TSA Panic, Politics, and Payback

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Rob Carson Show

Episode: TSA Panic, Politics, and Payback
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Podcasts)
Date: March 23, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show blends humor and pointed political commentary to dissect pressing political developments, specifically focusing on:

• The repercussions of TSA staffing shortages due to funding disputes
• The fallout from the Russia collusion investigation and Robert Mueller's passing
• Operation Epic Fury and the state of US-Iran relations
• Accusations directed at Democrats for their positions on immigration, national security, and alleged obstructionism
• Observations on American cultural and political divisions, with several guests and call-in segments

Throughout, Rob Carson leverages satire and parody to critique the Democrats, reflect on conservative unity, and preview major geopolitical events.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Operation Epic Fury and Iran

• Key Theme: Decisive US action in the Middle East under Trump, with Iran reportedly backing down after a high-stakes military standoff.
• Blaine Holt (Brig. General, Ret.):
  • Details the strategic restraint: partial strikes on Iranian infrastructure to protect civilians, ongoing pressure on Iran’s leadership, and the likelihood of regime change.
  • Raises the specter of further military action and the broader impact on the Gulf region and financial markets.
  • Underscores the Abraham Accords' potential to reshape Middle Eastern alliances and lessen US ground presence.
• Rob Carson:
  “Donald Trump said open the Strait of Hormuz or we're going to destroy your energy infrastructure. And apparently they went Habana, Haberda, Haberda, Haberda. They backed down... So that's what happened there.” (03:37)
• Victor Davis Hanson (clip):
  • Notes shifting European and Gulf perspectives, indicating they "think the tide is turning" due to US strength. (24:44)

2. TSA Crisis and Political Blame

• Key Theme: TSA's funding shortfall, attributed by Carson and Holt to Democratic obstructionism, is causing chaos at airports. ICE agents have stepped in to manage airport security.
• Anecdotes: Long lines at Atlanta airport, six-hour waits, 3,000 TSA staff no-shows, and ICE officers aiding in line management. (17:42)
• Mocking Democratic Claims:
  • Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats warn that untrained ICE agents at airports may "brutalize" or "kill" travelers. Carson ridicules these statements as baseless and fearmongering.
  • “You are at this point, you cannot be taken seriously anymore. That's why I say that conservative comedy is ascending, because the left can't be taken seriously anymore.” (20:08)

3. Culture Wars: Normal vs. Abnormal

• Key Theme: The coming elections are framed as a battle between common sense (normal) and radicalism (crazy).
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders:
  “Our country is in a battle between what is normal versus what is crazy. And unfortunately, there are a few crazies out there and they have very loud voices...” (08:24)
• Rob Carson:
  “80% of us believed the country was heading in the wrong direction. 80% of us can come together to save her. … There is a rebirth happening, and it is serendipitous.” (08:50)

4. Media and the Russia Collusion Narrative

• Key Theme: Carson and guests revisit the narrative around Russian interference and the Mueller investigation, framing it as a deliberate hoax and a partisan attack.
• Carson on Robert Mueller:
  • “Robert Mueller just died. Good. I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people. Robert Mueller was a corrupt Deep state bureaucrat...” (09:23)
  • Uses a comedic musical parody by Jim Gossett to underscore the futility of the Mueller report. (15:54)
• Montage of Media and Political Quotes:
  • Clips featuring Hakeem Jeffries, Kristen Welker, and others repeating "Russia hacked the election," followed by commentary debunking it.
  • “It was a massive, massive lie.” (11:42)

5. Democrats, Identity Politics, and Border Security

• Key Theme: The Democrats are accused of supporting "luxury beliefs" and identity politics at the expense of practical governance.
• Guest Commentary:
  “Sanctuary cities. Trans identity politics primarily did nothing for the real problems of the world. Did nothing about our foreign policy issues, did nothing about getting food on the table, did nothing about education. Americans figured that out, but so did the world they were watching.” (05:29)
• Carson’s Rant:
  On border security failures, the spread of "Trojan horse"-style threats, and calls for harsh accountability for officials like Alejandro Mayorkas. (28:11)

6. Conservative Unity and Big Tent Politics

• Key Theme: Despite claims of factionalism, conservative unity behind Trump is reportedly strong. Open debate is depicted as strength, not weakness.
• Blaine Holt:
  “What I think is coming through... is that it's a big tent. There's lots of principles in this tent we will have. And we have no problem openly debating issues... It's the strengthening of the party because there is room for a diaspora of opinions.” (35:05)

7. Global Impact of U.S. Foreign Policy

• Iran: Reports of Iranian informants passing information to Israel, evidence of regime panic.
• Cuba: The potential for a humanitarian crisis as the US tightens the noose on the regime, with some skepticism about success and warnings of civilian suffering. (37:57)

