Hamilton: God has called us to be ambassadors even in this dark moment
Abraham Hamilton III Darkness is not an affirmative force. It simply reoccupies the space vacated by the light. This is the, Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio. It should be uncomfortable for a believer to live as a hypocrite, delivering people out of the bondage of mainstream media and the philosophies of this world. God has called you and me to be his ambassadors, even in this dark moment. Let's not miss our moment.
The Hamilton Corner is hosted by Abraham Hamilton III
And now, the Hamilton Corner. Good evening everybody. Welcome to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here, joined by the Corner contingent. I'm the host of the program, joined by the corner contingent. Right across from me, my man, 100 grand, Mr. Bobby Rosa. And in the screening room, our friendly neighborhood woodaholic, perpetually in recovery, Mr. Marty Sparks. Ladies and gentlemen, lighting up the dark. From there, we are ready to rock and roll with today's edition of of the program.
California congressman Eric Swalwell resigns from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations
So many things are happening. Good night. Just before coming on to the air, California congressman Eric Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress following allegations of sexual assault by former staffers of his. In addition to, other allegations of sexual misconduct which he denied. But the resignation from Congress follows his previous suspension of his gubernatorial campaign in the state of California, which opens a door for the possibility. Notice I didn't say likelihood, but for the possibility that California could end up with a Republican governor. Is that what I'm, reading Then you have the US imposed naval block blockade of the Strait of Hermuz. You dig into the numbers a little bit, dig into the data. You want to talk about the potential for crushing the Iranian regime. This, move really, really could do it. And it could have additional impact primarily in getting the European NATO members at a minimum and other purported allies to take a different tact, I would say. Then on the home front we have the meme, the picture President Trump posts on Truth Social. I posted a little bit about this on social media earlier. I expressed my concern directly. I wasn't the only one. Lots of people did to the president, but interestingly enough, he took the post down. I still have concerns, not about that exclusively, but about other things. And I believe all of it shows why God calls people to pray for leadership in our nation. But not only national leaders, but it includes national leaders. But before we get to all of that, right now at this very moment, many of you, if not most of you, are making your transition from your part time jobs where you generate an income, to your full time jobs where you cultivate an outcome. And as you do so, I want to remind you to do so with intentionality, understanding the primacy that God places on family and seeking to execute what he requires of us as an immediate, As an immediate engagement that follows from our worship of the Lord. We're going to get into the Word of God in a moment. But it is vitally, important that we recognize that, as John Adams said, that our constitutional republic is owned only as efficacy for religious and moral people. It is, as he said, entirely inadequate to the governance of any other. What that reveals is a. An expectation that the Lord's bride would be actively engaged and effectively engaged in proclaiming the gospel and making disciples to the Word of God.
David writes Psalm chapter 20 about military might, but context is important
We go Psalm chapter 20, Psalm chapter 20. I'm going to focus on verses five through seven in Psalm chapter 20, but I want to explain the context before we get into the actual text of this psalm. Psalm chapter 20 is a Psalm written by David, but it follows the events that are recorded in Second Samuel Chapter 10 and First Chronicles, Chapter 19. They're both recounting the historical events of war. When, when David led the Israelites in battle against, a tandem of nations, Syria and Ammon came against Israel. And as 2nd Samuel chapter 10 and 1st Chronicles chapter 19 explain, or should I say record, the Syrians had a military invention. They had chariots. And I've explained before, if you do a trajectory on military innovations over time. There were nations that, for example, had iron swords before others. You know, you had nations that developed, charioting capacities before others. And this was an instance where the Israelites were outgunned, so to speak. And particularly 2nd Samuel, chapter 10, verse 18 records that Daniel, Daniel David led the Israelites in successful battle and overcame 40,000 horsemen and 700 charioteers. And following those events, King, David penned this psalm. And that is where we get this text from. And some of us may be familiar with the text, but not, as familiar with the events that precipitated or preceded, the psalm being penned. As David is moved by the Spirit of God, he penned this psalm in Psalm 20, verse 5. It says, May we shout for joy over your salvation. And in the name of our God set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Now many of us might have heard this verse before and understand what it says on its face and offer a hearty Amen to that. But when you factor in the chronological reality of the events in 2nd Samuel 10 and 1st Chronicles 19, where history records specifically the Israelites being outgunned by a Syrian ammonite, alliance, to where they specifically boasted of 700 charioteers and 40,000 horsemen. When you read that verse seven, when it says some boast in chariots, David didn't just pick that up out of the thin air. He's reflecting on what he just experienced. Some boast in their 40,000 chariots. Others would boast in their 700 some odd, charioteers. But we will boast in the name of the Lord our God. We will boast in the name of the Lord our God. I'm saying that because it is inescapable that our nation has been on a trajectory of secularization. And we and myself included in this, I am grateful to God that we have what I've described on this radio station, on this network many times as the greatest military in the world. We have that. We have that. I am grateful to God for that. And while I, am grateful to God for that, I am also readily aware that military might is a false hope for salvation. It's, a good to have. But if that is the anchor of your hope and your confidence, it's a false hope in our own nation's history. We are rapidly approaching, the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. It feels like 2026 is on speedy Gonzalez time. We're already about the midpoint in April, guys. Mother's day is around the corner. M. Have we forgotten how our Declaration of independence became a point of celebration? Have we forgotten how the preeminent military force in the world at the time was our nation's opponent? How in their mind, this ragtag bunch of farmers and colonialists, they're no match for the massive red coat army. I've been reflecting upon. And I shared the entire speech from Benjamin Franklin right here on this. On this show from June 28, 1787, when he said, when we were constantly aware of the danger during our contest with Great Britain, that here in this Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State hall, room prayer was offered every day. Every day. What I'm saying, brothers and sisters, God's word is true. God. I'm not talking about any man. I'm not talking about Iran. I'm not talking about Russia. I'm not talking about communist China. I'm not talking about the Brics nation. God opposes the proud. God opposes the proud, But gives grace to the humble. I understand. Who President Trump is. I don't expect a 79 year old man about to turn 80 years old to become someone other than who he is, but for a, radical transformation by the power of Jesus Christ. But our president does not serve well if there's a bunch of yes men standing around him. And I'm not even expecting people to condemn him publicly. But when I'm talking about our president needs prayer, he needs prayer for godly biblical counselors. And I'm not even saying he's beyond, displaying humility and even contrition in private, because as I already mentioned, as he heard the backlash on his True Social post, he came out and said, yeah, I posted it, but, yeah, I'm taking it down. I didn't think that was reposting a blasphemous image. And I'll get into the details. It was originally posted in February by somebody else and he reposted it on Truth Social and all of that. But what I'm saying, and this applies to the president, this applies to business leaders, this applies to pastors, this applies to men. You're not served by having a, gaggle of yes men around you. I don't want to see anybody beefing with the president in public, trying to call him down and all of that. But he has to have somebody who can pull him aside in private and say, listen, you could talk all, you know, do what you think, but when it comes to the Lord, you need to humble yourself, man. You need to humble yourself. When it comes to the things of the Lord, you need to humble yourself.
