The Glenn Beck Program - Best of the Program | Guest: Charlie Kirk | 1/8/25

Episode Date: January 8, 2025

Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada. Is Trump serious about all these territories becoming part of America? Glenn outlines what he believes Trump is doing with all of these territories. Glenn and Stu expose CNN pathetically altering the headline of an article that began as truth but was too optimistic about Donald Trump. TPUSA founder and CEO Charlie Kirk flew to Greenland with Donald Trump Jr., and he joins the program for an exclusive interview to share what the trip entailed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Saving those children is how we all go home. From binge all episodes exclusively on Paramount Plus. Why is Donald Trump talking about adding Greenland and Canada to the U.S.? Well, he actually has a point and it goes back to his negotiation tactics. You have to hear today's show. Also, why is he so interested in Panama? CNN also changed the headline throughout the morning of January 6, proving they haven't learned a darn thing. And Charlie Kirk was in Greenland.

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You're listening to The Best of the Glenbeck program. Let's start with Greenland, Finland, Panama, and Canada. I have to tell you, let's start with his, Donald Trump's press conference yesterday. They are always fun.

Cut one. This is a Greenland man. So, like, if you could tell Trump anything, what would it be? By us. By Greenland? By Greenland. Why do you want Trump to buy Greenland?

Because we don't want to be colonized by Danish government anymore. We get riped every year about our minerals from Greenland. We are the richest nation in the world, and we don't get to use it. Denmark's using us too much. Do you like America? I love America. But people are too far over there. Right.

Okay, so stop. So here's the thing. Greenland, they've got like 12 people. And Denmark owns it, and, you know, they have no intention of giving it up. But it's like Alaska. I mean, it is rich with rare earth earth minerals. As he said, it's the richest nation in the world, but Denmark won't let anything be explored. It is also a strategic place for bases, et cetera, et cetera.

There's been like four or five presidents that have tried to buy Greenland in the past, and it's never been done. I'm going to get to why all of this makes sense here in a second and how you're, supposed to read it because he also went in yesterday about Canada and they asked him, would you rule out military strikes to take Alaska? Here's his response. You're considering military force to acquire Panama and Greenland. Are you also considering military force to annex and acquire him? No.

Economic force. because Canada and the United States, that would really be something. You get rid of that artificially drawn line, and you take a look at what that looks like, and it would also be much better for national security. Don't forget, we basically protect Canada. Okay. So he's just, all he's doing is, well, let me say, let me give you the third one, and that is Panama.

But before we get to Panama, why not stop at the Gulf of the Gulf of, America, cut three. Mexico is really in trouble, a lot of trouble. Very dangerous place. And we're going to be announcing a future date pretty soon. We're going to change because we do most of the work there, and it's ours. We're going to be changing. Sort of the opposite of Biden, where he's closing everything up, essentially getting rid of

$50 to $60 trillion worth of assets. We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico. to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it's appropriate. It's appropriate. And Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country.

They can stop them. And we're going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada, they come through Canada too. And the drugs that are coming through are at record. numbers. Okay. So now the press is freaking out. This is an imperialist president. He's trying to create new Rome. Blah, blah, blah. Are you, do you have absolutely no brain cells that work in your head anymore? The final one is Panama. And I've told you this. In fact, I'm doing a prediction show tonight. And I've been telling you for the last few weeks, Panama is going to be a problem for

the United States. And there is going to be, there's going to be some serious things happening in Panama this year. And I'll get into that a little later. But he's also talking about the Panama Canal. Okay. Why is that? Because he wants to take over all these countries and these places. He wants war everywhere? No. No. The one thing you have to understand about Donald Trump is he's a negotiator. He's merely negotiating. That's all that's happening here. You speak softly and carry a very large stick. Hey, Mexico, by the way, you're so irrelevant. You know, you're going down the tubes. We're even thinking about changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

That's how irrelevant you are, okay? And you've got some serious problems. It's a very dangerous place. Well, there goes tourism if the president keeps saying things like that. And, you know, we're going to have to put some tariffs on it. But, you know, I just think the Gulf of America is just a beautiful, beautiful day. All he's doing is signaling you, you're a speed bump to me. I don't need to do anything.

I've just got these giant tariffs, and we'll probably end up owning you anyway because you're a failing state. Okay? He's negotiating. He's setting the table. On Greenland, the same thing. He's just setting the table.

