Faith, Fighters, and the Far Side of the Moon

Summary

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The Rob Carson Show: Faith, Fighters, and the Far Side of the Moon

Date: April 6, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guests: James Rosen (Newsmax Chief Washington Correspondent), Various Military Analysts, Soundbites from Political Figures including Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries

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Episode Overview

This engaging episode of "The Rob Carson Show" blends humorous, passionate conservative political commentary with real-time discussion of breaking news: a high-stakes U.S. military rescue in Iran and the record-setting Artemis II lunar mission. Rob Carson brings in top guests and leverages his trademark comedic tone to dissect reactions from both media and political figures. The show is heavily themed around faith, national resurgence, and the marvels of American endeavor, both on Earth and in space.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Easter “Miracle Monday” – The Air Force Rescue in Iran

• Carson kicks off by dubbing this post-Easter “Miracle Monday,” reflecting on the emotional rescue of two U.S. pilots downed in hostile Iranian territory ([00:32]–[02:59]).
• The act is labelled an “Easter miracle” by former President Trump, who personally texts Carson, emphasizing the unprecedented nature of the mission (00:52).
• Multiple voices, including UK and U.S. military analysts, underscore the technical mastery and courage involved in the operation ([02:59]–[03:34]).

Notable Quote:

“Such a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory… It is usually not done because it is considered not doable.” — Donald Trump (quoted by Carson, [00:52])

• Carson highlights both military excellence (e.g., “these guys, the power jumpers... among the best of the best in the American military,” Military Analyst, [03:21]) and his emotional reaction (“it literally brought me to tears… it was Easter morning,” Carson, [01:43]).

2. Partisan Reactions and Media Spin

• Carson satirizes the media and Democratic responses, especially the focus on Trump’s “coarse language” in addressing Iran – “open the effing Strait, you crazy bastards…” ([01:43], [07:26]).
• Clips from Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries are played, criticizing Trump for a "reckless war of choice" and questioning strategy ([03:57]–[04:37]).
• Carson’s tone is mocking and incredulous:

“Oh my God, there’s plenty of plan. Executing it flawlessly, you idiot.” — Rob Carson ([04:26])

• Carson and guests point out the irony of Democrats objecting to Trump's language, given their own past rhetoric.

Memorable Moment:

• Carson repeats and lampoons the media panic over Trump’s language:

“Hide your children. The President is going to use some poopy language.” — Rob Carson ([07:07])

3. Analysis of the Iranian Confrontation

• The aftermath of the rescue, destruction of Iranian military capacity, and nuclear deterrence is explored ([05:45]–[06:59]).
• Billions spent on military operations are contrasted with domestic spending on healthcare ([04:50]–[05:02]).
• The strategic decision to withhold rapid intervention at the Strait of Hormuz as leverage for U.S. and allies is analyzed. Carson reads from a piece by M.A. Rothman explaining Trump's “brilliant” use of American deterrence ([17:36]–[19:26]).
• Historical context: 47 years of Iranian hostility, U.S. embassy crisis, actions of Hezbollah, and failures of prior administrations ([19:26]–[21:15]).

Notable Quote:

“All matters, all that matters is here and now.” — Rob Carson ([26:55])

4. Lunar Milestone: Artemis II Mission

• Guest James Rosen provides a live update on Artemis II astronauts, who are about to travel farther than any human in history ([23:34]–[24:25]).
• Rosen emphasizes the mission’s symbolic power during a tumultuous time on Earth.
• Emotional and philosophical reflections from astronaut Victor Glover are spotlighted:

Notable Quote:

“You’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe… in all of this emptiness, you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.” — Victor Glover, astronaut ([26:55])

• The segment is tinged with awe, reinforcing Carson’s motif of faith and meaning amid cosmic insignificance ([26:55]–[28:31]).

5. Personal Stories of Faith and Serendipity

• In the episode’s closing segment, Carson shares his personal journey back to his faith, spurred by unexpected events and a profound Easter experience ([31:15]–end).
• The story involves a spontaneous trip to church, a family reunion, an encounter with a former TV personality, and the sense of deeper purpose behind recent personal and national events.
• Carson articulates a revived mission for his show: “entertain, inform, and motivate people to do good.” He frames the current era as a battle of good vs. evil, where “faith, patriotism, joy and faith are sweeping the globe.”

