Woke Military Gets a Reality Check!

Summary

The Rob Carson Show – “Woke Military Gets a Reality Check!”

Date: September 30, 2025
Host: Rob Carson (Newsmax Radio)
Notable Guest: Pete Hegseth
Theme: The episode takes a humorous and pointed look at current political controversies, with a major focus on the military’s shift away from “woke” policies toward more traditional standards, plus spirited coverage of government shutdown theatrics, the end of EV tax credits, and cultural commentary.

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Episode Overview

This episode is energized by Rob Carson’s signature comedic yet combative commentary on politics and culture. The centerpiece of discussion is Pete Hegseth’s speech to military leadership, symbolizing a dramatic pushback against “wokeness” and a call for a return to traditional, merit-based standards in America’s armed forces. Carson also tackles the looming government shutdown, the end of EV tax credits, and broader culture war skirmishes, all with his irreverent touch.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Military’s New Direction: Pete Hegseth’s Speech

• Premise: An emphatic end to “woke” policies in the military; renewed emphasis on readiness, fitness, and standards.

• Hegseth’s speech is framed as a long-overdue corrective: out with social justice and diversity politics, in with merit and combat focus.

• Rob Carson revels in the reaction from political opponents and pokes fun at the “caterwauling” from the left.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is fighting war, preparing for war and preparing to win. Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.” – Pete Hegseth [25:15]
  • "If the Secretary of War can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. ... It’s tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's really unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals." – Pete Hegseth [27:01]
  • “As I’ve said before, and will say again, we are done with that shit.” – Pete Hegseth [26:39]

• Standards on fitness and appearance—including biannual PT tests and uniform grooming—will be strictly enforced.

• Emphasis on merit over quotas: promotions based on ability, not on identity politics.

• Carson’s Commentary: Welcomes “tough love,” likens it to pivotal experiences in his own life, and bemoans coddling in American culture.

2. Government Shutdown Drama

• Premise: Democrats and Republicans are embroiled in a high-stakes standoff, with familiar blame games.

• Carson frames the government shutdown as political theater, with ordinary Americans largely indifferent after the COVID lockdowns.

• Resentment towards continued government expansion, especially post-COVID.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “Most Americans don’t even give a rat’s behind [about the shutdown] … the government shut us down for a couple of years, for a virus that they created and paid for.” – Rob Carson [05:08]
  • “Aren’t you quite exhausted of this nonsense where the Democrats hold America hostage… they keep getting more money while you and I get poorer?” – Rob Carson [17:34]

• Both parties are accused of fighting for unrelated spending increases in the CR negotiations.

• Reports of mass federal worker resignations and Democrats planning a luxury retreat add to the show’s satirical flavor.

3. Cultural Satire, Comedy, and the End of “Woke Nonsense”

• Premise: Carson cheers the resurgence of comedy unencumbered by fear of “political correctness.”

• Praises Trump’s controversial satirical video targeting Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries (portrayed in a sombrero and mustache), mocking accusations of bigotry.

  Notable Quotes:

  • “We can finally laugh at things without being called racist and sexist and homophobe and all of that.” – Rob Carson [12:34]
  • “Donald Trump is making fun of them. I think it’s fantastic.” – Rob Carson [14:16]
  • “They’ve done nothing but decrease the quality of life for Americans the last, I don’t know, couple of decades, and they don’t matter anymore.” – Rob Carson [14:16]

4. EV Tax Credit Expiry and Culture Commentary

• Premise: The federal EV tax credit expires, which Carson jeers as a blow to “virtue signalers.”
• EVs are dismissed as poser vehicles, impractical for real utility (“golf carts”).
• Broader jabs at climate policies and the Left’s environmental stances.

5. Masculinity and Meritocracy

• Premise: Carlson invokes UFC’s Dana White to emphasize that masculinity and meritocracy are under attack but making a comeback.
  • “We are unapologetically masculine.” – Dana White via interview clip [38:32]
  • Questions the entire notion of “toxic masculinity.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Segments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote/Highlight | |------------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 05:08 | Rob Carson | “Most Americans don’t even give a rat’s behind [about the shutdown] … the government shut us down for a couple of years, for a virus that they created and paid for.” | | 12:34 | Rob Carson | “We can finally laugh at things without being called racist and sexist and homophobe and all of that.” | | 14:16 | Rob Carson | “Donald Trump is making fun of them. I think it’s fantastic. ... They’ve done nothing but decrease the quality of life for Americans.” | | 25:17 | Pete Hegseth | “The only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: fighting war, preparing for war, and preparing to win. Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit.” | | 26:39 | Pete Hegseth | “We are done with that shit.” | | 27:01 | Pete Hegseth | “It’s tiring to look out at combat formations ... and see fat troops. Likewise, it’s really unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals.” | | 32:24 | Pete Hegseth | “For too long we’ve promoted too many uniform leaders for the wrong reasons. Based on their race, based on gender quotas…” | | 36:43 | Pete Hegseth | “No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression. We’re going to cut our hair, shave our beards and adhere to standards.” | | 38:32 | Dana White | “We are definitely unapologetically masculine.” |