Hamilton: Among the things we pray for President Trump is biblical counsel
And I'm going to explain when we get into the next segment, one of the biggest reasons why I tweeted or whatever, x whatever post that President Trump is not merely for himself, but we're at a time where we have our servicemen and women engaged in Iran. And the Bible is replete with examples and how leaders full of hubris end up affecting the service members. This is not a time where we can afford an obtuseness and a callousness to be present. This is why I'm saying, among the things that we pray for, our president pray that he has godly biblical men, men who can pull him to the side. And I pray that he would have a heart that is softened sufficiently and have humility sufficient to heed biblical counsel. Because this is not a game. This is not a game. The scripture bears evidence over and over and over again. Goliath is an inappeachable, unassailable force and he ends up with A shepherd boy downing him. You know, Jericho is a fortified city. The Lord's people, they just marching around the city and then they blow a trumpet and the walls come down. Guys, listen. The Word of God is true. The Bible bears it out. Our own national history bears it out. Among the things we pray, may the Lord provide sound biblical counsel, sound men who will tell him the truth. And may the Lord give him appropriate humility as he serves our nation. A discipleship minute with Joseph Parker. The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. According to Ephesians 6:17, every disciple of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ needs to be a diligent student of the Word of God. We would be wise to continually learn more about the spiritual weapons found in the Word of God. We must continually learn more about how to do battle with every spiritual weapon. Because spiritual conflict is not something we deal with from only time to time. We encounter spiritual warfare every day and everywhere we go. When we put these spiritual weapons to work, we're building up the Kingdomnomics of God. Also as we use these weapons, we're doing battle against the kingdom of darkness. Some people may think, I don't like the idea of having to deal with spiritual warfare. Well, like it or not, we face it every day of our lives. Let's be faithful to be kingdom warriors who know how to take some of the weapons we have in the Word of God and use them to walk in victory daily, Shining light into the darkness. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio.
Abraham Hamilton III to speak at Texas homeschool conference May 2
Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here, a reminder. May 2, Saturday, May 2, we'll be in Waco, Texas at the Entrusted Christian Homeschool Conference. to register for the conference you simply go to entrusted homeschool conference.org. it is a one day conference. We'll be there one day only. I will be there. Dr. Brian Ray will be there. by God's grace, it is going to be a powerful time. Together we're going to be addressing some Texas specific things. So if you're in, if you're in the great state of Texas and you are a homeschool family, are you considering doing so? This will be a great conference for you. May 2nd in Waco, Texas. Go to entrusted homeschool conference.org to register. Then two weeks later we'll be in Lansing, Michigan at the inspirational networking conference for homeschoolers, put on by the Michigan Christian Homeschool Network, also known as Mission M I C H N. It'll be a three day conference there May 14th through the 16th, I'll be doing a couple keynotes, breakout sessions. my wife will be doing a breakout session, for moms. again, this is for those who are, who are currently, engaged in the commitment to disciple our children from the home, as well as those who are considering. It'll be both informational and informative and encouraging. To register for this conference, you go to michn.org you do have to register. This will be in Lansing, Michigan, May 14th through the 16th. We'll have links to both sites in the show notes, for today's program. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
The image President Trump posted on Truth Social is blasphemous, in my opinion
All right, first of all, I'm not going to post the image. I'm not going to display the image on today's show because, frankly, the image that, that President Trump posted on Truth Social is blasphemous, in my opinion. Not full stop. because he has come out and took responsibility for posting it, and he also took it down. I'm not gonna hammer him on that in an extensive fashion, but it does reveal something that is a bit concerning. Now, I alluded to this. The reality is that the image where President Trump, some said it gave an indication that he was presenting himself as Jesus. Frankly, I do think he's attempting to offer some type of messianic display. but the image was originally posted back in February by a social media personality by the name of Nick Adams. All right, President Trump reposted it himself last night on Truth Social. And I thought it was concerning not only because of the image, but because of what it followed. Now, some of you might have seen this, and I'm not going to play this either, because it is exceedingly troubling to me. but during the Passion Week in the lead up to Resurrection Sunday, the president, I guess he calls it a spiritual advisor. This woman masquerading as a pastor named Paula White, you might have heard of her. she was sharing basically about the resurrection story. And she kept pausing during the resurrection story, saying when she would say things that happened to Jesus, that's in the scripture, she would then turn to President Trump and say, and yes, and this happened to you, too. I was like, what? And then she go a little further, saying, yes, and this happened to you, too. And I remember when I heard that, I said, man, Trump ain't Jesus. Man, President Trump is not my messiah. What is going on here? And so that bothered me greatly, greatly. And, frankly, as a result, I was doing what I'm encouraging you to do instead of making It a show topic or anything, man. I just spent time praying for the President and praying for what I just encourage you to do, for godly men to stand up around him. And, you know, you had other pastors on that platform and they just nodding and clapping and I'm just saying, man, this is not helpful. This is not helping him to understand. This is not. I absolutely appreciate President Trump wanting to honor our Lord's resurrection from his White House platform, which is a great contrast from Mr. Ice Cream man having confused transvestites on the White House lawn in all kinds of, various stages of lack of clothing for quote, unquote, trans day of visibility. And I'm sure that was all a coincidence that on Resurrection Sunday you got these people talking about a trans day of visibility. Come on, man. But I'm saying, man, President Trump is not, is not the Messiah. Stop it, stop it. Like, one of the greatest features of our society is the freedom to speak. And you're not served well, if you can't have anybody who will say, hey, listen, I know this is what you want to do, that's not a good idea. And, I know the public Persona President Trump has, but I don't believe he's beyond being able to be reasoned with completely. Now, I know wherever meets the road, he's gonna do what he wants to do, but I have seen instances to where, you know, when the attention is brought to a certain point, he'll make an adjustment. Like him taking down the picture today. He took it down because he heard the noise that people were making about it. That's why he took it down. He could have bristled and said, nah, I'm just going to keep it up. But the thing that's concerning to me is how you're not aware that you shouldn't be accepting analogies made to yourself and Jesus. How you're not aware that you shouldn't be posting profane, profanity laced things first thing in the morning on Resurrection Sunday? How are you not aware that art displaying you as a messianic figure is something that you probably shouldn't do in all of it, all of it gives an indication of an outward facing hubris. Now again, I don't expect a 79 year old man to become somebody else overnight that he hasn't been without a cataclysmic, you know, renewal by Jesus Christ. So I'm not surprised that President Trump has this outsized personality, you know what I'm saying? But there has to be some limits. And the bottom line is when you approach a hubris to where you're willing to be associated with Messiah and at the exact same time we have American soldiers in harm's, That's concerning man. So the point in all of this, is really, from my perspective is exactly what I said at the very beginning. There must be some strong men that are able to pull him to the side, you know, and I understand his whole, you know, fascination with this false. But what, I don't even know what to call her. This, this, this masquerading pastorix, this prosperity, you know, I can't call it a gospel. This prosperity preacher, it's not a gospel. And he likes her personally and they, he knew her before he ran for president. He has this thing about people who are loyal to him and all that kind of stuff. But he needs to understand that when it comes to God's holy word, man, God, God is not mocked. And there has to be someone that's willing to stand flat footed to tell him that. Now again, I'm encouraged by the fact that he took the picture down, But things are too hot in our country to be playing in these kind of ways. I'll likely say a lot more about this. And, and you know, because having a presentation of himself as if he's Messiah, that's blasphemous man. Straight up, straight up. That's blasphemy. And it's almost like when the situation when Uzzah occurred. And some people don't realize this when you read the account in Samuel, but pair it with First Chronicles. one of the reasons why the Uzzah affair happened is because David, in his excitement to restore the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, he had not sought the Lord according to how the Ark was to be handled. And there were Levites. And the First Chronicles explains that there were Levites who David consulted and they did not give him the advice he required. They didn't convey to him, David, listen, Yahweh has required the Ark to be handled by the Levites only carried on the shoulders of the priests on poles. And I see this in a similar fashion. I see this in a similar fashion. I'll, leave that there for now.
