Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
We all start somewhere. What began as a simple setup and a few microphones turned into a place where conversations shaped millions of minds, episode after episode, guest after guest. The PBD podcast grew into one of the most influential business podcasts in the world. But growth demands evolution. Bigger conversations, bigger guests, bigger vision. And now, a new chapter begins.
Welcome to the next evolution.
Chapter 2: How did the PBD podcast evolve into a major platform?
of the PBD Podcast. Are we officially live? Here we go, folks. New set is here. Finally, we've been working on this. The team is back there. Make some noise for the guys back there. Great job, everybody. Lots of work getting all this thing set up. We're excited to be here with the crew. We've been doing it at the other office, the 5990, which was great. We will not have Michele today.
I'm very sad. Which is devastating. We will not have the croissant in the morning. We will not have... The food, the Italian mortadella, the prosciutto, we won't have any of that stuff taking place. Well, maybe we bring it here. I don't know. Maybe we bring it here. I think we're on track on building a kitchen here anyways. Because Michele was giving us boardroom style.
Yeah, so gang, this whole thing starts with you. Obviously, somehow, someway, we found each other. You know, I cannot tell you how many times we walk. Vinny's telling a story about this week he went to church and what the experience was like when he went to church, how people approached him, getting emotional about what the...
You know, the PBD podcast does when we're speaking about all these different stories. But it wouldn't happen without you. So I want to start off by thanking you. And this guy's not ready for it. Vinny, I need you to start the podcast with a prayer. So lead the way with a prayer. Oh, wow. Dear Lord, thank you for another beautiful day.
I pray, Lord, that you protect everybody in this room and all the people out there watching at home. Bless the PBD podcast, Lord, because you know the message is about the truth and finding the way and leading people to you because everything happens to you. You are the way. You are the truth. You are the life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen, amen. Let's go. He wasn't prepared. I wasn't.
I didn't tell him about it. I said, I'm going to come to you first. He didn't know what that meant. For someone that was not prepared, you seem pretty damn prepared. I'm always ready for him. That's right. Here he is. Take him. Listen, just so you know, Don't give any ultimatums, because one was given about 48 hours ago. And that ultimatum ends about tonight at 7.45.
But this morning at 7.10, this man who works five days a week at this building on Pennsylvania, the other two in Mar-a-Lago for the most part, and sometimes he's on the road, he said two days ago, about 40 hours ago, 39 hours ago to Iran,
if you do this we will do this and of course we'll get into the story and then this morning the president comes out and says they had great talks things are looking good and at that time oil was at 98 within minutes after 7 10 it drops to 89 i think dow pre-market is already up a point and a half already is up 700 points already today we'll see what happened
Mario Nafal puts on Twitter that Iran is now saying that they never had the conversation. So did it happen? Did it not happen? We'll talk about it here. And now the president is extending it, when he said this morning, at 7, 10, five more days. We'll definitely talk about it. What's special about that is the fact that tonight the USS Tripoli is getting closer. What does that really mean?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Trump's ultimatum to Iran?
in a protected area, and it's a launch. It's like an airstrip. You don't want the aircraft carrier in the hot theater. You want it back. Well, the Tripoli is made to be an assault, part of an assault. So that's what's going on, the combination of I'll give you more time, but here comes the Tripoli. We may do something on Karg Island. Now it's five days. It causes the markets to calm a little bit.
I don't want to see boots on the ground. I don't want to see anybody get off the USS Tripoli on the ground there at all, personally. Vinny? I mean, Pat, again, people need to understand we're in war, and in war you have to do tactics. And I think the president knows what he's doing when it comes to information here, posting this, market goes down.
But the one thing that bothers me is the fact that we are – if we strike – Tom, correct me if I'm wrong – power plants in Iran – the very people that we were talking about helping are going to suffer the most. Besides the military, besides everybody else, we start striking, because already the oil, it's on fire. They're breathing all that stuff in.
If we start attacking the power plant for Iran, the people that were in the streets fighting and trying to revolt to go against this Islamic... Why do you say that? Well, I mean, think about it. If you hit the power plants, all the power is going to be gone. We're seeing what's happening in Cuba right now. They haven't had power for how many days?
If you hit the power plants, all the people are going to suffer in Iran. It's not going to be just military. Am I wrong? Yeah. That's my thing. And I get it. It's war. But if that happens, the same people that we were trying to help are going to be affected. So what's the reason why we're in there?
Well, the initial reason I thought the first time we went to Iran was because people were in the streets, 40,000 people were killed for protesting, and we were supposed to go in there and help them put in a leader.
I think once Trump talked to Reza Pahlavi, he realized that guy wasn't the guy, but then from what we're hearing, it's now, this is from what I'm gathering, that now we're like, oh, they still had, they were trying to get a nuclear weapon, which I thought we knocked that all out Six months ago. I thought that was done.
