Is Joe Rogan Wrong on the Basic Facts of ICE?

23:32God, you know, you know, I used to know her and like her and I lived a few blocks away from her and her husband used to pet my dog all the time. And I take it. It's one of those things when I watch these people go crazy. I take no I take no joy, literally, in this case, in going after these people. But first off, Trump's not going to cancel the midterms. That's not a thing. We've done this for 10 years. But also, Joy, it's like you live in a doorman building for a reason. Do you think there are armed security guards outside of that studio? I've been there. Of course they are. Correct. They just.

24:02I just, I love the end bit of her, you know, her little spiel and her little enablers on either side. And then the audience can. And she kind of finishes a bit, looks down and just, you know, that feeling where everyone's clapping and she thinks she's literally just said something that, you know, is akin to Einsteinic. Is that a word? Einsteinic. I think I got the point. I mean, she's an idiot. And I say that with so much respect or maybe very little respect. She's an idiot. Not one thing she said there is true. You know, they give Alyssa Farah the one, you know, she's the conservative, the quote-unquote, you know, they give her a cookie during the break.

24:37They always give her a cookie right when they go to break so that she'll just be sugared up enough to stay there. I don't know if I'm serious, actually. What's in the cookie? And then they literally, it's like seals. They throw little fish out to the audience and they're like, yes, yes, what's going on? Do you think, and it was a similar thing I was trying to figure out in my head at the Golden Globes where they actually genuinely believe that they are very important and that they're significant players on the world stage, don't they? They actually believe that. Are you telling me you don't respect Mark Ruffalo?

25:07That's a really good point. Immensely. The seventh best Hulk? I can't even. I had to look up his name when I saw him. And I'm not cool, so I'm not a celebrity follower. But when I saw him, just stop. Stop. That pin is written. But you're right. I mean, even the really famous ones are silly. The less famous are just sad. There are a couple of people in the news that make sense every now and again. This is one time at one time. He was quite literally the number one cable news host on television, Bill O 'Reilly. Here he's talking about and this is sort of the reverse of the Rogan thing that we started with.

25:41This is the point that Aaron made earlier about the reaction to what happened. Take a look. The problem with the Democrats is that the resistance is so over the top. It's so blatantly ideological to the left that most Americans, even though they feel very sorry for Renee Goode, they reject these people. So that's exactly what your point was earlier. I've never felt more validated. Absolutely. And he's fantastic, isn't he? And it's true. I think, again, you've got to give people more credit. And most people, again, would look at it and say, very sad. Wish it didn't happen, of course. You don't deserve to die because you've made stupid decisions.

26:22But when you make stupid decisions, that can be a consequence of it. And it was. Do you think there's a version of this? I've really been trying to think about this the last couple of days. A version of this where a sane Democrat, and I know there's not many left. So let's say, okay, so it's John Spetterman. Everyone knows. The guy who had brain damage two years ago is now the same Democrat. Did you ever see the movie Awakenings with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams? The last movie I watched, Dave, was Mr. Bean, his holiday movie, 20 years ago. I've got to get out more. Wow. Is that true? No, it's actually true.

26:50No, and I walked out, I think, with 18 minutes to go or something. It was in the Gold Coast. Big cinemas there. I have no life. I don't even know what the... I can't even respond to that properly. Anyway, there was a movie, Awakenings, about a guy who's basically in a coma and then he starts coming back to life and waking up and seeing what's happened. It doesn't end that well for him. But he's kind of what Fetterman is. He's like coming back online. And the more the more he like wakes up, the more conservative he becomes. But but do you think there is a version of something the Democrats could do that would not be over the top that we might be sympathetic to?

27:25There's such an opportunity, given how bat-beat crazy the vast majority of them are. And this wouldn't help the Republicans at all, but for someone to actually come through and actually just be decent and sensible and appeal to, you know, not everyone loves Trump. We know that. There is a void there for the taking. And I think absolutely, you know, jump on board, support what they do. It would help. It would actually help everyday Americans stay safe. But no one's willing to do it. Because what, do you get attacked and annihilated by all the other crazies? That's the issue. If anyone even says anything semi-sensible that's not completely extreme or dangerous, they're suddenly very lonely, aren't they?