He is saying to Greenland, you know, I think we should take it. Now, is he serious on that one? Yes, not take it, but buy it. Is he serious? Yes. and it would be, I got to use a word that, you know, the New York Times been talking about for a long time. They just used it in a different context.

It would be a huge coup if Donald Trump could buy Greenland. It would be huge for America. All the rare earth minerals and everything else, all of the riches of Greenland and the strategic placement of Greenland would be a very, very smart move. again, New York Times, Glenn Beck did say Donald Trump would pull off a coup. I mean it in a different context than you worry about. That is smart. And if we could buy it, great. If we could just negotiate to have some bases there and to be able to sell and buy some of their rare earth minerals, that would be very smart and strategic.

Now Canada Okay Canada is being the 51st state Okay Would it be great to have all of us combined Greenland Canada The United States combined?

Yes A 51st state No No Canada responded with Well maybe we'll buy Alaska In Minnesota All right

Let's open up those talks How much for Alaska I'm willing to negotiate. And I tell you what, negotiate for Alaska. I'd give you Minnesota for a sandwich. So I'm good. All he's doing there is, again, throwing out a big idea, negotiating because you're not paying for your own defense. We are paying for your defense.

What are we getting in return? Well, right now we're getting open borders from you in Canada, and we're getting a lot of crap from you, too. So we're still friends. We still like Canada. We're not going to take military action to take Canada. It's not what he's doing. He is, again, negotiating. If you forget that Donald Trump is possibly the greatest negotiator to be in our lifetime, you might begin to understand what he's. doing here. But if you forget that he's a deal maker, that's what he does. He walks in and says, you know, I'm going to vaporize that little dude over. And then they end up having tea in a communist country. That's negotiation. What is he doing with Russia? What is he doing right now? The only place I think he's absolutely clear. I mean, he doesn't, he doesn't make threats. He makes

promises. And he's not threatening anything but Panama, which we'll get into here in just a second. Panama is a problem, a real problem. And we need to talk about that. The other real problem is Hamas. And yesterday, he said about Hamas that there's going to be hell to be paid. Hamas doesn't release those hostages. The gates of hell are going to open up. And I believe him. The thing is, with a negotiator, you have to be able to see, I mean, Trump always kind of means things. You don't win. You don't become a good negotiator if the people on the other side always think you're bluffing because you always are. That's why America is in the dumpster fire we're in right now because the rest of the world just thinks that, you know,

Oh, you know what? Well, don't do this, or we're going to give you a strongly worded letter. If the world or anybody sitting across from the negotiating table from you, whether this is in your life or in global politics, if they believe you're someone who will do what they say, you have all the negotiating power. Because, you know what, I would love to work here, but I can't work. here and I won't work here unless these things happen. He's just negotiating. Really? Watch me walk out. And I will. And no offense, no problems. I don't hate you. You shouldn't hate me. I'm not trying to hold a gun to your head. I'm just saying, I can do better. And these things are a requirement for me. When Donald Trump says, look, you're going to have to close the border. He means that. Now when he says, also going to, you know what, we might just annex Mexico or Canada. That's part of the negotiation

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This is this is such an amazing story about a changing headline Not a changing story Just a changing headline Listen to this Exact same story We'll take you on a little journey

of CNN.com And the story is basically This is from January 6th From Monday So he's you know They're going to certify the election They're covering that basic story So same story all day

Here is the headline at 5 a.m. Today marks the most stunning comeback in U.S. political history. Okay, stop, stop. True? Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely true. Absolutely true. Yeah. So January 6th was supposed, and this is kind of the story, was supposed to be the end of Donald Trump. There was, you know, people all blamed him for it at the time. And not only he was dead, I mean, metaphorically at the time in January 6, 2020, the guy was politically dead. And he's Lazarus.

he's now bigger than he ever has been. And I can't think of anyone in political history, at least in the United States, that has had this kind of turnaround. Yeah, I mean, it's totally legitimate. Yeah, right. A good headline for a story about this, right? But it was written, I'm sure, by the overnight people who are not part of the in-crowd, you know, and they were doing some actual headline writing, journalistically actual headlines. Then the morning people come in.

Yeah, 6 a.m., the headline changes to Trump is more powerful than ever. Okay, I mean, you could kind of still argue. I mean, he's not president of the United States currently, so, but he will be soon. And you can argue he's maybe at the peak of his powers. I mean, I think it has different meanings for both sides, right? You might have your supporter. That's a headline.

