Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildman
>> Steve Jordahl: Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.
>> Tim Wildmon: Welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio network. We got 24 and a half more minutes left of this, show here, this program on Monday, March 2, 2026. Tim, Ed. And now Steve Paisley Jordan joins us. Good morning, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: Good morning, everybody.
Steve Gate: I find it refreshing that President Trump is open with media
>> Tim Wildmon: So, Steve, you've been monitoring. Yeah, I know, right? you've been monitoring, the comments of President, Trump, see, giving some sort of update today or what?
>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah. So he is in the middle there, in the middle of a Medal of Honor ceremony. And as the president all presidents are, want to do when they have a ceremony like this and there's breaking news. he starts with, I want to update everybody. And this is, the first minute, so of what he had to say. It's a little bit of a justification of why we went there. It's not groundbreaking, but it is a little bit. I wasn't able to listen to the whole thing. So we, can bring more of that in tomorrow if it's relevant. Cut 19.
>> Donald Trump: And not to make any attempt to rebuild at a different location because they were unable to use the ones that we so powerfully blew up. But they ignored those warnings and refused to cease their pursuit of nuclear weapons. In addition, the regime's conventional ballistic missile program was growing rapidly and dramatically, and this posed a very clear, colossal threat to America and our forces stationed overseas. The regime already had missiles capable of hitting Europe and our bases, both local and overseas, and would soon have had missiles capable of reaching our beautiful America. The purpose of this fast growing missile program was to shield their nuclear weapon development and make it extraordinarily difficult for anyone to stop them from making these highly forbidden by U.S. nuclear weapons.
>> Tim Wildmon: by the way, President Trump has an excellent speechwriter.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, he does.
>> Tim Wildmon: Writers, I don't know, I don't know their names, but, all presidents have speech writers and in this case, listen, when President Trump's speech speaks extemporaneously. Is that the right word? He's often time, but he's very personable, very offensive.
>> Steve Jordahl: At times, yes, at times.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, at times. To some, that's just how he talks. He just talks out loud. and a lot of times you said, that's the NewSong Yorker in him.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I think so.
>> Tim Wildmon: Gate. Yeah, he. And it doesn't work sometimes. Sometimes he makes me mad. Other things he says. But I would just say this, in this case, he would be wise to stick with the script as Much as possible in this, in the next few days, in particular, he, you know, he's apt to just go off. You know, you guys understand what I'm saying here right now, in this moment, this time, I think he would do, and I think he did, but that. Those comments right there, he was reading. So be. I'm just saying be careful with your words at this moment. This is not a, this is a the world's watching type situation
>> Ed Vitagliano: and paying attention to every word.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes. Does that make sense? Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. So, yes, Trump's, you know, he has his personality, and either you like him or you don't. Most people do. But, but, and, but I find it refreshing that he is, open with his comments to the media. He'll take questions, right. He'll talk on the, he'll do interviews. I mean, he's like all comers. I'm ready to talk. I'll tell you what, I'll answer the questions. As opposed to previous administrations where everything. Biden, bless his heart, he couldn't talk to anybody about anything except bring me the ice cream, you know what I'm saying? Right. And I don't know before that, Barack Obama did some, with the media Democrat I'm talking about. But for most, a lot of presidents, they hide and they don't answer questions.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Everything is very measured.
>> Tim Wildmon: Everything. With Trump, not so much.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right. And this is true about his first administration after being elected and, and starting, in 2016. Remember, he would just. He coming off the helicopter, he would just stop at the rope line and just talk for an hour.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know what I attribute that to? He was all. President Trump, when he was running for office, was all too familiar with the media. He was the media. Yeah. I mean, he was a, he was a celebrity. Celebrity. He'd been doing this for years. This was nothing uncomfortable with him.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: So. And people liked his frank talk. That's what was a lot of his attraction from his support base at the time was because of his, you know, unfiltered. Say it, say it like it is.
>> Steve Jordahl: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: you know, personality,
Steve Martin: Iranians are celebrating because of the fall of Iran
All right. You're listening to today's issues on American Family Radio. Steve, what do you got?
