Democrats just aren't getting the message: The American people are DONE with Big Government and their socialist agenda. But there is one thing that Trump must watch out for: the economy. If inflation continues for too long, it could mean trouble for his administration. However, Glenn explains the major difference between the Trump and Biden administrations when it comes to the economy: at least Trump is being honest with us. Instead of insisting that the economy is the greatest it's ever been, like Biden did, Trump has admitted that more pain could still be on the horizon. But hopefully, it will only be temporary...
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GLENN: Boy, I have to tell you, I think the -- the left just doesn't know what to do. They are on the ropes.
And then -- and then you put somebody like David Hogg in? As -- I mean, what are you thinking?
STU: Vice Chair of the DNC.
GLENN: Yeah. What are you thinking?
STU: They've learned nothing.
GLENN: Nothing.
STU: I think they're just panicking right now. And there is a reason to believe, if we're being honest here. That the American people are fickle. And they usually just run out of gas for whoever is in office. And I -- you know, you can't look ahead. And think, okay. This is 40 years of success ahead.
Like, they're going to do something. Right now, they're flailing though. We're three weeks into this.
GLENN: Right.
But you also have to remember, that it wasn't too long ago, that books were being written. How the Republican Party will never come back. It's over.
It will be 100 years of democratic rule.
STU: There was a book. Was it James Carville who wrote it about how Republicans would be a regional party only? This is after Barack Obama's 2008 election. The 2010 election was the biggest wave election in 100 years.
GLENN: Yeah.
STU: That's how fast this stuff can dry up. So this is why I'm so encouraged by what Trump is doing here. In that, we are at a situation, that he's realizing that he doesn't maybe have the longest road to do all of the stuff. He's got to get it done. And hopefully, it works, and excites the American people. And don't lose the House, for example, in 2026. Which is usually what happens.
GLENN: But you have to have someone competent to run, somebody who has vision.
I mean, you know, when you're putting in as your vice chair, David Hogg. It doesn't show
STU: It's at least a somewhat meaningless role.
GLENN: I know that. But still, it shows me that you are -- you are still on the same message. You know, I was talking to somebody yesterday. Do we have the picture of the front of Rockefeller Center? This is one of the buildings in Rockefeller Center. Pull it up if you can, online.
And it is a glass cutting of the front of Rockefeller Center. Do you have it?
STU: They're working on it. They are working on it, Glenn.
GLENN: Okay. There it is. So it's hard to see. But see, there are two horses. And then the strong guy, naked. Standing, holding those horses back. He's standing on a chariot. And the two horses are being held back.
STU: Looks like he works out.
GLENN: There's a sunrise right in front of those horses. And you will see the youth, in front of the horses, kind of leading the horses. Okay?
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: What this means is, this is -- this is the -- the socialist movement, the Democratic Party.
This is the horses represent industry. The strong man in the chariot is the government, and it's holding back the reins of industry. It's got industry completely in its grip and control.
STU: Hmm.
GLENN: And the youth of tomorrow, lead us into the sunrise and the new chapter. This is socialism. This is what they're still offering us. Where Trump is saying, no. We don't want the strong guy in the chariot. We don't -- we don't want that.
And we just want competent people. I don't care if they're 12 or 112. If they're competent, we just want competent people. You know, setting the course for us.
And that could be -- it doesn't necessarily have to be elected. The elected guy is in the chariot. I want that guy just to be really small. And really, not even in the picture, quite honestly.
STU: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, this goes back to the speech J.D. Vance made last week, about AI. Which we haven't discussed all that much. It was really encouraging. It was like saying, hey. We're freaking America here.
You know, we're going to -- of course, we're going to dominate this industry.
Obviously. Do we want it? Yeah, stop we're going to take it.
And we're not going to lose to China. It was like -- it wasn't -- it wasn't apologizing for that. It wasn't saying, well, really, we should give this technology to everyone.
Because everyone needs it. It's like, no. No, we're just the best at it. And we will do everything we can, to make sure we're the ones in control of this. It's not only important for our economy, but also the nation's security.
GLENN: And freedom of the world, quite honestly. Did you see what James Cameron came out and said? Normally I don't care what James Cameron said. But he's the guy with Skynet and the Terminator.
STU: Okay. Yeah.
GLENN: He came out and said, you know, I wrote a fictional nightmare, he said. But this time, it's not fictional. It's not speculation. It's already happening.
That's a quote from him. He said, it's a scarier scenario than what I presented in the Terminator four years ago. If for no other reason, that it's no longer science fiction. It's happening right now. You'll be living in a world that you didn't agree to, didn't vote for.
