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You've shared, you've subscribed, you've tapped the notification bell and you often watch the program. So you know what we do? We try to give you the news of the day in a unfiltered way. Little bit of humor. Let's dive right in. There's just a lot going on. Obviously the Iran war, you know, we're four days into this thing. The bumper sticker of today's show is it is going extremely well. And not only is it going well, we have a series of hyper competent people from Trump all the way down who are explaining what we are doing, who are showing us evidence, who are making sure that our resources and allies are taken care of. And we are now fighting an enemy that is, as I said yesterday, a sort of wounded animal. If you had a wounded animal in a corner, it would just be lashing out any which way to survive. And that's kind of what the Iranian regime is doing at this point. They've pretty much been decapitated in terms of leadership, both politically and militarily. They're firing rockets all over the place. They've involved basically 10 other countries now in this thing and it's going well. And if we just have a little belief in America, a little trust in Donald Trump, who's been directionally right about everything for the last 10 years, and a little hope. A little hope and no, it's a little, we're gonna need a little more than that. A little hope and a little bit of a little bit of grit for those Iranian people who are gonna take their country back. We could. I think we are in a sort of World War II moment here, meaning that when World War II was done, maps were drawn differently, alliances were drawn differently. And that's what we are going to see here. We are going to see just a completely rejiggered world that we've been sitting on something for about 75 years that's gonna be completely changed. So let's dive right in. Let's start with Marco Rubio, because there was a whole bunch of misinformation about Marco, a statement that Marco Rubio made yesterday as to whether basically Israel forced the United States into this strike. And people were selectively editing the usual suspects. I don't even have to name them. You can figure out who they are. We're selectively editing video to make it seem like Israel somehow pulled the trigger first, thus forcing the United States hand. Completely untrue. Here's Rubio cleaning it up. They said that Israel is dictating the timeline for the United States. As you know, several people on the right have also agreed with that. How would you respond? Well, the United States made a decision under the president of the United States made a decision. This is intolerable. Iran cannot have these missiles, cannot have these drones, cannot threaten the world. The president said, this is the weakest they've ever been. If we don't hit them now, a year from now, a year and a half from now, no one will be able to touch them, and they'll be able to do whatever they want. And he made a decision to go. And he made a decision to go in a joint operation because they gave us the highest chance of success. And he made the decision to go first because he concluded that we were not going to get hit first. We were not going to absorb a blow from them. We were going to go first. He was not going to run the risk that they could attack us before we could hit them. And because in addition to costing lives, it would undermine the effectiveness of our operations. Okay, so it was interesting the way the question was worded, because we expect everybody on the left to lie about anything as it pertains to this administration and Trump and everything else, like that's just old hat and we're used to it. The question was framed, though, going. Some people on the right are saying it, too. I already addressed enough of this stuff about some of the influencers on the right, so I'm not even going to get into that today. But there's Rubio just completely blowing up the notion of that somehow Israel tricked or forced Trump to do this. And, of course, I think we showed this to you yesterday, but it's worth a quick review. It's a short video. Here's Trump saying that perhaps he actually forced Israel. Mr. President, did Israel force your hand to launch these strikes against Iran? Did Netanyahu pull the United States into this war? I might have forced their hand. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. And we have great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives, very successful. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first. And I didn't want that to happen. So if anything, I might have forced Israel's hand. All right, so there you have both Rubio and President Trump completely cleaning up an absolutely unfounded rumor pushed by lefties and certain people on the right about the sequencing here. And by the way, once again, you know, we showed you that video yesterday of Trump 40 years ago talking about Iran. That's everything Trump said right there is so consistent with what he has been saying about Iran altogether. Can you trust these guys? Obviously, the answer is no. We also showed you the video yesterday of negotiating one of the chief negotiators of these talks between America and Iran, Steve Witkoff, basically saying, the Iranians came in, they said they were enriching uranium at higher percentages than we expected, and they could basically produce 11 bombs. And they were basically saying, we're not gonna do anything about it, meaning we're not gonna stop or pull back or anything else. So, as Rubio pointed out repeatedly in his press conference yesterday, you don't wait for the bad guys to have more weapons and be more prepared. And on top of everything else, as a military, you don't also just tell everybody all of your secrets and maneuvers. So is it fairly obvious in that this thing is going so successfully and we've completely obliterated the Iranian navy, we've decapitated the leadership politically and military and all that stuff, and that we have air superiority over them, and there's, I think, like, 200 Israeli F15s now flying over the country, all of that stuff. Was there obviously a plan here? Yes, there obviously was a plan. And then you have negotiations. You either trust that they're gonna or not. And then you make a move. So anyway, I just thought that was worth putting out there because there are just so many people lying just every which way and AI slot videos and the rest of it. I thought this was interesting yesterday because this thing's going extremely well. It's been pinpoint precision across the board. And here's Rubio saying we're going to unleash Chang. The last point I would make is, and I said this yesterday, and I repeat, what's about to, you know, you're about to see, you know, we're going to unleash Chiang on these people in the next few hours and days, you're going to really begin to perceive a change in the scope and in the intensity of these attacks as frankly the two most powerful air forces in the world take apart this terroristic regime and defang it and take away its ability to threaten its neighbors or hide behind a zone of immunity that allows them to develop their nuclear ambitions. This terroristic radical, clerical led regime cannot be ever allowed to have nuclear weapons. We saw what they were willing to do to their own people. They were willing to slaughter their own people in the streets. Imagine what they would do to us. Imagine what they would do to others under President Trump. That will never, ever happen. Okay, so again, you can agree or disagree with what we're doing here