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>> Walker Wildmon: Welcome to the Core here on American Family Radio. I'm Walker Wildmon. Glad to have you with us on this edition of the show. American Family Radio is the network. The name of this show is at the Core, and the, show is hosted each week by Rick Green and myself, Walker Wildmon. Once again, good to be with you in studio live on at the Core. We're going to have a, show full of what we hope is useful content for our audience. My brother Wesley will be on with us in the last segment. We're going to be talking about our trip to Williamsburg coming up in June. He and I will be leading a tour in Williamsburg, Virginia with Stephen McDowell will be going to Jamestown and Yorktown as well while we're on that trip. And then we'll, of course, talk a little bit about Boston and Washington and some of the other trips that we're taking. Speaking of trips, I'll be in Greece in about four weeks. My parents will be in Israel in about three weeks. And, we're leading those 20, 26 trips, if you're interested in those. Well, 2027 is the next go at those trips, so we'll be talking more about that in the coming months.

When we face opposition and hatred and vitriol, we shouldn't be surprised

But, for now, let's turn our attention to the scripture. John, chapter 15 is where we are this week. Looking at verse 18, verses 18 to 19. If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. If the world hates you, you know that the world hated me before it hated you. Verse 18, verse 19. If you were of the world, the world would love its own yet, because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. And so the lesson we can learn as followers of the Messiah is that when we face opposition and hatred and vitriol, we really shouldn't be surprised. We really shouldn't be surprised. It actually should be expected. And I know that makes us uncomfortable. And nobody likes to hear that. A lot of People are, you know, hesitant to experience difficulty or conflict. Some people are. They actually shy away from any level of confrontation at all cost. But when you look at the scripture here, if you do the right thing, if you follow the teachings of Scripture, then you will face opposition and you will actually be hated by the world. That's what the scripture says. That's John, chapter 15, verses 18 and 19.

The US military has increased its presence in the Middle East following Venezuela operation

Well, the latest ongoing right now that's really developed rapidly over the last few weeks is the question of what the US military is going to do in the Middle east, specifically in Iran, ever since the Venezuela operation. Immediately following the Venezuela operation, the US began deploying mass amounts of military assets to the Middle east, specifically military assets to Iran to surround Iran. Now, to set this up, I think if you're, you have to really be paying attention. And I'm going to hopefully put some of the pieces of the puzzle together to make this make sense. But the way the way things are described to you and I through casual media news consumption doesn't paint the whole picture of what's really going on. All right, so hopefully I'm going to help paint the picture of what I think from my own opinion is really going on here. And then you guys can take it or leave it. The Secretary Rubio gave this phenomenal speech at the Munich Security Conference. If I'm got my facts right here on the event. Bobby and I were talking about this this morning. Bobby, did you get. I know you watched the aoc, Bondougal. Did you watch any of Rubio's speech?

>> Bobby Roza: Just a couple of highlights, so haven't taken the whole 20 minutes yet.

