Glenn Beck (34:08)
Find full episodes wherever you download podcasts. So. Elon Factor. Elon Factor. Elon Musk is leaving Washington D.C. today. He is not in, he's not in defeat. I don't think he's in retreat. We all expected this. In fact, many of us believed that there was no way this was going to end well with him because, you know, of he was a strong individual. Trump is a strong individual. How are these two strong individuals going to get along? They got along famously and, and we're losing today one of the few individuals in our time that is willing and has been willing to challenge the most sacred assumptions. Here's a guy that when he, you know, when they were talking about, I think it was the X Prize about, you know, making rockets for NASA, he went to NASA, this is early on, and they said, okay, so here's what we want. And he said, great. And what kind of money do you want this to come into? I mean, what do you want? What do you, what's your goal that I could hit that would make it affordable for you? And they said, what are you talking about? He said, what? What do you want to spend on this? And they said, don't worry about that, just make it fly. And he's like, well, there's got to be a budget. No, don't worry about it. It's not about budget. You know, it is about budget. And, and he knew that that was wrong and he really, really, it bothered him a great deal. And so here's a guy who comes in, reinvents absolutely everything and then goes to Washington because he actually believes in something and he's vilified for it. I mean, I don't know of anybody that has been this vilified, you know, so, so vital to progress and what humans are experiencing and going through and, and solving huge problems. I don't think I've ever seen anybody do that and been this vilified. Here's a guy who didn't ask for the power, he didn't seek the favor. In fact, when he said because he believed something, yeah, I think I'm on the other side, they tried to literally kill him for it. And all he was fighting for was the freedom to invent, the freedom to think differently, the freedom to speak your mind, and also the freedom to remain free by not becoming a slave to an out of control government and out of control waste and out of control spending. He wanted just the chance to build something. And he knew America was the place to do it. And build he did. He gave us the first reusable rockets. I mean, think if I would have said to you six years ago, yeah, we're gonna send up some rockets and you're gonna see it. Instead of just casting in the ocean, it's gonna, it's gonna reignite and it's gonna come down and control and we're gonna just grab it out of the sky. No, not only did he do that, he thought that crap up. You. Here's a guy who completely thinks out of the box. American made, American launched, restoring capability that we had already given away. Okay? He forced the auto industry to evolve, dragging it unwillingly into the 21st century with electric vehicles. That shattered the idea that sustainability has to come at the cost of performance or ambition. Here's a guy who, remember the big three, didn't want him around. He had to break that entire system. And look what happened then he took a brand new platform speech that was supposed to free us up. And it had become oppressive, ossified, monopolized. It became the public square. And what did he do? He went in, bought it with his own money and was like this can't stand. We have to have free speech. Cracked it open and gave us again raw, uncomfortable at times, but vital free speech. It was all back into your hands now. And now with Grok and AI, he's fighting to ensure that the machines of tomorrow are actually aligned with not centralized power, but with human liberty. But for all of this, all of this that would earn anyone a chapter in the history books of the history of man. How is he leaving Washington? I mean, think of that. He has endured the public efforts all around the world to ruin him. Coordinated efforts to deplatform, demonetize, to destroy. He's received death threats. His companies have been targeted, his cars are burned, his employees are harassed, his customers are harassed. All the while, he just keeps on doing what he does. And that is, boys and girls, courage. You don't see it very often. That is what real courage looks like. Without getting angry, without being vengeful, spiteful, any of it. He just keeps going. This is. This is real courage. This is the real thing. Real high personal risk, high stakes, sleepless nights, relentless attacks, and the refusal to sit down or break. He's like, no, I believe this is right. That's America. He is really. We have a few great symbols that we didn't have 20 years ago. We have some great symbols of real leaders, real examples of courage and. And innovation that we didn't have. And he's right up at the top. I mean, history is riddled with people like this. Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla is probably one of them. Penniless, mocked. In at least his later years, Galileo was, you know, imprisoned because he was telling the truth too early. Winston Churchill, because he was telling the truth too early. Nobody, I mean, he was cast aside until people realized, oh, the barbarians are at the gates. These are people that saw over the horizon, saw the storms of life, or saw what was capable of being. They came, they spoke up, and they paid dearly for it. Churchill said, once you have enemies, oh, good, that means you stood for something in your life. Elon Musk, as he stood up again and again, technological sovereignty, speech, enterprise for the radical, dangerous idea that the individual, not the institution, should shape the future. I think there's going to be a time, and hopefully it's not too far in the future, when, you know, the heat is cooled and politics have moved on, that society will acknowledge not only what he's done, what he's given, but the sacrifice that he just went through. But that'll happen, you know, at a time when the real effects of everything, I mean, when. When the future that he is helping shape right now, better or worse, is really taking root. That's when he'll be recognized, once this nonsense is over. The thing I like about him, he never asked us to trust him. He never asked for our loyalty. But I think he does deserve our respect. You know, I don't care what side of that. I don't care who you voted for. How do you not recognize what this man has done for humanity? Especially if you're somebody who believes in global warming? What he's done for humanity what he is still trying to do. The, the incredible strides that he has made and the bravery that it has taken for him just to stand up. I remember he, he walked away from his side. Didn't expect his side to leave him. But once he had a different opinion of theirs, they just abandoned him. He lost all of his friends. He lost everything. So today, as he is leaving, I would like to say, Elon Musk, thank you. Thank you. You didn't play the game. You changed the game. Thank you. Thank you for reminding me and so many other Americans that progress has never come in polite little packages. It's never been polite. The truth rarely comes dressed in approval. But I think you did some things that are absolutely remarkable and you're going to continue to do things that are remarkable. Go in strength. Know that history will catch up to you. You're way ahead of the game. Thank you. Elon Musk. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile. 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