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00:00The president immediately declared a national emergency on the southern border,
00:04deployed the U.S. military and border patrol to repel the invasion,
00:08and ended reckless catch and release policies. The results have been nothing short of extraordinary.
00:14This is unprecedented success. The border is secure. President Trump saving lives.
00:21Average down to Joe Biden, more than 1,800 gotaways. Yesterday, 38. Though all clearly
00:29says, if you arrive at our border without proper documentation, you shall be detained.
00:33Not maybe, not think about it, shall. And that's what President Trump's doing.
00:37A rare morning White House briefing ahead of President Trump's 100th day in office
00:43as his administration hits high gear delivering on campaign promises like securing the border.
00:48And if a picture is worth a thousand words, then this video of the White House lawn says
00:54a lot about the administration's mission to keep America safe.
00:58It shows mugshots of criminal migrants arrested under President Trump's watch.
01:02Hello and welcome, everyone. As we kick off a brand new week here, I'm Sandra Smith in New York.
01:06John, great to be with you.
01:07Good to be with you as well. I worked, I walked down that driveway innumerable times
01:11over the course of more than a decade and never saw anything like that.
01:15I'm John Roberts in Washington, and this is America Reports.
01:18The administration is stepping up its immigration crackdown with operations over the weekend,
01:23arresting hundreds of illegal migrants in Colorado and Florida. Voters speaking to Fox News
01:28about the president's first 100 days and his hardline border stance.
01:32Closing the border was the best thing you ever could have done.
01:36He's got to dial it down a little bit.
01:39I really hope that he continues to make sure the border is secure.
01:43Keep going. Stay on track and don't get off track.
01:48All right. Some messages from voters there. Washington correspondent Mark Meredith is live
01:52from the White House for us right now. Mark, kick things off for us.
01:56Sandra, I sure will. Good afternoon to you. The White House is engaged in a PR blitz to showcase
02:01what actions it's taken on immigration since January. As you mentioned, we did have a rare
02:06White House morning briefing today in which officials said that they will step up immigration
02:10enforcement efforts coast to coast. Mr. Herman, how close are you to
02:16housing migrants at U.S. DOD facilities like Port Bliss in Texas?
02:24Well, we're already housing at Guantanamo. Port Bliss is being ramped up in the very near future.
02:32I don't have a timetable because things need to be done. Construction needs to be done.
02:36We'll make sure the facilities are ready to accept.
02:38This afternoon, the president will be signing two executive orders on immigration, one focused on
02:43sanctuary cities, the other making sure the public has a better idea of which communities may be
02:47trying to skirt federal immigration enforcement efforts. Democrats are walking a fine line trying
02:52to balance support for law enforcement while also calling out what they say are inhumane policies
02:57coming from the White House. Overnight, Governor J.B. Pritzker of Illinois urged his party
03:01not to cede the immigration issue. Democrats need to make it a priority to pass real, sensible
03:08immigration reform. We need to secure our border. We need to keep and attract
03:15hardworking, taxpaying, law-abiding people and give them a path to citizenship.
03:22Governor Pritzker certainly stirring a lot of speculation about a possible run in 2028. We know
03:26this week that the former Vice President Kamala Harris will also be giving a big speech. We'll
03:30listen to see if she has any talk about immigration there. But Sandra, we've seen in our latest Fox
03:34polling here, Trump is dominating on the issue of immigration, not only with Republicans, but a
03:39majority of Americans as well. Sandra? All right, Mark Meredith there at the White House for us. Mark, thank you.
03:46I said on day one, you can sit aside and watch, you can, you can argue against us all you want and
03:51protest all you want. But when you cross that line, I've said this a thousand times, when you cross that
03:56line to impediment or knowingly harboring concealing an illegal alien from ICE, you will be prosecuted,
04:03judge or not. Borders are Tom Holman this morning as fallout grows. Following the arrest of a Milwaukee
04:09County judge accused of obstructing the arrest of an illegal alien. Supporters rallying for her release.
04:16America, we're in the beginning of a constitutional crisis. It is my sincere hope that these charges
04:26against her are swiftly dismissed. We are standing up for our immigrant community. We're standing up for
04:33Judge Dugan. We have seen unprecedented attacks on judges and other elected officials in the last four
04:40months. The goal is to intimidate and silence us. I will tell you this, I will not be silenced.