>> Walker Wildmon: I watched it. It's absolutely phenomenal. And when folks say one of the best speeches, I don't disagree with that. I think sometimes we say the best speech every speech. But Rubio laid out the reason why America needs Europe and Europe needs America. He really kind of gave us a history lesson on Western alliances. But he also at the same time told the European leaders all that they had gotten wrong over recent decades and how we've prioritized all these wrong things. We've prioritized this sexual deviancy revolution. We've prioritized the mass migration into the west at all cost in the name of compassion. We've embraced the climate green NewSong Deal agenda, which is not only built on no science, built on faulty foundation, but it runs actually contrary to national security. And so Rubio gave this very, it wasn't very long, it was like 20 something minutes, but he gave this very meaty speech, but it was very like layperson. It wasn't overly complicated. He wasn't using words that people don't understand. He wasn't talking geopolitical jargon. This was like, basically, hey, guys, we became an alliance for a reason. And he gave the history, of why the west needs to unify against communism, socialism, and the evils of the world. And then he went through all the ways that we've gotten it wrong in recent history and how we need to get it right. But one thing he said that really stood out is he basically said that this isn't the world that it once was, meaning this isn't the world of, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago. I forgot the exact phrase he used. Maybe I'll look it up. But he basically said that this is a new world. These are new challenges. We can't keep acting like it's the 1980s. We can't keep acting like it's the 1990s. The dynamic here is completely different, and the threats are much more serious than we're giving them credit for. And so that brings us in to the Iran, the China and the Russia threat. And so I think what's going on here with the U.S. the Trump administration, the Department of War, the Secretary of State, I think what's going on here is a completely new approach to. To addressing the issues of our day when. When it comes to geopolitics, war, national security, finances. And I think it's looking like the Venezuela situation was the opening salvo to whatever is about to go down here. Now, I don't think It's World War 3, because I don't think China is going to be in on this. I think China's going to be woefully surprised at what we do here. But nonetheless, I think it's an opening salvo to probably months, if not a year of conflict that totally reshape the world as we know it. The common denominator in a lot of the evil in the world over the last at least 40 years, probably going back to 50. I mean, a lot of this stuff goes back to Reagan when you're talking about Iran, but. And right before Reagan, but what's going on here? Iran is a, is a very bad actor, okay? It doesn't take. You don't have to major in political science or geopolitics to understand Iran is a bad actor here, okay? When it comes to Western values, Western ideals, and even Europe's interest, Iran is a bad actor, okay? They hate Israel, they hate America. They hate Europe. Iran has been a bad actor for a long time, and they've been pretty much running the show over there for a long time now. Israel has kept them at bay. The US to some degree has kept them at bay from being a broader threat than they already are. But Iran is a problem. And it doesn't take a lot to convince you of that. I mean, you can talk about the funding of terrorism with Hezbollah and Hamas. You can look at, proxy wars, proxy fights, against U.S. troops in the region for the last 30 years. There's just a lot of history here. So Iran's a problem. I don't know anybody that disagrees with that, except for maybe Tucker Carlsen. But most people who love America, love our interest and understand how this thing's working here. Iran is a problem, all right, so, but, but then comes China. So this is not just. I don't think this is just about Iran. I don't think this is just about Iran.

AFR asks whether US involvement in foreign wars is justified or not

And, let me, let me, let's talk a little bit about how you justify some of this, because I know what most of us are thinking here is, well, nobody wants another war. And ever since the disaster of the Middle east, and Afghanistan and Iraq, all of us who experience that, whether young or old, look at these wars and go, I don't want anything to do with that. It has really caused a sense of isolationism to become pretty commonplace amongst American beliefs. But the aggressive nature of China, Iran, and Russia honestly leave the US no place to go other than to begin making moves on at least one of the three. And here's the hard truth that a lot of us don't want to hear because we think the world's a better place than it actually is. Here's the reality, and here's where I've kind of landed the plane on whether or not US Involvement is justified or not. And I'm not necessarily talking, you know, just war theory here. I'm talking just from a national interest standpoint. Is, is a war or is, is foreign entanglement justified or not? If America wants to continue for decades to come to be the world's superpower as we have been for the past 200 plus years, then something's going to have to give on Iran, China, or Russia. That's a fact. If we don't move on one of the three, then we will continue to be on our back feet. They will continue to solidify their alliances against our interest, and they will continue to capitalize on our vulnerabilities. Computer chips, energy technology, food, pharmaceuticals. There's a whole list of vulnerabilities that America has and that will continue to compound if we don't do something about either Iran, China, Russia or all of the above. You see this place that America stands of being the world's superpower that nobody can even come close to. You don't keep this position by isolationism. It's just not how it works. We wish it worked that way. We wish we could just mind our own business. They do their thing, we do ours. We'll continue to be America. Everybody play nice. But folks, look at human history. That's not how this works. World superpowers do not maintain their position by sitting around. More after the break.

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The amount of military assets deployed on Iran is comparable to the Gulf War

