[Link to a transcript and podcast here. Photo: Glenn Beck at Salon.Com]
About Donald Trump, Beck says he knows little except that he's "self-absorbed" and "driven by himself," and not a "constitutionalist." Check, check, and check. Trump has "deep socialist leanings" while being a nationalist and populist, a combination that "never ends well" in history.
Asked if it's time for a new party, Beck said what I've been feeling for fifteen years or so: "I don't even know who the Republican party is anymore."
On another hot-button issue of today, Beck posited a situation where everyone at the table gets a slice of pie but you. When you object, "My pie matters," the others who answer "all pie matters" just haven't listened. While Beck disagrees with an anti-capitalist agenda among some who speak under the name "Black Lives Matter," he supports the basic idea.
I'm reminded of when I heard conservative commentator Neil Boortz shut down a fan who pressed him to run for public office. Boortz said with astounding frankness that he was an entertainer, paid for saying provocative things; he was in no way interested in public office. So Glenn Beck may be speaking his true mind on NPR, and playing a part in his other public venues.
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