RADIOJune 23, 2023

THIS Hunter Biden text may be the SMOKING GUN against Joe

Testimony heard yesterday by the House Committee on Ways and Means led to some BOMBSHELL revelations about the Biden Crime Family. In this clip, Glenn reads a WhatsApp message from Hunter Biden to a former Chinese business partner, Henry Zhao. And the SHOCKING content of that text may the smoking gun to incriminate Joe…even though the president has repeatedly said he knew nothing of his son’s business dealings. Glenn is joined by his chief researcher, Jason Buttrill, who helps break it all down…

Transcript

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GLENN: Now, I want to talk you to about something that happened with the IRS whistle-blowers yesterday.

Testimony heard at the House committee on ways and means, attesting to the Department of Justice hamstringing the US attorney David Weiss, and his ability to be pursue, the Hunter Biden case.

The whistle-blowers, Gary Shapely, he led the IRS investigation on the Hunter Biden case. The case was code named Sportsmen. I don't know how you put him as a sports -- anyway, as well as one of his subordinate agents named undisclosed.

I'll just give you a couple of things. I'll give you the top ten things we learned yesterday.

From just the news. But I want to go to -- there it is. Here it is. A WhatsApp message, connected to Joe Biden. And Hunter Biden's business deal.

Now, I don't know why we haven't seen this, before.

The second unnamed whistle-blower said that there was a WhatsApp message, found where Hunter Biden mentioned his father, President Joe Biden in the context of business deals.

Now, remember, I have nothing to do. I didn't know about my son's business. And we've told you, that's impossible. It is impossible.

And we've shown you circumstantial evidence. Okay?

But in the WhatsApp message, here's what he says. And this, the FBI and IRS had July 30th, 2017.

Biden says to Henry Zhao, one of his Chinese affiliates, a guy he is doing business with. Jason, I want to bring you in. Because you're chief researcher. I've been busy on the book. I want to clarify, and make sure I'm right on everything.

Henry Zhao is the guy who is Communist Party affiliated. Right?

Okay. And this is the -- I can't remember the name of the company.

JASON: CEFC.

GLENN: Yes. Which was?

JASON: That was -- I guess they're an energy company.

GLENN: But it's a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese government. Okay?

And the contact was a guy in the Communist Party Henry Zhao.

And this is what Hunter Biden wrote: Quote, I am sitting here with my father. And we would like to understand, why the commitment made has not been fulfilled.

Now, it goes on. But I think that's enough.

Don't you? I'm sitting here, with my father. Not the big guy.

You know, he's become very spiritual. Maybe he was talking about his father in heaven. I'm sitting here in prayer, with my father in heaven.

And he's wondering why the commitment, you know, to some of those commandments, has not yet been fulfilled.

Maybe that's the explanation.

He says, tell the director, that I would like to resolve this now. Before it gets out of hand.

And now means tonight. And Xi, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this, other than you, Zhang or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me, and every person he knows, and my ability to forever hold a grudge, that you will regret not following my direction.

I am sitting here, waiting for the call, with my father. In heaven.

Or as he wrote, he left the in heaven part out.

I'm sitting here waiting for the call with my father.

STU: I mean, I -- I am -- I was very, very suspicious of -- and I would say knew that Joe Biden committed crimes like this.

And this is not a surprise. I am surprised they were this blatant with it.

I am shocked that this message actually exists. This is Hunter Biden blatantly blurting out everything we've been accusing him of. It's happening. Is it -- this is real, right?

Like, honestly, I went back 20 times yesterday, going did someone say they saw this message? Is it one of those things, it turned up on the internet. We can't explain why. This is real, Jason, right? There's no question about it.

JASON: This is not only real. But the FBI. And this is in the first couple pages of this report.

GLENN: Because the report is like 250 pages. And thank God for you, Jason, reading all of it.

JASON: Always a schmuck. The FBI authenticated all of this in November 2019. Now, just think about what happened after that.

GLENN: Okay. That's a year before the election.

That's a year before the laptop goes out.

They verified the FBI we now know verified that that laptop was real, a year before anyone even heard the word Hunter laptop.

VOICE: But what did they do to social media companies like Facebook after this?

