Greenland & the Great ICE Freak-Out

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – "Greenland & the Great ICE Freak-Out"

Date: January 19, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guests: Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt, Stephen Miller, Matt Taibbi, Harmeet Dillon, Jim Gossett, Benny Johnson, Marge Brennan

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show tackles the intersection of politics, culture, and global security, laced with Rob’s trademark humor and biting satire. The key themes are escalating tensions around ICE operations and immigration enforcement in the U.S., public reactions and media narratives, the strategic future of Greenland in international security, shifting dynamics in NATO and Europe, and U.S. responses to mounting crises in Iran and Latin America. Special focus is placed on the role of left/right media, political polarization, and the U.S. government’s global posture heading into a pivotal election year.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Opening Parody and America First Community (00:02–07:00)

• Jim Gossett opens with a satirical song about ICE protestors and law enforcement (00:34).
• Rob shares stories from a recent America First event in Dundalk, MD—celebrating patriotism, connecting with blue-collar listeners, and hearing from mothers whose children were lost to fentanyl and illegal immigrant violence.
• Quote:
  “To see the faces of the people who listen to this show... I am blessed beyond belief.”
  – Rob Carson (05:19)

Reverence for American Symbols (07:00–08:50)

• Rob recounts experiencing a bar-wide pause for the national anthem, highlighting public respect and contrasting it with perceptions of "toxic masculinity" (07:55–08:52).

ICE Shooting Fallout & Political Polarization (08:52–12:00)

• CBS poll cited: 54% of Americans think the ICE agent’s shooting of Renee Goode wasn’t justified.
• Marge Brennan and Gov. Kristi Noem debate media framing and the facts around law enforcement's use of force; Marge expresses concern about public opinion, Kristi Noem emphasizes the threat to officers (08:52–10:15).
• Rob and guests skewer left-leaning protestors—introducing the “AWFUL” acronym (Affluent White Female Urban Liberal) as a replacement for “Karen” (11:00).

Republican Support & Immigration/Crime Narratives (12:07–13:36)

• Brig. Gen. Holt comments on Republican support for ICE and resistance to leftist protestors.
• Stephen Miller frames Democratic immigration policies as strategies for “vote harvesting”:
  • Quote:
    “This mass migration scheme is the heart of the Democratic Party's political power... If President Trump is successful in reversing this invasion, it will deal a generational blow to Democrat political power.”
    – Stephen Miller (13:14)

Voter Roll Controversies and Welfare Fraud (13:36–15:37)

• Harmeet Dillon discusses efforts to obtain accurate voter rolls and the resistance from states protecting data for suspected illegal voters (14:16).
• Rob and Harmeet allege Democrats use state benefits and social programs to secure illegal votes.

Media Coverage of Deportations and Shifting Narratives (15:37–19:16)

• Journalist Matt Taibbi notes that Democratic administrations silently oversaw record deportations—media coverage only recently framing enforcement as unprecedented (15:37–17:45).
• Matt and Rob agree trust in legacy media is eroding due to persistent bias and factual errors (17:47–18:31).

Why New Unrest Isn't "Another George Floyd" Moment (18:31–19:16)

• Taibbi observes that the Renee Goode case isn’t mobilizing public outrage like George Floyd in 2020; the environment and facts differ (18:31).
  • Quote:
    “There are people who want to make Renee Good a quasi-religious figure... but it’s not really getting the same traction as it did previously.”
    – Matt Taibbi (18:36)

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Greenland & The Arctic: Geopolitical Stakes (20:26–29:00)

Greenland’s Strategic Value (20:26–22:54)

• Stephen Miller paints Greenland as essential to future security, highlighting Denmark’s inability to defend it.
  • Quote:
    “Greenland is essential for America's national security. The new domain of international competition is going to be polar competition.”
    – Stephen Miller (20:26)
• Rob humorously likens Greenland to an old muscle car waiting to be restored by Trump (21:32).

U.S., Denmark, and European Weakness (22:13–29:00)

• General Holt describes Denmark’s quiet negotiations with China as a wake-up call, and paints European NATO partners as weak, bumbling, and unready.
  • “Great power competition over routes and resources... The Danish scared the crap out of us years ago when they started talking to the Chinese...” (23:51)
• Hypersonic threats and tactical warning times discussed; U.S. and NATO unpreparedness exposed.
• European “divorce” from U.S.: Holt predicts greater distance, less relevance for Europe/NATO, and U.S. focus shifting to direct interests like Greenland.
• Rob on NATO allies: “They have been a tick on America's ass for years, essentially.” (26:06)
• Holt: Europe has destroyed its security, prosperity, and values—“They will arrest grandma if she gets raped and wants to complain about it on Twitter... the rapist will get nothing.” (26:41)
• On President Trump confronting the world’s elite:
  • “Go in, punch ‘em in the throat with your words—which is exactly what you’re going to do.”
    – Gen. Holt (28:40)

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Iran, Cartels, and Global Power Plays (30:39–36:53)

Iran’s Uprising & Trump’s Strategy (30:39–35:13)

• Benny Johnson and Rob praise Trump’s bold rhetoric: “It is time for new leadership in Iran.”
  • Johnson: “Every year in Iran, they celebrate as a holiday, Death to America Day.” (31:26)
• Holt lays out the feint: U.S. showed force to learn Iranian defensive responses, buying time for possible kinetic action.
• America’s lesson: Only regime change that worked was our own (George Washington)—shouldn’t install a proxy government in Iran.