04:47Jonathan Turley standing by with legal analysis. But first, let's get to Garrett Tenney. He is
04:51live in Milwaukee following all of this. How is it all playing out, Garrett?
04:56Yeah, well, John, federal agents got word that an illegal immigrant from Mexico who has already been
05:01deported once back in 2013, was going to be in court here at the Milwaukee County Courthouse for
05:07a separate case. So they had agents that came here that day. They were waiting in the hallway
05:12outside the courtroom to make that arrest after his hearing. But when Milwaukee County Circuit Judge
05:17Hannah Dugan found out about it, witnesses say she was visibly upset and angry, so much so that she
05:24allegedly left the bench and went out into the hallway to confront the agents and told them they
05:30needed to go down the hall to see the chief judge. Then, according to the criminal complaint, Judge Dugan
05:34went back into her courtroom where Eduardo Flores Ruiz was facing charges of battery for beating and
05:40choking his roommate and others in a fight and adjourned that case. Then, as Mr. Flores Ruiz and
05:45his attorney were heading towards the courtroom's front exit, the courtroom deputy then saw Judge
05:50Dugan get up and heard Judge Dugan say something like, wait, come with me. Despite having been advised
05:56of the administrative warrant for the arrest of Flores Ruiz, Judge Dugan then escorted Flores Ruiz and his
06:00counsel out of the courtroom through the jury door, which leads to a non-public area of the courthouse.
06:06Now, that is an exit that's typically only used for deputies and juries, never for defendants who
06:12weren't in custody. Flores Ruiz eventually made his way outside the courthouse where he ran from agents
06:17and was eventually taken into custody. A week later, it was Judge Dugan who was being escorted from the
06:23courthouse in cuffs, facing charges for obstructing immigration officers and concealing a person to prevent
06:29arrest. Here's Attorney General Pam Bondi this morning. I say the victims of crime should be
06:35very happy today because these victims of crime, they deserve justice. This is a criminal judge sitting
06:41on a criminal bench and anyone who's going to let an anyone, any criminal defendant out a back door
06:50is absurd. When we went up to Judge Dugan's courtroom today, we noticed this notice that was posted on
06:59the door dated four days before this incident, stating that anyone who feels unsafe coming
07:04to the courthouse can request to have their hearing held over Zoom, which obviously would make the job
07:09that much harder for ICE agents trying to arrest those criminal illegal migrants who are here.
07:15They repeatedly have said courthouse is one of the safest places for them to make those arrests. John?
07:21Well, she's certainly getting no sympathy from the administration, that's for sure. Garrett Teddy
07:25Forrest, Garrett, thank you. Sandra? All right, let's bring in Jonathan Turley on that, constitutional law
07:29attorney and professor. He's also a Fox News contributor. If we could pop that back up.
07:33This was found on her door, as we now know, April 14th. That was four days, Jonathan,
07:38before she had allegedly helped this illegal immigrant evade ICE agents. If any attorney, witness
07:44coordinator, or other court official knows or believes that a person feels unsafe, coming to this
07:49courthouse to courtroom 615, please notify the branch clerk to request court appearance via Zoom.
07:55What does that tell you, this revelation?
08:01Well, first of all, the judges probably can set Zoom hearings. It's in their discretion. I doubt that
08:08that alone would bring further legal action. But what Judge Dugan did here is far more direct and
08:16arguably criminal. You know, she got down from the bench and became part of what the
08:23law enforcement officials are saying is a pattern of illegality. I mean, she helped this person evade
08:30arrest. And we've seen this before. In Boston in 2019, I wrote about a judge who actively helped secrete
08:39a fugitive so that he would not be arrested. She was ultimately charged. But under the Biden
08:45administration, they just dropped those charges. And many of us were very critical of that because
08:50we thought the intent was clear. And so what people have to distinguish here is between the
08:57role of the judge and what she did. She was not acting as a judge at that point. She was acting as
09:02an individual who was helping the evasion of law enforcement. And what I find perplexing is,
09:08I understand waiting for the facts to come out. We just got more facts about witnesses who said that
09:13this was intentional and the actions that the judge did. But what's concerning are all these
09:19Democratic leaders saying that she is this martyr. Well, if it's true that she actively secreted an
09:25individual, actively evaded law enforcement, how is that part of the judicial function? Many of us have
09:32said that we need mutual respect between the judicial and executive branches. But it goes both ways.
