Human Events with Jack Posobiec: November 20, 2025

Podcast: Real America’s Voice (iHeartPodcasts)
Host: Jack Posobiec
Guests: Steve Hilton (California Gubernatorial Candidate), Eric Trump
Location: Bakersfield, California

Episode Overview

In this dynamic, in-studio episode of Human Events Daily, Jack Posobiec is joined by Steve Hilton—former Fox News host and candidate for governor of California—for an in-depth discussion on the state of California, energy policy, working-class struggles, and the larger transformation of American political dynamics. Special guest Eric Trump joins later in the episode, weighing in on issues of weaponization of government, election integrity, and political opposition. The episode blends current events with electoral strategy, energetic critique, and commentary on the state of the American right.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. California’s Energy Crisis and Policy Failure

[04:10 – 07:25]

• Steve Hilton outlines his key campaign pledge: “$3 gas for Californians.” He blames “climate zealots” for stifling California’s abundant oil and gas reserves, resulting in high gas prices and forced reliance on foreign oil imports.

  “We are in the heart of our energy industry in California... We have abundant oil and gas reserves right here under our feet, being left in the ground by the insane climate zealots.”
  – Steve Hilton [04:11]

• Hilton claims California now imports nearly 80% of its oil—primarily from Iraq—due to anti-oil legislation, calling it an environmental and economic failure:

  “We are now importing nearly 80% of the oil we use in California... What’s our number one provider? It used to be California. Today: Iraq.”
  – Steve Hilton [06:36]

• Jack Posobiec points out the irony:

  “If you actually care about the environment, you’d think that you wouldn’t want to do that [ship oil halfway around the world]...”
  – Jack Posobiec [07:25]

Memorable moment: The hosts bond over Bakersfield’s history as an oil town now prevented from drilling its own oil.

2. California: A Cautionary Tale for One-Party Rule

[23:21 – 29:44]

• Hilton presents a scathing indictment of Governor Gavin Newsom’s record and California’s decline under Democratic control:

  • Highest rates of unemployment and poverty in the nation
  • Worst business climate, highest costs, failing infrastructure
  • Rising crime, homelessness, and a failing education system

  “If you look at the failure in California, it is total and complete on every single front... Highest unemployment, highest poverty, highest costs for gas, electric, water, insurance, rent, homes, everything to do with housing.”
  – Steve Hilton [24:01]

• He accuses Newsom and Democratic leaders of being “machine politicians” with no aptitude for governing:

  “These are sort of BS artists, don’t know how to get anything actually done.”
  – Steve Hilton [29:44]

• Jack Posobiec emphasizes California as a warning for the rest of America.

3. Death of the “Uniparty” and the Rise of Trump’s Working-Class Coalition

[12:29 – 19:00]

• The funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney is discussed as a symbol of the fading political “ancien régime”—ostensibly replaced by new populist dynamics.

• Steve Hilton recounts his own shift toward the populist movement:

  “There’s one chart that really kind of woke me up... It showed the income of regular working people after inflation since the 70s, completely flat. Everything else up like a hockey stick.”
  – Steve Hilton [16:47]

• Hilton argues that Trump transformed the Republican Party into a “multiracial working-class coalition”:

  “With Trump at the helm, the Republican Party has the opportunity to become a multiracial working-class coalition... And that’s completely been delivered.”
  – Steve Hilton [18:04]

• Jack Posobiec frames “the silent recession,” highlighting generational and regional economic stagnation, and credits the 2008 bailouts as the catalyst for today’s populist realignment.

4. Hollywood, Free Thinkers, and America’s Cultural Divide

[32:39 – 37:56]

• Jack and Steve reflect on the upcoming event with Megyn Kelly, Victor Davis Hanson, and Charlie Sheen—calling Sheen’s films examples of culturally “pro working class” Hollywood, now out of sync with California’s elite.

  “The rebel alliance aspect of it… Maybe it was so exciting… those are the types of films that used to be made in Hollywood.”
  – Jack Posobiec [35:28]

• Hilton describes most Californians as regular people, disconnected from and harmed by the state’s coastal elite policies.

