March 29, 2025 • 11 mins
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Elimination of FEMA:
- The Trump administration, under Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome, is preparing to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
- The rationale is to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse within the agency.
- There is criticism from figures like Senator Peter Welch, who argue that eliminating FEMA would make disaster recovery more difficult and dangerous.
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Media Attacks on Elon Musk:
- We discuss coordinated media attacks on Elon Musk, portraying him as a disruptive force in government efficiency.
- It highlights how the media uses the metaphor of Musk wielding a "chainsaw" to describe his efforts to cut down federal workforce and bureaucracy.
- Our commentary suggests that these attacks are politically motivated and aimed at undermining Musk's influence.
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Tariffs on Foreign Automobiles:
- President Trump has announced a 25% tariff on all automobiles not manufactured in the United States.
- The goal is to revitalize domestic car production and protect American jobs.
- The move is framed as a step towards economic independence and national strength, with potential positive impacts on related industries like steel and electronics.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Iran is very high on my list of things to watch.
Sent them a letter just recently and I said, you're
gonna have to make a decision one way or the other,
and we're gonna either have to talk and talk it
out or very bad things are going to happen to Iran,
and I don't want that to happen. My big preferences
we work it out with a rent. But if we
don't work it out, bad bad things are going to
happen to a Ran.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Good Saturday morning to you. 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, the Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Christy no coming out saying we are preparing to
eliminate FEMA. Could it be because of all the waste,
fraud and abuse. Also, you may have noticed that the
(00:46):
media is all using the same words as Democratic lawmakers
to attack Elon Musk over the last week. We have
a montage on that to show you just how corrupt
the Democratic leadership is and working with the media, and finally,
Donald Trump says I'm not messing around yet again, announcing
twenty five percent tariff on cars not made in the US.
(01:09):
This is the beginning, he says, of Liberation Day in America.
It's the forty seven morning update, and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
We all know that a core mission of the Trump
administration is to truly get rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.
But just how bad is that fraud and abuse, especially
when it comes to agencies like FEMA. Well, apparently it
may be so bad now that the Department of Homeland
Security Secretary Christy Nome under Donald Trump is saying, quote,
we are preparing to eliminate FEMA altogether. We also know
(01:41):
that FEMA has picked winners and losers, helping some Americans
when they need the emergency help and well forgetting others
depending on where you live in the country. With the
Homeland Security Secretary Christi nom has told the Trump administration
that preparations are underway quote unquote to eliminate the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. It was a quick comment, by the way,
(02:02):
on Monday, with no related lead in that, according to
The Hill, that got this scoop President Donald Trump responded
with quote that's great, great job, in what seemed to
be a reaction to her preceding comments on border security.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Trump said previously that he does not have a favorable
view of FEMA and has considered its elimination. Sener Peter Welch,
a Democrat from Vermont, posted on x his response to
Gnoam's statement on eliminating FEMA by saying this, Vermont has
been hit hard by flooding the last two years, and
I'm the first person to say that we need to
(02:38):
make improvements to FEMA, but eliminating it altogether would make
disasters more deadly and destructive and make it much harder
for communities to recover. Trump, by the way, signed an
executive order last week sitting the stage for a major
overhaul of federal disaster relief programs. And let's be clear,
the President is not trying to eliminate disaster relief help
(03:00):
from the federal government. He is, however, clearly trying to
get rid of some of the waste and abuse of
programs under FEMA's directive. It read, in part, this executive
order delivers on President Trump's commitment to shift power from
Washington to the American people. The order laid the foundation
for quote greater state and local control of emergencies and funding.
(03:25):
The order enables states and local governments to better understand,
plan for, and address the needs of their citizens by
reducing the complexity of federal preparedness and response policies. In
other words, Donald Trump is saying states know what they
need and local communities know what they need in a
disaster more than bureaucrats in Washington, d C. Now, there
(03:48):
is no official closing or in dat announced for FEMA
or any other federal office or department that responds to disasters. Clearly,
the President wants to make sure that this is done
in a very responsible away, and most importantly, that emergency
management response from the government is much better than it
is right now. You don't have to look very far
(04:09):
back in history to see also that FEMA may have
been involved in significant political actions, picking winners and losers
in the United States, depending on if you're in a
liberal state or a liberal city, or a conservative state
or a conservative city. Presence made it clear that politics
shouldn't matter when you're dealing with emergencies, especially when you're
(04:29):
someone that may have lost everything your home, your cars,
and even had a job that disappeared because of a disaster.
