1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: I work for the greatest president in my lifetime, Donald Trump. 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: He secured that border in five weeks. As we're talking 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Royron Lawrence, we have the most secure border in my 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: lifetime right now because the President Trump's actions, We're coming 5 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: to sanctuary cities. We're going to put all hands on debt. 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: Sanctuary cities are not going to get away with the 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: late illegality that's killing Americas at record numbers. 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning. Welcome it as the forty seven Morning Update. 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 3: Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the three big 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 3: stories that you need to know about. First up, Donald 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 3: Trump touting major progress after trade talks with Japanese officials. 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 3: The moral of the story, if you show up and 14 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 3: you're willing to work with America, We're willing to work 15 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 3: with you. I'll give you all those details in a moment. 16 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: And comparing that story to our second one, China is 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 3: now signaling a readiness for talks quote if the US 18 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 3: shows respect amid the numbers gang as some tariffs have 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: gone to two hundred and forty percent. And finally, in 20 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 3: a big story, a memo now is revealing US plans 21 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 3: to send migrants who are linked to organized crime to 22 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: Guantanamo Bay. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it 23 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,199 Speaker 3: starts right now. 24 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 2: Story number one. 25 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: There is a major theme coming out of the White 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 3: House with consistency, and that is, if you work with 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 3: the Trump administration on tariffs as a foreign nation, you're 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 3: going to get a very good deal. Well, the Trump administration, 29 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 3: we're now being told, is working with dozens of countries 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 3: in direct negotiations on new trade deals. There's one big 31 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 3: success story that's coming out of the White House. President Trump, 32 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 3: we are now being told, met with Japanese officials at 33 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 3: the White House yesterday to discuss trade negotiations, and his 34 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 3: quick reaction on social media afterwards suggested a very positive 35 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: result quote a great honor to have met with the 36 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 3: Japanese delegation on trade, big program. He was also joined 37 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: by the Treasury Secretary of Scott Mescent and the Commerce Secretary, 38 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 3: Howard Lutnik. The talks were scheduled after Trump announced he 39 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: would impose tariffs on the island nation Now. Trump previously 40 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 3: confirmed that he would attend the meetings and that discussion 41 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: topics would include the cost of military support, and also 42 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 3: quote trade fairness. The United States and Japan have had 43 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 3: a decade long military alliance formed in the aftermath of 44 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 3: World War II. Thousands of American troops are also stationed 45 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 3: on Japanese soil, a majority of them on a military 46 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: base in Okinawa. Trump also said last night, quote, hopefully 47 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 3: something can be worked out, which is great for Japan 48 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 3: and the US. Now. This month, Trump announced a ten 49 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 3: percent baseline tariff on nearly every country in the world, 50 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 3: but added higher reciprocal tariffs on a number of significant 51 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 3: trading partners. This included Japan, Vietnam, the European Union, China, 52 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: and others. Later, he announced a ninety day pause on 53 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 3: the higher tariffs for every country except China, which was 54 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 3: hit with a total rate of one hundred and forty 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 3: five percent and some categories higher than that overall. Now, 56 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 3: the higher tariffs on imports from China were needed, Trump 57 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 3: said in his announcement suspending the other duties because the 58 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 3: Chinese regime has taken advantage of the United States for 59 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 3: decades on trade. The Chinese regime has responded by imposing 60 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 3: higher tariffs on US products, which we'll get to more 61 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 3: on that in just a moment in story two. But 62 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: the big news here is this. Even Bascent had said 63 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 3: that there is quote a first mover advantage, given that 64 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 3: Washington has stated that more than seventy five countries now 65 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 3: have requested direct talks. Japanese Prime Minister said on April 66 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 3: the fourteenth that his country quote won't rush to reach 67 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 3: a deal and does not plan to make quote big concessions, 68 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 3: although he said he would not impose countermeasures on US tariffs. Well, 69 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 3: some of this may be posturing, because what we're seeing 70 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: coming out of the White House is significant that this country, America, 71 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: and Japan are clearly looking to get a deal done soon. 72 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 3: We also are being told that about fifteen countries so 73 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 3: far have submitted proposals on trade. That is coming from 74 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 3: the Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. She also noted that dozens 75 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 3: more countries have reached out to the White House and 76 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 3: are looking to sit down as soon as possible. Her 77 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 3: exact timeline, she said, is as quickly as we can 78 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 3: put people at the table, and the proposals that we're 79 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: getting are actively being considered. As we've said consistently, there 80 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 3: are more than seventy five countries that have reached out, 81 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 3: and those that reached out first with the best deals 82 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 3: are those that are sitting down with us quickly. 83 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 2: Now story number two. 84 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 3: You may have seen the headline, and the headline is 85 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 3: one that was shocking to the world and it was 86 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 3: done on purpose by the Trump administration. When it comes 87 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: to China, China is now facing up to a two 88 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 3: hundred and forty five percent Trump tariff. Now, there's a 89 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: lot that has happened in the last twenty four hours. 90 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: Not only did the White House say China's facing this 91 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 3: two hundred and forty five percent tariff on imports the US, 92 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 3: but they said it was because of a result of 93 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 3: its retaliatory actions from China against US. Now this is 94 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 3: going back and forth at a rapid pace. Why does 95 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 3: this matter Because the trade war is obviously rattling global markets. 