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Trump Boots Zelenskyy & Senate wants to Slash YOUR Taxes Permanently · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: I wanted to end immediately, and I think if you
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  Speaker 1: add a cease fire, it would be a ceasefire, real
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  Speaker 1: one that would end it.
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  Speaker 2: But he doesn't want to do that. That's fine. I
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  Speaker 2: want it to end immediately.
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  Speaker 1: I want to cease fire now, he says, oh, I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to see spire.
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  Speaker 2: Either we get to end it or let him fight
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  Speaker 2: it out. And if he fights it out, it's not.
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  Speaker 3: Going to be pretty.
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  Speaker 4: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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  Speaker 2: Good Monday morning. Ben Ferguson with you.
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  Speaker 3: It's nice to have you here on the forty seven
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  Speaker 3: Morning Update, and we've got a lot to cover this.
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  Speaker 2: Morning, including number one.
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  Speaker 3: Donald Trump kicks Zelensky out of the White House after
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  Speaker 3: a disastrous meeting.
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  Speaker 2: What happened to cause all this? Will break it down.
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  Speaker 3: Also, the Senate is now pushing to make the Donald
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  Speaker 3: Trump tax cuts permanent.
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  Speaker 2: How much can it save you? I'll have the numbers
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 3: And finally, Zolensky is forced to run crying to Europe
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  Speaker 3: begging for help in a big paycheck. It's the forty
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  Speaker 3: seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
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  Speaker 4: Story number one.
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  Speaker 3: It will go down in history is one of the
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  Speaker 3: most disastrous Oval Office meetings ever by a foreign leader.
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  Speaker 2: Zelensky had one simple thing he had to do.
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  Speaker 3: Walk into the White House, have a nice meeting with
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  Speaker 3: the President in front of the cameras, talk about how
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  Speaker 3: they were going to work together on a deal that
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  Speaker 3: would actually give protection to Ukraine because of a joint
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  Speaker 3: agreement on getting rare earth minerals out.
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  Speaker 2: Of the country. This was easy.
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  Speaker 3: Sign the agreement, say thank you to American taxpayers for
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  Speaker 3: literally sending you hundreds of billions of dollars, and then
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  Speaker 3: move towards a deal for.
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  Speaker 2: Peace with Russia.
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  Speaker 3: Instead, Zelensky decided to insult the President of the United
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  Speaker 3: States of America, the Vice President of the United States
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  Speaker 3: of America, our Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the
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  Speaker 3: American people.
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  Speaker 2: So what did it sound like, Well, here's the highlight.
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 5: The kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction
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  Speaker 5: of your country gas. But if you President, with respect,
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  Speaker 5: I think it's disrespectful for you to come to the
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  Speaker 5: Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of
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  Speaker 5: the American media. Right now, you guys are going around
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  Speaker 5: and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have
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  Speaker 5: manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for anybody
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  Speaker 5: to bring it into this country.
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  Speaker 2: Been to Ukraine that you say, what problems we have?
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  Speaker 2: I have been to come on.
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  Speaker 5: I've actually I've actually watched and seen the stories, and
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  Speaker 5: I know what happens is you bring people, you bring
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  Speaker 5: them on a propaganda tour. Mister president, are do you
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  Speaker 5: disagree that you've had problems bringing people in your military?
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  Speaker 5: Do you think that I respect alarms succumb to the
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  Speaker 5: Oval Office in the United States of America and attack
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  Speaker 5: the administration that is trying to trying to prevent the
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  Speaker 5: destruction of your country.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of questions. Let's stuff from the beginning. Sure,
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  Speaker 4: first of wall, during the war, everybody has problems, even you.
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  Speaker 4: But you have nice solution and don't feel now, but
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  Speaker 4: you will feel it in the future.
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  Speaker 2: God bless you, God bless You're God blessed.
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  Speaker 5: You don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying
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  Speaker 1: to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going
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  Speaker 1: to feel. I'm not telling you because you're in no
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  Speaker 1: position to dictate that. Remember this, you're in no position
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  Speaker 1: to dictate what we're going to feel.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to feel very good, feel influenced.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to feel very good and very strongluence. You're
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  Speaker 1: right now, not in a very good position. You've allowed
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  Speaker 1: you to be in a word beginning that he's happened
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  Speaker 1: to be right about from the word beginning of the war.
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  Speaker 2: Not in a good position.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have the cards right now with us you
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  Speaker 1: start having right now, you don't wear You're gambling with
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  Speaker 1: the lives of millions of people.
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  Speaker 2: You're gambling with world War three. You're gambling with World
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  Speaker 2: War three.
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  Speaker 1: And what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country,
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  Speaker 1: this country. Far more than a lot of people said
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  Speaker 1: they should have.
