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Mon Apr 13 2026

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Episode: Trump Just Pulled The Biggest Power Move in History | BLOCKADE Stuns Iran...

Host: Benny Johnson
Date: April 13, 2026

Overview

In this hard-hitting and fast-paced episode, Benny Johnson dissects two major breaking stories:

The political and personal implosion of Congressman Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations and his subsequent withdrawal from the California governor's race.
President Trump's bold blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a move designed to cripple Iran economically and reshape global energy markets, which Benny dubs “the biggest power move in history.”

The show features in-depth interviews with Congressmen John McGuire (VA), Andy Ogles (TN), and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC). They dive into congressional corruption, calls for accountability, and the ramifications of Trump's actions for Iran, China, and U.S. energy security.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Eric Swalwell Scandal and the Culture of Congressional Impunity

Swalwell’s Scandal: Benny outlines in lurid detail the nature of the scandal—leaked videos, staffer allegations, and the speed with which Democratic leadership has moved to exile him once he became a political liability (00:40–11:40).
- “Eric Swalwell has gang banged his way directly out of office... do not congratulate Democrats for exposing this. They knew!” – Benny Johnson (09:25)
Protection Racket in Congress: Benny and guests describe a bipartisan “slush fund” that pays out settlements to sexual assault victims, shielding members from accountability (11:40–19:30).
- “Eric Swalwell can do whatever he wants... he’s protected, indemnified by a little slush fund of members of Congress” – Benny Johnson (10:25)
Congressional Guest Comments:
- Rep. John McGuire (VA): Expresses exasperation with lack of accountability.
  “Nothing surprises me in Congress... Rules for thee, not for me.” (16:45)
- Rep. Andy Ogles (TN) and Rep. Nancy Mace (SC): Both stress the need for public disclosure of the slush fund and swift expulsions.
  Ogles: “I was one of the 65 that voted to release the information. People have a right to know.” (50:14)
  Mace: “Both parties have been hiding this for decades. The lowest bar should be if you rape your employees, you don’t serve in Congress.” (68:17)

Memorable Quotes:

“This is like a little Epstein operation inside of Congress” – Benny (17:46)
“[Expulsion] looks like it’s going to be two, I’m working for four... I told the speaker there were four members that needed to go.” – Nancy Mace (72:20)

2. Trump’s Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — Impact and Strategy

Breaking the Iran-China Nexus:
Benny frames Trump’s blockade as a masterstroke, predicted weeks in advance on his show, aiming to economically gut Iran and deal a blow to China’s cheap energy sources (23:20–42:00).
- “Trump goes uno reverse... their entire economy is based on these ports operating. It’s going to cost the Iranians billions a day.” – Benny (24:12)
Congressional Analysis:
- John McGuire:
  “President Trump is 10 steps ahead, always... He’s taken out [Iran’s] ability to project power with a master class strategic move. He’s blockading the straits, and now the U.S. is becoming the leader of energy in the world.” (24:35)
- Andy Ogles:
  “What the President did was really put the Chinese economy on the ropes, because they’re now having to buy oil at market price.” (45:34)
Consequences for Global Energy and U.S. Economy:
- Tankers worldwide are rerouting to the U.S., reinforcing “energy as a weapon” and the centrality of the petrodollar (32:00–42:00).
- “Every tanker on earth is in a beeline to America. You can see tankers do a U-turn and go to our refineries.” – Benny (41:39)

Memorable Moments:

Benny repeatedly frames this as a world-historic event, celebrating “Blockade Day” (32:00–33:00).
Visualization of ship-tracking data showing the mass redirection of global tankers (32:50 onwards).

