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3 ways Biden’s AWFUL foreign policy puts us ALL IN DANGER

Glenn wants to know why some Americans continue to trust U.S. leaders in power who have destroyed so much over the last two years. For example, President Biden already has proven to the world his foreign policy inadequacies. But now, it’s getting even WORSE. In this clip, Glenn details recent ways America's far-left leadership is putting us ALL in danger with AWFUL foreign policy decisions. From rocky relationships with China and Saudi Arabia, to Putin and Russia, our leaders are putting us ALL at risk, Glenn says.

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GLENN: So yesterday, if you remember, my head was going to explode, because why are we allowing California to dictate everything to the rest of the nation? Okay. Remember?

They want to do that. Okay. Let them feel the full consequence. Why are they dragging us along with it? Yeah.

Today, my question is this: Why do we keep listening to people who got us into the same situation. Why are we listening?

Here's Janet Yellen yesterday, on our economy.

VOICE: We still the inactive covid in China and the slowdown in Chinese growth.

GLENN: Yeah.

VOICE: And with high inflation and tightening monetary policy in many advanced countries.

GLENN: Yeah. Like ours.

VOICE: Emerging markets from all of these factors are suffering many stresses. So there's a lot to talk about. But from the perspective of the United States, I think the United States is doing very well.

GLENN: Wow. We're doing very well. Other countries have high inflation, tight money. Their central banks are tightening the money fly. Which is driving interest rates up. And they're having supply problems. But us, no, I think we're doing really -- why are we listening to her? Why are we listening?

Now, let's go to the genius, that is actually behind the wheel, driving this car, over the cliff. Our president. What does he think about what's coming economically?

VOICE: Should the American people prepare for a recession?

VOICE: No. They've been saying this every six months, they've been saying this. Every six months they look down the next six months and say what's going to happen. It hasn't happened yet. There is no -- there's no guarantee, that they're -- I don't think there will be a recession. If there is, there will be a slight recession. That is, we'll move down slightly.

GLENN: Okay. All right.

Now, maybe perhaps, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe. Because there is one industry, that has just -- I mean, has -- has made so much money. Hand over fist.

It is such a growing industry, that maybe he's thinking, well, you know, GDP is threatened by the fentanyl and human trafficking industry. Jobs. It's not hard to find a job there.

You're willing to human traffic people, because of the border? Don't worry.

STU: Here, an Eastern European hooker, his son has really helped to keep that economy going.

GLENN: Right. Right. Just because -- this is according to the Department of Homeland Security. Just because of what we have done on the border, there's only been a 500 percent increase in human smuggling. So, you know --

STU: Increase, that's good, right?

GLENN: That's good. America is doing really --

STU: We're number one.

GLENN: Now, I want to talk about those ear countries, that are having some problems. With loans becoming more expensive. Threatening jobs. Trouble with their oil and gas prices. High interest rates, and high inflation.

Unlike us. Unlike us. We're good. But let me talk about those countries. Top diplomat in the European Union Ambassador's Annual Conference says, that Europe has been decoupled, due to multiple black swan events. It says that it can no longer count on Russia for cheap gas and oil.

China, they were depending on cheap goods. And the United States, they depended on the United States, for security. And now they've lost all three. And, you know, now they're going to have to completely reimagine. Completely reimagine, how do you Europe has put together. Because it's broken. And they're not going to be able to do anything about it. They'll just have to reimagine high everything works. They're looking at now, an era of volatility, which is great. But, you know, the thing that I really like is, he said, you know, the United States and Europe had a fantastic relationship.

And we were cooperating a lot. And that situation, might change now. But I urge you to think, what would have happened, if instead of Joe Biden, this would have happened with Donald Trump or someone like him in the White House.

It wouldn't have happened with him in the White House. He was warning you of these things. And you laughed at him. But don't worry about it.

Because we're fine, according to Janet -- we're doing really -- I think we're on the upswing. We're doing really, really well.

Now, let's see, I want to count the enemies here. We're in a proxy war with Russia, right?

We're -- we're fighting with Ukraine. Which I think we're really all we're doing is laundering money through Ukraine.

