1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: There's an id investigation into the Secretary of Defensis use 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: of something the signal atom. 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 2: Oh, what is that? You bringing that up again? Don't 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 2: bring that up again, your editor's problem. That's such a 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 2: wasted story. 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 2: Good Saturday morning to you. Ben Ferguson with you, and 8 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: these are some of the stories that you may have 9 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 2: missed that we talked about this week on the forty 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: seven Morning Update. First up, the Trump administration announcing a 11 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 2: probe into Harvard's anti semitism and it could cost the 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 2: university billions of dollars in federal funds. Also, you may 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: remember the big thing signal Gate last week. Well, we've 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 2: got poll numbers that now show it was a big 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 2: flop for the Dems and the media trying to make 16 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: America turn on Donald Trump. His poll numbers holding strong. 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: And finally, other countries are in a panic right now 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: and are running to meet with Donald Trump and his administration. Yes, 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: over the tariffs that are clearly working. I'll give you 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: the list and what they're doing coming up in just 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: a moment, But first make sure if you're new to 22 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: the show, you hit that subscribe or auto download button 23 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 2: right now so you never miss an episode of the 24 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: forty seven Morning Update that starts right now. 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: Story number one. 26 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 2: There are two basic questions that American taxpayers should be 27 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: asking when it comes to universities like Harvard. Number one, 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 2: why are your federal tax dollars going there? Especially when 29 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 2: Harvard University's endowment at the end of June of twenty 30 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: twenty four, their fiscal year was valued at fifty three 31 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: point two billion dollars. By the way, that represented a 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: two point five billion dollar increase from the previous fiscal year. 33 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: The second question is why is the government giving nine 34 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 2: billion in federal funds to a university that also has 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 2: antisemitic tendencies. Well, both of those questions are now being 36 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: answered by the Trump administration as they are probe being 37 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 2: Harvard for exactly that anti semitism and looking at the 38 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: real possibility of pulling the nine billion in federal funds. 39 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: The Trump administration announcing on Monday that they are looking 40 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 2: into Harvard over its chronic problem with anti semitism, placing 41 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: the nine billion in federal grants at risk at the 42 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: nation's most elite academic institution. Harvard's campus has become increasingly 43 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: hostile to Jews in recent years, as radical anti Israel 44 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 2: activists have become well one to one basically with a 45 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 2: university and their mindset. Especially since the Hamaster attacks of 46 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: October the seventh, which dozens of student groups blamed on 47 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: Israel on campus, the university has struggled to respond. In fact, 48 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: the former Harvard president, Clotting Gay, could not even commit 49 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 2: to Congress that the university would take action if there 50 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 2: were calls for genocide of Jews on campus. She resigned 51 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 2: weeks later in disgrace. Three separate federal departments announced a 52 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 2: joint investigation on Monday of Harvard in a press statement 53 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 2: saying this today, the Department of Education, Health and Human Services, 54 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: and the US General Services Administration announce a comprehensive review 55 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University and its affiliates. 56 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 2: This review is part of the ongoing efforts of the 57 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 2: Joint Task Force to combat Anti Semitism. The task Force 58 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: will review more than two hundred and fifty five million 59 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 2: in contracts between Harvard University, its affiliates, and the federal government. 60 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: The review also includes more than eight point seven billion 61 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: in multi year grant commitments to Harvard University and its 62 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: affiliates to ensure the university is in compliance with federal regulations, 63 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: including its civil rights responsibilities. Harvard has served as a 64 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: symbol of the American dream for generations, the pinnacle aspiration 65 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: for students all over the world to work hard and 66 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: earn it mission to the storied institution. Harvard's failure to 67 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 2: protect students on campus from anti Semitic discrimination, all while 68 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 2: promoting divisive ideologies over free inquiry, has put its reputation 69 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 2: in serious jeopardy. Harvard can right these wrongs and restore 70 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: itself to a campus dedicated to academic excellence and truth 71 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: seeking where all students feel safe on its campus now. 72 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: The Trump administration took a similar approach in addressing anti 73 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 2: semitism on the campus of Columbia University, which quickly agreed 74 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: to make major policy changes, though it later seemed to 75 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 2: backtrack privately after the enaction of the Biden administration, which 76 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: was reluctant to confront its own radical base about anti 77 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 2: Jewish bigotry. Donald Trump clearly has no problem confronting anti 78 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 2: semitism on college campuses, clearly making sure that every Jewish 79 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 2: student feel safe no matter what campus they're on in America. 80 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: As for Harvard, if they keep up their anti Semitic ways, 81 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: it's going to cost them billions of dollars. 