3. Broader Congressional Corruption & Accountability

Cross-Party Corruption:
Discussion of both Democratic and Republican misconduct, expanding scandals, and coming expulsions.
- Benny: “There’s going to be at least two, if not four, members of Congress expelled this week.” (52:23)
- Nancy Mace: “If you steal money from FEMA, you got to go. If you assault women, you’re gone. That should be the lowest bar.” (71:47)
Transparency Votes:
Recap of the failed House vote (357–65) to unseal harassment settlement records (19:45, 19:58, 50:00, 76:32).
- “Both parties did that. When I went after Ilhan Omar and her brother husband... both parties shut it down.” – Nancy Mace (68:17)

4. Deep Dive: U.S. Immigration and National Security

Ogles & McGuire push for harsh restrictions and denaturalization efforts against naturalized members accused of fraud (e.g., Ilhan Omar):
- Ogles: “My assimilation act... ends the H1B visas, ends chain migration... I’m proud of that.” (53:16–55:07)
- “If you’re violent, from certain countries, we should be able to say no.”
European Immigration as Cautionary Tale:
Ogles: “Look at Europe. London, 40% of sex crimes are committed by foreigners, most of which are Muslims.” (58:22)

5. Calls to Action & Populist Sentiment

Demanding Accountability:
All guests encourage public pressure on Congress to force accountability:
- “If we don’t do the right thing this week, [members] should be shamed when they get back home to their districts... Do the right thing or be shamed out of civil society and out of office.” – Nancy Mace (77:38)
Populist Frustration:
“There’s a downstream cultural consequence... When you ask the right questions, you end up getting the right answer. People in handcuffs.” – Benny (21:21)

Notable Quotes by Timestamp

On Congressional protection for predators:
“Eric Swalwell knows he can do whatever he wants because there’s a slush fund... taxpayer money paying for degenerates like this.” – Benny (10:25)
On slush fund transparency:
“I was one of the 65 that voted to release the information. People have a right to know.” – Andy Ogles (50:14)
On upholding basic standards:
“The lowest bar should be if you rape your employees, you don’t serve in Congress. Like, that’s the bar.” – Nancy Mace (68:17)
On Trump’s strategic brilliance:
“He’s taken out their ability to project power. With a master class strategic move, he’s blockading the straits, and now the U.S. is becoming the leader of energy in the world.” – John McGuire (24:35)
On immigration:
“When you import murderers and rapists from third world countries, they’re not becoming doctors and lawyers, folks... they’re criminals.” – Andy Ogles (59:22)
On global impact:
“Every tanker on earth is right now going as fast as humanly possible to our country.” – Benny (41:39)

Important Timestamps

00:40–11:40 – Benny details allegations against Eric Swalwell; breakdown of congressional slush fund.
16:26–22:56 – Rep. John McGuire interview: corruption in Congress, slush fund, expectations for accountability.
23:20–32:00 – Transition to discussion of Trump’s Iran blockade, ramifications for Iran, global trade, China.
32:00–45:08 – Ship traffic, Venezuela comparison, energy strategy, impact for China visualized and debated.
45:08–63:54 – Rep. Andy Ogles: Calls for mass expulsions, denaturalization (esp. Ilhan Omar), hardline immigration proposals.
68:17–82:56 – Rep. Nancy Mace: Insider account of fighting congressional abuse, predictions of multiple expulsions, process for disclosure, and reflections on hypocrisy and the need for pressure from the public.

Episode Mood & Tone

Combative, sardonic, deeply critical of political establishment (both parties)
Emphasis on populist empowerment and exposure of corruption
Celebratory and boastful in regard to Trump’s strategic energy moves
Outraged but optimistic that public pressure can force change

Summary for New Listeners

This episode of The Benny Show will catch you up on two historic stories:
The spectacular fall of Eric Swalwell, depicted as the ultimate case study of elite impunity finally coming to a reckoning, and President Trump’s game-changing energy blockade that may reset global power structures. Benny and three firebrand members of Congress take you behind the scenes, revealing both the rot and the reckoning in D.C. Expect unfiltered commentary, a demand for populist action, and an unapologetically conservative take on America’s political crossroads.

If You Only Heard One Segment...

Hear Nancy Mace at [68:17–82:56] for an unvarnished look at congressional corruption and what she sees as the path to reform and justice.
For Trump’s “blockade masterstroke,” [23:20–45:08] gives you big-picture strategy, economics, and global implications.

