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The Great America Show

Wednesday Headlines: February 19, 2025

The Great America Show

Fawcett Strategies

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

John Fawcett breaks down the headlines you need to know, including President Trump's recent decision to revoke New York City's congestion pricing program and the implications it holds for drivers, Trump's ongoing tensions with Ukrainian President Zelensky, the potential for a financial dividend proposal from Elon Musk, and the latest developments regarding federal judges and DEI programs.

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0:00.0

Hello everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Wednesday, February 19th. Happy Wednesday folks.

0:06.9

We're halfway through the week, which means the weekend is right around the corner.

0:11.5

Donald Trump, proving to be Uniter-in-Chief, once again, President Trump intends to revoke the federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing program

0:21.5

fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy that tolls drivers who enter Manhattan's

0:26.6

busiest streets to finance repairs to mass transit. In a letter to Governor Kathy Hokko on

0:32.3

Wednesday, the President's Transportation Secretary outlined Mr. Trump's objections to the

0:36.1

program, the first and its

0:37.6

kind of the United States, and said that federal officials would contact the state to discuss

0:41.8

an orderly secession of the toll operation. Now, the letter didn't indicate a specific

0:46.1

date by the federal government in which they intend to end the program, but the decision will

0:50.7

almost certainly be challenged in court. Imagine that, folks, Donald Trump, fighting for the folks of New York, who overwhelmingly did

0:58.3

not support him, did not vote for him, and that's thanks to New York City, and going

1:02.8

up against the witch of a governor, Kathy Hochel, who lied all along, said the congestion

1:08.7

pricing was going to be delayed until further notice.

1:11.1

As soon as the elections were over, she backstabbed each and every American that drives through

1:16.4

New York City and pose this toll as if it's not expensive enough to drive into New York City

1:22.1

through one of the $10 or $15 tolls and the gas prices.

1:26.9

It wasn't enough. No, you got to add a little bit more of as and the gas prices. It wasn't enough.

1:27.8

No, you got to add a little bit more of a burden to the American people who are just

1:32.0

trying to make a living and trying to make an ends meet.

1:34.3

Go figure.

1:35.5

And President Trump has had it over his head with Vladimir Zelensky, it seems, of Ukraine.

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