or anything else, but what we have is clearly competent people explaining what we are doing and why they are making the argument for doing it. Now, the thing that got the Internet going was what is Chang? That sounds like a bad guy from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Turns out that, well, we checked. Rubio used the phrase chang as slang, referencing the late Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai Shek to suggest a forceful and overwhelming military response. And if you want to see a little Chang, here are the strikes happening just in the last couple hours over the skies of Tehran. Chang in video form and note, we are not blowing up hospitals. We are not going for civilian infrastructure. We are doing pinpoint precision attacks on military installations and trying to weaken the regime so that the people, the Persian people of Iran, can take over so that we can boot the Islamist mullahs and the ayatollah and Ayatollah 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and they're going to keep rolling through and that the people can have their country back. Here's Trump on a bit more of how well epic fury is going so far. That is coming along as you see very well. They have no navy, it's been knocked out. They have no Air Force that's been knocked out, they have no air detection that's been knocked out. Their radar has been knocked out and just about everything's been knocked out. So we'll see how we do. But we're doing, we're doing very well. We have a great military. All right. So isn't it just nice to hear a president, you know, just try to contrast this with Biden or Kamala or any of these people. It's like first off, we wouldn't be doing anything good. They would never be saying anything good about America. We wouldn't feel good about our military. Like we're actually being trained right now to understand how to win again. And that's why I say a little imagination is involved again is necessary. Right? Because it's like we've been so bludgeoned with America's not great and we can't really do anything anymore. And yeah, we made mistakes in the past and that means we can't do anything in the future. And it's just not that way. We are fixing the wrongs of the previous administration in real time. So now I want to show you something interesting. Pete Hegseth gave an absolutely all star, all star level press conference this morning and dare. Can I pat myself on the back? I don't do it that often. Can I. Can I just. Thank you, Conor. I'm going to pat myself on the back. On November 13, 2024 was right when Pete Hegseth was nominated to be then Defense Secretary. Now we call it Department of War and remember they were really trying to take him out and claim he was an alcoholic and he had a mean tattoo on his arm and all this stuff and, and Joseph went in this morning and this is my. From the day he was nominated, this was what I said about Pete Hegseth. I think there is every bit of evidence to see why Pete Hegseth is going to be an excellent head of the Department of Defense. Not only it's his track record, but as a television personality he will be able to get up there and deal with the tough questions and communicate the policies properly and everything else. I do know Pete like I would say fairly well. I was on Gutfeld with him a couple weeks ago. We've done each other's shows many times. I've seen hung out with him backstage. He's a good guy. He loves this freaking country and I think he is going to do a bang up job. First of all, darker beard, Dave Rubin, much more effective. No glasses. That's not necessary. Can't see anything but it looks better. Look, that was my prediction then and it has borne out to be completely right. Here is example 62 A B An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet Death the two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian skies uncontested airspace. I hope all the folks watching understand what uncontested airspace and complete control means. It means we will fly all day, all night, day and night, finding, fixing and finishing the missiles and defense industrial base of the Iranian military. We will avenge them no doubt. But I liken Iran's predicament to a football team who scripted the first 20 plays of a game. The team knew what plays to run because their first few drives were scripted. But now that the game has started and the blitz is on, they don't know what plays to call, let alone how to get in the huddle and call those plays. Iran's senior leaders are dead. To our steadfast partner Israel, your mission is being executed with unmatched skill and iron determination. Fighting shoulder to shoulder with such a capable ally is a true force multiplier and a breath of fresh air. We salute your courage and your contribution. Four days in, we have only just begun to fight. America fights to win and in Operation Epic Fury we are. May God's providence cover and protect our troops always. Safeway and Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week. 16 ounce sweet strawberries are two for $5 member price. And don't miss the incredible deal on Signature select boneless skinless chicken breast value packs for $2.97 per pound limit. One plus medium avocados or mangoes are five for $5 member price. Fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in. These deals won't last. Visit safewayoralbertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. Man. There is so much good stuff there. And yes, I will pat myself on the back that two plus years ago I was completely right about that. And it wasn't because I have a crystal ball or I'm a magician or a sorcerer or anything like that. It was because it was obvious this guy had a great pedigree. He was a great personality on television and he has now stepped into the role that he is supposed to have with the renamed Department of Defense as Department of War and he is clearly communicating what we have done, why we are doing it. We're taking out using torpedoes. I think it's the Somebody said it was the first time a torpedo has taken out a warship Since World War II or something like that. Don't fully quote me on that, but someone can check me on something like that. Also, you know, where he talks about the unmatched skill and working shoulder to shoulder with Israel and of course that's going to get all of the Israel haters, you know, freaking out. But it's like, what other ally in the world ever carries their weight? Does the UK do anything? Does anyone fear? France is Brussels. Spain. Spain is now completely at odds with us. Like all of Canada, they're going to do jack shit. So we have an ally in a dangerous part of the world that works with us and gets incredible intelligence and has an incredible military that is in complete sync with us. That's what they fear. Right. What did he say is something. It was that we have complete air dominance. The two most powerful air forces in the world are working together. Iran is not going to win this thing. So what is Iran doing? They're being just smacked around relentlessly. The regime doesn't know what to do. There's, you know, a lot of people are saying basically it's just like a bunch of broken systems now. So they're just firing all over the place because nobody's in charge anymore. Here on News Nation, they confront. They talk about how Qatar has confirmed that Iran did hit the Al Udid Air Force Base, which is the largest American air force base in the Middle east, in Qatar. And it's like, why would they be striking Qatar? Does that really make any other sense other than they are an animal in its last grasp? All