Final Note

Benny closes with a call to fight evil and defend American values:
“Are you standing up against evil? We try our best on this program... fight evil with us, march with us, stand with us.” (86:46)

This episode is a must-listen for those seeking behind-the-scenes insight into breaking events, congressional infighting, and the populist conservative perspective on America’s future.

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Republicans Andy Ogles of Tennessee and John McGuire, former Navy SEAL of Virginia, will be joining us live. My name is Benny Johnson, and this is the Benny Show. AI is creepy. I mean, I got to tell you, we like AI a lot. I have a. I have a suspicion that Jerry used AI for that hilarious cold open meme. But it also means that there is going to be a real knockdown in your privacy. You know, like there are some AI models that have been holding people hostage, much like Eric Swalwell has done to sex workers and his own staff. There's been AI that goes and reads all your texts and emails, then catalogs it without your permission, of course, without you even knowing. Again, AI has been able to extort various members of companies that are using invasive AIs. It's been bad. And obviously without putting the leash on, it's going to end. Really. It'll be the end of privacy as we know it. George Orwell, ladies and gentlemen, but on steroids. Venice Ari Venice AI is the antidote. 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If Alex has them loaded up, I guess we can. And Eric Swalwell is one of the world's biggest creeps. And by the way, Matt Gates, hardest hit. Take that, Matt. Matt was on my program a week ago, you know, simping for Eric Swalwell. A huge L for Matt Gates. Whatever. We love Matt Gates. Matt Gates was telling us about alien sexual breeding programs, but then also defending Eric Swalwell. So win category, loss category, alien sexual breeding programs. Probably less gross than the videos we now have of Eric Swalwell. Here's Eric Swalwell manhandling, molesting a sex worker in a hotel room. Can't really explain what's going on here because there are clearly tons of dudes in this hotel room. Is one of them Ruben Gallo, the senator from Arizona? Not sure. We have a request into his office to ask if he's the bearded individual here leering over the sex worker. But a clearly intoxicated, inebriated and drugged up Eric Swalwell groping and grabbing this prostitute. He's married, he has children. It doesn't matter. Even if he wasn't like, this is grotesque behavior. You can see also in the background there are like a bunch of people in the room. So what's going on here? I don't know. But I know that Eric Swalwell has gang banged his way directly out of office. Eric Swalwell has resigned from the governor's race of California. Now this comes on the heels of dozens of his staff members coming forward with new assault allegations. He would often prey on his own staffers. It wasn't just sex workers. Bad enough. I'm not saying it's like, okay, all of it's creepy and weird. What is? What are all the people around in the hotels? And by the way, the taxpayers funded this not just because they fund Eric Swalwell salary. I want you to understand this. Eric Swalwell believed that he could behave like this. Get the other video too, of him. Like. Like mawing at her. Alex, grab the other video. Like he believed that he could behave like this because of your tax. Let me explain this. This is the most repulsive truth about how Congress actually operates. Eric Swalwell knows that he can do whatever he wants to any woman he wants because Eric Swalwell is protected, indemnified by a little slush fund of members of Congress. There it is, Klein. Thank you. By members of Congress who get paid out. Sexual assault victims hush hush NDAs and lawyers take care of it for them. This happens with Republicans and it happens with Democrats. I would really like this slush fund, the allegations, all of it, to be public. I think the public deserves to know. I am calling right now on the total and complete and full release, end to end of every single payment that's come from the taxpayers, from you and me paying for degenerates like this. This is why Eric Swalwell is behaving this way. Eric Swalwell is behaving this way as a member of Congress because he knows that even if this woman sues him, don't worry about it, he's gonna. She's gonna get paid out. A lawyer will swoop in, make her sign something, hand her a bag of cash that you and I paid for, add it to our national debt, and. And Eric Swalwell can literally get away with this creepy, abusive, and criminal behavior. It's criminal because now we're finding out a ton of stuff about Eric Swalwell. We'll find. We're finding out that Eric Swalwell was sending unsolicited nudes and dick pics to people like, just like, women in his neighborhood. He's every bit as bad as Anthony Weiner or Bill Clinton. We know that Eric Swalwell has all of his staffers calling him to resign over Form 50. Former staffers call for the resignation. There's actual rape allegation like. Like the. What CNN has is actual rape allegations from staffers who were like, I think 19 at the time. By the way, Eric Swalwell, a male feminist. Just a reminder, you know, I'm with her constantly banging on about Epstein and Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump. And this is what I want to, like, say, just kind of off the dome here. Democrats deserve no credit for this. You understand the political landscape here and why this is happening to Eric Swalwell. I was working the phones this weekend and calling some people in California politics, and I can tell you exactly why this is happening. Pull up the most recent California polls, please. The ones that include Eric Swalwell as well. Please. California has a jungle primary, meaning the top two vote getters in the primary process, they're the ones who advance the general election. Well, the top two vote getters were going to be Republicans. Eric Swalwell was one of the Democrats in a very crowded field where the Democrat party was splitting its ticket like 17 different ways. And that was going to be a nightmare for