Bolling! - April 6th, 2026

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Bolling!" – Real America’s Voice – April 6, 2026

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of "Bolling!" on Real America’s Voice delves into breaking news around the intensifying U.S.–Iran conflict and its global ripple effects—especially on markets—alongside pointed commentary on America's political and military posture. Host Eric leads conversations with insiders and analysts on precious metals, the state of the military, alliances, media narratives, and even the culture war in music, all viewed through a lens emphasizing American values, self-reliance, and skepticism of "legacy media" narratives.

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Key Segments & Detailed Breakdown

1. Market Tensions Amid Iran Conflict

[04:00–08:20]

• Eric opens with an overview of the financial markets’ anxious wait for President Trump’s next move on Iran.
  - Gasoline prices have jumped to $4.12/gallon, with Eric predicting a rise to $5 regardless of outcome. - “The trend is towards $5 …the sooner the better to clean that thing up.” (Eric, [04:20])

• Spotlight on Gold & Oil:

  • Tesla’s poor performance is noted as symptomatic of current volatility.
  • Gold hovers near $4,700/oz, with Goldman Sachs predicting $5,400 by year’s end.

• Guest: Philip Patrick (Birch Gold Group):

  • On U.S.–Iran standoff:

    “The more Trump says he’s going to do something, he’s going to have to do it. The shorter the duration… the better [for] the global economy.” ([05:04])

  • On de-dollarization:

    “We’ve been dealing with this issue… since 2022 when Biden sanctioned Russia. …Iran is fighting asymmetrical warfare… going straight for [our big pain point]: the national debt.” ([06:38–07:02])

  • Philip agrees with Goldman’s bullish gold forecast, expecting more upside if U.S. debt and deficits remain unchecked.

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2. Recap of Military Drama & White House Response

[08:35–15:49]

• Brian Glenn (RAV Chief White House Correspondent):

  • Recaps dramatic rescue of two U.S. airmen downed over Iran.
  • Plays remarks by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth:

    “When he was finally able to activate his emergency transponder, his first message was simple and powerful: ‘God is good.’” ([09:30])

  • Presidential resolve cited as a reason for mission success (“We do not leave Americans behind”).

• General Dan Raisin Kane emphasizes the sacredness of the “leave no one behind” ethos.

  • “People are more important than hardware ... These things we do that others may live.” ([11:11])

• Brian Glenn on press conference moments:

  • Notes rare bipartisan media praise for the operation.
  • Trump’s tough rhetoric:

    “By 12:01 they would have had their water plant, their bridges, their energy power plant… destroyed.” ([12:30])

  • Vibrant banter: Trump asks how many troops were used; General declines to specify, prompting laughter.

• Media Critique:

  • Trump’s ongoing feud with CNN & NYT highlighted by Glenn:

    “He’ll call individuals, entire news agencies out publicly. That’s what we love about President Trump.” ([14:44])

  • Eric quips on Trump’s forthrightness at pressers, including his use of “praise be to Allah.” ([15:35])

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3. Global Alliances & U.S. Military Strategy

[19:37–27:19]

• Interview: Doug Mastriano (Ret. Colonel & State Senator)
  • Draws parallels between the Iran conflict and Desert Storm, noting key differences (no large-scale ground operation).
  • Eric & Doug express shock at lack of allied support (Europe, Asian allies, Gulf states).

    “[Europe] want to blame President Trump for the possible decline or end of NATO. …It’s on their heads…” (Mastriano, [22:25])

  • Disappointment in Middle Eastern nations’ “cheerleading from sidelines.”
  • Discuss necessity and risk of targeting Iran's strategic islands in the Strait of Hormuz to reopen oil passageways.
  • Doug advises avoiding close positioning of aircraft carriers due to Iranian threats but underscores importance of controlling chokepoints.

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4. Political & Media Framing: “Fitness” as a New Attack on Trump

[30:02–40:13]

• Eric sharply rebuts Democratic claims that Trump is “unfit” for office, turning the accusation towards Biden:

  “You lefties have no standards when it comes to a debilitated president.” ([31:41])

  • Plays clips mocking defenses of Biden’s capabilities and cognitive sharpness.
  • “Biden asleep at the wheel. He’s not even at the wheel... in the back seat with an ice cream cone.” ([33:01])
  • Extensive riff on media “gaslighting” and double standards, culminating:

    “If fitness is suddenly the standard, great, let’s actually use it. Let’s apply it equally, and let’s apply it honestly.” ([38:43])

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5. Culture War: Conservative Country Music Pushback

[40:55–50:22]

• Eric interviews Stephen Lee (Executive, Based Records) about Rachel Holt’s single “Ammunition”:
  • Song was a “response to the assassination attempt on Trump” and is meant to support “both the war in Iran and the cultural war back home.”
  • “Ammunition is about standing up for your spiritual beliefs, your political beliefs in a world that says ‘no.’ …To fight the woke music machine.” (Stephen Lee, [41:52])
  • Discussion of mainstream music industry as hostile to conservatives; Holt’s pro-life chart success at 18.
  • Preview of her next single “Like the Sun”—celebrating life and American values.

