Artemis, Accountability, and a King Without a Ballroom

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – Episode Summary

Episode Title: Artemis, Accountability, and a King Without a Ballroom
Date: April 2, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (with General Blaine Holt)
Podcast: Newsmax Radio

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Overview

In this episode, Rob Carson delivers his trademark blend of humor, political commentary, and cultural critique, focusing on America’s renewed journey to the Moon (with NASA’s Artemis mission), calls for accountability in government, and reflections on national pride during the 250th anniversary year. Frequent guest General Blaine Holt joins for in-depth military and geopolitical analysis. The episode features parody, Trump impersonations (primarily by comedian Jim Gossett), and candid takes on everything from woke culture to toilet mishaps in space.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Artemis Launch and Renewed American Pride

• Rob opens with a heartfelt celebration of America's achievements, punctuating the nation's 250th year with the Artemis mission’s televised spectacle ([01:05-05:00]):
  • The Washington Monument transformed into a Saturn V rocket through projection.
  • “I've never seen anything like it. They did a history of America on the Washington Monument ... I'm so proud of this country.” – Rob Carson ([01:44]).
  • Praise for Artemis as "Gen Z's Apollo."
• Commentary on the Artemis launch, featuring astonished UK reporters and humor highlighting the immense power and scale of the rocket ([04:39-04:59]).
  • “America did that, baby. We stopped going to the moon 47 years ago … this is why we got such a great dang country.” – Rob Carson ([04:59]).

2. Critique of Politicization & ‘Woke’ Narratives

• Rob pushes back against UK and certain Democrat critiques of space spending in the face of terrestrial crises, mocking so-called “moral questions” and colonialism analogies ([05:35-06:30]).
  • “There are no Native Americans or any other native species on the moon as far as we know. My God, you people are so uptight. You couldn't pull a needle out of your butts with a tractor.” – Rob Carson ([06:30]).
• Toilet malfunction on Artemis becomes a source of on-air comedy ([06:36-07:59]):
  • “Apparently they jiggled the handle. That's what they just jiggled the handle a little bit and then it was fine.” – Rob Carson ([07:32]).

3. Parody: Trump on the Moon

• Extended Trump impersonation by Jim Gossett lampoons the idea of making the Moon the 51st state and opening a “Trump Moon Hotel” ([09:10-10:23]):
  • “Should we make the moon the 51st US state?” – Trump (Impersonation) ([09:51]).
  • “I'll stay at the Trump Moon Hotel. Hell yeah, a Trump Hotel. Come on.” – Rob Carson ([10:03]).

4. Government Accountability & Cabinet Shake-Up

• Breaking news about potential firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi, replaced possibly by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ([12:26-13:18]):
  • Rob calls for justice and an end to “years” of lack of accountability.
  • “We need somebody who's gonna go in there and start arresting some damn people ... we've been waiting for accountability.” – Rob Carson ([13:18]).
• Discussion of the role of USAID and CIA in the Trump impeachment, featuring guest expert commentary ([15:03-17:02]):
  • “USAID and the CIA created the Trump impeachment at the beginning of his term, and they paid for it.” – Rob Carson ([15:43]).
  • “Looks like regime change tactics that the CIA and USAID had done abroad being brought back home against Donald Trump.” – Interviewee/Expert ([16:21]).

5. Easter, Faith, and National Renewal

• Rob connects Easter’s message to America’s “turning point” after the “murder of Charlie Kirk,” underscoring collective spiritual renewal ([10:23-12:06]).
  • Shares a personal story of finding a Bible unexpectedly: “It was folded over ... just to speak to me at the time that I’m experiencing right now in my life. It’s pretty remarkable.” – Rob Carson ([11:09]).
• Prayer Breakfast Trump impersonation—mixing solemnity and humor:
  • “On Good Friday, the Son of God was nailed to the cross ... but it wasn’t the end.” – Trump (Impersonation) ([17:21]).
  • “They call me king now. Do you believe it? No. King. I'm such a king, I can't get a ballroom approved.” – Trump (Impersonation) ([19:08]).

6. Military Affairs: Operation Epic Fury & Defense Revitalization

• General Blaine Holt analyzes the success of Operation Epic Fury against Iran ([22:23-25:24]):
  • “This is what happens when you take the world’s best trained military and you let them do their job ... and you don’t micromanage.” – Gen. Blaine Holt ([23:00]).
• Contrasts Trump-era military performance with earlier “woke,” DEI-focused leadership ([29:42-30:20]):
  • “A far cry from when Lloyd Austin was the Secretary of defense and General Milley was more concerned about white privilege than doing battles.” – Rob Carson ([29:42]).
• Discussion about the need for further reform, especially regarding leaders responsible for readiness declines and vaccine mandates ([30:03-32:03]):
  • “They need to stop the resistance in service leadership...They’re wrapping them up in bureaucratic red tape. It’s crap.” – Gen. Holt ([30:56]).
• Tributes to veterans and the “warrior ethos,” including stories of Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day ([32:03-34:05]).