right, we're getting some breaking news. Got confirmation that an Iranian missile managed to hit the largest American base in the Middle East. It is the Al Udid base in Qatar. And according to the Qatari defense Minister, air defenses managed to intercept one of two missiles. One was intercepted. The second managed to get through and hit the base. There were no casualties, according to reports. We do not know the extent of the damage, but again, Qatar is confirming a successful Iranian ballistic missile strike on the United States largest base in all of the Middle East. All right, so I was right about what I said a moment ago. So the. It was the first time that a submarine shot a torpedo to destroy a warship since World War II. So that quite literally means we are winning the war underwater and we are winning the war about 75 miles above sea level. It is absolutely extraordinary what we are doing right now. And just remember the guy, whatever bad guy exists in the world whatever bad actors there are terrorist groups, countries with nefarious means. They're looking around and going, oh, snap, maybe we should ease up on some of our bad intentions because these guys aren't messing around anymore. And what did we have before Trump? We had a man with dementia who said don't, and a woman who knew an awful lot about concentric circles also saying don't. And the country did. And now we are fixing all of that. But as I said, Iran now just firing all over the place. Here's a little bit more of some of the crazy stuff they're doing. I'll read while you check out some video here. Breaking the US Consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is on fire after reports of a possible Iranian drone strike. No word on injuries or casualties as of right now. And we'll just continue. This is from Red Wave Press. Breaking the Pentagon has identified four Army Reserve soldiers killed during Operation Epic Fury in an Iranian drone strike on a US command center in Kuwait on March 1. We reported on this yesterday, but I thought it was worth reading their names. That's Captain Cody Cork, 35, from Winter Haven, Florida Sergeant First Class Noah L. Tegens, 42, from Bellevue, Nebraska Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Armour, 39, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and Sergeant Declan Cody, 20, from West Des Moines, Iowa. They were all assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, Iowa. God bless them and God bless their families. And I don't know what, you know, if there are GoFundMes or something, but if there are, we'll post a link. I will gladly donate. And you know, these people, contrary to what Megyn Kelly said on her show yesterday, which is what we showed you, where she said, you know, these people died for Israel or Iran, they died for America, and hopefully they will be honored as such. But interestingly, as Iran sort of veers out of control and they fire into all of these countries, as I said a moment ago, new alliances are forming. All of these Arab countries and these Muslim countries are suddenly realizing Israel is not the bad guy. If you just leave them alone, they have no interest in you. And as a matter of fact, they're defending you from Iran, which is attacking you right now. That's quite literally what's happening with Saudi Arabia. And let's not forget Saudi Arabia, right before October 7th, they were about to to jump on the Abraham Accords. Everyone knew it was about to happen then. Of course, that got blown up because of what happened on October 7. But here is Jennifer Griffin talking about how Saudi Arabia is now preparing to authorize strikes on Iran. So basically they will get involved in this war on Israel and America's side as well. Place military and diplomatic sources in the region tell me Saudi Arabia is very close to allowing its air force to, to strike targets inside Iran after facing unprecedented missile and drone attacks on its civilians, including incoming missiles today Targeting Damman, its fifth largest city. Quote, the next 24 hours is going to be intense. I'm told a line has been crossed. A well placed official in the Gulf tells me, all right, so things are a changing. Saudi Arabia will likely get involved, right? They're not just going to sit there and have drones and rockets blow up in their territory and blow up their infrastructure and kill their people. They will be on the same side as the United States. So when I say the map is being redrawn, I don't necessarily mean that literally, although I do think it's possible there'll be some other things happening post war, perhaps related to the Kurds and some other things. But I mean it sort of metaphorically, the map of alliances is being redrawn right now. And that is solely because of American leadership. Interestingly, you know, Israel, which is leading this thing with the United States, as Pete just said, they are getting hit pretty hard. It although each day it seems to get a little bit better. And they have, they have incredible defenses, but some rockets do get through. So here's Fox talking about how America once again, because we're just doing everything right, we are, we are effectively and, and competently getting American citizens who want to leave Israel out of the country. New information from the State Department who say they have assisted over 130American citizens to leave Israel with an additional 100American citizens and expected to depart today, nearly 500 more are trying to coordinate travel out of the country. We will keep you updated with more from the Middle east as we get it. Okay. And I mention that because that's what, that's what a functional, solid country does, right? We're fighting a war. We're also, you know, it's hard to make sure that all of your citizens are safe everywhere in the world at all times. But then you can work with your allies and people on the ground to make sure your citizens, if they want to get out of these countries, can get out. And that's exactly what we're doing. Joseph was just checking and it does sound like there are some, is it Gibsongo or. There are some donation sites for those soldiers. 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And then we just went through two weeks of Gavin Newsom get doing a press tour pretending that he's sort of the moderate, like he's not one of the complete lunatics and he clearly wants to run for 28. But they have a major problem on their hand because the base is so out of control. They have been so brain broken to hate this country, to hate our allies, to hate freedom, to hate all of the good things that here is Gavin Newsom just completely and utterly. I mean listen to Gavin Newsom completely and utterly throw Israel under the bus just moments after you just heard what Pete Hegsett said. And a lot of Democrats have looked at the Netanyahu regime and felt like, you know what? We don't like the trajectory he's on. It's time to rethink the US relationship with Israel, especially military support. We're making that easy Right now. Let's talk about that. But the issue of Bibi is interesting because he's got his own domestic issues. He's trying to stay out of jail. He's got an election coming up, up. He's potentially on the ropes. He's got folks, the hard line that want to annex the West West Bank. I mean, Freeman and others are talking about it appropriately, sort of an apartheid state. They couldn't even. I mean, we're talking about regime change. For two years, they haven't even been able to solve the Hamas question. This guy is such a ridiculous, pandering clown. I get it. He doesn't believe anything he's saying. And now, I mean, the whole idea was he was going to sort of the idea. The only thing that works about Gavin as a Democrat is that he could try to come off as, look, I'm in my nice suit with my slick back hair. I'm not one of the complete lunatics. But now he's starting to run to the loony side, too. Even though he is loony, but he could fake it a little bit. First off, Israel is an apartheid state. 