Right, that's a headline. If you're a supporter, you go, yeah, that's true. If you're a negative, you look at that and go, yeah, and that's concerning. Yeah, that's scary. It's getting a little scary. It's no longer a stunning comeback. It's now like, it could be kind of scary to at least half the country. Correct.

That's six a year. So still a valid headline. Yeah. But now they've added the negativity. Yeah. Okay. 8 a.m. comes. And the same story.

The headline is now, the message Trump sends by inciting a riot and regaining power. So again, he's still, the power story is still. Same story. But now. Nothing is, nothing's changed in the story, right? Right. I think there were occasional updates to the story as the day went on.

But it's the same story. But same basic bone structure of the story. And they've changed it from a, hey, wow, look how this is turned around in four years, to now he incited a riot and somehow or another, he's finagled himself back into power. What is that going to teach our children? Right. Right. Now it's like a moral play, right? They've turned this into, they've made a judgment. They've called, they've held him responsible for January 6th the riot. Without ever charging. Right. Without ever charging. Again, like there are some people who make the argument. He had some copability there. But like, sure, sure, sure. That's certainly a judgment that you make. Most of the country, I think, as we saw in the election, if they believed he was responsible for that right, he wouldn't have been elected. Right. They don't believe it.

It was an 11-point swing. I think CNN on its own air, by the way, Harry Enton highlighted that only like 5% of people identify January 6 as the most important part of the Trump presidency the first term. 5%. This is a massive mistake on their front to highlight this all the time, to try to make this the issue to defeat Donald Trump. Didn't work, but yet that's where they are. And then it ends up with this. four years after his supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol, Trump is more powerful than ever. Oh, Stu.

Wow. CNN doesn't use the word invade very often. Right. Like when 10 million people cross the southern border, they're like, it's not an invasion. That's racist to call it an invasion. But when there's 400 people inside the U.S. Capitol, 300 of which are grandparents, like, not knowing where they are, That is now apparently an invasion. And it's funny, if this isn't the story of the elites, I don't know what is.

You got the overnight people that are writing a story. They do a good headline. Then the morning people come in and they're like, that's, I mean, we got to have, let's make sure we're not forgetting who brought us to the party. They all hate Trump. So let's at least balance it a little bit and give it a dual meaning. Okay, fair. All right. Then eight o'clock comes, the third headline, who's in their car at eight o'clock or just arriving at the office at eight o'clock?

All of the higher ups. All of the bigwigs are in. And they're driving in or getting up in the morning and they're hearing or reading that headline that has just been changed already. And they're like, what the hell? No, it can't be that. And then as the day goes on, they just become more and more solid as more. and more elites come in and go, I cannot believe we are selling our souls. I can't believe we're not talking about the invasion and how this man started and brought us to our knees. It's crazy. What a great example of how the elites work. It's totally true. It's the way the media works. And you also see sort of a preview of how this is going to go, right? Like if you think there's going to be this big maya culpa or some sort of self-reflection, I don't think it's a any of that seems to be coming. It does seem to be coming. You mentioned meta before,

like you could make the argument that some of those companies are doing it. You know, I think it was McDonald's today announced a big like reversal on their DEI policies. So there is a lot of that happening, but I don't think it's happening over at CNN. All right. So can I ask you, can I, let me say something about that McDonald's thing. Okay. This again is a sign that our republic is sick. Okay. I, told you in the past when the rolls were reversed that no person should be afraid of the president of the United States. No business should be afraid of the president of the United States or Congress unless, you know, you're in the crack business. Then maybe you should. Um, you know,

hey, I, you know, I'm in the murder business. I, you know, I, I don't like to change policies, but we've somebody who's strongly against murder. Okay, that would change. But our republic is so out of balance where a company like McDonald's, because the power center was saying, you need to do this and teach all of these things, not passing laws, just pressure. They change their business practices. Then when the wins change, they change back.

That shows you these companies. have no principles at all. Stu, have we changed anything in our broadcast with an exception of being more careful on comedy? In 30 years, have we made any big changes because we were afraid of the government? No. No, I don't think so. Right. No. We wanted to make sure that we were doing the best business practices. so, you know, companies like or people like media matters couldn't just put us, I didn't want to do them, give them any gifts, you know, by saying things through comedy that would kill us overnight.

We haven't changed anything. You don't change. You are who you are. You're a company that is a, builds a product or makes a product. You believe in that product. You make it the best. And it has nothing to do with politics. when these companies are flip-flopping this dramatically, it shows we are way out of whack that should never happen in America. That's what happens in fascistic or authoritarian states, not the United States of America. Now, let me go back to the second story here. This one's from the New York Times. Listen to this headline and tell me of a more shocking headline. than this.