And this is exactly why the President has the backing
of the American people on this issue.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Next story number two, I want to take.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
A moment and talk to you about Elon Musk. The
corporate media, spontaneously over the past couple weeks, has come
up with the same exact talking points to undermine and
attack Elon must over and over again. The media seems
to be saying the same exact thing in a very
(05:05):
clear coordinated attempt to undermine and to hope that Elon
Musk will somehow get fired from his job with DOGE
or quit. The media has tried to put a wedge
between Elon Musk and the President on countless occasions now,
trying to get them into some sort of spat. They've
also tried to say that Elon Musk is actually bigger
(05:28):
than Donald Trump, trying to play into the ego game
so that Donald Trump will kick him out of the
Oval office or maybe take him out of his administration. Altogether.
None of it has worked. In fact, I actually think
that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are laughing at the
fact that this is what they're trying to do so.
Now we've seen orchestrated attacks, clearly orchestrated attacks against Tesla,
(05:53):
Tesla owners, car dealerships, the threat that if you buy
a Tesla, your car is going to be burned or
certainly damaged, that people are going to surround your car
and hit you or attack you because you own a Tesla.
We witness that over the weekend in New York City.
We've seen dealerships that have been firebombed. We've seen dealerships
that have literally been shot up. I thought Democrats were
(06:15):
against guns, but apparently not now if it means shooting
at a Tesla. So just how coordinated is the media
and trying to destroy Elon Musk because of what he's
doing to destroy our government, to get rid of the waste, fraud, abuse,
the corruption of the Democratic Party, to undo all of that. Well,
it looks like now they're going into full court press
(06:37):
where they're colluding with one another doing everything they can
to get rid of Elon Musk. If you don't believe me,
we put together a montage. Take a listen.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Elon Musk's so called Department of Government Efficiency is taking
a chainsaw to the federal workforce. Elon Musk continues his
chainsaw attack in Washington. So taking a chainsaw, if you will,
to the federal government, that's you know, decapitating a lot,
a lot they slashed and hacked with the chainsaw.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
The slashing and the burning the chainsaw.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Elon Musk with that chainsaw, I mean he's walking around
acting like he's ahead of Doughe he's, you know, brandishing
the chainsaw. Nine months pregnant with Elon Musk chainsaw, marauding
with a chainsaw. Wait a second, buster, put your chainsaw away.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
They cannot attack federal agencies with a chainsaw.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
He's doing it in a way with a chainsaw that
alienates people.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Right man, right hand chainsaw man.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
But it has a chainsaw.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
That's chainsaw stuff. Who used the chainsaw? Elon Musk is
an unelected man child running around the country with a
pretend chainsaw.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
That is your media, that is your Democratic Party. That
is them colluding together in a quote spontaneous moment that
happened time and time and time and time again, all
because they don't know how to stop Doge or Elon
Musk or Donald Trump. Let me just say, the majority
of the American people are behind Elon Musk in his chainsaw.
(08:05):
No matter what the corporate media tries.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
To tell you, and here is story number three.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
President Donald Trump has made good on a promise as
he announced a twenty five percent tariff on all automobiles
not manufactured in the United States, a move aim to
revitalize domestic car production and protect American jobs. He is
framing the decision as a key step towards economic independence
and national strength. Trump emphasizing the importance of bringing automotive
(08:32):
manufacturing back to American soil. Supporters of the tariff are
making it clear this could lead to major resurgences in
US auto jobs, spur investment in American factories, and level
the playing field with foreign competitors who have long benefited
from low production costs and trade advantages. Industry insiders are
(08:53):
already reporting interests from automakers and expanding US based operations
to avoid the new quote. This is about putting America first,
Trump set here's more of the present in his own words.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
So this is the beginning of liberation Day in America.
We're going to take back just some of the money
that has been taken from us by people sitting behind
this desk. Or another desk that's not quite as nice,
but they have their choice of seven, as you know,
(09:27):
And we're going to charge countries for doing business in
our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking
a lot of things that they've been taken over the years.
They've taken so much out of our country. Friend and foe,
and frankly, Friend has been oftentimes much worse than FAE.
And this is very modest. What we're going to be
(09:49):
doing is a twenty five percent tariff on all cars
that are not made in the United States. If they're
made in the United States, is absolutely not terror. We
start off with a two and adred percent base, which
is what we were at, and we go to twenty
five percent. And basically, as you know, and as you've
been saying, not reporting as accurately as it should be reported,
because it's a massive story, business is coming back to
(10:12):
the United States so that they don't have to pay tariffs.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Now.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Economists are very excited about the president's new policy, suggesting
by the way that tariffs could reduce the trade deficit
in bolster related sectors such as steel, glass, and electronics
for many in manufacturing hubs. They also say, like Michigan
and Ohio. The move represents hope for the return to
prosperity and industrial pride. Now, the clear point the President
(10:38):
is sending is that we are open for business and
he is putting American workers ahead of foreign cheap labor,
and that's good for all Americans in this country.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
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 subscribed to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here on Monday morning.
