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When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked why Benghazi?
Grant Stinchfield
The truth became a web of lies.
Leon Neyfak
From Prologue projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
Brian Kilmeade
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Grant Stinchfield
Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome to Stinchfield. Illegal aliens driving semi trucks is becoming a deadly problem here in the United States. And much of the blame goes to, of course, California and Joe Biden for his open borders. But California, 62,000 illegal aliens given licenses to drive commercial vehicles, specifically 18 wheelers. The driver's license out of California was given to this guy. This was the crash in Ontario we told you about. It is hard to watch. Killed three people, injured four. California also gave a license to that Indian driver in Florida who was making that illegal U turn. That guy also responsible for this crash. California gave him a license. So neither of these drivers seem to be able to speak English, which is not legal, by the way. How are you even passing the test to get a driver's license? Secretary Duffy addressed this.
Secretary Duffy
The driver that we're mentioning in Florida, he didn't speak English. Three or four road signs he couldn't read, and a clear violation of the rule. So the question becomes, if you can't understand English, you can't understand road signs. How in the heck can you ever pass a test to be issued a commercial driver's license? You can't do it, but for fraud. And so that is another investigation that we have undertaken to, to find out who are the good companies, who are the fraudulent, bad companies, and we have to root them out.
Grant Stinchfield
All right, we're going to show you some unbelievable video of the fraud and how it's going on in just a moment. But before that, as for the driver in Ontario, California, also an Indian national here illegally who appeared not to speak English very well. It turns out California defied federal orders six days before that driver crashed into those unsuspecting drivers on that highway in Ontario, California, six days before California upgraded his license. They were not supposed to. There were orders, no more licenses for illegals. Secretary Duffy, again was the fact that.
Secretary Duffy
Gavin Newsom didn't comply because he allowed a week ago this driver's license to be upgraded to a non restricted driver's license. Had Gavin followed our rules per dot this guy would have never been on the road. Three more people would be alive. So we're doing this because we're seeing a lot of foreigners, those who can't speak English on our roadways and it's harming the American citizen.
Grant Stinchfield
I'm telling you. I am tired of explaining to you why Democrats, specifically Democrats in positions of leadership have blood on their hands. Why Democrats are getting American citizens killed through their sanctuary policies, their open border policies, and here ignoring the federal government and recklessly giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens who one, are incapable of driving on American highways and two, are flat out breaking the law by having a drive a license in the first place. So how are these illegals that can't speak English passing the test? Well, Florida's First Coast News did an unbelievable investigation into this. And what they found in Florida were drivers using a, I guess it amounts to a FaceTime scheme to answer the questions when they go in for the test. Watch this.
Brian Kilmeade
So how does FHP say this cheating scheme works?
Greg Hartley
We were shocked to see the, the.
Grant Stinchfield
Extent that they were going to.
Brian Kilmeade
Brian calls it organized fraud. According to investigators, the men went in here, the DMV on Roosevelt to take the CDL test to drive a truck. But they are rigged up with equipment to get their answers.
Greg Hartley
And you see the actual apparatus that he's wearing, he has a chest harness.
Grant Stinchfield
That actually holds the, the phone, a.
Brian Kilmeade
Red iPhone in the harness and under a T shirt. You see the hole right there? So he comes in this T shirt.
Grant Stinchfield
With a hole cut in it?
Greg Hartley
Yes.
Grant Stinchfield
I want you to remember I owned a trucking company. I ran close to 15, 18 wheelers. Where are the owners of these trucking companies? I would personally interview every driver I hired. If they couldn't speak English, I knew it was against the law to put them behind the wheel. Who's hiring these people? They're just as responsible as Gavin Newsom is for giving the licenses out and Joe Biden is for allowing the open borders. So this investigation shows how it went down. They're wiggling around, getting a picture of the screen so someone can talk in an earpiece.
Brian Kilmeade
In a video we've obtained from the dmv, this man opening his shirt, Brian says it's kind of like FaceTime. The men sit in front of a computer and wiggle around.
Grant Stinchfield
Her body language is abnormal until somebody.
Brian Kilmeade
Outside in a parking lot can read the test questions on the screen in English and then tell them through this earpiece in their language.
Grant Stinchfield
All right, here's what I'm learning. There is a massive pipeline from India to the United States where these commercial truck driving companies are hiring Indian drivers. And my assumption is many of them are using schemes like this in order to get their license here in the United States. This is someone. Sergeant, with the Florida Highway Patrol.
Brian Kilmeade
So the five men arrested so far, that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Grant Stinchfield
It is.
Greg Hartley
This is happening all over the country.
Grant Stinchfield
Maybe from Jacksonville. We can make a difference. I'll tell you what. Great work. I don't often say it by local media, mainstream media, but First Coast News nailed it on that one. Eye popping. The problem, too, is that California seems to be ground zero for all of this. It is the easiest place to get a license. Secretary Duffy knows that, and his eyes are now on California.
Secretary Duffy
I already took $40 million from the state of California. I'm doing a quick review of their lack of compliance for our rules. I have the ability, and I'm going to pull almost another $160 million. And then I have the ability for California to say, listen, you don't follow any of these rules that keep Americans safe, we're going to revoke your ability to issue a commercial driver's license.
