PBD Podcast
ICE Chaos ERUPTS, Iran ON THE BRINK, Khamenei In Hiding + Trump's 100% Tariff THREAT | PBD Podcast | Ep. 726
26 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
Did you ever think you would make it? I feel I'm supposed to take sweet victory. I know this life meant for me. Adam, what's your point? The future looks bright. My handshake is better than anything I ever signed. Right here. You are a one of one? My son's right there. I don't think I've ever said this before. All right, we got a special guest in the house. Humberto Bellert is in the house.
Humberto, great to have you on. Thank you for having me. For some of you guys that know Humberto, he's kind of a big deal here in this building. But, of course, this is a tough weekend with all the events that took place. There's a lot of opinions. There's a lot of thoughts. I tweeted about this when it happened, and I said this 100% on Tim Waltz.
This could have been prevented if you lost complete control of your people. And I got a lot of people that were not happy about my comment, but I will tell you exactly why I am not changing my position. And the comments I made, Alex Priddy should be here today if it wasn't for leadership. He should be here today. It's devastating when you watch that video.
Whether you agree with his politics or not, this is a guy that... Loved America. This is a guy that loved his family. His family came out and put out a note. He did not seem like a bad guy, but there are laws that we have to follow. And unfortunately, this happened. And there's a lot of things that happened over the weekend.
You know, reports of people's names being found in telegram groups that are going out there. protesting, doing all of this stuff. The whole playbook of rules for radicals needs to be looked at, which we will today. I'll go through the 13 rules for radicals just to remind everybody what that book that a lot of these guys, the playbook that they use, they go through.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of the Minneapolis shooting incident?
And again, heartbreaking. We've seen all the clips, all the angles. We'll show any clips that we're capable of showing. Rob, you'll decide which ones YouTube's going to be okay for us to show or not. But that's that. So a ton of stories there. We'll spend the first hour probably on that topic. But aside from that, a few other things that we need to get into.
There's this anti-influencer declares guerrilla war against ICE. That's kind of a part of that video, but we'll show it to you anyways. Iran's supreme leader retreats underground, warrant of likelihood of U.S. airstrikes. that was brought to him. Trump announced he's skipping Super Bowl in California, criticized his performers, Bad Bunny and Green Day.
And apparently Bad Bunny was supposed to wear a dress. I think last minute they couldn't fit the dress. No, it changes mind. He's not wearing the dress, and Trump's going to be skipping the Super Bowl, which should be interesting that he's skipping it. He doesn't miss any of these events. I was at the college game with, what do you call it, Indiana and Miami, and he was there.
You go to UFC, he's there. You go to the big fights, he's there. For whatever reason, he's skipping this one. And by the way, it's going to be Seattle against New England. Yep. which Rams could have won last night. They could have won it. A couple plays could have happened, but this is why football is football, and it's going to be Seattle against, what do you call it, Patriots.
You think he's skipping it, Pat, because it's in L.A. ? and it's Seattle? I don't think he cares about traffic. I think he'll go anywhere, flight anywhere. It's probably like a scheduling. I think there is something behind closed doors that happened that he's probably not happy with that he's saying he's going to skip it. Again, we'll get into it because Tom's got thoughts on it.
Again, more stories on what happened there. Major airlines canceled flights to Middle East with possible U.S. strike on Iran up in the air. Iran will retreat any attack as an all-out war, says senior Iran official. Again, more of these stories. That's January 24th story that's coming down. Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt. after Minneapolis shooting.
Senate cancels Monday vote as shutdown deadline looms. Mamdani announces free childcare for illegal aliens. Free childcare, folks. If you're illegal, go to New York. They're offering free childcare for you. It's a great advertisement to attract more illegal aliens. If somebody is watching this wondering what is a good city to move to, if you're illegal, I would suggest go straight to New York City
They're giving you a commercial to tell you we want illegals in our city. Very noble of their mayor that wants more illegal aliens in their city. You have to respect the fact that Mamdani wants more illegal aliens in his city. You know, Vinny, the part of it is kind of noble because you decide, right, as a company, you can say what types of people we hire. Of course. You say we want people...
with, you know, MBAs. We want people with bachelor's degrees. We want you with a degree in, you know, finance or whatever it may be. He's saying he wants illegal aliens to his city, which is great. Send more to New York City. If you're part of a city that you don't want illegal aliens, encourage them. Maybe give them like a Greyhound ticket.
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Chapter 3: How does the conversation shift to Trump's tariff threat?
No, no, no. I have no idea how he got down. I would have jumped. But if you don't like heights, I would encourage you to skip that part at the end when we get into it. Now, having said that. So you wouldn't want to do the interview with him right up on top? I could see you doing a beauty podcast. Listen, no. Okay, let me ask you a question. How much money, real talk?
