Trump Just Took an Even Bigger Risk on the Iran War

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1:51All right, guys, it is Friday, March 13th. That's right, it's Friday the 13th. We had one last month, we had one this month. That must only happen once every 1 ,500 years. I'm Dave Rubin. This is The Rubin Report, and it's time for another Friday Roundtable Extravaganza. We've got two first-time guests, host of We the People, Gates Garcia, and host of the DeBorey Darkins Show, DeBorey Darkins. Gentlemen, welcome to the show. How's it going, Dave? How's it going, Dave? All right. For two guys in studios with very professional microphone setups, we normally don't do the second week in a row, actually, that we've done new guests on a Friday panel.

2:28It went well last week. We're going to try not to derail it this week. But for anyone that may not know you, can we get a 30-second bio on each of you? Daivari, go. Yeah, absolutely. Military veteran, 13 years, husband, father. Now I'm living in Texas, fled California. I pride myself in common sense, and I'm just grateful to be able to have the opportunity to communicate with people online. Happy to have you on. And Gates, I was on your show last week. Tell the people who you are. Well, that kind of lends all the credibility my show needs right there, Dave. But 40 years in Florida, born and raised, father of four, lovely wife of 15 years.

3:05I started the platform of We the People because I was tired of listening and reading the front page. I wanted to sort of bring a back porch conversation to the culture war, to the, you know, things that matter in society. And so that's what we're doing. I like to tell people if they want to pour a beer, smoke a cigar during my show, you'll fit right in. All right. Well, I enjoy listening to both you guys. I think we're going to have a fruitful 45 minutes or so. Let's start with Trump because he got back out where he is simply at his best. I think that's pretty much undeniable. That's that's the campaign trail that's in front of people.

3:37He went to Kentucky, did a rally. Here he is on where we're at with the Iran war. Is that a great name? Well, it's only good if you win. You know, you can only do it. And we've won. Let me tell you, we've won. You know, you never like to say too early you won. We won. We won the best. In the first hour, it was over. But we won. But they gave me a list of names. Sir, you can pick the name you'd like. Sir? I said, the name of what? The name of the attack? On a ranch, sir. And they gave me like 20 names and I'm like falling asleep. I didn't like any of them. Then I see Epic Fury. I said, I like that name.

4:17I like that name. D 'Avary, I like Epic Fury, too. Sounds like a Mad Max installment. You know, seeing Trump out there, I think it's great to just, that's where he connects with the people. And, you know, he changes even his inflection and the way he speaks and everything. There's a little bit of a risk, as good as the war is going, to say it is over or it was over in hour one, right? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the president is a showman. There's no question about that. an amazing marketer, a salesman. And like you were pointing to there, that the salesman part of it, or the risk, is it's got to be backed up with action, of course.

4:57And I think we're on like day nine, if I'm correct, with my math. And so it's still early if you want to compare it to, you know, historical context. But yeah, he's going to go out there and try to make the people feel good, you know, obviously lift up their spirits. And I would argue he's the only person essentially doing that because I'm not seeing many Republicans do it. So it's something that I would definitely expect from the president. Right. Gates, I mean, we are seeing Rubio, I think, has been great at explaining what we're doing. And I think Hegseth has been particularly good. You know, I saw a poll that said 91 percent of MAGA supporters support the war.

5:32If you listen to the chattering class online, that's not what it is. But in terms of real voters who support Trump, I'm not talking about the guys in boxes like us, people are happy with this. Again, we'll see where it all shakes out, but as it stands right now. Well, look, first of all, the majority of Americans voted for this president. And the famous thing about Donald Trump is he ran on promises made, promises kept. And I continue to see him keeping the promises he's made. He's the most transparent president we've ever had that trickles down throughout the administration. Marco Rubio, Pete Hexeth, as you said, essentially lay out the playbook for us.

6:08I mean, Iran was warned about this. We knew about this before it was going to happen. So all we're really seeing is him follow through on what he said he was going to do. It doesn't come as a surprise to anybody. I think the overwhelming majority of Americans, certainly that MAGA camp that you talked about, is happy to be safe. This is a regime that has continued to attack us for the last 50 years. And we finally have somebody that's willing to step up and do something about it. And as far as all these forever war comments go, after looking at Venezuela and Iran, you know, part one, I'm all for forever wars that last, you know, a week or two.