Cuba, Venezuela, and Cartel Crackdown (35:13–36:53)

• Gen. Holt expects pressure to continue against cartels and leftist regimes; Cuba could “fall under its own weight.”
• U.S.-Mexican border: Expect more U.S. troop involvement; Mexico vulnerable to pressure on trade and corruption probes.
• Quote:
  “All it would take is Donald Trump to say we're going to end all trade and travel to Mexico, and Mexico would shrivel up like a Halloween pumpkin in December.”
  – Rob Carson (36:38)

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Notable Cultural Moments & Show Banter

• Satirical digs at left-wing activists—Rob introduces “AWFUL” for affluent liberal women (11:00).
• Reflections on the power of patriotism in small-town America and public reverence for national symbols (07:55–08:52).
• General Holt and Rob bond over “worthless” dogs: “They’re like potato chips. You can’t have just one.” (37:37)
• Rob: “I want to see every one of them go to jail… you have just awakened a Christian army. People, we’re done with your nonsense.” (39:11)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Opening satire & event recap: 00:02–07:00
• National Anthem & patriotism: 07:00–08:50
• ICE shooting debate & protester discourse: 08:52–12:00
• Republican support & vote harvesting claims: 12:07–13:36
• Voter roll integrity & welfare fraud: 14:03–15:37
• Media bias & deportation policies: 15:37–19:16
• Greenland strategic analysis: 20:26–29:00
• Iran protests & U.S. tactics: 30:39–35:13
• Latin America & border security: 35:13–36:53

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Memorable Quotes

• “We are not going to put up with this crap ... you have just awakened a Christian army. People, we’re done with your nonsense.”
  – Rob Carson (39:11)
• “This mass migration scheme is the heart of the Democratic Party’s political power.”
  – Stephen Miller (13:14)
• “Go in, punch ‘em in the throat with your words—which is exactly what you’re going to do.”
  – Gen. Blaine Holt (28:40)
• “They're like potato chips. You can't have just one.”
  – Gen. Holt on spaniels and Shih Tzus (37:37)

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Episode Tone & Speaker Style

• Rob Carson: Sarcastic, populist, patriotic, irreverent—mixing cultural rants with heartfelt moments.
• Guests: Policy-driven, blunt, often matching Rob’s sarcasm and directness.
• General Holt: Military gravitas, strategic perspective, dry wit.
• Satirists (Jim Gossett): Subtle lampoon of political figures and protest dynamics.

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For Listeners New & Old

This episode is a whirlwind tour through current U.S. political divides, international security flashpoints, and cultural rallying cries. Rob Carson’s blend of humor and ideology—plus sharp guest analysis—keeps the show energetic and provocative throughout. Whether you share Carson’s worldview or are just seeking a window into today’s conservative media, the episode provides a fast-paced summary of the debates shaping 2026.

Transcript

[Rob Carson]

Hold it now.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

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

[Rob Carson]

In America on air and on the world wide Web.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. It is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I am at work today, here to entertain, inform you and whatnot. And hopefully maybe some troops will go into Minneapolis and maybe kick some protesters butts.

[Jim Gossett]

The violence in Minnesota gets worse every day.

[Rob Carson]

Jim Gossett, ladies and gentlemen.

[Jim Gossett]

It never, never, never, never seems to go away. Ice is under siege. This clearly has to end.

[Rob Carson]

I want to see people go to jail. Come on now.

[Jim Gossett]

Invoke the insurrection act. Launch a new attack. The boys will be deployed. The boys will give a hand tampon. Jim's a moron. He doesn't understand.

[Rob Carson]

He is a moron. That's why he doesn't understand.

[Jim Gossett]

