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Ivan Raiklin
Foreign.
Grant Shields
Welcome to Stitchfield. Do not believe the clickbait headlines that tell you somehow that Iran is having a devastating effect on the United States military or our military bases. I'm going to tell you something right now, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that is clickbait headlines designed to go after, one, the conspiracy crowd and profit financially off those headlines. And two, it's designed to undermine Trump. I am here to tell you tonight that the United States military, quite frankly, is kicking ass. Overnight, we sank 30 of the Iranian naval ships that were out in oceans off the coast of Iran and beyond. 30 ships. This is what dominance looks like. This is what winning looks like. Listen,
Steve Toth
what this really tells me is something that I haven't seen in my generation on the rules of engagement is the President is going after everything full, you know, it's full speed ahead. They're taking out targets most of us hadn't thought about. There's a huge target list out there and there's no restrictions. And the President's right about winning. There is no doubt in my mind that we're destroying every target we want to get to.
Grant Shields
Do you hear what he said? No restrictions. This is very different for the United States military. Now. We are finally fighting to win at all cost, by the way. Well, within the rules of law, international law, but we are fighting to win 30 naval ships. Now the mainstream media is waging a propaganda war against President Trump and quite frankly, America, this is one reason why oil prices are starting to spike. They're pushing this idea that the Straits of Hormuz will be shut down. Is it a dangerous place? Yes. But President Trump has vowed to offer up naval ships to escort freighters through the Straits of Hormuz to keep oil and other goods moving through that all important shipping lane. So you, you've got that. On top of that, since the start of the war six days ago, we have now witnessed a decrease of Iranian missiles being fired of over 90%. A 90% decrease in the missiles that they're firing. And listen, we now are controlling the sea. We now control the skies as well. And that is all important.
Steve Toth
You know, first and foremost, of course, they went after the air and ballistic missile defenses, took those down, whatever had been reconstituted after the Israelis took them apart in the early days of the 12 Day Air Campaign. And that's crucial because we don't want to be restricted to just the F35 stealth fighter bombers and the B2 stealth bombers. We want to bring in the big ones, the B52s, the B1 bombers, and they are flying now almost at will. I would argue that we have actually achieved air supremacy, not just air superiority.
Grant Shields
All very, very true and confirmed to me by those inside the administration. So again, I reiterate, I have friends that are emailing me this clickbait nonsense. People being interviewed on very prominent so called conservative platforms that somehow Iran has attacked our military bases and decimated them. This is absolutely a fabrication of and false. So again, my sources inside the administration, sources inside the Pentagon tell a very, very different story, that America is back, baby, and back in a very, very big way. So President Trump had made it clear in a truth social post that there will be no deal with Iran, only an unconditional surrender. Caroline Levitt clarified the comments. Oh, I shouldn't say clarified. I should say explained the comments.
Ken Paxton
This is a pre scheduled meeting and the purpose of it is to talk about the President's aggressive and fierce support for rapidly increasing the ability of US Manufacturers to produce American made weapons, which we know are the best in the world. But of course, as the President has maintained, we have more than enough ammunition. What the President means is that when he, as commander in chief of the US Armed forces determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States of America and the goals of Operation Epic Fury has been fully realized, then Iran will essentially be in a place of unconditional surrender. Whether they say it themselves or not, frankly, they don't have a lot of people to say that for them because the United States and the State of Israel have completely wiped out more than 50 leaders of the former terrorist regime, including the Supreme Leader himself.
Grant Shields
All right, so there you go, unconditional surrender, which means total victory. Now you heard her mention there too about this idea about the stockpiles of ammunition and America is in a bad spot. I will tell you this. Joe Biden did put us in a precarious position with all of the ammunition, missiles, all, everything basically given to Ukraine and then of course the war between Israel and Hamas and everything playing out on that front. But President Trump had a year to replenish those stockpiles and from what I'm being told, they have been replenished. So today he met with executives from the nation's largest defense contractors. And President Trump says he has a, a commitment from them, quote, truth 25, that they have agreed to quadruple production of the exquisite class weaponry that they produce in including ammunition. So again, don't believe the propaganda that somehow we're running out of ammunition. That is just not the case. It seems to be that we have plenty of ammunition to fight this for as long as we need to. And in my assessment, we're not going to have to fight this for months and months and months. I'm looking at towards the end of March. I think President Trump would like to have this wrapped up by then as well. Now, let's get an expert's prediction on this, too. I want to bring in US Navy veteran who served in the Gulf War as a service warfare officer. He is also Florida's former Speaker of the House, and he's now running for governor there as a Republican. Paul Renner is with us. Mr. Speaker, welcome to the program. Great to be here. All right, so what do you think? There's a lot of propaganda flying around that I believe is intended to not just damage President Trump, but damage the American economy, make Republicans look bad. Where do you think we stand as a nation with the ability to continue this assault on Iran? And let's talk specifically about our ammunition stockpile, sir.
