into war. I do think that. I do think it's going to be nasty. I do think the Iranian people want this. And I know this is going to sound weird, guys, when it was 1977, 78, 79, when eventually the revolution happened, the Iranian people, 9 million revolted in the streets. They wanted the shot to fall. They wanted it and it fell. I think the Iranian people right now, if you go look at some of the protesting videos that are being sent, they're celebrating, saying, we're going to be free again.
Ricky
Yep.
Pat
Do you realize, like, think about the most basic stuff. That. That Iran. If you think about the most basic stuff, I'll come to you, Ricky.
Vinny
Yeah.
Pat
If you think about the most basic stuff, you think if you're living in Iran, you don't think. You want tourists to come in.
Vinny
Yeah.
Pat
Think about if you live in Iran, Vinny, say you love your country. Do you want tourism?
Adam
Of course.
Pat
Do you want Sprint to be able to advertise? Do you want the TV to have access to NBC, abc, hbo? Would you like that? Would you like to be able to get on social media without having to get a starling that's being given to you? Would you like to be a Christian walking the streets without having to worry about what's going on? Would you like that? You would like that? I would like that.
Ricky
What if.
Pat
What if you're like Ricky. Ricky is not wanting to leave California. Okay. You don't think Ricky wants California to change? You don't think Ricky wants to see a red person come in there? Of course they do. The Iranian people who are living there, the Iranian Iranian people want this to be done with Khamenei and their people. They want to be good with everybody around the world. And they're not today. They're not today. And so there is that camp. So to me, I'm simply watching everybody's position to see what argument they're making, to see where they're coming from. And in my eyes, whatever way this can get done with the least amount of friction is the best way. But at this point, it looks like we're headed in the direction of going to war. That's what it looks like as of right now. Yeah.
Vinny
I think my question would be to you, Pat, was obviously, as many other viewers may or may not know, you're in a lot of communication with. With people that are involved directly with this, even people with Iran, living in Iran. Same thing with you, Vinny. But my question would be, they want that liberation. They want a regime change bit at the cost of a war, or is it a revolution they want to start and they want help with it? That would be my question. There's many angles of being able to achieve any goal, but what do they want that war? Because that's going to come at the cost of their lives as well. It's going to come at the cost of their destruction as well. So I have no doubt that they want to change, but what avenue would they rather take?
Pat
What are their options? For 46 years, they've tried every peaceful avenue.
Vinny
Well, they revolted. I remember you told me when you were living in Iran, there was a revolt because of what happened with the theater. They killed people and made a circle expire.
Pat
Yeah, all of that. But at that point, that's because the US CIA got involved, MI6 got involved. A lot of them got involved because they were fearing the Shah was getting too powerful, Iran was getting too powerful, and the Middle east was at peace. Even though guys go up there and, you know, say, oh, my God, you keep talking about the Shah, you ought to be done with talking about the Shah. And, you know it's the truth. When. When. It doesn't mean Israel didn't start wars. It doesn't mean Israel didn't go out there and look at their threats and have their motives. My. My basis was when Iran was ran by the Shah, there was good relations with Iran and there was no war there. They weren't causing wars. Iran was peaceful. It's. It's bad to the point where mbs, you think about what MBS is trying to do, right? Saudi Arabia, they're getting tourism, they're getting guys like Ronaldo, they're getting fights out with over there. They're getting the live golf. Did you hear what he had to say on 60 Minutes? Did you see what he said on 60? Have you seen this?
Adam
I saw a section of.
Pat
Watch this.
Vinny
Yes, yes, yes.
Tom
Not a rival to Saudi Arabia.
Ricky
Its army is not among the top.
Pat
Five armies in the Muslim world. The Saudi economy is larger than the Iranian economy. Iran is far from being equal to Saudi Arabia. But I've seen that. You called the Ayatollah Khamenei the new Hitler of the Middle East. Absolutely. Why? Because he wants to expand. He wants to create his own project.
Adam
In the Middle East.
Pat
Very much like Hitler, who wanted to expand. At the time, many countries around the.
Ricky
World and in Europe did not realize.
Pat
How dangerous Hitler was until what happened, happened. I don't want to see the same events happening in the Middle East. Does Saudi Arabia need nuclear weapons to counter Iran? Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb. But without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.
Ricky
Okay, so here's a question that is MBS from Saudi.
Pat
Here's a question.
Ricky
Sounds pretty reasonable.
Pat
Here's a question I want you to think about. Okay. What do you think his motive is? What do you think MBS's vision is?
Adam
To make Saudi Arabia one of the, like, biggest, most powerful tourism.
Pat
Is that the impression you're getting? Yeah.
Adam
He's okay. He loves his country and he wants.
Pat
You been to Saudi Arabia?
Adam
I have.
Pat
Have you been?
Adam
Yes.
Pat
Did you feel safe?
Adam
Kind of, sort of.
Pat
Where was. When was it?
Adam
I was. I was in a couple of places. I was in what year?
Pat
What's the last time there was.
Adam
I came here seven years ago. Six years ago.
Pat
So seven, six years ago you were in Saudi Arabia. Okay. Have you been to Iran?
Adam
No.
Pat
Why not?
Adam
Never. It never crossed my mind.
Pat
If you got a comedy skit right now to go to Iran to do a show, would you go right now, two years ago?
Adam
Probably not.
Pat
Probably not.
Ricky
Probably.
Adam
Why not just say, I'm an American, I'm a veteran, but do you feel.
Pat
Safer going to Saudi versus going to Iran?
Adam
Oh, for sure.
Pat
Okay, so. So when you think about Iran, what do you think Khamenei's vision is for Iran? What do you think their number one is? So MBS is what to be like, you know, nice place to go, you know, events, sport, all this kind of stuff. What do you think Iran's vision is? What do you think Khamenei's vision is.
Adam
I honestly don't like, I don't know, be have a great country, you know, economy.
Pat
You think it's economy.
Adam
Well, I mean what else would you really believe that? Well, what do you.
Pat
Because, because let me, let me ask you this question. Say for instance, if somebody wants a good economy, say you're saying you want them to have a good economy. Yeah. All right. If that's your number one, what would you do to you for your country to have a great economy? What would you need to do to have a great economy? Tom, if, let's just say Khamenei or the leaders of Iran want to have a great economy for their country, what are some five things I can do to make my country better for my people?
Tom
Oh my gosh. You would open up trade discussions. You'd try to get some trade treaties put on. You would try to get invited as a guest to things like G7 and get diplomats together. You would try to play nice with the world stage to get people to recognize you and to step it back. Look what Saudi's doing with sports, with F1, with soccer, with live golf. They're trying to bring people in there. They're trying to engage the rest of the west and be an active guide, good participant in all that and get trade with, you know, they've got a lot of petro, of course, and get trade and things set up with the rest. Iran doesn't look like it's doing any of that.
Pat
So Tom, your impression of Iran is that's not what they're trying to do.
Tom
That's not what they're trying to do.
Pat
What do you think Iran's number one is? The current leaders of Iran, what do you think their number one is?
Tom
I believe they are on a, a Islam driven mission.
Pat
Yeah.
Tom
To destroy what they feel is their enemies.
Pat
Do you believe that many or no?
Adam
Yeah.
Pat
You do believe that.
Adam
Yeah.
Pat
What do you think they're, they're. And when it comes down to having relations with other countries to open up the economy and allow other companies to go there, what do you think that ranks for Iran right now, period, ever. They've never like in the last 46 years. How important do you think that is to them?
Adam
I mean, I don't know. I don't follow their like number 68, but like I'm not, I'm not.
Pat
You don't have to follow it to see motives. Right. You don't have to follow it to see motives. You know too, because when we're commenting on things like this, if last night I had a meeting with all my insurance executives. Top players. Meeting started at noon and it finished at midnight. Midnight, 12:37. Okay. We're at the lounge till 12:00 clock last night. It was a room of a bunch of people that some get along, some don't get along, some wanted to be there, some really didn't want to be there. It was a tough meeting that we had.
Vinny
Sure was.
Pat
But you know, what was the equal? What, what brings everybody together? It's one question, what is it? What's in it for me? What's going to happen for me? Pride. Some of the people are like, pride, hey, I built this company, I want to take it to the next level. For some people, it's what's in it for me. And what does what's in it for me do? It gets everybody know, okay, you're going to make money. You're going to make money. You're going to make money. Okay, cool. All right, sounds good. Roll I trust right, with mbs if you know his main motive is what? I want to open up the economy. I want tourists to come here. I want people to feel safe. I want all that stuff to be taking place. Rob, can you pull up the map of the Middle East? I want people to feel safe. He, he has to be thinking about what do I need to do to make this entire region safer. So a guy like you that's coming in is not even worried about it. Right. Look at that. Saudi, Qatar and who's right next to him? Iran. You see where Iran is? Right across from the water. Boom. So they don't want that. Iran doesn't want an open economy. Saudi doesn't get up and MBS doesn't get up and say, death upon America. Screw the infidels, they should die. We should kill them. That's not how they negotiate. So again, I'm not sitting here saying, let's go to war. What I'm saying to you is the Middle east would probably be a better place if a different regime was running Iran. And if that was the case, we would be more at peace. It doesn't mean Israel's not going to change being. What's the word? Ambitious. It doesn't mean Israel is going to change being less ambitious and wanted to get their Mossad to lower all this. AIPAC is going to slow down. No, they're going to keep doing their agenda. None of that's going to slow down. But the common denominator here is everybody on the right was happy when Hassan Soleimani. Oh my God. That's my leader, that's my president. He's shown strength. But now, no, no, no. Why? Because there's Israel Derangement syndrome. And guess what, you either have TDS or you have ids. We have one of the two.
Adam
Here's my question. So how does this play out to help Iranian people? So we, we're gonna, they're gonna go in there, they're gonna, they're, they're telling everybody, get out of Tehran. Where my mom and dad are from, where your whole family's, where you're from. What I want to know what is the, what's the. So kill all. They've, they're already taking out the leadership, which is, is a great thing. Then you're going to take out homie. I'm just curious, what is the plan?
Vinny
You take out the end goal. Your question is, what's the end goal?
Adam
What's. No, yeah, I, I love plans, by the way and I'm not sitting here advocating for Iran or their leadership at all. I'm just curious to. Okay, Israel is doing it. We're going to get, we're going to get put into it. What is the end game now? You take out Khomeini, you take out all the nuclear stuff. Ok, then what? Israel's going to put somebody in or are they going to have elections? I don't know what that looks like. That's what I'm curious for. And again, not pro Iran or what's happening over there. I am just anti United States. As a veteran going to war, that's it. I'm simple.
Ricky
Let me respond to Vinny. I totally understand where you're coming from more than you actually think because I think as an American, we look at what we've done, we've done over the last couple decades getting involved in foreign wars and there's a lot of Americans who are just like, I'm so over this, Afghanistan, Iraq, what we're going on out there. But just because you're over that, it's almost like we're playing scared now. Now we have a trillion dollar military budget. Why are we spending so much money to let our machinery and defense capabilities rust? Like we're the old Soviet Russian military. In my opinion, a lot of you guys are playing scared and don't recognize what's actually happening in front of your eyes. Not hypothetical, not playing scared.
Vinny
You.
Ricky
The Iranian regime is teetering and at any point might be eliminated. By the way, the ayatollah Khomeini is 86 years old going on to Meet his martyr pretty soon. And Israel, this little country that could, has eliminated every terror threat around them. And they're probably looking at Iran and being like, we've taken out their air missile defense capabilities, we've just taken down their nuclear facilities. They, despite people thinking they don't have nuclear capabilities, and in Israel, to the point where Iran is now calling Qatar, Saudi countries around the Middle east, basically saying, please help me, we need your help against Israel. This is the same regime that's talking tough, chanting kill. Death to Israel. Death to America. Death to England. Death to the infidels. So in my opinion, I totally understand why you're frustrated. But if I could go and recreate everything we've done over the last 20 years, I wouldn't be in Afghanistan, I wouldn't be in Iraq, I wouldn't be in Libya, I wouldn't be in Syria. I wouldn't do any of this. I would stay laser focused on the massive problem in the Middle east and that is the Islamic Republic of Iran, period.
Vinny
If, if, if Netanyahu had a blank check to do whatever he wanted to do in the Middle east with nobody stopping him, what do you think he would do?
Pat
So.
Ricky
Good question. I believe, firmly believe, that every leader that we're talking about is their country first. So I believe that Trump is America.
Vinny
I know, I understand.
Ricky
But I believe I'll answer your question.
Vinny
I believe he's not that. My question is it's not just his people first. If he had the opportunity to do anything unstopped and unchecked, with no balances, what do you think he would want to, I believe the Israeli border. Do you think he would want to dominate other countries? What do you think? If we just let him do whatever the hell he wanted to do, what do you think he would do?
Ricky
Okay, and I'll put this back to you because I want to know what you think he would do. I believe that Bibi is Israel first. I believe that Xi is China first. I believe that Putin is Russia first. I believe in a weird way that the Ayatollah is kind of Iran first, but more Islamic revolution first. So the argument that Israel wants to expand its borders and what, govern a billion Muslim Arabs as if that's what they want to do is to me so far fetched and nonsensical that it actually doesn't make any sense whatsoever. So let's go there for a second. I'm not sure what you're speculating. I'll let you answer this. Are we saying.
Vinny
Sincere question.