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  Speaker 5: Have you said thank you a lot of times you
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  Speaker 5: said you went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition
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  Speaker 5: in October.
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  Speaker 2: Offer some words of appreciation from the.
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  Speaker 5: United States of America and the president who's trying to
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  Speaker 5: save your country.
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  Speaker 3: Now, maybe the most honest reaction to the disaster that
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  Speaker 3: you just heard was the Ukrainian ambassador putting her head
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  Speaker 3: in her hands in total disbelief of what she was witnessing.
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  Speaker 3: The world saw it, and now Zelensky has walked out
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  Speaker 3: of that White House well early because the President asked
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  Speaker 3: him to leave, saying it's very clear you're not here
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  Speaker 3: for peace now. The President also put out a tweet
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  Speaker 3: and made it clear that he's more than happy for
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  Speaker 3: Zlenzki to come back to the White House when he's
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  Speaker 3: ready to actually have peace between his country and Russia.
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  Speaker 3: As for the money that Zelensky apparently was hoping to get,
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  Speaker 3: not a dime. The meaning not only may cost him
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  Speaker 3: his job in Ukraine, but it also may have saved
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  Speaker 3: you and I as taxpayers, hundreds of billions of dollars.
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  Speaker 2: Now story number two, top Senate.
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  Speaker 3: Republicans, including Majority Leader John fun are determined to make
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  Speaker 3: permanent the tax cuts due to expire at the end
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  Speaker 3: of the year. Now, the Senate Republicans understand just how
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  Speaker 3: important these tax cuts are to you. This all started
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  Speaker 3: back in twenty seventeen, and it's vitally important to the
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  Speaker 3: American economy, into businesses, and to families that these tax
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  Speaker 3: cuts become permanent.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 3: Why, Well, it's real simple. The Senate Majority Leader John
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  Speaker 3: Thune emphasized that making these tax cuts permanent would protect
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  Speaker 3: hard working families from uncertainty and ensure they can keep
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  Speaker 3: more money in their pockets. He also highlighted that this
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  Speaker 3: move could result in significant long term economic benefits, including
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  Speaker 3: the creation of an additional one point two million jobs
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  Speaker 3: annually and a substantial increase in gross domestic product. As
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  Speaker 3: you know, the House of Representatives recently passed a budget
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  Speaker 3: resolution to advance a comprehensive reconciliation bill that aims to
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  Speaker 3: deliver tax relief to working families. Now, this resolution included
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  Speaker 3: the permanent extension of the twenty seventeen tax cuts, which
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  Speaker 3: is projected to fuel significant economic growth and prosperity. Notably,
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  Speaker 3: making the twenty percent small business deduction permanent is expected
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  Speaker 3: to create one million new jobs and generate one hundred
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  Speaker 3: and fifty billion in economic growth. Additionally, American manufacturers could
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  Speaker 3: see two hundred and eighty four billion in new economic growth,
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  Speaker 3: and there could be fifty billion in new investment in
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  Speaker 3: opportunity zones, which represent some of the poorest neighborhoods and
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  Speaker 3: communities in the United States of America. Now, let me
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  Speaker 3: explain to you exactly what the Republicans are proposing. It
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  Speaker 3: is a simple strategy that would make a four trillion
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  Speaker 3: dollar tax cut over a decade appear cost free using
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  Speaker 3: what is known as the current policy baseline. Now, this
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  Speaker 3: approach would make extending expiring tax cuts look like they
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  Speaker 3: have no associated costs and can help make President Trump's
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  Speaker 3: tax cuts permanent by bypassing standard budget deficit limitations. GOP
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  Speaker 3: centers are pushing this initiative, believing it would be easier
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  Speaker 3: to sell to both lawmakers and voters while simplifying the
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  Speaker 3: budget reconciliation process. Now, doing this on the backs of
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  Speaker 3: DOGE cuts could all also make for a huge positive
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  Speaker 3: economic impact for all Americans. Now, let me also warn
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  Speaker 3: you you are going to see a lot of negative news.
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  Speaker 3: Why because there's many that do not want these tax
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  Speaker 3: cuts to become permanent. They want the government to have
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  Speaker 3: a lot more of your money. Some of the headlines
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  Speaker 3: are as simple as this, GOP wants four trillion tax
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  Speaker 3: cut to look like nothing, and they're putting businesses ahead
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  Speaker 3: of our deficit. Now, the reality is the American people
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  Speaker 3: want to keep more of their money, and Donald Trump
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  Speaker 3: and DOGE are doing exactly that by cutting waste, fraud,
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  Speaker 3: and abuse. But they also believe that you deserve these
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  Speaker 3: tax cuts and they should be permanent. So, in summary,
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  Speaker 3: the Republican effort to make the twenty seventeen tax cuts
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  Speaker 3: permanent are focused on providing sustained tax relief, stimulating job
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  Speaker 3: creation which is good for Americans, and promoting economic growth
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  Speaker 3: across various sectors. So do not buy in to what
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  Speaker 3: you're going to hear from the liberal media and the left.