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Timestamps & Key Segments

| Segment | Time | Highlights | |------------------------------------------------|:---------------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Easter “Miracle Monday”—Military Rescue | 00:32–03:34 | Emotional reaction, Trump’s message, military and political soundbites | | Partisan & Media Reactions | 03:34–08:16 | Hakeem Jeffries clip, Carson’s satire, focus on Trump’s language, Jake Tapper clips | | Iranian Hostility – U.S. Response | 13:34–20:41 | Contextual history, condemnation of weak diplomacy, analysis by military experts | | Artemis II Lunar Mission | 23:34–28:31 | Rosen’s update, Victor Glover’s inspirational message, moonshot as national unifier | | Personal Faith Testimony & Closing Reflections | 31:15–end | Carson’s Easter serendipity, faith, and motivations for the show |

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Notable Quotes

• Donald Trump:

  “Such a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory… It is usually not done because it is considered not doable.” ([00:52])

• Military Analyst:

  “Probably amongst the best of the best in the American military.” ([03:21])

• Rob Carson:

  “Oh my God, there’s plenty of plan. Executing it flawlessly, you idiot.” ([04:26])
  “Hide your children. The President is going to use some poopy language.” ([07:07])
  “All that matters is here and now.” ([26:55])

• Victor Glover (Astronaut):

  “You’re on a spaceship called Earth… you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.” ([26:55])

• James Rosen:

  “This really is exciting and it couldn’t take place at a more opportune moment in terms of the upheavals and the rancor that we see here on Earth.” ([25:18])

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Tone, Language, and Memorable Exchanges

• Carson’s delivery mixes biting satire (mocking media/Democrats), heartfelt patriotism, religious faith, and self-deprecating humor.

• Exchanges with James Rosen mix nerdy enthusiasm (Beatles, space) and comic banter:

  “Will you just shut up about the damn Beatles?” — Rob Carson ([23:10])

• Recurrent motifs:

  • U.S. exceptionalism and resolve
  • Media hypocrisy
  • Divine purpose, miracles, and “nudges” from God
  • The idea that “all that matters is here and now”—both nationally and personally

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Conclusion

This episode is a quintessential Rob Carson fusion of news, humor, faith, and politics. The host weaves together breaking military drama, partisan reaction, a breathtaking space milestone, and touching personal anecdotes, always with a clear ideological thread and a dash of comic relief. For listeners, it offers both insight and inspiration—unapologetically patriotic, faith-oriented, and irreverent toward political and media adversaries.

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Listen, laugh, and be reminded:

“Entertain, inform, and motivate people to do good.” — Rob Carson ([post-31:15])

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Transcript

[Rob Carson]

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[Donald Trump]

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. You know, yesterday was Easter Sunday. I'm going to call today Miracle Monday for a number of reasons. For a number of reasons. Some great news out of Iran yesterday. Two military pilots were rescued in an amazing act of courage and no one was injured.

[Donald Trump]

News overnight in an extraordinary turn of events, the United States has rescued the second crew member who was in the US F15 fighter jet shot down over Iran Friday. President President Trump texting me directly this morning. The rescue was an Easter miracle. The enemy was large and violent. The rescuers were brilliant, strong, decisive and as cool as anyone can be. The Iranians thought they had him, but it wasn't even close. And remember, we got two but couldn't talk about the first and that it would have highlighted that there was a second. Such a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory. It is usually not done because it is considered not doable. Such a great military like no other. Adding on truth, social. Open the effing straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell.

[Rob Carson]

That's the expression that caused the media to melt down yesterday. Donald Trump said, open the effing straits or all hell would rain down on you. And they got all butthurt about it because Donald Trump was talking about our enemies. Our enemies. And using some coarse language. This coming from people who called Donald Trump a Nazi and Hitler and a pedophile for the last decade. I had to laugh. I did a guff spit tank, if you will, when I saw that. But I'm going to tell you something. When I woke up yesterday morning, Sunday morning, I heard this news. I keep the phone kind of over, you know, near me on the bed. Don't check it during the night, thank you very much. But I looked over and I tipped it up. And all of a sudden on my feed was this rescue operation. And it literally brought me to tears because it was Easter morning and it was an amazing, amazing rescue by our military forces. Our military has done such a fantastic job over there taking down ayatollah, ending the nuclear Threat from Iran killing its, its funding of proxies around the world. It's been a 47 year war against the rest of the world and for the first time we decided to give it back to them. And we're beating them into the pits of hell. This is Henry Bolton on gbn. That's Great Britain's version of Newsmax.

[Military Analyst]

Incredible feat of arms. Only the Americans could have pulled this off. Only the Americans have the variety of specialized equipment to do it. Yeah, these guys, the power jumpers who sort of go in and do these rescues most of the time. Of course they don't have to do this. You don't hear about this sort of thing happening very often because it doesn't happen very often.

[Rob Carson]

No, it doesn't.

[Military Analyst]

But incredibly skilled, probably amongst the best of the best in the American military.

[Rob Carson]

Unreal.

[Military Analyst]

Constantly training, highly professional and trained to the sort of, to the nth degree.

[Rob Carson]

It was absolutely flawless, incredible operation. But of course, this is the Democrat response. I was kind of wondering how the Democrats were gonna to whiz on this. You know, this is what they do. And Hakeem Jeffries, of course, Mr. Deadeyes did just that. Then this is how he backhanded, complimented our military about the rescue mission.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Well, I'm thankful that a second U.S. airman has been rescued heroically by our special forces.