They went to companies like Facebook and say, hey, there might be some Russian disinformation, that might be coming on your way soon. Just want to put it on your radar.

That eventually led to the blacklisting, and banning of that information. Like the New York Post article.

This is unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable.

GLENN: What is truly, truly an act of treason toward freedom, is the press not raising hell over this. Okay?

This is -- this is the smoking gun. The smoke. The little smudged bullet. In the wall. This is all of it.

This is all of it. And for them not to take this now, and say -- because here's the problem.

Only half the country cares. And until you get the other half to care, nothing is going to happen.

But if ABC, NBC, boy. I would be horrible if people started protesting the mouse house. Because ABC only moves when anybody threatens the mouse house.

The actual park. You're saying, I'm going to picket your park. They go crazy. They don't care about the moving or anything like that.

They care about the parks. So I would hate to see somebody organize a really lasting, long-term, and smart picturing of those parks. To get ABC to actually start to tell the truth.

The fact that they just -- that this isn't the lead and non-stop story of the year.

STU: Yeah. Because it's not only this message. You know, we've seen the laptop, we've seen tons of stuff on there, that's a real problem. The reason we're seeing this message today.

Is because the whistle-blower said, they have these messages. And they were blocked from having to investigate them.

GLENN: Yeah. So listen to the whole thing. Listen to these other things.

Biden met CEFC Chinese business client of Hunter.

Did you know that? He didn't know anything about it.

He meets this guy. Shapely recalled Rob Walker, a business associate of Hunter, describing a meeting that Joe Biden attended with the Chinese company.

Walker went on to describe an instance in which the former vice president showed I happen at a CFC meeting. Walker said, we were at the Four Seasons. We were having lunch.

And he stopped in.

He said, hello to everybody. I don't think he drank water. I think Hunter Biden said, I may be trying to start a company, or try to do something with these guys. And could you?

And I think he was like, I'm around. And he would show up. He recounted.

So I don't know exactly what that means, other than, I want to do business. And could you be involved in

But he didn't want to say that. You know, if you're around. Would you show up from time to time?

Is that what you get from that?

JASON: Yes. Does that go on to say what the conclusions that they drew from that meeting?

Okay. So that goes on even further in the testimony. And the person -- whoever is asking the whistle-blower questions. Says, was it your impression, that all of this was orchestrated, between Joe and Hunter for this entire -- for him to show up at that time, to make that presence, to influence this meeting.

Was it your impression that this was orchestrated. He answers. Yes. That was my impression.

GLENN: Okay. So this is not some nameless whistle-blower.

There are those that are afraid. This is a high-ranking IRS official. That was in charge of this investigation.

And as you will find out in a few minutes. He is blowing the whistle. Not only on what they found.

But what they were not allowed to do.

All the stuff that this was, oh, no. We stayed out of it.

Is an absolute lie.

And we now have the FBI stating it. And we have the -- and we have the IRS stating it.

All of the agents, that were involved in the actual work, and at the IRS, the guy who was in charge of the agents, who were doing the work.

JASON: Can I point also, we've been critical on the FBI, as we should on a lot of things. This was very remarkable on this testimony.

The rank-and-file FBI agents were just as pissed off as this whistle-blower was. Because it was clear that something was happening at the higher level. But the rank-and-file FBI agents were like, let us investigate. Let us ask these questions.

GLENN: I would love to see, if they really cared. If they really cared. I have to tell you, any of these guys lose their job, and you are really coming out and blowing the whistle.

And you have the hard facts. I think this audience would raise millions of dollars to make sure your family was taken care of.

You know what I mean?

You've got to do your patriotic duty.

You have to speak out.

Let me come back. There's more shocking stuff.

How do we not know about this?

Okay. So now the FBI whistle-blower. And, again, not rank and file guy. This was the guy in charge of the investigation.

The IRS whistle-blower describes in detail, yesterday, how Hunter Biden evaded paying taxes on his Burisma income.

Biden's appointed attorneys, allowed the statute of limitation to run out.

Okay?

Listen to this. Here's the quote. And so the way the money worked, is, there's a document in which the contract between Burisma and Hunter Biden. Those are the two parties.

It was for $1 million per year.

Of course, this was 2014.

And it was negotiated in April. So the payments in that year, were reduced by the months.