Democrats. Give me the polling, please. This was going to, this was going to end up in potentially the Republicans gaining the governor's mansion in California. Well, that would be really bad. It'd also be really bad if Eric Swalwell and the odds are this is what was going to happen. Eric Swalwell became the nominee and then was facing a popular Republican like Sheriff Blanco or Steve Hilton, our friends. And if that were the case, then they could drop this oppo on Eric Swalwell in the general and that would have been nightmare for Democrats. Then it would, then the goo, the goose would have been cooked. It would, they would have been stuck with Swallow. The no, no takes these backsies. No do oversight. They're stuck with Swalwell as their candidate. So look at this poll. This is a perfect example of how this is going to work. It's not just a winner takes all. It's a total jungle primary. Now there's a good chance that a Democrat and then a Republican would get in there. And I like Steve and I like Chad. So I don't really know. Steve's doing really, really well in the polls. He got the Trump endorsement. But it was odds are was going to be something like Steve Hilton versus Eric Swalwell. Well then in the general you drop all this oppo on Eric Swalwell. First off, Eric Swalwell's muddying up the race here, preventing other Democrats from running. But then when he gets the nomination, you're stuck with them. So they were going to lose California. This is why they dropped it on Eric Swalwell. Eric Swallow was finally going to cost the Democrat party. He was a net loss for the Democrat party instead of a net gain because he's been a net gain. And they didn't care about any of this. And this is why I like need to just off the top tell you nobody like you shouldn't be congratulating any Democrat for an exposing here. They knew about this forever. They knew about Epstein forever. They knew about Bill Clinton forever. They want to put Bill Clinton back in the White House. They don't care about these sexual assault victims. They don't Care less about these women. They. They feed these women to these men. They did it with Epstein, they do it with Clinton, they do with Franken. Do it with Eric Swalwell. Doesn't matter that they make it. Care less about another like mentally ill, liberal white woman that gets fed to these monsters. Harvey Weinstein. It's the same thing. It's all the same operation. Harvey Weinstein's fixer is now the first lady of California. They don't care. They only care what it cost them. They fed him to Biden too. You know, Joe Biden was such a leering, sniffing, molesting, alive on camera monster. Nobody did anything. Nobody cared until it started to cost the party. Until the party would be affected, until there would be a negative downstream effect on the party. And hopefully I've just showed you here quickly how that was going to work with Swalwell. Then suddenly they step in and destroy you. Right. Has nothing to do with moral. There's no morals, no principles involved here at all. Pure repulsive power politics. And if the monster is getting them votes and gaining them power, then they'll just let them keep eating. Take the polls down, please. This is why it is so important to call out exactly what is going on here. They didn't say Jack. When Eric Swalwell was running for president against Trump, going on MSNBC against Trump when Eric Swalwell was floating every conspiracy theory conceivable against Trump. Served 15 years in Congress, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee. Eric Swalwell was running for governor of California. He didn't hear nothing. It was only when they saw absolute doom that they absolutely. That they cut his knees out, slit his proverbial political throat. They did the same thing with Biden, only when they saw doom on the horizon. Biden was fine. Didn't matter. Transgender day of visibility at the White House. Joe Biden being literal. Comatose corpse in the office. Joe Biden have terminal cancer. They all knew about it. They didn't care. That's a funny one. Clients. This is pretty good. They didn't care. None of the. They did. They could. Every Democrat knew Eric Swalwell was doing this. Every single one of them. Only when they did the math and the matrix came back and told and the algorithm came back and told them that this guy's going to cost you. Do they throw him into the wood chipper and they do it overnight. They promoted Eric Swalwell until he was going to cost the party power. So there's no honor amongst these people. So Eric Swalwell has dropped out of the California governor's race, he is still a member of Congress and can still vote. Now, this is, of course, a huge problem. We have a couple members of Congress that I'd like to talk to today about this. We're going to talk to two Republican members of Congress about what should happen to these various Democrats, because it's not just Swalwell, it's Ilhan Omar. Why the hell aren't we voting to expel her? What about McCormick and all the others? Lamonica McIver, who assaulted federal officers. Stacy Plaskett, who, straight up, was taking questions from Jeffrey Epstein live on the dais. Jeffrey Epstein, you know, it's like Jeffrey Epstein controls politics and controls Trump. Well, I mean, I can actually a little bit, for sure. But the people who he was actually controlling, the members of Congress who are asking questions at his direction, and we know this, as a matter of fact, you can see it. It's historic records on tape. It's on camera. Nothing's happened to them. So why aren't. Why aren't we voting on that? Exactly. Man, what a mess. What a rat's nest, a witch's kitchen. It's a sick world. We'll see what happens next. We'll see with a member of Congress who we're excited to have on the program. Ladies and gentlemen, John McGuire, a Republican from Virginia. He's a former Navy SEAL, and he's going to talk to us about President Trump's masterstroke plan here in the Strait of Hormuz. Probably going to be renamed the Strait of America by the time we're said and done with all of this. But the Congressman McGuire joins us live right now. Congressman, what's going on, man? How you doing? Happy Monday.