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• 00:47: Show opens—Carson’s whirlwind overview of hot topics.
• 04:18: Launch into government shutdown debate; critiques of Democrats’ fiscal policy.
• 08:07: Rep. Mike Johnson discusses the “Schumer shutdown”.
• 09:41: Sen. J.D. Vance criticizes Democratic spending proposals.
• 13:45: Trump’s satirical video and left-wing outrage.
• 25:04: Pete Hegseth’s speech to the military begins—a takedown of “woke” policies.
• 27:01: Focus on physical fitness and military appearance standards.
• 32:24: Hegseth on meritocracy and ending identity-based promotions.
• 36:43: Grooming and uniform standards reasserted by Hegseth.
• 37:12: Trump addresses a stunned crowd post-Hegseth speech.
• 38:32: Dana White’s defense of unapologetic masculinity.

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Tone and Style

• Tone: Combative, irreverent, high-energy; blends satire, parody, and serious commentary.
• Language: Candid, occasionally coarse; loaded with cultural references, mockery, and pointed jabs at political adversaries.
• Carson channels both outrage and humor, often using personal anecdotes to reinforce broader political and cultural critiques.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a vivid microcosm of Rob Carson’s show. If you want a whirlwind of conservative comedy, pop culture jabs, and unfiltered takes on the military, politics, and the “woke” left, you’ll get it in spades. The heart of the show is Pete Hegseth’s call for a military free from social politics and focused solely on readiness, discipline, and merit—a theme echoed across Carson’s other rants about government bloat, cultural decline, and the value of “tough love.” Expect laughter, sharp edges, and unapologetic opinion—plus a reaffirmation that, in Rob Carson’s America, standards and strength are back in style.

Transcript

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[Rob Carson]

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[Rob Carson]

This is the Rob Carson Show. This is the Rob Carson Show. Oh, my goodness, what a glorious day it is. It's the 30th of September and there is all sorts of stuff happen. There's talk of peace in the Middle east, for crying out loud. And, and Pete Hegseth assembling all the generals of the the military and saying, hey fatty, you're no longer welcome. And if you're a guy wearing a dress, probably want to do something else for a living. And the left is going bananas. They, oh my God, they just hate that they might raise standards, make you cut your hair and get rid of that, the gauging in your nose. You look like an idiot, for God's sake. And actually I don't do some push ups. And what is so funny, I just, I love it. I just love it right now. We are so winning and the left is just so caterwauling and dragging and screaming and trying to drag us into hell with them and trying to blame the Republicans for the, for the shutdown, even though the Democrat party still thinks they hold sway, still think they can, they can extort us out of trillions of dollars for things like illegals getting health care and stuff. But it's not working at, it's not working at all because 80% of us know that Joe Biden and the Democrats took the country into hell. And 80% of us are here to come together to save our country. And they're all lining up on the wrong side of history, whether that's being, you know, protesting ice, actually deporting people who shouldn't be here. Oh my God. Oh my God, how terrible. No, that's an 8020 issue. People love it when they see the ICE agents rounding up the illegals. They cheer, they high five, they fist bump. Oh my God, they're so happy. It's fantastic. But I guess that makes us all Racist. It's, it's so, it's just so terrific. By the way, today is the last day that you will be able to hear this. You gen zers won't recognize this. This is what it used to sound like to get on the interweb. AOL is, is getting rid of its dial. Can you just turn that off? Second it. Yeah, there. AOL is getting rid of its dial up service. You're not gonna hear this anymore either. You've got mail. Yeah, you've got mail that's gonna be gone. Because after 33 years it's gone. AOL dial up Internet service shutting down on Tuesday. I didn't even know it was still around. Did you know it was still around? Occasionally I'll see somebody with an AOL email account. I'm like, really? Do you still wear acid washed jeans? For God's sakes. AOL initially called America Online getting rid of that. At its peak, AOL counted for more than 20 million users in 2000 became part of the world's largest deal in history when it merged with Time Warner in a deal that made the combined company's value $350 billion. The dial up shutdown was first reported in August. Cnbc reported that 1.5 million monthly customers paid for AOL's tech support and identity theft services, equating to as much as 180 million in annual revenue. AOL also continues to offer email. So there's that. Oh, oh, and goodbye to the EV tax credit in case you wanted to go out and buy an EV. And I think you know how I feel about EVs. They're for posers. I mean they're great commuter cars and everything, but if you're hauling anything, if you've got one of those Ford F150 lightnings and you hook it up to a, to a fifth wheel and you'll notice that your range goes from like 300 miles to 2 miles and, and they're worthless in the wintertime. So there you go. Sales of electronic vehicles in the United States are almost certain to tumble when the $7,500 federal tax credit for EV buyers expires on October the first. That's coming up. The tax credit passed by The Biden administration 2022 to support EVs is going away. So all you insufferable little people who drive your, your Nissan Leafs with the coexist spelled in religious symbols on the back, you're going to have to pay for your own way. We're not paying for your, your ev. Ford CEO expects EV sales to be cut in half after the end of the tax credits because again, they're proposers, they are commuter cars. They're cute little commuter cars and that's about it. Maybe golf carts. They're golf carts too. Sorry if I'm insulting you as an EV owner, but listen, they're fine as cars, just not as anything useful and practical and, and most of them, while you're virtue signaling in your EV are powered by coal fire plants just outside of of town. Thought you should know about that. So there is that as well. So you might want to get those cars while you, while you can while the rest of us are having to pay for your your to subsidize your EV purchase. So you convert your signal about how awesome you are that you've got an EV powered by, you know, coal fired plants outside of town. Also, you know, I don't know if you knew this, but the government shutdown could happen. And the Democrat party is freaking out in there, gnashing their teeth and everything and they're saying it's the worst thing in the history of mankind. But you know, most Americans don't even give a rat's behind. You know why? Because the government shut us down for a couple of years. The government shut down businesses, the government shut down churches, the government shut down schools for a virus that they created and paid for and didn't give us a damn thing in return. Countless restaurants and and bars shut down. Liquor stores were allowed to stay open, big box stores were allowed to stay open. And as far as the governor shut the government shutting down, most people could give a rats behind about it. I know I shouldn't say that because I live in, in the heart of the beast here in Washington D.C. but you see, I was living in flyover country when all of that nonsense happened. And the Democrats, you know, they have.