So it was not shockingly 666. 666,000.

83 thousands of individuals dollars a month. He was receiving. What Hunter Biden did. I'm quoting. The testimony.

Is that he told Burisma to send that income, to Rosemont Seneca Bohai, which was his company. And then when the money came back to him, he booked it as a loan. So there's all this mechanization of nonsense happening over here, in the nominee structure. Oh, this is complex. This is complex. And, well, it's not complex.

Because this is taxable events.

As soon as the income came from Burisma to Hunter Biden, whatever he did with it, after that, was just a scheme to evade taxes for that year.

To add to that, is Rosemont Seneca's Bohai and Archer. When the money came back to Biden, they booked it as an expense on their books.

So even the two parties didn't treat it the same way. Then Eric Schrenrin (phonetic) realized this, looked into this, and he even told Hunter on multiple occasions, multiple communications.

You need to amend your 2014 return to include the Burisma income. He never did.

But they never let -- the FBI never let them investigate that, in time.

They kept asking, we have this. We have this. We have this.

Well, I'm not sure. Let's not go there yet.

Until it expired.

And now, statute of limitations.

But they intentionally blocked it, until they expired. What?

Listen to this.

I had alluded to Ferra and some other things here. But some of these people here, Chairman Ye, Gang Dong-won, Zhao are believed to be connected to the Chinese Communist Party. Okay?

So could there be national security implications with communications with those officials? The testimony is, that is correct.

And was that sentiment also shared by the FBI? Answer, yes.

And despite those concerns, that the FBI had, and the rest of the team had, he was not looked into. Is that correct?

The prosecutors said, don't do it.

When we asked for location. GPS location, on some of these documents. They said, no. We're not going to do that.

And if FBI did something, at some level, I'm not privy to it.

They blocked them, even the WhatsApp, if I'm not mistaken, Jason. Even the WhatsApp message. They wanted to geo locate where that message came from, to make sure he was in the house, and dad was in the house.

They wouldn't do it. Now, why in an honest investigation would you not do that?

Why wouldn't you exonerate the president? Would be very easy to do.

For a Night, We Were Human | The Christmas Truce Music Video

In the frozen trenches of World War I along the Lys River in 1914, amidst the relentless thunder of artillery, a miraculous unofficial truce unfolded on Christmas Day. British and German soldiers, weary enemies, emerged from the mud and wire to share gifts, songs, and stories of home together in the ruins. Produced by Glenn Beck in collaboration with AI, this poignant music video and original song recapture the true story of the Christmas Truce, reminding us that even in the darkest times, a single brave act or small light can awaken our shared humanity, allowing soldiers to lay down their weapons and remember they are human... just for a night.

Stay tuned at GlennBeck.com for more musical storytelling inspired by Glenn’s artifacts next year on Torch.

The HIDDEN history behind Trump’s controversial Rob Reiner comments

President Trump recently received heat from his own party over his comments about the allegedly murdered actor Rob Reiner. Glenn Beck explains why he believes Trump’s comments were not a good move, but also tells of a meeting he had with Trump that he believes explains why Trump hates TDS so much…

Transcript

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GLENN: You know, I don't -- I don't -- I don't want to get into -- into the mix with everybody and personalities. I like -- my goal is to make things about right and wrong, and not about personalities.

But I do want to spend just a second on President Trump's post yesterday about Rob Reiner. It made me sad. It made me really sad. Because I like the president.

And -- and he doesn't help himself when he does things like this. But I think I understand this in a different way.

You know, the President has said, you know, all kinds of things about me at times when I disagree with him. He'll say, "Oh, he's just a failing fat blob," or whatever. And that's just him. That's just the way -- when he's in a fight, he is a -- he's a knife fighter. And I get it. I don't like it. But I get it. This was different. This was different.
And this was -- you know, you can say a lot of stuff politically about Rob Reiner. But politics didn't matter yesterday. We weren't -- I mean, that's not -- it just didn't matter. It didn't matter.

But I think to the President, it does. I saw a change in the President -- I've seen two changes in the President. I've seen a change in him when they started going after him and his family. After 2020. And they really started going after his family. And we know this because we showed you the documents. What they -- they had a plan. Take him down.

Take his family down to stop MAGA at all costs. Put them in jail. I mean, those are their words.

