Rush Limbaugh had a way of giving you an image that stayed in your head forever.

The United Nations General Assembly was one of them.

Rush used to compare that annual gathering in New York to the cantina scene in Star Wars — Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi walk into a bar and discover creatures from every corner of the galaxy staring back at them.

I thought about Rush Tuesday.

Because the cantina was open for business.

President Trump was at the United Nations talking about American strength, war, peace and problems that have been hanging around for decades.

The Cuban delegation walked out.

Now, I don’t know why they walked out. Maybe it was political protest.

Or maybe somebody looked outside, saw electricity working in the middle of the day and said, “Fellas, we’ve only got a few hours in New York. Let’s enjoy this.”

Perhaps they wanted to see an automobile manufactured after 1959.

You don’t get these opportunities every day.

Trump’s larger message was considerably more serious. He told the General Assembly that he wasn’t interested in allowing problems to fester until somebody else had to deal with them.

“While others have talked, I have acted,” Trump said. “While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace.”

That is certainly a different tone for the United Nations, an institution that has elevated talking about things to an art form.

Somewhere in that building there is probably a subcommittee currently studying whether another committee should be established to determine when the next meeting should be held.

Meanwhile, another visitor was preparing to arrive in New York.

Benjamin Netanyahu.

And he had a message for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

“Shame on you, Mr. Mamdani.”

Subtle.

Netanyahu accused Mamdani of supporting Hamas and inciting violence against Jews, allegations Mamdani disputes, and said he intends to come to the United Nations and “tell the truth” about Israel’s soldiers — and about the mayor.

Mamdani, for his part, has repeatedly called Netanyahu a war criminal and said the International Criminal Court’s warrant against him should be honored, although he has acknowledged that as mayor he doesn’t have the authority to carry that out.

So let’s review.

The Israeli prime minister is flying into New York to address the United Nations while publicly feuding with the mayor of the city hosting the United Nations.

Tell me Rush wouldn’t have had fun with this.

And the week was just getting started.

Denmark’s prime minister was talking about a new agreement involving Greenland and Arctic security.

Greenland!

Remember when merely discussing Greenland was treated as evidence that Donald Trump had finally gone completely around the bend?

Tuesday, Denmark’s prime minister was standing beside the American president talking about keeping adversaries from gaining control or significant influence there and putting more allied presence in the Arctic.

As I said on the show:

The Vikings have spoken.

All we needed was Erik the Red walking into the General Assembly carrying a briefcase.

Meanwhile, back in the American portion of the cantina, Hakeem Jeffries was furious because a retiring Democratic congressman from Maine had endorsed Republican Mike Lawler in New York.

Democrats endorsing Republicans.

Israel’s prime minister fighting with New York’s mayor.

The Cubans heading for the exits.

Denmark making deals about Greenland.

And American television journalists were still spending enormous amounts of time talking about who gets into the White House press pool.

Maybe Rush undersold the cantina.

We also got another enormous media story Tuesday: Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery moved closer to completion after 12 Democratic-led states settled their antitrust lawsuit.

This thing is gigantic.

CBS.

CNN.

HBO.

Warner Bros.

Discovery.

Food Network.

HGTV.

An entertainment library that stretches from Batman and Harry Potter to Bugs Bunny.

One corporate roof.

CNN’s Brian Stelter was explaining that there will almost certainly be cost cutting.

I want to make something clear.

I never root for ordinary people to lose their jobs. Losing a paycheck isn’t funny when you’re the person trying to pay the mortgage.

But if Paramount executives eventually wander through CNN looking for efficiencies, I suspect there are several viewers willing to volunteer suggestions.

I’m just saying.

By this point Tuesday’s program had gone from Trump at the United Nations to Cuba to Greenland to Netanyahu to Mamdani to Paramount to CNN.

Which meant there was only one logical destination left.

Diana Ross getting arrested at Heathrow.

Yes.

Apparently in 1999, Ross objected to the way a female security officer searched her at the airport and responded by touching the officer herself. Ross was removed from her Concorde flight and arrested before eventually being released.

That somehow led us to Philadelphia.

Kevin informed me he has never been there.

Never.

I had to stop the show.

How does an American get through life without going to Philadelphia?

Forget cheesesteaks. Think of the music.

Teddy Pendergrass.

The O’Jays.

The Stylistics.

Thom Bell.

Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

The Sound of Philadelphia!

Kevin finally offered in his defense that he listens to the Stylistics and has watched The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

I suppose we’ll give him partial credit.

His great-grandfather was even born in Philadelphia.

Then moved back to Italy two years later.

Apparently the man knew something.

By the end of three hours, I realized Rush’s United Nations description works for more than the United Nations.

Sometimes doing this show feels like walking into that Star Wars cantina.

You never know who’s going to come through the door.

A president.

A prime minister.

A Viking.

Brian Stelter.

Diana Ross.

The mayor of New York.

A Cuban diplomat desperately searching for an electrical outlet.

And somewhere in my head, I can still hear Rush laughing.

The cantina is open.

— Bo