Maybe a helicopter with a rope and a chair? I'm being dead serious. At the top of that little thing, just you and him, $10 million I give you, would you do the podcast? I'm telling you right now, on air, you give me a billion dollars, I'm not doing that interview. A billion dollars? I have no interest to sit up there and ask him what was it like. I believe you. I have no interest to do that.
He can go up there and enjoy himself. Oh, man. And we celebrate it, but it's not something I'm interested in. Oh, man. Okay, having said that, you want some good news? Here's the good news. America's turning 250 this year. And by the way, we're doing something special on the 250th, 4th of July. Stay tuned. I'll announce it to you when it's ready to announce.
It's going to be wild, but we're going to do a handful of... special pieces of merch, limited edition numbered, okay? This one's going to be out of 250 with the number 250. So it's numbered out of 250 for the 250-year celebration of U.S. It will not last long. Rob, play this clip. Future looks bright. We're excited about this year with all the chaos that's happened.
And when we break down to you what is really going on, it'll make sense to you. But having said that, Rob, go ahead and play this clip. We don't just make products. We carry a legacy built on American craftsmanship, intention, and pride. 250 years of history refined for today. Every detail tells a story. Every piece stands for who we are. This is tradition.
This is our 250 years limited edition collection. The future looks bright at 250. Guys, this is all I'll tell you. Good luck if you sat on this one. By the way, for some of you guys that unfortunately will watch this this afternoon because you wait for the clips, you can find the items that people buy on eBay. That'll be the only place you'll be able to get it. The hat will not last a long time.
Again, it's limited merch, so it's numbered at a $2.50. If you go to eBay afterwards, you may find it because these things are not going to last but 30 minutes. They'll be gone in no time. Every time we do limited merch, the hat comes in a box. that says Future Looks Bright and the logo VT right on there. So go to vtmerch.com, place your order. Go to vtmerch.com, Rob.
If you could just go to the website. If you go to vtmerch.com on the cover, you'll see the 250. Get the sweater because it's cold. Get the shirt and get the hat. And if not for you, buy it for somebody else as well. Having said that. That shield is just amazing. It is amazing. It is amazing. It's sick. Okay, having said that, let's get right into it with what happened this weekend.
Rob, tragic event in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was at the protest, and while the events are taking place, Rob, which clips can we show? Because at this point, people have seen many of the clips. Let's show this until it gets to the part of the shooting. Rob, go for it. So this is the protest that's going on. ISIS coming down.
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Chapter 4: What are the potential impacts of the current political climate?
2. Never go outside the experience of your people. If people don't understand it, they won't support it. 3. Whenever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy. Confuse, exhaust, and destabilize them. It's exactly what they're doing. 4. Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. use their standards against them. They'll often fail to meet them.
The reporter from CNN, I believe it's Dana, asking, The guy, not the director, but one of the guys that was up there, he's like, so are you saying that Alex didn't have the right for Second Amendment? This is kind of surprising for somebody that's a second. This is what they do. Say that again? That's in the playbook right there. Ridiculous is man's most potent weapon.
It's hard to counter and infuriate opponents. Keep ridiculing them. You're a fascist. That's right. A good tactic is one your people enjoy. If it's fun, people will keep doing it. A tactic that drags on too long because it becomes a drag. Keep pressure fresh and dynamic. Keep the pressure on. Never let up. Relentless action is how you win.
The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. Anticipation often creates more fear than action. If you push a negative hard enough, it will break through enough into its counterside. Overreach, forces, reaction, and concessions. The price of successful attack is constructive alternative.
You must have a solution ready, which, by the way, we're going to get into their solution as well, Humberto. I'm going to come to you with that, with their solution, what they're planning on doing next probably with their NGOs, their DA, everything that they have control over. Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Don't fight systems, fight symbols and people.
Target, target, target. Isolate, simplify, and focus attacks until the opponent cracks. That's what they're doing. And by the way, they've done this so many times, and you know who it works on? Whoever's the youngest generation and the old and emotional that just want their social security, okay? The people that can think for themselves, you have to see through what's going on here.
They needed this crisis. They needed Alex Pretty. They need this more than you know. Because in every possible way, did you see the approval rating for Trump that came up, Rob? Did you guys see the approval rating that just came up for Trump, 49%? More. And 70% are extremely positive. Yeah.
So this was a report that we just talked about a couple days ago on X. It was on our group text that we sent to each other, Rob, which I'll send it to you in a minute for us to show up. So to me, this could have been prevented. All you had to do was cooperate. You refused to cooperate. Because of that, this took place. Vinny. Well, I mean—
You basically laid out exactly what the hell is going on. But let's take just a really step back. Right there real quick. Show that, Rob. Rasmussen report. Trump's overnight presidential job approval is in. Single overnight approval for last night, 49.58% is the highest in over a month. His approval is up today in a five-day rolling. By the way, can you do me a favor?
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of Khamenei going underground?
