Accidental Common Sense from Democrats

Summary

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The Rob Carson Show

Episode Title: Accidental Common Sense from Democrats
Date: January 12, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guests & Contributors: Brigadier General Blaine Holt, David Sacks, Lindsey Graham, Jim Gossett, Newsmax contributors

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show dives into major political events and controversies, blending humor with pointed conservative commentary. Rob discusses what he sees as a "good vs. evil" struggle in U.S. and global politics, highlighting moments when Democrats accidentally express common sense. The panel covers U.S. foreign policy in Iran, Venezuela, and Greenland, the economic boom under Donald Trump, and the state of the Democratic Party—including notable, rare dissent from within their ranks. Brigadier General Blaine Holt offers military and geopolitical insight, while quotes from figures like John Fetterman and Lindsey Graham spark discussion. The show wraps up with satirical songs and comedy.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Struggle of Good vs. Evil in Politics

• Rob frames current U.S. and world political dynamics as a battle of good (freedom, populism) vs. evil (authoritarianism, the political Left).
• He asserts that Democrats consistently oppose positive change, even when it benefits America or the world, simply to spite Donald Trump:
  • “The Democrat Party is siding with evil. The Democrat Party and the left are siding with evil. They're wrong about everything. They know the threat that Donald Trump poses to their criminal cabal.” (Rob Carson, 05:03)

2. Rare Common Sense from Democrats: The Fetterman Example

• Rob highlights Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman’s unexpected support for military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, noting that he stands out as a Democrat who occasionally displays common sense.
  • [07:28] Fetterman (paraphrased via commentator): “I think I was the only Democrat that fully supported our strike of their Iranian nuclear facilities last year.”
  • Rob: “He started having common sense. And in the Democratic Party, that's pretty rare here.” (07:41)
• Fetterman also laments the vitriol he receives from the Left for going against the party line (10:41):
  • “On the left, it was like, they want me to die. Or that we're cheering for your next stroke.” (Fetterman via commentator, 10:41)

3. Iran and the Ayatollah: Policy and Morality

• The panel argues Iran remains a global source of terror and suffering and that the Ayatollah’s regime must go, expressing frustration over Democratic reluctance to recognize success against this threat.
  • Rob: “If we could take the bastards out, we need to take him out.” (08:15)
• Rob derides Rand Paul’s caution against military intervention, suggesting he lacks common sense (09:12):
  • “Rand Paul, my God in heaven, what is wrong with your friggin head?” (Rob Carson, 09:12)
• General Holt later explains that Trump’s approach is measured and avoids direct regime change, focusing on supporting Iranian self-determination:
  • “I think the President is going to take as light a touch as possible on this... The Iranian people need our moral encouragement...let self determination happen.” (23:50)

4. The Economy: Trump’s “Boom” and Democrat Missteps

• Economic recovery and optimism are key themes, credited to Trump’s deregulation and tax cuts.
  • David Sacks: “The Trump boom is going to be the biggest political winner of 2026...We have 2.7% inflation, core CPI 2.6...4.3% GDP growth in Q3.” (14:42)
  • Rob: “If you don’t think this is going to happen, it’s because you have your I hate Donald Trump glasses on and you’re a fool.” (15:42)
• The panel takes aim at Biden-era inflation and unaffordability, arguing Democrats caused the problems they now fail to remedy.
  • Lindsey Graham: “The affordability issue is from the 22% increase in prices in inflation under Biden.” (18:15)

5. Foreign Affairs: Greenland & Venezuela

• Greenland’s strategic value is discussed, with General Holt emphasizing U.S. control for security, not territorial acquisition.
  • “We’re going to need to control Greenland…It doesn’t have to be the 51st.” (Blaine Holt, 27:29)
• Comedy is used to satirize leftist fears and misunderstandings about U.S. military policy in Greenland (including a parody from Jim Gossett).
  • “Few communists have that man’s command of geopolitics…” (Holt on Ted Lieu, 33:06)
• Venezuela’s transition is seen as a rare win for U.S. policy and self-determination, with cautious optimism about the future:
  • “She’s going to help usher in for the Venezuelans self determination, self governance... It's actually cooperation and it stabilizes the entire continent.” (Holt, 35:14)
• Rob suggests an oil dividend for Venezuelans to rebuild from years of poverty.
  • Holt supports the idea: “You’re putting everybody’s skin in the game. They're all going to want their country to thrive and prosper because they've got a piece of it.” (36:35)

6. State of the Left and the Democratic Party

• Rob portrays the Democratic Party as fracturing under the weight of its contradiction and extremism:
  • “The Democrat Party sees their doom... so broken, siding on the wrong side of everything.” (05:00)
• The negative reaction from the party’s base to figures like Fetterman signals, for Rob, a fundamental crisis of character and values on the left.