Grant Stinchfield
I think that needs to happen. It needs to happen today. Mr. Secretary. To think that Gavin Newsom and his cronies in California gave that driver an upgraded license six days before that crash in Ontario. He refused to give a license out. Maybe those people would be alive today. Now, stopping illegal immigration is still a top priority for the administration. Uh, and they are also trying to crack down on illegals coming across the northern border. We know that that is a very much of a soft spot for Border Patrol agents. Um, the security up there, let's just say, appears to be woefully inadequate. Roll it. We don't necessarily have infrastructure. Border infrastructure.
Art Del Cueto
That is road.
Grant Stinchfield
Of our border on the northern border. That is some 5,500 miles of northern border. 4,000 from Washington state all the way here to. All right, that's the chief of the Border Patrol sector up in Vermont and into New York, as he said. He needs more infrastructure to make sure that that area is safe. I can tell you this. Coming across the northern border, that's where you really have to worry about your terrorists. Ben Berkwam is the man who conducted that interview, who spoke to that chief and was doing his own investigation up there. Here's Ben.
Ben Berkham
That house is in Canada. I'm standing in America. The only thing that separates us here is this red gate. And in many areas, you've got a fence running down here. In many areas, there's nothing.
Grant Stinchfield
So what are you supposed to do to stop people from coming across? Well, Ben Berkham has been following this story. I want to bring him in now. Rav correspondent Ben Berklem is with us. Ben, welcome to the program.
Ben Berkham
Thanks, Grant. Great to be with you.
Grant Stinchfield
All right, Ben, I'll tell you. I did exactly what you did. Going back to, let's see, November of 2001, I went to virtually the same exact spot you were, up there in Vermont and into New York. It doesn't look like anything has changed, my friend, Since November of 2001 when I did this same exact story.
Ben Berkham
Yeah, well, one thing has changed. We have been able to bring the resources back from the southern border. So a lot of the northern border resources were actually deployed to the southern border under Joe Biden to help facilitate the invasion. And so not only did we allow millions of illegals across our southern border, we took Border Patrol agents off the northern border and moved them down to basically be the Uber drivers for the cartel during Joe Biden's term. Now we actually have Border patrol back up there as speaking with Chief Garcia. And in the Swanton sector, and that's the busiest sector. And just to give you a perspective, in 2024, they had the largest number. They had almost 20,000 apprehensions just in that sector. But to give you an idea of that number, that doesn't sound incredibly large compared to the southern border, but that is more than all of the other sectors combined. Since they've been keeping records, that's how many they had come across just in that sector in 2024 since that time that it has shut down since President Trump has taken office. It is, you know, comparatively shut down. The problem now is it's such a long border that you have to have major Border Patrol resources out there. But it ties back to this big, beautiful bill that President Trump passed. They're anticipating building roads in sections that have never had roads before so that they can get to areas that they haven't been able to get to before. But the problem on the northern border is you, you know, Grant, you've been up there. It is, the terrain diversity is very difficult. So you have swamps in some areas, you have mountains in some areas, it's, you know, snowy. And sometimes it's, it's, it's water. And other times you've got the Great Lakes. So huge geographic issues that they have as well. But as you said, the, the biggest problem is you've got Canada to the north. And right now we've got Canada who just issues visas like they're candy. And what's stopping those people from just coming down to the United States?
Grant Stinchfield
Let me play another clip of one of the interviews you did up there. And as he was talking, I watched the whole interview and I thought, oh my lord, this just looks awful. Check this out.
Secretary Duffy
In fiscal year 24, we had the.
Grant Stinchfield
Highest number of illicit cross borders apprehensions ever made by a single sector on the northern border. And that was just under 20,000 apprehensions, 19,300 and change. And in that year, we also had the most vehicle incursions of any sector here. And this is why we put a lot of this in our measure here to stop those vehicle incursions. All right, Ben. So he's pointing at makeshift barriers to stop. I would think a big truck could push those aside. I don't think that's really going to stop anybody from coming across. And I thought to myself, this is America. Where is the big beautiful wall? Or at least technology, something. Ben?
Ben Berkham
Yeah, so they do have technology. They've got motion sensors, they've got cameras, they've got thermals, they've got, you know, a lot of technology that has been increasing since, especially since President Trump took office up on the northern border. But as you mentioned, that area there, and that's just northern Vermont. But it's basically like that across the entire bor. Have nothing. I mean, you could literally drive across the corn fields. You see in the background there, that's Canada. Literally, that's Canada. And I asked him, I said, well, we have a wall on our southern border. Do we need a wall on our northern border? And the chief's answer is very simple. We need a wall where the wall makes sense. So there's certain areas where we definitely need physical barriers. But right now, absolutely, it is not up to par to prevent people from coming in. That's where our focus should be. As we secure the southern border, we need to secure the northern border.
Grant Stinchfield
It's great work that you did raising awareness about this and I'm sure President Trump, the folks at Homeland Security will do all they can to get the resources that they need up there. That will change now, but great, great calling attention to it. Ben Burkham, as always, thank you for coming on tonight.
Ben Berkham
My pleasure, Grant. Thank you, sir.
