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00:03:46.020Watching his sort of reaction to her going through the process of making the album and just sharing that has been really, it's been really cool.
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00:04:36.080So, I don't know about you, but are you tired of winning?
00:04:39.140It seems like it felt a little different.
00:04:43.280I don't know about you, but it felt a little different.
00:04:45.280We didn't have, there was no, and we kind of have a split family gathering as far as the political sides.
00:04:53.500There was no tension, and I looked at my wife last night after it was all said and done, and I said, you know, I don't, I don't think the election came up at all.
00:05:06.200Because I think everybody was prepared and bracing for what might happen.
00:05:11.200Not like we've ever had any real tense moments there.
00:05:14.020There might have been a few here and there at the table before, but usually it's not about that.
00:05:17.940It's about, well, it's about my wife's 97-year-old grandmother doing what 97-year-old grandmothers do and saying whatever she wants whenever she wants.
00:05:35.520And speaking of peace, it seems as though we're headed in a direction where we have some really good things happening.
00:05:42.860As I said earlier, are you tired of winning?
00:05:45.860Well, we've got massive already news about peace breaking out in various different ways.
00:05:53.860Putin even saying at one point he'd like a reset with the U.S.
00:05:56.460That's before, you know, Biden tried to drag us into World War III.
00:05:59.380But we have multiple places where it seems as though things are coming together.
00:06:06.540Now, I saw this morning, I don't know if you have heard this yet, but Biden is out sort of criticizing President Trump's plans for tariffs.
00:06:14.960But the tariffs are already getting results.
00:06:19.300I don't know if you saw it, but Mexico, we talked to the president of Mexico, and she's agreed that she's going to try her best to stop the caravans.
00:06:28.640Now, the left in the media spinning this is like, nothing is changing.
00:06:37.100We'll see the reaction and what actually happens in the next coming days.
00:06:44.180We'll be able to keep an eye on all of it.
00:06:46.860Now, we're also hearing from Canada, where Justin Castro Trudeau is saying that he is going to work with President Trump on immigration, border security, and more.
00:07:00.940So these things are already happening.
00:07:43.720People, they feel comfortable really displaying their conservative sort of, I don't know, maybe populist opinions through interpretive dance.
00:07:58.580The Trump dance, which I find kind of interesting as well.
00:08:03.060You know, I'm just watching all of it.
00:08:04.920And I'm really, I'm just kind of, I don't know, I'm encouraged by it.
00:08:11.140I'm just completely encouraged by it to see it all come together.
00:08:16.360Now, with all of that being said, I'll say this.
00:08:56.680I don't think there's, I don't think he's left at all, which I think is a smart move.
00:09:01.180But even Putin has come out in recent days saying, by the way, it's just not safe.
00:09:09.520There's a very real risk, he says, the FBI, CIA, or Democrats, may make another attempt on Putin, on Trump's life.
00:09:21.560In fact, he's come out and said that earlier.
00:09:24.200Now, regardless of what you think about Putin, I mean, I think all of those things are very obvious, is that they'll, the left, that is, will do nothing.
00:25:53.900And, in fact, in my own backyard, we're going to talk about why he's here and his warning for America.
00:26:01.820That's originally really what I wanted to talk to him about today, along with the latest news today, assisted dying bill, the assisted suicide bill, as they have it in the U.K., just passed after this historic vote.
00:27:08.520For so long, the media has been portraying this message that it's racist or some kind of ism or phobia to just be in favor of the traditional American family, the nuclear family and the extended family.
00:27:22.800And that's always been a good thing since time immemorial.
00:27:25.280But for some reason, the media over the last couple of decades has been saying, no, no, no.
00:27:34.340And, of course, within a family structure, you can't be any of those things because you get the family you're given, whether you like it or not.
00:47:30.640And the race had been pretty consistent the entire time.
00:47:34.880And there are just things that happened over the period of these last four years where Americans, you know, they wanted the economy they had with Trump back.