[Military Analyst]

But.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

And we of course continue to pray for the safety, the health, the well being, sure of all of our men and women. Who do you pray to who are in uniform in a very dangerous theater of war.

[Rob Carson]

And here comes the backhand.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Of course, Donald Trump has gotten us involved in this reckless war of choice without any plan, any strategic.

[Rob Carson]

Oh my God, there's plenty of plan. Executing it flawlessly, you idiot.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Objectives and.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, no, no, we've accomplished our objectives. And it was ending the Iran nuclear threat. Number one, by the way.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Nuclear exit strategy.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. Four to six weeks. We're going to get a ceasefire and get a deal. That's, that's the exit strategy. See, because we're not, we don't have boots on the ground. So we didn't need to remove anybody from the country.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

You see, instead billions of dollars are being spent every day to drop bombs in the Middle East.

[Rob Carson]

Meanwhile, $50 billion a year are going to medic. California alone.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

When Donald Trump as a candidate promised to never get us involved in this type of.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, nobody's caring about you. Honestly. Ridiculous. Here is Jeff Johnson, former Obama official, saying, hey, it was pretty great

[Hakeem Jeffries]

this, this operation for the first pilot and the second Pilot. It's a remarkable exercise, demonstration of US military courage, technology, power. I would encourage the President, remember the

[Rob Carson]

guy who flew the helicopter in to get Maduro and he got shot, his leg almost shot off, and he stayed conscious to fly the soldiers in his helicopter to land. This is American heroism, people. America is so bad.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Secretary of Defense, consistent with operational security. Share as much of that with the American public so that the American public can appreciate what goes into this kind of operation is more complicated than the bin Laden operation, for example.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

I'm not sure any of that.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. More complicated than getting bin Laden. And we did it flawlessly. It was absolutely remarkable. We got, when we got bin Laden, we lost a helicopter. That happened there. So, you know, that kind of happened. It was kind of cool. And like I said, of course the media was. This is a time of a military conflict. We're up against a military that has killed thousands of Americans using improvised explosives, outright terror attacks, and of course have paid proxy terrorist groups around the world world to commit acts of terror against us and our allies. Untold amount of damage and all of that. And of course, Donald Trump used coarse language yesterday and that got all the media butthurt about it, particularly Jake Tapper.

[Jake Tapper]

But if you were wondering how the success of that operation might affect the President's posture toward Iran moving forward, wonder no longer. He has just threatened Iran in extraordinary graphic terms.

[Rob Carson]

Giving the Iranian extraordinarily graphic terms. Not so much. Actually, I've used a lot more cursing. Just putting together a piece of IKEA

[Jake Tapper]

furniture regime just over a day to either make a deal, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or face hell. If your children are watching, be warned.

[Rob Carson]

Hide your children. Hide your children. The President is going to use some poopy language.

[Jake Tapper]

The President did not use polite language.

[Rob Carson]

The same language your dad uses when he's in the garage and doesn't think you're listening.

[Jake Tapper]

Quote, Tuesday will be power plant.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Jake Tapper]

And bridge day. All wrapped up in one run. Yeah, There will be nothing like it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Jake Tapper]

Open the in straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. Just watch. This is where Jake suggests that Donald Trump is going to commit a war crime.

[Jake Tapper]

We should note that destroying civilian power infrastructure is generally considered to constitute a war.

[Rob Carson]

Generally.

[Jake Tapper]

Generally, the President could argue that the infrastructure has dual use and also is utilized military.

[Rob Carson]

That's exactly right, actually. And of course they also have no regard for murdering civilians at schools and stuff. So there is that. There is that. And then of course, this is your Democrat Party. We have to Trump. Please don't tell my children that I just did that. You get your musty hands off of our money or go to mouse cow you. You mustard all Donald Trump was saying it was open the effing Straits of Hormuz or we'll drive you into hell, you bastards.

[Military Analyst]

They're trying to run and they're probably a minor.

[Rob Carson]

I'm shaking right now.

[Military Analyst]

I don't want to be here.

[James Rosen]

I'm sorry. Am I taking too long, pleading for my life?

[Rob Carson]

Which side are you on? Yeah, you people are nuts. You know, you are just nuts. Pay no attention to those people behind the curtain. They're just a bunch of idiots. I swear to God. Here's the President of the United States talking, and I haven't had a chance to screen this. I just saw it was running this morning at the Easter Egg Roll. You may recall that last year, no, two years ago, 2024, Joe Biden, he did the Easter was the Trans Day of Visibility. Today on Trans Day of Visibility, we celebrate the trans individuals in our communities and recognize their struggle, struggles for recognition, and increasingly, survival from all of us

[Military Analyst]

here at the Department of Education. Happy Trans Day of Visibility.

[Rob Carson]

Each year on March 31, we celebrate

[Donald Trump]

transgender Americans and all that they have accomplished.