8. Economic Fallout and Food Security

• Key Theme: US actions in Iran have roiled oil and gold markets, with warnings about looming global food crises tied to supply chain disruption and fertilizer shortages. (29:51)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [04:53] Guest: “The Dems are talking about revenge for what?”
• [05:01] Carson: “Yeah, the Democrats want to impeach Donald Trump and remove him... and that’s not gonna happen.”
• [06:27] Guest: “They have no idea what assimilation is. That’s all he is doing. And it drives them crazy because they forgot that language.”
• [08:24] Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “Our country is in a battle between what is normal versus what is crazy…”
• [09:23] Carson: “Robert Mueller just died. Good. I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people.”
• [15:54] Musical Parody: “Collusion. Not one shred. Not a bit. Bob Mueller's case is dead.”
• [18:59] Democratic Official: “The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports, potentially to brutalize or in some instances, kill them.”
• [26:26] Blaine Holt: “...when you have somebody who's an elected official that bets against the American people and is pulling for the terrorists... you’re dealing with a corrupt, seditious, traitorous individual who needs accountability."
• [29:19] Carson: “Some brilliant moves as far as getting oil through the Straits of Hormuz and also getting international partners to release oil... It was brilliant.”
• [36:02] Carson: “Oh, dear God. I can't even imagine. I honestly could not imagine how bad the country would be off right now. … I would venture to say we would be on the verge of collapse...”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [03:37] – Open: Iran’s capitulation in Operation Epic Fury and comments on Trump’s ultimatum.
• [04:53 – 06:27]: Parody segment and critique of Democratic “revenge” politics.
• [08:24]: Sarah Huckabee Sanders on “normal vs. crazy”.
• [09:23 – 15:54]: The Mueller investigation, the “Russia hoax”, and the media’s role.
• [17:42]: Airport chaos, TSA absenteeism, and ICE involvement.
• [18:59 – 20:08]: Democratic warnings about ICE in airports, Carson’s satirical response.
• [22:10 – 30:14]: Extended military and geopolitical analysis with Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt (US-Iran situation, economic fallout, food crisis warning).
• [34:00] – 36:49]: Marines to Carg Island, conservative coalition, internal Iranian dissent, and global ripple effects.
• [37:57]: Update on Cuba’s crisis and possible regime change.
• [39:13 – 41:00]: Debate over TSA funding, shutdown leverage, and Democrats’ strategy.

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Tone and Style

Rob Carson’s delivery is irreverent, combative, and heavily satirical, blending parody with political analysis. The episode alternates between passionate criticism of the Democratic Party’s actions, comedic mockery, and insightful strategic discussions, especially during the segments with Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt.

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Conclusion

Listeners are presented a conservative perspective on current national challenges—from airport disorder and foreign policy triumphs, to deep critiques of progressive politics. Using humor, historical parallels, and policy analysis, the episode positions itself as a rallying cry for conservative unity and a skewering of liberal narratives.

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For additional details or to participate in Rob Carson’s upcoming DC trip, visit travelwithrob.net. For Blaine Holt’s podcast, see dangerousintellectuals.com.

Transcript

[Rob Carson]

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[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Hold it now.

[Rob Carson Show Intro Announcer]