[Democratic Politician]

Selective outrage, are marching America to a painful government sh. We need traditional Republicans to break with MAGA extremists so we can keep the government open.

[Rob Carson]

Republican shutdown will cause 6,306 of her.

[Pete Hegseth]

Constituents their paychecks bill on the floor.

[Democratic Politician]

For another down vote so we can end this MAGA Republican night this government shutdown. And we could put the threat of a shutdown behind us. Our agreement would keep the government open, provide emergency aid.

[Rob Carson]

Now you're trying to extort again, this is what you do. Everybody understands your game. You come up on this, the possibility of passing a budget or a CR and the Republicans offer a clean CR to get us through. And the Democrats See it as an opportunity to extort you out of more of your tax money. This after they used Covid to increase the size of government by about half and kept those people still in jobs. And the rest of us of course, suffered. I've seen this friggin nonsense for decades here. When I was in Washington D.C. barack Obama was the President. They had a government shut down and they had more people hired to keep people from seeing, seeing the Vietnam Veteran Memorial than would have seen it had it been open. But that's what they do. They use it as a political tool. Here is Mike Johnson talking about the Schumer shutdown. It's the Schumer shutdown.

[Mike Johnson]

Their counter proposal, what Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are demanding is that they claw back the $50 billion that we put into the rural hospital support structure. They want to take that back. We're not going to do that. We passed that because we have to allow for that. Also, if they shut the government down, not only are troops unpaid federal workers and all the services that everybod relies upon, but the WIC program, the nutrition program, women, infant and children, they will not get that program will not be funded. FEMA won't be funded. We have hurricanes off the coast of the United States right now. This is serious business. You have telehealth, you have mental health services.

[Rob Carson]

My, how the tables have turned. Here's Chuck Schumer. Have you noticed the new glasses he's wearing? He looks like the, the, the warden in, in Shawshank Redemption. Have you notice that he looks like the warden in Shawshank Redemption?

[Democratic Politician]

President for the first time since all.

[Rob Carson]

Of these issues, despicable human being. I mean honestly, just, he's all hunched over. He looks like he should be guarding a cathedral.

[Democratic Politician]

Even though we have requested repeated meetings with leaders.

[Rob Carson]

Are you talking about the mega fascist enemies of democracy? Those people you want to have meetings.

[Democratic Politician]

With, Leader Thune, Speaker Johnson and the President?

[Rob Carson]

We have. Why would you want to meet with those people who are just rounding up people of color just to round them.

[Democratic Politician]

Up and disappear very large differences on health care and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to through rescissions and through.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, everything you say is a lie. And everybody knows that. Now here's J.D. vance talking about it, frustrated about the.

[J.D. Vance]

Fact that this negotiation has not taken place until today. But if you look at the original, the original thing they did with this negotiation, it was a $1.5 trillion spending package, basically saying to the American people, we want to give massive Amounts of money, hundreds of billions of dollars to illegal aliens for their health care while Americans are struggling to pay their health care. That was their initial foray, this negotiation. We thought it was absurd. We told them it was absurd. And now they come in here saying that if you don't give us everything that we want, we're going to shut down the government. We think that's preposterous. We think it's totally unacceptable. And we think the American people are going to suffer because these guys won't do.

[Rob Carson]

And by the way, everybody understands it about the Democrat Party because right now their approval rating is right above toenail fungus. So there's that. Yeah. Here is Jim Gossett as the president talking about the government shutdown.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Schumer running round, talking out loud of his dirty tactics. How can he be proud?