We haven't made China too happy. Lately. But we also have had a very long ally. Saudi Arabia. Which I don't want to be tied to. Donald Trump was fixing that.

But then our -- our president, he got a little spicy with the -- with the sultan, or the prince over there.

And said, this guy is a thug and a criminal. And he has no place at the table. And I'm going to take care of him when I get in. So now, the president went over, and he said, hey. Can you guys maybe up the -- you know.

And they agreed, as he left. They agreed to 200,000 barrels. Which is nothing. 200,000 barrels.

And then the White House wrote a missive to the princess. You just broke your word to the president. What are you doing? You said 200. Now you're going to reduce it to 100. That kind of pissed the prince off. So he's like, yeah. You know what, I'll reduce it even more than that. Okay?

So they went -- the people who were there at the meeting, said that he was asking for oil. And he was asking, you know, just can you just boost it up a bit.

What's better, he was saying, and if you have to cut it, can you wait until after the election? That way, he could convince everybody, that we're on the move. Everything is good. And your gas prices are down. And then OPEC could lower the production of I'll. And then after you've made a decision of which side you trust to tell you the truth and help you along. Then after the election, then he can say, oh, my gosh. Look at what these evil Saudis are doing. Now, the president has come out and said, we didn't even talk about oil. Really? You didn't? Huh.

Because everybody that was in the meeting, says you talked about oil. But, no. You didn't.

And also, it was ridiculous, that we were going to reevaluate the relationship, if we cut the oil. Cut the oil.

The president who has on TV, that very day, has said, I think we need to reevaluate our relationship. So this is really good. Biden has now warned of consequences for Saudi Arabia. He vowed to hold Saudi Arabia accountable. He said, I'm not going to get into what I consider. And what I have in mind. But there will be consequences.

Good. Okay. All right. Well, you know, why not?

Why not throw that log on the fire? Oh, by the way, the other reason Saudi Arabia is so pissed of us, because of Joe Biden, is because he's making a deal with their mortal enemy, Iran.

So we have that going for us. So let's pick another fight there. Here's another fight we just picked too. You're going to love this.

We have decided to start all exports of our chips to China. Yeah. Yeah.

So the U.S. Department of Commerce introduced sweeping rules aimed at cutting China off, from obtaining or manufacturing key chips and components for supercomputers.

This is quoting, seen as a huge escalation. Huge escalation, in the tensions between Beijing and Washington.

America argues, that such advanced semi conductors can be used by China for advanced capabilities.

Do you think so? Quoting, the cofounder of the center for innovating the future.

There is no going back to the way things were. With the latest action, the chasm between the United States and China has now expanded to the point of no return.

This is great. So by cutting off the chips. Which I'm not arguing, we shouldn't be sending them stuff.

But right now, you know, might be kind of a dicey time to do it.

Now we're forcing them to have to take Taiwan. Because Taiwan is the maker of all of the most sophisticated chips.

In fact, I think they make 80 percent of the chips. So that's going to be really good, if they march into Taiwan. Because then guess who doesn't have any computer chips, yeah, us.

Oh, this is good. Oh, by the way. Last night, also, Biden doubled down on the warning of nuclear Armageddon.

Yesterday, he said it again, you know.

I don't think Putin will use a nuclear weapon. But, I mean, it could be nuclear Armageddon, if he does. Oh. Okay. That makes -- that makes it -- that makes it a much more acceptable and soothing, really to hear that news. Oh. And they also announced yesterday, that NATO is going to hold a nuclear deterrence exercise. Now, this is great. Have you ever heard of operation Able Archer? This is a great story. Don't worry, this was in our past. Able Archer was something we did every year. You know, right there on the border with Russia. We did it with NATO. It was a NATO nuclear deterrence test. And I'm going to take you way, way back to 1983.

Because what we did, we held this annual, every year we did it, annual exercise. And we had 100,000 personnel over there. 16,000 of which were flown in from the United States. And the exercise was to simulate, what are you going to do, if someone launches a nuke?

Now, the Soviet Union knew, this was just an exercise that we did every year. But Reagan had been a little spicy. Calling them a terrorist organization.

Saying, that they were an evil empire. And so they no longer trusted the United States, at all. Because they knew Ronald Reagan wanted them to collapse.