20% of the people who live in Israel are Arab Muslims. They vote, they're on the Supreme Court, they're lawyers and everything else. In Lebanon and Jordan, they have dozens of jobs these people aren't allowed to. To have. Jordan is basically a Palestinian majority nation being subjugated by the Hashemite king. That's an apartheid nation. The west bank is Judea and Samaria. That's the story of Hanukkah took place there. Should Jews be allowed to live there? I don't feel like doing an entire history lesson, but these people, they're all just brain broken and on an endless race to the bottom. Who can hate America and our allies the most? That is what has happened with the Democrat Party. But don't take my word for it. Here is the guy that I can't confirm this, but I saw this earlier, is fifth now in line for secession as we're taking out Khamenei. And then the next ayatollah. And next ayatollah. This guy is number five, waiting in line to be the next Ayatollah of Iran, currently the mayor of New York City. Do you think Iran is better off without the Ayatollah? You know, I've said before or that the Iranian government has engaged in systematic repression of its own people, even killing thousands of Iranians who were seeking to express the most basic forms of dissent earlier this year. It is a brutal government. And I've also said that while I may be a young mayor, I am old enough to remember the devastating consequences of our country pursuing a war with the intent of regime change in that very same region not that many years ago. So interesting he has to, like, choke out that he doesn't like the regime. Now, I am, as I have said repeatedly, I am somewhat sympathetic to the people that have ptsd, that have a certain hangover of military adventures that we had, right? George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and who was it? Colin Powell and the rest of them. They sold us the Iraq war largely under false pretenses. Now, the irony of the Iraq war is that after a few years, Iraq was becoming free and it was becoming democratic. And then it was Barack Obama, if you remember. Maybe we'll do something about this later in the week, but if you remember, when Barack Obama was running the primary against Hillary Clinton, he was running as I'll get out of Iraq even faster than her, implying that Hillary somehow was the warmonger. And she kept saying, well, we have to pace it out because you don't want to just cut and run and see what happens. Well, of course, you know what happened. He wins the primary, wins the presidency. We cut and run from Iraq. And Iraq is basically a failed state now, but it was going in the right direction in some sense. That's a total sidebar, because these people don't care about history or truth or anything else. But the point is, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, are new alliances a much more powerful Israel. It is a completely different situation than taking out Saddam Hussein and sort of praying the people will uprise properly. When you take out the ayatollah and the mullahs and all that leadership, and you just degrade their military, the Persian people can now take their country back. It's a fundamentally different thing. It doesn't mean it's going to work, but it is completely, fundamentally different. But the real reason for showing you that clip is he likes the ayatollah. It's obvious he likes the ayatollah. He likes the fact that the Iranian regime was funding Hamas, who he loves, and funding Hezbollah and all the rest of these evil terrorist organizations. And if you live in New York, good luck with that. I thought this was quite good because one of the things that we're seeing right now is the Democrats are screaming about political process. They suddenly love the Constitution again, and they want the president to go to Congress to declare war. Now, the president has all sorts of leeway to do military actions, which is why Bill Clinton has done them. And Obama, as I pointed out yesterday, took out Gaddafi in Libya without going to Congress. And they never say anything when their side does it. And they don't like the Constitution, they want to pack the courts, they don't care about free speech or anything else. But suddenly when Trump's doing something, they love that old piece of paper. Here is Fox's Bill Melusion asking Timu Obama, Hakeem Jeffries about Democrats flip flopping when it comes to congressional approval. Thank you, Leader Jeffries. Back in 2011, Nancy Pelosi said that then President Obama didn't need congressional approval to bomb Libya. Now House Democrats say President Trump needs that approval to bomb Iran. What's the difference? Well, obviously, Libya and the circumstances connected to that were very different than the circumstances that we face in Iran right now. I mean, I don't even understand the genesis or basis of that question. Not suggesting that you're not asking it in good faith. Libya went on for seven months, as I, as I've indicated, first of all, was not in Congress at the time. So we're dealing with what we're dealing with right now, which is a catastrophic endless war, as Donald Trump has characterized it. Madam Leader, you're saying that the president did not need authorization initially and still does not need any authorization from Congress. One Libya. Yes. Thank you all very much. Okay. And this is why they don't want a free Internet. They don't want you to remember those clips. And I love Akeem Jeffries. Well, I wasn't there, so I don't know. Well, what are your principles? What are your principles? Simple as that. Great question by Malusian. That's a great job right there. They know damn well the president's allowed to do this. And if it was their president in doing it, and then he's also. What did he say? It's a disastrous and endless war. We're four days into this thing. You just heard what Hegseth said. It's going unbelievably well. That doesn't mean some things can't go sideways. But the problem is you guys don't like America very much. You don't like American values very much. You don't want us to realize that we can win again, that we can exert power again, that we can be excited about our country again, that we can actually help the world. You don't want any of that. Unfortunately. Here is Bill O'Reilly, who I keep saying I look forward to when I get into my sort of grumpier old man phase because I'm going to replicate what Bill does here. He is going off on Kamala for opposing the war. I unequivocally oppose this war of choice and everyone should. All right, now just keep this in perspective. Now this is important. Cyrus is entitled to her opinion. But as vice president, she sat on her butt for four years and watched as the Biden administration released billions of dollars to Iran that were frozen, money that was frozen because of sanctions. Biden released the money, gave it to the mullahs, and the mullahs turned around and financed Hezbollah, Hamas, October 7, the hooties, and whatever other terror groups they could fund. Safeway and Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week. 16 ounce sweet strawberries are two for $5 member price. And don't miss the incredible