09:39She has to earn that respect by reinforcing her role as a judge, not as a participant in alleged
09:45illegality. That is obviously a critical point, Jonathan. And one of those voices has been the
09:51Milwaukee mayor. He spoke live during this program last Friday. He also was on Sunday over the weekend,
09:57which was this from, maybe this is from Friday. But the Milwaukee mayor, okay, this is Friday,
10:03the Milwaukee mayor insisting that this is all Jonathan just showboating on the part of this
10:08administration. Typically, when something like this happens, an indictment of a potential defendant
10:15is ordered, there'll be a court appearance. That didn't happen in this case. I think what happened
10:21here was just showboating. They're just trying to have this show of force. And in the process of
10:26doing this in a courthouse where people need to go for court proceedings, they're scaring people away
10:30from participating in the process. Meanwhile, as I mentioned, that was happening live during this
10:33program on Friday, he was asked, like, you know, pretty simple questions about this case,
10:38and he didn't have a lot of information. So why do they feel so compelled to come to the defense of
10:43this judge? Yeah, that's the odd thing here is that we previously had a judge do precisely what was
10:52alleged here, and nothing came of it. The judge was reprimanded, but certainly did not get prosecuted
11:00for that action. Yes, arrests often do send messages. That's not denied by prosecutors. You're hoping that
11:07arrest of one person will deter 100 others so that you don't have those cases. This was clearly a shot
11:13across the bow because the administration saw a judge who was openly evading federal authority,
11:20becoming an active player in these alleged illegal actions. And they decided to draw a line right
11:29here because she stepped over the line of between being a judge and being an alleged participant in
11:36a criminal act. Finally, I want to get the words of President Trump on the Wisconsin judge arrest.
11:41This was during an Air Force One gaggle yesterday. President Trump, listen.
11:44I think the whole thing is horrible with judges with what's going on, and they shouldn't be doing
11:50that. That's very dangerous territory. And we have to be able to do what I ran on. I ran on a campaign
11:57of taking criminals out of our country. We have to be allowed to do it. Otherwise, we're not going to
12:01have a country any longer. And the polls show, as Mark Meredith was noting earlier at the White House,
12:06that he's got a lot of support for what he's doing. Although I want to put this Fox News poll
12:10up on the screen, while he's getting a lot of support for his action at the border and deporting
12:15these illegal migrants, this is a Fox News poll that asked about the federal district judges
12:20challenging President Trump on certain policies, on whether those judges are legitimately exercising
12:27power. About 58% of them said so, Jonathan. Those who said that they are unlawfully interfering
12:36was a third, about 33%. So what does that tell you?
12:41Well, I think that the White House should heed these polls. You know, on cases like Garcia, many
12:46of us argued that they should have brought him back. In my view, he would have been promptly and
12:50correctly deported back to El Salvador. I don't see how he could stay in this country. But it's very
12:56important for us to reinforce these lines. You have to comply with court orders. You can appeal them.
13:02In the same way, judges like Dugan are allowed to use their courtrooms to deal with matters before
13:07them. They can issue orders. They can bring in people to give testimony. What they can't do is
13:12get down from the bench and become part of the alleged crime. And so these are important lines for
13:18both sides to mind. And with that, we can develop that mutual respect that we need between our branches.
13:25Jonathan, always good to get you on. Thank you very much. The whole country is watching this closely,
13:30obviously. Thank you. John, that sign on her door, obviously very interesting, and especially the fact
13:37that it was seen up there just a few days before all of this happened, before she allegedly helped
13:46out this person. Oh, clearly, this was something that was on her mind before the incident occurred,
13:52that found her arrested and the defendant chased down the street. So you wonder, was she just
14:00facilitating? Was she an advocate? I think all of this is going to come out in the wash. You bet.
14:04All right. Now this.
14:09And we need the American people to show up and stand up and speak up and partner with us.
14:15And we're going to get through this moment. We're going to end this national nightmare.
14:19The Democrats sounding off and at one point singing off against the Trump administration's
14:24actions. But is the party all talk when it comes to its response to the White House? Plus this.
