RADIOJanuary 27, 2025

What Trump MUST Do to Eliminate the Cartels

The New York Times has once again made Glenn question its sanity. It recently released a piece arguing that if Trump stops the Mexican drug cartels, it could hurt the American economy! Okay then … Instead of that nonsense, Glenn breaks down what he believes Trump MUST do to eliminate the cartels, which have poisoned Americans with fentanyl, killed Americans, and trafficked people within our nation. So, maybe instead of being sympathetic to the cartels, Trump should treat them like Al Qaeda and ISIS: “You are going to see death and destruction of these cartels.”

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Stu, I just want to give you this. And tell me, how you get here.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: New York Times. Mexican drug cartels are responsible for the untimely deaths of hundreds of thousands of people over the past few decades. When factoring in the fentanyl, they smuggle into the United States, cartels are also culpable for the deaths of over 200 Americans every day.

They deal with murder and addiction, mass kidnappings, rape, torture, political intimidation, yada, yada.

But the New York Times has a concern about the economic impact of Trump's plan to identify and hold the cartels responsible.

STU: Oh, no!

GLENN: Now, I'm trying to think about the positive impact the New York Times might have found with the cartels. I mean, job creators?

STU: Yes. Yes. Absolutely.

GLENN: Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

STU: You've got that.

GLENN: They're kind of in the medical business.

Kind of!

STU: The medical -- okay.

GLENN: Well, they're kind of pharmaceutical companies.

STU: Sure. Sure. You can treat certain ailments with their products.

GLENN: They're into the entertainment business.

STU: Yes!

GLENN: Tell you the entertainment. Or child entertainment.

STU: Depends on how you want to be entertained.

GLENN: Sure. Sure.

STU: Would we get any good movies or music, if there were no drugs in this country.

Probably not. That's going to be. Hollywood is in trouble.

GLENN: Hollywood changed.

STU: Are they trying to say basically, these cartels are used as coyotes, essentially. And the people who are coming in for free, cheap labor. Free or cheap labor.

Won't be coming in anymore.

That hurts our economy.

Again, I don't think that's a good argument. Is that what they're trying to get to?

GLENN: What they're saying is, this will be hard on the banks. This will be hard on the banks.

STU: Why would cartels going away, be hard on banks?

GLENN: Well, because the banks are going to be responsible for knowing if your client is a part of a drug cartel. And, you know --

STU: Okay. So what additional -- I mean, is this going to cause additional layers of paperwork for everybody, essentially?

GLENN: I don't know. I guess.

STU: And not just cartels. But, you know, for your friendly neighborhood drug dealer.

GLENN: You know, I -- I think, I mean, if you're in that business. You probably aren't using a bank. You know what I mean?

Now, if you're using a cartel. You want to use the banks. If you're coming in, you know, every year with $1.5 billion, or, you know, even have holdings of a trillion dollars, you know, I might want to ask, how are you doing that?

I'm in the import/export business. I would like a little bit more.

You know, you also put down, you're in the entertainment industry, and pharmaceuticals. But I haven't seen anything on the shelves.

From you.

STU: Now, Elizabeth Warren has reliably told me that criminals only use cryptocurrency. So maybe that -- why would they need the banks?

I don't understand. Why would it affect the banks in any way?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know.

You know, as I said yesterday. If I were an entrepreneur, and I were in Mexico, I might start coffins.com. You know, because I think there is going to be a run on coffins. And, you know, as long as Gavin Newsom isn't in there, he won't put a, well, there's a coffin shortage. So let's not raise the price of coffins. He's not going to do that.

You can price on demand, I'm guessing, in Mexico. So when there's a rush on coffins, because I don't know. Our special forces have killed all of the people in the drug cartels. You can make some money.

STU: What's your impression on what Trump actually does here? We talked a little bit about what happened yesterday. What's the specific plan?

I know you don't -- you're not going to reveal anything.

GLENN: Because I don't -- I -- I --

STU: You have thoughts and impressions, let's say.

GLENN: Thoughts and impressions.

STU: What are you -- when basing this completely on your thoughts and impressions.

GLENN: Yes. And not anything else.

STU: What would be the approach here to take out the cartels in Mexico?

GLENN: He would assign people to make a list of who those terrorists are.

STU: Will they be checking it twice?

GLENN: They will check it twice.

STU: Will they find out who is naughty or nice?