Grant Stinchfield
Absolutely. Enjoy your weekend. We go from that to now how dangerous it is to be an ICE agent. Now, ice ages certainly have to worry about illegal aliens, but I don't think they're as concerned about the illegal aliens and the MS.13 gang members as they are about lunatic left wing assassins who could sneak up on them, attack their families, go to their houses, break in at night. I don't know, could be anything. I wouldn't put anything past the Democrats now with the amount of violence that they seem to be willing to use to try to get their way and intimidate. We now see these doxing websites, websites that basically amounts to helping stalkers find information about agents, all kinds of information. These websites are not even just being run by private citizens, but people like Lori Lightfoot, the former mayor of Chicago. You've got people in Congress that are offering up on the United States Congressional House Oversight Committee's website, they want to have a website to keep track of agents. To me, it's outrageous. This is Lori Lightfoot.
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Even the masks that they wear, the.
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In my opinion, she's wanting all this to create the perception of a problem that does not exist. These ICE agents are not dangerous people unless they're threatened, then they're very dangerous. But they're not dangerous to law abiding citizens. In fact, they're there to make everybody safer. So they use rhetoric like this, including calling us all kinds of names like Nazis, to dehumanize the ICE agents to make you feel better about the time somebody takes a shot at them. Listen to J.B. pritzker, the governor of Illinois. This is before the Holocaust really took place. People were accused of being immigrants and then laws were passed to limit immigrants. And then people who weren't actually immigrants were called immigrants. And then it was othering people and, and that led to a lot worse things. What I'm saying is that this is how authoritarian regimes do it. And he's talking about Nazis. Okay, that's Governor J.B. pritzker again to dehumanize. I want to bring in now to discuss all this. Border security adviser for the Federation of Immigration. I'm going to try this again for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. He's also a former Border patrol agent. My buddy Art Del Cueto is back. Art, welcome to the program.
Art Del Cueto
Thank you, Grant. I mean, just listening to those two individuals rant, it just made my blood boil. Look, they're talking about authoritarian regimes. They talk about the Constitution, yet they're very happy to violate the second Amendment. They're very happy to, you know, years ago to go after people for not being vaccinated. These people are all about doxxing. These people are all about putting people in danger. That's their entire goal. It's just ridiculous how they come after law enforcement, border patrol, ICE agents. And it bothers me because I continue to see these so called leaders in different areas and different rallies, whatever you want to call it. I call it idiot get togethers is what they are. And they sit up there and they give orders and direction. Okay? Much like Marilyn Manson, if they want to compare agents to Nazis, well then I'm going to compare them to Marilyn Manson giving out orders of where to execute people, where to go after them. In this case, when they go out there and they say don't obey, don't comply, fight back. They're giving those orders to a bunch of idiots out there because I don't have another word to call them. FCC will destroy your show and come after me. But they're idiots. They're impressionable. And that's why we're seeing these people out there attacking Border patrol agents in ice. You notice how these politicians and these celebrities and everything else, they're not the ones out there in the front line going after agents, but they're very comfortable giving direction to all these minions so the minions can go after the agents themselves. They're creating a lot of chaos. It's very, very dangerous. And I'm afraid it's going to get even worse.
Grant Stinchfield
Let me show you a situation in Alameda, California. This is where Border Patrol agents, about 100 of them showed up yesterday outside of San Francisco to start a surge in San Francisco. Let's, let's watch this. This is a U Haul truck that basically will not stop approaching the security gates. Here, take a look, Art. It's frightening stuff, but that is the definition of F around. And find out you're gonna mess with somebody and run a, run a truck and agents which could easily kill them. They're more than within their rights to open fire on that truck.
Art Del Cueto
Absolutely. You know, honestly, I'm, I'm amazed that they haven't opened fire before. Already there, I've seen numerous videos out there. Hats off to, to Bortak out there. When I saw him in California and different places that I've seen them, they were in very dangerous positions but they held back and they didn't open fire. But this is going to get worse, Grant. It's going to get worse because these politicians on the left, as I said, and the influencers and tiktokers and whatever else is out there, they go to these rallies and they start inciting these people and telling them don't comply, fight back. Heck, we just had a no kings rally down here in Tucson where the mayor went out there, she stood up in front of the crowd and she told them do not comply. She told them do not obey. And the hypocritical part is the entire time she did that she had plain clothes police officers with her as security. So I mean these people, they don't care about America. It's obvious now. I used to sit there and wonder why do they do it? I know why they do it because they don't care about America. Because they're secure with private security, with law enforcement around them. They, they just want others to do their work for them so they can remain in power. Their hatred towards President Trump is definitely a lot greater than their love for our country.
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, I think you're right about that. Lastly, I'll show you this video. This was also an Alameda before that shooting. But you could see protesters here. This is cut 16 guys, protesters here causing all kinds of problems, blocking agents and art. Before I let you go, I'll let you sum up what we're seeing here.
Art Del Cueto
Look, you're seeing lawlessness from idiots that are easily impressionable from leadership that is telling them to do this. That's what it's going and it's going to get worse. I don't want neither side to get hurt. I don't think any of us want either side to get hurt. But these individuals need to understand law enforcement is out there doing their job. They're enforcing immigration laws because the last administration allowed so much lawlessness. And the last administration, I will add, if they would have had the opportunity to legalize a lot of these people that are in the country, why didn't they do so? They didn't because they didn't want to themselves. And now we're suffering the consequences of open borders. And all along you got the cartels still making money and these people out there doing, you know, the dirty work for the Democratic party.
