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The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Trump Owns Fake News to their Faces on his 100th Day in Office
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Brittany
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Clay
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Ben
Hey Clay.
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Clay
If there was a summer camp for critical thinking, we'd be the chief counselors.
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Ben
Those jelly heads in June would be intellectual warriors by August.
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Clay
Be a lot of fun too. Some Bill and Ted's excellent adventure references.
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Ben
Thrown in this podcast. Like a daily dose of that. Minus the campfires, archery and pranking. The girls.
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Clay
The bonafide boot camp for critical thinking. You can get in on it for free at the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. Just search our names, Clay and Bach. Listen and subscribe. In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself at the center of a massive scandal that looked like it might bring down his presidency. It became known as the Iran Contra affair.
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Brittany
The things that happened were so bizarre and insane, I can't begin to tell you.
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Clay
Please do. To hear the whole story, listen to Iran Contra on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Brittany
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Ben
You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Wednesday morning, Ben Ferguson with you. It's so nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got a big story to discuss. Not 100amark of Donald Trump's presidency, but he decided to sit down and take on the liberal media from the Oval Office in an incredible interview where he dismantled ABC News. We're going to have all of the highlights for you. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. President Donald Trump in the first 100 days of his second term made it very clear he is in it to win it and standing by his supporters, those that voted for him to clean up the mess which is Washington, D.C. and the White House and others in his cabinet spent the entire day highlighting their significant achievements. Now there is a big list of achievements, including immigration and border security, with significant reduction illegal border crossings. We also know that there's been economic and regulatory measures that the White House is touting as well, including job creation, with approximately 345,000 jobs that have already been added, with over half in the non government sectors such as construction and mining, indicating growth in the private industry employment, which is so important to the Trump administration. We've also witnessed energy sector revitalization. The administration prioritized domestic energy production by removing many regulations aiming to achieve energy independence and stimulate economic growth and lower the prices that you're paying at the pump. We've also had a major trade policy adjustment, new trade policies that have been introduced with the intention of promoting domestic manufacturing and protecting American workers and American industries. It's also been a major point with the president when it comes to the issue of national security. And then there is Doge government efficiency and deregulation. We've had executive orders, a total of 142 executive orders that have been signed focused on reducing bureaucratic red tape and streamlining government operations. Then you have the Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk. This new department aims to identify and eliminate inefficiencies which are now into the hundreds of billions of dollars. And that's not all. Cultural and educational initiatives as well, including education reform. The administration has taken major steps to reform educational institutions, emphasizing traditional curriculum and reducing federal oversight. Getting it back to the states. We've also had a major change in social policies, policies that were implemented to align with traditional social values. Including actions related to gender definitions and sports participation, protecting women in sports. Now let's move to foreign policy and international relations. We have had major support coming in from our allies. The administration reaffirmed its support for major allies, aiming to strengthen international partnerships instead of weakening them, which is exactly what happened under the Biden administration. And then trade negotiations. Efforts have been made to reinvigorate trade deals to favor American interests. And the goal is to boost the domestic economy and the American workforce. Now, the President decided to highlight all of this at a Michigan rally many described as what he does so well at these campaign rallies. But on the hundredth day, President Trump held the rally in Michigan, declaring his first hundred days as the, quote, most successful in presidential history, highlighting achievements in immigration, energy and economic policies that I just mentioned. Now, the President wasn't done there. He also decided it was time to take on the liberal media. And the President, United States of America sat down in the Oval Office for a one on one interview with ABC News. Now, let me warn you, this is a beatdown. And the President of the United States of America didn't hold back. One of the big highlights was when he talked about America and why it's so important that we are respected again. Here's some of that back and forth.
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Reporter
Do you think the reputation the United States has gone down under your presence?
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Brittany
No, I think it's gone way up. And I think we're a respected country again. We were left at all over the world. We had a president that couldn't walk up a flight of stairs, couldn't walk down a flight of stairs, couldn't walk across the stage without falling. We had a president that was grossly incompetent. You knew it, I knew it and everybody knew it. But you guys didn't want to write it because you're fake news. All right. By the way, ABC is one of the worst, I have to be honest with you.
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Reporter
Thank you.
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Ben
Now, the President wasn't done there calling them one of the worst. He also called them out for some of their lies to the American people, even in the interview saying, you guys are just making it up.
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Reporter
A legal note fraud is a crime. There have been no referrals to the Justice Department at any.
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Brittany
Well, you don't know that, do you? How do you know that?
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Reporter
Have there been referrals today?
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Brittany
How would you know that, that there were no referrals? I think they generally.
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Reporter
All right, there's been no investigation from the Department. I'm asking you, sir.
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Brittany
No, you're not asking me. You made A statement, you know, now I'm asking you, that was a statement that you made. There had, I'm asking you, have there been. Yes, they have.
