The Great America Show - January 15, 2026


Mid-Day Update： January 15, 2026


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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

178.90965

Word count

932

Sentence count

69

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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Trump threatens to invoke the insurgency act in response to a night of leftist violence in the city of Minneapolis. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives votes to continue funding the Democratic National Committee, and the Senate strikes down a war powers resolution that would have blocked President Trump from using force against Venezuela. The U.S. forces seize a sixth Venezuela oil tanker and detain it in a pre-dawn raid in the Caribbean Sea. President Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Machado.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, January 18th.
00:00:05.820 Happy Thursday, folks.
00:00:07.400 President Donald Trump did not hold back this afternoon while responding to the attacks on ICE agents in Minneapolis,
00:00:13.920 warning that he will invoke the Insurrection Act.
00:00:16.760 The Minnesota Marxist Dems and politicians failed to rein in their, quote,
00:00:21.300 professional agitators and insurrectionists.
00:00:24.200 Trump's statement comes after a night of extreme chaos in the city,
00:00:26.920 including an agent, having to fire a defensive round after being attacked by a shovel,
00:00:33.900 by an illegal alien, and rioters robbing paperwork and weapons from an ICE vehicle.
00:00:39.860 Imagine that, folks. This is inside of America.
00:00:43.200 President Trump posting on Truth Social, quote,
00:00:45.000 Minneapolis rioters successfully broke open a weapons locker in a federal vehicle and stole a rifle and ammunitions before fleeing.
00:00:51.920 If corrupt politicians in Minnesota don't obey the law and stop professional agitators and insurrectionists
00:00:58.060 from attacking the patriots of ICE who are only trying to do their job,
00:01:02.900 I will institute the Insurrection Act, which many presidents have done before me, 0.81
00:01:07.520 and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great state,
00:01:12.380 President Trump concluded with a good old, thank you for your attention to this matter.
00:01:17.460 The day before, an ICE agent was forced to shoot an illegal alien in the leg after he and his accomplices attacked him.
00:01:23.840 It's only getting worse in that Marxist Dem-run state, folks.
00:01:27.400 And as President Trump said, if they don't get their act together,
00:01:31.520 it's going to be time to send in the military, and it's not going to be in the National Guard this time.
00:01:35.820 And yet another stunning display of uniparty betrayal,
00:01:39.640 the House of Representatives has voted to continue funding taxpayer dollars to National Endowment for Democracy,
00:01:47.740 which is a globalist NGO notorious for meddling in foreign elections,
00:01:51.680 fueling censorship worldwide, and even pushing domestic propaganda right here at home.
00:01:57.360 By a lopsided 127 to 291 vote,
00:02:00.200 lawmakers rejected an amendment that was offered by Congressman Eli Crane
00:02:03.560 to prohibit the $315 million in funding for NED as part of the 2026 spending package.
00:02:10.620 Now, over on the Senate side, they're a little bit more wise.
00:02:12.900 Senate Republicans struck down a war powers resolution
00:02:15.000 that would have blocked President Trump from using military force against Venezuela.
00:02:19.440 Last Thursday, the Senate voted 52 to 47 to advance a war powers resolution
00:02:23.400 to limit President Trump's military actions in Venezuela.
00:02:26.780 Last week, five Republican senators joined the Democrats to advance this resolution.
00:02:31.300 Young, Murkowski, Collins, Paul, and Hawley.
00:02:35.720 On Wednesday, two senators, Hawley and Young,
00:02:38.360 flipped and voted to strike down the resolution.
00:02:41.640 J.D. Vance was there to cast a tiebreaker vote.
00:02:45.220 And speaking of, Venezuela, U.S. forces this afternoon
00:02:48.060 seized a sixth Venezuela oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea
00:02:51.440 during a pre-dawn raid
00:02:53.080 in coordination with the Department of War,
00:02:55.400 Department of Homeland Security, and the State Department.
00:02:58.720 This comes just hours before President Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader
00:03:02.880 and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Maria Machado.
00:03:07.120 The sanctioned motor tanker, Veronica,
00:03:09.780 was seized in a safe and seamless operation
00:03:11.860 in accordance with U.S. and international law.
00:03:14.380 Machado, by the way, just moments ago,
00:03:16.280 gifting President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize.
00:03:18.740 And speaking of military action,
00:03:21.980 Greenland has been on President Trump's mind,
00:03:24.380 and he wants it, and he wants it now.
00:03:27.060 Take a listen to President Trump
00:03:28.500 with a reporter in the Oval Office
00:03:30.360 when asked about possible military intervention in Greenland.
00:03:34.880 Right now, it sounds like you are saying
00:03:37.980 that you would potentially acquire Greenland by force.
00:03:42.080 That would be a NATO country.
00:03:44.040 Are you saying that?
00:03:45.740 No, you're saying that.
00:03:47.480 I don't say it.
00:03:48.780 No, you're telling me that that's what I'm going to do.
00:03:51.340 You don't know what I'm going to do.
00:03:53.460 So what are the options?
00:03:54.360 Your network doesn't know either.
00:03:55.860 The Danish foreign minister said
00:03:57.940 that there are still fundamental differences
00:03:59.660 after the meeting with Rubio and with the vice president.
00:04:02.700 Are you willing to leave the NATO alliance
00:04:06.300 in order to get what you want with Greenland?
00:04:09.120 What are the options right now?
00:04:10.420 Well, I wouldn't be telling you what I'm willing to do, certainly.
00:04:12.700 I'm not going to give up options, but it's very important.
00:04:14.640 Greenland's very important for the national security,
00:04:16.920 including of Denmark.
00:04:18.760 And the problem is there's not a thing that Denmark can do about it
00:04:21.900 if Russia or China wants to occupy Greenland.
00:04:24.360 But there's everything we can do.
00:04:25.980 We found that out last week with that as well.
00:04:29.000 There's everything we can do about things such as that.
00:04:32.320 That's not going to happen.
00:04:33.900 We're not, you know, I can't rely on Denmark
00:04:36.200 being able to fend themselves off.
00:04:38.840 You know, they were talking about they put an extra dog
00:04:40.880 and they were serious about this.
00:04:42.220 They put an extra dog sled there last month.
00:04:46.280 They added a second dog sled.
00:04:48.140 That's not going to do the trick.
00:04:49.300 Denmark fought alongside the United States.
00:04:51.720 And go back on a second.
00:04:52.460 Thank you for telling me that.
00:04:53.540 I appreciate it.
00:04:54.780 I have a very good relationship with Denmark.
00:04:56.940 And we'll see how it all works out.
00:04:58.860 I think something will work out.
00:05:00.080 And there you have it, right from the man's mouth himself.
00:05:03.220 Folks, please be sure to join us tonight and each and every night
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00:05:09.600 I'm John Fawcett with this midday update.
00:05:11.660 Have a great day, everybody.