7. Populism & Global Trends

• Both Rob and General Holt express optimism that a wave of patriotism and demand for freedom is sweeping the globe, despite dangerous times.
  • “The smoke is clearing and we now see who the true battle space are. It’s we, the people, Global Edition versus they, the Globalists.” (Holt, 37:10)

8. Comic Relief and Satire

• The episode includes comic segments from Jim Gossett, and Rob praises comedian Nikki Glaser for her un-PC humor.
  • Gossett’s parody about Greenland:
    “Greenland was made for you and me.” (39:49)

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Memorable Quotes & Timestamps

• Rob Carson:

  • “We are in the throes of a battle of good and evil. And the Democrat Party is siding with evil.” (05:03)
  • “Most Americans want these people deported the hell out of the country, particularly the Somali criminal crime syndicate.” (06:40)
  • “If you can bomb the railroad tracks to Auschwitz, do it.” (08:35)
  • On Rand Paul: “My God in heaven, what is wrong with your friggin head?” (09:12)
  • On Fetterman: “He started having common sense. And in the Democratic Party, that's pretty rare.” (07:41)
  • On Trump’s economic record: “He’s taking what Reagan did and just multiplying it by a thousand.” (15:42)

• David Sacks:

  • “The Trump boom is going to be the biggest political winner of 2026.” (14:42)
  • “By June, I predict we will see more rate cuts...and big tax refunds are coming in April.” (15:21)

• Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt:

  • “Let self determination happen and then let's put our arms around Iran and bring them back into the international community.” (23:50)
  • On Ted Lieu: “Few communists have that man’s command of geopolitics...I think when Ted Lieu talks, we should all laugh our butts off.” (33:06)
  • “The smoke is clearing and we now see who the true battle space are. It’s we, the people, Global Edition versus they, the Globalists.” (37:10)
  • On Venezuela: “Putting everybody’s skin in the game. They're all going to want their country to thrive and prosper because they've got a piece of it.” (36:35)

• Lindsey Graham:

  • “The affordability issue is from the 22% increase in prices in inflation under Biden.” (18:15)
  • On the War Powers Act: “You're creating a situation where you have 535 commander in chiefs, not one.” (21:12)

• John Fetterman (via commentator):

  • “I think I was the only Democrat that fully supported our strike of their Iranian nuclear facilities last year.” (07:28)
  • “On the left, it was like, they want me to die. Or that we're cheering for your next stroke.” (10:41)

• Jim Gossett (parody):

  • “Greenland was made for you and me.” (39:49)

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Important Timestamps

• 05:00–07:30: Main overview of the “good vs. evil” argument and Democratic opposition to Trump policies.
• 07:30–10:00: Fetterman’s accidental common sense; Democratic infighting and harshness.
• 14:40–18:00: The “Trump boom”; economic data and predictions.
• 21:12–26:32: Military policy, War Powers Act, Iran, Venezuela, comments from Lindsey Graham and General Holt.
• 27:29–34:00: Strategic discussion on Greenland; Holt’s firsthand experience; Ted Lieu’s criticisms.
• 35:14–37:33: Venezuela’s potential, oil dividends, and self-determination.
• 37:05–39:49: Populism vs. globalism, optimism for freedom, and comic relief.
• 39:49–40:56: Jim Gossett’s “Greenland was made for you and me” parody.

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Tone and Style

Rob Carson’s tone blends humorous asides, sarcasm, and brashness with standard right-leaning critique. There are moments of genuine optimism and gratitude interspersed with segments of satirical and pointed political commentary.

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Conclusion

This episode asserts a worldview where conservative, common-sense values are contrasted with what the host describes as irrational opposition and self-destruction from the Democratic Party. Foreign affairs (especially Iran and Venezuela), economic optimism under Trump, and the theme of “accidental common sense” from rare Democrats like Fetterman are central. The episode balances heavy geopolitical discussions with humor and satire, aiming to inform and rally a conservative audience.

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Transcript

[Rob Carson]

Hold it.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Now.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny.

[Jim Gossett]