7. Aviation and Military Equipment Musings

• General Holt discusses the beloved A-10 Warthog, modernization efforts, and flying experiences ([25:46-28:28]):
  • “Every time they try to kill it, it just keeps rising. They need to rename it from Warthog to Phoenix.” – Gen. Holt ([26:07]).
  • “You know what? I'm going to consider this conversation? Testosterone replacement therapy.” – Rob Carson ([26:49]).
• Memories of epic military flights and the unique culture of the armed forces ([27:22-28:28]).

8. World Affairs: Europe, NATO, and Lessons for Allies

• Critique of European dependence and lack of initiative:
  • “They won't even raise a finger when we need help. ... It’s not our war and they won’t follow President Trump’s leadership.” – Gen. Holt ([36:03]).
  • “You guys could suck it. We've had enough of bailing your rear ends out.” – Rob Carson ([36:34]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On American Achievement:
  • “America did that, baby. America did that. ... This is why we got such a great dang country.” – Rob Carson ([04:59])
• On Critics of the Space Program:
  • “Should we be spending billions going to the moon?” – BBC segment; mocked by Rob ([06:04])
• On Government Accountability:
  • “I want to see politicians go to jail. ... We have waited for this.” – Rob Carson ([13:18])
• On Military Success:
  • “When the president turns them loose and signs off on the rules of engagement, well, then that's what happens.” – Gen. Blaine Holt ([23:00])
• On Trump’s Style:
  • “They call me king now. Do you believe it? No. King. I'm such a king, I can't get a ballroom approved.” – Trump (Impersonation, Jim Gossett) ([19:08])
• Rob on Easter & Faith:
  • “Collectively we’re unbelievably powerful, much more powerful than the forces of evil.” – Rob Carson ([11:14])

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Important Timestamps

• 01:05 – Reflections on America’s heritage and Artemis launch
• 04:42 – The Artemis rocket, sound, and American achievement
• 06:26 – Rob’s satirical take on moon “colonialism”
• 07:32 – Artemis toilet fix spoof
• 09:09-10:23 – Trump (impression) on the Moon, 51st state and hotels
• 13:18-17:02 – Calls for government accountability, USAID/CIA, and Trump impeachment background
• 17:21-19:25 – Trump at the Easter Prayer Breakfast: solemnity and one-liners
• 22:23-25:24 – Gen. Holt on Operation Epic Fury and keys to military success
• 29:42-30:20 – Rob’s contrast between current and past military priorities
• 36:03-36:44 – Gen. Holt on NATO, European dependence, and tough love for allies

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Tone and Style

• Highly patriotic, irreverent, and laced with comedic asides, especially via Rob’s riffs and Trump parody.
• Mix of serious analysis (esp. military/political segments) and pop-culture humor.
• Openly critical of “woke” narratives and government bureaucracy.
• Frequent call-backs to American tradition, religious faith, and the importance of national unity.

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Final Thoughts

This episode blends celebratory reflection on America’s space resurgence with robust critique of political culture and governance. Through humor, impersonation, and military insight, Rob Carson keeps the tone energetic while addressing the nation’s current junctures – both in outer space and at home.

For listeners seeking both laughs and substance, especially around themes of patriotism, accountability, and American exceptionalism, this edition of The Rob Carson Show delivers in full.

Transcript

[Radio Host/Announcer]

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[Rob Carson]

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[General Blaine Holt]

Oh, now

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

you are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on the World Wide Web. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. It is Holy Thursday and I wish you and yours a blessed passover and Easter. Easter is super, super, super special this year, I think for all of us. The 250th anniversary of the birth of our nation. And there's a reason why Donald Trump is the president this year and why it didn't happen in 2020. And actually it's going to, the Democrats are going to live to regret it. So there you go. Anyway, welcome, welcome to the show. Much to get to this hour and for the rest of the show. Yesterday they apparently did the same thing with the national monument, the Washington Monument they did earlier this year. They projected the Saturn 5 rocket onto it. Taking off it is something else because the Washington monuments, 460ft high and they put these projectors around it and they, they took the Saturn 5, which was the Apollo mission to the moon, and they put it on the side of the monument. So the monument looks like the Saturn V rocket, by the way, about the same height as the Saturn V rockets, real close. The Saturn V rocket is gigantic. And then they projected the launch of it on. I got it. You've never seen anything like it. You've never seen it like I reposted on it today on my social media, on Twitter, at Rob Carson Show. Benny Johnson posted the video. But it is, I'm going to tell you, I've never seen anything like it. They did a history of America on the Washington Monument that I did. I went down to a coup months ago. It is just, it is breathtaking. It is such. I'm so proud of this country. I'm so glad to be a part of this country at this moment in history. And we were on the brink and, you know, there are a lot of forces of evil fighting Us. But we're going to win. We're going to win. We've ushered in so much. We're flying to the moon again. This Artemis mission is remarkable. Chuck Schumer decided to make some sort of a stupid point about it. Good luck to our brave astronauts headed to the moon. The first crewed NASA mission to the moon in over five decades. Their journey is a testament to our incredible scientific capabilities and a reminder that we must invest in NASA with science writ large, not cuts. The problem is the, the big beautiful bill actually increased the, the budget of NASA by 24%. So there's that. And then also we created Space Force as well. So there you go. It's pretty cool. I'm going to play. This is real funny. This is a BBC reporter in Florida at the takeoff of the Artemis. I didn't know the Artemis was bigger than the Saturn 5. The Saturn 5 is. I went to get a cocoa beach down there, Cape Canaveral. Here's something kind of interesting about it. They have this giant trough that leads to the launch pad for not only the launch of this rocket, the other rockets, the space shuttles. And what they have to do is they've got a million gallon reservoir water tank and they have to empty it in seconds to damper the noise of the, the, the rocket launch. Now it's still enough to knock you. But, but without that sound dampening, it would knock windows out of buildings 10 miles away. I'm not kidding. It's crazy how much noise this thing makes. And here is this British reporter who was just over overwhelmed by the beauty of this, this amazing event. And it is. This is. This is Gen Z's Apollo. This is. This is millennials Apollo. It's remarkable. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh, she' miles away. Just keep that in mind. Miles away. Okay, ready? Wow. Miles away.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