So what they did is they -- they had these new things called computers. And these computer programs, started to track. You know, they were there in Russia. And they were very sophisticated.

Russia had only the best computers. And the best software, programmers. And so as they were doing this, what happened was, it looked like we had launched a bunch of missiles on their computers.

And they were convinced, we launched a bunch of missiles.

It wasn't just the computer.

And they had, during the whole operation, they had all their planes out. With ten-minute warnings. And they had loaded all of their missiles. They had also taken all of their missiles out of the protected shelters.

Opened up the blast doors. They were ready to launch.

If it wasn't for the little red phone, hey. Call me.

We probably all would have been vaporized. But that has -- that maneuver, you know, the -- where they're -- where they're just trying to just have a military, you know, exercise. You know, that is just to see what we would do, if the Soviet Union would launch a nuclear deterrent. You know what would our deterrent be? What would we do?

You know, NATO got together. We did it every year. We haven't done it in a long time. But NATO has decided with the United States. Now is the time to try that again.

You know, because the trust is so high. These people are going to get us killed. Ever been in a situation like, I don't know.

You're driving. Incredible -- no. I got it. And he's swerving all around the world. And you're like, good God, we're going to die.

It's fine! I drive all the time. And I'm not drunk. That's when somebody says, stop the car. What are you talking about? We're almost home. In three minutes we'll be there. Stop the car. I'm either driving, or I'm getting out.

I wish we could get out. But we can't. What we can do is elect a new driver. You know, one that shouldn't have his license taken away. What do you say we do that, kids, in just a few weeks?

Hmm. We vote. Because all of his drunk friends are in the car too, going, hey. Shut up. He's fine. He's totally fine. Do you see what's happening? He's totally fine. Leave him alone. Let's get the friends out of the car. So then we can actually talk to the driver and see, hey, can you walk a straight line, dude?

Because you're going to get us all killed.

"I Was Probably Drunk": Alex Jones APOLOGIZES for Calling Glenn Beck a CIA Agent
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"I Was Probably Drunk": Alex Jones APOLOGIZES for Calling Glenn Beck a CIA Agent

Years ago, InfoWars host Alex Jones accused Glenn Beck of being a CIA agent, and it caused some serious consequences. But in a recent BlazeTV exclusive interview on Pat Gray Unleashed, Alex apologized for the incident, admitting, “I was probably drunk when I said that,” and thanking Glenn for his work over the years exposing the global elites’ plans. Glenn responds to Alex’s apology and reveals the "peace offering" he gave Alex the last time they spoke about their past disagreements.

What We Currently Know About the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimore
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What We Currently Know About the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimore

A cargo ship that lost power has crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor, causing the entire bridge to collapse. Thankfully, traffic on the bridge was reportedly stopped before the crash. But the incident has many people asking: was this an accident or sabotage? Former assistant Treasury Secretary Monica Crowley, who helped spread the word of the incident, joins the Glenn Beck Program to discuss what we currently know as the search and rescue operation continues.

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GLENN: One of my favorites Monica Crowley is with us. She's a former assistant Treasury secretary. My gosh, Monica, how have they trashed that Treasury? They are just looting it like crazy. Anyway, I saw Monica, you post something this morning, and I couldn't believe my eyes. Can you tell us what happened?

MONICA: Yeah. Good morning, Glenn great to be here like always. America is waking up to real tragedy this morning. The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor, it's a massive span. And for those of us who live in the northeast, Glenn, I can tell you, I have crossed that bridge many a time, going from New York to Washington, and back, right?

GLENN: Oh, I have too.

MONICA: It is a major, major artery in the northeast. And at about 1:30 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, a cargo ship was approaching the bridge. And the video that I posted, which is now everywhere on social media.

GLENN: We're watching it right now.

MONICA: Yes. And it's all over TV as well.

GLENN: Go ahead. Yeah.

MONICA: It is a massive cargo ship. And it's under a flag, so the ship itself is registered in Singapore. And you can see in the video, that it approaches at Scott Key Bridge, and it loses power, Glenn, twice.