Show in America on air and on the World Wide Web.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. This is the Rob Carson Show. Welcome to it. Glad to have you with us today as we broadcast on radio stations around the country and also we stream on all Newsmax social media. I got some interesting news on the Newsmax stream last week. I didn't realize that our stream was as powerful as it is. Unlike Joe Biden in the middle of the night in the bathroom, our stream is powerful. It reaches millions. It reaches millions. And the average. Are you ready for this? Are you ready? Check it out. The average length of time that you watch me on the stream in the middle of the day. Workday. The average. Are you thinking 10 minutes? No, no, no. 20 minutes? No, no, no, no. Hour? No, no, no, no, no. Hour and a half? No, no, no, no. About an hour and 40 minutes. So why are. What are you doing with the other hour and 20 minutes? Come on, people, you got to make it three full hours. I know that your time. I really do. I get it. I got so much going on in my life, I don't have time to devote. Last night I was flipping through the channels, you know, because I just took a little time to breathe last night before I dove back into show prep. Then I was looking at, should I get hbo Max? What am I gonna do with hbo, Max? I don't have time to watch anything. I don't have time to watch anything. I watched some football this weekend. I couldn't sit and watch football all day because I got a show to do. You know, it's important to me. So I appreciate you guys. I appreciate any time you can give the show every day, and that is that so many of you would listen an hour and 40 minutes or watch an hour and 40 minutes. Every day is such a blessing. My God, you can't even begin to realize what you have done for me during. During a difficult time and, you know, been through a lot here, but you guys have really made it worth it. You really have. And we offer something here that nobody else does. We offer leading edge opinion. And I know that we keep up and even surpass the biggest names in talk radio. We do. We do. And like Rush, who I worked with for 20 years writing comedy for him, you know what he brought? He brought life experience. He brought common sense and show prep. That's what I bring. I grew up in the farm in Iowa, and I've been through a lot of stuff, and it seasoned you as a human being. And we've arrived at this point in history for a reason. We have about to see freedom spread around the world like we've never imagined. We've never imagined. I mean, many of you weren't born when the Shah was deposed. Jimmy Carter ushered in the Ayatollah into Iran. And the women of Iran went from, you know, free and able to work. It took them back a thousand years and they've been suffering ever since. And Iran has run roughshod over the world, caused the rise of a global caliphate. 50,000 plus terrorist attacks around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people murdered because of those sons of bees. And honestly, the Ayatollah needs to be taken the hell out if they're coming to the table to talk to Donald Trump. You take the B words out. We have an opportunity to witness history like we've never seen before. We are in the throes of a battle of good and evil. And the Democrat Party is siding with evil. The Democrat Party and the left are siding with evil. They're wrong about everything. They know the threat that Donald Trump poses to their criminal cabal. That's why they tried to take him off the ballot. That's why they went after him with the legal system with four political indictments and bogus charges. That's why they raided Mar? A Lago. That's why they impeached him twice. That's why they tried to kill him twice. And that's why they're trying to tear down every good thing he's doing, including arresting criminal Maduro, who has impoverished the Venezuelan people like you would not believe, tortured, starved the Venezuelan people. He is an animal. He is an animal. And Venezuela is now an outlier with regard to South America, Central America, because those countries are moving toward freedom. And other countries are moving towards freedom. Poland has moved toward freedom. Hungary has moved towards freedom. Italy has moved towards freedom. But you've got outliers. And we are in the throes of good versus evil. We are in the throes of good versus evil. And the Democrat Party is so broken, they can't even dance with the people of Venezuela. When a dictator is deposed, they cannot support a president who wants to deport illegals, criminally legal aliens, many of them violent, violent offenders. And these crazy Karens in cities around the country would rather fall in love with a death row inmate than support Donald Trump. It is utterly, utterly ridiculous. And they're going to get their rear ends kicked to the dirt, to kick to the curb. Honestly. And Christy Doma said, I'm going to send some more ice officers into Minneapolis. We're going to put this thing down. We're going to end this nonsense. Going to end it. You know, they got to do a water cannon up there. You know, when it's like 30 below zero on a water cannon, you get hit by a water cannon in Minnesota, you just start to walk it all of a sudden. Ching. You just freeze. Like in a cartoon, like, like there. And then just go out, just pick up your frozen, you know, person here, you know, in their clothes with our eyes still blinking like, I can't move. And then throw them in the back of a truck and haul them off to jail. The Minnesotans, I mean, they're getting so screwed with, with fraud by, by Tim Waltz and others. They're saying that Tim Vaults is going to resign this week and. And I think he's going to go to jail. And he should go to jail. Keith Ellison should go to jail, among others. So there's so much happening and so good, and we're in again. We're in the fits of good versus evil and we're siding with good. And we've come together at this time in history to fight this battle. And we knew it wasn't over when Donald Trump got elected. And we're heading into 2026, 250th anniversary of America, the economy blowing up. Just amazing things coming. And the Democrat Party sees their doom. They think because it's the midterms, they're going to win the midterms. They are so broken, siding on the wrong side of everything, wanting to now defund ice. They're willing to shut down the government to defund ice. To defund ice. You know, most Americans agree with ice. Most Americans want these people deported the hell out of the country, particularly the Somali criminal crime syndicate. This is John Fetterman. He had a stroke a few years ago and it reset his brain. Like when your computer's acting up and you turn it on and you turn it off. And he started having common sense. And in the Democratic Party, that's pretty rare here. Here he is talking about supporting military action in Iran to take down the ia. Hola. Like that.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Sure, absolutely. And now if it continues to make more sense. Absolutely. I think I was the only Democrat that fully supported our strike of their Iranian nuclear facilities last year.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Because, you know, it would have been good for Donald Trump. So the Democrat Party would rather have Iran with nuclear weapons than Donald Trump getting credit for taking him out.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

And now by then, without those kinds of.

[Rob Carson]

Plus they're also super anti Semitic.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Iran could have acquired a nuclear bomb, I think, I hope we can all agree that Iran should have never acquired a nuclear.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, no, no. The Democrats can't admit that because Donald Trump got rid of it.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

You see, bomb. And Iran is one of the world's top terrorist underwriter.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

And now you have.

[Rob Carson]

And if we could take the bastards out, we need to take him out.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

That poisonous regime now in spiral. So why, why wouldn't we want to support that? And those.

[Rob Carson]

Because Donald Trump's the president.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Those brave protesters, they've killed probably more than 600 by now. So now why would we want to have the kinds of targeted kinds of.