And it's -- it was frightening to read.

And I talked to the president, I don't know. Maybe six months after, you know, we were in 2021. Maybe six months. Eight months.

And I said, how are you holding up?

And he had talked a little about how he felt. He had really let people down because he had things going in the right direction. And now, look at it, and look how screwed up things are going to get. And how the economy is going to be damn near impossible to fix. It will take us time. But we can't fix it. Pragmatism, but they've just destroyed it. And I said, how are you personally.

How are you holding up?

And this is the first change I saw. He -- his body changed. And he said, they're going after my damn children!

And it was this Dad. All of a sudden, he wasn't the president or former president, he wasn't Donald Trump. He was a Dad. And it was every Dad response in him. And he said, "You don't go after our children."

And I saw him really, truly mad for the very first time, and it was righteous indignation.

Then after he was shot, I saw another change. I saw him recognize that God existed. I mean, I know he believed that in God. I don't know that he believed that God was actually part of, you know, the story. The everyday story. You know, I don't know how he views God in that way.

But I know that he recognized that God was in his -- in the story of America now.

Firsthand, he witnessed it. The reason why I said this made me sad yesterday, is because -- I don't agree with what he said. I feel -- it was -- it was sad.

Because he is -- he has been kicked in the head over and over and over again by some of these people, that he -- Christmas is about the baby Jesus coming again.

And what he can do in your life. And the biggest thing that he taught was, love your enemies. Don't hate them. But that's really, really hard to do. And the President isn't there yet. On this. And it -- it made me sad. How did you feel about it, Stu?

STU: I didn't like it at all. I think maybe the same as you. You know, one of the things that bothered me about it.

Because you hit many of the points that I had on it without the personal insight that is illustrative of -- of -- of what he's going through. I think there is something to understand there. You know, obviously I --

GLENN: Big time.

STU: One of the things that is difficult about life in your attempt to master it is to try to act the right way, even when you're faced with circumstances like that. And, you know, I get it. I get why he's angry and doesn't like the guy. The man -- you used a phrase, I think in there, where you said, he's a knife fighter. This guy was actually just in a legitimate knife fight and was murdered. It was a -- it was -- this actually really happened.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

STU: And, look, my honest opinion is, it's indefensible. You know, I like President Trump. I think he does a lot of great things for the country. We've defended him on a lot of different things. A lot of times when he's being attacked, I think he deserves defense. In this case, you know, it is -- you know, it is what it is.

It is priced in to everyone's understanding of who Donald Trump is. And everything I heard about him in personal situations where he cares about the person. Is that he's very generous. He's very likable.

He's very -- he's one of those people that you like being around. You know, that is something that I've heard from tons of people. This part of him is really hard for me to square with what I've heard from -- from other -- from everybody that I've talked to, and has been on the inside with him.

And so I don't -- I don't have a defense for it. I think it's really bad. And I will say one more thing on this real quickly, Glenn.

I know a part of this that I think is difficult. In that, one of the things I took from the aftermath of that immediately was -- I don't know if pride is the right word. But like, I really liked the way conservatives responded to it.

We didn't do what they did, after Charlie Kirk.

We didn't do what they did after they shot the president. Right?

Like we -- they celebrated it. They -- they were horrible human beings, and I enjoyed the high ground, that we had there.

GLENN: Yeah. Me too.

STU: And it's difficult to make the argument that we have the high ground. When, you know, the President of the Republican Party. The Republican President of the United States, the most high profile person on, quote, unquote, our side, whatever that means these days, is a guy who, you know, kind of did some of the things that they did.

You know, so I don't -- I don't like that. I understand as part of Donald Trump. And I think if we're all adults here, we're able to kind of price that in and judge him on everything that he's doing. And when I mean pricing in. I think that's a negative part of him. Overall, you have to take everything into context.

GLENN: Right. And if we're all adults here, you know, we should be able to say, to those we love and respect, bad move. I didn't like that. Don't do that.

And I think, you know, I think because the left always says, well, you never take on your own.

Yes, we do. We take on our own, all the time. All the time. And I think it's important that we say, didn't like that. Thought that was a bad move. It didn't look good. It just wasn't right.