[Rob Carson]

That was Easter. Literally Transgender Day of Visibility. Easter. Last year, they did the trans. Trans day of visibility. 2024, I guess. And then, of course, one of the transgendered individuals who had breast implants decided to show her. His. Them. Their. They's breasts to everyone. I mean, really, honestly was Easter with the kids looking for the eggs and everything during Joe Biden's presidency? And of course, Joe Biden had to be lead. Led off the. The. The White House grounds by the Easter bunny. So there was that.

[Donald Trump]

And what about the rescue that took place yesterday?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

[Donald Trump]

Wasn't it something that you rarely see? You know, they were giving me a briefing about that, and they said, normally when you're in very hostile territory, and I don't think it gets much more hostile than Iran.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's kind of off mic there, so I won't play the entire sound bite. You know, yesterday was something else. Man, I hope your Easter was like mine. I gotta tell you, it was something else. I'm gonna share with you some pretty crazy stuff that's happened to me in the last weekend and culminated in yesterday. Culminated in yesterday I got a little nudge from God and I think, and I do believe, and I've heard from more than one person, I saw But Unger Sargon, she says, can you feel it? Can you feel good putting evil back on its heels? And I can. I can. The left is back on crazy. They've done everything they can to destroy the country, but yesterday there was just this, I swear to God, there were so many people out yesterday, all the churches around the block, there were people waiting to get in. And there was so much fellowship and so much good. And then the Easter miracle of these two pilots being saved. And the Democrat Party could say nothing good about it except for, yeah, it was a good job, but, you know, we'd have to get in this gosh darn to conflict. Even though they killed 35,000 of their own people and of course, have been waging war on the US and the rest of the world for 47 years, they can't even take time to celebrate that. And that's why I say they're doing a death spiral into hell. So we got a lot of stuff to get to on the show. James Rosen is going to join us from Newsmax. Also, Tony Schaefer, Lieutenant Colonel is going to be talking about Operation Epic Fury, the possibility of a ceasefire, et cetera, all of that, including your phone calls. 800-922-6680. This is the Rob Carson Show. This fall, you're invited to experience Washington, D.C. in a truly unforgettable way with me, Rob Carson and other Newsmax listeners. Imagine strolling through our nation's capital as America celebrates 250 years and seeing history come alive with an expert guide. Together, we'll tour the White House Visitor center, step into the halls of democracy with a guided tour of the U.S. capitol building, visit Arlington National Cemetery and the Changing of the Guard, stand in awe before the towering figure of President Abraham Lincoln, and take in the beauty of DC's legendary memorials with a special nighttime illumination tour. Our adventure includes premium hotel accommodations for four nights in the heart of D.C. in addition to six meals, ground transportation guides and gratuities. Space is limited, so don't wait. Visit travelwithrob.net to book your DC getaway today or give our friends at Cruise and Tour a call at 800-383-3131. That's 800-383-3131 or travelwithrob.net

[Donald Trump]

the Rob Carson show podcast is everywhere. Go to newsmax.com listen for details. I came out and I expected we were going to be talking about farmers, and we love our farmers. We were going to talk about so many different products, but, you know, want to talk about that, sir. This is about eggs.

[Rob Carson]

Eggs, eggs.

[Donald Trump]

Because we have the egg farmers of the entire country here, and they are unbelievable. And if you remember when I first got elected, my first news conference with the fake news, a lot of fake news here today, but I had a news conference and the first question, what are you going to do about eggs, sir? I said, what do you. What's wrong with eggs? I just got there. It's my second day in office at a news conference, and they were screaming at me, what am I going to do about it?

[Rob Carson]

They were.

[Donald Trump]

Then I said, well, it's like, tell me what's wrong with eggs? The price was so high, it was four times higher than it was a year before. I said, well, that sounds like a problem. Let me think about it. And Brooke Rollins, our great Secretary of Agriculture, she got involved. We all got involved. They didn't want me, as you know, just last year, it's hard to believe. They didn't want me to order eggs for the Easter Egg Roll, the Easter egg hunt that we have here every year. They wanted me to use plastic.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Donald Trump]