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6. Closing: Geopolitical Insights with Steve Bannon

[50:22–58:30+]

• Eric & Brian Glenn bring on Steve Bannon for strategic analysis:
  • Bannon lauds Trump’s clarity:

    “He set a deadline… tomorrow night is going to be here. …Unless there’s some sort of effort here to get to some sort of deal, it’s going to happen. And it’s going to happen in a big way.” ([53:25])

  • On linking civilian infrastructure (power plants) to Iran’s war capacity: “These are inextricably linked to their war economy.”
  • Both agree: Arab participation is essential ("bring the Arab nations in"), and diplomatic efforts should be matched with preparations for “a massive military strike.”
  • Highlights Iran’s complex negotiation tactics and the need for the U.S. to deal only with actors who “can really execute on a deal.”

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Notable Quotes (with Timestamps)

• Eric: “It was a very, very muted session today. Very quiet, just very nervous, nervously waiting what President Trump is going to do with Iran.” ([04:12])
• Philip Patrick: “The more Trump says he’s going to do something, he’s going to have to do it. …The shorter the duration, the better for the global economy.” ([05:04])
• General Raisin Kane (via Eric): “People are more important than hardware … These things we do that others may live.” ([11:11])
• Doug Mastriano: “These European leaders want to blame President Trump for the possible decline or end of NATO. It’s on their heads…” ([22:25])
• Eric: “You lefties have no standards when it comes to a debilitated president.” ([31:41])
• Stephen Lee: “The music industry has been rigged for a long time, just like politics. …This song Ammunition by Rachel Holt is to fight the woke music machine.” ([41:52])
• Steve Bannon: “He set a deadline… tomorrow night is going to be here. …It’s going to happen in a big way unless there’s some sort of effort here to get to some sort of deal.” ([53:25])

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Memorable Moments

• Trump’s recounting of the airmen rescue and his lighthearted exchange about mission details ([13:34])
• Eric’s extensive, biting monologue calling out Democratic and media hypocrisy on presidential “fitness” ([30:02–40:13])
• The blending of the culture war with ongoing foreign conflict, epitomized by Lee’s advocacy for pro-Trump music as “ammunition” ([41:52])
• Steve Bannon channeling Godfather analogies to explain Trump’s negotiation tactics ([54:00])

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Segment Timestamps (Highlights)

• Markets & Precious Metals: [04:00–08:20]
• Military Rescue & Trump Press Conference: [08:35–15:49]
• Desert Storm Comparisons & Military Strategy: [19:37–27:19]
• Democrat Hypocrisy & Media Commentary: [30:02–40:13]
• Conservative Music and Culture Wars: [40:55–50:22]
• Steve Bannon’s Geopolitical Analysis: [50:22–58:30+]

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Tone & Approach

The episode is energetic, at times combative and sardonic, with deep skepticism toward the mainstream media and Democratic narratives. It weaves hard-nosed analysis, unapologetic pro-Trump commentary, and occasional humor, delivering rapid-fire insights on both geopolitical and cultural fronts.

Transcript

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[Philip Patrick]

Look, it's interesting. I don't think the Iranians at this point have a mind to get a deal done. So I think it's down to President Trump to exert enough pressure to force their hands on. We'll see what happens. But they're digging their hills in. So it's going to get interesting. The more Trump says he's going to do something, he's going to have to do it. So we'll see how it plays out. But as I've said for the beginning, and I know you share this mindset, the shorter the duration of this military operation, I think the better it'll be for the global economy. The Iranians understand that the cards that they have, the more pressure they put on that straight. The more it's, the longer that lasts, the more we're going to want to come to the table and make a deal. So we'll have to see how things pan out. But ultimately, I think for gold prices longer term, this is the perfect storm. People are getting confused in this climate because we're seeing a ton of volatility even in precious metals prices. But this is not uncommon with things like this big events and uncertainty. People move to cash, wait and then reposition for the longer term. So I'm very confident in gold prices.

[Eric]

I hate to cut you off. There's another issue going on no one's talking about, especially in regards to gold. Some, the Iranians, some of the Middle Eastern countries as well as China are talking about moving away from the US Dollars, the petrodollar, the trade oil in, in dollars which has been the norm for eternity. If they do do that, Philip, that puts a pretty much a sell pressure on the dollar. When you sell the dollar down, there's two things that happen. Oil goes up and so does gold. Right?

[Philip Patrick]

Absolutely spot on. And you know, we've been dealing with this issue de dollarization for a while. Even dollar holdings by central banks were at 35 year lows. So this has been a Trend really since 22 when Biden sanctioned Russia. However, certainly escalating in the current climate. What's so interesting is watching how the Iranians are waging war.

[Unknown Analyst/Commentator]

Right.

[Philip Patrick]

They're suggesting tankers that settle in Chinese yuan will be allowed through the strait. Tankers that settle in USD will not. What the Iranians are experts at fighting asymmetrical warfare. They understand our big paypoint is the national debt and they're going straight for that. So I think it's very telling how the Iranians are waging war.

[Eric]

You know Philip, about a minute or so left in this important note, Goldman Sachs coming out over the weekend, maybe Friday. It could have been Friday or over the weekend. I read it that they're reiterating a 50$400 price for the ounce of gold by the end of the year. And that's relevant because a lot of people are nervous that whatever happens in the Middle east that gold had a huge run up and is it on the way down or back up? Goldman would say back up.

