The Glenn Beck Program Best of the Program | 1/13/26
Jan 13, 2026
A lawsuit against the Trump administration raises questions about financial fraud in Minnesota, particularly how millions slipped through an airport unnoticed. Glenn dives into the saga of an apple farmer, using it as an allegory for Iran's oil trade challenges. He critiques banks for enabling fraud while prioritizing profits and challenges the accountability of various agencies. The discussion also highlights societal blindness to corruption and ends with a heartfelt tribute to Scott Adams, reflecting on his impact.
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Mo And Ming: The Apple-Farmer Parable
- Glenn Beck tells the story of Mo the apple farmer and Ming the buyer to illustrate dependency on one buyer and sudden collapse.
- The tale shows how scale tied to one partner can ruin an entire economy when that partner stops buying.
How Banks Kept Sanctions From Crippling Iran
- Glenn Beck uses an apple-farmer allegory to explain how China kept Iranian oil flowing via teapot refineries and barter-like arrangements.
- He argues global banks and insurers enabled the workaround to sanctions by treating transactions as non-cash exchanges, keeping sanctions ineffective.
Nine-Figure Fraud Leaves Visible Paper Trails
- Beck highlights that systemic fraud leaves paper trails and triggers internal alarms across agencies and banks, so nine-figure schemes rarely go unseen.
- He argues memos, exceptions, and approvals must have occurred, implicating human decisions at many levels.