June 17, 2025 • 7 mins
Joe Bartlett talks with Mendte in the Morning about the recent moves that Donald Trump has made including his use of the military in LA.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, it's crazy. Great to hear from Joe Bartlett again,
the former wo R news director now enjoying retirement in
South Carolina. How's it going, Joe.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Oh, this is my busy day tuesdays, this is my
appointment day. We actually have some appliance guys doing work
in a kitchen this morning, so I've asked them to
be quiet.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Wow, you are You are a busy, busy man. That's
a that's a rough life that you have going on there. Yeah,
I know. So what do you want to talk about?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Well, well, I got to talk about Trump for just
a second, all R. I don't want to get bogged
down because it's just I'm going to end up like
Terry Moran, lose my job.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Job, you have to lose. Well, that's true. Okay. By
the way, I've seen him on some podcasts, he's gone
full lunatic. Now. He's been holding this in for a
long time. You should hear him. He's I have to
play some of that tomorrow. Go ahead. What do you
need to say about Trump?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, Trump can do it to you, I need to
tell you. But anyway, I look at I don't I
don't like his use of the military in Los Angeles.
I remember when I went to Russia back in the
nineties and I saw the military everywhere in Russia, and
it really gave me pause because as an American, we
weren't used to seeing the military on the streets. You know,
they were there, they kept us safe, but they weren't
(01:15):
part of everyday life. And of course we had nine
to eleven in the military became more of a visual
from time to time. But I don't think, you know,
out of control protesters are a threat to the country
that requires the mobilization of the Military's that's where I am.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
How do you believe he used the National Guard.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
To control the violence, the sporadic violence. I mean, there's
a lot of peaceful protesting going on. They're all not
car burning and looting. So I don't think the National
Guard was necessary to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
But they weren't involved in that. They weren't involved in
that at all. All they did was protect the federal building.
They stood there and protected the Federal building.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
It's the visuals, the visuals, it's not good, not good
that you know there we have military people that are
stand off or are involved in any sort of peaceful
protests or even the violent was we have police officers
who can do that. They have good police officers in
Los Angeles, and so anyway, that's just that's just how.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
I ten police officers were hurt. They could have probably
used the National Guard and two of them very seriously. Hey,
do you want a couple of talkbacks there there for you?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Okay, a message for Joe Bartlett. Hey, Joe, hope you're
enjoying retirement. But remember one thing Trump. With Trump, he's
way better than Coamala.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, I'm gonna give you that.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
That's technical argument with that.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
They have no argument with that. And here's the thing.
I mean, the bottom line with Trump is a lot
of people kind of like what he's doing. They just
don't like he's doing it.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, I think that there was a some big, huge
misconcept sense of how he used the National Guard. That's
why I wanted to point that out. Here's another one.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I want to know what Joe thinks about the recent
reporting the Pentagon and other government agencies have engaged in
activities that contributed to the public belief in UFOs and
associated conspiracy theories, primarily as a means to mask classified
weapons programs.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
What do you say, Joe, what do you think about that?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Well, they you know what, we may have weapons programs
that they don't want to let people know about. I
don't understand that, and they could use the UFO story
to hide that. But that report also said that there
are like four hundred billion stars in the Milky Way
and four hundred billion stars out there. There has to
(03:47):
be life other than what we have here on Earth.
By the way, my file in law was a pilot
in the Air Force way back then. He encountered an
unexplained aircraft around him and he said, definitely look like
a UFO followed, you know the whole what you hear
in these stories. Well, when he landed, he got called
into the office and was debriefed and somehow it was
(04:08):
all explained away, but in his mind it was an
alien aircraft.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, we know where this all comes from. Yeah, yeah,
there are some things that his dead. There are some
things that I know that are unexplained. But they're talking
about their caller talked about Joseph Gutheims, who is a
former NASA official who investigated this, and you're right, he said,
there are definitely the chances are that there are life
(04:36):
and other planets. He just doesn't believe they ever made
it here. That's what he says, and he says most
of the time, and he knew what he said for
a fact that many of the times that UFOs were
reported they were actually aircraft's either rs or Chinas or Russias.