[Philip Patrick]

It also tells me that they I imagine they expect the duration of this conflict will be fairly short because if it does drag on, 5400 I think is a snip for gold given the fundamentals. So I agree with Goldman. I think if we wrap this thing up quickly, 54 by year's end is probably a decent prediction. But I think longer term it keeps going up until somebody can convince me that we can get a handle on debt and deficit. There is no other place for gold to go other than up longer term.

[Eric]

Well, that's I again, good for my port portfolio. Good for the folks who have listened to me for the better part of 14 months with Philip Patrick and the Burch Gold Group right here on rav right here on Bowling. Philip, appreciate your time. Thank you as always. See you again very soon.

[Philip Patrick]

Thank you sir.

[Eric]

All right folks, our next guest, our own RAV Chief White House correspondent Brian Glenn, who has been in a press conference with President Trump who along with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Raisin Kane. Kane spoke about the two airme who were shot down in Iran and rescued by the US military. Always happy to have Brian Glenn with us. Brian, stay right there. We'd like to listen to I believe and I've said this all along, I believe Pete Hag said is a contender for the White House in 2028. I think just watching his poise. Here he is from just about an hour ago, airmen evaded capture for more than a day, scaling rugged ridges while hunted by the enemy. When he was finally able to activate his emergency transponder, his first message was simple and it was powerful. He sent a message, God is good. In that moment of isolation and danger, his faith and fighting spirit shone through. You see Shot down on a Friday, Good Friday Hidden in a cave a crevice all of Saturday and rescued on Sunday Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday A pilot reborn all home and accounted for A nation rejoicing God is good. We'll get to a couple more sound bites. Weigh in on Hegseth today.

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I think that's a bold prediction for 2028. I think it's not out of the question, to be honest with you. I think he's done a phenomenal job as Secretary of War. I think he's very well spoken, he's very knowledgeable, he's obviously America first and he has the back of maga. The way they recapped that amazing recovery mission for, for these two individuals is, is something like I have heard here at the White House that it's something they've never seen before in the military, that kind of search and rescue mission and what they had to overcome and when they, you know, talked about leaving some of their assets on the ground there and for good cause to get out and the fact that, you know, they risk so many additional lives. Eric, I actually spoke with President Trump one on one in the Easter egg roll about this mission. He said, Brian, we risked a lot, lot going in there and getting these, these soldiers, but we do not leave Americans behind. And they prove today, Eric, that the US Military is the best in the world and we will not leave a soldier behind.

[Eric]

Well, let's take a listen to General Raisin Cain. You know, one thing about Trump, you know, he knows how to pick his people. Listen, listen to Raisin Cain. These two operations reflect our nation's most sacred obligation to our military service members. We leave no one behind. Bless you. It also perfectly captures the first truth of our special operations forces, that people are more important than hardware. That is the standard we live by. And the rescue forces that execute these missions operate under, under a clear motto, these things we do that others may live. It went on and on. It's a really a fascinating the idea of this, this campaign to trick the enemy into thinking there was one of them was rescued and one wasn't when neither one had been rescued. Wow, what a plan. They really pulled this one off. Brian.

[Unknown Analyst/Commentator]

Yeah, that is what we call four dimensional chest. And this is what I like to see. And this is the moment, Eric, and I think that this country can actually get behind and say celebrate how the military came together with this, with this pan, with this plan to recover these two individuals and what is Is noteworthy on this is I even heard some of the legacy media praising this military operation, which is something you don't normally see. They've been sometimes on the other side of this conflict almost in, in fact cheering on the Iranians and all this. But those and to go also to how direct President Trump was in this press conference in terms of what to look forward to. He put that deadline down 8 o' clock tomorrow night. And he even said this, Eric, I don't know if he caught this or not. In four hours, by 12:01 they would have had their water plant, their bridges, their energy power plant, things like that, their grid destroyed. So I am thinking from 8:01 tomorrow night local time eastern to 12:00 clock tomorrow night, you will see probably destruction in that country that we have not seen before. President Trump not balking at all the fact that he means business. So Eric, if I live anywhere near a bridge or a power plant there in Iran, might want to find somewhere

[Eric]

else to live here for the next

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couple of days because the strikes look like it's in a man or at

[Eric]

least wear a helmet as you're doing the, doing the lawn like they do at the lawn. Hey, my favorite moment in the press conference is when Trump turns the cane and said, how many people do we use? And the general says, sir, I rather not say the number. Trump had a little chuckle about that. But here's a little sound bite from Trump as well. Take a listen. We immediately mobilized a massive operation to retrieve him from the mountain holdout. And he kept going higher and higher. The mountain kept getting rougher and rougher and really very, very hard to find. The second rescue mission involved 155 aircraft, including four bombers, 64 fighters, 48 refueling tankers, 13 rescue aircraft and more. We were bringing them all over and a lot of it was subterfuge. We wanted to have them think he

[Brian Glenn]

was in a different location because they had a vast military force out there. Thousands of thousands of people were looking.

[Eric]

I, before we go, give us the assessment. Trump really ripped into CNN and more importantly, I mean even more aggressively into the New York Times. Thoughts?