14:30I think the president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state.
14:35I mean, and he has said that based on what he was told by the previous prime minister,
14:39who said Canada can't survive unless it treats the U.S.
14:42story closely. It's a widespread power outage, and it is causing chaos across Spain and Portugal.
14:49They are experiencing blackouts in their subway networks. Traffic signals are out.
14:55ATMs aren't working for millions. And these outages are being looked into as power restoration
15:00efforts are currently underway. We're still waiting on updates. The Portuguese National
15:05Cyber Security Center says there are no signs of a cyber attack but affecting so many right now.
15:14I just like him to keep his eye on the ball and not get distracted by little things.
15:19Continue to work toward making things more affordable for the middle class.
15:23Please be more nonpartisan. Keep the money in our country.
15:27Go ahead with the tariffs because they're going to work.
15:29He needs to figure out a way to bring us back together.
15:34Voters voicing their opinion on President Trump as he moves at breakneck speed to implement his agenda,
15:39marking the most consequential first 100 days of an American presidency since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
15:45Kayleigh McGee-White is a senior fellow for the Independent Women's Forum and a Steve Boat Institute
15:49fellow. Richard Fowler is a Fox News contributor. So it's all anyone's talking about. Forget this week.
15:56All the way through the last couple of months is the first 100 days of the presidency, like
16:00drinking from a fire hose. People using the old cliche, but that's what it's like. And Democrats
16:05don't seem to know how to respond. There was that sit-in over the weekend on the steps of the Capitol
16:11attracted, in that particular case, five Democrats sitting there. Meantime, AOC and Bernie Sanders are
16:16getting 30,000 people out to there. So, I mean, from the Democratic standpoint, what has this 100 days been like?
16:23Look, I think there's definitely Democrats that are bewildered by what the Trump administration has
16:27done. I think if you zoom out for a minute and take yourself outside of the Beltway and outside
16:31of Washington, D.C., what you actually see happening on the ground is action. On Thursday,
16:36which is May Day, a day that commemorates the eight-hour work week, which were what labor unions
16:40fought to commit to to get an eight-hour work day. Wouldn't that be nice?
16:44Yeah, what we do. I wish we had eight-hour work day here. But all right, because we work and we
16:48cover the news. But what you see happening on this coming Thursday is, folks, there's 1,000 actions
16:53taking place across the country in all 50 states. People, teachers, nurses, firefighters, community
16:59members are saying, we're coming together because we want to protect social security. We want to
17:02protect Medicaid. We want to protect Medicare. We also want some of the things that we see happening
17:07in the Beltway to stop. We think the ideal of firing half of the Department of Education is not a good
17:12ideal. That's what those folks are saying. And hopefully, what folks on Capitol Hill will listen
17:17to the ground a little bit more, right? Because I think the missing element for the Trump administration
17:21in this moment has been and continues to be, they seem to pass a lot of executive orders,
17:27him is signing them very quickly. But the one element missing is the permanency that comes with
17:31passing legislation from the United States Congress that says, we're going to make cuts and we're going
17:35to make these cuts permanent. And they don't seem to do that. Trump seems unwilling to work with
17:38the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue. That's problematic.
17:40That's one thing that Roosevelt did in his first 100 days, which adds a little bit of contrast. But
17:45when it comes to what the Trump administration is doing, all this Democratic criticism and
17:49hand-wringing about immigration. So what does the Trump administration do? It puts the mugshots of
17:54a hundred criminal illegal aliens on the north lawn of the White House. And that really kind of sticks
18:00a pin in all the Democratic balloon of complaining about this.
18:03Well, and he's capitalizing on his best issue. Polling has been very consistent over the past several
18:08months that a large majority of Americans, including Democrats, support Trump's effort
18:12to deport illegal immigrants, regardless of whether they've been accused of violent crimes.
18:16And what Democrats are doing, whether it's by flying to El Salvador to advocate for an alleged
18:21gangbanger or going to bat for a judge who is credibly accused of helping an illegal alien evade
18:26arrest while his alleged victims of domestic abuse were inside the courtroom. What they are doing
18:32is they are making it clear to the American people that they have no choice but to continue supporting
18:38Trump and Republicans on immigration, because Democrats have made it clear that they will
18:42implement and support a lawless open borders agenda, regardless of what voters want at this point.
