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BONUS POD： 100 Days of Trump-Border Security Triumphs and Media Frenzy


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Trump has made good on his promise to secure the southern border. Illegal immigrant apprehensions have dropped 95% in the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Meanwhile, the Democrats are calling for articles of impeachment against President Trump.

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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
00:00:02.700 Guaranteed human.
00:00:04.940 Now, I think we're going to have a lot of big wins.
00:00:07.340 I don't know if it's going to be covered that way by the fake news,
00:00:09.820 but the wins are going to be very substantial.
00:00:12.120 You know, we're losing.
00:00:13.120 We were losing.
00:00:14.240 It's by $5 billion a day.
00:00:16.180 I've got that number way down, and soon it's going to be very, very positive.
00:00:19.980 We'll be making $5 billion a day.
00:00:22.340 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
00:00:26.260 Good Tuesday morning.
00:00:27.420 Welcome.
00:00:27.780 It is Ben Ferguson with you.
00:00:29.640 And it's so nice to have you on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:32.360 And here are the three big stories that we're covering today.
00:00:35.320 First up, we are 100 days officially right now into the Trump administration.
00:00:41.100 And we now have some of the intel on just how secure the southern border has become
00:00:46.760 because Donald Trump's promised to do exactly that.
00:00:50.080 Secure the southern border no matter what.
00:00:52.700 Up next, we'll also talk about how the media lost their minds
00:00:56.560 as they put up posters on the White House lawn showing the violent criminals
00:01:01.120 that have been arrested since Trump has been in office.
00:01:04.060 More on that in just a second.
00:01:05.760 And finally, so what are the Democrats doing 100 days into the Trump administration?
00:01:11.780 They're calling for impeachment of Donald Trump.
00:01:14.980 Yes, official articles of impeachment apparently from Congress.
00:01:19.480 It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.
00:01:22.760 Story number one.
00:01:23.800 Today is a very important day in the administration of Donald Trump.
00:01:28.440 The first 100 days is officially here.
00:01:31.580 And the question that everyone asks is, well, was it worth it?
00:01:35.480 Did we vote for the right man?
00:01:37.280 And is he doing what he promised he was going to do?
00:01:40.060 Well, we're going to take a special look at the first 100 days of the present.
00:01:43.840 We're going to start with his promise to secure the southern border.
00:01:48.040 President Donald Trump delivered on his campaign promises to secure the U.S. border,
00:01:52.700 achieving historic reductions in illegal crossings and apprehensions of dangerous criminals.
00:01:58.800 His administration has implemented tough policies,
00:02:01.880 including designating violent gangs as foreign terrorist organizations
00:02:06.240 and resuming border wall construction to enhance national security and public safety.
00:02:12.020 Through mass deportation operations and targeted enforcement,
00:02:16.660 the administration has now arrested over 150,000 illegal immigrants,
00:02:22.840 including gang members and criminals,
00:02:25.420 while drastically reducing the number of unaccompanied minors also crossing the southern border.
00:02:31.200 In fact, illegal border encounters are down 95% in the first 100 days of Trump being in office.
00:02:39.060 99.99% is a very important number.
00:02:43.040 It deals with catch and release.
00:02:44.800 From the worst month of Joe Biden to where we are now,
00:02:48.160 it is down 99.99%.
00:02:52.200 Now, President Trump has taken decisive action to eliminate sanctuary cities as well
00:02:57.780 and cut federal benefits for illegal immigrants.
00:03:01.200 Redirecting resources instead to support American citizens putting us first.
00:03:07.460 Trump's administrations also invoked the Alien Enemies Act to dismantle migrant criminal networks
00:03:14.060 and also to shut down immigration apps used to exploit the system.
00:03:18.680 With measures like the Lake and Riley Act and executive orders to streamline border security,
00:03:25.140 it is clear in the first 100 days that Donald Trump's policies
00:03:28.880 have literally transformed the border into the most secure in modern American history.
00:03:35.100 Now, you don't have to take my word for it.
00:03:38.040 Since President Donald Trump took office,
00:03:40.320 he and his administration have ushered in the most secure border in modern American history.
00:03:45.520 And he didn't need legislation to do it.
00:03:48.320 President Trump has made good on the promise he made on the campaign trail
00:03:52.180 to usher in the unprecedented error of homeland security being a priority.