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

[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. We have much to get to the next couple of hours of the radio program. Blaine Holt General is going to join us at the bottom of the hour to talk about the latest with regard to Operation Epic Fury. Iran has blinked. Donald Trump said open the Strait of Hormuz or we're going to destroy your energy infrastructure. And apparently they went Habana, Haberda, Haberda, Haberda, Haberda. They backed down and all that. So that's what happened there. Then we want to get into the ice is going to America's airports because Democrats are keeping the TSA unfunded and people are suff because of it. It's just so friggin disgusting. They've done this twice. They did it last fall. They don't care who suffers. The Democrat party doesn't care who suffers. They just want illegals to be able to vote. There's no doubt about it whatsoever, by the way. No doubt about it whatsoever. I want to mention here we're doing this trip to D.C. october 25th through the 29th. I want to remind you again for the 250th anniversary of the country and it's a trip you come here to Washington, D.C. and spend five days and four nights with me. And you need to go to travelwithrob.net airfare and accommod. And then six glorious meals are provided with the trip. I was just looking at the site. I look pretty darn handsome, I'll tell you right now. There you go. So just go to cruise to travelwithrob.net travelwithrob.net and get all the. The information there. I can't wait. I just can't wait. Look at all the pictures. Look at where we're staying. Oh, my God. It's gonna be so dang. Oh, my God. This is going to be fun. So you get the rates, you got how to book and all that stuff, but you might want to do it soon. Make a plan for this, this fall to come to Washington D.C. i insisted that we do a trip to Washington, D.C. if we're going to do a trip with listeners or people who watch the show, it had to be here because I'm here for you. That's why I'm doing it, kids. That's why I'm doing it. Greg Gutfeld had a pretty good encapsulation. Gutfeld is, you know, a sage. You know, it's kind of interest. Comedians are philosophers, and there's a math to comedy. It takes a smart person to be able to do comedy. I don't know how to explain it. You look at all of the, all of the people throughout history who've left an indelible mark and have left wisdoms with us that we don't forget. You can't name many philosophers and quotes from various philosophers, but you can quote George Carlin, and not only because it was funny, but also there's an insightfulness to it. And Gutfeld had a brilliant monologue this weekend. It goes along the same lines that everything. And I've said all the Democrats are doing right now is they just exist to be contrarian to Donald Trump, no matter what good he does. No matter what good he does. And now it's disparaging our troops on day one after we've evaporated the Ayatollah. None of them have celebrated the Ayatollah's demise. None of them have celebrated the possibility of Iranians breathing free for the first time in 47 years. It's a shameful group of people, these Democrats. They are awful, awful people. They bedded down with the most insane ideology in the history of the world, including transgenderizing children. I mean, honestly. What? Wow. But here's Gutfeld kind of an encapsulation

[Caller or Guest Commentator]

about revenge for what?

[Rob Carson]

Start that again.

[Caller or Guest Commentator]

The Dems are talking about revenge for what?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, the Democrats want to impeach Donald Trump and remove him for office if they win the midterms. And that's not gonna happen.

[Caller or Guest Commentator]

Was it for closing the border? Getting rid of the fentanyl from our cities, Putting away killers and rapists, Exposing waste, fraud and abuse? Destroying a foreign threat to our country? Exposing the lie of trans athletes? If you're seeking revenge for that, what's it say about you? You know, if you're being honest, you only want revenge because you lost.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Caller or Guest Commentator]

And in that loss, people saw what they gained in having a new leader. If you look within our borders and beyond our borders, what Trump is doing now, and you have to admit this is downstream from your own dereliction of your party. What brought us here? The Democrats embraced the luxury beliefs that selfishly elevated their own virtue. Sanctuary cities. Trans identity politics primarily did nothing for the real problems of the world. Did nothing about our foreign policy issues, did nothing about getting food on the table, did nothing about education. Americans figured that out, but so did the world they were watching. I think the shock over Trump is his return to reality. We're back making moves in the practical world and it has nothing to do with a singular person type identity. This is disorienting to people whose careers were based on the split world of identity politics, who have no idea what a national identity is, who have no idea what the melting pot is.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Caller or Guest Commentator]

Have no idea what assimilation is. That's all he is doing. And it drives them crazy because they forgot that language.

[Rob Carson]

100%. 100%. I grew up a great American melting pot. And the left comes along and says, you know, all of these things about America, it's awful. It's a slave. Wasn't that enough? By the way, Donald Trump, they. They brought back a statue of Columbus that was thrown into the. Into the bay in, in Baltimore. I'll get the information. Yeah. White House installed the Christopher Columbus statue made from the remains of a toppled toppled sculpture. The new statue of Christopher Columbus went up on the White House ground Sunday. Was built using pieces from a monument to the Italian explorer from that protesters destroyed six years ago in 2020. The 13 foot 1 ton replica of the Columbus statue toppled in Baltimore in 2020, then dumped into the city's inner harbor was commissioned by the Conference of Presidents of major Italian American organizations. Part of the White House celebration of America's 250th anniversary. Columbus Day itself emerged in the aftermath of the 1891 New Orleans Lyn, when 11 Italian immigrants were killed by a mob of thousands, an event that prompted a national effort to promote the acceptance and assimilation of Italian Americans. I thought they were white privileged. Yeah. That history remains central to why these monuments matter. Baltimore's Columbus statue torn down in 2020 by Black Lives Matter idiots who argue that Italian explorer was responsible for the genocide and exploitation of native people, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah and all that crap. So anyway, we're saying about all this nonsense, this is Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She has just made Arkansas into a show base, particularly with their education system. Just turn the state around. And she is echoing what I have been saying. I said it about 2024. I said it's the year that we have to turn back to common sense from nonsense. And she is echoing words that Jim Jordan said last week that this midterm is about normal versus abnormal. Of course, the Democrats being abnormal.

[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]

Now, our country is in a battle between what is normal versus what is crazy. And unfortunately, there are a few crazies out there and they have very loud voices and they asked me to leave a restaurant recently. But I think that it gives us an opportunity to hold our heads high and show the normal. And I think that is the vast majority of Americans. There's still so much good out there. Certainly in my.

