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Trump Outlines Vision for America’s Future w Economic Boom coming in 2026 · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: So they can buy their own health insurance, which will
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  Speaker 1: give far better benefits at much lower costs. It will
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  Speaker 1: be far better health insurance. Military service members will receive
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  Speaker 1: a special we call Warrior dividend. No tax on tips,
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  Speaker 1: no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for.
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  Speaker 2: Our great seniors.
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  Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 4: Good Thursday morning. It's nice to have you with us
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  Speaker 4: on the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got a
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  Speaker 4: great show for you this morning. All things Donald Trump
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  Speaker 4: as he addressed the nation from the White House with
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  Speaker 4: a Christmas in New Year's message that should have every
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  Speaker 4: one of you excited. He talked about lower prices, lower
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  Speaker 4: prices on gas, lower prices on prescription drugs, lower prices
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  Speaker 4: on housing, and he also talked about the largest tax
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  Speaker 4: refund season of all time, the present, laying out what
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  Speaker 4: you can expect in twenty two twenty six, and much
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  Speaker 4: of it is what was passing the big beautiful bill
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  Speaker 4: that will now become a reality, including no tax on
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  Speaker 4: tips or social Security or over time. It's the forty
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  Speaker 4: seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 3: Story number one.
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  Speaker 4: President Donald Trump delivered a primetime of address to the nation,
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  Speaker 4: and in the nationally televised address, the President presented a
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  Speaker 4: forward looking and optimistic message about the direction of the
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  Speaker 4: country and the policies that his administration has pursued over
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  Speaker 4: the last just eleven months. To put in perspective, he
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  Speaker 4: emphasized that in the last year it has been a
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  Speaker 4: period of meaningful progress and growing strength for the United States,
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  Speaker 4: and that the best is yet to come as the
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  Speaker 4: nation moves into twenty twenty six. Now you may ask
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  Speaker 4: yourself this question, why, Well, much of what the President
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  Speaker 4: has enacted actually hasn't taken effect yet it starts in
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  Speaker 4: twenty twenty six. No tax on tips for example, time
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  Speaker 4: tax on overtime, and no tax on social Security for
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  Speaker 4: the majority of Americans will have a massive impact for
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  Speaker 4: many Americans and how much money is in their bank accounts.
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  Speaker 4: The President also talked about the incredible impact of stopping
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  Speaker 4: immigration into this country, illegal immigration, and how it's now
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  Speaker 4: actually lowering home prices and rental prices, prices that are
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  Speaker 4: expected to come down even more in twenty twenty six,
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  Speaker 4: which brings us to the key achievements and the policy
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  Speaker 4: highlights of economic growth in investment. President Trump highlighted the
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  Speaker 4: significant economic progress, including what he described as record level
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  Speaker 4: of investment that is flowing into the United States of America,
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  Speaker 4: which he has tied to job creation growth, much of
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  Speaker 4: this coming from the leverage with tariffs. He framed the
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  Speaker 4: recent policies as driving lower prices and stronger wages for
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  Speaker 4: American families. Trump referred to the current economic trajectory is
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  Speaker 4: laying the groundwork for what he cast as the greatest
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  Speaker 4: economy in history. He also did something that was truly incredible,
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  Speaker 4: a Christmas present that men and women in the military
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  Speaker 4: will never forget. As part of his holiday season message,
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  Speaker 4: he announced a one time, seventeen seventy six, that's right,
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  Speaker 4: one thousand, seven hundred and seventy six Warrior Dividend check
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  Speaker 4: to honor and support US service members that have been
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  Speaker 4: under attack by the left for many years. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: listen to President in his own words on this incredible moment.
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  Speaker 1: Along with the just past one big, beautiful bill tonight,
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  Speaker 1: I am also proud to announce that more than one thousand,
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  Speaker 1: four hundred fifty thousand, think of this, one million, four
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand military service members will receive a
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  Speaker 1: special we call Warrior dividend before Christmas, a Warriort dividend
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  Speaker 1: in honor of our nations founding in seventeen seventy six,
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  Speaker 1: we are sending every soldier one thousand, seven hundred and
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  Speaker 1: seventy six dollars.
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  Speaker 2: Think of that, and the checks are already on the way.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody understood that one until about thirty minutes ago.