>> Steve Jordahl: I wanted to continue an update. A couple things you guys talked about last hour. I know that you guys talked. Fred brought in the topic of, Iranians around the world and in the United States celebrating because of this. I wanted to bring in one particularly relevant example, because we talked last week, as Ramadan was starting, about, Muslims filling Times Square and deciding to do their prayer in public.
>> Ed Vitagliano: They're, you know, blocking traffic.
>> Steve Jordahl: Just blocking traffic. Laying down rugs. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Well, yesterday or maybe even today, I'm not sure exactly when this video was shot, thousands of Persians showed up in Times Square, and they sang together. What is the, What is being called the true Iranian national anthem? I'm assuming it was before the Islamic. Whatever they used during the 60s and 70s and everything. And, the video, which we don't have, I can get to Brent, but the people are weeping with joy. Just listen to a little bit of cut 17. There were Iranian flags and American flags and Jewish flags. Whoever thought you'd see those three together? so what you guys were talking about early, or last hour is absolutely true. Persians around the world. And Persians are the people who live in Iran. the ethnic people who live in Iran. They are ecstatic today because of the fall of Iran. You guys also talked about Mayor Zor Mamdani's statement where he talked about, to NewSong Yorkers. Oh, you'll be safe here, and everything. There is a Voice of America Persian News Network anchor. Her name is Masha, Alinajad, and I want to read what her reply to Zoran Mamdami is. Listen to this. To you, Zoran Mamdami. You stayed quiet when we faced massacre, when Islamic Republic assassins were sent here in NewSong York to kill us. Stay quiet now. Stop lecturing us Iranians about peace. I don't feel safe in NewSong York listening to someone like you, Mamdani, who sympathizes with a regime that killed more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians in less than 24 hours. You talk about safety of this beautiful city. Listen carefully. Safety without justice means nothing. We Iranians do not allow you to lecture us about a war. While you had nothing to say when the Islamic Republic shot schoolgirls and blinded more than 10,000 innocent people in the streets, you were busy celebrating hijab while women of my beloved Iran were jailed and raped by Islamic security forces for removing them. And now you find your voice to defend the regime. No, I will not let you claim the moral high ground. The people of Iran want to be free. where were you when they needed solidarity? NewSong York belongs to the people who stand against terrorism, not those who excuse it. This city is stronger than fear, stronger than propaganda, stronger than you think.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, you know, there are people in this world who may live in the United States. They might have been able to get here illegally. And there are a lot of Iranians who have done that over the years since the Islamic.
>> Tim Wildmon: You, say legally or illegally?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Legally.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah, yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: since the regime, was overthrown in 1979. But I think about people like North Koreans or Koreans, Cubans, who, when they finally see those oppressive regimes end, will react the same way as these Iranians. They love their home country. They probably have family members there, by the way. I did not know that. When she says that 30,000 were murdered in 24 hours.
>> Tim Wildmon: I never heard that before.
>> Ed Vitagliano: That part I had not heard. I didn't realize it was so quick.
>> Steve Jordahl: Well, it was, within 24 hours of 48 hours, the protesters figured out that it was a death sentence to be in the streets. So they kind of retreated. It didn't take long for them to retreat to their houses. Their passion didn't fade, but their presence did by necessity.
Charles Marino: Austin, Texas, mass shooting could be linked to terrorism
>> Tim Wildmon: We haven't talked about this story, but what happened in Austin, Texas?
>> Steve Jordahl: I'm ready.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go.
>> Steve Jordahl: So, Austin, Texas, there was a, mass shooting early Sunday morning. A, gentleman named Diego Diogny, showed up at a bar and opened fire. He rolled down his windows, actually, outside a bar, and, he, started shooting. By the end of the rampage, two people were dead, 14 others injured. The suspect was also killed by police. He was wearing a T shirt that said Property of Allah and was carrying a shotgun. He is a born, in Senegal, immigrated here, and then got U.S. citizenship several years ago. So he was an American citizen, but there is.