That they would rather go with the UFO story than
go with this story.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Well, I understand that. Yeah, but look, we are not
the most intelligent a thing in the universe, I would
would you agree with that?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, what chances are were not? Yep, No, I agree
with you. And so you're saying that somebody may have
the technology to to defeat time and distance and make
it sure, Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, have you ever seen
any No?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
No, but I believe, like I said, now, we know
why you know that story from his dad. It's stuck
in him all these years. You know, why would his
dad make a story up like that?
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Oh? I don't think his dad made up the story. No,
I don't think anybody made up the story. I think
all the people that believe they saw something actually did
see something that they couldn't explain, and they go to
this as an explanation. I just don't think it's always
the explanation that we should go first.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
That's not But by the way, it was Jean's dad
not mind.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Oh then he's a nut. No no, no, no, no, no,
I'm teething. I don't mean that at all. Hey, have
you been following it all this mayoral race?
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah? I was listening to Curtis this morning. Pretty interesting.
I thought that this was a deal that Cuomo could
win because of the name recognition. But the theory that
Curtis put out this morning makes sense to me that
you're going to get a big, jumbled general election and
(06:29):
he could get that thirty percent that's needed.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I agree he's been saying that now. I thought it
was just an interesting theory before, but now as you
look at the numbers, he's absolutely correct. They could all
just be eating their own they could all be attacking
each other, and the last man standing is going to
be Curtis Leewa, because they're probably not going to go
after him until it's too late. In the whole thing,
(06:55):
I just thought that you would be you know, because
you've changed so much since you went down to South Carolina.
I thought you were a zorin mom Danni.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Guy. No, no, I wouldn't could no, I'm not that
far going.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Larry. All right, Joe, look forward to talking to you again.
Enjoy retirement. Can't wait to talk to me again. I'll
see you later. But I just love talking to him.
Even though we disagree. Sometimes I just really enjoy talking
to him.
Well, it's crazy. Great to hear from Joe Bartlett again,
the former wo R news director now enjoying retirement in
South Carolina. How's it going, Joe.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Oh, this is my busy day tuesdays, this is my
appointment day. We actually have some appliance guys doing work
in a kitchen this morning, so I've asked them to
be quiet.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Wow, you are You are a busy, busy man. That's
a that's a rough life that you have going on there. Yeah,
I know. So what do you want to talk about?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Well, well, I got to talk about Trump for just
a second, all R. I don't want to get bogged
down because it's just I'm going to end up like
Terry Moran, lose my job.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Job, you have to lose. Well, that's true. Okay. By
the way, I've seen him on some podcasts, he's gone
full lunatic. Now. He's been holding this in for a
long time. You should hear him. He's I have to
play some of that tomorrow. Go ahead. What do you
need to say about Trump?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Well, Trump can do it to you, I need to
tell you. But anyway, I look at I don't I
don't like his use of the military in Los Angeles.
I remember when I went to Russia back in the
nineties and I saw the military everywhere in Russia, and
it really gave me pause because as an American, we
weren't used to seeing the military on the streets. You know,
they were there, they kept us safe, but they weren't
(01:15):
part of everyday life. And of course we had nine
to eleven in the military became more of a visual
from time to time. But I don't think, you know,
out of control protesters are a threat to the country
that requires the mobilization of the Military's that's where I am.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
How do you believe he used the National Guard.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
To control the violence, the sporadic violence. I mean, there's
a lot of peaceful protesting going on. They're all not
car burning and looting. So I don't think the National
Guard was necessary to do that.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
But they weren't involved in that. They weren't involved in
that at all. All they did was protect the federal building.