Ricky
Okay. Are we saying Because I've heard this argument that the Israeli aggression and the Israeli expansionism is trying to take over the Middle East. To me, that's so stupid. Are you trying to tell me that Israel the size of New Jersey is trying to. Can we pull that map up one more time? We, please. Are we trying to say that Israel, which is trying to defend itself, is trying to govern all of that? Vinnie, to me, they can barely govern the people of Gaza and Palestine, much less Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Saudi, Qatar.
Vinny
Yeah, but do you remember, I think.
Ricky
They, I think they just want to have their own borders and stay in peace.
Vinny
Because to assume that a small country can make do damage, that we forget what Japan, Japan did to China and went in there and take over China. Well, brother, we're throwing up babies and landing them on the batonnaise of their rifles. I mean, to think.
Ricky
Tell me your point. Tell me your point.
Vinny
I, I just don't, I, I, Every time and again, I am not, just so you know, I am not a, an entry anti Israel person. I am not any of that because I have a lot of, you know, friends and I see both sides. I listen to Vinnie, Vinnie has his side, you have your side. But when I listen to Netanyahu, it just seems like there's, he's always wanting to instigate some. It just seems that way to me. I could be wrong, but it seems that way to me. It's always like, for example, when they ask them, oh, you have a. Credible threats that Trump, what, they wanted to kill Trump? Well, yeah, we have this proxy like, bro, that's, you're making a big. That, that's not something small. That's not.
Pat
Trump reacted to that. Rob played the clip.
Vinny
Yeah, that wasn't something small. That was a football statement.
Pat
You haven't, No. I thought you had one of them up there that you were showing. No, but you know what, here's a question for you. Yeah, question for everybody here, the panel. Okay. Do you think there is propaganda going of people being anti Israel? Do you think propaganda is taking place right now to be pro war? Do you think there's, there's actual money being spent right now on propaganda, whether it's aipac, Qatar, you know, different people that are putting up there. Do you think people are being paid to spew propaganda today?
Vinny
Yes.
Pat
Okay. Okay. So then let me ask you this question. Do you think any of it has worked on you?
Vinny
Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean, I would be, I would be, yeah. Anybody says no, everybody swayed a certain.
Adam
Way by stuff that they see and they read.
Pat
So then what do you do? So it doesn't get a hold of you. You.
Adam
Facts, facts don't care about. If you are going for facts, actual facts, then you're going to get swayed either way. If you watch Fox, you're going to have this point of view. If you watch cnn, you're going to have this point of view. If you're just out there trying to get the truth, I think the truth stands on its own merit. You don't have to go, well, I'm. I'm kind of swayed. Show me the facts and then I'll make a decision. Does that make sense?
Pat
I don't think that's it. I don't think.
Adam
You don't think facts.
Pat
No, because even facts can be, you.
Adam
Know, But a fact is the truth is the truth.
Pat
It is, but. But it's not like if I give you data right now and I tell you, you know, from 19 even the other day, Guy responds, from 1941 to 79, 77, how many people died in the Middle east because of wars since so what year? So. So it's very simple. Go to chat GBT Rob, ask this question. From 41, okay? Shot was President. To 77, okay? Till 77. This video I posted retweeted because of Bill Ackman. Bill Ackman retweeted this video, something we talked about on the podcast a couple days ago. It was posted on this other parody account and it got 10 million views, but also got a lot of hate and commentary on it. I can't believe you said this. I can't believe you said that. It's one of the videos, Rob. Is that the one? I believe so.
Tom
9.1 million views.
Pat
Yeah. So this one right here, Right. Which is the not PBD account, but it's from our podcast. So the video is an actual. Not an AI video, but it's a video from us. So go back to chatgpt Rob and ask the question. From 41 to 77, how many wars were started by Iran, Israel? And then ask the question, how many people died in the Middle east during that time? And what is 41 to 1977? How long is that, Vinny?
Adam
30 years. 30.
Pat
30 what? 30. To be exact, 36. So what we're going to do is we're going to measure 36 to 36. Pre Shah, post shah. Okay, so Israel wars and conflict. Wars Israel was involved in Arab Israel war. War of independence. Death toll 15 to 20,000. 6,000 Israelis, 915,000 as Arabs, Suez Crisis. Israel, UK, France, 3,000 total. Egyptians, Israelis, British, French, the 60, the Six Day War, 1967, 20,000 Arabs, 800 Israelis, the Yom Kippur War, 8 to 19,000. Combined, 2600. 20 hundred Israelis. Iran did not start any major wars. None under Pahlavi. Iran was involved in some border skirmishes, but no declared wars. That's my point. I don't care what Israel does. Iran is my main point of common denominator here, Vinnie. This is how many people they started wars with Iran. Okay, 36 years. And by the way, all of these wars that Israel started. Yes. They get credit for starting wars.
Ricky
Well, I wouldn't say start.
Pat
Hang on a second. Some attacks. But what I'm trying to say to you is, yes, some of them was instigated by Israel. Say. Okay, but what do you see with Iran during that time? What is it unequivocally say?
Adam
Iran did not start any major wars during this period.
Pat
The only thing they did is what? Protect their border?
Adam
Yep.
Pat
That's how many years. That's when the Shah was under leadership?
Ricky
36.
Pat
Now do me a favor. What's 36 plus 77? What's 36 plus 77? So you got 23, 2013, I think. Okay, so if you go to now do the same thing and type in the same exact thing except change it 78 to 2013. This is data. You said you like facts, right? That's how to. To not fall for propaganda. Let's do it. I don't know what it's going to say, by the way. So I mean, watch this. 82, Lebanon war, first Lebanon war, Israel invaded Lebanon, blah, blah, blah. PLO 15 to 20,000. Gaza wars, 1400. Palestinians, 160,000. So you got two of them right there that Israel started Iran. Ready? Iran was a major city in proxy wars. Iran, Iraq, 1980, 88, 500,000 to a million support the Hezbollah. Okay, then you got post 2003 Iran conflict death toll. What's the total count there? Go a little bit lower. What are you looking at there? Estimated death toll, 825 to 1.6 million. Who's a common denominator? Is it still. You're still going to. What is it? I thought like, Iran is a peaceful regime.
Adam
I never did. I said.
Pat
I never said, Vinnie. But what I'm trying to say is if we know the common denominator, that that gets people to shake and shiver, is one country, it's only Israel. And I don't blame you. I get it, like sometimes, like even when people have tds. You know what I say? I get it because Trump is a little bit. What? What's Trump? Is, is Trump cocky?
Vinny
Yeah.
Adam
100.
Pat
Is he super confident?
Vinny
Yes.
Pat
Is he a guy that'll call your ass out non stop?
Vinny
Yes.
Pat
Does he give a Whether your name is. You're an ally, you're this, you're that, he does that non stop. Right? Okay, guess what? Does Israel Israelis think a little bit highly of themselves?
Vinny
Yes.
Pat
Do they think they're better than you?
Vinny
Yes.
Pat
Do they sometimes give you the vibe that their don't stink? Yes or no? Yes. And how do we feel about people like that?
Vinny
We don't like them.
Pat
I never liked them when I was in high school. People like that. I didn't get along with people like that. I'm a one point AGPA guy in school. I'm a regular guy that came up in school. So I understand both deranged syndromes. But you said facts are facts. Those are facts for you. Pre 78, the Middle east was at peace for the most part, post chaos. What is a common denominator? The Hezbollahs, the mullahs, Khomeini, Rafsanjani, all of those guys cause chaos. And they don't want to do business with you. They don't want to do business with capitalism. And all these other guys, they don't. So this is the part when I say, has propaganda ever got a hold of you? Like, hey, I know for a fact these guys are Zionists funded by xyz. You guys know, by the way, to all the people that say we're funded by Zionists, how many sponsorships do you see? We do. Tell me. Go ahead, I'll wait. How many NFT sponsorships did we do? You don't think we were offered millions of dollars? The other day, my sponsorship guy back in the days, who we moved on with, text me. He said, pat, I still tell people how much you hate sponsorship money. How much sponsorship money have we taken? Vinnie0, who, who controls us for us to be able to say what we want to say?
Adam
Nobody. We say what, what we want when we want.
Pat
We talk openly about it.
Adam
Y.
Pat
So yo, you guys have Jewish money, Israeli money, Zionist money, whatever, Qatar money, Russian money. You never heard our names in any one of those things. None of it. You heard none of it. And we, by the way, I can't believe you're selling merch. I can't believe you're doing this. That's our way of saying if you support what we do. It's our way of saying we don't want sponsorship money because we want to be able to talk openly. Does this mean eventually we'll do some sponsorship with some companies? Yes, but it's going to be stuff that we want. It's gonna be stuff that we like. Stefano Ricci. We believe in the brand. I've been buying it for many years. I'm at their house having dinner with their family. I spend the night. We have a relationship. We're there in Italy. There's something going on. There is a relationship. Because to me, it has to be a relationship that you're talking on, something that you're using. But we're living in a time that propaganda is just. I'm getting the messages that I get. You know, if I say something about Israeli people, you know what they'll say? They'll send me, watch this, do this, watch that, watch this. You know, you're this. And they'll say stuff like, oh, this is MLM insurance, MLM this. That's what they'll say. But do you know, if I say anything about Iran and Islam and Muslim, what do I get?
Adam
Death threats.
Pat
Do you know how many death threats I got about my family and my kids in the last week? That's the difference in the character. That's the difference in their character. How it is. And I'm, by the way, you ain't never gonna win me over there because I watch behavior. Your behavior is death threats tells you what you're all about. The other behavior is you want to hurt my business. Both of them are hurting, but wants to kill you. The other ones to kill your business. I have a problem with both. But guess what? There's a very obvious windows align there. Yeah. And by the way, again, I understand a lot of people, oh, God. You know, he's such a this. He's such a dad. He's such a this. Nope. I don't fear any man. I don't care if you're Scientology, Christian, Muslim, Islam, Seven day. What? I'll talk to anybody and I'll break bread with you, and I'll enjoy it. No matter what time of the day it is. We don't. We have God on our sides every day when we're walking, I don't let fear get a hold of me. The man upstairs made such major miracles happen in the world since day one. I rely on that. That's where my confidence comes from. So all those messages doesn't do anything to me. But we're at a point right now that we have to all of us ask ourselves what Propaganda has gotten a hold of you. Which one? Which one got a hold of you? And none of us want to tell the truth, but it's getting a hold of all of us. And we have to kind of step back and say, whoa, mom and dad get a divorce. Each family side is selling me propaganda. You know, your dad is really this. Right. You know, your mom. I'm like, look, we're going to find that in 20 years. Who's right? 20 years later, we found out who was right.
Vinny
My dad's family did a lot when my parents got divorced when I was six.
Adam
So, Patrick, just really, really fast, I know you want to move on to another story. So what. What would be the best case scenario? Meaning we go in with Israel, we attack, we kill the leadership. How would we. I'm. I'm genuinely curious. How would it look? Because if you take them all out, then what happens? Does somebody else take Khomeini?
Pat
Now you're talking, Vinny.
Adam
Yeah, there we go.
Pat
That's my concern.
Adam
Yeah.
Pat
That's my.
Adam
That's the problem.
Vinny
He gets replaced with the.
Pat
No, I don't. We don't have somebody right now.
Adam
Yeah.
Pat
Reza Pahlavi. Nice man. The Prince. Now we've had him on two times.
Adam
Yep.
Pat
He told me straight up, he doesn't want to go. And now you want to go back. What do you want to do? Yeah, so I don't think he's going to go back. Do I think he can play a role, like a. What do you call it? A advisor, something like that? Yes. But somebody needs to be vocal. I got the weirdest call Saturday morning. Weirdest call Saturday morning. So funny. Like, all this stuff is going on. On Father's Day, my dad gives me the weirdest gift. One of my dad's biggest fear was when we came here, what was gonna happen? My mother. My mother was gonna take me back to Iran. Do you know, on Father's Day, my dad gives me my Iranian passport? What?
Adam
He had that?
Pat
He gifts me my Iranian passport.
Adam
Wow.
Pat
Yeah. From 1986. This is me.
Adam
Wow.
Pat
Crazy, right?
Adam
That's crazy. Did you know he had it?
Pat
Yeah. No, I had. No. That's crazy. He never told me this.
Ricky
Wow.
Pat
And he got. He somehow got a hold of his passport just so I could never go back to Iran, because I needed this to go back to Iran. He got this just so I couldn't go to Iran. And I joined the army. He wanted me to get the hell out of la.
Vinny
Wow.
Adam
Gabriel.
Pat
Crazy, right? When you hear these stories. But to me, my Concern. There is, Vinny. There isn't anybody we can get behind. Like, at least in America, when shit hit the fan. Trump. Okay, great. There's somebody.
Adam
Yep.
Pat
Okay, great. You know, there's Melee. Yeah. Okay, great. There's an alternative.
Vinny
There's no alternative.
Pat
Who is.
Adam
It sucks.
Pat
This is a sweet man right here.
Adam
Yep.
Pat
Is he. Is he a strong enough man to go up against them? I don't know. I don't know. Because the job of the person to be able to do that is going to take brass. You have to understand games, deception.
Tom
All.
Pat
Of that stuff, and you still got to want to do it. It's a big job. It's not a small job. So I want to give you the last word, and then we'll go to the next story.
