Topic: Smedley Butler

During the Great Depression, a group of Wall Street interests allegedly attempted to foment a fascist coup against Franklin D. Roosevelt known as the Business Plot. Gerald McGuire approached Major General Smedley Butler to lead an army of 500,000 veterans, modeled after European "brown shirts," to take over Washington D.C. The plotters sought to leverage veteran anger over unpaid bonuses and the "New Deal" policies they feared would erode their financial power.

The hosts preview a future episode on the history of fascism in the United States, including the 1933 attempted coup involving Smedley Butler. They also discuss a viral 4chan conspiracy regarding 19th-century books about a character named "Baron Trump" who travels to the inner earth. These books, written during the era of Nikola Tesla, share striking coincidences with the current First Family.