Now, I'd like to see that end. It's a ridiculous war. It would have never started if I were president.

That war would have never started. Putin would not have started that war if I were president.

And by the way, you wouldn't have had October 7th if I was president either. That mess would not have started.

You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson.

Good Saturday morning to you. Ben Ferguson with you. And these are some of the stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week on the 47 morning update.

First up, Donald Trump goes to war with USAID, saying it turned out to be a radical left lunatic-filled organization, wasting taxpayer dollars.

It has now been in essence shut down, and the lunatics have been not allowed back in the building.

I'll have the details on that in just a moment.

Up next, the National Guard has been granted authority to make immigration arrests in Texas.

What does this mean and how is it going to change the game in fighting illegal immigrants?

We'll have that as well.

And finally, Zelensky now is, I guess, becoming a whistleblower.

Now claiming that less than half the money that the U.S.

has sent has ever actually showed up.

It's a 47 morning update, and it starts right now.

Story number one.

When Donald Trump was running for the presidency the second time, he made a very clear promise

the American people.

He was going to go into this government and save your tax

hours from fraud, waste, and abuse. Well, apparently an awful lot of our tax dollars have been

going to all of those categories when it comes to USAID, a program that Donald Trump actually

liked when he was president back in 2016.

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