January 3, 2026 • 14 mins
1. Alleged Fraud in Minnesota and Governor Tim Walz's Response
- A viral video that exposes widespread fraud involving childcare centers and federal aid programs in Minnesota, linked to the Somali community.
- Governor Tim Walz is criticized for refusing to address media questions and for advocating more inclusivity toward the Somali community despite the allegations.
- The report claims federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and ICE, have launched investigations into large-scale fraud schemes, possibly amounting to billions of dollars.
- It mentions whistleblower retaliation allegations and frames Walz’s stance as politically motivated, citing the Somali community as a key voting bloc.
- Conservative figures and the Trump administration are portrayed as taking strong action to restore “law and order.”
2. High-Level Diplomatic Meetings Involving Donald Trump
- The second part shifts to international affairs, describing meetings at Mar-a-Lago between Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Topics included:
- U.S.-Israel relations and a proposed Middle East peace plan.
- Concerns about Iran allegedly developing chemical and biological warheads, with Trump and Netanyahu asserting Iran cannot obtain nuclear weapons.
- Trump’s engagement with Zelensky focused on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, offering Ukraine a 15-year U.S. security guarantee, and maintaining diplomatic channels with Russia through a follow-up call with Vladimir Putin.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Molly. I don't follow Minnesota politics like I should, but
I'm pretty sure they have a Democrat governor. I'm pretty
sure they have a Democrat attorney general. I'm pretty sure
the House and the senou to run by Democrats in Minnesota.
I mean, look, they would blame Baldos O'dnald Tulpe that
they can get away with it, and within their base
they can get away with it. Unfortunately, that Minnesota wallmaker
(00:23):
you just played a clip of, she'd have a hard time.
Passenger driver says in South Carolina.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Good Saturday morning to you.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Ben Ferguson with you, and these are some of the
stories that you may have missed that we talked about
this week on the forty seven Morning Update. First up,
Governor Tim Waltz breaks his silence in the fraud scheme
in Minnesota. What he said is going to shock you.
He's not holding those accountable who come in the fraud. Instead,
he says he wants to bring in more Somali's into
(00:55):
his state. Will have those comments from him and the
fallout from the federal government in just a moment. Also,
President Trump in mar Lago, having two major meetings, one
with Netan Yahoo as report surface that Iran is working
on chemical and biological warheads, and then also meeting with
Zelensky and talking with Vladimir Putin.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
So what happened out of the meetings. We have it
all for you. But first, I want to.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Tell you about an amazing opportunity right now that I'm
involved in and I cannot wait for you to take
advantage of it. I want you to take some incredible
courses at Hillsdale College for free. You may not know this,
but Hillsdale College has been influencing conservatives like myself for decades.
They had a huge impact on Charlie Kirk's life, and
(01:45):
even as memorial service they talked about how Charlie took
class after class after class at Hillsdale College. Hillsdale College
is now offering for you, the listeners of this show,
more than forty free I want to say that again,
free online courses. That's right, more than forty free online courses.
(02:06):
You can learn about the works of C. S. Lewis,
the stories in the Book of Genesis, the meaning of
the US Constitution, the rise and fall of the Roman
Republic or the history of the Ancient Christian Church, all
with Hillsdale College's free online courses. Right now, I'm personally
taking the Constitution one oh one, and this course you're
(02:28):
going to exploit the design and the purpose of the Constitution,
the challenges it faced during the Civil War, and how
it has been undermined for more than a century by
radical progressives and liberals. This twelve lecture course is self pace.
It's another reason why I love it. So start whenever
and wherever in our country. We need more Americans like
(02:51):
you and I than understand the Constitution and can defend
the freedom of the American people against the left and
their increasing encroachments on and are God given rights. So
start your classes today for free. Start your free Constitution
one oh one course right now.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
How do you do it?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Go to Hillsdale dot edu slash Morning Update to enroll
and it's no cost.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
It's easy to get started.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
You got to use a special website Hillsdale dot edu
slash Morning Update. Enroll for free Hillsdale dot edu slash
Morning Update. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it
starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Fallout after the viral video showing widespread fraud in Minnesota
doesn't seem to be stopping the governor Tim Waltz from
doing what he does best standing with a Somali community.