[Rob Carson]

Come on.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

To close up the federal government for the gop, Schumer is heaven sent. Chuck ought to know that this time around, he will get the blame for a government shut down.

[Rob Carson]

Come on.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Will be taking the fold.

[Rob Carson]

I like this.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Democrats want, but they won't get a bunch of new spending to run up the debt. Hot team Jeffries, a guy we cannot trust. Negotiations. He is why they've been a bust. Dems can't wait to leave this town. A sad, sad truth. They want to shut down.

[Rob Carson]

Nice. That is stylish. Oh, yeah. And Donald Trump, he did this. It's. It's not a meme. It's a. It's a gift. Is it a gift? No, it's a. Anyway, it's a little video that he decided to do with Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and. And Chuck Schumer standing next to him. And Hakeem Jeffries is claiming racism. No, it's a joke, you fool. It's a joke. And he's got his panties in a bunch. You know, that's because Democrat men wear panties. You see? We've got much more on this coming up. Also, Pete Hexeth's epic, epic speech to the military finally saying, enough of this woke nonsense. We are here to fight in a cruel world. That's all coming up. And this is the Rob Carson Show.

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[Rob Carson]

It is a Rob Carson show on radio stations around the country, also streaming on all Newsmax social media platforms. I didn't see us on the rumbly roof for a second there. I'm checking that out. But we are on Facebook and we're on Instagram and we're on YouTube and we're on everywhere, so you can watch the. The program. And the numbers are growing, by the way, by leaps and bounds. By leaps and bounds. And we got a lot of stuff to cover today. Donald Trump posted a funny video. You see, I love the fact that this woke nonsense with regard to comedy is finally coming to an end. We can finally laugh at things without being called racist and sexist and homophobe and all of that. And we've gone through enough of this nonsense to be quite honest. And what Trump did is he put a video, I guess, of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries standing there talking about the shutdown. And Donald Trump put Hakeem Jeffries in a mustache and sombrero, which, I mean, is cultural appropriation and racist and all that. Right? Or it's just comedy. Or it's just comedy. Because, you see, he's down with illegal immigration and all that. And here's a little bit of the video.

[Democratic Politician]

Look, guys, there's no way to sugarcoat it. Nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because of all of our woke trans bullshit. Not even black people want to vote for us anymore. Even Latinos hate us.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, there you go. And of course, everybody's all butt hurt about it. Here is Senator Roger Marshall being asked about it on NBC.

[Mike Johnson]

Is that appropriate in your view?

[Rob Carson]

Look, I think sometimes the President plays with the press like a little boy and a flashlight and a dog. And he's shining the flashlight here and.

[Pete Hegseth]

He'S shining it there.

[Rob Carson]

What he's saying is, yeah, because you see, they keep calling him fascist and Nazi and stuff. So he's doing what I recommend, which is to mock and ridicule them because they're losing in every way, shape and form. There's nothing likable about the Democrat Party. They are not a force for good in any way, shape or form. They've done nothing but decrease the quality of life for Americans the last, I don't know, couple of decades, and they don't matter anymore. So Donald Trump is making fun of. I think it's fantastic. Here's Hakeem Jeffries playing victim here. He's actually playing rectum. He starts off every day as one, and he says it's all racist. They're going to see it. They'll. They'll see it in other ways. It's. It's easy to find, but it is absolutely disgusting in every way. Florence o'. Donnell. He has no viewers at all on msnbc. It is a lie. It's the man you met with has now lied about. You said after that meeting, could you give us your like a Russia collusion and the borders closed reaction to that posted video tonight.

[Democratic Politician]

It's a disgusting video. And we're going to continue to make clear bigotry will get you nowhere.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, yeah, it's bigotry.

[Democratic Politician]

We are fighting to protect the health care of the American people in the face of an unprecedented Republican assault.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, you've done nothing. 50 years Joe Biden was in the government, nothing was ever fixed. Everything that he campaigned on still broken. Medicare, Medicaid, the VA infrastructure, all still broken. Donald Trump comes in, he's actually fixing it, and the Democrats get all butthurt about it because they want things broken, otherwise they're not needed. That's why they don't want Donald Trump to bring the National Guard and do the poorly run Democrat inner cities around the country that have raised generations of children of color in with bad schools, keeping them angry and needy and resentful. And now that Donald Trump showed them, hey, you know what, there's actually a lot of opportunities out here, you know, and the Democrats are holding you back. You got big fat people like J.D. tetzler standing in the schoolhouse door once again. That's what they do. That's just what they do. So honestly just don't have any time for it, to be quite honest. Here is Mike Johnson calling out the Democrats for all of these stupid shutdowns.

[Mike Johnson]

Thank you, Vice President Vance. I want to thank the President as well. They showed strong leadership today. They invited the four leaders over here because the President is operating in good faith and he demonstrated that very well. The problem is that Chuck Schumer and Leader Jeffries refused to acknowledge the simple facts. Let's review what the simple facts.

