Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 27, 2024

Episode Date: December 27, 2024

Trump’s fiery Christmas message, Americans tune out cable news, adults fear for their safety, and can working from home be bad for your health? Plus, the Message of the Day, Trump and Greenland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update, sponsored by Tax Network USA. America's number one choice for tax resolution. Please go to TNUSA.com slash bill or call 800-245-6-0-0. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Friday, December 27th, 2024. Here's what's happening today in America. Donald Trump sends a fiery Christmas message. Americans tune out cable news. Most adults fear for their personal safety. And doctors say working from home can be bad for your health.

It's all coming up. Then my message of the day about Trump taking over Greenland. First, President-elect Donald Trump issued a scathing Christmas message on social media. He said, quote, Merry Christmas to the radical left lunatics. Also, to the 37 months. violent criminals who killed and plundered like virtually no one before them, but were just given incredibly a pardon by sleepy Joe Biden. I refuse to wish a Merry Christmas to those. Instead, I will say, oh, if there's any kids in the car, if there's any kids listening,

earmuffs. Instead, I will say, go to hell. A new survey from the Associated Press shows that a record number of Americans are exhausted with cable news. 70% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans say they're taking a step back from the daily news cycle. After election night, the primetime viewership of MSNBC was an average of 620,000 people down 54% compared to earlier this year. Ratings for CNN also down 45%. Researchers at one poll find 52% of Americans fear for their personal safety every single day. The figure shoots up to 75% for those who live in a major city.

The daily anxiety is caused by rise in crime, homeless camps, and increased violence on public transportation, including what happened in Brooklyn the other day where a woman sleeping on the subway was burned alive by an illegal immigrant. A quarter of adults plan on relocating to improve their security situation. A report from Fast Company magazine

finds that 70% of remote workers experience significant health problems. On average, people spend 13 hours a day on their computers compared to nine hours for on-site employees. Doctors recommend taking a break from devices every 20 minutes. A quarter of folks working from home also report lower back pain, neck problems, and frequent headaches. My message of the day is coming up next. Yesterday we talked about why Trump wants to take back the Panama Canal.

Coming up next, we're talking about why Trump wants to take over Greenland, and now there's precedent for doing this. And then I saw a classic movie the other day, and I want to share something that you might not know. That's all coming up on the O'Reilly Update. Mike Slater filling in for Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for the O'Reilly Update. of the day. Yesterday we talked about Donald Trump wanting to take back

at the Panama Canal. Well, that's not the only idea that Donald Trump has in Manifest Destiny 2.0 in his Christmas message two days ago after wishing the soldiers of China a Merry Christmas

who are operating the Panama Canal and also wishing a Merry Christmas to the governor of the 51st state, Canada. He then said likewise to the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for national security purposes.

and who want the U.S. to be there, and we will. Trump once again floating out the idea. He did this in his first term as well, of taking over Greenland. He said for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world, the United States of America feels that the ownership of control of Greenland is an absolute necessity. Now, Greenland is controlled by the Danes. It's run by Denmark as an autonomous territory, to which Trump probably says, like whatever. I'm in real estate. Everything has a price. Now the prime minister of Greenland says

Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and we will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom. And that's nice and all. But I don't know if the prime minister heard the part where Trump said it's an absolute necessity that we have Greenland. He wasn't asking. The population of Greenland is 56,000 people. It's 75% ice. Half a for the government budget comes from Denmark. And if you've ever seen Mighty Ducks 2, you'll know that it's Greenland that's full of ice. And Iceland, it's very nice. My point is, they're prime for the taking. Now, an interesting thing has happened to people's minds after World War II, where we now just think that these are the maps. And the maps can

never change. For all of human history, the maps have constantly changed, borders changing all the time. But now, never. And it's a moral outrage. If a boundary ever changes for any reason, never. But of course boundaries change. Of course the maps change. And we have a precedent of maps changing. And we have a precedent of working with Denmark, the U.S. Virgin Islands. We bought those. You know who we bought them from? Denmark. Are you kidding me? Of all people, we bought it from Denmark. They used to be called the Danish West Indies. We bought it for $25 million in 1917, Woodrow Wilson. So why not buy Greenland too? But the question you might be asking is, why do we want Greenland? Wonderful question. As ice is melting a bit up north, there are more

shipping lanes opening, and China has been taking advantage of this. They want to control them entirely. There's five countries right now that control the Arctic Ocean, United States, Russia, Canada, Norway, and Denmark by way of Greenland. Russia has 18 military bases in the Arctic Ocean. In their northern most regions of Russia, where there are no people, they have 18 military bases. Why, they're projecting strength in the region. Thank goodness we have Alaska, at least we have our foot in the door. We're used to looking at the map at the equator, right? But look at a map from the top of the earth. It's very different. If we control Greenland, US with Alaska and Canada, our 51st state, maybe, we would control half of the Arctic region.

region, with Russia controlling almost all the rest. So we have shipping lanes. We have military power. Also, there's a ton of natural resources there. The Arctic's estimated it contain a ton of natural gas, rare earth metals, maybe up to $2 trillion worth of minerals alone. So should we sit back and let China or Russia take it or just let the Danes sit on it? Trump's serious about taking Greenland, as he should be.

More coming up. Mike Slater filling in for Bill O'Reilly. Now it's time for something you might not know. Anytime someone admits they haven't seen a classic movie, everyone has to have the same reaction. It's, what? You've never seen? Name of the movie.

Oh, how could you never have seen the movie? So I'll give you a minute to do the same for me. My wife and I the other day, we finished for the very first time. It's a wonderful life. Go ahead. What? You've never seen.

I don't know how we've never seen it. We did the other day, and I got to tell you, after watching it, I think it should become a Christmas classic. Fun fact, do you know why it's a Christmas classic? When it first came out in 1946, it flopped. Frank Capra lost half a million dollars on it. The reason it became a Christmas classic is that in 1974, the production company lost the copyright.

They made a clerical mistake, and the movie moved into the public domain. So TV stations started airing it because they, didn't have to pay any royalties. So they would play it over and over and over again. And as they did, it became more popular and a tradition of every year. Crazy, right? And it only ever became a movie because a Civil War historian wrote a 21-page short story which he sounded out as a Christmas card to friends and family.

Now, of course, it's a wonderful love story and has a lot of wonderful themes. It's also great to see a movie with a strong and noble main character. But the theme that stood out to me the most is that this is a love story about a town. The main villain, Mr. Potter, he's trying to destroy the town. It's a story about a small town and a community where everyone knows everyone. Everyone knows Bert the policeman and Ernie the taxi driver. Sesame Street says that's just a coincidence. But everyone knows everyone, and the town is safe and charming, and everyone supports each other.

And the main character makes a noble and heroic stand against the forces, Mr. Potter, that are trying to destroy his small town. In the end, the good guy wins. And the good guy wins. with the help of the people. Jimmy Stewart himself was from a small town. Western Pennsylvania. His dad owned the local Stewart and Company hardware store.

He grew up in a type of Bedford Falls. I would argue that there have been many political and economic forces working against us, which has led to a Pottersvilleification of our towns. There's so many streets with the big box stores and the fast food chains. They all look the same. So many downtowns have become cookie cutter Pottersvilles. Edmund Burke spoke of the little platoons of society. the patriotism of small things your family and community local traditions customs personal connections

it's time we say no to the mr potters all around us and say yes to the bailey building and loans more coming up thank you bill for letting me fill in mike slater from the podcast politics by faith hope you have a wonderful weekend we'll be back on monday Thank you.