Not only is he refusing to answer questions from the media,
he's now saying he wants to bring more Somalians into
(03:55):
Minnesota to back up the fraud and abuse. Apparently that's
already happened this coming out of Seattle as Tim waalt
ignores the questions about apologizing to Minnesota over the Somali
fraud and then listen to what he had to say at.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
A luncheon about it as well.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
Doctor Walls, what can you say about the latest on
the Somali fraud that happened under your watch? Have you
been able to apologize yet to the people of Minnesota
for allowing this Somali fraud to continue under.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Your watcher of the people of Minnesota?
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Is the time to apologize? How about the whistleblowers, then
you have allegedly retaliated against. Would you like to respond
to the whistleblowers and how our.
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Neighbors are being demonized, our neighbors are being teradzed, our
namers would be the antidote to that is is possibive
actions to improve live that go gainst what they're trying
to do. So instead to be worth welcome, orient and
welcome Desta.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
You just heard the govenor of Minnesota say, instead of
cutting programs filled with billions of dollars of fraud, we're
going to enhance those programs.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
He said.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Instead of getting rid of people, we're going to be
more welcoming. Instead of demonizing our Somali community, we're going
to be bringing more of them in, welcoming more of
them in. Why what a governor after billions of dollars
of fraud is exposed would say something this out of
touch with reality. Well, it's very simple. Governor Waltz knows
(05:32):
that he could not be reelected without the Somali community.
There is a large voting block, and the Somali community
votes basically one hundred percent of the time together. It's
not like normal America. We're fifty percent or conservative and
fifty percent or liberal, or forty five percent or conservative
and forty five percent or liberal. And then there's the
undecideds in the middle. The Somali community, you get all
(05:53):
of them are virtually none of their vote and Governor
Waltz is basically saying, I'm willing to sell out Minnesota's
tax and federal taxpayers to save the Somali community, putting
them ahead of American citizens that are being defrauded, which
brings us to the Trump administration's response to this insanity.
The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Nome has now
(06:17):
confirmed that federal Homeland Security agents are actively conducting a
major fraud investigation in Minneapolis, focusing on the childcare centers
and other alleged rampant fraud schemes. Agents have been observed
going door to door at suspected sites as part of
the probe in the last twenty four hours. The administration
(06:39):
is portraying the operations part of a broader effort to
protect federal funds and ensure accountability, framing these activities as
legitimate law enforcement actions that are expanding and that moves
us to the FBI. FBI Director Cash betel Is announced
that the Bureau has also surged additional agents and new
(07:01):
investigative resources to Minnesota at large to investigate what officials
are describing as a large scale fraud schemes involving federal
aid programs. Amounting into the hundreds of millions, if not
billions of dollars. Director Brittel characterize the known fraud cases
as possibly the tip of a very large iceberg, referring
(07:24):
to previous investigations like Feeding Our Future and new leads
sparked by the recent media attention as well as whistleblowers
coming forward that also brings us to the US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement known as ICE. They often work under
the Department of Homeland Security, and it has been reported
that they are targeting suspected fraud sites in Minnesota to
(07:46):
identify and address possible immigration related violations, including checks on
legal status and enforcement where applicable.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Some news reports are also.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Indicating that there have been door to door operations connected
with the fraud investigation that also involved immigration enforcement elements.
Specific numbers and targets are in flux, but we will
keep you updated on when we get the hard numbers. Now,
all of this has triggered a federal response because of
the viral social media video showing alleged empty daycare centers
(08:24):
and nonetheless receiving no significant public information from the governor,
the Attorney General of Minnesota, or even from the mainstream media.
Conservative leaders including Ted Cruz, Vice President Vance, have publicly
praised the video's impact in drawing federal attention to the
(08:44):
matter as well the FBI and the Department of Home Security.