He's -- I wish -- and, again, though, I -- I'm not excusing it, but I am tempering it with none of us have gone through what he has gone through.

STU: So true.

GLENN: His family, somebody is shooting at him. He's being called fascist Hitler all the time. I mean, that wears on you and changes you.

And, you know, he's having a hard time forgiving that. And I kind of understand that. I wish he would take that on and take on the forgiveness, so he could be more a peacemaker in all of those things. But that is his own personal journey.

But --

STU: Yeah. And I think when we talk about like a terrible crime that's occurred.

GLENN: Sad.

STU: Like, I don't know. If there was -- think about some awful situation and at times you'll see -- he'll hear family members say the worst possible thing.

You know, if your kid is murdered. And by some -- somewhat of a particular area or group or whatever.

And they might react with just an awful thing about that group or area.

And you just. We all have a bit of understanding. Right?

A person going through a massively emotional thing.

And lashing out.

You want -- you know, the example you bring up all the time, Glenn.

Of the maybe -- the ultimate example of being able to have restraint was the Amish situation from years ago. Where, you know, you were talking about mass murder. And they were to the family's house that night, right?

And saying, we --

GLENN: Not that night. That afternoon.

I mean, within an hour. The kids were not even out of the schools yet. Their bodies were still laying in the school. And the Amish went, oh, my gosh. The killer is dead too.

He was a member of our community. His wife lives here.

What is she feeling? She's feeling completely alone. My gosh. What an example. I couldn't do that.

STU: Right. I don't even think I come close to that standard in that moment.

GLENN: No. But I would like to.

STU: That's the range. Some people act -- react really well. Some people react really poorly.

And I think we all understand the emotion and everything that takes over in a situation like that. And that has to be factored in, I think, to Trump. Of course, Rob Reiner wasn't responsible to the shooting. He was just a liberal who said bad things about Trump. And look, he's a very unique person. And a very unique situation, that I don't think anyone in the world has ever experienced.

You know, what happened with him over his life.

But may I just say, you still haven't forgiven RFK Jr for what he said about me.
(laughter)
Okay?

STU: As I said, I'm not Amish. You know, I like technology. I don't have any wagons. I didn't say I'm perfect.

GLENN: Right.

STU: No. I have -- I have -- I have absolutely forgiven RFK Jr for what he said. And if you didn't know, he accused Glenn of being a traitor. He said, he should be charged with treason. The penalty of which is death.

So, you know, I don't like that. And RFK Jr. I don't like for a lot of his policies. Some of them, by the way, I do really like. Some of them, I think are really positive. I could give you a list of some of the negative things he's done as well.

GLENN: I can too.

STU: That doesn't mean -- I certainly was find that to be an appropriate context, when the embrace of RFK Jr is occurring.

I think we need to understand what people are, and what they're doing. If he's apologetic about that, I do forgive him in that sense. Do I want him on the show and promoting all his books and his candidacy?

No. I did not -- I did not like that. But, you know, a lot of people do. I will say is, you're right, though.

We all have our hang-ups.

GLENN: I do. I certainly was.

STU: I will say this, though.

And, you know, again, all the context here. I know people are really defensive of Donald Trump, appropriately.

Because of the fact that he's targeted unfairly. I understand why people are defensive of him. I can tell you this. I really don't like RFK Jr.

He's one of my least favorite people in politics. I'm just not a fan. I could give you other names of people. Most of them revolve around Olivia Nuzzi, who whatever. I don't have feelings about her. But the story was packed with people.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: Cuomos for sure.
GLENN: Yeah.

STU: God forbid, one of these people that I really don't like, was murdered and his family and his spouse.

I can promise you. I can promise you, I will not be tweeting anything like what Donald Trump tweeted.

That is just a -- is a -- is a situation where I understand -- I understand the context around it, that we just discussed.

I don't think there's a defense to it. I think there's something, I really hope he has an awakening to at some point.

GLENN: I think that is enough to be said on that.

Now maybe we should examine ourselves, and say, where do we have that hardness in our heart that we should learn from and remove this holiday season?