[Rob Carson]

Action that could break any country that would kill their people like this? They cannot remain in power. The people who did this cannot remain in power. This should be obvious to any decent human being. And if you can do it, if you can bomb the railroad tracks to Auschwitz, do it.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

That regime.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

There are sources. Do tell CNN that there are concerns inside the Trump administration, though, that taking military action, military strikes could actually backfire and undermine the protests by.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, you know who's saying that? And since you won't cite Rand Paul. I will cite Rand Paul. Rand Paul. And I mean, my God, how much weed does he smoke? I mean, honestly, what is up with his brain? Is he descending into insanity like his father? He says, oh, yeah, well, you know, if you bomb the, you know, the Ayatollah, it might cause the Iranian people to rally around him. Sure, sure. Rand Paul, my God in heaven, what is wrong with your friggin head? What is wrong with your brain? When you got knocked off that lawnmower, that lawnmower. Did you hit your head on something? Did something happen there? Rand Paul, I mean, devoid of common sense whatsoever, he likes to act like he's all statesmanly because he's, he's the one marching band member that's marching the opposite direction as the marching man goes over here. And he thinks that makes him some sort of a statesman, some sort of a sage. No, it makes him look like a lunatic. It makes him look like a bloody lunatic. Here's John Fetterman talking about the, the awful Democrat party. Listen to what he. Because he's speaking common sense and he is. He's the only Democrat speaking common sense. I know. I'm as surprised as you are. I'm surprised as you are. He was bet guano crazy left and he's still. A lot of his views are very bad. Guano crazy Left. But, but listen to what he is having to confront from his former voters, from his former supporters and members of his party.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

The right would say really rough things and names, you know, some names I won't, I won't repeat on, on tv. But, but, but the. On the left, it was like, they want me to die. Or that we're cheering for your next stroke. Or that's terrible. That depression want. Why couldn't the depression one.

[Rob Carson]

Okay. People who think like that, they've sided with evil. I want you to think about where we were even 20 years ago. When you look at these people screaming, you mother bleeper. And you and this and that and just shrill things. I hope you die at ICE agents. You're sleeping with Satan, baby. You're giving Satan a kiss goodbye in the morning and going to work. There's something profoundly broken about you. There's something profoundly broken about you. And if you can't have a come to Jesus or you can't come around and do some, you know, spiritual smelling salts to wake you from this mania, then we're just gonna have to run you over and you could just fade into history. Because we are a civil society. We're not gonna take this nonsense anymore. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. So the journalist Dustin, I believe it's grahi is how he pronounces. It's spelled grage says that Representative Ben Davis of Minnesota tells Justin the. Dustin, I should say that articles of impeachment for Tim Waltz vaults have been drafted. So, you know, he. There's rumors that he's going to resign. He should resign. I predicted he was going to resign. There's no reason he should stay in office. It's obvious you cannot. I mean, honestly, it's so just utterly, utterly ridiculous to think that you in office could allow even just looking at on paper, oh, one year, $4 million is being spent on kids with autism. Three years later, it's $400 million. All of these meals, $250 million Feeding Our Future and, you know, 900,000 meals coming out of one little restaurant that you know can seat 10 people. And then, you know, all of these daycare centers where no children were being served. Honestly, I hope hell is coming to the people of Minnesota who perpetrated this nonsense, this nonsense on the people of Minnesota. And then it's coming to California, too. Gavin Newsom's freaking. He'll never be the president. Dear God, he will never be the president. Ever, ever, ever. That's all there is to it. I know it. Because, you know, he's so damned corrupt. So there's that. You know what? I think we need some good news. We love to win. Winning, winning so much. Lots of winning. Lots of winning. Lots of winning. Lots of winning, lots of winning. It's also good. So this is David Sacks. He is, I enjoy this guy. He's I guess, kind of an expert in economics. Talking about the economic boom. And I told you there's going to be an economic boom like we've never seen before. We had 4.6% GDP third quarter last year. Waiting on numbers for fourth quarter. It's going to be 6%. No. Yeah. What do you know, Rob? What do you know, Rob? Well, all the economists are generally wrong and I'm generally right. And generally when it's good news, they always underestimate the good news. And Donald Trump is doing everything that business needs to thrive. Cutting regulation, cutting taxes, you know, allowing massive write offs of, of material investment in your company. 100% write off. I mean I can go on and on. Price of gas in Kansas City A$90, $90. When Joe Biden was president, I remember $95 to fill my truck. In Joe Biden's presidency right now it would cost less than 36 to fill my truck. But here is David Sachs on what's coming up.

[David Sacks]

I'm going to say that the Trump boom is going to be the biggest political winner of 2026. The good economic news has started breaking out before 2025 was even over. We have 2.7% inflation, core CPI 2.6 both those are 40 basis points below expectations. 4.3% GDP growth in Q3.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[David Sacks]

Lowest trade deficit since 2009.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[David Sacks]

The challenger Gray report out today show that job cuts dropped 50% November, which was itself down about, unless you're a government worker, 50% from October.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Give us a number for the boom. What is it going to be?

[David Sacks]

Hold on. The s and P500 keeps making record highs.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[David Sacks]

People are paying less for gas.

[Rob Carson]

Stock market about 50,000.

[David Sacks]

Dow Jones fish costs have fallen by $3,000. Real wages are up over a thousand dollars. By June, I predict we will see more rate cuts. Oh yes, possibly 75 to 100 basis points. And big tax refunds are coming in April thanks to a bigger standard deduction and no tax on tips over time and Social Security.

