After winning the 2024 election, Donald Trump declared that he will usher in a "new golden era of America." Glenn explains 3 reasons why he is "really hopeful" about Trump's second term: With Elon Musk's help, "we actually have a chance of cutting our budget"; With a strong America, the whole West can escape the global elites' plans; and with JD Vance and his "American miracle" backstory, America can remember who we really are.

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GLENN: I will tell you, that I -- I find one of the most hopeful things, you know, when Donald Trump said, we're going to enter a new golden era of America, I believed him. He -- he could have said that in 2020, and I wouldn't have believed him, as much as I believe him now.

And that's because, we have -- we have a team of people, that are not just all politicians, cut exactly the same way, et cetera, et cetera.

And usually, you want people who are thinking like Donald Trump.

But in this particular case, to be able to bring in somebody like Elon Musk, that's one of the most hopeful things for our country, I've heard maybe in my lifetime.

Because I know that guy can cut. I know that guy will find the waste, in our government.

And he's not a government guy.

He's just a businessman. And he's going to look and go, we don't need any of those people.

Redundant. Redundant. Redundant.

Get rid of it.

We actually have a chance of cutting our budget. And being reasonable.

And I also that know Donald Trump is going to cut regulation.

I mean, he cut more regulation his first term than any other president. But they added so much regulation.

He will have to cut more of it now. And he will.

I mean, to get this economy roaring again, I think he's going to cut red tape like nobody's business.

And we could have a true rebirth of freedom, and the rebirth of the American dream. And I find that really hopeful.

I'm tired of thinking that my kids will be struggling. And they will be eating, you know, paper dolls, or whatever they have to eat.

Because even cannibalism. There's no more food left so they have to eat paper dolls.

I mean, I don't know what is coming. But I'm tired of thinking that.

I'm really hopeful today. I'm glad to hear Stu just chime on that, and go, yeah. I'm with you, Glenn.

STU: You know, Glenn, I am -- I am hopeful.

But I -- there's another full I am, which is spiteful. And I'm trying my best not to embrace that part of my inner -- inner workings today. But you're right.

I think it is -- look, there's a lot of good that could be done. We talked a little about what was unfortunately a missed opportunity maybe of 2022 last night. Where if things had gone a little bit better in 2022, we didn't even need a red wave, but just a little better of an election. You could be looking at a filibuster-proof majority, with Donald Trump going in. And that would have maybe been better.

Remember, we still have the House. We have to get over the hump.

I think that will be a real challenge over the next couple of weeks.

GLENN: And honestly, the Senate.

We've got to get. If Cornyn becomes the new McConnell, it's a nightmare. It's a nightmare.

STU: The work never ends.

GLENN: Cornyn cannot be the head of the Senate. He cannot become the new Majority Leader.

STU: And, you know, this will be an interesting one, and one of the first things Donald Trump is going to decide here.

As he has a very packed next couple of months, doing all of this transition, and getting all these people ready for these positions. He has a ton to do.

But this Senate leadership race will likely go to Cornyn or Thune, unless Donald Trump takes a strong stand and puts his thumb on the scale for someone like Rick Scott.

And I don't know -- I don't know what level of priority that is for him.

GLENN: I know. He really likes Rick Scott, doesn't he?

STU: I think so. So he may very well do it. I hope he's aggressive on that one. There's so much for him to do.

And look, it will be a real challenge for all these things he's wanted to do.

For all the -- the project 2025 things he was supposedly had planned.


GLENN: Thank goodness. Thank goodness, they -- they -- we lied enough to make sure that nobody knows that his whole plan is project 2025.

STU: Oh, do you remember when we said, it was just a think tank. White paper.

That the Heritage Foundation has produced every year since 1984.

Oh, that was a real scam on that one.

It works so well.

GLENN: Oh, man. They bought that lie.

STU: Think of all the things they tried, Glenn.

Just with Kamala. You had project 2025.