[Rob Carson]

It's Senor Jeffries. Thank you very much. That's racist.

[Mike Johnson]

President was saying this is the common sense thing to do. This is the right thing to do. This is the simple thing to do. By way of review, the House is getting back to the way the regular appropriations process is supposed to work. Twelve separate appropriations bills passed through the House Appropriations Committee. Three off the floor. The Senate doing their work as well. All this in bipartisan fashion. By the way, they passed three bills in the Senate. Those bills don't match up. Exactly. So for the first time in years, since 2019, you have a conference committee that is being constituted between the House and the Senate. This is the way a bill becomes a law. They work out the differences.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Remember that. I'm just the bill. Yes, I'M only. Aren't you quite exhausted of this nonsense where the Democrats hold America hostage and say the sky is going to fall and the government's going to shut down and everything's going to go to hell and. And they keep getting more money while you and I get poorer and poorer all the time. Aren't you a little tired of that nonsense? I think America's kind of tired of the nonsense US set for the largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues. Deep cuts. Yeah, deep cuts. They increase the size of the Damn government by 50% because of COVID So please, on your cuts, go back to the spending levels pre Covid, which were still bloated, by the way. Give me a break. I have no pity at all, no pity at all for government budget cuts because we have been suffering under budget cuts forever. We have to survive on much less. We the people had to do two or three jobs while Joe Biden was the president. And the price of groceries went up 50% and the price of cars went up 50% and the price of homes doubled and the interest rates tripled. I have no pity at all whatsoever for cuts in the federal government. For God's sake. It says the largest mass resignation. More than 100,000 federal workers set to formally quit as part of the latest wave of its deferred resignations program. The White House has also ordered federal agencies to draw plans for large scale firings of workers if the partisan fight fails to yield a deal. Workers preparing to leave government. And they describe how months of fear and intimidation left them feeling like they had no choice but to part. Will you find another job? Just find another job. I've been fired so many times, it's not even funny. It's ridiculous. I had to sell cars. I had to sell cars. It was great. It was the first job I actually quit in a very long time. Yeah, welcome to the real world. Honestly, federal salaries usually are 70% higher than the the average salary of Americans. And guess what? Most of us don't have pensions. Yeah, we don't have big retirement plans or anything like that either. So, I mean, welcome to it. Welcome to it. It kind of sucks, doesn't it? But you know what? It's the way it works. That's the way it works. I got some glorious sound from Pete Hegseth giving fat generals a little what fur and woke generals a little what fur in a spectacular speech that the lift is the left is caterwauling of the. I think Don Lemon has got his panties in a bunch, too. That's all coming up. This is the Rob Carson show. It is a Tuesday edition of the Rob Carson Show. The possibility of a government shutdown today. Oh my God. The world's coming to an end. Oh, wait, no. The government shut down your entire life for a while. Took away a couple of years of my kids education. My son was in college, missed two years of going to classes in Perth in social gatherings and my daughter missed all half of her freshman year and most of her sophomore year and then had to wear a stupid mask for a while. So honestly, I don't even really give a damn. I know it sucks. It's terrible. Oh my God. Oh my God. Rob Carson is artless. You know, whatever. Honestly, just do it. You've been threatening to do it forever. Shut the damn thing down. Everybody's gonna get paid, all right? Everybody's gonna get paid. Paid. Stop using it as scare tactics. We're done with it. Done with the nonsense. Dear God. And to show you how concerned the Democrats are, they are quietly planning a luxury getaway escape to five star resort. Despite the looming government shutdown. Senate Democrats campaign arm is planning a two day getaway to a five star resort in the heart of California's wine country in early October. At the same time the country may be in the midst of a government shutdown. According to an invitation obtained by POLITICO's Playbook, the Napa retreat will be October 13th at the hotel. You Napa County Democrat New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand, who has chaired the DSCC since January circulated an invitation to the event which lists her and Democrat Maryland Senator Angela, also Brooks and other identified members of the Democratic caucus as attendees. It's going to be quite delightful. It will almost be as good as the dinner at the French Laundry that that Gavin Newsom had with his friends while he shut down California businesses and all of that. It's going to coincide with the shutdown. The October 13th wine tour and dinner is at the certified organic Steglin county vineyards which is very important to be to be organic. The vineyard estate inspired retreat extends a Tuscan European vibe. Sleep deeply always in our luxurious accommodations. Soak in one of our oversized sunken tubs and find one warmth in your private fieldstone hearth. Fieldstone fireplace. Savor a meal at the Heritage Oak Cafe. Immerse yourself in a pool or find repose at our distinguished spa hotel. You offers more than wine country trip. It's a luxury escape you didn't know you needed until now. I'm gonna go to the Days Inn. I think I'm staying In the Days Inn in Rehoboth this weekend.

[Democratic Politician]

Swear.