[Rob Carson]

So in other words, things that no politician has ever brought to the table that will cause our economy to go into light speed. It just is common sense. And if you don't think that this is going to happen. It's because you have your I hate Donald Trump glasses on and you're a fool. It should be obvious he's taking what Reagan did and just multiplying it by a thousand. A powerful force has been holding back the market. It's finally easing. The housing market recently crossed a noteworthy line. There are now more Americans with mortgage rates higher than 6% than below 3%. Mortgage rates have more than doubled since 2021. Thank you, Joe Biden. When a 30 year loan could be had for less than 3%. My house in Kansas City, less than 3%. 2.9 Federal Reserve data. And they have remained above 6% for more than three, three years. Homeowners with low rates stayed put in. The ensuing drop in home listings gave rise to an inventory crunch and sur property prices, a dynamic known as the mortgage lock. In effect, I'm living this. I told my ex, I said, we're not selling that house. We're not selling that house until Jerome Powell is out at the Fed. She's like, I don't know what that means. Well, you know, you just got to pay attention to politics and know that Jerome Powell has been playing with interest rates to benefit Democrats and hinder Donald Trump's economy. It doesn't take any modicum of common sense to understand that 54% of U.S. adults said there was no mortgage rate at which they would feel comfortable selling their home, up 12 percentage points for 2024. Those are the people who have 3%. And I'm not doing it because 3% because I'm not planning on buying anytime soon, but I am planning on selling anytime soon. And when that rate comes down, when Jerome Powell leaves the Fed, I'm gonna give him about a month. And it's gonna come down. It's gonna come down and down and down. Right now they're talking 5.5. It's gonna be lower than that. And when it is, people who have 6% mortgages are going to get out of their houses and they're going to buy a 4% house and my own price is going to be rock solid, maybe even go up. Might even have a bidding war. That's what's happening. And again, I don't have, you know, I'm not an economist. I just have live experience and common sense and I'm generally right about stuff. In fact, pretty much all the time. Oh, and then there's affordability. Where's affordability these days? I don't hear anything about affordability. Democrats are not saying affordability anymore. You know why? Because they cause things to be unaffordable.

[Lindsey Graham]

But the affordability issue is from the.

[Rob Carson]

22% increase in prices in inflation under Biden. Yeah.

[Lindsey Graham]

There's just full stop right there.

[David Sacks]

That's.

[Rob Carson]

Everybody knows it because we suffered through it. Unless you're an elite, elite east coaster affordability issue and you ought to be able to explain that debt.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

Right? That's right. And look, I think that with the economic team, President Trump and the economic team led by Scott Bessen.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

You have people who very much understand this.

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

And it was a. They were, they were thrown. You know what I would say the worst economy.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. They were.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

For the average American. Terrible in my adult lifetime.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

In terms of the, like you said, the incredible increase in prices at the household.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Also, Donald Trump is saying that he wants to require credit card companies for a one year cap at 10% on interest rates. And they have become confiscatory. And anybody who has been in the death spiral of credit card debt, when you can't afford the rent or you can't afford groceries, like it was with Donald, with Joe Biden as the president, and then you put things on credit cards and then you, you still can't afford your mortgage, so you're still putting stuff on credit cards and you're paying 30% and 20%. Donald Trump's gonna put a cap on that and give people a break. That's affordability. Coming up, retired General Blaine Holt joins us to talk about Iran and Venezuela and more. Don't go anywhere. Hey guys, it's Carson for Relief Factor. You know, I saw an ad for Relief factor a while back and I saw a guy literally in tears with how he talked about the pain that he was experienced was gone. It happened to me too. I started taking a few months ago. My hip was really bothering me and I wondered because I'm the age of, you know, replacement of joints and whatnot, if it could be better. And I started taking Relief factor and it healed. It's a 100% drug free research based formula created to help your body's natural inflammatory response. The same one that cause every day aches and pains from aging, exercise, overexertion, and just normal living. It helped me with my hip, my neck, my shoulders, all the places that remind you you're not 25 anymore. Relief Factor supports a healthy response to inflammation, helping you stay active and keep those joints and muscles feeling good. It's made with four key ingredients. Omega 3 fatty acids, resveratrol, curcumin, and Ikarian, each one helping from a different angle. You can start with a three week quick start for this 1995. That's less than a cup of coffee a day. So if you're tired of creaking like an old floorboard every time you move, give relief factor a try. Go to relieffactor.com that's relieffactor.com and feel the difference. Relief factor because getting out of bed shouldn't count as a workout.

[Lindsey Graham]