C (26:44)

Definitely. You know, President Trump is not only making America great again, he's making the world great again. And the energy, you know, and what he did in Venezuela, you know, perfect example of why socialism sucks is Venezuela. When I was a Navy SEAL doing counter drug missions, every country, south, Central America, the one country we thought was clean, safe, and, as Trump would say, was beautiful was Venezuela. You would go to a restaurant and there would be Ferraris and Lamborghinis out front. And then Chavez came in, brought in socialism. It made everyone poor. They went from like 14 oil refineries to one owned by the state. And people started eating out of trash cans and going into prostitution. And that's why I see these liberal campuses where Americans, students and professors are singing praises to socialism. It never works. It ends up with hundreds of millions of people killed. President Trump is turning the ship around. He's turning our country around for a better future for not just all Americans, but the world. And I would tell American people, be patient. I looked it up today. The average oil gas price in America right now is $4.13. But if you look at under Biden in 2022, it was up over $5.14. So even though prices have gone up a little bit, it's still almost a dollar less than it was under Biden. But if you be patient right now with the working family tax cut, the one big beautiful bill that's kicking in right now, people are about to receive the largest tax refund in American history. No tax on tips, no tax on overtime and jet fuel. On this American economy, you're going to start to see cranes all over the country. Things are building. And we brought in President Trump. I give him the credit. Great businessman, great leader has brought in $20 trillion of investment, which is record in our country. You think about NAFTA, 95,000 businesses left our country, which was the stupidest thing in the world. It devastated local economies all over my district and the country. And now people are investing in doing business all over our country. We're getting there. Be patient. We got a great leader in The White House.