6:41So sign me up. Yeah. Let me just ask you guys one other thing on this. What do you think an actual ending looks like that Trump can walk away and really sell to the American people? So it seems obvious to me, like, we'll have defeated their military, right? The nuke program will be gone. The ballistic missiles will be gone. We've taken out a huge amount of their leadership. The tricky part is what the people of Iran will do. What do you guys think like an actual win, say a month from now, really looks like, Tabari? Yeah, I think you kind of pointed to it, which is essentially eradicating the RGC, removing the existing regime, and hopefully the people of Iran can replace them with someone who will actually exercise diplomacy.

7:24I mean, that's what's actually lacking in all of this. I think they put the president in a position where he had no choice. And there's a lot of chatter online, as you stated, but the fact of the matter is the president is not a ideologue. So the fact that he did this tells you that he probably exercised every option in the book. So success to me just looks like a different culture of Iran who wants to actually collaborate and not destabilize that region. Yeah. And, you know, Gates, when I was on your show last week, we talked about this a little bit, But I'm sympathetic to the people that have PTSD or a hangover because of mistaken wars and all of those things.

7:58And you guys, I mean, you're both veterans. So you're I'm sure you're very sympathetic to that. But to me, it's like Trump, after 10 years of all of this, deserves a little of our of our trust. Like he deserves it. And we will see. We can pick it up in six months if we're still in this thing. But, you know, we're barely two weeks into it. Yeah. First of all, I want to point out I am not a veteran. I'm probably one of the most outspoken proponents of veterans. So don't be fooled by the bald head. I simply just can't grow hip. Wow. I appreciate a fact check online. I was fully giving you extra cred there.

8:30All right. Honest man right there. Honest man. You play one on TV. Okay. I'll let a lot of people lie and say nice things about me, but I can't take credit for that, for the men and women that we have protecting us. But, you know, it might be over now. I'm not maybe completely caught up on the news, But the only image I've seen as the new leader that's chosen to lead Iran was a cardboard cutout. So he may not even be alive. But I think really we have to take President Trump on his track record. I mean, he's he's not been in office this term very long, but what he's done has seen through to the end.

9:03I mean, we've seen this a couple times already. What will be a true end? I mean, that's that is tough to say. That's a little bit of a vague question. But, you know, it would be a little different if I saw more countries, more regimes coming to the defense of Iran. then I'd have to worry about, you know, what are we going to be dealing with China? What are they doing with Russia? But there's really been a lack of that. So I think the end is near, but it's going to have to come back to your original point, not from us changing the regime. We're trying to end the regime. The regime change that needs to take place is going to come from the people within.

9:32And when we start to see that materialize, I think we'll be near the end. Yeah. And it just seems to me if we degrade that military, I mean, that's done already, as we've all pointed out. But then if those people stand up and then if the rest of the Middle East, those 13 Arab Muslim nations who have been attacked by Iran are basically like, okay, Israel is not our enemy anymore. Like we could, this literally could change the world for the next 50 to a hundred years. But all right, let's, let's leave that there. Let's go to a more difficult place to live in than even the Middle East. We're talking about California.

10:03That's right. Daivari, you're lucky you got out too. So here is Gavin Newsom, who is now filing a complaint against my friend, Dr. Oz, something, something, he's racist. Governor Gavin Newsom's office is filing a civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz, who is currently serving as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The governor is seeking an investigation into Oz's, quote, baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California. He went down attacking the Armenian community just a few days ago. A business is down now 30 percent. Poor guy, small businessman running a bakery because he decided to do a little TikTok video or something.

10:50Saying they're somehow connected to the mob around hospice. Now, the state's complaint says Oz's statements show a discriminatory motive that could affect how investigations into fraud are conducted. OK, so somehow Dr. Oz is racist against Armenians in Los Angeles. Here's actually what Dr. Oz did. So you can see these are medical buildings. They've got Cyrillic writing, Russian-Armenian writing. Both sides, there's lots of action, it seems. I don't know how many patients are getting care, but in this four-block area in Los Angeles, there are 42 hospices. So either there are a lot of people dying here, or you've got a fraudulent activity that is so good that everyone wants to get in on it.

11:40Damari, is this a perfect example of the end of what identity politics is, that somehow, even uncovering fraud, which in this case, it happens to be a bunch of Armenian-owned businesses that are doing this type of fraud, that will lead to the accusation of racism, as opposed to, I don't know, rooting out the fraud, making sure that places that say they're, you know, taking care of end-of-life patients are actually being taken care of instead of just cashing checks from the government? Exactly. You know, this is the number one playbook from Democrats. I mean, step number one is make everything about race or somebody's skin color and not actually talk about the merits of the case.