>> Tim Wildmon: Because he married an American.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes. There is a lot of, spec. a lot of people thinking that this had something to do, maybe revenge for what's going on in Iran. They're related ideologically. I don't know. I can't confirm that. But they are treating it as an act of terror.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Honestly, I, was a little surprised that there weren't more of these across the country. And there's still time for that to happen, simply because of the. I. My guess is that there are terror cells in this country with Iranian. Iran, Iranians who, are waiting to get the thumbs up. And maybe that's not coming because Khamenei's dead and others. But, this is a very serious thing. We had four years of open, that southern border being wide open, people coming across the northern border as well, under the Biden administration. We just don't have a clear idea of exactly who's here and why they're here, and that is a little unnerving.
>> Tim Wildmon: To your.
>> Steve Jordahl: To your point, if I may. To your point. This is retired FBI agent Charles Marino, cut 16.
>> Speaker E: There's no doubt that law enforcement and intelligence agencies are operating at an elevated threat level here in the United States. And that's based on the correct operating assumption that the United States has been allowed to be infiltrated with a myriad of threats from around the globe, thanks in large part to the policies of the Biden administration, which turned our borders into a sieve. Now, with respect to the potential of this being linked to terrorism, that has grown exponentially because of the illegal population, the undercutting and exploitation of programs like asylum and temporary protective status, and, yes, even the legal immigration process.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, this guy who, How many. How many died?
>> Steve Jordahl: There are four dead and 14 injured at,
>> Tim Wildmon: So he walks up and he's wearing a. Or he died with this on. The cop shot him, right? Yes, somebody.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, please.
>> Tim Wildmon: He, He has a. He has a shirt on any Quran in the automobile that he was driving, according to the FBI I saw yesterday. What did the T shirt say he was wearing?
>> Steve Jordahl: It was a sweatshirt, and it said Property of Allah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so this was a. Would you call him a, Muslim extremist, Ed?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, I don't. I. I don't think we know everything about this guy. His. His name by the T shirt. Yeah, but, well, the sweatshirt.
>> Tim Wildmon: So he would.
>> Steve Jordahl: He.
>> Ed Vitagliano: He's certainly allowed in this country to wear a. A shirt or sweatshirt that promotes his faith. The question that we. I'll have to wait because the FBI is calling it an act of potential terrorism to see if that faith led him to do the shooting.
>> Steve Jordahl: I will add to that that this is an American citizen. And so I think the journalists may be operating in a little bit of a different, innocence until proven guilty in a court of law rubric.
>> Tim Wildmon: okay, fellas, if that's what y' all want to believe.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, No, I didn't say that's what I believe.
>> Tim Wildmon: We'll go with that one.
We don't know what the motivation for the Pittsburgh shooting was
>> Ed Vitagliano: That's what I'm saying publicly
>> Speaker E: on the
>> Ed Vitagliano: radio where people might be listening. go ahead.
>> Tim Wildmon: When you wear a sweatshirt that says what?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Property of Allah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Property of Allah. so I don't think he just pulled that out of his drawer. Right. You know what I'm saying? Randomly. Randomly. And then you go with what kind of weapons you carry.
>> Steve Jordahl: It's a, I believe it's a shotgun. let me.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then you start killing people, knowing that you're gonna die by. It's. It's, ah, suicide by cop is what it is right there. Sounds like to me this guy was going to, he was going to kill the infidels so that he could go to paradise because he was a. What did he call himself on the T shirt on the sweatshirt?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Property of Allah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. He's property of Allah. So this is what I would say about that. For those who say, well, gee, we just don't know what the motivation was. I don't know, maybe he would give us a sign. There's nothing funny about the killings. I'm not talking about that. But that, that's the approach that even the FBI, in the press conference yesterday I saw. We don't, we don't know the motivation yet. Now they did say, the spokesperson I saw say that does appear that he was motivated by, you know, his beliefs.