[Unknown Analyst/Commentator]

Yeah, yeah, he did. I mean he's, you know, he goes way back. He'll bring up examples that even happened during 2016 and even during the election season of some of the inaccurate reporting, not just from them, but from everyone in the room. He still has never backed off from calling people out publicly. He'll call individuals out publicly. He'll cause entire news agencies out publicly. But that's what we love about President Trump. And we were asked this morning about the truth social post of what he plans on doing. We all read the post on Easter. I wasn't the biggest fan of the wording of that message on Easter, but the American people have loved to respect and admire how truthful President Trump is. No matter what the situation calls for, he's going to tell you exactly how he feels. And he did that on Sunday and

[Eric]

he did that today when he said praise be to Allah. I almost lost it. That was wow. He just lays it right out there. Brian Glenn, always good. Chief White House correspondent for Rav. Brian, thank you so much for your time.

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Thanks, Eric.

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[Doug Mastriano]

It does feel like they'll go quite a bit, especially the air campaign. Remember we had a thousand hours of air campaign bombing before our ground forces, including me, went in to fight Saddam's forces. The big difference of course, is we don't have, you know, a million soldiers on the ground, 750, 000Americans and plus Brits. Many countries were alongside us. So we don't have the ground posture there, which I think is an excellent idea because the ground war in Iran is completely different than the open, flat desert of southern Iraq.

[Eric]

So tell us about why you think we don't have the support of other guy. Trump talked about it today. He said he thought Britain would get involved. He said he thought Australia would get involved. North Korea, South Korea. I'm sorry, South Korea would get involved. He thought Japan. None of these countries wanted to get involved. Why do you think they're not supporting Trump's actions in Iran now?

[Doug Mastriano]

Yeah, I, I'm a bit shocked, actually. You Know, and especially not just Eric participating in the war and supporting the war, prohibiting us in many cases from using the bases, American bases in Europe. Many of those countries, like Spain and even England for a great extent here, said, you can't fly operations from the fields, you know, within our countries. Are you kidding me? And so, you know, a lot of. Look, I'm a big fan of NATO. I served four years in NATO. I saw what an alliance can do. We've. We've provided the longest peace in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. By the way. I've never heard any Western European thank an American soldier for their freedom and allowing generations to live without war because of America and America's security umbrella. But these European leaders want to blame President Trump for the possible decline or end of NATO. It's on their heads when you say to the leading nation that spent trillions of dollars, that sent millions of men and women into their countries to defend them from a Soviet invasion, including me and my family, and then, then say, hey, we're not going to support this operation, that we benefit from that they need the oil, we don't need the oil out of the Straits of Hormuz, and that they would stand in the way of America and not just participate, then block us from conducting operations. They're gonna, they're gonna lead to the downfall of NATO, not President Trump.

[Eric]

It's a, it's, it's shocking. Not only the, the countries Trump mentioned, Germany mentioned, Great Britain, South Korea, Japan, but also the countries that Iran is now bombing within its own range. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, uae. Why, why are they not at least supporting these efforts besides saying, hey, Trump, go, go. Keep going? Yeah, they're not really putting any boots.

[Doug Mastriano]

Yeah, that's the big distinction here. Because in Desert Storm, we have, of course, the Saudis fought alongside us. Even the Syrians had a division on the ground. The Egyptians fought alongside us, an Arab coalition. Of all the little emirates out there, they put together a brigade side for us. Of course, the Kuwaitis, those that escaped were fighting. And this time, you know, you're right. They're just a bunch of cheerleaders, like, whoa, go, go, President Trump. But, you know, where's the beef? You know, you. You guys got to step up. I see that the Emir of Saudi Arabia is on the cusp of entering the war. What are you waiting for? I mean, they already bombed your country numerous times, your vital infrastructure, and you're just standing aside.

[Eric]

Show some leadership, Doug. Can we, can we accomplish whatever ultimate goal President Trump has in Mind without actual soldiers on the ground or on the sand.

[Doug Mastriano]

Yeah. And you've been following this. You follow the, the. Of course, when the Iranians shut the straits back in the 80s, remember we had the US Navy reflagging ships to escort them through the straits. The problem is there's about a half a dozen small islands in or near the Straits of Hormuz that the Iranians control. They took those during the time of the shah in the 70s. It's too bad because those are strategic points. I think if we're going to restore control of the straits, we may need to seize those small islands. I'm not talking about Carg island all the way by Kuwait. I'm talking about in the straits. There's about a half a dozen islands that are being used by the Iranians to launch strikes. I think we can achieve the objective. I participated obviously in the army in many war games games and since I'm a military intelligence officer, I usually am the enemy commander, the opposing force. And you know, I played a senior Iranian leader in one of these war games here and I made it very difficult for the Americans. As you know, we practice this map exercise and so I think just control those islands. We should be able to force a straight back open again.

[Eric]

So guys, put that map back up again. It's a straight Hormuz map. And the reason why I'm bringing this up and it's in its tightest choke point there, right there. It's 21 miles wide. So I assume it's, it's got the depth to support. Tell me if I'm wrong. Some of our big aircraft carriers, some are nuclear aircraft carriers and destroyer groups. Why not put one at the beginning, up in, up in the northern part where Iran and Saudi Arabia mean the top, and then one near the, the, the Gulf of Oman I think, or the, whatever the, to the easternmore side of it. What about putting two aircraft carriers there and have, as Trump pointed out, you can go through the strait, but it's going to cost you $2 million a vessel.