What is the UK grooming gang scandal that's been seized on by Elon Musk? What an incredible headline. Okay. They are admitting in the first part of that headline that their audience is not aware of the grooming gang's story in UK, which has been brewing for a decade. Okay. It has been in the news over and over again. In fact, it is what Tommy Robinson and all of these people that they've said is Nazis, they're Nazis. This is the reason why they've been called Nazis, okay? The grooming gangs. So they are admitting the New York Times is admitting you as a reader probably don't know anything about this, okay? Because it's no big deal. It's just about Nazis. Okay. So they're saying, we haven't covered it. And if we have, you wouldn't understand it this way because we suck at our job. Then they make the story, which is about the sexual molestation by, let's be honest,

Muslim crazy migrants that have come in and are raping the children and grooming the children. Okay. That story is now being seized on by Elon Musk, inferring that he's only doing this for more power. He's only, he's taken this little story that you haven't even heard because it's not the story of grooming children. And Elon Musk is using this to gain more power. how evil and out of touch can these people be? They don't have a problem. I mean, I have a problem with the ditty thing.

Does anybody else still have a problem with that? I have a problem. Well, I mean, I have two problems. Did you see when Beyonce came out on the stage for whatever playoff game that was, Christmas, I think it was? And she came out in a big cowboy hat and she was doing country. I'm like, oh, dear God. This is not country.

Anyway, so I have a problem with that. But why was she allowed to do a huge halftime show, Beyonce? When her husband is, you know, you remember Louis C.K.? He got permission from women to touch himself in front of them, all right? But he couldn't perform. He can't perform. Well, I mean, he could perform, but that's in a different way. You got to get him off television.

You've got to get him out, okay? It's so bad. Beyonce's husband is accused of raping children, blackmailing all kinds of people, and having these huge baby oil parties that were called Diddy parties that apparently everybody knew about. There's no way everybody knew about him, but Beyonce didn't. How did she-

How did she-Z or you're talking, wait, you're talking about- Or J-Z, sorry, sorry. So Diddy is the guy, the guy with the sex party. Jay Z is the one married to Beyonce, right? Right. But Jay Z is also involved in the Diddy sex parties. Is he not? There was some accusation, I think, about that.

Yes. I haven't followed it all that closely, but yeah, I think there was some accusations. But there's no way she didn't know about those sex parties. No way. No way. If the accusations are true. Yes. I mean, I'm not going to try them.

I'm not saying put him in jail without a trial. Just clarify. But I mean, I think we can. we can look at stories and go, hey, I don't have all the details about Epstein, but the guys that were hanging out with Epstein a lot probably were involved or at least knew about this and we're cool with it. I just, I think, again, I'm not just trying to cover ourselves from Beyonce's lawyers. I think it is important to make a distinction from a guy who's in prison currently, another

guy who's had one accusation against him. Correct. Okay. So this story is happening here. abroad. You're streaming the best of the Glenn Beck program and you can find full episodes wherever you download podcasts. You know one of the best things about growing older is you're able to watch people grow and come into the business and witness the mistakes and how they pick themselves back up and how they do things and what they really turn into as they grow.

Charlie Kirk is a guy I've been watching for a very long time and is really remarkable has his head on right, is playing a very big role, and none of it is going to his head, at least that I have seen. And that is extraordinarily difficult when you are as young as he is and up against so much power and fame all around you. Charlie Kirk was in Greenland yesterday. He joins me now. Hello, Charlie. Hey, Glenn, honor to be here.

And I got to tell you that that is a introduction I never thought I'd get in my life. Charlie Kirk was in Greenland yesterday. So I'm honored to be here. It doesn't usually happen unless your plane is having an emergency, you know? No, that's right. Yeah, it's not always a destination, but Glenn, you're a friend and a teacher and a mentor and honored by those words. Thank you. Yeah. So how did this come about? You just get a call from Don Jr. is like, hey, let's go to Greenland. Yeah, you know, it was in the news cycle. And Don's a big outdoorsman, and I'm very close friends. with him. And he said, hey, you know, before the new administration comes in, he said, why don't I just go do a trip to Greenland and just kind of go get to know the culture and get to