President Trump has ordered the US Navy to begin blockading Iranian port traffic
All right, moving on. Following the announcements, and I'm just gonna say this plainly, I think diplomacy is something that should be pursued. I am of the ilk that we have a lot of problems in our own nation that need attention. I would like to, for the corruption and things that have been indicated and exposed in our own country to be investigated and exposed to the depth, I think, the criminality of the Obama administration and President Obama himself undermining President Trump's first term. all of the things that Tulsi Gabbard exposed, I think those things require due attention. I think the Shmovit hoax, people who drove our nation to the brink, need to be held accountable. But now that Operation Epic Fury is underway, we, the United States of America, can't afford to fail there. So when you have the effort to have diplomatic liaisons with foreign nations, one of the things I'm concerned about, and I don't believe that they're entirely ignorant, I think President Trump is exceedingly confident in his ability to get a deal done, the consummate dealmaker and whatnot. But I don't think he's used to dealing with murderous, sycophantic 12th Imam Shiite Muslims. So when you think, well, surely, you know, when, for example, when you had the Cold War between the United States and Russia, you know, the Russians were Marxists, but they didn't have death wishes. So the phenomenon of mutually assured destruction had a little bit of gravity upon the red commies. But how do you negotiate with people who believe they supposed to bathe the world in blood? What are you negotiating with? And so the President tried to negotiate with again, the representative for these Twelvers in Iran, and he said, we made progress on everything but the nuclear weapons. I'm like, yeah, you don't say. You don't say that the people who want to bathe the world in blood so they can call that 12th Imam out of the cave and force the entire world to submit to Islam, that they don't want to lose their ability to try to bathe the world in blood. You don't say. And so in response, the President announces that there's a US imposed naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. Now listen to and watch this brief report on it. Clip number six. Clip six. Go. A deal for peace. President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to begin blockading Iranian port traffic. It would be a considerable operation, requiring a lot of surveillance as well as, of course, the physical presence of, several destroyers and probably an aircraft carrier, maybe two. In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump touted the defeat of the Iranian navy, but warned that any fast attack ships that come close to the blockade would be immediately eliminated. Unfortunately, the mentality of the leadership in Iran is hardening. Iran's acting Defense Minister said the country is preparing for any scenario and any aggression would result in a harsh and Decisive response according to remarks, broadcast on Iran's state run television. Now, a bit of facts that were happening. You heard the allusion to the fact that the Iranians are hardening. Like based on what? I mean, it's the ideology. That's what I'm saying. It's the ideology that's leading them to their posture. Because following the announcement of the supposed, not supposed, but the ceasefire, the Iranians were allowing their allies and their friends through the Strait of Hormuz and charging everybody else a tax. Guess what a tax is when you have an Islamic regime and the full citizens of your regime are Muslims and their friends. And guess who everybody else is? Demis. And guess what dhimmis play. Guess what Demi's pay. They paid the Jizzia tax. Huh? Kind of like, oh, if we control. Meaning the 12ers. If we control the straight. We'll let you come through for Jizya. To which President Trump has now and I'm gonna have to carry this over to the next segment to which President Trump has described this maritime behavior as quote, world extortion. And he warned that any vessel paying a quote, illegal toll to Iran will be denied safe passage. Our military will, will finish up the little that is left of Iran in quote. and by the way, the naval blockade went into effect this morning at 10:00am Eastern Time. Went into effect. Now this is a strategically sound move for several reasons. First, you notice that it's happened after the United States of America. We really don't need any oil or gas that would come through the Strait of Hormuz. The majority of what is used there, of course, a whole lot of it was going to Iran. I mean, going to China. A whole lot of it was going to China. But the European nations are the ones who need that the most. So President Trump at once has the wherewithal to say, you guys, especially many of you that were, you know, let's just say it this way, critical. Y' all are the ones who need this more than us. Then in addition to that, and I'm going to get into some of the, some of the data here, but according to the foundation for Defense of Democracies, the economic consequences for Tehran will literally be absolute. This is the terminology, absolute. According to the foundation for Defenses of Democracies, that this naval blockade will inflict anywhere between 250, 43. I'm sorry, 200 and $435 million of combined economic damage against the Iranian regime every single day. You know what I'm telling you 200 million to $435 million every single day. That approaches a staggering $13 billion per month. When conflict with your spouse seems overwhelming and you feel ready to quit, your marriage may be under spiritual attack. 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FDD paints grim picture for Iran's energy infrastructure in light of naval blockade
Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here getting back to the data from the foundation for Defense of Democracies. According to the FDD, over 90% of Iran's $109.7 billion in annual trade in annual trade transits the Persian Gulf, with oil and gas accounting for 80% of government export earnings, all right. And 23.7% of Iran's national GDP. But the closure of the strait zeros this out overnight. Overnight like lights on, lights off, grand opening, grand closing. You know, FDD continues in painting a, grim picture picture for Iran's energy infrastructure in light of the naval blockade, because Carg island, which has been in the news quite a bit lately, which handles 92% of the country's crude exports, generates between 53 billion and, and $78 billion in annual revenue. Under the blockade, the 1.5 billion barrel, I'm sorry, the 1.5 million barrels per day that Iran was exporting, which was valued at $139 million daily at wartime prices, will cease entirely entirely. Furthermore, the petrochemical sector, which saw $19.7 billion in exports over a nine month period of time between 2024 and 2025, faces a daily loss of $54 billion. Now that's on top of the daily loss of 200 to 435 million for the oil. This is for the petrochemical on the petrochemical side and then Iran's non oil exports, including minerals and metals will lose an additional $79 million per dollars per day because that was going through the strait as well.
