RADIONovember 11, 2024

Stock market SKYROCKETS after Trump’s win, but will tariffs keep it rising?

The U.S. stock market had incredible gains after Donald Trump was declared the president-elect. Is this as good of a sign as it looks for small and medium-sized businesses? Financial expert Carol Roth joins Glenn to explain. She also gives her take on whether Trump can stop the World Economic Forum’s plans for transforming the West and why she isn’t confident that Trump’s tariff plan could replace the Income Tax. But she has another solution that might be better …

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GLENN: Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. We're glad you're here. So it's very exciting. I'm just writing my dear Santa Trump list. Take care of the border justice reform. Elon cuts.

MAHA tax cuts. I'll take a 15 percent corporate. But can we start with zero with tariffs?

Deep cuts in regulations. The Department of Ed, close it down.

Pentagon.

Stop the madness. That's all I've got so far.

But I'm going to -- it's going to be a long list. I will send this to Trump.

Do you have any suggestions? I would love to hear it.

One of the things I know he is going to do is -- is probably give, you know, the -- a great gift to anybody who has Bitcoin. Or anybody who is in the Bitcoin industry.

Because I -- he has said, he's against the Fed coin and he in his administration, will stop that from ever becoming a reality. I hope he can pull that one off.

But gold is up, still. It's down, what? Thirty dollars from Election Day.

But it's still doing well. I think 2700. Just coming off of all-time high. Yesterday, all-time high for Bitcoin. That's come down just a little bit.

But the economy could roar. And we have Carol Roth with us. Now.

Hi, Carol.

CAROL: Hi, Glenn. We promised people that we would get together, and would have something good to talk about at some point in time. So we manifested this discussion. And we have optimism.

And I think actually my most exciting point is the optimism. It could be four and a half years, since we've had real optimism in this country, from the time of the COVID mess through the Biden/Harris administration.

And sentiment is such a self-fulfilling prophecy, you know, particularly for the economy, but in all aspects of life. So the fact that it at that we have this huge sense of relief, has lifted off our shoulders -- not to say that there is an easy road ahead, but just to have the optimism, that, yes. We can go out and do this. Such a blessed, blessed day and week.

GLENN: Amen, on that.

So the stock market. You sent me, oh, something maybe 6 o'clock on Tuesday night. And you said, Glenn, stock market is up 200 points. That bodes well for Trump. And then it just kept going up.

You know, the after hours stock market just kept going up all throughout the night.

And it's doing well. They didn't usually they will bake in, what they think is coming.

They really thought a Kamala administration was coming. Didn't they?

CAROL: No. They actually had baked in a Trump win. So that's why this was so staggering.

I think what they didn't have baked in, is what a resounding mandate that he would have. That the Senate, the fact that he would win the popular vote. Obviously, we're still waiting.

Hopefully, the House. The fact that this is the country saying, we want this mandate.

And CNBC said this morning, that we are on track for the best week in the stock market in a year.

And what is most exciting about what's happened in the market is that it has been a very broad race.

You know, we've been through a time over the past several of years, where just a handful of tech companies, yeah, they're the ones that have been lifting the market.

The Russell 2000, which is the smaller cap, publicly traded companies. They were up 5 percent the day after the election. 5 percent in one day. Which means small companies and medium-sized companies think they will get access to capital, and have the optimism to grow their business.

And we know we need that broad-based growth. Not just a handful of companies. So that is one of my really big takeaways.

GLENN: I mean, if I were somebody that wanted to start my own business, I would be planning on it right now.

I mean, I -- I -- I think America has a chance to have another golden era here.

And, you know, maybe they put a stop to it, in four years.

But if it is -- if he can turn this around, quickly.

And actually make the kinds of moves that he's talking about.

Massive fundamental change in the -- just the garbage of the bureaucracy.

That could -- that could affect us for a very long time.

And you could also see with that kind of success, 12 years.

Not just him. But then two -- two terms of J.D. Vance.

CAROL: Absolutely.

And I think for small businesses, in particular, the people who are looking to start them, or grow an existing business. There were three key areas, that the Biden/Harris administration really tamped down on that, sort of optimism from the back bone of the economy.

The first one being the ability to work for flexibly.

You know, the Trump administration had put this very pro-independent contractor. Pro gig work framework in place.

And they reversed that in its entirety. So the fact that that goes away, is huge.

From a regulatory standpoint. 1.7 trillion dollars in regulatory burden, is the estimate of the Biden/Harris administration. On small business loan.

Small businesses don't have time for this.

And they don't have the staff or the money for this.

So on the fact that we know, that we will get more of that regulation cleaned out, is absolutely huge.

And then the tax uncertainty. You know, the tax cuts and jobs act is set to expire next year in large part.

And the fact that we know Trump is going to be, you know, more open, to, you know, extending some of those cuts.

And maybe even further cutting and hopefully, helping small businesses have that certainty. Because, again, you can't make those investments if you're not sure what will happen.

Plus, we know we will not get the crazy capital gains taxes. And wealth taxes. And all the other things that are proposed. So this is really a three-legged stool. That will help to unleash growth.

And it is such a blessing.

GLENN: So let's go over some of the things that he has to do.

He obviously has to fix the border.

And deport people. I can't take it anymore. Just deportation in US history. Well, I never -- I didn't even know that the largest deportation happened under Bill Clinton.

With 11 million people deported from our country.

11 million.

Nobody said anything about that. Our population is bigger. And what is he talking about?

