Dems’ Hilarious SAVE Act Admission

of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., backed by the trusted voices of Team Fox, a clear, fresh voice cutting through the noise to tell the truth. It's Guy Benson with Guy Benson. And what a show we have for you today. Some incredible guests joining us as we talk about the TSA madness and the chaos because the Democrats just don't care about our safety and security. The Iran, the straight of our moves and whether or not we can get control of it. And, of course, the question of, did the Oscars get way too political last night? I think we already know the answer for that. Welcome to Guy Benson. It's great to be back with you today. First of all, the president thanked TSA agents for going to work, but not getting paid after the first missed paycheck amid the partial government shutdown that's happening. With all the Iran stuff, you may even actually miss the point that there is a government shutdown going on. John Fetterman's calling it out, but why is this happening? We had two, actually we had four, we had four Islamic terror attacks in the United States of America within the last couple of weeks. We have thousands of passengers who are, their lines are delayed. We've got flights being canceled across the country right now. We're going to talk to Chris Sununu at 335 today on Guy Benson, which I'm very excited about, former governor and president of the Airlines for America Trade Organization. But why are we here in this place? And, you know, it's because Democrats just do not want to cooperate with President Trump on anything. That's why John Fetterman over the weekend on the big weekend show on Fox News was calling out his own party. But first I want to start with Secretary Sean Duffy, the impact of the shutdown on TSA workers and what's happening right now with them, cut 27. TSA agents have missed a partial payment. They just missed a full payment. These are men and women who don't make a lot of money. And so some of them are making choices to go, you know, whether they're driving Uber or, you know, waiting tables, they have to put food on their family's table. And in these places where this is happening, you're seeing really long lines, whether they're one hour. three to four hour lines at airports. You even have CEOs of airlines who are saying enough with the Chuck Schumer shutdown. I mean, enough. They're actually saying that. And Secretary Duffy tweeted that out and said that. He said, kudos to our CEOs for stepping up and shipping companies as well for calling everybody out. And Chuck Schumer. should be on TSA duty. That's what I love. Wall Street Journal editorial today. Put Chuck Schumer on TSA duty. That would be amazing, except I don't want that guy going anywhere near patting down an American citizen. Nobody should have to deal with getting patted down by Chuck Schumer. Nobody should have to deal with that. I mean, not a single person. But Sean Duffy continued and talked about, you have a lot of these agents who are quitting, calling out sick. They don't make a lot of money. And while I think that...

Some of the stuff with TSA is madness, like the fact that you still to this day can't bring bottles of water through. We need them. It's critical. We're going to have delays continue as long as this shutdown continues. Here's cut 29. 300 TSA agents have quit. The number of callouts are double what they were before. So you're right. And again, we want to smooth aviation system. And aviation is split up between Homeland Security and us at the FAA and DOT. And it all has to work together to make your flying experience better. And if you stand in line for, again, for multiple hours, you might make a choice not to fly. And a lot of people have to travel for business. This is spring breaks. They're traveling for pleasure. And so it does have an impact. But you know what? We're going to get through this. Yeah. But why are Democrats doing it? And when the American people realize that point, they are choosing illegal immigrants over the American people. They're choosing illegal immigrants over American travelers. Understand that. If you're taking a flight, if you're about to take a flight somewhere, if you're planning a vacation, got to go see a loved one, got to travel for business. And if you're dealing with these cancellations and delays, understand that Democrats are choosing illegal immigrants over you. And New Jersey Senator Cory Booker said the quiet part out loud. He said this, cut 33. I will not approve another dollar for ICE, given all that they're doing. But we should be funding those TSA agents that keep us safe, SISA, Coast Guard. And for Republicans who refuse to do it is unacceptable. You see, so basically... The choice is this. Either we give up, we give up funding Homeland Security. We give up funding ICE. And ICE's job is to go after criminal illegal aliens. We either have to abandon that or there's no funding for TSA. So they've made it very crystal clear. We are standing with illegal immigrants. We are not standing with the American people. That's what the Democrats are saying. Now, look, Duffy's an optimist. I admire that about him. I really do. I admire the fact that the secretary's an optimist. He thinks Democrats are going to come to their senses. I don't know if I agree with him. I want to agree with him. I want to believe that Democrats will come to their senses, but the only one right now who's making any sense is John Fetterman, and that's it. The rest of them are hell-bent on saying they're drawing this line in the sand. We stand with illegal immigrants. We don't stand with the American people, bottom line. But here's Duffy being optimistic, cut 30. I think Democrats are going to come to their census. Look at Senator Slocke in from Michigan where there was a synagogue attack. She voted every time against funding DHS. And once the threat to her community was real from radicals.

Now she says, let's open up DHS. And I think it begs the question, are Democrats waiting for Americans to get hurt, to get killed before they actually put your security before those who have come to this country unlawfully and illegally? I hope that's not their position. But we can get to a better place if they just come to their senses and negotiate after they open it up. Okay, why are they choosing this? It's because of their base. Look, they don't care about the American people. They care about primary voters in the Democrat Party. That's what they care about. That's who they care about. I was having this conversation with my friends over the weekend. These are all political guys that I've known in Jersey politics for most of my life. And by the way, I host a podcast. It's the Rich Zioli podcast. And you can also hear it on Talk Radio 1210, WPHD in Philadelphia. I've been involved in politics my entire life. And I've never seen a Democrat party right now that is so held hostage by their own base, by their own voters, by their own party. Typically, you lead the room. I mean, typically, as an elected official, as a candidate, you would be leading the room. And you would say, there's no way in a general election. I can look voters in the eye and say, I don't care if you missed your flight. I don't care if your flight got delayed. I don't care if you were not able to be really safe at an airport because I had a stand up for illegal immigrants. In general election, that'd be disastrous. But if you're running in a primary where you're running against somebody who's crazy because that's what the base wants. The base literally wants a shutdown so that there's no ICE. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This is the worst time for the Democrat Party in the history of the Democrat Party, well, the modern history. And they've had a rough go of it in the past. They certainly have with slavery and with the internment of the Japanese and all that stuff. But Jim Crow and all. But in the modern times, this is the worst moment for the Democrats ever. Because they are held hostage by the most extreme radical elements within their political party. And look, if you're somebody who's reasonable and sensible and you're a Democrat and you want to call this out, you should. Because I've had friends who are Democrats who say to me, well, I don't like this policy or I don't like that policy, but they'll admit it. They'll say it. The Democrat Party right now is insane. And to think that you would have a government shutdown because Democrats refuse to cross party aisle, as John Fetterman says, it's just not that simple. If they do that, they may lose a primary. They'll have to run against somebody who's going further to the left than they are, and that is their greatest fear. Their fear is not the general election. Their fear is the primary.

But here's John Fetterman from The Big Weekend Show, cut number 40. You know, the thing that I am learning is that the second time you agree with President Trump or the Republicans, you're punished or you're isolated and criticized. And I don't understand why we're in that situation. So, you know, it's trying to find a way forward. And now sometimes, I mean, many of my colleagues are cordial and some, you know, not so much because it's, I think we have to find a better way forward. We need each other on both sides. and now I can't imagine now it's like we are it used to be we all would just rally around our military but you know I I am not identified a single Democrat that has said positive things about Epic Fury right now only criticize that yeah you you you it's only criticism it's all about criticism and understand that point too Because it's not just simply a matter of bipartisanship. It's bipartisanship. And then you get hammered in the primary. So somebody asked me today, they said, what's John Fetterman going to do in Pennsylvania? Is he going to run as an independent? Is he going to run as a Democrat? What is his plan? What is he going to say? I don't know. I think that if he runs as an independent. He's got a better chance than running as a Democrat because the Democrats are already planning a primary against him for having the audacity to speak out in favor of President Trump on issues he agrees with. But he's not all in on things. I mean, he still votes with Democrats on things like the Save Act, for example. He's still voting with Democrats on that. He believes in voter ID, but that's about where it ends for him. So don't make the mistake of believing that John Fetterman is all on board with Republican policies because he's not. He still understands the game in that respect. He says a lot, but he's still playing the game as far as Democrats go. And let me give you a little example of that from the weekend on the big weekend show. This is what he said regarding the Save Act, cut 38. For me, as a Democrat, I will say and acknowledge now to produce basic, fundamental kinds of ID to vote, that's not outrageous, that's not Jim Crow, that's not vote suppression, because that happens all across America in Wisconsin. Wisconsin just passed that and put that in its constitution. as well. And also Florida, Florida also passed the equivalent of Safe Act. But, you know, one thing they said is that we are keeping mail in voting because it is secure. And that's a necessary part of the democratic process, too. Okay. The Save America Act is very, very crucial. I want to point that out because in Pennsylvania, for example, I don't know if you know this or not. They arrested a guy.

There's an illegal immigrant who voted nine times in federal elections, and he was arrested in Philadelphia, of all places, right? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, nine different times this illegal immigrant who is in the country voted illegally. And Senator Dave McCormick was talking about that over the weekend. He was saying, you know, in my first election... I won by, I lost by 900 votes in the primary. My second election, I won by 15,000 votes. Every single vote counts. So when you have Homeland Security announced charges against illegal immigrant who voted nine different federal elections, you understand why the Republicans are pushing for the Save Act. So when we get back, I'm a Guy Benson. I'll tell you the next line that they've drawn in the sand, as Chuck Schumer says, the SAVE Act is abhorrent, and he will not support it under any circumstances. Don't go away. New Talk for a New Generation, Guy Benson. Cheers to America's 250th birthday. Get 20% off your first purchase at Fox Newswineshop.com with code FM Radio 20. 20% discount excludes wine club offers and cannot be combined with any other promotion. Expires July 31st, 2026. Must be 21 older to order. Please drink responsibly. So the Save Act.

