The Reluctant President: Washington’s Leadership and Legacy | The American Story | Ep 10

The Glenn Beck Program

Mercury Radio Arts

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6 • 25.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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As the French Revolution turns into a blood-soaked spectacle, the shockwaves reach across the Atlantic to President Washington’s desk. Follow Washington through the most volatile years of his presidency: cabinet warfare between Hamilton and Jefferson, street mobs stirred up by Citizen Genet, a deadly yellow fever outbreak, and the explosive Whiskey Rebellion that forces Washington back onto the battlefield. International crises, brutal press attacks, fragile alliances, and a nation still learning how to govern itself push the first president to his breaking point. And through it all, Washington makes the most important decision of his political life – one that will define the American presidency forever. GLENN'S SPONSORS: Jase Medical: Get your personalized emergency medical kit today. Visit https://jase.com/ and enter code “BECK” at checkout for a discount on your order. Relief Factor: If you’re living with aches and pains, see how Relief Factor, a daily drug-free supplement, could help you feel better and live better. Try the three-week QuickStart for just $19.95 by visiting https://ReliefFactor.com. American Financing: American Financing can show you how to put your hard-earned equity to work and get you out of debt. Dial ⁠800-906-2440⁠, or visit ⁠https://www.americanfinancing.net⁠. Good Ranchers: Bring 100% American meat to your family with Good Ranchers. Visit https://www.goodranchers.com/ and use the promo code GLENN for free meat and $100 off your first three orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.8	on and off the pitch.
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0:32.9	It's January 21st, 1793.
0:41.3	In the city of Paris Paris pulsates with violence.
0:46.3	The Revolutionary Square is packed. 20,000 people press shoulder to shoulder, shouting, jeering, climbing onto the rooftops for a better view.
0:52.3	A gray winter sky hangs low over the city and a wooden scaffold rises like something out
0:58.8	of a nightmare.
1:01.2	At its center sits a contraption that has become the defining sound of the French Revolution,
1:08.0	the guillotine. At the foot of the scaffold stands King Louis XVI.
1:14.6	The same king who just a decade earlier bankrolled the American Revolution,
1:19.6	funneling money, weapons, and ships to George Washington's struggling army.
1:24.6	It was his support that helped the United States become a nation.
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