Paul Renner
Well, there's no evidence we're short of anything. And with respect to all the immediate doubters, I mean, the battle just begins and they're already calling into question America's ability to win. But 50 leaders gone, 90% of their capacity to respond has been diminished. 30 of their ships gone, destroyed. I'd say that looks like a military success to me. And as a naval officer, as a former surface warfare officer, I can't think of a time going, you have to go back to maybe before World War II, then. We've knocked out 30 ships in a matter of 24, 48 hours. And so this is an incredible military success at this point. And what every military wants to do is unconditional surrender of the enemy. And that's what President Trump is executing as we speak.
Grant Shields
I may throw you under the bus here by asking this question. You may or may not know, and I apologize if I do, but Iranian Navy, we sink 30 ships. To me, that seems like a pretty big number. How big is their navy? Do you have any idea, sir? And is our goal ultimately to just take out the entire thing?
Paul Renner
Well, sure it is. And I don't know the exact number, but it's also quality over quantity. And so they may have, you know, small boats and different things like that, but I think you'll continue to see the operations against their naval forces. You heard the earlier clip where I think it was Petraeus that said we have now air supremacy, not just superiority in that area. And so you wipe out the Navy, you wipe out the air defenses, there's really nothing left other than picking off these targets one by one. And it's only a matter of time before some of the members of the regime are going to take up that offer of immunity, because it's a lot better than death.
Grant Shields
All right. It's amazing, because what Iran did was react in a very erratic fashion. They started launching drones and missiles at neighbors in the Mideast that typically would stay out of something like this. And basically what Iran did was recruit for the United States help from these other neighboring nations. Who we didn't get help from right away, though, was the United Kingdom. President Trump said Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, there was no Winston Churchill. I'd agree with him on that. Listen to Keir Starmer just today talking about this and now finally giving America some help. Now, that's why I took the decision that the UK would not join the initial strikes on Iran by the US And Israel. Now, that decision was deliberate. It was in the national interest, and I stand by it. But when Iran started attacking countries around the Gulf and the wider region, the situation changed. So I guess this makes me so mad, Mr. Speaker, that he's more concerned about the UAE and Kuwait being attacked than he is about not just American national security, but global national security. There's Israel, there's the China involvement in all of this. That. That doesn't play a role in Keir Starmer's thinking.
Paul Renner
Yeah, look, Iran has been a menace to the world for nearly half a century, and it sounds to me like he was looking for an excuse to finally do the right thing. And maybe some people had a conversation with him, but it's disappointing as one of our traditional allies. And that may not be quite. Quite so much the case, at least under his leadership today. And so I'm glad they're finally on board. I'm not sure what they're offering, but it's good that he's finally seen the light and realizes that Iran is a menace to the world and the world security.
Grant Shields
No Winston Churchill. President Trump. Pretty spot on on that one. Paul Renner, I appreciate you coming on the program. Where can people find you and help out your campaign for governor out there in Florida?
Paul Renner
Well, Voterenner V O T E R E N N E R and we'd love to have you sign up and help us out.
Grant Shields
We appreciate you coming on the program. Thank you, sir. It's good to talk to you.
Paul Renner
Thanks, Grant.
Grant Shields
Absolutely.
Ivan Raiklin
All right.
Grant Shields
I want to turn now to what this war is really about. Now, I saw an editorial in the Daily Mail, and it fascinated me because I think what is playing out is two Wars, a smaller war that does actually involve Israel as a beneficiary of all of this. But make no mistake, the bigger play here is pushing back against China. What does China do? It recruits Iran to come in and provide oil to China, basically being able to evade American sanctions against China and provide that oil. Now, America has been the leader in the global order of all things. China wants to steal that global order. And Iran played a big role in that because besides just taking oil from Iran, China started giving Iran missiles. They were months away from getting missiles that could go up to Mach 3, that could evade. So we were told American security systems and they were specifically going to be able to target American warships. I believe this played in to President Trump's decision to go into Iran and start to decimate it. So we cannot allow China to have its most largest forward base in Iran. And I believe that's why they went in. And then there's also this about the idea of AI and China's race to be superior there, too. 15, you think what does this have to do with AI? Well, two of the biggest AI contractors in China are Huawei and ZTE. These are big telecom infrastructure companies. They're vital to China's AI capabilities. They both have huge contracts in Venezuela and Iran for which they are now not going to be paid. And, you know, we're talking about tens of billions of dollars in contracts. It is fascinating to me that nobody is actually talking about how big a role this invade, this, this war in Iran is playing when it comes to pushing back against China. I actually think that's part of the administration's plan. They want to keep it quiet about that. You don't hear President Trump talk as much about China as he was in the past. But I do think this is about China. And I want to bring in now to get his opinion on this, the author of Plan Red, China's Project to Destroy America. Our friend Gordon Chang is back with us. Gordon, great to have you on.
Gordon Chang
Thanks so much, Grant.
Grant Shields
Gordon, what do you think of this assessment editorial in the Daily Mail? I tend to agree with them here. I think China plays a big role in this. And the President's thinking, you're absolutely right,
Gordon Chang
because China is the big victim of all of this. You know, it was using Iran to destabilize the world. It was using Iran to proliferate, proliferate nuclear weapons technology, all the rest of it. And what President Trump has done is said, look, I'm not dealing with this anymore. And so by taking out Iran, by taking out Venezuela by going after Cuba, by pushing the Chinese out of Panama and other places, President Trump is taking down their proxies one by one, and he's isolating the Chinese. The Chinese were doing this to us before President Trump saw that and decided he was going to use Chinese tactics against China. So this is great for us. Grant.