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>> Walker Wildmon: Welcome back to the Core here on American Family Radio. Glad to have you back with us. so where I was. Well, the point I was trying to make is that it looks like the US Is going to do something with Iran. I don't know how big it's going to be. I don't know how long it's going to last. But the amount of military assets we've deployed over there in the last four weeks is comparable to the Gulf War, which my history recalls. It was in the 90s, the Gulf War I'm talking about. So you don't deploy that many military assets to a region if you're not going to do anything. Now, the level of what you do can be determined at game time. But the. But the Trump administration is going to do something on Iran. I just don't make. It doesn't make any sense to deploy that many assets for pure negotiating tactics. You don't. That's completely unnecessary. So the US Is going to do something on Iran probably pretty soon. The question is what? How big, how long does it last? Is Israel involved? Who knows? But. A lot of these geopolitical decisions are not very, simple. As simple as everybody likes to make them. Like for Example, people say, well, we've got to take, out Iran because the Ayatollah is evil. Well, there's a lot of evil leaders around the world. So no, that's not. That in and of itself is not a compelling case for the US going to war with Iran. There's a lot of evil leaders around the world. We can rattle off a name, a list of them. So saying the Isla Toll is bad, or, you know, they're the largest funder of terror in the region. Okay, okay, yeah, that's not good. But once again, you still haven't gotten to that threshold of getting the American people on board with any type of military engagement with them. And so you really have to put this into, like a really big picture because that's how Washington works and that's how these decisions work. Our leaders have to lay all this out big picture. How is this going to affect the next 20 years, the next 40 years? And after what we did in Venezuela, if you can truly install. Because let's be honest, if Iran ends up with Western friendly leaders, it's because we installed them. All right? Or, or you permitted true, free and fair elections and then the Iranian people elected them. Maybe. But the US doesn't get engaged militarily here unless they get to have a say on who the next leader is. Because if you just get another Ayatollah like the one they have now, then what have we really accomplished? Nothing. And so America has to get a friendly leader that goes along to get along, that plays nice with the west and leaves Israel alone. To me, that's a win here. But if you do that, then not only are you bringing, surprisingly, you're actually bringing more stability to the region than you currently have. Because Iran, they really bring a lot of trouble to the region, if we're being honest. They bring a lot of trouble to the region. They're always harassing Israel, they're always funding terrorists. The other Arab nations actually don't like Iran, and there's actually some proxy wars between the few. But if you, if you somehow take over Iran or install a Western friendly leader in Iran, then you have just put China on their back feet. Russia's in a really bad spot, by the way. Ukraine is too, But Russia is in a really bad spot. Russia went into Ukraine expecting to take over Ukraine in like three days. And now we're three plus years down the road and they, they're nowhere near even taken over a third of Ukraine. Russia has lost hundreds of thousands of men. Russia is isolated. All Russia has is China and Iran. And so if you, if you, if you block out Iran, then China and Russia are left. And by the way, the proximity of Iran to China is relatively close, comparatively speaking to other people parts of the region. If you are able to have US Military assets in Iran or a US Military base in Iran, you are pretty close to China. And so I think, I think a lot of this is really big picture. And the legacy that President Trump has the potential to leave here is one of completely resetting the world stage and where the US Stands on the world stage, meaning taking out multiple US Threats in a matter of two years. And if he does so with stability on the backside, that's a legacy marker, there's no doubt. Let's play a couple clips here. This is going to be. CLIP two this is going to be Trey Yings report about a two minute report on the US military buildup in the Middle East.

US military equipment continues to flood Middle east in preparation for action against Iran

>>  : CLIP 2 Harris, good morning. A massive amount of US military equipment continues to flood into the Middle east in preparation for action against Iran. Reports indicate the US has moved more than 50 fighter jets to the region over the past 24 hours alone. Along with the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group already in place and the USS Gerald R. Ford on the way. There are a variety of other US Navy assets in the Red and Mediterranean seas. While talks on Tuesday left both sides saying that progress was made, there are still major questions about Iran's willingness to curb their nuclear program or address the growing regional ballistic missile threat. Yesterday on Fox news, Vice President J.D. vance was asked about the negotiations.

>> JD Vance: They agreed to meet afterwards, but in other ways it was very clear that the President has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through. So we're going to keep on working it. But of course the President reserves the ability to say when he thinks that diplomacy has reached its natural end. We hope we don't get to that point, but if we do, that will be the President's call.

>>  : The Iranians continue to threaten the United States. From the Supreme Leader to lower level commanders. The IRGC has promised to go after American military interests in the event of escalation in the region. Iran's president has tried to strike a more diplomatic tone on nuclear issues despite the threatening rhetoric from the rest of Iranian leadership.

>>  : We have stated these many times. My own statements are not important. what matters from an ideological standpoint is the policy and the fatwa of the Supreme Leader. We are in no way seeking nuclear weapons. Whatever form of verification they want to carry out. We are ready for that verification to take place.

>>  : Here in Israel. Officials reportedly believe war could erupt in a matter of days and are perfect preparing accordingly.

