BONUS POD: Banning Gain of Function Research plus Trump's $1000 Self-Deportation Plan
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On our trade policies with Biden, we're losing $5 billion a day. How many groups can lose $5 billion a day? If you lose $5 billion one day, that's the end of that company, right? You're fired. He says, you're fired. Get out of here. So we essentially did that, and we have it down to a very low number. We're doing really well. Really well.

You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Tuesday morning. Welcome. It is the 47 Morning Update. Ben Ferguson with you. And I want to say, first off, for many of you that may be hearing this show for the first time, thank you for joining us. And make sure you hit that subscribe or

auto download button so you do not miss a single episode of the 47 Morning Update. Now we've got three big stories for you and the first one deals with your safety as Donald Trump has issued a major executive order restricting the funding for gain of function research.

I'll have all the details on this amazing moment in the Trump presidency on that in just a second. Up next, pro-immigration advocates losing their mind as Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security is now offering $1,000 in a free flight for illegal immigrants who self-deport. So why are they so against it? We'll have that for you in just a moment as well. And finally...

Donald Trump has a big week at the White House, meeting with Canada as well as talking with China on trade negotiations. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one. Common sense is back in the White House. We all know that. But now we have a president that's making sure that certain things that changed our world forever may never happen again. President Donald Trump is...

issuing a very important executive order restricting federal funding for research that involves a controversial field of scientific study known as gain-of-function research. Now, the research, which is also known as, quote, dual-use research, involves experiments

with viruses and other pathogens that have the potential to trigger a pandemic. Those studies could discover how infectious agents might become more transmissible or make people even sicker. This field has long been controversial because of fears that scientists could make a more dangerous pathogen in their lab that could get out and cause a pandemic.

Well, those concerns became a reality with COVID-19. And those concerns have led to many efforts over the years to more tightly monitor and control this type of gain-of-function research. Now, many didn't even know about gain-of-function research and what it actually meant until

COVID-19 pandemic hit. One theory for how the pandemic started says that the SARS COVID-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 spilled out of that Chinese Wuhan Institute of Virology. Don't worry. Our government at the time said, no, no,

no, that didn't happen. And Dr. Fauci was one of those involved. You may also remember that Dr. Fauci said that he wasn't funding gain of function research technology when in fact he absolutely was. And when I say he was funding it, it means your tax dollars were going exactly to that quote. Many people believe that gain of function research was one of the key causes of the COVID pandemic that struck us in the last decade. That's what the white house secretary will scarf said.

That is exactly what this executive order does. First of all, it provides powerful new tools to enforce the ban on federal funding of gain of function research abroad. It also strengthens other oversight mechanisms related to that issue and creates

an overarching strategy to ensure that biomedical research in general is being conducted safely. Many scientists have said, well, hold on a second. We need to weigh the evidence and understand that pandemics can happen and that

we can learn from them when they do happen. When the reality is, is, well, we know where this started. And it wasn't in China in a wet market. It was in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where they were doing gain-of-function research.

Now, according to the White House, the executive order would block any U.S. funding of gain-of-function research in countries of concern, such as China and Iran, as well as other foreign nations deemed to have insufficient research oversight. The order

also prohibits U.S. tax dollars from contributing to foreign research likely to cause another pandemic and also U.S. dollars in general. The order also, quote, empowers American research agencies to identify and end federal funding of

other biological research that could pose a threat to American public health, public safety, or national security. That according to the White House's own fact sheet on this issue in executive order. The order will quote, increase the safety and security of biological research without

impending U.S. innovation. The White House also issued statements from several top Trump administration officials who argued the funding restriction is, quote, necessary. The Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put it this way, saying, quote, I commend President Trump for his courage and his

This is a historic day, is what Dr. Jay Bhattachary, the director of the National Institute of Health, said. The conduct of this research does not protect us against pandemics. As some people might say, it doesn't protect us against other nations. There's always a danger in doing this research. It might leak out just by accident even and cause a pandemic.

It is crazy to think the entire nightmare was probably the result of some scientists messing with mother nature in a laboratory with technology is what the food and drug administration commissioner, Dr. Marty McCary said about Donald Trump's executive order. So at the end of the day, what you need to know is this, the

President knew there was a problem. He knew the gang of function research was out of control. He knew that your tax dollars should not be going to adversaries like China and Iran. And he's stopping it once and for all. Next, story number two. Media going crazy because they're actually having to cover

a brilliant idea from the Trump administration. The idea is to save American taxpayers money while also getting deportations underway in a very serious way with a large number of people self-deporting. How does it work? We're going to pay them to do it.

The Trump administration has now come out saying they are willing to pay $1,000 to an undocumented immigrant who self-deports. The Department of Homeland Security announced it will provide travel assistance and a $1,000 stipend to those who use the CBP Home app

to actually leave the United States of America. The Department of Homeland Security says we are intensifying our efforts to persuade unauthorized immigrants to self-deport by offering them the $1,000 stipend and the travel assistance. This will save Americans money. Now, the best part about this story is the fact that the media is actually having to cover it, and they don't know how to criticize it.