The story came out that maybe we didn't go all the way in and we didn't fully destroy it. Maybe we did. If you remember where they were like, no, they didn't fully destroy everything they did. And who knows the real story behind what happened there. So, okay, Adam, your thoughts on this.
So I don't want to help the terrorists, but if the terrorists or the IRGC in Iran actually want to understand Trump, they should read... One book. It's called The Art of the Deal. Because if they read that book and put down the Quran and put up this book, they'll actually probably understand Trump's mindset. You talk about asymmetric warfare. How many times have you heard that term?
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Chapter 4: What are the consequences of the DHS shutdown on TSA operations?
And then in three days, he bombs him. And they're like, what? I thought it was 48 hours. Trump is unpredictable. He's using tactics, like Vinny said. And then if you follow the art of the deal, what does he talk about? Thinking big. He talks about creating leverage. Talks about controlling the narrative, which he's doing. All eyes on Trump. And then it's always negotiating from strength.
Vinny, you okay, baby? Spitting out water on me? Anyway, the last thing I'll say is this. Thank God we got Trump in there. Because there's a chance that you got cackling Kamala out there negotiating with the greatest state sponsor of terrorism the world's ever seen. Could you imagine?
Oh, my God.
Chuckle, chuckle, cackle, cackle. So you might not approve of the way that Trump operates, and I get it. You know, my mom isn't a fan of how Trump operates. But like I told my mom, there's no more voting for you, Mama. Trump's in charge, and let's... Let's back him up. So let's go through this, because while this is happening, you got Mark Victor Hansen, a reasonable player.
He's not somebody that's over-emotional, one side, the other side. Some guy that's fairly reasonable. I wouldn't say fairly reasonable. He is reasonable. And he comes out, and a story comes out where he says, this is about to be done. I don't know where this... Iran's regime could fall... Pretty soon, Victor, David Sampson says, as global tide turns. And this is just a couple days ago.
Rob, is this the clip? Yes. Go for it. There's enough evidence to see how things are really going. Europeans would never agree to go anywhere near Iran unless they thought the tide was turning and they think that we're going to win. Otherwise, they would keep still.
And the reason that the Pepto nations of the Gulf survive is they have their finger in the wind and they're very attuned to the climate.
And when you have Al Jazeera praising the United States bombing campaign and saying that it's been underestimated and it's brilliant and effective, you get the feeling that they think not only should the United States finish the job, but it can and will finish the job.
And then when you start to see tactical aircraft like Warthogs and Apaches, that means that they're offering almost ground and sea support to hit targets. There's nothing, there's no defense at all when you have that type of aircraft flying at will in Iranian airspace. So you put it all together.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of Lindsey Graham's statements on military intervention?
Almost 7,000. Almost 7,000 Marines and over 20,000 were injured. By the way, when you talk about, like, this is the problem, Pat, with everything that's happened with the war and Israel and this and that, these are the type of people that they should just tell as an administration, shut up.
Like, what I said about when Israel, like, you know, when Israel, not Israel, just Rabbi Shmuley, he should never speak about anything about Israel. It turns people off, and it makes people hate you, okay? I'm with you on that. I completely agree. Condone that. He's the worst.
Lindsey Graham's the same guy that said, I'm going to go back to South Carolina and I'm asking them to send their sons and daughters to the Middle East. Of course, because it's not his kids, okay? And when talking about Gaza, he said, and I quote, just flatten it. We flattened Berlin, we flattened Tokyo, we flattened Germany, we flattened Japan.
That tells you everything you need to know about this guy, okay? He has no kids.
Chapter 6: How does the discussion shift to the impact of military decisions on American families?
He's pleading for everybody else's sons and daughters to go out there to die. And I think that's when people need to stop and think, okay? And by the way, you know he bragged. There's a video, Rob. He bragged. He's like, I go to Israel every two weeks. I'm there every two weeks whether I need to be or not.
And a Wall Street joiner had a report that came out that said he was in the president's ear for weeks, and this is how he knows how to work Trump. He was talking about legacy and how Roosevelt was remembered, okay? You have to think about that. And then he was coaching, apparently, in this article on BB on how to speak to the president about pushing this type of stuff.
I do not like Lindsey Graham as one of these war hungry war hawks. And I don't like the fact that he's that close. He's on Air Force One, whispering in the presidency. You're always pushing and pushing and pushing and pushing. He has no children, okay? If anybody is going to die, it's not going to be yours. None of your blood is going to be spilled out there.
And I'm disgusted with Lindsey Graham, Pat. I don't like this guy at all. I listened very closely to what he was saying. I agree with you. I don't want boots on the ground. You know, he does. Iran is not Venezuela. They weren't going to get in and out. But I wanted in and out as much as possible. And I'm not happy about this additional 200 billion.