>> Walker Wildmon: Harris, great reporting as always. Thank you for getting us started, Trey. Yingst All right, well, there you have it. That's, what's going on in the Middle east with the military buildup. the, Okay, another thing I wanted to point out. When it comes to the Iran. China connection, China imports a lot of energy from Iran. The, China imports a lot of energy from Iran. So let's. Let's just do a little bit of a breakdown here. These aren't percentages. These are barrels. But in, 2025, Chinese imports of Iranian oil, or energy from, from. Once again, from Iran. In 2025, Iran was importing. I'm sorry, China was importing roughly 12 million barrels a day in, oil. 12 million barrels a day. I'm not as good on metric tons, but we'll go for it, on liquid natural gas. China, in 2025 was importing about 70 million metric tons of natural gas. And, let's see. So. So roughly, from what I'm seeing here, about, about at least half of China's energy is imported. That. That's the point I'm getting at here. About half of China's energy that they consume is imported, most of which comes from Iran. 70%, actually, 70% of oil is imported into China. about 60% of natural gas is imported into China that they use. So you cut that spigot off, or you just. Maybe you don't cut off the spigot, but you take control of it. That is a big deal. And that's what happened. That's what. Exactly what happened in Venezuela. We don't. We don't go in to Venezuela and then cut off the supply of Venezuelan oil to China. No, you don't do that, because that's too confrontational. Instead, you just take over the supply, just as China has taken over the supply of US Pharmaceuticals. You. You. You reserve the right to cut it off in times of war or drastic times of negotiation. So even if the US Took over or took control of the Iranian energy exports into China, they're, not going to cut that off, at least not immediately. But then China knows. Oh, okay. So now the US has control of Venezuelan energy and Iranian energy coming into China. That's a huge negotiating tactic. And then on top of that, we control food imports into China. China cannot feed itself with their current crop production. So if you're looking at these different kind of leverage points, the goal here is to create more leverage points on our side than China has on their side, because right now, China, through Taiwan and through Hong Kong, has a stranglehold on the computer semiconductor supply chain. Now we're starting to produce more over here, but nowhere near what is needed. Also, the pharmaceutical supply chain is dominated by China, especially on the generic side. And so China has some leverage over us. But if we can dominate the energy side of this discussion, it puts the US In a very, very good negotiating position moving forward.

Iran's supreme leader issues new threat against U.S. navy

I want to play this one more clip. This is going to be clip three. This is the Iranian leader actually threatening to take out a U.S. aircraft carrier. Clip three. Let's listen.

>>  : As negotiators gathered in Geneva, Iran's supreme leader spoke from Tehran. Amid a crowd that chanted and cheered, the Ayatollah Khamenei issued a new threat against the U.S. navy. They keep saying, we have sent warships toward Iran. Okay. Of course, a warship is a dangerous device, but more dangerous than that is a weapon that can send that warship deep under the sea.

>>  : You have President Trump offering diplomacy, and Iran's supreme leader threatening to sink U.S. navy assets. Martha, Trey, thank you very much, and we'll speak about all of that with the Vice President in just a few moments.

>> Walker Wildmon: This is what differs from, like, China and some of our other adversaries, even Putin, they don't talk like this. They might talk tough, they might talk mean. They don't talk about taking down US Aircraft carriers nonchalantly, on the town square. But this is Iran. This is what these guys do. This is commonplace. This is how they get their populace route up. And so when you look at the rationality of some of these leaders, Iran probably tops the list, maybe North Korea, too, of some of the most irrational leaders. When you. When you. Anybody who went through, like, any type of, geopolitical foreign policy, that's the word I'm looking for. Any type of foreign policy class, like in college or high school, you'll hear the word all the time. Rational.

>> Walker Wildmon: rational. Like, is this leader a rational actor? Like, if their power was on the line, would they go to the negotiating table and be sensible? If they knew their power was about to be taken away or their position was about to be eliminated, would they be a rational actor? And, would they make the right, smart decision for the sake of staying alive and staying in power if they were threatened? So that's what rational actors do. Not saying they're moral or they're just or they're good leaders. But when pressure is applied, they will likely do the rational thing, the thing that makes the most sense. But when you look at Iranians leaders, Iran's leaders, they are not rational. And obviously a lot of this has to do with Islam and their warped, warped worldview. But Iran is a pressure cooker and we'll see what the US does there. But hopefully I've painted a little bit broader picture of what's going on in the Middle east and how it's not just about regime change.

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>>  : This is at the Core on American Family Radio with your host, Walker Wildmon.

