1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: You don't have the cards right now. You're gambling with 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: their lives of millions of people. See, you're gambling with 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: World War three. 5 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,159 Speaker 2: You've done a lot of people. You're listening to the 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 2: forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 3: Good Saturday morning to you, Ben Ferguson, with you, and 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 3: these are some of the stories that you may have 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 3: missed that we talked about this week on the forty 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 3: seven Morning Update. First up, the FBI is turning on 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 3: the deep state that went after Donald Trump with a 12 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,639 Speaker 3: real FBI investigation of what they were doing that may 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 3: have been illegal against the President. Also, Elon must send 14 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 3: out an email to government employees saying, Hey, what did 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 3: you actually do at work last week? Justify having a job. 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 3: And finally, Marco Rubio says enough already ripping the United 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 3: Nations and many of the warhawks that they are obsessed 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 3: with keeping the war going between Russia and Ukraine. It's 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 3: a forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now. 20 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 3: Story number one, The Federal Bureau of Investigations has now 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 3: officially told the world that they are investigating a secret 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 3: honeypot operation that targeted President Donald Trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign. 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 3: That according to a recent report, the FBI director Cash Battel, 24 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 3: who was recently confirmed and sworn in, and the FBI 25 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:32,199 Speaker 3: Deputy Director Dan Bongino are reportedly looking for two female 26 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 3: agents who took part in an off the book investigation 27 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: quote unquote that former FBI Director James Comy launched in 28 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 3: twenty fifteen. This, according to the Washington Times, the agents 29 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 3: who were undercover were called quote honeypot agents, a term 30 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 3: that refers to an undercover operative, usually a woman with 31 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 3: sexual or romantic interests, used to obtain information from a target. Again, 32 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,639 Speaker 3: this coming from the Washington Times. Now, this comes after 33 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 3: The Times previously reported in October of twenty twenty four 34 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 3: that the House Judiciary Committee was looking into a whistleblower's 35 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 3: claim that the agency targeted Trump soon after he announced 36 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 3: his presidential campaign and June of twenty sixteen, in what 37 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 3: was described as a phishing expedition to quote find something 38 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 3: in a protected disclosure, the whistleblower, an FBI agent, claimed 39 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 3: that two undercover agents had infiltrated Trump's presidential campaign. Remember 40 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: when Donald Trump said his campaign was spied on. Well. 41 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 3: Apparently they were sending in attractive females to try to 42 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 3: get in tell or to set up the president again. 43 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 3: This was during his campaign run to become president in sixteen, 44 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 3: and had been instructed these women to act as quote 45 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 3: honeypots while traveling with Donald gim Trump. According to the outlet, 46 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 3: the agent quote personally knew that mister Komy ordered an 47 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 3: FBI investigation against mister Trump and that mister Comy quote 48 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: personally directed it quote unquote. According to the disclosure, the 49 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 3: off the book's investigation did not appear to target a 50 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 3: specific crime either, but was more of what agents would 51 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: describe as a phishing expedition to find something find anything 52 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 3: that could be used against Donald Trump. The outlet also 53 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: noted that the whistleblower's disclosure claimed that the investigation was 54 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 3: different from Crossfire Hurricane, which targeted Russian quote collusion. We 55 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 3: all know that was obviously a big lie. Bright Bart 56 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 3: News also previously reported that during Trump's first term in office, 57 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 3: he ordered more documents from Operation Crossfire Hurricane to be declassified. 58 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 3: I determined that the materials in that binder should be 59 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 3: declassified to the maximum extent possible. Is what Donald Trump 60 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 3: said in twenty twenty one. Now, there's many that are 61 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 3: going to say this is Donald Trump going after his 62 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 3: quote political enemies. If you look at the facts, it's 63 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: very clear that's not the case. In reality, this is 64 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:21,239 Speaker 3: the FBI investigating a secret honeypot operation targeting Donald Trump's 65 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 3: campaign and trying to alter the outcome of an election. 