RADIOMarch 17, 2022

Why food shortages & digital dollars are coming to America

In order for Modern Monetary Theory to work, Glenn explains, a ‘programmable’ currency must be in place. And the far left no longer is trying to hide it! The Fed and the Treasury Department ADMIT change for Americans is on the horizon. Glenn explains the signs of what’s coming and what a digital dollar could look like for YOU. Plus, he explains why the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine have not only contributed to the fall of the U.S. dollar, but how it could bring MASSIVE food shortages to America as well…

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GLENN: All right. Let me give you an update on something that happened yesterday. Do you remember the Russian state television employee, that stormed on to the set, during a live broadcast, on Russian news?

She was -- we reported yesterday, lost. Nobody could find her. Where did I put that protester?

Speculation was that she had been disappeared. She was not allowed to see her attorney. Her attorney had no idea where she was. All the police stations said, no, she's not here.

Well, she just spoke out. In a video recorded outside of a courtroom, she said, I just spent two days, without sleep. I wasn't allowed to contact my relatives or people close to me.

She was not allowed access. I'm quoting her, to any legal representation, so I was fairly in a difficult position. End quote.

Yeah. Yeah. She was. Here's what she did: She got on channel one in Moscow. And she went right behind the anchor of a very popular news show. And she was yelling, stop the war.

She held up a sign that said, they're lying to you here.

She had said, that she had engaged in Kremlin propaganda. And she felt horrible about it. And deeply ashamed.

Well, after two days of not being able to sleep, the Russian government has decided that she should be charged with organizing an unauthorized public event.

And she was fined $273. Uh-huh.

Now, you think, huh. That doesn't sound so bad.

Yeah, well, she's also going to be charged with false information. I don't know exactly what the false information was.

They're lying to you. Kremlin propaganda. Remember, there are -- there was at least at the beginning. I don't know about it now. But towards the beginning. There were large swaths of the population, that only were getting their news from the -- you know, from the Kremlin, and from the Moscow news. That didn't even know there was a war going on.

STU: Well, you can't even say that. That might be what the false information is. According to the Kremlin. You're not allowed to call it a war. You have to call it a special military operation.

GLENN: Yeah. Well, that -- she's facing now 15 years, for doing that. Now, here in America, is our media just stupid, or do they not want to talk and warn you about what's coming on a couple of things?

We are headed for a major food shortage, all around the world. And we are not going to be left out of it. Because of the invasion by Russia, in Ukraine, the global supply chains for food is going to cause a global crisis, that will affect millions of people.

Here's why it's going to affect us: The agricultural mayhem that's going to happen here in the United States, is off the charts. First of all, Russia and Ukraine. And I don't know when they got this, instead of us. But Russia and Ukraine, is known as the breadbasket of the world.

Wasn't that us? Wasn't it our farmers? When did we stop being the breadbasket of the world?

Both countries are responsible for a quarter of the international wheat trade. A fifth of corn. And 12 percent of all calories traded globally.

Look at what we're facing with cutting off 12 percent, or not even that. Eight percent of our oil.

Look at what's happening with gas prices.
If you think that's not coming with food, you're mistaken. The -- one of the main things, that we also get from Russia and Ukraine, not just food supplies around the rest of the world.

But we have access to fertilizer. And fertilizer, Russia has banned the exports of that.

This is going to choke off our farmers. Our farmers in the South are now saying, they can't get fertilizer. And they're stockpiling beef. They're stockpiling the foods, if they can get them.

And they are looking at bad conditions, for our own food.

The UN has warned that global food prices can jump eight. That's already happened. To 20 percent, from here. Why the media is not telling you these things is beyond me.

But maybe, it's just -- they're so worried about misinformation, and malinformation. And conspiracy theories.

Last spring, we told you, the secretary of Homeland Security, ordered an internal review, to identify how best to detect, prevent, and respond, to threats related to domestic, violent extremism. Here in America.

A component of this, was based on online activity. The domestic, violent extremist attackers, quoting the DHS now. Often radicalized independently by consuming violent extremist material online. And mobilize without direction, from a violent extremist organization. Making detection and disruption difficult.

The report that has now been obtained said the extremist exploits a variety of popular social media platforms, smaller websites with targeted audiences, and encrypted chat applications to recruit new adherents. They plan and they rally support for in-person actions. They disseminate materials. They contribute to radicalization, and mobilization to violence.

Wow, it sounds like our universities.

One of the recommendations is to increase efforts to better identify and evaluate mis, dis, and malinformation, with a Homeland Security nexus, including false or misleading conspiracy theories, spreading on social media, and other online platforms, that indoors violence.

Good thing this program has been against violence, from the very beginning of this broadcast. That is the last thing, that the world needs.

So they are now monitoring all online activity. And they are looking for their version of violent extremists.

I will tell you, that the great reset, just held a war game a couple of months ago. And they war gamed about mis, dis, and malinformation coming out from people who have audiences, about the failing banking system and the trouble with the dollar and the trouble with the failing of the entire financial system.

Well, I hope that doesn't happen. But I'm telling you right now, we are being sold a bill of goods. And not by our president.

I mean, is our president, the one who is getting us into war?

I just he's the guy who made it very, very clear, by playing the role of Chamberlain. Everything he does, he sends a signal of weakness to all of our enemies. And all of our enemies, seem to be, in a way, benefiting from this.

