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Waltz Plays Politics & Doubles Down as Iran Raises a Chemical Threat · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Molly. I don't follow Minnesota politics like I should, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure they have a Democrat governor. I'm pretty
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  Speaker 1: sure they have a Democrat attorney general. I'm pretty sure
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  Speaker 1: the House and the senou to run by Democrats in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, they would blame Baldos O'dnald Tulpe that
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  Speaker 1: they can get away with it, and within their base
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  Speaker 1: they can get away with it. Unfortunately, that Minnesota wallmaker
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  Speaker 1: you just played a clip of, she'd have a hard time.
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  Speaker 1: Passenger driver says in South Carolina.
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  Speaker 4: stories that you may have missed that we talked about
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  Speaker 4: this week on the forty seven Morning Update. First up,
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  Speaker 4: Governor Tim Waltz breaks his silence in the fraud scheme
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  Speaker 4: in Minnesota. What he said is going to shock you.
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  Speaker 4: He's not holding those accountable who come in the fraud. Instead,
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  Speaker 4: he says he wants to bring in more Somali's into
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  Speaker 4: his state. Will have those comments from him and the
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  Speaker 4: fallout from the federal government in just a moment. Also,
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  Speaker 4: President Trump in mar Lago, having two major meetings, one
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  Speaker 4: with Netan Yahoo as report surface that Iran is working
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  Speaker 4: on chemical and biological warheads, and then also meeting with
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  Speaker 2: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: Fallout after the viral video showing widespread fraud in Minnesota
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  Speaker 4: doesn't seem to be stopping the governor Tim Waltz from
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  Speaker 4: doing what he does best standing with a Somali community.
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  Speaker 4: Not only is he refusing to answer questions from the media,
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  Speaker 4: he's now saying he wants to bring more Somalians into
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  Speaker 4: Minnesota to back up the fraud and abuse. Apparently that's
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  Speaker 4: already happened this coming out of Seattle as Tim waalt
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  Speaker 4: ignores the questions about apologizing to Minnesota over the Somali
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  Speaker 4: fraud and then listen to what he had to say at.
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  Speaker 3: A luncheon about it as well.
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  Speaker 5: Doctor Walls, what can you say about the latest on
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  Speaker 5: the Somali fraud that happened under your watch? Have you
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  Speaker 5: been able to apologize yet to the people of Minnesota
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  Speaker 5: for allowing this Somali fraud to continue under.
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  Speaker 3: Your watcher of the people of Minnesota?
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  Speaker 5: Is the time to apologize? How about the whistleblowers, then
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  Speaker 5: you have allegedly retaliated against. Would you like to respond
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  Speaker 5: to the whistleblowers and how our.
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  Speaker 6: Neighbors are being demonized, our neighbors are being teradzed, our
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  Speaker 6: namers would be the antidote to that is is possibive
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  Speaker 6: actions to improve live that go gainst what they're trying
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  Speaker 6: to do. So instead to be worth welcome, orient and
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  Speaker 6: welcome Desta.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: You just heard the govenor of Minnesota say, instead of
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  Speaker 4: cutting programs filled with billions of dollars of fraud, we're
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  Speaker 4: going to enhance those programs.
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  Speaker 3: He said.
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  Speaker 4: Instead of getting rid of people, we're going to be
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  Speaker 4: more welcoming. Instead of demonizing our Somali community, we're going
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  Speaker 4: to be bringing more of them in, welcoming more of
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  Speaker 4: them in. Why what a governor after billions of dollars
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  Speaker 4: of fraud is exposed would say something this out of
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  Speaker 4: touch with reality. Well, it's very simple. Governor Waltz knows
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  Speaker 4: that he could not be reelected without the Somali community.
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  Speaker 4: There is a large voting block, and the Somali community
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  Speaker 4: votes basically one hundred percent of the time together. It's
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  Speaker 4: not like normal America. We're fifty percent or conservative and
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  Speaker 4: fifty percent or liberal, or forty five percent or conservative
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  Speaker 4: and forty five percent or liberal. And then there's the
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  Speaker 4: undecideds in the middle. The Somali community, you get all
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  Speaker 4: of them are virtually none of their vote and Governor
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  Speaker 4: Waltz is basically saying, I'm willing to sell out Minnesota's
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  Speaker 4: tax and federal taxpayers to save the Somali community, putting
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  Speaker 4: them ahead of American citizens that are being defrauded, which
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  Speaker 4: brings us to the Trump administration's response to this insanity.