Iran is very high on my list of things to watch.
Sent them a letter just recently and I said, you're
gonna have to make a decision one way or the other,
and we're gonna either have to talk and talk it
out or very bad things are going to happen to Iran,
and I don't want that to happen. My big preferences
we work it out with a rent. But if we
don't work it out, bad bad things are going to
happen to a Ran.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Good Saturday morning to you. 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, the Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Christy no coming out saying we are preparing to
eliminate FEMA. Could it be because of all the waste,
fraud and abuse. Also, you may have noticed that the
(00:46):
media is all using the same words as Democratic lawmakers
to attack Elon Musk over the last week. We have
a montage on that to show you just how corrupt
the Democratic leadership is and working with the media, and finally,
Donald Trump says I'm not messing around yet again, announcing
twenty five percent tariff on cars not made in the US.
(01:09):
This is the beginning, he says, of Liberation Day in America.
It's the forty seven morning update, and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
We all know that a core mission of the Trump
administration is to truly get rid of waste, fraud, and abuse.
But just how bad is that fraud and abuse, especially
when it comes to agencies like FEMA. Well, apparently it
may be so bad now that the Department of Homeland
Security Secretary Christy Nome under Donald Trump is saying, quote,
we are preparing to eliminate FEMA altogether. We also know
(01:41):
that FEMA has picked winners and losers, helping some Americans
when they need the emergency help and well forgetting others
depending on where you live in the country. With the
Homeland Security Secretary Christi nom has told the Trump administration
that preparations are underway quote unquote to eliminate the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. It was a quick comment, by the way,
(02:02):
on Monday, with no related lead in that, according to
The Hill, that got this scoop President Donald Trump responded
with quote that's great, great job, in what seemed to
be a reaction to her preceding comments on border security.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Trump said previously that he does not have a favorable
view of FEMA and has considered its elimination. Sener Peter Welch,
a Democrat from Vermont, posted on x his response to
Gnoam's statement on eliminating FEMA by saying this, Vermont has
been hit hard by flooding the last two years, and
I'm the first person to say that we need to
(02:38):
make improvements to FEMA, but eliminating it altogether would make
disasters more deadly and destructive and make it much harder
for communities to recover. Trump, by the way, signed an
executive order last week sitting the stage for a major
overhaul of federal disaster relief programs. And let's be clear,
the President is not trying to eliminate disaster relief help
(03:00):
from the federal government. He is, however, clearly trying to
get rid of some of the waste and abuse of
programs under FEMA's directive. It read, in part, this executive
order delivers on President Trump's commitment to shift power from
Washington to the American people. The order laid the foundation
for quote greater state and local control of emergencies and funding.
(03:25):
The order enables states and local governments to better understand,
plan for, and address the needs of their citizens by
reducing the complexity of federal preparedness and response policies. In
other words, Donald Trump is saying states know what they
need and local communities know what they need in a
disaster more than bureaucrats in Washington, d C. Now, there
(03:48):
is no official closing or in dat announced for FEMA
or any other federal office or department that responds to disasters. Clearly,
the President wants to make sure that this is done
in a very responsible away, and most importantly, that emergency
management response from the government is much better than it
is right now. You don't have to look very far
(04:09):
back in history to see also that FEMA may have
been involved in significant political actions, picking winners and losers
in the United States, depending on if you're in a
liberal state or a liberal city, or a conservative state
or a conservative city. Presence made it clear that politics
shouldn't matter when you're dealing with emergencies, especially when you're
(04:29):
someone that may have lost everything your home, your cars,
and even had a job that disappeared because of a disaster.
And this is exactly why the President has the backing
of the American people on this issue.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Next story number two, I want to take.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
A moment and talk to you about Elon Musk. The
corporate media, spontaneously over the past couple weeks, has come
up with the same exact talking points to undermine and
attack Elon must over and over again. The media seems
to be saying the same exact thing in a very
(05:05):
clear coordinated attempt to undermine and to hope that Elon
Musk will somehow get fired from his job with DOGE
or quit. The media has tried to put a wedge
between Elon Musk and the President on countless occasions now,
trying to get them into some sort of spat. They've
also tried to say that Elon Musk is actually bigger
(05:28):
than Donald Trump, trying to play into the ego game
so that Donald Trump will kick him out of the
Oval office or maybe take him out of his administration. Altogether.