I said, I'm not using plastic. We'll get it solved. And within a short period of time, eggs came down. They came down 40%, 50%. And by the time we got there, we had so many eggs, we didn't know what to do.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. Yeah, they're down 80% since Joe Biden was the president. Yeah, there you go. You know, I don't know if any news agencies covered that story yesterday, but there you go. That's Donald Trump this morning at the Easter Egg Roll on. On the White House grounds. Always a lot of fun. I've never had the opportunity to go, but I would love to do it sometime. Would love to do it sometime. The. The rescue of two American pilots yesterday was just a beautiful way to start Easter, just a beautiful way to begin the day, to see a flawless operation and Americans rescued. And there were, you know, everybody. And their brother was over over there. Means husband also in Iran were after him. The military even put a bounty. But there were. There were some Iranians who actually sea. Blocked the military from going there, crowding roads to keep the vehicles from going by and, and all of this. So we had some. We had some friendlies on the ground over there and. And ultimately we had both pilots rescued. The second pilot, they got this kind of a GPS sensor that doesn't do voice because it's easy to track it. It has encrypted, you know, notes. And, and ultimately we sent in a Couple and got him out. Here's General Frank McKenzie talking about the amazing rescue. So I think I draw two lessons from it, Ed. First of all, the excellence of the joint force, our ability to rapidly pivot to look for a downed air crewman. We train for this endlessly. It's a part of every time we send air crew over enemy territory, we have detailed, elaborate plans to go get them. It's a very basic part of who we are as American fighting men and women. Yeah. Don't leave anybody behind. It's pretty amazing, you know. Didn't do that in Benghazi when Hillary Clinton was in charge of the State Department, did we? No, no, people just died. Didn't send them any help. They ended up buying a firefight. A couple of Americans and a. And an ambassador got killed that night. Here is Ro Khanna saying that despite the, the obvious overwhelming of the awful and evil Iranian regime's military, sinking its entire navy, destroying its missile silos and, and capability generally, there's a few being launched here. Destroying Iran's nuclear capability, creating a nuclear weapon, putting it on a, on a missile that can go thousands of miles, maybe even reach the American shore. He says we need a statesman like Obama. Remember when Obama sent pallets of cash to the ayatollahs? Well, they spent it to build missiles and stuff.

[Donald Trump]

Would you be okay, though, with leaving Iran without the Strait of Hormuz being reopened? President Trump has set that deadline for Monday, saying they're going to be significant consequences if it's not reopened.

[Rob Carson]

Let me tell you what won't reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Threatening war crimes of bombing indiscriminately power plants. Now, you're absolutely wrong. It will open the Straits of Hormuz.

[Donald Trump]

Cursing at Iran.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, my God. Cursing. Seriously, you guys, you literally have some of your politicians running for office on the campaign of F. Trump. Well, we need a statesmanship like President Obama. Oh, my God. Yeah, we needed statesmanship like Obama, which got us into this. Now, ahead, what we need to do is to stop the bombing, have a

[Donald Trump]

cease fire, and then to work with

[Rob Carson]

Oman, to work with China, to work

[Donald Trump]

with the Gulf allies and European allies

[Rob Carson]

to have a solution to allow the Hormuz to be open. But it's not going to happen. You know, actually, this is an interesting piece from MA Rothman about the Straits of Hormuz. The conventional criticism is that Trump was too slow to open Hormuz. The reality is Trump is deliberately withholding the American security guarantee at the moment of maximum stress, not because he can't clear the Strait, but because he's doing, doing so too quickly would let Europe go back to sleep. Yeah. For decades, Western allies built their economies and green energy mandates on asylum assumption. American carriers would always appear off horror moves. They ran down their militaries, underfunded NATO. The US carries 60% of all combined NATO defense spending. And lectured Washington about multilateralism from the comfort of a security blanket they never paid for. March 15, he told the world that countries receiving oil Hormuz should take care of that passage. And the initial response was exactly this. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Khalee said there is no appetite in the United States to join Trump's Hormuz coalition. This is not Europe's war. Then the pain arrived. Or oil surged above 70 to $100 a barrel. Tank. Tank. Tanker traffic sailed or stopped through the Strait of Hormuz. 70%. Over 150 ships anchored outside waiting for safe passage. European. European energy prices spike. Two weeks later, April 2, over 40 nations announced a coalition to secure the strait. See, this is brilliant. And every time you guys come up with something, Donald Trump throws it down. Just. I mean, just completely destroys your narrative. This is. This is Condi Rice. Condi Rice talking about why Donald Trump has done all of this. After Obama's diplomacy did a face plant,

which is, we have been at war with this regime for 47 years, or they have been at war with us for 47 years. And when people say, well, you know, we should wait until they were an imminent threat, these, these people. Bob Gates was the. Was the note taker for Zig Brzezinski. When Carter sent Brzezinski to meet the regime, and after they came to power and Brzezinski said to them, we'll recognize you, they said, give us the Shah who was undergoing medical treatment in the United States.

[James Rosen]

This is the meeting in Algeria between.

[Rob Carson]

Algeria.

Yeah.

Brzezinski said, americans don't do that. And three days later, they sacked our embassy.

Yeah, they did.

And kept our diplomats for 444 days.

Yeah, 444.

Their tentacles. Hezbollah killed 241 Marines in Lebanon.

[Donald Trump]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

They have a price on the head of the President of the United States. Former presidents of the United States, former Secretaries of state. And if you ask, ask what percentage of American deaths in Iraq before we were able to put more protection around them, around our troops? People will give you estimates from 70 to 75% from IEDs and roadsides.