You see massive strength they're gonna show. Protesters will have to go, go, go, go, go. The boys will be deployed. The deployed.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. That is a Jim Gossett. For some reason it stopped there. But anyway, Jim Gossett comedy just go to patreon.com Jim Gossett comedy if you want to help him out, subscribe and get two songs every day. He sent me two songs today. We got another one coming up here very shortly about the Clintons being subpoenaed and denying the subpoena because he's a genius, you see. He's a genius. Jim Gossett. Patreon.com Jim Gossett comedy I was out this weekend, by the way. I got a lot of comments about the satire on the show. I was at a really, really cool America first fest in Dundalk, Maryland. And I'm gonna tell you, these are my piece, man. Dundalk is gritty, blue collar town. Hell of a lot of good pizza joints, man. I mean there's like a pizza joint in every. I've heard that Squires is the place to go. Squires is a place to go for pizza and for the best crab cakes ever. And yes, I will make the road trip. It's about an hour and 15 minutes from my house, but worth of it there. I was there with John Myrick, he's running for governor up there. And Tim Fazenbaker, he was up there. And Kimberly Stansbury was up there and she's running for Baltimore county executive whatnot. But it really was about celebrating America. We only had room for about 100 folks and it was wall to wall. It's completely full. And I was just overwhelmed by the amount of Love and positivity in the room. You know, my anchor station, wcbm, is there in Balmer, and their reach is absolutely amazing up there. I met a mom up there whose daughter died of fentanyl poisoning and her daughter would have been 20, my daughter's age. And her testifying during the event was powerful and heartbreaking. There was another mom there whose daughter was murdered by an illegal there. All these brave women, unlike the bat guano crazy lefty psychos in Minneapolis who have a new name for themselves, by the way. They have a new name for themselves. I'm going to going to share with it what that is very shortly, but it's an acronym. But it was a really neat event and I was so proud to be there. And I'm going to tell you, it is overwhelming for me to have people come out to meet me and shake my hand and hug me and get a selfie with me. You don't know what it means to me to know that it is. I'm overwhelmed. I really am. And I'm thankful for it. And I'm just as thrilled to meet you as you are to meet me. And I mean that. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. It is such a thrill to see the faces of the people who listen to this show and stream the show. So I am blessed beyond belief. Blessed beyond belief is what I say. Yesterday they were calling this the greatest national anthem performance of all time. I don't know if it's the best, but it was pretty good. Jim Cornelison in front of the Bears game and the Rams game last there. Who say, does that star spangled. For the land of me? Listen to that crowd. Listen to that crowd. It was pretty cool. It was pretty cool. I don't think his masculinity is toxic, do you? I don't think it is. I want to share a story and I shared it online yesterday. I was back from Baltimore and I was working at the studio all afternoon getting the show ready for today. And I decided to stop by this little hole in the wall that I go to. It's called Bugsies and it is a sports bar. I don't drink, but I like their. Their food is ridiculously good. It is ridiculous. And they have chicken wings there that are. I've got a scale of goodness with regard to food. There's good, there's great, and then there's something that is so extraordinarily good and uniquely delicious that it's a gift from God. All right. There are entire categories of food that are A gift from God. Pasta is a gift from God. Pizza is a gift from God. But in that, in the subcategory below, those are, for instance, New York coal fired pizza, gift from God. Chicago deep dish, gift from God. Detroit, gift from God. See what I mean? Lasagna, gift from God. There's no doubt bagels are a gift from God. New York bagels with schmear and lox and capers and red onion, gift from God. The chicken wings are Bugsies gift from God. So I just wanted chicken wings. That's all I wanted. There was a parking space on the street and I said, oh, dang it. Dang it. And I swear to God, Buck, my Bronco parked the truck for. He parked himself so I could, because I didn't want those wings. So I go into Bugsy's and I am just. I mean, my mouth is watering and I order these wings and, and they bring out the wings. And it just so happens that it's just right at the beginning of Pats game with the Texans, of course, the Pats were there as a whole bunch of Pats fans in there, you know, and because I'm on the east coast and something happened yesterday that, that just took me, my breath away in a good way. The national anthem started. Everyone in the bar stopped. The, the bartenders, the waitstaff stopped, stopped, put their hands down, clasped together and showed reverence for the national anthem. I've never seen. I've never. I've never been in a pub or a restaurant where everything stopped. There was silence. There was a couple little giggles behind me. So I went like that. But it was silent reverence. And then after it got done, the place went nuts. The place went nuts. And then of course, they flew a Nash or a Coast Guard helicopter because they had a pretty low ceiling because it was cloudy, but they flew a Coast Guard helicopter over the stadium. It was something else, guys. And I'm telling you, the left doesn't know what they're about to get coming up in these midterms. They're convinced that they're caterwauling and their temper tantrums and their bullcrap are going to win. They're convinced that they're siding against law enforcement, ICE officers and, and going after them and abusing them and interrupting. They think that's going to work for them? They are sorrowfully, they are very, very, very wrong. Very, very, very wrong. Here's Marge Brennan yesterday. Oh, Marge Brennan. She was talking with Kristi Noem and she says, yeah, you know, America's not.

[Marge Brennan]

Behind the ice, 54% of Americans think the ICE agent shooting of Renee Goode was not justified. 60% say the Trump administration responded to the ICE agent's actions unfairly. These numbers show.

[Rob Carson]

Is this a CBS poll? A CBS poll.

[Marge Brennan]

Do not have the American public on your side.

[Rob Carson]

Got my side.

[Marge Brennan]

Does that concern you?

[Rob Carson]

Here we go. Listen.

[Marge Brennan]

Well, the facts are that this individual weaponized her car and threatened the life of the law enforcement officer and those around him. And that is what the media needs to cover. People understand is the truth when they have the chance to hear the facts around the case. And this individual was impeding law enforcement operations for quite some time before this incident happened. It's a tragedy that this situation.