They stood there and protected the Federal building.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
It's the visuals, the visuals, it's not good, not good
that you know there we have military people that are
stand off or are involved in any sort of peaceful
protests or even the violent was we have police officers
who can do that. They have good police officers in
Los Angeles, and so anyway, that's just that's just how.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
I ten police officers were hurt. They could have probably
used the National Guard and two of them very seriously. Hey,
do you want a couple of talkbacks there there for you?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Okay, a message for Joe Bartlett. Hey, Joe, hope you're
enjoying retirement. But remember one thing Trump. With Trump, he's
way better than Coamala.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, I'm gonna give you that.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
That's technical argument with that.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
They have no argument with that. And here's the thing.
I mean, the bottom line with Trump is a lot
of people kind of like what he's doing. They just
don't like he's doing it.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, I think that there was a some big, huge
misconcept sense of how he used the National Guard. That's
why I wanted to point that out. Here's another one.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I want to know what Joe thinks about the recent
reporting the Pentagon and other government agencies have engaged in
activities that contributed to the public belief in UFOs and
associated conspiracy theories, primarily as a means to mask classified
weapons programs.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
What do you say, Joe, what do you think about that?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Well, they you know what, we may have weapons programs
that they don't want to let people know about. I
don't understand that, and they could use the UFO story
to hide that. But that report also said that there
are like four hundred billion stars in the Milky Way
and four hundred billion stars out there. There has to
(03:47):
be life other than what we have here on Earth.
By the way, my file in law was a pilot
in the Air Force way back then. He encountered an
unexplained aircraft around him and he said, definitely look like
a UFO followed, you know the whole what you hear
in these stories. Well, when he landed, he got called
into the office and was debriefed and somehow it was
(04:08):
all explained away, but in his mind it was an
alien aircraft.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Yeah, we know where this all comes from. Yeah, yeah,
there are some things that his dead. There are some
things that I know that are unexplained. But they're talking
about their caller talked about Joseph Gutheims, who is a
former NASA official who investigated this, and you're right, he said,
there are definitely the chances are that there are life
(04:36):
and other planets. He just doesn't believe they ever made
it here. That's what he says, and he says most
of the time, and he knew what he said for
a fact that many of the times that UFOs were
reported they were actually aircraft's either rs or Chinas or Russias.
That they would rather go with the UFO story than
go with this story.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Well, I understand that. Yeah, but look, we are not
the most intelligent a thing in the universe, I would
would you agree with that?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, what chances are were not? Yep, No, I agree
with you. And so you're saying that somebody may have
the technology to to defeat time and distance and make
it sure, Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, have you ever seen
any No?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
No, but I believe, like I said, now, we know
why you know that story from his dad. It's stuck
in him all these years. You know, why would his
dad make a story up like that?
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Oh? I don't think his dad made up the story. No,
I don't think anybody made up the story. I think
all the people that believe they saw something actually did
see something that they couldn't explain, and they go to
this as an explanation. I just don't think it's always
the explanation that we should go first.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
That's not But by the way, it was Jean's dad
not mind.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Oh then he's a nut. No no, no, no, no, no,
I'm teething. I don't mean that at all. Hey, have
you been following it all this mayoral race?
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah? I was listening to Curtis this morning. Pretty interesting.
I thought that this was a deal that Cuomo could
win because of the name recognition. But the theory that
Curtis put out this morning makes sense to me that
you're going to get a big, jumbled general election and
(06:29):
he could get that thirty percent that's needed.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I agree he's been saying that now. I thought it
was just an interesting theory before, but now as you
look at the numbers, he's absolutely correct. They could all
just be eating their own they could all be attacking
each other, and the last man standing is going to
be Curtis Leewa, because they're probably not going to go
after him until it's too late. In the whole thing,
(06:55):
I just thought that you would be you know, because
you've changed so much since you went down to South Carolina.
I thought you were a zorin mom Danni.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Guy. No, no, I wouldn't could no, I'm not that
far going.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Larry. All right, Joe, look forward to talking to you again.
Enjoy retirement. Can't wait to talk to me again. I'll
see you later. But I just love talking to him.
Even though we disagree. Sometimes I just really enjoy talking
to him.
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