Response also blends long standing fraud investigations with new actions
tied to the recent spotlight on the Minnesota programs, which
brings us back to the Minnesota Governor, Tim Wad. He
is being criticized by federal figures and GOP lawmakers the
(09:04):
Trump administration, framing the situation as evidence of lacks oversight
of federal funds, and officials in Minnesota are even angry
as well, bringing up broader claims emphasizing existing efforts to
fight fraud, and the whistleblowers were punished by the governor.
So that brings us to where we are now. What
(09:26):
we know is it looks like law and order will
be restored, even if the governor says we want to
bring in more Somalis for more fraud, even when he
says that we're demonizing those that are taking billions of
dollars away from American citizens. So Governor Waltz can hang
out on stage and say this is his plan, but
it's clear that law and order and law enforcement is
(09:48):
going to take place, and it could even involve the
governor himself.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Now story number two, there were major.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Meetings in Palm Beach at Marlago between President Trump and
Benjamin nettin Yaho, as well as Zelenski talking about the
wars that have been taking place in different parts of
the world.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
We'll start first.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
With a meeting with Benjamin Nett and Yahoo, and there
were positive developments, Trump hosting the Prime Minister of mar
Lago for bilateral talks on regional peace as well as security.
There was a public display of a strong alliance, especially
after liberal media outlets were claiming that there was major
tension between the two leaders. Both Trump and net Yahoo
projected unity and cultivated a positive atmosphere around them, exchanging
(10:31):
compliments and emphasizing that US Israeli cooperation relations have never
been stronger, yet again showing that the fake media was lying.
The peace planned discussions were also a very important part
of that conversation. They discussed a US broker Middle East
peace plan, including Gaza and broader regional issues, which brought
(10:53):
us to some of the new information coming out of Iran.
As a ram we're now being told is working on
Kim Cool and biological warheads. Donald Trump was asked about
that is that, you know, he was standing next to him.
And here's what the President had to say about Iran,
their nuclear arsenal, and regime change.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
I'm not going to talk about overthrow of a regime.
It's they've got a lot of problems that are in
their tremendous inflation. Their economy is busted, economy is no good,
and I know that people aren't so happy. But don't
forget every time they have a riot or or somebody
forms a group, little or big, they start shooting people.
(11:32):
They know they kill people, and the people tend to
I've watched this for years. There's tremendous discontent. They form
one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people. All of a
sudden people start getting shot, and that group disbandans pretty quickly.
So I've watched it for years. The vicious, vicious people.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Yeah, were supported that tack.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
He's ready Iran meaning off head of the good people
with their realistic besides.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
And also nucment weapon.
Speaker 7 (12:06):
If they will continue with the missiles, yes, the nuclear
fast okay, what will be?
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (12:15):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
The other on was we'll do it.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Immediately, President Trump making it clear with net Yahubay his
side that the two agree on this. There's no way
that Iran can get a nuclear weapon. If they start
producing biological and chemical warheads, the same fate of those
Iranian nuclear sites will happen again, which brings us to
Donald trump meeting with Zelensky. Donald Trump's engagement with Zelensky
(12:38):
was about moving forward diplomacy. It also include a phone
call with Russia's Vladimir Putin after their meeting ended. Progress
towards a peaceful framework was the bottom line for President Trump.
They reviewed an evolving peace plan proposal aimed at ending
the Russia Ukraine War. Both indicated movement towards common principles
(12:59):
and continued negotiations. There was also security guarantees that were discussed.
Ukraine was offered a fifteen year US security guarantee as
a concrete part of the peace framework, something Zlensky described
as an important step forward, even if he prefers longer commitments.