Leon Neyfak
Yep.
Grant Stinchfield
You're spot on as always, my friend. I feel for the people out there doing the work of America trying to keep us safe and just getting hammered by these lunatics, idiots, as you call them. And that's probably being too kind. Art del Cueto, as always. It's good to see you, my friend. Enjoy the weekend. Art del Art Del Cueto. AZ is where they can find you on X. Thank you, buddy.
Art Del Cueto
Thank you, Grant.
Grant Stinchfield
Absolutely. All right, folks, I want to just briefly touch on this NBA bet rigging scheme and the poker games that have now intertwined where you had the crime families of New York intersecting with NBA players and coaches to rig point spreads and poker games and all of these things. Well, if you can believe it, some people are saying that the players were addicted to gambling because why would you get involved in this? You're making $25 million a year to make $25,000. That. That doesn't make any sense. I heard one person say they're addicted to gambling. It's an addiction. I don't think so. Charles Barkley said they're just plain stupid. I don't think this is the case either, but this is, sir. Charles ain't got nothing to do with addiction. These dudes are stupid. Why are they stupid?
Ben Berkham
You.
Art Del Cueto
Under no circumstances can you fix basketball games. Under. Under no circumstances.
Grant Stinchfield
I love to gamble. The notion like Rosie makes $26 million, him bidding, giving people information or taking.
Art Del Cueto
Himself out of games.
Grant Stinchfield
How much money is he going to make? Folks, I'm going to tell you as I assess what's going on here, the FBI may not want to hear it, but there's a real good chance that Rozier, the player for. For the Miami Heat, and Chauncey Billups, the coach of the Portland Trailblazers, got themselves in a situation maybe from skirting sides of the law and then couldn't get out of it because the mafia are masters at blackmail and extortion. The reason you risk your entire career is because you don't want the Gambino crime family to take you out. End up at the bottom of the Hudson river in cement shoes. That's why you do it. This was my buddy, Johnny Alight, who is a longtime Gambino enforcer. He took part in bet rigging schemes on behalf of the Gambino crime family. Listen to what he says. So they get them, they come to the games, maybe they give them a little drugs, maybe the they catch him with a girl, they're married. So they, you know, they blackmail them a little bit, maybe they get friendly with them, they bring them somewhere else. So what they're offering is at these private games are a woman as alcohol, drugs. It's a fantasy life outside of their life. They're looking for adrenaline, excitement. And then they get him in compromising positions. And now the blackmail sets in, the extortion sets in, and the threat of physical harm sets in. That's what I think is at play here, why someone would risk everything for peanuts, relatively speaking, to the money they're making as NBA players and coaches. All right, folks, if you miss the October 15th deadline or owe back taxes, know that the IRS is ramping up enforcement. And every day you wait only makes things worse. Here's the harsh reality. The IRS can charge a penalty of 5% per month, up to 25% of your total tax bill just for not filing. That's in addition to what you already owe. Luckily, Tax Network USA is there to help. Tax Network USA specializes in resolving financial chaos and getting you back on track fast. Consultations always 100% free. Just call 1-800-905-8000 or visit tnusa.com rav Let Tax Network USA help before the IRS makes the next move. All right, President Trump is meeting China's president this coming week in South Korea for trade talks. What is at stake with all of that? We'll talk about it next.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist or rolled their eyes or just asked, why Benghazi?
Grant Stinchfield
The truth became a web of lies.
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
Grant Stinchfield
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
Art Del Cueto
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up.
Grant Stinchfield
You put two and two together.
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
Greg Hartley
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Neyfak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
Brian Kilmeade
What difference at this point does it make?
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, that's right. Lock her up.
Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Grant Stinchfield
I'll tell you what, folks, the trade talks negotiations are heating up all across the globe, specifically to the north of us. I don't know what this prime minister in Canada is doing. He's poking a bear in Donald Trump that he should not be poking. Listen to this ad from Canada.
Secretary Duffy
And millions of people lose their jobs throughout the world.
Grant Stinchfield
There's a growing realization that the way to President prosperity for all nations is.
Secretary Duffy
Rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition.
Grant Stinchfield
America's jobs and growth are at all Right. So that, of course, is the voice of Ronald Reagan and they tried to use Reagan's voice to disrupt the idea of tariffs in America with conservatives. You know what President Trump did? I love it. He said, no. Trade negotiations are over with you, Canada. President Trump is not messing around. We Own Canada. Okay? Canada cannot survive without the United States. This prime minister better get with the program. All trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated. Thank you for attention to this matter. Then, of course, there's China. While President Trump is headed to Asia next week, leaves this weekend for talks with President Xi. This was President Trump talking about China. Actually on November 1, the tariff on China goes to 157%, which is record setting territory. And we don't want that because that's not sustainable for them. They can't sustain that. We don't want them to have to go through that. So I'm meeting with President Xihan. Look, we're relying on China. I acknowledge that. They're relying on us. They need to acknowledge that a war with China is not great. But I will tell you this. China is waging war on America. This is a war to them. It is an economic war to them. And I think it's more than that. When you think about all the things they're stealing from us and holding back these rare earth minerals. This is Jameson Greer to me is outrageous because China knows exactly what it's doing. And this is all part of its battle plan. This is technology with respect to the rare earth. It's technology that the US invented and.
