RADIOMarch 21, 2024

2 Reasons Why Everyone Needs to GET OUT of New York City

Leftists are ruining New York City, Glenn says, and a recent attack on former president Donald Trump may be the final sign that everyone needs to GET OUT. Glenn argues that if New York Attorney General follows through on her promise to seize Trump’s assets, it will lead to a mass exodus of businesses from the city. But it’s not just business owners who are at risk of losing everything. Glenn reviews how New York’s insane squatting laws have let a squatter sue a homeowner because she wouldn’t let him live in her house! Are there ANY property rights in NYC anymore?!

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GLENN: You know, when it comes to negotiations, you really shouldn't -- you really should check out your case, especially when you're sitting across the table from Donald Trump.

Because the one thing he does do well, is hard-core negotiations.

So Donald Trump is facing a deadline on Monday, to post a 454 million-dollar bond, in the civil fraud case, against him, in New York. Well, he can't raise the money. His lawyer said, it was practically an impossibility.

And the press and everybody else -- oh, Latisha James, she's got to go after him. She's got to take his stuff. Oh, I think Donald Trump is -- is waiting for her to take his stuff. Really? Really?

Now, this is a guy who loves New York. He was popular in New York, for many reasons. One of which, the guy, actually, really loved New York.

And did things that weren't necessarily beneficial for him, monetarily. Like, oh, I don't know.

Rebuilding the ice rink, after the city spent a decade trying to fix it. He finally came in to fix it, and did it, in I don't even know, like eight months?

So he loves the city. But, you know what, you're going to kick me to the curb? Okay. That's fine. Now, he was ordered to pay $354 million.

That's more than anyone has ever been -- ever been charged with.

Nobody has ever been told, they have to kick up a 454 million-dollar bond. Let alone, in just 30 days.

Okay?

So what has she been saying?

Well, that's fine. You don't do it. You don't pony up with that. Then we can seize your assets in 30 days.

Okay? This bond number has ever been issued before. No insurance bond company has ever been issued near this. So there's really no chance of this happening. And only giving them 30 days notice.

All right. So Donald Trump is calling their bluff.

Okay. Take my property. Go ahead. Take Trump Tower.

Do you know what that's going to do to New York?

You seize Donald Trump's property, because he can't cough up the bond.

Go ahead. Now, let's look towards the future. How are you going to sell that thing?

What happens if he wins an appeal. And you've sold his property.

Is he going to sue the state, to get the money that he should have been worth? What happens if he could have won on the bond, and he has his property?

What happens, even more importantly, because this is no longer about Donald Trump. And this is where Donald Trump has his power seat at the negotiating table.

He's so smart.

He's sitting there, and he's saying, oh, yeah. You think you're going to hurt me.

No. You know what you're really going to hurt?

New York. Because you can't just take someone's property. Because you don't like them politically. In a case, like this.

That has never, ever -- never believe before the court before. Where they have -- where they've taken somebody's business.

I mean, real crime has happened.

And they have charged people under the same charges, that he was tried under.

And they didn't lose anything.

Okay?

Really? Really?

Okay. So that sends the message to the rest of the business world.

You disagree with the attorney general, or the governor.

And they'll destroy you and your company.

Good! Good!

There's a great article that's out in our show prep today. From the shark tank guy. Kevin O'Leary.

Listen to this. He said, think about this, America.

The reason this is the number one economy on earth, is that we have laws, we have due process, and we have property rights. That's what attracts foreign capital from all over the world. Now, foreign capital outside of China, buying up all the farmland.

Where is that foreign capital going?

Mainly, to cities like New York City. They buy big buildings.

All of that is being shaken to the core here.

The concept of seizing assets in 30 days, there is no chance, that's going to happen.

And this is a really bad message. New Yorkers should think well past Trump, whether he's president or not.

Or whether the attorney general is gone in four years. That's irrelevant. This is case setting, against the American brand. The most stable country on earth, anywhere. To put capital to work over a long period of time. Especially in real estate.

This is an assault on what we believe, to the core.

It's an attack on America. And I don't know how you can look at it, as any other way. And as an investor, I know plenty of investors, who are completely disturbed by this.

But, I mean, no one is going to put any money to work in New York, in these amounts, until this thing settles down.

The whole world is watching, and everybody is waiting for the one thing they haven't got yet. Adult supervision. Where is it?

Where are the adults in this crazy narrative?

Certainly, there's got to be adult supervision, at some point.

And I understand, you know, the war going on, here is all political. Yada, yada, yada.

Woof. Woof.

But we need an adult in the room now.

This is the United States of America, under siege, end quote.

It's pretty powerful, and right.

So let me just tie that with this story.

