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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What do you think opening up China would be a
big win? Right? The problem is, no matter how big
the win is, the press will not give me credit
for it. If I got the greatest win in history,
they'll pay us trellis at trillions of dollars. They'll give
us anything we want. The press was saying Trump, he
just had a terrible defeat. He suffered a terrible defeat. Time.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
If people know you're listening to the forty seven Morning
Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Good Monday morning. Ben Ferguson with you.
Speaker 4 (00:27):
It's so nice to have you on the forty seven
Morning Update. And here are the three big stories we're
talking about today. First up, we're coming for you. That
is the message from the Trump administration as major roundups
of illegal immigrants happened over the weekend.
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We'll give the.
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Details about where all this took place and how they're
saying this is just the beginning. Up next, it's not
just about tariffs when it comes to fighting with China.
This after the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the feednal problem
is a US problem, not a China problem, even though
the chemicals for veetnohl are coming from China. We'll have
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the latest on President Trump's response to the shocking move
and admission by the Chinese Communist Party that yeah, they
are sending the drugs that are killing countless Americans.
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And finally, the media goes all in on.
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Two big conspiracies against Donald Trump. One that he wore
a blue suit to the Vatican, breaking protocol even though
Joe Biden wore the same color suit. And they're also
saying that there could be some mystery illness for the
President since he's lost weight and gotten in better shape.
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Story number one.
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As we near the.
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One hundred daymark and the Trump administration, there's one thing
that's very clear. The American people want deportations of illegal immigrants.
CBS News poll is out saying this, do you approve
or disapprove of the Trump Administration's program to find and
deport immigrants who were in the US illegally? Fifty six
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percent of Americans say yes and forty four percent disapprove,
meaning there is a twelve point advantage for Donald Trump
to do exactly what he's doing and what his promise
was to get rid of illegal immigrants. That have flooded
this country, which brings me to three different headlines. Eight
hundred illegal aliens were rounded up in a four day
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Florida ICE raid. US Immigration and custom Enforcement officers and
agents teamed up with Florida State police to round up
nearly eight hundred legal aliens during what they described as
a major operation. The roundup came as part of a
multi agency immigration enforcement crackdown, and they're saying that this
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is just the beginning. Secretary of Homeland Security Christy Nome
put it this way, saying, quote, this is a warning
to all criminal illegal aliens. We're coming for you. Our
state partners will hunt you down, arrest you, and deport you.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers teamed up with the federal Task
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Force as part of the Operation Title Wave. Nearly eight
hundred arrests took place during the four days of the
targeted enforcement operation. ICE officials called it a first of
its time partnership between state and federal authorities. Florida Governor
rond De Santis, commenting on social media, saying Florida is
leading the nation an active cooperation with the Trump administration
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for immigration enforcement and deportation operations, Bill Malusion at Fox
News reported the arrest included Colombian murderers, plural MS thirteen
and eighteenth Street gang members, and a Russian spy wanted
by Interpol. This is just part of Donald Trump payingoff
and what he promised would be big action by his administration.
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And that's not all. FEDS also busted.
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One hundred and fourteen illegal aliens during a raid at
a Colorado underground.
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Nightclub, all caught on tape.
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More than one hundred illegal aliens busted during the raid
in Colorado Springs on Sunday morning. The operation, led by
the Drug Enforcement Administration DEA and the Rocky Mountain Division,
resulted in the arrest of one hundred and fourteen illegal aliens.
The outlet noted that authorities said members of the violent
gangs trend Aragua and MS thirteen frequented the venue. Video
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footage from the DEA shared showing the raid and officers
swarming the building. One of them smashed a hole in
what appears to be a window where flashing blue lights
are seen inside. Moments later, a door opens and people
are seen pouring out. Many of them held their hands
up in surrender as officers confronted them and sirens began blaring.
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Several women are also seen among the group. Dea Rocky
Mountain led the multi agency enforced an operation along with
local and federal partners. The Department of Homeland Security has
taken more than one hundred legal aliens into custody. Drugs
and weapons were also seized at the Underground nightclub in
Colorado Springs. So what is the point of all this?
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The President is showing Americans that this is just the beginning,
and many state and local authorities are now more than
happy to be working with the Trump administration to get
rid of violent gang members and those that are killing
Americans with fetnol as well that they're putting onto our streets.
Yet again, another example of just one hundred days in
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and Donald Trump, in many ways, is just getting started.
Next story number two, The tariff war with China is continuing,
and it's not just about tariffs on goods, it's also
about what China is doing to kill Americans. The Chinese
Foreign Minister spokesman is now insisting that the fetnyl crisis
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is in fact the US problem, not even though the
drugs and chemicals are coming directly from China. In an
actual statement at a press briefing. This is what the
Chinese communists had to say, quote the US, and the
US alone has the responsibility to solve it, even though
they are the drug supplier, despite the goodwill China has shown.