And then there was a follow up diplomacy with Russia
(13:20):
after that meeting was Zlensky.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Trump held what was.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Described by the White House is a positive call with
Putin to keep negotiations moving forward now. While a full
piece agreement isn't done yet, today's actions reflect continued commitment
to diplomacy. The White House said mutual talks between Kiev
and Washington and real movement on security assurances and negotiation
channels is a constructive diplomatic direction. Overall, it was an
(13:46):
important day for the President in West Palm Beach. It
was an important day for Trump to host two major
world leaders back to back and underscores the active US
role in high level diplomacy. Discussions are according towards progress
on peace initiatives, something the President desperately wants, as well
as ongoing dialogue with Russia after the Ukraine meeting, keeping
(14:09):
the diplomatic channels open all the positive sign for what
President Trump said, we need the wars to end.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven 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
Speaker 3 (14:30):
We will see you back here tomorrow
Molly. I don't follow Minnesota politics like I should, but
I'm pretty sure they have a Democrat governor. I'm pretty
sure they have a Democrat attorney general. I'm pretty sure
the House and the senou to run by Democrats in Minnesota.
I mean, look, they would blame Baldos O'dnald Tulpe that
they can get away with it, and within their base
they can get away with it. Unfortunately, that Minnesota wallmaker
(00:23):
you just played a clip of, she'd have a hard time.
Passenger driver says in South Carolina.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Good Saturday morning to you.
Speaker 4 (00:33):
Ben Ferguson with you, and these are some of the
stories that you may have missed that we talked about
this week on the forty seven Morning Update. First up,
Governor Tim Waltz breaks his silence in the fraud scheme
in Minnesota. What he said is going to shock you.
He's not holding those accountable who come in the fraud. Instead,
he says he wants to bring in more Somali's into
(00:55):
his state. Will have those comments from him and the
fallout from the federal government in just a moment. Also,
President Trump in mar Lago, having two major meetings, one
with Netan Yahoo as report surface that Iran is working
on chemical and biological warheads, and then also meeting with
Zelensky and talking with Vladimir Putin.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
So what happened out of the meetings. We have it
all for you. But first, I want to.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Tell you about an amazing opportunity right now that I'm
involved in and I cannot wait for you to take
advantage of it. I want you to take some incredible
courses at Hillsdale College for free. You may not know this,
but Hillsdale College has been influencing conservatives like myself for decades.
They had a huge impact on Charlie Kirk's life, and
(01:45):
even as memorial service they talked about how Charlie took
class after class after class at Hillsdale College. Hillsdale College
is now offering for you, the listeners of this show,
more than forty free I want to say that again,
free online courses. That's right, more than forty free online courses.
(02:06):
You can learn about the works of C. S. Lewis,
the stories in the Book of Genesis, the meaning of
the US Constitution, the rise and fall of the Roman
Republic or the history of the Ancient Christian Church, all
with Hillsdale College's free online courses. Right now, I'm personally
taking the Constitution one oh one, and this course you're
(02:28):
going to exploit the design and the purpose of the Constitution,
the challenges it faced during the Civil War, and how
it has been undermined for more than a century by
radical progressives and liberals. This twelve lecture course is self pace.
It's another reason why I love it. So start whenever
and wherever in our country. We need more Americans like
(02:51):
you and I than understand the Constitution and can defend
the freedom of the American people against the left and
their increasing encroachments on and are God given rights. So
start your classes today for free. Start your free Constitution
one oh one course right now.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
How do you do it?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Go to Hillsdale dot edu slash Morning Update to enroll
and it's no cost.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
It's easy to get started.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
You got to use a special website Hillsdale dot edu
slash Morning Update. Enroll for free Hillsdale dot edu slash
Morning Update. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it
starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Story number one.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Fallout after the viral video showing widespread fraud in Minnesota
doesn't seem to be stopping the governor Tim Waltz from
doing what he does best standing with a Somali community.
Not only is he refusing to answer questions from the media,
he's now saying he wants to bring more Somalians into
(03:55):
Minnesota to back up the fraud and abuse. Apparently that's
already happened this coming out of Seattle as Tim waalt
ignores the questions about apologizing to Minnesota over the Somali
fraud and then listen to what he had to say at.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
A luncheon about it as well.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
Doctor Walls, what can you say about the latest on
the Somali fraud that happened under your watch? Have you
been able to apologize yet to the people of Minnesota
for allowing this Somali fraud to continue under.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Your watcher of the people of Minnesota?