[Doug Mastriano]

Yeah. So 21 miles at its widest point, but the navigation lane there I think is about 2, 3 miles wide at the most narrow point there in the middle where it has a depth and what have you the problem. We're going to keep the aircraft carriers far away and we're going to use our aircraft to strike deep. Because of the vulnerabilities of this, of the fast attack boats, the Iranians have drones, stray missiles. It's just too risky to put our carriers too close there, the smaller ships. Yeah, we could do that. Some frigates maybe. But control those islands I think is essential as long as Iran wants to keep it closed.

[Eric]

Interesting, interesting. I hope we can get that done. Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania, appreciate your time. Always good to have you on, my friend. We'll get you back very, very soon.

[Doug Mastriano]

Thank you for having me. Love you brother.

[Eric]

Oh, you too man, you too. Thank you again for our freedom. Take a look at this folks, please. All right folks, six months in we're almost 3 million views. We got almost 90000 watch hours. Course we're gonna get to 15,000 subscribers. We're almost there. I need you to help me out. I'll tell you what, when we hit 15,000, should be very soon. We'll take the last five people who leave comments in the comments section and we're going to send you one of these one of these cool edge T shirts right there. Again, leave a comment in the comment section. Be one of the last five that once we hit 15,000 and you're going to get a T shirt also you got to be a subscriber. So do it now.

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Okay, so now Donald Trump is unfit to serve. Well, that must be the new line they're going with. Not a fascist anymore, not a dictator, not a Nazi in waiting. No, we've moved on to newfound desperation. Now he's unfit. You almost have to admire the deepest level of hypocrisy right there, folks. The Hitler thing didn't quite land. The end of Democrat thing didn't quite stick. What else we got? Oh, unfit, clean, vague, flexible. Snowflake focus group approved. Sorry to break it to you, comrades on the left. You don't get to have a single thing to say about the fitness of a president as a standard. You lefties have no standards when it comes to a debilitated president. Given the political questions that have come up repeated about Biden's fitness for office and questions about his memory, are you

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[Eric]

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[Eric]

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[Brian Glenn]

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[Eric]

We're walk the walk. Billion. A billion 300 million trillion. That is quite a big number there. We all saw it. The falls, the stumbles, the wandering off stage like he just took the wrong turn at Thanksgiving dinner, falling at a graduation ceremony, falling off a bike that wasn't even moving. Nothing to see here, folks. Note cards to guide him out of a room. Step by step instructions. Walking to a podium, sit in chair. Turn to page two, Joe. Let's talk about the media access, or lack of it, rather. Because while Trump, love him or hate him, is basically on television more often that than weather alerts, you would need a telescope and a search party to find a press conference for Biden. No questions, no follow ups, no unscripted moments. And it wasn't a presidency. It was a controlled environment, like one of those zoo exhibits where they tell you not to tap on the glass. And everyone played along. The lefty politicians played along. The pundits they own played along. The media outlets they run played along. Even some of the rhinos played along. All of them insisting that what you were seeing, you weren't actually seeing a national gaslighting campaign. That was until the debate. The painful can't look away moment on the total initiative relative to what we can do with more Border patrol and more asylum officers. President Trump, I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don't think he knows what he said either. Look, we don't know Trump. No one knows what he said. Not on the end of it, throughout the whole debate. How do you even compare the two? Biden asleep at the wheel. He's not even at the wheel. There he's in the back seat, slumped over with an ice cream cone on his lap. Suddenly, after four years, they admitted concerns about age, serious questions about fitness. Time to have a conversation. Oh, now we're having the conversation. Anyone having a memory lasting more than two years? Well, we do. So forgive us if we don't take your whole Trump is unfit talking point all that seriously. It's not about fitness. It's about finding the next attack line that might actually stick. And this one won't. That's all this is. You can disagree with Trump on policy, fine. Hate his tone, fine. Roll your eyes at some of the things that come out of his mouth, okay? On Easter, whatever, sure, maybe. But that's called politics and politicking. Let's just be honest for one minute. The President has always been that way. That's the guy he's always been. But that hasn't stopped the leftist media machine from going all out to get President Trump right from the very start. To get him, to just get him. Just like a little bit of proof that abc, among others, put lofty resources behind doing that. Their determination to find something. Imagine going around asking that question, who has something? Who has, like, there. There's evil in that abc, even if it's somebody that we don't like. They had a division dedicated with 75 people in it, because I know the guy who ran the division which was dedicated to basically getting him. Wow, 75 people running to figure out a way to get Trump. And now Trump is miraculously unfit. Unfit is a ridiculous claim. The guy is doing rallies, interviews, press gaggles, sometimes all in the same day, unfiltered and answering unscripted questions on the regular. He's out there all the time. Meanwhile, the last guy needed cue cards to tell him where to stand. Democratic hypocrisy of the week right there. The pivot, the speed, the confidence on top of it all. Almost impressive. We're not Joe Biden. We remember the last five minutes, the last five months, and the last five years. You don't get to cover up one reality for four, for four years and then expect people to take your new version of reality seriously. This isn't about fitness. It's about celebrity. And right now, that's what's actually unfit. If fitness is suddenly the standard, great, let's actually use it. Let's apply it equally, and let's apply it honestly. Did I say honestly? Did I really say honestly when talking about Democrats and the leftist media that they. That they control? Why would I Do that. Wait a minute. That would require admitting what everyone already know, knows and saw and new. And that's the one thing they still can't do. Be honest. So we'll just leave this right here. A reminder of the worst cover up of the most unfit president in modern history and maybe even ever. His understanding and mastery of a complicated geopolitical situation is remarkable. He is sharp, intensely probing and detail oriented and focused. Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I think she, she was going to be here. I was sitting, you know, two feet from him across the table and he was, you know, intense. Have trouble walking sometimes. Yeah. So did fdr. He wanted GD war, but he's totally focused. He's very sharp. They say he's sharp in meetings and so on. Very lucid. Well, very well informed. Biden is stately and he comes with gravitas. There hasn't been, as far as I know, a single claim that Biden made a mistake. Ageism is an issue. Americans have a rich history of holding people's physical characteristics against them. Okay, you could ask African Americans. He's older. That doesn't mean that he is unfit. And there's a lot of ageism there now. This age attack, this obsession by the right. Joe Biden may not be able to speak for himself the way that he used to. They want to think that you is to take on government. If we get out of line, which they're talking again about. And that's him, him lying around. I think people should be speaking up for Joe Biden. Americans and reporters in the media are just judging him by a physical appearance. And it's horribly unfair. The reason why we're doing this is not to rehash Joe Biden. It's because the Democrats have now started to claim Trump is somehow unfit. They're saying he has some frontal lobel front lobal frontal lobe issue. When I'm telling you the man stood up there for over an hour today, took questions, delivered responses, took down New York Times, took down cnn. Very cogent that you can't compare Donald Trump to Joe Biden. And the same people who said Joe Biden was sharp as attack, cogent running loops around his staff, well, they were liars then. Those are the same people who say that guy right there who probably is actually doing that, Pete Hegset said Trump's up all night. He's up all night delivering command commander in chief orders to the military. There is no Joe Biden. Joe Biden slept like, like a dog, 16 hours a day. But I Digress, one more time, take a look at this. I folks, six months in, we're almost 3 million views. We got almost 90,000 watch hours. We're going to get to 15,000 subscribers. We're almost there. I need you to help me out. 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[Stephen Lee]