Not once, but twice in the moments leading up to its approach to the bridge.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

MONICA: And so, yeah. It -- it -- you can see in the video, it loses power twice. It regains power, but by that moment, Glenn. It's too late. And they can't get away from one of the massive lanes supporting bridge. And the cargo ship goes right into the piling. And the entire bridge collapses like a house of cards. just folds in on itself, right into Baltimore harbor.

GLENN: You know, I noticed, because I watched this video, a couple of times, after you posted it.

And I couldn't believe it was like toothpicks falling apart. When they had -- when you first start watching it. You'll see, the traffic is pretty steady on the bridge.

And thank God, right at the time it collapses, not a lot of cars, if any, were on the bridge. Do you know if there were cars on the bridge?

MONICA: Well, thankfully, if there's any silver lining on this horror show, Glenn, it is 1:30 in the morning. So it's relatively light traffic.

And you can see headlights of cars going both ways. And the moments the cargo ship, hits the bridge.

It looks like very few cars, if any, are on the bridge.

What we're hearing this morning, pardon me. What we're hearing is that two people have already been rescued, God bless. There are at least seven people missing that we know about.

So there is a very active search-and-rescue going on. The Coast Guard is out there. The National Transportation Safety Board is on site. The Navy is there. Navy divers are in the water, and have been there for hours.

And so we hope and pray that any victims that fell into the water in their automobiles and in their trucks, there's at least one semi that we know of, that collapsed into the water with the bridge. Glenn, so we hope and pray, that all of these people, who were part of this unfortunate accident. And at least now, it does look like an accident. And we will wait for the investigation. But we hope and pray that everybody will be rescued, and will be okay.

GLENN: So, Monica, do we know anything about the ship.

Because the first thought is. The power goes out. Then it comes back on. And the poor captain, man, you can see him just trying to turn that ship as fast as he can, when the power goes on. Then it goes out again.

Do we know?

My first thought is, is this some sort of a -- you know, a -- some sort of an attack with -- on electronics. Was there -- is there -- has anybody else thought of that? Or is it just me and my sick, twisted paranoia, I guess?

MONICA: Well, I think that too, Glenn. And we will have to wait for a thorough investigation here, in a lot of different areas.

There's one report that I saw this morning, that indicated that the crew, and apparently there was one pilot and two captains on board. And, of course, an additional crew, which you would expect for a vessel of this size and magnitude, under an international flag. Again, Singapore. And there is one report this morning, that indicates that the crew alerted the Maryland Department of Transportation when they were leaving the port, that they had lost control of the vessel. And again, I don't know how reliable this report is. But it's up on the New York Post website this morning. So, again, I don't know if that report has been vetted. But, you know, most of these vessels now, are under electronic control. Not unlike some of our voting systems. And might very well be -- might very well be open to hacking by nefarious players here.

So, again, we will to have wait and see. I mean, sometimes the cigar is just a cigar. And accidents unfortunately do happen.

GLENN: Right. And I hope that's the case. But with all the cyber terror that is predicted, I just -- you know, I know we're all on high alert for that.

Monica, thank you very much for reporting and calling in. I appreciate it. God bless.

MONICA: Oh, it's my great pleasure, Glenn. Thank you.

GLENN: So we have an update on the bridge collapse. The Fort McHenry Bridge. Very important bridge and port in Baltimore.

Here's the update that is pretty remarkable.

STU: Yeah. Apparently, the ship was able to issue a mayday, and say they were experiencing a power issue. And this enabled transportation officials to halt traffic on the bridge, at the last second.

I mean, if you watch the footage, you can see the cars crossing the bridge as normal, up until the very last second. And all of a sudden, they just stop. And you just kind of assumed, it was a break in traffic.

But, apparently, they knew something was wrong, and were able to stop it. I mean, they must have saved dozens of lives by doing that. So that's an incredible part of the story.

GLENN: These -- these -- yeah. These guys are heroes.

If you're watching TheBlaze right now, we're showing you the bridge collapse. It is absolutely unbelievable.

And you can see how the boat is trying to turn, as sharply as they can. And then the lights -- the lights come back on. They try to steer it away. And then it goes out, at the second time. And it's too late, and the whole thing collapses. It's remarkable.