America Act, the Save America Act. By the way, the President had an impromptu... I don't even go to a press conference or not today at the Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Center board meeting. And there was a lot said. And we will get into that as the show unfolds today on Guy Benson. I promise you. And some amazing audio for you. But the president reiterated again how important this Save America Act is. Also reiterating how we've decimated Iran. We have decimated Iran. We're going to talk to Victoria Coates a little bit later in the show today. I'm worried about the Strait of Harmoos. I think we all are. I think we're all very worried about the straight of harm moves. I think we're worried about the global flow of oil, and I think we're worried about gas prices. Look, you'd have to be an idiot at this point if you're a Republican thinking about midterms and not worry about the impact of gas prices. And remember, it's not just what you pay at the pump. Price of oil affects everything. Food, fertilizer, agriculture, grocery prices. plastic, toys, all of it. Everything gets affected by it. You would have to be an idiot not to be concerned about that heading into midterms. That doesn't mean, however, that I'm going to get into the middle of a podcast war with anybody. But I'm just simply saying that there are a lot of people right now hoping that this wraps up soon, or at the very least, the world comes to save the day and help out. with the United States of America in securing the Strait of Harmoos, because that's what needs to happen. We'll get back to that. But on the Save America Act, which President talked about again today, I want to mention, I said I saw Senator McCormick on Fox News yesterday, and this point that he made about how every vote counts, it's true. I remember both races. I was very active in both races when Senator McCormick won. And I remember how it dragged on for weeks after he beat. A guy who we don't even remember anymore. And Casey, I mean, he was a useless Democrat senator, but it's still Pennsylvania. And even though Trump won, it was a very, very close election. Cut 35. I've been a very public proponent of this. You're looking at a guy who lost his first race by 900 votes, won his second by 15,000 of 7 million. Every vote has to be legitimate and count. And just last week, there was a guy Mahadi Sacco in Pennsylvania who was arrested. He was supposed to be deported in 2000. He's been in the country. for 26 years illegally, and he was charged with voting five times in national elections. So this is a thing. This is a real issue, and that's why I'm going to be a strong supporter. I think it was nine times, actually, that he was charged in national elections. But either way, five times, nine times, it happens. You know, what's funny is that last week the Democrats came out, Hakeem Jeffries said,

We do not want ice at sensitive locations. And he said hospitals, schools. And he said polling places. Now, hospitals, I understand, because illegal immigrants can get health care. They can go into emergency rooms and, oh, okay, so you want to make that a sensitive location? Okay, fine. He said daycare centers and schools. Okay, well, a lot of states allow illegal immigrant kids to go to school. Fine. Okay. But polling places? I mean, I thought illegal immigrants don't vote. So why would you have ICE outside of polling places? I mean, if anything, if you want to sideline ice, wouldn't you make them go to polling places since, according to Democrats, illegal immigrants, never vote in elections. So if you don't want them doing anything, ICE, that is, if you literally want to just kneecap them, wouldn't you just have them park their cars, park their undercover vehicles with their masks on? At polling locations, since illegal immigrants don't vote in elections? When Alkeem Jeffrey said that, I turned around and I said, are you kidding me right now? You're literally saying you don't want ICE going to places where people vote, and the Republicans are arguing we need to pass the SAVE Act because we have illegal immigrants voting, and you're saying, I should not go to polling places. So aren't you acknowledging what Republicans are saying, which is that illegal immigrants are voting? Aren't you acknowledging that by your absolute definition to say that I should not be anywhere near these places? I mean, it's so silly. You don't say the quiet part out loud like that. Keep it to yourself, inside voice. And why is it that Chuck Schumer says the Save America Act is among the most despicable bills he's ever seen? Why would he say that? Why would he say that? The point is this, Democrats are going to obstruct, and they're going to continue to obstruct, and how bad is it going to impact you if you are about to get on an airplane? We're going to find out. Very, very excited to talk to former New Hampshire governor, Chris Sununu, about what's happening at the airports and what we can do about it. Straight ahead, right here on Guy Benson.

And for Guy Benson, it's Rich Zioli. CEOs of America's biggest airlines say $0 TSA paychecks are simply unacceptable and they are correct. And here to talk about it with us is an honor to have them on the show. Former Governor of New Hampshire, president of the Airlines for America Trade Organization, Chris Sununu, Governor, how are you? Well, I'm a little frustrated, right? I mean, this is just a self-inflicted wound, if you will, by the federal government not doing their jobs. So, yeah, I think on behalf of every American who had to wait in long lines walking into the airport, I think everyone's going, what the heck you guys doing in D.C., right? Do your jobs. Pay your own employees. It's not that hard. Yeah, no, it's not that hard. How bad is it? Give us the overview because I flew, I want to say two weeks ago to Florida with my son out of Philly into Tampa. It was okay. Things are pretty good. But then I heard nightmare stories from over the weekend. So it's actually not that bad. It's really not. We have maybe, of the whole country, 10 or 11 airports this morning, where the weight was 30 minutes, 60 minutes, maybe 70 minutes in a couple areas. Two weeks ago, we had a big issue in Houston. That was tough to watch. I was like three, four hours, right? That line coming out the doors. We had a couple of those. But usually when that happens, what TSA does, they move like 20 or 30 people from an airport and supplement. And so there's kind of a backup in the morning. They bring these emergency teams in. They can put out the fire, so to say. Because you never know where the issue is going to spike up, right? Whether there's people calling out or coming in late or whatever it is because, you know, they have to – they can't pay for child care that week. They have to take care of the kids. Or they're calling out, and maybe, God forbid, they're doing another job that we're driving Uber or something like that. These folks just don't get paid a lot. And now we're going into our fourth week of these individuals not getting paid. These men and women in blue sitting at the TSOs at those checkout at the security line. They're going on four weeks now with no paycheck. That's, when you look at the economics of an average family in America, that's about the point where you go, I think I have to make different decisions for myself and my family because I just, there's no, when there's no end in sight. The biggest frustration is that there is no end in sight because folks are not talking. Chuck Schumer is not talking to the Republicans. Republicans have kind of given in on a few things. They move Christine Ome on. They put on body cams, cameras on ice. They've calmed down the situation in Minnesota. Those are all things where the Democrats should say, okay, the Republicans are doing their part. We have to step up and do ours. But Chuck Schumer right now isn't saying anything. So someone has to take a leadership role here. Someone has to step up. This can't just be politics as normal because otherwise we're just going to be putting out TSA fires, if you will, forever. And that's a complete disservice to the American public. And it's going to start costing real, real dollars to those constituents. And look, there's an easy way to do this, right? Make everyone in Congress work in a TSA line for about 10 minutes. Believe me, they will come running back in.

It not just is it a very hard job to do and to manage all these people and all these stresses of folks going through the airport, but then do it with no money? I always wonder what happens. Do these men and women in Congress? Do they walk, ever walk through these TSA lines? Do you think they look these TSOs, these men and women? Do you think they can even look them in the eye without a little bit of shame? And like, oh, yeah, hi, I'm the person not paying you your pay this week. But thanks for doing what you do. I mean, it's just a terrible, terrible and very fixable situation. Yeah, and you know, the Wall Street Journal editorial said they should have Chuck Schumer work as a TSA employee. And I wouldn't want him touching any Americans, though, groping anybody or patting them down. That's the only thing, Kristen Neer, that I just would not want to see there. But it's a great point you make, right? I mean, do they not understand what these people are going to? Over 300 TSA employees have resigned during the shutdown. Sick calls more than double. For a lot of people, they live... Paycheck to paycheck in this country. I don't think the average person becomes a TSA officer to get rich. I'm guessing. No, I mean, that's just it. And they keep coming in. I mean, by the way, you know, we talked about this a little bit last week. The only organization in America that can get away without paying their employees, because, you know, if Fox, for some reason, decided not to pay their employees, believe me, on day one, the federal government's got to come down and find them, penalize them, potentially shut them down. I don't get what your business is. But the federal government, yeah, they don't have to pay their employees and still force them to come to work. It's just... a complete hypocritical situation where they're shining a light on the ridiculousness of the situation. And everyone in America can see it. And by the way, you know, you want to have your battles on ice or health care or whatever the next issue is. That is fine. But stop. penalizing not just an industry, but the American public, over something that's completely unrelated. And these poor employees where I think we need to really put our emphasis on. So the good news is the system isn't melting down. We're not in a crisis, but there's a lot of problems, a lot of issues, and those are going to grow exponentially. Every single day these people don't have a paycheck is another day where they potentially have to make a decision for themselves and their family. And that's actually the tough situation, but it's an understandable situation, and everybody gets it. So, you know, and I would just throw this into your listeners out there. Look, when you're going through and you're waiting in a two-hour line, it's frustrating. It's really frustrating. Don't take it out on the TSOs, those men and women at the, you know, they have so much pressure on their shoulders while not getting paid to move a record number of people, because we are seeing record numbers of people travel through a system that, functionally, their own bosses aren't managing very well.

So it's really, really hard. I think the TSA itself is doing a great job. Customs and Border Patrol itself is doing a great job. It's those men and women on Capitol Hill that are not doing their job literally at all, right? And so, you know, any sort of patience you can pack while you're going through those lines on behalf of those individuals working without a paycheck is very much appreciated. Kristen Nunes with us, former governor of New Hampshire, president of Airlines for America, and Airlines.org is the website, and you can follow them as well on social media, which I've been checking out your Twitter at airlines.org. And I'm looking at a couple things. Number one, global entry. So that is back, right? That is back. Yeah, that one, they took offline for about two or three weeks. We fought hard to get it back in, and they turned it back on last week internationally, which is really important. It really works well. It's important because businesses rely on this, right? I mean, my wife works for an international company. Global entry is key, and this is also a very, very important point. I think people understand. It's not just rich people who have the luxury of, you know, being able to pay for this. I mean, this is also key for commerce. Oh, without a doubt. And it's a really good system. So for those who don't know, you get basically pre-vetted. You go through an extra level of security and vetting before you, you know, well before you get on the plane and sometimes even before you book your flight. And when you come back in through customs, you're fast-tracked. And what does that mean? You actually need less workers, right? The technology is doing the work. You actually need less workers. It's a much more efficient system. Otherwise, everyone is piled into one, the old-fashioned way of doing it into one long line. And that puts a lot of pressure on a system. And, you know, you want to be, you want to make sure your manpower is focusing on those folks who haven't been prevented, right? And that could potentially be a higher security risk. That's where you want to focus the effort. This one fast-tracks people through that have gone through a... process and it works really, really well. No, it's not, it's for business travel. It's just going to be very important during the World Cup. It's going to be very important for all the kind of record amounts of international travel that is expected this coming summer. And so to close it down made no practical or even mathematical sense if you thought of it that way. Yeah, I know. It's a good point. They opened it right back up. Yeah. It's a really great point in terms of manpower. In terms of the industry itself, this is a massive industry, employs a lot of Americans. And I noticed something you put out. It's a very lucrative industry, too, to be part of the airline industry at this moment. Because I'm thinking about the future and I'm thinking about AI. And I think we're all thinking about the future in terms of jobs and commerce and, you know, jobs getting replaced. And how do you see the future of the airline industry going?