18:48And that is why, regardless of what the approval ratings say, regardless of how Trump pulls on these
18:52other issues, this is the one issue that is going to continue to destroy Democrats at the ballot box.
18:58It is an existential issue for many, many voters who wouldn't even consider themselves Trump supporters.
19:04Speaking of destroying people at the ballot box, Donald Trump may have done that to Pierre
19:07Paulieva, who was hoping to become the next Canadian prime minister under the conservative banner.
19:13But it doesn't appear that so that's going to happen. Look at this Angus Reid Institute poll.
19:181230. This was December 30th. The conservatives were leading the liberals 45 to 16 percent.
19:23That is completely turned around. Now the liberals are leading the conservatives 44 to 40 percent.
19:28Donald Trump tweaking Justin Trudeau has now given more momentum to the liberal party of Mark Carney,
19:35who's the leader, causing Pierre Paulieva, who probably would have been more of a friend
19:40than Donald Trump, certainly than Mark Carney, to say, President Trump, stay out of our election.
19:44The only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians at the ballot box.
19:47Canada will always be a proud, sovereign and independent nation, and we will never be the 51st state.
19:53Today, Canadians can vote for change so we can strengthen our country, stand with our own two feet,
19:56and stand up to America from a position of strength. I mean, he kind of killed this guy who might have been a good friend.
20:04Uh, yes. And I, unlike the president, I won't put my finger on the scales of the Canadian election. Not that I can,
20:10but I do think it's important to think about why we are talking about the Canadian election on this American broadcast.
20:15And the reason is, is because Trump has put the American, uh, Canadian politics front and center because of what I would call a wobbly trade policy.
20:23And a wobbly trade policy that will have a unique impact on the American people. It's worth pointing out that 93%, um, of you.
20:30Uh, we, we, we import 93% of like, we were the highest, we take a lot of electricity from Canada, including in states like, uh, Michigan, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Maine.
20:40Yeah. And it's going to be real impact to the American people. We're talking about home heating.
20:44We're talking about your, you know, your PlayStation four. And so when we think about how we do trade in this country, and if there's an unbalanced trade relationship, what are the ramifications of this trade policy going for farther?
20:56Does it impact people at home? Does it impact their television? Does it impact their stoves?
21:00But the Canadian trade policy was so unfair to the United States. You had to hit a quota, but once you hit that quota, the tariffs were sky high. They were triple digit.
21:09And then president Trump was simply saying, you got to level the playing field. You're a northern neighbor. You're a good friend. There's, there's open trade literally between the two countries, but it's gotta be fair.
21:18Right. And I'm sure that Democrats will continue to blame Trump for whatever happens in the Canadian election. But the only question that actually matters here is if more than a decade of failed governance in Canada is not enough to trigger change, then it doesn't really matter what Trump does say or does not say.
21:34The fact of the matter is Canada's GDP has been on the decline for years now. Its standard of living is falling well below other advanced economies. Decline is a choice. Donald Trump cannot make that choice for the Canadian people.
21:45They have to either own it or they have to join Americans in doing what we did last November and reject it.
21:51You can't have it both ways. We got to run. But one thing, but Donald Trump can't say that the USMCA is the best trade deal ever and then try to break that trade deal four years later.
21:59He can say whatever he wants. Which is what you see happening right now.
22:02Do you think that the status quo on trade has been working for the vast majority of Americans?
22:05I think when the sitting president of the United States says that the trade deal I passed in my last administration is the best trade deal ever, he cannot come now in and say, I don't think that's a good trade deal anymore. I think that's disingenuous.
22:13A whip. But that's the beauty of being president, right? You can see whatever you're like.
22:17But as what I used to live in Canada, we used to say another day, another 67 cents. Now this.
22:25But we're going to be cutting taxes and it's possible we'll do a complete tax cut because I think the tariffs will be enough to cut all of the income tax.
22:34Whoa, you've got our attention. President Trump teasing a big tax shakeup. What it means for your income taxes. We'll dig in next.
22:41Plus, House Republicans racing to finalize President Trump's so-called big, beautiful bill by Memorial Day.
22:47Can they beat the ticking clock? Our economic panel, Robert Wolf and Steve Moore weighing in, coming up next.