Jeez. And they've now -- that port is closed. I'm not saying that this is by any stretch of the imagination, other than it reminds me of, the cyber attack on -- I think it was a Navy ship, wasn't it?

That was in the South China Sea. I'm pulling this -- I'm sorry. I have CRC. Can't remember crap.

But it was in the South China Sea. And it -- it lost control. And it made a circle.

And then rammed right into an oil tanker. Clearly controlled by somebody else.

I'm not saying this -- that's what this is. This is probably just mechanical error.

But we have to start thinking about those kinds of things now. Because they're all possible.

EVERY Constitutional Right that Biden’s New “Red Flag” Office VIOLATES
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EVERY Constitutional Right that Biden’s New “Red Flag” Office VIOLATES

President Biden’s Department of Justice has launched a new office to train state and local authorities on how to use red flag laws to confiscate guns from people who could pose a “threat.” But what does it consider to be a threat? People have already accused this "National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center" of violating the Second Amendment. But Glenn believes it may violate a handful more of the Bill of Rights. Glenn reviews how the Department of Justice has sidestepped Amendments 1-6 of the Constitution with this order, along with others.

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GLENN: So, you know, I thought we would look at the Constitution. A caller last hour was right on the money. When he said, you know, this center, that can take your gun away, without due process. Yeah. That's -- that's a big one. That's a big one. That's a violation of the Second Amendment. But it's also a violation of many other amendments. I want to go through the -- the -- you know, just the first ten amendments.

Okay?

First of all, do you know how the Bill of Rights came about?

Listen to what they wrote.

This is at the top of the page. Resolved. Resolved by the Senate and the House of representatives of the United States of America. In Congress, assembled. Two-thirds of both houses concurring. That the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of several states, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States. So here's a group of people. Imagine this. Two-thirds, say, we believe these things should be done. But we have to send them to all of the states to ratify, and they need two-thirds to be able to pass it in their states. And then we will need two-thirds of all the states to agree. Okay?

Wow. What a process! And what are they trying to do, get themselves a raise? Give themselves more power? No.

The exact opposite. Here's what they say. The amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which articles when ratified by three-fourths of the legislatures to be valid in all intents and purposes, as part of said Constitution.

Articles, in addition to, and amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, ratified by the legislature of several states.

They're saying here, that the -- after the convention, a number of states, having at the time, adopted the Constitution.

This is in the little preamble here. Expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse its power.

So the guys in the government said, I am afraid people will abuse the power and misunderstand the Constitution.

So, quote, further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added. And as extending the ground of public confidence, in the government. Will best ensure the -- the benefit ends of the institution.

So they're saying, look, nobody trusts the government right now.

Does that sound familiar. Nobody trusts the government right now.

So we want to pass several amendments right here, that will protect the rights. And make sure that the hands are tied of the federal government.

They're saying, these are restrictive clauses. And by telling the people, we will never do these things.

Confidence will be gained. I contend, our -- our problem is, we're no longer unified on these ten articles. We no longer care about them. We no longer learn them. Teach them. Know them.

So here's article one. Amendment number one. Congress shall make no law, respecting an establishment of religion.

I contend, we are violating that right now. Because what we are celebrating is a religion.

It has a cult following. It has nothing to do with science.

Or even common sense. It has a tribunal. That will excommunicate you from society. If you don't get involved. It has rituals. It has laws, that you just must accept on faith. I know that's pushing it. But I think they're doing that. They are also breaking the second part of the First Amendment. Prohibiting the free exercise of religion. They did that during COVID. Abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. And the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. They don't want you standing up. They don't want you standing up. They will do everything they can to make sure you are sitting down. Enough of this Christian nationalist stuff. Enough that. Don't dismiss it. It's real. It's very, very small. But it's real.

So don't call yourself a Christian nationalist. Don't allow yourself to fall into that trap. You might be a Christian. But you are also a constitutionalist. You believe in the Constitution of the United States, and the articles of the Constitution of the Bill of Rights. You believe in all of that stuff. That's all you want.

