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Mike Johnson Calls for Holy War in Iran and Contradicts Trump at Every Step

17 min
Mar 6, 2026about 1 month ago
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Summary

The episode critiques Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's religious motivations driving U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding Iran, arguing that Christian nationalist ideology is guiding military decisions. The host contends that white evangelical Christianity has become a dangerous force in American government, enabling aggressive foreign policy while hypocritically criticizing other religions.

Insights
  • Religious extremism in U.S. government leadership is shaping military and foreign policy decisions with minimal opposition party scrutiny or accountability
  • White evangelical Christian voters form the political base enabling current administration policies, yet their influence remains largely unexamined in mainstream political discourse
  • American foreign policy criticism of other nations' religious governance is undermined by the host nation's own religious extremism at the executive level
  • Churches and religious institutions operate with tax-exempt status while actively influencing political outcomes and indoctrinating youth without regulatory oversight
  • The alignment between Christian nationalist ideology and Israeli government interests creates compounding geopolitical risks in Middle East policy
Trends
Christian nationalist ideology increasingly embedded in U.S. federal government decision-making structuresReligious extremism in government leadership operating without meaningful political opposition or media scrutinyTax-exempt religious institutions expanding political influence through government infiltration and youth indoctrinationAlignment of U.S. foreign policy with apocalyptic religious narratives rather than secular strategic interestsWhite evangelical voting bloc consolidating political power despite ideological inconsistency with stated valuesHypocrisy in U.S. criticism of religious governance in other nations while enabling religious extremism domesticallyReligious identity becoming primary driver of foreign policy decisions regarding Middle East military interventions
People
Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House whose religious beliefs and divine guidance claims are criticized as driving U.S. foreign policy...
Donald Trump
President whose narcissism and grievances are enabled by white evangelical voting bloc despite lacking genuine religi...
Jim Jordan
Politician mentioned as potential Speaker candidate; criticized for covering up sexual abuse at Ohio State University...
Steve Scalise
Mentioned as Speaker candidate that Johnson worked to elect before receiving divine instruction to assume the role hi...
Tom Emmer
Mentioned as one of 13 candidates who ran for Speaker of the House position
Kevin McCarthy
Former Speaker whose deposition preceded Johnson's ascension; described as friend of the host
Jerry Falwell Jr.
White evangelical leader credited with giving blessing to Donald Trump, enabling evangelical voter mobilization
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister described as war criminal whose interests align with U.S. Christian nationalist apocalyptic plans
Marco Rubio
Government official criticized for displaying religious symbols while lecturing Muslim world about moral authority
Quotes
"The Lord began to wake me up through this three week process we're in, in the middle of the night and to speak to. Now at the time, I assumed the Lord is going to choose a new Moses and oh, thank you, the Lord, you're going to allow me to be Aaron to Moses."
Mike Johnson (via clip)Mid-episode
"This is how they are able to go and kill little kids in Palestine. And now they're killing little kids in Iran because they think they're fighting a holy war because they're fucking crazy."
HostMid-episode
"These people, Little Grinder and that nut right there that's speaking in tongues, grifting off of the audience that's been married a gajillion times, all of these people are complete hypocrites."
HostMid-episode
"America, out of all of the Western countries, has a crazy Christian problem. And this crazy Christian problem is now lecturing other governments that have religion intertwined."
HostLate-episode
"We never dealt with the crazy Christian problem. These churches have acted with impunity. They have never been taxed. They are indoctrinating and brainwashing the youth."