Yeah. There's a body count. They've been waging war against us and it's a really good thing that Donald Trump is doing what he's doing because Barack Obama and other weak need politicians there. They got us into this, this. So guess what? Now it's over. Let's take a break and come back. James Rosen from Newsmax joins us on the other side of the break. Don't go anywhere. Hey guys, it's Carson. I just got a ghost bed. Yeah, pay attention here because I've been sleeping on a foam mattress since I moved to the Washington, D.C. area, which is like sleeping on the the sponge in your sink. Ghost bed doesn't build mattresses like furniture. They build engineered sleep systems. Their beds are serious health equipment. Beds designed for relief and recovery, not looks, not fluff. Your body should be healing while you slee sleep, not fighting for comfort. I have been sleeping past seven in the morning on my ghost bed. It's unbelievable. If you wake up stiff, you toss and turn. If you sleep hot, even reaching for a pain reliever before bed, hoping tonight will be different. That's not aging, it's your mattress talking. Another great thing I love about Ghostbed, you get 101 nights to try it at home. If you don't like the difference, you can send it back risk free. Ghostbed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the season plus an extra 10% off. Off. Go to ghostbed.com Carson. Use promo code Carson. That's ghostbed.com Carson promo code Carson. You are going to love your new ghost bed. Oh, it's buffering. The beetles are buffering. The introduction that I had planned here for James Rosen has been, has been stopped by buffering. But I think you get the point. I think you get the point. Oh, there we go. All right. So we got a little more Beatles music in the background because, you know, he's one of the, he calls himself a Beatles freak. I just call him a freak. He is chief Washington correspondent for Newsmax. James Rosen, how are you today?

[James Rosen]

I'm great, Rob. And I'll have you know that Beatles freak is one level above historian. Beatles historian.

[Rob Carson]

I tell you what, you know the interesting thing here, one of the many interesting things about having you on the show is, is you've actually kind of, you've made me a bigger Beatles fan, man. Because I'm always sending J. That'd be fun. And every once in a while go, I hadn't seen that. I'm like, yes, yes.

[James Rosen]

I've actually ruined the Beatles for a number of people, including Mrs. Rosen. So, yeah, I would imagine you'll have Some enthusiasm.

[Rob Carson]

Will you just shut up about the damn Beatles? No, I always find little interesting things. And now you know of course that I've expressed an interest in showing up all over my timeline. So I feel that I obliged to share it with you. So anyway, how's things going in the D.C. bureau? There's a lot of, obviously not a lot of news today. The White House egg roll is happening today. Have you been down? Did you go down?

[James Rosen]

I did not. I've been in past years. Yeah, I. Today I'm working out of our newsroom in Washington and tracking the exploits of the astronauts in space aboard the Artemis 2 mission to the lunar orbit. And today they are set to make history. They are going to beat by about 4,000 miles the previous record, record set by human beings for the longest distance ever traveled by human beings. And today they'll add about 4,000 miles to the previous record, which was set back in 1972. And that was 248,655 miles from the Earth. So they're going to bring that to about 252,000 miles, really a day for all human beings to be proud. But especially those the United States and Canada, where the astronauts hail from.

[Rob Carson]

This really was a boost for NASA. NASA had been bruised and battered a couple of space, space shuttle tragedies. Then of course they, they softballed the entire program. And then of course, Elon Musk has been doing some amazing things. SpaceX, they're saying, could be launching a thousand rockets a year. And this was quite simply unbelievable. This rocket actually taller than the one that the, the Saturn 5 rocket that, that they sent to the moon. And so it's, it's pretty, pretty amazing. I'm not old enough to remember the lunar landing and all that. I think you're a couple years older than me. Do you remember that? Do you remember the excitement of America going to the moon? Because it was, it really was something else considering that, you know, in my phone I have 10 times the computing power that NASA had completely at that time.

[James Rosen]

And we drink far less Tang than the astronauts.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[James Rosen]

No, I was too young to, to appreciate the first moon landing of July 20, 1969. But this really is exciting and it couldn't take place at a more opportune moment in terms of the upheavals and the rancor that we see here on Earth. And it's been quite something to see Victor Glover, the astronaut who is a native of California, speaking in really humanistic terms, talking about how out here in space it's vast Emptiness. It's a big chunk of not. And he said, we have this incredible big blue marble, this oasis.

[Rob Carson]

Can I play the audio from him? Would you mind if I shared a little of the audio? Because it's pretty great.

[Military Analyst]

I'm glad you brought that up, though. I think these observances are important. And as we are so far from Earth and looking at the beauty of creation, I think for me, one of the really important personal perspectives that I have up here is I can really see Earth as one thing. And when I read the Bible and I look. Look at all of the amazing things that were done for us who were created, it's you. You have this amazing place, this spaceship. You guys are talking to us because we're in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you're on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos. Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we're doing is special, but we're the same distance from you. And I'm trying to tell you, just trust me. Me, you are special in all of this emptiness. This is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe. You have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I got to tell you, that is just something else. I was. I'm kind of a. I'm as much a science and physics and astronomy buff as you are Beatles buff, oddly enough. I know I probably don't sound intelligent enough, but I read a lot of Sagan and Asimov and others. And in the distance we're going to travel is 685,000 mil, which is the furthest when this mission is all over that we've ever been. That takes light 3.6 seconds to go. The Milky Way galaxy, It takes light 150,000 years to cross. Gives you an idea how small we are. Gives you an idea that all matters. All that matters is here and now. That's what I came up this weekend, James.