Maybe ten to 15 million?

Maybe 20!

The -- this is ridiculous, that everybody is freaking out. When Bill Clinton was the guy who did it the first time.

And it didn't hurt anything.

CAROL: Yeah. I mean, we've had a mass invasion.

And while something like mass deportation may sound just like just a security policy or social policy.

It's obviously very much an economic policy. The estimate from Fare, just in 2023 alone -- forget about this year -- was $150 billion that was spent on these illegals.

And that doesn't include things like what it does to the demoralization, of communities. What it does to keep wages suppressed.

And people on the sidelines.

Back in 2022.

GLENN: And services.

CAROL: Yeah. The 2022 -- the number of illegals in the workforce was 8.3 million. You could imagine that that's up at least 50 percent, if not more.

So those are jobs that are having artificially suppressed wages and being taken away and demoralizing, you know, working age individuals. Particularly men, from getting into the workforce.

So this is a huge pharmaceutical issue for us.

And whatever the cost is, to get them out of the country, will be worth. Because the return on investment for doing that, in all facets will far exceed it.

It absolutely has to be the first thing that he does.

GLENN: We know that he's also going to.

One of the first things he's going to do on the first day is restore our energy policy. Drill, baby, drill. And open all of that stuff up again, thank God.

The -- the ESG -- I just got a note from somebody that said be with one investment bank is advising ESG fund managers to keep their lawyers very close.

Anti-trust risk remains high for asset managers. And ESG. There haven't been any cases yet.

Thus, there's no legal precedent. Further, legal risks regarding fiduciary duty, in order to stay relevant, is states enforce antistate ESG laws.

ESG, do you see the -- the stake going through its heart?

CAROL: I mean, we certainly hope so.

The challenge with something like ESG. They always repackage it.

And it always comes back to life to something else.

It's like the vampire who shape shifts into something different.

So my guess is, that ESG goes away, and then they come back, and they can come up with something else. And now it has a new name.

So it's a bit of a whack-a-mole. We will have to continue to be on it. But I absolutely think, there is going to be -- there's already a huge push to get away from it.

In part, because everybody has seen these promises. Oh, ESG will do wonderful things for investments.

That hasn't materialized. And it really has been this green washing.

I feel like, it's already on that trend.

It could be the final nail in the vampire's coffin, until he rises again.

GLENN: So the cop 25 is coming up.

And the last time he attended. I don't know if he attended. He might have just said a note, we're out. Of the Paris accords. And everything else.

That too, is going to shake the global community.

And -- and really put -- I mean, it could take it down.

If he's really strong on this World Economic Forum garbage that has been shoveled. If he's really strong on that, he could put the stake in its heart.

CAROL: You get the right government efficiency commission, and we should be out of everything. We should stop funding the WEF. We should stop funding the UN.

We should stop funding all of this insanity.

And take that money and make that available to pay down our debt. To shrink our deficits. And to stop with these NGOs who are getting massive funding from us, and then coming in and trying to ruin our lives. When you add to your list, to Trump Santa, please include getting rid of all of the funding to these ridiculous organizations.

GLENN: Yeah. Well, I think that goes under the border thing.

Because that's where we've really enriched these NGOs here in the country.

I mean, some of them should go to jail.

They brought these people in, over the border.

With our tax money. They flew them around the country.

With our tax money.

I mean, I think there should be at least an investigation on that.

CAROL: I'm with you. I second you on that one.

GLENN: When it comes to taxes. What do you think about the idea.

You would need to actually do both of them together.

I'm not a tariff guy.

But if your goal is to rebuild America, and to rebuild our manufacturing. And bring money back on to shore.

And jobs back on to shore.

If you cut. Like he was talking about, no it can tax.

If you cut the income tax. And reimpose stiff tariffs, what happens?

CAROL: So I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings in math here. But math really doesn't work out. Because you have to remember, 70 percent of our economy is service-based.

Even if you boost up manufacturing on a big level, the amount that it would take to replace what we have, in terms of an income tax, it just today is not mathematically possible.

We also have the scenario where we're trying to make sure that the GDP increases.

And that our revenue stays, you know, pretty stable, at the same time. That we're trying to get rid of the additional spending.

And that is going to be a very delicate dance. So I think this is something that needs to be -- should be managed strategically.

GLENN: But could you come up with a flat tax, or a 15 percent tax?

That just makes the economy roar.

CAROL: Sure. Yeah. I absolutely do think that you could do that. And something that is simple, also takes away a lot of the administration, and the burden, that comes along with that. That makes, you know -- just takes away productive time from people.

Spending it on paperwork. Instead of spending it on the economy.

So I do think, there could be something that is streamlined. But, again, the tax code is so insane, that I would imagine that would take some time.

But would completely welcome it. And there are so many entrepreneurial people, who are around Trump, this time around.

You know, the Elon Musk's and the Viveks and what not.

I think this is the time, there's an opportunity to actually get something like this done. And we need that, Glenn. We need to have the growth. Because if we don't have the massive growth, we're not going to be able to shrink the government.

We're not going to be able to shrink massive inflation. So that's the dance that we have.

Is This the Real Reason Facebook Got a "Conservative" Makeover?

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a surprising 180-degree turnaround for Facebook and Instagram. The companies will no longer use third-party fact-checkers to censor users. Instead, they will switch to a community notes system, much like Elon Musk’s X uses. Zuckerberg also lamented the political bias of elitist fact checkers and added Trump supporter Dana White to Meta’s Board of Directors. But can we trust this “conservative” Big Tech makeover? Glenn explains what he believes is REALLY driving Zuckerberg to seemingly embrace free speech once again.