Leon Neyfak
Pioneered 60 years ago. And China was able to have some.
Grant Stinchfield
Of that transfer of technology, which was a mistake, turns out. And so it's completely normal for us.
Leon Neyfak
Obviously, in the face of Chinese export controls, to diversify and develop other sources. And so again, you know, we get these words, salads coming out of Beijing of trying to justify what they've done.
Grant Stinchfield
No one's fooled.
Leon Neyfak
Everybody knows it's not just the U.S. it's the EU, it's Japan's Australia.
Grant Stinchfield
Everyone is sick of it. Sick of it is right now. America has some culpability in here. We let these rare earths go. We allowed China to go take over these rare earth mineral mines all over the world. And America sat back and watched talking about Joe Biden, Barack Obama. Here to discuss all of this is the author of the China Matrix and veteran journalist Lee Smith is with us. Lee, welcome to the program.
Secretary Duffy
Hey, Grant, thanks so much for inviting me on tonight.
Grant Stinchfield
All right, Lee. I'm fascinated by, by predictions of what's going to happen with President Trump and President Xi next week because our markets go crazy. They seem to always balance out, but they go crazy on the littlest news that has anything to do with China. This is a very big meeting. What is your assessment of what's to come?
Secretary Duffy
I Think it's important to understand when Donald Trump walks in that room and he'll be meeting with Xi Jinping again. They've met times, and Donald Trump knows he's dealing with a man he cannot trust. First of all, Donald Trump has a rich and deep background understanding China for more than a quarter of a century. Wrote a book about it in 2000, or it's included in his 2000 book. Donald Trump, during his first term, wanted a comprehensive trade deal in which he wanted China to stop manipulating currency, stop stealing our intellectual property, and stop demanding transfers of technology, among other bad things the Chinese were doing. Xi backed out of that deal. Right. And then when they negotiated a smaller deal known as the Phase one trade agreement, the Chinese have not fulfilled their obligations under that deal. Struck January 30, 2020. The third reason that Donald Trump does not trust Xi Jinping is because of COVID So this is a very important thing that people need to understand that Donald Trump is not going in there. Not going in there. Clueless. He knows who Xi Jinping is. He knows what the Chinese Communist Party is. And he also realizes, as he told me for the China Matrix, that there are very powerful forces in China, and they're not all lined up behind Xi.
Grant Stinchfield
All right, Lee, what would be your advice to President Trump when he goes in as to maybe the one thing he could try to get that he has some ability to take from Xi Jinping? Is there some place they can find some common ground? Where would that be?
Secretary Duffy
No, I mean, frankly, I don't think there is. I mean, I think that the larger play here is because Donald Trump knows who Xi Jinping is, because the United States is being choked to death by the People's Republic of China. I think that Donald Trump's play is to try to. I mean, look, China's in a lot of trouble right now. First there was the real estate crisis, and now tariffs are crushing China. It depends on those exports. I mean, I think the point is to bring China to its knees. Look at what happened. The reason you were talking before Grant, about the rare earth mineral stuff, the reason that Xi Jinping or the Chinese went nuclear on that is because the United States, Trump's Commerce Department, listed a whole bunch of different Chinese companies that were taking US Technology, transferring it to the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was handing it on to its terror proxies, including hamas. There was US technology, US parts, found in drones that were used on October 7, 2023, when the Trump administration said, no, you don't get to use US Technology, against American allies and against American citizens. That's when Xi went nuclear. This is a very dirty, very dangerous regime.
Grant Stinchfield
All right, look, I believe we have a bigger advantage over China. But look, I'm not sure it's in anybody's best interest. We go toe to toe tussling this thing out all the way. So if there's nothing we can get from Xi Jinping, what do you think President Trump's ultimate goal is? President Trump going to say, hey, I will put you on your knees. He's not going to say that publicly, I wouldn't think.
Secretary Duffy
Of course he's not going to say that publicly. But I think that Grant, as you were saying, the United States has a lot of different cards. The United States is not a Communist party.
Grant Stinchfield
Right.
Secretary Duffy
The United States is a constitutional republic, the world's oldest and greatest democracy in history.
Greg Hartley
Right.
Secretary Duffy
So the United States is very resilient. China is not. It's a Communist party. It's extraordinarily brittle. That's certainly one thing. We see the different things. We see nine different, nine senior military officials from the People's Liberation army, they were dismissed. Whether they were friends of Xi and Xi dismissed them, whether someone else got rid of them. The fact is this is an unstable regime. That's precisely where we want that regime right now.
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, there's been a lot of talk that rumblings of people trying to oust Xi Jinping. I'm sure he's in a very precarious situation right there and he'll be jostling to, to keep his power, all while trying to deal with President Trump coming at him. It'll be fascinating to watch. Lee Smith, I appreciate you coming on today. Great stuff and I hope we get to see again real soon.
Secretary Duffy
I look forward to it. Grant, thanks so much.