None of it has worked. In fact, I actually think
that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are laughing at the
fact that this is what they're trying to do so.
Now we've seen orchestrated attacks, clearly orchestrated attacks against Tesla,
(05:53):
Tesla owners, car dealerships, the threat that if you buy
a Tesla, your car is going to be burned or
certainly damaged, that people are going to surround your car
and hit you or attack you because you own a Tesla.
We witness that over the weekend in New York City.
We've seen dealerships that have been firebombed. We've seen dealerships
that have literally been shot up. I thought Democrats were
(06:15):
against guns, but apparently not now if it means shooting
at a Tesla. So just how coordinated is the media
and trying to destroy Elon Musk because of what he's
doing to destroy our government, to get rid of the waste, fraud, abuse,
the corruption of the Democratic Party, to undo all of that. Well,
it looks like now they're going into full court press
(06:37):
where they're colluding with one another doing everything they can
to get rid of Elon Musk. If you don't believe me,
we put together a montage. Take a listen.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Elon Musk's so called Department of Government Efficiency is taking
a chainsaw to the federal workforce. Elon Musk continues his
chainsaw attack in Washington. So taking a chainsaw, if you will,
to the federal government, that's you know, decapitating a lot,
a lot they slashed and hacked with the chainsaw.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
The slashing and the burning the chainsaw.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Elon Musk with that chainsaw, I mean he's walking around
acting like he's ahead of Doughe he's, you know, brandishing
the chainsaw. Nine months pregnant with Elon Musk chainsaw, marauding
with a chainsaw. Wait a second, buster, put your chainsaw away.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
They cannot attack federal agencies with a chainsaw.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
He's doing it in a way with a chainsaw that
alienates people.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Right man, right hand chainsaw man.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
But it has a chainsaw.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
That's chainsaw stuff. Who used the chainsaw? Elon Musk is
an unelected man child running around the country with a
pretend chainsaw.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
That is your media, that is your Democratic Party. That
is them colluding together in a quote spontaneous moment that
happened time and time and time and time again, all
because they don't know how to stop Doge or Elon
Musk or Donald Trump. Let me just say, the majority
of the American people are behind Elon Musk in his chainsaw.
(08:05):
No matter what the corporate media tries.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
To tell you, and here is story number three.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
President Donald Trump has made good on a promise as
he announced a twenty five percent tariff on all automobiles
not manufactured in the United States, a move aim to
revitalize domestic car production and protect American jobs. He is
framing the decision as a key step towards economic independence
and national strength. Trump emphasizing the importance of bringing automotive
(08:32):
manufacturing back to American soil. Supporters of the tariff are
making it clear this could lead to major resurgences in
US auto jobs, spur investment in American factories, and level
the playing field with foreign competitors who have long benefited
from low production costs and trade advantages. Industry insiders are
(08:53):
already reporting interests from automakers and expanding US based operations
to avoid the new quote. This is about putting America first,
Trump set here's more of the present in his own words.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
So this is the beginning of liberation Day in America.
We're going to take back just some of the money
that has been taken from us by people sitting behind
this desk. Or another desk that's not quite as nice,
but they have their choice of seven, as you know,
(09:27):
And we're going to charge countries for doing business in
our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking
a lot of things that they've been taken over the years.
They've taken so much out of our country. Friend and foe,
and frankly, Friend has been oftentimes much worse than FAE.
And this is very modest. What we're going to be
(09:49):
doing is a twenty five percent tariff on all cars
that are not made in the United States. If they're
made in the United States, is absolutely not terror. We
start off with a two and adred percent base, which
is what we were at, and we go to twenty
five percent. And basically, as you know, and as you've
been saying, not reporting as accurately as it should be reported,
because it's a massive story, business is coming back to
(10:12):
the United States so that they don't have to pay tariffs.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Now.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Economists are very excited about the president's new policy, suggesting
by the way that tariffs could reduce the trade deficit
in bolster related sectors such as steel, glass, and electronics
for many in manufacturing hubs. They also say, like Michigan
and Ohio. The move represents hope for the return to
prosperity and industrial pride. Now, the clear point the President
(10:38):
is sending is that we are open for business and
he is putting American workers ahead of foreign cheap labor,
and that's good for all Americans in this country.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
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 subscribed to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here on Monday morning.
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