Yeah, absolutely. You know, ammunition is a huge song that originally was written with Chris Wallen, who's the number one multi platinum songwriter who's written hits like Kenny Chesney's don't Blink. And it was originally a response to the assassination, assassination attempt on Trump, but we felt like it made so much sense with the war effort going on right now. And while there's a physical war in Iran, you know, to make sure that America reigns supreme, there's also a cultural war that's happening and a spiritual war. So Ammunition is about standing up for your spiritual beliefs, your political beliefs in a world that says, no, I live in Canada. So everybody here is super liberal, super woke. You know, you guys had Biden, we had Trudeau, complete nut that ruined the country. And to come out and to tell people I'm A maple maga. I support Donald Trump. There's a lot of hate that comes my way the same way to Rachel. So this song is about standing up for what you believe in, supporting Trump and also supporting the war effort right now. You know, it's one thing to be a peace president, but in order to really ensure peace, sometimes you need to fight. It's written in the Bible. There's a time for all seasons, there's a time for war, there's a time for peace. And sometimes you need to go to war to make sure that we have long term peace. So this song, Ammunition by Rachel Holt is to fight the woke music machine. And just so you guys know, I've been in the music business for a decade, and the amount of resentment that the woke liberal people in the music industry have for conservative people and voters in America and abroad is extreme. It's a complete cesspool of degeneracy and negativity towards conservative values. And that's why they push degenerate music. So the music industry has been rigged for a long time, just like politics. Just like Trump points out, we have elections that are rigged right now. We have records where, you know, Sony, Universal, Warner, they're spending millions of dollars, $3 million a year to push filth and propaganda and liberal values down the throats of the youth of America. Now, to get one sale, it's 150 streams. Most people don't listen to a song 150 times. So if you want to support what we're doing in fighting the woke music machine, be sure to download ammunition by Rachel Holt. She has a new song coming out as well and lots more in the pipeline. We're super happy to work with real America's voice, real America's music, and we support Trump 100%. And this song is for anybody that's fighting that fight in a place where maybe you have people who don't support your conservative values, or if you're in a place where everybody's conservative, it's about making it even louder so you can convince people who voted for Joe Biden, who voted Democrat, to switch their tune to get with biblical values and to support a president who's actually ensuring American supremacy. Because we cannot forget that the real enemy here is China and everything going on with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, the Panama Canal, Greenland. This is ultimately to make sure that America stays number one and we don't allow the Chinese Communist Party to lead the New World Order. And what the Canadian government has done is absolutely obscene. And as a Canadian, I 100% support our talks with the United States government to do a 51st state or some sort of deal. That makes us stronger because there's way more that we have in common than we have that divides us, that we need to come together and win the culture.

[Eric]

This interesting maple maga. Never really heard that before. I love it. And a lot of Canadians down here, certainly in Florida, we get a lot for the winter. A lot of them, because free state of Florida are in favor of Canada being our 51st state. Interesting. I was also going to ask you, are you, are you. Are any Democrats or liberals downloading these songs or not? And if not, I mean, are they that angry about Trump that they refuse to download a song that may be patriotic?