A suspected squatter, who allegedly took over a million that are queens home. That's Queens, New York. Is now subletting space to the house.

Kevin Ballasty said he was conned into paying $1,500 a month to live in the basement of a flushing home, with the deal made with Jay.

Who he identified as the squatter, first exposed by WACTV. This was a story that was in yesterday's show prep, about the squatter. Okay? Now, the squatter is subletting the home. Here's what happened. Yesterday, in case you didn't get the newsletter at GlennBeck.com.

Yesterday, there was a story from WABC, that talked about this woman and her daughter, that were away. They come back.

She opens up the door.

And the guy says, what the hell you doing in my house? She's like, what the hell are you doing in my house? All of her furniture everything is there.

She calls the police. The police kick him out.

They say, you cannot change the locks. That's against the state law of -- of New York.

You can't change the locks. Otherwise, he could take you to court.

She's like, he -- he -- he is squatting in my house.

I have a daughter. I'm a woman. I'm going to change the locks. The police say, don't do it. You're going to break the law.

The next day, she has the locks changed. He comes back. Tries to open the door. It's locked.

He doesn't have a key. And what happens? He goes back to the same police, brings them back to the house, and now she's in court.

She's suing her!

So now the squatter is subletting her house. Is there any right to property in New York at all?

You couple this with the story about Donald Trump. What do you think is going to happen to New York?

I'm telling you right now. What I told my kids, seven years ago.

Eight -- oh, my gosh. Has it been -- wow. It's been ten years, I think.

And I said to my kids, at the time. Before any of this was happening.

This city is going to burn itself to the ground.

This city is going to be a nightmare.

It's going to be an escape from New York.

It's only a matter of time.

We're leaving.

Dad! You're always so dramatic. Uh-huh.

Well, watch.

Look what's happened to New York. Would you want to live in New York?

Do you want to own property in New York. They can offer me the Trump Tower for $10. James could come to me, and say, Glenn.

I just seized this. It's only $10. You buy it. Free and clear. It's yours. No freaking way, man.

No way. I'm not just worried about how I would be losing $10, because in an appeal, he could take that back. And then I'm in court, with you?

No.

But here's what it really says. I don't want to own any property in New York City. Because they're going to continue to tax the rich to death. Property owners are going to be the worst people to have ever lived.

Anybody who rents out any space, is going to become a robber baron.

The city is going to get more and more corrupt. More and more dangerous, for people who just want to live. The school systems are absolute crap.

The city is now suing the bus company. That is bringing in the immigrants.

Suing the bus company. Not suing -- not suing the Biden administration.

No. No. No. No. Not trying to stop that influx.

No. No.

Suing the bus company, while New York and JFK and La Guardia.

Those are the biggest end destinations for people this government are allowing to board a plane without any documentation. And come into this country, as an illegal immigrant. The government is endorsing it! In many cases, we're flying them to New York, for free!

On your dollar!

You're going to live in New York. Good luck with that. Good luck with that.

If you're listening to New York, and you agree with anything I'm saying here. Think deeply.

I know your family is there.

I group up here. My family is here.

Uh-huh.

All of that, all of that, that you grew up with, ain't coming back soon.

These people won't get it until they've destroyed absolutely everything. I honestly believe that's their plan.

Destroy everything. Get out.

Escape from New York.

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WARNING: How America Elects a Socialist President in 2028 | Glenn TV | Ep 444

The rise of Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old socialist who just won the Democratic primary for mayor, is not just a political earthquake shaking New York City — it’s a warning for the rest of America. Backed by Bernie Sanders, AOC, and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani promises free everything, to tax the rich, and to dismantle capitalism. There’s nothing new about this tired strategy, but the media is propping him up as a new political genius. And with Democrat leaders lining up behind him, it’s clear: This radicalism isn’t fringe anymore. It’s the Democratic Party’s future. Mamdani’s rise is part of a larger movement that’s rewriting America’s values. Glenn Beck explains how New York is the prototype for the Left’s socialist makeover of America. Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Standford, gives a terrifying prediction on Mamdani’s mayoral race chances and warns the revolution is coming for mainstream Democrats. He also dives into MAGA’s frustration with the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files.

Salena Zito reveals WHY Trump said “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

“I have a new purpose,” then-candidate Donald Trump told reporter Salena Zito after surviving the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Salena joins Glenn Beck to reveal what Trump told her about God, his purpose in life, and why he really said, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, as she details in her new book, “Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland”.

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GLENN: Salena, congratulations on your book. It is so good.

Just started reading it. Or listening to it, last night.

And I wish you would have -- I wish you would have read it. But, you know, the lady you have reading it is really good.

I just enjoy the way you tell stories.