[Rob Carson]

We're even kind of tired of your crap lefties.

[Marge Brennan]

Has happened in this country. And we hope there's never.

[Rob Carson]

What are you gonna do about it?

[Marge Brennan]

Another situation like this before. But this officer relied on his training.

[Rob Carson]

That's true.

[Marge Brennan]

To defend his life.

[Rob Carson]

He did.

[Marge Brennan]

And to defend those around him. And we're, we're grateful that we're in a situation where we hope that more people don't weaponize their vehicles.

[Rob Carson]

They do stupid crap like that.

[Marge Brennan]

Because we're seeing it happen over and over again. We've seen over 100 different vehicle weaponized and attacking law enforcement officers. I would hope that Mayor Fry, when he's on here. Yeah. That he'll announce that he's going to start working with us to bring safety.

[Rob Carson]

Now, of course he didn't do that. He didn't do that. By the way, the DOJ is launching a criminal investigation into Renee Good's widow for allegedly her role in the ICE self defense shooting. Yeah. Yeah. NBC reported on Saturday the Department of justice is going after because she helped to actually tell her Sigma to drive, baby, drive. Drive, baby, drive. Yelling because she's a bat guano crazy lefty Karen from Minnesota. From Minnesota. And we're seeing this all over the country. These radicalized nut, you know, nut bags. They also call them nut bags. Nut bags in Minnesota and around the country. And I got this article. Let me find it here real quick. There's a new name for Karen, by the way. I've got it. Let's see. I'll find, I'll find it. I'll find it. It said. It is. It is really. It's very good. I'll get to hold it. Here it is. Here it is. Here it is. Here it is. This is a New York Times piece. Of course it was skewed in the wrong direction after the Renee Good gilling derisive term for white women. Spreads fear, spreads on the far right. Awful or affluent white female urban liberal is awful is what they call him. And of course, the Clyde McCready, who's a soy boy writing for the New York Times was all butthurt about it. So, yeah, this is it. It's awful. Affluen white female urban liberal is what they're calling Karen now. And I'm down with it 100% because Renee Goode and her partner brought them on themselves. They thought they'd talk tough. They thought they'd be the Chihuahua on the other side of the fence from the pit bull. And the fence got dropped and she got bit. And it's gonna happen again and again and again. And it's not the fault of the officer. It's the fault of the idiot who decided to poke the pit bull with a stick. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Important points, though.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Number one, Republicans remain very strongly supportive of this program. And Republicans stand out by saying they think the protesters against ICE operations have gone too far. So there's that dynamic, too.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Don't believe the liberal media. Everybody knows that for four years we watched this nonsense of illegals coming across the southern border. We witnessed hundreds of thousands dying of fentanyl poisoning. We saw children trafficked and women trafficked and the destruction of the country in general. And they're sick and damn tired of it. And they don't give a whip about ICE going in and arresting illegals, particularly illegal criminals. But what's it all about, Stephen Miller? Why are the Democrat Party, why are they causing all this violence and everything?

[Stephen Miller]

What Democrats are doing is vote harvesting, fraud harvesting, ballot harvesting, crime harvesting. Ask yourself, why would Fry. Why would Waltz sanction such egregious violence against ICE officers?

[Rob Carson]

Because they're trying to cover their butts from all the fraud and everything and the illegal immigration stuff, because they understand.

[Stephen Miller]

That this scheme, this mass migration scheme, is the heart of the Democratic Party's political power. It is their plan for power today and long into the future. So they know that if this administration, if President Trump is successful in reversing this invasion, it will deal a generational blow to Democrat political power.

[Marge Brennan]

Well, before I let you go, yeah.

[Rob Carson]

The Democrat Party is evil. They don't get elected. They just steal elections. That's what they do. And then they brought in people to replace people to replace. Oh, there's white replacement. No, it's all of us replacement. Every single illegal is given a Social Security card and allowed to vote, steals your vote. I don't care you're black, white, purple, or whatever the hell color you are. That's what this is all about. That's what this is all about. Here's Harmet Dillon talking about what Democrats do with regard to illegals.

[Harmeet Dillon]

Some of the arguments we've heard, Casey.

[Rob Carson]

Include, oh, you know, because she's asking to clean up the voter rolls. And so she wants to know who's on the voter rolls because, you know, in states like California, it's obvious a lot of illegals are voting. Yeah, they are. There are. They're voting in California.

[Harmeet Dillon]

Some of the arguments we've heard, Casey, include, oh, you know, why are you asking for the Social Security number? That's. That's top secret information. The federal government issues a Social Security number.

[Rob Carson]

Every time I fill out some sort of application for a credit card or something, they ask for my Social Security number.

[Harmeet Dillon]

It is not top secret information from us. And we are going to either get these voluntarily or sue. So now we've got about a dozen or 13 states that are either in the process of complying with us or they've already complied with us. We have a few more who are considering what they're going to do. There may be pending litigation already to stop them from giving us the voter rolls. And there are.