[Rob Carson]

Is what I said, what I tell you? I told you 80% of us believed the country was heading in the wrong direction. 80% of us can come together to save her. And I believe 80 of us are patriotic. Maybe some were afraid to say something for a while because there were idiots kneeling during the national anthem. But there is a rebirth happening, and it is serendipitous. What's happening in our country right now is serendipity. After years of abuses and usurpations only the founders could have dreamed of, America is back. And Donald Trump, despite the evil of the deep state, the deep state had become so evil that they tried to put him in jail. They tried to take his fortune, they tried to take him off the ballot. They tried to kill him. And he arrived just in time for the 250th anniversary of our country. And I don't think that's by accident. I believe that this country, to survive another 250 years, needed a baptism by fire. Donald Trump, when Robert Mueller died over the weekend, did not pay tribute. He said, robert Mueller just died. Good. I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people. Robert Mueller was a corrupt Deep state bureaucrat who had all of the evidence that Russia collusion was a hoax going into his investigation. And $40 million later, I don't know what they were billing for. Because Russia collusion had been disproven by December, presented to Barack Obama December 2015 as a hoax. Obama said, forget that. Let's go ahead and create it. Let's make it seem like there was a hoax. And Robert Mueller carried his water and they attempted to destroy Donald Trump's presidency based on an absolute lie. And it was all an absolute lie. Here's a little montage of the media at the time.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Russia hacking the election to elect Trump. But is the end of our democracy.

[Rob Carson]

Votes were definitely affected.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Russia hacked the election to tilt it to Mr. Trump.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

The Russians developed definitively hack the election. Russia did hack the election.

[Kristen Welker]

No doubt. The Russians hacked the election.

[Rob Carson]

Yes, Russia. It was all a freaking lie. And when it was happening, I said that Russia had no compelling interest in Donald Trump as a president. It made no sense. He's a hawk on defense, a hawk on the budget, hawk on energy. And Hillary Clinton had already been bought and paid for. She presided over the Uranium One deal and got $150 million into her charity from Russian oligarch who had shares in uranium won. That is the truth. The election fact.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Russia hacked the election.

[Caller or Guest Commentator]

President elect Donald Trump still not sounding convinced that Russia hacked the election.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

The president does not want to come

[Rob Carson]

to terms with the fact that the Russians hacked the election. It was a lie. It was a massive, massive lie. Here is Scott Bessen, my favorite Cabinet secretary, taking down Christian Welker because Donald Trump didn't want to pay tribute to the man who wanted to destroy his life and put him in jail.

[Kristen Welker]

The death of an American citizen, someone who's a Bronze Star Purple Heart recipient and who served in Vietnam.

[Scott Bessen]

Kristen, I was with the president in the green Room at Davos, and there was a video playing of the. What may have been an illegal raid on his home at Mar a Lago. They are going through his wife's wardrobe. And I watched the look in his eye. And I think that neither one of us can understand what has been done to the president and to his family.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Kristen Welker]

But to the question, question of, of the.

[Rob Carson]

Kristen, I want you to face this. I want you to face the ruination of your family for no good reason other than politics. Kristen, I want you to have armed agents arrive at your home, insist that everybody is removed, and turn off the video surveillance equipment so they can plant evidence to plant evidence to say something that is untrue about you. So you will go to prison. Kristen, President's post.

[Kristen Welker]

I mean, Robert Mueller didn't order that raid. Is it appropriate for the president to celebrate?

[Rob Carson]

He knew that Russia collusion was a lie.

[Kristen Welker]

The death of any American citizen.

[Scott Bessen]

Again, Secretary, I think that given what has been done to President Trump and his family, it is impossible for either of us to understand what he has been through.

[Kristen Welker]

So you don't think that there's anything

[Rob Carson]

wrong with the post saying, do you not understand English?

[Scott Bessen]

Again, I think that the. We should all have a little empathy for what has been done to him and his family.

[Rob Carson]

And you guys covered it all up there. Kristen. And too bad, so sad. No apologies. I'm glad he's being unapologetic about it. It's enough with eulogizing in positive form people who are absolutely, absolutely filthy, rotten, corrupt and would bastardize the American legal system to go after people for politics. Honestly, too bad, so sad. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Relentlessly slowing the spread of the stupid every day.

[Rob Carson]

It's the Rob Carson Show.

[Robert Mueller]

Very simple. You did a lot of work, correct?

[Rob Carson]

Yes, that I agree.