00:03:57.420 Now, I said a moment ago, you don't have to take my word for it.
00:04:01.060 Just take a listen to what the media has said in their reporting of just how quickly things have changed.
00:04:07.420 Now, the president also made this promise when he was running for president saying, quote,
00:04:12.840 we will close the border.
00:04:14.420 We will stop the invasion of illegal aliens into our country. 1.00
00:04:17.840 He said that in Aurora, Colorado, September the 12th of 2024,
00:04:22.400 when he was making his closing arguments to the American people of why they should vote for him.
00:04:27.760 Well, let's talk about that promise that has been kept.
00:04:30.860 Number one, illegal border encounters are now down 95 percent.
00:04:35.460 Illegal immigrant gotaways, the top threat to public safety, are down 99 percent.
00:04:41.220 And then the media is backing up what the president is saying.
00:04:44.800 Fox News correspondent Bill Malusian put it this way, quote,
00:04:48.380 if Fox were to send me down there right now, I would have trouble finding a single migrant on camera.
00:04:54.960 CBS immigration reporter saying it this way.
00:04:58.460 Typically, when we go to the U.S.-Mexico border,
00:05:01.560 we at least see one group of people who are trying to cross into the U.S. illegally.
00:05:06.500 We did not see a single migrant this time.
00:05:09.840 The Wall Street Journal saying it this way.
00:05:12.360 Border crossings grind to a halt as Trump's tough policies take hold.
00:05:17.660 Bloomberg said it this way.
00:05:19.680 U.S.-bound migration plunges 99 percent along the Panama jungle route.
00:05:25.620 As people from all over the world clearly know that now is not a time to come to America.
00:05:30.660 The Washington Times saying it this way.
00:05:33.260 Under President Trump, border catch and release has dropped 99.99 percent from worse Biden month.
00:05:41.180 And the Los Angeles Times putting it this way.
00:05:43.720 California, Mexico border once overwhelmed, now nearly empty.
00:05:49.100 Yes, the President of the United States of America paid off on this campaign promise to secure the border.
00:05:55.600 And he did it in his first 100 days.
00:05:57.860 Now, story number two.
00:05:59.080 The White House on Monday morning made it very clear that they wanted to remind the American people
00:06:04.480 of exactly who they are arresting in the first 100 days of the administration.
00:06:09.100 And on Monday morning, images of the worst criminal illegal immigrants arrested 1.00
00:06:15.040 since President Donald J. Trump took office were placed on the lawn of the White House for the world to see.
00:06:20.920 Why?
00:06:21.440 Because they wanted to highlight the Trump administration's unprecedented effort to secure our homeland
00:06:27.100 and send these vicious criminals back to where they belong. 1.00
00:06:31.320 The White House said, we want you to meet the worst. 0.81
00:06:33.840 The media, of course, lost their mind, saying it was unfair to have the signs behind them of these criminals
00:06:40.540 while they're trying to do their live shots from the lawn of the White House.
00:06:45.020 Well, the important thing is, is that you meet the worst among us.
00:06:49.460 Here is an example of some of those that were actually put out there on the lawn of the White House
00:06:55.060 with the boards letting you know who this administration is going after.
00:06:59.680 And more importantly, who the Biden administration allowed to come into this country illegally
00:07:04.160 and allowed to stay here.
00:07:05.980 I'll give you an example.
00:07:07.260 The arrest of a Jamaican national convicted of first-degree murder.
00:07:11.200 Ice Baltimore arrested a man, a 51-year-old citizen of Jamaica.
00:07:15.600 His criminal history includes convictions for murder first degree
00:07:19.200 and two counts of assault second degree in Prince George County in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
00:07:25.260 Let's move on to someone else.
00:07:26.840 Another man arrested and convicted of rape.
00:07:30.100 Ice Buffalo arrested a 49-year-old citizen of Fasco.
00:07:34.160 The criminal history included a conviction for rape in New York County, New York.
00:07:38.300 Again, someone that should have never been in this country. 0.98
00:07:41.060 Another arrest of a Mexican national convicted of murder and aggravated battery.
00:07:45.900 This time it was a man that is 43 years old of Mexico.
