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America is standing on a razor’s edge. Soldiers in the streets, allies thrown under the bus, truth traded in for propaganda … and the real danger isn’t just what’s happening in front of us. It’s what people are being conditioned to accept.

In this Monday Fallout, I take the mask off the chaos and show the pattern hiding in plain sight: intimidation paraded as “safety,” political payback dressed up as “law and order,” and foreign policy turned into little more than a trash-talk sideshow.

The headlines are radioactive, but what’s brewing beneath them is even more toxic. Armed troops in American cities, crime stats cooked to sell a panic, allies humiliated for a campaign clip … it’s not just incompetence. It’s a strategy.

At the center of it all is one weapon. Not tanks. Not rifles. Not even laws. The weapon is fear. And those in power know exactly how to use it.

This episode isn’t just a recap. It’s a warning. About how fear is packaged and sold like a product. About how it gets recycled through crime, immigration, and foreign enemies until people can’t tell the difference between real threats and manufactured panic. And about how once fear takes root, citizens don’t just surrender their freedoms … they beg for the chains.

I break down how the game works, why it’s so effective, and what it costs … not only at home, but across the world. Because fear doesn’t just make people compliant. It makes allies question America’s sanity and adversaries celebrate its weakness.

This isn’t a news cycle. It’s conditioning. And once you see the pattern, you can’t unsee it. That’s what tonight’s Monday Fallout is about: stripping away the distraction, cutting through the noise, and calling out the system for what it really is.

If you’ve ever wondered how democracies slide into something darker … not with a bang, but with the slow normalization of fear … this episode lays it bare. Fear isn’t keeping anyone safe. Fear is the leash.





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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a world gone mad.
This is a world gone mad, mad,mad, mad, mad.
Hello, I'm Jeff Allen Wolfe.
Welcome back to A World GoneMad, and it's time for another
Monday Fallout.
The headlines are radioactive,the truth is buried in the

(00:20):
rubble and I'm here to dig itout.
Systems are breaking the truth,vanished Power plays everywhere
, and I'm going to discuss twothings that are going on that
you need to know about, andplease stay around for the rest
of the episode.
I've got a full, powerful,in-depth commentary that I'm

(00:43):
going to share with you.
Okay, here we go.
Trump weaponized the NationalGuard and put them on the
streets of Washington DC.
I've already talked about that.
At first, the line was don'tworry, folks, they're just here
to help, just logistics, juststanding around.

(01:06):
Yeah, right, then the red stategovernors that you already know
, I've told you about, startairdropping their troops into dc
like it's some kind of megasummer camp.
Suddenly, the nation's capitallooks less like democracy and
more like the set of a cheap,dystopian reboot.

(01:28):
Then the Justice Departmentagain something I informed you
about, supposed to be about lawand truth, right, so starts
cooking the numbers like a methdealer with a calculator.
They take a city where violentcrime is down.
They sell you a horror storyabout streets dripping in blood

(01:49):
just to justify putting troopson the corners in dc.
And now, well, the charade isover.
Listeners, the masks are off.
The guard isn't just standingthere anymore in washington dc.
The Guard isn't just standingthere anymore in Washington DC.
They're armed, that's right.
Pistols, rifles, military-gradefirepower in the middle of

(02:14):
Washington DC.
Against who?
Against us?
Don't give me this bullshitabout public safety.
This isn't about crime, it'sabout control.
It's about control.
It's about optics, it's aboutintimidation.
They want people to look atsoldiers with weapons on
American streets and treat itlike background noise.

(02:39):
And Trump's not hiding hisplaybook.
He's already announced Chicagois next, new York, you're on
deck.
This isn't law enforcement.
This is a traveling roadshow ofintimidation, a reality TV
strongman fantasy acted out withlive ammo and taxpayer dollars.

(03:03):
We're supposed to shrug andcall that democracy?
No, this is authoritarian creepin broad daylight, one little
step at a time, until you wakeup and realize the soldiers on
the street aren't there toprotect freedom, they're there
to bury it.

(03:23):
And, the most dangerous partthey're daring us to get used to
it, to normalize it, to stopreacting.
That's the game, because oncepeople stop noticing, once they
stop caring, that's whendemocracy doesn't just die in
darkness, doesn't just die indarkness, it dies right out in

(03:44):
the open.
So let me ask you, wolfpacklistener, do you live in a blue
state?
Do you live in a city thatvoted the wrong way?
Then congratulations, you're onthe list.

(04:07):
Chicago's already named, newYork's already named.
And don't kid yourself, if itcan happen there, it can happen
where you live.
Your chances just went sky highbecause this isn't random.
This isn't about crime.
It's about punishing politicalenemies and showing everyone
else what happens if you don'tfall in line.