The War Powers act was passed in 1973 by a bunch of liberal Democrats. It's a power grab by the Congress against the Commander in Chief. Every president since 1973 has rejected the idea that Congress can substitute our judgment for theirs. So what? These five are good friends. They're creating a situation where you have 535 commander in chiefs, not one. There's never been a court case in the history of the country where a military operation was terminated by the Supreme Court because Congress didn't approve. There have been 130 military operations by the commander in chief without.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, that is Lindsey Graham talking about Donald Trump taking action not only in Venezuela, but Iran. The Ayatollah has to be deposed. You can't kill a thousand, maybe two thousand of your of your citizens and then expect to be remain in power. Donald Trump has said that if you start killing your citizens, we won't take you out right now. Donald Trump, you know, no matter what Donald Trump does. If Donald Trump were bombing the train tracks to Auschwitz, the Democrat Party would say it's a bad thing because our Congress is hostile. Our Congress is hostile to our president regardless of who it frees, regardless of how much better it makes the world. They would rather have people continue living in bondage and death than Donald Trump, than something good happening on Donald Trump. Joining us to talk about all of this is Blaine Holt, Brigadier General, retired from the US Air Force. He commanded a C17, kicks a major butt, has a wonderful podcast called Dangerous Intellectuals, and he joins us on the Newsmax hotline line right now. General, how are you? I'm doing great.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I can't believe you found a sound bite where I agree with actually Senator Lindsey Graham. That's amazing compliment.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you know, at least he's a truth teller. On Iran, he's saying that you got to kill the B word with regard to the ayatollah. I mean, Blaine, you and I were kids when the Jimmy Carter, feckless Jimmy Carter allowed the Ayatollah to come in. And We've experienced nearly 50 years of terror with the heart of radical Islam being being Iran. And now there's an opportunity for it to fall. Rather than sending pallets of cash like Barack Obama, Donald Trump can give him a little. And it didn't gonna take much. I don't think it's gonna take much. What are your thoughts on what Donald Trump needs to do?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Well, right now he's engaging in significant psychological operations and I think that he's doing a very good job with that. And you know, while we're whacking ISIS guys left and right in the region, it's not lost on the Ayatollah how that could turn against him really quickly. The other part that I would say.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Is.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I think the President is going to take as light a touch as possible on this because Ambassador Huckabee even said today we're not seeking to do regime change or upend things. That's for the Iranian people to decide. And this is why that's so important. The Iranian people need our moral encouragement. We need to encourage them every day, but they're doing it. The other thing is, I get it. There's a Shah Pahlavi. Everybody thinks that he's the rightful king and we should install him. Well, if he's the rightful king, then let the Iranians decide that. We have a miserable track record on this one. So let self determination happen and then let's put our arms around Iran and bring them back into the international community.

[Rob Carson]

But what we can. But what can we do to prevent the murder of the Iranian citizens? Now Donald Trump says that if that start happening, we gonna give you a little nudge. Do you suppose he's willing to give him a little nudge?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I absolutely suppose he is. What I would say is let's trust the President interpreting his intelligence and not putting all of our eggs into the Associated Press basket. There are a lot of agendas in the media right now. And I'm not saying that this regime is good or hasn't killed anybody. What I am saying is it's critical that the President evaluates the naked intelligence that he gets and then we can trust that he'll make the appropriate action. No one should think he would shirk away from action after watching what happened in Venezuela.

[Rob Carson]

Well, he is playing 3D chess and I would say that his actions. You know, everybody was talking about Donald Trump. He's kind of crazy, he's kind of this. But I don't believe I've seen even maybe regarding Reagan as deliberate and thoughtful with regard to not getting America into an extended conflict or a War. And also, you know, sticking by the rules that govern what he can and cannot do.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I think I've got proof for you. And I love President Reagan. I revere President Reagan. Oh, yes, his neocons got him sucked into a thing called Iran Contra. And our president, President Trump is not doing that. President Trump listens to his advisors and then follows his vision and intent. Where I would be watchful is watch all those armored personnel carriers on their way to the Mexican border. That probably ought to be fixed now.

[Rob Carson]

I saw that the Mexican government was amassing troops on the border, which is. I mean, really. I mean, okay, sure. What do you suppose is going to happen there? I mean, Blaine, come on.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

What would happen if those Mexican troops suddenly all of a sudden just started working with US Forces on the border and the guys caught in the middle were the cartel guys?

[Rob Carson]

Wouldn't that be nice?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I guess what I'm saying is there's so much going on behind the scenes. Don't leap at the first worm on a hook, you see. Yeah, well, there's a lot going on.

[Rob Carson]

Here that's interesting because, you know, the media is covering it. Like Mexico is going to defend itself by they're sending troops to the border.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Yeah, I know. And we've got German navy ships filled with troops on the way to Greenland to go to war with the United States.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, that's going to happen, sure. Okay. What are your thoughts on Greenland right now? Donald Trump says that there are destroyers, there are submarines from China and Russia that regularly patrol that area. Denmark has done nothing for the people of Greenland. And Greenland obviously is strategically a very valuable location with regard to access to shipping lanes and whatnot. And then also, of course, natural resources galore that remain untapped. What do we need to do about Greenland?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Well, we're going to need to control Greenland. And I say control. We don't have to own it. It doesn't have to be the 51st. Wartime technology with hypersonics is such that we cannot allow our warning times for nuclear weapons via hypersonics be put into the hands of the Danish. It's too much leverage. It's too risky. And actually, as it turns out, field studies will tell you that the Danish care less about United States security than the United States. And so what we'll do is we'll take whatever path is necessary to control that landmass, because our security needs in this new technology environment are vital. Just go look at the Ereshnik missiles raining down on Ukraine and ask yourself if that's the type of response time that you think President Trump needs to defend us?

[Rob Carson]

Well, you look at what happened with that tanker that Donald Trump and the military captured off the, in the, in the Atlantic and of course, Russia saber rattled for about five seconds. So I don't think either Russia or China really want to bleep with us right now. And if I'm not mistaken, isn't there some sort of a treaty from like 1951 that allows us to basically be able to put a base anywhere on Greenland without any approval?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

There absolutely is. We have a few there. Thule, Greenland, one of my favorite spots. Not exactly at the top of the world. I've flown in there many times.

[Rob Carson]

Really?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Negative eight. Negative 8,000 degrees. I'm pretty sure that's what it was.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

It's look, it's a very important piece of land right now. And that our NATO allies and look, President Trump, he made a chess move. He's getting eight benefits off of it. What are the, what are the Europeans spending money on? Greenland Defense. What are they not spending money on? Ukraine. Where are they focused?