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  Speaker 3: They're going to tell you this is irresponsible. Well, giving
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  Speaker 3: back Americans their own money may be one of the
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  Speaker 3: most responsible moves that government has ever made.
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  Speaker 4: And finally, story number three.
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  Speaker 3: After Zolensky's disastrous meeting at the White House, he had
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  Speaker 3: to do what many referred to as massive damage control,
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  Speaker 3: going on Brett Bher's show on Fox News Channel and
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  Speaker 3: trying to immediately say he was quasi sorry for what happened,
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  Speaker 3: and we have a great relationship with the United States
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  Speaker 3: of America. Well, the one reality that came out of
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  Speaker 3: this meeting is is not another dime of funding is
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  Speaker 3: going to the Ukraine war effort. And that meant that
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  Speaker 3: Zolensky had to run to Europe and cry and beg
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  Speaker 3: for new funding. Now it looks like many in Europe
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  Speaker 3: are willing to give him cash with different conditions. We're
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  Speaker 3: also seeing once the US's tax dollars dried up for
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  Speaker 3: Ukraine that now Europe is starting to get a little
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  Speaker 3: bit more creative about the money they're willing to give him.
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  Speaker 3: A perfect example on this is the fact that once
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  Speaker 3: Ukraine said that they could no longer count on military
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  Speaker 3: or political support from the US after Trump declared himself
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  Speaker 3: neutral in negotiations, Europe said, We're gonna step in and
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  Speaker 3: we may release as much as two hundred billion euros
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  Speaker 3: or two hundred and seven billion dollars in US terms
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  Speaker 3: in seized Russian assets to help fund the war effort
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  Speaker 3: in Ukraine.
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  Speaker 2: Quote, the immediate goal.
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  Speaker 3: Of the meeting in London must be to keep Ukraine
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  Speaker 3: in the fight so it can negotiate from a maximum
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  Speaker 3: position of strength. And European leaders are now pledging to
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  Speaker 3: increase military spending as well. Once American tax dollars were
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  Speaker 3: taken off the table by Donald Trump, The UK Prime
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  Speaker 3: Minister pledged this week taboost military spending to two point
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  Speaker 3: five percent of gross domestic product by twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 3: Other European nations are following suit. The Chez Prime Minister
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  Speaker 3: said Saturday that Europe faces a historic test and has
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  Speaker 3: to look after itself. He said European countries have to
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  Speaker 3: increase their own arm spinning to reach at least three
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  Speaker 3: percent of GDP, saying if we don't increase our effort
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  Speaker 3: fast enough and let the aggressor dictate its conditions, we
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  Speaker 3: won't end up well. Even French Prime Minister Macrone said
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  Speaker 3: it was legitimate for the US to shift its focus
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  Speaker 3: to dealing with China and Asia. Also called for more
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  Speaker 3: defense spinning as he called for unity among his neighboring
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  Speaker 3: European countries. So as Donald Trump made good on a promise,
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  Speaker 3: an important promise to get us out of these never
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  Speaker 3: ending wars and your tax dollars staying at home, UK
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  Speaker 3: France and Ukraine are now agreeing to work on a
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  Speaker 3: ceasefire plan for Russia's war in Ukraine. In fact, Britain
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  Speaker 3: and France and Ukraine after a meeting, said that they
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  Speaker 3: will then quote present the plan to the United States.
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  Speaker 3: The British Prime Minister said that he is prepared to
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  Speaker 3: host the summit with European leaders discuss ending the war
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  Speaker 3: and then get a stamp of approval from the United
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  Speaker 3: State dates of America. Now, the best part is all
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  Speaker 3: of this is happening because we pulled money instead of
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  Speaker 3: giving money to Zelenski, and the President stood up to
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  Speaker 3: Zelensky and now he's forced to go beg for money
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  Speaker 3: from other parts of the world. Now, as America also
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  Speaker 3: says we're done, the summit has now expanded in Europe
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  Speaker 3: to deal with the issue with Ukraine and Russia. Who
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  Speaker 3: is going to be at the summit France, Germany, Denmark, Italy,
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  Speaker 3: the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Chez Republic
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  Speaker 3: and Romania. The Turkish Foreign Minister, NATO Security General and
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  Speaker 3: the President of the European Commission and European Council will
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  Speaker 3: also attend. And they're all there to now start writing
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  Speaker 3: checks since America under Donald Trump's leadership said no more
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  Speaker 3: free ride from US.
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