[Stephen Lee]

Yeah, 100%. I mean, I would say that the activist side of the liberal party and the Democrat party in music, they will boycott and actively cancel people who have conservative values. This has been going on for a really long time. If you look recently, Nicki Minaj, who came out and spoke, you know, with Erica Kirk at America Fest and stuff like that, she's faced tremendous backlash from her fans and from the industry at large. She's currently right now fighting, you know, a record label and stuff for her deal and all these sorts of things. So there's a big war going on, obviously, in, you know, the Middle east and across the world, but also musically and culturally, there's one. And the activist progressive woke wing has been dominating and winning the culture war for years. And they make sure to support things that push the gay and transgender.

[Eric]

Steven, I want to be able to get this in because this is important. We want to find out who Rachel Holt really is. And this kind of sums it up. Watch. Hey, America. Get ready to download new music by this young star in the making. From the small town of Milan, Indiana, the home of Hoosiers.

[Doug Mastriano]

The end of the game.

[Eric]

In my book. We're going to be winners. Rachel Holt is a rising voice in country music with deep bluegrass roots. I don't really relate to many people my age because I kind of. I grew up more like traditional values. I think the world's changed a lot. Raised in a family of musicians, she's carved her own path with a sound blending grit, soul, and storytelling. I sing in church growing up and stuff, but that was about it. And I started to take it seriously during around co. I started playing shows and local bars around my hometown and stuff. And that's when it all pretty much took off.

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[Eric]

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[Brian Glenn]

Now in her early 20s.

[Eric]

She's already shared the stage with legends and charted on Billboard. I do feel kind of a bit like an outcast. You feel like you're more of an old soul. Yeah, pretty much. When she was 18, she went number one on the billboard chart with a pro life song. The Democrats hate her for it, but she isn't backing down. I had a bunch of godless, pro abortion people coming at me for that song. We just put out ammunition and it's kind of a response song to the those people. Go stream it. This is ram artist Rachel Holt, the future of country music. Yeah. Okay, so while we talk to Stephen very quickly, there's a QR code right there. You want to download Rachel's song? It's right there. Make sure you hit that with your camera. You've done it for the edge. You can do it for the song, too. Very patriotic thing to do, folks. Stephen, a couple minutes. Let's just talk a little bit about her next song. I understand it's like the sun. Tell us about it.

[Stephen Lee]

Yeah, so like the sun is very much in the realm of the number one song right now, which is Ella Langley's choosing Texas. It's a summer song. It's more upbeat and it's something to really just get people to enjoy going outside, being with friends and family in the summer and stuff like that. And a lot of times music, it's not just about fighting the woke music machine, but it's also about winning by celebrating, celebrating life, going to parties, going to 4th in July, 4th of July picnics and stuff like that. So this is a summer song. It's a lot of fun. I think people are really going to love it. And you know, Rachel, the video did a great explanation of who she is. She's really a gem. There's not a lot of people like that out there right now, especially her age. As somebody in the business, you know, I see so many artists and spoken to so many artists and working with so many artists, and Rachel is awesome. So I think everybody's going to really enjoy the song that's coming out soon. Like the sun, which will be happening right after ammunition.

[Eric]

I got 30 seconds or so. You've worked a lot of artists before. She seems like just a sweet human being as well. Very quickly sum up Rachel and we'll. We'll have to get out of here after that.

[Stephen Lee]

Yeah. Rachel is a sweet country gal who is basing records. She loves traditional country, the old school stuff. Her family comes from a bluegrass background. Her dad's kind of a bluegrass legend, so that Bluegrass edge coming to modern country. It's kind of like a Zach Top scenario we have going on. So she's a force of nature, she's dynamite. You're going to be seeing a lot more from her. And she's somebody who actually loves Trump, loves America, loves God and represents those values versus the woke music machine that is here to literally just tear down everything that's good.

[Eric]

Indeed. Indeed. Thank you very much, Stephen Lee, Rachel based records executive. Appreciate your time, my friend. Good luck with the. Thank you.

[Stephen Lee]

Have an amazing day.

[Eric]

Okay, Peace out, brother. Okay, folks, we'll be right back. In your movie, I'm always the villain. All right, let's bring in him. The man, the myth, the legend, the guy who you always want on your team. When you're talking geopolitics, Mr. Stephen K. Band and Steve, I'll just throw it out there. I, I was encouraged. I'll put that way, I was encouraged. What we saw today, we saw Trump come out, explain what was going on. Then we heard Pete Hex that who I did, I think did a great job. I've said this from a long time. I think the guy should run for president in 2028. I just love what he's doing. And then raising Cane was a badass. Again, I was a little bit encouraged. I was nervous going into it about what this could end up being, you know, 150, 200 of oil. I'm just, I don't know. Something in the back of me says Trump's got, I got a plan to, to end this thing maybe sooner rather than later. What are your thoughts? How did you take it?

[Brian Glenn]

Well, I mean, he's pretty adamant. They either come in some confusion because people had said they rejected. They weren't really talking. The president mentioned, I guess he had got a proposal. I think some other people were backing that up. But the proposal is not, I think the headline was significant, but not there yet. But he's pretty adamant and it couldn't, he couldn't have been more graphic, particularly in answering the question, which I thought he did a great job of. When the guy, one of the reporters said, well, hey, isn't this a war crime? It's. I don't know what they're talking about. They must not understand the history of World War II in Nazi Germany and Japan where you're bombing power plants, because all these, the power plants, all this are inextric. They're just not there for civilian use. They're inextricably linked to their war economy and to their ability to make War. So I thought President Trump was pretty adamant. He said it a couple times. 8:00pm Eastern Daylight Time tomorrow. Right. If I don't, if I don't get, if we don't have a deal, it's going to be bombs away. And the way he teed it up, they're going to go and hit and they're going to hit hard. I mean did you take a different interpretation away from it?