28:05Right, because basically what would happen is they would be liked by all of us. They'd be invited on our shows to be like, oh, tell us what you think. We think maybe we don't agree completely, but we'll talk to you. And then that would be the proof that they're a traitor to those guys. Like 100%. So you can't win. It's a freaking, it's like a circle of people with a gun next to everybody's head. Everyone's waiting to shoot. So how do you fix it? Because I want a strong opposition everywhere. I want, you know, I want, I want two parties that are not complete, you know, the world benefits when there are kind of decent people in both that you say, okay, I'm more aligned here, but I don't think you're completely crazy here.

28:42But at the moment we don't have that. I mean, yes, I think that the healthy way to have America is you have a tension, like a healthy tension between conservative and liberal. That's what actually America in some sense was founded upon. I just think the ship has sailed on that. So what do we do? I think we kind of do what I did, which is you leave Cali and you move to Florida. You figure out where you're going to, you know, that's the beauty of what we have in America with states' rights. Anywho, let's talk about balance of nature for just a moment and then we'll get to Iran, which Erin has been, let's say, outspoken on.

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30:16So, Conor, you're doing a fine job and you're keeping Aaron employed. That's nice. All right. So let's jump over to what's happening with Iran. I mean, this is this is unbelievable, unbelievable what these decent, what these incredible human beings are doing going up against the Mullahs and the Ayatollah. I'm going to read you first this truth social that we that Trump put up yesterday that we read to you. Iranian patriots keep protesting. Take over your institutions. Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters stops.

30:49Help is on the way. MIGA, which is obviously make Iran great again, President Donald J. Trump. Let me just show you one image here. This is one of the things going viral right now. And it's a protester in Iran asking Donald Trump for help. I mean, they're now saying that over 12 ,000 people have been killed. They're really expecting over the next 24 hours for it to ramp up because the regime really is starting to shake right now, and they need to send a signal. I mean, this is incredible. Like, this is true history happening right now. Really well put. And I think that's something that's lost a little bit in the chaos, the violence and the tragedy, because it is all of those things.

31:29But in a positive, exciting way, we're on the edge of something absolutely phenomenal if they can hold on. And Donald Trump is helping when he sends messages like that. He is helping immensely to give them courage and they've got it in hordes, but they need hope. And I look at what is happening right now and there are a lot of indications that America could be about to intervene militarily. and intervene, people get, oh, what America can do here will benefit America as much as the Iranian people and everyone else around the world. This regime is so evil. It has its tentacles in almost every bit of tragedy, destruction and death globally.

32:12They had a bounty on President Trump's head. This is a regime who wants to kill your president, yet you still have people going, that's not America first. No, no. Helping the people of Iran is a great thing, but it's also America first. We've seen some reports of big fueling jets that have already taken off towards the direction of Iran. I'm seeing messages in Israeli group chats that are saying essentially bunker down, something big is coming. We're seeing the evacuation of plenty of Americans from bases in that region. I think we're on the edge here. And I say absolutely go forward. And I know not everyone wants America to get involved, but you've seen with Venezuela, We've seen other examples and with Iran itself during the 12-day war where you can do things that are high impact.

32:54You go in and out that make the world of difference and you don't lose lives on the ground. Do you think that part of the pushback or confusion from, say, like the Tucker or hyper-libertarian crowd that wants America only or just a purely isolationist view of the world is that they just don't believe in America anymore? And I think you can actually make a – Tucker and his brother said North Korea. They're like North – America's like North Korea. Right. That doesn't show me two people who believe in their country. And how do you believe a country is worth fighting for and protecting or worth embracing if you think it's like North Korea?

33:26Or if you're spending a lot of time in Qatar and buying a house there. But we can punt that for a moment. But they look like the argument, if I was trying to steel man their thought, it's basically, OK, well, we had all these misadventures in the Middle East. You know, even Obama destabilized Libya. Qaddafi is gone. It's a failed state now. Obviously, Iraq war, whatever the high hell happened in Afghanistan, a 20 year war, the longest war in American history. that the argument is, oh, we've screwed up all this stuff, we'll screw this up. My argument against that would be, I don't know what will happen if we try to do something.

33:55First off, I don't think we're putting troops on the ground in Iran or anything like that. No, it wouldn't even be on the cards. But because the people are there ready to rise up. It's very different than Iraq back then. Also, the Internet has changed the way information flows and all that. But it's a fundamental belief, I think, that they have that America can't do good anymore. And I think Trump is showing that we can. Look what we did in Venezuela in 90 minutes. I think you're absolutely spot on. And you look at what the people have proven they are capable of, how badly they want this, what they're willing to sacrifice for this.

