Streamlining the State-Trump's Federal Overhaul in Full Effect
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There is a lot to be cheering for right now in this country, especially when it comes to getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse. |
| 0:09.2 | The President of the United States of America not stopping when it comes to fighting to make sure that America is first. |
| 0:16.5 | There are also new words coming out about tariffs and what those will look like is those on the left are continue to lie about the tariffs and what the actually plans are. |
| 0:25.9 | Now, Trump has announced a reciprocal tariff plan. |
| 0:30.5 | What countries charge us, we will charge them in a new move. |
| 0:35.8 | The president signed a memorandum announcing that he would introduce a plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on all countries at tariff U.S. exports. |
| 0:44.2 | Trump discussed this memo, which he noted will, quote, introduce the fair and reciprocal plan. |
| 0:49.5 | While flanked by his nominee for Commerce Secretary in the Oval Office. The move came just hours before he was set |
| 0:55.5 | to meet with the Indian Prime Minister as well, sending a clear message that now is not the time |
| 1:00.7 | to mess with America. It's different now than it has been before. And on trade, I have decided |
| 1:08.2 | for purposes of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff, |
| 1:12.9 | meaning whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them, no more, |
| 1:19.5 | no less. |
| 1:20.0 | In other words, they charge us a tax or tariff, and we charge them the exact same tax or tariff. |
| 1:28.3 | Very simple. |
| 1:29.3 | Nobody knows what that number is unless you go by the individual country. |
| 1:33.3 | You can see what it is. |
| 1:34.3 | If you go to the individual country and you look at what they're charging us, |
| 1:39.3 | in almost all cases they're charging us vastly more than we charge them, but those days are over. |
| 1:45.6 | Those days are over. It is obvious that the President's not messing around anymore when it comes |
| 1:50.7 | to putting America last like the last administration did. On trade, quote, I decided for purposes |
| 1:56.7 | of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff. It's up to the other country, in other words. |
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