Unknown (3:36)

Do you think that DOGE could benefit from more streamlined communications? There was that email telling employees to give five things that they've done last week. Agency heads then told people to ignore it.

Ben Ferguson (3:47)

But Elon Musk, the last email that was sent where he wanted to know what you did this week. You know why he wanted that, by the way? I thought it was great because we have people that don't show up to work and nobody even knows if they work for the government. By asking the question, tell us what you did this week. What he's doing is saying, are you actually working? And then if you don't answer, like you're sort of semi fired or you're fired because a lot of people are not answering because they don't even exist. They're trying to find that's how badly various parts of our government were run by and especially by this last group. So what they're doing is they're trying to find out who's working for the government, are we paying other people that aren't working? And you know, where is all that? Where's the money?

Unknown (4:33)

Some of the agencies.

Ben Ferguson (4:35)

So I think it was actually there was a lot of genius in sending it. We're trying to find out if people are working. And so we're sending a letter to people, please tell us what you did last week. If people don't respond. It's very possible that there is no such person or they're not working.

Unknown (4:50)

Some of the agency heads instructed their employees not to respond because they were waiting on further guidance. But Elon Musk's tweet said a failure to respond would be taken as a resignation. So there's been a disconnect in communications. Are you concerned at all about that only?

Ben Ferguson (5:03)

No, no, no. That was done in a. Only things, such as perhaps Marco at State Department where they have very confidential things, or the FBI where they're working on confidential things. And they don't mean that in any way combatively with Elon. They're just saying there are some people that you don't want to really have them tell you what they're working on. But other than that, I think everyone thought it was a pretty ingenious idea. We have to find out where these people are, who are they? And we said if you don't respond, we assume you're not around.

Unknown (5:34)

And that holds, that stands.

Ben Ferguson (5:35)

And you're not getting paid anymore, anymore too. So, you know, we're doing a real job. And we just had a poll come out, I guess the Harvard poll, saying that it's massively popular what we're doing.

Ben Ferguson (5:46)

The polls are saying that Donald Trump has the support of the American people. How do we know this? A new Harvard Harris poll has come out saying that 58% of Americans say that Donald Trump is doing a better job than Biden, 81% say they support deporting criminal aliens, 76% support eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in our government. 76% support closing the u. S. Border, 70% support merit based hiring instead of just government quotas, 61 support reciprocal tariffs, and 60% think that Doge is helping tremendously in this country. So if you were thinking the president was going to back down or Elon Musk was going to back down, or there's some sort of war between the two, well, the media keeps lying to you and they keep getting busted lying to you each and every day by this administration.

Ryan (6:40)

Now, story number two.

Ben Ferguson (6:41)

Seven years ago, Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office and promised that the Keystone XL pipeline was going to be built to lower costs for American families and also so that we would have energy independence. Fast forward seven years later and the president is still working on the project. The Democrats have done everything they can do to stop it. So what did the president say seven years ago? Here he is in his own words.

Ben Ferguson (7:10)

Canada will finally be allowed to complete this long overdue project with efficiency and with Speed. We're working out the final details as we speak. It's going to be an incredible pipeline. Greatest technology known to man or woman. And frankly, we're very proud of him. Russ Gerling, president of TransCanada, is right behind me and I'm going to have to say a few words. I know, Russ, you've been waiting for a long, long time and I hope you don't pay your consultants anything because they have nothing to do with the approval. In fact, you should ask for the hundreds of millions of dollars back that you paid them because they didn't do a damn thing except give you a no vote. Right? It's a great day for American jobs and a historic moment for North America and energy independence. This announcement is part of a new era of American energy policy that will lower costs for American families.

Ben Ferguson (8:07)

Seven years ago, the president made that statement. Democrats did everything they could, as I mentioned earlier, to stop it. So what is the president saying now? Donald Trump putting out a statement on Monday that he wants the Keystone XL pipeline, which was opposed for years by activists fighting against climate change, to be built. The pipeline, which was proposed in 08 to bring oil from Canada's western tar sands to US refiners and was halted in 2021 by the owner, TC Energy Corp. After Democratic President Joe Biden revoked a key permit needed for a U.S. stretch of the project. Our country's doing really well and today I was just thinking that the company behind the Keystone EXO pipeline that was viciously jettisoned by the incompetent Biden administration should come back to America and get it built. Now, I know they were treated very badly by sleepy Joe Biden, but the Trump administration is very different. Easy approvals, almost immediate start. If not them, perhaps another pipeline company. We want the Keystone XO pipeline built, Trump said on Truth Social. Now the president has said yet again that he believes that energy independence is one of the most important things to lowering inflation and helping the American family be able to survive day to day. This is something the Democrats didn't care about how much you suffered and they wanted you to pay a lot for gas at the pump. They wanted you to pay a lot for natural gas. They wanted you to suffer and to bow to their wishes for a green new Deal. Donald Trump making it clear now America is open for business, including the Keystone XL pipeline.