We seem to be actually kind of forcing an axis power, to believe together. The latest, we told you yesterday, was Saudi Arabia.

They are now talking about seriously accepting the yuan instead of dollars for oil. That is the beginning of the end of the petrodollar, which means the world's reserve currency. If that happens, we are looking at a massive lifestyle change. If the world goes off the U.S. world reserve currency, you're looking at becoming Mexico. Overnight. Venezuela, overnight.

I know. I know. It could never happen. Do you think the guy who was famous for saying, you're fired, could ever be president?

No. It could never happen. Do you think they would close the entire country and the entire world for something that is a little worse than the flu?

I mean, bad. But worse than the flu? But not the Ebola virus?

Closing the entire world. No. It could never happen.

Today, I give you the news, that Russia and India, are now exploring alternative payment channels. So now India is starting to lean towards the axis power. What is happening right now, is that we are freezing all the Russian assets. All of the Russian assets are sitting there, ready to default.

Now, they have to make today, $117 million, interest payment, on some of its bonds.

They have been loaned money. And so they have to pay $117 million on some of their bonds.

Today, well, the problem is, they have the money. But it's all in rubles. And you can't pay this. You have to pay it in U.S. dollars. World reserve currency.

So they usually just take their rubles, and they pay for them. They use rubles, to buy American dollars. And then they take those American dollars, and they wire those to the bank.

Well, not only can they not change their rubles into dollars now. Because of us.

But we also, because of our banking industry, they have also kicked them off of SWIFT.

There's no way to wire anything. So they're stuck. And they're going to default on this loan.

We're forcing them to default. If they default on these loans. What happens when you default on a loan?

There's a grace period, but then what happens?

You lose it. These are their treasuries. These are the things that they have held, and they are good for it. But we're forcing them, into it.

Now, I would say, that much of what we have done, is good.

But much of what is happening right now, is out of your hands.

Does anyone else notice that you are just along for the ride on this one?

As I said last hour, who convinced Adidas, who convinced Adobe? Who convinced Apple, Audi, the BBC. BMW. Boeing. Bolt. Cadillac. Carlsburg. Chevrolet. Coca-Cola.

Who convinced Dell? DHL. Disney. Dropbox. Erickson. Federal Express. FIFA. Ford. GM. Google. Harley-Davidson. HP. Instagram. Intel. Mercedes Benz. MasterCard. LinkedIn. Land Rover.

Jaguar. Metro. Michael's. Microsoft. Who convinced all of these companies?

STU: Don't forget about PornHub.

GLENN: PornHub. PlayStation. And PornHub. Who convinced these companies? Was it our president? Was it you? Was it backlash from social media that all of these companies worked together, almost immediately, to say within we're leaving our assets. Did you know our -- our aircraft. American aircraft, that would fly into Russia, was left there.

And now all of our American companies lost those aircraft.

Because Putin just said, they're ours. What board of director did they even meet on this, and have that discussion?

We are hurtling towards World War III. And I don't think the American voice is being heard. There's no discussion in Congress, that is open.

There is no debate on these things. And our corporations, are really wielding more public policy and foreign policy, than our State Department is. That's saying something, and we should wake up.

Because as these debts default over in Russia. As they get into a box, they are building a New World Order themselves.

And that New World Order, will tube the American dollar. So what does that mean to you?

I'll tell you in 60 seconds.

GLENN: Okay. There will be a lot of people that really, truly think that none of this is going to happen, because there are systems.

I've gone through this dance before. You remember how long I fought? I fought and fought and fought.

With really, very smart people, that really have best interest of everybody at heart. In 2006 and '7, I was saying, look, it's going to collapse. It -- there's a housing bubble. It is so clearly obvious. No. We have systems for this. They are not even saying, we have systems for this. All of the people that would have said, in 2008, don't worry, we have systems, and then that system was completely broken. And they had to come up with TARP. In the middle of the night. Those same people are now saying it on their websites.

They are now saying it, at -- at the Treasury.gov.

They are now saying it at whitehouse.gov.

The banks are saying, it's a change is coming.

And the reason why is once they default, Russia starts to default, a spooky word that should just scare the hell out of you, if you live through the 2008 crash.

CDOs. And credit default swaps.

When they default, the system has to pay the people, who had the default swap.

Do we have the money? Or does that mean even more money has to be printed to bail out those who were holding those things that have to pay them?

This is what happened in 2008. And our -- our problem with credit default swaps is bigger than it was in 2008. I don't know if that's the piece, or if it's going to be a collection of pieces. But we are going to go to a different currency.

And each of us have to decide now. You have to decide new. Am I going to be a part of that currency?

Because that currency is programmable. Read it for yourself.

Go to the fed. Or go to the Treasury. It's programmable.

Which means, it will follow you. They can cancel at any time. They can say, it doesn't work at these stores, et cetera, et cetera. And they're doing that, because of modern monetary theory, which I explain in my book, The Great Reset.

The second half of modern monetary theory, is programmable money. It doesn't work without programmable money. But that means, they can treat you like the Canadian trucker, and completely cut you off.

This is not the mark of the beast. It is not. But it is the technology, that would allow that to happen. Where you can't buy sell or trade, unless you kneel.

Well, that's what's coming. We may not be kneeling to the beast, but you will kneel. Your question that you have to answer is: Are you willing to kneel, or not? And if not, what does that mean to your life? And how do you survive, if you -- your cash doesn't work anywhere?

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…

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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.
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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.