Are forced to share with a super intelligence entity, that wants to follow the goals of a corporation. This entity will have access to your communications. Beliefs. Everything you ever said. And the whereabouts of every person in the country through personal data.
He said, its ability to predict and influence human behavior. This is surveillance capitalism. And surveillance capitalism can toggle pretty quickly into digital totalitarianism. This is the hard place. Is, I don't want the government to own it, but I also don't trust corporations to own it.
STU: I trust corporations more than I trust the government.
GLENN: Hmm.
STU: I do. That one is not a tough decision for me. I understand -- I feel like, it's a little more difficult than maybe conservatives felt at one point.
GLENN: I mean, I distrust them equally. It's not like I trust one more than the other.
STU: That's fair.
GLENN: I distrust both of them.
STU: I trust corporations more. And the reason is that there's actual competition between them.
And it's -- I don't trust any individual corporation necessarily. But like, the -- the impacts of the market, I think generally speaking, lead to us good things.
You know, but that -- it's up for debate, of course. The problem here, you sort of have to choose one path or another. I can tell you, I do not want centralized control of AI.
Do I want guardrails around it for national security purposes? Sure. But when it comes to whether -- I don't love tech companies, for example. I think there's been a lot of good things. But there's been a lot of bad things. That being said, the difference between that and the government. To me, there's a pretty bright line there.
GLENN: I have to tell you, if you look at what's happening in Europe, and Canada. I mean, did you hear that in Canada. They're now trying to pass a bill, that you can go to prison, if you say anything favorable about oil, gas, or coal? That's sensible. That's going to work out really well, isn't it?
STU: These are products that have built our civilization.
GLENN: Exactly right. You can't run -- not just built it in the past.
STU: Currently.
GLENN: We can't live without any of that stuff.
STU: No. And they're like, no, you can't even talk about it positively.
GLENN: It's crazy.
STU: It's basically crazy about everything. Let alone something that's been really positive to our world.
GLENN: Also Linda McMahon. Yesterday, she talked about in her confirmation hearing.
She said, fund educational freedom. Not government-run systems.
This is her plan. Listen to the parents. Not the politicians. Build up careers. Not college debt. Empower states, not special interests.
Invest in teachers, not Washington bureaucrats. November proved that Americans overwhelmingly support the president's vision, and I'm ready to enact it.
Education is an issue that determines our national success, and prepares American workers to win the future. The legacy of our nation's leadership and education is one that every person in this room embraces with pride. Unfortunately, many Americans today are experiencing a system in decline.
I think she's -- I think -- I mean, I don't know how you argue against these things. I really don't. We all know our schools are failing like crazy. She was asked, does that mean that you are going to cut off the funds for schools that need, you know, help because they're in low tax -- no! No. We'll still help those. But we're going to get rid of all of this crap, that you're required to do, to get any of that money.
They have to be run, the classrooms need to be run by the parents and the teachers locally. Not some bureaucrats in Washington, DC.
STU: Yeah. And she -- McMahon is a real advocate for school choice.
This is an incredible. We have a real opportunity to make a massive difference for millions of children.
GLENN: Yep.
STU: For millions of children in this four-year period, and it's really exciting. Even here in Texas, where we had an election. We talked about the House Speaker situation. Who, it did not go the way the conservatives were hoping in Texas.
But at least as of today, Burrows (phonetic), who is the guy -- not the more conservative option, is claiming that they're going to go forward with school choice in Texas.
Even, I mean, we're at the point now, even what you might call the RINO contingency is like, okay. We'll do that. This is incredible, Glenn! We've been talking about this policy for ten years.
GLENN: Longer than that. As long as we've been on the air, we've been discussing as this sort of pie-in-the-sky. Hey, maybe that will -- and vouchers! Like it was this thing, that would never occur.
And all of a sudden, it's occurring. All over the country.
GLENN: So here's what concerns me. Is Donald Trump -- I love these people who are coming out from the Democrat side. Saying, have you checked inflation?
No. There is no inflation.
This is the greatest economy ever. What are you talking about?
The Bidenflation is the work against inflation that Biden has been doing. Bidenomics, it's the greatest thing ever. I can't believe the people who told us, there was no such thing as inflation. Are now crying, you know, the inflation numbers. And I'm happy to say, that our president is saying, yes! Inflation will go up. And it will be hard. And we are working to -- to reverse that. He's at least recognizing the reality of the situation.
And it is going to go up, and get worse before it gets better.