00:47:45.020They thought the left was going too far culturally.
00:47:47.500So, you know, swapping out Biden for Harris at the last minute never did address their core concerns and what was always at the top of their mind when choosing who the next president would be.
00:48:37.300You know, I think it was only Mark Halperin who had said when David Plough made that claim about the we have a comedian at the
00:48:45.300Madison Square Garden, you know, make a joke that was, you know, fell flat off color joke about Puerto Rico.
00:48:51.720And they acted as if this was a huge shift in the dynamics of the race that suddenly all of the Hispanic voters who we had seen moving to President Trump.
00:49:01.240And over years, this didn't happen overnight.
00:49:03.700You know, this trends don't happen overnight.
00:49:07.500You see it chipping away, chipping away, chipping away until there's a cascading effect.
00:49:11.820In 2024, we really hit that point where it was a cascading effect, not only with Hispanics, but other nonwhite voters that Donald Trump had been appealing to over these last couple of years, these number of years.
00:49:22.960And they acted as if this was some huge change in the direction of the race.
00:49:28.120David Plough goes out and tells all of these reporters, you know, our data showing that this joke is it.
00:49:32.920It did it. This election is going to going to swing our way because of the joke.
00:49:36.680And not a single reporter said, David, let me see the data set.
00:49:42.160You know, I mean, they just took him as a serious guy, Obama's guy, and they took him at face value.
00:49:47.240But I actually don't know that that's the case with everyone.
00:49:51.540You know, a lot of people in my business, these election forecasters and so-called modelers, they know every, you know, they talk to people.
00:49:58.840We all talk to each other. And there is no way on planet Earth that they didn't know her internals had her down.
00:50:05.800Folks, if the people's pundit in North Carolina knew what Harris's internal polling showed in Michigan, then believe me, the Nate Collins and the Nate Silvers and all these other guys that pump out trash year after year, they knew too.
00:50:20.360So there's, you know, there's being wrong, and then there's being deceptive.
00:50:26.740And I'm telling you, there was deception here.
00:51:19.240And there was evidence to suggest that this was happening.
00:51:21.680In the primaries in a state like Arizona, for instance, when you have the Navajo areas come in, the weakest for Joe Biden, he was getting only around 80% of the vote in his own primary in those areas.
00:51:35.020And Trump was getting in the 90s compared to other parts of Phoenix where, you know, let's be honest.
00:51:40.780I mean, there's just still some Republican areas where Trump, it's a different coalition.
00:51:45.000You know, so he'll do actually weaker in those areas than so, you know, we'll call them new MAGA areas.
00:51:51.680And you could see it in a state like Arizona, clear as dead, in the most Hispanic areas around Maricopa, even though they have anywhere voting.
00:51:58.920In the most Hispanic areas around that county, he did better.
00:53:07.120I want to see how accurate we get about the future here.
00:53:11.120I've been hearing a lot about Hispanic voters.
00:53:15.200And the Democrats were bringing folks into the country.
00:53:19.340This is just sort of a theory that they're bringing these folks into the country, trying to rush, and that they would benefit Democrats if they could get these folks to vote, et cetera, in the short term.
00:53:30.040But then there was question about the long term, that long term that these voters may shift and trend conservative, essentially helping Republicans.
00:53:39.000Well, I want to ask you what we just saw.
00:53:51.900And if you can hang on, we'll take a quick break, and I'll get your answer right after this.
00:53:56.620Justin Barkley, in for Glenn, on the Glenn Beck Program.
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00:59:29.320So I think there was there's another element to this election that was always going to be difficult for Democrats to overcome, regardless of who they picked as their nominee.
00:59:40.280And that is people had fresh in their memory how it was under Donald Trump, how the country was, how the economy was, how foreign policy was.
00:59:48.500And it was an A.B., a very traditional A.B. test, right?
00:59:52.280You have to choose A or you have to choose B.
00:59:54.260And, yeah, of course, we have third parties.