Grant Stinchfield
Absolutely. And I urge people to, to get your book as well. All right folks, listen. Buy gold and get free silver. This is how it works. For every $5,000 purchased from Birch Gold Group this month in advance of Veterans Day, they will send you a free patriotic silver round. Gold is up over 40% this year and Birch Gold can help you own it by converting an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA or physical gold. And if you're current or former military, Birch Gold is waiving custodial fees for the first year on investments of any amount. To get started, text America to the number 989-898 to claim free eligibility for free silver with qualifying purchase and a free info kit. Again, text America to the number 989-898 and do it today. All right. It's been way too long, but our body language and behavior expert is back. Greg Hartley is up next. Look who was outside the courthouse today. Big Tish James. That's next.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked why Benghazi?
Grant Stinchfield
The truth became a web of lies.
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
Grant Stinchfield
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare and frankly, bullshit.
Art Del Cueto
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up.
Grant Stinchfield
You put two and two together.
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy.
Greg Hartley
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Naifak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
Brian Kilmeade
What difference at this point does it make?
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, that's right. Lock her up.
Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Grant Stinchfield
Welcome back, everyone. Time now for our Body Language segment. Who better to start with than Big Tish James? The attorney general in New York was pleading not guilty today to those mortgage fraud allegations. She was outside of the courthouse. Let's take a look. And my faith is I have this.
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Belief in the justice system, in the.
Grant Stinchfield
Rule of law, and I have a.
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And I have a belief in America.
Grant Stinchfield
And all of its individuals who have.
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Stood with me, not only in New York, but all across this nation.
Grant Stinchfield
This should be interesting. Joining me now, host of the behavior panel on YouTube and former military interrogator body language and behavior expert Greg Hartley's here. Greg, welcome back.
Greg Hartley
Hey, Grant, how are you?
Grant Stinchfield
All right. What do you see from Tish James there?
Greg Hartley
Well, a shift. A shift. When she first starts. Watch her. We talk about illustrators being the way we punctuate what we think. I'm a big hand talker. You know, I do this all the time. So does she. But she's not punctuating her thoughts. She's needling as she goes. That's inconsistent with the message she's delivering. But then it changes and she starts to move and say all across America. And then she gets on her key message. If you watched her when she came out, she's almost lifeless in the beginning with her arms crossing, her torso all locked down. She's fidgeting her hands and then she comes up to this and then suddenly she goes to something more smooth and her chin.
Grant Stinchfield
Why would that be? Is she nervous coming out of a court, has having to plead not guilty? She's the attorney general. Is that typically what that is?
Greg Hartley
Yeah, I think it is that she's uncomfortable with how she's going to deliver the message. Look, we all get some kind of stage fright, especially in situations. And one of things I always say is even if you don't believe what a person believes, a good interrogator understands the other person and tries to get in their head and try. That's why I'm glad you said behavior, because we talk more about behavior tonight than body language. In some cases, she's uncomfortable, she's needling. And then she shifts over. Her chin rises in defiance. See all that movement? She's suddenly now defiant. And then her hands start to spread and she starts to move out more widely in that passion plane, as Mark Bowden would call it.
Grant Stinchfield
Well, she is a defiant person. And I think that has been true to her for a very, very long time. Let me play another clip from her. Let's roll that. So there's no fear today.
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Grant Stinchfield
No fear. No fear.
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Because I believe that justice will rain down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Greg Hartley
I almost feel like she's running for office here. I feel like she's got a campaign thing going on. It looks like she's running for some office other than AG. What's interesting is people who this is, I said this to you a couple of times recently. They're two very divergent views of what America is and what it should be. Probably one of them thinks that government's the answer, the other doesn't. And they look for reasons and get passionate. And just because they don't share your facts means they don't share the same outcomes often.
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, fascinating stuff. She is. She is very defiant. She's in some hot water. She's defiant. All right, here's an interesting character. I do not like this guy. I do not trust this guy. I think he's bad for New York. Zohran Mandani is who I'm talking about. The self declared socialist, communist, whatever you want to call them. Let's roll him. At the mayoral debate this week. But I also want to correct the record.
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Grant Stinchfield
Support of global jihad. That is not something that I have said and that continues to be ascribed to me. And frankly, I think much of it has to do with the fact that.
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Grant Stinchfield
Be on the precipice of winning this election.
Greg Hartley
Greg, a lot of head movement, none of it direct, none of it down, none of it, none of it punctuating what he's thinking. Look at his head moving all kinds of directions. Could be cultural. Don't. I don't know a lot about him. Don't know where he was raised or any of that. I think a New Yorker. So I, I don't think it's probably cultural. A couple of other things. Look at that blink rate. That's autonomic. Nervous response to stress. His blink rate goes through the roof. He's a young guy. But the most telling one is that chin, boss, you See that chin? Do something like that. When he starts to talk about this issue. That chin boss, we associate with grief or shame, typically, when it's doing this, my guess is there's some grief associated with the fact he ever said something stupid. That's what we're seeing.
Grant Stinchfield
Well, you know, that's interesting because I don't think he's too apologetic. You know, he refuses to denounce this global intifada and that. He refuses to denounce that terminology. That's where a lot of this comes from. And so.