deal on signature select boneless skinless chicken breast value packs for 2.97 per pound limit. One plus medium avocado or mangoes are five for $5 member price. Fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in. These deals won't last. Visit Safeway or albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. Yeah, and he's completely right. We showed you the videos yesterday of Obama being like, I'm releasing $54 billion to Iran and it will go to the people having a better life. And it's like, no, it went to funding terror. Simple as that. We also showed you the video yesterday. Kamala, what would you say to Iran when it comes to making these weapons? Don't. Biden, what would you say when it comes to Iran making these weapons? Don't. Well, your don't meant literally nothing. And Donald Trump, instead of just saying don't has decided they won't. It's as simple as that. The other interesting thing that's happening here when I talk about the metaphorical redrawing of the map map is that we are realizing, and this is why I think what Hegseth said about Israel was so interesting that we need allies who will have some skin in the game. That is so consistent with everything Trump has said for 10 years. We foot the bill on all of these things. Our allies never do anything, bad things happen in the world and then everyone only expects America to do things and no one else helps us, usually get in our way, vote against us in the UN While we're giving them money, we have lopsided trade deals with everyone. And so when I tell you that the map is being redrawn, the alliances are being redrawn Trump is basically looking at every other country right now and being like, are you useful? What is the purpose of the nature of this relationship? One interesting one is what's happening a little north of us here, which is up in Canada, where they've got this Mark Carney guy who basically is Justin Trudeau, but heterosexual, I think. I'm not even sure, but would go on the assumption. He seems pretty boring and straight to me. And here he is, and he's just very upset because we didn't go to the U.N. we're acting without Canada, like Trump should have been, like, what does Canada think about this? Go. Because the current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order. And now the United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United nations or consulting allies, including Canada. So where to from here? With a rapidly spreading conflict. Conflict and growing threats to civilian life, Canada reaffirms that international law binds all belligerents. We condemn the strikes carried out by Iran on civilians and civilian infrastructure across the Middle east. And we implore all parties, including the United States and Israel, to respect the rules of international engagement. All right, I'm not cursing. Not cursing. And I know a lot of people are very happy about it. I've been looking. Who cares? Like, genuinely, who cares what you say? Oh, we didn't go to Canada to ask them if we could stop Iran from building a nuke and building ballistic missiles and all the bad things and exporting jihad and everything else. We didn't ask Canada. We didn't ask the UN we didn't go to the UN and have a meeting with people who would have then just backstabbed us and likely leaked information to Iran and everything else. We just went ahead and did it because we exerted power and authority in a power. We exerted power and authority in a way that you guys only wish you could, but you just say things. You don't mean anything. So you just did your version of don't, Kamala, don't. But if it's not backed up by anything, it doesn't mean anything. And, oh, Carney, you can get up there and stand at a podium, and it's very impressive. And I assume you wear black socks instead of the very colorful rainbow ones that Trudeau wore. But you're the same person. You're just a useless person in a suit. You would never do anything good for the world. You can't even do anything good for your own country as it's being taken over by jihadists. Right. That really is the problem there and speaking of countries being taken over by jihadists, this is just spectacular. I cannot believe they even put this out on video. So there is a clownish buffoon in charge of the UK right now by the name of Keir Starmer, and he is not really getting involved in this war and that's his prerogative as the leader of a country. And Donald Trump will have to again, look at Canada, look at the uk, look at some of these countries and decide how we want to operate with them. Like we look at allies and do you help us when we want help? That's the nature of a friendship two way street, et cetera, et cetera. So Starmer put this video out of him calling people and talking to people about what's going on. And as Steve Maguire, who's a journalist, pointed out, this literally, we should put the music to the Office over it. This looks like an episode of the Office. Watch this. Barr. Emmanuel Friedrich, really good to hear from you. I think we are all concerned about what could happen within the next couple of hours or days. We weren't involved, as we've made clear in the strikes, although we are operating defensively in the region in relation to our assets and liabilities and allies. I think we've completed nearly all of the regional calls. Have we? Prime Minister, how are you? Hi, how are you? These are very big decisions. I want to hear your views, helping with the principles that we should apply as we go forward from here. Not joining the offensive. This is about collective self defence of regional allies. All right, we're gonna splice something together with Michael Scott in between that and him on the speakerphone. And Pam, is this thing on? Like it's so. And where's Dwight? Like that. Like it's theater, it's don't. But in theater form, don't. And then he. Look at. Oh my God, he's so impressive. He calls people on speakerphone and he says he's not getting involved and doesn't do anything. Now you might say, well, why isn't he? Has America done something so terrible here that the UK will no longer be our ally on something like this? And the answer to that, of course is no, we have not done anything terrible. The answer actually is something that my guest who was in this very studio on Friday pointed out, which is Tommy Robinson, who made the point that one of the reason that so many of these western countries are losing, that they stand for nothing, they've lost their culture, they've imported all of these people, is that they now are basically in a Hostage situation with the Islamists that they have imported. So it is Ramadan right now. And Starmer yesterday. Well, here he is at a Ramadan ceremony and watch him just pander to these people. But on Iran, I want to make clear the UK was not involved in the offensive strikes of the US and Israel. And that remains the case. So please don't behead me, okay? Give me a couple extra days before the beheading. He is afraid of those people. What are you even bringing up military matters at a Ramadan ceremony? Thank him for Ramadan, eat some candy and get going. But instead you had to make a point. We're not working with the US and Israel. I'm one of you guys. Yes, yes, yes. I'll live as a dimmy and pay the Jizya tax. Tax. That would be a pleasure. That was a pretty good British accent, right? I think that was pretty solid. But of course, it's not just in the UK that this is happening. Let's go to Dearborn, Michigan, which is basically Hamas central right now here in the United States. And here is a mosque having a memorial for Khomeini