>> Ed Vitagliano: and it was found to have an Iranian flag and photos of Iranian leaders in his home. Okay, so what, Listen, so what could
>> Tim Wildmon: his motive be, I wonder?
>> Ed Vitagliano: okay, I didn't say anything in that.
>> Tim Wildmon: so I would say this. You know, Joe Biden and the lefties have been warning us that the rise of white supremacy in this country is the greatest threat. Remember Bill Biden saying that time and time again. Hello, fellas. From doing a show here.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm listening to you.
>> Tim Wildmon: I did, yeah. You didn't respond. I asked a question.
>> Steve Jordahl: I didn't want to interrupt. you know, I've been accused of doing that.
>> Tim Wildmon: So remember that. So we're still waiting on this massive, you know, acts of, of terror by the white supremacists out there. They're missing there. They haven't showed up yet. I don't know what the problem is, but I think the problem is that white supremacy is not a big deal in America anymore. Yeah, you might find one here, one there. They don't, they're not accepted. They don't, they don't. You know, it's the reason that the left pushes the white supremacy is the greatest threat to our country is they don't want to have you talk about those people who are killing in the name of Islam or the antifa types are the people who kill motivated by their left wing ideology. Okay, so, that, so they, and that's the way they too, they tried to whip up support, for their cause, by saying to minorities, hey, you better watch out for those white supremacists. They gonna put y' all back in chains. Remember what Biden was telling them? Yeah, telling black folks, I go, white folks gonna put y' all back in chains if I don't. If you don't vote for me, Remember that.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And if you don't vote for me, you're not black enough stuff.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah, they do that every election cycle to try to say, ironically, President Trump got, ah, highest percentage of African Americans and Hispanic voters of any Republican presidential candidate. I don't know what that means. Trending. Is that going to continue forward? I'm just saying that had this been a guy wearing a sweatshirt that said KKK or, profit of Adolf Hitler or something, that people wouldn't be saying, Hm, we're going to wait and see what the motive is. and he had. They would say. They would say, here we go, here's the white supremacy. They're there at it. I told you they would arrive sometime. Here they are. You know, so anyway, we'll see what what happens with this. But I think, probably the guy looked like, to me, just appearance. He looked like some kind of lone wolf, you know. But they say that there could be terrorist sales in the United States that will, you know, that may attack. But, but my question when we hear that is, don't we always have, terrorist sales that could attack every day of every month of every year? I mean, why. You know what I'm saying?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, but I think the, the reason for that is that those terrorist cells exist in the United States, kind of undercover, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. Something that will be in retaliation, for something that the US does, like what we have done in Iran, or for some kind of widespread impact. So they don't. Just because they exist is not meant to suggest that they will always be performing their terrorist activities. But they're waiting, biding their time. So I think the FBI is, as this clip indicates, is on high alert because this would be the moment when some of those cells might retaliate for what we did in Iran.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I understand that. But also the flip side of that is why would you want to attack when the FBI is on high alert? You know, why would you want to wait till.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And they might m. That could be why they haven't.
Steve: I did call this guy a gentleman
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, next story, Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: All right, you guys ready to move?
>> Tim Wildmon: Ready to move on?
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'm ready to move on.
>> Tim Wildmon: Ready to move on.
>> Ed Vitagliano: By the way, I do want to say my phone was getting blown up. I did call this guy.
>> Tim Wildmon: Blown up is not a good word.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Oh, yeah. I did call him a gentleman. this Diagny guy in Austin, that's just a slip of the tongue. That's what I call it. Everybody initially, clearly he's not a killer.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he's not a gentleman.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah, I said this gentleman.
>> Tim Wildmon: I know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And so this male, one of my friends was only too happy to question me.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right, Right. Go ahead. Steve.
>> Steve Jordahl: We lived. We live to make sure that you're a better man, right?
>> Ed Vitagliano: Ah, I try to be. I'm getting it from every direction.
>> Tim Wildmon: Except for unwanted pets at his house.
>> Ed Vitagliano: They deserve it.