22:56President Trump promising a, quote, tremendous tax cut, teasing big savings once his tariff revenue kicks in.
23:02Fox Business' Ed Lawrence at the White House. And who could see some financial relief here, Ed?
23:07Yeah, we're talking about anybody, the president saying, who makes $200,000 or less would see a significantly reduced tax bill or eliminate taxes altogether.
23:16He's floating that idea. Now, the money is not totally all in the bank, so to speak here.
23:20The latest monthly Treasury report does show that there's an increase of 32 percent from March of last year to March of this year in the amount of tariffs taken in.
23:29This is before, data before the April 2nd reciprocal tariff announcement. Still, some Republicans on Capitol Hill want to make sure that these numbers all work out.
23:38We want to implement President Trump's agenda. I know there's a lot of things he's talked about.
23:45You know, now he's talking about no income tax, anybody earning under $200,000, no income tax on tips, overtime, et cetera.
23:55Those things cost money. And so we're going to have to find the ways to pay for that because we can't continue to borrow and we can't continue to increase the nation's debt.
24:04So revenue is coming in from the tariffs. President has already put in place.
24:09The White House saying that they are looking at 18 deals now because of those tariffs.
24:13Administration sources telling me that there has not been an announcement because these will be larger trade deals, not just over tariffs.
24:20And those kind of trade deals take a little bit longer.
24:25There's no holdup. We're working around the clock. The trade team is working all day.
24:29I was on the phone late last night with Secretary Lutnick.
24:32I was on the phone this weekend as well with Secretary Bessett.
24:35I mean, the entire team is working 24 seven to get these trade deals done.
24:39And I think you'll be hearing more about them this week.
24:43Well, President Trump feels like Japan is close to a trade deal, but we have no official list of who those 18 countries that put paper on the table are.
24:51John. All right. Hopefully we'll find out soon.
24:54Ed Lawrence Forrest from the White House. Ed, thank you.
24:56All right. So moments from now, President Trump is set to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
25:01And it comes as House Republicans are gearing up to push through this big tax bill.
25:06Let's bring in Fox News contributor and former Obama economic adviser Robert Wolf and former Trump economic adviser Steve Moore.
25:12Steve, I'll start with you first.
25:13I mean, I can't imagine there's anything bigger than this as it pertains to the economy and Republicans and policy right now.
25:20What say you? Yes, Sandra, there is no room for failure here, because if this doesn't happen, if something, if they hit a snag and they can't get it done, you're talking about probably the biggest tax increase in American history.
25:33And Republicans would kiss kiss goodbye any chance of holding on to Congress in that situation.
25:38So they've got to get it done. I'm a little frustrated, frankly, Sandra, that it hasn't been done already.
25:43It's not really that complicated. Just extend all of Trump tax cuts, some of the things that he campaigned on, like no tax for tips and some of these other issues.
25:52Get it done. One other quick thing.
25:54If he can do that and maybe get that bill by Memorial Day and then also if the reports are correct, that they're getting close to some of these major trade deals.
26:04I don't know how Robert feels about it, but I think you could see a real boom in the stock market.
26:08All right, Robert, your name has been invoked.
26:12Yeah, I mean, first of all, I agree with Steve.
26:15If I was advising the president, I would not have started with across the board tariffs.
26:19I would have had some targeted tariffs, but I would have started with the tax, the tax, Trump tax cuts.
26:26Listen, I think it's going to get done, but it's going to be bumpier than we think.
26:30The one smart thing that Congress did is the Senate can pass it through reconciliation.
26:36So they only need 50 votes. But getting even 50 votes is going to be a little difficult.
26:40On the Republican House side, you're going to have some Freedom Caucus, you know, that are still fiscal conservatives.
26:46There aren't many left, but those who are won't like that.
26:49This adds about four plus trillion.
26:52And so they're going to want to know what the pay-fors are.
26:54And then when you get to the pay-fors on things like Medicaid and SNAP programs or, you know, the loophole for hedge funds and things like that,
27:04then you kind of go back to the Senate and you got to think about, can you hold the three votes you need?
27:09I would actually say that's going to be a little more difficult when you're hitting the social safety net.
27:14People like Medicaid, especially in the red states.