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Is the time to apologize? How about the whistleblowers, then
you have allegedly retaliated against. Would you like to respond
to the whistleblowers and how our.
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Neighbors are being demonized, our neighbors are being teradzed, our
namers would be the antidote to that is is possibive
actions to improve live that go gainst what they're trying
to do. So instead to be worth welcome, orient and
welcome Desta.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
You just heard the govenor of Minnesota say, instead of
cutting programs filled with billions of dollars of fraud, we're
going to enhance those programs.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
He said.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Instead of getting rid of people, we're going to be
more welcoming. Instead of demonizing our Somali community, we're going
to be bringing more of them in, welcoming more of
them in. Why what a governor after billions of dollars
of fraud is exposed would say something this out of
touch with reality. Well, it's very simple. Governor Waltz knows
(05:32):
that he could not be reelected without the Somali community.
There is a large voting block, and the Somali community
votes basically one hundred percent of the time together. It's
not like normal America. We're fifty percent or conservative and
fifty percent or liberal, or forty five percent or conservative
and forty five percent or liberal. And then there's the
undecideds in the middle. The Somali community, you get all
(05:53):
of them are virtually none of their vote and Governor
Waltz is basically saying, I'm willing to sell out Minnesota's
tax and federal taxpayers to save the Somali community, putting
them ahead of American citizens that are being defrauded, which
brings us to the Trump administration's response to this insanity.
The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Nome has now
(06:17):
confirmed that federal Homeland Security agents are actively conducting a
major fraud investigation in Minneapolis, focusing on the childcare centers
and other alleged rampant fraud schemes. Agents have been observed
going door to door at suspected sites as part of
the probe in the last twenty four hours. The administration
(06:39):
is portraying the operations part of a broader effort to
protect federal funds and ensure accountability, framing these activities as
legitimate law enforcement actions that are expanding and that moves
us to the FBI. FBI Director Cash betel Is announced
that the Bureau has also surged additional agents and new
(07:01):
investigative resources to Minnesota at large to investigate what officials
are describing as a large scale fraud schemes involving federal
aid programs. Amounting into the hundreds of millions, if not
billions of dollars. Director Brittel characterize the known fraud cases
as possibly the tip of a very large iceberg, referring
(07:24):
to previous investigations like Feeding Our Future and new leads
sparked by the recent media attention as well as whistleblowers
coming forward that also brings us to the US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement known as ICE. They often work under
the Department of Homeland Security, and it has been reported
that they are targeting suspected fraud sites in Minnesota to
(07:46):
identify and address possible immigration related violations, including checks on
legal status and enforcement where applicable.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Some news reports are also.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
Indicating that there have been door to door operations connected
with the fraud investigation that also involved immigration enforcement elements.
Specific numbers and targets are in flux, but we will
keep you updated on when we get the hard numbers. Now,
all of this has triggered a federal response because of
the viral social media video showing alleged empty daycare centers
(08:24):
and nonetheless receiving no significant public information from the governor,
the Attorney General of Minnesota, or even from the mainstream media.
Conservative leaders including Ted Cruz, Vice President Vance, have publicly
praised the video's impact in drawing federal attention to the
(08:44):
matter as well the FBI and the Department of Home Security.
Response also blends long standing fraud investigations with new actions
tied to the recent spotlight on the Minnesota programs, which
brings us back to the Minnesota Governor, Tim Wad. He
is being criticized by federal figures and GOP lawmakers the
(09:04):
Trump administration, framing the situation as evidence of lacks oversight
of federal funds, and officials in Minnesota are even angry
as well, bringing up broader claims emphasizing existing efforts to
fight fraud, and the whistleblowers were punished by the governor.