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  Speaker 4: The Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Nome has now
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  Speaker 4: confirmed that federal Homeland Security agents are actively conducting a
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  Speaker 4: major fraud investigation in Minneapolis, focusing on the childcare centers
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  Speaker 4: and other alleged rampant fraud schemes. Agents have been observed
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  Speaker 4: going door to door at suspected sites as part of
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  Speaker 4: the probe in the last twenty four hours. The administration
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  Speaker 4: is portraying the operations part of a broader effort to
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  Speaker 4: protect federal funds and ensure accountability, framing these activities as
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  Speaker 4: legitimate law enforcement actions that are expanding and that moves
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  Speaker 4: us to the FBI. FBI Director Cash betel Is announced
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  Speaker 4: that the Bureau has also surged additional agents and new
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  Speaker 4: investigative resources to Minnesota at large to investigate what officials
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  Speaker 4: are describing as a large scale fraud schemes involving federal
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  Speaker 4: aid programs. Amounting into the hundreds of millions, if not
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  Speaker 4: billions of dollars. Director Brittel characterize the known fraud cases
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  Speaker 4: as possibly the tip of a very large iceberg, referring
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  Speaker 4: to previous investigations like Feeding Our Future and new leads
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  Speaker 4: sparked by the recent media attention as well as whistleblowers
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  Speaker 4: coming forward that also brings us to the US Immigration
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  Speaker 4: and Customs Enforcement known as ICE. They often work under
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  Speaker 4: the Department of Homeland Security, and it has been reported
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  Speaker 4: that they are targeting suspected fraud sites in Minnesota to
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  Speaker 4: identify and address possible immigration related violations, including checks on
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  Speaker 4: legal status and enforcement where applicable.
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  Speaker 3: Some news reports are also.
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  Speaker 4: Indicating that there have been door to door operations connected
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  Speaker 4: with the fraud investigation that also involved immigration enforcement elements.
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  Speaker 4: Specific numbers and targets are in flux, but we will
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  Speaker 4: keep you updated on when we get the hard numbers. Now,
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  Speaker 4: all of this has triggered a federal response because of
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  Speaker 4: the viral social media video showing alleged empty daycare centers
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  Speaker 4: and nonetheless receiving no significant public information from the governor,
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  Speaker 4: the Attorney General of Minnesota, or even from the mainstream media.
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  Speaker 4: Conservative leaders including Ted Cruz, Vice President Vance, have publicly
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  Speaker 4: praised the video's impact in drawing federal attention to the
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  Speaker 4: matter as well the FBI and the Department of Home Security.
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  Speaker 4: Response also blends long standing fraud investigations with new actions
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  Speaker 4: tied to the recent spotlight on the Minnesota programs, which
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  Speaker 4: brings us back to the Minnesota Governor, Tim Wad. He
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  Speaker 4: is being criticized by federal figures and GOP lawmakers the
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  Speaker 4: Trump administration, framing the situation as evidence of lacks oversight
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  Speaker 4: of federal funds, and officials in Minnesota are even angry
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  Speaker 4: as well, bringing up broader claims emphasizing existing efforts to
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  Speaker 4: fight fraud, and the whistleblowers were punished by the governor.
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  Speaker 4: So that brings us to where we are now. What
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  Speaker 4: we know is it looks like law and order will
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  Speaker 4: be restored, even if the governor says we want to
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  Speaker 4: bring in more Somalis for more fraud, even when he
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  Speaker 4: says that we're demonizing those that are taking billions of
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  Speaker 4: dollars away from American citizens. So Governor Waltz can hang
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  Speaker 4: out on stage and say this is his plan, but
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  Speaker 4: it's clear that law and order and law enforcement is
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  Speaker 4: going to take place, and it could even involve the
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  Speaker 4: governor himself.
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  Speaker 3: Now story number two, there were major.
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  Speaker 4: Meetings in Palm Beach at Marlago between President Trump and
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  Speaker 4: Benjamin nettin Yaho, as well as Zelenski talking about the
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  Speaker 4: wars that have been taking place in different parts of
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  Speaker 4: the world.
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  Speaker 3: We'll start first.
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  Speaker 4: With a meeting with Benjamin Nett and Yahoo, and there
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  Speaker 4: were positive developments, Trump hosting the Prime Minister of mar
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  Speaker 4: Lago for bilateral talks on regional peace as well as security.