But they don't like it. CBS News putting a big story out there. And here's how they explained it to their audience. So, Willie, how would this actually work? Hey there, Julia. Good to be with you on this Monday afternoon. Well, the Trump administration is looking to deport migrants this way in large part because it would save the government money. That's part of the problem.

of the thinking here a a department of homeland security official explain that it cost about seventeen thousand dollars to find an apprehend a and a migrant who is undocumented here in the united states and deport them so uh... this could potentially save the government at thousands of dollars per person in the president spoke about this earlier today but what we thought we do is a self-deport we're going to pay each one a certain amount of

money and we're going to get them a beautiful flight back to where they came from and they have a period of time and if they make it we're going to work with them so that maybe someday with a little work they can come back in if they're good people if they're the kind of people that we want in our company industrious people that could love our country and if they're not they won't

Now, the way that migrants can sign up for this program is by using the CBP Home app. That is the app that was used under the Biden administration for migrants to register themselves here. So they could be the government could have information about them and their status here in the United States. But the Trump administration is using this.

as a way for migrants to not only register themselves but to self-deport as well. So the government looking to save some money here, looking to collect some information from those undocumented migrants. And I'll add that the effort to deport migrants has really been slowed by the courts. We've seen the Trump administration try to deport migrants in different ways using the Alien Enemies Act.

for instance. But this way in particular, quite a novel idea that the Trump administration is using, but one that they believe could save the government thousands of dollars per individual, Julia.

By the way, not thousands, tens of thousands of dollars per immigrant. Illegal. Let's just call them what it is. Illegal. Now, the left is just losing their mind. Pro-immigration advocates are slamming the Department of Homeland Security and the Trump administration offering this money. They are denouncing it and they're, quote, urging illegal migrants to...

to reject President Donald Trump's offer of $1,000 in the free airline ticket to leave the country. Quote, this opinion might be worse for people who take advantage of it. Claimed Aaron Reshulin, a pro-immigration advocate for the Immigration Council Advocacy Group. Quote, for people, illegal immigrants, in immigration court, it would likely mean a deportation order. For others not detained for deportation, it would abandon clear obligations

options for staying. So they're saying, dig in, don't take the bait, don't leave America. Stephen Miller putting out a tweet, putting it this way, the savings are as much as $1 million per illegal alien family given the long-term costs of free welfare and public support. And that is exactly why the Trump administration is now saying, we are willing to begin paying for the commercial flights of illegal aliens, but

who self-deport from the U.S., we will pay these aliens an additional $1,000 once they are confirmed to have left the country. The Department of Homeland Security telling Fox News it will save American taxpayers 70% as it currently costs DHS on average over $17,000 to arrest, detain, and deport someone from the U.S.,

while paying for self-removal flights, and the stipend is projected to cost just $4,500, and also will be safer for ICE and preserve their resources. Illegal aliens, here's the rules, must register on the CBP Home app and file their notice to leave the U.S. in order.

order to receive the financial assistance. And the stipend will only be paid once the alien is confirmed to have left the United States. And here is story number three. President Donald Trump is fresh off his 100 days in office, and now we are getting word that his administration has no plan to slow down in the coming weeks, months, or even years. This week, we're celebrating the most successful first 100 days of

Thank you.

ongoing talks as well between Russia and Ukraine and trade negotiations with foreign nations are also expected to continue heating up at the White House today. Now, the Canadian prime minister to visit the White House and a major point that they will be speaking about will be how they can work on their trade deal. Now,

Carney's Liberal Party emerged victorious in the nation's federal elections last week, and now they will discuss the 25% tariff imposed on goods from the nation sent to the U.S., and

and Trump's repeated urging that the U.S. northern neighbor become the 51st state. Yes, it's still kind of a joke. We are meeting as heads of our government, Carney said Friday of the upcoming meeting, and I'm not pretending that those discussions will be easy, he said.

Now, Trump added during his cabinet meeting with members on Thursday that he said it was important that America get a fair trade deal with Carney after Canada's elections and predicted they would have a, quote, great working relationship, saying he's going to

to come to the White House very shortly, within the next week or less, and everything will be on the table. We also are finding out there's some movement with China, as Beijing is evaluating trade negotiation offer as well. In fact, China's Commerce Ministry has now said publicly that they are in negotiations with the U.S. and that officials are, quote,

from the Trump administration to hold trade talks on the 145% U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. This is signaling it could be a very busy week of discussions if China accepts the offer. Quote, the U.S. has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China.

That coming from a new report from Reuters. So what is the president doing? Well, it's the art of the deal. He's attempting to use the talks to get a better deal for American taxpayers and also so that the world can go back to more of a normal trading capacity back and forth. Trump and the administration made it clear we're not going to be taken advantage of and neither will American workers. But we're willing to hold trade negotiations with China.

including the president saying on April the 8th that we are waiting for their call. It will happen. And the president said on NBC News' Meet the Press on Sunday that he will not drop the tariffs to bring China to the negotiating table. He said that is a non-starter. So the president's still holding firm, but saying we're more than ready to have a real talk about changing the way that America's been taken advantage of. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

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