Ricky
Yeah, I don't understand. And you would know better than me. I don't understand why people are saying, well, who's going to. If we do regime change, who's going to be next? We do regime change, who's going to be next? Why don't we worry about that when we change the regime? Because I'm very convinced of one thing.
Pat
It's not how it works.
Ricky
Hold on, hold on. Let me tell you how it does work. Because you saw what happened in Syria. They took down Assad. Now you have an ex ISIS leader running the country. He's dressed up in a suit. They put lipstick on a pig. Meeting with Trump, meeting with mbs. He's doing a pretty good job, apparently. Now, when you do regime change, I'm pretty sure we changed Hitler to a democratic leader. That worked out okay. I'm pretty sure that we changed Imperial Japan into a democratic leader. That worked out okay. So I know we don't know who the next leader of Iran will be, but here's what I can freaking guarantee. You can't be worse than what MBS called you.
Pat
Said this Ayatollah Hitler. I hear you. I got you. Okay. I know what you're saying.
Ricky
Do you think there's anybody worse than the ayatollah?
Pat
I'm not. You're talking to the wrong guy here, bro.
Ricky
So which one is it?
Pat
No, but you need somebody to rally behind.
Ricky
That's it.
Pat
You need somebody to give the freaking rally.
Ricky
You would know better than me. The rally kite is freedom.
Pat
No, no, no, no, you're right, it is. But someone needs to sell that, okay?
Ricky
Like you're telling me there's not one Iranian person that they respect?
Pat
Let me ask you. Let me ask.
Ricky
Is that what we're saying?
Pat
Let Me ask you a question. When Argentina was going through the mess of being a freaking socialistic country and at one point being known as what, the Paris of whatever Buenos Aires was known as a Paris of. What did it call South America? Right. What happened? What caused us to be interested in Argentina?
Ricky
What? Eva Peron singing Crimea River.
Pat
No, she's calling a fuera. A fuera. A fuera.
Ricky
Oh, that was Melee. 75 years later.
Pat
Bukele. But the point is you need a vocal leader. You need somebody that's selling it, that's going out there campaigning, sitting in front of media, telling what's going on. Who is that person? How do we not know that person in Iran right now?
Ricky
Well, because they can't speak up in Iran because they'd be probably hung from within.
Pat
Musk just gave him starlink. Okay, but that's not even a point. It's not even a point. Even with that, somebody tell me who's the leader? That's the. If I don't know, that's the problem. But they don't.
Ricky
But that's you problem, not a me problem. Are you trying to tell me that's.
Pat
Not what I'm saying.
Ricky
I've met so many persons.
Pat
This has nothing.
Ricky
Leaders, entrepreneurs.
Adam
Oh, yeah. They're going to take over Iran. Adam.
Ricky
Excuse me for a second. You would know better than me. Where did the ayatollah, where was he living when he was implanted in 1970?
Pat
Thank you.
Ricky
Was he not in Paris?
Pat
I thank you for saying.
Ricky
Did they not bring him in?
Pat
I appreciate you for saying that. I'm so glad you said that. I'm so glad you said that. You know what happened in the streets of Iran? Do you know in the streets of Iran, he would send cassette tapes in. And the guy that I had on the podcast that was the founder of IRGC with Khomeini, he was the one that would record the tape. He's the first voice in the cassette tapes. The guy that was sitting here, he's introducing Khomeini, edifying Khomeini. The tapes would come to Iran. And you know what people are doing all day every day for months at a time. Because back in the days, it would take a while to do. They're recording tapes and say, pass it out. They're recording tapes. Pass it out. Recording tapes. Pass it out. Millions. You know how long it takes to dub tapes back in the days, because it was only two, boom, 45 minutes go, boom. So you have hundreds of those machines in a place and they're just going like this, go. Going like this, go. How long does that take? How long does that take? Years. And every time he would give the speech, boom. Propaganda. But there was a vocal leader who was in France that was screaming and saying, the Shah is taking all your money. If I come back to Iran, I'll give you free rice, I'll give you free electricity, I'll give you free home. He was full of. But he said all that stuff because he was a vocal leader. The Iranian people are like, sitting there saying, watching all these people become rich in Iran, they're like, yeah, maybe that's going to happen. That guy right there, he was the voice of that tape. So, yes, you're right. There needs to be a voice. By the way, you know how quick that person can rise like this? That person can rise very quickly. But the way that person needs to do it, guess where that person needs to go. He needs to go and sit in front of 200 meetings like this, in front of camera. You just heard mbs. He said what? He gave his position. Here's how he feels about Iran. Oh, shit. I didn't know he was going to be that strong about it.
Ricky
He called. I told Hitler.
Pat
But at least NBS saying, and guess what? Who's doing that?
Ricky
You believe him or not?
Pat
Someone from Iran needs to be doing that. They don't have that.
Ricky
Can I make a friendly suggestion and come at me, either Reza Pahlavi is the guy or move the flip on and nominate someone else. Because if you're trying to rally around a leader, either you're the guy or you're not the guy.
Pat
A lot of people agree with you.
Ricky
You're the guy or you're not the guy.
Pat
A lot of people agree because the.
Ricky
Ayatollah, when he came in in 1979, he said, I'm the guy. And everyone said, okay, let's rally around this guy. Either the Shah's son needs to step the flip up and be the guy, or go nominate someone else and rally around him.
Pat
Well, guess what?
Ricky
Enough's enough. Because you don't want to have Israel be the person that puts your next leader in charge. Pick your leader and Israel do your dirty work.
Pat
Let's go to the next story. Let's go to the next story. Because guess what? We tried for an hour, folks. I know we disappointed you. We were not able to solve the world. I think we were. I thought we almost had it.
Ricky
I think we're a little bit closer.
Pat
We fell again. Maybe one of these days we'll figure this stuff out. But who knows? Till then we're going to keep talking freely and seeing what direction we can go with this.
Ricky
All right, so we talk freely in Iran. I know that.
Pat
Can you run a poll, Rob? Run a poll, say, how many of you guys would like to see us do a case study of sending Adam to Iran for a week?
Adam
And, you know, maybe he goes 95.
Pat
I'm gonna say, yeah, it's just a poll. I mean, if the poll.
Ricky
Why don't we send Vinnie, who is Iranian?
Pat
No, I'm not.
Adam
I'm a Syrian. I'm a Syrian senior mom from Iran.
Pat
Adam goes to Iran. And I don't know if you ran the poll yet or not, Rob.
Tom
Running right now.
Ricky
Let's send Ricky back.
Pat
With all the riots in la, all the riots going on in la, we got Ricky here. The reason why I got Ricky is because Ricky is as qualified to speak on this as possible. And I'll tell you why in a minute. Why I actually want to hear Ricky's perspective. The riots in LA have been a mess. No kings, you know, whatever riots across the country that they did, which will probably go down as the dumbest campaign ever in a history of trying to do community organizers to go across the country to disrupt. It's the dumbest campaign ever, the most embarrassing campaign ever ran by the left or the right. Hundreds of millions of dollars of somebody's money was wasted. But here's Gavin Newsom, ok, talking about the President and how he feels the President is doing. Go for it, Rob. He can't handle.
Rob
Because the other night, or he came out and said that when you guys.
Pat
Spoke, he warned you that if you didn't get things under control, he was going to bring in stones. Cold liar.
Adam
Look at this guy.
Pat
Stone cold liar. He made that up like he makes up so many other things. He never. Oh, my God. And he also seemed to make up.
Rob
This idea that the National Guard did a great job job last night when.
Pat
They weren't here, they weren't even deployed. And he claimed victory. He's lost it. He hasn't lost a step. And I saw him trip on the steps today. I mean, he. This is serious. This is a. This. He is not the same person that I dealt with just four years ago and he's incapable now of even a trust train of thought. He's making things up and he's putting people's lives at risk and he's got a band of people that are complicit in this and that's what's so damn alarming.
Adam
So, but, oh God, look at that.
Pat
Okay, so Vinnie, I mean, not Vinny, Ricky, your thoughts on the LA riots, on Newsom, the common stuff that he's saying. And, and, and we'll come back to this here, but I want to first hear Ricky's thoughts. Go ahead, Ricky.
Vinny
First of all, I want to, I want to. Let me, let me make two full disclosures. Number one, I don't speak on behalf of all the Hispanic community because I always. Those comments. Oh, you don't speak on my beh. I'm not speaking on your behalf. I'm, I'm not speaking on your behalf. That's number one. Number two, there is a, a portion of this that is emotional for me and I'll explain why. I mean, I'm not going to, I, I can't sit here and, and not tell you that I, that I don't have an emotional factor to this. Let me explain why my parents, my parents came here. My mom was 6 years old when she came to this country. My grandmother had, had already had five kids. My grandmother came over here, she was six months pregnant with my theateresa. My te thereza was born in San Francisco. She jumped aboard her pregnant and they lived in San Francisco. My, so my mom was here, beautiful little redhead girl when she was six years old. My dad came here when he was 18 years old. When my, my mom's side of the family, they worked in the fields, picked grapes, you name it, all of it. My uncles were my gordomos. My, my mom picked grapes. She, she did the field work, all of that. Because we live in Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley. And my dad and his family and his brothers ended up in the restaurant business. So my dad was a dishwasher. My dad was a waiter. My dad never did the fields, but he did do that part. And all his brothers did the exact same thing. They ended up moving on to become entrepreneurs owned restaurants that came out on Time magazine. My dad and my uncle's side of the family became very successful entrepreneurs. So there is an emotional side to this and I would be lying if I didn't say that. However, one thing that is that, that, that we also have to understand is that no matter what way you look at it, the law is the law. And you could say, oh, sellout, coconut. I've already heard all this other bullshit. I've already heard all of it and I've been called all of it. But I will tell you that a lot of people also agree with that. For example, I know that a lot of the protests are being funded and they're out there burning cars, waving the Mexican flag. It's wild to me that you come to a country that we broke into, let's call it for what it is, even though it's emotional to me. I come from illegal immigrant parents. I have illegal immigrant family members to this day. And that you're demanding something as if you're entitled to it, and you're waving the Mexican flag in America and saying, oh, f ice. I was telling this. I was having a conversation with somebody on Instagram the other day. We were going back and forth. I said, if, if, let's say right now with all your stupid ass little signs. If we sent you to Congress and you represented all the Hispanic community, how would we end up if everything was on your shoulders with your f eyes, stolen land, this used to be Mexico. Is that what you're gonna go to all these congressmen if all, if amnesty was on your shoulders, is that the route that you're gonna take? And that's the irritating part, I think for a lot of us, I understand, for example, 1996, 1986, which, that's how my grandfather became legal here and my uncles and my mom did, was because Ronald Reagan give amnesty. And here's my emotional part. Here's my emotional part that a lot of people won't agree with on the Right. Okay, But I'm gonna speak from. I'm just gonna be very honest when, when, when, when we vote, for example, when Trump, by the way, just to make one thing clear, I do not regret it. I do not regret it. I don't like everything that Trump does, but I don't regret it. I much rather have a Trump than a Kamala. When Trump said, hey, this is the people we're going after, he was. We were being told that there was people eating cats and dogs in apartments in Denver, Colorado. And the trend agua and this. And that's what we were being told. So therefore, when we're saying, hey, they're gonna, you know, they're gonna go after all these guys that are, that came. That, that Biden let in, or they're saying anywhere between between 15 and 11 and 15 million people, that's who we assumed they were gonna come after. Your first raids are in freaking la. Like, you're like, what the hell is going on here? That's the emotional part. Logically, it's the law. That's the logical side. And, and any Hispanic that comes from immigrant parents, whether your parents are immigrant or Hispanic here, or any minority you have to see things for what they are. It's the law. Like, no matter what, it's the law. Matter of fact. Rob, can you play this? Let me give context before. Rob. This video is in Tijuana. The Central Americans showed up in Tijuana. Nobody likes illegal immigration. Let's see what the Mexicans in Mexico did to the Central Americans. Please shoot it, Rob.
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Pat
What's this, Ricky?
Vinny
This is in Tijuana with a Central American caravan. Came to Tijuana and look at the signs, but you'll see them right now. Pat, it's only a minute long video. No, I la invacion. No to the invasion. No ally invasion. This is in Mexico. This is not la.
Adam
Those are the Mexicans on the other side.
Vinny
Yeah, look. Look how they're treating the Central Americans. Look.
Ricky
First America, give us a little something.
Vinny
Mexico does this. You hypocrites. That's what pisses me off. Mexico does this. You want to. Oh, racist, fascist. If you don't support the cause, then you're just. You're implicit. Silence is implicit. What about this? What about this? No country likes illegal immigration. There's no racism involved. There's no fascism involved. Whether we like it or not. And if. And if, and if Trump. And if I swear to pick up, I would be personally affected in a very, very, very, very, very close manner to me. But the law or the law. This president. And by the way, nobody said anything when Barack Obama deported 3 million people. And I love this. Oh, he did due process. No, he didn't. In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a bill that allowed expedited exportations. He used It. Bush used it, Obama used it, Biden used it, and so did Trump. There's no due process. 75% of the people that Barack Obama deported were deported immediately using the expedited deportation. But it's so crazy that you say these facts to Mexicans, to Hispanics. Oh, no, because now no Mexican used to know what the word due process was, Pat. Now all the Mexicans know due process. They're all lawyers. Now they're all lawyers. Now they're all lawyers. All of them are lawyers. Due process. Barack Obama did it. You know what Mexicans remind me of? It's like when you're with that boyfriend that beats you up, but. But at the end, he tells you he loves you, he'll never do it again. That's how they are with the Democrats. By the way, what happened last year when, when they were questioning the lady that was responsible for the 300. For the, the kids, the immigrant kids. They, they couldn't track. 300,000 immigrant kids in one year. Where was the protest for that?