This blockade targets the heart of Iranian logistics
All right, so this blockade that President Trump announced that started this morning, this blockade targets the heart of Iranian logistics. The Shahid Raja' I port handles 53% of all cargo operations, while the Imam Khomeini Ports handles 58% of all basic goods imports. All right? And as it stands, Iran's efforts to bypass the port to date are negligible. Now, Bobby and I was talking about this during the break. Surely they thought about this, that this could happen at some point. But according to the information we have currently, their capacity to make that operational immediately is not readily available to them. All right, the internal impact of this blockade on Iran is expected to be catastrophic, because here's some things that are already happening in Iran that some people may not be aware of currently. Food inflation has hit 105% as of, February 2026. And rice prices in Iran are up sevenfold, with the loss of $150 million, $159 million in daily imports. That will accelerate total currency collapse in Iran. Some of these factors were already happening before the naval blockade. So the naval blockade is. Is expected to amplify this domestic strain within Iran. To kind of make this plain, what I'm talking about, and I hope I'm pronouncing this right, the real. The local currency in Iran has already plummeted to the place where to where it takes one. Hear me well, guys, it takes 1.5 million reals to equal the value of one US dollar. Do y', all, hear what I'm telling you right now? It takes one and a half million riyals to equal one US dollar, which has forced the regime to issue a 10 million rial banknote. A, 10 million real banknote is worth seven US dollars. Do you guys remember when the Venezuelans would have barrels of the Venezuelan currency, but they weren't trying to shop with it, they were burning it for fuel to cook with because the currency had completely collapsed. Remember in Greece and, not too long ago, where you had all of the local Greece, current Greek currency that you had wheelbarrows filled with it, People were using it for toilet paper and things of that nature. Guys, this is what we're talking about. This is what we're talking about. Here's the additional component. Bobby, this is the part you and I were talking about during the break. The FDD also points to a storage clock because Iran has roughly 20 million barrels of spare onshore Storage capacity. Currently at, current production levels, this storage capacity will be full in 13 days. So they have it all stored, but they can't ship it anywhere once full. Once the 20 million barrel storage capacity is filled, Iran will have to shut its wells off. Now, I'm not a landman, nor do I plan to show the airs on CBS or Paramount plus, but in reading about this, I've learned that when you have, wells. Oil wells pumping, you don't want to shut them down. You don't want to shut them down because shutting the wells down create the opportunity for what is called water coning in the oil wells. Water coning in the oil wells has the capacity to permanently destroy 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day of production capacity. Did you what I said permanently destroy. This will result in a permanent loss of 9 to $15 billion in annual revenue, even if the blockade eventually ends. So I'm explaining all of this to show that this. This. This is not merely a immediate military maneuver. This is the product of, you know, consideration, thoughtfulness, things of that nature. and this. This really has the capacity, capacity to bring the Iranian regime to heal only because they won't have any more resources. And obviously, the longer the blockade goes, the more protracted this. This impact is on Iran domestically. Then here's the other side of it. Just this morning, I saw how nations all around the world are rerouting tankers away from the Strait of Hormuz, and some are taking a long trip around the Horn of Africa to get their oil and petroleum products disseminated. but also for those who were purchasing their oil there, you don't think they gonna start saying, well, maybe we need to buy some of that good old USA product that we just so happen to, have, a little Venezuelan support for this. This is. That. That's a pretty sound, sound strategic move. And it's also interesting that to date now, while I'm on the air, something could have changed. But since the blockade went into effect this morning, I have not seen any reports of any fireworks popped off by the Iranians, which I find to be very, very telling. Very, very telling.
Congressman Eric Swalwell suspended his gubernatorial campaign amid sexual misconduct controversy
All right, I'm gonna move on. I alluded to this earlier. This is, you know, the news I had before walking into the studio was that Eric Swalwell had only suspended his gubernatorial campaign. You know, he's a congressman, and I don't understand how people in California. But he is from the San Francisco area. I guess that answers my question. But I don't see how they send Fang Fang back to D.C. i don't see how they do it, but they did. And so Swalwell was so encouraged by his political capacity, he said, well, I'll be the successor to Gavinito Mussolini in the Golden State. Well, again, prior to coming into the studio, he'd announced the, suspension of his gubernatorial campaign following the release two days prior. So this would have been Saturday. Saturday, of several women who used to work for him and then some women who did not work for him. The women who used to work for him accused him of sexual assault, and some who did not work for him accused him of sexual misconduct. Now, the thing. And I can't help but think about this because I'm a husband and a father. Eric Swalwell is married and has three children. And so, following the story posted in the San Francisco Chronicle about that, Swalwell announced his, suspension of his gubernatorial campaign. Well, then immediately, the Democratic political elite all at once descended on Swalwell, rescinding endorsements and began calling on him to resign from Congress. And just before coming on the air this evening, Eric Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress. But here's a brief report on the Swalwell, saga, the most recent iteration of it. Listen to and watch clip number five. Clip five, go.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his California gubernatorial bid amid sexual assault allegations
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is suspending his bid for California governor as he faces allegations of sexual assault. Top Democrats also pulled their support. This all came after allegations from a former staffer were published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday. Since then, other accusations have surfaced, including one under investigation by NewSong York City prosecutors. In a video posted to X, Swalwell denied the claims and called them politically motivated, though he expressed regret for past mistakes regarding his family. These allegations of sexual assault are flat false. They are absolutely false. They did not happen. They have never happened. And I will fight them with everything that I have. I do not suggest to you in any way that I'm perfect or that I'm a saint. I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past. You know what's interesting about that? And he knows this because Eric Swalwell was a prosecutor before he ran for Congress. His what? He said he's denying the criminal aspects of sexual assault. He ain't denying that he was involved in adulterous and adulterous affairs. And. And that report, said a staffer. It was several staffers, and they came out differently, one at a time. So it was like that. but this is the thing, man. As a. As a former prosecutor, whenever. Whenever I. I'll share from my own experience, whenever I prosecuted, sexual assault cases, the defense always would be. No, it was consensual all the time. All the time. And Swalwell, as a prosecutor, a former prosecutor, he knows he would. I don't know what level of prosecution he did, but if he prosecuted major felonies, he would know that. But I just can't help but thinking. And I know about all of the politics, but I'm. I'm thinking about his children, man. His children. And I do think Swalwell is another example of what the Bible says about pride coming before the fall. He, you know, gets to Congress, and he ends up having this relationship with Fang Fang. You know, for those who are not familiar with that, she was a Chinese spy, and she used, sexual prowess to get access into the upper echelons of American government. And when she got exposed, what did she do? She hightails it on a flight back to China. That's literally what happened. Literally what happened. But the folks in San Francisco couldn't be bothered by it, I guess, and they kept reelecting Swalwell, sending her back to D.C. he apparently thinking, man, hey, nothing can touch me. So he continues on, and, you know, it's sad, and I, don't want to go into the details, and I'm not going to try to, you know, drag, you know, the alleged victims and all of that, but he tend to have a particular type. Young women in their early 20s, many of them attempting to, gain his favor for, you know, access. And then this happens. And then this is so funny. He said, this is all. This is a political hit. Even if it might be. It very well might be. It might be a political hit, but, you know, it's not a political hit. You admitted that you did something with these women. The facts are not a political hit. The facts are not. And so he was, you know, I categorically denied the whole drill. And I'd have to say this because I'm on the air. Swalwell denies the criminal allegations against him. Hear what I said? He denies the criminal allegations. He doesn't deny that he was with the women. He was quite clear in saying that what I did with those women was consensual. And so now he's resigned from Congress, and he's just one person. You know, we could talk about the insider trading in Congress. We refer to it as the D.C. swamp. But this is yet again, another example m of the reality that these are the kinds of people that are being sent to Congress to conduct the people's business, guys. Our nation is in desperate need of repentance, man. It's in desperate need for repentance. Let us cry out to the Lord and obey what he commands us to do. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio. M.