34:25And I mean, it's such a, I was thinking it in my head yesterday and I haven't said it out loud and it feels like a silly analogy, but I look at president, you know, my dad used to say to me, if I went to him when I was a teenager and said, you know, can I borrow$500? I want to buy, you know, something or go on a holiday. And he'd say, will you show me that you're willing to work and save that amount, then I'll match it or something like that. He wanted to see that I was serious about it and then he would come in. And, you know, I keep thinking Donald Trump in America has now looked at what the Iranian people are willing to do for their freedom.

34:55And if you're willing to die en masse for your freedom, then I don't really think this group of people are going to stuff it up once they get it. There's too much at stake. They've suffered for 50-odd years under this horrific illegal regime, not a government that went in and something went wrong. They are illegally in there, same as the Venezuela. Like, this is a group of people who are dying en masse. Now, 20 ,000 are some of the reports. They're starting the hangings and the executions today. They've got Reza Pahlavi, who's not perfect, no, and not everyone agrees, but the vast majority of people see him as the person to transition.

35:30And then you figure it out. This regime is so bad. You know what? Get rid of them, then figure it out. And also, this is the last chance in some sense. Their proxies have all been destroyed over the last couple of years. Like, this is the chance. Now, interestingly, the lefties who get nothing right about anything ever, of course, are quite consistent. But of course, they are not happy about potential American involvement. They're not supporting the protesters. And I was a little I wasn't sure if we were going to play this or read this tweet. But this is my former boss, a long list of people that I've got.

36:03One consistent. Cenk Uygur from the Young Turks. I just thought this was illustrated perfectly of how awful the lefties are when it comes to anyone yearning to be free. Listen to this. Most of the quote-unquote Iranians you see on social media are fake. They are Israeli bots trying to start a war. From the Israeli press Haaretz, which is a completely insane Bananas Far Left publication there, a large-scale digital influence campaign in Persian was underway, operated out of Israel. The campaign promotes Pavlabi's public image and amplifies calls for restoring the monarchy. The campaign relies on avatars, fake online personas posing as Iranian citizens on social media.

36:38A lot of people in Iran don't want the Ayatollah in charge. No one in Iran wants a new dictator. Shah is the Persian word for king. A king is a dictator with no restraints. The reason Israel wants this is because dictators are much easier to control than a democracy. Notice that no one is talking about Israel paying for this war, nor that they use fake accounts and fake reports to start a war that America pays for. There's so much dribble in there. It's off the charts. I'll tell you where he's getting this. The implication that they're a democracy now. I just saw this as I was coming into your studio, and this was a message from the Iranian foreign minister.

37:10And when I say that, the terrorist foreign minister, part of the regime. Israel has always sought to drag the US into wars for its own sake, but surprisingly this time they're saying the silent part out loud. With blood in our streets, Israel explicitly boasts that it has armed protesters with live weapons and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. President Trump should know exactly where to turn to stop the killing. I mean, he's getting his talking points from the terrorist regime in Iran. What does this tell you about the nature of progressives that they, you're watching? They used to. Here, let's pause for a second.

37:44Just throw to this video. So you're telling me all of these people who are risking their lives on the street to end the oppression of the Ayatollahs, the Ayatollah and the Mullahs, that they're doing this somehow for Israel.

38:05Every single one of those people has more bravery in their finger than he has in his fat fucking head. 100%. And it drives me crazy because it's easy for him to sit there in a safe space and spew bullshit out that only serves his hate and derangement of Israel. Yeah. Millions of people are in the streets fighting for the same thing he pretends to what sorry they are dying for this and he can't for a moment put aside his hatred and obsession with Israel and say this is a good thing for them good for them we are with you. It's so interesting that the hatred of Israel trumps aren't you supposed to care about women's rights aren't you supposed to care about gays you know you know I'm sure.

38:49Look at the Golden Globes sorry but but there was a time when these Hollywood woke lefty fools would have jumped at the chance to jump on board anything that was to do with, say, women, Me Too movement. They were all over it. Black Lives Matter, all over it. Of course, Gazmina, all over it. Sorry, this is one of the greatest examples of courage, bravery of people, actually not idiotic protesters in Western streets who are not giving up a thing and who would never survive a second in one of these places and would never try because they're cowards. But sorry, not one person could give a shout-out or even wear – not one person.