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Reporter
So there have been referrals for fraud from the workers.
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Brittany
Take a look at some of these things that took place. Billions of dollars. We give it to people for no reason whatsoever. Of course they have been.
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Ben
I love how fast ABC News moves along from that back and forth once they realize the President's gotten them again. And then how about the issue with illegal crossings at the southern border? ABC News forced to admit that yes, in fact, President Donald Trump's plan has worked well.
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Reporter
And as you said, it is an undeniable fact that illegal crossings at the southern border have plummeted a staggering decline. But there are questions about your methods. And so I want to ask my message.
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Brittany
Methods.
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Reporter
About your methods, how you're accomplishing.
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Ben
Isn't it amazing? ABC News, they're saying, well, there's no doubt undeniable fact that illegal crossings at the southern border to plummeted a staggering decline. But there are questions about your methods, President Trump. Well, they seem to work yet again, showing them he's not messing around. The President was also asked about his agenda in general and making America great again. And here is what the President had to say about that 100 days in.
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Reporter
What do you say to people who are concerned you are taking seizing too much power and becoming an authoritarian president like we haven't had before?
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Brittany
No, I would hate them to think that I'm doing one thing. I'm making America great again. We have a country that was failing. We have a country that was left out all over the world. We had a leader that was grossly incompetent. Should have never been there. The election was rigged. He should have never been there. Our country suffered greatly and now our country's coming back like nobody can believe. I have editorials just today where they're saying they've never seen anything like it. They love it. Our country is coming back and we're respected again.
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Ben
President Trump also wasn't done there calling out the left for what they had done to come after him on revoking the security clearance of proven liars, saying, I don't care if you like it or not, this is what the President's going to do to keep America safe.
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Reporter
I'm asking the justification for going after people you don't like.
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Brittany
No, no. People that I think are dishonest. It's not that I don't, I don't even know most of them. They're people that.
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Reporter
I think people made you angry.
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Brittany
No, it's not anger. These are people that I think are very dishonest. I don't think they're worthy of being able to go into top secret information. I think that's fine. And Biden did that with many of our people. But when you look at it, these are people that I don't think are worthy. That's my decision. It's not a question of anger, by the way.
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Ben
These are several people who flat out lied and use a security clearance to lie to the American voters and tell them that the Hunter Biden laptop was, quote, Russian disinformation. Now, one of the main things the president wanted to get across was that we are respected in the world. Again, the President, as he described it, couldn't even walk up a flight of stairs. Well, Donald Trump also talked about Biden's security clearances and why he believes he shouldn't have them.
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Brittany
Biden did something to me and I did something to Biden. And you know why I did it? Because he's grossly incompetent. That's not a man that should be allowed to, you know, be looking at things that are very confidential. But what about 71? Here's a man that used an auto pen to sign very important documents. Now, who really is. Do you think he knew what that they were using an auto pen? I mean, he used an auto pen to sign very, very important documents. And so those are really the questions you should be asking. What do you think of the auto pen? Who wielded the auto pen? Because whoever that person was. Think of it. Whoever the person that wielded the auto pen, he was really the President of the United States. But you. I don't think that Biden knew anything about it.
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Ben
I don't think Biden knew anything about it. Referencing the auto pen. ABC News wasn't done there with their propaganda, however, when they decided to ask the President, hey, like, are you using your powers for personal revenge?
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Reporter
Are you using your powers as president to get personal revenge?
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Brittany
No. I'll tell you what, I tell you what, you should not. You're really not asking and you should be asking. There has never been a president in this country in the history that was persecuted, like I was persecuted by really crooked people, dishonest, horrible people. And it's been proven. So when you say I'm treating people rough, I'm not treating people rough. I was treated worse than any president in the history of our country. And, you know, people figured, well, maybe that's it finally, we got, you know, he's leaving town. There goes the helicopter. And then I came back. And I came back because I have tremendous support. You know, when you win an election like I wanted, and you will admit, I won all seven swing states. I won the popular vote. I won 700, let's see, 2,750 districts compared to 500 districts. That's why the map is all red. And those people feel that I was treated unfairly.
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Ben
Now, the President was also asked a question by ABC News about Doge. Of course, in a negative light. The President fought back on that one as well, saying this, Did Doge go.
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Reporter
Too far, too fast, too reckless?
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Brittany
No, I think Doge has been, look, saved $150 billion. Billion we saved. That's a lot of money. There's also a lot of things right now under investigation, which is going to increase that amount by a lot. That's a tremendous amount of money. There were some things where, when I heard about them, I put them back. As you know, there are things that I'm considering right now putting back, but overall, we've saved hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Reporter
Well, the original promise was 2 trillion, went to 1 trillion, now to 150 billion in heading.