Article II, a well-regulated militia being necessary to a free state. The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

That's the one that everyone should look to, on this particular new center from the Department of Justice. They -- well-regulated militia. Would that make sense? Would it make sense, that the people couldn't have guns? And the federal government would have a huge army? No. In fact, we never had a standing army. We were the soldiers. We would be called up to arms. So you would have your own arms. And then when there was war, you would be called up in a militia. Okay? But you had the right to protect yourself with a gun as well. No. That was for fishing or hunting. Or one of those things. No. It wasn't. No, it wasn't. Article three. I think we can skip over. Well, no. Actually, not. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war. But in a manor to be prescribed by law. So article three, I think you could make the case. I don't think you would win. But you could make the case, that our government is quartered. Soldiers are quartered in our house. Because they are in a public/private partnership. With Amazon. And everybody else.

They are -- they are gaining access to our papers. To our letters. To our emails. To our phone calls.

That's what the government was doing, that made this article important.

The king would say. You know what, find out what those guys are doing over there.

And, you know what, just go into their house. You live there. I will quarter you into their house. So you can spy on them.

Well, it's just in a different way. But that's what's happening. Fourth Amendment. The right of people to be secure in their persons. Do you feel secure in your person?

Houses. Paper. Effects. Against all unreasonable search and seizures. Shall not be violated. It's violated all the time.

We've talked about this many times. How many people have been driving down the street. And they have money in their car. And they were going to buy another car. They will buy it in cash. And they're stopped. Their cash is taken. No due process. I think you're a drug lord. Wait. What?

No warrants shall issue. But upon probable cause. This is a general warrant. This is why they -- this is why this is in here. In article four. No warrants shall be -- no warrants shall issue. But upon probable cause. General warrants, used to be, you know, there's something going on with that guy. Go find out.

And they could search for anything. Anywhere. No. No general warrants.

You have to know, and tell the judge, I'm going in, for this document, or this particular item. And I believe it's here!

Great. So the judge will say, you can go there, in their house. And look for it. But no general warrants. You can't occasion you can't go in and just try to find something. No person shall be held to answer for capital. Otherwise, infamous crime, unless the presentment or indictment of a grand jury. Except in cases, arriving in the land or Naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war, or public danger. Nor shall any person be subject to the same offense twice, to be put in jeopardy of life or limb.

Nor shall he be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. Nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property. Without due process of law.

Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

Those are being violated, but in particular, with this new center, where they can take -- come into your house, and take your guns without due process.

Clear violation of the Bill of Rights. Clear. So you have three of them now. That have been broken just for this one law. Don't tell me I love democracy. Don't tell me you love freedom. Don't tell me you're trying to save the republic, and you love the Constitution if you're violating this many. And we're only halfway through. You're in direct violation of the Bill of Rights.

Article six, in all criminal prosecution. The accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial. Has that happened with those who are still waiting for trial for January 6th?

How is it they can -- they have to wait so long?

But Donald Trump has to be done by this summer?

Why is that? Are all men created equal?

Are we -- are we -- are we looking at the people of January 6th?

With the same blind justice eyes, as Donald Trump? No. Of course, we're not.

Violation of the Constitution by an impartial jury of the state and district, wherein the crime shall have been committed.

In partial jury. If you can't get an impartial jury. What do you do?

You can't get an impartial jury, you ask for a change of venue, where you can get an impartial jury. You don't have an impartial jury pool in Washington, DC. You don't. And to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation. To be confronted with the witnesses against him. To have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and have the assistance of council for his defense.

In this new center that they have announced, you don't get the due process.

You don't get to face the witness. You don't know the cause of accusation.

You have nothing.

On your side.

New York Court Hands Trump a HUGE Victory Over $454 Million Bond
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New York Court Hands Trump a HUGE Victory Over $454 Million Bond

A New York court has issued a massive ruling in the state’s fraud case against former president Donald Trump. New York Attorney General Letitia James had threatened to seize Trump’s assets in New York City if he didn’t post a $454 million bond. But the court has lowered the necessary bond payment to $175 million and given him 10 more days to post it. Plus, in a big win for ALL New York business owners, the judge has allowed Trump to continue running his businesses in NYC. Glenn and Stu review the ruling and explain why it’s a huge win.

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GLENN: Welcome to the Glenn Beck Program. We have some breaking news. It looks like the judge -- the panel of judges, has actually done Donald Trump a little bit of a favor here.