Oh my.

[Rob Carson]

The sound's just getting to it.

[General Blaine Holt]

That is spectacular.

[Rob Carson]

Just wait.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

It's not just what you see and you hear as the rocket lifts off. You can actually feel the force of it through your body. This is the most powerful rocket that NASA has ever built.

[Rob Carson]

That's miles away. America did that, baby. America did that. We stopped going to the, to the moon 47 years ago. We played golf on it. This is why we got such a great dang country. Oh my goodness. It's absolutely amazing. But by the way, but by the way, British BBC television, they decided to, to politicize it. I mean, this is just insufferable. But I'm going to go ahead and Play it for you anyway, because you know what? We saved their butts a couple times last century, but I don't even know why we bother.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

Reggie Ford doing a promo for Moral Maze, one of their shows previously.

[General Blaine Holt]

It's just.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

It can be quite sensible. But you know, they talked about the trip to the moon being troubling, raising

[Rob Carson]

troubling moral questions with the trip to the moon raise troubling moral questions going further than any human being has ever gone into space.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

Okay, that with poverty, disease. There was climate crisis here on Earth.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, the climate crisis that doesn't exist.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

They never stop a moment to propagandize. Is this it? Should we be spending billions going to the moon?

[Rob Carson]

Oh yeah. You know, they did the same damn thing. Idiots. You know they, they love. They don't mind spending $18 billion on fraud in Minnesota, $500 billion on fraud in California. Whenever, whenever the United States want to spend money on something good. I don't know, like freeing the people of Iran and Persia, you know, and all that stuff. Then all of a sudden now we could be spending that money on more program fraudulent.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

But also do we risk repeating the mistakes of colonial expansion?

[Rob Carson]

The mistakes of colonial expansion. There are no Native Americans or any other native species on the moon as far as we know. So there's that. My God, you people are so uptight. You couldn't pull up needle out of your butts with a tractor. Here is. Oh, this is kind of funny because the the toilet didn't work apparently the the toilet did not work on the artist Artemis Artemis mission right off the bat. Now of all the things of all the systems that could fail. I'm not saying it's the number one thing because you know, you kind of want to have the oxygen and the pressure and all that stuff going in there but. But no toilet. Oh my God. And here is actually the exchange when when the toilet problem got solved on

[General Blaine Holt]

the Artemis couple sink questions.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

First one, just because today has been a little bit jumbled, are we safe

[Rob Carson]

to assume there's one of the astronauts saying hey can we use the toilet for God's sake.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

That any toilet non use.

[General Blaine Holt]

That's not per optimist you would call up.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

We're thinking about calling you to see.

[Rob Carson]

Apparently they jiggled the handle. That's what they just jiggled the handle a little bit and then it was fine.

[General Blaine Holt]

We can use it for the next like 20 minutes or so before we sleep and instead wanted to check that assumption.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, can we use it because we really checking. Yeah. Here we Go. Need to. Need to check this out real quick because I really got my legs crossed up here in space, for God's sake. I really need to go right now and just drank some water, made a mistake. I'm gonna go to bed.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

Kind of like NASA astronaut Christina Cook calling down to make sure that they are able to use the toilet. There are times during the mission when they are asked not to do so.

[General Blaine Holt]

And Christina, you are good to use toilet all night.

[Rob Carson]

And then came the largest sigh ever heard in space. That's actually what happened on the, on the Artemis rocket as it heads to the moon. It's like 235,000 miles to the moon, by the way. And escape velocity from our planet is 17,000 miles per hour. You got to get something going 17,000 miles per hour to escape the gravity of the Earth. So imagine taking that thing, that's the thing, the size of the Washington Monument, and making it go 17,000 miles an hour. And then I think it picks up speed in space to like 35,000 miles an hour. But again, you're 235,000 miles from the, from the moon. And again, they're going to get me up there for 10 days. And once again, America leads the entire world. And they watch. And Donald Trump is the president. And it's the 250th anniversary of America.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

We're flying to the moon. Artemis is in the air.