39:25Yeah. And that's, you know, that is appalling. He is a mouthpiece for the regime in Iran, and that is a disgrace. Did you see at the Golden Globes, Bill Maher, who we just mentioned, he – He had a lovely date, by the way. She was – the woman – I'm not sure if it's a date, but she looked beautiful. Yeah, no. Beautiful dress. He does all right when it comes to the chicks. But that Wanda Sykes made fun of Bill like, like, stop it, basically, because it was pretty much like we're all exactly the same. Stop being the guy who's telling us that we're not, you know, we're not as great as we think we are.

40:00Hard to hear, isn't it? Listen to this from A.O. Yacobi on X. Breaking, Iran International reports that after reviewing information from government insiders, IRGC members, medical personnel and eyewitnesses, at least 12 ,000 people have been killed in recent protests across Iran. And I thought we'd throw back to this video. We've shown you this a couple of times over the years. It's from, I think, two or three years ago. It's Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talking about what Iran under the Ayatollah is like. I've seen that you called the Ayatollah Khamenei the new Hitler of the Middle East.

40:36Absolutely. Why? Because he wants to expand. He wants to create his own project in the Middle East, very much like Hitler, who wanted to expand at the time. Many countries around the world and in Europe did not realize how dangerous Hitler was until what happened happened. I don't want to see the same events happening in the Middle East. Does Saudi Arabia need nuclear weapons to counter Iran? Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb. But without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible. Now, in Cenk Uygur's very, very small mind, that guy basically, the Saudi crown prince, is pretty much an agent of Israel.

41:21But this is, again, in so many of these situations, people in the West and, you know, elitists think they know better than those at the coalface, than those on the ground, than those who have experienced it firsthand. Like, you look at it, same as Bondi and same as so many terrorist attacks around the world and this appeasement of these terrorist Islamic extremist regimes. And in the West, we're like, oh, we don't want to offend or hurt feelings. Arab states and Muslim states say no. Indonesia, world's largest Muslim population, and I promise this is relevant, they, under the last president, Widodo, all but eradicated Islamic extremism, the world's largest Muslim population, and he went into power and he said, this is one of my top goals, and he did it double-pronged with getting rid of, you know, kids who were indoctrinated, not getting rid of the children, but getting rid of the indoctrination, and being tough as all hell on perpetrators of this violence.

42:19and they have all but eradicated it. And loudly and proudly, yet in Western nations, my prime minister wouldn't even say Islamic extremism. This is the thing. This is a man, the crown prince, who knows this evil. It's in his neighborhood. It's in his backyard. And he identifies exactly who this commander is. And by the way, that's not like a wholesale defense of everything that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia does. No, of course not. Obviously, they're not great with religious minorities. There's legitimate flaws there as well. Absolutely. But why do we not listen to those at the coalface when it comes to these kind of issues?

42:51Did you see the story we covered yesterday that the UAE is now banning students? You saw this? I can't. Banning students from going to London. In case they become – I can't. If you're Keir Starmer and you see that, surely, even in your – maybe if you don't even say it to your wife, surely inside you've got to feel a little bit sick and go, oh, sweet Jesus. Yeah, like – Like, this is a, hey, Tony, like, this is a little off. But no. They, I mean, the UK, that's a whole other kettle of fish, isn't it? They are completely cooked. As the kids say, they are cooked. Yeah, that was very young. Let's talk about Tax Network USA, and then we'll jump to New York City, and then we'll finish up with our strut.

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44:06Don't make the mistake of trying to handle the IRS on your own. Representing yourself or calling them directly can waive your rights and cost you significantly more. The IRS is not on your side, but Tax Network USA is. Get the protection you need and start resolving your tax matters once and for all. Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit TNUSA.com slash Dave for your free discovery call. Don't let the IRS be the first act. So, Aaron, I want to jump to two things out of New York City. So we've got, you know, this commie jihad adjacent mayor right now. Okay, fine. But he does like sex workers, so hey. Right, he's into sex workers.

44:43He wants homeless people to be on buses all day long and everything else. But it's gone up in price. He also wants your money for his parties and everything else because free things are not really free. Anyway, here he is with Miss Rachel singing Wheels on the Bus.