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  Speaker 4: There was a public display of a strong alliance, especially
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  Speaker 4: after liberal media outlets were claiming that there was major
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  Speaker 4: tension between the two leaders. Both Trump and net Yahoo
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  Speaker 4: projected unity and cultivated a positive atmosphere around them, exchanging
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  Speaker 4: compliments and emphasizing that US Israeli cooperation relations have never
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  Speaker 4: been stronger, yet again showing that the fake media was lying.
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  Speaker 4: The peace planned discussions were also a very important part
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  Speaker 4: of that conversation. They discussed a US broker Middle East
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  Speaker 4: peace plan, including Gaza and broader regional issues, which brought
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  Speaker 4: us to some of the new information coming out of Iran.
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  Speaker 4: As a ram we're now being told is working on
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  Speaker 4: Kim Cool and biological warheads. Donald Trump was asked about
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  Speaker 4: that is that, you know, he was standing next to him.
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  Speaker 4: And here's what the President had to say about Iran,
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  Speaker 4: their nuclear arsenal, and regime change.
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  Speaker 7: I'm not going to talk about overthrow of a regime.
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  Speaker 7: It's they've got a lot of problems that are in
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  Speaker 7: their tremendous inflation. Their economy is busted, economy is no good,
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  Speaker 7: and I know that people aren't so happy. But don't
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  Speaker 7: forget every time they have a riot or or somebody
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  Speaker 7: forms a group, little or big, they start shooting people.
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  Speaker 7: They know they kill people, and the people tend to
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  Speaker 7: I've watched this for years. There's tremendous discontent. They form
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  Speaker 7: one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand people. All of a
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  Speaker 7: sudden people start getting shot, and that group disbandans pretty quickly.
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  Speaker 7: So I've watched it for years. The vicious, vicious people.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, were supported that tack.
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  Speaker 6: He's ready Iran meaning off head of the good people
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  Speaker 6: with their realistic besides.
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  Speaker 3: And also nucment weapon.
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  Speaker 7: If they will continue with the missiles, yes, the nuclear
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  Speaker 7: fast okay, what will be?
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  Speaker 3: Yes?
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  Speaker 7: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: The other on was we'll do it.
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  Speaker 4: Immediately, President Trump making it clear with net Yahubay his
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  Speaker 4: side that the two agree on this. There's no way
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  Speaker 4: that Iran can get a nuclear weapon. If they start
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  Speaker 4: producing biological and chemical warheads, the same fate of those
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  Speaker 4: Iranian nuclear sites will happen again, which brings us to
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  Speaker 4: Donald trump meeting with Zelensky. Donald Trump's engagement with Zelensky
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  Speaker 4: was about moving forward diplomacy. It also include a phone
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  Speaker 4: call with Russia's Vladimir Putin after their meeting ended. Progress
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  Speaker 4: towards a peaceful framework was the bottom line for President Trump.
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  Speaker 4: They reviewed an evolving peace plan proposal aimed at ending
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  Speaker 4: the Russia Ukraine War. Both indicated movement towards common principles
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  Speaker 4: and continued negotiations. There was also security guarantees that were discussed.
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  Speaker 4: Ukraine was offered a fifteen year US security guarantee as
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  Speaker 4: a concrete part of the peace framework, something Zlensky described
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  Speaker 4: as an important step forward, even if he prefers longer commitments.
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  Speaker 4: And then there was a follow up diplomacy with Russia
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  Speaker 4: after that meeting was Zlensky.
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  Speaker 3: Trump held what was.
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  Speaker 4: Described by the White House is a positive call with
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  Speaker 4: Putin to keep negotiations moving forward now. While a full
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  Speaker 4: piece agreement isn't done yet, today's actions reflect continued commitment
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  Speaker 4: to diplomacy. The White House said mutual talks between Kiev
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  Speaker 4: and Washington and real movement on security assurances and negotiation
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  Speaker 4: channels is a constructive diplomatic direction. Overall, it was an
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  Speaker 4: important day for the President in West Palm Beach. It
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  Speaker 4: was an important day for Trump to host two major
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  Speaker 4: world leaders back to back and underscores the active US
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  Speaker 4: role in high level diplomacy. Discussions are according towards progress
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  Speaker 4: on peace initiatives, something the President desperately wants, as well
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  Speaker 4: as ongoing dialogue with Russia after the Ukraine meeting, keeping
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  Speaker 4: the diplomatic channels open all the positive sign for what
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  Speaker 4: President Trump said, we need the wars to end.
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