The writing of this is the best explanation on who Trump supporters are. That I think I've ever read, from anybody.

It's really good.

And the description of your experience there at the edge of the stage with Donald Trump is pretty remarkable as well. Welcome to the program.

SALENA: Thank you, Glenn. Thank you so much for having me.

You know, I was thinking about this, as I was ready to come on. You and I have been along for this ride forever. For what?

Since 2006? 2005?

Like 20 years, right?

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

SALENA: And I've been chronicling the American people for probably ten more years, before that. And it's really remarkable to me, as watching how this coalition has grown. Right?

And watching how people have the -- have become more aspirational.

And that's -- and that is what the conservative populist coalition is, right?

It is the aspirations of many, but the celebration of the individual.

And chronicling them, yeah. Has been -- has been, a great honor.

GLENN: You know, I was thinking about this yesterday, when -- when Elon Musk said he was starting another party.

And somebody asked me, well, isn't he doing what the Tea Party tried to do?

No. The Tea Party was not going to start a new party.

It was to -- you know, it was to coerce and convince the Republican Party to do the right thing. And it worked in many ways. It didn't accomplish what we hoped.

But it did accomplish a lot of things.

Donald Trump is a result of the Tea Party.

I truly believe that. And a lot of the people that were -- right?

Were with Donald Trump, are the people that were with the Tea Party.

SALENA: That's absolutely right.

So that was the inception.

So American politics has always had movements, that have been just outside of a party. Or within a party.

That galvanize and broaden the coalition. Right? They don't take away. Or walk away, and become another party.

If anything, if there is a third party out there, it's almost a Republican Party.

Because it has changed in so many viable and meaningful ways. And the Tea Party didn't go away. It strengthened and broadened the Republican Party. Because these weren't just Republicans that became part of this party.

It was independents. It was Democrats.

And just unhappy with the establishment Republicans. And unhappy with Democrats.

And that -- that movement is what we -- what I see today.

What I see every day. What I saw that day, in butler, when I showed I happen at that rally.

As I do, so many rallies, you know, throughout my career. And that one was riveting and changed everything.

GLENN: You made a great case in the opening chapter. You talk about how things were going for Donald Trump.

And how this moment really did change everything for Donald Trump.

Changed the trajectory, changed the mood.

I mean, Elon Musk was not on the Trump train, until this.

SALENA: Yeah.

GLENN: Moment. What do I -- what changed? How -- how did that work?

And -- and I contend, that we would have much more profound change, had the media actually done their job and reported this the way it really was. Pragmatism

SALENA: You know, and people will find this in the book. I'm laying on the ground with an agent on top of me.

I'm 4 feet away from the president.

And there's -- there's notices coming up on my phone. Saying, he was hit by broken glass.

And to this take, that remains part of this sibling culture, in American politics.

Because reporters were -- were so anxious to -- to right what they believed happened.

As opposed to what happened.

And it's been a continual frustration of mine, as a reporter, who is on the ground, all the time.

And I'll tell you, what changed in that moment.

And I say a nuance, and I believe nuance is dead in American journalism.

But it was a nuance and it was a powerful conversation, that I had with President Trump, the next day. He called me the next morning.

But it's a powerful conversation I had with him, just two weeks ago.

When he made this decision to say, fight, fight, fight.

People have put in their heads, why they think he said it. But he told me why he said that. And he said, Salena, in that moment, I was not Donald Trump the man. I was a former president. I was quite possibly going to be president again.

And I had an obligation to the country, and to the office that I have served in, to project strength. To project resolve.

To project that we will not be defeated.

And it's sort of like a symbolic eagle, that is always -- you know, that symbol that we look at, when we think about our country.

He said, that's why I said that. I didn't want the people behind me panicking. I didn't want the people watching, panicking.

I had to show strength. And it's that nuance -- that I think people really picked up on.

And galvanized people.

GLENN: So he told me, when he was laying down on the stage.

And you can hear him. Let me get up. Let me get up.

I've got to get up.

He told me, as I was laying on the stage. I asked him, what were you thinking? What was going through your head? Now, Salena, I don't know about you.

But with me. It would be like, how do I get off the stage? My first was survival.

He said, what was going on through his mind was, you're not pathetic. This is pathetic.

You're not afraid. Get up.

Get up.

And so is that what informed his fight, fight, fight, of that by the time that he's standing up, he's thinking, I'm a symbol? Or do you think he was thinking, I'm a symbol, this looks pathetic. It makes you look weak.

Stand up. How do you think that actually happened?

SALENA: He thinks, and we just talked about this weeks ago. He -- you know, and this is something that he's really thought about.

Right? You know, he's gone over and over and over. And also, purpose and God. Right? These are things that have lingered with him.

