RADIOApril 20, 2022

Biden’s ‘closest ally’ just said THIS about Ukraine & Russia

Democrat Senator Chris Coons is such a close ally to Joe Biden that Politico named him not only the president's 'closest ally,' but a ‘shadow Secretary of State' as well...which isn’t great considering what Sen. Coons just said about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. During a speech at the University of Michigan last week, the Senator from Delaware predicted Putin will go ‘too far’ in his quest to overtake Ukraine, resulting in an important decision from the U.S. about 'next steps' (like sending our troops to help). So, now the question becomes: Will President Biden actually follow the advice of his ‘closest’ ally?! Glenn and Stu break it down…

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GLENN: Hey. Welcome. So Senator Chris Coons, from, you know, President Joe Biden's home state of Delaware, has been called the president's closest Senate ally. Even a shadow Secretary of State. When he travels abroad. He and President Biden are very, very close. And he speaks to him, all the time.

Now Coons is using his clout, to nudge Biden towards sending, you ready? U.S. troops, to fight the war in Ukraine. Last Thursday, he gave a lecture, the Vandenberg lecture, at the university of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford school of public policy. Boy, that just sounds like a disaster.

He said, the United States is coming right up against the Cuban Missile Crisis, and there's going to be a direct confrontation between NATO, the United States, the West, and Russia.

He said, this is a 1939 moment. There's almost -- I'm quoting. Almost certainly, there will be an incident in which Russian's leader Vladimir Putin goes too far. Either within Ukraine, by using chemical weapons. Or just over the border, by claiming an accident, in which cruise missiles strikes an arms depo, where Americans are unloading Stinger missiles from a C17 about to go across the border.

Hmm. It's important that we look at this, and -- and consider troops.

In the -- in the defense of Ukraine. Because if the answer is never. Then we are inviting other level of escalation and brutality, by Putin. That's good. That's good.

Now, another adviser to another president. This time, the guy who is known as Putin's brain, says Russia needs to escalate the Ukrainian war.

His name, don't know if you've ever heard of him. Stu, have you ever heard of Aleksandr Dugin?

STU: No. Who is this character?

GLENN: Well, he's a Russian philosopher. Ultra nationalist. And a guy who is referred to as Putin's brain. Because he has such influence with Putin. He said, the Russian army is currently fighting the sovereign armies, that impose a unipolar world. He said, we can't lose this war. Otherwise the whole world will turn into a large fire. He has a way with words, doesn't he?

He's the guy who really shaped the policy in Ukraine, et cetera, et cetera. In a Turkish newspaper, he said, there's a new country wide offensive, that's about to start. He said, the retreat was purely a tactical move, that would allow the army to execute revisions, and seeming reference to organizational changes. Like the appointment of the -- the veteran of Russia's brutal campaign in Syria. He is going to do the offensive now. And he said, this is -- this is going to be not just a victory for Russia. But our soldiers are not going to return home, until targets all across the country have been destroyed. And security has been established. Or until Zelinsky surrenders. That is, I think, really good. We've got a couple of advisers to each president, that's saying, hey. We have to go to full-out war. And then there's Trump, who said this crazy thing: He said, this war should never have happened. But it did.

If they don't reach a peace agreement soon, there will be nothing left, but death, destruction, and carnage. It doesn't make sense that no one is sitting down and working out some kind of an agreement.

The solution can never be as good as it would have been, before the shooting started. But there is a solution. And should be figured out now, not later. When everyone is dead, end quote.

Boy, what a crazy guy, that guy is, huh? One more thing. And see if this seems like, to me this is kind of like, we shouldn't be developing biological weapons in places like Ukraine. Or China.

But on a different level. Let me explain. You know, the -- the -- the Russian flagship. The Moskva?

STU: Yeah. They say it's the worst naval loss of anybody since World War II?

GLENN: Yeah. It's a big one.

This is the one that helps sees Snake Island. When they said that the Ukrainians were like, screw you.

It sank last Thursday. After being seriously damaged, following, an explosion.

Now, Ukrainians are like, it was a missile strike. And the Russians were like, it was just an explosion.

STU: An on-board fire.

GLENN: Yeah. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Well, now it's down at the bottom of the Black Sea. And that's kind of a problem. Now, let me just read this to you. In 2020, it was decided that a Christian relic, the true cross, that Jesus Christ was crucified on. That was supposedly found by Roman Emperor Constantine's mother Helena, and the alleged fragments of the cross that have over the centuries been dispersed among different sects and churches, was on board the Moskva.