(04:27):
So while Trump is busymilitarizing American streets,
not just in DC, but with plansto roll the same show of force
into Chicago, new York and everyblue state on his enemies list,
he's also exporting this chaosoverseas list.
He's also exporting this chaosoverseas.

(04:47):
And what does he do?
Right before sitting down withSouth Korea's new president, he
torches that alliance hoursbefore the meeting.
Today he's out there runninghis mouth, blasting one of
America's strongest allies, likethey're the enemy.
And of course he does.
This is Trump's business asusual.
He always blasts someone, healways belittles them.

(05:11):
Donny boy always demeans themright before he walks in the
room.
Why?
Because it's not strategy, it'sfucking insecurity.
Trump needs to knock someonedown just to feel tall enough to
shake their hand.
The meeting with South Korea'snew president, Lee Jae-yong, has

(05:34):
now taken place.
But let's be clear.
The real headline isn'twhatever was said behind closed
doors, it's the clown show Trumpstaged on the way in Now.
Hours before the summit, hetrashed South Korea on social
media, babbling about a purgeand a revolution and hinting the

(05:56):
US might cut ties.
That's not diplomacy, that'snot leadership.
That's a president setting thebuilding on fire before walking
through the front door.
Now, south Korea has been oneof America's most loyal allies
for decades.
They've shelled out billionsfor US bases, defense systems,

(06:17):
trade, tech, the whole damnpackage package.
They're literally parked on thefront line of North Korea while
Trump was busy swooning overKim Jong Un's beautiful love
letters.
And yet he paints them asfreeloaders, like they're
sneaking into America's fridgeat night and stealing leftovers.

(06:39):
No, donald, they're the oneskeeping the lights on while
you're playing footsie withdictators.
And what did Trump really wantout of this summit?
Not policy, not partnership,not stability in Asia.
Donald wanted a photo op, aclip for the campaign reel, a

(07:01):
chance to say look at me, I madethem pay.
That's it.
That's the depth of Donny Boy'sstrategy, a man who thinks
foreign policy is justprofessional wrestling with
worse lighting.
Here's the cost.
Every time Trump pulls this shit, allies start asking themselves

(07:22):
Can we even count on the USanymore?
Today you're the friend,tomorrow you're the punching bag
.
If that's the deal, whywouldn't they start hedging
toward China?
And that's the danger.
Trump isn't just burningbridges, he's handing the bricks
to Beijing.

(07:43):
And don't buy the spin.
You're going to hear.
He'll sell this summit as atriumph.
He'll claim he stood tall, hemade South Korea blink.
Trump dominated the room, butlet's strip it down everyone.
And what you actually saw wasanother hollow performance, a

(08:04):
president desperate for applause, sabotaging an ally to feed his
ego and calling it a victory.
Because, at the end of the day,this wasn't about South Korea,
it wasn't about defense or tradeor partnership.
It was about Trump staging ashow where the only plot line is

(08:25):
him trying to look 10 feet tallwhile standing on a mountain of
his own bullshit.
And I'll be honest listeners, Iwould love to be the one to
push him off that mountain ofbullshit.
But let's be real.
You're probably already sayingit with me right now.
Stand in line, jeff.

(08:46):
All right, I wanted to talkabout something important and
this is my commentary, and I'min a pissed off mood and I'm in
a focused mood and I just wentwith the flow today, so bear
with me.
Okay, this is in depth, this isa little long, but hear me out,
okay.
Wolfpack Fear, that's it.

(09:08):
That's Donald's entire strategy.
If you could keep people scared, you could keep them controlled
.
That's not politics anymore,that's conditioning, that's
shock collar government.
Look at what's happening inthis country.
They scream about crime likeit's Armageddon on every corner.

(09:29):
They take one carjacking, onesmash and grab one viral clip
and they pump it through thesystem like it's oxygen or even
dropping facts.
Don't sell, fear sells.
Fear gets eyeballs, fear getsvotes and, most important, fear

(09:54):
gets compliance.
You terrify people enough.
They'll beg for troops on theirstreets, for checkpoints in
their neighborhoods, for copswith military gear looking at
them like suspects.
Fear makes people volunteer fortheir own handcuffs.
Then there's immigration alwaysthe border, always the invasion,

(10:18):
always the caravans ofdangerous, faceless others
supposedly charging towards uslike extras in some apocalyptic
video game.
They never tell you the truththat most of these people are
families, asylum seekers,laborers who will end up cooking

(10:38):
your food, fixing your roofs,cleaning your hospitals?
No, your hospitals.
No, they sell it as a tidalwave of crime and drugs.
Because fear of the other isthe oldest trick in the damn
book.
It's divide, it's distract,it's demonize.