00:07:50.320 He has a criminal history including convictions for murder and aggravated battery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
00:07:56.220 Who should have never been in this country.
00:07:58.260 Or you can move on to an Indian national convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
00:08:04.540 Ice Houston arrested the man, a citizen of India.
00:08:07.620 His criminal history includes a conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child in Harris County, Texas.
00:08:13.640 There's also the arrest of a Mexican national.
00:08:16.660 A man who was convicted of predatory sexual assault of a child.
00:08:20.940 Ice Chicago arrested the 45-year-old citizen of Mexico with a criminal history.
00:08:25.840 That includes a conviction for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in Cook County, Illinois.
00:08:31.540 Again, someone that should have never been in the country that the Biden administration allowed to stay.
00:08:36.700 We can move to the arrest of a Mexican national also convicted of sexual assault of a child.
00:08:42.040 Ice Denver arrested a 36-year-old citizen of Mexico with a criminal history that includes convictions of sexual assault.
00:08:49.480 Sex offense against a child, obstructing police and driving under the influence of alcohol in Houston County, Texas.
00:08:57.220 There's also the arrest of Mexican national.
00:08:59.560 A man convicted of sexual abuse of a minor.
00:09:02.900 Ice Chicago arrested the 57-year-old citizen of Mexico with a criminal history.
00:09:08.100 Including a conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor in Illinois.
00:09:13.840 Also, the arrest of a Salvadorian national.
00:09:16.680 Convicted of sex with a minor.
00:09:18.820 Ice San Francisco arrested the 40-year-old citizen of El Salvador.
00:09:22.940 Who has the criminal history of including a conviction for sex with a minor in San Mateo County, California.
00:09:29.620 There's also the arrest of a Mexican national.
00:09:32.580 Convicted of sexual abuse of a child.
00:09:34.920 Ice San Francisco arresting that 45-year-old citizen of Mexico.
00:09:39.120 Gomez's criminal history includes a conviction for continuous sexual abuse of a child in San Bernardino County, California.
00:09:46.600 Arrest also of a Dominican national convicted of murder.
00:09:50.380 Ice Buffalo arrested the 34-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic with a criminal history including a conviction for murder in New York County, New York.
00:09:59.220 Also, the arrest of a Salvadorian national convicted of sexual offense with a child.
00:10:04.100 This time, Ice Atlanta arrested the 32-year-old citizen of El Salvador with a criminal history including a conviction for sexual offense with a child in Wake, North Carolina.
00:10:15.000 And then there's the arrest of a Mexican national.
00:10:17.580 Convicted conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
00:10:20.700 Ice Houston arrested the 64-year-old drug dealer.
00:10:23.660 A citizen of Honduras with a criminal history including a conviction for murder in Los Angeles County, California.
00:10:30.100 There's also the arrest of an Indian national convicted of lewd acts against a child under 14.
00:10:38.180 Ice San Francisco arrested the 39-year-old citizen of India.
00:10:42.120 The criminal history of this man includes a conviction for lewd acts against a child under 14 in Sacramento, California.
00:10:49.000 Then there's the arrest of a Mexican national convicted of sexual assault of a child.
00:10:53.720 Ice Denver arrested the 36-year-old, a citizen of Mexico.
00:10:57.640 He is a registered sex offender with criminal history which includes convictions for sexual assault of a child and interference with school.
00:11:05.980 And failed to leave in Lake County, Colorado.
00:11:08.640 And a conviction for theft in Summit County, Colorado.
00:11:11.840 The list goes on and on and on and on and on.
00:11:16.280 Literally, it would probably take me another 45 minutes of stories just like these to tell you just of the pictures put at the White House.
00:11:24.460 So what did the media have to say about this moment?
00:11:28.380 Were they glad that these criminals were taken off the streets in the U.S.?
00:11:32.160 They were not.
00:11:33.240 In fact, they were angry that the signs were in their live shot.
00:11:37.220 Take a listen to this from MSNBC.
00:11:39.940 Maria Teresa Kumar, before we let you go, we want to get your reaction to something that just occurred.
00:11:44.280 The White House has put up about 100 posters of what they say are unauthorized immigrants who have been arrested for violent crimes.
00:11:51.840 You can see them there.
00:11:52.780 They put them up on the driveway of the White House.