12:17And the fact that someone from the CDC, who's in charge of the CDC, by the way, physically went there and did something that you would expect your local journalists to do, I think really screams a huge problem for California. And that's just the, what, speckle in the bucket of all of the massive fraud, whether it's COVID or homelessness, we can go down the actual line. But I wouldn't expect anything less from Newsome. So Gates, before I have you check in, listen to Newsome. I almost called him gruesome, which also works. Hey, Chicagoland, the Wayfair store is in your neighborhood at Edens Plaza and Wilmette.

12:51Finally, you can feel the fabric, sit on the sectionals, and even open the refrigerators. Plus, our in-store designers will help you bring it all together with free one-on-one design support for any project on any budget. Yep, lease that free. Oh, and did we mention the cafe? So what are you waiting for? Come see all that's in store. Visit the Wayfair store today at Edens Plaza and Wilmette. Wayfair, every style, every home. Listen to Newsom here explaining that he's been after fraud for years. Well, hospice, we've been after that for years and years before Oz was even on the scene. 2021, we did a moratorium on new hospice program.

13:30On 280, we shuttered. We've been after this for years and years and years. We want an open hand, not a closed fist. We absolutely are here to be a partner to go after waste, fraud, and abuse. I started something called ODI, Office Digital Innovation. I did not, my mistake, do it with a chainsaw. Man, this guy loves a government program to figure out government fraud. Listen to this. He's been on this for years from CBS. CBS News examined the business and financial records of every hospice currently operating in L.A. County, applying the same indicators identified by the state. Indications of fraud have not stopped.

14:06In fact, they've grown. The CBS News analysis reveals that over 700 of the roughly 1 ,800 hospices in L.A. County trigger multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state. Gates, I cannot believe that Newsom doesn't have a good handle on this and is lying about it. And have you ever noticed that Democrats are so quick to defend people of any other nationality except Americans? This is quality leering center all over again. And no, I did not misspeak there. It's quality leering center. I mean, we owe a debt of gratitude to Nick Shirley for making this stuff cool to uncover. That's why I think Dr.

14:42Oz had the guts to go do something like this or the motivation. And, you know, Newsom comes out and he tries to defend his administration, pointing out actions, you know, that California says it already took. Well, how did that work out? He keeps mentioning this thing, as he just said, called the ODI. I think it stands for oversight didn't work or I don't know, obvious disaster ignored or something like that. I mean, he's bringing about he's bragging about a moratorium on new hospice licenses. But pointing out that moratorium date, that's like setting your house on fire and then grabbing the garden hose once the roof is gone.

15:16I mean, it's Gavin Newsom 101. This man is at the forefront of the race to be considered in the next presidential race. I don't know how Americans don't see past this, but hopefully stuff like this helps. Well, one American who definitely sees past it and has been dealing with Newsom for a decade, at least publicly, and fighting with him and bringing him on his show and just mocking the high hell out of him is Adam Carolla. Take a look at this. The guy's vacuous. He's a nut. He's a sociopath. And it's your fault for voting for this guy who has zero ideas. People are like, oh, Gavin, Gavin Newsom, does he not have handlers?

15:52Does his wife not pull him aside and go, you can't just speak gibberish with your hands? his hands act his hands his hands move like he's in an origami competition that's his like hands like i'm making 30 swans in 10 seconds you know like i'm good friends with adam it takes a lot to get him worked up it really does but he but he's right everything about this guy is fake and yet for some reason if you listen to almost everyone in media everyone kind of says the saying anything. Yeah, he's fake. He's not great. But he's smooth. The suit looks good. The hair is nice. As if any of that matters. Although I guess it does to a certain set of people.

16:34Yeah, I think the roads have definitely been paved for Gavin Newsom. I mean, if you go all the way back to his time as mayor, I think that is pretty clear. And the other thing, I don't think his wife has any time to give him any advice because she's too busy making money off her nonprofit, as we have come to learn. But more importantly, at the end of the day, he is a dangerous politician. He knows exactly what he's doing. He knows how to get a response. You've seen his campaign against the president, especially over the past last year. I think it's kind of died off a little bit here towards the end.

17:04But I think he's very effective. Somehow the white liberals of the world, particularly the females of the world, they just go crazy over him. I don't know why. But do you think Californians would be fed up by now? I mean, it's just that bad. Yeah. And they just continue to lose people. And now the, you know, what they're calling a billionaire's tax, which obviously will be a millionaire's tax, and then it will be less than that. Gates, would you like to close out on Gavin? Well, first of all, California is not losing people according to the hospice records. They're actually gaining a large number of dead people.

