Podbit · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
In 1944, Nazi Germany's Gestapo had 32,000 officers and $2 billion in inflation-adjusted funding — while fighting a world war. Trump's ICE is approaching 30,000 agents with a budget set to exceed $22 billion. The Gestapo hunted resistance fighters. ICE is going after home health aides.
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Having set the emotional frame, Galloway pivots to data. In fiscal year 2026, ICE receives over $11 billion — a 10% increase — and the new law will more than double that. The same law authorizes 10,000 new hires, pushing the agency toward 30,000 agents. Galloway then issues his most provocative statistical comparison: in 1944, Nazi Germany had 32,000 Gestapo officers and $2 billion in inflation-adjusted funding, and they were fighting a world war. [1] — George Hahn "In 1944, Nazi Germany's Gestapo had 32,000 officers and $2 billion in inflation-adjusted funding — while fighting a world war. Trump's ICE …" 05:25 Trump, by contrast, is targeting home health aides and Uber drivers. ICE's stated mission of going after the 'worst of the worst' also collapses under scrutiny: fewer than one-third of the record 59,000 detainees have been convicted of any crime. [2] — George Hahn "ICE insists it targets dangerous criminals, but the numbers tell a different story. Of a record 59,000 immigrant detainees, fewer than one-…" 05:50 The rest are held not for what they did, but for who they are. Galloway also notes that Trump's targeting has extended to political rivals, including Zoran Mamdani and, pointedly, Elon Musk.
In fiscal year 2026, ICE will receive over $11 billion, a 10% increase from current funding, with the new law set to more than double that.
The Big Beautiful Bill authorizes hiring 10,000 new ICE agents, bringing the total force to nearly 30,000.
In 1944, Nazi Germany had 32,000 Gestapo officers and $2 billion in inflation-adjusted funding — while fighting a world war, not home health aides.
ICE insists it targets dangerous criminals, but the numbers tell a different story. Of a record 59,000 immigrant detainees, fewer than one-third have been convicted of any crime. The rest are being held not for what they did, but for who they are.
ICE claims it targets the worst offenders, but fewer than one-third of the record 59,000 immigrant detainees have been convicted of any crime.
Lebanese terrorists backed by Iran were holding American hostages throughout the Reagan presidency. Reagan had loudly campaigned against negotiating with terrorists — putting him in an impossible position that his team quietly decided to ignore.
During the Iran-Iraq War, the US openly supplied Iraq with weapons, training, and intelligence. At the same time, Oliver North was secretly funneling missiles to Iran. The US was playing both sides of a shooting war.
Oliver North traveled to Iran under the alias 'William P. Goode' with a fake passport. CIA Director William Casey allegedly gave him cyanide pills so he could kill himself rather than be tortured if captured. He returned safely and the deal moved forward.
The Pentagon sold missiles to the CIA for $3,700 each. The CIA sold them to Richard Secord at cost. Secord sold them to Iranian middleman Ghorbanifar for $10,000 each. Ghorbanifar charged Iran even more. The profit — including $3 million in interest in one Swiss account — was diverted directly to fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
America secretly transferred 2,000 missiles and missile parts to Iran in 8 shipments over more than a year. Only 3 of 7 hostages were released. Three more were taken. The net result was zero freed hostages and a full-blown constitutional scandal.
On October 5, 1986, a CIA Contra supply plane flew a weapons drop at 2,500 feet in broad daylight. A Sandinista soldier shot it down. The only survivor, Eugene Hasenfuss, had borrowed a parachute from his skydiving brother. He was captured, paraded in front of cameras, and told the Sandinistas everything he knew.
The CIA supply operation used a front company called Southern Air Transport, widely known to be a CIA cover. Crew members of the downed plane carried their Southern Air Transport employee IDs in their wallets. One also had a business card directly linking him to Oliver North's office in Washington.
When the scandal broke, Oliver North and his secretary Fawn Hall conducted what became known as a 'shredding party,' destroying a day's worth of documents. The full truth of Iran-Contra may never be known because of what was fed through that shredder.
The official narrative: John Poindexter wanted to help the Contras, tapped Oliver North, and North went rogue — creating the entire network, brokering the Iran deal, all without Reagan or Bush knowing anything. The American public was not impressed.
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