Hamilton: God has called us to be ambassadors even in this dark moment
Abraham Hamilton III Darkness is not an affirmative force. It simply reoccupies the space vacated by the light. This is the, Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio. It should be uncomfortable for a believer to live as a hypocrite, delivering people out of the bondage of mainstream media and the philosophies of this world. God has called you and me to be his ambassadors, even in this dark moment. Let's not miss our moment.
The Hamilton Corner is hosted by Abraham Hamilton III
And now, the Hamilton Corner. Good evening everybody. Welcome to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here, joined by the Corner contingent. I'm the host of the program, joined by the corner contingent. Right across from me, my man, 100 grand, Mr. Bobby Rosa. And in the screening room, our friendly neighborhood woodaholic, perpetually in recovery, Mr. Marty Sparks. Ladies and gentlemen, lighting up the dark. From there, we are ready to rock and roll with today's edition of of the program.
California congressman Eric Swalwell resigns from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations
So many things are happening. Good night. Just before coming on to the air, California congressman Eric Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress following allegations of sexual assault by former staffers of his. In addition to, other allegations of sexual misconduct which he denied. But the resignation from Congress follows his previous suspension of his gubernatorial campaign in the state of California, which opens a door for the possibility. Notice I didn't say likelihood, but for the possibility that California could end up with a Republican governor. Is that what I'm, reading Then you have the US imposed naval block blockade of the Strait of Hermuz. You dig into the numbers a little bit, dig into the data. You want to talk about the potential for crushing the Iranian regime. This, move really, really could do it. And it could have additional impact primarily in getting the European NATO members at a minimum and other purported allies to take a different tact, I would say. Then on the home front we have the meme, the picture President Trump posts on Truth Social. I posted a little bit about this on social media earlier. I expressed my concern directly. I wasn't the only one. Lots of people did to the president, but interestingly enough, he took the post down. I still have concerns, not about that exclusively, but about other things. And I believe all of it shows why God calls people to pray for leadership in our nation. But not only national leaders, but it includes national leaders. But before we get to all of that, right now at this very moment, many of you, if not most of you, are making your transition from your part time jobs where you generate an income, to your full time jobs where you cultivate an outcome. And as you do so, I want to remind you to do so with intentionality, understanding the primacy that God places on family and seeking to execute what he requires of us as an immediate, As an immediate engagement that follows from our worship of the Lord. We're going to get into the Word of God in a moment. But it is vitally, important that we recognize that, as John Adams said, that our constitutional republic is owned only as efficacy for religious and moral people. It is, as he said, entirely inadequate to the governance of any other. What that reveals is a. An expectation that the Lord's bride would be actively engaged and effectively engaged in proclaiming the gospel and making disciples to the Word of God.
David writes Psalm chapter 20 about military might, but context is important
We go Psalm chapter 20, Psalm chapter 20. I'm going to focus on verses five through seven in Psalm chapter 20, but I want to explain the context before we get into the actual text of this psalm. Psalm chapter 20 is a Psalm written by David, but it follows the events that are recorded in Second Samuel Chapter 10 and First Chronicles, Chapter 19. They're both recounting the historical events of war. When, when David led the Israelites in battle against, a tandem of nations, Syria and Ammon came against Israel. And as 2nd Samuel chapter 10 and 1st Chronicles chapter 19 explain, or should I say record, the Syrians had a military invention. They had chariots. And I've explained before, if you do a trajectory on military innovations over time. There were nations that, for example, had iron swords before others. You know, you had nations that developed, charioting capacities before others. And this was an instance where the Israelites were outgunned, so to speak. And particularly 2nd Samuel, chapter 10, verse 18 records that Daniel, Daniel David led the Israelites in successful battle and overcame 40,000 horsemen and 700 charioteers. And following those events, King, David penned this psalm. And that is where we get this text from. And some of us may be familiar with the text, but not, as familiar with the events that precipitated or preceded, the psalm being penned. As David is moved by the Spirit of God, he penned this psalm in Psalm 20, verse 5. It says, May we shout for joy over your salvation. And in the name of our God set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Now many of us might have heard this verse before and understand what it says on its face and offer a hearty Amen to that. But when you factor in the chronological reality of the events in 2nd Samuel 10 and 1st Chronicles 19, where history records specifically the Israelites being outgunned by a Syrian ammonite, alliance, to where they specifically boasted of 700 charioteers and 40,000 horsemen. When you read that verse seven, when it says some boast in chariots, David didn't just pick that up out of the thin air. He's reflecting on what he just experienced. Some boast in their 40,000 chariots. Others would boast in their 700 some odd, charioteers. But we will boast in the name of the Lord our God. We will boast in the name of the Lord our God. I'm saying that because it is inescapable that our nation has been on a trajectory of secularization. And we and myself included in this, I am grateful to God that we have what I've described on this radio station, on this network many times as the greatest military in the world. We have that. We have that. I am grateful to God for that. And while I, am grateful to God for that, I am also readily aware that military might is a false hope for salvation. It's, a good to have. But if that is the anchor of your hope and your confidence, it's a false hope in our own nation's history. We are rapidly approaching, the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. It feels like 2026 is on speedy Gonzalez time. We're already about the midpoint in April, guys. Mother's day is around the corner. M. Have we forgotten how our Declaration of independence became a point of celebration? Have we forgotten how the preeminent military force in the world at the time was our nation's opponent? How in their mind, this ragtag bunch of farmers and colonialists, they're no match for the massive red coat army. I've been reflecting upon. And I shared the entire speech from Benjamin Franklin right here on this. On this show from June 28, 1787, when he said, when we were constantly aware of the danger during our contest with Great Britain, that here in this Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State hall, room prayer was offered every day. Every day. What I'm saying, brothers and sisters, God's word is true. God. I'm not talking about any man. I'm not talking about Iran. I'm not talking about Russia. I'm not talking about communist China. I'm not talking about the Brics nation. God opposes the proud. God opposes the proud, But gives grace to the humble. I understand. Who President Trump is. I don't expect a 79 year old man about to turn 80 years old to become someone other than who he is, but for a, radical transformation by the power of Jesus Christ. But our president does not serve well if there's a bunch of yes men standing around him. And I'm not even expecting people to condemn him publicly. But when I'm talking about our president needs prayer, he needs prayer for godly biblical counselors. And I'm not even saying he's beyond, displaying humility and even contrition in private, because as I already mentioned, as he heard the backlash on his True Social post, he came out and said, yeah, I posted it, but, yeah, I'm taking it down. I didn't think that was reposting a blasphemous image. And I'll get into the details. It was originally posted in February by somebody else and he reposted it on Truth Social and all of that. But what I'm saying, and this applies to the president, this applies to business leaders, this applies to pastors, this applies to men. You're not served by having a, gaggle of yes men around you. I don't want to see anybody beefing with the president in public, trying to call him down and all of that. But he has to have somebody who can pull him aside in private and say, listen, you could talk all, you know, do what you think, but when it comes to the Lord, you need to humble yourself, man. You need to humble yourself. When it comes to the things of the Lord, you need to humble yourself.