Grant Shields
All right. This is kind of how I see it, and I'm so curious, Gordon, to see if you see it the same way. I feel like President Trump has lowered the temperature when it comes to the verbal attacks on China. And he's also said, hey, we've got control of Venezuelan oil. We'll soon have control of the Iranian oil. We'll give you all you need, China. But it's a move to make China reliant on the United States. Gordon, thoughts?
Gordon Chang
Yes. And it's also a move to make sure China doesn't get discounted oil as it was from Iran and Venezuela. It's now paying full price. And by the way, it can no longer use its currency. It's now got to use a hard currency, especially dollars. And we're seeing the effect of this because inside China in the last few days, gasoline prices have gone up 11.0%. But more important for China, diesel prices have soared 13.5%. And you know, this is going to just get worse for China over time.
Grant Shields
All right, this is interesting because you, you brought up the point that they're using American dollars. This is one reason how the American global order was in existence. Everybody using dollars. Forcing China away from its own currency is a big move here, is it not?
Gordon Chang
Oh, it certainly is. And on a number of different ways. One of them is that China was trying to undermine the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Well, now you know China's usage. Well, the world's usage of renminbi is going to sink because countries aren't going to be taking it or China's not going to be able to pay in it. So this is important. And also this hurts the Chinese economy because they need dollars now. And by the way, we're the supplier of dollars.
Grant Shields
Yeah. Before I let you go, I want to play you one piece of Chinese propaganda. It's pretty rich at times, but I want to get your response to it. Roll cut 16, guys.
Kristi Noem
Now, China is doing everything it can to shore up its stockpile of oil. But look, there could be benefits for China if this is a protracted conflict, if the US Is draining or resources its military hardware and also then losing focus on its greatest power rival, it could, in fact Benefit China, Vlad, I
Grant Shields
think that's a stretch. Gordon, you.
Gordon Chang
Yeah, it certainly is a stretch because we're not losing focus. When you go after China's proxies, you're going after China. And by the way, President Trump's showing that he's willing to use force in, for instance, Latin America or the Middle East. That has a salutary effect on East Asia. So I think it helps Taiwan and Taiwan sees it that way as well. So this is really good for peace and stability in East Asia.
Grant Shields
Does, does, real quick. Does, does China stay still when it comes to Taiwan while this is going on in Iran? Does this have any deterrent factor in that? Does it play a role in Xi Jinping's decision?
Gordon Chang
Yes. And the other thing is that Xi Jinping has purged the Chinese military. So it's not very capable right now, at least for the moment. You put those two things together. I think the main island of Taiwan is going to be safe for quite some time.
Grant Shields
It's amazing. This is President Trump's leadership and a lot of people don't give him credit for this. This is, you know, I mean, he used the term 3D chess, but this is what President Trump is playing. And Gordon Chang, it's always great having you on the program. I so enjoy it at Gordon G. Chang on the Platform X. Thank you, my friend. We'll see you soon.
Gordon Chang
Thank you so much, Grant. And stay safe.
Grant Shields
Absolutely. You too. I want to turn now to the high stakes drama of the Texas Senate race. Ken Paxton, the Attorney General, my guy, the conservative choice, the MAGA choice verse, the rhino, John Cornyn, who absolutely is showing his colors. Now, for the moment, there may be a pause on President Trump's ultimate endorsement of John Cornyn. According to my friend Alexander Muse. Amuse on the Platform X. The the endorsement of John cornyn was written 2 days ago unbeknownst to President Trump. And then President Trump saw the outrage from conservative leaders in Texas, from people like me and others hearing your voices on, on social media. And in the end, he's not happy. And President Alexander Muse tweeted this. Trump was also irritated that key conservative figures had not contacted him directly and asked why they had not simply called him directly. Now, I don't think he's talking about me as a key conservative figure in Texas. I have a feeling he's probably talking about our lieutenant governor in Texas. So I believe that's who he was talking about, Dan Patrick. So that could be the case then. Trump also was concerned about this. And I quote, he Trump was also struck by the campaign's cost per vote. Cornyn reportedly spent about 116 per vote, money that could have been used to flip Democrat seats, while Paxton spent just $5.67 per vote. Remember, $100 million. John Cornyn spent to Ken Paxton just under 5 million. He is the choice of the grassroots. Now, I could tell you that there may be some monkey wrenches being thrown into the idea that Trump could make a deal with Thune. Throw out the filibuster, pass the Save America Act. This is what Ken Paxton said. Hey, I'll step down if you do this. Well, I think Ken Paxton called the bluff, and it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Our buddy Steve Toth, who was on this program last night, beat out his race for Congress, Dan Crenshaw beating Dan Crenshaw. This is what Tothe had to say.