STU: I would say, it's -- it's a favor. I don't know if it's the right way of saying it. A massive amount of decrease in the amount of money he needed to come up with. If you remember it was $464 million. He claimed he could not come up with that amount for a bond. Went to court. Tried to overturn that. And they have reduced it significantly to $175 million.

So over a 60 percent reduction in that number. Now, of course, 175 million to my taste, is still excessive and ridiculous for what's gone on here.

GLENN: Completely excessive and ridiculous. Nothing ever like this.

STU: No.

GLENN: And as you -- as we've noted, many, many times, I did a whole show on this, on Stu Does America, where you go through the ways that this rule has been used historically. And there are no parallels, at all, to what has happened with Donald Trump. It's quite clearly and quite obviously a personal persecution, whether you like Trump or not. And so -- but this is a big difference, because he can probably come up with $175 million instead of the 464. So huge deal.

A massive victory for Donald Trump in this case. And I'm curious to see. Because Latisha James has gone through the ritual of posting over and over again the amount owed by Donald Trump, like bragging about it. Because it keeps going up, as Andy McCarthy mentioned. Was 100-some-odd-thousand dollars a day, and she just keeps mentioning it. I wonder if she will continue that process now that it's gone down by over 60 percent. We will see. Because she's been bragging about this for, you know, weeks and weeks. And now takes a massive hit. And I think a blatantly obvious one. Right?

I think anyone who looks at this, can fairly tell, this is ridiculous from the beginning. And now a big slap in the face, for this original ruling.

GLENN: I'm wondering if he could come up with the 171.

STU: I would think so.

You know, he claimed -- one filing. To have $400 million in cash. Now, he had to come up with a bond for the E. Jean Carroll thing, which was 90-something million, which would suck some of that out.

Whether he could do that, probably all himself. However, when you have that sort of money. You can also -- when you have that sort of cash laying around. You can usually get someone to loan you that. With the cash as collateral very easily.

Regardless of the process he goes through. You would think, he would be able to get this.

Again --

GLENN: If you could find a bank.

STU: Yeah. Although, you know, this -- I'm of the view.

And I've mentioned this before. This is just my own speculation. Is that Donald Trump could have come up with the $464 million.

He correctly argues, that is completely unfair.

And I think, you know, given time, he could come up with that sort of money.

But why not play this out? Why not push this as far as you can? It will take a long time, until you, actually, start seizing property. As Andy laid out a little earlier. And why not use that time, to the best of your ability, to fight this off. Because I think he's very likely to win. I think he's very likely to win in an appeal. Or at least have this reduced to maybe a dollar fine. Or 10,000-dollar fine. Or and that would be saw so what aligned with reality. I think he eventually wins this. The longer he can play this out, without having to give up resources. The better.

GLENN: You know, the one thing that is good from all of this. And I'm trying to look at the bright side on everything, as much as I can. And I can usually never find it. Because that bright side has been snuffed out long ago.

Anyway, the bright side on this. In some ways, is I don't think people really understood, what it was like, back in the Jim Crow days.

I don't think white people really understood, where -- what -- it was like, where there's not a chance you're getting a fair trial.

Not a chance.

And, kids, don't trust the police. We don't -- we don't understand that.

And now, this injustice is being served, on so many Americans. From the FBI to the Justice Department. To the -- to the court system, in Donald Trump's case. And it does give you a view on how important justice is. The kind of justice that many of us have taken for granted. Our whole lives. You know, that's -- that's all right. The courts will figure it out.

STU: Yeah. And how many times have we said lately, that the courts are the only thing standing between us and chaos? They've been probably the shining, you know, light when it comes to justice lately. As we've seen in the Supreme Court many times, to think of where this is going. And how close we are. To that precipice. We really are on the precipice of disaster, when it comes to this. I'm just -- I'm glad to see though, that at least, there's something. Like even -- even in these cases. Even with someone, like Donald Trump. Who they're obviously trying to take out. The system does have a way of -- of coming through at the end. And I think, you know, might be -- might need to go all the way to the Supreme Court. But it does seem to play out, the right way, a lot of times. I don't know. Maybe the system holds together. It doesn't feel like it will. But it has so far.