00:59:55.760But people were able to make that comparison.
00:59:59.120You know, so we had a very unique situation where Trump did a, you know, could and he did end up pulling a Grover Cleveland.
01:00:05.680And people were telling us, you know, things are better under Trump.
01:00:59.360So, I mean, these things didn't land because all they remembered was how much better it was in this part of the economy or foreign policy, whatever it was that they were concerned with.
01:05:41.200It's a warning from Putin who says that Trump will find a solution to the ongoing conflict.
01:05:49.720He still believes Trump, Trump, this is talking about Russia and Ukraine, by the way.
01:05:53.660Trump's life is still in danger after multiple assassination attempts.
01:05:58.140Trump, warning the deep state's actions have been, this is Putin, rather, warning the deep state's actions have been uncivilized and that their behavior is too low.
01:06:09.560So, even for Russian gangsters, who don't bring family members into business, based on these statements, well, I'll just let you take a listen to what some of this, I don't know how much is...
01:06:24.200President Trump, a smart and experienced person, will come up with a solution, especially given that he has gone through quite an ordeal of fighting to reclaim the Oval Office.
01:06:43.200Well, probably just like me, you are amazed, not by the fact that absolutely uncivilized means had been used against Trump, all the way up to assassination attempts, numerous assassination attempts.
01:07:03.320And I think he's not safe, and I think he's not safe, even now.
01:07:10.460The history of the United States has known many cases, but I think President Trump is a smart person and a cautious one, I hope.
01:07:21.980What amazed me most, that in fighting him, not only Trump was subjected to humiliating court procedures, accusations, and so on, but his family was attacked as well, his children was attacked.
01:07:44.420But, gangsters don't do this in Russia.
01:07:48.620Now, there's a certain amount of this.
01:07:54.500Well, all of it, really, that critics will say, well, that's Russian, that's your, that's just, that's Russian propaganda.
01:08:01.400Well, yeah, it's right out of the mouth of Vladimir Putin.
01:08:03.960I mean, obviously, you take whatever he says, well, the grain of salt, it's not a saint, but he's also not telling us anything we don't already know.
01:08:11.680We are in the most critical time right now, from here until the day that he puts his, essentially puts his hand on the, on the Bible and is, and is sworn in.
01:08:31.780We, we, we, we ought to be more, you know, we're cautiously optimistic, but we ought to be more concerned and in prayer and, and, and, and considering those things, I think, on a daily basis.
01:08:57.000I'm that, you know, not, not, not, not for nothing.
01:09:00.220I'm sure he thinks about it, but last night at Mar-a-Lago, what was he doing?
01:09:04.580He was at, well, he went to Thanksgiving dinner with the family and to be a fly on the wall in this room would have been something.
01:09:13.540Because there's Elon Musk at the table, Musk's mom, of course, and Melania and Barron at that table, too.
01:09:20.480And, and there's a moment where Trump is sitting with Elon and they're at the table and they're like dancing the YMCA.
01:09:31.780Trump's pounding the table and pounding Elon.
01:09:34.120It just, it's one of the funnier things, but this is, this is kind of the, well, the, the, the fun of the, the Trump family, the Trump administration, certainly the Trump campaign.
01:09:56.000And he, he, he's got serious work to do, but there, there are some, some moments that, that are not so serious, I think.
01:10:04.400And boy, they got a lot of celebrating that they're doing, that they're doing as well.
01:10:09.120Going to talk a little later on the hour three with Laura Trump.
01:10:14.200Going to talk to her about what went down at the Thanksgiving celebration at Mar-a-Lago and, and how all of that, well, what the mood is like there.
01:10:24.700Particularly the story, it, it dovetails along with what we know about the threats on Trump.
01:10:33.120And I don't, I have a, a friend, a connection, I guess I would say, with a member of the, of the last cabinet.
01:10:42.840They had to deal with some of the similar things.
01:10:44.320But I don't think we're going to, I don't think any, we've seen anything like this.