[Rob Carson]

And where am I staying in the. In Rehoboth? I'm staying in Rehoboth because I'm going up for wgmd. There's a thing called Wings and Wheels. It's gonna be a lot of fun on Saturday broadcasting from 10 to 2. And I think I'm staying in like the days in. Yeah, I think if I'm lucky they might have a workout facility that has some dumbbells. And that's fine with me. That's absolutely fine with me. Oh my God. More bad news. More bad news. Donald Trump is has worked with to reduce our pharmaceutical costs.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

We're also announcing, moving forward, all new medications introduced by Pfizer to the American market will be sold at the reduced most favored nation costs. So we'll be paying essentially what other countries are paying who have been.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, the Democrats. Got to find a way to hate that.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Much lower. Much, much lower.

[Rob Carson]

Probably racist. Something to do with racism. They got to be some racism in.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

There for many, many years.

[Rob Carson]

You're low in price for white people too. That's okay. They're. It is. That's what I got. You're lowering prices for everybody. So that means that people with white privilege are going to get those discounts.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

$70 billion to reshore domestic manufacturing facilities.

[Rob Carson]

I'm going to bring manufacturing here in the United States so you don't have to have China relied on China for your drugs.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

A lot of their facilities that's anti Asian is to make their drugs and make what they make. They're going to make it in the United States.

[Rob Carson]

They're going to make the product in the United States. Oh, it's just hell on earth. They got to come up with some way to complain about it. The Democrats. They'll figure out a way. Trust me on this. They will. So Pete Hegseth called together all of the generals. They gathered in their masses and Pete Hegseth gave him a little what fur because he's tired of. Remember General Millie the rotund obese Millie and, and, and Lloyd Dobson. No, Lloyd Austin. Remember Lloyd Austin wearing the Darth Vader salad bar protector because he didn't want to get the COVID And then he, then he had prostate, didn't tell anybody and went to have it treated without telling anybody and all that. And he was a big fat tubular too. Well, no more. No more. Nope. You want to be in the military, you better be. War wedding. True war.

[Pete Hegseth]

Ready to ensure peace.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Pete Hegseth]

We must prepare for war.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you can't say that we're the warm fuzzy hug department.

[Pete Hegseth]

From this moment forward, the only mission.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Pete Hegseth]

Of the newly restored Department of War is this.

[Rob Carson]

What does it spread DEI and let men become women?

[Pete Hegseth]

Fighting war.

[Rob Carson]

Fighting.

[Pete Hegseth]

Preparing for war and preparing to win. Unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit. Not because we want war. No one here wants war. But it's because we love peace.

[Rob Carson]

Well, what about understanding your. Your white privilege? Is that a part of it? That's what General Milley thought was important.

[Pete Hegseth]

We love peace for our fellow citizens.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

They deserve peace and they rightfully expect us to deliver it.

[Rob Carson]

Well, that is weird. There's no mention of being able to dress up like a girl or anything. That's. That's just weird. And here's Pete Hegseth making it very clear about woke nonsense in the military.

[Pete Hegseth]

This administration has done a great deal from day one to remove the social justice politically correct and toxic ideological garbage. Garbage that had infected our department to rip out the politics. No more identity months.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Pete Hegseth]

DEI offices.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Pete Hegseth]

Dudes in dress.

[Rob Carson]

Well, that is just so trans homophobic or something.

[Pete Hegseth]

No more climate change worship. No more division distraction or gender delusions. No more debris.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Pete Hegseth]

As I've said before, and we'll say again, we are done with that shit.

[Rob Carson]

Well, I got to tell you that that is. That is. I mean, Democrats are going to have such a their panties in the butt so much again, they won't be able to dig them out with a backhoe. I mean, they're going to be stuck up there for a very long time. Here's Pete Hegseth saying that if you're going to be in the military, you can't be a tub of lard with.

[Pete Hegseth]

Physical fitness and appearance. If the Secretary of War can do regular hard pt, yeah, so can every.

[Rob Carson]

Physical training, by the way, of our joint force. Yes, frankly, nice sounding audio there, by the way.

[Pete Hegseth]

It's tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it's complete.

[Rob Carson]

You can't use that word.

[Pete Hegseth]

Really unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals.

[Rob Carson]

He said fatigue and that's the F word.

[Pete Hegseth]

Falls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the country in the world. It's a bad thing. Look, it is bad and it's not who we are. So whether you're an airborne Ranger or a chairborne Ranger, a brand new private or a four star general, you need to meet the height and weight standards and pass your test.

[Rob Carson]

Well, so much for the big and tall uniforms.

[Pete Hegseth]

And as the Chairman said yes. There's no PT test.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Pete Hegseth]

But today, at my direction, every member of the joint force at every rank is required to take a PT test twice a year.

[Rob Carson]

Wow.

[Pete Hegseth]

As well as meet height and weight requirements twice a year.

