40% Tariff in Trump’s Global Trade Crackdown plus Chicago vs. ICE, Sanctuary Cities Defy POTUS
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 13 July 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
🇺🇸 U.S. Trade Policy and Tariffs
- Ben discusses President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff strategy, including:
- A 30% tariff on South Africa and an additional 10% surcharge for "anti-American policies."
- Tariffs on 14 countries including Malaysia, Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Serbia, Bangladesh, South Korea, and Japan.
- The use of letters sent to countries as a formal notice of tariff imposition.
- Emphasis on economic nationalism and bringing jobs and investment back to the U.S.
🛂 Immigration and Law Enforcement
- Strong criticism of Democratic mayors (e.g., Chicago’s Brandon Johnson) for refusing to cooperate with ICE.
- Accusations that Democratic policies encourage illegal immigration and undermine law enforcement.
- Praise for Trump’s policies that:
- Bar illegal immigrants from accessing federal programs like Head Start, food stamps, and mental health services.
- Expand ICE operations and detention facilities.
- Launch a mass deportation initiative.
🧱 Border Security and Crime
- Reports of violent incidents involving ICE and Border Patrol agents, including:
- An ambush in Texas targeting Border Patrol.
- Arrests of MS-13 gang members and fugitives from El Salvador in Nebraska.
- Claims that the Biden administration failed to properly vet illegal immigrants, allowing dangerous individuals into the country.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | The president having a cabinet meeting at the White House |
| 0:09.5 | and making it very clear that he is getting tough and staying tough on tariffs. |
| 0:16.1 | I'll give you a great example. |
| 0:17.4 | South Africa is now facing a 30% U.S. tariff hike plus a 10% surcharge for anti-American |
| 0:24.8 | policies. And he's not messing around. Now, I'm going to give you more details on that part in a |
| 0:30.6 | second. But before we get to that, I want to hear the president, in his own words, at the |
| 0:34.8 | cabinet meeting at the White House. and here's what he said about the |
| 0:37.9 | letters that we've been sitting out in the past on tariffs and what we're doing now big bill |
| 0:42.3 | mr. president on tariffs what happened to 90 trade deals in 90 days as well we've spoken to everybody |
| 0:50.9 | we know every we it's all done I told, I told you we'll make some deals. |
| 0:56.8 | But for the most part, we're going to send a letter. |
| 0:58.6 | We're going to say, welcome to the United States if you'd like to participate in the greatest, most successful country ever. |
| 1:06.2 | I mean, we're doing better than ever. |
| 1:08.8 | We have, I don't think, and you're going to see these numbers soon. We've never had |
| 1:12.3 | numbers like this. We've never had investment like this. We have more than 90. We're going to have |
| 1:17.1 | much more than 90, but most of those are going to be sent to letter. This is exactly what I said. |
| 1:21.5 | Now we've made a deal with United Kingdom. We've made a deal with China. We've made a deal. We're close to making a deal with |
| 1:27.9 | India. Others we met with and we don't think we're going to be able to make a deal. So we just |
| 1:32.3 | send them a letter. If you want to, if you want to play ball, you have to, this is what you have |
| 1:36.3 | to pay. So as far as I'm concerned, we're done. We're sending out letters to various |
| 1:42.6 | countries telling them how much tariffs they have to pay. |
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