Hamilton: Among the things we pray for President Trump is biblical counsel
And I'm going to explain when we get into the next segment, one of the biggest reasons why I tweeted or whatever, x whatever post that President Trump is not merely for himself, but we're at a time where we have our servicemen and women engaged in Iran. And the Bible is replete with examples and how leaders full of hubris end up affecting the service members. This is not a time where we can afford an obtuseness and a callousness to be present. This is why I'm saying, among the things that we pray for, our president pray that he has godly biblical men, men who can pull him to the side. And I pray that he would have a heart that is softened sufficiently and have humility sufficient to heed biblical counsel. Because this is not a game. This is not a game. The scripture bears evidence over and over and over again. Goliath is an inappeachable, unassailable force and he ends up with A shepherd boy downing him. You know, Jericho is a fortified city. The Lord's people, they just marching around the city and then they blow a trumpet and the walls come down. Guys, listen. The Word of God is true. The Bible bears it out. Our own national history bears it out. Among the things we pray, may the Lord provide sound biblical counsel, sound men who will tell him the truth. And may the Lord give him appropriate humility as he serves our nation. A discipleship minute with Joseph Parker. The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. According to Ephesians 6:17, every disciple of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ needs to be a diligent student of the Word of God. We would be wise to continually learn more about the spiritual weapons found in the Word of God. We must continually learn more about how to do battle with every spiritual weapon. Because spiritual conflict is not something we deal with from only time to time. We encounter spiritual warfare every day and everywhere we go. When we put these spiritual weapons to work, we're building up the Kingdomnomics of God. Also as we use these weapons, we're doing battle against the kingdom of darkness. Some people may think, I don't like the idea of having to deal with spiritual warfare. Well, like it or not, we face it every day of our lives. Let's be faithful to be kingdom warriors who know how to take some of the weapons we have in the Word of God and use them to walk in victory daily, Shining light into the darkness. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio.
Abraham Hamilton III to speak at Texas homeschool conference May 2
Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here, a reminder. May 2, Saturday, May 2, we'll be in Waco, Texas at the Entrusted Christian Homeschool Conference. to register for the conference you simply go to entrusted homeschool conference.org. it is a one day conference. We'll be there one day only. I will be there. Dr. Brian Ray will be there. by God's grace, it is going to be a powerful time. Together we're going to be addressing some Texas specific things. So if you're in, if you're in the great state of Texas and you are a homeschool family, are you considering doing so? This will be a great conference for you. May 2nd in Waco, Texas. Go to entrusted homeschool conference.org to register. Then two weeks later we'll be in Lansing, Michigan at the inspirational networking conference for homeschoolers, put on by the Michigan Christian Homeschool Network, also known as Mission M I C H N. It'll be a three day conference there May 14th through the 16th, I'll be doing a couple keynotes, breakout sessions. my wife will be doing a breakout session, for moms. again, this is for those who are, who are currently, engaged in the commitment to disciple our children from the home, as well as those who are considering. It'll be both informational and informative and encouraging. To register for this conference, you go to michn.org you do have to register. This will be in Lansing, Michigan, May 14th through the 16th. We'll have links to both sites in the show notes, for today's program. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
The image President Trump posted on Truth Social is blasphemous, in my opinion
All right, first of all, I'm not going to post the image. I'm not going to display the image on today's show because, frankly, the image that, that President Trump posted on Truth Social is blasphemous, in my opinion. Not full stop. because he has come out and took responsibility for posting it, and he also took it down. I'm not gonna hammer him on that in an extensive fashion, but it does reveal something that is a bit concerning. Now, I alluded to this. The reality is that the image where President Trump, some said it gave an indication that he was presenting himself as Jesus. Frankly, I do think he's attempting to offer some type of messianic display. but the image was originally posted back in February by a social media personality by the name of Nick Adams. All right, President Trump reposted it himself last night on Truth Social. And I thought it was concerning not only because of the image, but because of what it followed. Now, some of you might have seen this, and I'm not going to play this either, because it is exceedingly troubling to me. but during the Passion Week in the lead up to Resurrection Sunday, the president, I guess he calls it a spiritual advisor. This woman masquerading as a pastor named Paula White, you might have heard of her. she was sharing basically about the resurrection story. And she kept pausing during the resurrection story, saying when she would say things that happened to Jesus, that's in the scripture, she would then turn to President Trump and say, and yes, and this happened to you, too. I was like, what? And then she go a little further, saying, yes, and this happened to you, too. And I remember when I heard that, I said, man, Trump ain't Jesus. Man, President Trump is not my messiah. What is going on here? And so that bothered me greatly, greatly. And, frankly, as a result, I was doing what I'm encouraging you to do instead of making It a show topic or anything, man. I just spent time praying for the President and praying for what I just encourage you to do, for godly men to stand up around him. And, you know, you had other pastors on that platform and they just nodding and clapping and I'm just saying, man, this is not helpful. This is not helping him to understand. This is not. I absolutely appreciate President Trump wanting to honor our Lord's resurrection from his White House platform, which is a great contrast from Mr. Ice Cream man having confused transvestites on the White House lawn in all kinds of, various stages of lack of clothing for quote, unquote, trans day of visibility. And I'm sure that was all a coincidence that on Resurrection Sunday you got these people talking about a trans day of visibility. Come on, man. But I'm saying, man, President Trump is not, is not the Messiah. Stop it, stop it. Like, one of the greatest features of our society is the freedom to speak. And you're not served well, if you can't have anybody who will say, hey, listen, I know this is what you want to do, that's not a good idea. And, I know the public Persona President Trump has, but I don't believe he's beyond being able to be reasoned with completely. Now, I know wherever meets the road, he's gonna do what he wants to do, but I have seen instances to where, you know, when the attention is brought to a certain point, he'll make an adjustment. Like him taking down the picture today. He took it down because he heard the noise that people were making about it. That's why he took it down. He could have bristled and said, nah, I'm just going to keep it up. But the thing that's concerning to me is how you're not aware that you shouldn't be accepting analogies made to yourself and Jesus. How you're not aware that you shouldn't be posting profane, profanity laced things first thing in the morning on Resurrection Sunday? How are you not aware that art displaying you as a messianic figure is something that you probably shouldn't do in all of it, all of it gives an indication of an outward facing hubris. Now again, I don't expect a 79 year old man to become somebody else overnight that he hasn't been without a cataclysmic, you know, renewal by Jesus Christ. So I'm not surprised that President Trump has this outsized personality, you know what I'm saying? But there has to be some limits. And the bottom line is when you approach a hubris to where you're willing to be associated with Messiah and at the exact same time we have American soldiers in harm's, That's concerning man. So the point in all of this, is really, from my perspective is exactly what I said at the very beginning. There must be some strong men that are able to pull him to the side, you know, and I understand his whole, you know, fascination with this false. But what, I don't even know what to call her. This, this, this masquerading pastorix, this prosperity, you know, I can't call it a gospel. This prosperity preacher, it's not a gospel. And he likes her personally and they, he knew her before he ran for president. He has this thing about people who are loyal to him and all that kind of stuff. But he needs to understand that when it comes to God's holy word, man, God, God is not mocked. And there has to be someone that's willing to stand flat footed to tell him that. Now again, I'm encouraged by the fact that he took the picture down, But things are too hot in our country to be playing in these kind of ways. I'll likely say a lot more about this. And, and you know, because having a presentation of himself as if he's Messiah, that's blasphemous man. Straight up, straight up. That's blasphemy. And it's almost like when the situation when Uzzah occurred. And some people don't realize this when you read the account in Samuel, but pair it with First Chronicles. one of the reasons why the Uzzah affair happened is because David, in his excitement to restore the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, he had not sought the Lord according to how the Ark was to be handled. And there were Levites. And the First Chronicles explains that there were Levites who David consulted and they did not give him the advice he required. They didn't convey to him, David, listen, Yahweh has required the Ark to be handled by the Levites only carried on the shoulders of the priests on poles. And I see this in a similar fashion. I see this in a similar fashion. I'll, leave that there for now.