C (29:17)

Yeah, she's the bait and switch, Governor. She ran as a moderate, but she actually, if you look at her congressional record, no emotion, just facts. She voted to the left of AOC and the left of Omar on many things, but she sold herself as a moderate. Then she gets in there. She also ran on Law and Order. The first thing she did is she says we don't want our law enforcement in Virginia to cooperate with federal officers, which, you know, puts the officer's life in danger, the communities in danger and the criminals. I don't know why of all the 50 governors, she wants to emulate Tim Waltz. Because you can see what happened in Minnesota. Also she said on affordability, she ran on affordability. As soon as she got in there. She proposed over 50 new taxes, but then she voted to give them a 300% pay raise. So she did run on affordability, just not for we the people, but for those Democrat leaders in Virginia. Also on gun rights, it's our God given right to protect herself and her family. I don't know what part of shall not be in French she doesn't understand, but she's proposed 20 some new laws to hamper or infringe on your second amendment. But I found out that President Trump has a second Amendment task force and if you remember, recently they just overthrew a big law, anti gun law in California. So I went to them and I said, has anyone in Virginia reached out to you? And they hadn't. So I gave them a list of all these egregious laws and I will be working with them every day to overturn these unconstitutional gun grabs. But yet we got a real problem in Virginia right now. We've got eight days, they're trying to illegally, unconstitutionally redistrict us. Right Now, Virginia votes 50, 50 Republican, Democrat. So we have six Democrat congressmen, five Republican congressmen, and Abigail Spamberger. We have all kinds of videos of her saying gerrymandering is terrible, but now she support an effort to gerrymander Virginia so that you have 10 Democrats and one Republican. Where Virginia goes, so goes the nation. If we lose in eight days, this could be the midterms. So I'm asking everybody to call, text, email your friends to vote no to unfair maps in Virginia. 8 days. Vote no to unfair maps.

A (32:00)