(11:00):
While you're looking at theborder with your knees knocking,
you're not looking at thecorporations that thrive on
undocumented labor or thepoliticians who depend on the
chaos.
Fear drowns all that out, andwhen it's not crime or
immigrants, it's foreign enemiesChina, russia, iran who's ever

(11:23):
convenient?
This week, they'll tell you,every problem is caused by some
shadowy enemy thousands of milesaway.
Gas prices go up, blame ChinaElection goes wrong, russia
Unemployment, the immigrantsagain, it's always someone out
there, listeners, some loomingthreat, because as long as they

(11:45):
can make you feel surrounded,you'll never notice the rot
right here at home.
And here's the ugly truth Fearworks.
It's brutal, it's corrosive,but it works.
People surrender their rightswhen they're scared.
They cheer when liberties getshredded.

(12:06):
They swallow surveillance,censorship, militarization, not
because they want it, becausethey've been convinced they'll
die soon without it.
And once you buy into fear, youdon't just give up power, you
become dependent on the leash.
You start believing the leashis the only thing that's keeping

(12:29):
you alive.
That is how democracy getshollowed out Not in one dramatic
explosion, but in a slowsuffocation under a blanket of
fear.
Look at where we are right now.
The National Guard is inWashington DC carrying weapons.
Governors are shipping moretroops into the Capitol like

(12:51):
it's their private sandbox.
The Justice Department cooksthe crime stats to make it look
worse just to justify the show.
And the second you question it,you're told you don't care
about safety, you don't careabout law and order.
That's how fear works.
It boxes you in.
You're either terrified andobedient or you're painted as

(13:16):
part of the problem.
And Trump, he's turned fear intoperformance, art.
Crime, immigration, allies,enemies it doesn't matter.
He'll sell you the nightmare.
Then he'll step in as the herowho promises to stop it, except
he never stops it.
Because the fear is the point,he needs the crisis.

(13:41):
Because the fear is the point,he needs the crisis.
He needs the panic.
He needs you waking up everyday convinced the country is
collapsing, so he could standthere and say only I can fix it.
Fear is his currency, fear ishis campaign slogan, fear is
Trump's brand.
Now, let's not kid ourselves.

(14:01):
This doesn't just rattleAmerica.
The rest of the world sees ittoo.
Allies look at this country andwonder if we've lost our mind.
They see us militarizing ourcapital, demonizing immigrants,
trashing partners like SouthKorea before a summit,
humanizing immigrants, trashingpartners like South Korea before

(14:22):
a summit, and they wonder ifAmerica is a stable partner or
some rabid dog off its leash andadversaries.
They love it.
They don't have to lift afinger Every time Trump or his
cronies crank up the fearmachine.
America tears itself apart fromthe inside.
That's the gift.
That's the export Chaospackaged as patriotism.

(14:46):
So here we are Fear is theweapon, fear is the leash, fear
is the product.
And the worst part, trump andMAGA are not even subtle about
it anymore.
They don't care if you see it,because they know fear doesn't
have to be rational, it doesn'thave to be real, it just has to

(15:11):
be constant.
And as long as they can keepyou looking over your shoulder,
they can do whatever they wantwith your future.
This isn't safety, this isn'tsecurity.
This is controlled by terror,one headline at a time.

(15:34):
You've got thoughts, wolfpack?
I know you do so.
Stop yelling in Facebook groupsand send your thoughts to me.
Call anytime 833-399-9653, tollfree, or you could email me Now
.
Over the past year and a half,listeners, some of you told me

(15:57):
all the old me emails I had weretoo complicated, so I took care
of that.
So yes, here's another.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Here's another new email, buthopefully this one's easier for
you.
Now it's time for you, thelisteners, the Wolfpack, to talk

(16:18):
.
So here's the new emailWolfpackTalks.
How simple can that be?
W-o-l-f-p-a-c-k-t-a-l-k-s atgmailcom.
Wolfpacktalks at gmail.
Don't just listen, be part ofit.
Also, please leave a review onApple or Spotify.

(16:41):
It's the only way this podcastgets noticed.
I show up every day to call upthe people in the news for what
they are.
No dressing it up, no wateringit down, no filter.
This has been A World Gone.
Mad Monday's Fallout edition.
I'm Jeff Allen Wolfe.
Mad Monday's Fallout edition.
I'm Jeff Allen Wolfe.
I'll be back Wednesday becausesomeone has to say the shit that

(17:05):
no one else will, andapparently that job's mine.
Until then, wolfpack listeners,stay skeptical, stay focused
and, most of all, stay hopeful.
There is chaos in the world,can't you see?

(17:28):
And most of all, stay hopeful.
This is a world on men.
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