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GLENN: I want to talk to you, did you see what just happened with Facebook, Stu? And Mark Zuckerberg?

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Uh-huh. Fascinating.

GLENN: Uh-huh. Yeah. It is.

And I'm wondering what is happening here.

You know, beyond the -- beyond the headline.

Here it is, just so you know.

Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday morning, that content moderation. And other restrictions on speech will be lifted across Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms, as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Huh. Now, wait. Hold on just a second.

What?

So you know, all traffic decline has been as high as 85 to 90 percent across all Blaze media pages. So when I've said. I mean, we've had -- and, Stu, you can -- you probably know the numbers better than I do.

We're having more success and a bigger platform, bigger voice, than any time in my career.

In the last three years.

The show and everything is just on fire!

And yet, our traffic on social media, has declined by 85 to 90 percent?

It's just not possible! Okay? There's no way, other than, we've been severely contained, if you will.

And, you know, I would like to ask Mark Zuckerberg, where do I go to get my audience back?

Where do I -- you know, you've kind of -- people have kind of fallen out of the habit. If you get all of your news from Facebook, God forbid.

Or Instagram.

We've been so suppressed, all of a sudden, are we going to pop back up?

It would be interesting to see. By the way, this is why your direct support to Blaze TV, means so much.

We wouldn't have been able to survive everything, if we hadn't had built TheBlaze. And built it the way we did. So thank you for your subscription. If you haven't subscribed, please do today.

So he's ending all of the -- the content moderation.

Now, what he did before, was to go to places, that, you know, they're absolute experts.

You know, like the Southern Poverty Law Center. They know what's going on. Poynter Institute they know what's true.

And they've decided, that they are going to go back to their roots, I'm quoting.

And focus on reducing mistakes.

Simplifying our policies. And restoring free expression on our platforms. More specifically, we're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X!

Now, hmm.

Hang on just a second.

Wasn't X the most dangerous platform in the world?

Weren't those community notes just not enough?

The company's third party fact-checking program was put into place, following Trump's first election to manage content and misinformation on its platforms, which executives conceded was a result of political pressure.

But now they say, they've just gone too far.

We went to independent, third party fact-checkers says the global chief of affairs officer at Meta. It's become clear, there's too much political bias in what they choose to fact-check.

Because basically, they get to fact-check whatever they see on the platform.

STU: No!

It can't be true!

No!

Too much bias for the fact-checkers.

But they're just checking facts, Glenn.

GLENN: Yes. I know. I know.

Isn't that weird?

Now, listen to this.

I mean, today, I think today's show is kind of -- kind of based on, no!

Really? You know. The things that are happening now. Wait until next hour.

I'm going to tell you a story, that is -- is just jaw, dropping in how the world works, between you and the elites.

Here's a case, in this hour. We're talking about Facebook.

How does it work between you and the elites?

Well, they didn't listen to you. They wanted to shut you up.

They went to the elites, who were on the winning side last time. And said, okay.

What do we need to do?

What do we need to do, to make sure that, you know, we're on your side? And we can get all that government money.

And nobody will hassle us.

What do we need to do?

So they did it. And they went to the elite's selection of fact-checkers.

Now that the world has changed, at least here in America.

Now, they're still not listening to you.

This isn't because you said something. This is because Donald Trump has changed America.

And now they see the writing on the walls. And so, again, it's not you.

It's power! And it's disgusting. The company is ending their fact-checkers, completely.

And it will instead, rely on the platform users to false flag -- or, yeah. Flag false or misleading content.

Instead of going to some so-called. This is Facebook saying this.

Instead of going to some so-called expert, it will rely on the community.

And the people on the platform, to provide their own commentary.

To -- to something that they've read.

This is what freedom of speech is!

There's no -- there's no expert that sits around in your -- you know -- in your -- in your town, that checks everything somebody says. And then says, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

That's untrue.

And they have a political bias?

It just doesn't happen in real life. But, again, let's remember that social media, is not real life.

But at least it's starting -- maybe, it will start reflecting it a little bit more. Where you have the freedom to say, what you think.

STU: But -- for one quick second.

Because Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have like a rivalry.

Remember, they were going to have a fight? Like, a cage match, a year or two ago. There's a rivalry here.

For him to come out, and say this, he said this on video, Zuckerberg.

Saying, that they would go to -- not just go to community notes. Not just get rid of their fact-checkers. But go to their community notes. As he said, similar to the way X does it.

He actually admitted that basically, we tried something. They tried something. Theirs is better. We're going with theirs.

It's like a tech bro, you know, federalism.

That's -- that's a good thing. And I think a tough admission for a guy like Mark Zuckerberg.

I mean, I -- I am with you, in that, I think they've run this so poorly.

And they have taken companies and content companies. And given them this impression.

That they could advertise to people. Gain followers, and then get their content distributed. And then pull the rug out from underneath them, years ago. And destroyed to any and dozens of websites.

And companies, because of it.

That being said, this does kind of seem like a good change. I don't know if it's just, Glenn, them kissing Trump's butt.

And realizing, if Trump comes in, he's going to be a different kind of president. And in a different environment. And they better change, or they will get hammered.

Or if it's a real change. But either way, I think it's a positive one.

GLENN: Well, you know me. I always look for the best in people. Honestly.

STU: You do.