Robert Kennedy Jr.: We don't have a surgeon general
>> Steve Jordahl: Now you. We often hear from Robert Kennedy Jr. about the health issues and everything, but, it goes without noticing sometimes that this country does not have a surgeon general at this point.
>> Tim Wildmon: We, don't.
>> Ed Vitagliano: What does this got to do with Iran? I'm just kidding.
>> Steve Jordahl: I'm just kidding.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Nothing to do with it. All right, go ahead.
>> Tim Wildmon: We don't have a surgeon general.
>> Steve Jordahl: We don't have a surgeon general. One has been nominated.
>> Tim Wildmon: Good night.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I knew my life was in a bad shape.
>> Steve Jordahl: I know, right? her name is Casey. Means M E A N S. And, president girl. President Trump has put her through. She's facing some pushback not only from Democrats because she's Trump's nominee, but from some Republicans because. Well, it's, a little bit about her spiritual foundations for some of us. So, in her own newsletters and interviews, I'm reading from. Not the be.
>> Tim Wildmon: excuse me, if you interrupt. You. Steve. I'm sorry, who we talking about? And she. She's nominated. She is nominated by President Trump. She has to be confirmed.
>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, sir.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And.
>> Tim Wildmon: And you're. You're reading what she's written here.
>> Steve Jordahl: She's going to read what she's.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go ahead. Sorry.
>> Steve Jordahl: That's okay. This is some of the things that she's written. This would be our surgeon general.
>> Speaker E: All right.
>> Steve Jordahl: She said I set up a small meditation shrine in my house and prayed to photos of my ancestors asking for support on my personal journey.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Steve Jordahl: I worked with a spiritual medium who helped me try to connect with my spirit guides for support and guidance. I did full moon ceremonies with grounded, powerful women where we called in abundance.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's disappointing.
>> Steve Jordahl: And talked literally out loud to the trees, and onward.
>> Tim Wildmon: I've done that when I've been golfing. There's a tree around there that's going to. Gonna hear. I'm gonna get a tongue lashing. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, so this is a,
>> Ed Vitagliano: it's, a pagan earth worshiping
>> Tim Wildmon: goddess probably each toast, you know, with sauce on top.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Although I don't know if it's fair to me to say that just, because of what she wears on her sweatshirt yeah, what she says. So I do want to withhold judgment.
>> Tim Wildmon: I need to take back my tofu thing because I don't even know what that is. Hardly. But I know people eat it who are sometimes fruitcake.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Is it related to toe jam?
>> Tim Wildmon: Is it.
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't think so.
>> Tim Wildmon: A flower child. That's what I call her.
>> Ed Vitagliano: So this is a. This is a pagan who's been nominated. These are some kind of weird spirits. Listen, it's America. You are allowed to worship.
>> Tim Wildmon: You are.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Yeah. However you want. I don't know that this is the best selection on the surgeon general for Surgeon general.
>> Tim Wildmon: So you've been talking to trees, have you? What the tree say back.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I'd like to know what they say.
>> Tim Wildmon: What the tree says. so is that she. Is. She made an appearance before the Senate committee yet?
>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know where that is in the process.
>> Ed Vitagliano: I wonder where she. I wonder, if her nomination's in danger just because I think it is. Stuff coming out.
>> Tim Wildmon: Think. So it's in danger. I don't know.
>> Ed Vitagliano: Well, you know, hopefully she's allowed, you know, freedom of religion. But I don't. I don't want a pagan running the, you know, the medical.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Ed Vitagliano: System.
Sam: I don't want white supremacists running the federal government
>> Tim Wildmon: All right.
>> Ed Vitagliano: On the federal level.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, we're gonna. We're out of time. It's probably a good thing.
>> Ed Vitagliano: And I don't want any white supremacists running it either.
>> Tim Wildmon: And they're.
>> Ed Vitagliano: They're everywhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: And you don't want any more stray pets at your house either.
>> Ed Vitagliano: No, I do not. But that's. That's obviously not.
>> Tim Wildmon: Folks, thank you for yours, and, we'll see you tomorrow. Sam.