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They went on to say, the US slap tariffs on
Chinese imports and blame it on fetnyl. This is bullying,
China said, through and through and highly damaging to dialogue
and cooperation on counter narcotics. This is exactly why the
President United States of America is sticking it to China
and not backing down. China also wasn't done with their propaganda,
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they said, quote the US should know that vilifying others
will not hide its failed responsibility to punish those who
try to help, will not solve any problem, and intimidation
or threats are certainly not the right way to engage
with China now. The trade representative was also responding to
reports about slow progress in the talks between US and
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Chinese officials about curtailing China's supply of the chemicals needed
for the deadly fetanyl drug. US officials have made it
clear that the Chinese are failing to negotiate in good faith.
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Now.
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These officials also said that China is quote exchanging intelligence
about traffickers, but its proposals to resolve the fetinl crisis
have been quote inadequate. Also, while China might be willing
to share intel about the traffickers, it rarely, unfortunately takes
serious action against the illicit chemical manufacturers in China that
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they clearly know about. This is partly because fetanyl chemicals
also have quote legitimate uses, and the Chinese government is
reluctant to compromise the profits of their huge chemical companies,
even if it means it's killing Americans. Start putting big
important people behind bars as a signal to the whole
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industry or black market, we just haven't seen. That is
what won US officials said on the record. Now, the
Trump administration has made it clear they want China to
stop killing Americans. They want China to aggressively prosecute those
who produce and sell fetinyl chemicals, while China is merely
offering to regulate the chemicals a little more tightly. That's
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at least what they're trying to sell the public. But
the reality is talk is cheap, and China has never
done anything meaningful to shut down the chemical pipeline is
what American officials have said in the Trump administration now.
Donald Trump's first round of twenty percent tariffs on China
in February was presented as punishment for China failing to
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take the fetnl crisis seriously. China responded by saying it
would do nothing further to address the fetanyl problem until
the tariffs were lifted, basically admitting that they know that
fetnel is flowing into America at a record American officials
have also noted that China is a member of the
UN Commission on Narcotics and Drugs, which unanimously agreed to
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place tighter controls on fetnel chemicals at a March twenty
twenty four meeting in Vienna. Well, guess what China has
done nothing since then at all to stop the flow
of drugs into America. Now pressed on the issue, Chinese
officials have lately been repeating the Chinese communist talking points
that fetanyl is entirely an American problem, even though no
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one disputes that most of the chemicals come from China
for fetanyl in the entire world. Now, the biggest change
in fetnyl production since the Trump administration's term has been
that China no longer ships the chemicals directly to American
drug dealers. Instead, it ships the chemicals to Mexican cartels.
So it's fair to say that China is now in
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business with the cartels in Mexico, and then those cartels
are manufacturing the fetanyl and then smuggling it across US border.
Fetnal users and traffickers in the US say there has
been very little reduction in the supply of the drug
since China promised to crack down on chemical producers. Obviously
they were lying. So if you want to know why
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Donald Trump is standing firm, it is clear that he's
standing firm to protect our kids and grandkids, so many
that are dying from accidental overdose from fetnyl lace pills.
At the end of the day, the president isn't just
fighting for better deals on tariffs. He's also fighting to
protect American lives.
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And finally, story number three.
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If you were watching the media, they told you two
massive lies about Donald Trump in the last forty eight hours.
One of them involved the Vatican asking Pope Francis funeral
attendees to wear all black, and the hit on the
President was he wore a blue suit. They then posted
a picture showing Donald Trump in the blue suit only
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with people around him wearing black, implying that he was
the only one to wear a blue suit. Well, if
you look at the actual picture of a larger group
of individuals at the funeral, it is very clear that
there were quite a few men wearing blue suits, including
Joe Biden. But that didn't stop CNN from telling the
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big lie and plying that Donald Trump did something terrible
by wearing a blue suit. But that wasn't the only
lie they were talking about as well. There was another
one that there's some big conspiracy over Donald Trump getting
in better shape. Yes, Donald Trump has lost weight. In fact,
they released this information from the White House saying he
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was in better shape than he was a year ago.
But leave it to CNN to imply that there's some deep,
dark secret to Trump's weight loss or some massive cover up,
and that's why you don't know what's really going on.
They combined the two stories into one. This is real,
and it actually played on CNN.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
I was so fascinated by the whole sort of playing
out of the Pope's funeral. I guess right, as opposed
to memorial Donald Trump in a blue suit when we
know he has a black suit because he was wearing
a black suit the last time he met the pope,
so why wasn't he wearing it this time? Lots of
suspicion because he's lost a lot of weight. Who knows
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how he's lost weight. We know that Robert Kenna ed Junior,
his health minister, doesn't approve of people taking a zempic
because he thinks it shows a lack of moral power.
So who knows how Trumps lost weight? But I found
the suit color very interesting And for someone like me
who is a boss, is a huge believer in getting
people together as opposed to doing things remotely. Think you
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see the power of bringing world leaders together to have
impromptu meetings. Whether or not Macarol refused his handshake in
the initial meeting during the peace they actually shook hands,
which felt like a step forward.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Isn't it amazing just how much the media will lie
to try to hurt President Donald Trump, And when they
do lie, we will make sure that you hear it.
And that's exactly why we do this show and make
sure that you share it so other people know that
this is nothing more than a hit job on the
President of the United States of America, trying to act
like he did some horrible thing by wearing the same
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color suit as Joe Biden, or the fact that somehow
something nefarious is going on with his health because he's
actually gotten healthier and lost weight.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
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