[Rob Carson]

That is. That's pretty tough there. Now, listen, I'm a recovering fat person, although I kind of stray into it periodically. You know, I've gotten so good at yo yo dieting, I'm doing tricks now. You know, walk the dog and whatnot. But I was a. I was a fat kid. Made fun of it from first grade through sophomore year in high school, I guess. Made fun. Made fun because, you know, I carried a few extra pounds and all of that, but this is just the way it's going to be. If you're going to be in the military. You want the best of the best of the best, the best of the best of the best. And you've got to be physically fit to do it. That's just the way it is. Oh, my God. When was the last time you heard that? You know, they're also doing the Presidential Physical Fitness Awards again. Oh, my God. Isn't that crazy? Expecting the best to out of people. Isn't that remarkable? Isn't it kind of nice to hear for a change rather than just accept everybody who how they are, regardless of whether they can perform their task because you want to make up for some sort of grievance or whatever? It's fantastic. I've got more of Pete Hegseth's epic speech this morning coming up. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Pete Hegseth]

Words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink. Then you should do the honorable thing and resign.

[Rob Carson]

There you go.

[Pete Hegseth]

We would thank you for your service.

[Rob Carson]

That is Pete Hegseth. He was gathering all of his generals. Generals gathered in their masses. And Pete Hegseth said, you're going to have fitness standards. We're getting rid of woke. Nonsense. You're going to have to trim that beard. Unless you're in Special Forces, you're going to start looking presentable. And if you don't like it, honestly. Bye. There's the door. Oh, my God. Isn't that amazing? Isn't that just amazing? Now, what you think about your life, when was the. Who were the most impactful people in your life? Were the people who coddled you or the people who said, let's get going. You've got this within you. You can do something. You can do something. My daughter was kind of wondering what to do with her life, and she was in community college. And then she dropped out of community college without telling me. And I said, you, you apply to that friggin art school, you've got everything within you to get into that art school. One of the best art academies in the country. It's called Kansas City Art Institute. And I gotta tell you, I didn't know if she had it within her. I didn't know if she had it with. Because I coddled her a good share of her life. I drove her to and from school, I made every meal, everything. And I said, you are doing something. Get your ass in there and apply at that art school. And guess what? She got in and she got an $80,000 scholarship. And you know what that tough love gave her the confidence maybe she needed. It's always that way. It's always that way. You, you, you get much more out of coddling than you do or out of, out of discipline than you would do out of coddling. And I'm not talking about unnecessary, abusive discipline. I'm talking about someone who will make you believe in yourself enough that they will be tough on you. When I was selling cars, I went from being a guy in his early 50s who was used to being, you know, in charge at work, whatever, to a guy who was basically just like every other grunt selling cars. And I'd have to go out in the morning, go find keys, open up the cars to make sure that the cars were open no matter how cold it was, and then go out and lock them up every night. And you had to do it, get out there and do it now. And I would have like this guy, his name was Cheeto, Cheeto Senpai, this big dude. And he would stand behind me as I'm backing the car in with his arms crossed, looking down his nose at me and me feeling nervous about it. I was a 50 year old dude. I've had a million people in my audience before in different cities around the country. I got this guy criticizing me backing a car in. I called him tough love. I called him tough love. I still call him tough love. And you know what? Some of the best friends I've ever had in 30 years of broadcasting are not in broadcasting. They're in car sales. Because they were the ones who were tough on me. And it always, it always benefits when you have someone who, who, who is willing to believe in you enough to give you the guidance and kick your ass a little bit. That's just the way it works. Here is Pete Hegseth talking about a thing called merit, which means you got to Be the best there is to move up. Up. That's just the way it is.

[Pete Hegseth]

For too long we've promoted too many uniform leaders for the wrong reasons. Based on their race, Based on gender quotas, Based on historic so called firsts.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

We've pretended that combat arms and non combat arms are the same thing.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

We've weeded out so called toxic leaders under the guise of double blind psychology assessments.

[Rob Carson]

Oh dear Lord.

[Pete Hegseth]

Promoting risk averse go along to get along conformists and stead.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

You name it, the department did it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

Foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

And we lost our way.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Remember when they had those stupid ads with that, that girl and her two moms and all that and, and she was like into ballet and suddenly she's running a weapon system. And, and of course all of the, all of the recruitment dropped into the toilet because nobody wanted to be part of a wuss of five military carry.

[Pete Hegseth]

We became the woke department.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they did. Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

But not anymore.

[Rob Carson]

No.

[Pete Hegseth]

Right now I'm looking out at a sea of Americans who made a choice when they were young men and young women.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. To do I mean their birth, sex, not what they're identifying as something most Americans will not.

[Pete Hegseth]

To serve something greater than yourself. To fight for God and country, for freedom in the Constitution.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

You made a choice to serve when others did not.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

And I commend you. You are truly the best of America.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Merit has got to make a comeback. And it is. And the military is doing it. And you know what? If you're going to sign up for the military, listen. When Joe Biden was president, if one of my kids would have said go in the military, I would have said no frickin way. My, my, my daughter had a friend who was kind of trying to figure out what to go and what to do. And she was thinking about a career in the military. And I told her I don't know. I don't know if it's idea. Would I do it now? I'd say hell yeah. Sign right up. New standards are coming.