82 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: Next story number two. 83 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 2: Over the last ten days, it's been very clear that 84 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 2: the Democrats wanted to hurt Donald Trump, and they saw 85 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 2: an opportunity. They went all in on something they dubbed 86 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 2: signal Gait, demanding that Donald Trump either fire or that 87 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: leaders resign in his apparatus. Why because they were killing 88 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 2: terrorists and had a message app open called signal We're 89 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 2: inadvertently the Atlantic had one of their big dogs that 90 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 2: actually got on the message thread. Now, they went all 91 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 2: in hoping the American people will be shocked by this accident, 92 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: and it clearly was a mistake. No one saying that 93 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 2: it wasn't. But the reality is the American people are 94 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: smaller than the radical left and the media attacks on 95 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: the Trump administration. How do we know this Well, CBS 96 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: News poll is found that the presence approval rating is 97 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 2: doing just fine at fifty percent. The poll, released on 98 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: Sunday morning, surveyed more than two thousand and six hundred 99 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: Americans from across the country on March to twenty seventh 100 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 2: and the twenty eighth after Signal Gate exploded, and what 101 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 2: do we find out? Well, the vast majority of respondents 102 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,239 Speaker 2: said that last week's signal incident, in which the National 103 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 2: Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added the Atlantic editor in 104 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 2: chief Jeffrey Goldberg into an encrypted group chat where plans 105 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 2: to attack terrorists were discussed, was quote serious, but it 106 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: did not affect Donald Trump's job approval. Translation, the American 107 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 2: people actually care more about the fact that Donald Trump 108 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 2: is killing terrorists who's on an encrypted chat conversation. So 109 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 2: the moral of the story is this, the Democrats are 110 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: going to keep trying to take down Donald Trump any 111 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 2: way they can. But it also seems the American people 112 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: are onto their game. They don't trust the media, and 113 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: they sure as hell don't trust the Democratic Party. 114 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: And here is story number three. 115 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: If you watch the media today, they will tell you 116 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: that the tariffs are a disaster, that Donald Trump should 117 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 2: flinch and say sorry and immediately go back to the 118 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 2: old way of doing business. That is the story they 119 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: want you to believe. But the reality is the tariffs 120 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: are already working. One prime example is Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister, 121 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: accompanied by a major entourage of Vietnamese business executives, announce 122 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: an emergency trip to Washington, DC on Wednesday. Quietly, that 123 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: is the same day that Donald Trump revealed his Liberation 124 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: Day tariff schedule, which included a forty six percent duty 125 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: on imports from Vietnam. The Vietnamese delegation, we're now being told, 126 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: is scheduled to arrive on Sunday and remain in Washington, 127 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: d C. Until April fourteenth, when it will pay an 128 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: official visit to then Cuba. The Vietnamese Prime Minister will 129 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: be accompanied by executives from companies such as Vietnam Airlines, 130 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 2: JSC and Venta Capitol Group. The delegation hopes to meet 131 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: with Trump officials and beg basically for all of these 132 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 2: tariffs to be brought back down. They are wanting to 133 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 2: quote make a deal. The business community in Vietnam is panic, 134 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: and they air panic that the government is not doing 135 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 2: enough too cool the response from Donald Trump. The Prime 136 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 2: Minister's visit, they claim will pave the way for real 137 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 2: negotiations leading to a more balanced agreement easing the burden 138 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 2: on businesses amid the current tough business landscape in Vietnam 139 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: that coming from the Saigon Times on Thursday. They also 140 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 2: reported that Vietnamese analysts and government officials expected about a 141 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 2: ten percent terre from Trump. The rate of forty six 142 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 2: percent that was revealed by Trump at the White House 143 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 2: is when the panic set in. Why Vietnam is among 144 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: the world's most trade dependent nations, with exports equivalent to 145 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 2: about ninety percent of economic output and counts the US 146 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 2: as its most significant customer. Sales have surged since the 147 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 2: trade war that broke out during Trump's first term, when 148 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 2: businesses sought to relocate away from China and Vietnam became 149 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 2: an alternative base for production aimed at American markets. American 150 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 2: customers buy about a third of what Vietnam exports to 151 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 2: the entire world, creating a massive trade surplus of more 152 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 2: than one hundred and twenty three billion dollars. This appears 153 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 2: to have factored into the tariff rate reveal by President 154 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: Trump on Wednesday, and that is why Vietnam is well 155 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 2: freaking out and running to America. Tried to quote, de 156 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:51,719 Speaker 2: escalate and come up with a fair deal for both countries. 157 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 2: Moral of the story is this Vietnam would have never 158 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 2: called this emergency meeting if it wasn't for Donald Trump 159 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 2: and what he did the White House on the lip day. 160 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 161 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: with Ben Ferguson. 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