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Trump Just Secured America's Energy Future & NOBODY Is Talking About It?! | 9/1/26

The Glenn Beck Program

September 1, 2026

President Trump’s Truth Social post regarding AI data centers hit a nerve with many Americans, so Glenn lays out how these data centers should operate and how President Trump should approach this controversial topic. Has opinion on AI data centers shifted despite the backlash to Trump’s recent post?
Speakers: Glenn Beck, Jason, Ricky, Seth Gaikama, Mark Jaffe, Ruben Luna, Zohran Mamdani

Topics: News Commentary, News, Politics

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And spreading the word. Thanks for picking up The Glenn Beck Program. Okay, got a lot on our plate today. I want to start with data centers because yesterday Donald Trump came out and it was almost, I think he might be a little frustrated. He might be a little frustrated. He is changing the world. He is doing so much. He just had, what was it, 56 billion barrels of oil that he made the deal for and he was like, yeah, whatever. And so he might be a little frustrated because he got on the data center thing and I think he made a strategic error on how he dealt with the data center. And so I want to talk to you about the data centers. The way I think, I think the way that people need to start talking about data centers in America. Also, we're going to talk about the RNC not spending any money on Paxton in Texas. What are you going to give Texas away? Is that, I mean, just to make yourself happy, you're going to give Texas away? We'll see, 15,000 votes. We've been here before and I'll tell you about it in just a minute. First, let me tell you about our sponsor, it's the Burna Launcher. The word upgrade has been abused. The hotel says they've upgraded your room and yet it's exactly the same room, except now you're on the seventh floor. The airline offers an upgrade that gives you your knees, three additional inches of freedom. Your computer updates overnight, moves one button you actually use and congratulations. It congratulates itself. You know, that's not what Berna means by an upgrade, okay? If you own a Berna SD, they're offering you $150 in trade-in credit towards a new CL or CLXL, and there is a real difference here. The CL and CLXL are lighter. They carry more power. They're easier to carry with you, concealed, greater velocity and more magazine options. And here it works. You have the prepaid return kit for $19.99, and they'll send you $150 coupon code within three days to use towards your new CL or CLXL. Limited time offer. So if you've been thinking about moving up from your SD, this is the time to do it. Limited time right now during Berna's biggest sale ever, but it ends soon. Go to berna.com/trade up. Get started now, berna.com/trade up.
All right. So the president posted yesterday morning that the only reason that any American community wouldn't want a data center is because it wants to end up backward and poor. Let data rain.
Plenty other places want them. He said, kill the golden goose and you'll have only yourselves to blame. China can't believe it's luck. This is coming from a guy I think is very frustrated. Very frustrated because the press is not reporting on the things that he is doing and nobody's giving it perspective. Few hours later, the vice president stood on the tarmac and answered a different question than the one the president had answered. Okay, he said data centers are an important part of the AI economy. And then he said, they have to build the power plants along with them. And he put a number on it. About 99% of the backlash, he said, is coming from places where data center means a higher electric bill for the people who live there. If you build one, he said, you should be putting power back into the grid, not taking it out. Now both men are telling the truth, but they're answering different people. The president is answering Beijing, and he is right, and the stakes are not small. If we lose this race, we don't get a rematch. It's over. And that is the truth. Now, the vice president is also speaking the truth. He's answering to a woman in Sterling Heights who just opened her utility bill in July and sat down at the kitchen table and did the math twice. And she's like, What is happening? I can't afford this. And he's right as well.

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