Steve Toth
I, I think he did an incredibly selfless offer to everyone when he said, look, Thune, you know, get rid of, toss the filibuster and, and pass the Save America act, and I'll walk away from this. What a selfless thing to do. I, I don't see Thune ever doing that. You know, that would hurt his relationship with his buddies in the Democrat Party. And he's just, you know, swamp creature that he is. He just won't do that.
Grant Shields
Well, the swamp creatures are out in full force. They are so afraid of a man like Ken Paxton, who would be a MAGA warrior. And President Trump knows this. But President Trump has to weigh the idea of, can we get the SAVE act passed through? That is nation changing. If we get that through, would Paxton be a sacrificial lamb?
Ivan Raiklin
Maybe.
Grant Shields
As much as that's a gut punch for me to hear, but here's how I know Paxton is the right guy for this job. Guys like Karl Rove, a Bush swamp creature, is now out on Fox, of course, pushing this idea that is nothing but establishment propaganda. Roll it.
Gordon Chang
Yeah.
Steve Toth
First of all, full disclosure, I'm a longtime personal friend of John Cornyn, stretching back decades, and a strong supporter of his. But yes, this is an important race. And what's been interesting is a year ago, John Cornyn was down by double digits. In fact, on last week, the last week of the campaign, Ken Paxton was confidently saying he was going to win without a runoff and that he would be in front by 30 points, and instead, he came in second.
Grant Shields
All of that's false. First off, Wesley Hunt wasn't in the race, the spoiler in all of this. So it may have been better. Wesley Hunt took ultimately votes from Ken Paxton, which is why Ken Paxton would be a shoe in to win. And lastly, let me play the last propaganda that Karl Rove is desperately holding on to the Bush idea of they just wish they can control Texas. They have lost control of Texas, making this a complete fabrication. Do the Democrats actually have a chance?
Kristen Davis
I know they're going to say that
Ken Paxton
they do, but just from a raw numbers standpoint, do you see that possibility?
Steve Toth
Well, if Cornyn is a nominee, no. But if it's Paxton with all the baggage that he's got, the Democrats look, George Soros is spending millions of dollars a year in building the infrastructure for the Democratic Party.
Ivan Raiklin
Wrong.
Grant Shields
I'm here to tell you that Texas is solidly red. A Democrat is not going to take it. With all due respect to my friend Ken Paxton, we could run Minnie Mouse with an R next to her name and she will beat this radical Talarico who believes God is non binary and transgenders need abortion. So it is not a concern. The concern is in Washington. They don't want Ken Paxton there because he'll be a formidable foe for not just the Democrats, but more importantly the Rhinos up there. All right, America is reclaiming its position as the energy capital of the world. Let me tell you something, folks. There is a project out in the Bison Basin of Wyoming. They have found gas there like you wouldn't believe. This project now has been a long time in the making. It was a uranium mine way back when and you couldn't drill on it, but now you can because the reclamation process has been completed. And my friends over at Lost Soldier Oil and Gas have taken control of this area. And now you have a chance to take part in the great energy resurgence in America. And so I would urge you to go to lost soldier.com that's lost soldier.com and what you do is click on the QR code. If we could throw it up there for the, for the guys. This is a scalable energy product led by a guy that has created over $14 billion worth of shareholder net profits with his previous companies. Lost soldier.com that's lostier.com to find out how you can take part in this tremendous opportunity. I'm excited about this one. You should be too. Lost soldier.com all right. The left is now threatening Christy Noem with accountability should they come back into power. We will talk about that next.
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Kristen Davis
Davis from Are youe a Charlotte Podcast. I just had the most epic girls day cruising around LA with my friend Heather Graham and thanks to Hyundai we even recorded a special episode for you. Yes, I have a good 90s story of Fred Siegel. What I saw Alanis Morris at the one time it was so exciting. I was with my girlfriend Melanie.
Grant Shields
She saw you so that's like good.
Kristen Davis
She was very. It was like the height of Alanis time and she was with this beautiful man and I had a golden retriever puppy and the beautiful man wanted to say hi to the golden retriever puppy. We were eating at that little cafe there at the Santa Monica one and Alanis hung back in a way that made me wonder what was happening. Like who wouldn't want to pet this beautiful puppy. I was like oh my God, it's Alanis. And then I was like try to breathe, try to breathe, try to breathe because I love her so much. My new episode is out now, presumably presented by the all new Hyundai Palisade hybrid. Make every day epic.
Grant Shields
Well, with Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem out now, the left is having a field day with this. That's to be expected, but this won't last long. Here's Gavin Newsom. Donald Trump is in retreat.
Steve Toth
Today is a perfect example of that
Grant Shields
with first firing of a high profile cabinet member. He's in retreat places like Minnesota because the steel spine of Donald Trump's not in retreat. Think about what the left did they Wouldn't fire my orcas when he's screwing up the job. They wouldn't fire anybody when they were screwing up the job. But President Trump says, you know what? I'm not happy. He wasn't happy about the advertising budget, $200 million spent. He wasn't happy. And he wasn't happy that apparently Kristi Noem lied about that to Congress. This was Senator Kennedy, who was involved in setting her up in this.
