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3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Tucker Carlson Accuses CIA of Spying on Him Over Iran

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg for the Monday 3 Martini Lunch as they dig into multiple ways President Trump is getting tough on China over Iran, Virginia Democrats showing their true radical colors on gun control, and Tucker Carlson claiming he might face prosecution after the intelligence community snooped on his text messages with his contacts in Iran.

First, they're glad to see President Trump demanding that China help to force Iran to keep oil tankers flowing through the Straits of Hormuz. And they're glad to see a major cconcession by Iran over the weekend as well.

They also unload on Virginia Democrats, who said very little about gun control on the campaign trail last year but are now passing some of the most egregious violations of the Second Amendment anywhere in the U.S. We'll tell you what they are pushing and share one lawmaker's insane explanation for why you don't need a gun to stop a terrorist or mass shooter.

Finally, they roll their eyes as Tucker Carlson claims he's been referred for prosecution over alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Jim walks us through the possible options of what might really be going on here.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the three martini lunch.

0:05.0

Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:10.0

Three martini's coming up.

0:12.0

So glad you're with us for the Monday edition of the three martini lunch.

0:16.0

Glad you're with us.

0:17.0

Grab a stool.

0:18.0

We're expecting some severe weather in the DC area today.

0:20.0

Not snow this time. This time it's possible tornadoes. So you'll hear way more about that tomorrow than you want to if it gets bad. But Jim, so much to talk about today. And we start with a kind of double barrel, double-fisted good martini when it comes to the war with Iran. First of all, Trump is getting tougher on China.

0:38.9

China's pretty much gotten free passage

0:40.6

through the Straits of Hormuz,

0:41.6

courtesy of the Iranian government.

0:43.8

But Trump is looking for kind of a coalition

0:47.5

to keep things moving through the Straits of Hormuz,

0:49.6

so the Iranians can't keep playing ping pong

0:52.6

on this particular issue.

1:08.1

I don't know how interested the Chinese are, but Trump has now said, as you write in the morning jolt today, that he may consider postponing his visit to China, which is part of a visit to the region at the end of the month, if China doesn't agree to become part of this effort. At the same time, we got news over the weekend that even after that

1:11.4

bombing of Karg Island off the coast of Iran, that the Iranians are now allowing everything except

1:19.5

U.S. flagged or Israeli flag tankers through the straits, which seems like it's still potentially

1:26.1

crippling, but a lot of experts have said most of the oil we get through there

1:29.9

doesn't come on tankers flagged by the American flag.

1:33.1

The other thing where Trump is playing hard balls,

1:35.1

as we pointed out in the jolt today,

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