Trump Bringing Peace to the Ukraine War plus DC Crime Plummets
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
📰 1. Foreign Policy: Ukraine-Russia Peace Negotiations
- Main Theme: The podcast claims that President Donald Trump has made significant progress toward ending the war in Ukraine.
- Key Events Discussed:
- Trump’s meetings with Vladimir Putin in Alaska and Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington.
- European leaders, including those from Finland and the UK, expressing optimism about peace talks.
- Discussion of NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine, with emphasis on Europe taking the lead rather than the U.S.
- Trump’s stance against Ukraine joining NATO and his push for energy agreements that favor U.S. exports over Russian oil and gas.
- Tone: Strongly supportive of Trump’s diplomatic efforts, critical of media portrayal and Democratic opposition.
🚓 2. Domestic Policy: Crime Reduction in Washington, D.C.
- Main Theme: The podcast praises Trump’s decision to federalize the D.C. police force, claiming it led to a sharp drop in crime.
- Key Points:
- Cited statistics from the DC Police Union showing reductions in robbery, carjacking, and violent crime.
- Criticism of the DC Council and Democratic leadership for allegedly enabling crime through legislation.
- Mention of a Justice Department investigation into possible manipulation of crime data by DC police.
- Anecdotes about rising crime in DC and praise for Trump’s intervention.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | Welcome, it is Vertical Center, Ted Cruz. |
| 0:07.7 | Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:08.6 | So nice to have you with us. |
| 0:10.0 | And, Senator, we've got two big stories that we're going to be talking about. |
| 0:13.0 | One of them is this incredible movement we've seen with Russia and also with Ukraine. |
| 0:19.7 | This is significant movement. The media was fighting against us, |
| 0:22.7 | saying no to it. Now look what we're seeing? Deal's getting done. Well, listen, I'm cautiously |
| 0:27.8 | optimistic. Let's not get ahead of ourselves and celebrate, but we're making progress towards |
| 0:33.5 | peace in Ukraine. We had in the last several days, President Trump met with Putin in Alaska, |
| 0:39.8 | had a positive meeting, and then on Monday, he had a meeting with President Zelensky, |
| 0:44.4 | multiple European heads of state in Washington in the White House. Again, another positive |
| 0:49.8 | meeting. We're making real significant steps towards peace. We're going to break it down. We're going |
| 0:54.9 | to tell you where things stand right now. We're going to tell you where each of the players are, |
| 0:58.7 | and we're going to tell you what's likely to happen next. We're also going to talk on today's |
| 1:02.7 | podcast about D.C. And when President Trump federalized the police department in D.C. |
| 1:09.2 | pursuant to his authority under the Constitution and his |
| 1:11.5 | authority under the D.C. Home Rule statute. The Democrats freaked out. The media freaked out. The |
| 1:16.7 | worst thing they could imagine was having a Republican president step in and actually stop |
| 1:21.3 | violent crime. Well, that has happened. The numbers are stunning. Violent crime has plummeted. |
| 1:26.8 | We're going to break down the |
| 1:27.7 | results of that and the attendant freak out from the Democrats. This is yet another week of real |
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