45:10I want to share with all of you that I'm feeling happy because yesterday we announced that New York City is going to deliver universal child care for every two-year-old across the five boroughs.

45:28Oh, the kids are applauding because free government schools to brainwash you. It's just great. Free from mommy and daddy who paying you taxes. There she is who's lied about the Gaza war for two years with her gay husband. I mean, I don't like to stereotype. He's definitely gay. Oh, she's gay, as they say. I mean, of course, Mom Darnie and her find so much common ground. Of course, they're like two peas in a pod. She, I mean, my daughter was never that into her. And I actually take pride in this because even prior to her insane hatred of Israel and her one-sided dangerous rhetoric and, you know, her selective outrage, my daughter thought she was a flog.

46:09And I look at my daughter sometimes and I worry about, you know, she's not that great at dancing. She loves it, though. God bless her. Other things, yeah. But identifying flogs, she is A-grade. Oh, I could probably hire her because clearly I have a bad track record. Oh, God, your children didn't love her, did they? No, so we don't do much TV with them. They did have about a month with her when they were about one and a half or so. And we started feeling it was very brain-numbing. It was sold to everybody as like, this is the thing you want to show your young kids. But something about the repetitiveness, the way they talk, the colors.

46:42She had this weird genderqueer person, this one, with the ring on her lip. And she couldn't tell if she was a boy or a girl. And she was really depressed. Oh, God. But all of that aside, the fact that they get little kids to applaud for child care, it's like if you wanted to brainwash a generation, what would be the best thing you could do? You would send two-year-olds to government schools and all these progressives. But, I mean, this is where it starts, right? This is where the rot in young minds starts, right there on that floor, two years old, clapping with Mom Dhani, Miss Rachel and her gay husband.

47:15I mean, what a way to set up a strong, solid future for a child. I mean, eventually they're going to put chips in these people and it's just going to be in utero. Let me show you one other thing out of New York City because you've been extremely outspoken about this sort of thing. And then it'll connect us to some stuff happening in Australia. But just a few days ago, outside of a synagogue in New York, here are protesters chanting, we are Hamas.

47:57Okay, so first off, they're outside of a synagogue. So this, I guess, has a little something to do with the Jews. They always try to pretend all their hatred of Israel has nothing to do with Jews. But they're saying we are Hamas, which is a real mask off moment, because usually they dance around that and they pretend that river and the sea, even though they don't know which river and rich sea. They pretend all the globalizing defy doesn't mean anything. This seems a little bit different now. Also, Hamas killed 47 Americans. So even if you don't care about Jews or you don't care about Israelis or whatever, they killed 47 Americans.

48:28You've got to have some balls to be doing that. As much as I obviously hate how this would have felt for the people using that synagogue or the people around, and I'm sure Jewish people in New York would have, they watch this and think, okay, this is just another example of how unsafe my city has become. I love this so much because finally they are telling us exactly what they think and who they are. Because you're exactly right. That was my, the point I was going to make is that for so long, even marching across the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia, and they're saying, no, no, we're for the kids in Gaza.

49:02We don't hate Israel. No, we're not for Hamas, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. They've always been pro-Hamas. They have always been pro-Hamas. At least now, finally, they're saying the quiet part out loud. They are. That's exactly what they believe. Right. Because nobody could have even two years ago at the height of the protest walked out there and said, I'm not for Hamas, you would have been killed by your own people. Correct. So they are, I mean, they're being honest. So I applaud them on that basic level. But what are Americans doing? I mean, we're the same in Australia. Our free speech laws are not as open as yours are.

49:36And get it worse, by the way. Correct. I know. But in terms of professing support for a terrorist organization on Americans, like, where's the consequence for that? What do you do? Are you okay with that? Are you Americans okay with that? We're not. And the question really is, are we going to do anything about it? That really is the thing that's... Because people watch that and people who believe what they believe and feel the same way watch that and go, well, they'll just go home and go to bed and do, you know, no consequences for it. So, you know, I had one clip from Australia here, but I don't even think we need to throw to it.