Pat
Zero.
Vinny
They're our kids. 30% of women coming up to the border from Central America, our women are getting raped on the way up. Because what happens in Mexico, and let's call it for what it is, and you have to, you can get all emotional, stupid about it. Here's the reality behind things. That's Mexico is corrupt. So when you go and do some like that and you say, okay, well, there's two choices. You're either going to go to jail or, and I'm going to deport your ass back to El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Chile, or this is what your option is. 30% of the women coming up to the southern border are being raped. Our people are dying in those deserts. And then there's the argument of, in this. Oh, I love this one. Oh, then who's gonna mow your lawns? Who's gonna do the construction? Who's gonna pick the grapes? So you're okay with our people being exploited, then? They're getting paid. Paid minimum wage. My grandmother worked in the fields. My mom worked in the fields. My grandpa, my uncles, they will tell them, either you work longer and you don't get paid overtime or we're going to call immigration. Our people had been threatened by this for years. For years. We, I, I grew up in the heart of it. Caesar Chavez, my grandma and my grandpa, my mom worked in the fields when Caesar Chavez was there. Like, you don't tell me. I'm sitting there, I went to go have lunch. My grandma made a Sopitos for me, the day I was there in Lamont, California, woods edition off of the Giorgio, and I'm talking to my grandma. I went because I wanted to go learn. I'm like, what am I missing here? I said, grandma, tell me. My grandma's been here since 19. My mom was born in 1969. She got here in 1975. She remembers all of it. And I said, grandma, how do you feel about these posters? Why would you do that? You're making us look bad.
Pat
Wow.
Vinny
She says, you gotta love this country.
Pat
Oh, my God.
Vinny
But it's, it's all the, the new woke pendejos. It's not. You know what? I feel bad because I, I know because people are my grandparents and my uncles. They're sitting there like, bro, you're making this worse for us. Why are you doing that? But I understand to a certainer pain, there's organized, it's organized chaos. They're paying people to do this. Right. But I think that's the annoying part of Hispanic. You're burning down the city. But like, for example, I'll tell you, and it's so funny to hear people like in other states that were not raised in California or not live in California don't understand how this works. Because in California, this is the state that everybody came to first. Now you have Mexicans in Utah, Nebraska, Ohio, you know, Pennsylvania. Shout out to Sal Rodriguez, one of my guys in, in, in Pennsylvania, he owns a bunch of business over there. Comes from immigrant parents. We were not in those states originally. In the 60s and 70s, we landed in California. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's insane to me. And they, they really think they're making a difference. But again, emotionally, emotionally, pat, I want amnesty emotionally. But I also understand how the American people can say no. And I can't get mad at that. There's got to be a part of you, as a hispan, as a minority, legally say, hey, look, listen, I was watching this video. The Venezuelan lady, she made such a great point. She says, why do you blame Trump for everything? How come you don't blame the presidents of the countries we're fleeing? How come you don't break a blame Maduro Chavez? How come you don't blame the president of El Salvador before Bukele? How come it's all Trump's fault? You do realize we didn't want to come here. The only reason we left is because we're fleeing, fleeing tyranny, we're fleeing communism, we're fleeing Corruption. We didn't want to come here. Why do you come and protest a president that's taking, he's. And then the lady says Venezuelan. Oh my God, I'm getting the chills. She says, I wish that our president in Venezuela, Maduro and Chavez would, would take care of us the way American president takes care of his people. I wish I wouldn't have to be here. I don't want to be away from my land. It's just, it's the, it's the hypocrisy, but again. It's the leftist hypocrisy, but again. But I will tell you again, emotionally, if, if, if. Hey, and we talked about this last night, Pat, when we were having dinner. Y, hey, you've been here for 10 years or more. You got to pay a hefty fine. You got to do this, this and this. I would ask for Urka of 19 of 2025. The way it happened in 1986 is to give amnesty to the people that have been here for, for 10, 15, 20 years that have paid their taxes, that have not committed a crime. Let them stay.
Pat
I, I, I know that's, you heard what he said. You said what Trump said about farmers, right?
Vinny
Farmers.
Pat
Can you pull that up, Rob?
Vinny
It was farmers, hotel workers and construction workers to let them stay.
Pat
I, yeah, I want to say was those three neighbors. So okay. In the hotel leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good longtime workers away from them with those jobs being almost impossible to replace. In many cases it was the criminals allowed into our country by the very stupid Biden Open Borden policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our farmers, but get the criminals out of the US Changes are coming. So it's interesting what this means is he's paying attention. And you know who else is paying attention? Rob? Go to the New York Post story. The fact that 1 million illegal immigrants self deported themselves. Vinny just showed it to me right before the podcast. Watch this, guys. Okay. One million by themselves. By themselves. Nearly one million illegal immigrants have self deported. Can you get rid of that? Victoria's Secret? Yeah, I don't know why that's it. Knows what sites you go to.
Adam
Shopping.
Pat
For stuff like that, buddy. Like seriously, it's a little embarrassing, but go back up to the top. It's back up again. Is that your car? Nearly 1 million illegal immigrants have self deported under Trump which has led to higher wages. Go a little bit lower. Now we know it's freaking like while ICE arrests and deportations transition separate complement mass deportation. And reports are correct that the plan is more successful than anyone would have managed. Based on government data. My organization, the center for immigration studies, the has conservatively estimated that about 15.4 million illegal immigrants in the US 50% over the four tumultuous years of Biden administration. Go a little bit wrong. Ricky, I'm going to come to you. That's no surprise given about to go a little bit lower. I'm going to go to the data side. Trump wrote a wave of concerns about high cost hospitals, housing, essential government cities, towns across the US Second term. Now that he's back in the Oval Office, it's up to border czar Tom Holman to drive unauthorized population down and restore credibility to our immigration system. Is there anything else written on the bottom? I want to go to the numbers track. The, it's just. Is there any numbers? That is. The rebranding coincides with offers who have. Okay. The rebranding coincided with an offer of financial incentives for aliens who leave voluntarily. A stipend of $1,000, that's in lieu of costly physical deportation can be about 17,000. I think that's a brilliant way to do it. Here's a thousand bucks. Go. But they paid many cases into those coyotes. Five, $10,000 to come here, so. Thousand dollars to leave. Yeah.
Vinny
You know what I'm gonna. The, the, by the way, I know people have self deported, but let me tell you, those people that are leaving Pat, is because they came here, they were here 15, 20 years and they built their house back in Mexico and they saved up money, they have a lot of debt. I, I have family members. Right. My brother just left to Mexico to live in Mexico. My dad lives in Mexico. My dad says I don't have any debt here. I have my house in Mexico. I'm gone. My uncle, my uncle Rafa left in Mexico. My uncle is getting ready like a lot of my uncles are getting ready to go back to Mexico because they built houses. They, they built, they built something there. They have no debt. They did things the right way as far as saving and building a house and they went back. So self deportation is not to them. Some of them are like, hey look, we've already been here X amount of time. We made our money, we saved up, we built our house in Mexico. Let's go home. Let's go home. And, and, and that's the part that I think is a lot of, a lot of times we don't see that is that for example, my Dad's goal was never to be in this country forever. My dad left when I was 15 years old. I'm 37 years old. My dad left many, many years ago. His goal was never to be here forever. And there's that element of it too, of when you, when you come into a country illegally, you, you kind of have to have a sort of plan that know that at some point that might backfire.
Pat
The time is coming.
Vinny
Yeah, you got to, you got to know that the time is coming where somebody's going to say, hey, by the way, you know, it's time for you to go home. And I, again, I, I think that just kind of. Last point on this, Pat. It's, it's again, it's. I'm very, very, very split emotionally because I do come from illegal immigrant parents and I'm, and I'm splitly split legally. I look at things logically. Working alongside you almost now, 10 years since 2016, you've learned, you've taught me how to process things that way where it's not all emotional and this country has laws and Mexico has laws. By the way, just so you know, I landed in a. I, I forgot where I, I forgot where I landed. It's been a while. I was in Mexico. This is a couple years ago. I saw a plane come in from Colombia. They turned 20 Colombians back. The light that that plane landed at the same time as I landed. They sent them back. Mexico has extremely strict immigration laws and they do not like foreigners that don't come in the country. It's been. Nobody tells you this because this is.
Pat
Why I said, this is why I said. You have a very unique perspective on this topic. By the way, One financial was cited by the Wall Street Journal. Calculated decline in immigrant immigration. Immigrant population by state 773,000 in the first four months. WaPo claims a million foreign born workers have exited the workforce since March. The Post framed this as a sign of weakening labor supply. Yet the paper also notes average hourly wages accelerated, rising 0.4% over the last month to 3,624 in May as earning continue to beat inflation and a boost to worker spending power. Very interesting number right there. Tom, your thoughts on this because you see what WAP was trying to spin it as, right? Hey, low wage workers are leaving. What are we going to do? Tom, your thoughts?
Tom
Yeah, so there, there's a dark side of a couple business segments in the United States and one is agriculture and one is a cousin of agriculture, which is livestock agriculture in the slaughterhouses and you have people that are working without proper protections. I grew up in California. I know the split opinion on Cesar Chavez, but I also know that he was out there getting a lot of awareness on these people that were working unprotected in the fields around pesticides and things that were happening out there to them. And so what do I see here? I see the math that they're saying, okay, there's a lower supply of workers, so now people have to raise the wage a little bit to attract the workers they need. Okay, that's just, that's just basic economics. I see it. And I think that's. So that math problem is correct. That is what happening. And there are people that are saying, hey, it's getting a little too hot. It's getting a little too difficult here. I'm going to take the app. I can get my thousand dollars on the app because remember, they rebuilt the Biden app. They've kind of flipped it over.
Vinny
Correct? Yes.
Tom
And you can get, you can get the opposite now. Yeah, the opposite. So you say I'm depressed, I'm. I have the app, I'm self identifying and take me a thousand bucks and I'm going home. Okay. So I, you know, I.
Vinny
But they're not even doing it for the money. Just knowing my people. Pat, we don't, do we? They're not.
Tom
Yeah, no, it's not. For a thousand bucks, you can't, you can't get home for a thousand times.
Pat
Are you saying you can buy Mexican for money? Like, what kind of a. Is that what you're insinuating?
Adam
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, I know it.
Tom
No, not at all.
Adam
I know it.
Tom
But I think you get to look back to Reagan and the proper amnesty programs. And when I say a proper amnesty program, a law abiding citizen that has been here forever, I believe there should be a path and a path to cure the status. He said. So what have you done? Well, I've been working here, I've been working there. I've been doing this. Because you also have to remember something. You know, a lot of these people are working on fake Social Security numbers with the complicit, you know, participation of the companies who know those people are probably not going to see Social Security because at some point in time, some point in time, they audit and flip it. And so I believe in long term amnesty, but I also believe that we had a near term invasion that was ridiculous.
Pat
They don't, like, they don't deserve social securities now. Is that what he's saying?
Tom
No, no, I'm saying is if you use a fake Social Security security number and they audited, sweep the system later and says, says, so your. Your name is what? My name is, you know, Jorge Ramos. Really? So you're Not Irving Salzberg, 104 years old from Newark, New Jersey. Okay, well, because that's who the Social Security number is. And they flip and they turn it off. No, the audit turns it off. So guess what? That person was staying quasi in the system and the money was going in until these audit it and they shut it down.
Pat
Yeah.
Tom
Where did that person's FICO go out of their paycheck?
Pat
I don't know. You know. You know what I like about the President? Let me tell you what I like about the President. You have to fricking love the way this guy does what he does. Do you realize this is like a 180 that quickly? Because he listens to the people and says, okay, great. All right. Our great farmers and people of hotel leisure business have been stating that are very aggressive policy. He's not saying our perfect policy. Our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, longtime workers away from them. Like, he took a shot at himself that. You know what I'm saying? But he's like, hey, people are saying, all right, cool. Here's what we got to be doing. Change. Hey, go pop up. How quick? So I think the part. If you're able to deliver a message in a very reasonable way, I would add, if I. If I was to do amnesty, I would say, okay, you're legal, but you have a 10% tax on top of everything else until you pay off $100,000 to the US government, $200,000, $300,000, and 500 hours of community, you know, or join the military, depending on your age and where you're at. But there's got to be something, right, that you give to. You have to speak English. You have to go through certain criterias and timelines. Some people don't agree with that because.
Vinny
Can I say something about that, Pat? Let me tell you, as a dual citizen Mexican that also lived in Mexico, that was raised by immigrant illegal parents. You give that. My dad's an American citizen now and so is my mother. Okay, but have these been the times where they weren't? I promise you, I promise you. My dad would say, no problem. You want me to pay back 100?
Pat
I believe you.
Vinny
I promise.
Pat
I believe you.
Vinny
My uncles would do it.
Pat
You know why?
Vinny
Grandparents.