[Rob Carson]

They're also refusing to give up, you know, the people who are on. On food stamps because they've been robbing us blind. They've been robbing us blind in loading up illegals with all sorts of large. Yes. To ensure their votes. That's just basically it. It's. I mean, honestly, duh, duh. This is Matt Taibbi talking to Tom with Tom Bacilli this weekend on Newsmax. Newsmax awes about deportion. Deportions. Deportion. I'm pro deportion deportation. Very popular with Democrats are in office. Not so much Donald Trump. Donald Trump exclusively, by the way.

[Matt Taibbi]

This is very strange to me. I mean, I wrote a book and significantly covered the immigration question back in the Obama years. And so many of the practices that are, I now hear, being described as unprecedented are things that we knew were common 10 or 15 years ago. Things like people being pulled off the streets and never seeing their families again. You know, stopping cars to check people's immigration status. You know, that was going on in Los Angeles, that was going on in Georgia, that it was going on all over the country. And there were record numbers of people being deported. Right at a time when it was.

[Rob Carson]

Popular now, you see, they need them now if they want them in the midterms. That's the truth. They need them now if they're ever going to win another election. That's why they're fighting so hard. That's why they're willing to foment civil war in places like Minnesota. Then you add, on top of it, a governor who's so terrified that he's going to spend the rest of his life in jail because he presided over the largest fraud scheme in American history which is spreading across the country. So there is that. And here is Matt Taibbi, a journalist, explaining why the leftist media aren't covering the story.

[Matt Taibbi]

It's a combination of a lot of things. A lot of news agencies are really reflexively sort of anti Trump.

[Rob Carson]

I told you.

[Matt Taibbi]

And so any policy that he's going to undertake is going to get criticism.

[Rob Carson]

Trump cures cancer.

[Matt Taibbi]

What did cancer ever do to you there or not. They previously supported that policy or not. In this case, the, I think the ICE deportation policy. What makes it different is the scale of it. Maybe the fact that the agents are, are masked and they're tired of being docked. More of them on the streets, so they're more visible.

[Rob Carson]

They're getting assaulted and everything. But apart from that, families being threatened.

[Matt Taibbi]

These are exactly the same policies that have been in place in the United States for 20 years. And it's just that they. It wasn't reported on as much.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. And this is why so many people are leaving.

[Matt Taibbi]

The traditional media, undoubtedly the conventional legacy media, has lost a lot of confidence.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Matt Taibbi]

You know, the media is a trust business. When you make a lot of mistakes or when the audiences can tell ahead of time.

[Rob Carson]

This is why people trust Newsmax.

[Matt Taibbi]

They're going to say about anything. They will tune you out. And right now, there are two different things going on. People are leaving because they're tired of the. The politicized content, but they're also leaving because they're tired of the facts turning out to be wrong.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Matt Taibbi]

And so, yeah, they're going to. Independent journalists. Now, not all of them, you know, have, have great records on that second point either.

[Marge Brennan]

Right.

[Matt Taibbi]

But. But they're at least independent and absolutely, 100%.

[Rob Carson]

And why will this bull crap in Minneapolis not catch fire like George Floyd?

[Matt Taibbi]

I think the summer of 2020 was the high point of the conventional kind of legacy media's ability to completely dominate the discourse around the country. Now there's some hesitation. You see that there are people who want to make Renee Good, you know, a quasi religious figure in the same way that George Floyd was in 2020. But it's, it's not really getting the same traction as it did previously. It's a very different kind of case. Awesome. I wrote books about police abuse. I'm shocked at the people who, who don't see the difference between this case.

[Rob Carson]

And friend because they are lying. They know exactly. There is a difference, but they're using it as a flashpoint like they did with George Floyd, like they try to do in Kenosha what they try to do with the, the cub calf kids. They tried, you know, with whatever Jussie Smollett. What didn't work, did it didn't work. All right, so coming up, Blaine Holt, brigadier General to talk about Iceland and Iraq, among other things. Don't go anywhere. Let me share Brian's story from Alabama. He tells us about relief factor. Trying it for just three weeks. At least 90% of my pain was gone. My pain had started to limit me at work and at home. And I'm amazed at the relief I've gotten. Those are Brian's own words and they speak volumes about what relief factor can do. I've seen that kind of transformation myself. And hearing Brian's experience just reinforces why I'm so passionate about sharing this with you all. Don't wait. If you're dealing with daily pain, launch your three week quick start and see what relief factor can do for you. Call 800 for relief. That's 800 for relief. Or go to relieffactor.com that's relieffactor.com how will it feel to be out of pain?

[Stephen Miller]

Greenland is essential for America's national security. The new domain of international competition is going to be polar competition. That is where more and more recent.

[Rob Carson]

As opposed to bipolar competition which happens in the Democrat party resources are being.

