meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Big Ben Show

A Month Of Shock and Awe

The Big Ben Show

Fox News Radio

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.5576 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Almost a full month into the second Trump administration, the pace has shocked the political world. Ben breaks down the firings and upcoming legislative agenda, from the flurry of executive orders to the Elon Musk-fueled disruption of government bureaucracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You're listening to Fox News Radio.

0:11.8

I'm Ben Dominic.

0:14.0

The second Trump administration has begun as it means to go on, moving fast and breaking Washington's brains. Firings commenced immediately, from

0:22.6

inspectors general to senior FBI officials to workers who refused to go back to the office.

0:28.1

For the federal government, pandemic never ended. The confirmations blasted through the Senate,

0:32.9

with even controversial figures like Defense Secretary Pete Hedcliffe rammed through in the first

0:37.4

week.

0:38.7

Executive orders flew out like a flock of war pigeons released from the battlements,

0:42.9

45 in the first two weeks alone, bearing commands small and sweeping.

0:47.9

Some of them were real withdrawal from climate treaties in the World Health Organization,

0:51.9

an end to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs,

0:54.5

and the alphabet soup of genders and government documents, and sending troops to the border.

0:59.7

Some of them were framed as a backwards look at government interference on free speech,

1:06.7

leaking, and the weaponization of federal government. Others were just because, renaming Alaska's Mount Donali back to Mount McKinley, and the weaponization of federal government. Others were just because, renaming Alaska's

1:12.6

Mount Donali back to Mount McKinley and the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and forced

1:17.5

a classification of records around the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and

1:22.2

Martin Luther King. That's what you get for your endorsement, Joe Rogan. Enough podcast material for years.

1:28.4

Trump has repeatedly promised that his retribution would be victory and success for the country.

1:34.0

But he also knows there's no better time to kick a man than when he's down.

1:36.8

If you are, for instance, one of the 50 signatories of the notorious Hunter Biden laptop letter,

1:43.4

your security clearance was forfeited.

1:45.8

If your name happens to be John Brennan, Michael Hayden, Leon Panetta, James Clapper, or John Bolton,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fox News Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Fox News Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.