and also comparing the Jews to Satan. We are gathered here today to commemorate the martyrdom of the great leader of our time. We might think this was an attack led by Zionist Jews, but the commander of their mission is the very one who is trying to prove that Adam was not worth prospering to. Iblis is the one behind the scenes leading their camp in the shadows, lurking Irking and their symbology, their ideologies, their psychology, their economy, claiming they follow the laws of Moses and Deuteronomy. Please Is the hidden commander of today's society. Safeway and Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week. 16 ounce sweet strawberries are two for $5 member price. And don't miss the incredible deal on Signature Nature select boneless skinless chicken breast value packs for $2.97 per pound limit. One plus medium avocados or mangoes are five for $5 member price. Fresh and delicious savings for every meal. Hurry in. These deals won't last. Visit Safeway or albertsons.com for more deals and ways to save. I like that guy. Do you think people like this should be in the United States of America? You can completely have a totally different position on literally any political position that I have, and that is well within your right as an American. But we know what has happened in Europe in these mosques. This is where the radicalization is happening. And when they're talking about the Satan, like Jews and that Donald. I mean, he basically said Donald Trump is Satan. That was pretty much what he said. I like the guy at the beginning. He was a poet and a lawyer. Poet and lawyer. Hassan Salami. Alan Salami. Don't ask. Hassan. Baloney. What are we going to do about this? What are we going to do about this? Because we don't want to end up where Starmer is. But that is exact. If we end up with a Democrat president, that's exactly where we will end up. We will end up with either one who is one of them. So we'll end up with the Mandami type who is one of them. Or we will end up with potentially with some. What's worse, which is a Starmer who's just. Who's not one of them but has to then overly pander to them. Suicidal empathy, et cetera, et cetera. And then what happens when you bring in these people? Well, as you know, we covered this the other day, but it's worth noting because we just forget these things. Gunman who was attacked at a bar. A gunman who attacked a bar in Austin, Texas, last night. This, a couple days ago, has been identified as Nadiaga Diange, a naturalized US Citizen born in Senegal who was wearing a sweatshirt that said Property of Allah and an undershirt referencing the Iran and had a Quran in his car. And the reason I'm even mentioning that again is that story's gone or two people are dead. 14 others were shot at a nightclub in Austin and it barely made the news for five hours. And it'll happen again and again and again and again, and we'll just keep going. And it will not end well. It will not end well. So we better do something about it. I don't know exactly what we are supposed to do. They are using all of our systems against us externally and internally. You may remember this video. This is from 2008. This is Hamas caucus member Ilhan Omar with another Hamas fan, Mehdi Hasan, talking about how we should really be afraid of white men. A lot of conservatives in particular would say that the rise in Islamophobia is a result not of hate, but a fear, a legitimate fear, they say, of quote, unquote, jihadist terrorism, whether it's Fort Hood or San Bernardino or the recent truck attack in New York. What do you say to them? I would say our country should be more fearful of white men across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country. We should be profiling, monitoring, and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men. So that was 2018. She was worth nothing then. She's worth about $30 million now. But there she is playing her version of identity politics is that we should be fearless of white men. I will gladly if someone can point out to the meetings where white men are having weekly meetings, talking about some of the shit we. Sorry, I really was trying not to even say that. Today. We're talking about some of the things that we point out are happening in mosques all over the country endlessly. I will play those videos and then I will say, you bad white men, you better stop doing that. Here is Scott Jennings laying out some sensible stuff to some unsensible people over on cnn. I think these butchers deserve to die. Not just because of the missiles, not just because of the nuclear program, but for 47 years, Josh, they have waged war against Western civilization, against the United States. Their mantra is death do America. They have killed American soldiers, American personnel. They have maimed people, our people. And so if you want to go back decades or you want to go back two weeks, there's plenty of reasons to believe that those people that we kill being gone is good for US national security. That's my view. I mourn, by the way. And we should say with the loss of the US Service, they're not going to have the missiles, they're not going to have nuclear weapons. If whoever becomes the next leadership in Iran says, okay, we're tired of being punished for missiles and nuclear weapons, that would be a good outcome, that I think we would all be happy. Well, there's no. Yeah, and that's just. Once again, there's a reason that Scott can calmly explain these things to these people. These are not good guys in Iran, we are now helping people free themselves. And it's always, and I will stop doing it at some point, all of these qualifiers. I'm always trying to give my ideological opponents the best possible. I think I'm making their case better than they are in many cases. And we're trying to help people free themselves. And we're trying to make the world a safer place. And we're trying to show nations that terrorism doesn't work anymore and everything else. But the Democrats clearly are just going to keep going down. So now let's do some serious domestic stuff because guess what, guys? Lady eyelashes, she's not going to be senator. It doesn't look like it. There was an election. There were a couple of elections last night. Let's recap them. This is from chatgpt Here are some of the biggest results from last night's elections. In the Texas Democratic Senate primary, James Tallarico defeated Lady Eilish's Congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett. Talarico's campaign focused on faith based messaging and bipartisan themes which helped mobilize young voters. He will face the eventual Republican nominee in the general election in November. Texas Democrats have not won a statewide race in more than 30 years. On the Republican side, the Texas Senate primary is headed to a runoff. The top two finishers were Senator John Cornyn, who received about 42.5% of the vote, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxson, who received 40%. Because neither candidate reached the 50% threshold required to win outright, the race will move to a runoff election in May. In another race, Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw lost his Republican primary to State Representative Steve Toth. Toth won approximately 57% of the vote, compared with about 39% for Crenshaw. Crenshaw has served in Congress since, since 2019. So the Crenshaw one, it's actually, if you're paying attention to sort of internal Texas politics, it's not that surprising. I've had Dan on the show many times and I've enjoyed talking to him and hopefully he'll have a bright future in front