GLENN: I am kind of a poor judge of character, because of that. Because I -- I see people for who I think they could be. Maybe. At times.

And I kind of look at it like, I think that's who they really are going to be. And they usually disappoint. Because people don't become the people they could be, most times. Instead, they settle for what they allow, or what they've allowed themselves to become. Because they don't have a true center of truth. They don't know who they are. And how they relate to all of eternal truths.

And so they get lost really easily. But when I sat with Zuckerberg, this is more in line with the Zuckerberg that I sat with.

However, you know, I -- can I was -- I think I was -- what did we decide, Stu?

Greatly conned with Zuckerberg.

STU: Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, we went back and forth on it, I think.

GLENN: Yeah. We did.

STU: Because I do think there's a part of him, that would like to be clear of all of this.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: I think he has other, you know, large goals in his -- in his life, other than navigate every political thing that pops up.

GLENN: So I am so glad, you said that.

What are his big goals?

What does he really want to do? Do you know?

STU: I --

GLENN: What is he focusing on?

STU: Hmm. I mean, I -- he has gone through several faces, right.

The company started going towards the metaverse. That changed the company to meta.

A couple years ago.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: That -- that was --

GLENN: That tells you everything you need to know.

Tells you everything to know.

Meta is all about virtual reality, correct.

So virtual reality.

Guess who has invested billions of dollars in VR?

The United States Army, Navy, and Air Force.

All going to virtual reality.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Okay?

Meta has lost about $50 billion in its Reality Labs division and the Meta verse. So what -- so what? What's happening here?

I think what this is, partially. I mean, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. To some free.

But I think partially, what this is about, is making sure that the government contracts don't stop with Meta.

Make sure, that they are able to get some of that money, from the United States, in the use of VR. Because that's where he really -- where his heart is.

That's what he really wants to do.

Now, they lost $50 billion in their reality labs. However, if you look at Facebook's revenue, they're subsidizing all of this stuff.

Facebook, the revenue was expected to go up to $100 billion in 2024.

Facebook's advertising revenue is now expected to grow over $127 billion by 2027. So that's the cash cow. But where his heart is, is VR.

And AR. He wants to make sure that he gets -- he's not off the government teat. Otherwise, his -- his real passion is gone.

I think that's what's happening.

Speculation, but I think that's what's happening.

STU: It's got to be part of it, right? It's got to be part of it.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

STU: I wonder and hope that it is more than that.

Because I had the same reaction to Elon Musk, when he started having this transition of real skepticism. I didn't buy it.

The guy has been the biggest climate activist in America. Why would we believe all of a sudden, he's coming around to these sorts of ideas?

It does seem now, that that's pretty legitimate from Elon Musk. Could it be legitimate from Zuckerberg?

Remember, he's done some of this stuff before the election.

He did signal this stuff.

He did testimony.

He outed some of the government intrusions, before the election happened. He called Trump a badass after the assassination attempt.

GLENN: Correct.

He said, that was his turning point. Was the assassination attempt.

He said, that's when he realized, oh, this guy is really a badass. This guy is actually -- you know, what he says he is. To some degree, at least. According to Mark Zuckerberg.

But there's something else that Mark Zuckerberg has done to Facebook, that is very important and interesting.

So guess who else is joining Meta now?

In another announcement, they've decided, that Meta is going to have three new members on its board of directors, one of which is Dana White. What do you think of that one, Stu?

STU: I mean, it's fascinating. It's a huge Trump ally.

Big Trump supporter. Spoke at the convention. On Trump's behalf.

Now, you know, Zuckerberg is into the sort of UFC stuff.

Right? That's part of his world.

But, I mean, it's -- think of the change. Think of the people being kicked off Facebook. Think of where we were, not that long ago. With Facebook.

GLENN: Four years ago. We were just -- we knew we were walking into a bloodbath. We're walking into a buzz saw.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: And now look at what we're walking into.

STU: Glenn, I was thinking back into the book, the history of the future. By Blake Harris.

We had him on a bunch of times. It was a story of Palmer Lucky. The guy who invented the Oculus Rift and became Meta Quest. He developed that device in his trailer.

And he eventually got bought out by Zuckerberg, for, you know, a billion dollars. Eventually was fired because he gave $10,000 to a group that was putting up an anti-Hillary Clinton billboard.

GLENN: Right. That's right.

STU: They -- they tried to destroy this guy, completely.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Now, in the interim, built a 14 billion-dollar other separate company.

GLENN: Yeah. So he's --
(laughter)

STU: He -- you know, Palmer Lucky.

GLENN: I wonder if we can even get him on the phone now.

Because we had him on the show when he was destroyed.

STU: Yeah. We had the offer --

GLENN: Oh, you're right. Yeah, that's right.

STU: But the story was like, painted a picture of Zuckerberg, of like this guy. You know, it struck me like he was some Huffington Post blogger, running Facebook and Instagram.

This person, who we have seen here in the last 24 hours and over the past few months, seems like a totally different guy.

Whether that's just self-preservation or it's real, it's better.

GLENN: Self-preservation. I think.

Why the Bourbon Street Massacre Is Part of a GLOBAL Pattern

How did a Texas-born Army veteran become a radicalized ISIS supporter who killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more in New Orleans? Glenn reviews the latest on the Bourbon Street massacre on New Year’s Day: What happened during the killer’s recent trip to Egypt? Should the FBI have had enough information to apprehend him earlier? Was this truly a “lone wolf” attack or is it part of a growing pattern that has plagued Europe for years? How many radical Islamists like him have crossed the border illegally over the past few years? This was more than just a tragedy, Glenn says. It should serve as a warning for our government: we have major cracks in our system that are widening.

