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The Big Ben Show

AOC’s Munich Gaffes & The DHS Crisis | The Big Ben Show

The Big Ben Show

Fox News Radio

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.5576 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On this edition of The Big Ben Show, host Ben Domenech breaks down AOC’s recent trip to the Munich Security Conference, where her lack of foreign policy experience was on full display. Despite a "red carpet" rollout by the media, her answers on Taiwan and Venezuela geography suggest she may not be the serious candidate the Democratic establishment is hoping for. Later, Fox News’ Bill Melugin joins the show in the studio to provide an inside look at the growing instability within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They discuss the future of Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, the shift in mass deportation tactics under Tom Homan, and the "drip-drip" of negative media stories impacting the administration's internal stability. Finally, Ben dives into the "Late Night Chaos" at CBS. Stephen Colbert is railing against his own network over an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Was it a Trump-led conspiracy or just a simple FCC "Equal Time" rule? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, boys and girls, we are back with another edition of The Big Ben Show.

0:10.7

I'm your host, Ben Dominic.

0:12.0

You can follow me on X at B.

0:13.6

Dominic.

0:14.3

Follow the show at Big Ben Show Fox on Instagram and on X.

0:19.6

We thank you so much for all the attention you've been paying us recently and to my team

0:23.9

for all the different clips they've been pulling.

0:25.7

We've had things go for over half a million in terms of views, and that's a great thing to

0:30.5

see.

0:30.8

So please follow and pay attention because we are going to do more, I hope, in the coming

0:36.1

weeks.

0:37.3

Today, as we see the situation around the world, particularly in the Middle East, where a third of the U.S. Navy is currently either already there or roaring toward something that could lead to a potential confrontation with Iran, the kind of war in the Middle East that

0:55.6

the U.S. has been loath to engage in and is one of the reasons why Donald Trump emerged

1:00.5

in the first place in terms of his criticism of it. We see a situation that requires great

1:06.1

leadership. It's been a chaotic year. It's been a year that has seen, you know, everything that's gone on in terms of the war between Israel and Gaza, the war that continues in Ukraine, everything that's happened in Venezuela, the rising influence of China, perhaps breaks in the NATO coalition over the battle over Greenland.

1:29.1

This is something that really requires a firm hand, but also someone who has a great knowledge

1:35.6

and awareness of what's going on in the world right now and what really is the most important

1:42.7

thing. They need to be able to answer the questions that they have.

1:46.0

And thankfully, the Democratic Party has that.

1:49.0

And they definitely have it in a serious way when it comes to what went down in Munich.

1:53.9

Would and should the U.S. actually commit U.S. troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move?

2:01.6

You know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is a, you know, I think

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