27:17So I think it's going to be bumpy. I think they'll get it passed.
27:20I don't think they'll get it passed by Memorial Day.
27:23And it won't be exactly what an extension.
27:26I actually think, you know, some of the high earners may actually go back to the pre-tax, Trump tax cuts.
27:32But I think the low earners will hopefully get a lot of things that help them, you know, during these tough and volatile times.
27:40Well, to think that they could move something so massive and not have a bumpy road to get there would be a dream.
27:47But, Steve, I want to play out Trump's words on these tariffs.
27:50He's suggesting that this is going to take care of our debt crisis. Listen.
27:54Now, we have a lot of debt that's been left to us, you know, unfortunately, over many years.
27:59We'll take care of that. But the tariffs, if people only understood the tariffs, we're going to be giving people of this country a tremendous tax cut.
28:10And we're going to start with people making less than $200,000 a year.
28:14I mean, on that note, you've got folks' attention, Steve.
28:17I mean, you start talking about a tax cut at that income range and people are listening.
28:22I see Robert shaking his head. Steve, to you first.
28:24Well, I love the idea of lowering income taxes and tariffs are taxes.
28:31That's something everybody agrees with me and Robert and everyone.
28:34So it raises revenues. How much revenues they can raise, Sandra, I don't know.
28:39I don't I kind of doubt they'd be able to raise enough revenue from these tariffs to completely eliminate the income tax.
28:45But I like the idea of using whatever revenues are raised from the tariffs to lower tax.
28:50I'd lower tax rates for everybody, by the way. And so we will see one other quick thing on the Medicaid issue, because this has been the number one talking point of Democrats.
28:59And look, I agree with Robert.
29:02We shouldn't be cutting people's benefits if they're eligible for the program, Sandra.
29:06But we're spending, according to the government's own auditors, $140 billion a year on fraudulent payments.
29:13So Republicans have to basically say, we're not cutting your benefits.
29:16We're just getting the people who aren't eligible for the program off the program.
29:19OK, so as far as his approval rating, I want to finish off with this.
29:25This is President Trump's job approval rating on taxes.
29:28Thirty eight percent approved. Fifty three percent disapproved.
29:31This is Fox News polling. Thirty eight percent on the economy approved.
29:35Fifty six percent disapproved. Thirty three percent on inflation.
29:38We know this was huge in the election. Fifty nine percent disapproved.
29:42But Scott Bessett had a very important message as the 100 day mark approaches on all of that.
29:49Listen, from this morning, we've got a three legged stool here.
29:53It's trade, it's taxes, deregulation.
29:56President Trump has come out of the box roaring.
30:00I mean, this is something new for the American people.
30:02We're going to continue to make the U.S. the best destination for capital in the world.
30:05And that's something new might be that, you know, the short term pain people are feeling reflected in the polls.
30:12But will they hang in there, Robert, to see what is promised as long term gain?
30:20Yeah, let me be quick here. I mean, one, Steve knows a a tariff is a tax on the consumer.
30:26Yes, it brings revenues, but it's not a tax cut to the consumer.
30:30So that's just not true. And Steve's actually written about that, as has Kevin Hassett.
30:35With respect to the three legged stool, I think with short term pain, you're seeing it in the polls.
30:41People would don't know really what's going on.
30:44Things are actually some of the prices are going up, some are going down.
30:47This is not actually the immediate, you know, great, you know, great economy with that that the president spoke about.
30:54Actually, half the economists thinks we're going into a recession.
30:58That's the note you're ending on? Steve, give us something.
31:00One quick thing, Sandra, just one thing, you know, Scott Besson also made a really important point that two weeks ago, every newspaper headline was like the worst month ever for the stock market.
31:10This is a disaster. And look, the last two weeks, the market's been back up again.
31:15And now nobody in the media is covering that story.
31:18I wonder if they're a little biased. Fair enough.
31:20It's it's back. The Dow's back to just below 40,000.
31:23Well, OK. The point is that the whole government approach, you've heard that from the press secretary, you know, it's as to your point.
31:31This is not an overnight thing. And I think, Robert, you've even conceded that as well.
31:36So we'll see where it all goes. I'm income tax cuts.
31:39You've got people's attention for sure. Thanks, guys. All right.
31:42Thanks. Bye.
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