50:07I just want to talk to you about what's going on in Australia right now, because the morning of the Bondi shooting, you were living in Sydney and you actually heard the shots from your flat. We were on the balcony. Yeah. So what has subsequently happened there? And well, first off, were you surprised? Because I do have to say, having been there for about two weeks, just a few months ago, I was not surprised. There was a lot of Palestine stickers. There were, you know, Muslim conversion booths in various cities on the corner. Like, you know, Melbourne specifically, I didn't see Australians. It was very bizarre.

50:42It was different in Sydney, for sure. and it was different on the Gold Coast, absolutely. But something felt very weird in the country to me. So when I woke up that morning and saw that, and I think your video was the first thing I saw, like I was not surprised. So what's the state of the country right now? Yeah, I think you're spot on. I think anyone who's been paying attention was not surprised at all, shocked, absolutely. And we spoke about it earlier in the show regarding the fact that Australia doesn't have these kinds of incidents. You know, it's very foreign to us that someone should pull out a gun and shoot people like animals.

51:12and I'm very grateful that that's a very foreign experience for us. But not surprising, no, because as we know, one thing leads to another, leads to another, leads to another. I'm not one of these people who thinks, you know, words are violence. They're not, but words lead to violence. And I look at different moments in our country post-October 7 that all contributed to an acceptability and a legitimacy to hating Jewish people and hating Israel. And I look at the Opera House straight after October 7 where we had people chanting, gas to Jews, F the Jews, where are the Jews? As though they were looking to hunt down Jews.

51:46This was before, Dave, an IDF boot had hit the ground in Gaza. Right, you're talking about literally October 8th. Literally, October 8th. So this is right after the slaughter. Celebrating a slaughter. And it's not against freedom of speech. This is hate speech. You are not allowed to profess your love for a terrorist organization or threaten violence. That is against the law. Did one person pay a price? No. In fact, the only person that had a little run-in with authorities was a Jewish man who went out to fly a flag. The Jewish community in Australia wanted to go there on that day to mourn, to acknowledge what had occurred.

52:21They were traumatised. That was meant to be their moment. They were told to stay away by police, told to stay away, and suddenly these people came and they were okay. They were fine to do that. The Harbour Bridge, exactly the same thing. Blowing up a synagogue in Melbourne where you were. And by the way, the Iranian regime was behind that. There were people inside. People could have died. They were behind the blowing up of a synagogue in Melbourne. So the ambassador was expelled. We never should have had an ambassador from a terrorist organization anyway. So when people say, oh, why don't you care about what's happening in Australia?

52:51Why do you keep talking about Iran? The Iranian regime blew up a synagogue in Australia. Their tentacles spread far and wide. So, look, I think people, again, they move on so quickly. I feel like already we've kind of moved on. And it's like, well, the prime minister wouldn't say Islamic extremism for two weeks, kept referencing right wing violence and gun laws. No, that was Islamic extremism that had been enabled because our country continued to make Israel the villain off the back of October 7, which is not true. It's dangerous. And it results in the deaths of innocent people. They were hunted and gunned down like animals.

53:28So I'm obviously quite bullish on the future for America because first, well, we've seen that we're trying to do something about this. We've closed our border. We also are an armed population. We were born out of revolution. I think there's something fundamentally different. Also, we're now in our 250th year, and I think there'll be a resurgence of just pro-America attitudes in general. So I'm quite bullish on America. Western Europe, I think, is just cooked. What do you think the future is for Australia? You guys have a legal immigration problem, not an illegal immigration problem, which I think confuses a lot of people.

54:02It's that you've had subsequent governments that just let in an awful lot of people. But how do you deal with this? I mean, the homegrown part of this, what do you actually do? I had Ben Habib on my show recently from Advance UK, and he announced – so he's probably Nigel Farage's biggest competitor when it comes to next leader in the UK. and he said their first policy, culture. He said because nothing else matters if we don't get back to the roots of our culture and what matters. And I look at Australia in a very similar way. Yes, legal immigration is our big issue and not so much in terms of extremism but just from basic hospitals and education and transport and, you know, kids of hardworking Australians, including immigrants, by the way, who came to our country because they wanted to escape lives that were not as rich or were dangerous or for whatever reason came to Australia to give their kids a better future, their kids now can't get a rental because we're too crowded.