Sure. So, yeah, when we say lucrative, the average individual in the airline industry gets paid about 50 to 60 percent more than any other industry in America. I mean, it's really amazing. So, yes, from an individual standpoint, you want to be an aircraft controller, you want to be a pilot, you want to be a flight attempt, whatever it is. There's so many mechanics. We all get paid a lot of money, and it's great that way. You know, the profit margins are low for the airlines themselves. I mean, I think the most profitable airline in America is Delta, and they're at like 9% profit. Like, that's it. So the average industry only makes about 4% or 5% profit. And why is that? Well, when you look at the fact that the average price of a ticket, a domestic airplane ticket, has not gone anywhere, has not moved a cent. Since 2019, everything else is up 20, 30, 50%, but airline travel is much more affordable now than ever before. You can choose to sit in an economy seat. You can choose to bring a bag. You can choose to do this. So you can kind of design your own flight and pay, you know, based on that. And what does that mean? That means more people are traveling than ever before, more families that. traditionally couldn't travel, can travel, which is all a good thing to great economic indicator. But to the point is what happens when you add AI and technology, look, you still need people behind it. AI is not landing your plane, nor should it ever or will it ever, right? But it will provide a lot of the background data so the controllers can make a much more efficient decision about how to, you know, reroute your plane around bad weather or not have as much delay time or the front end of the back end. The whole system becomes so much more efficient. when you have all this new cool back-end technology, which means it's safer. You're landing and you're not missing as many flights. There's not nearly as many cancellations because crews can get where they need to be and this piece of equipment needs to be where it needs to be. Everything just starts clicking. It's amazing our system, which is the most robust airspace system in the world, runs so well given that the government. hasn't updated their air traffic control system in 30 years. Now, they're finally starting to do that. That's a good news. We've been super successful on the airline side in spite of the government not doing their job, which tends to be typical. Every time there's the government shutdown, it's the airline and the American customer that takes it on the chin. This issue in Iran, I mean, everyone can have their own opinion. But yeah, gas prices are going to go up. It's a quarter of the cost of this whole industry. So unfortunately, airlines and the American consumer are going to take it on the chin. So we've stayed very cost competitive, very economical, using technology. to get through all of the in spite of, you know, usually government doing something to hammer down on the industry. So when it comes to more regulations, no, we don't need more regulations. We need an open market. And this administration seems to understand that you want an open, free market, more competition. We've provided that. So a lot of opportunity for the employees, a lot of opportunity for the customers.

And again, but the system as a whole has to have the ability to do what it does best. And that's just get people from point A to B safely. And technology is a big, big part of that. Well, you know, you bring up the air traffic control system. And it amazes me that. It looks like something from the 1980s, like a bad Atari game or something like that. I mean, is it still that bad? And I know Secretary Duffy wants to modernize. I know he's been talking a lot about that. But, I mean, that's and that still has to be, in my opinion, has to be one of the most stressful jobs in probably in the world. Without a doubt. And this administration has done more in the last six months. Secretary Duffy Duffey deserves a lot of credit. Brian Bedford deserves a lot of credit. They've done more to modernize the air traffic control system in the last six months than any other administration in the last 30 years. And I say that without exaggeration. We saw they were still using paper strips at some of the airports around here in D.C. You know, where like they weed out. It's like a dot matrix printer, gives the air traffic controller a printed piece of paper. that they read out on this old-fashioned strip, it looks, and it's really old-fashioned stuff, that's finally getting digitized. Their displays will get more digitized. They're going to use a kind of a more centralized traffic flow management system that uses AI and all this cool technology just to keep an eye on everything on a national perspective, not just a regional perspective. They're getting to radar systems. That's all happening because of President Trump and Secretary Duffy and FAA administrator. Brian Bedford. These guys get it. And they're making big, big investments, which is great. And, yeah, so they're moving. I mean, we've got to rebuild the whole system nationally. So you're talking to three to five-year project. But like I said, it has moved more aggressively in the past few months than not than we've seen in 30 years. That's good. I mean, that's good news. That makes me very, very happy to hear. And I also haven't heard about major fights on planes recently. But that kind of disappoints me, because I do like a good fight. Well, none of the ones I represent, at least. Yeah. Social media, like, what you don't want to do is regulate or design a system based on anecdotes. Oh, I saw a social media post where someone got in a fight with somebody else on a plane or whatever. Okay, that's one story. Those stuff can go viral. I understand we have nearly 3 million people a day we're moving on commercial airplanes, right? So, yeah, whether it's a storm delays of flight or mechanical issue might happen on this one flight or here or there, when you're moving nearly 3 million people a day, it's never perfect for everyone. But believe me, it is more perfect today than it ever has been before. And so I think that has to be championed, and there's a lot of folks to thank for that. But the system is only going to get better from here, right? It's pretty great. You know, with anything, everyone just, the customers, they tend to be impatient. They tend to, you know, everything gets videoed and everyone is heightened and whether it's, I mean, have seen some of these videos where people get into, like, political arguments on an airplane. And it's like, that's the wrong place to get into a political argument with someone that's sitting on a plane, right? Just enjoy the flight. Get to where you're going, right? Enjoy the trip. Right. Spend some time with your family. Just.

Everyone just needs to chill out a little bit. So all these new training protocols, all the airlines have all these pretty new training protocols with flight attendants and pilots and gate agents to just kind of de-escalate. When people show up all amped up, they have these different trainings to kind of de-escalate folks, get them, you know, take where they need to be, enjoy your day. You know, it's like, you know, I think. We're trying to get the days of bringing your road rage into an airplane. We're trying to pull that back. And I think it's working. But everyone needs to kind of pack a little bit of patience and understand that we're going to get where we need to be safely. And that's the most important thing. I like it. I like it very, very much. Kristen Nunu, former governor, New Hampshire, president of Airlines for America. Thanks so much for joining us here on Guy Benson. Really appreciate it. Keep up the good work. You bet, brother. Keep flying, everybody. We'll talk soon. All right, and more to come, including what did the president say today regarding Iran and can we secure the Strait of Harmuz? Do not go away. Filling in for Guy Benson, it's Rich Zioli.

So some sad news today, the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, has breast cancer. Now, it's not sad news in the sense that she's fighting it and she's a fighter and she's going to fight it. But it's sad news, of course, to have, I mean, anyone who has to deal with cancer. That's a very, very sad thing. But she is, she's an absolute fighter. And I think everyone who knows her, she's respected on, I mean, both sides of the aisle. Everybody who knows Susie Wiles respects Susie Wiles. It's one of the things. People just genuinely respect her all across the board. Here's the president today discussing her cancer, cut 13. also introduce Susie Wiles, who's fantastic. She's our chief of staff. And she's an amazing person, an amazing fighter. And she announced a little, a minor difficulty, which will be in good shape, good shape for, be around for a long time. She has, she had a diagnosis. You probably saw it. And she's going to take care of it immediately, as opposed to waiting. She said, let's do it now. I said, do it immediately. Because that particular ailment, the faster the better. That's the only thing I know about it. The faster the better, she's going to do it immediately. So she just started, actually. And she's going to be a great shape. The prognosis there is excellent, beyond excellent. So. Thank you, sir. But who needs it, right? That's right. Who needs it? But she'll fight it, no doubt about that. All right, we've got a big 4 o'clock hour coming up. Victoria Coates is going to join us, and we're going to talk about the situation in the Middle East. How much is oil prices going to affect you? Straight ahead.

generation of conservative talk right here right now fair fun and backed by the trusted voices and reporting resources of fox news you're listening to Guy Benson and now here's your host Guy Benson The question is, can we secure the Strait of Harmuse? And if we can't, what does that mean for gas prices? Oil prices, the price of goods in general, as we're approaching midterms. Welcome back to the show. Great to be with you today here on Guy Benson. The president spoke earlier today at the Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Center Board of Directors meeting. And he had a lot to say about Iran, obviously. Look, main thing is this. And I've said this consistently. I think that if this ends soon, if this does not involve ground troops, and I don't think it will, and if oil prices are up for a while, but not for a long while, then I think we're going to be fine. If by September we're still talking about all this, then I think we have a problem. It's March. St. Patrick's Day's tomorrow. So happy St. Patrick's Day, Eve. And then we have to realize that that's a lifetime in politics. It's a lifetime. In politics. There's a lot of infighting within MAGA right now over whether or not we should be in Iran, should not be in Iran. I think for the most part, the polls are with the president. Polling is with the president on this issue. And in the short term, he will have the support of the American people as long as this is viewed as a short term conflict. If it doesn't remain a short term conflict, if it expands, if it drags on. if we cannot secure the straight of our moves, then I think things are going to change. Politically speaking, heading into bin terms, that's the reality. Because nobody really cares about which podcasters fighting with which podcaster about the support of this and whether or not this is America First or not. What people care about is the price that they're paying at the grocery store, the gas pump, etc. You know that, I know that. You don't have to be a political genius to know that. You just have to look at what happened in the last election. Inflation was out of control, and there was an article that I read. today in Politico, and it said, Harmu's inflation is going to start happening. So the Strait of Hormuz, and we'll talk more about this for Dr. Victoria Coates, but, you know, think about it as this, this crucial shipping lane that is directly on Iranian. soil, so to speak. And Iran is famous for putting drones in there and famous for putting mines in there and famous for threatening everybody you could possibly imagine when it comes to shipping lanes. Okay.

