Verdict with Ted Cruz - December 04, 2025


BONUS POD： Trump Declares War on ‘Green New Scam’ plus Visa Freeze Targets High-Risk Countries

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Theoburn Energy Donald Trump Joe Biden Ben Ferguson Conservative Tours Mark Meadows Mulberry Harbor Kevin Hassett Kristi Noem Ilhan Omar Somalians Bastogne Hitler Patton
Bonus： Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Dec 2 2025 DNC Pipe-bomber ARRESTED, plus Three Days at the WH-Medals of Honor, Trump Accounts & Lowering Auto Prices

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Trump announces that the White House is taking historic action to lower costs for American consumers, including what you're paying for automobiles. Also, in a major announcement, President Trump freezes all immigration, asylum applications from 19 high-risk nations.

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00:00:04.840 These Somalians have taken billions of dollars out of our country. 1.00
00:00:08.900 They've taken billions and billions of dollars.
00:00:11.600 They have a representative, Ilhan Omar,
00:00:14.660 who they say married her brother.
00:00:18.740 It's a fraud.
00:00:20.200 She tries to deny it now, but you can't really deny it
00:00:22.860 because, you know, it just happened.
00:00:25.040 She shouldn't be allowed to be a congresswoman, 1.00
00:00:27.140 and I'm sure people are looking at that.
00:00:28.780 And she should be throwing the hell out of our country. 1.00
00:00:31.720 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
00:00:35.740 Good Thursday morning.
00:00:36.680 It's nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:39.200 And we've got two major stories for you coming out of the White House.
00:00:42.260 First up, the White House announces that the Trump administration
00:00:45.800 is taking historic action to lower costs for American consumers,
00:00:50.600 including what you're paying for automobiles.
00:00:53.520 We'll have the list for you and what it means to your bottom line in just a moment.
00:00:57.300 Also, in a major announcement, President Trump freezing all immigration,
00:01:03.940 asylum applications from 19 high-risk nations.
00:01:08.640 Why?
00:01:09.360 After the attack on the National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C.,
00:01:12.540 the president said he had no choice.
00:01:14.960 And we'll give you those countries and what it means as well.
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00:02:33.520 It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now.
00:02:37.140 Story number one.
00:02:38.340 President Donald Trump talking about affordability
00:02:41.440 and saying that his administration is taking major action
00:02:45.040 to lower costs for American consumers
00:02:48.020 and make buying a car much more affordable.
00:02:52.200 How is he doing that?
00:02:53.260 By lowering gas emission standards.
00:02:55.740 This on top of the fact he's lowering the price of gasoline
00:02:58.880 and the price of goods and services
00:03:01.000 and the price of eggs and bread and butter and milk.
00:03:05.160 The list is actually getting pretty long.
00:03:08.420 This is making the Democrats go crazy.
00:03:11.600 And the president made it clear from the Oval Office today
00:03:14.620 that he's just getting started when it comes to the issue of affordability.
00:03:18.900 Here's part of what the president had to say.
00:03:22.180 Today, my administration has taken historic action to lower costs for American consumers,
00:03:27.700 protect American auto jobs,
00:03:29.380 and make buying a car much more affordable for countless American families
00:03:33.880 and also safer.
00:03:35.380 We're officially terminating Joe Biden's ridiculously burdensome,
00:03:39.260 horrible, actually, cafe standards
00:03:41.180 that imposed expensive restrictions and all sorts of problems,
00:03:46.840 gave all sorts of problems to automakers.
00:03:50.040 And we're not only talking about here,
00:03:51.440 we're talking about outside of our country,
00:03:53.680 because nobody could do it. 0.94
00:03:55.000 Nobody wanted to do it, and it was ridiculous. 0.78
00:03:57.980 Very expensive.
00:03:58.720 It put tremendous upward pressure on car prices.
00:04:03.580 Combined with the insane electric vehicle mandate,
00:04:06.960 Biden's burdensome regulations helped cause the price of cars to soar more than 25 percent.
00:04:12.800 And in one case, they went up 18 percent in one year.
00:04:16.720 Today, we're taking one more step to kill the Green News scam. 0.94
00:04:19.980 It's part of the greatest scam, probably,
00:04:22.400 well, other than Russia, Russia, Russia, and a few others I could name.
00:04:25.400 The greatest scam in American history, the Green News scam. 0.72
00:04:29.860 And it's a quest to end the gasoline-powered car.
00:04:33.380 This is what they wanted to do,
00:04:34.700 even though we have more gasoline than any other country by far.
00:04:37.980 And people want the gasoline car.
00:04:39.700 They want everything.
00:04:40.660 They want electric.
00:04:41.600 They want any—they want to have lots of alternatives.
00:04:44.620 But they do want the gasoline car.
00:04:46.620 Right now, it's leading the way by a lot.
00:04:50.440 The car business is a very interesting business,
00:04:53.700 but we want to keep it that way.
00:04:55.980 One of the most interesting things about what the president said at the White House
00:04:59.380 is he is looking at all areas and trying to find ways to help Americans.
00:05:06.140 Affordability is the number one priority of this administration,
00:05:09.500 which brings us to Mark Meadows.
00:05:12.000 Former White House chief of staff was asked today
00:05:15.260 about what he believes is the timing of the $2,000 Trump tariff checks
00:05:21.420 and when they could go out.
00:05:23.880 Take a listen to what he had to say about that big victory as well.
00:05:27.600 He says affordability.
00:05:29.280 That's the top thing.
00:05:30.160 But listen to what President Trump said about affordability yesterday.
00:05:33.380 And, you know, there's this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about affordability.
00:05:38.200 They just say the word.
00:05:39.700 It doesn't mean anything to anybody.
00:05:41.680 You just say it.
00:05:42.800 So which is it?
00:05:44.500 Yeah.
00:05:44.920 So I would probably tend to be more with President here than Congressman-elect.
00:05:50.640 That's a wise choice.
00:05:51.960 Here's the reason.
00:05:53.100 But here's the reason why is this is not about affordability
00:05:57.860 as much as it is about getting the prices of groceries down,
00:06:02.440 the price of energy down.
00:06:04.160 When we start looking at that, affordability is an abstract term that's very difficult.
00:06:09.880 What do we need to do?
00:06:10.780 We need to make sure the price of ground beef goes down.
00:06:14.000 We need to make sure that the average man or woman going into the grocery store 1.00
00:06:19.680 and purchasing is actually seeing the price of those things go down.
00:06:23.240 I can tell you the president and Kevin Hassett and others are laser focused on that.
00:06:28.640 But I think the other thing that should be coming out that actually will make things,
00:06:33.140 if you want to use the word affordable, I think the Trump checks.
00:06:37.060 I'm in favor of that.
00:06:38.340 As a conservative member, some of my colleagues and friends are not for that.
00:06:42.720 But I think these $2,000 Trump tariff checks need to go out next year.
00:06:48.680 That will be something that actually others can spend the money
00:06:54.100 and maybe reduce some of the pain of the higher inflationary prices they're seeing at the grocery store.
00:07:00.720 So even Mark Meadows saying,
00:07:03.040 I think the $2,000 Trump tariff checks will go out next year.
00:07:07.960 Which brings us to the president's total goal.
00:07:10.760 Whether it's gas, whether it's grocery prices, whether it's car prices,
00:07:16.220 whether it's the cost of basic goods and services.
00:07:19.520 The president wants you to feel like you're in control and winning in America's economy.
00:07:25.400 He also mentioned as well that he wants to get rid of the income tax.
00:07:30.720 And the tariffs are helping us move towards that.
00:07:33.720 And then there's the issue of the national debt.
00:07:36.260 Which the White House also says they're looking to help tackle that issue as well.
00:07:41.480 Which goes back to what President Trump ran on.
00:07:44.680 Putting Americans first.
00:07:47.160 And cutting out waste, fraud and abuse.
00:07:50.780 And now we're witnessing just how successful
00:07:53.000 the president is starting to become on a major issue.
00:07:57.040 Now story number two.
00:07:58.300 President Donald Trump also promised Americans when he was running for election
00:08:02.120 that he was going to keep you safe.
00:08:03.720 That he was going to secure the border.
00:08:05.440 And he was going to make sure that we didn't have terrorists
00:08:08.580 coming into this country across that open border.
00:08:11.500 Many that came across.
00:08:13.060 Many that we're concerned about now.
00:08:14.680 Including sleeper cells.
00:08:16.480 And we have seen some of these recent attacks on National Guardsmen.
00:08:19.760 On ICE members.
00:08:20.980 And the president is now saying it is time for us to take a look
00:08:24.980 at why we're letting in so many people from so many parts around the world
00:08:29.320 where we know they're a hotbed for terrorism.
00:08:32.960 Which brings us to this.
00:08:35.160 President Donald Trump's deputies have now shut down the legal migration pathways
00:08:40.300 for people from 19 countries.
00:08:43.900 Pending the completion of security checks and interviews.
00:08:47.820 The Trump administration is making every effort to ensure individuals becoming citizens
00:08:54.080 are the best of the best.
00:08:57.180 That coming from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency.
00:09:01.360 Which went on to add this.
00:09:03.660 We will take no chances when the future of our nation is at stake.
00:09:07.940 The Trump administration is reviewing all immigration benefits granted
00:09:12.060 by the Biden administration to aliens from countries of concern.
00:09:17.420 Now the freeze is unprecedented.
00:09:20.760 Is what a former agency official said to CBS News.
00:09:24.940 The new guidance indicates that the immigration crackdown directed by Donald Trump
00:09:30.240 following last week's shooting of the National Guard members
00:09:33.320 is much broader in scope than previously reported.
00:09:37.220 The policy is a huge shift from Joe Biden's presidency as well.
00:09:41.580 which sought to legalize several million wage-cutting, rent-spiking illegal immigrants. 0.89
00:09:49.660 Biden's deputies and judges pushed their migrants through many quasi-legal pathways,
00:09:56.280 including friendly asylum reviews, deportation freezes,
00:10:01.720 and the award of temporary protected status and humanitarian parole.
00:10:07.240 like it was candy on Halloween.
00:10:10.000 The Trump shutdown is now freezing asylum claims for all who want to avoid deportation as well.
00:10:19.040 It also shuts down paperwork proceedings, green card approvals,
00:10:24.200 and naturalization ceremonies from people from 19 high-risk national populations
00:10:30.620 who entered the United States under President Joe Biden's watch.
00:10:35.220 Clearly many of them unvetted.
00:10:37.020 The freeze also applies to migrants from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo,
00:10:45.960 Ecuadorial Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Cuba, Togo,
00:10:56.480 Turkmenistan, and Venezuela, to name a few.
00:10:59.680 Nine of the countries are predominantly Muslim.
00:11:03.180 Most of the countries are small and backward. 1.00
00:11:06.520 But four of them, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Iran, and Somalia,
00:11:10.560 have large populations in the United States.
00:11:14.860 Kristi Noem, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,
00:11:18.600 has hinted the list may be expanded.
00:11:21.740 And at least one report says 10 additional countries may be added very soon.
00:11:27.560 Now, the policy is not a complete shutdown, despite much demand for a total freeze.
00:11:34.220 The shutdown policy does not include migrants from Mexican and Central American countries,
00:11:40.620 which together account for a large share of recent migrants.
00:11:43.940 It also exempts migrants from India, which is in a huge population of 5 million legal, illegal, and quasi-legal migrants
00:11:53.820 via complex networks of companies into white-collar jobs, trucking jobs,
00:11:59.820 and hotel-related jobs sought by Americans throughout the United States.
00:12:04.580 The U.S. CIS announced the policy on Tuesday afternoon via a memo to staff saying,
00:12:11.540 This memorandum mandates that all aliens meeting these criteria undergo a thorough review process,
00:12:19.200 including a potential interview, and, if necessary, a re-interview,
00:12:24.100 to fully assess all national security and public safety threats,
00:12:28.540 along with any other related grounds of inadmissibility or ineligibility.
00:12:34.740 The letter also said that the individual should go by a case-by-case review.
00:12:39.540 An assessment will be done of all relevant information and facts.
00:12:44.560 The U.S. CIS will also conduct a comprehensive review of all relevant policies, procedures,
00:12:50.920 and operational guidance for compliance, accuracy, and needed improvements during this time.
00:12:58.180 The guidance outlines the adjudicated hold, procedure requirements, and processes for the review,
00:13:04.560 the interview or re-interview of affected aliens,
00:13:07.380 The U.S. CIS personnel are instructed to prioritize national security and public safety concerns
00:13:14.420 and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations during the adjudication process.
00:13:21.340 All findings must be documented in accordance with established protocols
00:13:25.220 to support any subsequent determinations or actions.
00:13:30.000 The president making it clear, as he was also asked about this at the White House today,
00:13:34.640 and here's what he had to say.
00:13:35.900 You've made changes for Afghani's ability to apply for asylum.
00:13:40.420 Do you blame all Afghans for this one-man... 0.51
00:13:42.940 No, but we've had a lot of problems with Afghans because they had a lot of them coming in on these planes. 1.00
00:13:48.860 Again, I show you this picture.
00:13:50.800 We had a lot of them coming in on these planes that are...
00:13:54.020 Look at them.
00:13:54.720 There was no checking.
00:13:55.960 They just poured into the plane. 0.98
00:13:58.080 And many of these people are criminals.
00:14:00.420 Many of these people are people that shouldn't be here.
00:14:02.320 And many of them have been gotten out.
00:14:04.580 I mean, we've gotten out some...
00:14:06.280 A lot of the people that...
00:14:07.500 You know, we've taken a lot of matter here.
00:14:09.340 But they came in...
00:14:11.040 Yeah, I know.
00:14:11.600 This is the old story.
00:14:12.260 Many are wonderful.
00:14:13.100 Yeah, I'm sure.
00:14:13.860 I said many are here legally, though.
00:14:15.240 What should they think?
00:14:16.720 In terms of their prospects?
00:14:17.560 Well, they can't be happy.
00:14:19.060 Okay?
00:14:19.500 They can't be happy.
00:14:20.420 Because what's taking place between that...
00:14:24.180 If you look at Somalia, they're taking over Minnesota. 1.00
00:14:27.300 And they are...
00:14:28.740 We've got a lot of problems with the gangs, with all of the things taking place in Minnesota.
00:14:33.000 We have an incompetent governor. 0.99
00:14:34.840 A dope. 1.00
00:14:35.400 We have a dope governor. 1.00
00:14:37.720 They can't be happy about what's going on. 0.98
00:14:40.160 And if you talk about the Afghans, you know, there's a problem because so many bad ones came in on the planes. 1.00
00:14:46.560 They just walked in.
00:14:47.360 Whoever the strongest people were physically, in a way, but whoever the strongest, they got on the planes.
00:14:52.980 There was no checking.
00:14:54.080 They just swamped the planes.
00:14:55.980 They took off.
00:14:57.160 We had no idea who they were.
00:14:59.860 So think about what the president just said there.
00:15:02.120 We had no idea who they were.
00:15:03.820 But what the president is guaranteeing you now is they're going to do everything they can to make sure they find out who they are and keep you and your family safe.
00:15:11.500 Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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