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5 min readA 79-year-old man was awake at 1:21 AM on a Monday morning, tweeting an endorsement for a California gubernatorial candidate. That man was President Donald Trump, and the candidate was Steve Hilton. The tweet was not short. It was a full-throated endorsement, posted in the middle of the night, and it immediately moved Hilton's odds in prediction markets from 65% to 81%. This is the same president who, less than 48 hours earlier, had posted a threat to Iran on Easter Sunday that included the phrase "Open the effing straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell. Just watch. Praise be to Allah." The host, Patrick Bet-David, opened the episode by noting that he had received a 10-minute phone call from President Trump on Saturday, during which Trump told him the world would hear about a rescue operation in about 10 to 12 hours.
The Rescue of Two U.S. Pilots
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:27) **Easter Weekend & Trump's Late-Night Endorsement** - PBD recounts his Easter egg hunt and then notes that President Trump tweeted an endorsement for California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton at 1:21 AM.
- 2 (02:26) **Trump's 48-Hour Iran Ultimatum & PBD's Call** - PBD discusses Trump's threatening Easter tweet to Iran and reveals he had a 10-minute phone call with the president on Saturday.
- 3 (11:36) **US Military Rescues Two Downed Pilots in Iran** - The panel reacts to the successful rescue of two US pilots from deep inside Iranian territory, a mission Trump confirmed on Truth Social.
- 4 (28:32) **Trump's 48-Hour Ultimatum & Iran's Response** - The panel analyzes Trump's Easter threat to Iran and Iran's retaliatory propaganda, including a video threatening a $30 billion OpenAI data center.
- 5 (37:17) **Trump: Kurds Kept Guns Meant for Iranian Protesters** - A clip from a Fox News interview reveals Trump's claim that the US sent guns to the Kurds for Iranian protesters, but the Kurds kept them.
- 6 (49:38) **Israel Kills #2 IRGC General in Tehran** - A report emerges that Israel has killed Brigadier General Sayed Majid Khademi, the number two intelligence official in the IRGC, in the heart of Tehran.
- 7 (54:33) **Soleimani's Niece & Daughter Have Green Cards Revoked** - Marco Rubio revokes the green cards of the niece and grandniece of slain General Qassem Soleimani, who were living a lavish lifestyle in LA while praising the regime.
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Show Notes
Patrick Bet-David, Tom Ellsworth, Adam Sosnick, and Vincent Oshana break down the rescue of a U.S. pilot after an F-15E was shot down, Trump’s 48-hour Iran warning and “open the strait” threat, Rubio revoking visas of IRGC family members, and the economic and political fallout from Iran war taxes, impeachment calls from Ro Khanna, and Newsom’s $19M PR controversy.
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