Trump’s Economy Defies Critics plus Polls Show Voters Back POTUS on Crime

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Economy Under Trump
- Claims that media and Democrats falsely predicted Trump’s policies would harm the economy.
- Presents government data revisions as proof that the economy was performing better than expected (GDP growth revised upward).
- Attributes strong consumer spending, business investment, and trade dynamics to Trump’s leadership.
- Emphasizes restrained inflation and lower government spending as further positives.
Crime & Policing
- Highlights Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s reported acknowledgment that federal crime crackdowns helped reduce carjackings.
- Uses polling data to argue that Trump is more trusted on crime than Democrats.
- Contrasts Democrats’ past support for strong crime bills (1990s) with more recent calls for reforms like “defund the police.”
- Suggests Democrats prioritize criminals or political control over citizens’ safety.
Framing Democrats vs. Trump
- Democrats are portrayed as:
  - Wrong on predictions (economy, trade wars, tariffs).
  - Soft on crime, apologetic for past tough policies.
  - Resistant to Trump’s interventions despite their effectiveness.
- Trump is framed as:
  - Delivering economic growth.
  - Restoring safety in cities.
  - Supported by diverse groups of Americans, including Black voters.

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0:06.0	Look, I think if you're doing your job well, and if you are executing on the vision and the promises that the president made to the public who elected him back to this office,
0:16.0	then you should have no fear about your job. Just do your job. That's what this president wants to see. He wants
0:21.1	to see people solving problems. He wants to see the people who have the privilege of serving
0:26.4	the American taxpayer and the federal government abiding by the wishes of the American taxpayers
0:31.1	who overwhelmingly re-elected him in this cabinet to make America great again or in this case,
0:37.2	make America healthy again.
0:38.3	You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson.
0:42.2	Good Friday morning. So nice to have you with us on the 47 morning update as we lead into a
0:47.1	holiday weekend and we've still got big news for you. First up, the media lied. Yeah, they
0:52.5	straight applied to your face. They said that Donald Trump was going to be a disaster for our economy.
0:57.7	Well, guess what?
0:58.8	The economy is booming, and the statistics are so bad that even the media can't tell you the lie anymore.
1:06.7	I'll have you the details on that story in just a second.
1:09.1	Also, you know the crime wave that's happened in almost every liberal city in America?
1:14.5	Well, Donald Trump is fighting that crime and the data is now showing the majority of Americans are in favor of what Donald Trump's doing and what's working in Washington, D.C.
1:24.9	So why are Democrats still fighting it?
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