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GLENN: On New Year's Eve, we were all gathered together, ringing in 2025, joy and celebration.

But if you were in New Orleans, a nightmare was unfolding.

14 people were killed. Thirty-five were injured. And America was reminded of an uncomfortable truth. Terrorism knows no borders.

The perpetrator, was not a stranger from foreign land. But a Texas-born army veteran, radicalized and driven by hate.

Now, I want to talk about this, because I think perspective is so important. Do you know these stories. Hopefully, maybe not.

But you know these stories, but I want to give you the important perspective. And the theme of today's show really is truth above all things.

Ask the uncomfortable questions.

Now, we have to retrace his steps a bit. It's not a story about this guy, that, you know, going into radicalism.

It's how we as a nation have allowed our vulnerabilities to grow unchecked.

And if we don't change right now, more tragedies are going to follow.

So most of this guy's life, unremarkable. Born and raised in Houston, Texas.

Joined the army in 2007.

He served as a human resource specialist. Later as an IT specialist.

He was deployed to Afghanistan from 2009 and 2010. It was administrative. He was far from the battlefield. But his access gave him, you know, a look into the military world, and perhaps a view of America's enemies, that would later feed his radicalization.

By 2023, he was no longer a friend to his family and his friends.

He traveled to Egypt, at some point that year. He joined ISIS. He -- there's a chilling video of him. A message to his family.

Where he pledged allegiance to the terror group. And expressed his desire to kill his family.

He ultimately chose not to harm his loved ones. But he was consumed by hatred and this ideology.

This so the first lesson here is, it doesn't happen overnight. Second lesson is, how did this guy get back into the country?

This is a slow burn, but it's often in plain sight. Vigilance is what we need.

Not just from law enforcement, but from family, friends, and community.

Because if we can understand how people like Jabbar can fall into darkness. We may be able to stop the next tragedy before it begins.

So in October of 2024, just last October. He visited New Orleans. He was scouting.

He used meta smart glasses, cutting-edge technology, designed for everyday convenience.

He used those to map out the French Quarter and be plan his attack with meticulous precision.

Side note, just an asterisk here.

I want you to remember for what I'm going to talk to you about next hour. This is technology meant to improve our lives, turned into a tool of terror. All right.

Fast forward. New Year's Eve. He rents a house in New Orleans. Packs his truck with an ISIS flag, drives into the heart of the city.

He had two ways of destruction. He first will mow over people. And then he was going to set off an explosive device, extraordinarily rare explosive compound. One that's never been used in the US or in Europe. We don't know where he got it. How did it get here?

We don't even know what it is. The government does. The bombs were hidden in coolers. And rigged with a transmitter, that were placed on Bourbon Street.

Thankfully, they didn't detonate. Either he didn't trigger the bomb. Or police killed him, before he could.

Around 3:00 a.m. He carried out his primary attack.

He was driving a rented Ford F-150. Plowed through the crowd.

Leaving death and chaos in his wake. Fourteen lives were lost. Thirty-five others, forever changed.

And we had another terrorist attack, the first of 2025. Now, the FBI said, this isn't a terrorist attack. The lady with the nose ring, go away.

You have no credibility. This so-called lone wolf is part of a growing pattern. German Christmas, market attack. The London bridge stabbings.

It's now here on American soil. But let's not ignore the bigger picture.

While he may -- may have acted alone, in execution, everything leading up to it, was not an isolated process.

His story also raises uncomfortable questions about our preparedness for terrorism in 2025.

How did a Texas-born army veteran become radicalized under the noses of everybody in his community?

How did he acquire the knowledge to build a sophisticated bomb?

How many more are like him? How many are homegrown? How many have we imported over our border?

So let's start with the border security. Something that we must demand is taken seriously by Congress.

Critics of current immigration policies argue that porous borders could allow terrorists to slip into the country undetected.

Right. But he was a citizen. Terror groups do not care about borders. And neither should we, when it comes to national security.

We need a system that welcomes people who seek a better life, while stopping, jailing, or killing, if we have to, the ones who want to exploit our goodwill, and blow us up.

There's another question: Technology. The smart glasses from Meta.

He used those to plan his attack, but he also used social media to pledge his allegiance to ISIS.

So how do we balance this innovation with security?

The reason why I wanted to bring this up today, is it's more than just a tragic event.

It's a warning. It reveals the cracks in our systems. The complacency that allows those cracks to widen.

Our borders. Our political correctness.

This story is important, because it forces us to confront the uncomfortable truths about our safety, our priorities, and our policies.

You might think, oh, well, it's New Orleans. It's not my town.

The reality is, terror doesn't discriminate. It could happen anywhere. A Christmas parade in Wisconsin. A concert in Las Vegas. A marathon in Boston.

The first thing our Congress and our new president must address is the corruption that has happened in our Department of Justice.

How could this FBI agent, with the nose ring, come out and say, immediately, this wasn't a terrorist attack.

The guy had an ISIS flag in his truck. How could that happen?

It's a new kind of policing.

She's obviously, a part of this new DEI bullcrap. That has been passed on. All of the political correctness now down to that level.

The special agent in charge, in New Orleans.

That has to be stopped. We have to stop being politically incorrect in saying that, you know, oh, Islam is fine. No. No. Islamists are not fine.

