4/3/26 - Trump's Defense Budget: A Bold Move Amidst Crisis

This week on the Mark Levin Show, the war against the Iranian regime, though only a few weeks old, is going very well. Voices of despair—some genuine, many contrived—are widespread but do not reflect broad reality. The President’s base remains solidly supportive. Opposition comes loudly from Democrats, Woke Reich isolationists and a public heavily influenced by uniformly negative media coverage and social media operations. Premature cessation of this war would be devastating, allowing the regime to rebuild with aid from China, Russia, and North Korea, delivering a major victory to the Axis of Evil. The U.S. needs to stay the course. A premature end to the Operation Epic Fury, without fully eliminating the regime, risks repeating the mistakes after World War I, when a devastated Germany gave rise to the Third Reich and led to World War II and the Holocaust. Meanwhile, we have the opposition in America from the neo-fascists, Marxists, Islamists, Woke Reich, and parts of the media who are trying to tie the administration’s hands by opposing any troops, regime change, or action on the uranium, effectively ensuring America cannot win. President Donald Trump is trying to take the reins with an executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship only to those born here to actual citizens or legal permanent residents. This isn’t just a legal matter; it has profound implications for our elections. Democrats see an opportunity here, they’re ready to exploit our immigration system to pad their voter rolls. In addition, one of the notable trends surrounding birthright citizenship involves Chinese nationals who are increasingly using this provision to secure U.S. citizenship for their children. Peter Schweizer describes this as a phenomenon occurring on an industrial scale. Such a trend raises pressing concerns about national security and the long-term consequences for American institutions. Also, Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared the radicalism of Iran to the MAGA movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, a U.S. F-15 has been downed in a desolate area of Iran. One crew member has been successfully rescued, while search efforts continue for the second. President Trump declined to discuss specifics of the ongoing search and rescue operation and said that the incident would not affect negotiations with Iran. Also, the White House has requested $1.5 trillion for defense in the new budget. This is a great proposal - national defense is the federal government's top responsibility.  Later, the Democrats are telling us, repeatedly, that if they win the House, they will impeach the president and conduct a reign of terror against all who work for him, all who have worked for him, and do everything possible to cripple his presidency. We should not roll over and play dead as they burn down the country. Afterward, Mayor Zohran Mamdani released an Easter statement that completely omitted any mention of Jesus Christ, despite Easter specifically celebrating Christ's death and resurrection. This statement was issued intentionally on Good Friday, part of a deliberate pattern by the Muslim mayor of New York City. Finally, Col Allen West calls in to give an update on how the military is conducting their search and rescue mission for the missing F-15 fighter pilot. He also expresses his annoyance at the media Iran war coverage, viewing it as unconscionable criticism during active operations, akin to opposing troops on D-Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Thursday's Mark Levin Show, President Donald Trump is trying to take the reins with an executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship only to those born here to actual citizens or legal permanent residents. This isn’t just a legal matter; it has profound implications for our elections. Democrats see an opportunity here, they’re ready to exploit our immigration system to pad their voter rolls. In addition, one of the notable trends surrounding birthright citizenship involves Chinese nationals who are increasingly using this provision to secure U.S. citizenship for their children. Peter  Schweizer describes this as a phenomenon occurring on an industrial scale. Such a trend raises pressing concerns about national security and the long-term consequences for American institutions. Also, Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed compared the radicalism of Iran to the MAGA movement.  Lastly, Governor Kathy Hochul is considering a potential agreement with a major union that would enable public employees, including teachers and nurses hired after 2012, to retire at 55. This initiative comes with a staggering price tag of approximately $1.5 billion for taxpayers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Wednesday's Mark Levin Show, WMAL's Larry O'Connor fills in. The Artemis II launch was a pivotal moment for American space innovation. This four-member crew is gearing up for an ambitious 10-day journey that will take them around the moon and back, marking NASA's first crewed venture beyond low Earth orbit in over five decades. Also, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an open letter to the American public, filled with typical propaganda remarks and condemnation of U.S. involvement in Iran. Pezeshkian's letter seems like a desperate attempt to sway American opinion and force a ceasefire. As the conflict escalates and shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz halts, we must remain focused on national security and resist calls for appeasement, prioritizing the safety and integrity of our nation.  