[Robert Mueller]

A lot of subpoenas, a lot of pen ratchet. A lot of subpoenas. Okay, we'll walk this really slow with search warrants.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

That's all right.

[Robert Mueller]

A lot of search warrants. A lot of things. So you're very thorough, your opinion.

[Rob Carson]

Very thorough. This is Robert Mueller being questioned in 2019.

[Robert Mueller]

You listed this out in your report, correct?

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Thank you.

[Robert Mueller]

Is it true the evidence gathered during your investigation, given the questions that you have just answered, is it true the evidence gathered during your investigation did not establish that the president was involved in the underlying crime related to Russian election interference? As stated in volume one, page seven, we found insufficient evidence.

[Rob Carson]

Meaning there was no evidence. He didn't collude with Russia. And you knew it. At the beginning of a damned investigation, you knew it. Everybody knew it in December of 2015. But you ahead and played along and you build all of your, your whoever, whatever lawyers you had working for you build for nothing. You. You sat there and you, oh, $500 an hour to, I don't know, play whatever sort of video game. Honestly. Ridiculous. There was never a case. But this man played along and our tax money went for nothing of the President's culpability.

[Robert Mueller]

So that'll be a yes without pardon? That'd be a yes.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

Yes.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, we'll just say he didn't. He wasn't involved with Russia. You Moron.

[Robert Mueller]

Thank you. Isn't it true the evidence did not establish that the President or those close to him were involved in the charge? Russian computer hacking or active measure conspiracies. Or that the President otherwise had unlawful relationships with any Russian official? Volume 2, page 76. Correct. I leave the answer to the report.

[Rob Carson]

So.

[Robert Mueller]

Yes.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it's a yes. Just answered the dang question. This is. You know, there were some people who knew this was a witch hunt back when that was happening. Me and Jim Gossett, we knew was obvious. Here's a piece of comedy from then.

[Conservative Comedian]

Collusion. Not one shred.

[Rob Carson]

Not a bit.

[Conservative Comedian]

Bob Mueller's case is dead. It's finally put to bed, that witch hunt.

[Rob Carson]

Nice.

[Conservative Comedian]

Nice obstruction. Not a single bit ever was. The left is gonna have a fit. Bob Mueller, he's so full of it, too. Was a witch hunt. A Muller witch hunt.

[Rob Carson]

That's all it was.

[Conservative Comedian]

The collusion scheme was strictly taboo.

[Rob Carson]

Smokescreen.

[Conservative Comedian]

Two years, they didn't find a crime. Muller. He wasted all our time. Hope someone drops a dime on him soon. 30 million bucks he spent. Yeah, and down the tubes it went for nothing. Bob Muller. Prison's meant for.

[Rob Carson]

You have to worry about that now. Yeah, Jim. Gossip. We knew this when it was happening. We knew it happened in real time. We knew it was a bunch of crap. That song is like seven years old. Did you know that? Oh, my gosh. Can you believe that? Yeah, you better believe it. Because it all. It takes a little bit of common sense. And so. Bob Mueller. Bye. Hasta la vista. Enjoy the afterlife wherever you spend it. Can't imagine it's gonna be a great place. Sorry, that's just the way I feel. Here is a report out of ATLANT where ICE agents are helping out TSA employees who are not being paid because of Democrats.

[Airport Reporter]

ICE agents have arrived within the hour and they are assisting with line management and crowd control. And if you just take a look around me, you can see there's a sea of lines. From the moment you walk into the front door, you can see several long lines all leading back to TSA checkpoints. Now, over the weekend, the wait times here at the airport was up to six hours. To some travelers. That's because a record number of TSA workers called called out. On Saturday alone, more than 3,000 did not show up. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says the federal agents are here not to conduct.

[Rob Carson]

Once again, the Democrat Party made to look like complete morons, because they are. But this is Hakeem Jeffries. Yesterday he said that ICE agents in Airports. Are you ready? People are going to get killed. Now, the only problem is their. Hakeem, is that people can't run over ICE agents in the airport. And they probably don't want to conceal, carry and kick out an ICE vehicle headlight and then attacked some ICE officers with a gun. So I'm not thinking that's going to happen there.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Hakeem, what's your response to what Tom Homan revealed here?

[Democratic Official]

Well, good morning. Great to be with you. There are three things that have been true since Donald Trump and Republicans came back into power last January.

[Rob Carson]

What's that?

[Democratic Official]

Life is more expensive.

[Rob Carson]

No, it's not.

[Democratic Official]

Life is more chaotic.

[Rob Carson]

No, it's not.

[Democratic Official]

And life is more extreme.

[Rob Carson]

No, it's not.

[Democratic Official]

The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports, potentially to brutalize or in some instances, kill them. We've already seen how ICE conducts itself.