HostClosing segment
Full Transcript
Alleged heterosexual speaker of the house, Little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson, has a problem with Iranians and religion. This guy, this big, big, psychotic, rapture prepping, delusional Christian, Little Moses Mike Grinder Johnson, alleged heterosexual, play the clip. And they say the quiet parts out loud. They wanted to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, and they'd like to take us out as well. We're the great Satan in their analogy and their misguided religion, and there was no way to appease them. and define misguided religion that's pretty rich coming from little moses mike grinder johnson misguided religion he says this guy who is an insane bible thumber i mean this guy is an absolute lunatic the stuff he says on camera in my opinion qualifies him to be in a mental institution he is a religious addict and you have to understand people live on the coast people that live in other countries people can be addicted to gambling people can be addicted to drugs people in the bible belts are addicted to religion and this is what it looks and sounds like i'm going to play the clip um and then when the speaker's race happened and kevin mccarthy who's a dear friend of mine was deposed uh vacated from the chair oh wow well this is what the lord may have been been preparing us for. And so I was started praying more about that. And then the Lord began to wake me up through this three week process we're in, in the middle of the night and to speak to. Now at the time, I assumed the Lord is going to choose a new Moses and oh, thank you, the Lord, you're going to allow me to be Aaron to Moses. And so I worked to get Steve Scalise elected speaker. That didn't happen. And then Jim Jordan, who's like another big brother of mine. No, that didn't happen. And then Tom Emmer and, you know, ultimately 13 people ran for the, for the post. And the Lord kept telling me to wait, wait, wait. So I waited, I waited. And then at the end, when it came to the end, the Lord said, now step forward. Me? I'm supposed to be Aaron. That is insane. I cannot say it enough. That is the speaker of the house of the United States of America and he is a religious addict. That is utterly insane. He says, you know, we put in Jim Jordan's name. Well, who is Jim Jordan? Jim Jordan is the guy who helped cover up sexual abuse at the Ohio State University wrestling. And then he's sitting there saying, God woke me up. God told me this. God told me to step forward. God told me you're Aaron. No, wait, JK, you're Moses. he's so insane he says this on a camera because it's so normal to him and it's so normal to those people that hear it because they too are wildly deeply indoctrinated into this death cult and when you think god is waking you up in the middle of the night telling you you're erin then going just kidding step forward you're actually going to be moses and you present that in the modern world as how you ascended to be Speaker of the House. And the opposition party isn't constantly saying, hello, we have a problem here. We have an insane cultist in the Speaker of the House position. They don't. They don't say a word about it. This has always bothered me. It will forever bother me. This is how they are able to go and kill little kids in Palestine. And now they're killing little kids in Iran because they think they're fighting a holy war because they're fucking crazy. They sit and criticize other people's religion because their religions put a mirror on their own. And this is just, this insanity is what is guiding American foreign policy right now. To your point I have had a conversation last week with someone that said well people are telling me I don get a divorce because God told them it you know her heart would change your heart would change So this is not uncommon in the circles that I grew up in, that I find myself in still today. When somebody says to you, God told me that is something that happens without batting an eyelash. So this is extremely normal to the people in the Bible Belt, i.e. it just happened to me where somebody looked at my face and said, God told me that blah, blah, blah, blah. They're totally fine with that. They don't see that as crazy because that's how they were raised and indoctrinated. So Moses Mike Johnson, His foreign policy is guided by this. It is guided by something that you think you would hear somebody in a mental institution say. And he has propped up the president of the United States who doesn't give a shit about religion, who only cares about his ego, his grievances, etc. And the white evangelicals, particularly Jerry Falwell Jr., gave the blessing to Donald Trump, and that's how they got the evangelicals to go out. The white people, the whitest, most religious people in the United States of America, without that voting bloc, Trumpism doesn't exist. Sure, you got some Latinos for Trump. Sure, you have a few blacks for Trump. But it is white people that created this and do this. they're so serious about this Christian white nationalism that this lady that I'm about to play a clip of, she has an office in the White House. And Moses Mike, Grindr Johnson, alleged heterosexual extraordinaire, calls other people fanatics and says that there's a problem with the Iranian religion. This is what's going on in the White House right now. Play the clip. I hear a sound of an abundance of rain. I hear a sound of victory. Okay. I've seen enough. This type of shit right here, this is crazy. It is utterly insane. Now, I will fight for your right to be that crazy, but we have to have a secular government. Obviously, the problem with Iran that they have is they don't have a secular government. So you You have this horrific regime that is imposing the most brutal interpretations of religious scripture onto its citizens. I don't know who I need to tell this to right now. These people, Little Grinder and that nut right there that's speaking in tongues, grifting off of the audience that's been married a gajillion times, all of these people are complete hypocrites, by the way. But they envy the control that the Iranian regime has over its people. And they say, oh, we're going to come save you. We're going to come save you from these crazy religious people. Wink, wink. We're crazy religious too, and we're going to kill you in the process. this American crazy Christian problem has gone unaddressed by the opposition party. They have injected themselves into churches. They have ingratiated themselves with the Republican party because it is the most