I'm not happy about where it is, but we got to finish it. And we can't make a reverse extraction here. and have it be ham-handed. Lindsey Graham was talking about, was listening to it, because he gets the security briefings. Did you hear what he said? Two Marine Corps Expeditionary Forces. It says, I'll tell you where they are. The 31st Marine Corps Expeditionary Force is on the USS Tripoli.
The 11th Marine Corps Expeditionary Force is on the USS Boxer that left San Diego last week and is halfway to the Theater of Operations. And I believe that this deadline that got extended gives time for the Tripoli to get in position to go, and it gets position for the Boxer to be just days behind it. Now then...
That first, that clip that they were showing on there on the news, what it was written there, they were saying, you can't do this, this, this, and you don't have support and you won't have this. You know why that's wrong? Because that's exactly what the Tripoli is going to do. It's exactly what it's supposed to do. And, you know, that's not what I want.
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Chapter 7: What are the consequences of a government shutdown on TSA operations?
I really don't want to. I want them to be able to back off. Will the presence of the Tripoli make it so that they'll be like, okay, if they take Cargillan and it cuts off all of our money, this is really, really bad. Adam. But I'm not with Lindsey Graham. I don't mind it. Why don't I not mind it? Because it's not just him saying this.
There's other Iran hawks who understand what it's like to be Iran. You can put at the top of that list Lindsey Graham, but right next to him you could put Marco Rubio, who I believe is the frontrunner for 2028. You could also put Ted Cruz in there, obviously John Bolton, we know where he stands. But then you have the Iran doves. Right? You have this Joe Kent guy who just came up out of nowhere.
You have the Chuck Schumers of the world. Allegedly Tulsi. Tucker Camp. So, what I know about Trump is this. He believes in a team of rivals. Don't you think so, Pat? Absolutely. Okay. Absolutely. So, like, let's just give an example. Ready? You want to do the big event for the vault. Yes. Not going to reveal anything.
Yes.
Tom has won, obviously...
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Chapter 8: How does the conversation address the potential for increased airport chaos?
party he'd like to do. I have a different party that I would recommend. Vinny doesn't drink, doesn't want to party. We're all telling you. I know, but I'm not- Yeah, yeah, I get that. Let's see if you can- You know which one Tom would pick. Yeah. You know which one I would pick. Yeah. You know which one maybe Vinny would pick. Tom wants Wayne Newton's house. I'll put that out there.
Of course, of course.
I want to go to the Playboy Mansion. We all get it. But then you say, what do you think? What do you think? What do you think? Like you always do. And we all give you our opinion. But then- When I go, you know what, Pat? I'm actually with Tom on this one. You go, oh, didn't see that one coming. I go, yeah, actually, couldn't see one. Why that would be a better event.
What you're doing is filtering out all the different opinions. You don't think that Trump knows that Lindsey Graham's pretty aggressive. You also don't think that he knows that someone like Tulsi Gabbard is sort of dovish on Iran. He wants all perspectives. So Lindsey Graham is playing his role as the aggressive war hawk. I get it. You know, bad metaphor with Iwo Jima. I get it.
But at the same time, he's willing to hear all different sort of opinions. You're giving credit to the president. I'm giving credit to the president, yes. But do you think it's right? No, Vinny! I just felt like yelling at you for a second. What was your initial thing that you said? You should have listened harder, boy. It doesn't bother you that he's saying?
It doesn't bother me because that's who he is. A leopard doesn't change his stripes. He's been an Iran hawk. He's not going to stop being an Iran hawk. And now that we have our foot on their neck, you think he's going to be soft on Iran? No, no, but does it bother you that this guy brags about going to Israel all the time?
It talks to another leader of another country of how to persuade our president. Tries to persuade our president by saying, hey, what would Roosevelt do? And then now he's saying, hey, boots on the ground, send the troops, and guess what? I pray for the fallen, but Adam, do you think he gives a damn if we lose 10,000 American soldiers?
I would like to think that a sitting senator would mind if we lost 10,000 soldiers. Look at me. I don't think he cares. Well, that's your opinion. By the way, the people of South Carolina that know him for the last 30 years he's been in Congress will probably have a different say on that. Oh, he's asking South Carolinians to send their sons and daughters. But why do they keep voting for him?
They know him a little bit better than us. I think we're being a little hyperbolic. Let me ask you a question, though. Do you think he's America first or Israel first? Honestly. Lindsey Graham. Okay, Vinny, do me a favor. Yeah, I'm just asking you. Lindsey Graham is an American senator. Tell me what that even means. What do you mean? Why would Lindsey Graham be Israel first? He loved it.
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