[Rob Carson]

Jim Gossett as the prezzy.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

First time in half a century we've sent a spacecraft there.

[Rob Carson]

That's pretty cool.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

In other words.

[Rob Carson]

What's that?

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

What's that? We'll check it out.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I'm gonna plant a flag there. Play some golf, whatever.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

In other words, we'll test Orion.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we'll see what that Pink Floyd album is all about.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

When we land on the mo moon, there will be a great debate.

[Rob Carson]

Gotta open a Buc EE's.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Should we make the moon the 51st US state?

[Rob Carson]

Why the heck not?

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Trump Hotel.

[Rob Carson]

Nobody else has been there.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Up there will be.

[Rob Carson]

I'll stay at the Trump Moon Hotel. Hell yeah, a Trump Hotel. Come on.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Mar a Lago North. Wait and. See.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. Muna Lago. We'll call it Muna Lago. Does that sound kind of cool? That's Jim Gossett, by the way. Is he a freaking genius or what? Just go to patreon.com Jim Gossip comedy patreon.com Jim Gossett comedy it is Easter week and you know the murder of Charlie Kirk? I remember the day it happened. And I haven't seen the video. I'm not going to see the video. I don't want to see the video. But, you know, that wasn't a turning point. That was the turning point. That was the turning point. And that's why I think maybe I don't think I'm alone in feeling like this Easter, this past hour Passover is really special, really special. This year. I told you how I found a Bible in my dry cleaning. I didn't have a Bible in my dry cleaning. I didn't have this little Bible in my dry cleaning. I go there and the lady says, no, no, this was in your pocket. I said, I don't recall ever seeing this. And that was folded over. This page was in during the printing process, was folded over to just to speak to me at the time that I'm experiencing right now in my life. It's pretty remarkable. I hope that you, you know, I hope that you are feeling this way because, you know, collectively we're unbelievably powerful, much more powerful than the forces of evil. On this president spoke at a prayer breakfast. He had some really powerful things to say, but also just funny. Some of the funniest stuff he said. I'm going to share that on the other side of the break. Let's take that break now, shall we? This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

One thing I would like to see updated is the word homeless to the word unhoused.

[General Blaine Holt]

How about new?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I think we kind of got over that crap a few years ago that woke nonsense. It looks like Pam Bodney's been fired. Looks like Pam Bodney's been fired. This is cnn.

[General Blaine Holt]

Last night, the president is considering a Cabinet shakeup.

[Rob Carson]

What are you learning on this front?

[Radio Host/Announcer]

Yeah, this is some reporting that we're doing tonight with my colleagues Elena Train and Kristen Holmes. We have confirmed from multiple sources, John, that the president has been talking privately about replacing the attorney general, Pam Bondi, firing her from her role running the Justice Department and actually instead putting the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin in that position. Now, it's not confirmed yet that he is going to oust her. We have not gotten reporting that he's made a final decision on this. You can see this is her today as she was getting in the motorcade actually with the president to go with him to the Supreme Court to listen to those, those hearings on birthright citizenship. But the president's attitude on her, John, for the last several months really has been quite sour. And a lot of it has to do with the backlash over the handling of the Epstein investigation. The President doesn't like.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, you know, we need somebody who's going to go in there and start arresting some damn people and indicting some damn people. I'm sick and tired of it, to be quite honest. And I, you know, I don't think it's because she's a woman. I just think maybe she's the wrong person for the job, to be quite honest. I want to see people go to friggin jail. I want to see politicians go to jail. I want to see him go to jail for all of the fraud in Minnesota. I want to see Tim Vote removed from office in handcuffs from the mansion up there. I want to see Keith Ellispin send the rest of his life in jail. I want Ilhan Omar denaturalized and deported. That's what I want to see. I'm bloody well sick and damn tired of this nonsense. We waited. We waited for years for this. We have waited for this. They were afraid, you know, they told us we couldn't use the word retribution because you know, retribution is not. It's accountability. But by God we've been waiting for accountability for malfeasance, for the abuse, abuses and usurpations that we suffered over the last decade and just get your ass in gear, woman. You know, honestly. Sorry, I hate to put it that way. Get it in gear. We don't have time to mess around. We don't have time for, as my dad used to say, pussy footing around. So Lee Zeldin I guess is the guy. He's done a really good job as the EPA guy. I, you know, I don't know. I don't know. What do you think of Lee's? I think he's great but we need somebody in there with literal. And fig. Not. Doesn't have to be literal, but certainly figurative cojones. Right? Wouldn't you say? Isn't it about time that our Justice Department actually delivered justice instead of going after people who aren't, you know, committing things like, like for instance, Michael Shellenberger did an interview the other day with, with Chris Cuomo of all people, and, and the FBI. Not the FBI. The CIA and usaid. The reason why USAID doesn't exist anymore is because they did crap like this.