Steve Toth
The President, when he called me Tuesday night, the night of the hearing, when he was mad as a murder hornet, he asked me what I thought about Mark Twain. And I said, A, I like him, B, he's very smart, C, he's a very good businessman, and D,
Grant Shields
if I
Steve Toth
didn't believe the three things I just told you, I lied to you because Mark Wayne would whip my.
Grant Shields
Well, Mark Wayne is a tough guy. I'm going to throw the guys in the. In the back a little curveball here. Grab the bite with the Teamsters just to show you who our new Secretary of Homeland Security is going to be. Roll it, guys.
Steve Toth
Quit the tough guy act and these Senate hearings. You know where to find me.
Grant Shields
Any place.
Greg Hartley
Anytime, cowboy.
Steve Toth
Sir, this is a time. This is a place if you want to run your mouth.
Greg Hartley
We can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here. Okay, that's fine. Perfect.
Steve Toth
You want to do it now?
Public Investing Representative
I'd love to do it right now.
Steve Toth
Well, stain your butt up, then.
Gordon Chang
You stand your butt up. Oh, hold it.
Public Investing Representative
Stop it.
Grant Shields
Is that your solution? Every polling.
Steve Toth
No, no. Sit down, Sit down.
Grant Shields
Look at you.
Steve Toth
You know, you're a United States Senator.
Grant Shields
That's one of my favorite moments from hearings. Now, apparently, those two are friends now, which is what usually happens. That's what happened back in grade school. You get in a little brawl like that, and then you become best friends. Good. God bless them both. The reality is, though, this is what I'm most worried about, because I do think Kristi Noem did a decent job.
Steve Toth
Right?
Grant Shields
The border was secure. We were getting people deported. You know, there were a few things that maybe could have been handled differently, but I thought, overall, she did a good job. This is what I'm most concerned about now.
Steve Toth
Don't think you get to just walk away.
Grant Shields
I guarantee you, you will still be held accountable. Funniest thing would be if they deport her to El Salvador. I just want to say with absolute certainty, she is a domestic terrorist who
Steve Toth
deserves to go to Gitmo.
Gordon Chang
I mean, there have been dozens of injuries and deaths under her leadership of
Paul Renner
ICE
Grant Shields
She's a terrorist and should be held to account. You know, they sent Steve Bannon to prison, Peter Navarro to prison. They tried to ruin my buddy Roger Stone. We haven't done anything. Their side has been so much more destructive and engaged in criminal behavior than our side ever has. And nothing has happened. I want to bring in now former Green Beret constitutional attorney and our Secretary of Retribution, Lieutenant Colonel, retired. Ivan Raiklin is with us. Colonel, great to have you back on.
Ivan Raiklin
Always great to be back, Colonel.
Grant Shields
This is my biggest concern. We've done nothing. They're now saying they're going to hold Kristi Noem accountable. I promise you, Democrats get back power, they will do just that. Yeah.
Ivan Raiklin
I think the way that we need to discuss accountability is if Senator Mark Wayne Mullen becomes the. I think on March 31, if that first week of April, he comes in essentially going like he did in that hearing you just played and not be stopped by Bernie Sanders. I like to joke he was the one that stopped Senator Mullen from giving a little bit of, I guess, physical confrontation with that Teamsters guy. I think that Senator Mark, just for full disclosure before I go into this, I've known him for 10 years. The first time I met him was when he came and visited. I was deployed in the Middle East. He actually visited myself and the guy that just ran for Governor, Doc Pete Chambers, in Texas when we were both deployed to the Middle east for a week. So I got to know him there and then since then, we've maintained a relationship, and I expect him to be much more aggressive in creating accountability than what Kristi Noem was. Now, I will say a couple positive. One positive things specifically about Kristi Noem is that she actually ended the Quiet Skies program, which was the program that the Biden criminal syndicate used in order to go after their political opponents, alongside with Benny Thompson, who used to be the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, where he sent a memo to Allie Mayorkas to go ahead and have him target every single person that they wanted to weaponize against politically for simply doing one of three things. Refusing the COVID measures that were unsafe and effective, also refusing to acquiesce to the illegal 2020 election. And lastly, those of us that didn't agree to the January 6 Fed direction, or I should say, the Insurrection narrative. And so she stopped the surveillance by DHS for those of us that traveled. Now, one thing that Mark Wayne Mullen can do is not only is that program stopped, but he can go ahead and look into those individuals that participated in the program and then criminally prosecute potentially those individuals that were involved in weaponizing against myself, Tulsi Gabbard, etc.
Grant Shields
How hard is that going to be for him to get in there and start that process? Col.
Ivan Raiklin
I think it's going to be pretty based on what I'm seeing. Fetterman and a couple other people have already expressed that they're going to confirm Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. So I think that confirmation is going to be quick. So once that occurs, then he essentially, depending on how many votes he gets, he has the mandate to go in and go scorched earth. And when I say go scorch earth, my two priorities are and I think the audience agrees that the two priorities is January 6th, truth and accountability and then Covid, truth and accountability. On the J6 front, I get it. You've seen some of the stuff about what he said about Michael Byrd. I think once he goes in into detail and looking into what DHS role had in that Fed direction, I think he's going to start to reverse his understanding of US Capitol Police and others related to the January 6th fed direction.