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, let's celebrate the blockade day. Blockade day. We have a meme for that. We must celebrate it. We should have done maybe like a countdown. Although we started the. We started the show a minute after the blockade went into effect. So I like blockade meme. Let's go. Never concede to threats. Copy that. Weapons free. Will never concede to threats. Copy that. Weapons free. We. Blockade day. Oh, no. Okay. Well done. Happy blockade day to those who celebrate. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to block an enormous amount of stress out of my life. That's not possible. It's just the. The path that we've chosen. You probably have chosen the same path. That's just what you gotta do when you are hustling and grinding and successful in this world. Bond Charges red light face mask. Make sure that I can block at least a little bit of stress at the end of the night is when I use this. It's wonderful for wrinkles, face lines, acne, razor burn. Got some of that this morning. Relaxation, though, is what I'm really searching for. It's a little, you know, we live a high intensity life and I want to chill out at the end of the night. The Bon Charge red light face mask helps you in a holistic wellness strategy that gives your body exactly what it needs right before bed. That's when I use it. The red light face mask from Bon Charge will help you feel euphoric and relaxed before bed so you can sleep soundly. That is a blessing. It's a blessing. In the scriptures it says so. Go to bondcharts.com Benny use the coupon code Benny save 15%. That's B O N C-H-A R G.com Benny use coupon code Benny to save 15%. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to read to you President Trump's most recent truth social about Iran's Navy. Iran's Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated 158 ships. What we have not Hit is their small number of fast attack ships because we did not consider them much of a threat. Warning if any of these ships come anywhere near our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated and yeeted off the face of the earth. Got? Got it. Got it. Fresh savvy. Using the same systems to kill that we use against drug dealers and drug boats at seas. It's quick and brutal. P.S. at 98, 0.2% of the drugs coming to the United States by ocean have stopped. Thank you for your attention to this matter. This is President Trump's response is the UNO reverse card that he played on Iran. And it's completely genius. And it's something that we are like really, really proud to have seen and witnessed as a total strategy. We have something remarkable that's happening right now. Resetting of the global economic order and energy order. Show em the ships climb. I wanna see the maps. I wanna see 50 different maps right now of every single ship that is pouring into our ports. Every tanker on Earth. These are giant tankers, 2 million barrels each carrying their capacity to the United States of America straight into the Gulf of Mexico. Was this part of the strategy from the beginning? Well of course it was. This is something that the administration has most likely already thought through as they created an ecosystem. Klein, you were just on it bro. Klein, you're just on it. You literally just clicked there. There you go buddy. Okay, There you go bud. There you go. Look at this. Look at it. Look at them go. Look at every single container ship and alx, I know that there's like 50 more of these, so let's load them up and I want to show you like the actual maritime mapping from around the world of every ship on Earth heading to our coastline, to our refineries to get our oil. And the Venezuelan oil that's now being refined here in the United States of America. You know, 50% of China's energy travels through the Strait of Hormuz. Virtually none of our energy resources travel through the Strait of Hormuz. We don't need them. But as America decides to become the world superpower once again, the major way to do that is to create choke points on the resources that your enemies need the very most. And the thing that you need the most is energy. Energy is weapons. Energy is the security of your own nation. Energy. A dollar is energy. That's what a dollar, that's what backs the dollar. Not bullets, it's not gold. It's literally energy. It's called the petrol dollar. The dollars are traded in oil. Oils are Traded in dollars. If you wish to control the future of the planet, you need to control compute. All wars are going to be fought with AI and with drones. They already are. This isn't some space age like future that we're going to be looking for. This is something that's happening right now in Ukraine and Russia, for instance. 90% of the casualties are now drone casualties in that war. And that's what's going to happen in the future from here on out. People with the best AI, the people with the strongest AGI and the strongest drone armies, the strongest predictive compute on the battlefield will win. They'll dominate space, they'll dominate other planets, they'll dominate the globe. If you want that to be your country, which I do, then you need to make sure that other countries can't have that. Now to get compute, you need an unbelievable baseload amount of power. To get that power, you're going to have to import an enormous amount of energy. If you're a place like China, China is the only country that even comes close to competing with us on the scale. And we've talked about it at absentium on this show. So you want to choke out China's ability to create power. Now they've, they're building infinity number of solar farms, something we should, something that America needs to sort of like wrap its head around. How do we harness that? Along with nuclear power, we should be building a thousand nuclear reactors around this country. But the reality is that in, in our generation and in subsequent generations, the nothing will be able to replace fossil fuels and China is now starving for them. With the closure of the straight of Hormuz, you have now officially reset the energy tables around the world maps again, please. You can see that every tanker. I want to see like the big broad. I want to see the big broad out scope. Yeah, these are all awesome. It's in Danny's, it's in Danny's production yesterday. I want to see the global outscope, the global mapping. You can see that every tanker on earth is headed towards America right now. You can see tankers actually do a U turn around the horn of Africa and go head right back toward America. This is something that is changing the globe and changing the economics of the globe forever. China was buying subsidized oil from Iran. That was the point of that relationship. That Iran would sell them sanctioned oil for pennies on the dollar. That could help China's baseload AI capacity and build. If China wants to take Taiwan anytime this century, they're going to need that. They're going to need to project that strength. They can't do it without any oil.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a surprise for the show that we're thrilled about right now, which is Congresswoman Nancy Mace joining the program. She's doing this because I just sort of got this instinct that there are like, there are like a few members that are just so strong on this issue. And I wanted to just reach out to the congresswoman to see and her and her staff incredibly made her available so that she could pop on here in this sort of Eric Swalwell super cycle because she's been the one absolutely banging her fist on the table on this issue more than any single person alive. So it's our honor to have her on the pro. She's getting set right now. The congresswoman is getting set right now. It's our honor to have her as a surprise guest today. Ladies and gentlemen, we have no idea if she'll be joining from her Patriot Mobile device. But Patriot Mobile is how you stay locked and loaded in America's 250th anniversary. The right direction of the country right now. Make sure you're supporting companies that support you. Patriot Mobile is the only Christian conservative wireless provider in the world. For more than 12 years, they have stood with Americans who want freedom and freedom of speech. This has been tough 12 years, by the way. Government censorship, the. Some of the worst attacks on free speech we've ever seen in this nation. Patriot Mobile stood by us and we'll stand by you through it all. 100% U.S. based customer support team. Team can get you switched over today. Go to patriot mobile.com Benny Call 972 Patriot. Use promo code Benny for a free month of service. Patriot mobile.com Benny all right, ladies and gentlemen, and checking in on the team. Yes. Ready to rock. Well, it is our absolute honor to have Congresswoman Nancy Mace and like, let me just say get, Let me just say one more time when it was very, very lonely in Congress on this issue, when no one was talking about it, when nobody was blowing the whistle. Nobody was pointing and saying, look at these monsters and what they're doing. Nancy Mace was the one. A very lonely voice saying, this is happening. These predators like Eric Swalwell are taking advantage of congressional privileges, taking advantage of slush funds. We need to end it and end it now. She's somebody who caused Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton to get, let's just call it hot under the collar. And she is vindicated more than. I think any member of Congress today, more than any one member of Congress will beat their chest and talk about Swalwell and what a monster he is. I think Nancy Mace should take a victory lap, and she's going to do so live on our show right now. Congresswoman, that's, that's the best introduction I can give you. I don't, I don't know if you