President Trump has ordered the US Navy to begin blockading Iranian port traffic
All right, moving on. Following the announcements, and I'm just gonna say this plainly, I think diplomacy is something that should be pursued. I am of the ilk that we have a lot of problems in our own nation that need attention. I would like to, for the corruption and things that have been indicated and exposed in our own country to be investigated and exposed to the depth, I think, the criminality of the Obama administration and President Obama himself undermining President Trump's first term. all of the things that Tulsi Gabbard exposed, I think those things require due attention. I think the Shmovit hoax, people who drove our nation to the brink, need to be held accountable. But now that Operation Epic Fury is underway, we, the United States of America, can't afford to fail there. So when you have the effort to have diplomatic liaisons with foreign nations, one of the things I'm concerned about, and I don't believe that they're entirely ignorant, I think President Trump is exceedingly confident in his ability to get a deal done, the consummate dealmaker and whatnot. But I don't think he's used to dealing with murderous, sycophantic 12th Imam Shiite Muslims. So when you think, well, surely, you know, when, for example, when you had the Cold War between the United States and Russia, you know, the Russians were Marxists, but they didn't have death wishes. So the phenomenon of mutually assured destruction had a little bit of gravity upon the red commies. But how do you negotiate with people who believe they supposed to bathe the world in blood? What are you negotiating with? And so the President tried to negotiate with again, the representative for these Twelvers in Iran, and he said, we made progress on everything but the nuclear weapons. I'm like, yeah, you don't say. You don't say that the people who want to bathe the world in blood so they can call that 12th Imam out of the cave and force the entire world to submit to Islam, that they don't want to lose their ability to try to bathe the world in blood. You don't say. And so in response, the President announces that there's a US imposed naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. Now listen to and watch this brief report on it. Clip number six. Clip six. Go. A deal for peace. President Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to begin blockading Iranian port traffic. It would be a considerable operation, requiring a lot of surveillance as well as, of course, the physical presence of, several destroyers and probably an aircraft carrier, maybe two. In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump touted the defeat of the Iranian navy, but warned that any fast attack ships that come close to the blockade would be immediately eliminated. Unfortunately, the mentality of the leadership in Iran is hardening. Iran's acting Defense Minister said the country is preparing for any scenario and any aggression would result in a harsh and Decisive response according to remarks, broadcast on Iran's state run television. Now, a bit of facts that were happening. You heard the allusion to the fact that the Iranians are hardening. Like based on what? I mean, it's the ideology. That's what I'm saying. It's the ideology that's leading them to their posture. Because following the announcement of the supposed, not supposed, but the ceasefire, the Iranians were allowing their allies and their friends through the Strait of Hormuz and charging everybody else a tax. Guess what a tax is when you have an Islamic regime and the full citizens of your regime are Muslims and their friends. And guess who everybody else is? Demis. And guess what dhimmis play. Guess what Demi's pay. They paid the Jizzia tax. Huh? Kind of like, oh, if we control. Meaning the 12ers. If we control the straight. We'll let you come through for Jizya. To which President Trump has now and I'm gonna have to carry this over to the next segment to which President Trump has described this maritime behavior as quote, world extortion. And he warned that any vessel paying a quote, illegal toll to Iran will be denied safe passage. Our military will, will finish up the little that is left of Iran in quote. and by the way, the naval blockade went into effect this morning at 10:00am Eastern Time. Went into effect. Now this is a strategically sound move for several reasons. First, you notice that it's happened after the United States of America. We really don't need any oil or gas that would come through the Strait of Hormuz. The majority of what is used there, of course, a whole lot of it was going to Iran. I mean, going to China. A whole lot of it was going to China. But the European nations are the ones who need that the most. So President Trump at once has the wherewithal to say, you guys, especially many of you that were, you know, let's just say it this way, critical. Y' all are the ones who need this more than us. Then in addition to that, and I'm going to get into some of the, some of the data here, but according to the foundation for Defense of Democracies, the economic consequences for Tehran will literally be absolute. This is the terminology, absolute. According to the foundation for Defenses of Democracies, that this naval blockade will inflict anywhere between 250, 43. I'm sorry, 200 and $435 million of combined economic damage against the Iranian regime every single day. You know what I'm telling you 200 million to $435 million every single day. That approaches a staggering $13 billion per month. When conflict with your spouse seems overwhelming and you feel ready to quit, your marriage may be under spiritual attack. 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FDD paints grim picture for Iran's energy infrastructure in light of naval blockade
Welcome back to the Hamilton Corner. Abraham Hamilton III here getting back to the data from the foundation for Defense of Democracies. According to the FDD, over 90% of Iran's $109.7 billion in annual trade in annual trade transits the Persian Gulf, with oil and gas accounting for 80% of government export earnings, all right. And 23.7% of Iran's national GDP. But the closure of the strait zeros this out overnight. Overnight like lights on, lights off, grand opening, grand closing. You know, FDD continues in painting a, grim picture picture for Iran's energy infrastructure in light of the naval blockade, because Carg island, which has been in the news quite a bit lately, which handles 92% of the country's crude exports, generates between 53 billion and, and $78 billion in annual revenue. Under the blockade, the 1.5 billion barrel, I'm sorry, the 1.5 million barrels per day that Iran was exporting, which was valued at $139 million daily at wartime prices, will cease entirely entirely. Furthermore, the petrochemical sector, which saw $19.7 billion in exports over a nine month period of time between 2024 and 2025, faces a daily loss of $54 billion. Now that's on top of the daily loss of 200 to 435 million for the oil. This is for the petrochemical on the petrochemical side and then Iran's non oil exports, including minerals and metals will lose an additional $79 million per dollars per day because that was going through the strait as well.