17:41We'll compare those. Yeah. Come on. I mean, Gavin Newsom is trying to do what Trump did. He thinks that everyone can be a celebrity in chief. There is one Donald Trump. He is an anomaly. He is different. Gavin Newsom tries to do it with the hair and the looks and all that. And I think you vaguely referenced something. And I know this is kind of a fun show, but there's a serious movement going on in this country that is called looks maxing. And there's a group out there saying that have historically been conservatives saying that they will vote for Gavin Newsom simply because of his looks. These are men saying this.

18:13So it's working and all politicians do is feed the beast that works. And so someone's going to have to come out and challenge this nonsense or we're going to be dealing with the hands for a while. Yeah, I don't know that I can get into looks macking, maxing or frame mogging right now or whatever. But but it is true. I mean, that little that little rat person, Fuentes, did say that he would vote. I mean, he already is a Democrat pretending, but he said he would vote for Newsom over J.D. because J.D.'s sort of roundish in the face. And Newsom is, I mean, we are just at the end of democracy and this is what it looks like.

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19:57Do you imagine trials with her? I mean, she will say she was acting at Stephen Miller's behest. Well, it's out of my wheelhouse not being an attorney, but we all know in history saying you followed orders didn't get you out of anything. Just following orders didn't get you out of anything. And somebody issued those orders, and she was more than happy to tell us she was in charge as she rode her horse around telling us that. Daivari, the phrase I say on the show probably more than anything else, these people just need a mirror. I mean, this guy's in charge of the biggest fraud scam maybe in American history, although California may trump that.

20:34But it also, to me, it's like we're entering the Dark Knight Rises phases of all this, where they're going to have the scarecrow giving clown court appearances for these people. And the thing is, I believe the Democrats when they say that, that they will put people up on trial and everything. They pretend Trump will do it. I think they actually would. Yeah, you know, this actually brings me to two things. One is a very serious warning to all of us here, especially alternative media, that they will come after us. I mean, if the previous administration showed us anything, they're willing to bend the rules, if not break them, to get their way against people they disagree with.

21:09So I think that's very clear, which is why it's a rally cry for the Republican Party to catch up here and take advantage of the opportunity that the president has given them. Now, secondly, I don't take any moral clarity from Tim Wallace. This is a man who committed stolen valor. He claimed he was a command sergeant major, retired. He never actually completed the academy. So as a veteran myself, he's one of the most idiotic people I've seen in government who can't even tell the honest truth about their military service. So, yeah, I don't think I'll be taking any advice from him regarding Chrissy Noem.

21:43Yeah. Gates, you know what? Let's jump to this video because I think this perfectly illustrates. So Chrissy Noem's out. You can criticize her or not criticize her. You can be happy with what ICE did or not. But one thing that the Democrats never do is they never mention the names or even remotely talk about the victims of the illegals who come here and rape and murder and kill and get kids hooked on fentanyl and all of these other things. And I thought it's worth showing some of these videos. This is a video of a woman by the name of Cheryl Minter, who is still waiting for accountability after an illegal killed her daughter, Stephanie.

22:14Stephanie. Her smile, her positivity. Always.

22:23We'll get through it no matter what. We'll get through it no matter what. I spoke to Stephanie's family here in Fredericksburg. The family told me that had Descano prosecuted her accused killer and other serious violent crimes, Stephanie would be alive today. 7 News obtained emails that police sent to Descano on three separate occasions, warning Descano how dangerous Abdul Jalloh was. The police told him they encountered him more than 100 times. And if he was let back out in the community one more time, it wasn't a matter of if but when he would kill someone. Despite those warnings, Descano's office dropped charge after charge against Jalloh, who is a Sierra Leone national in the country illegally.

23:03I mean, Gates, it's obvious the Democrats never care about the victims. They never mention Lake and Riley or the litany of other girls that have been killed and or raped. But, you know, it's funny. I just showed you a clip of Walls talking about how Kirstie Noem should be on trial. It seems like we've got some DAs in this country who should probably be on trial. Dave, I'm a father of four, man, two boys, two girls. How many is it going to take? I feel like these poor victims are sacrificing their lives for the rest of us, because at some point, enough will be enough, and Americans are going to wake up to the terror invading our neighborhoods.