[James Rosen]

And this mission is intended to set up another that will schedule to take place two years from now, also in the Artemis set of missions. And that will be, if it goes successfully, the first time since 1972, that astronauts will actually return to lunar surface. This mission that's underway currently, they're basically boomeranging around the Moon, which is farther than any human being has ever traveled. And they're going to get a firsthand look at the dark side of the moon or the far side of the moon. Again, a first for human eyes. And then they're going to come around the moon and the gravity from the moon, they won't really need to set their course. It's going to basically hurdle them back to the Earth. And they're expected to land in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. And so again, the majority of what they're doing right now is testing the systems to make sure that they are good to go for two years from now when we will actually return human beings to the lunar surface.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. And Donald Trump is also beta testing Trump Resort and Casino on the moon. They're having issues with low gravity and the roulette wheel. The ball doesn't drop into the slots as easy as it does. That's the only thing they're really working on right now.

[James Rosen]

This brings to mind the line from Godfather 2. Players can't get a seat at the table. What's wrong with you?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, what's wrong with you?

[James Rosen]

You don't talk to an astronaut like Mo Green like that, Rob.

[Rob Carson]

No, no, no. A lot of other things going on and we will cover a little bit here. And then actually, we better do it now because you got to get out at 45. Let's talk real quick about what's happened with Iran. Iran is playing hardball even though they in a position to negotiate anything. No cease fire thus far. Donald Trump, he said he's using profanity. Going to blow the snot out of him, essentially. What's happening right now?

[James Rosen]

Well, we're expecting a news conference from President Trump at 1pm Eastern time. So a short time from now, he spoke briefly at the Easter Egg Roll and then again to reporters in a brief gaggle after his remarks. Probably President Trump is the only, only president you get who schedules a news conference and then talks to the press twice before for them. And look, he's going to answer, going to face questions about that profane truth social post from over the weekend where he basically said Tuesday is going to be the day where we start blowing up power plants and bridges. And then he said, open the expletive straight, you crazy expletives, or yes, you'll, you'll live in hell. And then said, praise be Allah. And this, of course, was issued this, this message on social media on Easter Sunday, quite unlike any other presidential communication, written presidential communication we've ever seen.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I know. We're also dealing with a regime that's been murdering Americans for 47 years. Before we go, I do want to mention your book because, and I was just reading about some of the reviews on it, and it just, it really? Sounds fascinating. Scalia Supreme Court years 1986 to 2001 on hardcover right now on Amazon. Real quick, tell us about the book.

[James Rosen]

Well, you're kind to do so. Thank you, Bob. This is the second installment in a three volume biography of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court Justice. You'll get the law and why he, how he changed the law and why he's one of the most important Americans of the last hundred years. I'd put him up with any inventor or president or Babe Ruth or anyone. But you'll also get the man, the devout Catholic, the colleague with these justices where his relationships were sometimes contentious. And you'll get the wit and humor of the man. If you want to understand modern America and how we got here, you can do no better than buying the these books. The first volume came out three years ago, Scalia Rise to Greatness. This one covers the first half of his Supreme Court tenure. It's called Scalia Supreme Court years 1986 to 2001.

[Rob Carson]