Pat
You know what? It's so funny you're saying this so when I was interviewing Tommy Robinson. Robinson, he says, you know, what's it? He says, I wish our invasion was by Mexicans in uk. He says, because what do Mexicans do?
Vinny
Work.
Pat
They work.
Vinny
We work.
Pat
He says, the difference between the invasion that we have in UK is entitlement. Those who come there, 41 of them don't contribute to the economy.
Vinny
Right.
Pat
Comparable to the average of 24.7%. But when Mexicans come here, what did they do the next week? They're working.
Vinny
We work.
Pat
You know, they're working.
Vinny
My grandmother gave birth.
Pat
Yeah.
Vinny
To my death. Teresa, she was sewing the next day at the sewing.
Pat
I believe you. I believe you. Well, that reminds me of Jennifer. Jennifer gave birth. The next issue was working. So there is a Jennifer. You're. You're part of that community. Well, guys, breaking news. The poll numbers are out for Adam.
Vinny
Okay.
Pat
And. And, yeah, yeah. Before you pull it up, let's guess. What do you think it is? What do you think it is? What percentage want to see Adam go to?
Adam
I'm gonna. I'm gonna stick with my original. I'm gonna say 95.
Pat
What do you think it is, Tom? What do you think it is?
Tom
75.
Pat
Ricky.
Vinny
I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say 90.
Pat
Okay, let's see it. Right, guys?
Ricky
If it's over 95, I'm going to Iran. Let's see what we got.
Adam
Oh, 78.
Ricky
They want me to stay.
Pat
They love me, by the way. You're going to 22%. Guys, can you do me a favor to the 22%. Do you have 18 to send a message to Adam and tell him you love him? Can you. Can you pull up the next Adam and tell him you love him for all the comments section? Like, I swear to God, If I got $10 for each email I got about firing Adam or. Or DM on Instagram or X, I would be financially well off right now. Okay, Send him an egg to Adam. Give him some love. And if you're an angry patriot, loving what Vinny's been saying today sounds like a bad charity.
Tom
For $15 a day, however, you can check Adam in Iran.
Pat
You know who else is on my neck? A guy named Ricky Aguilar. But I think on Manect, his name is Ricky Ricardo Agar.
Vinny
Aguilar.
Pat
Ricardo R I C A R, a D O Aguilar. And if you manect Vinnie or Adam, ask him, can you give me Ricky's manect? Rob, if you can put Ricky's manect below.
Vinny
She got a little. She got me in trouble right there. She's like, hey, you need to reply faster to people. I'm like, oops, I didn't even know you guys.
Ricky
Anybody that knows you in real life knows that you're a living gangster in real life. Why you look so soft in your picture? Hey guys, this is my Grinder profile, Ricardo.
Tom
This is on the weekends. He's a model for Warby Parker.
Pat
Let's go to the next story. Let's go to the next story. I'm going economy. Tom. Tom, we want to know what's going on with the economy. I'm coming straight up to you right now.
Tom
So do I.
Pat
All right. Entry level workers are losing confidence in the job market, says Glassdoor. I applied to over 2 to 300 jobs. CNBC, 2 to 300 jobs. They're having a hard time getting a job. So let me read the story and then Tom, it's on you. Okay, so here we go. Which one is it? Right there. Employee confidence dropped to 44.1% in May, the lowest since 2016, with entry level workers particularly pessimistic at 43.4% driven by economic uncertainty from potential tariffs and a 9% surge and layoffs mentions on Glassdoor alongside a 47 increase in US job cuts. So 93,816 from 63,816 in prior mayor per challenger Grand Christmas. Catherine D. UP, a 21 year old university of California Irvine graduate said, I applied to over 2 to 300 jobs in events marketing, event marketing with without success. Reflecting a tough job market for young graduates. Entry level workers face limited opportunities due to low hiring environment with lead economists at Glassdoor, Daniel Zhao stating it's hard to it's hard for younger grads to get onto the career ladder in the first place as employers hesitate to open new roles. Zhao added that employees have less average to less leverage to climb the ladder internally and face increased competition from laid off experienced workers, reduce promotion and raise prospects for young workers starting their career. Tom.
Tom
Well, I got two things to say about this. First of all, you have to. Let's, let's dive in to the source. This is Glassdoor and cnbc, all right? Neither of whom are capitalist lobbyists here. So they're not talking about the unemployment rate. They're talking about the feelings. Feeling pessimistic. Okay, so unemployment's sitting right now at like 4.1 to 4.4 depending on the sector you look at. I think nationally we're 4.2 and people are saying entry level workers having a tough time finding Their first job. Okay, both of those things can be true. You're having a tough time finding your first job. And you're also. It's a 4.1, 4.2% unemployment rate. So it's not like everybody's out of work and there are no jobs. It's just no jobs. And what's very interesting, what I've been looking at, when I looked at this over the last month, I've been off and on diving into this and guess what? People that get degrees that point to nothing are having a tough time finding a job. I have a degree in art history and I'm having a tough time finding a job. Wow, what a surprise, right? I got a job in software engineering and I had my pick of two positions. Entry level pay, but two positions. Wow, what a surprise. You get a software job and you can find two jobs and neither one of them are going to pay you a million bucks a year. But it gets you off and running and gets you a career started. So that's what's going on here. And what you've got is CNBC is grabbing, this is a clickbait from cnbc. Grabbing a couple stats, throwing it up there to say that everything's bad, but unemployment is 4.1 to 4.4%. And people that have degrees in majors where jobs are finding jobs, people that got liberal studies or studied, you know, English or whatever, not that those are bad majors, they're having a tough time finding jobs. And by the way, what do they want? Let's also talk about this generation of people that feels increasingly entitled about the job that they expect to be given. So are there some things going on here? Yes. Is it dark and gloomy? No. Is it really hard to find a job? Yes. Do you think maybe having internships and doing other things would, would help you out? Yes. And by the way, here's what I got.
Pat
Can you do this? Go on, chat GPT and type in the following word. Is job anxiety at an all time high? Just happen. Is job anxiety at an all time high?
Vinny
You're telling me that you can't have a major in North African lesbian poetry and get a job?
Tom
Well, if there's some lesbians in North Africa that want to have you read to them and you can get over there, baby, maybe you could be their buddy.
Pat
Consumer expectation of jobless is at a 10 year high. March 2025, 66% US consumers expected unemployment to rise in the year ahead. High since 2015. But look at the second one. Layoff anxiety in the great state A January 2025 survey found that 81% of workers fear losing their jobs, while 76% expect more layoffs. This has sparked a great state trend. Workers cling to current jobs despite poor satisfaction because they fear instability, burnout and stress. Surge job burnout hit 66% in 2025. Around 75% of employers. Employees report low mood and there's a strong desire for mental health support. Anxiety is now the top mental health issue. Digital overload and extended work hours. Evening work emails and late night meetings. 16 63% of workers asked to shoulder more responsibilities. 2023 Sunday Scaries and pre work jitters. Wow, this is like scary. I'm reading this, I'm like, I'm having.
Tom
These are feelings, Pat. These are real things, but these are also feelings, to be fair. But let's go look at two things in there, you and me. Let's look at that. You're being asked to shoulder more responsibility and people are doing emails in the evening. Well, which is it? You think they're about to lay you off or they're giving you more responsibility and you've got an opportunity to show yourself. But hey, with the tariffs, with the market went up and down, you know, it is perfectly reasonable that people have these feelings. But the reality in the numbers, the feelings don't match. The numbers are, have layoffs gone up in certain sectors? Yes, but the unemployment rate's only 4.1, 4.2.
Pat
You know what's crazy? Tomorrow. You know, it's crazy.
Tom
All can be true.
Pat
One of the things that I look at so close, and by the way, every time I say this, people will get, oh, my God, it's not true. When I look at resumes and I see 1 year at the last job, 16 months at the previous job, 18 months at the previous job, 8 months at the previous job, 12 months at the previous job, 14 months at the previous job, 22 months at the previous job, 2 years at the previous job, 1 year at the previous job, 6 months at the previous job. I mean, I'm not hiring you for a six month job, okay? And if you remember, during COVID there was a podcast. I'd love for us to find it where the podcast was about, you know, if you can leave your job right now and get a different. I don't care what it is, leave and get another raise and get another race and get another raise. That may have been the worst career advice given to people, period. Because, you know, when relationships get deeper during good times or bad times. Yeah, bad times, period. Marriage.
Tom
When you go through something, stick it out.
Pat
That's right. Our relationship, you know, marriage, business partnership. Yesterday's meeting. Ricky.
Vinny
Yes, sir.
Pat
How. How would you rate that meeting? 0 to 10. And intensity?
Vinny
It was freak. Intensity. 15.
Pat
Yeah. And it was a straight up. But how great of a meeting was phenomenal.
Vinny
It was the best meeting. We needed so bad. We had needed so bad. It was necessary pressure, intense.
Tom
But quality and truth.
Pat
How crazy is the announcement going to be on July 1st?
Vinny
It's going to be sick. I'm excited for it.
Pat
Yeah, it's going to be wild.
Vinny
We're fired up. Me and Eric are talking about it on the way to the hotel yesterday. We're super excited for it.
Pat
It was. It was a. It was a great meeting. But you know what it was. You're looking at everybody in the room, and I haven't called an emergency meeting for how long?
Vinny
The last time we did, I think we went. We were. There was a SVP one. Well, three years ago, maybe.
Pat
Yeah, yeah. Three, four years ago was in Dallas. That we had in Dallas.
Vinny
It was in Dallas.
Pat
But you know what? It was when we were in the room, we were looking at, around everybody. There's a bunch of scars, wounds, shots. Some made it past, you know, bombs and all this stuff in the industry as we're going through it. But relationships are built during those times. If you're with a company long term, you have the biggest leverage to be able to ask because you have social capital, you have relationship, you know how the company works. This is a very, very good time for you to watch who in your company is putting their head down and improving. Those guys may be deserving a promotional raise. And this is also a very good time for you to show the company that you are different than all your peers. Let everybody else panic. Let everybody else worry. Let everybody else trash the company. Let everybody else go on TikTok and talk about how much they hate their job.
Tom
Glass door.
Pat
You stay solid. The future looks bright for people like you. Adam. You look like you want to say something.
Ricky
Yeah, well, this article is very interesting to. To actually diagnose because the title of the article, entry Level Workers are losing Confidence in the Job Market, says Glassdoor, quote unquote. This one particular applicant, I applied to over 200 to 300 jobs to no avail. Well, maybe you're a loser, bro. You applied to 200 to 300 jobs and you can't get one. You're a loser. So do you know anybody that's applied to that many jobs and can't get a job. So maybe. So nobody's going to feel bad for these college graduates because I remember when I graduated college was right after 9, 11. Pretty tough job market at that point. I remember people that graduated during the Great Recession in 2007, 2008. Pretty tough job market at that time. People that graduated 20, 20. Pretty tough job market. So nobody feels bad for you. College graduates graduating in 2025. Why? Because there's a little Trump trade war going on. Nobody feels bad for you. Ricky and Tom both basically summed up what's going on. We're no longer living in the days just because you graduate college, you're automatically eligible for a job. Skills, pay the bills, degrees, pay fees. The, the cost of college has gone up. There we go. Gang, gang, gang, gang, gang. The cost of college gone has gone up a thousand percent. Has your OA gone up at all? I would, I would, I would estimate it's gone down. But there's plenty of job openings in certain cases.
Pat
By the way, can you give a tip right now on getting a job? Can we just give a basic tip on getting a job right now? You're going out the market. Tom, you wrote a book, believe it or not, Tom wrote a book, you know, that was called the Rat Race.
Tom
If I'm not the race in a Cage.
Pat
The rat. The race in a cage, which is about getting a job and getting your career going, folks. Tom, watch us sell a thousand copies of the book right now and go. Tom calls you.
Ricky
How did you write this book?
Pat
This is, this is Tom's book, the Rat the Race on a Cage. A simple way to guarantee job satisfaction and success. Secular addition. This is almost 20 years ago. This man, Tom, was a professor at Biola and Pepperdine. Adjunct professor Tom, if you're gonna give somebody a tip right now on getting a job, give three good tips. What would those three things be?
Tom
Tip number one. Three words. I'll do it.
Vinny
Yeah, right.
Tom
You know, tip number two is to walk in expecting to adapt to them, not them, adapt to you.
Pat
I want one really good one, Tom, come on, give me a life changing one.
Tom
A life changing one.
Pat
I want to say hallelujah. Go ahead.
Tom
No, the third tip I would say to somebody going in to find a job right now is to basically go look at where the jobs really are and go look at what's out there and try to go solve a problem for somebody. Solve a problem for somebody, say, I'll do it and adapt to the job. Don't ask the job to adapt to you. And Your dog coming to work and Fridays off and all this other stuff that the generation seems to be entitled and have.
Pat
Dude, whatever the job is, if it's a company that's a. Their pollsters, they want somebody to go to Fordo Iran to do a poll on how the people feel over there or going to God, go do it. Say yes to the job. I'll do it. I'm going there right now.
Ricky
I'll give you three words.
Pat
Oh, shoot. From the guy that give us a three words.
Ricky
So for anybody that's out there for the job, I'll give you three words. Just get started. It doesn't matter where you start. It really matters where you end up in five, ten years from now. I would argue that a job is meaningless. A career is what you want to solve for.
Pat
Oh, wow, that was good.