[Rob Carson]

See, this is it. That movie. Vampires spinning out of control into hell, trying to drag us with them. That is one of the most insane things you could possibly say. Here is Debbie Dingell, who, if she married Marion Barry, would be Debbie Dingell Berry saying that ICE is going to kill people in airports.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Dingle.

[Kristen Welker]

Well, I agree with you that Congress is broken, but here is the fact of the matter. I have a lot of questions about what he said. Are they going to be wearing masks? What are the functions that they're going to be performing? Are they going to make it more complicated? Are people going to be more scared? Are they going to threaten people? Are people going to start to see people not even willing to travel because they're intimidated by them? Here's the reality.

[Rob Carson]

I just care. The Ice Ages. We're not going to Disney World, kids.

[Kristen Welker]

We could settle this tomorrow and fund tsa, fema, which, by the way, got gutted a year ago. Not in this. Funding of Homeland Security by Doge and fund the Coast Guard and deal with the ICE issue, which has to be dealt with front and center.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. I got to tell you, to say that ICE is going to terrify people and kill them in the airports. Honestly, it is. You are at this point, you cannot be taken seriously anymore. That's why I say that conservative comedy is ascending, because the left can't be taken seriously anymore. I look at those comments and I'd like to be outraged, but really, they're just so bloody stupid stupid that I can't take them seriously. I can't take Hakeem Jeffries and Debbie Dingleberry seriously because they would say such things. And I don't think anyone with a modicum, a tiny sliver of common sense would say the same thing. And nobody is going to avoid going to the airport to fly because ICE agents are helping out with the TSA duties. My God, get a grip. Let's take a break and come back. General Brigadier General Blaine Holt joins us next. Don't go anywhere. 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 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. Quitting now.

[Rob Carson Show Intro Announcer]

Well, look, we could have dialogue, but we don't. I don't want to do a ceasefire. You know, you don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side. They don' Navy, they don't have an air force, they don't have any equipment, they don't have any spotters, they don't have anti aircraft, they don't have radar. And their leaders have all been killed at every level. We're not looking to do that.

[Rob Carson]

Okay, so that is Donald Trump yesterday talking about what's going on with Operation Epic Fury. The Iranian military has been decimated. They launched a long range ballistic missile at Diego Garcia, which actually proved that Donald Trump was right for attacking Iran and destroying their missile and nuclear capabilities when he did. The entire world is waking up to this. And here to talk about that, among other things, the host of Dangerous Intellectuals, a great podcast, Brigadier General retired Blaine Holt. Hello. How are you on this glorious Monday, my friend?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

It is glorious and we woke up to a very good morning. As far as the Middle east is concerned, this is a great week and let's keep it going.

[Rob Carson]

Well Let me ask you this because Donald Trump had told IRAN he got 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz. We're going to start destroying your power infrastructure. I believe we started to drop some bombs. And now Donald Trump is saying we're going to give you five days. What do you know? It's been hard for me to track this while I'm on the air. But what do you know and what is what has developed over the weekend to now.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

So this is where I would go is I would direct first off, we have bombed them. We didn't take out the whole power structure because we got the to protect the free Iranian people who want their country back. But it's getting complicated very quickly, but in a good way. And the reason I say that is, you know, everybody's been making a big bunch of hay that the mullahs are saying we never talked to Trump. We never talked to Trump. Well, I'll say this as lightly as I can because it is informed. How do you know? How do you know Trump was not talking to somebody else in that country who's a leader of Iran? So what I would say is be cautious. There's a lot of things to happen. The straits are not secured yet, but they will be. And the mullahs are coming off the table. There is no way we can allow them to exist. Otherwise we'll just be under revenge terror for the rest.

[Rob Carson]

100%. 100%. I want to play a little clip from Victor Davis Hansen, who's one of my all time favorites about about why we why we know that we are kicking Iran's rear end up between its shoulders.

[Victor Davis Hanson]

There's enough to see how things are really going. Europeans would never agree to go anywhere near Iran unless they thought the tide was turning and they think that we're going to win. Otherwise they would keep still. And the reason that the petro nations of the Gulf survive is they have their finger in the wind and they're very attuned to the climate. And when you have Al Jazeera praising the United States bombing campaign and saying that it's been underestimated and it's brilliant and effective, you get the feeling that they think not only should the United States finish the job, but it can and will finish the job.

[Rob Carson]

That's pretty amazing right there isn't is

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

it's going to be historic and we've got a clear shot at this thing called the Abraham Accords and that's going to change everything. And we can pull all our soldiers and sailors and Everybody home.