see what's, you know, going on there. And one thing led to the other. And I was invited on this and took Trump Force one in the middle of the night and flew all the way up to Nook. You could only land within their little window of daylight there. The sun rises at 11 a.m. And it sets at 3.30. So for all of you listening right now in Minneapolis or Chicago, do you think you have bad you have no idea uh it could get even worse but i got it's big glen i was blown away at the worldwide movement that um that maga has created we were met by hundreds of people people in maga hats on in the streets of nook people that love america that only part of america and don wanted to go and i wanted to go also to just learn what what is greenland's place in the world you

know what does it have to offer first of all striking beauty there's only one state that I think compares, and that would be Alaska. I mean, it's breathtaking. You would love it. I mean, the pictures don't do it justice. I'm talking about untouched, serene beauty. That's number one. Number two, incredible natural resources

that the current Danish government who controls Greenland does not allow locals to exploit or use or take advantage of. I'm talking about resources we might not even be aware of, but they have gold, they have rubies, they have oil, natural gas, just remarkable. And number three, which I think is... They have rare earth.

minerals. It is wildly. But, you know, the problem is, Denmark won't let them do anything. Well, the United States won't let Alaska do anything either. I mean, we're taking advantage of some of it, but, you know, I think this is the best investment America could make in my lifetime. I think this would be a great investment. But it would take a Donald Trump to let us actually use it responsibly, too. Totally. And I mean, thankfully with President Trump, I think we'll get Anwar back. in Alaska. And so what I also saw, though, is that the people of Greenland, they can't stand Denmark. They think that the Danes mistreat them, take advantage of them, and they want to be part of America. And if this deal were to be brokered, which, you know, just looking at now as a tourist coming

there and back, I think it's totally possible, especially with President Trump coming in. This would be such a net benefit to the United States for national security reasons. The Arctic is becoming an increasing hot center with China. and Russia, we're seeing. And Canada has let Russia just walk all over the Arctic Circle. That's right. Exactly. Exactly.

And the people are wonderful. I mean, we also went to a cultural center, Glenn, kind of their local museum. And they had drawings and pictures of people, you know, 600 years ago before any heating, obviously existed that were able to survive in these winters. I mean, there are very tough people that have been through a lot that's a largely forgotten island. and now it's one of the talks of the world, and I think that's just really exciting. And I think, if, again, if the deal were to be brokered, only President Trump could do it.

And Denmark is not utilizing it. Instead, they're actually, I think, harming the great people of Nook and Greenland. And, hey, one day we might have lots of nonstop flights from New York and Chicago to Nook. And I would love to welcome the people of Greenland in the United States of America. It would be interesting because the real obstacle here is

Denmark, we've tried to buy Greenland several times, you know, back in the 1800s it began, and Denmark is no, no, no, no, no. But, you know, a trillion dollars, we've given a trillion dollars away to the banks. This would be the best expenditure of a trillion to a trillion and a half dollars that America could make. That's a real investment. But do you think the Danes would be interested at all? Well, again, it's the art of the deal, right? So just kind of thinking out loud here, number one, how much of us say that Danes actually have? We pay for all their military defense, basically, through NATO. We're the ones that are keeping, you know, Putin at bay. We're the ones that continue to fund all of these military bases throughout Europe. So maybe it's time that we flex a little

bit of that muscle and use some of that leverage of all of these blank checks that we've been writing all throughout Europe. That's number one. Number two, though, is that Denmark is not even using the natural resources that are at their disposal to be able to guess what make europe no longer dependent on russian oil i mean to make europe no longer dependent on middle eastern oil so what you have is this incredible reservoir of oil and natural gas that is much closer in approximation to europe than any of the other places they get oil from and then and then finally i think you you know make this astute point denmark is nowhere near as wealthy of a country as america um and the people and this is the final kicker, the people of Greenland do not like their current rulers. If it was held to a vote, they would vote to leave Denmark. In fact, you saw the Greenlandic Prime Minister in the news saying, we want our independence, we no longer want to be part of this. We want to be our own sovereign nation. That's a great first step. That means they want to break free of the shackles of the Danish government who mistreat them. And Glenn, you would really appreciate this. They were young people of Nook. I'm talking 18, 19, 20 years old that follow us on.