You know, he -- he thought, yes.

He did think, it was pathetic that he was on the ground. But he wasn't thinking about, I'm Donald Trump. It's pathetic.

He's thinking, my country is symbolically on the ground. I need to get up, and I need to show that my country is strong.

That our country is resolute.

And I need people to see that.

We can't go on looking like pathetic.

Right?

And I think that then goes to that image of Biden.

GLENN: You have been with so many presidents.

How many presidents do you think that you've personally been with, would have thought that and reacted that way?

SALENA: Probably only Reagan. Reagan would have. Reagan probably would have thought that.

And if you remember how he was out like standing outside.

You know, waving out the window. Right?

After he was shot.

GLENN: At the hospital, right.

SALENA: Had he not been knocked out, unconscious, you know, he probably would have done the same thing.

Because he was someone who deeply believed in American exceptionalism.

And American exceptionalism does not go lay on the ground.

GLENN: And the symbol.

Right. The symbol of the presidency.

SALENA: Yeah. Absolutely. And I think that affects him today.

GLENN: So let me go back to God.

Because you talked to him the next day. And your book Butler.

He calls you up.

I love the fact that your parents would be ashamed of you. On what you said to him.

The language you used. That you just have to read the book.

It's just a great part.

But he calls you the next morning. And wants to know if you're okay.

And you -- you then start talking to him, about God.

And I was -- I was thinking about this, as I was listening to it. You know, Lincoln said, I wasn't -- I wasn't a Christian.

Even though, he was.

I wasn't a Christian, when I was elected. I wasn't a Christian when my son died.

I became a Christian at Gettysburg.

Is -- is -- I mean, I believe Donald Trump always believes in God, et cetera, et cetera.

Do you think there was a real profound change at Butler with him?

SALENA: Absolutely. You know, he called me seven times that day. Seven times, the take after seven.

GLENN: Crazy.

SALENA: Talked about. And I think he was looking for someone that he knew, that was there. And to try to sort it out.

Right? And I let him do most of the talking. I didn't pressure him.

At all. I believed that he was having -- you know, he was struggling. And he needed to just talk. And I believed my purpose was to listen.

Right? I know other reporters would have handled it differently. And that's okay. That's not the kind of reporter that I am.

And I myself was having my own like, why didn't I die?

Right?

Because it went right over my head.

And -- and so I -- he had the conversation about God.

He's funny. I thought it was the biggest mosquito in the world that hit me.

But he had talked profoundly about purpose. You know, and God.

And how God was in that moment.

It --

GLENN: I love the way you -- in the book, I love the way you said that as he's kind of working it out in his own he head.

He was like, you know, I -- I -- I always knew that there was some sort of, you know -- that God was present.

He said, but now that this has happened.

I look back at all of the trials.

All of the tribulations. Literally, the trials.

All of the things that have happened. And he's like, I realized God was there the whole time.

SALENA: Yes. He does. And it's fascinating to have been that witness to history, to have those conversations with him. Because I'm telling you. And y'all know, I can talk. I didn't say much of anything.

I just -- I just listened. I felt that was my purpose, in that moment.

To give him that space, to work it out.

I'm someone that is, you know, believes in God.

I'm Catholic. I followed my faith.

And -- and so, I thought, well, this is why God put me here. Right?

And to -- to have that -- to hear him talk about purpose, to hear him say, Salena. Why did I put a chart down?

I'm like, sir. I don't know. I thought you were Ross Perot for a second.

He never has a chart. And he laughed. And then he said, why did I put that chart down?

By that term, I never turned my head away from people at the rally. That's true.

That relationship is very transactional. It's very -- they feed off of each other.

It's a very emotive moment when you attend a rally. Because he has a way of talking at a rally. That you believe that you are seeing.

And he said, and I never turn my head away.

I never turn my head away.

Why did I turn my head away?

I don't remember consciously thinking about turning my head away. And then he says to me, that was God, wasn't it?

Yes, sir. It was. It was God.

And he said, that's -- that's why I have a new purpose.

And so, Glenn. I think it's important, when you look at the breadth of what has happened, since he was sworn in.

You see that purpose, every day.

He doesn't let up.

He continues going.

And it brings back to the beginning of the book.

Where you find out, that there was another president that was shot at in Butler.

And that was George Washington. And how different the country would have been, had he died in that moment.

And now think about how different the country would be, had President Trump died in that moment. There would be --

GLENN: We're talking to -- we're talking to Salena Zito. About her new book called Butler. The assassination attempt on President Trump. And it is riveting.

And, you know, it is so good. I wish the press would read it. Because it really explains who we are, who Trump supporters are. Who are, you know, red staters. It is so good at that. She's the best at that.