Grant Shields
Lastly, he's going to need cooperation from the DOJ to do any of this. Right. And do you think that comes Go ahead. Yeah.
Ivan Raiklin
So good point. Keep in mind that the FBI and the DOJ have been the ones that are spearheading the investigation into the pipe bomber on January 6th. I recommend that he have a separate investigation within DHS authorities with his special agents to check the work of the corrupt FBI on whether or not this individual is actually the pipe bomber. I suspect that if he runs a separate parallel investigation, you're going to find a very different suspect and ultimately a different individual that was involved into that. That's those are some of the things
Grant Shields
that I recommend that would be interesting. And here's what I would recommend. Recruit the help of Cash Patel to do that because I think it's the bad actors inside the FBI, not the leadership now at the helm of the FBI, recruit Cash Patel to be on board with a double check of his work. Because I'm with you, Ivan Raiklin, I don't believe that pipe bomber that they arrested is is the guy. Buddy, it's always great having you on the program. I appreciate you.
Ivan Raiklin
If I may add one more thing that people that are naysayers.
Grant Shields
Yeah.
Ivan Raiklin
The naysayers out there about Senator Mark Wayne Wallen, he was the one instrumental in getting Tulsi Gabbard confirmed and Bobby Kennedy confirmed. So keep that in mind as you're critical of him.
Grant Shields
Yeah, good point as always. Colonel Rakeland, great to see you, my friend. Have a great weekend.
Ivan Raiklin
Appreciate it. Yep.
Grant Shields
Look, when I said quick, Colonel Rake, he'd never been that quick. That was amazing. Thank you, Colonel.
Ivan Raiklin
All right.
Grant Shields
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Ivan Raiklin
Foreign.
Grant Shields
Welcome back, everyone. Body language time. Let's get right to Christy Gnome where President Trump says she lied here.
Steve Toth
The president approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently.
Kristi Noem
Yes, sir. We went through the legal processes. Did it correct? Yes, he did. Yes.
Steve Toth
Okay.
Grant Shields
All right, let's bring in our body language expert, host of the behavior panel on YouTube, former military interrogator Greg Hartley is here. Greg, welcome back. Thanks, Grant.
Greg Hartley
Always a pleasure.
Grant Shields
All right, let's go through that one because Trump says, hey, I never approved it. Does she show any signs of deception here? I know sometimes you say you can't tell Inception, but why don't you take it away?
Greg Hartley
What we can see is persuasion. When a person doesn't show any sign of persuasion, we think, okay, they're telling the truth, they don't care. But what we do see here is she's, she's got a position of authority. She's going to answer all these questions, right. She has a low blink rate, which we usually associate with lower stress. But she has eye lock. What most people think is when a person looks around, they're lying. Most often we think when a person eye locks, it could indicate they're being deceptive. There are no real indicators of deception, just clusters. She's got a road answer to this. And she says legal process correctly. And you watch that short head nod of persuasion. So jury's out. But there's a couple of markers that she's trying to persuade him.
Grant Shields
All right, and that short answer, does that tell you anything?
Greg Hartley
Well, I think it's just she allowed it to pass. You know, this thing behind me says baseline. You've heard me say baseline a thousand times. That's a client sent it to me because I say it so many times. But at the end of the day, if we have to pay close attention to her baseline. I've not listened to her say before, so it seems a little out of baseline.
Grant Shields
I mean, interesting. Okay, let's go to the next one. This is about the affair with Corey Lewandowski. This has been talked about for people at home for many, many years. She's always denied it. I don't know whether it's true or not, but here, let's. Let's roll it.
Kristi Noem
So, Secretary Nome, at any time during your tenure as director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski? Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today. Reclaiming. And, ma', am, one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government employee who works for the White House. There are thousands of them in the federal government. It is okay for you to be no authority.
Grant Shields
She never says no. But, Greg.
Steve Toth
Right.
Greg Hartley
She never answers the question, period. She doesn't say no. She says. She attacks the question. You know, that's. That's. Clinton did that. We know that very well, and we'll talk about him in a minute. But she has a blink rate increase. Now watch her blink rate increase. That's a good indicator of stress. She's got direct, hard eye contact now. No, there's no persuasion nod. Her head's down. When she uses. When she says the White House to illustrate, she's not asking, she's telling. The only ask she has is when she said he was an advisor. When she raises her brow to say, do you believe me? Right. So her chin's up, she's defiant. I don't think she's answering the question. And I can only imagine this. She could be a brawler in a meeting. I can imagine.
Steve Toth
Yeah.
Grant Shields
Well, look, she's under oath there, and so she's got to be very careful if, you know, there was an affair. And her husband is right behind her, too, which is really, really uncomfortable for her. All right, let's go to the next one. This is minutes after the news dropped that she was not going to be Homeland Security secretary anymore. I don't even know if she actually knew at this point. But. But let's roll that.