Why America's "Surveillance State" Has Proven to be a TOTAL Failure

America is facing a shocking security breakdown—from a mass shooting at one of the most heavily surveilled campuses in the United States to a deadly ISIS attack in Syria that exposes the cracks in U.S. intelligence and foreign-policy strategy. As surveillance systems fail, former extremists gain power abroad, and radical Islamist networks globalize their reach, the West is confronting a threat both inside and outside its borders. This episode uncovers the uncomfortable truth behind Brown University’s unanswered questions, Syria’s escalating instability, and why the West may be running out of time to get its own house in order.

Transcript

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GLENN: I wanted to bring Jason in -- I wanted to bring Jason in because the news that we talked about a minute ago in Australia, then Brown.

There's some weird stuff happening with the Brown shooting. And we -- we don't know much about that. And also, Syria. So let me start with Brown University, Jason. Why is this one weird, as our chief researcher, why is this one weird?

JASON: Well, there comes a point where, you know, as a society, we just end up getting used to the massive surveillance state we live in. And I think we're just like, okay. Fine.

We're never not going to be surveilled 24/7. Maybe there's some benefits to it.

Well, no!

It doesn't seem that way. Because the people were asking the people at Brown. Like, how is it that you have not fully identified the shooter yet? And that's a very good question. Because if you go back to around 2021, there were people writing about how Brown University was one of the most surveilled campuses of the United States.

GLENN: How is it we only have one picture of this guy from the back?

JASON: Right!

GLENN: Apparently the one thing that will help you get away with any crime is a hoodie.

JASON: Yeah. Wear something over your head and a coat.

Apparently, that foils the entire surveillance state. Also, we have nothing to worry about with surveillance. I don't know.

GLENN: Yeah. Right. Right.

JASON: And on top of that, Kash Patel, the FBI director said that they sprung into action. And they activated their cellular monitoring system to help identify the person that has now been let go. Again, that's another layer of this surveillance state that I think a lot of us have been worried about.

And that didn't do anything either. That helped give us the wrong suspect? What is all this stuff for?

It's not keeping us safe, that's for sure.

GLENN: Hmm. I don't want to jump to any conclusions on, you know, what we have, what we don't have. I'm assuming that they have more. They just haven't shown it.

I would like to -- you know, we could help. You show us some pictures.

I think it's odd.

What happened in Syria over the weekend with al-Qaeda.

JASON: Yeah. In Syria.

There's a ton of news, especially involving ISIS, who is very much active and still very much planning attacks.

GLENN: So wait. Wait. Wait. Was this ISIS, or was this al-Qaeda?

JASON: This is ISIS. That's what they're saying. They're saying it's a lone ISIS perpetrator. The location was symbolic as well. The location as in or around Palmyra. Which, I don't know if you remember, that was a scene of a gruesome ISIS video back at the height of their caliphate, where they behead a lot of people in that area.

GLENN: Right. Right. Yes. That's where they lined them up in the orange jumpsuits. Remember everybody was kneeling down in the sand. And they started beheading people. Yes, I remember.

JASON: It was one of those UNESCO sites with ruins all around. And it was very crazy. Brutal video. But another brutal attack. I believe it was three US service members that were killed in this attack. There's a lot of speculation about to go, on if this person was working. I think he was actually at a time working with the security services that are in Syria right now, under the new president. He -- he could have been, you know, a sleeper in that organization. Who knows? But for -- the one thing I do know. And I don't understand the direction we're moving in Syria. I don't understand how a former al-Qaeda guy suddenly is an all right guy because he puts a suit on. And now he's the president of Syria. And he's our ally.

I don't understand that. The Trump administration, maybe they have more information, that I don't know.

I would love to get more of an explanation on this.

As of now, I don't see this going any direction other than a whole lot worse.

You look around that entire area. You have a former al-Qaeda guy now the president of Syria.

You have the rest of Syria, an absolute Dumpster fire. You have Iraq. I hesitate to call these countries.

They're so far down the sectarian, you know, spiral that this is.

But I don't see how this is going to go anywhere, but south, from here on out.

We're in an absolute war with these radical Islamists. And it's not just in the Middle East. It's globalize the intifada has landed on shores all over the world. And while there are politicians that will not denounce that. That is exactly what's happening. Sorry!

GLENN: So I think that's where -- I think that's what -- that explains Trump's thinking. That Trump does not want these everlasting wars to go on.