Welcome back to the Corps here on American Family Radio

>> Walker Wildmon: Welcome back to the Core here on American Family Radio. Glad to have you back with us in this last segment. Well, as I told you in the first segment, I told you we're going to have my brother Wesley in with us. And here he is, he's back. And it's Wednesday and you actually used. To come in every Wednesday, speak about family radio. We got family and radio right here.

>> Walker Wildmon: We're back and we get along. Yeah, most of the time.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, we will for the next five minutes.

>> Walker Wildmon: At least five minutes, maybe six. such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president. That's, that's how I view you. Oh, a consequential president.

>> Bobby Roza: I actually Wanted the let's get ready to rumble. But you should. It was a little too far, right.

>> Walker Wildmon: I think Wesley, you should be on Mount Rushmore.

>> Walker Wildmon: He should be.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I just.

>> Bobby Roza: Good looking beard.

>> Walker Wildmon: He doesn't even know how to respond.

>> Wesley Wildmon: No, I do flabbergast. Just don't want to interrupt y'.

>> Walker Wildmon: All.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Y' all go ahead. All right, so here. I actually brought my coffee in studio because I knew this was going to be a minute. I knew this was going to. I was going. So Walker set me up for a five minute interview, but it'll be. I'm going to end up taking over the whole st. There's a reason why I don't come on as often as I used to.

>> Walker Wildmon: Is your coffee hot, though? That's the question.

>> Wesley Wildmon: It's hot. The request for me being on just. Was just skyrocketing that we would. Walker.

>> Walker Wildmon: We were getting bombarded.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. Walker started feeling the pressure. He was like, we can't have this.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah. So you're back. But you notice I only committed to one.

>> Wesley Wildmon: One visit and one segment.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah. We'll just take up one segment at a time, see how it goes.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I am getting a little bit of an echo in here. Is that good?

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah. Somebody else. Somebody else's mic is on.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Walker Wildmon: Sounds like.

>> Wesley Wildmon: I bet it's just because. Is it Bobby's?

>> Walker Wildmon: Pull that a little bit closer to your.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Get loud if I do that.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah, that's better.

>> Wesley Wildmon: You're good.

>> Walker Wildmon: I have control of you.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, Walter has told me through you.

>> Walker Wildmon: He can cut your mic off at any time.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Hey, thanks for having me on. I do enjoy being on with you, from time to time, talking about different issues and to, let people know that we work together. I do a lot of the stuff behind the scenes. You do a lot of the stuff in front of the scenes. But together, we work well together and we get to travel together, too.

>> Walker Wildmon: Absolutely.

>> Wesley Wildmon: you're good. Yeah. So Walker and I are going to be doing.

>> Walker Wildmon: Sorry, I'm back. I unplugged my own mic. I was trying to get that echo out of the way, but. But so I unplugged my own mic.

>> Wesley Wildmon: So this is what happened first. I'm pretty sure Walker's sabotaging my time. My time here so he can,

>> Walker Wildmon: Let me focus this in. Bring it.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Bring us back.

>> Walker Wildmon: You and I are going to Williamsburg, Virginia. Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown in June. My parents have been doing this Tour for nearly 30 years, and you and I are going to take over at least this year. You and I are going to go in the Williamsburg portion.

>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.

>> Walker Wildmon: So we're going to go with Stephen McDowell to Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown for about three days and visit all the historical sites.

Walker and I are heading up a Christian heritage tour of Williamsburg

So I wanted to have you on to talk about how you and I are going to be together leading a trip to Weisburg.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, we're looking forward to it. We have been in transition of, of being taught and learned from the best of how to lead tours for the last, seven years or so and this. And so last year was our first time to lead our own exclusively to Boston. That was our first one to lead exclusively, just Walker and I. And this will be the first time while we have followed and in the footsteps of my parents on leading trips to, Williamsburg and Jamestown and Yorktown, we've been right there with them. They've been together. This is the first year that we're doing it, the two of us, and I'm really looking forward to it. It's a wonderful, wonderful experience. You real. You really will be, taken back to the time in history when with a lot of the sites that we visit, with the food that we eat and, and. And there's just the information that you will be given. There is a. They have kept and restored a lot of the Christian heritage, even at the mo. Even at the quote, secular sites that we go to, because it's so evident in our history where Christ, of our biblical ideas and the biblical worldview and our Christian heritage is so rich and so obvious that this is even written in headstones in. And places that we're going to visit. However, the places that are left out, the places that leave out a lot of the tourist, experience of our Christian heritage. That is where Steve McDowell will be filling in for you and Walker and I as well. And so the time spent together, it's a lot of fun, a lot of fellowship, a lot of conversations. So many of the ideas that we get here at AFA come from Fellowship and with our financial supporters and those that listen to us. And there's other ways we get to meet y'.