The president said today Iran has been obliterated. Let's start there from his official meeting that he had earlier this morning. And just so you know, he is also speaking from the Oval Office right now with President JD Vance. We're monitoring that for you. So if anything breaks from that, we'll certainly bring that to you as well. But here's what he said earlier today. Cut number nine. They have been literally obliterated. The Air Force is gone. The Navy is gone. Many, many ships have been sunk. They're war-fighting ships, but I guess they didn't know how to use them. And anti-aircraft is decimated. Their radar is gone, and their leaders are gone. Other than that, they're doing quite well. They've been at Terra for 47 years. And now, I guess, the world, through the United States. With the help of Israel, is doing what should have been done many years ago. Should have been done many years ago. The president's calling on NATO, China, and the world to help secure the strait. And there's this island, and it's a very crucial island, right by Iran, that... Really, this entire thing comes down to as far as oil refining goes for Iran. It's called Carg Island. And president mentioned that today as well. Cut number 10. And as you know, we attacked. Carg Island and knocked it. Knocked it literally destroyed everything on the island except for the area where the oil is, I call it the pipes. We left the pipes. We didn't want to do that, but we will do that. We can do that on five minutes notice. It'll be over. But for purposes of... someday rebuilding that country, I guess we did the right thing. But it may not stay that way. Just one simple word, and the pipes will be gone to, but it'll take a long time to rebuild that. You know, it's amazing about the whole situation. We have the Ayatollah Dajor. You know, it's like the soup d'Jour. Like, who's in charge right now in Iran? I don't know if it's true or not. that the guy had to go to an impotence clinic in Sweden, I think it was. I don't know. I think that that might have been a CIA sciop because nothing is going to emasculate a guy more, you know, in front of the mullahs and everybody else. If it's the guy to go to Europe for a month because he couldn't rise to the occasion. I don't know if that story is true. I don't care. I love it. I think it's fantastic. Even if they made it up. and said that the Ayatollah's kid had to go because he couldn't. And the standard blue pills apparently wouldn't work for him. He had to go for an entire month to deal with his impotence problem. Whether or not that's true or that is the greatest CIA sci-op ever, I love it in every single way and shape and form. The question is, who's really in charge? We have not seen this guy. We haven't heard from this guy. There was that weird cardboard cut out of him that came out the other day.

which looked like something out of a South Park episode. It had his face on it and it was cardboard and not even good cardboard. It looked like the kind of cardboard that if you bought a big box from Amazon and it was like the week before recycling day and you didn't know what to do with it, in my case what I do is I get my kids to play with it, build a fort out of it, break it down for me so I don't have to do the work on that. That's what it looked like. Kids broke it down, built a fort and then they slapped the picture of the new Ayatollah on it and then they brought it out there. as if it was a sandwich board in front of a deli offering free soup. So the president was asked a question about this. Like, who's in charge here? Cut 15. I don't know if they're ready yet. They're taking a pounding. I don't know if they're ready yet. And we don't even know their leaders. Look, all of their leaders are dead as far as we know. But they're all dead. We don't know who we're dealing with. We knocked out the first group. Then the second group met 88, met to pick the leader because the first group was all dead. And the second group got knocked out. They're all dead. Then a third group met. I would think they're a little nervous about meeting. I don't know if they're nervous. Maybe they're not. Maybe they're crazy. If they're not nervous, then they're crazy. But we met with the next group. But we don't know who their leader is. We have people wanting to negotiate. We have no idea who's in charge. We have no idea who's running the show. I'd tell you who I would not want to be. Anyone around them. You know what I mean? I would not want to be in the inner circle of the new Ayatollah Dajor, the guy who has to, I'm a fan of mob movies, not just because I'm Italian from Jersey, but I just, I love mob movies. I really do. And I always think about the guy who has to start the car for the guy. I always think about that guy whenever I watch those movies. And I just think, man, would not want to be in charge. So the problem is how do you make a deal if you don't know who's in charge? Who are you making the deal with? I think the way this plays out, it's like everything else in life, it's money. There are a lot of very rich and powerful people in Iran. And if they're losing money... that's when you're going to see regime change. In other words, I disagree with a comment that was made by Tom Friedman. I'll play that for you in just a second. But this is the president talking about Iran wanting to make a deal, cut 16. They want to make a deal. They're talking to our people. I don't know if they say that to you. Maybe they do. Maybe they don't. Don't forget.

They are a country that for years, I didn't know this until recently, they're a country based on disinformation. And now they're using disinformation plus AI. And that's a terrible situation. So the Supreme Leader, then who is the guy? I mean, and who are you dealing with here? And is he around? Is he stolen his impotence clinic? Cut 17. A lot of people are saying that he's badly disfigured. They're saying that he lost his leg, one leg, and he's, you know, been hurt very badly. Other people are saying he's dead. Nobody's saying he's 100% healthy. And he hasn't, you know, he hasn't spoken because the Ayatollah would sit and he'd spew hate from... A form of a throne, not as nice as a throne. I like the English throne much better. But it was a fancy chair. But he'd spew hate from his chair. But you see him a lot, right? This one we haven't seen at all. So that could be for a lot of different reasons. We don't know Peter if he's dead or not. I will say this, nobody's seen him, which is unusual. All right. So Thomas Friedman from the New York Times was on Meet the Press over the weekend. I was talking about how this ends. What's the exit ramp here and where this goes from here? There are two clips I want to play. And I want to give you my analysis on this. So let's start with cut six. The way I look at this is basically there are, there's in these Middle East wars, Kristen, there's the morning after and there's the morning after the morning after. Now, I think a lot of our strategy, what I've been advocating, is kind of take the win now, the military defeat, what you've done. It's set Iran back. And I would be offering them a ceasefire right now. Why? Okay. Because the morning after any ceasefire, the Iranians will come out and say, we defeated the big Satan and the little Satan. The morning after the morning after, millions of Iranians are going to be saying to the leadership, come here, that's my house there on the ground. That's my factory. That's my school. What the hell were you thinking? Okay, what are you going to do about that? That's when real politics will begin inside Iran. Politics will only happen inside Iran when we stop the bombing. Well, yes and no. I mean, yes, people are going to turn around and say, that's my house, that's my business, et cetera, but it's the money people. that's how you're going to get regime change. And for that, the question is, does the bombing really have to stop? I'm not so sure about that. I think you have a better chance of maybe an internal coup d'etat if it seems like it's not going to stop. But here's him on cut seven. And that politics is the only thing that will change the character of the regime. I think that's all we're going to see in the short run. But that politics could also create fissures within the regime. Because this regime is not going to break from the bottom up. It's going to break from the top down. But it only happened when politics could happen. We already saw when Iran's president came out and basically apologized to the Arab Gulf states for bombing them. Right away, he got slapped down by the Revolutionary Guards. That tells you the kind of fissures that are there. But politics only happens the morning after the morning after.

Well, it's the question of whether or not Iran even wants a ceasefire, and they say they don't want one. They're not even asking for one, cut one. No, we never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation. We are ready to defend ourselves as long as it takes, and this is what we have done so far, and we continue to do that until President Trump comes to the point that this is. An illegal war with no victory. So then the question then becomes, where do we go from here? And how much of that is dependent upon securing the Strait of Harmuz? We'll try to get some answers for you today. As Guy Benson continues, don't go away. Not the same talking points here, but Guy Benson's show. situation in the strait of our moves, something we're going to break down and discuss with a person who knows so much about this, Dr. Victoria Coates. I'm excited to chat with her. But I also want to mention, as the situation in the Middle East continues to evolve, American Red Cross service to the armed forces teams remain steadfast in supporting U.S. service members and military-connected families across the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Visit go. fox slash red cross or scan the QR code on your screen to donate. And remember that. It's incredibly important. The American Red Cross Service of the Armed Forces teams remain steadfast in supporting U.S. service members and military-connected families across the Middle East, Europe and Asia. So your help is greatly appreciated. So please do that today. Go. Fox slash Red Cross and help out. Thank you for that. The question then. And by the way, the president is taking questions right now on reporters discussing fraud. He just signed an executive order on going after fraud. I'll tell you one thing. And that is that as the situation in California unfolds with fraud, Gavin, we're watching the destruction of Gavin Newsom's political career in every single way. I love it personally. Because I just, I can't, I despise the man. I really do. I think he is one of the worst, worst politicians in the country. I really don't like him. I really do not like the guy. And a story that broke, Sacramento B, it broke a short time ago, an ex-Gavin Newsom aide received $62,000 after leaving a mid-federal corruption probe. Dana Williamson, Governor Gavin Newsom's former chief of staff, received $62,000 after leaving the governor's office in late 2024 while she was under federal investigation for public corruption. She received $62,598,000 after she left his office at the end of 2024, according to payroll data from the state controller's office. And they...

She got this for unused vacation time and other benefits when she left. Her base pay was $2,942. Not bad. Pretty good. And she also received other pay as well. She was put on leave in November of 2024 after she told them FBI agents had informed her. The agency was investigating her, which she told Gavin Newsom was related to a federal tax issue. And she has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting a court date. So you got corrupt administration officials there receiving payouts. Then, of course, a story which I know Guy has talked about to, and that is the fraud regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and these. nursing homes and Dr. Oz. And, you know, as I look at more and more of this coming out, at some point, Gavin Newsom, if he runs for president, is going to have to defend his record. Politics is always about offense or defense. And you're either going after the incumbent for their record, which President Trump did in the election against Joe Biden, or you're playing defense. against your record, which Biden had to do against Trump. Now, you would think in 2028 that since nobody's going to be an incumbent, that that means everybody's going to be on offense. But the problem of being a governor is you've got to defend your state's record. So as all of this fraud comes out in California, widespread fraud in public programs, and the Los Angeles Times had a huge thing about this. the fraud allegations, which could be anywhere from, you know, one to two billion dollars, maybe more, I mean, their numbers being thrown all over the place. He's got to defend that as he runs for president. And not just in the general election, don't forget, he's going to have to defend it in the primary. And he may be leading right now among Democrats, but as the record is examined on, and this is why I think Barack Obama trashed him on the homeless program. I think it's because they know once that record, once the scrutiny of Gavin Newsom's record comes to light, he's toast in a general election. Toast in a general election. My two cents. But let's talk about the straight of our moves. Can we secure it? What does it mean to you? Sky Guy Benson's show. Don't go away.