[Rob Carson]

Greenland.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Where are they not focused?

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Ukraine.

[Rob Carson]

It's beautiful. All right, let's take a break and come back. I want to talk about Venezuela. What's next for Venezuela? What has to happen with regard to Venezuela? If you can hold on, that would be great, sir. I appreciate you. Absolutely. All right, let's take a break and come back more with General Blaine Holt on the Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere. Hey, guys, It's Carson for quints.com Colder days mean layers, and your winter wardrobe may have you considering a winter reset. I went to a jazz club the other night wearing a quince tee, another shirt over it and a quince wool jacket. A woman said, you look fine. I mean, it blew me away. I've spent every dime for my kids and my wife for 25 years. Now I feel confident and I look good with quince. I couldn't believe it. Quince has everything you need. Men's Mongolian cashmere sweaters, wool coats, leather and suede outerwear. Each piece made with premium materials by trusted factories that meet rigorous standards. No middlemen means no traditional markups. The wool coat I wore to the jazz club the other night turned heads. Costs less than I paid elsewhere. You can also find anything for your home, including kitchen, bath, and even for travel. Refresh your wardrobe at quince. Go to quince.com newsmax that's Q U I N C E.com newsmax for free shipping and 365 day returns, quince.com newsmax that'S quince.com newsmax. More with Brigadier General Blaine Holt in just a moment. If, if you would have purchased gold in late 2024, you could have got it for about $2600 an ounce or so. Now it's $2000 an ounce more so a year and three months later it's $2000 an ounce more than it's amazing since, since Friday it went up from $4506 to $4624. Silver. Silver used to get 20 bucks an ounce. $86 almost today. $86 for silver dates. It is a remarkable time for precious metals. Used to be considered the snuggie of investments. Now people are taking it very seriously. You know, maybe you don't have Nancy Pelosi's portfolio, but gold is pretty darn good if you've never considered owning gold. First time gold buyers, Birch Gold is offering a rebate up to $10,000 on qualifying purchases. So to claim your eligibility and start the process, you know the drill. Just text my name, rob to 989-898. Rob to 989-898. Birch Gold can help you roll an existing IRA or 401K that's just lying there like Joe Biden on the beach into an IRA in gold and you're still eligible for a remain up to 10,000 bucks. But you got to do that by January 30th. It's already the 12th by the way. It's already the 12th for crying out loud. Spring is coming, people. Text my name, rob 989-898. Claim your eligibility to get robbed to 989-898 for Birch Gold.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

If any military member, including the generals.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

On down to enlisted members, if any of them participate in the use of.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Military force against Greenland without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders. That's simply a fact.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. That is Senator Ted Lieu once again saying things that border on sedition. Were your thoughts on his. On his thoughts and his. His warning shot over the bow of military members if Donald Trump decides to take some sort of action in Greenland.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Few communists have that man's command of geopolitics and profession of arms strategy, economics. I think when Ted Lieu talks, we should all laugh our butts off.

[Rob Carson]

We all get dumber. We all get a little bit dumber. Remarkable. Remarkable stuff. I want to mention you said you flew it. Where did you used to fly your C17 in? In the Greenland.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I used to fly our older jet than that. The first generation, the 141C141. We called it the tube of pain, but I love it. And we would fly out of McGuire, New Jersey on missions to resupply Tule Greenland, which was nicknamed the top of the world because it truly was the top of the world. And how hard to go in there in the winter? Boy, you were in for something.

[Rob Carson]

I tell you what, if you've got like 30, 40, 50 below zero, so is lift a real problem then?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

It can be. The other part is flying that far north you can't use latitude, longitude or GPS anymore. You have to use what we call magnetic grid. It's actually very challenging flying. It's beautiful, absolutely gorgeous. But it's a real challenge. And then if you have to stay the night, those temperatures get down so low that you got to pull the batteries out of the airplane and bring it to your hotel room. Those are very heavy.

[Rob Carson]

I know, I know. I used to live in Minnesota. They got people put oil pan heaters on their, on their cars so when they go into work they plug their car in to keep the oil from becoming jello.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Oh my God.

[Rob Carson]

It's really bad. It's really bad. So I want to talk a little bit about Venezuela. Maduro was gone. The Democrat Party of course couldn't see any good in removing Maduro. Even though Joe Biden increased the bounty on his head from 10 to $25 million. He just didn't know how to do it. He didn't know what to do. And Donald Trump did it. And of course Democrats are all upset about it. Donald Trump is not doing regime change. Put the vice president in charge there. We've got oil companies coming in. They're going to reclaim their investment that was stolen by Maduro and Chavez. What's next for Venezuela? What has to happen to the governance of Venezuela?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Well, I think eventually you're going to see a. She's playing ball with us by the way, and that's really wonderful. She's going to help usher in for the Venezuelans self determination, self governance. There's no writ that Machado, just because she won a Nobel Peace Prize and a globalist has to go in there. We're going to let them govern themselves but we are going to expect in return their friendship and co investment with each other. It's not just a one way robbery deal or colonialization. It's actually cooperation and it stabilizes the entire continent.