Ricky
Bing, bing, bing, bing. A job is just a starting point, okay? Nobody here is still working at the same job they started at when they graduated college, when they had that amazing 1.8 GPA, or when you were telling jokes or when you were doing Vatos Locos in Mexico or when you were living in Canada. Tom, we all have different career paths. So just where you start does not mean where you end up. Get started. Get experience in the office. And I'm gonna ask a mentor.
Pat
I'm gonna ask Rob.
Ricky
And there you go.
Pat
Rob, for you. Yes. Job market. Okay. How much is your job anxiety right now?
Ricky
Still pretty high, Pat.
Pat
I'm being serious.
Tom
It's difficult because job confidence, 100% job stability in this industry, it's tough.
Pat
50% for your job right now? Yes. Okay, so tell me, what tip would you give to somebody who is looking at succeeding in their jobs? Because you've now been with us how many years?
Tom
Four years.
Pat
Four years. What tips would you give to people?
Tom
Outwork, outlast, out, strategize.
Pat
I mean, that was simple. We're very aligned on those three things.
Tom
I've learned from a good leader.
Pat
Yeah, we. We are on the same page.
Ricky
Notice how Rob left out. Out, improve.
Pat
No, I mean, he's. I understand what he's saying. We. We just. We just made a big investment last week, and we had a Dale Carnegie come and talk to us about how to win friends and influence people all day.
Ricky
The real deal, kind of. He came in.
Pat
Listen, Andrew Carnegie, the type of context that we have, bro, we're not going to open up a roller. We have access to debt, people, the technology. We have something else. All right, let's talk about somebody that. Adam's a Big fan of. I'm going to go to this next story here. Britney Griner breaks silence on footage of Angry moment versus Fever. And so for some of you guys, I wish, you know the level of passion Adam has for this player. Like if Jersey, all of it. A 34 year old Atlanta Dream center denied using racial slur and a viral clip from last. Rob, maybe show the clip first and then let's go because I thought Outkick did a great job. Whoever that guy from Outkick that did the interview, phenomenal the way, the way he's questioning. Yeah, you have to hear how he does it. He does. He did it the best. They're not using racial slur in a viral clip from last month game against Indiana Fever where she asked. She was fouled out and caught ranting on the sideline telling outkip reported down to no, I would never say that. There's no place you gotta watch that. But here's what she said. So watch this. Watch it again. Effing white girls trash. And then effing. Okay, so now Outkick goes and interviews Brittany. Rob, go ahead.
Vinny
She left her ass in Russia.
Tom
Watch it. At least we traded her for the ancient of death.
Pat
Rob, I can't hear you.
Ricky
Something on the bench.
Pat
It's hard to tell what you said.
Tom
Can you tell us what you said?
Pat
I remember falling out.
Tom
Being mad.
Pat
I remember falling out on. I believe it was Howard driving to the basket. They said I put my hand in but hey, never really had to look.
Adam
At this shade so.
Pat
But what did you say? I really can't remember what I said. Honestly. If I showed you the video, would that help? No, I wouldn't. Then that's when you know.
Adam
That's when you know.
Pat
That's when you know. He said, if I showed you the.
Ricky
Video of exactly what you said, would that help?
Adam
Yeah.
Pat
By the way, I'll pause on this here. Adam, your favorite player in the wnba, what do you think about her saying what she said here?
Ricky
Well, she said it. I mean you don't need to take a lip reader to say to understand what she said. She basically was called an effing white girl. Now I'll tell you this. Do you think she said that? Yes. Do you think she meant it? Yes. So you might know this. I used to play a little ball. Okay. We know I have a little skills now.
Tom
If I forgot you're in the wnba.
Ricky
I can't tell. Tom, let, let's let athletes talk. You just sit in your little mini race car out there and we'll circle back to you when you're ready. If I could. You know how you had a $10 for any time anyone said, hey, fire Adam. If I had $10 for anybody time they said, yo, this puss ass white boy, this crack ass white boy on the basketball court, I'd be a gazillionaire right now. But when you play basketball, which is shout out to.
Pat
He actually knows how to play.
Adam
No, he's a baller.
Pat
No, thank you. Truly. He knows how to play. Actually, you guys know, with Adam, I try to keep my compliments to one a year. Sometimes I make a mistake and I go two times. But he's actually.
Ricky
Well, in the contract, it's once every five years. So thank you.
Pat
I'm keeping my commitment.
Ricky
But we wrote it down.
Tom
That's it for 20, 25.
Ricky
That's part of what you deal with. If you ask Caitlin Clark or Luka Doncic or Jokic, any white, but you're gonna know that they're gonna. How many times has somebody called you a trash ass, puss ass white boy? The. The numbers are infinite. Now, that's fair. It kind of goes with the territory. But, you know, reverse racism is still racism. So. Brittney Griner, this, apparently a woman, is now out loud on camera, not owning up to the fact that she said what everybody says a million times and we all know it.
Pat
So, by the way, you know what's crazy? So check this out. Caitlin Clark, she's injured for two weeks. She leaves, viewership drops 55%.
Vinny
I saw that.
Pat
From 1.81 million to 8 to 0.85 million. Right the moment she came back, viewership went back to the same. Immediate viewership went back to the same Caitlin Clark effect. Back in Full fever. Liberty draws 2.2 million viewers. Do you know how crazy that is, by the way? Just so you know? 2.2 million viewers in the NBA championship. It's 6 to 8 million views a game. She's getting a third of it in the first half. Regular season in the first half. She got 25 points in the first half.
Vinny
Wow.
Pat
She played lights out. Okay. She played like. She ended up with 32 points, 25 points first half. And. And on the other side, you watch these videos with Angel Reese, she's literally throwing the ball off the backboard. Like, honestly, she must. I, I. There's a part of me that wants to compliment her. You know, I take a lot of shots at Angel Reese. I don't. I don't want you to think the only thing I do is take shots at her. I don't think, I don't think anyone in the NBA has the level of faith that Angel Reese has because she goes in and she just throws the ball up.
Adam
She doesn't even care.
Pat
She doesn't know where it's going. But the level of faith to have to believe that the ball is going to go in. I don't think anybody in the wwe. I mean, she goes in and it's like. And it just goes like this. And I just watch it. It's a moment of faith. I have an emotional connection with God when I watch her play because, you know, you tell me you believe in God like Angel Reese does. Yeah, I don't know a lot of people that have her level of faith.
Adam
You mean the Michael Jordan?
Pat
Can you. That's a wnba. Rob, can you just show highlights of her, you know? Yeah. You know, at this point, there's a.
Adam
Highlight of Ranger reason laying it up. It's like 50 times.
Pat
No, you have to realize there is.
Vinny
Missing the free points.
Adam
No, no, it's a layup. Layup, Layup.
Pat
Is this it? Is this it? Let's see.
Adam
No, that's tempers. Flair.
Pat
Not tempers fly. It's. It's tempers flare.
Tom
It's.
Pat
Seriously, you watching her?
Adam
Angel Reese layup.
Pat
Huh? It's Angel Reese, angel misses. So many misses Angel Reese misses.
Adam
That's her twerking.
Pat
Yeah. She's very good at that.
Adam
She's very good at that.
Pat
So if you see it video, see if we got one. I mean, it's, it's true.
Adam
I think that might be it.
Pat
Rob, watch this. Go ahead, look at this.
Adam
Not a care in the world. Look.
Ricky
Look at this.
Adam
The Michael Jordan. Jordan. No, no.
Pat
Tell me Michael Jordan had that kind of faith.
Adam
One more.
Tom
What is this?
Pat
I like that kind of faith.
Adam
Hold on.
Tom
Harlem Trans Trotter.
Pat
Look, I, I, I am at a point right now where I'm wondering, okay, Adam's birthday is not coming up for another eight months, But I'm thinking about for Adam buying a courtside ticket to Caitlin Clark's. You know what game I would save that money. You know what game I wouldn't mind going to when they face each other? Oh. Do you know why? Because there's one thing I love about.
Vinny
Sports that's very honest.
Pat
Animosity. Yes, animosity. We had Ron Artists on a podcast, Men of World Peace, last week. Yeah, it was the funniest part. Rob, can you pull up the funniest part? We're doing a podcast. Vinnie, this Is so funny. It's me, Adam and Meta, and we're sitting there, and there's a moment where we're watching the Malice at the palace, okay. And he's saying. He's like, it wasn't even that tough of a foul.
Adam
Him. Foul?
Pat
Yeah. He says, dude, it wasn't that. And I don't know why he got upset, because a foul was a regular foul. Okay? And we're going through it, and while I'm showing him this. Rob, do you remember this? Did you have the transcript to find it?
Ricky
You'll find it a different angle.
Pat
And I show. Rob finds a clip. So we show it, and he goes like this.
Ricky
Oh, that's a flavor right here.
Pat
Watch this. His reaction.
Vinny
Let me be.
Pat
It's not. But it's not a flagrant Tour. Flagrant one felt. Did they call a flagrant one on that or. No, that.
Vinny
That was a. That was, you know, it could have been a flagrant, but. Or could. That's a flagrant.
Tom
Okay.
Vinny
That's a flagrant. That was. Now I can see why.
Pat
She sing a different.
Ricky
Saw it from that angle.
Vinny
I didn't. I never saw it.
Adam
This angle.
Pat
Leave it, leave it. Like, what are you doing?
Vinny
Well, I'm calling out a. That's a. That's a. That's a fl.
Pat
Because you didn't make a play for the ball.
Vinny
Well, I, I, I, I wanted to make a play just to grab him, but it was a weird angle. I don't know. Look at my eyes.
Ricky
Is that, Is that left hand?
Vinny
No, that's a. That's a. That's a flagger.
Pat
That's.
Ricky
This is him recognizing 20 years later. Oh, mother.
Pat
By the way, funny, it didn't do. Didn't get that much viewership. I had the time of my life talking to him. It was such a great conversation, as.
Adam
If he wasn't there.
Pat
Like, he didn't do it. It was so cool. It was so cool having a conversation with him. But when I asked about Caitlyn, he says, no, Caitlyn Clark's a dog. She's from Indiana. She's a dog. She's built different. She's from India. He kept going like that. And I was showing the comparison about how, you know, LeBron always flops and Caitlyn gets back up and his relationship with LeBron. So he defended LeBron, but, you know, anyways, if I. If Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark play, would you want to go to the game 100. Would you actually want to go to the game?
Vinny
Why don't you Invite him to the.
Pat
Podcast for both of them.
Ricky
Yes.
Vinny
At the same time.
Pat
It would be Angel Reese.
Tom
No, you're the podcast from courtside.
Vinny
So you put Angel Reese over here, you put Kit Caitlyn over here, and then you put Stephen A. Smith right here.
Pat
Oh, that would be a good.
Vinny
Why not?
Adam
Can you show the other video of, of Britney Griner, the one. So two things, Pat. Here's my question. Her injury, how much of Caitlyn Clark's injury do you believe? I mean, I'm not saying that she wasn't injured. How much of it do you think that two weeks she was like, you know what? I'm going to take an actual break. I'm going to. That, that to me could have been a way for her to say, I'm going to prove to all of you all this.
Pat
She's that dark.
Adam
She's not that dark too like Adam to like stretch it out to two weeks and just. And that's one question I want to ask. And number two, and hey, I'm not taking personal shots. I'm just asking Adam a real genuine question. Have you ever in your 40 some years of life on this planet have ever heard a woman, a woman, a female talk like this? Listen to the dude.
Tom
Remember what you said during that viral moment after you found out against the Indiana Fever. A lot of people believe what you said was effing white girl or effing white girls.
Pat
Is it possible that's what you said? No. Would never say that.
Adam
Like, there's no place for that in our league.
Pat
Wouldn't say that.
Tom
So even though you can't remember, you.
Pat
Know that that was not what you said. I know it wasn't that because I wouldn't use that type of language. Okay. Thank you very much.
Adam
Well, like, I, it's insane to me. It's insane. I've never heard a female talk like that.
Pat
Yeah. All right.
Tom
Her voice wasn't like that until her voice changed.
Pat
Yeah. Let's go to the next story. Let's go to the next story. So next story is about Dodger star Kershaw. Clayton Kershaw Controversial message on Pride theme hat divides fans, divides fans. Ok. Not separate, but separate. Like divide divides fans. And here's what happened, okay? LA Dodger Kershaw, a devout Christian, wrote Genesis 9:12-16 on his pride theme hat during Saturday's game, referencing a Bible passage stating, this is a sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you for all future generations. I have set my Bow in the cloud, claiming the rainbow symbolizes God's covenant, not an LGBTQ symbol, sparking debate amongst fans. Social media reactions were mixed with some praise and Kershaw's stance. And one other user writing, classy move by Kershaw, the rainbow he supports has nothing to do with Pride Month. And another saying, courage to stand up for the truth. While critics argued the rainbow can have multiple meanings, why can't the rainbow mean both? And one stated, what a disappointment. Urging him to stick to sports. Tom, should he shut up and dribble?
Tom
Well, he plays baseball, so.
Pat
It'S a reference. Tom, I was just.
Tom
Okay, no, I mean, look disrespectful. The rainbow has been appropriated by lgbtq, and he's pointing out rainbow means something different to me. Rainbow means this in my faith. And this is a verse. And by the way, there's nothing anti about anybody on that. He's saying this is what the rainbow means to me. And that's all he's saying. And. And I think he's pointing out is like the underlying message here is, hey, if you're gonna appropriate, doesn't appropriate and then belong only to you, it means different things to other people. And this is what it means to be. And so he took a stand for his faith, but without coming out with statements of hate. So people gotta make it into something, don't they?