of him. But the Jasmine Crockett thing is, you might go, okay, this is pretty great. Jasmine Crockett's a complete lunatic and she's a racist and all of the stuff that we're always mocking her for. So even though I have, I don't think I've said a word about this Tallarico guy. You might be going, all right, well, at least, least she didn't win her primary. We'll have more on Talarico in just a second. But here she is already claiming that the election, the Democrat primary election, was stolen. Allred has already stated, we encourage each and every one of you to remain resilient. We cannot allow this type of behavior to be rewarded because so long as they know, know that they can win, even if it means cheating, then they will continue to do it. So that's my news is that we're not going to have election results tonight, in my opinion, based upon what specifically is taking place in Dallas county, unfortunately, this is what Republicans like to do. Well, unfortunately, lady, you're done. You're cooked. And, and for her to say this is what Republicans like to do. It's a Democrat primary. This has literally nothing to do with the Republicans. You're claiming that the Republicans Somehow rigged the Democrat primary to stop you. It has nothing to do with the Republicans. So she's done. She's done. She's done. And since we won't be talking about her that much going forward, hopefully here's just some of her hot takes over the years. Somebody slapped me and wake me the up because I'm ready to get on with it. If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say? When I see ice, I see slave patrols. If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleach blonde, bad built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities. Correct. A what now? Number two, we actually need to do something about guns. Don't sit there and say that it's the immigrants. Maybe it's your lax laws when it comes to guns. All right, so look, she'll, she'll remain a congresswoman. We'll see how long that lasts for her. She's going to claim that this, that this Democrat primary was stolen by Republicans. It's all brain numbing, consistent stuff. But all right, you might be going. Well, that's pretty great. We're not going to have her. Tell me more. Dave, could you tell me a little bit more via video form? Could you tell me a bit more about this James Talarico guy? He's probably, you know, she's the nut bag. Obviously in the race he must be pretty good. Well, here he is telling us that God has both a penis and a vagina, is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non binary. Our southern border should be like our front porch. There should be a giant welcome mat out front. Okay, so, well, Texas, good luck. God is non binary. Fine. That's fine. And that our, our country's border should be like a porch and we should just welcome everybody. I'm gonna go out on a limb. Joseph, could we do a little research right now? Can you Google map his house perhaps and see is there a big mat that says everyone is welcome. Free soup. Could you just check on that for me? But this is it. This is it. There is a party that is completely psychotic. It is absolutely indistinctive. If you walked into a mental institution and you said, hello everybody, I'm here to hear what you think about the world. There would be no difference. The things that you would hear would be no different in a mental institution. Let me paint a more specific picture. Arkham Asylum, which is the mental institution that Batman would put all the bad guys when he would capture them in Gotham where they kept Joker and Two Face Killer Croc. Three more. Riddler, Iceman. No. Mr. Freeze and Harley Quinn. Damn sharp today, man. That those guys are absolutely. Well, those guys at least believed in something, you know what I mean? Versus these Democrats. It's just ridiculous. And here's a guy who not only, as you know, farted on MSNBC with Chris Matthews, he also banged a Chinese spy named Fang Fang. You would think that would be something that would have you kicked out of the government, but here he is. He's still here now, wanting to be governor of California. That's right. It's Eric Swalwell. And listen to this Gish gallop of drivel. You were just talking about how important it is for DHS to protect the homeland. And I wonder what you say to Republicans who say, look, given the change in circumstances, given this war in Iran, it is time for Democrats to come together and fully fund DHS so it can do its job. Especially in this moment. I see protecting the homeland is also protecting the vulnerable immigrants who are running through the fields and factories where they work. Or the woman who's been dragged by her hair and thrown into an unmarked van. Or the allies in Minnesota, a nurse named Pretty and a mom named Good who were publicly executed. And so if they can put in place reforms that end that, that stop the roving terror, Democrats are with them, but they also have plenty of funding from HR1, the big brutal bill to continue to operate. These guys are just evil and not. You know, I always try to give Wolf and I don't know who that lady is, like a little advice, guys on your job. But when they say things that are completely insane, you might want to offer a little bit of pushback. Where is the video of someone just grabbing a lady and throwing her by her hair and throwing her into an unmarked car? Anyone seen the video? Joseph, I know I've asked you to do a lot today. Could you Google grabbing a woman by her hair and throwing in her unmarked car? You're going to end up on porn. Gun probably. Which is blocked in Florida, so it doesn't even matter. The roving terror gangs like Wolf, you're allowed to say, well, they're just, just looking for illegals. They're not roving terror gangs, you know. Oh, just everything. Like you might think that. Well, three days ago, a jihadist who had a shirt that said Property of Allah shot up a club in Austin, Texas. So this might not be the best time to defund dhs, but he won't. Once again, it's, oh, and that the immigrants are running through the fields. Illegals. Illegals. They can't vote for you yet, chump. Well, actually, in Cali, they probably can, but it's all of them. It's literally all of them. Here is Democrat Senator Patty Murray saying she's not going to vote. She's not going to vote to fund ICE. Little does she know it's funded through 2029. But instead, some Republicans are now trying to use Trump's reckless war of choice in Iran as a new pretext to completely ignore Donald Trump's reckless occupation of American cities with rogue ICE agents. Look, I'm not going to vote to fund ice. Well, nobody cares, lady. It is funded for the next three years, so nobody cares. Get a real job. Kristi Noem, who's been in charge a lot of these deportations and doing a lot with ICE on the ground. Here she is, is calling out Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal. This was very clever. She just said, do you know the name of this person? Watch this. Do you know. Do you know who Angel Samanago is? Do you know. Recognize that name? You know, this is an individual talking about that was murdered by an illegal alien. Rights and Trust Duct tapes. The answers are. It looks like it was an assassination. I would. I haven't heard you say one victim answers today from illegal immigrants that are here perpetuating violence. Would you like to say anything to Ms. Miramar? I'd like to hear you say the name of one of our victims of illegal criminal activity and fight for one of those victims so that we can stop as many of them from being created