5. The Impact of Renewable Energy Policies on Agriculture and the Environment

[37:27 – 39:13]

• Hilton and Posobiec denounce state and federal policies that replace farmland with imported solar panels—sometimes from China—claiming this further harms California agriculture:

  “Miles and miles of the most fertile farmland in the world ripped out, replaced with solar panels shipped across the ocean...”
  – Steve Hilton [38:43]

• They question the sincerity of environmental policies that hurt working-class communities while benefiting global interests.

6. Eric Trump Joins: Weaponization of Government and the 2024 Landscape

[39:26 – 50:42]

• Eric Trump criticizes New York and California’s energy policies, relating them to higher costs and declining infrastructure, contrasting them with Pennsylvania’s energy independence:

  “You need low energy costs... Pennsylvania has literally taken all the net worth and all the wealth.”
  – Eric Trump [41:27]

• The segment turns sharply political:

  • Eric recounts governmental weaponization against the Trump family (FBI, DOJ, media censorship, legal actions).
  • Decries Democratic “obstructionism,” lack of positive policy, and reliance on violence and bureaucracy to retain power.

  “I wrote an entire book about this... a story about how they weaponized every single department in the federal government.”
  – Eric Trump [45:07]

• He claims the Trump administration saw increased military recruitment and greater commitment to service members than under Biden/Obama, framing current federal actions as a threat to democracy and rule of law.

7. The Cultural and Political Divide: Where Next?

[51:58 – 52:49]

• Steve Hilton and Jack Posobiec lament the double standards in media and politics:

  “These are the people that endlessly lecture us about protecting democracy and the rule of law. When the shamelessness…”
  – Steve Hilton [51:58]

• Calls for continued grassroots mobilization to counter entrenched establishment power in blue states and nationally.

Notable Quotes & Moments

• Steve Hilton on California's decline:
  “It’s absolutely stunning. It’s a total failure. And the point that everyone needs to understand around the country is this is what happens when the left get everything that they want because they've been in power with no restraint whatsoever.” [26:08]

• Jack Posobiec on Cheney's funeral and the old guard:
  “This is the ancien regime, the old regime. This is the uniparty.” [13:32]

• Eric Trump on weaponization:
  “All they did was try and silence our family. They tried to take us out. They have 91 indictments against my father, 112 subpoenas against me personally. I became the most subpoenaed person in American history for never doing anything wrong.” [46:26]

• Steve Hilton on economic stagnation:
  “Earnings for most Americans after inflation: completely flat since 1974. Flat, and everything else up like a hockey stick.” [16:47]

• On the Trump coalition:
  “With Trump at the helm, the Republican Party has the opportunity to become a multiracial working class coalition... It’s a massive transformation, a historic transformation.” – Steve Hilton [18:04]

• Jack Posobiec on forgotten Americans:
  “President Trump calls them the forgotten man, forgotten woman. And those people are struggling. They’re struggling so much.” [19:00]

Timestamps by Segment

| Time | Topic | |----------|--------------------------------------------| | 04:10 | Steve Hilton on $3 gas and California oil | | 06:36 | 80% of California’s oil imported; Iraq | | 12:29 | Cheney funeral, old establishment | | 16:47 | Economic “hockey stick” chart | | 18:04 | Trump’s working-class coalition | | 23:21 | California policy failure in detail | | 24:01 | Gavin Newsom’s record | | 29:44 | CA leadership as “BS artists” | | 32:39 | Event preview—Kelly, Sheen, Hanson | | 35:28 | American movies—Charlie Sheen as symbol | | 38:43 | Solar panels replace farmland | | 39:26 | Eric Trump joins—energy and NY/PA contrast | | 45:07 | Eric Trump on government weaponization | | 51:58 | Steve Hilton on double standards |

Conclusion

This episode offered a sweeping critique of California’s Democratic dominance, energy and environmental policy, and the decline of institutional trust in America. Through pointed political analysis and personal stories, Jack Posobiec, Steve Hilton, and Eric Trump positioned themselves and their movement as the voice of “regular Americans” fighting back against corruption, establishment politics, and progressive overreach—framing 2025 as a pivotal year for conservative, working-class mobilization.

To learn more:

• Steve Hilton’s campaign: SteveHiltonForGovernor.com
• Eric Trump’s book: Available on Amazon
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