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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Trump vows to Clean Chi Town as Leadership supports Crime & Illegal Criminals

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

1. Trump vs. Chicago Leadership

  • The piece contrasts Trump’s approach to crime and immigration with Chicago officials’ resistance.

  • It claims Pritzker and Johnson focus more on opposing Trump than protecting citizens.

  • Trump is portrayed as taking direct action—planning federal operations in Chicago to crack down on undocumented immigrants and violent criminals.

2. Immigration Enforcement

  • Sources cite a CBS News memo about federal agents being stationed at Naval Station Great Lakes to conduct immigration sweeps in Chicago.

  • Trump and former ICE Director Tom Homan frame these operations as targeting “dangerous illegal aliens” (rapists, drug dealers, gang members).

  • The commentary criticizes Illinois leaders for refusing to cooperate with ICE, accusing them of releasing criminals back into communities.

3. Local vs. Federal Narrative

  • Pritzker argues Chicago’s crime situation has improved, citing investments in policing and community programs.

  • The commentary dismisses this, suggesting he is playing politics instead of prioritizing public safety.

  • Testimonies from grieving Chicago residents are included to bolster the argument that locals feel unsafe and want federal intervention.

4. Migrant Children & Biden Administration Criticism

  • A major section accuses the Biden administration of losing track of hundreds of thousands of migrant children, many of whom ended up trafficked, exploited, or dead.

  • Trump’s administration is credited with recovering some of these children, while Biden’s policies are described as negligent or deliberately careless.

5. Trump’s “War on Cartels”

  • The podcast highlights Trump’s reclassification of drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

  • It describes U.S. military strikes against drug-running boats, including one incident where an alleged narco-vessel was destroyed with a missile.

  • Critics argue this amounts to unlawful execution, but the commentary praises it as decisive leadership.

  • Comparisons are drawn with Obama’s drone program, suggesting media bias in how Trump’s actions are covered.

6. Fentanyl Crisis

  • The narrative connects the fentanyl epidemic to cartel activity and lax Democratic policies.

  • Trump is portrayed as the only leader willing to escalate the fight—militarily if necessary—to protect Americans.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

Wouldn't it be amazing if Democrats actually were willing to fight criminals in Chicago

0:10.2

with the same type of anger and vigor they're using towards Donald Trump and law enforcement?

0:17.7

Well, the only tough talk you're getting right now of Chicago officials is threats

0:22.2

of lawsuits against Donald Trump. That's right. Illinois's governor J.D. Pritzker and the Chicago

0:30.4

Mayor Johnson have teamed up and are not backing down as they say they are angered by the idea

0:37.1

of preparations for what they

0:38.9

describe as an illegal immigrant roundup that is illegal by the Trump administration in the

0:45.0

windy city now according to an internal federal memo obtained by cbs news the department of

0:51.4

homeland security has asked the Department of Defense to house roughly

0:55.6

250 federal agents and 140 vehicles at an Illinois military base in anticipation of an expected

1:03.7

increase in illegal alien arrests within the Chicago area. CBS News exploding on this, saying, in a request for the assistance to the Department of Defense

1:15.8

at top Homeland Security official, indicated that the Naval Station Great Lakes, the largest

1:21.1

military base in Illinois, and the Navy's largest training station would be used as a staging

1:26.6

area to oversee the removal

1:29.2

operations in the metropolitan Chicago area, targeting immigrants suspected of being in the U.S.

1:35.6

illegally.

1:36.7

Now, the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump was asked about this,

1:41.4

and I want you to hear what he had to say to a reporter that was trying to badger him as he was leaving for Marine One. Are you going to war with Chicago? When you say that, darling, that's fake news. I don't go to war. Listen, be quiet. Listen. You don't listen. You don't listen. You never listen. That's why you're second race. We're not going to war. We're going to

2:02.1

clean up our city. We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people every weekend.

2:06.9

That's not war. That's common sense. I love the last statement there by President Trump.

2:13.6

We're going to clean it up so they don't kill five people every weekend.

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