>> Walker Wildmon: All.

>> Wesley Wildmon: You know, we have Activate Summit, we have different types of events, but the, the. These tours that we lead and that now in this case Walker and I are, Are heading up, we really enjoy the time spent with our listeners, supporters and we're reminded and inspired by our Christian heritage. I'm so glad that we do these tours to to constantly remind people of our foundation being rooted in the Judeo Christian worldview, because it does. It really does. Have. It's a watermark or it's a, it's a monumental experience to reset our thinking and to be encouraged to continue the work that we do.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah, that's exactly right.

Wes and Stephen McDowell are leading a trip to colonial America

Hey, ah, let me give these dates. June 14th through the 17th. That's when we're going to be in Williamsburg. June 14th through the 17TH of this year. Wes and I are going to be leading a trip to Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown. We're going to spend a day in Jamestown. We're going to have lunch on the York River. We're going to go to Yorktown. And then on Tuesday we're going to. Which is the 16th full day, starting early. Full day in Williamsburg, in Old Town Williamsburg or Colonial Williamsburg rather. And then, we'll of course drive back to Washington D.C. on the last day. But we're going to have a great time. Stephen McDowell, I was just with him yesterday. You can attest to this, Wesley. He is a complete wealth of knowledge on all things America's founding history expert on George Washington. He's just a wealth of knowledge on all things Founding Fathers, all things Founding Fathers and America's founding. So if you're going to be with any historian on a trip to colonial America, Stephen McDowell is the guy you want to be with.

Two things that I want to leave our audience with. One, we are in a hot season with the Trump administration

>> Wesley Wildmon: Two things that I want to leave our audience with. One, we are in a really hot season in American history with the Trump administration and with. And the movement of conservatism. Sure, we talk about our battles and we've got things we're trying to address even within the Republican Party. But we're in a really good spot with the. With support from the Trump administration for Christian worldview and Christian ideas. So much so that this is the time to go, if you're going to go, if you're ever going to go, because these tours fill up extra fast. The Boston trip that we're going on, we're over 2/3 full, and that's in October of 2026. And it says 2/3 full. This is just coming up. what were the dates again?

>> Walker Wildmon: June 14th of the 17th.

>> Wesley Wildmon: This summer coming up in June, this. We were taking one bus and this is going to fill up extra quick. So number two is all inclusive. You pay other than your travel once.

>> Walker Wildmon: You'Re there and travel and lunch. That's it.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Travel, lunch.

>> Walker Wildmon: You.

>> Wesley Wildmon: As soon as you get off the bus, you're going to get, everything's covered. Your tickets, your hotel, your m. Most of your meals are covered. all, all the stops where we start. And you have to we, we, The tickets that we all.

>> Walker Wildmon: The entry fees.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Entry fees, that's what I was looking for. Is all inclusive. You just got to show up and it's, and you get to visit with. Obviously get to visit with us and other listeners as well. So those two things are really important to remember. It's all taken care of.

>> Walker Wildmon: That's right. Hey, if you want to check this out. Tours.AFA.net toursplural.AFA.net tours.AFA.net click on the Williamsburg tab. And then the dates for the trip Wesley and I are talking about is June 14th through the 17th. Wes and I are going to be leading this trip to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown with historian Stephen McDowell. So June. The reason we do this trip in June is because there's a lot of parents who would love to bring their kids, love to bring their middle or high school age kids on this trip with them, give them a little bit of a history lesson, and it's a great time of fellowship and fun. So we hope some of you will come with us. Tours.aca.net all right, Wesley, I think you passed the test, and so you're still on the green list to come back on the show.

>> Bobby Roza: We have a third caveat for wanting to go on this trip, though.

>> Wesley Wildmon: What's that?

>> Bobby Roza: It's literally just two weeks before the 250th birthday.

>> Walker Wildmon: M. That's duly noted.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Duly noted.

>> Bobby Roza: Should be nicely, spruced up then.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yes, I'm sure it will be.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Ah, that's a good point.