And you will find Islamists in many of the groups of Islam.

It doesn't make Islam the problem.

It makes people who say, I take the Koran, word-for-word, and it needs to be law, in every country.

No!

Those are the ones causing the problems.

No. We cannot allow our country to become like Europe.

Europe, gang, it's a matter of time.

If they don't change course, radically, in this year. You will not recognize Europe anymore.

This year has to be a year of total and complete change. And right on cue, total and complete change is coming.

The Most INSANE Claim from the Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber’s Manifesto

The man who blew up explosives and fireworks in his Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel made some very odd claims in a manifesto. So, was he crazy or a government whistleblower? Glenn reviews the claims, including that the U.S. and China have silent, undetectable aircraft that defy gravity and that China is operating these devices off our eastern coast. If true, these claims could explain the New Jersey drone sightings. But was this man – who set off a car bomb – telling the truth, or just insane? Glenn argues that we may soon know once Trump takes office.

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GLENN: So there's a lot that has happened in the last couple of weeks since I've been gone. And I want to start with the terror attacks.

But I want you to know, there is a theme to today's show. January 6th.

The theme is: You've been lied to, and it is time for us now to sort through everything, and you find out what's true and what isn't true.

So let's dive into something that we begin with. It sounds like science fiction. In fact, the next two hours, are going to sound like science fiction to you.

But even if a fraction of this is true, it's not only real. But it's also deeply alarming. It's about power.

It's about secrecy. And those in the know.

That have kept the truth hidden from us. Not just from you and me. But from the very people sworn to protect our way of life.

So let me start with the source of what I'm going to till about. It's a manifesto that comes from the guy, who was claiming to be a whistle-blower. He claimed to be a man on the run. Hunted by his own government, he said.

He blew himself up, apparently, in a Tesla. Near the front door of the Trump hotel in Vegas.

Now, why would he do that?

He said because the government has been lying to us. I'm not going to give you the guy's name. Because I don't want to make him famous. And I hate -- we usually don't read manifestos on the air. And I'm going to give you the summary of it.

But if any of this is true, it needs to be released. We need to stand and up say, we need to know the truth on this.

Because if what he is saying is accurate, it changes everything. Now, if you read the manifesto, he talks about gravitic propulsion systems. What is that?

It's not your average stealth fighter or next gen drone.

We're talking about this about aircraft, that allegedly manipulate gravity itself.

Gravity. It manipulates it to achieve flight. It's a concept that defies all current physics.

But it's not without precedent in speculative science. Now, what this means is: No combustion engine. No jet fuel. No sound barrier.

Just seamless, silent motion at unimaginable speeds.

The kind of technology that makes radar, heat signatures, and even conventional missile defense systems completely obsolete.

Now, I know this sounds crazy. But there was a very little known announcement, kind of, that happened over the weekend.

That no one is talking about!

And it is the biggest news story of possibly all human history.

So hear me out on this.

Now, according to the manifesto, the aircraft are actively being deployed both in the United States and China.

And not just prototypes in some secret desert lab, but operationally.

Apparently, he alluded to the fact that this is what we're seeing with the drones. The whistle-blower claimed that China has been launching these systems from submarines stationed in the Atlantic right off our east coast.

Now, he let that sink in a minute, if this is true, silent, undetectable aircraft, capable of carrying massive payloads launched from submarines, that can -- can remain undetected just miles from our shores, or even up above the White House and no one would know.

Now, he claimed that he had direct knowledge of these programs.

He says, they have been used in China, for years. Conducting intelligence. Surveillance. Reconnaissance operations.

It goes along with our spy balloon.

Do you remember the spy balloon.

He says these gravitic systems are integrated with that same network.

And they form a system of surveillance, that is so advanced, he says, it makes our current intelligence look like carrier pigeons.

So he says, that these are the greatest national security threats in history.

And if we do have gravitic aircraft, or China does, he is absolutely right.

Because it would -- it would bypass every single defense system that we have. Imagine an aircraft, with an unlimited payload capacity.
A floating fortress. Invisible.

Undetectable. Capable of delivering weapons or conducting surveillance. Parked over our Capitol in DC.

That would be checkmate if it was true. That's the reality that this whistle-blower says is there.

But it also, in the manifesto, he dives into the past, in what he says, is a dark chapter of the US military history.

He alleges involvement in war crimes, during airstrikes in Nimruz province in Afghanistan, in 2016.

According to him, 125 buildings were targeted.

Sixty-five struck, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths in a single day.

Now, he says, that the strikes continued even after civilians were spotted, knowingly, and deliberately. He calls it a cover-up.

However, we do know that the United Nations invested -- this did happen. And an investigation happened with the United Nations. He says it's all a cover-up, implicating the Department of Defense, the DEA, the CIA, and even high-ranking generals.

So he's not just talking about our national security being challenged by advanced technology.

He is also discussing the moral rot, that comes from operating in secrecy.

Even if -- let's just say none of this is true. This is allowed to take root, because everyone has kept too much secret.

And our government has lied to us. Now, he went on to say, he was -- he believed he was being hunted. Not just followed. But actively pursued by his own government.

Tracked by Homeland Security.

The FBI. Or some other federal agency.

Is that true? I don't know!

Could it be?

Tulsi Gabbard was on the no-fly list. Now, think of the insanity, or the desperation that would lead somebody to a point to where he prepared, you know, an IED in a vehicle.

Insane, right?

So who is he?