Kristi Noem
This last year, we've seen our murder rate in the United States of America drop to the lowest level since it's ever been recorded. We have recorded our murder rate across the country for 125 years. And this year we broke the record for the lowest murder rate in the country. And that's because of the work of individuals in this room and individuals that we've been able to partner.
Gordon Chang
Yeah, yeah.
Greg Hartley
So my guess is she knew. Whether she knew everybody else knew or not, it's another story because watch her. She's telling you something that should be a shout it from the rooftops thing. Look at her hands. They don't rise. There's no emphatic, no excitement in this. And then as she finishes and she talks about partnering with. Watch that lip compression to withhold emotion and lip pursing and disapproval. My guess is she really does know. Whether. Whether she knows other people know yet or not. I don't know that.
Grant Shields
How hard would that be knowing? And then you got to get through this speech. That's. It's brutal. All right, let's go to the next one. I told people we will, we would talk about this. I want to do this one first. Bill Clinton. I saw this first off. I think he was actually enjoying himself. Let's go to the bill. Yeah, there we go. He was enjoying himself here. This is him looking at the pictures. And we'll just roll it and let you talk about it here.
Greg Hartley
Yeah, I mean, look, it doesn't matter whether he's enjoying himself. He should be smart enough to know you should not enjoy yourself looking at these pictures in front of other people. If you want to do that in private, that's one thing. But all his energy, direction and focus, you hear me talk about it all the time. High energy, laser like focus, laser like direction on the document. And even his focus is all external. Look at the attorney. Her blink rate increases when he takes the document back from her. If you really, really want to know what you shouldn't do, this is it. And maybe there's somebody in the photo that he's excited because look, look who else is there. But you got to realize this is going to be seen by the American public. And there's a high creep factory to this because we know there's at least one person in there who's been blacked out to our image. He may be able to see.
Grant Shields
I think that he missed the spotlight and this was his time to shine again. You know, this guy's so cocky that I think he truly enjoyed the deposition. Greg.
Greg Hartley
Well, I think anytime he gets in front of the camera, he's. He's in love with the camera and he's with the people behind the camera. There's actually a really good photo years ago of him and Hillary looking when they were in college toward a photographer. She's looking at the camera, he's looking at the photographer. He makes connection with people on a grand scale. And I think he forgets that in that bystanders see you differently than people you're interacting with.
Grant Shields
I met the guy just two days after 9 11. I was working for WNBC. I did a one on one interview with him. I would have thought, literally, I walked away thinking that the guy was my best friend. And, and I had everybody says on the street, it, it's really something else. All right, last one. I got to get it in. Even though we're short on time, Hillary Clinton getting a little angry here.
Kristi Noem
If you guys are doing that, I am done. You can hold me in contempt from now until the cows come home. This is just typical behavior. Oh, for heaven. So I would like to understand how that's permissible. It doesn't matter. We all are abiding by the same rules.
Grant Shields
I, I will take that down.
Kristen Davis
Yeah.
Grant Shields
Well, I would like to take a
Kristi Noem
break at this moment. I'd like to have for now go off the record.
Grant Shields
Greg.
Greg Hartley
Yeah. I don't know how real the anger is. The anger is certainly projected. And there's one or two places where she shows her lower teeth, but we don't see a whole lot other. We see a rolling her eyes and that kind of thing and, you know, dismissing people. I think she's probably irritated more than she's angry that pounding the fist is for a fact. I look, she's a smart woman. She knows what she's doing.
Grant Shields
You know, I think maybe because I've been doing this with you for years, when I first saw it, I said on the show, it looks to me like faux outrage. Feigned.
Greg Hartley
Yep, yep. Usually we'll see teeth, we'll see the brow drop, the lower lid drop. There's none of that. Look at it.
Grant Shields
Yeah, yeah, she do. Greg Hartley, as always, it's a great pleasure having you on. Thank you.
Greg Hartley
Real pleasure. Thanks.
Grant Shields
Absolutely. ReadBodyLanguage.com is where you can find Greg and Of course, his YouTube show, the behavior Panel. All right, up next, some inside baseball regarding our ambassador to the Philippines. Welcome back, everyone. Let's call this segment confirmation school. If you get appointed to any position in the Trump administration, I want you to follow the plan of my buddy Lee Lipton, who is appointed to be the next ambassador of the Philippines. Well, he had his confirmation hearing. Before the hearing, he went from office to office of Democrats, Republicans and does what he does best. The restaurateur famous for Benny's on the beach in Palm beach area, apparently got everyone to love him as well he should, including Cory Booker.
Public Investing Representative
May I respectfully ask, obviously, the people before us, should they be confirmed, are going to do seriously important work for our nation, but they cannot be successful without their families. When the individuals call out their families, I'm hoping maybe the families can identify themselves because I know factually about Mr. Lipton that he married somebody way better than him and. And that I know also his sons. I think at least one is here, is going to be even greater than their father, the son. The apples are falling very far from the tree.
Steve Toth
And that.