[Rob Carson]

So there have been, you know, the Democrat Party has just been so bloody awful through all of this, and I want them to be shamed when our, when our troops come home after a Glori, I went to hell with them. Chris Murphy, the day that we vaporized the Ayatollah, it took us minutes to vaporize the ayatollah. And then his cardboard son shows up, by the way, which is actually him. It really is him, by the way. And Chris Murphy, day one said that it was a disaster. That sob, that filthy, rotten son of a gun. And I think these Democrats should be shamed. And I think they've really stepped in it. They've really stepped in it to demean and attempt to demoralize our troops in their hour of absolute perfection. I mean, just a brilliant job. Do you suppose that this is going to be ending soon? And what are the Democrats are going to how are they going to react

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

in a few weeks? I would say yes. And the thing that we have to ask ourselves is when you have somebody who's an elected official that bets against the American people and is pulling for the terrorists that have killed countless American lives and soldiers, then you need to wonder, well, where are you getting your money from? Who's paying your bills and how does your little business world work? Because more often than not, I'm going to tell you, you're dealing with a corrupt, seditious, traitorous individual who needs accountability. Not, not just we shouldn't just ignore these people. We should absolutely examine them and investigate them.

[Rob Carson]

I've never seen anything like this. You know, it was bad enough back when Dick Turbin, as Rush Limbaugh used to call him, said that the IR mission or the Iraqi, Iraqi mission was, was over while our soldiers were on the ground. That was bad enough. This was an instantaneous, almost bought and paid for, like George Soros reaction to, to what was happening on, on day one. So clearly they had it locked and loaded. Clearly they had their descent locked and loaded.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

General yeah, they always do. They always do. And now their newest thing is not only have they done the disgraceful step of denying our taxpayer dollars to pay for our security through the TSA shutdown, now they're begrudging. I mean, they've been trying to defund ICE forever, but they don't want ICE out there defending us and allowing commerce to go through in our aircraft, in our airplane system. So it's their treason is in full visibility. And I'm going to call things what they are. If it's seditious and treasonous. I won't look for more politically correct words than that. And nor should anybody.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, look what happened at our southern border. We, we stuffed a Trojan horse with our nation's enemies, military aged men from around the world. That was absolutely seditious. And notice you're not seeing any thing of Alejandro Mayorkas. I've said since day one he should be tried, convicted and lined up against a wall. I'm not afraid to say it. I'm not afraid to say it. How dare they, how dare they do this to us and then behave in such a fashion as we attempt to bring the country back together again is remarkable.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

So did you see this morning how the markets reacted to the President's maneuvers? Think of how much smart money got burned betting long on oil. And we're shorting the stocks in the stock market because we saw those numbers building up over the weekend. I mean, we're talking billions and billions of elitist, globalist money coming off the table this morning. And that's what I would direct everybody to is Iran is just part of a, of a multi theater game here. This is city of London financialist stuff and they're vying for control and it's slipping out of their hands. And this wonderful to watch.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you know, and I was, you know, there was a, there was a brief, you know, every, every few days there's some sort of a different meme about Donald Trump. And what was this last week? It was, he was not prepared for the Straits of Hormuz and they're acting like he had no plan for it. The opposite was absolutely true. Some brilliant moves as far as getting oil through the Straits of Hormuz and also getting international partners to release oil from their own reserves to keep the prices under control. It was brilliant. It was brilliant.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

It was brilliant. But we got to get job number one is not the oil. Actually job number one is getting that sulfur and urea out of the straits because we have a brewing food crisis. Have no. That just predicted a drought this summer in the United States. Australia just lost its number one producer of fertilizer. We got a, we got a storm brewing and it involves food and it's going to be very real come, come the late summer.

[Rob Carson]

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[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

It's possible because. Because the president needs to retain optionality. If the mullahs and the IRGC still exhibit signs of fight, we cannot have that oil infrastructure go up and, and so let, let the fights and the media go wherever they want. But the 31st MU is there to secure that island and they could do so. And so they could do it.

[Rob Carson]