54:56There's too many people and we don't have the infrastructure. We then also have been letting in people from places like we gave over 3 ,000 visas to Gazans after October 7, our government, to appease the Muslim vote in Australia. Zero. You should have given zero. Zero. Even wanker, lefty, woke knob shiners like Macron didn't give even a hundredth of that. Or did any Muslim nation? No, and this is my point again. And unashamedly, they weren't worried about offending. They were like, oh God, no, we feel sorry for the children. Absolutely. As do I. Absolutely. But there's no way we're going to risk our own people's lives or the disruption of our country by bringing in people from a place that is run by terrorists, where the vast majority voted in a terrorist regime to run it.

55:42So Australia, I think we've got to get back to what matters. We've got to be able to wave our flag. Australia Day is coming up. And suddenly you talk about being politically correct. I remember when I was a sports host, putting an Australian flag up on my Instagram. So before I was a political commentator and I just had to be down the line and, you know, no one wanted to know my opinion, which was fine, putting a flag up and being annihilated as being called racist and a bigot and a white supremacist. The only place I hear the Australian anthem played, the only place in five years that I've heard it played has been at Jewish events that I've spoken at since October 7th.

56:16They play it every single time. Jewish Australians. They fly our flag and they play our national anthem. Australia needs to get back to who we are as a people, to what we value, what the people pry to us, like my grandparents and other people went and died for, went and died to preserve. We need to get back to that Australia or we're completely screwed. And that starts at home. You can't rely on schools. You can't rely on education. You can't rely on social media. We need to bring our kids up to love this country because if they don't love it, they're not going to fight for it. They're not going to protect it.

56:48They're not going to embrace it. They're going to think, oh, we're colonizing racists. So I think it comes back to the core of who we are. Do I have hope? Absolutely. I always will. But something significant has to shift. And I thought, you know, I kept saying something awful has got to happen on home soil for Australians to realize, wait a minute, this is not a faraway problem. This is in our own backyard. But I see the aftermath of Bondi. It's been almost exactly a month and it feels like people have moved on already and it's kind of like, oh, next. And that terrifies me. I'll tell you one little thing I think you could do that would help, which is you got to get those land acknowledgements out of all the buildings.

57:22You go into almost any building in Australia. Every aeroplane, every meeting. And it's not to say there cannot be some acknowledgement or things can be in museums. And there are occasions where it is appropriate. But every time, you're right, because every child, preschools, they do it in preschools in the ruining. Every child is growing up. That's such a good point. It's such a little thing, but it's such a big thing because repeated daily, it shapes their narrative. This is not my home. This is not my land. We stole this. And you're right. And again, why would a kid join the military or be proud or fly a flag when they're being told to hate Australia?

57:58It's at the core of almost everything we do is self-loathing and suicidal empathy. And what a combination those two are. Well, our friend Gad said Suicidal Empathy just went – it's now available for – look, I'm doing a promo for someone else's book while I'm with you. We can promo your stuff too. But his book, Suicidal Empathy, it just went for sale today. It's already number one on Amazon. In fact, he just tweeted me before and tagged me because someone had done a kangaroo version of it or something. And he said, Erin, is Australia ready for me? I said, probably not quite yet, but go anyway. You guys just need more Mad Max and less Anthony Albany.

58:34Crocodile Dundee. Yeah, where is Mick Dundee? Get back to the real Australia. Get him back. Is he still alive? He's alive. I think he's alive. I think I did this last time. I think he's alive. Or just, you just get more bluey out there. Oh. Isn't it funny? All right, let's end with this. Do you think it's kind of funny that you're, it seems to me that your number one cultural export now is bluey, which is really, instead of Miss Rachel, that's basically the thing we let the kids watch. And it's wonderful. It's just wonderful. And the values that, you know, you watch it as an adult, and you go, oh, that's so beautiful.

59:02Kids actually, that would actually be a great thing, wouldn't it? You need more bluey. More bluey. Less jihad. Less jihad. As though they are the polar opposites. And they are. Erin, you are the best. Oh, love you. Thank you so much for having me. And thank you to your amazing audience for tolerating me. The Erin Millan Show. It's everywhere. What's the main place you want to send people to? YouTube would be amazing. Or the podcast or social media. Or essentially you could just watch me here when Dave invites me back. Yeah. Well, I heard a rumor that you're back in Miami in February. I am. Maybe we'll do a little live event or something.

59:35That would be amazing. We'll figure it out. All right. Thanks for watching, everybody. No post-game show because I'm going to hang with this lady for a little bit. Thanks for watching. What? I winked.