Glenn Beck
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It produces four predictable effects.
First, the trust begins to fracture.
The public begins to think, this is exaggerated.
This didn't happen.
We're being dragged into something.
Sound familiar?
His own base is saying this right now.
Meanwhile, the leadership is thinking, you don't understand the stakes.
Both sides lose confidence in the other.
Very dangerous.
The second thing that happens is political isolation of the leader.
Even if the leader is right about the threat, the institutions resist.
Right?
You see that happening?
Allies are hesitating.
Hello?
Media fragments all of the narrative.
This is exactly what happened to Churchill prior to 1940.
He was an alarmist.
He was reckless.