Lastly, long airport lines and escalating worries about domestic threats weren’t enough to deter Senate Democrats from once again blocking funding for Homeland Security on Friday. This marks the fifth attempt by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his Republican colleagues to reopen the agency. Their latest unsuccessful effort coincides with the Department of Homeland Security shutdown entering its 35th day.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Tuesday’s Mark Levin Show, a premature end to the Operation Epic Fury, without fully eliminating the regime, risks repeating the mistakes after World War I, when a devastated Germany gave rise to the Third Reich and led to World War II and the Holocaust. Meanwhile, we have the opposition in America from the neo-fascists, Marxists, Islamists, Woke Reich, and parts of the media who are trying to tie the administration’s hands by opposing any troops, regime change, or action on the uranium, effectively ensuring America cannot win. Also, the U.S. and allies need to arm Iranian people immediately! One thing we can do, which Reagan did in Afghanistan, Angola, and Nicaragua, is arm the people in Iran so they are no longer butchered by these monsters without the ability to fight back!  They will rise up as a real fighting force, but they need weapons!  And it must be done immediately, especially if we are talking about ending our military operation in a few weeks! Later, it was announced that President Trump will give an Address to the Nation Wednesday on Iran. A President usually gives a speech like this if he’s changing course on the war.  Afterward, Judge Leon blocks Trump White House ballroom project for now. Leon is a former Republican staffer on Capitol Hill. A RINO. Finally, Rep Chip Roy calls in to give an update on his race for Texas Attorney General. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Monday’s Mark Levin Show, the war against the Iranian regime, though only a few weeks old, is going very well. Voices of despair—some genuine, many contrived—are widespread but do not reflect broad reality. The President’s base remains solidly supportive. Opposition comes loudly from Democrats, Woke Reich isolationists and a public heavily influenced by uniformly negative media coverage and social media operations. Premature cessation of this war would be devastating, allowing the regime to rebuild with aid from China, Russia, and North Korea, delivering a major victory to the Axis of Evil. The U.S. needs to stay the course. Meanwhile, the media and anti-Trump, anti-American military elements from both the radical right and left have reduced complex issues to simplistic slogans like "boots on the ground" or "forever wars," rather than engaging intelligently. This sloganeering is Marxist-Leninist propaganda techniques. The goal is preventing enemies from acquiring nuclear weapons through strength, not appeasement like paying billions, lifting sanctions, or begging. Also, where is the outrage over the slaughter of Christians in Syria and Nigeria, and the extreme brutalization of women and girls under Islamist ideology? This is deeply disturbing and shocking.  Afterward, the conservative and constitutional movements, the Republican Party, and the nation were far better off before the rise of podcasters like Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and others. They are not true MAGA, populists, nationalists, or constitutionalists, but megalomaniacs and manipulators who are destroying the movement from within. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on the Mark Levin Show, President Trump is calling the shots in the Iran war. He acts in U.S. interests by viewing a nuclear Iran as a grave threat, and maintains a close alliance with Israel through military, intelligence, and personal ties with Benjamin Netanyahu. He’s not secretly controlled by the Israelis or an Israel lobby as Joe Kent and Tucker Carlson suggest. Also, Jack Smith's team secretly sought years of Kash Patel's, Sen Ted Cruz and other lawmakers phone records and other information. The Biden regime orchestrated a massive criminal assault on the American political system by targeting Republican senators, congressmen, the sitting president seeking re-election, and his associates. All three branches of government effectively colluded against Trump and his supporters—an unprecedented abuse never before seen in U.S. history. Later, after 47 years, the Iranian regime does not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Even after its top and second-tier leadership has been wiped out and its military pounded, the regime refuses any deal and says no deal rather than surrender. Democrats and figures like Tony Blinken, Jen Psaki, Christopher Wray, Lloyd Austin, and Chris Murphy repeatedly warned that Iran would soon get nuclear weapons yet now undermine the current president who is acting. Even more disgusting are Woke