96 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: Cutting off Chinese imports is complicating American supply chain, and 97 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 3: it is also hurting Chinese exporters all but losing the 98 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 3: US market is quote a severe blow. And now they 99 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 3: are putting pressure on their own government to get a 100 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 3: deal done. So here's what we know. Now, there has 101 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 3: been movement from China. Quietly. China has now appointed a 102 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 3: new trade negotiator. China pointed demand by the name of 103 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 3: Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday, in 104 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 3: the midst of its terrifight with the US. Now, this 105 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 3: is a significant move that signals a change in the 106 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: style of their negotiations or lack thereof from Beijing. Now, 107 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 3: let me tell you more about Lee that you will 108 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 3: hear nowhere else. Prior to this new appointment, Lee spent 109 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 3: about four and a half years as China's ambassador to 110 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: the World Trade Organization that is, the body that governs 111 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 3: global commerce into which Beijing has appealed in its tariff 112 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 3: dispute with the US. Lee has also had permanent representative 113 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: status to the Chinese delegation to the UN Office in Geneva, 114 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 3: as well as other international organizations in Switzerland. We also 115 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: know that Lee participated in negotiating China's ascension to the 116 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 3: WTO known as the World Trade Organization more than twenty 117 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 3: years ago. This means there is real movement now, and movement, 118 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 3: as it was described by one as saying this quote, 119 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 3: there might be another style of negotiations from China. Lee 120 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: is an open minded person and supports free trade. That 121 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 3: is with the dean of the China Institute for Wto 122 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 3: Studies at the University of International Business and Economic sendeness 123 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 3: statement to the press. So what are people saying about 124 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 3: this in China? Well, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said 125 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: there is no winner in tariff wars and trade wars, 126 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 3: the first time signaling that they may be willing to 127 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: do a deal. And China, he went on to say, 128 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 3: does not want to fight. Let me say that again. 129 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 3: China does not want to fight, but it is by 130 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 3: no means afraid to fight again, a major change in 131 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 3: the rhetoric coming out of Beijing. President Trump also wrote 132 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 3: on True Social nobody is getting off the hook for 133 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 3: the unfair trade balances and non monetary tariff barriers that 134 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 3: other countries have used, again, especially not China, which by 135 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 3: far treats us the worst. That's what Trump said on 136 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 3: True Social On the thirteenth, he said, we are taking 137 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 3: a look at semiconductors and the whole electronic supply chain 138 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: in the upcoming National security tariff investigations. What has been 139 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: exposed is that we need to make products in the 140 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 3: US and that we will not be held hostage by 141 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 3: other countries, especially hostile trading nations like China, which will 142 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 3: do everything within its power to disrespect the American people. 143 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 3: Which brings us now to the newest headline. As I 144 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 3: said a moment ago, things are moving rapidly and this 145 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 3: is good news for Americans as well. The newest headline 146 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 3: reads like this, China is now signaling a quote readiness 147 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 3: to talk if US shows respect amid the numbers game. Again, 148 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 3: this is very different than what they were saying just 149 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,199 Speaker 3: twenty four hours ago. China is now expressing openness into 150 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 3: trade talks the US under certain conditions, even after the 151 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 3: White House clarified that China now faces up to a 152 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 3: two hundred and forty five percent tariff on imports to 153 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 3: the US. This goes back to what Donald Trump said 154 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 3: all along, I'm not flinching on countries that are taking 155 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 3: advantage of the American workers, the American people. He also 156 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 3: said it was going to be a national security issue, 157 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 3: which you just heard them mentioned yet again, and the 158 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 3: President said, I'm more than willing to sit down to 159 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 3: get a fair deal for the American people. And with 160 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: China pointing Lee as its new trade negotiator, it signals 161 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 3: a major potential shift in the approach to trade discussions, 162 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 3: and that is not only good for Americans, but also 163 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 3: for the entire world. 164 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 2: And here is story number three. 165 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 3: It is a major story that no one seems to 166 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 3: be covering, and our good friends over at the National 167 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 3: Polls are the first to expose this big news. A 168 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 3: new memo shows the Trump administration's wide reaching authority to 169 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 3: detain my rents at Guantanamo Bay is going to be 170 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 3: expanding beyond only the worst offenders quote unquote. This development 171 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 3: is part of Trump's broader policy to crack down on 172 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 3: illegal immigration. Now, what I'm about to tell you, I 173 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 3: hope you'll share with everyone you know, and I hope 174 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 3: you will share this podcast on social media. Also, make 175 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 3: sure you have that subscribe or auto download button, because 176 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 3: these are the stories you're not going to get anywhere 177 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 3: else now. This agreement was signed in early March by 178 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 3: top officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the 179 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 3: Department of Defense. It sets criteria for detaining migrants based 180 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 3: not on criminal history, but rather a nexus to transnational 181 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 3: criminal organizations or criminal drug activity. Officials have defined this 182 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 3: connection broadly, which could include paying a criminal group for 183 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 3: smuggling services into the United states of a mayor America 184 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 3: that would be a game changer. Now. The guidelines also 185 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 3: allow for detaining migrants with final deportation orders who have 186 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: interacted in any way with organized crime, including direct or 187 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 3: indirect interactions. The Department of Defense confirmed the memo. The 188 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 3: DoD has highlighted a trol in clarifying operational roles at 189 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 3: Guantanamo Bay between the Department of Homeland Security and the DoD. 190 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 3: Teresa Cardinal Brown, a former US immigration official, stated that 191 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 3: many illegals could have some form of interaction with a 192 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 3: crime syndicate. This is due to the territorial control established 193 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,479 Speaker 3: by the cartels in Mexico. Now, the Trump administration officials 194 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 3: are defending the strategy as vital to quote national security. 195 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 3: The White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller set 196 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 3: operations at on Tanamo for detaining migrants will proceed without changes. 197 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 3: Currently forty two individuals are detained at the base. This 198 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 3: story we expect to change, and I promise you we 199 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 3: will cover it here for you every step of the way. 200 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 201 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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