This blockade targets the heart of Iranian logistics
All right, so this blockade that President Trump announced that started this morning, this blockade targets the heart of Iranian logistics. The Shahid Raja' I port handles 53% of all cargo operations, while the Imam Khomeini Ports handles 58% of all basic goods imports. All right? And as it stands, Iran's efforts to bypass the port to date are negligible. Now, Bobby and I was talking about this during the break. Surely they thought about this, that this could happen at some point. But according to the information we have currently, their capacity to make that operational immediately is not readily available to them. All right, the internal impact of this blockade on Iran is expected to be catastrophic, because here's some things that are already happening in Iran that some people may not be aware of currently. Food inflation has hit 105% as of, February 2026. And rice prices in Iran are up sevenfold, with the loss of $150 million, $159 million in daily imports. That will accelerate total currency collapse in Iran. Some of these factors were already happening before the naval blockade. So the naval blockade is. Is expected to amplify this domestic strain within Iran. To kind of make this plain, what I'm talking about, and I hope I'm pronouncing this right, the real. The local currency in Iran has already plummeted to the place where to where it takes one. Hear me well, guys, it takes 1.5 million reals to equal the value of one US dollar. Do y', all, hear what I'm telling you right now? It takes one and a half million riyals to equal one US dollar, which has forced the regime to issue a 10 million rial banknote. A, 10 million real banknote is worth seven US dollars. Do you guys remember when the Venezuelans would have barrels of the Venezuelan currency, but they weren't trying to shop with it, they were burning it for fuel to cook with because the currency had completely collapsed. Remember in Greece and, not too long ago, where you had all of the local Greece, current Greek currency that you had wheelbarrows filled with it, People were using it for toilet paper and things of that nature. Guys, this is what we're talking about. This is what we're talking about. Here's the additional component. Bobby, this is the part you and I were talking about during the break. The FDD also points to a storage clock because Iran has roughly 20 million barrels of spare onshore Storage capacity. Currently at, current production levels, this storage capacity will be full in 13 days. So they have it all stored, but they can't ship it anywhere once full. Once the 20 million barrel storage capacity is filled, Iran will have to shut its wells off. Now, I'm not a landman, nor do I plan to show the airs on CBS or Paramount plus, but in reading about this, I've learned that when you have, wells. Oil wells pumping, you don't want to shut them down. You don't want to shut them down because shutting the wells down create the opportunity for what is called water coning in the oil wells. Water coning in the oil wells has the capacity to permanently destroy 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day of production capacity. Did you what I said permanently destroy. This will result in a permanent loss of 9 to $15 billion in annual revenue, even if the blockade eventually ends. So I'm explaining all of this to show that this. This. This is not merely a immediate military maneuver. This is the product of, you know, consideration, thoughtfulness, things of that nature. and this. This really has the capacity, capacity to bring the Iranian regime to heal only because they won't have any more resources. And obviously, the longer the blockade goes, the more protracted this. This impact is on Iran domestically. Then here's the other side of it. Just this morning, I saw how nations all around the world are rerouting tankers away from the Strait of Hormuz, and some are taking a long trip around the Horn of Africa to get their oil and petroleum products disseminated. but also for those who were purchasing their oil there, you don't think they gonna start saying, well, maybe we need to buy some of that good old USA product that we just so happen to, have, a little Venezuelan support for this. This is. That. That's a pretty sound, sound strategic move. And it's also interesting that to date now, while I'm on the air, something could have changed. But since the blockade went into effect this morning, I have not seen any reports of any fireworks popped off by the Iranians, which I find to be very, very telling. Very, very telling.
Congressman Eric Swalwell suspended his gubernatorial campaign amid sexual misconduct controversy
All right, I'm gonna move on. I alluded to this earlier. This is, you know, the news I had before walking into the studio was that Eric Swalwell had only suspended his gubernatorial campaign. You know, he's a congressman, and I don't understand how people in California. But he is from the San Francisco area. I guess that answers my question. But I don't see how they send Fang Fang back to D.C. i don't see how they do it, but they did. And so Swalwell was so encouraged by his political capacity, he said, well, I'll be the successor to Gavinito Mussolini in the Golden State. Well, again, prior to coming into the studio, he'd announced the, suspension of his gubernatorial campaign following the release two days prior. So this would have been Saturday. Saturday, of several women who used to work for him and then some women who did not work for him. The women who used to work for him accused him of sexual assault, and some who did not work for him accused him of sexual misconduct. Now, the thing. And I can't help but think about this because I'm a husband and a father. Eric Swalwell is married and has three children. And so, following the story posted in the San Francisco Chronicle about that, Swalwell announced his, suspension of his gubernatorial campaign. Well, then immediately, the Democratic political elite all at once descended on Swalwell, rescinding endorsements and began calling on him to resign from Congress. And just before coming on the air this evening, Eric Swalwell announced his resignation from Congress. But here's a brief report on the Swalwell, saga, the most recent iteration of it. Listen to and watch clip number five. Clip five, go.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suspended his California gubernatorial bid amid sexual assault allegations
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is suspending his bid for California governor as he faces allegations of sexual assault. Top Democrats also pulled their support. This all came after allegations from a former staffer were published in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday. Since then, other accusations have surfaced, including one under investigation by NewSong York City prosecutors. In a video posted to X, Swalwell denied the claims and called them politically motivated, though he expressed regret for past mistakes regarding his family. These allegations of sexual assault are flat false. They are absolutely false. They did not happen. They have never happened. And I will fight them with everything that I have. I do not suggest to you in any way that I'm perfect or that I'm a saint. I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past. You know what's interesting about that? And he knows this because Eric Swalwell was a prosecutor before he ran for Congress. His what? He said he's denying the criminal aspects of sexual assault. He ain't denying that he was involved in adulterous and adulterous affairs. And. And that report, said a staffer. It was several staffers, and they came out differently, one at a time. So it was like that. but this is the thing, man. As a. As a former prosecutor, whenever. Whenever I. I'll share from my own experience, whenever I prosecuted, sexual assault cases, the defense always would be. No, it was consensual all the time. All the time. And Swalwell, as a prosecutor, a former prosecutor, he knows he would. I don't know what level of prosecution he did, but if he prosecuted major felonies, he would know that. But I just can't help but thinking. And I know about all of the politics, but I'm. I'm thinking about his children, man. His children. And I do think Swalwell is another example of what the Bible says about pride coming before the fall. He, you know, gets to Congress, and he ends up having this relationship with Fang Fang. You know, for those who are not familiar with that, she was a Chinese spy, and she used, sexual prowess to get access into the upper echelons of American government. And when she got exposed, what did she do? She hightails it on a flight back to China. That's literally what happened. Literally what happened. But the folks in San Francisco couldn't be bothered by it, I guess, and they kept reelecting Swalwell, sending her back to D.C. he apparently thinking, man, hey, nothing can touch me. So he continues on, and, you know, it's sad, and I, don't want to go into the details, and I'm not going to try to, you know, drag, you know, the alleged victims and all of that, but he tend to have a particular type. Young women in their early 20s, many of them attempting to, gain his favor for, you know, access. And then this happens. And then this is so funny. He said, this is all. This is a political hit. Even if it might be. It very well might be. It might be a political hit, but, you know, it's not a political hit. You admitted that you did something with these women. The facts are not a political hit. The facts are not. And so he was, you know, I categorically denied the whole drill. And I'd have to say this because I'm on the air. Swalwell denies the criminal allegations against him. Hear what I said? He denies the criminal allegations. He doesn't deny that he was with the women. He was quite clear in saying that what I did with those women was consensual. And so now he's resigned from Congress, and he's just one person. You know, we could talk about the insider trading in Congress. We refer to it as the D.C. swamp. But this is yet again, another example m of the reality that these are the kinds of people that are being sent to Congress to conduct the people's business, guys. Our nation is in desperate need of repentance, man. It's in desperate need for repentance. Let us cry out to the Lord and obey what he commands us to do. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio. M.
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15:00 - 31:00. As events unfold, may God give us the grace to discern the headlines.
31:00 - 48:00. Following accusations of sexual assault and misconduct by former staffers, Eric Swallwell suspends his CA gubernatorial campaign.
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