Hawk also covers the ongoing Iran conflict, where Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon had repeatedly claimed total air dominance over Iran, only for Iranian forces to shoot down two US aircraft, requiring a dramatic rescue of a weapons systems officer after a firefight with Iranian troops. Hawk argues the drone and missile strikes on Venezuelan boats, where no victims have been identified by name or proven to be criminals, amount to murder, and points out that unlike the president, Pete Hegseth has no immunity from criminal prosecution once he leaves office.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott retweeted an obviously AI-generated photo claiming to show a rescued fighter pilot, drawing public criticism for spreading AI slop and demonstrating a troubling lack of basic media literacy from an elected official. The episode closes with the head of NASA stating that aliens are probably real, prompting Hawk to question whether any intelligent extraterrestrial life would want anything to do with a planet currently being run by Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Benjamin Netanyahu.

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