[Stephen Miller]

Spent by our nation's adversaries and rivals. Is the ability to control movement navigation lanes of travel in the polar and arctic regions. Greenland is 25% larger than Alaska. Greenland is the size of 1/4 the continental United States. With respect to Denmark. Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy in a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland. They cannot control the territory of Greenland. Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years. To control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory, improve a territory, inhabit a territory. Denmark has failed on every single one of these tests.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, you know, I used an analogy this weekend that Greenland is a 1969 Charger with matching numbers rotting in the back lot of the Greenland acreage rotting to powder. And Donald Trump's coming in saying, you know what? We're gonna haul this thing out of here and we're gonna get it fixed up and we're gonna make it shine, among other things. I thought it was a pretty good analogy. Joining us to talk about this and much more is Brigadier General Blaine Holt, U.S. air Force, retired C17 commander, deputy military rep to NATO. We're gonna get to that. Also contributes to Newsmax and the host of the Dangerous Intellectuals. How you doing, sir?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I'm doing great. And that is a great analogy, except for we're not going to really negotiate a price on this thing. It's going to be a take it or leave it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I'm curious about that. I was reading a piece about Greenlanders speaking out against the Danish. After decades of forced sterilization, poor living conditions, they stole our future. This. You know, it's really funny. The left in this country, they're so butthurt about Americans and Christopher Columbus coming here. Right. 400 years ago, but not so much touch with the Danes in Greenland, who've made life essentially hell and then kind of maintained a status quo of poverty and dependence for the last 300 years.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

You know, President Trump could have gotten Greenland a lot easier if he'd have just stood up and said, under no circumstances will I ever accept Greenland becoming part of the United States. If he had just said that, yes, this had already be done, the leftist eyeballs would bleed, and they go all to hell. You're taking Greenland right now, pal.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, well, once the. And here's the immediate reaction. The immediate reaction, of course, is what you just said. People like Lisa Murkowski and the rinos, and then, of course, the Democrats, just because it's Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a colonizer. Donald Trump is this. Donald Trump is that. But Greenland, we've been after Greenland forever, wanting to expand our presence there. And it seems like that presence is becoming more important than ever, as China and Russia have surrounded the island essentially at times with destroyers and submarines, among other things. Tell us about the importance of Greenland, how it's important that we control it.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Extremely important. It's a great power competition over routes and resources and geography. And here's the stunner for the Europeans this morning. They're not a great power. Not even close. They're not even part of the equation here. They're getting in the way. In fact, the Danish scared the crap out of us years ago when they started talking to the Chinese about what the Chinese might be able to buy up, get right to get this, get that. And they never listened to us about our legitimate security concerns. You know, at the least, at the least you could see President Trump shooting really high, saying, nah, they're the 51st state for coming in and it getting watered down to NATO. And 32 countries have to put a vibrant military base there forever because the Russians and the Chinese that have icebreakers NATO doesn't are essentially looking to tee us up. Wait, let me put the cherry on the cake. Yes, Cherry on the cake is, is that in an age of hypersonics missiles that have nuclear weapons on them, our effective warning time would be minutes, mere minutes to decide if it's Armageddon or not. And so we're not going to live in that world. And then the Europeans made complete asses of themselves over the weekend. The mighty force of the German army, all 13 of them had a 44 hour deployment. All President Trump had to say was the word 10% tariffs, and they were gone. And honestly, that's exactly who these people are. Kayak Kalis, the foreign minister of the eu, she said, well, I guess it's time to start drinking that. That's what passes for high diplomatic language around there. And you know, here's the thing. President Trump knows who they are, but what they're really doing is they're only just imperiling themselves with the Russians even more and their own populations who are looking at this going, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Think about all the businessmen and women who have businesses in Europe and depend on markets in the United States and they're like, we're going to now pay more tariffs, maybe up to 25% more because of Greenland. Are you kidding me? That's where they're at. And that's why we look, this is the first stages of the European divorce that's coming.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, what about NATO? You know, here's what it is, NATO. Donald Trump has said, you got to start paying your dues as far as investing in your military and whatnot. Gave them a little bit of what for. And they have been a tick on America's ass for years, essentially. And we're the ones who have to spend our treasure and our blood to save their rear ends. And they never learn a damned thing, do they? They never learn a damn thing, honestly. So what do we do with them and what's the future of NATO and what happens if we say, you know what? Screw you, Yan yo.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

They have cognitive dissonance. They don't really understand what's going on. You've got three planks in the NATO ship, and that is security, prosperity and values. Guess what? They've destroyed all three. They've destroyed their security because they gave all the weapons to Ukraine. They've destroyed their prosperity because they de. Industrialized at the altar of climate change and this war. And then they have wiped out values. They will arrest grandma if she gets raped and wants to complain about it on Twitter. In the UK, she'll get 22 months. The rapist will get nothing. So this is where we're at. And NATO, when they stand up, which they bombastically did over the weekend and hoisted their fists at us and said, how dare you? The other thing that they don't. They threatened us with the loss of our military bases. It's like. Like, okay, look, let's do this divorce, okay? You get the houses. That's the basis. We get the kids. We'll take Greenland and good luck, because that's bear over there in the forest. That's a bummer.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah, it's. It's ridiculous. Also, I might mention how important the golden dome is. This is. Remember, I never understood when Ronald Reagan was the president. Democrats are. They were. It was. It was kind of a. Kind of a preview of Trump Derangement Syndrome. He. They called it Star wars and they said it would be bad for us to be able to defend against Russian incoming missiles. It was the dumbest thing ever because they loved the Soviet Union. So free. I mean, honestly, the R word is not enough for these people.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