TikTok and follow us and they're fans. They said, when we go to Copenhagen, which is our, you know, we are mistreated. We are called racist. They're racist. They don't like us. They say, get out of Copenhagen. Go back to your home. No. But when we meet Americans, we get, we are treated like human beings that have

opportunity. And isn't that the American story? We don't care about where you're from. We, we care about your potential. And they finally said this. They said, the nicest people that ever come to Greenland on the planet are always Americans. They said they always come.

and they're so warm. And they said the Europeans, they don't want anything to do with us. And so there's a lot here, Glenn. It's not as if that these people are thrilled with their current relationship with Denmark. And I think this deal could be brokered, and it would exponentially benefit the United States of America. So, you know, the things that Donald Trump is talking about now, Greenland, he is absolutely serious about that. And he should be. I think it would be a tremendous, I mean, that's a moonshot.

That's a president looking to the future. And the same with Panama Canal. Panama Canal is in the hands of China right now. And this is a Cuban missile crisis kind of scenario that I haven't heard anybody talk about until Donald Trump. It is true national security. Canada, I think he's just trolling Canada and negotiating. You know, he's serious about the border. But what a great way to say.

instead of saying, I am going to rake your people over the coals with all kinds of tariffs, if you don't stop what's happening on the border, instead saying, you know, trolling Trudeau, at the same time saying, hey, why don't you join the family, man? We'd love you. We already love you. Let's just come together. I mean, brilliant strategy, I think.

Yeah, and look, the Canadian thing, to be honest, as an American going, I don't know if I want all of Canada. I don't either. And if they want to buy Minnesota, I'll sell it to them for a cup of coffee and maybe a half a sandwich. Exactly. I think we could trade Alberta for Minnesota. That would be a great.

Yeah, it would be great. I love the people, Minnesota, but the Minneapolis is not great. Edmonton is great, too, by the way, tons of natural resources and wonderful people. But look, the Panama Canal, we could talk extensively about that. I mean, the president is as serious as sin on that one. That is the choke point right now. We built it. A lot of Americans died building it.

We never should have given away control of it. It's what connects two hemispheres together. And look, the Chinese are trying to build another canal right now in a neighboring country because, you know, they're afraid that America might actually take back control the Panama Canal. So Greenland plus Panama would strengthen the northern hemisphere. Our hemisphere here, the western and northern hemisphere would strengthen it in a way for generations to come, especially as we are seeing the rise of the belligerent Chinese Communist Party. I haven't been able to get a hold of Mr. Rand or McNally.

can the president just say it's going to be the Gulf of America? You know, that's a really interesting question. The answer is yes. So there's these boards and commissions that rarely get any of attention. You might remember Obama went through one of those boards and commissions and renamed Mount McKinley to denounce. And so it's just the naming commission and the president has full authority of who sits on them. And so the president is probably going to put five or six loyalists there and rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

I love that. By the way, more of our coastline is there. Why is it that we name is the Gulf of Mexico? So that one's getting done. Out of all the ones, it is going to be the Gulf of America and President Trump that we wanted his many legacies. So, Charlie, what is your role? Are you, are you part of the transition committee? Are you just kind of just, you know, there from time to time?

My title is, what is your role? Friend of the president. Friend of the president. No, I'm just here to be helpful. I'm still running turning points. doing the show and I'm just blown away, Glenn, at the opportunities that I'm being given and the people I get to speak to. It's just I have to pinch myself and I'm humbled by it. I'm so, I'm so excited by everything that Trump is doing. I become more optimistic every single day

in watching him and seeing where we're going. Can I ask you something really self-serving? Yes. Okay. He's the puzzle that. Oh, God, yes. I'd like to see how powerful you are. I want to be on the 250th anniversary committee that is putting together the anniversary of our country in 26. And I got a lot I can bring to the table. Who do I talk to, Charley? I think you'd be spectacular,

and there is going to be a special commission for that. I know. By the way, it's not the bicentennial. It has a very long name. It's like the Quintin-Buy, I can't remember. I know, I know. I know. I keep calling it the 250th. No, but no, that's right.

Just to educate the audience, though, coming up next July, not this July. I know. July, July 26 is our 250th birthday, and the president wants to do something spectacular. Oh, it should be. Yeah. And it will be real quick. It will just be amazing.

I've got 40 seconds. Any update on Dennis Prager? Oh, boy. You know, it's funny. Dennis went to Greenland this last summer, so I called him from Greenland, and he was just thrilled to hear from me. He's still in a very serious condition right now. He's fighting every day.

I'm not at liberty to talk about all the medical details, everybody in our audience, please pray and fast for Dennis Prager. We need that extraordinary mind back behind the microphone and finishing his torch on the very. But I'm communicating with him and his family on a daily basis. So please pray for Dennis Prager. Yeah, Charlie, as always, great to talk to you. So proud of you and so happy for your success.

God bless.