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Kennedy told Americans where he wanted to go: the Moon. Glenn Beck uses that comparison to ask what destination Trump has set, and whether he has explained it to the country.
Beck says he has had to connect the dots himself. His theory starts in 1945, with the security commitments America took on after the war. He thinks Trump sees those commitments as a cost the country can no longer carry on the same terms. From there, Beck makes his case for six connected moves.
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Original audio and footage from the supplied Glenn Beck commentary. The opening uses four excerpts in source order. Beck is imagining the president’s reasoning in the postwar passage. The six-part plan is his interpretation.
The six moves
Energy as leverage
Beck argues that selling more American energy abroad gives Washington bargaining power.
Allies carry more of the load
He sees NATO allies and Middle Eastern partners taking on more of the cost and work of defence.
The Western Hemisphere first
He links Greenland and the Panama Canal to securing minerals and shipping lanes and limiting rival powers close to home.
Military strength and space power
He links military deterrence to a push for US leadership in launches, lunar missions and the space economy.
Compete with China without a war
He sees tariffs, technology controls, US factories and critical minerals as tools for competing with China.
Challenge global institutions
Beck alleges that international institutions constrain US sovereignty. This is his most speculative claim.
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