Guy Benson, sponsored by Previgin. Previgin, made for your brain. It is Guy Benson, and it's me, Rich Zioly, with you this afternoon. I appreciate you being here today, as we're talking about a lot of things. The question is, can we secure the straight of our moves? Well, thank God, we have... one of I consider to be the absolute best foreign policy expert anywhere. And that's Dr. Victoria Coates, former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. She is vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation. You see her on Fox News all of the time. I think she's been on 42 times today alone. Dr. Coates, thank you so much for gracing us with your presence today. I appreciate it, my friend. How are you? Always good to be with you, Rich, especially during these exciting times when we've all become experts on the straight of our moves. Yes, we have something that last Thursday most people had no idea. Thought there was a board game, the straight of our moves. Actually, it would be a good one. That pretty much would. Well, describe it for us. I mean, I've seen pictures now. I googled it because I was curious. And it looks like a giant horn. And it looks like a very, very thin passageway. And you got to, you can't avoid but get by Iran. Exactly. Excuse me. And so if you look at the Arabian Peninsula, what you'll see is at the two ends of it, there are two really narrow chokeholds. And one is coming out of the Red Sea to the west, and that's called Bab al-Mandeb. And if the Houdi Act up, we'll all be learning about that in coming days. So that's what would prevent things from going in or out of the Suez Canal and up to Europe or out of Europe. Then on the other side, coming out of the Persian Gulf, you have the strait of Hermuz. And the fastest way to figure out somebody doesn't know what they're talking about is if they call it straight. It's singular. It's straight. There's just one of it. And it is this very, very narrow, 22-mile gap that you have to go through to get up to the Persian Gulf or out of the Persian Gulf. And so it's... ostensibly, you would think, controlled by Oman to the west and Iran to the east. But Oman's not a particularly belligerent, dangerous country. So it's pretty much just the Iranians that are actually threatening. the passage of energy in particular out of the Gulf. And so that's what they've been doing for the last 47 years, because remember, this regime came into power in 1979, right around the time the United States was waking up to how acutely vulnerable we were to energy shocks coming out of the Gulf. Because at that point, we were importing significant amounts of energy from the Gulf.

It's a different scenario now because we obviously can produce our own energy, but at the same time, we are tied into and reliant on global energy markets. And so when there is a disruption that ups up the apple cart for other consumers, that impacts us as well. So the Iranians still have a fair amount of leverage here. That's why it matters. And I think what President Trump, I mean, one of the main reasons he's doing this, yes, is to neutralize the threat from the Iranians visa via nuclear weapon, but at the same time to also break this stranglehold they had on the strait. and point out that that's no longer a Trump card for them. I also want to ask you about Kong Island. I know it's Karg Island, but it should be Kong Island. You're calling it. We can rename it. I mean, we should, honestly, make it easier on everybody. I want to ask you about that in just a second, Dr. Coates, but I want to play for you a clip regarding the straits. So here's Secretary Chris Wright, who has asked the question, you know, you've got Chuck Schumer out there essentially saying, how did we not see this coming as in the straight not being secure? But of course, I would imagine they anticipated this. Of course, they anticipate Iran using mines and drones. everything else. And here's what the Energy Secretary had to say regarding that, cut 26. So he's either being, you know, ridiculously naive or he's simply being disingenuous, which is more likely. Everyone knows that we, the issue with the Strait of Hormuz. Of course, meticulous planning went into what might happen with the Strait of Ormuz, how to deal with that. Our chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Kane, is known for many things, but high on that list isn't absolute meticulous planner of all of the scenarios that might unfold. So why Chuck Schumer says these things to try to undermine the credibility of the United States military two weeks into a conflict, just quite offensive to me as a patriotic American? And all right, so the point on that, and I get his point, which is that, you know, we were prepared for this. Wall Street Journal today, I'm sure you saw the article over the weekend, talking about the Strait of Armuz and talking about the capacity for Iran. But I haven't heard of them sinking. ships. At least the stories are not out there. So obviously they're not yet. I mean, they could, but am I wrong in saying that at least as of so far that has not happened? Well, with all due respect to my friend Secretary Wright, I would embrace the and there that that.

Chuck Schumer is both hopelessly naive and completely disingenuous in this. And what he's doing, he knows perfectly well. We've all been in those briefings. This has been an issue since 1980, when President Carter did the smartest thing he did at Lobar by establishing the Carter Doctrine, by which we, the United States, would guarantee the free flow of energy out of the straight out of the straight of hormones. That has been a problem for 47 years. So to say that it wasn't taken into consideration, and somebody like General Kane wouldn't have said, here's what this is going to entail. And we've seen a bunch of other things that nobody's talking about, particularly the trans-Arabian Peninsula pipelines, both the big one going from Abake to Yambu, so essentially from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. bypassing the street. There's another smaller one going from Abu Dhabi down into Oman. Again, bypassing the straight. That gives you about half. the 20 million barrels a day that generally come out of the Persian Gulf. And so it's not a solution, but it really mitigates what the Iranians are doing. So we have that tool that I think we've been working with both UAE and Saudi to help them ramp that up to, as I said, mitigate the threat of the Iranians. And then the other piece of this rich is shutting the strait as they largely have, you know, basically frightening people into not running their tankers through the street, that hurts the Iranians as much, if not more than everybody else in the Gulf. Because they can't get their stuff out either. You know, we've been talking about Concarg Island. I mean, that's in the Gulf. If you're loading oil from Park Island, you've got to get it through the street to get it out if you're doing it by ship. So this is almost killing the Iranians as much as it's hurting our Gulf partners and allies who have much better managed economies and much deeper pockets than the Iranians do. So this should not be an insurmountable problem for us. And I think we do have military contingencies that we could deploy, but we may not even have to. We may be able to bring other pressures to bear, you know, survive on the product we can get out by pipeline and get the Iranians to the point where they have to stay on hold. And you said, in this clip went viral, essentially now, and I'll quote this, if we build some redundant pipelines, the Iranians essentially can go pound sand. I was wondering if I should have said that. I mean, that was on CNBC this morning. I mean, I love it. I think it's great. You're sitting there very early in the morning. Should I say pound sand? I literally can't think of anything else to say. So you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to say pound sand. Good for you. That's the thing is, you know, now we've seen what Petrolide, which is the name of the Saudi pipeline can do. And it has a companion pipeline that...

brings out natural gas liquids, not natural gas itself, but the stuff you find with it. If you did a third line there that could actually bring Katari, particularly natural gas out from the Gulf and bypass the straight. Then that's what the Iranians can do. They can go pound sand. I don't care. You know, I don't want them firing at things, but it's no longer an existential threat to how we do business around the civilized world. So that's, I think, that's, I think, the wave of the future. And, you know, if we can get through the immediate crisis. Dr. Victoria Coates is with us. She, of course, is the vice president of the Davis Institute at the Heritage Foundation. She's also author of the book, Battle for the Jewish State, How Israel and America Can Win. Play a clip for you. This is Ambassador Mike Waltz, encouraging other countries to send ships to the straight, cut 24. On escorts, look, back in the 80s under the tanker wars, then the last time Iran tried to constrain global energy supplies. You had French, United Kingdom, even Soviet Union. forces in there escorting their tankers out that were heading to their markets. And I think that's what President Trump is calling upon the world, saying the entire world is affected. Iran can't hold your economies hostage. And we certainly welcome, encourage, and even demand their participation to help their own economies. And meanwhile, the U.S. military will continue to pound the Iranian military their missile. boat and drone forces to keep the straits open. So the Wall Street Journal article said the president suggested China should come and help out. Is there an incentive for China to do that, Dr. Coates? Oh, there's absolutely an incentive for China to do it. We've all seen the X reports that there are fuel lines in China. People are lining up to get gas for their cars and whatnot. Because there's not enough. And they're not getting those sort of open cheap flows of energy out of Venezuela and Iran that they used to get, even the little bit they are getting from Iran. So this is a real problem for China. And one of the things that's made me particularly concerned about the construct around the Strait of Hermoy's... Harbutt's in recent years has been we're essentially paying for China's energy security. I mean, they don't have the capacity to project power into the Persian Gulf the way the United States does. And I don't know what exactly the mileage is from China to the Persian Gulf versus the United States. But it's got to be roughly equivalent. So it's not like we're asking them to project power into the Caribbean, although we can do that as well.

But they should be able to secure their own shipments. And if we are going to be the ones providing the security, then we should also have a finger on that spigot of that energy and China should know it. But you can't do this on your own. Maybe we're willing to do it for you, but only if you meet others of our conditions. So this is a huge point of leverage for the president. And as for the Europeans, it would be nice to have them with us the way they were in the 1980s. But the reality is they don't have anywhere near the capabilities that they have. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, they just essentially stopped investing in their navies and their defense writ large. And that's what brought them to the position they're in now where the UK, when asked to participate, I mean, A, Keir Starmer said he didn't want to, B, I don't think he could. Instead, it was going to take him two weeks to get a destroyer to Cyprus, where they have two major bases. The United States is to Cyprus. No, I mean, it's ridiculous. And it's, you know, these are not the kind of partners and allies we want. We want partners and allies like Israel, which has performed brilliantly in this joint exercise and been a huge magnifier of our power projection. China certainly doesn't have any, but anybody like that wanting to work with them. And I think we should do everything we can to turn Poland into the Israel of. Europe and Japan into the Israel of the Pacific. You know, I was actually surprised today when I heard the president when he was asked about France. And he said the following, Dr. Coates, cut 19. He's been on a scale of zero to 10. I'd say he's been an eight. Not perfect, but it's France. Are you confident? We don't expect perfect. We don't expect. What are we expecting to surrender, even though they're not even involved in the conflict? But he's talking about Emmanuel Macron. So France is doing a better job of helping us than England is, the UK? Yeah. I mean, that was actually my favorite quote of the day. It's France. Yeah, it's France. You're not looking for perfect. Right. But it's, no, I mean, it shows you how pitiful it is. And the Germans have come out also. Also with a bigger economy than France is saying, we're not going to send anything. We're not going to do anything. I guess their solution is import more Russian gas and keep paying for the Ukraine war. So that just shows you the sorry state of the three biggest economies in Europe. That none of them, I mean, France is at least fucking a good game. We'll see what they actually send. But none of them have any capability to do anything meaningful here. And you look at the relative size of the economies involved. The three gather, I believe, are close to $12 or $13 trillion a year in GDP.