Grant Shields
That's Cory Booker, a radical leftist who is basically giving huge compliments about Erica Lee Lipton's wife and his great sons, about how great Lee is that he's associated with them. Why? Because Lee is a good guy. This guy has been my counsel Yeri for a long time. I'll give you a little secret. I get bullet points. Often texted to me about what I should do for a monologue. President Trump made a fabulous choice in Lee Lipton going to lead the foreign efforts in the Philippines. But it wasn't just Cory Booker. It was Ted Cruz, too. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, everyone. Let me first of all say it's
Ivan Raiklin
good to see my friend Lee Lipton.
Grant Shields
Congratulations on your nomination. You're gonna make a terrific ambassador.
Ivan Raiklin
Thank you for serving.
Grant Shields
Now, let me just tell you this, there were other people there to be confirmed. Booker doesn't mention them. Ted Cruz doesn't mention them. But you know what? When you're a decent guy, when you're smart, and I'll tell you, I go to Lee Lipton for all kinds of advice, not just about politics. This guy is brilliant. President Trump made a great choice in him, and I'm so proud of him. It looks like he should sail through because he put the work in. So, folks, if you get appointed to anything for President Trump, put the work in. Go shake hands with these Democrats. Go schmooze them. So the process goes. Easy mark. Wade Mullen, before you get confirmed, go talk to my buddy Lee Lipton about how to do it. It'll serve you well. All right, folks, up next, Democrat Trump derangement syndrome on full display at this week's Minnesota fraud hearing. See the super cut next. All right, I've told you a million times, liberalism is a mental disorder. I stole that from my buddy Mark Levin. But I can also tell you this. Trump derangement syndrome is very, very real. And I think it plays into the liberalist mental disorder. These were Democrats at an oversight committee hearing about the Minnesota fraud. Just listen to them, Chairman.
Ken Paxton
It's outrageous that this is what we're choosing to spend our time on on the oversight committee.
Grant Shields
At the first Fraud.
Ken Paxton
At the first one.
Gordon Chang
Yes.
Grant Shields
Fraud. President Trump.
Public Investing Representative
Trump.
Grant Shields
Trump.
Steve Toth
Trump.
Grant Shields
President Trump. President Trump's.
Gordon Chang
Trump administration.
Kristi Noem
Trump administration.
Grant Shields
Donald Trump.
Kristi Noem
Donald Trump.
Grant Shields
Trump. Donald Trump's and Donald Trump.
Steve Toth
Trump.
Ken Paxton
The Trump administration.
Grant Shields
Trump administration.
Steve Toth
President Trump. President Trump.
Grant Shields
I told you, they have nothing but President Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump.
Gordon Chang
Trump.
Grant Shields
That's it. And again, I'll ask them, what more do you want? Folks, everything's going in the right direction. Even with this war in Iran. We are going to be so much better off when this is finished. And it will be finished in short order, I promise you. Hey, folks, have yourself a fabulous weekend. I mean, it's in Shields army rolls because of all of you. A big thanks to the guys behind the glass. We'll see you on Monday.
Podcast: Real America’s Voice
Host: Grant Shields (with guests: Steve Toth, Ken Paxton, Paul Renner, Gordon Chang, Ivan Raiklin, Greg Hartley)
Date: March 7, 2026
This episode of "Stinchfield Tonight" focuses on key developments surrounding the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, U.S. military actions and strategy under President Trump, the geopolitical showdown with China, and major political happenings including the Texas Senate race and dramatic shifts within the Trump administration. The host, Grant Shields, and his guests dissect media narratives, military strategies, international ramifications, and domestic political intrigue through an unapologetically pro-Trump, anti-mainstream media lens.
Grant Shields on military dominance:
“I am here to tell you tonight that the United States military, quite frankly, is kicking ass. Overnight, we sank 30 of the Iranian naval ships…” ([02:40])
Steve Toth on rules of engagement:
“No restrictions. This is very different for the United States military. Now. We are finally fighting to win at all cost.” ([03:32])
Paul Renner on Iran’s navy:
"We’ve knocked out 30 ships in a matter of 24, 48 hours... What every military wants to do is unconditional surrender of the enemy.” ([09:34], [10:40])
Gordon Chang on China:
“President Trump is taking down their proxies one by one, and he's isolating the Chinese... This is great for us.” ([16:32])
“It’s also a move to make sure China doesn’t get discounted oil as it was from Iran…” ([17:43])
Steve Toth on Washington “swamp”:
“He just won’t do that. The swamp creatures are out in full force.” ([24:03])
Ivan Raiklin on Mark Wayne Mullen:
“…he can go ahead and look into those individuals that participated in the [Quiet Skies] program and then criminally prosecute potentially those individuals that were involved in weaponizing against myself, Tulsi Gabbard, etc.” ([36:17])
Greg Hartley on Clinton deposition:
"Anytime he gets in front of the camera, he's in love with the camera and he's with the people behind the camera…" ([45:31])
Shields on confirmation politics:
"If you get appointed to anything for President Trump, put the work in. Go shake hands with these Democrats. Go schmooze them. So the process goes.” ([49:51])
For more in-depth analysis and to join the program’s community, tune in to Real America’s Voice.