If it's not one world government, globalism, depopulation, climate change and loss of values and complete lockdown of humanity. They're not interested.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. I want to continue the conversation. Go ahead. I'm sorry.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Where our. Where our president is going is he's going to roll into Davos. Oh, Mr. President, please stay on Air Force One. Don't take a hotel room, and please eat food only off of Air Force One. And please bring Delta Force with you because every man, woman and child in Davos doesn't like you.

[Marge Brennan]

So.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

So go in. Punch him in the throat with your words, which is exactly what you're going to do.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

And then come on home. We'll welcome you with open arms. At least most of us, not the kids in Minnesota. But maybe we could trade Minnesota for Alberta.

[Rob Carson]

Wouldn't that be good? I want to. I want to talk to you on the other side. With the Canadian premier siding with China, I mean, shooting himself in the foot, not only that, blowing his toes off with a shotgun, we'll get to that. And also want to cover Iran. What's happening in Iran and our reaction to it. Let's do that. On the other side of the break, more with with of course, the one and only Blaine Holt. On the other side of the break. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey guys, it's Carson for Shopify. You know, for years I have had a swag line of T shirts with catchy phrases and whatnot and it's just been lying there. Well, I've decided to go with Shopify and actually make money with my own business. Shopify gives you everything you need to sell online and in person. Millions of entrepreneurs have already made this leap from household names to first time business owners. Just getting started. Choose from hundreds of beautiful templates you can customize to match your brand. Instead of just having a lousy website that nobody notices like I have been doing for years, Set up fast with Shopify's built in AI tools that write product descriptions and headlines. Create email and social campaigns that reach customers wherever they scroll. In 2026, stop waiting and start selling with Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at shopify.com Newsmax go to shopify.com Newsmax make building a successful business your 2026 New Year's resolution. Poor little Democrats. Are you guys okay today? I came in to check on you. Every time Trump does something good, you guys spazz out. Would you guys shut up and let him work?

[Benny Johnson]

There are over a million Iranians that are showing unbelievable courage standing up, up against this tyrannical regime. And I gotta say, President Trump, I think, has been very strong in telling the regime, number one, we stand with the people. Do not target, do not murder the protesters. Telling the protesters, america stands with you. And I gotta say, just in the last two days, a really important step occurred where President Trump came out unequivocally and said, it is time for new leadership in Iran. It is time for the Ayatollah Khamenei, his religious dictatorship, to end. I think that's massively important. Well, look, I think the US should be taking every step possible to end this regime. The Ayatollah Khamenei hates America.

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[Benny Johnson]

He regularly leads massive mobs chanting death to America. In fact, every year in Iran, they celebrate as a holiday, Death to America Day. It's the anniversary of the Iranian revolution and taking over the US embassy in 1979, the bombing strike. And I have every belief that if the Ayatollah engages in mass murder against the protesters that President Trump will order direct military responses.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I think, and this is my, my personal theory, I'm not an expert like Blaine Holt, Brigadier General, or anything, but I have a feeling that Donald Trump used words to stop the massacre so he could put troops and resour at the ready for a kinetic strike. Am I, Am I way off base here, General?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

No, I think you're pretty good. We cocked a pistol and we did a pump fake, and that's called a feint in military lingo. And in our feint, what we learned was all the ways they're going to try to escape, get to bunkers, move this way, move that way. They can't change those plans once they've done them, they'll take months to change. So that was a, that was a plus. The other thing is they're trying to look strong in front of their people. So they're admitting killing people over the weekend.

[Rob Carson]

They did that.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

And then they threatened to test missiles that could hit us. I just think it's extremely impressive that you found a Republican elected official that said something nice about our President. I am certain that Senator Cruz is sitting in Leader Thune's office today in some corner, filling out a hundred times on a piece of paper. I will not be nice to Trump. I will not be nice to Trump. I will not be nice to Trump. But guys attempt to do that.