I don't even think Iran has a GDP at this point. So this shouldn't be hard for them to ensure the security of their energy flows. But they simply don't have the capability. And they're so leveraged in terms of all of the woke spending they've been doing and their welfare states that they don't have the money. Dr. Coates, I have about 30 seconds, but Russia and drones, how critical is that? And I don't know, do you have a chance to stick around for the break? I can if you want me to. I would love that, actually. I'd like to ask you about that. I'd like to ask you about Cuba as well if we could. Oh, yeah, that's exciting. Fantastic. All right, great. All right, so we'll come back with Dr. Victoria Coates. It is Guy Benson. Don't go away. Filling in for Guy Benson, it's Rich Zioli. So great to have Dr. Victoria Coates sticking around with us for Guy Benson. So Dr. Coates, thank you. And Russia and drones and the idea of Russia supplying drones to Iran, take it from there, please. Well, normally we hear this the other way, that the Iranians have been supplying drones to the Russians and that this is going to do an enormous amount of damage to Russia because they're not going to have that ready supply. But at this point, I think the United States military has done so much damage to the Iranian ability, not just their stockpile of drones, but their ability to manufacture more drones, that they're needing help from the Russians. So that's a real role reversal. And keep an eye on Ukraine, everybody. The Ukrainians have managed in recent weeks to take back a couple hundred square kilometers of territory. It's a little sliver of territory in the east, in the Dantask region. But they're starting to move, and there's not much Vladimir Putin can do about it. So if he is now stressed by not getting that slow drones and having to send drones to the Iranians. we could see some really positive outcomes happening for Ukraine. So it's a really interesting situation. Excellent. All right. Well, we'll have to leave it at that, but I want to thank you so much for your time today, Dr. Victoria Coates. And, you know, it is crazy times we're living in. We'll have to get back to Cuba. I will just say, though, that for Marco Rubio, this has got to be the greatest time ever, huh? It is. For both Marco Rubio, people like Ted Cruz, the folks who are of Cuban descent, this is an amazing opportunity. Prayers with the island, but it comes to a happy outcome. And prayers for Kong Island as well. Follow Dr. Victoria Coates at Victoria Coates and get her book, Battle for the Jewish State, how Israel and America can win. Thanks, Doc. And we'll continue along here with Guy Benson. Carol Markowitz from the New York Post, straight ahead. Don't go away.

Raise your glass to Guy Benson Happy Hour. Brought to you by the Finnish Long Drink. Finland's most popular alcoholic beverage is taking America by storm. Visit thelongdrink.com. And now, here's Guy Benson. And it is great on this happy hour to have Carol Markowitz joining us, columnist for the New York Post and Fox News and co-author, along with Bethany Mandel, of the new book Stolen Youth, How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indctrination a Generation. Carol, thank you so much for joining us here. There's a lot to get to. I think, first of all, though, I want to ask you about the First Lady of New York City, although I tend to not like that term, First Lady of New York City. How are you? Good. Thank you so much for having me, Rich. Really love being on with you. Yeah. I'm also not a fan of the term, but it is what's used for the First Lady of New York City. I know that that's sort of weird because it should be just for the president's wife. But, you know, the New York Post, which is where I write a column, they call the mayor his honor. It's almost like a, I don't want to say a joke, but it's a little bit tongue-in-cheek. Fair enough. So she made some really awful remarks about October 7th. I mean, despicable stuff. And Zohran Mamdani comes out and defends her by saying that she's a private citizen, even though he has criticized many private citizens for their comments in the past. But for some reason, he turns around and says, you can't touch her. Now, you wrote a piece about this in the New York Post over the weekend, and you made a great point, Carol Markowitz. She's actually not a private citizen. Right. Well, we pay for her lifestyle. She lives in Gracie Mansion, New York City residents pay for that. She's married to the mayor, who is obviously a public figure. She's seen on his arm at various events. She hosts that inside Gracie Mansion. None of that is what a private figure does. This is a part and parcel of being a public figure. And look, the truth is, do we think that Zohran Mamdani is horrified by the post that his wife liked? Do we think that he's outraged, that she liked posts saying that the New York Times was making up the story of mass rape on October 7th? No, he likely shares all the same opinions as she does, but understands that, and probably has known for a while that he was trying to be a public figure and he was in the state senate in New York already. So he gets that he can't go around liking posts like that. His wife does not get that. So I would say their social media habits might be different, but I don't believe at all that his opinions vary widely from hers. Yeah, no, I doubt it. I think he agrees with her completely. I mean, that's the bottom line. They seem to get along quite well. I mean, it's obvious he agrees with what she said. And I think it's also important that everybody knows what she said because we've forgotten a little bit because of the attack in New York City that was not directed at Zohran Mamdani and Zohran Mamdani. So I think it's important to note what she said regarding October 7th. I mean...

She is somebody who is the first lady, as we'll call it, New York City, where you've got a lot of Jewish people who live and clearly is sympathetic to... The bad guys in the story. I mean, there's no other way to put it, Carol. Right. I no longer live in New York City, thankfully. I live in Florida now. Yeah, you escaped, right? So you're out. Absolutely. I was a lifelong New Yorker. And the thing is that, you know, I left during COVID, but I certainly would have left when Zohran Mamdani became mayor because to me, the writing's on the wall with what the mayor and his wife believe and what that translates to for the average New Yorker. You know, I made the comment about... She posted that the New York Times story about mass rape on October 7th was a hoax. And so how can a sex victim in New York City think that they're going to get the kind of support or justice that they deserve when the mayor's wife thinks that if you hold certain opinions and you are subject to rape, that that's okay. How is the average victim in New York going to feel about that? So to me, the part... where the mayor's wife has these important views would have pushed me out of the city anyway. Yeah, and the other reasons to leave the city, and thank God you're there, now have to deal with an estate tax that the mayor is proposing, rent controls, which are going to essentially now destroy small landlords. So that's going to be done as well. A $1.86 billion no-bid contract. to house people in hotels. That's about $330 per night, nearly $10,000 per month or $120,000 per year. Taxes are rising, services are cut. Many are being housed and have contributed little or nothing to New York's tax base. Yeah, taxpayers are footing for the bill for all of these things. As New York City says, there's no money, and Zohran Mamdani signs this $1.86 billion, no-bid contract. It really just gets to the heart of a guy who is an outright communist, wants to raise taxes on everybody and then redistribute that wealth. That's right. So again, you know, I made the comment that had I not left during COVID, I would have left during Zohran Mamdani. I would have left during the conversation about an estate tax. I don't think it's, I understand that it's far-fetched and it has to get through various mechanics of government. But to me, I don't trust a populace that elected Zohran Mamdani to not also push for an estate tax that would be 50% of the estate for anybody whose estate is worth $750,000. That's people who own a little house and, you know, the edge of Queens. It's not a big number for New York City, $750,000. When you own a home, you already hit that number more than likely in New York City. So I think that the city is in deep decline. I'm very worried about it. I still have family and lots of friends there.

I wanted to see it turn itself around after COVID, but it's heading completely in the wrong direction. Yeah, it really is. And New York City spends more per homeless person than the median New York City household earns. I mean, that's just insane. You know, when you think about that, then there's the whole feeling of his attitude towards the police. Has he even yet brought that hero chief to Gracie Mansion to thank him and welcome him for risking his life and for saving the lives of so many New Yorkers? Yeah, I haven't seen it, so I don't think so. He has, of course, had various people who have said horrible things at the White House. He had Mahmoud Khalil recently at the White House. He, of course, is the person who founded the encampments at Columbia University. And, you know, those encampments targeted and stopped Jewish students from going to class. So he's had people like that at Gracie Mansion, but I don't think he's had the hero cop yet. Yeah, I don't think so either, Carol. It's great to have you on the show today. Carol Markowitz is with us, and she's escaped from New York City. But you were born in the USSR, so I just have to ask, what's worse? The USSR or New York City under Zohran Mamdani? Look, USSR is always going to be worse. America, you have the beauty of federalism. You could always leave for a state that more matches your values. We didn't have that option in the Soviet Union. And there's nothing like America. It's the greatest last hope in the world. So while I would have, you know, liked New York to go into a different direction, I still have far more hope for, say, New York City than I ever did for the Soviet Union, obviously, or even for Russia right now, or any of the previous Soviet republics who still follow their policies. Well, I wanted to ask you about Iran because you had retweeted a tweet from Clay Travis earlier. And also the New York Post story about the captain of the Iranian women's soccer team, latest to withdraw asylum bid, family members are missing. And Iran is reportedly kidnapping these family members, these Iranian women's soccer team players. I mean, it's just, it's awful and heartbreaking. And I hope people understand that these are people who are going to be tortured. They're going to be killed. I mean, I think today the president said, you know, we think that they've killed over 32,000 protesters. We think that number is actually probably higher than that. Very, very heartbreaking. It really is. And where are the soccer players in the United States to speak out about it? Where are the female soccer players to say these are our women, these are the women that are just like us that now have to go back to this tyrannical regime where they're going to be tortured, maybe murdered, they're having their family members kidnapped. It's a horrible, horrible story. I don't see any of the usual suspects speaking out about it. You know, last night were the Oscars.

Where were the protests on behalf of these women who are more than likely going to be killed when they return to Iran? I mean, we just don't see it, and that's deeply unfortunate. All right, let me ask you about the Oscars, if I could, Carol Markowitz, because last night at the Oscars, we have some audio. So I want to play a clip for you. This is interesting now. You've got Javier Bardem who spoke. It's quick, but obviously, you know, political activism, cut 44. No to war and free Palestine. What does that even mean exactly? Yeah. Right. The Palestinians can easily free themselves if they stop trying to blow up Israelis. And that's an easy call. They've been offered a state multiple times. They always turn it down because it's not that they want a state so much that they want Israel not to have a state. And Javier Bardam could say whatever he wants, that's never going to happen. Israel is going to exist. And if you're really a friend to the Palestinian and the Palestinian people, and I say this in my piece. about Zohran Mamdani's wife. If she really cared about the Palestinian people, she would say to them that step one is to accept that Israel exists and will exist and everything else can come after that. All the discussions of a possible state could have came after that. But they will never accept it and their quote unquote friends in the West pushed them into an impossible situation where they'll never get the result that they want, which is the destruction of Israel. And they're again, friends in their West. just want them to keep trying and to keep dying in the name of that. It's really not a friendship that I would want to have. I think it's very well said in your part. You said that America is still better than the USSR, even with Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York City. Jimmy Kimball, though, I think disagrees. He thinks America's ridiculous. Cut 46. Are you exhausted? Am I exhausted? Am I exhausted? By the state of the world? And knowing every night you've got to say some... You should be looking in my face. No, no. Yes, I'm exhausted. Of course. It's ridiculous. We live in a ridiculous country. We always lived in a ridiculous country, but it's always ridiculous in a fun Mr. T kind of way. Now we've got a different Mr. T. Yeah. Mr. T. Wow, I didn't think of it as a Mr. T. Well, you know what? That's one I had to host the show. Are you scared? No, I'm not scared. No, I'm not scared. You're hopeful? Am I hopeful? I'm always hopeful. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm always hopeful. Most of the love when people who make millions and millions of dollars a year call America a ridiculous country, Carol Markowitz. Right, go to that country that you think is not ridiculous. You have all the money in the world. Go, go to where you think it's better. But he doesn't because we know, and he knows that this is the greatest country in the history of the world. It's not particularly close. There's nowhere else to go that's better. And if there were, Jimmy Kimmel would have gone there a long time ago. But he likes to trash America. That's part of what people on the left enjoy doing.