Pat
I like that. But, Rob, can you do me a favor on the poll, folks, be as honest as possible, as if you would actually make the investment. Okay? Be. Be straight up and just say, no, not interested, or yes. Okay. If we were to do a future looks bright hat. Okay. If we want to know. Hang on a second, let me go to that. I don't want you saying it. I'm not saying that. I know. If we were to do a future looks bright hat with valuetainment, and it's the rainbow color here, and on the side of it, we put Genesis 9:12:16, and we actually wrote the scripture inside the hat. Okay. And on the bottom here, it says, future looks bright. So again, do you got the rainbow. Rainbow flag, Genesis 9:12 16 on the side and the scriptures in the middle. Would you actually wear it to create conversation with people? To say, what does that really mean?
Adam
Wait, what's the symbol? Is it just our lion?
Pat
You got the valuetainment line. I got you like that, like this, the value.
Adam
A rainbow.
Pat
Except it's rainbow. Got you.
Adam
Okay.
Pat
Just aside it says Genesis 9:12:16. The entire scripture is inside the hat.
Adam
Okay.
Pat
Would you wear it? Me? I Mean, I'm just.
Adam
Okay, That's a question. Okay.
Pat
Okay.
Adam
I would definitely rock.
Pat
So, so. So, Vinnie, your thoughts? What do you think about what Clayton Kershaw did here?
Adam
I absolutely love it. It's about time somebody in sports actually put God first instead of walking around scared of offending anybody, especially this small little minority group that it's still. Listen, say what you want. That whole lgbtq, not the gays, just that whole thing, they're still hanging on to that little bit of power that they have. Okay? We live in a country where, you know, guys can put all kind of nonsense on their jerseys, on their hats, and nobody says one thing. All the blm, all the. All that crap. But the second somebody brings up the Bible and everybody gets nervous, okay? And that's the problem. This country was built on that book. We are a Christian country, and these athletes make millions and millions playing a kids game. Let's not forget, this is a kids game on the greatest country on the earth. And Kershaw is showing, you know, where his blessings came from, and I respect it. I think we need more of that and not less of it, by the way, just for.
Vinny
To give credit where credit is due. The first athlete superstar that I saw do that was Team Tebow.
Adam
Oh, 100. Yeah.
Vinny
Oh, my God.
Adam
Yep.
Vinny
By the way, he left the league because of it, if I'm mistaken or something like that. But Tim Tebow, Adam, your thoughts on.
Adam
He was the main guy. He was the main guy.
Vinny
Oh, my God.
Ricky
So to me, this just comes down to choice. You know, if the teams are basically celebrating a Pride Month, that's fine. The team made that decision. But each player should be able to decide whether they want to stand for that or not. The fact that you're forcing players to celebrate Pride Month when they're clearly straight doesn't mean that they're anti gay. That just means that's something that they want to stand up for. That's fine. Just like how some people like Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the American flag. That was his choice. Don't agree with it, but that was his choice. It was also everybody else's choice to not kneel. Just like during the bubble in the NBA, if you wanted to wear a social justice slogan, go for it. If you wanted to not wear it, go for it. The one guy who basically became famous in the NBA for not kneeling and doing the whole bowing the knee for the BLM was a black guy named Jonathan Isaac for the Orlando Magic. The guy made headlines for just saying, nope, I Love America. I don't think America's racist. I love being here, and that's my choice. But when you're. When you're giving mandates, almost like a Covid vax, that's where people have an option. So everybody's kneeling. Black lives matter. Here's a black live Jonathan Isaac, who said, nope, I love America. I'm not going to kneel. So when you're getting into force, when you're getting into mandates, when you get into basically saying you have to do this is where you have a problem. If Clayton Kershaw or whoever it is wants to rock the lgbtq, I'll go for it. If you don't go for it. But that doesn't mean that you're racist. It doesn't mean that you're anti gay. It just means you stand for what you stand for. And that's how I feel.
Pat
Yeah. So in other words, you know, by the way, and I think on the side, it could say take back the rainbow.
Ricky
Or you got rainbow.
Pat
We got here, you got the valuetainment. You got take back the rainbow. You got Genesis 9, 12, 16. But that would be interesting.
Ricky
Just imagine, you know what would happen?
Pat
That's a conversation start.
Adam
I love it.
Tom
Oh, my God.
Adam
Wait. What the hell is that?
Pat
Let me talk to you about Jesus Christ.
Adam
No, no, that's cool. You tricky son of a. What's.
Pat
What is that?
Ricky
At what point will people actually get a little frustrated because June is Pride Month. Yes, you've covered this a million times. But imagine if every sports team said, you know, it's not just Pride Month, that we're going to celebrate all of June, the entire month. You know, Mother's Day gets one day. Father's Day gets one day. We're going to celebrate in October. National Coming Out Day in March is Transgender Day of Visibility. That might replace Easter and International Day Against Homophobia, Transgender Day of Remembrance. How many different holidays are there that they're going to implement?
Pat
You want them to have more days?
Ricky
I want Gay Uncle Day every day.
Pat
So let me. Let me go to the next story here. Clip that. Folk that. You can clip that and put it up there, because it's official. We know the truth about this guy. All right, Bill Maher, roast Sean Penn for meeting with Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, but not with Trump. Now, Sean Penn, my opinion, one of the greatest actors of all time. I watched him in Mystic River. It was insane how incredible he was in that movie. But watch him here with Bill Maher talking about even if he got an Invitation from Trump, whether he would take it or not. Go for it.
Adam
I would not accept an invitation is because I see. I see.
Pat
No, it's a long flight and I see. No, really. You meet with, I don't think Castro and Hugo Chavez, but not the President of the United States. Yeah, I, I saw good results come out of some of those things. In terms of. Did you realize that I had. I don't think that there's anything that, That I would.
Adam
I just, just personally wouldn't trust anything.
Pat
That was said in the room, including the personality.
Tom
It's not a stutter. Son of better.
Pat
Matter of trusting it. It's a matter of seeing it. Matter of experiencing better, of knowing it. Yeah. More now it's like saying, I don't want this medical test because I, you know, I don't want to know. I want to know. Yeah, I want to. Okay. So, yeah, I mean, I have some good friends that, you know, are. I said this many times within the piece when I did it that, like, it's up to. I'm just giving you the report. It's up to you to make the decision. Who do you think is the real guy? I'm telling you, there's a very different guy behind closed doors in a different setting. Vinny, thoughts?
Adam
No, I just, I mean, and that's the. Remember we were talking about the propaganda. This is. This is it full set. Like, you can't even sit in a room and talk with somebody. For Bill Maher, Pat. Bill, of all people, for Bill Maher to be schooling him, I think that just shows, like, what that side's mentality is. And I think that's.
Vinny
Let's not forget that he also met with the chapel.
Adam
That's right.
Pat
Yeah, you're right.
Vinny
So you're. You're willing to meet with the guy that poisons millions of people, but you're not willing to meet with the sitting president. That's wild.
Pat
Yeah, but when he met with El Chapo, they also claimed that that was the way that he got caught. So he almost helped them cancel chop. I don't know if you remember.
Vinny
Yeah, but, but, but the reality is that there's a lot of. There's a lot of things. They wanted to blame her, but the reality is, Pat, that, that, yeah, he met El Chapo, but the reality is that Chapo's family comes up to see him all the time. They could attract his family at any time. It's not just shot and pen. They could attract the family coming up from KAK to where he was At. In the mountains. I mean, at any point in time they were gonna. It was not there. But the point is, look, there he is meeting with the El Chapo, but he won't meet with the President. Just the hypocrisy of the left is wild now. He's freaking liptards.
Pat
Tom, your thoughts?
Tom
You know, I'll give my thoughts and I'll go back to Bill Maher. When you're willing to go sit in a room with someone you don't think you're going to agree with or someone who has a well known opinion and engage in debate, we are taking America back to where my grandfather and my father went when they would go to the barbershop and have a civil conversation with their neighbor about people and about politics and things maybe they didn't agree with. And Bill Maher is saying he went to the White House, he sat down and talked with him and came away with a different perception. And he's not pro Trump, but he does sit there and say, objectively, I'm telling you, there's a different guy behind closed doors. And I went there. Why don't you go there for the experience of it. We need more Bill Maher willing to come across and have the dialogue. And I give, I tip my hat to Bill Maura for that and what he's done. You know, go sit down and talk to the other side. You know, something may be learned, something may be exposed, some perspective may be gained. Go get it.
Pat
So. So Tom and Vinnie, question for you guys. Would you meet with.
Tom
Gavin Newsom?
Pat
Would you meet with Bernie Sanders?
Tom
Would I meet with Bernie Sander? Yes.
Adam
I would love. I would love to see.
Pat
Would you meet with Putin?
Adam
100%.
Pat
Would you meet with G. Yes. Would you meet with Netanyahu?
Adam
Yeah. Security. I mean, obviously security.
Pat
Everything is secure, safe, 100%. Is there anybody you wouldn't meet with? Would you meet with leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un?
Adam
All of them. I want.
Pat
I would love to meet with, have.
Tom
A conversation out there that are.
Ricky
You're on record saying you would not meet with Gavin Newsom?
Pat
Them.
Ricky
Don't make me roll the tape.
Adam
I said pot. Oh, podcasting and stupid stuff like that to give him a platform to make him look good. I would still. It's just, it's just in front of a camera, just sitting down, have a conversation.
Pat
Either way, just sit down with them.
Tom
Is there a safe environment?
Pat
Anybody you wouldn't meet with Kamala.
Vinny
I wouldn't be with Kamala.
Pat
You and me with Kamala. What if it's dinner.
Vinny
No.
Pat
What if it's good Mexican food?
Vinny
No.
Adam
What if it's doing shots of like.
Tom
What if it's dinner and drink?
Vinny
I really think that he wasn't running. Shouldn't I think he. He realized they were using his auto pin for everything.
Pat
So you wouldn't meet with Kamala? No. Do you have anybody you wouldn't meet with? Like, actually think about it, Tom. Was there anybody you wouldn't meet with? Like, you may not want to meet with Aaron Judge, as a Dodgers fan, I know how much you don't, like, you hate the Yankees. Is there anybody you wouldn't meet with?
Tom
No. As long as it was a. As long as it was a safe location. I mean, I'm not going to go into.
Pat
I said the criteria is they're very safe. I'm going to personally make sure the security is good.
Ricky
Yeah.
Tom
There's nobody I wouldn't meet with now, would I? The order of which and who I would go meet with and my priorities be very, very different.
Pat
I don't understand, like, why would you say you wouldn't meet with freaking the president who was.
Tom
No, no, I said I would. I'd meet with anybody.
Pat
Yeah, yeah.
Tom
But the list of people that I have, you know, I wouldn't have Kamala at the top, I'll tell you that.
Ricky
Well, I think tried to be with her. I think Trump deserves a little bit of credit because if there's anybody that Trump's not willing to sit down with, I can't find him on the list. Trump will go to North Korea. Nobody does that.
Vinny
Trump will go to American president.
Ricky
He'll do that. So you don't make peace with your friends. You make peace with your enemies. The Hollywood hypocrisy coming out of the left is just so absurd. You'll sit down with Hugo Chavez, who basically is the dictator, former dictator of Venezuela. You'll hold down with a bloody head. You sit down with Castro, you sit down with Mercury Marxist, you sit down with communists, you sit down with socialists, but you won't sit down with the President. United States makes no sense. It makes no sense. But that's why you understand that the Hollywood hypocrisy is as real as it gets.
Tom
But TDS is even more real than that other one.
Pat
To see if there's such thing as an eds. Okay, because maybe there was, but it doesn't seem like there is. Today. Republican interest for Musk cools after his feud with Trump. New poll finds New York Post Tech billionaire Elon Musk's favorability among Republicans has declined since his feud with Trump, with an APNORC center for Public Affairs Research poll showing that the share of Republicans viewed Musk very favorably, dropping from 38% in April to 26% after Musk criticized Trump's tax and spending legislation, calling it a disgusting abomination. Katya Long, a 34 year automotive component factory employee from Woodstock, Alabama, said some things have happened lately that have changed how I feel about him a little. I liked what he was doing when he was helping, but now I feel like he's kind of hurting. Is what she said. Somewhat favorable. Must clash with Trump, which included claiming X. Without me, Trump would have lost the election. Dems would have controlled the House and Republicans would win. Would be 51, 49 and alleging without evidence Trump ties to all these other stuff. So what do you think happened there? Do you think that is a factual. Like, do you believe this dropping from 38 favorability to 26.
Vinny
I know as a, as a, as.
Adam
A Trump support for you.
Vinny
Yeah.
Pat
Tell me why.