They could do it with mission.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Yes, it is.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I understand that. It's a lot of the left, they're screaming that the MAGA didn't vote for this and the MAGA coalition is crumbling. We found out out that the Maga coalition is 100% behind Donald Trump. There's no doubt about it. These people, you know, Joe Kent and, and Megyn Kelly and, and Tucker Carlson are all outliers. March MTG all outliers. I saw a piece over the weekend the NBC put sent people out to gas pumps to talk to people. Are you mad at Donald Trump essentially for raising the price of gas with this? And they said, no, it's a price worth paying. Paying. It's a price worth paying when you consider that we've dealt with Iran as a war against us for 47 years. A price worth paying.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Yeah, I think it's, it's really kind of backfiring in the Democratic and the globalist camp. It's a classic setup. You want to pitch one team against another team and they're trying everything they can, you know, conservative against conservative, Jewish versus Christian, whatever, whatever. The flavor of the day is that they want to split the baby on vote. But what I think is coming through. You may disagree with me, and that's okay. What I think is coming through is that it's a big tent. There's lots of principles in this tent we will have. And we have no problem openly debating issues. We have no problem. It's not the end of the party, it's the strengthening of the party because there is room for a diaspora of opinions. Some will be more aggressive than others, and that's okay. What we want to do is keep going down the track the right way. And if anybody's got a problem with that, just remember Kamala Harris could be the one calling the shots right now with her own auto 10.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, dear God. I can't even imagine. I honestly could not imagine how bad the country would be off right now. The border would still be open. I would venture to say we would be on the verge of collapse if hadn't collapsed already. Had she been. She won the election. I mean, I don't think there's any doubt about what the Democrat Party had planned for the country. I did find something interesting. Did you see the reports on Friday that Iranians are tipping off Israeli intelligence about IRCG positions? And. And apparently Israeli intelligence is killing them with drones. So you gotta imagine there's a little bit of fear in the hearts of those who are still loyal to cardboard Ayatollah. What do you think?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

A little bit, yeah. It is full on panic and it's actually far worse than that.

[Rob Carson]

Really.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Communications now. Yeah, the communications are getting roped with the folks who will emerge as the next Thomas Jefferson's and Paul Revere's of this. This country. And the Persians are fine people. And we'll see an Islamic Shia minority go back to what they were, a fairly insignificant minority in a multicultural country under a personal banner that does its own picking of its leaders.

[Rob Carson]

Brother, brother, can you even imagine. Could you even imagine that we are witnessing this? I said. Said that when Donald Trump was elected, we'd see freedom and patriotism sweep the world. And it is happening. And it is happening. Like in places like Germany. They're beginning to recognize the open border of the globalists. They did the same thing there. Australia the same way. England the same way. All of these things. And maybe we're beginning to turn the tide against all of this, all of this nonsense. Unfortunately, America, we still have many battles to fight. Trying to think of one other thing I want to cover. What about Cuba? What's. What's going on with Cuba? It sounds like they're teetering it sounds like, I guess there been some communications going on with Castro's grandson or something. What do you know about Cuba?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Yeah. So it's a desperate situation. The hope is that by extinguishing all lights, power and everything that you're finally the Cuban people are going to take this into their own hands. I would be cautious here because they can only go so long before real damage is done to that population. And so I hope that the administration has a plan B if they can't ouster this group like very, very soon. It's a humanitarian crisis right now, 100%

[Rob Carson]

except for code Pink. Code Pink went down there, got put up at a five, got put up in a five star hotel because they're Code Pink Commie, as in commie pinko. Blaine Holt, thanks for joining me today, bro. I appreciate your insights. Where can people find your glorious podcast Dangerous Intellectuals?

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

Come to dangerous intellectuals.com we just released today and we're with Mr. Reagan, aka Christopher Coles about the cultural war and his making a comic episode called maga. Man, it's great. But there's a fifth generation warfare element to it and I hope everybody will give it a look and give it a share.

[Rob Carson]

All right, brother, take, take care of yourself. Thanks for finding the time for us today. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show.

[Brigadier General Blaine Holt]

I do believe if you pushed me between one or the other, I would say it's the Democrats who have marginalized the TSA agents in this instance. And I think it's horrible the way in which they've been used the TSA agents as pawns. I flew twice this week and without

[Rob Carson]

his Michael Smart carnage on cnn putting the blame of the shutdown in the TSA crisis on the shoulders of the Democrats because that's their fault because they are filthy rotten scumbags.

[Robert Mueller]

There you go.

[Rob Carson]

There you go. Hakeem Jeffries, he says that they aren't using leverage is not even part of the equation.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

Let me ask you about that because you are the whole reason, as you just laid out, that DHS is not funded right now is because you're trying to push the administration to enact some policy changes on how Border Patrol and ICE act when they weren't defunded or illegal immigrants. And now what you're saying is that you're okay with funding tsa, which has been, I think, the biggest point of leverage that you possibly had in order to get what you want on on ice, because ICE already has its money. So what was the point of this shutdown if you're okay with funding tsa?

[Rob Carson]

Yeah,

[Democratic Official]

well, we never approach these things that are in front of us with respect to government funding in the context of leverage.

[Rob Carson]

Really? That's not what Democrat Catherine Clark said during the last shutdown. This is last October.

[Hakeem Jeffries]

I mean, shutdowns are terrible. And of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leveraged times we have.

[Rob Carson]

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