[Rob Carson]

Well, we waited 47 damn years for this nonsense. The, the Ayatollah and I said this when we bombed the nuclear facilities. 47. Yeah, I, I. 47. I know, right? 47. 40. I cut that last week, bro. 47. You tell me this isn't serendipity? You tell me what we're living right now isn't serendipity. You're full of crap, man. Because it's 250 anniversary of America too, by the way. There's a lot of stuff coming together. A lot of stuff coming together. But back to the Ayatollah. They have wreaked havoc on the world. I remember the Marine barracks bombing when I was in high school, on my birthday. All of this, they've been doing this crap. And I said, when they bomb those new facilities, the Ayatollah cannot stay in power. It's just a matter of how we get them out. Why isn't Israel helping out? And when are we gonna. When can they expect some sort of kinetic strike, do you suppose?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Well, this is. I hate to use a cliche, but this is the art of the deal. President Trump, while the Abraham Lincoln and the H.W. bush are getting into strike positions. President Trump is getting working Israeli politics just right to get everybody in alignment about the orchestration. So here's what you want to see. What you want to see and what I would advise the president at least is you want to do things in such a surgical way that tips the scales in the advantage to the Iranian people, but you want to push them out and in the lead as much as humanly possible while extirpating this evil dark force in their country. And then at the same time, once that happens, you do not want to be in the business of picking their leader for them. If they want Reza Pahlavi, then they get Reza Pahlavi. If they want their own brand new Thomas Jefferson or George Washington who came out of this revolution, they get to pick him. But that's how you make a friend of the Iranian people and stabilize the region at the exact same time.

[Rob Carson]

Are you saying we shouldn't send General Schwarzkopf in and overthrow the Iranian government and put in a proxy government and stay there for 20 years?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I'm telling you, the only regime change that ever worked out for us was in putting President George Washington into the presidency.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, I think that the, the mullahs are not long for this earth. What, real quick about Venezuela and Cuba, what's going to happen next there, do you suppose?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

More war on the cartels, more pressure. Looks like Delsie Rodriguez is getting onside. Looks like Machado is going to stop complaining that, you know, hey, I'm a Nobel Peace Prize winner and I'm not in charge. And it looks like Cuba could fall under its own weight. I know that's the president's preference.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Watch Mexico carefully, watch it very carefully in the next 14 days and then keep your head on a swivel on Main street because the cartels don't like this and they're going to make trouble for us right here at home.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we've got lots of people who came across that southern border for a purpose. A lot of them military age males. Have you heard that the United States military is going to be working with the Mexican military to go after the cartels? Is there?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I have, I've heard some very interesting things. I've seen some interesting things. There's some very interesting favorite gray airplanes of mine visiting down there in Mexico. And I hate to be such a tease, but I would look for more of our troops to be out and about around the border area.

[Rob Carson]

Good, good. Because it's about time that we got the sucker fish of Mexico's bleep together because they are, they're a sucker. F on the the United States of America. I would say we want to get.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

53 consulates in our country right now. Why do they get that? Most countries get two or three. Why do they have 53 consulates?

[Rob Carson]

And then, honestly, all it would take is Donald Trump to say we're going to end all trade and travel to Mexico. And Mexico would, would shrivel up like a Halloween pumpkin in December.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

How about we're going to investigate every elected official we suspect of corruption at the local, state and federal levels.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, that would be good, wouldn't it? We can always hope. All right, General, I appreciate you today, man. Where can people find your glorious podcast which you just sent me, the new episode? I've already listened to a little bit of it. Where can people hear it?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Come to dangerous intellectuals dot com. Pick your. Pick whatever platform you like. Listen to Kit Perez today. She's a absolute expert in deception operations, counterintelligence, and she's going to give you some practical information about how to discern. Discern when somebody's trying to bamboozle you.

[Rob Carson]

I love it. I love it. General. Have a glorious week. By the way, I'm leaning almost toward the King Charles spaniel. You know, it's funny because I'm a Shih Tzu fan. Both of those dogs are completely worthless except for to be loving and sleep with you.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

They're like potato chips. You can't have just one.

[Rob Carson]

All right, let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. I started with the show today with this clip from Don Lemon. Yesterday, in a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, confronting the pastor as a group of black Lives Matter insane Marxists terrified the congregation and they're in a bleep load of trouble. What do you think of this? I mean, this is unacceptable. It's shameful. It's shameful to. To interrupt a public gathering of Christians in worship. But there were folks who will say, I have to take care of my flock. Okay, listen, we live in a.

[Matt Taibbi]

There's a couple constitution, the First Amendment.

[Rob Carson]

To freedom of speech and freedom to assemble and protest. We're here to worship. We're here to worship Jesus because that's the hope of these cities. Yes, that's the hope of the world is Jesus Christ. Very respectful. Please don't push me, though. We're here. Please don't push me, you son of a bee. I would push you right down on your rear end, you son of a gun. I tell you what, that you crossed the line, brother. You crossed the line. We are not going to put up with this crap. Here's Harmeet Dillon talking with Benny Johnson today about what's coming up for Mr. Limon.

[Harmeet Dillon]

We will pursue charges in this case. I see various crimes that have occurred. Exactly what they are, I'm not going to flag, but the Face act has been mentioned as one of the predicates there. In other cases, the Biden DOJ used the Klan act, conspiracy charges tacked on to the Face Act. In the case of protests outside abortion clinics.

[Rob Carson]

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