[Interviewee/Expert]

USAID effectively created this organization called the Organized Crime and Corruption Research Project reporting Project Occur. Heard of. But it teams up with well known news media companies around the world. We know that it would not exist had it not rerouted a State Department grant from its Narcotics Enforcement Division through usaid, and that USAID can sign off on all of the senior. Has to sign off as a requirement to sign off on all the senior staff and on the work plan. We also know that it did the foundational research that was essential to bringing the impeachment case against Trump in December of 2019.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. USAID and the CIA created the Trump impeachment at the beginning of his term, and they paid for it.

[Interviewee/Expert]

But I think what's so interesting here is that this is an organization that's behind it, that's funded by usaid, that would not exist without USAID engaging in what I think you have to consider to be domestic politics, which is absolutely forbidden. Yeah, it's not really an economic development agency. I think people misunderstand that part. It's really about soft power.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Interviewee/Expert]

It's about establishing the power of the States in, like, an aggressive way, including in regime change.

[Rob Carson]

The head of this group in the United States, it was a bloody coup.

[Interviewee/Expert]

OCRP actually brags of helping to change the governments in four or five different countries, actually brags of the regime change. So this looks like regime change tactics that the CIA and USAID had done abroad being brought back home against Donald Trump.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. These are the enemies of the people. These people need. They need to go after the people who did this.

[General Blaine Holt]

I think if you look back retrospectively,

[Interviewee/Expert]

it's a pretty thin case for impeachment. Yeah, it's pretty. It's supposed to be high crimes and misdemeanors. So then you have to ask, well, where does it come from? And when you see that the two main organizations behind it are the CIA and usaid, which is basically considered a front.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Our country, our government was the enemy of the people. They went after Donald Trump, they went after us, and people need to go to jail. So, Pam, Bonnie, bye. See ya. I mean, good luck. Have a wonderful life. Let's get somebody in there to put some people in jail, dammit. Here is the President of the United States at the prayer breakfast for Easter. I want you to listen.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

On Good Friday, the Son of God was nailed to the cross, crucified, and he died for all of us. It was a day of darkness, but it wasn't the end, by any means. It was not the end. On Easter Sunday, the stone was rolled away and the grave was empty. Christians everywhere rejoiced, and we continue to rejoice. Easter is one of the incredible days.

[Rob Carson]

It is. It is an incredible day. Erica Kirk was there. Here he is. This is the President. This is where it gets really Funny. Listen to the president as we prepare

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

to celebrate a thing called Happy Easter. Do we have that everyone help Anybody that doesn't want to.

[Radio Host/Announcer]

Wow.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

This is a good table. I like that table. You're doing well, right?

[Rob Carson]

Talking to Erica Kirk here.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

I think you should sue him. But, you know, I told her, you ought to sue some of these. They're so jealous.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Easter breakfast, by the way.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

I said, you know, sue there are you. I can say, you're not allowed to say this. You have to be nicer. Sue their ass.

[Rob Carson]

There you go.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

But I want to thank all of those who are helping us honor Holy Week here.

[Rob Carson]

There you go.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Let me tell you. Oh, I hate to say there have been more wars over religion than trade and everything else.

[Rob Carson]

Our religion is going to bring us together. The good ones, not the bad one, not the Sharia, not the Islamist. This is the line, man. This is the line. And this is why it's never going to be the same again. After Donald Trump, you got to relish every moment that he's in office.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem as crowds welcomed him with praise, honoring him as king.

[Rob Carson]

King.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

They call me king now. Do you believe it? No. King. I'm such a king. I can't get a ballroom approved. There you go.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, my goodness.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Oh, it's pretty amazing. I'm a king. If I was a king, we'd be doing a lot more. I'm doing a lot, but I could be doing a lot more if I was a king.

[Rob Carson]

Absolutely. Absolutely. Well, you are the king, baby. You are the king. It's good to be the king. Here's a comedian talking about Donald Trump's sense of humor. I can't stand Donald Trump. I cannot standing. Crazy because I have been doing this job for 14 years, and I will never be as funny as that mother.

[General Blaine Holt]

He is never.

[Rob Carson]

Like the Pearl harbor thing. I'm like, how'd you come up with

[General Blaine Holt]

that on the fly like that?

[Rob Carson]

Absolutely. 100. It is. It's an amazing thing to watch. And this is why the Democrats are so ugly about Donald Trump, is because they can't emulate him. They can't be him. They can't be as cool as him. They can't be doing the right things for the country. They're watching him do all of the things they could never do, and they just sit there and seethe in hatred. That's not a good place to be, particularly during Easter week. It's not a good look. It's not a good place to be. Blaine Holt General Blaine Holt joins us to talk about Donald Trump's speech last night and Operation Epic Fury on the other side of the bridge. Don't go anywhere.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem. Him as crowds welcomed him with praise, honoring him as king. They call me king now. Do you believe it? No. King. I'm such a king. I can't get a ballroom approved. Pretty amazing, right? I'm a king. If I was a king, we'd be doing a lot more. I'm doing a lot, but I could be doing a lot more if I was a king.