And they just don't know any better because they have nowhere else to compare it to. I do. And I can tell you that they don't understand anything at all, that they think that America is a ridiculous country. And I think it's probably why his show is not doing well, because he's become a political activist. He's not a comedian. People don't tune in to get a laugh from the guy. And that's, I think, part of the reason also why his buddy Stephen Colbert is losing his show. It's the same thing. I mean, these guys have taken what at one point was an American tradition of laughing a little bit. And then, you know, and now it's just, you might as well watch NBC or MS now, whatever. they call it now. Right. Yeah, absolutely. And they're not funny. They're just, they're angry, like people who want to talk about politics and rant at people, not make any jokes, not have any levity, not make it light at all, not bring any kind of humor into it. These are not comedians. These are political activists ranting on our television sets and people don't want to watch it anymore and I don't blame them. Carol Markowitz is with us. It's great to have her and I wanted to ask you, you know, the President Trump obviously came up during the award show, and you knew they were going to do that. You knew that they were going to talk about him. Obviously, they hate him, and that's pretty obvious. So Conan O'Brien started off last night by taking a shot, actually really at Turning Point USA, if you think about it, cut 41. I should warn you tonight could get political, okay? And if that makes you uncomfortable, there's an alternate Oscars being hosted by Kid Rock. Now, it's at the Dave and Busters down the street. A lot of tickets for that. I don't think there's a lot of people watching the Oscars. I mean, I really just don't think it connects with Americans. The movies that get nominated are not the ones that make money, number one. And then they have all their weird diversity and inclusion requirements where you've got to have a certain percentage of this group and that group. And I think it's probably one of the most out-of-touch things. I was trying to explain it to my kids yesterday. My son's 11. I couldn't really explain the Oscars. Yeah, it's tough to explain, right? It's like movies that nobody has seen getting awards for stuff nobody cares about. It's just, it's absolutely ridiculous. Like, I understand people who watch it for the outfits, that those people make sense to me. Anybody else really does not make any sense to me. And you know what? I watched the alternative T.P. USA show at the Super Bowl, not because I hate Bad Bunny or whatever. I actually quite like his music. I wanted to see what they were all about. And I wanted to see what else. there was in the world of, you know, cultural programming that isn't predictable and isn't obvious and isn't the same as it's always been, which is what I felt like the bad bunny show at the Super Bowl was. It was the most obvious same thing ever. Just because he sang in Spanish does not make it different. It's somebody who hates the president who, you know, says bad things about half the country. It's all the same all the time. So people like me tuned in to watch TPUSA because there's

half the country out there who did not agree with Conan O'Brien. Is it want to be nice, though, if we just, if it just simply had people, um, entertain us. I mean, is that too much to ask, you think? That would be very nice, actually. Imagine the singers just shut up and saying or the actors actually just acted and then collected their award and went home. That would be amazing. And they would have a bigger audience because there's people that I have no interest in watching now because I'm always thinking, oh, this person's so political and so annoying and so stupid. And I don't want to be a part of that. I don't want to support this. I don't want to fund their movie. I don't want to do any of that. And I know I'm not alone in that. I'm not a big boycotter, but I could absolutely see where many Americans are saying, these people don't like me. Why am I giving them my hard-earned money? I don't want to do that anymore. Well said. Well, tune into the Carol Markowitz show and follow her on X at Carol, which is just such a cool. I mean, you've got that handle early. I think it's fantastic. It's at K-A-R-O-L. And, of course, check out herself at New York Post and Fox News as well. And tune into her show on IHeart Radio. Carol Markowitz, great catching up with you. Thanks so much for joining us. Miss a minute. Miss a lot. Guy Benson.

You know, and actually, and I should have brought this clip up with Carol because Jimmy Kimmel took a shot of Trump and CBS at the same time at the Oscars last night. And I think, look, it's just very emblematic. I don't care if anyone's political. It doesn't matter to me. It's America. Be political. Be all you want. But to the point of just not entertaining and not being funny anymore, I don't know, man. I think if these guys were funny, they would just be doing a lot better in the ratings and they're not. And so. Can't they find that mix of being political and funny? I don't think so. And I think the reason why is because they have such anger and such animosity. And it's like from the Godfather, it clouds your judgment, never hate your enemy. It clouds your judgment. I think Kimball just genuinely hates Trump that much that he can't find a way to be funny while he's making jokes and even making political points. Here's an example. Cut 43. We hear a lot about courage at shows like this, but telling a story that could get you killed for telling it is real courage. As you know, there are some countries whose leaders don't support free speech. I'm not at liberty to say which. Let's just leave it at North Korea and CBS. Fortunately... Fortunately for all of us, there is an international community of filmmakers dedicated to telling the truth, oftentimes at great risk to make films that teach us, that call out injustice, then aspire us to take action. And there are also documentaries where you walk around the White House trying on shoes. Here are the nominees for documentary short film. I don't even know what that means, but he's got the First Amendment right to say. It's more of Guy Benson coming up straight ahead. Don't go away.

And for Guy Benson, it's Rich Zioly. Earlier in the show today, great guest, Chris Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire and president of the Airlines for America Trade Organization. It's crazy what's happening at the airports and the TSA and everything that's happening because the Democrats continue to keep the government shut down effectively. So we're going to replace some of that for you and let's do it. How bad is it? Give us the overview because I flew, I want to say two weeks ago to Florida with my son out of Philly, into Tampa. It was okay. Things are pretty good. But then I heard nightmare stories from over the weekend. So it's actually not that bad. It's really not. We have maybe, of the whole country, 10 or 11 airports this morning, where the weight was 30 minutes, 60 minutes, maybe 70 minutes in a couple areas. Two weeks ago, we had a big issue in Houston. That was tough to watch. That was like three, four hours, right? That line coming out the doors. We had a couple of those. But usually when that happens, what TSA does, they move like 20 or 30 people by airport and supplement. And so there's kind of a backup in the morning. They bring these emergency teams in. They can put out the fire, so to say. Because you never know where the issue is going to spike up, right? Whether there's people calling out or coming in late or whatever it is because, you know, they can't pay for child care that week. They have to take care of the kids. Or they're calling out, and maybe, God forbid, they're doing another job that we're driving Uber or something like that. These folks just don't get paid a lot. And now we're going into our fourth week of not, of these individuals not getting paid. These men and women in blue. sitting at the TSOs, at those checkout at the security line, they're going on four weeks now with no paycheck. That's, when you look at the economics of an average family in America, that's about the point where you go, I think I have to make different decisions for myself and my family because I just, there's no, when there's no end in sight, the biggest frustration is that there is no end in sight because folks are not talking. Chuck Schumer's not talking to the Republicans. Republicans have kind of given in on a few things. They moved Christine Ome on. They put on body cams, cameras on ice. They've calmed down the situation in Minnesota. Those are all things where the Democrats should say, okay, the Republicans are doing their part. We have to step up and do ours. But Chuck Schumer right now isn't saying anything. So someone has to take a leadership role here. Someone has to step up. This can't just be politics as normal because... Otherwise, we're just going to be putting out TSA fires, if you will, forever. And that's a complete disservice to the American public. And it's going to start costing real, wheel dollars to those constituents. And look, there's an easy way to do this, right? Make everyone in Congress work in a TSA line for about 10 minutes. Believe me, they will come running back in seeing what not just because. It not just is it a very hard job to do and to manage all these people and all these stresses of folks going through the airport, but then do it with no money? I always wonder what happens. Do these men and women in Congress, do they walk, ever walk through these TSA lines? Do you think they look these TSOs, these men and women of blue? Do you think they can even look them in the eye without a little bit of shame? And like, oh, yeah, hi, I'm the person not paying you your pay this week. But thanks for doing what you do.

I mean, it's just a terrible, terrible and very fixable situation. Yeah, and you know, the Wall Street Journal editorial said they should have Chuck Schumer work as a TSA employee. And I wouldn't want him touching any Americans, though, groping anybody or patting them down. That's the only thing, Kristen Nuneer, that I just would not want to see there. But it's a great point you make, right? I mean, do they not understand what these people are going to? Over 300 TSA employees have resigned during the shutdown. Sick calls more than double. For a lot of people, they live paycheck. to paycheck in this country. I don't think the average person becomes a TSA officer to get rich. I'm guessing. No, I mean, that's just it. And they keep coming in. I mean, by the way, you know, we talked about this a little bit last week. The only organization in America that can get away without paying their employees, because, you know, if Fox, for some reason, decided not to pay their employees, believe me, on day one, the federal government's got to come down and find them, penalize them, potentially shut them down. I don't care what your business is. But the federal government, yeah, they don't have to pay their employee and still force them to come to work. It's just a complete. hypocritical situation where they're shining a light on the the ridiculousness of the situation and everyone in america can see it and by the way you know you want to have your battles on ice or health care or whatever the next issue is that is fine but stop penalizing not just an industry, but the American public, over something that's completely unrelated. And these poor employees where I think we need to really put our emphasis on. So the good news is the system isn't melting down. We're not in a crisis, but there's a lot of problems, a lot of issues, and those are going to grow exponentially. Every single day these people don't have a paycheck is another day where they potentially have to make a decision for themselves and their family. And that's actually the tough situation, but it's an understandable situation, and everybody gets it. So, you know, and I would just throw this into your listeners out there. Look, when you're going through and you're waiting in a two-hour line, it's frustrating. It's really frustrating. Don't take it out on the TSOs, those men and women at the, you know, they have so much pressure on their shoulders while not getting paid to move a record number of people, because we are seeing record numbers of people travel through a system that, functionally, their own bosses aren't managing very well. So it's really really hard. I think the TSA itself is doing a great job. Customs and Border Patrol itself is doing a great job. It's those men and women on Capitol Hill that are not doing their job literally at all, right? And so, you know, any sort of patience you can pack while you're going through those lines on behalf of those individuals working without a paycheck is very much appreciated.