Does he have any credibility? Or he just some conspiracy theorist in the basement. Or a deeply disturbed military guy.

Well, he claims to have worked with high-ranking officials. Including General Miller's staff.

He even named specific operations and personnel. Those are easily verified.

Now, if he's lying, it's a pretty detailed lie. If he's not, well, then, are we in serious trouble.

Now, my guess is, he has multiple valor awards.

So he was a special operations guy. If you have that many valor awards, you probably have TBI.

You don't have to. But you probably had some traumatic brain injuries.

We also don't still understand what Biden's disastrous Afghanistan screwup has done mentally to our frontline war heroes.

Many of them have been possibly permanently screwed up over all of this.

He was being treated for PTSD. So we know that he had a mental issue, of PTSD. That doesn't mean edgers have credibility. I know a lot of people who have PTSD.

Here's the one thing we can take from this. That we know for sure.

Don't trust the government or the feds. Listen to the Founding Fathers. They didn't want you to trust the government or the feds.

They wanted you to hold them accountable. Look what they've done to us.

Our war fighters are hurting. In this particular case.

If you know one, reach out to them.

But let's return here just for a second to the gravitic propulsion technology.

If it's real, and China is actively using it, we're not talking about a military advantage.

We're talking about a shift in the balance of power, so profound, that it will destabilize the entire world.

Remember the Cold War? Mutually assured destruction?

That's the balance. Very delicate that kept the world from annihilating itself. This technology in the wrong hands, or even the right hands. Obliterates the balance. Unless we have it as well.

It introduces a new kind of stealth, warfare, where speed, stealth, and payload capacity make any conventional deterrence, absolutely worthless.

Now, if China has this technology, should we have been told? Why haven't we been informed?

Well, the whistle-blower said that it's because the US government has its own gravitic system, and it doesn't want to admit it.

So what was his message?

His plea, which I don't ever go into manifests and -- and uphold somebody. And I'm not upholding him and his message. And saying that his message is true. Except for this part: He was calling for transparency. Demanding that the American people be told the truth, about all of these programs, and their implications.

He said, that secrecy only increases the risk of catastrophic conflict.

One that could escalate into global war.

I heard another one, this weekend. Did you -- did you see that we were already sending war machinery over to Ukraine? Before Ukraine was invaded by Russia?

Why didn't we know that? What was the real intent? What is the real intent there?

So where does this leave us?

Well, sunlight is the best disinfectant, and sunlight is coming with Donald Trump.

If these technologies exist, if they're being deployed over our cities, we need to know it.

Secrecy breeds corruption. Corruption leads to decisions that harm us all.

This is nothing more than a wake-up call. It's a warning about the unchecked power. The risks of advanced technology. The moral cost of operating in the shadows.

Whether you believe any of it, or none of it, the core truth remains: We must demand accountability. Transparency.

And a return to the principles that made this country great. The stakes couldn't be higher.

God intervened. I really, truly believe this in the last election.

Now it's up to us. What are we going to do with the time that we have been given?

This is the time to turn the corner, and ask the hard questions and hold our leaders accountable.

Let's pray that the whistle-blower was wrong. But let's prepare to help this new Trump administration keep its promises.

He's going need to us. Very vocal to demand answers.

You want answers to this? You have to be vocal. You have to be serious. And we have to be heard.

You want the truth on January 6th? The COVID virus? Its cover-up. Fauci. The pharmaceutical companies. The food companies.

You want trials and people who did criminal things, to be tried fairly and if they're found guilty, go to jail?

How about the sex crime industry? The Diddy parties, Epstein.

Do you want answers on that?

These people are powerful! They are the most powerful people perhaps in the history of all mankind. They're not going to go silently into the dark.

They are not going to give up without a fight. We must all resolve today. On January 6th, '25. That transparency is number one.

Remember, Trump said, they weren't trying to kill him, because they were afraid of him.

He told us, over and over again.

He was just in the way of them getting to us. They are afraid of us!

That is the way the Founders intended it to be.

So now, beginning January 20th. It is our time to hold them accountable.

Those we think are doing our bidding. They must know, we will hold them accountable. And we demand answers.

EVERY LIE About Jan. 6 Revealed

Over the past 4 years, government leaders and the Legacy Media told us that the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot was the end of “Democracy”, incited by Donald Trump, and the darkest day in American history. This narrative sent many Americans to prison, including many nonviolent attendees. But now, we know much more about the truth. Glenn goes down the long list of Jan 6 LIES that are quickly unraveling: “It looks like this was all crafted NOT to protect “Democracy”, but to bolster an agenda.” But there is still plenty that needs to be revealed under Donald Trump.

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GLENN: So here we are, four years -- four years ago was the events of January 6th, 2021. The darkest day in all of the republic. Well, what we thought was true is quickly unraveling now.

For many -- many Americans, this day is a dividing line. The narratives have clashed. Emotions have run high. Our trust in institutions, sworn to protect us, has been further eroded in ways that only dramatic action will -- will we ever be able to regain a portion of our trust.

Now, there are newly emerging details. They're not just revelations. They are bombshells that force to us confront an uncomfortable truth about our government.

And that should be the message of January 6th.

And that message, the truth about our government, its accountability, and the lengths that it will go to preserve its version of a story.

Even when it is all a lie.

Beginning on January 6th, in the afternoon, Americans were told of an imminent threat. Two pipe bombs were found near the RNC and the DNC headquarters. These devices, if you remember, we were told, could have caused catastrophic harm.