easily co-opted group of Americans that we have. These people, they act like they believe in everything. They believe in nothing. There's no conviction. They will change their opinion on a whim based on who they last talked to or whatever news show they just watched the last time. Oh, Donald Trump is not for wars in the Middle East. Me neither. Donald Trump wins. We're going to have a forever war in Iran. I'm all for it. These people absolutely believe in nothing And this crazy cult is guiding American foreign policy And the hardcore Zionists know how important the Jews being in Israel is for their apocalyptic rapture plans that they even co by war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu It's just a travesty that we have not dealt with this problem. And these churches continue to indoctrinate people. They're the ones that are heading into schools, indoctrinating people, that you have all of these broken, brainwashed people that are in this death cult that are trying to live out their apocalyptic fantasy via foreign policy. Well, and one thing about Christianity, having grown up in it, is that your views and your religion is superior. So you're entitled to make other people believe it, which to me, that's not a whole lot of difference. If Mike Johnson is telling every person of Muslim faith his Christian is superior, they think it's their right. That's how I was raised. They go out, spread the word is how it's raised. But really, I don't give a shit if you believe this or not. I know what's better for you than you do. And it's just grown. And now it's at the forefront of government. It's so disturbing because I know how selfish that religion is and how narcissistic that religion is because I was in it. I cannot stand the heavy caked on makeup look. It drives me utterly insane. And that's why I'm so happy to share with everybody my obsession with Jones Road Beauty. It's the best, most lightweight natural makeup I've ever used. You don't have to use brushes, no complicated routine. You can just use your fingers and go. Jones Road Beauty just launched an eyeshadow stick that I love. It's already a staple. It's creamy, high pigment eyeshadow stick, and it's designed for real life. You can swipe on and blend with your fingers. No brush, no fallout, no fuss. 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But these Christians that sit around and criticize Muslims, when, as I see it, the people who do most of the killing are Christians. The people who are constantly invading and starting all of these wars are Christians. But yet we're sold this whole thing that we have to be scared of Muslims. All Muslims are terrorists. And it's such bullshit. It is such bullshit. There are extremists in every single religion. And it's really dangerous when these extremists control the government. And here's a prime example right here. Look at Marco Rubio. Look at Donald Trump. These people have the audacity. He gets on news with his Ash Wednesday cross And then look at all these white crusty evangelical psychos surrounding the most narcissistic psychopath dementia pudding boy surrounding him with their hands on him And these people have the audacity to claim the moral high ground and lecture the Muslim world. And that's where people cannot stand America. It is that American arrogance that isn't just with religion. It then goes on to this and this and this and the arrogance of Americans is something in the individualism that's so worshipped is something that's so off-putting. And it's something that now we see is so incredibly dangerous. And if people want to practice, I know that some of you listening or watching have some form of faith. Maybe you're Muslim, maybe you're Jewish, maybe you're Hindu, maybe you're Christian, and you're not an extremist and it brings you peace and serenity in your life. I don't oppose that. But as a person who grew up in the Bible Belt, surrounded by cultists, white Christian nationalists, cultists, I can tell you these people are dangerous. And these people feast on recreational cruelty. They enjoy the otherizing. They enjoy tribalism. They have been taught at a very young age that they are not good. You were born bad. You need saving. And so there's this, all of the shame. And it's really tragic. It's tragic that so many people go through life with all of this man-made shame that's presented to them as some sort of existential crisis. And it's really diabolical, but now they're doing this in the federal government. America, out of all of the Western countries, has a crazy Christian problem. And this crazy Christian problem is now lecturing other governments that have religion intertwined that, oh, we know what's best for you. And if we were to go back to what started this whole thing, Americans coming over here, Europeans coming over here, colonizing, genociding, all the shit. It's religion. It is religion. So now we have these nuts, these complete psychos telling troops, American troops, they're fighting a holy war. And then they want to lecture Muslim countries about their religion. And I will tell you this, if you live in Oklahoma, you live under Christian nationalist rule. The Christians that I grew up around, I'm going to be very honest with you right now, these white evangelical Christians are the most judgmental, the cruelest, the most hateful group of people you have ever seen. They demean the poor. They demean black people. They demean gay people. They demean kids they don't like. Anything that they don't like, they feel very justified in critiquing. And that type of arrogance, on top of what American arrogance already had, those two toxic, arrogant personality types are now combined running the United States federal government, lecturing the world. What's even worse is that arrogance is now combined with Benjamin Netanyahu. And this is as dangerous as it gets. And America's lesson here is we never dealt with the crazy Christian problem. These churches have acted with impunity. They have never been taxed. They are indoctrinating and brainwashing the youth while then going out and lecturing people about arts, about books. I saw some guy online the other day still talking about the lie about litter boxes. These people are insane. You're no different from the extremists in any other religion that you claim to criticize. You are that. You are every single bit that. And we need to continue to put the mirror up because this America's crazy Christian problem brought us into this. All right. That's all we have. Like, subscribe, comment. We'll be back later with more news.