Kristen Nunes with us, former governor of New Hampshire, president of Airlines for America, and Airlines.org is the website, and you can follow them as well on social media, which I've been checking out your Twitter at airlines.org. And I'm looking at a couple things. Number one, global entry. So that is back, right? That is back, yeah. That one, they took offline for about two or three weeks. We fought hard to get it back in, and they turned it back on last week internationally, which is really important. It's important because businesses rely on this, right? I mean, my wife works for an international company. Global entry is key, and this is also a very, very important point. I think people understand. It's not just rich people who have the luxury of, you know, being able to pay for this. I mean, this is also key for commerce. Oh, without a doubt. And it's a really good system. So for those who don't know, you get basically pre-vetted. You go through an extra level of security and vetting before you, you know, well before you get on the plane and sometimes even before you book your flight. And when you come back in through customs, you're fast-track. And what does that mean? You actually need less workers, right? The technology is doing the work. You actually need less workers. It's a much more efficient system. Otherwise, everyone is piled into one, the old-fashioned way of doing it into one long line. And that puts a lot of pressure on a system. And, you know, you want to be, you want to make sure your manpower is focusing on those folks. who haven't been prevented, right? And that could potentially be a higher security risk. That's where you want to focus the effort. This one fast-tracks people through that have gone through a process, and it works really, really well. No, it's not, it's for business travelists. It's going to be very important during the World Cup. It's going to be very important for all the kind of record amounts of international travel that is expected this coming summer. And so to close it down made no practical or even mathematical sense if you thought of it that way. For more, of course, go to Guy Benson.com, and you can hear the entire show and the podcast, of course. Coming up, the question is, do you say goodbye or not? Home Stretch, straight ahead. In the swamp, not of the swamp. Guy Benson.

it's time for your favorite segment of the day. Home stretch. It's basically the only segment I'm on, so I've declared it the audience's favorite segment. Guy Benson. It's been fun hosting today. I've had a great time, and I may just leave. I may just walk out completely. And not even say thank you, not even say goodbye to cookie or to Joel or to Dylan, but that would be called the Irish Goodbye. And of course, I'm Italian. So that doesn't really work for me. But in defense of the Irish goodbye, Cookie, give us the overview in your opinion of what the Irish goodbye means. Well, it happens a lot when Guy Benson and I are on the road, he Irish goodbyes me all the time. And then he just heads on to other plans without me. It's happened many of times it actually happened last week in Palm Beach. But Irish goodbye is basically your say you're at a gathering and then you just walk out and you don't say goodbye to anybody. You just leave because it's time to go. Now a lot of times people said, I Irish goodbye. But it was really just alcohol and I needed to get out of the party. Or technically, maybe I didn't know I Irish goodbye because I didn't know I left. But, you know, I digress. Those were the younger years of cooks. Not, didn't just happen two weeks ago, Rich. Oh, my Irish goodbye happened Friday night. Oh, do tell. Literally, I was with my buddies. We went away for a guy's weekend for my birthday, and at about 1130, we lit some cigars, and I decided I was tired. I put my cigar down and said, I'm going to grab water, and then I went right to bed. Did you not say good night? Yeah, just left, left my buddies and just went to bed. Now, is this a, okay, I... I have thoughts on this. Was this a big group of people or was this just a couple of guys? No, it's just like five guys, but I do this at parties all the time. This is my thing. My signature move is the Irish goodbye, even though I'm Italian and I think the reason why. is because the Italian goodbye takes hours, right? You got to thank, you got to give hugs and kisses and you got to everybody in the room. And so from the time you say you're going to leave, let's say it's 7 o'clock, you don't get out of there until 9.30 if you do the Italian goodbye. So if you just do the Irish goodbye, you just disappear, you're good. So I don't usually do the Irish goodbye. What I do is definitely the long goodbye. I'm Italian. And I also do this fun move where anybody I met, I make plans with. So as I'm saying goodbye, I'm like, you know what? You and I definitely should be going to Vegas in a couple weeks. Or you know what? Yes, the whole family should do a Napa trip.

And then I wake up and there are plans made that I then have to cancel because obviously I'm not going to do that. Or even last week, Guy and I were on a work trip down in Florida and I had met some friends. And I had said the next day was a Saturday. We were all going to find a big group at the pool, all hang out. And, you know, this was on cookie. She was going to put it all together. I never rang any of those people. I just went to the pool by myself and then went to the airport and home. Hmm. How do we feel about that, Dylan? I mean, to me, that sounds a little bit creepy that she's at a work trip and she's making plans with people on a work trip. Well, I mean, cookies making plans with people and making new best friends on a daily basis, pretty much. So, I mean, I don't think that that's necessarily out of the ordinary for her, but I do think that that's definitely worse than, I mean, just like leaving a party without saying goodbye is so much better than... making plans with somebody and then leaving them out to dry like i mean cookie said that she then couldn't i mean this was shared with us last week that she couldn't returned to the pool because there were people that would be waiting for her, right? Didn't you say that cookie? You were afraid of running into people because you blew them off. They had dollar bills for you. That's why. They had singles. You know what the worst thing is on a Saturday night when you're hanging out? And then you're like, you know what? We're going to go out to breakfast tomorrow. We're going out. And then all my friends are like, cooks, what time are we heading out? I'm like, oh, no, I'm not getting out of bed. Like, are you out of your mind? I do this a lot. Rich, I don't know if you know this, but the audience does. My husband had... a while ago created business cards. And it's a picture of me on the front drinking two beers at the same time. And on the back, the card says, if you've received this card, it's because my wife has drunkenly made plans with you. That is not going to happen. They're null and void. We are sorry. She cannot control herself, warmest regards. That is amazing. And he hands them out all the time, like all the time. I mean, that is brilliant. I think that, so, Joel, as you're as you're part of the team now, you've got to realize that if Cookie has made plans with you and you have not received that card, it's coming your way. It's just that you're just too new. You know what I mean? I think you should realize that. You know what? That's totally fine. Usually I'm a patient man, so it's all good.

Oh, little does he know, Rich. Yeah, no. So you make plans with people and then your husband vetoes it and says it's not going to happen. And then do they just chuckle or do they think like, how do they react? I mean, the majority of people think it's very, very funny. We tell like, you know, other couples. I know a lot of people that my business card, like my picture is on their refrigerator. I have a lot of friends that have just, you know. put that magnet on that business card. And I once went to a New Year's Eve party this past year. And I'm, you know, mingling. And a couple comes up to me that I don't know. And she goes, oh, my God, you're on her fridge. Like, your picture is on my friend's fridge. I'm like, yep, that's me. Most people find it very, very entertaining. But Bobby didn't do it for entertainment purposes. He truly meant it because he was getting sick of having to tell. multiple people like, no, next week we're not joining you, your grandparents, your aunt and uncle to Disney World. It's just not happening. Oh, you don't just say like, we'll meet for a bagel. You're planning vacations with people. Oh, oh. I mean, I literally once told this whole group of friends one night we were drinking wine. I'm like, you know what we need to do? Like, we need to get an Airbnb in Paris. And like, we need to take... the kids like they need to be cultured like we should all go to paris to this day that group every time they see me they're like how's that that parish trip working are we are we getting any closer to it meanwhile that whole group wound up going to spain and portugal last year together invited us and i was like yeah no thanks i'm good But don't you think if you actually sat there and you booked the Airbnb right then and there, it would make it impossible or at least more difficult to do it, especially if you pick a non-refundable place and you just right then in there, do it? Have you thought about that strategy? What kind of girl do you take me for? Now I'm not going to just do that impulsively. I mean, that's what you need to do. And then your husband can hand up the ticket and you say, sorry, it's booked. Well, I can't do that because Bobby could probably just cancel it. Bobby has a dick. Just so you know, Rich, we just had Bobby on the show on Friday because I lost a bet to Guy Benson. And the bet was that the Jets would make the playoffs. And since I lost that bet, yeah. Yeah, wasn't my best. It wasn't my finest moment. Since I lost the bet, he was able to interview Bobby for 15 minutes without me being in the studio. I got kicked out. Wow. Yes, so Bobby did explain these business cards, you know, on air last week. Yeah, you know, I'm... Now, does that transcript go right to marital therapists? How does that work exactly? We're far past that, Rich. Yeah. Like, we're far past... Guy said to Bobby, he's like, what was the worst thing like you actually discovered? Because Bobby listens to Homestretch, what's the worst thing you ever discovered that you didn't know, but you found out on air? And he's like, she's sold my house. Because they did. I had a realtor come. We put it on the market. And then I told the world and Bobby when he was listening on the bus going home.

So wait, your husband found out you sold your house. I was selling our house, yes. Okay, I feel like that's the kind of thing you would talk about ahead of time. I just knew he wasn't going to go for it. So there's the Irish goodbye, and then there's the Irish shelling of the house. You've taken it to a whole other level. Yeah, yeah. It worked out for the best, though. We're in a beautiful new home. Wow, Cookie. Did you just buy it without him knowing? Because that's the follow-up. No, no, no. That I had to finagle a little more. But, yeah, so. Yeah, I have, how did we get to this part? Weren't we talking about an Irish goodbye? Yeah, we're just going to, we're just going to end the show by just ending it and just, and say it's good manners. That's what Allison Chapperdack wrote in the Wall Street Journal. It's actually, it's not bad manners just to leave. And I agree, you're not bad important, just leave. That's what I say. We all agree because nobody's saying anything. So then it's the Irish goodbye. I was supposed to Irish goodbye, remember? That's right. I forgot. All right. Well, thank you for letting me fill in for Guy Benson. It's Rich Zioly. And have a great rest of your day today. And goodbye. So as I'm saying goodbye, I'm like, you know what? You and I definitely should be going to Vegas in a couple weeks. Or you know what? Yes, the whole family should do a nap a trip.

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