Go ahead, keep playing it. When one of his major advisors says, elect more communists, which is fine. It's fine. It's a belief system. He's allowed to believe it and people are allowed to vote for it. But if liberals deny it, like he's just going through a goth phase... They're going to lose more elections. This is not a communist country.
And this is the pendulum never lands in the middle problem I'm always bitching about. Really, the choices we get here are either the worst version of crony capitalism or communism, either a side deal for the Trump family every time he does business overseas, or the lady who says, impoverish the white middle class. Oh, yeah, there's a great campaign slogan for you.
Honestly, as New York mayoral races go, I was less creeped out by Anthony Weiner's dick. I'd be clapping. What do you think about what he just said? Pat, I'm spitting like this guy.
Chapter 6: How does the U.S. military presence affect Iran's response?
As a guy from, by the way, take 30 seconds, tell the audience your background so they know where you're from. No, I'm sitting on the right all the time. That's why I'm spitting. Where are you from? Go back a little bit. Who's Humberto? Oh, who's me? Well, I was born in Chile, grew up in Dubai under a monarchy, best system, then came to school here. I like democracy better, though. You're a fan.
But I came here, went to school here, you know, and then I went back to Chile, ran out of eyeballs, and then I sent an email to Valerie Tam. I was like, hey, there's not enough Chileans. Like, I need more eyeballs. You applied to us from Chile? Yeah.
Chapter 7: What is the significance of Trump's tariff threat on Canada?
Stop it. Yeah, I wouldn't have been hired. Wow. We have to find out who was behind all that. All right, well, welcome here. So now go back and tell your story of what you think about what Bill Maher said about... This guy I love and hate at the same time. No, I'm telling you, scripted Bill Maher, he's the best. Like, I think he's funny, he's witty. Scripted. He is scripted.
But when he's on Club Random, I'm like, who is this guy? You know what I mean? Like, I don't miss the HBO show, but I can't watch his podcast. Like, I don't know if I'm alone here, but... He has some funny jokes there. You make a great point. You know why? Because he has over 10 to, I want to say, 15 writers writing that monologue. And at least they're adjusting to the time, though.
Because you think they're dumb?
Chapter 8: How do political performances impact public perception?
They're not watching the trends of mainstream media? You've got to play both sides. That's why he's tolerable and why the show keeps going. If he was just all anti-Trump, he went and sat with Trump. You think he really wanted to do that? Absolutely not. It's a great show, Vinny. No, if you think I sit there and watch that show, I just watch the clips in moments like this.
But at the end of the day, you heard what he said? It's either crony capitalism or that guy. Oh, really? Or what? Joe Biden? He doesn't mention Joe Biden. He doesn't mention Obama. He doesn't mention George Bush Jr., the freaking war guy. Like, come on, man. You're never going to get something perfect. Who do they want? They want a perfect capitalism.
Well, maybe let's show some data because maybe Democrats are happy with Democrats. Here's a poll from Harry Anton. Rob, if you want to pull up. And, I mean, maybe this is going to prove us so wrong. It's going to be – we'll risk it. We'll play the clip and we'll risk it. I mean, this may be a bad situation here. But go ahead, Rob. I'm sure they love themselves. What is this poll –
What do Democrats' polls say about Democrats? Go ahead, Rob. Take a look at how Democrats who disapprove of congressional Democratic leaders. Hello. We're talking about 57% in January of 2026, the second highest disapproval rate for Democratic leaders from their own party on record. It's only beat by what we saw earlier on in this Congress when it was 61%. There's basically been no improvement.
Democrats hate their own congressional leaders. These numbers are... Awful, awful, awful. Man, I thought it was going to be the other way around. That's why I said I'll risk it. That's three off. Why do you think that is, Tom? Why do you think that is? Because guess what?
The core, you know, you look at the fringes and what Bill Maher was talking about, the fringe, the fringe that got elected in New York City. And we're talking about the fringes. And the core, the core has sensibility. Like we saw Bill Maher at his core speaking about a lot of what a lot of Americans feel. Oh, impoverish the white middle class. There's a campaign slogan. He's right.
And now what you have here is the core of the Democrat Party does not like what they see. The core of the Democrats that are in Iowa, and there's a lot of Democrats in Iowa, I'd love to see what do Iowa Democrats think about AOC. You know what you're going to see? That. Wow. That's exactly what you're going to see.
You want to go to outside suburban Chicago, people that have been Mayor Daley, legacy Democrats for many, many years, grew up in blue, but were not part of protests or things, ask them what they think of AOC, ask them what they think of Bernie, you know what you get? That. That's exactly what it is. There is a core that looks at it and goes, man, I don't like this.
Just like there's a core on the moderate Republicans right now that don't like what they see in them and what they regard as, oh, this is military on the street just picking people up because they don't appreciate the difficulty of executing immigration reform and deporting people. Vinny, I saw Humberto, you were going to say something. We saw this happening to the richest man in the world.
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