GLENN: That's what they're looking for now. And then they will give it to the president. And then they will say, here's the case against these guys. And this cartel. And many other cartels.

And the president will say, what do you recommend?

And they say, we go in at night, with our -- you know, night vision.

And we kill them all.

And he says, okay.

And so then we go in at night, and kill them all. And in the morning, everybody wakes up, surprised, because they're dead. Called coffins.com.

STU: Okay. And it just leaves like a -- like a rotating, just a repeating ad on the television for coffins.com.

GLENN: Coffins.com. Are you a member of the cartel?

You might be -- you might consider becoming a franchisee owner of coffins.com.

Yeah. I think that's what he's going to do. He's not going to play around. You will see death and destruction of these cartels, and, you know, I don't -- I don't -- I would be shocked to find out if that was our Special Forces, doing that.

Gosh darn it.

STU: Yeah. That would be a shocking thing.

So it's an essentially undercover plan. Where you're sending undercover people.

GLENN: I'm not sure how he will do it. If it's undercover. Or it might be Survivor. Except it's a real kind of situation. This week on Survivor, who will survive in this cartel?

STU: Do you have the -- maybe -- do you have some sort of arrangement with the Mexican government on this.

Like, do you say to them, look, we're coming in, whether you like it or not.

GLENN: He already did. He already said that.

STU: He said that. But there's a certain level of Donald Trump saying things in a negotiation.

GLENN: I don't think there are.

Like yesterday. Yesterday, at the WEF. They asked the president of Panama. You know, are you worried about the president just taking the Panama Canal. And he said, get serious. Please, get serious. I think Donald Trump might be serious about that one. Not Greenland.

He never said he will take Greenland or Canada. Even though, the Canada one would be easy.

He's not doing that. But he's very clear. I am going to kill the cartels. Because they're terrorist operations. And they're operating here in the United States. And causing pain and suffering.

Soil kill them all.

STU: He's designating them terrorist groups. And we know what's happening with al-Qaeda and whatever. When you designate a terrorist group. What you consider. And other countries don't consider the legal authority to do this type of thing.

GLENN: Right. Because Mexico no longer has the legal authority to do anything. Because they're run by the cartels.

Soul see a lot of feigned outrage at the beginning. Until he gets rid of the cartels, and then they will go, thank you.

STU: Well, that's what I wonder.

Because we've had this relationship with certain other countries, where we've gone to them, and said, hey, we're doing this, whether you like it or not. And they -- some of them are angry and outraged.

But a lot of them are like, oh, no. You shouldn't.

If you need to know where they are, let me know. They would love to get rid of this problem.

And depending on who you're talking about in the Mexican government, you like to get rid of this. Because they're challenging your power essentially.

GLENN: The people will be very happy. The people in Mexico will be very, very happy.

STU: Right.

GLENN: And so it's not going to be real unpopular in Mexico with the average, everyday people.

STU: But what would be unpopular. Let's just say we had a problem with, you know, I don't know. Cartels in our country. And the Mexican government was upset with the reverse situation happening.

They're crossing the border. Doing all these terrible things.

They send in their Special Forces into our country without our approval. We're a sovereign nation. Right?

We would be upset about it.

GLENN: Yeah, we would be upset.

STU: Now, we're the big boys on the streets. So we don't have to care necessarily about that?

GLENN: Let's actually flip that. Okay?

Let's say we were in the situation that Mexico is in. Where we tried to vote mayors in. We tried to vote governors in.

And they're just slaughtered in the streets because they say, I'm taking on the cartels.

STU: Yeah. Yeah.

GLENN: And they slaughter everyone in -- in government that is even whispering about that.

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: So we've tried to vote them out. And we as people, know that our government is now in bed with the cartels. And it's getting worse and worse and worse.

And Mexico says, you know what, enough of these cartels, they are you hurting our people.

STU: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And so we will come across the border. And we will take care of them, because you won't. Would you really be upset. Oh, my gosh. They're violating our borders.

I would be all for it, quietly.

STU: Right. That's the part I think is interesting.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: I think if I were the president of the United States. And in this situation. And the president of Mexico says, we've got these great Special Forces, we're coming in and taking them out. Whether you like them or not.

That's what I would say. Because as a country, you can't just give your nation to the other nation. Right?

Like, if we have the authority to cross the border. And they just are like, yeah, please, any time. You can come over and police in our country, please do so. Then they're not a sovereign nation.