He does not want to be fighting in the Middle East. He doesn't want to really be fighting anywhere. He will, if he has to. But he's focused more on the American homeland. And the American hemisphere.

And so I think he is -- I think he's letting the Middle East take care of itself.

And as long as they can all get along with each other and Israel.

And recognize that, you know, Iran and the -- the -- the al-Qaeda, the, you know, Muslim Brotherhood. Et cetera, et cetera.

Trying to coax them all into. Hey. These are kind of your enemies here.

You know, ISIS is a big enemy to us and to peace.

And I think he's hoping that they will start to take care of themselves. Whether they will or not, I don't know. You know, it's never happened were. But it's worth trying. We've been playing this other game of us getting involved in everything for 100 years. We know that doesn't work.

So I'm guessing what Trump is thinking is, we know that doesn't work. We're not going to do that. Let's try to give peace a chance, and help them stomp this out, because it will be prosperous for all of them and plant those seeds as deeply as you can to see what happens. But we're not getting involved in any of that. I have a feeling, but there will be a military response to this, I'm sure. Won't you agree?

JASON: Oh, one hundred percent, and to tack on to what you're saying, I would hope that the President would go with his gut on this.

Because the previous ways this has been handled with Islamists, especially in this area. They've screwed it up.

They don't know what they're doing. Although, they think they know what they're doing. I'll go back to history. The Iran and Iraq War. We supported both size on that. In a similar -- in a similar strategy. So we're like, okay. We don't like either one of these groups. Sectarian groups to get too large. Let's fund this country at the same time we fund this country. We'll arm them. They'll fight each other, and they'll be fine. We do that all the time.

So now, the only thing I can think of is that's what they're thinking with the Syria president, this former al-Qaeda guy. Okay. Well, fine. They'll be anti-Iran, so they can counter Iran.

It's literally the same exact strategy, that they're going for. And I get it. That means that we don't have to get involved. I guess in the initial point.

But we always end up having to get involved after the fire erupts and --

GLENN: We know -- look, I think he's trying to buy time, quite honestly. Get us out of that.

Let us recover, and hopefully not go back to it. Try to buy hopefully some real peace.

But we all know how this will end. It's never going to work in the long-term. Because we as the West have to concentrate on our own homelands. You're seeing that with what happened in Australia. We have let the barbarian into the gates. And we've got to focus on that. We've got to get this cancer, cut out of our own societies. Because it's not good.

'Life is FAR Bigger Than Politics' - Glenn Beck's Spot-On Reaction to Rob Reiner's Death

Hollywood is mourning after the shocking and heartbreaking deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife—an iconic creative force whose films shaped generations. Glenn Beck reflects on Reiner’s extraordinary legacy, the tragedy surrounding his final moments, and the humanity he showed even toward those he disagreed with politically. This emotional tribute explores Reiner’s impact, the devastating circumstances of his passing, and why his work—and his character—left a mark far beyond Hollywood.

Transcript

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GLENN: it's so sad that Rob Reiner thing is so sad.

I mean, I don't -- I think -- Stu, correct me if I'm wrong. If he hadn't have done This Is Spinal Tap -- A Mighty Wind, Best of Show, for your consideration, any of those would have been able to have even been made. Because this is Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner directed, but it was still Christopher Guest. I think it was Harry Shearer that wrote it.

STU: And Michael McKean, yeah. Yeah, so theoretically, those movies could have been made, but I don't think any of them get made without Spinal Tap. And I don't think Spinal Tap gets made without Rob Reiner. Because they needed somebody attached to it that would be able to bring that to life.

GLENN: I mean, what a legacy he and his father brought to television.

I mean, think, Carl Reiner did your show of shows, which was Mel Brooks and Woody Allen with Carl Reiner writing that. Imagine That. Then he bought the Dick Van Dyke show and a million -- a million other TV shows and movies he was responsible for. And then his son starts with All In the family, and brings us all these classic movies, and the way they died this weekend, is just horribly, horribly tragic. Horribly tragic.

STU: Yeah. And it's not just Spinal Tap, which is a big one. Princes Bride.

GLENN: Oh, I know.

STU: Some of the movies --

GLENN: Harry Met Sally. Gosh, so good. So good.
STU: So many things.
GLENN: Stand By Me. One of my favorite movies.
STU: Oh, yeah. Jeez.
GLENN: Just great moves. Just great movies.