You had Trump is Hitler. You had actually we're joyful. You had J.D. Vance is weird. Like, all of these things. These are all just cataclysmic failures. None of them did anything.

They were all embarrassing failures.

GLENN: Yeah. Over the weekend, I heard the worst on J.D. Vance.

That he's going to inflict his mommy issues on all of us.

I'm like, what kind of monster are you?

I mean, the guy is like a miracle. I -- I tweeted last night, let me see if I have this. Because I just thought. You know, we really need to be grateful to the Lord.

For this miracle that we saw last night.

But also, you know, there's a lot of people that worked their butts off. Charlie Kirk, you know --

STU: Charlie is going to be swimming in money after this.

I can't even -- I can't even imagine.

GLENN: Oh, I know. I know.

STU: You want to talk about a person who has increased his profile. And is going to be very much rewarded. Is going to be Charlie.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Between Elon Musk and Charlie Kirk.

Really responsible for the turnout operation. Which seemingly outmaneuvered the entire democratic machine.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: In state after state.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Again, we will all look at this and say, at the end of the day, he will come out probably 312 electoral votes. It will not look like it's that close of an election. But truth of the matter is, all of these states are pretty close.

These are all -- he basically swept seven states with by pretty narrow margins.

And that is a -- I mean, turnout has to be a part of that story.

Pretty amazing.

GLENN: And that is Elon Musk and Charlie Kirk.

Let me go through the list that I put on.

And I would love to hear any editions from you.

Thank you, Charlie Kirk for everything you did to serve and save the republic.

Elon Musk, thank you for your vision and your courage to defend a man's right to be heard.

And to speak.

What that guy did is absolutely heroic. Heroic.

He knew he was going to be taken apart.

And even when they said, we're -- we're possibly going to deport you. When they were going down, they put him in jail, deport him. He still goes forward.

Amazing. RFK, for make America healthy again.

Tulsi Gabbard, for just her courage, and her honesty. And her willingness to be humble.

Joe Rogan for putting the stake in the heart of the mainstream media. That thing is dead now. That is dead.

And they're only going to make it worse. All they have to do is go, okay.

Wait a minute.

Can we take a week here, and just look at, what did we do?

What have we been doing, that's not working?

But they won't do it.

They're so deep in their own lies, that they'll never find their way out of it.

Because there's no humility there either.

I mean, if you're not humble. You will never fix it.

Which reminds me.

Let's make sure we are humble.

Make sure that we are humble. Or we will lose it again. We've been given a second chance. It's like America, you know, was on the table, and our heart stopped. And somehow or another, it just started beating again. Let's -- I don't know. Let's -- let's stay away from the fatty foods for a while. Maybe get some exercise. J.D. Vance.

Look at what J.D. Vance brought to the table. He showed us that even the most disadvantaged, can take charge of their own life. And create their own miracle. Their own American miracle.

He couldn't have happened in any other country, but America. And we had forgotten that that is who we really are.

That that can happen in this country.


STU: Can I -- can we go a little bit more on J.D. Vance for a second?

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: We're told VP picks don't really matter. And I think that's typically true. Normally, it isn't that big of a factor.

I think in this election, we will look back at it as a massive factor. Number one, J.D. Vance outperformed every vice presidential candidate I've ever seen in my entire life.

He was absolutely incredible. He took a total beating at the beginning. Everybody said he was terrible.

But he went on, and made serious arguments in unfriendly places. Over and over and over again.

And absolutely destroyed Tim Walz, in the one time, that they were debating each other directly.

And the same way, that it will be looked back. I think it's a really good pick for -- for J.D. Vance.

It will be the equivalent -- whatever the opposite side is, when it comes to Tim Walz. A truly horrible, horrible decision, that Kamala Harris admittedly made while she was sleep-deprived. She literally has admitted that.

It showed, he was terrible from the beginning. And, Glenn, you know, it's funny when you look at the polls cast. The -- the -- the correction after that first debate, when Donald Trump seemingly fell behind a little bit. That whole comeback comes almost to the day of that debate.