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  Speaker 4: Not only was the President celebrating our men and women
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  Speaker 4: in military, but he also said that you, as an American,
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  Speaker 4: have something to celebrate coming next spring. Next spring, he says,
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  Speaker 4: it's projected to be the largest tax refund season of
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  Speaker 4: all time. Here's the President in his own words.
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  Speaker 1: Next year, you will also see the results of the
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  Speaker 1: largest tax cuts in American history that were really accomplished
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  Speaker 1: through our great, big, Beautiful Bill, perhaps the most sweeping
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  Speaker 1: legislation ever passed in Congress. We wrapped twelve different bills
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  Speaker 1: up into one beautiful bill that includes no tax on tips,
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  Speaker 1: no tax on overtime, and no tax on social security
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  Speaker 1: for our great seniors. Under these cuts, many families will
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  Speaker 1: be saving between eleven thousand and twenty thousand dollars a year,
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  Speaker 1: and next spring is projected to be the largest tax
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  Speaker 1: refund season of all time.
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  Speaker 4: Not only does the President know that you need more
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  Speaker 4: money in your pocket and the Left has been taking
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  Speaker 4: far too much of it and wasting it for far
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  Speaker 4: too long, but he also talked about healthcare, which is
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  Speaker 4: actually a very important point for many Americans. He promised
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  Speaker 4: future reductions in drug prices and improvements and affordability for
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  Speaker 4: healthcare as part of the upcoming year's agenda.
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  Speaker 1: I'm also taking on the gigantic health insurance companies that
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  Speaker 1: have gotten rich on billions of dollars of money that
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  Speaker 1: should go directly to the people. The money should go
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  Speaker 1: to the people, that's you, so they can buy their
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  Speaker 1: your own health insurance, which will give far better benefits
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  Speaker 1: at much lower costs. It will be far better health insurance.
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  Speaker 1: The current Unaffordable Care Act was created to make insurance
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  Speaker 1: companies rich. It was bad health care at much too
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  Speaker 1: higher cost.
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  Speaker 2: And you see that now in.
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  Speaker 1: The steep increase in premiums being demanded by the Democrats.
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  Speaker 1: And they are demanding those increases, and it's their fault.
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  Speaker 1: It is not the Republican's fault. It's the Democrat's fault.
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  Speaker 1: It's the Unaffordable Care Act, and everybody knew it again.
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  Speaker 1: I want the money to go directly to the people
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  Speaker 1: so you can buy your own health care. You'll get
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  Speaker 1: much better health care at a much lower price. The
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  Speaker 1: only losers will be insurance companies that have gotten rich
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  Speaker 1: in the Democrat Party, which is totally controlled by those
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  Speaker 1: same insurance companies. They will not be happy, but that's
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  Speaker 1: okay with me, because you, the people, are finally going
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  Speaker 1: to be getting great health care at a lower cost.
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  Speaker 4: Not only will you be getting great healthcare to lower costs,
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  Speaker 4: the number one donor the Democrats in Congress have literally
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  Speaker 4: been the healthcare industry. The President then moved from that
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  Speaker 4: issue to another one, immigration and border security. President Trump
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  Speaker 4: townting enhanced border enforcement and immigration control as part of
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  Speaker 4: his administration's accomplishments.
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  Speaker 1: Our border was open, and because of this, our country
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  Speaker 1: was being invaded by an army of twenty five million people,
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  Speaker 1: many who came from prisons and jails, mental institutions, and
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  Speaker 1: insane asylums. They were drug dealers, gang members, and even
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  Speaker 1: eleven thousand, eight hundred and eighty eight murders, more than
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  Speaker 1: fifty percent of whom killed more than one person. This
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  Speaker 1: is what the Biden administration allowed to happen to our country,
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  Speaker 1: and it can never be allowed to happen again. We
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  Speaker 1: had men playing in women's sports, transgender for everybody, crime
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  Speaker 1: at record level with law enforcement and words such as
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  Speaker 1: that just absolutely forbidden.
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  Speaker 2: We had the worst trade deals ever made.
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  Speaker 1: And our country was laughed at from all over the world.
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  Speaker 2: But they're not laughing anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Over the past eleven months, we have brought more positive
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  Speaker 1: change to Washington than any administration in American history.