Greg Hartley
I don't think it's an apology. I think it's grief for saying it. You know, when you're. When your butts in a sling, you feel awkward and grief or shame for. For the situation. I don't think he's apologetic at all. I think he's avoiding.
Grant Stinchfield
Interesting. Here's somebody who also ought to be apologetic. That's Andrew Cuomo. He's running against him in this mayor's race. And I can't believe you've got to pick between these two characters, but let's watch Cuomo during the debate.
Ben Berkham
You have never had a job.
Grant Stinchfield
You've never accomplished anything. There's no reason to believe you have any merit or qualification for eight and a half million lives. You don't know how to run a government. You don't know how to handle an emergency. And you've literally never proposed a bill on anything that you're not talking about in your campaign.
Greg Hartley
Greg, the organism does what made the organism successful? You've heard me say that a million times. This is like Joe Biden. When the lights come on, the roach legs move. This guy's been doing this so long. That's right in his wheelhouse to attack. Look at that left hand. He's using one hand only. Interestingly with him, because I've covered him when he was in trouble in the. In the governor's mansion. He uses one hand for positive things and another for negative. I think he's on his positive, in his mind, a positive thing right now. And he goes to his right hand for negative. Typically, if I recall correctly. But he's doing exactly what he does best can speeches delivered at the other guy. The guy could have simply said, never had a sexual harassment charge either. That would have been a good one.
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah. Let me play one more. This is Curtis Sliwa. He is the conservative. He was founder of the Guardian Angels. Friend of mine. And let's. Let's roll, Curtis. I heard the both of them again, fighting like kids in the Schoolyard. Joran, your resume could fit on a cocktail napkin. And Andrew, your failures could fill a public school library in New York City.
Greg Hartley
I love this because that's old school. Calling you on the rug, you're putting his finger pointing at him. That's Illustrator. That's, that's a great New Yorker. Pointing to you, calling you out, looking over, making eye contact when he does it. Yeah, it's, it's good messaging.
Grant Stinchfield
You know, it's amazing. This isn't so much in a body language, but he's not wearing his red beret, which is really typical of what he always wear as a guardian angel. And I wonder what he's doing and why the campaign says, you know what, take that off.
Greg Hartley
You know, and we all know him for that. So I don't know why you would take that off and most people would. I'm not a New Yorker, so I can't speak for New Yorkers, but I think most people associate that with a guy who's looking out for the good of the society he was in. I would say most people say that. No. New Yorkers may have a different opinion. Don't know.
Grant Stinchfield
I don't know. I think everybody was pretty grateful for the Guardian Angels, especially in the early 90s, late 80s when, when things were just not good there. Greg Hartley, it's always great to see you. Thank you for sharing some time with us. I'm going to tell people how to find your website. Readbody language.com that's reedbodylanguage.com and don't forget about his YouTube show, the behavior panel. Him and the whole gang there do such a great job. All right. Democrats have lost their minds. We know this because all you have to do is listen to them.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why Benghazi?
Grant Stinchfield
The truth became a web of lies.
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
Grant Stinchfield
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare, and frankly, bullshit.
Art Del Cueto
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up.
Grant Stinchfield
You put two and two together.
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister construction?
Greg Hartley
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Neyfak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries. This is Fiasco Benghazi.
Brian Kilmeade
What difference at this point does it make?
Grant Stinchfield
Yes, that's right. Lock her up.
Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Grant Stinchfield
Welcome back, everyone. I can tell you the Democrat Party is reeling. How do I know this? All you have to do is listen to them. They're really not making any sense anymore. And everything they have surrounds Trump Derangement Syndrome. And then, of course, resorting to violence, or at least insinuating that they will resort to violence. This is the Democrat National Committee chairperson. His name is Ken Martin. Listen closely, but let me say to you, what is the role of the Democratic Party in this moment? Our job is to win. To win elections. That is our role. That is our responsibility and where I have to put my attention and focus.
Secretary Duffy
Jason is on those pieces.
Grant Stinchfield
So he wants to win elections. He goes on to say this. If we reach that break the glass moment when all of our democratic institutions have failed us, right, and we are truly in a dictatorship and an authoritarian regime here has completely shredded the Constitution, then party doesn't matter, and then elections don't matter. And then the resistance looks completely different. The resistance looks completely different. What is he saying about the resistance? He wants you to believe that somehow there's an authoritarian regime and President Trump's going to think throw out the election process. Does he forget that President Trump won with a majority of Americans voting for him and a massive victory in the Electoral College? It was democracy at work that put President Trump in the White House. We're not afraid of elections. What we're afraid of are rigged elections, which the Democrats are very good at doing. So he gives you that hint there of what the resistance looks like. They shouldn't be talking like this. Now, James Carville, you know him as the well known Democrat strategist. Here's him on the podcast again, out of line, out of control and really reeling. My fancy dream is that this Nightmare ends in 2029. And I think we ought to have radical thing. I think they all ought to have their head shaven. They should be put in orange pajamas and it should be marched down Pennsylvania Avenue and the public should be invited to spit on them. Really, James Carville, that's what you want? You want to shave our heads, put us in orange jumpsuits, pajamas, as you said. By the way, it looks like he was wearing pajamas. What's his fascination fetish maybe with pajamas? Disgusting human being and spit on us. I'm telling you, I've never advocated to spit on Kamala Harris or Michelle Obama or Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden or all these people that I really don't like. I've never advocated to spit on that, much less shoot them, much less have a resistance. And what that looks like, as if they're going to take up arms against us. Folks, that party right now does not have a rudder. It is a float at sea with no engines. And sadly, it's going to crash and it's going to crash into an iceberg and the Democrat party is sinking like the Titanic right now. And again, all you have to do is listen to them. It couldn't be more clear. All right, up next, it must be a cold day in hell because Bernie Sanders just complimented President Trump. Could this. Be right.