Well, very good, James. I appreciate you have a glorious rest of your day. I appreciate your, your time today. James Rosen from Newsmax. We'll talk again soon. Absolutely. Let's go ahead and take a break and come back. This is the ROB Carson Show. It's Monday edition of the Rob Carson Show. We've got much to get to as the show progresses. 800-922-6680. Yesterday was Easter. I want to tell you a little story about a man named no, actually just what happened to me the last week. You know, my faith has, has, has suffered over the years depending on, you know, the things that have happened in my life. And, and, and last week I had mentioned that I think I got a little nudge from God. I go to the dry cleaners and fasten. On one of my jackets was a package and it said this, the lady said, you found this in your, in your pocket and it's a little white Bible, literally could fit in the palm of your hand. And, and I said, okay, thank you. But I never seen it before in my life. And I opened it up and the passages reflected some things that are going on in my life. And I'm not, I'm not having a crisis of faith, but certainly I need a little nudge. And so shared the video of this last week. And then this weekend I was out and Sunday morning I woke up and, and I felt like maybe going to church. I, I haven't been to the Catholic church or Catholic mass since my mother died. So yesterday I decided that I was Gonna maybe go. And so I got a little dressed up, not really dressed up, and got out and got in my truck and started driving to work. I was gonna go to work, swing by the church, Poss. See, So I drive by the church. It's just packed. There's no space on the streets at all. Literally. You'd have to park a mile away to get into this little church. Right. I want to tell you this real quick. I've got a biological family I just discovered about eight years ago. I got a first cousin named Kennedy. She's in her 20s. She works for the DHS. And my niece Amy is my half sister's daughter. Right. Amy came to D.C. a few weeks ago and had dinner with her and this great charity she works for because her daughter has a profound version of autism as well as some other disorders. Anyway, that said, I go by the church and there's no parking. I'm like, okay, well, I'll just not go to church. So I drive toward work, and there was just this overwhelming sense that I needed to go. So I turned around and I drove back down about another mile or so back to the church. And I drove by the church, and right in front of the church, the best parking spot opened in front of the door, in front of the door. So I pulled up, backed in, and walked in. It was packed. There were eight or 10 people deep after the pews. And I stood there and I felt joy and sadness at the same time. Joy that I was there, sadness that I haven't been there. And. And it was offered the, you know, the sign of peace. That was always my favorite part of the Catholic Mass was, let us offer each other the sign of peace. Always my favorite thing when I was a kid, you know, because I'm kind of this way. I'm social, and I met a bunch of people, and all of a sudden, I look up and I see this very pretty young woman walking down the side of the church. And it's my cousin Kennedy, who I've only seen one time since I came to D.C. and she lives in Washington, D.C. and that morning, Sunday morning, she felt the urge to go to church and decided she'd go to this little church in Alexander, Virginia, that she's never been to. So I hug her, and the embrace was powerful. It was just like, wow, you're here, you're here. And both of us and I ended up going out to lunch with her and her boyfriend. We go to this restaurant, and there's this little guy kind of. Kind of has, I think, he's on the spectrum, and he's walking around the table. He's got a big bag of these little rubber ducks, and he's just handing them out to people on Easter as a little gift. And I said, would you take a tip? And he goes, oh, sure. So I had a couple fives in my wallet, and I gave it to him, and I said, thank you. And all of a sudden, there's this really pretty kind of woman, a couple years older than me, sitting at the table nearby. She gets up, she comes over, and she goes, I want to thank you for doing that. I never have any money, and I just want to thank you for doing that. And I said, well, thank you. And I said, you look familiar. And she goes, well, you know, I was on a show a few years ago. She was on the Golden Bachelor, right? She was on the Golden Bachelor. And I said, okay, I don't know, but I know I've seen you before. And so anyway, she just thanked me and I thanked her, and I gave her my card and I go home. And later that day, I decided to look at this person who was on the Golden Bachelor. And I look on Instagram and I see her, and I click on her profile, and at the very top is featured as one of her followers and friends, my cousin Amy, who lives. My niece Amy, in. In Kansas City. It was just odd that happened. It was just odd. But there's no doubt I felt an undeniable push to attend Mass. And I'm going to tell you, and I feel it. I told you this, and I mentioned earlier about. She did a commentary about it. She says, you can feel it. You can feel this revival. You can feel this good. And we're going to win. We are going to win. The Democrat Party has just been terrible. The left has been awful. They have sided with evil. And I've told you for years now that we are the reaction to the action of evil. And it's happening, and it's happening, and it's happening. Evil is not going quietly into the night. There's still a fight. But the things that have culminated in the last week of my life, I know that I'm getting a little nudge. So I just want you to know it's. It's recommitted me to the principles of this radio program, which are entertain, inform, and motivate people to do good. Entertain, inform, and motivate people to do good. And I've also said that faith, patriotism, joy and faith are sweeping the globe. Faith in God, faith in God, a Judeo Christian God. Something is happening. We are on a tiny grain of sand in the universe, and all that matters is here and now. And we've got to make the here and now the best possible that they can be. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. I'll just close on the thought of what happened to me in the last weekend and culminating in Easter. I was not, I believe that there's a reason why I'm here in Washington, D.C. you know, and my marriage ended despite, you know, getting sober and changing my life. And I always said that my most prized accomplishments were my marriage, my family and my studio. And the family and the marriage fell apart. And then I had to move the studio and I moved to Washington, D.C. and took the biggest risk of my life, professionally and otherwise. And I don't believe I was living up to the potential that maybe God had planned for me. Had a few things happen, a few bumps that caused me to kind of get separated from him a little bit. And, and I got a little nudge. I got a little nudge. Thank you. October 25th through the 29th, five days, four nights you guys are coming here. We got this trip that we set up with cruise and tour. I got guy I know in Kansas City, not very well. He says, I booked my tickets. Rob coming to see you in, in Washington, D.C. there's a reason why we're here at this moment. There's a reason why we're here at this, this space and time as we, as we do a baptism by fire of the federal government's corruption and reinvent the country to save it for another 250 years. And now you can come here. Maybe it's the dream of your lifetime to come here. 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