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Brittany
You don't know what it's going to be because we have things that are very, at a very high level that are being looked at right now. We also found tremendous waste, fraud and abuse. As you know, we found a lot of fraud. There was a lot of fraud. Fraudulent things were taking, and we ended that. And those people are going to be suffering because of it.
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Ben
The President, clearly, they're stating that he's doing exactly what the American people want him to do. And when it comes to Doge, they love the fact the President is saving money. Now, finally, on a foreign affairs issue, the President was asked about Vladimir Putin and Russia and Ukraine. And here is what the President had to say.
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Reporter
It does feel like something's happening. After that meeting with Zelensky in St. Peter's you posted this on social media. There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas and cities and towns over the last few days. It makes me think that maybe that.
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Brittany
Was part of my post. But you're right, that was a part of a post.
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Reporter
And it says, it makes me think that maybe he doesn't want to stop the war. He's just tapping me along.
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Brittany
Yeah, that's possible.
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Reporter
He might be.
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Brittany
He could be tapping me along a little bit. I would say that he would like to stop the war. I think that if it weren't for me, I think he'd want to take over the whole country. Personally, I always felt so when I left, there wasn't even a chance that this would happen. When Biden got involved, I won't say whether or not he handled it properly, but obviously it wasn't good because the war started. Putin went in. The war started. I believe that Putin wanted to get all of Ukraine once he went in. And I think part of the reason he went and he saw what happened in Afghanistan, how incompetent, how incompetently Millie and all these guys handled that. It was one of the greatest embarrassments of. Of our lifetimes, but maybe in the history of our country, okay, so Putin went in. I think Putin wanted all of Ukraine. I think if I didn't win the election, he would have gotten all of Ukraine. I think he would have taken all of Ukraine. I think his first choice, never with me. He would have never gone in with this group of losers. He went in, he saw what happened in Afghanistan. He said, wow, this is my chance. Because it was always the apple of his eye. I talked to him. Ukraine was the apple of his eye. I think he wanted the whole country, You've said because of me. I do believe that he's willing to stop the fighting. Don't you think he wants.
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Reporter
You think Vladimir Putin wants peace?
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Brittany
I think he does, yes. I think.
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Reporter
I think even with the raining missiles.
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Brittany
I think he really. His. His. His dream was to take over the whole country. I think because of me, he's not going to do that.
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Ben
Because of me, he's not going to do it. And as for the meeting with Zelinsky, the president summed up the change of heart this way.
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Reporter
I want to turn. I was just in Rome, and to that moving photograph of you and President zelensky sitting in St. Peter's Basilica talking peace. It went around the world.
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Brittany
Sure.
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Reporter
Take us into that moment.
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Brittany
Well, look, the Ukraine is a very serious, very tough situation. And this is Biden's war. This is not my war, but I want to see if I can solve it, because probably close to 5,000 young soldiers a week are being killed, Russian and Ukrainian. We also spend a tremendous amount of money in Ukraine. And Europe should be spending much more than us. They're not spending much less. It's been badly handled by the Biden administration. It's been badly handled all the way around. All the way around that moment. The moment was a moment of solace, in a sense, because tremendous numbers of people are dying. A lot of his people are dying, they're being killed. And I feel very badly about it. I feel very badly about that's a war that would have never happened if I were president. And it didn't happen for four years. It was never even a thought of it happening.
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Ben
President Trump making it clear that he's got a lot to do, that he has a lot that he's focused on, and then he's delivering for the American people and trying to stop a senseless war in Ukraine. All of this in a hundred days. So the question now is, what's going to happen in the next hundred days? Well, the good news here is we're going to be covering it every single day for you. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson Podcast and.
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Clay
We will see you back here tomorrow.
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Chad
Time is precious and so are our pets. So time with our pets is extra precious. That's why we started Dutch. Dutch provides 247 access to licensed vets with unlimited virtual visits and follow ups for up to five pets. You can message a vet at any time and schedule a video visit the same day. Our vets can even prescribe medication for many ailments and shipping is always free. With Dutch, you'll get more time with your pets and year round peace of mind when it comes to their vet care.
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Clay
Hey Clay, if there was a summer camp for critical thinking, we'd be the chief counselors. Those jelly heads in June would be.
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Ben
Intellectual warriors by August.
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Clay
Be a lot of fun too. Some Bill and Ted's excellent adventure references.
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Ben
Thrown in this podcast like a daily dose of that. Minus the campfires, archery and pranking the girls.
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Clay
The bonafide boot camp for critical thinking.
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Ben
You can get in on it for.
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Clay
Free at the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. Just search our names Clay and Balk. Listen and subscribe. In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself at the center of a massive scandal that looked like it might bring down his presidency. It became known as the Iran Contra Affair.
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Brittany
The things that happened were so bizarre and insane I can't begin to tell you.
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Clay
Please do. To hear the whole story, listen to Fiasco Iran Contra on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.