Vinny
Not so much them having a falling out because that happens. But then you go and talking about Epstein List and basically saying he's a pedophile. You went too far. Like, one thing is us having a disagreement. A whole nother thing is you trying to demolish my, my character afterwards. You, you can't be trusted. You know, I grew up in the streets, I grew up in the hood. You know, I mean, and, and I have enemies that I, I don't have enemies anymore. But when I was younger, I had enemies that I respected because they wouldn't cross the line. And there's a line that you just don't cross even, even with enemies. You know, you, like, I'll tell you, like, let me give you a hood rule. You know, you don't, you don't, you don't call even an enemy. You don't call them a rat or a snitch unless you got paperwork on them. But you don't, you don't even. There's, there's boundaries you just don't cross. And I think that he crossed that boundary when, when he was saying, hey, look, Epstein list, like you went really far. And at that point, like, at that point I lost my interest in and you know, I'm, I'm, I'm, you know how much I, I'm Team Trump. Like, it is what it is. You know, not with everything that he does, but for the majority of the part, 90 of the time. And, and with me, I'm like, and by the Way. My wife's in the next room. She straight up said Elon, like, straight up, you know, nice. We're both very.
Ricky
You don't want to piss Eric off, bro. I know she's a Mexican.
Vinny
You know, she's a, she's a Mexicana.
Ricky
I piss Ricky off all day, every day. Not Eric. I told her to leave the shank, don't bring it.
Vinny
Yeah, but, no, but that's, that's, that's ours. We, we talked about this and our sentiment is that. So I could, I could believe that people have that.
Pat
How about you, Adam? Are you.
Ricky
Oh, I agree with Ricky. And I'll tell you the exact point where I think Elon lost credibility. It was the second that he deleted the tweet. Because if you're going to say some foul ass stuff, you leave that thing up there. Again, as if we're just going to forget that he tweeted that Trump was hanging out on Epstein island and he was on the list. Oh, did anyone not forget that? Everyone remembers that.
Vinny
So the tweet didn't do it for you, Adam? No, it was that he brought it down like he didn't stick to his guns.
Ricky
So. So two things. When he tweeted that, I was like, oh, that is some foul, nasty stuff. We did an emergency podcast and I called him out. I said, that's weak. But then if you're going to make that claim, yo, stand, stay with your chest, double down on it. When you delete it, you automatically look weak. I don't automatically look so. But all the way. Hold on, Tom. The way that Trump handled it. The way that Trump handled it, you come back completely measured and probably the most respectful way I've ever seen Trump ever deal with any sort of backlash. She's like, well, look, you know, Elon is a nice guy. I think he's wrong. And, you know, I feel bad for Elon. He's, you know, maybe I was on drugs, I don't know, but he just kind of backed out of that. And we haven't heard anything about the Trump Elon situation.
Pat
In a minute, I'm going to show you Elon's most recent physical. I want you to see what he was on, what he wasn't on. But go ahead, Tom.
Tom
So I kind of look at it this way, Ricky. Let's say we go back 20 years, okay? And I post something in early Facebook, and we both went out when I got a little tipsy and I sent kind of a nasty post on you. And the next day you call up you go, dude, at 2:00am you posted something on Facebook. What the hell? And I'm like, oh, wow, Ricky, man, I was a little drunk at time.
Ricky
You know what?
Tom
No, no, no, I'm not taking it down. I'm sticking to my gun.
Pat
That's not gonna happen.
Vinny
Stupid ass argument.
Tom
I'm gonna take it down. I'm gonna take it.
Vinny
Like, that's, that's, there's, that's. That shit makes no sense. Why would you double down? Like, you want to make these, right? You're like, yeah, hey, my bad. But I'm gonna leave that shit right there. What the.
Tom
And you know what? I'll be over in 10 minutes.
Ricky
Ricky, does anybody took that down? Is anybody going to forget that? Are you that stupid that you forgot that, Ricky?
Vinny
No, he's not. But, bro, he made it. He shouldn't have done that. So he. You try to.
Ricky
Of course he shouldn't have done that.
Vinny
But you don't double down.
Tom
You take it down. You go, dude, I'm sorry.
Ricky
Nobody.
Vinny
Yes.
Ricky
It's so stupid to begin with, by the way. That shows his character.
Pat
But here's the question, Tom. The question is, are you assuming he was drunk or on drugs? Because that analogy, you have to qualify that he was on drugs.
Tom
So, yeah, I'm not accusing him. No one knows what he was or wasn't. But it was late at night and it was rapid fire. So we can say that he was emotional and upset. I think we can say that.
Pat
Are you. Are you. If you were to say, you know, plus minus on, you know, him being drunk or being on drugs, what would you put it when that tweet came out?
Tom
I'll put zero on, zero on drunk and maybe 30% chance ketamine or something.
Pat
Well, here's the.
Ricky
Maybe it's a good time to use your bong noise now, Tom, and don't do it.
Tom
And you know, it's really, really late when he did it, and it was rapid fire, two or three of them.
Pat
So here's his physical.
Adam
So.
Pat
So he got.
Tom
So we had friends that did this. We see the.
Pat
Go back, rob to the tweet, make the noise. Here's this physical, okay? Elon Musk fires back, please don't do it, Tom. I'm not on drugs. Light their ass off. Elon dropped his own drug test on X negative for ketamine. Coke, ecstasy, amphetamines, the works. This after New York Times wrote a Whopper of a lie article that he was pill popping through White House meetings while advising Trump. Okay, go a Little bit lower. Let's take a look at this physical. Can you put up the physical ram zoom in a little bit. No drugs found. So you got what? Amphetamines, Ecstasy. Negative, negative, negative. Cocaine, ketamine, methadone, opiates, pcp. Nothing. Validity? Normal. Validity. Creatine, sugar? Normal.
Tom
Not even creatine.
Pat
Wow.
Adam
Can you make one of these charts though on chat? GPT though? Yeah, we know that this is for sure.
Ricky
Well, yep, I guess case solved. Elon Musk, that owns Gronk and AI companies can't put together a fake drug test. All right, buddy, if you want a fake drug test, I'll send you down to 20 people I know in Miami. You don't think that Elon Musk can figure this out in two seconds? Stop it.
Pat
Do you believe this?
Adam
I don't know.
Pat
Do you believe this?
Adam
I don't know.
Tom
Listen, I think you protest too much.
Adam
My thing is this that whole situation because you asked, I didn't get to get to it.
Ricky
You want a fake drug test? I'll get you a fake trust. 20 minutes, three minutes. You want to pass that test? Vinnie definitely doesn't do.
Pat
You're saying you don't believe this?
Ricky
I'm just saying if Elon Musk wanted to get a fake drug test, he's the richest man in the world. Who's the doctor that he just basically puts on blast? Jennifer Taylor. What's her name?
Pat
I think that scroll in a little bit and then I'm gonna see your name.
Adam
If I allegedly got punched in the face by a gay guy that wears glasses, I'd be smoking cannabis. Cannabisoids. What is it? Cannaboids. I began I'd be getting high just to being able to deal with it, but I've been a lot of rumors, but I don't know, you just. You, you, you saying something like that, bro, there's no coming back.
Ricky
Jennifer Taylor. There she is.
Adam
We had that conversation, right? Like you, something like that happens, it's. Listen, even if you apologize and I love you, I can still hang out with you. You're never going to get that level ever again.
Pat
Just happened to me yesterday.
Adam
Oh, seriously?
Pat
A situation like this happened yesterday where it's like, okay, I got it, I'm out. Oh, really? Like it's never going to yesterday. I get it. I get what happens where for you, there's certain things you don't do where you lose a trump. You have a trump type of guy in your life and then all of a sudden you do this. You see the part that you can never forget. Do you remember when Trump is running the rnc, he begs. He asks, not begs, asks Dana White to come to his event.
Adam
Yes.
Pat
Okay. Dana White comes to the event and speaks. And you know what most people didn't know about? He was on a trip on a yacht, couple million dollars in Italy with his family. Had to get a jet, had to get away for two or three days just to come. You know why? Because he never forgot what Trump did for him 20 something years ago when nobody would allow him to fight any place he allowed him to have his fights. Wow. At his place in Jersey. Who's the character there, Dana or Trump? Who gets the credit for the character that 20 some years later? Dana.
Adam
Dana.
Pat
Why 20 some years later, he's still grateful for what happened. He's like, my loyalty is this guy changed my life. Right. There are certain things you don't do, but in this case with Trump and Musk, by the way, there are some people that side with Musk. If you're seeing that poll, that poll shows 3,826. There are some people that still say, I'm with Musk, not with Trump. You know, it's a back and forth. Look. What I did get from this last exchange is allegedly Adam claims he knows people in Miami that can give you, you know, a drug test.
Ricky
Yeah.
Pat
So I don't know if that's worthy of a manect or not, but here's what I can tell you.
Ricky
Thank you, sir.
Pat
If you can pull up the manect questions, there is Ricky's QR code. Okay. If you like what Ricky had to say and you don't like what Ricky had to say, ask him questions. Okay, let's see how Ricky's gonna get back. And there's a good looking guy in the top right as well. Tom Ellsworth. Gorgeous, pretty smart guy. Married, but pretty smart guy. But you can ask him any questions he wants.
Ricky
But let's give a shout out to the guy in the top left. I heard he's hurting for cash. You know, 200 million ain't what it used to be. Guys, that guy, we gotta get that guy a couple bucks. It's only 100 bucks for him in.
Pat
X. I had a good time with you guys today. Great conversation. Ricky, it's great to have you here. We had a great conversation with Ricky. Ricky giving his perspective.
Vinny
Yes. Thank you guys for having me. I appreciate it.
Pat
We have Dwight, I think we got a couple podcasts that's going on, Rob. And then Thursday we're doing another home team. But tomorrow there's going to be a podcast going on. Do you know which one? Dwight Howard.
Tom
Dwight Howard goes out tomorrow.
Pat
Dwight Howard's going out tomorrow. Stay tuned. That's going to be another one of those NBA conversations, but people in the chat are going to say, what does he think about Israel talking about that with Dwight? We are going to talk about Lance Stevenson and some of the other questions that you may have. We'll have that conversation with you. Take care, everybody. God bless. Bye bye. Bye bye.
Podcast Summary: PBD Podcast – "Trump-Tucker Rift, Israel Calls For Iranian Revolution & Musk Drops Drug Test | Ep. 602"
Release Date: June 17, 2025
Introduction The PBD Podcast, hosted by Patrick Bet-David, delves into pressing contemporary issues spanning politics, international relations, and societal dynamics. In Episode 602, titled "Trump-Tucker Rift, Israel Calls For Iranian Revolution & Musk Drops Drug Test," Patrick engages with co-hosts Vinny, Adam, and Tom to unpack the latest developments in global politics, immigration, and economic sentiments.
1. Trump-Tucker Carlson Feud and Media Dynamics Patrick kicks off the episode by addressing the ongoing feud between former President Donald Trump and media personality Tucker Carlson. The hosts explore the ramifications of their disputes on Republican factions and media narratives.
2. Iran-Israel Conflict and International Tensions A significant portion of the discussion centers on the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. The hosts examine recent statistics on casualties from Israeli attacks in Iran and vice versa, highlighting the potential for broader conflict.
Casualty Statistics:
Notable Quotes:
Patrick (03:15): "Independent sources say as high as 406 killed in Iran and 24 fatalities in Israel."
Ricky (12:20): "I believe that Trump is America. I believe that's what he's about."
3. Immigration Policies and Self-Deportation Under Trump The podcast transitions to immigration, focusing on the claim that nearly one million illegal immigrants have self-deported during the Trump administration. The hosts discuss the effectiveness and implications of such policies.
4. Propaganda, Media Bias, and Derangement Syndromes The conversation delves into the concepts of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and Israel Derangement Syndrome (IDS), exploring how propaganda influences public perception and divides communities.
5. Economic Concerns: Job Market Anxiety Addressing economic issues, the hosts discuss data from Glassdoor indicating high levels of job anxiety among entry-level workers. They analyze factors contributing to this sentiment, such as economic uncertainty and increased layoffs.
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Notable Quotes:
Tom (88:56): "I'm not playing scared. The numbers are, have layoffs gone up in certain sectors? Yes, but the unemployment rate's only 4.1 to 4.4%."
Ricky (104:28): "The gap between job market feelings and actual unemployment rates shows a need for better communication and strategy."
6. WNBA Controversies: Brittany Griner's Rant The episode touches on Brittany Griner's controversial outburst during a game against the Indiana Fever, where she allegedly used racial slurs. The hosts debate the impact of such incidents on her reputation and the broader sports community.
7. Elon Musk's Favorability Decline Among Republicans Elon Musk’s recent drop in favorability ratings among Republicans is analyzed, particularly in light of his public feud with Trump and subsequent actions to clear his name regarding drug use.
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
Adam (141:15): "Case solved. Elon Musk can’t put together a fake drug test."
8. Clayton Kershaw's Controversial Pride-Themed Hat Clayton Kershaw sparked debate by wearing a hat with Genesis 9:12-16 during Pride Month, asserting that its symbolism is rooted in his faith rather than LGBTQ+ associations. The hosts discuss the reactions from fans and the broader implications for athletes expressing personal beliefs.
9. Conclusion and Future Episodes Patrick wraps up the episode by reflecting on the intense discussions and the polarized views shared by the panelists. He teases upcoming topics, including an interview with Dwight Howard, and emphasizes the importance of open dialogue in addressing complex issues.
Final Thoughts: Episode 602 of the PBD Podcast offers a robust exploration of current geopolitical tensions, media influence, immigration challenges, and societal debates. Through engaging discussions and varied perspectives, the hosts provide listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted issues shaping today's world.
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This comprehensive summary encapsulates the episode's core discussions, providing valuable insights for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.