66 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 2: Next story number two. 67 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 3: Imagine being at work and receiving an email from your 68 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: boss asking you to state, what did you do last 69 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 3: week in your job? What were the last five things 70 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: you did? And knowing that you don't have a very 71 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 3: good answer. Well, for many government employees, that is exactly 72 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 3: the email they received. Elon Musk, leading the Department of 73 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: Government Efficiency under Donald Trump send an email to all 74 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 3: US federal employees with a subject line, what did you 75 00:04:55,839 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 3: do last week? The email, dispatched late Saturday a afternoon, 76 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 3: instructed employees to provide five bullet points summarizing their work 77 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 3: achievements from the previous week by midnight on Monday. Must 78 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 3: warn that failure to respond would be interpreted as a resignation. 79 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 3: This directive has led to quote, confusion and pushback within 80 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 3: various federal agencies. Some departments, including the State Department of 81 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,799 Speaker 3: the FBI, have advised their employees to pause or refrain 82 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 3: from responding to the email, citing concerns over confidentiality and 83 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: proper chain of command. But the largest group of federal 84 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 3: workers is being told that it is time for them 85 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 3: to tell Elon Musk and those a doge exactly what 86 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 3: they're doing now. Don't worry. Many in the government are 87 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: fighting back. The largest federal workers union criticized the move, 88 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 3: labeling it cruel and disrespectful. Must defended the email, stating 89 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 3: it aligance with Donald Trump's directive to adopt a more 90 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 3: aggressive approach in evaluating federal employee productivity. Must suggest it 91 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: that the requirement was a basic measure to ensure accountability 92 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 3: and identify potential inefficiencies within the government workforce. The situation 93 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 3: has sparked a broader debate about the treatment of federal employees. 94 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 3: That is what Democrats are fighting back with, saying that 95 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: this is a method of harassment instead of performance. They 96 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 3: also are now stating there are quote concerns about legality, 97 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 3: respect and the potential impact on morale and national security. 98 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 3: At the end of the day, it's pretty clear that 99 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: Elon Musk isn't going to take debit on any of that, 100 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: and the President of the United States of America is 101 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 3: also making it clear that if you're one of these 102 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 3: woke individuals that can't handle a basic email asking you 103 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 3: what did you do at work last week, then maybe 104 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 3: it's time for you to resign and get the hell 105 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: out of the government. 106 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: And here is story number three. 107 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 3: One of the things that's really important that we are 108 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: going to be covering on this show each and every 109 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: day is when there is clearly propaganda that is being 110 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 3: used against the Trump administration. This may be one of 111 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: the biggest flashpoints so far. In the first six weeks 112 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 3: of his administration, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a 113 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ninety three countries voted 114 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: in favor, eighteen against, including the United States and Russia. 115 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 3: Now this immediately turned into propaganda, anti American propaganda, anti 116 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 3: Trump propaganda, saying that Donald Trump is now siding with Russia. 117 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 3: It's easy to buy into that headline if you don't 118 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: actually understand the story or why the American government decided 119 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 3: to say no to condemning Russia. At the United Nations. 120 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 3: Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, ripped the United Nations as 121 00:07:55,120 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: antagonistic and warmongerers trying to keep the Ukraine Russia war 122 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 3: continuing on and on forever. I want you to hear 123 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 3: what the Secretary of State said about this vote so 124 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 3: that you understand the real story behind it. 125 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: Take a listen of news today, the United States voted 126 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: against a europe led resolution at the United Nations to 127 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: condemn Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, and then later 128 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: a US led resolution passed the Security Council. Talk to 129 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: us about what happened there at the. 130 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, on the broader resolution, we think the UN 131 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 4: needs to get if it's going to be useful in 132 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 4: the twenty first century. The UN needs to get back 133 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 4: to its charter mission, which is the prevention in the 134 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 4: ending of war in conflict. 135 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,559 Speaker 5: And so we felt everyone knows. 