[Rob Carson]

I got to tell you, I had to play that again. General Blaine Hole. I had to play that line again because that is almost as good as the heads up on Pearl harbor to the Prime Minister, Minister of Japan.

[General Blaine Holt]

Well, that's got to be the best joke of the year for him. He's going to live it up on that. But his comms are getting better and better and better.

[Rob Carson]

Just. It's. We've never seen anything like it. We've never seen it anything like this, man. It is a remark he told Erica Kirk yesterday. She was there. And he goes, he goes, I'd sue their asses off. And then he goes back to. He's talking about Easter. I just think it's. I think it's great. You know what? You know what? You never watch History of the World, Mel Brooks. And he goes, it's good to be the king. Donald Trump is the king. He is the king in more ways than you could ever, ever, ever even imagine. He's the king.

[General Blaine Holt]

My dear friend, do you know how many eyeballs you just made bleed across this country?

[Rob Carson]

I know, I know, I know. Last night he had a big speech. I want to play a little bit of his speech last night that we could talk about what's going on in

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

Iran as we speak this evening. It's been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world's number one state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. Victories like few people have ever seen before.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. You as a career military man who made it to the rank of Brigadier general. You got to be proud of what we're doing, man.

[General Blaine Holt]

Yeah. And I'm proud of our military. But this is what happens when you take the world's best trained military and you let them do their job. Instead of little academics from Georgetown with suits who've never worn a stitch of clothing, certainly played with plastic soldiers at some point. And then they pontificate about what the next targeting set should be. And, yes, I'm talking about Jake Sullivan. You don't micromanage. The generals who actually speak spent their entire lives planning to give the President options. And when the president turns them loose with and signs off on the rules of engagement, well, then that's what happens. And it's a perfect example of how much better we can perform when the commander in chief will be the commander in chief, but not the micromanager in chief.

[Rob Carson]

Let me ask you this, Blaine. I'm curious, because we wiped out an unbelievably powerful military, certainly more powerful than the North Korean military in 1960. Whatever, you know, certainly more powerful. I would put him right up there, certainly with Ukraine. And look at how long Russia has taken against Ukraine. I mean, what do you suppose the other, you know, supposed military powerhouses of the world would do? How long would this campaign have taken if one of them decided to take on Iran?

[General Blaine Holt]

You know, I had the good fortune to be a part of some track to diplomatic talks with the Chinese military and their diplomats in New York about a decade ago. And one of the Chinese generals, over dinner, he was looking at me, and he said, you know, you guys just piss us off. And I said, why? And he said, well, we spend all our lives reading about American doctrine. You guys write books on joint operations doctrine, combined operations, but then when you go to war, you never do what you write down.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah.

[General Blaine Holt]

And I. And I was like, that is the American way. The war will be planned out by the crew that is in the seats at the time. Yes, we've got all this monster doctrine that is taught to some poor student at some war college. But. But we're very fluid. We're very dynamic, and we're very creative on the battlefield. And. And yes, we've got wonderful, amazing technology. But. But it's honestly the innovative spirit of the American serviceman and woman that makes that all come alive.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I heard Pete Hegseth went and spoke to a bunch of airmen, and some of those airmen just happened to be women. And he asked this young woman who's a pilot of a fighter plane, what do you need? And she goes, more bombs and make them bigger,

[General Blaine Holt]

right? Some 50 millimeter while you're at it. It.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, brother. Oh, brother. Hey, did you see, by the way, off subject, you're. You're obviously an aviator. The upgrade, The. The, you know, Warthog 2.0. Have you been following that at all? Because they have. They've done some pretty. I thought they Were mothballing that thing during the Biden administration. But they've, they've upgraded this bad boy and it's better than ever before.

[General Blaine Holt]

They need to rename it from Warthog to Phoenix because every time they try to kill it, it just keeps rising. It was mine. Look, I've been in love with that airplane ever since I saw it. And it was my number one choice out of pilot training. I missed it by one graduated number. I graduated six in the class, he graduated five, he got the A10, I got the T38 and I love my 38. It was great. And there's nothing like a Warthog in the mud. It's a four wheel drive airplane with a big damn gun.

[Rob Carson]

It's like, it's like a friggin Hummer in the sky.

[General Blaine Holt]

It is. And it could take a beating. I mean it's a titanium bathtub around the pilot. It can get one of its verticals blown off and it comes home, dude, you get the sheet metal kids out there and it's up in the air in 48 hours.

[Rob Carson]

You know. You know what? I'm going to consider this conversation? Testosterone replacement therapy.

[General Blaine Holt]

Thank you.

[Rob Carson]

I'm gonna go to the gym after this. Holy hell, this is fantastic. You know, I want to mention also, you know, Artemis took off yesterday, the largest rocket bigger than the Saturn 5, which is pretty remarkable about the spot. As tall as the Washington Monument. This rocket was bigger. They get into space. The toilet isn't working, working. So I don't know if they jiggled the handle. I don't know what the hell happened. But you know, obviously, obviously on what you piloted, wasn't it the C17 luxurious bathroom.