>> Walker Wildmon: Go to Colonial Williamsburg right before America's 250th. Yep. Morning.

>> Bobby Roza: Amen. Excellent new slogan.

>> Walker Wildmon: Yep. There you go. all right, Wesley. Thanks, brother.

>> Wesley Wildmon: All right, enjoy it.

>> Walker Wildmon: Thanks for figuring out this echo. We'll figure out what's going on here.

>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, that sounds good.

>> Bobby Roza: I like that shirt, Wesley.

Wesley Wildmon and his brother are going to Boston this fall

>> Walker Wildmon: Well, there you have it, folks. Wesley Wildmon and myself, my brother and I were going to Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown in June of this year. We typically go in September with our parents in September, and we help them out with that trip. But. But this year, our Boston trip is the day after the Washington trip in September. So Wes and I both have young kids. We just can't be gone for that long. So we're going to do the June portion of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown for this year. And then in September, we're going to be going to Boston. And my, parents, Tim and Allison, they'll be doing both Williamsburg and Washington in the fall in September and as Wesley said, the Boston trip in September 21st through the 26th, that thing is filling up fast. We've already got over a bus. We're heading on filling up the second bus for Boston this upcoming fall. And you're not going to want to miss that. And don't wait, to register because some folks last year waited and, they missed out, unfortunately. So we'll probably be full by. It's February, March, April. We'll probably be full by May 1, I would say at the latest for the September trip to Boston. It's a very popular trip. This will just be our second time going and we're going to have a great time of fellowship and, and fun and learning about, God's hand on our nation. I'll give you a little bit of a sneak peek, a little bit of a tease.

American Family Radio is releasing a special episode focusing on American history

Yesterday I was in Alito, Texas, and I was at the Wall Builders Library in Alito, Texas with Tim Barton of Wall Builders. I was with Stephen McDowell of the Providence foundation, and I was with Rick Green of, Patriot Academy, all familiar voices that you know here on American Family Radio. And we were filming a special episode of AFA at Home episode nine. And I'll tell you the title and the subtitle. This will get your blood flowing. The title, AFA at Home Episode 9, One Nation Under God. Subtitle Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary. So we filmed over 90 minutes of continuous content with Stephen, Tim, Rick and myself going all the way from the colonial era of American history, why the Pilgrims settled here. We walked through the Revolutionary War. We talked about trying times throughout American history, and we talked about where we are today. All of this was recorded over 90 minutes of content in this special AFA at Home episode 9, that we filmed just yesterday over in Alito, Texas. We were in Wall Builders Library. That's one of the, one of the largest private collections of founding era documents and materials in the world. For example, right behind me, and I'll upload this image maybe later, but right behind me, as we're filming in the library, there's a flag on the wall that was from Normandy. It was from D Day. And this flag, if I've got my recollection correct from what Tim told me, this flag was actually raised up on one of the ships. One of the Navy ships. One of the Navy vessels, I believe it was Navy, one of the military vessels, nonetheless, that was helping aid in the storming of the beach in Normandy. And so this flag actually has got shrapnel. Holes through it. It's all tethered on one side. And, the flag made it, it survived, they brought it home and it's hanging in the wallbutter's library. There was on one wall, every single signature of all signers of the Declaration of Independence was on one wall. All the signers, every single signer, they had at least one copy of their original signature on the entire wall, there at the wall Builders Library. And there was tons of other excellent documents, original copies of founding era documents there at the library. So that was the setting. And of course when you let Tim Barton and Stephen McDowell and Rick Green go, I actually didn't do a lot of talking, and it's kind of good because I didn't have my voice. So I let them do all the talking. And it was very, very beneficial. And you shouldn't leave this episode and we're going to release it, lord willing, on July 4th, but you shouldn't leave that episode, my friends. you really can't leave that episode in good conscience and say that God doesn't have or has never had his hand, on American history. And actually George Washington looked at, and Stephen recounts this better than I do, but George Washington actually looked back on the Revolutionary War and the Independence. George Washington looked back on that and in essence said, if you look at this in history and deny the hand of God, you are worse than an infidel. The exact quote is out there. You can go fact check me. But even George Washington, a man of faith, looked at the War for Independence, looked at God's providence in early American history and said, if you look at all of this that has transpired and you say that God has no part in it, you are completely denying reality and you are worse than an infidel. That's what George Washington said. So we don't want to be that and we need to recognize God's hand, on our country.

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