So that brings us to where we are now. What
(09:26):
we know is it looks like law and order will
be restored, even if the governor says we want to
bring in more Somalis for more fraud, even when he
says that we're demonizing those that are taking billions of
dollars away from American citizens. So Governor Waltz can hang
out on stage and say this is his plan, but
it's clear that law and order and law enforcement is
(09:48):
going to take place, and it could even involve the
governor himself.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Now story number two, there were major.
Speaker 4 (09:55):
Meetings in Palm Beach at Marlago between President Trump and
Benjamin nettin Yaho, as well as Zelenski talking about the
wars that have been taking place in different parts of
the world.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
We'll start first.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
With a meeting with Benjamin Nett and Yahoo, and there
were positive developments, Trump hosting the Prime Minister of mar
Lago for bilateral talks on regional peace as well as security.
There was a public display of a strong alliance, especially
after liberal media outlets were claiming that there was major
tension between the two leaders. Both Trump and net Yahoo
projected unity and cultivated a positive atmosphere around them, exchanging
(10:31):
compliments and emphasizing that US Israeli cooperation relations have never
been stronger, yet again showing that the fake media was lying.
The peace planned discussions were also a very important part
of that conversation. They discussed a US broker Middle East
peace plan, including Gaza and broader regional issues, which brought
(10:53):
us to some of the new information coming out of Iran.
As a ram we're now being told is working on
Kim Cool and biological warheads. Donald Trump was asked about
that is that, you know, he was standing next to him.
And here's what the President had to say about Iran,
their nuclear arsenal, and regime change.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
I'm not going to talk about overthrow of a regime.
It's they've got a lot of problems that are in
their tremendous inflation. Their economy is busted, economy is no good,
and I know that people aren't so happy. But don't
forget every time they have a riot or or somebody
forms a group, little or big, they start shooting people.
(11:32):
They know they kill people, and the people tend to
I've watched this for years. There's tremendous discontent. They form
one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people. All of a
sudden people start getting shot, and that group disbandans pretty quickly.
So I've watched it for years. The vicious, vicious people.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Yeah, were supported that tack.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
He's ready Iran meaning off head of the good people
with their realistic besides.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
And also nucment weapon.
Speaker 7 (12:06):
If they will continue with the missiles, yes, the nuclear
fast okay, what will be?
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (12:15):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
The other on was we'll do it.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Immediately, President Trump making it clear with net Yahubay his
side that the two agree on this. There's no way
that Iran can get a nuclear weapon. If they start
producing biological and chemical warheads, the same fate of those
Iranian nuclear sites will happen again, which brings us to
Donald trump meeting with Zelensky. Donald Trump's engagement with Zelensky
(12:38):
was about moving forward diplomacy. It also include a phone
call with Russia's Vladimir Putin after their meeting ended. Progress
towards a peaceful framework was the bottom line for President Trump.
They reviewed an evolving peace plan proposal aimed at ending
the Russia Ukraine War. Both indicated movement towards common principles
(12:59):
and continued negotiations. There was also security guarantees that were discussed.
Ukraine was offered a fifteen year US security guarantee as
a concrete part of the peace framework, something Zlensky described
as an important step forward, even if he prefers longer commitments.
And then there was a follow up diplomacy with Russia
(13:20):
after that meeting was Zlensky.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Trump held what was.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
Described by the White House is a positive call with
Putin to keep negotiations moving forward now. While a full
piece agreement isn't done yet, today's actions reflect continued commitment
to diplomacy. The White House said mutual talks between Kiev
and Washington and real movement on security assurances and negotiation
channels is a constructive diplomatic direction. Overall, it was an
(13:46):
important day for the President in West Palm Beach. It
was an important day for Trump to host two major
world leaders back to back and underscores the active US
role in high level diplomacy. Discussions are according towards progress
on peace initiatives, something the President desperately wants, as well
as ongoing dialogue with Russia after the Ukraine meeting, keeping
(14:09):
the diplomatic channels open all the positive sign for what
President Trump said, we need the wars to end.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven 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
Speaker 3 (14:30):
We will see you back here tomorrow
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Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.