Border is Secure under Trump plus Assures Americans he will STOP Ukraine/Russia War
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 21 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
1. Border Security
- Under Donald Trump's administration, the U.S. border is more secure than ever, with a significant reduction in illegal border crossings.
- Illegal border crossings have decreased by over 90% in February compared to the previous year.
- The Trump administration is actively targeting illegal immigrants, even in sanctuary cities, and using legal measures against those protecting illegal immigrants.
2. Ukraine-Russia War
- Donald Trump is reportedly moving closer to ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
- There is a possibility of Trump meeting face-to-face with Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the conflict.
- Trump believes both Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky want to end the war quickly.
3. Government Layoffs
- The Trump administration has begun mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies to reduce government size and spending.
- The layoffs initially affect probationary employees and recent hires.
- Agencies experiencing layoffs include the Department of Education, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, and others.
- The administration aims to enhance government efficiency and reduce spending. These cuts include funding for programs in Mozambique, Cambodia, Serbia, and other countries.
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| 0:00.0 | Secured our border and we're stopping the invasion of our country. You know, our border right now is more secure than it's ever been. |
| 0:06.7 | Four weeks. Today is our fourth week. End of the week. We've done more in four weeks. Well, certainly than the last administration did in four years. They actually went in the wrong direction. |
| 0:16.3 | You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson. Well, happy Friday morning. You made it to the weekend, |
| 0:22.8 | Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the big stories we're covering today on the 47 morning update. |
| 0:28.2 | First up, Donald Trump paying off on a massive promise from the campaign, putting the U.S. |
| 0:33.2 | on track to have the lowest monthly border crossings and more than a quarter of a century. |
| 0:38.1 | Also, Donald Trump moves even closer to ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. |
| 0:42.6 | There's a very good chance he'll be mating face-to-face with Vladimir Putin in the coming days. |
| 0:47.2 | And finally, congratulations. Your government's getting smaller as the Trump administration has |
| 0:52.0 | begun mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies. |
| 0:55.7 | How much money is it going to save you as a taxpayer? |
| 0:57.9 | I'll have some of those figures for you coming up. |
| 1:00.0 | It's the 47 morning update, and it starts right now. |
| 1:02.8 | Story number one. |
| 1:03.9 | When it comes to border security, it's very clear right now there are two Americas. |
| 1:08.3 | The border is being secured before our very eyes, and democratic jurisdictions are now turning |
| 1:13.2 | a blind eye to illegal aliens and their activity. |
| 1:17.3 | The good news is the Trump administration is still willing to go and get the illegal immigrants, |
| 1:22.0 | even in sanctuary cities. |
| 1:24.1 | And they're even willing to use the law to go after those that are protecting illegal |
| 1:28.8 | immigrants. We also now have a major update about just how tight the border has become in less |
| 1:34.4 | than a month since Trump got into the Oval Office. Illegal border crossings have already |
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