[General Blaine Holt]

You go downstairs past the galley, go on into the blue lagoon and whatever you need to do.

[Rob Carson]

And obviously you, you were able to do that and you had a co pilot. How many other people, what compliment did you have to fly that big bird

[General Blaine Holt]

so that monster can be flown? And several times we would, on just three people, loadmaster in the back, two pilots. It's, it's really every, you know, I'm a C141 driver. The jet that the C17 replaced and it's everything we asked Santa Claus for. And then on long missions we would supplement that. An additional load master, an additional pilot, sometimes some maintenance or security people. But yeah, minimum crew complement, minimum combat crew complement is three people. And what is the longest time that

[Rob Carson]

you were in air for one mission? What was the longest time you were

[General Blaine Holt]

in the longest sortie with a bunch of error feelings was about 18 hours.

[Rob Carson]

18 hours. That's not too bad. I guess that's.

[General Blaine Holt]

I have to deliver a team and a package of death to Afghanistan direct, non stop.

[Rob Carson]

Wow, that's fantastic. I gotta tell you. We're gonna take a break and I'm gonna do some push ups. I'm going to do. I'm going to do some push ups. We're going to come back. All right, Please. We're going to talk a little bit more to General Blaine. Hold on the other side of the break. Let's take a break now. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

It's very important that we keep this conflict in perspective. American involvement In World War I lasted one year, seven months and five days. World War II lasted for three years, eight months and 25 days. The Korean War lasted for three years, one month and two days. The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, five months and 29 days. Iraq went on for eight years, eight months and 28 days. We are in this military operation so powerful, so brilliant, against one of the most powerful countries for 32 days.

[General Blaine Holt]

Wow.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. A far cry from when Lloyd Austin was the Secretary of defense and General Milley was more concerned about white privilege than doing battles. And we were running ads that featured a young girl and her two moms. Dear God, I'm just so glad we survived that. General Blaine, hold, how about you?

[General Blaine Holt]

Oh, I'm so glad we survived it. We still got some rebuilding to do on this. We've got to make sure that institutionally we can't be infiltrated like that again. And at some point down the road, I hope those leaders are held to account for the damage that they did to the national security apparatus.

[Rob Carson]

It really was remarkable that that happened. And also, by the way, the.

[General Blaine Holt]

Don't forget the vaccines. Don't forget those.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, hell, yeah. Yeah.

[General Blaine Holt]

To the force.

[Rob Carson]

Don't talk a little bit about that. What. When. When you were. When they were going through that, you were still in when that happened, right?

[General Blaine Holt]

No, no, no. I was out.

[Rob Carson]

Okay. All right. But what did that do? What did that do? I know a lot of. A lot of people were driven out of the service. They've been invited back. I don't know how many have come back. I don't know why you'd want to. To be quite honest, but. But certainly Donald Trump being the president,

[General Blaine Holt]

I'm going to be very blunt here. Pete's got more work to do on this. They need to actually stop the resistance in the service leadership and in the defense health services to make an impediment for these people who want to come back or the people who need to be renumerated, they're wrapping them up in bureaucratic red tape. It's crap. And I'll tell you what, during that period of time there was a three legged stool that was assaulting our magnificent brave force. And one of them was back, one of them was the failure in Afghanistan and basically just the middle finger for 20 years of our service, limb, lives and treasure. I know. And then the third one was the DEI rail with the woke crap and getting rid of the warriors ethos and the meritocracy that did so much damage and it's damage that's not cleaned up yet. And I would encourage our Secretary of War. You've got more people to fire, you've got more policies to take care of and I'm really not interested in you going out and exonerating an Apache crew for a loss of flight discipline. I'd much rather you took care of those that were damaged during that period of time.

[Rob Carson]

You know, a lot of the times you. And it was interesting. I went into Washington D.C. on Sunday expecting to see a bunch of woke tards, you know, no kings protests. They cleared, they cleared out on Saturday. And there was also, by the way, a bigger, much bigger protest was pro Trump and pro epic fury by the way. But, but Sunday I drive in and I'm expecting to see all these idiots and I've got YMC ready to go on my 5000 watt sound system in my Bronco. I'm ready to crank it as I drive by. And I'm down by and I see this big stage set up at the Washington Monument. And I'm thinking, what is this going to be? And I roll down the window and they're playing freaking Free Bird. They're playing Free Bird. And I went in the Republic, brother, brother. It was, it was so good. And then I saw all these Vietnam veterans hats and I'm like, what's going on? Then I realized it was Vietnam Veterans Appreciation Day. And I hope they do that for our brothers and sisters who fought for 20 damned years from 911 to 9 11. I hope that there is for our millennial brothers and sisters, our Gen X brothers and sisters, even our gen zers who were involved in that conflict in some way shape or form, that they are memorialized, that they are remembered for all of the bodies that were sent home draped in flags and all of the people who came home with injuries, physical and emotional. I hope there is a day we can acknowledge all of them yeah.