Quote, this relic used to belong to the Catholic Church. But it was acquired by an anonymous patron of the arts. And it was their will to send the relic to the Black Sea fleet.

Okay. But the operative word there is fleet. Not send it to the Black Sea. Can you imagine?

You went and you negotiated a price for the true relic of the cross, from the Catholic Church. Which I don't think have bargain basement sales.

STU: No. They don't have a Bogo situation going on?

GLENN: No. I don't think so. I haven't seen it.

STU: Right.

GLENN: So you went and you bought this. And then they put it on a ship. And now it's lost at the bottom of the sea.

STU: You put it on a ship, you were bringing it to war, to take over. Like, this story makes absolutely no sense.

GLENN: I mean, unless it's like Dugin. Unless they think like Himmler was the one that really thought, if we get the spear of destiny. Look what's going to happen with us. We're going to win.

STU: Yeah. What was that book? The cults of -- remember it was a book. The cult of --

GLENN: Hitler's Monsters.

STU: Hitler's Monsters.

GLENN: Really a good book.

STU: Yeah. Great memory. Because they talked about the cultish stuff they went into. And al of it had to do with them with symbolism and things of this nature.

GLENN: Oh, they collected everything. They were weirdos.

STU: Different crew. Those Nazis, weird crew. Yeah.

GLENN: So I wonder if it's kind of like Indiana Jones, and The Last Crusade, where they're trying to get the ark of the covenant, because it will lead you. If you had the true cross on board, you know, you would never sink to the bottom. I'm not sure. But why would you put that, on a naval ship, going to war? That seems pretty stupid.

STU: No. I cannot answer that one. And I don't think that they have a good answer to it, either. It can't be true, can't it?

GLENN: Yes, it says. Yes.

The Moskva's true cross fragment, embedded into a 19th century metal cross, which was stored in a -- I don't know. Some place on the ship. Russian news agencies say the Moskva commissioned in 1982 is the Slava, is armed with the blah, blah, blah.

The Atlanta class guided missile cruiser was one of the two ships that sees the snake. Blah, blah, blah.

Russia claimed that a fire had started on board under investigation. Russia reported that the fire was contained, but damaged. The ship's crew was evacuated, but there's been no word if the Moskva's holy relic was saved as well, or sank to the bottom of the Black Sea with the vessel, now a lost relic. I mean, it makes me want to put a scuba diving suit on. I've never done it before. Well, I've done it once. And I thought I was approaching a rock. And it was an octopus. And when the rock had legs shoot out from it, that was the last time, I went scuba diving. So I may not be the best person -- but it does make me want to go down. I mean, how far -- how deep is the Black Sea?

STU: I don't know the answer to that. This will be a future Discovery Channel episode.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

STU: Actually the Russians are probably going to go down there and try to get it themselves. But in the middle of a war zone, it's a little difficult at this time.

GLENN: Well, is it? Is it? You can just swim out to it.

STU: They seem to have no belief that this would happen. Maybe this is the reason why. Everyone is like, why are they getting so close to the shore? Why are they getting within range of Ukrainian missiles? What are they doing with this ship? And maybe this is what they believe. Maybe they believed they were going to be protected no matter what. Maybe Aleksandr Dugin was like, you guys are fine.

GLENN: You have that cross.

STU: You have that piece of the cross there. Embedded into another. It's not the actual cross. It's a piece of the cross.

GLENN: Embedded in a cross.

STU: Supposedly.

GLENN: Well, it was from Constantine's mom. Well, she went on, drunk on her own power. Saying, that's the cross. Oh, my gosh. You know what, this is what it all happened. She had no idea.

She had no idea.

STU: So it's not a real --

GLENN: No. I think it's somebody came up. Hey.

You're Constantine's mom?

Yeah. I got a piece of the cross, right here. You've got to see it. And I'll let it go for a deep, deep discount. Why, it looks like a piece of an old chair.

Definitely not. Not a chair that I broke up just today, and am claiming it's a piece of the cross. It's definitely not that. Okay. It's the cross. Let's sink it at the bottom of the Black Sea. I think that's probably -- I mean, celebrity voice impersonated.

GLENN:

STU: Oh. I thought you were just playing audio.

GLENN: No. It was not an actual tape. No. It's crazy.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Why Your Actions Matter More Than Words in the Eyes of God

Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

Watch the FULL Interview HERE

Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

Glenn Beck Warns of 3 Economic Outcomes That Could Change EVERYTHING | Ep 467

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Glenn Beck warns: We're already in World War III

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.