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24 Feb 2026
Chapter 1: What should Trump focus on during the State of the Union?
All right, on the podcast today, we talk about President Trump, what he should say in the State of Union address tonight, how the outrage headlines are actually rewiring your brain. So it's impossible to have a conversation with anybody. We go through and start with the guy who was talking about Epstein and then goes into Mar-a-Lago, tries to burn the place down over the weekend.
Where did that come from? And What does it mean that the Democrats are bringing the Epstein victims to the State of the Union today? What are they reinforcing here? Also, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Who doesn't love them? Well, Brad Reese, as in Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. He doesn't love them, and he has a reason why he's on today's podcast as well.
Quality control looks different when production isn't 7,000 miles away. When your clothes are made halfway around the world, quality control often means hoping everything turns out right, you know, after it's shipped across the ocean in the container. When they're made here, it means something else. It means... Somebody is down the street that can walk in and go, hey, I want to see the line.
I want to see the stitching. I want to see the fabric. They can fix a problem before it becomes 10,000 problems in a crate across the ocean. American Giant makes their clothing here in the United States. This is extraordinarily difficult to do, and they're one of the first people that were leading the way on this. American cotton, American workers, American factories.
It's not a marketing gimmick, and they didn't do it for trade. They did it because it was the right thing to do, and they took it on the chin for years. You want clothing built to last, designed with intention, made under standards that don't require a translator or a time zone difference to verify? Just like integrity, quality is not an accident.
And when you buy something built with both integrity and quality, you're supporting skilled workers, stronger communities.
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Chapter 2: How are Democrats using Epstein victims in their strategy?
and manufacturing base that still takes pride in doing things right here in America. So buy American today. American-Giant.com slash Glenn. American-Giant.com slash Glenn. Save 20% when you use my name for your first purchase. That's American-Giant.com slash Glenn. Hello, America. You know we've been fighting every single day.
Chapter 3: What issues are highlighted regarding Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
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Chapter 4: How does quality control impact American manufacturing?
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Tonight at six o'clock, Dennis Pringer and I talk about his new book, If There Is No God, the battle between who defines good and evil. It's an amazing conversation. He is paralyzed from the neck down. This is one of the first public appearances. I think this is the first I know it's the first national radio appearance that he has, uh, done since he left his own show.
Uh, and he is, um, it's amazing to watch this guy. Wait until you hear how positive he is. Uh, I mean, he has no reason to be positive. I would not, I would be a little cantankerous, uh, just a little bit. Um, he is not, he is, he's a, just a remarkable man really. Um, but we talk about, you know, how if we dismiss God, then everything falls apart. Absolutely.
Everything falls apart, including our happiness. And he talks about that. You don't want to miss that. It's episode two 80 of the podcast. It's a torch exclusive conversation. It comes out tonight at six o'clock for torch subscribers. It'll be out everywhere on Saturday, but you really don't want to miss this. Here is a clip from, Of the interview, I spoke to him.
I think I started the conversation. Well, no, let me go here. People are starting to refer to America as a Christian nation. And I said, is it important to emphasize this is a Judeo-Christian nation? And why? Listen to his response.
Glenn, God bless you for asking that question. I intend to write a major piece on that issue. Good. There is no Christianity, there is no Christ without the Judeo. Jesus was a Jew, and as I tell my Christian friends, Jesus never read the New Testament. Jesus was a Jew. The gospel writers were Jews. The apostles were Jews. Paul was a Jew.
All the ideas that Christians use to validate their faith are based on the Jewish Bible. So there's no Christian without Judeo. And the Judeo would not be known in the world without the Christian. The reason people know about the Ten Commandments all over the world is because Christians publicized it. We need each other tremendously, and I believe there's a divine role for both.
I'm going to get into a lot with Dennis Prager. You don't want to miss this exclusive interview with him. His book comes out, by the way, If There Is No God. Please, he can't do a book tour himself. He's doing a very limited number of these interviews. a lot for him to do this interview. We had to stop several times because he had to catch his breath.
Um, but, uh, he, he so believes in the message of this book. And so do I, I wrote the afterward for it. I read it. It was shortly after Charlie's death. Uh, he sent it to me, uh, and I wrote the afterward for it. It is really good. Buy it. It's available in bookstores everywhere. Show your support for Dennis Prager and get a really good book, uh, Uh, if there is no God available now. All right.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does the Hershey company face today?
He didn't go to that big global conference. What was it, last weekend? Because of this, they were like, we're going to lose speakers if you show up. I think he's finally starting to get some heat from it, which is good.