Ryan (9:53)

And finally, story number three.

Ben Ferguson (9:54)

One of the things that's really important that we are going to be covering on this show each and every day is when there is clearly propaganda that is being used against the Trump administration. This may be one of the biggest flash points so far. In the first six weeks of his administration, the United Nations General assembly adopted a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 93 countries voted in favor, 18 against, including the United States and Russia. Now this immediately turned into propaganda, anti American propaganda, anti Trump propaganda, saying that Donald Trump is now siding with Russia. It's easy to buy into that headline if you don't actually understand the story or why the American government decided to say no to condemning Russia at the United Nations. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State ripped the United nations as antagonistic and warmongers trying to keep the Ukraine Russia war continuing on and on forever. I want you to hear what the Secretary of State said about this vote so that you understand the real story behind it. Take a listen of news.

Unknown (11:14)

Today, the United States voted against a Europe led resolution at the United nations to condemn Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. And then later a U. S. Led resolution passed the Security Council. Talk to us about what happened there.

Marco Rubio (11:32)

Well, on the broader resolution, we think the UN Needs to get, if it's going to be useful in the 21st century, the UN needs to get back to its charter mission which is the prevention and the ending of war conflict. And so we felt, everyone knows, you know, you can go back and read newspaper articles over the last three years and figure out what happened in Ukraine. But now, as the President's made very clear, President Trump wants to end this war. He thinks far too many people have died and he wants to bring it to an end. So we didn't feel it was conducive, frankly to have something out there at the UN that's antagonistic against either side. We're trying to get these guys to the table. And unfortunately, Ukraine didn't agree. They wanted to move forward on theirs. We then went to the Security Council with our compromise, which I think is a very fair language. And it basically says war is a terrible thing. I mean, I'm paraphrasing and I'm being simplistic, but it says war is a terrible thing. Way too many people have died. This war needs to end in a way that's enduring, in essence echoing President Trump's view of what this conflict needs to be and reminding the United nations that the purpose of the United nations was the prevention of war and the ending of conflicts, not making it harder to end conflicts. So I thought it was good that we got it done at the Security Council. The Russians didn't veto it, which is a good sign. I'm not telling you that that is going to end this conflict. And I can't wait until Elise Stefanik is there, because it would be great to have her leadership. But I certainly think our language is better language and hopefully furthers the cause of peace.

Unknown (12:55)

President Trump today, alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, said that he hopes that this can be resolved in a matter of weeks, not months, weeks. What are some of the major steps that we need to take to get to that point?

Marco Rubio (13:09)

Well, I think the president would want it to end yesterday. Right. He thinks already too many people have died, there's been too much destruction. By the way, I think everybody should be very happy that President Trump is a peace president. We have a president that wants to end wars, not start new ones. He wants to end human suffering, not exacerbate it or extend it. Now, that said, it's a conflict, it's a war, and it's going back and forth. We've got to get them both to the table, starting with the Russians. So we met with them last week, and the basic question of that meeting was, are you interested in ending this conflict or not? A lot of people don't know the answer to that. If you talk to some in Europe, they'll tell you that Putin is not interested in ending the war. They said they would be under the right conditions. We didn't discuss what those conditions were. So the next step now is to meet with them again at some point, with the right group of people in the room, and begin to outline what would it take for Russia to stop a war. And obviously, we've got to ask Ukraine the same question, because you can't stop a war unless both sides agree to it. So whether it takes days or weeks or what have you, we're going to begin that process. It may not work out. But why would anybody criticize President Trump for wanting to end a war that's cost billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of lives, and tremendous and ongoing human suffering?

Ben Ferguson (14:16)

You listen to what Marco Rubio said there, and now you understand exactly why they decided to not try to antagonize two countries. You're wanting to get to the table to end the war. Now, the media is not going to tell you this part of the story. They're not going to play for you what I just played from you, from Marco Rubio. And this is exactly why I say, I hope you take the information that I give you every day here and you give it to others that you know. Because without all of us telling the story, the media will continue to lie and win.

Ryan (14:49)

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