01:10:49.260Like we're, we're, we're going to see.
01:10:51.240Trump cabinet nominees appointees targeted with violent, un-American threats.
01:10:56.860Nearly a dozen of Trump's cabinet nominees and other folks appointed tap for the incoming administration were targeted Tuesday night with violent, un-American threats to their lives.
01:11:09.480And those who live with them, prompting a swift law enforcement response, according to the reports, Fox News Digital.
01:11:18.880The attacks range from bomb threats to swatting, according to Trump Vance transition spokeswoman and incoming White House press secretary, Caroline Leavitt.
01:11:28.960One of the officials issued a statement describing his incident as having involved a, quote, pipe bomb threat with a pro-Palestinian themed message.
01:11:39.260All of the Renna mobs are going to be amped up and ramped up.
01:11:43.320The things that we saw happening on college campuses, I think, up and to and through Inauguration Day.
01:12:28.720Now, I'm not all for tit for tat, but I am for law and order.
01:12:32.080And I am for calm and peace and not chaos.
01:12:35.500And I think what you may see, and we've already seen, by the way, one of the guys that I got to tell you is my favorite, the whole list of folks that is, is Tom Holman.
01:12:51.640Quite a contrast from the current border czar, the incoming border czar has words for elected officials, mayors, governors, et cetera.
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01:27:29.420And, obviously, you put on a little village people and do a little YMCA dance, some Trump dance, if you have a little bit of extra time on your hands, which, obviously, we did.
01:27:37.560You know, and, look, there's a lot to be grateful for this year.
01:27:45.460We realize, and I think a lot of people, there's a bit of divine intervention throughout this last year and the election.
01:27:53.660And, you know, for President Trump to make it as far as he did, though they tried everything, they had every trick in the book from, you know, the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax to impeachment, the lawfare, which, you know, we've got good news on that front as well, is kind of winding down in all of this.
01:28:16.140And then the assassination attempts, I mean, it's none of this should be lost on us.
01:28:23.500And, obviously, you hold a closer situation as family in this scenario.
01:28:29.420But I think we almost lost, not only did we almost lose him, but we almost lost the country.
01:28:34.840I don't think people realize how close we came.
01:28:39.380I always say not only did Donald Trump get a second chance on that day in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13th, but our country really got a second chance.
01:28:48.000Because if you really consider the implications of what that would have meant, had that bullet actually successfully hit my father-in-law where it was targeted, we would be in a much different place right now.
01:29:02.980And not just in probably the country, but really in the world, I think.
01:29:07.240I always say Donald Trump was made for such a time as this.
01:29:11.360And I meant that initially as though I know this is the person who can do the job needed to bring this country back.
01:29:19.240But after that day and after the two failed assassination attempts, you know, you have to look at this and say God really did have a hand in so much of what we saw happen over the past several years in our country and certainly in the past several months as it relates to my father-in-law.
01:29:45.420So that brings us to today where I said, you know, we've already seen some great things happening.
01:29:51.040I want to touch on some of those here in just a little bit.
01:29:53.840The Trump effect is in full speed ahead.
01:29:57.600But let me ask you, we've got a couple of stories, Putin coming out and saying that President Trump's life is still hanging in the balance because of the fact that he believes that there are bad actors that are willing to do whatever it takes.
01:30:15.900And this is something I think that, you know, it's unfortunately, but it's not even shocking anymore.
01:30:22.700We are fully aware of this and we continue to pray for him and your family and the country.
01:30:33.040There are now that the folks have been appointed.
01:30:36.140There are people in the cabinet that have just been nominated that are learning.
01:30:39.600They've been aware of this, but they're learning firsthand what this is all about and what they're in for, unfortunately, as we've got these latest stories that some of the folks have been targeted, coordinated bomb threats, swatting, and some of those other things.
01:31:01.560I think when it comes to Donald Trump, we probably all realize that this is you're going to see more of this, not less of this.