GLENN: Yeah, we're not policing.

STU: Kind of, we are. Just a very aggressive form --

GLENN: No. This is an international terrorist group that is crossing our borders.

STU: It's still a form of law enforcement.

GLENN: Yeah, it is.

STU: But you would maybe say, we would never allow that. But you would want it to occur. And you would encourage it and assist it any way possible.

GLENN: Yes. And you would take note of everyone who opposed it, strongly, and meant it. You would be like, okay. They're part of it. I've got it.

STU: They're part of it. Right. And you would probably be right.

GLENN: Yeah.

STU: So I hope that's what Mexico does.

I just don't know -- this woman who is trying to get into little peeing contests with Donald Trump over these types of things. I don't think that's a good approach.

GLENN: No, this isn't a little peeing thing.

STU: That's what she's doing.

Oh, yeah. Well, if you're going to rename the Gulf of Mexico, we will look at this region. This is actually ours, or whatever she's trying to pull.

GLENN: We're going to stop sending you sombreros. Okay. Whatever.

STU: There was a sombrero threat.

GLENN: I don't know if that's really that damaging.

STU: That's what she was doing. Essentially, she was acting like a guest on The View. Oh, yeah. Well, I'm a strong woman. And look at me, I will rename your -- stop it.

That nonsense. If that's what she decides to be, she probably won't do it this way.

She probably will complain about it.

GLENN: Correct. And if she is corrupt and in bed with the cartels, the people of Mexico will decide that, after all of the pressure is off, because we've killed the cartels.

STU: I hope that --

GLENN: I think there is -- they're going to try cause problems in here. But I have to tell you, you have no idea, what you're up against with the United States military.

Our Special Forces. You have no idea. Well, these are highly trained.

Are they? Uh-huh. No. No. No. I will put my money on the US Special Forces. And I don't think they're going to win in that fight.

STU: Let me ask you this. Related question.

We've complained a lot about DEI and the military.

That the military has gone soft. That we've had all these problems.

Pete Hegseth wrote a book about it. He's an essential part of why he's going into this role.

Are we too far gone? Is it possible that we don't have enough of the -- of what we need in the military to accomplish these tasks anymore?

GLENN: For Mexico? No.

STU: We're okay.

GLENN: No. For multiple fronts? Yes.

For our Special Forces, for our teams to go in, in the dead of night and kill all these people, no. That's not beyond.

STU: We're still prepared for that. Good to hear.

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GLENN: There's a difference between a revival and an awakening. We are in a revival right now, but that doesn't necessarily lead to anything. Except, oh, I have to re-learn those principles. But that doesn't mean you apply them in your life. Okay?

That's an awakening. There's been two great awakenings in American history. One brought us the American Revolution. The second one brought us the Civil War and the freedom of slaves.

We have the possibility of going into a third great awakening. That's the only thing that will save us. If you don't know the difference between a revival and an awakening. Let me give you the negative print of a godly awakening. Our kids right now, they don't have any purpose. They don't have any meaning.

They look at everything, and it doesn't -- it's not real. None of it is real. It's money. It's fame.

It's -- you know, it's ever changing truths and definitions. And they have no purpose in their life. Okay?

So they're looking for that. Because man has to have purpose in his life. Man has to search for meaning.

So they're searching for meaning. And they found a group of people that actually mean something. And they're willing to die for it. And it's ISIS.

And so they're like, at least these people believe in something. They believe it. And they're willing to die for it. I'm going to stand with them. And they put that twisted understanding into action. That's the -- that is -- that's an awakening. It's just an awakening to the dark side. And that one is already happening. It has to happen on the good side. And let me speak directly to young men: Look, you are inheriting a very loud, angry, cynical and worst of all spiritually starving and malnourished society. And you are being sold a future of cheap pleasures and hollow heroes and screens with blue light that just rob you of your strength, one distracted second after another.

And in the middle of all that noise, may I just give you one piece of instruction. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praise-worthy, seek those things.

Don't admire them. Don't nod at them. Seek them!

Hunt them. Chase them. Build your life around those things. A man who will do that. A boy. A young man who will do that, will become different. Noticeably different.

He will stop letting the culture feed him garbage. He stops applauding the trivial. He stops laughing at the obscene or cheering for the cruel.

He will become a curator of -- of real, lasting beauty in an age that has forgotten what beauty even looks like.