[General Blaine Holt]

And not service members who identify as llamas with purple hair. That's gotta go. We need a warrior look. This is who we are as Americans. And I remember my salute to the Vietnam vets with three other instructor pilots from Reese Air Force Base. I told you I got a T38. At 3 o' clock in the morning, we're flying over the National Capitol Mall. This is in 1989. We do that kind of thing. Controller says, hey, would you like a tour of the mall? Yes, we would. And so we went up and down the mall with our fast, speedy jets, had a great time, landed in Andrews, jumped in a car, got to the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial, and the four of us raised the toast with a glass of a brown fluid to their honor.

[Rob Carson]

God bless. You know, one of the cooler aviation stories that I have is I was invited several years to when it was Andrews Air Force basically base. There's a fleet of Huey helicopters that they maintain to evacuate, you know, members of Congress and whatnot. You know what I'm talking about? I got to go on one of those Hueys right up the Potomac, go past the Kennedy center, crank it tilt hard left, come back. Oh my God. Literally waving at the people on the bridge and the people waving back.

[General Blaine Holt]

It would have only been better if you'd have had Freedom's Clearwater Revival playing in the background, as you were.

[Rob Carson]

That's exactly where I was going, man. A Proud Mary, one or the other. Real quick. I got about another minute and a half here. Let's talk about the progress in, in Iran and what is going on now. It sounds like we're kind of. We're devastating them now. We're just waylaying the snot out of them. And then we'll do some sort of cleanup and then they'll pick up the pieces. What?

[General Blaine Holt]

Yeah, we're going to go make it safe. And so we're going to enhance the capability of the Iranian people to take back their government. We're to going. Going to whatever the third stringers or the four stringers, whatever's left. They need to join the free Iranian people and flip their loyalties. I think we're going to help encourage them with that. And we're going to have to do something about securing Karg island so that the Chinese don't get interested in coming to the straits. But again, our vital interests are served now. Three weeks. We'll finish this up. And his warning to Europe quite substantial. And I don't think people understand how serious the President is.

[Rob Carson]

Well, yeah, and Europe, by the way, had a major sphincter tightening exercise when they launched a missile at Kharg Island. And then on top of that, they had enough nuclear material for 10 or 11 nukes. So people in France and Great Britain went holy hell, and they should. And Donald Trump landed their feet. He said, here's the deal. We don't need our oil going through the Straits of Hormuz. So you get your butts over there and you get it figured out. And I am just so glad. Now he's talking about withdrawing for Nate. What do you think about that real quick?

[General Blaine Holt]

I think that's the right answer. I think our time and our mission in Europe are served. There is nothing. Look, it's become a self looking ice cream cone. They won't even raise a finger when we need help. They were certainly happy for 350 billion of our dollars and a lot of our weapons going into Ukraine. It's not our war and they won't follow President Trump's leadership. President Trump is the only one who has made any kind of diplomatic effort with the Ukraine war. A war that did not have to happen was completely deterrent. Well, you're up at your war and you won't even come down and open the straits for yourselves.

[Rob Carson]

So it's been two words. Yon, yon Yan. Yo. You guys could suck it. We've had enough of bailing your rear ends out.

[General Blaine Holt]

Enjoy that call to prayer.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, exactly. All right, so that's gonna wrap it up for General Blaine Holt. You got this great podcast called Dangerous Intellectuals. Tell Everybody where They can find it.

[General Blaine Holt]

Dangerous intellectuals.com please come and join. Listen to the Monday's episode. It's all about the gas in in California. But Monday's episode coming up is Mitch Vexler on why you're getting ripped off in property taxes. And you better get active right now.

[Rob Carson]

All right, I love it. Have a glorious week, my friend, and weekend. I appreciate you very much. Happy Easter, by the way. A blessed Easter.

[General Blaine Holt]

Happy Easter. Thank you, brother.

[Rob Carson]

Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. It is Rob Carson. Joe. That was a fascinating conversation with Blaine Holt. Dangerousintellectuals.com I mean, that was just really fascinating, that conversation. It's on the podcast, by the way. After the show, we take all three hours, we post it on all of the your usual podcast platform, Spotify, itunes, all that, all of it. Just go to Rob Carson's show. But that was a really, really, really, really fascinating conversation that you won't usually get with a former military air raid aviator, General Holt. Fascinating. Unbelievable. By the way, you guys understand and you guys are talking about my ghost bed a lot because it's kind of the ghost bed. The name is just kind of funny, right? But I got this ghost bed, it's called Ghostbed. It's a company that's in America, by the way, in Florida. And the guy who created was injured. He had a bunch of injuries and couldn't sleep. And so he created this thing called the ghost bed. And the ghost bed comes to you in a box and you can get a number one, I think you get the king size, you can get the queen size, you can get the adjustable digestible base and all that. But I got this queen mattress and it's got kind of a pillow top and it's not mushy, it's not soft, but I freaking love this thing. I posted on all my social media picture of me in bed this morning, ladies. Me in bed.

[Donald Trump (Impersonation or Clip)]

I know.

[Rob Carson]

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