136 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 4: You know, you can go back and read the newspaper 137 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 4: articles over the last three years and figure out what 138 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 4: happened in Ukraine. But now, as the President's made very clear, 139 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 4: President Trump wants to end this war. He thinks far 140 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 4: too many people have died and he wants to bring 141 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 4: it to an end. So we didn't feel it was conducive, frankly, 142 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 4: to have something out there at the UN that's antagonistic 143 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 4: against either side. We're trying to get these guys to 144 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 4: the table, and unfortunately Ukraine didn't agree. They wanted to 145 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 4: move forward on theirs. We then went to the Security 146 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 4: Council with our compromise, which I think is a very 147 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 4: fair language, and it basically says war is a terrible thing. 148 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 4: I mean, I'm paraphrasing and I'm being simplistic, but it 149 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 4: says war is a terrible thing. 150 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 5: Way too many people have died. 151 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 4: This war needs to end in a way that's enduring, 152 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 4: an essence echoing President Trump's view of what this conflict 153 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 4: needs to be and reminding the United Nations at the 154 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 4: purpose of the United Nations was the prevention of war 155 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 4: and the ending of conflicts, not making it harder to 156 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 4: end conflicts. So I thought it was good that we 157 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 4: got it done at the Security Council. The Russians didn't 158 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 4: veto it, which is a good sign. I'm not telling 159 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 4: you that that is going to end this conflict, and 160 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 4: I can't wait till at least the Phonic is there, 161 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 4: because it'd be great to have her leadership. But I 162 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 4: certainly think our language is better language, and hopefully further 163 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 4: is the cause of peace. 164 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: President Trump today alongside French President Emanuel Macron, said that 165 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,559 Speaker 1: he hopes it that this can be resolved in a 166 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: matter of weeks, not months. Weeks. What are some of 167 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: the major steps that we need to take to get 168 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: to that point. 169 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 4: Well, I think the President would want it to end yesterday, right. 170 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 4: He thinks already too many people have died, There's been 171 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 4: too much destruction. By the way, I think everybody should 172 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 4: be very happy that President Trump is a peace president. 173 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 4: We have a president that wants to end wars, not 174 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 4: start new ones. He wants to end human suffering, not 175 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,079 Speaker 4: exacerbated or extended. Now that said, it's a conflict, it's 176 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 4: a war, and it's going back and forth. We got 177 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 4: to get them both to the table, starting with the Russians. 178 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 4: So we met with him last week and the basic 179 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 4: question of that meeting was are you interested in ending 180 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 4: this conflict or not? 181 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 5: A lot of people don't know the answer to that. 182 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 4: If you talk to some in Europe, they'll tell you 183 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 4: that Putin is not interested in ending the war. They 184 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 4: said they would be under the right conditions. We didn't 185 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 4: discuss what those conditions were. So the next step now 186 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 4: is to meet with them again at some point, with 187 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 4: the right group of people in the room, and begin 188 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 4: to outline what would it take for Russia to stop 189 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,439 Speaker 4: a war. And obviously we got to ask Ukraine the 190 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 4: same question, because you can't stop a war unless both 191 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: sides agreed to it. So whether it takes days or 192 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 4: weeks or what have you, we're going to begin that process. 193 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 4: It may not work out, but why would anybody criticize 194 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 4: President Trump for wanting to end a war that's cost 195 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 4: billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of lives, and tremendous 196 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 4: and ongoing human suffering. 197 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 3: You listen to what Marco Rubio said there, and now 198 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 3: you understand exactly why they decided to not try to 199 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 3: antagonize two countries. You're wanting to get to the table 200 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 3: to end the war. Now, the media is not going 201 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 3: to tell you this part of the story. They're not 202 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 3: going to play for you what I just played from 203 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 3: you for Marco Rubio. And this is exactly why I say, 204 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 3: I hope you take the information that I give you 205 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 3: every day here and you give it to others that 206 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 3: you know, because without all of us telling the story, 207 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: the media will continue to lie and win. 208 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 209 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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