01:31:08.420Because, look, I think when you start shining light in dark spaces, it makes some people very uncomfortable.
01:31:14.720Anyone who had something to hide, probably very upset right now, probably understands the implications of what it might mean for Donald Trump to fully be sworn in and start getting doge involved and start having people work alongside of him in the administration who have the same goals at hand,
01:31:32.940which is literally to save this country and turn things back around, give it back to we the people, and anything nefarious, any nefarious activity that has occurred, really expose it.
01:31:43.980And I think that that's a problem for some people.
01:31:46.340And, yeah, this is something we should never see in the United States of America.
01:31:50.580You should never have a president who has his life almost taken twice and threats continue.
01:31:57.100But I think it really probably speaks to the fact that Donald Trump is doing something that's necessary.
01:32:02.720And the bad actors out there will continue to be bad actors.
01:32:05.540They'll continue to threaten his life.
01:32:07.320I can tell you the safety and security around my father-in-law has really been stepped up since, you know, the two incidents that we saw happen.
01:32:15.860And, you know, we as a family feel very good about things and where they are as it relates to his protection.
01:32:22.680But, you know, you shouldn't have people nervous about taking a cabinet position or going to work in a presidential administration.
01:32:29.480It is really unfortunate that we found ourselves in this space.
01:32:32.520But I think that's why Donald Trump right now is so necessary, because we have to expose these things.
01:33:19.620What are some of the things that obviously are standing out to me are the peace deals that are sort of already kind of falling into place?
01:33:29.840We've had an absence of leadership over the last four years, and the moment that a leader arises on the stage, things just sort of fall back into place.
01:33:42.420We've seen Putin call for a reset with relations in the United States.
01:33:50.080Well, those are just to name a few, but this is serious, and I think it ought to show us right now maybe the difference of where we've been versus where we're headed.
01:34:18.920Look at the way the economy has already started to respond because Donald Trump will be the 47th president.
01:34:25.140You know, you just touched on some of the problems around the world, these wars in the Middle East and in Europe.
01:34:33.360You've seen people come to the table and want to have peace talks, literally reaching out to Donald Trump before he even takes the oath of office to be the 47th president.
01:34:43.320And it's interesting because all of the people, all the Middle Eastern leaders who've reached out to my father-in-law have all said the same thing to him.
01:34:51.080They all said they want the war to stop.
01:34:54.100They want peace, and they know that he's the person who can bring peace.
01:34:57.960And it's incredible when people who are coming at something from very different positions understand that the one thing they have in common is Donald Trump and his ability to do this.
01:35:08.420Look, he did it the first term in office.
01:35:10.200You had historic peace agreements in the Middle East with the Abraham Accords.
01:35:13.880But I think what you've seen happen in this shift is because you're right, a total vacuum and absence of any sort of leadership on the world stage as it relates to the United States is a huge problem.
01:35:28.120When we are strong, the world is stable.
01:35:29.820When we are weak, the world is destabilized.
01:35:31.920And you've seen that happen exactly in that way since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took over the White House.
01:35:38.220Now, before Donald Trump's even in there, you've seen caravans coming up through, you know, Mexico to the southern border, start to break apart and turn around.
01:35:45.960You see that the Mexican president is now saying, OK, well, wait a minute.
01:35:49.360Maybe I do want to help out a little bit here in terms of turning some of these people around who are coming to the southern border.
01:35:56.280You've seen so much movement in the right direction in just the weeks after Donald Trump's election.
01:36:02.860And I think that it's because people understand when Donald Trump draws a line in the sand, he means business.
01:36:09.420You don't cross it because you don't even want to test out the possibility on the other side.
01:36:14.320That's what four years of strong leadership will get you.
01:36:17.760Peace through strength, all the great things for our economy and our country.
01:36:21.540And I think the world leaders are sitting up, taking notice.
01:36:24.280And whether you're allies or adversaries, you're paying attention.
01:36:55.200It's Justin Barkley in for Glenn today on the Glenn Beck program.
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