After all, at the DNC, the vice president had been rushed to the DNC, strangely without explanation.

And also, strangely all records were lost!
The -- secret service accidentally deleted all of those records on why she was moved to the DNC. Now we know the investigation into these bombs was woefully insufficient.

And I'm being kind with that.

I don't think it even happened at all.

Surveillance footage was ignored. Cameras were turned, just hours before the pipe bomb was laid. Cell phone data, in both places. We were told was corrupted.

The only thing that was corrupted, was our own government and FBI. We now know, that the data was not corrupted. According to the cell phone companies. They were never asked to turn over the information to the FBI. They were never asked. Critical leads went unpursued. Today, four years later, questions about the bomber's identity still remain unanswered. The lack of urgency begs the question, why. Why would federal agencies neglect a critical, critical investigation, in something that was going to destroy the republic? Could have killed the vice president? What if the pipe bombs were nothing more than a convenient distraction? Boy, a justification to escalate security measures and cast a broader shadow over what they hoped would unfold that day? It's not conspiratorial to ask those questions. It is our duty, as citizens. Because we now know, our government lied. So we want answers.

We know that 26 FBI informants were on the ground that day. But they must go into the Capitol.

Now, let that sink in.

It's not speculation. It's fact. Twenty-six FBI informants.

What were they doing there? Were they infiltrating the crowd?

Were they guiding its behavior?

Were they acting as provocateurs. Why if the FBI had six informants, why did this happen at all?

The presence raises troubling concerns about how much of January 6th, was actually organic, and how much was orchestrated.

Four years ago today, I was tweeting, this has got to stop!

This isn't who we are. All of these people should go to jail. Well, today, I still say, if you broke the windows, and you were clad in a mask, man, you were causing damage and, you know, hurting people.

Yeah. You should go to jail. But the time you should have served, is, you know, up by now. But there are still people in jail.

Maybe for as long as 20 years! It looks like this was all crafted, not to protect democracy. But to bolster an agenda.

Amid the chaos, everybody pointed their finger to one man, Donald J. Trump. But the new information paints a vastly different picture. Two takes before January 6th, it has now been verified, that Trump authorized the deployment of the National Guard, citing concerns over potential unrest, at the Capitol on January 6th.

But his concerns were ignored, his offer was rebuffed, by Nancy Pelosi and the Capitol Police. Why?

Who in the chain of command chose to disregard this presidential directive? The presence of the national guard would have prevented much of the mayhem that occurred, maybe even all of it. Yet, that opportunity was squandered, and no one told us about it. In fact, the media told us that Trump wanted the chaos. The truth is, we now know, he sought to prevent it.

This glaring omission from mainstream narrative, exposes just January 6th story has been manipulated to fit a preconceived conclusion.

Then there was the Ashley Babbitt story, a name who has become a rallying cry for those who see January 6th as a miscarriage of justice. She was a decorated Air Force veteran. She was shot and killed on live TV by a Capitol police officer, while attempting to climb through a broken window.

Her death was ruled justified, almost immediately. But now, we learn that the officer involved, violated multiple procedural rules. The officer, wrong shielded from scrutiny, held up as a hero, is now under investigation for misconduct, so severe, that it could lead to criminal charges.

Think about that. A life was taken, the person responsible may not have followed any of the protocols.

What else was cut, because of security? What else was held up as an example of good police work?

And why was Babbitt's death so quickly dismissed by the media and the government officials? In the days of George Floyd, why was this one policeman, his actions not scrutinized?

Did her life not matter? Her story was buried under a mountain of political narratives.

And most importantly, January 6th is all about the perversion of justice. The using of allies and social media. High-tech, global corporations. Including telecom and airlines. In many cases, offering up location data on people, that were simply in Washington, DC, without being asked.

What the FBI did with it, how perverted the court system was in DC alone. The knowing role of our politicians. Local and federal. Our police. The higher ups with the National Guard, as well as at the Pentagon now.

What do these things tell us about our country?

Well, they tell us that our country as we hope it would be is dead. That we have been lied to.

They mean that the events of January 6th are far more complex than the tidy little story that they had by 6:00 p.m. that night.

They mean that the very institutions designed to uphold justice and democracy. May have played a role in undermining them.

And let's not just blame one side.

January 6th wasn't about Trump supporters and Democrats or the media.

It was about a system, that thrives on division and chaos.

A system that uses fear, to control us. If federal agencies can lie, manipulate, and withhold the truth about January 6th. What are they not capable of doing?

What are they willing to do? To maintain their grip on power.

We the American people, four years later, on January 6th, must demand the truth. We don't just deserve it. We demand it.

Not the sanitized version. Not the politically convenient version. Not the story that makes the Democrats look bad alone.

But tells us the truth. The entire truth. That means, demanding accountability from the FBI. The Capitol Police.

Every government official on either side, who had a hand in what happened that day, or covering it up.

It means, refusing to let the deaths, the lies, the unanswered questions, fade into a history, of political footnotes.

It seems that January 6th now four years later, we can say was not the end of democracy. But it may have been the beginning of the end for our blind trust in all of our institutions, that we now know have failed us time and time again.

The truth will set you free. We were preserved, I believe. God is not done with us.

That was a miracle, that Donald Trump was elected.

That was a miracle that he lived to see the election.

God did what we could not do.

Now, he is demanding that we do our part. And that is to ensure lies and corruption are not buried.

But that we demand equal justice. I don't care who you are, where you work, what label you have, what party you belong to.

This must end!