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  Speaker 2: There's never been anything like it, and I think most
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  Speaker 2: would agree.
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  Speaker 1: I was elected in a landslide, winning the popular vote
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  Speaker 1: and all seven swing states and everything else, with a
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  Speaker 1: mandate to take on a sick and corrupt system that
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  Speaker 1: xtray really just took the wealth from people and crushed
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  Speaker 1: the dreams of the American people.
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  Speaker 2: For the last four years.
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  Speaker 1: The United States was ruled by politicians who fought only
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  Speaker 1: for insiders, illegal aliens, career criminals, corporate lobby prisoners, terrorists,
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  Speaker 1: and above all, foreign nations which took advantage of US
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  Speaker 1: at levels never seen before. They flooded your cities and
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  Speaker 1: towns with illegal aliens. They decimated your hard earned savings,
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  Speaker 1: They indoctrinated your children with hate for America released.
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  Speaker 2: Really, I mean, they just released a level.
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  Speaker 1: Of violent felons that we had never seen to prey
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  Speaker 1: on innocent. They caused war, they caused mayhem, They caused
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  Speaker 1: a horrible situation all over the globe. But now you
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  Speaker 1: have a president who fights for the law abiding, hardworking
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  Speaker 1: people of our country.
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  Speaker 2: The ones who make this nation run, who make this
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  Speaker 2: nation work.
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  Speaker 4: And not only did the President talk about immigration border security,
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  Speaker 4: he also talked about foreign policy and peace efforts. He
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  Speaker 4: underscored diplomatic progress, including his administration's role in brokering stability
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  Speaker 4: and regions of conflict and reducing global tension. These diplomatic
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  Speaker 4: themes fed into broader messaging about America's renewed international leadership
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  Speaker 4: and also what it means about security at home. Throughout
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  Speaker 4: the speech, the President framed the future with optimism, previewing
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  Speaker 4: initiatives he intends to pursue in twenty twenty six, including
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  Speaker 4: lower drug costs through the Trump RX Program, broad tax
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  Speaker 4: cuts aimed at benefiting working American families, expanded energy production
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  Speaker 4: to reduce costs for consumers, continued efforts to address housing
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  Speaker 4: affordability and rent relief, and commitment to appointing a Federal
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  Speaker 4: Reserve chair who's focused on lower interest rates to support
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  Speaker 4: economic expansion, which brings us to one thing that many
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  Speaker 4: Americans are going to love. The President also announcing some
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  Speaker 4: of the most aggressive housing reforms so that more Americans
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  Speaker 4: can get in the game, can own a house and
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  Speaker 4: not have to wait till they're much older to be
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  Speaker 4: first time home buyers.
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  Speaker 1: This in the new year, I will announce some of
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  Speaker 1: the most aggressive housing reform plans in American history. A
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  Speaker 1: major factor in driving up housing costs was the colossal
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  Speaker 1: border invasion.
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  Speaker 2: We have never been invaded.
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  Speaker 1: This is the worst thing that Frankly, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: the worst thing that the Biden administration did to our
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  Speaker 1: country is the invasion at the border. The last administration
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  Speaker 1: and their allies in Congress brought in millions and millions
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  Speaker 1: of migrants and gave them taxpayer funded housing while your
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  Speaker 1: rent and housing costs kyrocketed.
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  Speaker 4: So there it is the President United States of America
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  Speaker 4: making it very clear that he believes that this next
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  Speaker 4: year is actually going to be the best year in
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  Speaker 4: our history when it comes to our economy. In this address,
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  Speaker 4: not only do spotlight our men and women in uniform,
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  Speaker 4: also making it clear we're going back to law and order.
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  Speaker 4: He wants a FED chair that will back lower interest rates.
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  Speaker 4: He wants to keep the focus on the economy, and
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  Speaker 4: also he did not bring up Venezuela. Why because clearly
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  Speaker 4: that's not the focal point of the administration. He said,
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  Speaker 4: we're bringing the economy back from ruin, and the economy
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  Speaker 4: on prices is going to be ease for you. So
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  Speaker 4: there is the president. He said, America, you're going to
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  Speaker 4: feel relief in a bountiful twenty twenty six and that
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  Speaker 4: is this President's Christmas present to every American.
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