#107 - John Zmirak
The Eric Metaxas Show
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric talks with John Zmirak about the latest attempt on President Trump’s life, the shocking security failures, Tommy Robinson, the rise of political violence, and why parts of the left now seem to justify violence against their enemies. They also discuss Eric’s new book on the American Revolution, the difference between America’s founding and the French Revolution, and why Darwinian materialism leaves young people vulnerable to destructive ideologies. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.⭐ PRE-ORDER TODAY:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:📢 Don’t Let the Financial Storm Destroy Your Wealth and Future!https://www.metaxasgoldira.com/⚖️ Legal Help Center - Get Free Legal Help Today: https://www.legalhelpcenter.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/
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| 0:23.4 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Eric Metaxus show. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm Eric Metaxus, and it is my joy this week and many weeks to have, as my guest, John |
| 0:33.5 | Smirak. |
| 0:38.9 | John, welcome back. |
| 0:41.1 | Hey, Eric, good to talk to you. |
| 0:42.8 | So when last we talked, that was before the latest assassination attempt. |
| 0:47.1 | But not just on the president, the inexplicably, the entire administration was gathered in one room with lame security. |
| 0:56.2 | Literally, if they had, if this, this psycho, left-wing Christian Caltech grad had managed, |
| 1:05.3 | let's say he had a grenade, he could have gotten a grenade in, he got a rifle in, |
| 1:08.9 | he could have taken out the whole administration to the point where |
| 1:12.1 | Senator Chuck Grassley would be president of the United States. |
| 1:17.3 | Senator Chuck Grassley was like the next in line for succession |
| 1:22.0 | because so many members of the administration were idiotically gathered together |
| 1:27.2 | in one place in a country |
| 1:29.1 | that has a radical left that justifies terrorism, that has mainstream institutions |
| 1:34.5 | justifying terrorism. |
| 1:36.4 | Well, the whole thing I have to say, I was myself shocked that so many members of the |
| 1:43.5 | cabinet were in the same place. That was kind of strange. |
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