[Pete Hegseth]

I don't want my son serving alongside troops who are out of shape.

[Rob Carson]

Nope.

[Pete Hegseth]

Or in combat unit with females who can't meet the same combat arms physical.

[Rob Carson]

That's sexist. No, it's not.

[Pete Hegseth]

Standards as men or troops who are not fully proficient on their assigned weapons, platform or task.

[Rob Carson]

Got to know how to do that.

[Pete Hegseth]

Or under a leader who was the first but not the, the best.

[Rob Carson]

I'm the first trans El Capitan or.

[Pete Hegseth]

Whatever standards Must be uniform, gender neutral.

[Rob Carson]

Yep. And high. Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

If not, they're not standards.

[Rob Carson]

No.

[Pete Hegseth]

They're just suggestions.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, they are just suggested. I just think this is, this is amazing. Like I said when Donald Trump was elected, I said, you're going to. It's going to take a very long time for you to recognize the profundity of what is happening. And it looks like we finally got some tough love in the military and it's going to make us much stronger. Anybody who served in the military honorably knows exactly what I'm talking about. Let's take a break and come back because at the end of this speech, Donald Trump addressed the crowd and you could hear a pin drop. That's coming up. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Pete Hegseth]

This, and I want to be very clear about this, this is not about preventing women from serving. Yeah, we are. We very much value the impact of female troops. Our female officers and NCOs are the absolute best in the world.

[Rob Carson]

Yes.

[Pete Hegseth]

But when it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral.

[Rob Carson]

Sure.

[Pete Hegseth]

If women can make it, excellent, good. If not, it is what it is.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, it is.

[Pete Hegseth]

If that means no women qualify for some combat job jobs, so be it. That is not the intent, but it could be the result. So be will also meant that we mean that weak men won't qualify because we're not playing games.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

This is combat. This is life or death.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. That's the way it is. It is life or death. We live in a very cruel world where people want to kill you and take your property. That's just the way it is. It's just the way it is. What about, what about facial hair and whatnot there, Secretary Hexagon?

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Great job you're doing.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, oh, oh. That's the prezi. Here's Pete Hegth with regard to uniformity of, of grooming.

[Pete Hegseth]

This also means grooming standards. Oh, no more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression. We're going to cut our hair, shave, shave our beards and adhere to standards.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

Cuz it's like the broken windows theory of policing.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah.

[Pete Hegseth]

You let the small stuff go. The big stuff eventually goes.

[Rob Carson]

Absolutely 100% about saving lives. Lives and, and saving our country and protecting our country. Here's Donald Trump stepping in after Pete spoke and. And there was silence in the room.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Great job you're doing too. Fantastic job. I've never walked into a room so silent before. This is very. Don't laugh, don't laugh. You're not allowed to.

[Rob Carson]

Little shell shocked, I guess.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

You know what? Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud. And if you want to do anything you want, you can do it. Anything you want. And if you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room.

[Rob Carson]

Bye.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

Of course, there goes your rank. There goes your future.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, oh.

[Rob Carson Show Announcer]

But you just feel nice and loose. Okay. Because we're all on the same team. And I was told that. Sir, you won't hear, you won't hear a murmur in the room. I said we had to loosen these guys up a little bit. So you just have a good time. But I want to thank Secretary Hegset.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, there you go. This game a little what Further said, here's how things are going to be. You want to get along, do what we ask you to do. There you go. I thought this kind of on the heels was fun. This is Dana White because I'm loving the fact that masculinity is making a comeback and men were made to feel ashamed of being masculine. And here's what Dana White said, the 60 Minutes about toxic masculinity. You don't think we're, there's this cultural movement. It's a lot of guys call it the manosphere. You're one of the leaders. Leaders.

[Democratic Politician]

You know, you talk about knowing your.

[Rob Carson]

Fan base and knowing who they are. Who are they?

[Democratic Politician]

18 to 34 year old males and growing.

[Rob Carson]

We're global.

[Democratic Politician]

We are definitely unapologetically masculine.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Can this bubble over to too much when you hear toxic masculinity? What's that mean? You tell me. No, you just said it. What's the definition of toxic? How can somebody be too masculine? Masculine? Is that a possibility? Can you be too masculine? You tell me.

[Democratic Politician]

No.

[Rob Carson]

You think so?

[Democratic Politician]

The answer is hell no.

[Rob Carson]

I love it. I just love it. You know what? Women should be proud to be feminine as well. The left has got us so twisted up, we don't even which know which way is up or down. But now it's starting to become clear. Luke Ball joins us, Newsmax contributor, political strategist. He was on the day that Charlie Kirk was shot. And it'll be good to have him back on again. More with Hegseth and more of you coming up in the hour. Number two of the Rob Carson Show. Don't go anywhere.