Waltz Plays Politics & Doubles Down as Iran Raises a Chemical Threat
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
1. Alleged Fraud in Minnesota and Governor Tim Walz's Response
- A viral video that exposes widespread fraud involving childcare centers and federal aid programs in Minnesota, linked to the Somali community.
- Governor Tim Walz is criticized for refusing to address media questions and for advocating more inclusivity toward the Somali community despite the allegations.
- The report claims federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and ICE, have launched investigations into large-scale fraud schemes, possibly amounting to billions of dollars.
- It mentions whistleblower retaliation allegations and frames Walz’s stance as politically motivated, citing the Somali community as a key voting bloc.
- Conservative figures and the Trump administration are portrayed as taking strong action to restore “law and order.”
2. High-Level Diplomatic Meetings Involving Donald Trump
- The second part shifts to international affairs, describing meetings at Mar-a-Lago between Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Topics included:
- U.S.-Israel relations and a proposed Middle East peace plan.
- Concerns about Iran allegedly developing chemical and biological warheads, with Trump and Netanyahu asserting Iran cannot obtain nuclear weapons.
- Trump’s engagement with Zelensky focused on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, offering Ukraine a 15-year U.S. security guarantee, and maintaining diplomatic channels with Russia through a follow-up call with Vladimir Putin.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Molly, I don't follow Minnesota politics like I should, but I'm pretty sure they have |
| 0:09.5 | a Democrat governor. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm pretty sure they have a Democrat Attorney General. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm pretty sure the House and the Senate to run by Democrats in Minnesota. |
| 0:17.2 | I mean, look, they would blame baldness on Donald Trump if they could get away with it, |
| 0:21.6 | and within their base, they can get away with it. Unfortunately, that Minnesota lawmaker, |
| 0:27.3 | you just played a clip of. She'd have a hard time passing a driver's test in South Carolina. |
| 0:32.9 | You're listening to the 47 morning update with Ben Ferguson. Good Saturday morning to you. |
| 0:38.3 | Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:39.6 | And these are some of the stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week on the 47 morning update. |
| 0:45.0 | First up, Governor Tim Walts breaks his silence in the fraud scheme in Minnesota. |
| 0:51.4 | What he said is going to shock you. |
| 0:53.8 | He's not holding those accountable who are committing the fraud. Instead, he says he wants to bring in Minnesota. What he said is going to shock you. He's not holding those accountable who are |
| 0:55.9 | committing the fraud. Instead, he says he wants to bring in more Somalis into his state. We'll have |
| 1:01.3 | those comments from him and the fallout from the federal government in just a moment. Also, President |
| 1:07.8 | Trump in Marlago having two major meetings. |
| 1:11.3 | One with Netanyahu, as reports surface that Iran is working on chemical and biological warheads. |
| 1:17.5 | And then also meeting with Zelensky and talking with Vladimir Putin. |
| 1:21.9 | So what happened now of the meetings? |
| 1:23.7 | We have it all for you. |
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