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Leon Neyfak
When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes or just asked why Benghazi?
Grant Stinchfield
The truth became a web of lies.
Leon Neyfak
It's almost a dirty word, one that connotes conspiracy theory.
Grant Stinchfield
Will we ever get the truth about the Benghazi massacre?
Leon Neyfak
Bad faith, political warfare and frankly, bullshit.
Art Del Cueto
We kill the ambassador just to cover something up. You put two and two together.
Leon Neyfak
Was it an overblown distraction or a sinister conspiracy?
Greg Hartley
Benghazi is a Rosetta Stone for everything that's been going on for the last 20 years.
Leon Neyfak
I'm Leon Naifak from Prologue Projects and Pushkin Industries this is Fiasco Benghazi.
Brian Kilmeade
What difference at this point does it make?
Grant Stinchfield
Yeah, that's right. Lock her up.
Leon Neyfak
Listen to Fiasco Benghazi on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Grant Stinchfield
So I had to read this a couple times, as I told you coming into the break here, that Bernie Sanders is complimenting President Trump. What? Let's listen.
Greg Hartley
You don't have any borders, then you.
Grant Stinchfield
Don'T have a nation, right?
Greg Hartley
In a sense, so has historically the United States done well on the Democrats and Republicans protecting the border?
Grant Stinchfield
The answer is no. Trump did a better job.
Greg Hartley
I don't like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border, and.
Grant Stinchfield
It ain't that hard to do.
Greg Hartley
Biden didn't do it. Those before him did not do it.
Grant Stinchfield
You know, in some respects, it doesn't surprise me from Bernie Sanders talking about a secure border. He's on the opposite side, side when it comes to strategy, of everything the Democrat elite wants. That's why they blocked him out of the presidential race. So thank you, Bernie Sanders. I will give Bernie Sanders a compliment. You may have heard me say this before. Of many politicians in Washington, there are only a few that I actually believe, believe in what they're saying. Bernie Sanders is one of them. I have more respect for Bernie Sanders than I do for many Republicans in Washington, because Bernie Sanders is the real deal when it comes to what he believes in. Now, I disagree with everything, but he actually believes it. That's a rarity in Washington. It's going to do it for us. Stynchfield's army roll. You know what your customers are doing right this second?
Art Del Cueto
The exact same thing.
Grant Stinchfield
You are listening to me, which, let's.
Greg Hartley
Be honest, is kind of flattering.
Grant Stinchfield
But my point Is, ads on iHeartRadio actually get heard in the car, at.
Greg Hartley
The gym, on the couch, while people are walking their dogs.
Grant Stinchfield
Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? You're a good boy.
Ben Berkham
That's right, dude.
Grant Stinchfield
You're a good. So why not make the next ad about you?
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When I told people I was making a podcast about Benghazi, nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why Benghazi?
Grant Stinchfield
The truth became a web of lies.
Leon Neyfak
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Podcast: Real America’s Voice – STINCHFIELD TONIGHT
Episode Date: October 25, 2025
Host: Grant Stinchfield
Length: ~62 minutes
This episode of Stinchfield Tonight offers a hard-edged look at several timely issues, focusing on immigration (particularly commercial license fraud and border security), the safety of ICE and Border Patrol agents amidst heated political rhetoric, electoral and political unrest, and U.S. trade talks with Canada and China. Host Grant Stinchfield voices strong opinions, sharing the platform with guests like Secretary Duffy, Art Del Cueto, Ben Berkham, Greg Hartley, Lee Smith, and features selected media and political figures' recorded statements for analysis.
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On Driver’s License Fraud:
“How in the heck can you ever pass a test to be issued a commercial driver's license? ...But for fraud.” —Secretary Duffy (02:32)
On ICE and Border Agents:
“They're creating a lot of chaos. It's very, very dangerous. And I'm afraid it's going to get even worse.” —Art Del Cueto (17:16)
On NBA Gambling Scandal:
“The FBI may not want to hear it, but there’s a real good chance...they couldn’t get out of it because the mafia are masters at blackmail and extortion.” —Grant Stinchfield (23:53)
On U.S.-China Relations:
“I think the point is to bring China to its knees. ...This is a very dirty, very dangerous regime." —Lee Smith (34:51, 35:58)
On Democratic Party Rhetoric:
“They shouldn’t be talking like this. ...That party right now does not have a rudder. It is a float at sea with no engines.” —Grant Stinchfield (54:00)
On Bernie Sanders’ Rare Praise for Trump:
“Trump did a better job. I don't like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border.” —Bernie Sanders (60:00)
“Thank you, Bernie Sanders...he actually believes in what he’s saying...That’s a rarity in Washington.” —Stinchfield (60:12)