00:11:55.500 If you look here, that's the West Wing just at the forefront.
00:11:58.600 The executive mansion itself to the left.
00:12:00.660 But what's particularly noteworthy about this location is it is right directly behind the positions where TV correspondents do their hits from the White House lawn.
00:12:10.060 So, therefore, no matter what network you're on, that includes MSNBC, if you're doing a hit from the White House right now, those pictures will be behind you.
00:12:19.240 The White House doing a briefing in about a half hour about what they're doing here.
00:12:22.840 Maria, your response to this image.
00:12:25.420 So, I have to say, one of the biggest challenges that we have with the deportations that we know of so far, for example, with Kilmer Abrego Garcia, we don't know if they've had due process.
00:12:36.180 We don't know if, in fact, these individuals do have a rap sheet.
00:12:40.440 So, I would encourage those individuals that have that as a backshot to blur those people out.
00:12:46.240 The job of journalism is to ensure that we are presenting the facts, that we are cross-referencing.
00:12:52.100 We know that PoliFact actually checked the Trump administration because of an earlier picture that they released on Kilmer, recognizing that it was altered, that it was false, that they placed gang signs, tattoos on him that weren't real.
00:13:08.060 And so, I would really, the press right now, we are absolutely under attack.
00:13:12.880 Our job is always to have our true north, to make sure that we're presenting balanced news, and making sure that we are not putting folks that are potentially in danger.
00:13:23.160 And having that representation of those pictures in the background, we can't allow that to, basically, for us to carry the water of potentially innocent people.
00:13:33.740 So, I would encourage, I recognize live shots are tough, but I would encourage folks to actually make sure that those shots are blurred to the best of your abilities.
00:13:40.640 That's right. The media losing their minds, demanding that the mugshots of the people I just told you about are blurred out to protect them, instead of the American people.
00:13:51.400 So, if you want to know if Donald Trump is breaking the media, you better believe it.
00:13:55.260 All you have to do is listen to that report.
00:13:57.340 And just 100 days in, the most important part of the whole story is these killers, and those that are going after your kids, and selling drugs, are being taken off the streets at record numbers.
00:14:09.220 And finally, story number three.
00:14:11.500 As we hit the 100-day mark of the Trump administration, there's a question that has to be asked.
00:14:16.820 What are the Democrats doing 100 days into Trump's administration?
00:14:20.980 Well, they're going back to their old playbook.
00:14:24.620 The headline on the 100 days of Trump in office from the Democrats is this idea.
00:14:30.680 Introducing impeachment articles against Donald Trump.
00:14:34.620 What I'm about to play for you is an actual Democratic congressman.
00:14:37.960 And no, this is not a Saturday Night Live skit.
00:14:41.440 This is Congressman Shreetanidar.
00:14:44.240 Donald Trump has already done real damage to our democracy.
00:14:48.960 But defying a unanimous 9-0 Supreme Court ruling?
00:14:53.620 That has to be the final straw.
00:14:55.680 It's time we impeached Donald J. Trump.
00:14:59.300 The court said the wrongfully deported Kilmer Garcia must be allowed to return and receive due process.
00:15:06.620 Trump ignored it.
00:15:08.900 He ignored the Constitution.
00:15:11.100 He ignored the very checks and balances that keep our democracy intact.
00:15:16.660 This isn't an isolated incident.
00:15:18.880 It's part of a dangerous deliberate pattern.
00:15:22.400 That's why today I introduced a resolution to impeach Donald J. Trump.
00:15:29.340 So there it is.
00:15:31.120 100 days is all it took for the Democrats to introduce impeachment articles yet again against Donald Trump.
00:15:39.020 Another example of just how bad Trump derangement syndrome really is.
00:15:43.980 And you better believe they're going to keep doing this.
00:15:47.220 They keep accusing Donald Trump of obstructing justice, abusing trade powers, tyranny.
00:15:52.980 And they're going to try to impeach him another time.
00:15:57.420 This is also why so many Americans are standing behind Donald Trump.
00:16:01.400 Because they look at the left and they realize they bring nothing to the table but anarchy and chaos.
00:16:09.060 And if you don't believe me on that, just look at the multiple judges that were arrested for trying to help illegal migrants escape arrest who are now behind bars.
00:16:19.280 Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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