[Eric]

No, no, not at all. And I think he's, you know, he has to do that. Right. He has to speak with my resolve is AP now granted he gave it a 10 day extension, then there was a 20 hour extension. But he's got to, you know, laid out there. That's it. We're done playing here. Stephen, I was thinking of you when he said that when the question from the New York Times no less was what about this being, you know, a war crime under you know, war crimes or whatever. And I was thinking because you this morning, these power plants and others are used to assist in producing, you know, weapons against the United States and others. Therefore they're a free target. He didn't have that in his back pocket though. I wish he had had that. Maybe he should consult with you a little bit before some of these press conferences.

[Brian Glenn]

Well, it's what it, it's, I think he has and others in his administration that this is all inextricably linked into their war economy. This theocracy basically has a war footing 24 7. It's one of the reasons that even for those of us that are not exactly thrilled about this entire thing, these people are very dangerous and they've got, they've got an economy totally focused on the manufacture of weapons and the suppression of their, of their people. And so I thought President Trump and this whole thing of harping on him in the New York Times known as a war crime. Screw you. I don't even know why he calls in the New York Times all fake news. Right. I don't even know why he does it but he being magnanimous. I just think that this is, he set a deadline he had two or three times a day to kind of, you know, weave around that deadline. He couldn't have been more specific. It's going to happen tomorrow. It's going to happen in a big way unless there's some sort of effort here to get to some sort of deal. And it looks like that deal would have to include the straighten. I did think of you in pure Trumpian manner when the guy tries to ask a trick question about well, you know, would that include them not charging. Not charging a 2 million toll? And he goes, no, no, you mean us charging a toll. He says, you got to write it. Just. He shifts the entire Overton window. You can hear a gasp in the audience. What did he just say? No, no, we don't. It's like the scene the Godfather. You're gonna pay my. You're gonna pay for the casino fee. No, no, here's what. You're gonna actually pay for the casino fee.

[Eric]

He went full.

[Brian Glenn]

Michael.

[Eric]

He went.

[Brian Glenn]

Michael Corleone.

[Eric]

He went.

[Brian Glenn]

Michael Corleone.

[Eric]

I thought it was genius, right? There's no question. He's always been gangster.

[Brian Glenn]

He's

[Eric]

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[Brian Glenn]

That's original. No, that's original. That's original gangster.

[Eric]

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[Eric]

Steve Bannon has been there, been in the office, been in the Situation Room. Steve Bannon just play little war games with me. Steve, you're. You're a senior advisor again. Right now, right at this moment, right now, with a deadline 26 hours, 27 hours away or so. What are you telling him? What would be the impetus to say, either, we'll call this off, We'll. We'll delay it, or it's go time? What. What does Steve Bannon recommend?

[Brian Glenn]

Well, I think, number one is this is what I try to get treated this morning. You have to be in direct communications with. Because we. There was a lot of games being played that led up to this, and people should see where we are on day, what, 29 or 30, whatever day this is, of the war, because the Iranians, as the Persians, negotiate, they're very bureaucratic. They're very. You know, you played all these games for weeks and weeks and weeks. We weren't even in the same room. We're passing notes to each other in Geneva. That's not good enough. I think the president has to ascertain it. I would ascertain it very quickly. Of these different groups of Pakistanis, the people we're dealing with, are they legitimate? Do they have the ability not just to announce a deal, do they have the ability to really execute on a deal and deliver a deal that we can rely upon? So if that's not the case, I don't think I would. I don't think I would chase them. I would say, look, it's incumbent upon you, if you don't. If you're not interested in trying to negotiate and trying to work out a diplomatic and economic solution here, guess what the Deadline is coming 8:00 clock tomorrow night is going to be here. And so I would just, I would focus on what do we have to do to make sure that you deliver a blow that's a come along, right, that gets their attention and says, you know, you don't want to go down this route. We're open to a negotiation and do that. And be advised that it may have to take some creativity about the straight of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. I would also make sure that I had every one of the Arab states prepared to pitch in here militarily. President Said, he says, for cooperation in Saudi Arabia, at least we haven't seen it publicly. Uae, same thing. They're all whining about their, their places getting hit and they're, and they're re, you know, their, their infrastructure getting hit. But I think if you're going to do a hit now, you got to bring the Arab nations this. You have to take away the Muslim aspect of this and have Muslims fighting on your side, although they are Sunni versus Shiite. So I, those are two things I start worried about today. We shouldn't run around and try to chase them like they're doing us a favor to negotiate. They're either going to get very serious or president's already committed his prestige, the honor of the country, and the ability to deliver on a massive military strike. I would be thinking about that. And if these guys are serious, they'll come back with serious people that can negotiate. And they don't get to choose whether they talk to Witkoff or Kushner as part of this. We get to select who we're gonna have and then let's get on with it very quickly.

[Eric]

I know we're bumped up against your show, but is there anything that Steve Bannon would say would be enough to either cease fire or pause that would keep the straight closed? Is that the, is that the one line in the, in the sand, so to speak, in literal that, that they need to, to move on before anything else happens?