When other men are chasing down or holding up cynicism, this man holds up hope!

When everyone around him is chasing dopamine, he chooses discipline. When others will blame their circumstance, he'll take responsibility for his own action. When the world worships the shallow, he goes and searches for the deep!

You want to know what the secret of becoming strong is, or becoming trusted, or becoming the kind of man that your future wife, your future children, your future nation can depend on?

Here it is!

You become what you seek. If you seek trash, you become trash. If you seek virtue, you become a man of virtue. You seek excellence, and your life will begin to shine, not loudly, but steadily. Like the steel glow of a blade being forged.

That's who you'll be.

The world has a plentiful, seemingly never-ending supply of angry boys. We don't need any more addicted boys.

We don't need any more distracted boys. The world needs men. Whole men. Clear-eyed men.

Men whose souls are anchored to something higher than the algorithms, trying to own them!

Build a life worthy of admiration. Forget about the applause. Fill your mind with words that make you wiser. Fill your days with work, hard work, that makes you stronger. Fill your home with beauty that lifts every soul who walks into it.

Have your home a place where people walk in and go, man, I say so great here. I just love it here. I don't know what it is about your house. I just love it. It's the spirit that's there! Because you built it! You protect it.

Protect your integrity like a watchman on the wall. Don't lie. Don't cheat. Don't steal. And when you fail, and you will, stand back up again.

Because a man who seeks the virtuous, is not a man who never fails. He just -- he just becomes a man who refuses to stay on the ground.

If you seek things that are lovely and pure, trustworthy, praiseworthy, you'll become a kind of man this age almost never produces. A man whose very existence is a rebuke to the darkness.

That's your calling. That's why you were born.

Not to be lost. Not to play video games. Not to give up. Not to say, there's no hope. Not to end up in the trash bin of human history because you've -- you've taken so many drugs, you can't stand up straight anymore.

You're not destined to be alone.

You were destined for great things. You are destined to find an amazing woman!

Believe me. I didn't think I would ever find an amazing woman. Because I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't think I was worth it.

And until I started understanding how God works. That, yeah. I'm not worth any of the stuff that I have.

When you realize, it's all a gift. It's all a gift. And even if you work your brains out, you may not ever get all the things that you want. But you're going to have everything you need. Once you realize, carefully selecting friends makes a difference. My mother used to always say, show me your friends. I will show you your future.

It's true. Be careful who you select as friends. Watch your language. Watch what you're putting into your brain and what's coming out of your mouth. Because the brain is so amazing. It's being turned to mush. Did you know that there is a new study that just came out. I have to tell you about it next week, maybe.

New study going out. It is -- it's AI. And it has access to social media, and they have found that the AI -- the AI that is scrolling through social media all day, just to keep updated on everything that's going on in social media. It's getting brain mush. It's actually becoming dumber. It's become less effective!

It's a machine. What do you think this, flesh and blood, this thing is going to do?

We say life is meaningless. And life is the only thing that has any value. And yet, we spend all of our time, on things like social media. And that has absolutely no value.

But we think that's life.

I'm not that smart. I've just lived a long time. And I've made so many mistakes.

And I decided at one point, I'm going to stop saying, it's somebody else's fault. I'm going to start saying. Maybe -- what did I do to create that?

What did I do to attract that?

Why does this thing keep happening to me?

Why is it that I always find myself involved with these same kind of people?

Because, Glenn, dummy, it's you!

What you think, it's like -- it's like think of yourself as a -- as a beacon. It's just -- you're a beacon. Your GPS pin, that is constantly saying, here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

Except, it's transmitting more than just your location. It's -- it's transmitting what you're looking for, who you are. And it's attracting other dropped pins to you. It's saying, "I like this. I think this way. I believe these things. I am afraid of these things."

Whatever it is, you're thinking. It's constantly putting that out.

And saying, here I am. Is there anything else like that?

Anything else that can reinforce that? Anything else that can live like this?

Because that's me. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

That's why you keep finding yourself in exactly the same situations. Nothing will change, if nothing changes!

And the only thing that you can change, is you!

Seek the things, that have virtue.

Seek the things, that have beauty in music, in -- in art, in life, in architecture, in clothing! Whatever it is. Look for real, lasting beauty and value.

Find the things that are true! Truly true.

Universally true. Find the things that uplift. Seek those things!

And you will change your life and your world!