[Rob Carson]

I wish that, and maybe this is wishful thinking, simplistic thinking, but considering the long suffering of the Venezuelan people, I mean Years ago, when Obama was the president, the favorite restaurant in Caracas was the zoo. And I'm not kidding either. They hunted all the animals in the zoo and ate them. That's how bad it was. But I would love to see some sort of an oil dividend go to the people of Venezuela. A thousand dollars. You know, you'd have to be able to assure by having a government that is not as so corrupt that they would take it. But figure out a way you could give the people of Venezuela some sort of an oil dividend so they can bring their standard up because they've lived in such poverty for so very long. I think that would be. I don't know, maybe I'm thinking too simple here. What do you think?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

No, I think it's a great idea because what you're doing is you're putting everybody's skin in the game. They're all going to want their country to thrive and prosper because they've got a piece of it.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

And that's.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

That's exactly where you want everybody.

[Rob Carson]

I'm optimistic, and you're a cold warrior, among others, but I'm optimistic that a wave of patriotism and freedom is sweeping the globe. We still have the fits and throws of evil trying to get in the way, but I'm optimistic about freedom spreading around the world. How about you, brother?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I couldn't be more optimistic. It's a dangerous time, but it's an exciting time.

[Rob Carson]

I know, bro.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Really.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

The smoke is clearing and we now see who the true battle space are. It's we, the people, Global Edition versus they, the Globalists. And they're going to meet next week for their stupid confab in Davos. And you know what? Right now they're running recruitment ads around social media for people to join the World Economic Forum because nobody wants to be with the slithery ones anymore who just want to depopulate and make eat crickets.

[Rob Carson]

Well, brother, if the people of Persia are free, and I'm hoping that will be happening in the very near future, we'll have to get together and have a cigar.

[Conservative Political Commentator]

Absolutely.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I'm looking forward to that day.

[Rob Carson]

All right, brother. Blaine Holt, where can people find you on social media and your Dangerous Intellectuals podcast?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Please come to dangerous intellectuals.com and today's interview is with Navy Seal and leader expert Mike Sorelli. He's got good tips for everybody on how to lead in chaos.

[Rob Carson]

It is really. You've got a great sounding podcast, bro. It really is. It's great stuff. You really. You're hitting the Mark, man. I appreciate you, Blaine Holt. Have a glorious week. Let's pray for peace and let's pray for freedom, shall we? All right.

[Newsmax Host/Contributor]

Amen.

[Rob Carson]

Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. So I didn't really watch Golden Globes, but I do love me some Nikki Glaser.

[Nikki Glaser]

And the award for most editing goes to. CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America's newest place to see. BS News.

[Rob Carson]

Oh yeah, she's really funny. She did that Tom Brady roast and she just owned it. She owned it. She owned it. I just think she is brilliant. Hot. I could say it. It's okay. I'm. I'm comfortable in my masculinity. And you better be as well. Because you know what? I think she's hot. You know why? Because she's hot.

[Nikki Glaser]

You've worked with every great director. You've won three Golden Globes, an Oscar and the most impressive.

[Rob Carson]

Talk about Leo DiCaprio.

[Nikki Glaser]

You're able to accomplish all of that before your girlfriend turned 30. I mean, it's just insane. Leo, I'm sorry I made that joke.

[Rob Carson]

It's cheap.

[Nikki Glaser]

You know what? I. I tried not to, but like, we don't know anything else about you, man. Like, there's nothing else. Like open up.

[Rob Carson]

Then she talked about Timothy Shalam who won the best Oscar last night for the. The pingpong movie.

[Nikki Glaser]

This is interesting. Not a lot of people know this, but Timothy Shalam is the first actor in history to have to put on muscle for a movie about pingpong.

[Rob Carson]

This is true. You see this? Fantastic. I just. I love her. I gotta. You know, as much as. Oh, you know, you can't talk about liberals and all bull crap. If she's funny, she's funny and she is funny and she is not politically correct. I think we need some comedy from Jim Gossett about Greenland and Donald Trump.

[Jim Gossett]

Greenland is a land.

[Rob Carson]

Get it?

[Jim Gossett]

That should be our land.

[Rob Carson]

We want it. That's what I have is going to.

[Jim Gossett]

Go down plan for Greenland. It is strategic. It's rich in man. Gross.

[Rob Carson]

I know. It's kind of cool.

[Jim Gossett]

Greenland was made for you and me and the Dutch.

[Rob Carson]

I'd like to own Denmarkians.

[Jim Gossett]

Denmark's.

[Rob Carson]

We aren't doing anything with it.

[Jim Gossett]

I have to use the military security in would provide it.

[Rob Carson]

Kicking butt.

[Jim Gossett]

Greenland was made for you and me. Once we own it we could rename it. Could call it Trump Land or even Dunland Orange Land. It's going to happen. It will be ours soon. Greenland was made for you and me.

[Rob Carson]

Greenland made for you and me.

[Jim Gossett]

Greenland was made for you and me.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. Jim Gas you could help about by going to patreon.com Jim Gossip comedy patreon.com Jim Gossett comedy thanks for listening today. Thanks for watching today. It means so much to me. And the audience is growing so much. You have no idea, no idea how many people are are streaming at least listening to the show. It has just gone through the ceiling since I moved to Washington, D.C. we're here together. We are here together. Great things are coming for America and the world. Let's get out of here. God bless you. America's founded Donald Trump as he makes America great again. And until tomorrow, do not catch the stupid. I'll see you then.