You'd think the divorce with his wife would have been enough.
Chapter 6: How did the Reese family influence Hershey's history?
No, apparently not.
But this is the guest that I'm most excited about. She was invited by Speaker Johnson. There's a lot of Americans who may not know the story of Jimmy Lai. He is currently in a Chinese prison. He's a pro-democracy activist. He's facing 20 years where he's supposed to be in there for 20 years. and Speaker Johnson and the Trump administration are working to get him free.
His daughter, Claire, was invited, and she's recently just started speaking out, and she has said that it's his Christian faith that has sustained him. And as you know, being a Christian in China is probably not the most popular position.
No, not at all. Let's get her on. I'd really like to talk to her. All right, so here are the things that I think the president has to do tonight. He's got to lead with affordability.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of changing ingredients in popular products?
He's got to lead with, here's what I've done to make the economy for you better. And he's going to have to, you know, he has to express himself. That it is in your best interest. These tariffs are in your best interest. That Iran is in your best interest. All of these peace deals are in your best interest. And why they're in your best interest.
More importantly, why have I done, like Jason just said, why have I done all these things overseas? How do they affect your wallet? How are they going to affect your children's future? He really needs to distill this and show everything I've done overseas will affect you and your wallet. I had to take care of that first. So the explaining of the outward focus.
and the explanation of, of Iran is going to be really, really important. He then also has to talk about, um, the criminal illegals. He needs to make it really clear. We're not against, we're a nation built on immigration. Should we pause on immigration? No, Yeah, perhaps so, because we don't have any idea who's coming in. But are we against immigration?
No, as long as they're the kind of people that come in and want to renew the promise of America. We can use those kinds of people to help build a more perfect nation. That is good. But what I'm trying to get off the streets are the criminals, which goes to your point, Ricky. I think it was your point.
This affects everybody and, in fact, disproportionately affects people in liberal cities and low-income people by taking these rapists, these killers, these thugs, drug dealers, by taking them off the streets, it's actually affecting low-income and liberal cities more than it is the red cities. So I'm actually trying to be a president for all of the people here.
He also has to address the DHS funding. We are, with what's happening in Mexico, you look across that border, man, this whole world is a powder keg. You're going to defund the DHS? ICE has their funding. What are you doing? What are you doing? Why are you taking our Department of Homeland Security at a time when we may need it most? You've got to restore the funding. He's got to hammer that.
He also has to hammer the SAVE Act. And why? That's not Jim Crow. What they're doing is Jim Crow. And I think the most important thing he can do is define who we are. What is it we're really fighting for? Why is America an important place? Why are our values important? What's important fighting for? What's not important? What happens to the world if we just disappear?
What happens to your children?
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Chapter 8: What lessons can we learn from the discussion about brand legacy?
I would love for the president to say, you know, everybody's fighting all the time and we got to stop this fighting. We have to start saying, if we're going to fight, let's fight together for this vision of America. What would be interesting is if he ever did that, how the left would be forced to be against that vision of America. And it would be so telling because they would.
If he was clearly articulating a vision of America that everyone could look at and go, I want to be like that. I don't care who I voted for. That's the America I want. It would put people in a very awkward position because they would have to come out against that, which they would, which they would. Those are the things he needs to do. I think he will be in danger if he takes a victory lap.
Now, let me explain that. He's got to take a victory lap. He's got to say what he has accomplished in the last year. But if that victory lap doesn't include, I heard you. I heard you. Everything that we have done is to get your cost of living down. And you may not feel it yet, but it's happening. And here's the proof. And we're not done yet. I heard you then. I hear you now.
If he does what the Democrats did last time, you just don't get it. You can't read Wall Street reports? He'll lose people. He has got to say, look, I understand that you don't feel it yet, but I heard you then, I hear you now, and we're not done. I had to take care of these big things to be able to get to the things that will actually now affect your table. I had to do it in this order.
And the other thing I think he loses on is if he spends any real time bashing the Supreme Court. I don't think people want to hear the bashing of our institutions. He can say they came up with a really bad thing and I disagree with it, but that's their job. I disagreed with what they came up with. That's my job. And so I thank the Supreme Court because you've just made my tariffs stronger.
That's the way he should handle it. If he gets waylaid into, and I'm ashamed of you, then he's going to sound like the Democrats, and we don't like that when the Democrats do it. I wonder if the Democrats like it when they even do it as well. Probably they do, but I don't. That's what the president needs to do. Tonight at State of the Union, we'll be watching.
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