in the future by people who should never be in this country to begin with. Well done, Kino. You know that there are little tricks you can use that they should, right? What do I always say? You go in with receipts, like Ted Cruz did very famously when he went on the View. And they were just lying relentlessly, and then he starts reading quotes back to them. That was a great little trick that she did right there that every Republican should be doing in every hearing right now. Do you know the name of this Angel Samanago? Why won't he say that name? They had Kilmo Abrego Garcia, who was a human trafficker who beat his wife with a boot. What's his name? Who's the guy from Maryland? Van Holland went to have margaritas with him. Everyone knew his name. But you guys never say the name Lake and Riley or the litany of other women who have been killed. And it's not just women who have been killed. By them. So that is effective. That is effective and you must do it. But now I want to link this back to Newsom for just a second because they want to frame him as the savior. But as I illustrated a few minutes ago, he is a radical nutbag. I think we showed you this clip when Ben Shapiro went on his show and smacked him around a little bit. And watch Ben effectively do. Do what Wolf Blitzer might want to learn how to do after 50 years in the biz. One was a narrative that was immediately pushed by the Trump administration and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, that she was a domestic terrorist who was attempting to run over officers with her car and was legitimately trying not just this officer, but multiple officers. That was the original statement. I said at the time I thought that was untrue. And then your press office tweeted out that it was state sponsored terrorism, which, I mean, Governor, I do have to ask you about that. That sort of thing makes our politics worse. Yeah, I mean, it does. And our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists. A tragic situation is not state sponsored terrorism. Yeah, I think that's fair. Oh, you think that's fair? So you spend your entire life lying about these people, lying about what's going on, what we're doing, why we're doing it, et cetera, et cetera. And all you get is just Ben Shapiro just basically laying out basic truth. They're not terrorists and everything. Yes, you think it's fair and everything. So push back a little bit. Wolf. Wolf. You're half man, half wolf. Use a little of the wolf part. You get a backbone like a ramrod. And when someone says something completely insane, like Swalwell did right there, all the women being pulled by their hair into trucks. Wolf, we're here at cnn. I have access to all sorts of computers. I can't find any video of that. You could just try that. Just try it, Wolf. See what happens. Try it. I know you're old, you're tired. You just are cashing in a check. You're just reading what they tell you to read. Give it a shot. So how do we end today's show? A lot going on, as I think we've illustrated. There's a lot of good stuff happening right now. There's a lot of crazy people pushing back that have been crazy about everything else. Well, what we need to do is consistently find good people, have good policy, and make sure that everyone knows that it so that the midterms go well. That is the eyes on the prize version of this. Right now. Here is the great Thomas Sowell on why we should have sensible immigration policies. They talk about immigrants in the abstract and there are no immigrants in the abstract as that passage indicates. And we don't know who those people are that are here. They may all be PhDs from the university of Chicago, in which case they should all stay. Or they may in fact be people who majored in sociology at Berkeley, in which case is get them all out of here as soon as possible. But we don't know that's one of the problems of so called immigration policy. We don't have an immigration policy unless we control the border. And thanks to Donald Trump, we now do have an immigration policy. So we've stopped one of the problems. We now have a problem with the people who came in who are up to no good. We have a problem with homegrown people that we illustrated today. And we have a problem with the Democrat Party that also wants to defund DHS while we're just days after another, you know, lone wolf, if that's what you want to call it, terrorist attack. So we, we got a lot of stuff that we got to keep fighting, but I have a feeling that Trump and Hegseth and, and Rubio and me and you will keep doing it. And I think everything's going to be a okay, that is our program for today. We got a postgame show coming up in 30 seconds. Rubinreport.locals.com See you tomorrow. Safeway and Albertsons have made saving easier than ever with great savings on family favorites this week. 16 ounces sweet strawberries are two for $5 member price. 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Host: Dave Rubin
Guests/Featured: Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, other public figures (quotes and clips)
Main Theme:
A sweeping examination of the state of the U.S.-Iran war, the role of leadership and allied cooperation, criticism of media narratives and Democrat policies, and the condition of U.S. domestic politics—with a focus on misinformation, shifting alliances, and the challenges facing Western societies.
Dave Rubin discusses ongoing U.S. operations in the Iran war, the spread of misinformation about U.S. and Israeli decision-making, the competence of the Trump administration and its allies, and contrasts the Republican leadership with the Democratic Party's perceived weaknesses and contradictions. The episode features key soundbites from Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and various media clips to support its analysis, and concludes with commentary on pressing domestic issues like immigration and recent political races.
Iranian retaliation and shifting alliances ([28:30]):
Arab states’ position evolving:
Allies’ roles minimized:
Domestic Radicalization:
Ilhan Omar’s 2018 comments replayed:
Democratic Party’s stance lambasted:
Kristi Noem’s strategy:
Jasmine Crockett’s defeat in the Democratic senate primary sparks claims of a “stolen” election, despite it being a Democratic contest.
Replacement James Talarico profiled as far-left—“God is non-binary” and “borders should be like a porch with a welcome mat.”
Rubin’s summation of Democratic rhetoric:
Dave Rubin’s approach is direct, combative, and laced with sarcasm and satire, especially toward the Democratic Party and international actors seen as appeasing or weak. The tone is resolutely pro-Trump, pro-military, and sharply critical of progressive politics, especially regarding narratives surrounding the Iran war and U.S.-Israel cooperation. Rubin builds his narrative with frequent clips, mockery of political opponents, and recurring returns to the themes of strong American leadership and the necessity of vigorous defense of Western values.
For listeners seeking a summary:
This episode of The Rubin Report weaves together core arguments about America’s military resurgence under Trump, exposes media and political misinformation regarding the Iran conflict, underscores shifting geopolitical alliances in the Middle East, and energetically lampoons the rhetoric and fragmentation of the Democratic Party, especially on issues of war, immigration, and domestic security. Rubin’s message: America is winning—and it’s time to recognize both the competence of its current leadership and the failures of progressive narratives at home and abroad.