GLENN: So Rob Reiner met his wife in 1989. They have been together ever since. They live in Brentwood, which is a suburb of Los Angeles. It's -- their house is 2 miles away from where Nicole Simpson Brown was -- was discovered and killed.

Officers were called to Brentwood, to their home. All they said at first was, a man and a woman found with stab wounds. That's what came out over the radio. They were dead. And then friends started to show up. Billy Crystal was there. He came into the house. Reporters say he left looking horribly shaken. Larry David, who is a neighbor, he came in. Same story. It was confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife were killed and brutally murdered: stab wounds.

We knew early this morning that the guy who might have done it is their 32-year-old son. His name is Nick Reiner. He's a screenwriter and also -- he's a guy who has battled drugs and alcohol and homelessness. He said at one point, I was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas. I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street, and it wasn't fun. That's what he said to People magazine in 2016. I don't know the latest on him.

But he has been just arrested for the murder of his mother and father. Just horrible!

Just horrible. I mean, Rob Reiner was one of those guys that I was always sad that, you know, we disagreed. And -- I'll be kind to him here.

Neither of us could ever find our way to talk to one another.

Because I really admired him.

I really liked him.

I didn't like him politically.

That's such a small part of life. I mean, gosh. He did When Harry Met Sally. He did the Princess Bride. This is Spinal Tap. He did A Few Good Men.

Stu, look up -- look up his work. He's responsible for some of the best movies ever. His father was a genius. It is so sad that Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, and then now that is broken by the third generation. The son!

And it ends this way. He brought so much joy -- to just me. I'll speak for me. His movies have brought me so much joy, just the Princess Bride alone. But so sad. So incredibly sad.

And to be killed by your -- it's one thing I guess to be killed by your stranger, and that's bad. But to be killed by your own son. Oh!

STU: Glenn, listen to this -- late '80s. Early '90s. Quickly.

1984, this is Spinal Tap. '85, The Sure Thing. '86, Stand By Me. '87, The Princess Bride. '89, When Harry Met Sally. 1990, Misery. 1992, A Few Good Men. I mean, that is -- that is a run!

GLENN: Wow! Wow! Just -- just brilliant, brilliant guy from a brilliant family.

I'm glad his father isn't here. I mean, his father just died, what?

A year ago. Two years ago.

Mel Brooks is still alive, which this has just got to kill Mel Brooks.

Gosh, poor Mel Brooks. The tragedy.
By the way, I want to show you how Rob Reiner for as politically different as we were, and we were extraordinarily politically different. I want you to listen to how he handled the death of Charlie Kirk.

VOICE: When you first heard about the murder of Charlie Kirk, what was your immediate gut reaction to it?

VOICE: Well, horror, absolute horror.

And I unfortunately saw the video of it. And it's -- it's -- it's beyond belief. The -- what happened to him, and that should never happen to anybody.

I don't care what your political beliefs are. That's not acceptable! That's not a solution to solving problems. And I felt like what his wife said at the service -- at the memorial they had. Was exactly right.

And totally, I believe, you know, I'm Jewish. But I believe in the teachings of Jesus, and I believe in do unto others. And I believe in forgiveness. And what she said was beautiful. And absolutely -- she -- she forgave his -- his assassin.
And I think that -- that is admirable.

GLENN: I mean, how many -- how many other people did that? Especially for as vehemently as he disagrees with the right.

He was a human being. And I think that's why his -- I think that's why his films lasted and connected with us. You know, I mean, in a lot of ways, his films were a little like John Hughes' movies.

John Hughes was -- I mean, he was lightning in a bottle.

And there was something. And I think that something in many ways, was John Candy.

But there was something about the John Hughes movie, that connected to us on a basic level.

You know. That -- that spoke to us, deeper than just a movie! Or a script.

You know, it -- it came from a place that was real.

And I -- I think of Peter fall. And

What's his name?

I can't remember. He used to be in the wonder years. It was the little kid on Princess Bride, that -- that just those scenes alone -- just those scenes alone were so real! So real. When Peter Falk turns around and says, as you wish. It -- by the end of the movie, you felt that deeply.