Reich—Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, and Joe Kent—who are traitors for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, spreading conspiracy theories, American hatred, and Jew hatred. Then, the only threat to DHS and TSA comes from the Democrat Party in Congress, amid a war with Iran. The Democrat Party does not care, as the party itself—not the country or working Americans—is its most important institution. They have decided to blackmail America – either cripple ICE or DHS won’t be funded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Friday’s Mark Levin Show, Tiger Woods was arrested at the scene of a car crash on a two-lane road in Jupiter Island, Florida, on suspicion of DUI. Woods has had a history of addiction issues, he’s lucky this wasn’t worse. Also, there’s an emerging “Christian identity politics” among the Woke Neo-Fascists, including Candace Owens and Megyn Kelly, who blend ostentatious piety with anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric. These people are religious frauds who demean both Christianity and Judaism. This group of radical, anti-American, Jew-hating, and Christian/Zionist-hating individuals share a mentality with radical Islamists—intolerant, my way or the highway, and sympathetic to fundamental Islam and Sharia law rather than traditional Christians, Catholics, and Jews. These extremists are going to hand the midterm elections to Democrats by sowing confusion and division. Later, the Senate voted to fund TSA and the Coast Guard but effectively cripple ICE and Border Patrol. No one objected, and Republicans, particularly leadership like John Thune, buckled to Democratic blackmail rather than risk unpaid TSA workers. This shows that the Democrats prioritize illegal aliens – they use them to inflate congressional seats, electoral college votes, and they push for statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C. to try and secure permanent one-party control resembling California or New York City governance. Afterward, Joe Rogan is now trashing Trump fairly regularly and attacks MAGA.  He’s just another user and opportunist.  MAGA is a movement with people who have shared principles, he’s done nothing to advance that movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Thursday’s Mark Levin Show, the only threat to DHS and TSA comes from the Democrat Party in Congress, amid a war with Iran. The Democrat Party does not care, as the party itself—not the country or working Americans—is its most important institution. They have decided to blackmail America – either cripple ICE or DHS won’t be funded. In breaking news President Trump said he’ll sign an executive order to pay TSA agents – this is genius and the right thing to do. Also, you cannot remove all of the highly enriched uranium, nuclear grade, in Iran without going into the tunnels and facilities deep underground to get it.  To say no ground troops or I won't support the war effort is utterly irresponsible. President Trump should be trusted because his use of the military in Iran and Venezuela has been brilliant and precise.  Later, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is one of the truly great men of our time and one of the greatest Supreme Court justices of all time. A true constitutionalist, his opinions are brilliant. Democrats lied, cheated, and libeled in a failed attempt to stop his confirmation, humiliating themselves in the process. It is good to be alive during a time when such outstanding individuals hold positions of authority and power. As of today, Thomas has become the fourth-longest serving justice in U.S. Supreme Court history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Wednesday’s Mark Levin Show, after 47 years, the Iranian regime does not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Even after its top and second-tier leadership has been wiped out and its military pounded, the regime refuses any deal and says no deal rather than surrender. Democrats and figures like Tony Blinken, Jen Psaki, Christopher Wray, Lloyd Austin, and Chris Murphy repeatedly warned that Iran would soon get nuclear weapons yet now undermine the current president who is acting. Even more disgusting are the Woke Reich—Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, Joe Kent and others—who are traitors for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, spreading conspiracy theories, American hatred, and Jew hatred. This anti-war drumbeat aims to dispirit and disunite Americans during a righteous, noble campaign. Also, a new analysis of social media activity during the opening days of Operation Epic Fury reveals that much of the online backlash and anti-Israel content was not driven by Americans. 60% of the most viral posts on X mentioning Iran originated from accounts based outside the United States, despite often presenting themselves as American voices using U.S. political language and debates. These foreign influence campaigns, including from Iran, amplify anti-Israel messaging while disguising it as domestic U.S. opinion, exploiting podcast algorithms and overseas engagement for financial gain among the Woke Reich. Later, Lee Smith calls in to discuss his new book - The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered a Deadly Pact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices