Verdict with Ted Cruz - BONUS POD： Trump Outlines Vision for America’s Future w Economic Boom coming in 2026

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00:00:02.420 Guaranteed human.

00:00:05.600 So they can buy their own health insurance,

00:00:08.740 which will give far better benefits at much lower costs.

00:00:12.320 It will be far better health insurance.

00:00:15.100 Military service members will receive a special,

00:00:18.320 we call warrior dividend.

00:00:20.520 No tax on tips, no tax on overtime,

00:00:23.220 and no tax on social security for our great seniors.

00:00:27.060 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

00:00:31.300 Good Thursday morning.

00:00:32.400 It's nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update,

00:00:34.940 and we've got a great show for you this morning.

00:00:38.320 All thanks Donald Trump as he addressed the nation from the White House

00:00:42.520 with a Christmas and New Year's message

00:00:44.860 that should have every one of you excited.

00:00:47.760 He talked about lower prices, lower prices on gas,

00:00:51.700 lower prices on prescription drugs,

00:00:54.300 lower prices on housing,

00:00:55.860 And he also talked about the largest tax refund season of all time.

00:01:01.780 The president laying out what you can expect in 2026,

00:01:05.140 and much of it is what was passed in the Big Beautiful Bill,

00:01:08.580 that will now become a reality,

00:01:10.620 including no tax on tips,

00:01:12.960 or social security,

00:01:14.520 or overtime.

00:01:15.820 It's the 47 Morning Update,

00:01:17.700 and it starts right now.

00:01:19.400 Story number one.

00:01:20.500 President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address to the nation,

00:01:24.020 and in the nationally televised address,

00:01:26.580 the president presented a forward-looking and optimistic message

00:01:30.240 about the direction of the country

00:01:31.860 and the policies that his administration has pursued

00:01:35.040 over the last just 11 months,

00:01:37.120 to put it in perspective.

00:01:38.820 He emphasized that in the last year,

00:01:40.860 it has been a period of meaningful progress

00:01:43.700 and growing strength for the United States,

00:01:46.300 and that the best is yet to come

00:01:48.600 as the nation moves into 2026.

00:01:51.280 Now, you may ask yourself this question,

00:01:53.400 why?

00:01:54.360 Well, much of what the president has enacted

00:01:56.400 actually hasn't taken effect yet.

00:01:59.380 It starts in 2026.

00:02:01.840 No tax on tips, for example.

00:02:04.080 No tax on overtime.

00:02:05.980 And no tax on social security

00:02:07.620 for the majority of Americans.

00:02:09.440 We'll have a massive impact

00:02:11.940 for many Americans,

00:02:13.100 and how much money is in their bank accounts.

00:02:15.960 The president also talked about the incredible impact

00:02:19.080 of stopping immigration into this country,

00:02:22.220 illegal immigration,

00:02:23.700 and how it's now actually lowering home prices

00:02:26.540 and rental prices,

00:02:28.260 prices that are expected to come down even more in 2026,

00:02:32.520 which brings us to the key achievements

00:02:35.300 and the policy highlights

00:02:36.860 of economic growth in investment.

00:02:40.080 President Trump highlighted

00:02:41.400 the significant economic progress,

00:02:43.400 including what he described as a record level

00:02:45.740 of investment

00:02:46.640 that is flowing into the United States of America,

00:02:49.800 which he has tied to job creation and growth.

00:02:52.660 Much of this coming from the leverage with tariffs.

00:02:56.420 He framed the recent policies

00:02:57.880 as driving lower prices

00:02:59.500 and stronger wages for American families.

00:03:03.120 Trump referred to the current economic trajectory

00:03:05.520 as laying the groundwork

00:03:06.860 for what he casts

00:03:07.820 as the greatest economy in history.

00:03:10.640 He also did something that was truly incredible,

00:03:14.260 a Christmas present

00:03:15.320 that men and women in the military

00:03:16.640 will never forget.

00:03:18.620 As part of his holiday season message,

00:03:21.520 he announced a one-time 1776,

00:03:25.820 that's right, 1,776,

00:03:29.580 warrior dividend check

00:03:31.580 to honor and support U.S. service members

00:03:34.840 that have been under attack by the left

00:03:37.260 for many years.

00:03:38.640 I want you to listen to the president

00:03:40.360 in his own words on this incredible moment.

00:03:42.920 Along with the just-passed

00:03:45.400 one big, beautiful bill,

00:03:47.300 tonight I am also proud to announce

00:03:49.720 that more than 1,450,000,

00:03:53.980 think of this,

00:03:55.040 1,450,000 military service members

00:04:00.020 will receive a special,

00:04:01.880 we call Warrior Dividend,

00:04:04.360 before Christmas,

00:04:05.400 a Warrior Dividend,

00:04:06.800 in honor of our nation's founding in 1776.

00:04:11.400 We are sending every soldier

00:04:13.200 $1,776.

00:04:18.100 Think of that.

00:04:19.620 And the checks are already on the way.

00:04:22.740 Nobody understood that one

00:04:24.860 until about 30 minutes ago.

00:04:26.940 Not only was the president

00:04:28.500 celebrating our men and women in military,

00:04:30.600 but he also said that you,

00:04:32.860 as an American,

00:04:33.520 have something to celebrate

00:04:34.540 coming next spring.

00:04:36.800 Next spring, he says,

00:04:37.820 is projected to be

00:04:38.620 the largest tax refund season

00:04:40.600 of all time.

00:04:42.920 Here's the president

00:04:43.720 in his own words.

00:04:45.320 Next year,

00:04:46.480 you will also see

00:04:47.540 the results of the largest tax cuts

00:04:49.860 in American history

00:04:50.920 that were really accomplished

00:04:53.260 through our great,

00:04:54.880 big, beautiful bill,

00:04:56.300 perhaps the most sweeping legislation

00:04:57.600 ever passed in Congress.

00:05:00.040 We wrapped 12 different bills

00:05:02.720 up into one beautiful bill.

00:05:04.760 That includes

00:05:05.480 no tax on tips,

00:05:07.320 no tax on overtime,

00:05:08.720 and no tax on Social Security

00:05:10.960 for our great seniors.

00:05:13.540 Under these cuts,

00:05:14.860 many families will be saving

00:05:16.540 between $11,000

00:05:18.640 and $20,000 a year.

00:05:21.360 And next spring is projected

00:05:22.920 to be the largest tax refund season

00:05:25.200 of all time.

00:05:26.840 Not only does the president know

00:05:28.440 that you need more money

00:05:29.400 in your pocket,

00:05:30.360 and the left has been taking

00:05:31.480 far too much of it

00:05:32.880 and wasting it for far too long,

00:05:34.880 but he also talked about health care,

00:05:37.220 which is actually a very important point

00:05:39.180 for many Americans.

00:05:40.560 He promised future reductions

00:05:42.760 in drug prices

00:05:44.240 and improvements in affordability

00:05:46.540 for health care

00:05:47.320 as part of the upcoming year's agenda.

00:05:50.360 I'm also taking on

00:05:52.000 the gigantic health insurance companies

00:05:54.700 that have gotten rich

00:05:56.180 on billions of dollars of money

00:05:58.220 that should go directly to the people.

00:06:00.480 The money should go to the people.

00:06:02.360 That's you.

00:06:03.280 So they can buy

00:06:04.160 their own health insurance,

00:06:05.960 which will give far better benefits

00:06:08.040 at much lower costs.

00:06:09.680 It will be far better health insurance.

00:06:13.020 The current Unaffordable Care Act

00:06:14.820 was created to make insurance companies rich.

00:06:18.080 It was bad health care

00:06:19.380 at much too higher costs.

00:06:21.280 And you see that now

00:06:22.540 in the steep increase in premiums

00:06:24.620 being demanded by the Democrats,

00:06:26.240 and they are demanding those increases,

00:06:28.400 and it's their fault.

00:06:30.040 It is not the Republicans' fault.

00:06:32.100 It's the Democrats' fault.

00:06:34.200 It's the Unaffordable Care Act,

00:06:36.160 and everybody knew it.

00:06:37.980 Again, I want the money

00:06:39.140 to go directly to the people

00:06:40.760 so you can buy your own health care.

00:06:42.820 You'll get much better health care

00:06:44.500 at a much lower price. 0.87

00:06:46.380 The only losers

00:06:47.260 will be insurance companies

00:06:48.600 that have gotten rich

00:06:50.220 and the Democrat Party,

00:06:51.520 which is totally controlled

00:06:52.600 by those same insurance companies.

00:06:54.600 They will not be happy,

00:06:56.580 but that's okay with me

00:06:57.780 because you, the people,

00:06:58.940 are finally going to be getting

00:07:00.380 great health care

00:07:01.380 at a lower cost.

00:07:02.740 Not only will you be getting

00:07:04.120 great health care

00:07:04.980 at a lower cost,

00:07:06.200 the number one donor

00:07:07.380 to the Democrats in Congress

00:07:08.960 have literally been

00:07:10.360 the health care industry.

00:07:11.980 The president then moved

00:07:13.380 from that issue

00:07:14.540 to another one,

00:07:16.220 immigration and border security.

00:07:17.860 President Trump

00:07:18.940 touting enhanced

00:07:19.660 border enforcement

00:07:20.680 and immigration control

00:07:22.500 as part of his administration's

00:07:24.280 accomplishments.

00:07:25.620 Our border was open,

00:07:27.180 and because of this,

00:07:28.240 our country was being invaded

00:07:29.600 by an army of 25 million people,

00:07:33.200 many who came from prisons

00:07:34.700 and jails,

00:07:35.580 mental institutions,

00:07:36.920 and insane asylums. 0.79

00:07:39.060 They were drug dealers,

00:07:40.680 gang members,

00:07:41.700 and even 11,888 murderers,

00:07:45.080 more than 50% of whom killed

00:07:47.840 more than one person.

00:07:49.800 This is what the Biden administration

00:07:51.860 allowed to happen to our country,

00:07:54.100 and it can never be allowed

00:07:56.260 to happen again.

00:07:57.920 We had men playing in women's sports, 0.86

00:08:00.980 transgender for everybody,

00:08:03.200 crime at record levels,

00:08:04.940 with law enforcement,

00:08:06.300 and words such as that

00:08:08.480 just absolutely forbidden.

00:08:10.360 We had the worst trade deals

00:08:13.040 ever made,

00:08:13.800 and our country was laughed at

00:08:15.380 from all over the world,

00:08:16.840 but they're not laughing anymore.

00:08:19.840 Over the past 11 months,

00:08:21.760 we have brought more positive change

00:08:24.280 to Washington

00:08:24.960 than any administration

00:08:27.220 in American history.

00:08:29.040 There's never been anything like it,

00:08:31.860 and I think most would agree.

00:08:33.520 I was elected in a landslide

00:08:36.040 winning the popular vote

00:08:37.480 and all seven swing states

00:08:39.800 and everything else

00:08:41.120 with a mandate

00:08:43.020 to take on a sick and corrupt system

00:08:46.140 that really just took the wealth

00:08:50.120 from people

00:08:50.720 and crushed the dreams

00:08:52.000 of the American people.

00:08:53.820 For the last four years,

00:08:55.560 the United States was ruled

00:08:57.060 by politicians

00:08:57.940 who fought only for insiders,

00:09:00.980 illegal aliens,

00:09:01.800 career criminals, 1.00

00:09:03.620 corporate lobbyists,

00:09:04.680 prisoners, terrorists,

00:09:06.100 and above all,

00:09:06.820 foreign nations

00:09:07.640 which took advantage of us

00:09:09.800 at levels never seen before.

00:09:12.180 They flooded your cities

00:09:13.700 and towns

00:09:14.420 with illegal aliens.

00:09:16.040 They decimated

00:09:17.240 your hard-earned savings.

00:09:18.960 They indoctrinated your children

00:09:20.780 with hate for America.

00:09:22.920 Really, I mean,

00:09:24.400 they just released

00:09:25.320 a level of violent felons

00:09:27.200 that we had never seen

00:09:28.880 to prey on innocent.

00:09:29.940 They caused war. 0.99

00:09:32.620 They caused mayhem.

00:09:33.960 They caused a horrible situation

00:09:36.040 all over the globe.

00:09:37.840 But now you have a president

00:09:39.280 who fights for the law-abiding,

00:09:41.560 hard-working people

00:09:42.460 of our country,

00:09:43.620 the ones who make this nation run,

00:09:46.180 who make this nation work.

00:09:48.540 And not only did the president

00:09:49.620 talk about immigration

00:09:50.800 and border security,

00:09:52.120 he also talked about

00:09:53.220 foreign policy

00:09:54.020 and peace efforts.

00:09:55.480 He underscored

00:09:56.100 diplomatic progress,

00:09:56.940 including his administration's role

00:09:59.380 in brokering stability

00:10:00.940 in regions of conflict

00:10:02.300 and reducing global tensions.

00:10:04.380 These diplomatic themes

00:10:06.120 fed into broader messaging

00:10:08.000 about America's renewed

00:10:09.100 international leadership

00:10:10.340 and also what it means

00:10:11.640 about security at home.

00:10:13.500 Throughout the speech,

00:10:14.440 the president framed the future

00:10:15.580 with optimism,

00:10:16.920 previewing initiatives

00:10:17.880 he intends to pursue in 2026,

00:10:20.860 including lower drug costs

00:10:22.460 through the Trump-Rx program,

00:10:24.280 broad tax cuts aimed at benefiting

00:10:26.540 working American families,

00:10:29.240 expanded energy production

00:10:30.920 to reduce costs for consumers,

00:10:33.540 continued efforts

00:10:34.440 to address housing affordability

00:10:36.420 and rent relief,

00:10:38.060 and commitment to appointing

00:10:39.820 a Federal Reserve chair

00:10:41.400 who's focused on lower interest rates

00:10:43.960 to support economic expansion.

00:10:46.260 Which brings us to one thing

00:10:48.120 that many Americans are going to love.

00:10:50.040 The president also announcing

00:10:51.260 some of the most aggressive

00:10:52.560 housing reforms

00:10:53.760 so that more Americans

00:10:55.480 can get in the game,

00:10:57.000 can own a house,

00:10:58.320 and not have to wait

00:10:59.260 till they're much older

00:11:00.240 to be first-time home buyers.

00:11:02.780 In the new year,

00:11:03.840 I will announce

00:11:04.520 some of the most aggressive

00:11:06.200 housing reform plans

00:11:07.520 in American history.

00:11:09.360 A major factor

00:11:10.140 in driving up housing costs

00:11:11.640 was the colossal border invasion.

00:11:14.320 We have never been invaded.

00:11:15.840 This is the worst thing

00:11:17.380 that, frankly, in my opinion,

00:11:20.020 the worst thing

00:11:20.720 that the Biden administration

00:11:21.960 did to our country

00:11:23.160 is the invasion at the border.

00:11:25.680 The last administration

00:11:26.900 and their allies in Congress

00:11:28.520 brought in millions

00:11:29.640 and millions of migrants

00:11:31.080 and gave them

00:11:31.880 taxpayer-funded housing

00:11:33.260 while your rent

00:11:34.380 and housing costs skyrocketed.

00:11:36.240 So there it is.

00:11:37.320 The president of the United States

00:11:38.340 making it very clear

00:11:40.560 that he believes

00:11:41.540 that this next year

00:11:42.360 is actually going to be

00:11:43.440 the best year

00:11:45.500 in our history

00:11:46.640 when it comes to our economy.

00:11:48.700 And this address,

00:11:49.840 not only did he spotlight

00:11:50.840 our men and women in uniform,

00:11:52.440 but also making it clear

00:11:53.680 we're going back

00:11:54.660 to law and order.

00:11:56.320 He wants a Fed chair

00:11:57.360 that will back

00:11:58.420 lower interest rates.

00:11:59.880 He wants to keep

00:12:00.540 the focus on the economy.

00:12:02.240 And also,

00:12:03.200 he did not bring up

00:12:04.260 Venezuela.

00:12:05.340 Why?

00:12:06.060 Because clearly

00:12:06.780 that's not the focal point

00:12:08.400 of the administration.

00:12:09.840 He said,

00:12:10.200 we're bringing the economy

00:12:11.040 back from ruin

00:12:12.060 and the economy on prices

00:12:14.520 is going to be ease for you.

00:12:17.100 So there is the president.

00:12:18.700 He said,

00:12:19.140 America,

00:12:19.820 you're going to feel relief

00:12:21.260 in a bountiful 2026.

00:12:24.240 And that is this president's

00:12:25.940 Christmas present

00:12:26.720 to every American.

00:12:28.620 Thank you for listening

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Verdict with Ted Cruz - December 18, 2025

BONUS POD： Trump Outlines Vision for America’s Future w Economic Boom coming in 2026

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