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Godspeed. All right. Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is always a fun show. We always love it when we can get sort of a. You know, when we can just like kind of dynamically work through subject matter here. Good opportunity, frankly, to stick it to Democrats who have been sticking it to their staff. These gross people. I mean, it's just. It's sick. These people are really like. They're like, like, honestly, it, it. It's amazing. The iron law of the universe and wokeness, like, accuse your enemies of that which you are guilty of. The weapon that you form will be used against you. Pride cometh before destruction. How many more times does it need to be said in the same way? Right? You, you, you. The you gonna be. Eventually it's gonna be you. The boy who cried wolf. Eventually it's gonna be you. You know you do. The woman doth protest too much. Eric Swalwell on TV every single day calling Trump a rapist. You crap in his pants. Calling Trump a Russian agent. Crap in his pants. Talking about Epstein every single day, this guy. And blow and behold. Lucky. Looky, looky, ladies and gentlemen. It's fun to be part of the downfall. Eric Swallow has been a complete, complete jerk to me. Should I publish some of the. I don't know. I haven't even gone through and looked at some of the. He used to like, he's like text me or like DM me, like mean and taunting things. You know, you're a Russian agent and stuff. Just go back and go publish those today. I think I will, ladies and gentlemen. We'll see if we have some solid gold in there. You should have solid gold in your account, your bank account. Make sure that you are locked in when there is economic ups and downs, and there certainly are today. Get gold with advantage gold. Go gold. Today. As the world economy resets, I guarantee you of this scarcity will continue to be the driving economic motivator for all transactions. You're seeing that with oil right now. You see it with gold, ladies and gentlemen. You can Move your retirement savings into physical gold and silver. Tax free and penalty free. Powerful IRS approved strategy that's 100% legal and 100% smart. Get started by texting Benny B E N n y to 85545. Text Advantage Gold today. Benny to 85545 right now. Okay, well, that's the show today. Our verse of the day, Psalms 94. Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against the evil doers? Ladies and gentlemen, make sure you are standing there. God will judge you by your fruit. God will judge you by your fruit. Christ is constantly talking about this like, look at the actions that you are taking in this world. You can't be perfect. You're not perfect. You are sunken and fallen and sinful. You need mercy. You need grace. You need forgiveness from Christ Jesus our Lord. But look at your actions. What are your actions? What do they say about you? That's how you will be judged. It doesn't matter how many prayers you say. It doesn't matter what church you attend. It doesn't matter what you memorize in the Bible. What are your actions? Are you good to your family? Are you good to the people around you? Are you fighting the wicked as it says here in Psalms? Are you standing up against evil? We try our best on this program. I mean, this program effectively is me banging on against like what I think is these illiteral evils in our culture and land. And we are fighting to protect our children. I have little. I have little kids. It's my daughter's fourth birthday this weekend. That's what we were celebrating and that's my motivation. Fight evil with us. March with us. Stand with us. It's your boy Benny. See y.