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As I said, we do it all. We have been serving our clients in Texas and Louisiana for decades now we've grown old doing it. On today's report, among our topics, we take a look at the incoming second Trump administration and what to expect. They're already squabbling, aren't they about

who he his appointments are. Today's Dirty Little Secret looks into the meeting between Trump and Biden and relays how epic the session was when one considers the law fair Biden carried out against Trump, and it's unexpected ending, but I guess in the end everything's kumbai yah. Today's solution segment, you don't want to miss that. It's very important because our solution segments can offer ways for you to set

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on that later in the show. Right now, let's get to our report. So what's next on President elect Trump's agenda for his incoming administration. That's the question, you know, after being sworn in, the first expectation is probably going to be he's going to seal the border, and he's already talking about that, seal the border with Mexico, and shortly thereafter the beginning process of sending those who entered the US illegally to begin being sent back to those

countries they came here from. And this past week President Trump announced Thomas Homan, the former head of Immigration and Custom Enforcement, he's going to be the new so called US borders are simple answer about what happens to those people who come here illegally. They're going to go back to where they came from. Short answer, they're going home. Not but this is not going to be random, says

mister Holman. Rather, he's singling out a prior priority order that he's going to be on how he's going to be getting rid of those who are our public safety threats and national security threats, because he wants to get rid of those folks first, and then he's going to get the folks who just wandered in here, I guess, and then the next group could be sent back to where they came from. Are those who have already had due process and they've been ordered home and they stayed.

They've been ordered home by immigration judges, but they didn't leave. So it's being reported there will not be a mass reap of neighborhoods or concentration camps in this roundup of the big deportation that's coming of the illegals. Trump's plans going to involve targeted arrests and eventually work site enforcement operations. For this part, Trump says, this is going to be an organized process. But we must be compassionate, is what he's saying and carrying it out. So, you know, some

who came here illegally have US citizens as spouses. They've got US citizens as children too, and those brought here as children, you know, the so called dreamers, they should also be given consideration, President Trump says, rather than rather than just be deported to a country they know nothing about. The main thing President Trump is planning to do is make sure or those who come to the United States do so legally. He's going to enforce it as far

as deportation goes. No one wants to see crying children as their parents are being taken from them, and the Trump says that's not gonna happen. So I don't know what the overall plan is, but they're going to have an orderly process and the deportations, and of course they're going to rebuild that wall that Biden just let rust and sold for scrap. Unbelievable how the two parties cannot that can have such diverse opinions, and how one party can want to stand up and protect the United States

and the other party wants to just disseminate it. You know, the American public backs President Trump in his efforts to secure the border and in reducing the costs of carrying for the penniless illegals that come here, because they come here, they're going welfare. And that's your ax. Dollars, ladies and gentlemen, you paying, You write those checks, You send that money to the irs, and then they in turn funnel of the divide administration funnels too much of it out to

the illegals. That's not right. Most Americans have no problem and want the government to be responsible enough and that you know, we Americans that we don't care if we create a path to citizenship. But listen, most of us agree that it's vitally important to secure the water, make sure those who come here from foreign lands are coming here legally and intending, like so many from past centuries, are coming here to become part of the American nation. The key is they must come here ill legally to

be welcome. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, nothing at all wrong with that. The United States, after all, is mostly a nation of immigrants. Even the American Indians wandered across the frozen tundras between Asia and Alaska many centuries ago to inhabit the North American continent and what is today part of which today is the United States. But like so many other things, a lot of a lot remains to be seen how it's going to all

play out. Trump says we have to do something about it and called it a complicated subject because there are some human questions which get in the way of being perfect. But we also have to have a heart. And the key point has always been that immigrants are welcome, but they must come here legally. That's the deal, that's the rule. That this means a lot of them, the ones who claim to be here seeking asylum, will probably end up going back to Mexico and awaiting their hearings on the

other side of the border. That's what's going to happen. And the good news is Trump plans to bring illegal immigration under control, and he will do it despite the criticism of those Democrats who wanted to flood the country with illegals without screening out those who have no excuse for slipping across the border illegally and who come to do harm to the American people through continued criminal behavior, some of which includes kidnapping. Listen, you know, this is

a big problem. It's got to be brought under control. Some of the illegals that come here, they they kidnap children, they spring those children, They forced little girls and young children into prostitution, among many other things that happened when everything is out of control. Listen to me, carefully, Listen to me very carefully. We Americans need look no further than world history and the ways of immigrations which brought

down ancient civilizations elsewhere in the world. The good news this morning is that we now have a president, or an incoming president. He'll be there on January twentieth, the next year, not a year from now, but next just month from now. I guess as to say, two months from now, and an administration determined to secure our border. And he has said time and time again that he

wants to make America great again. So let's all hope that this is the outcome that that's happening, and it's going to begin a new era of prosperity for our country. And where we begin this morning's report, I sound like I'm in a relatively good mood because of everything, and it's all because President Trump is now our incoming president. Things seem under control, and I think the United States is in good shape.

find us anywhere on the internet. We're all over the place. The US House of Representatives, it's official, will now be controlled totally by Republicans, as those final votes came frickling in into Washington, d C. The last past week. And what does that mean. It means both the US House and the US Senate, and of course the White House will now have full control of the United States government

come January twentieth, that's not that far off. President Donald Trump enters his term with a full Republican controlled federal government from top to bottom, which is quite an outcome. And this means the Trump juggernaut come January will roll into Washington, DC in full control of the US government's legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government. Listen, it's a big deal.

It's a big deal, ladies and gentlemen. The last election was a complete repudiation of the socialist agenda because that's where the Democrats were leading us. Good news for Donald Trump and good news for we the people for the next two years, when once again the Senator how will have a GOP majority, and for the next two years, if Republicans close behind mister Trump, it should be an opportunity for the nation to recover from the despair of

what was the Biden administration. Boy, I thought we were going to lose it, did you? And for those freedom loving Americans out there, the next two years should be remarkable ones. That is, if the Republicans work together, don't start fighting with one another. To keep your fingers crossed. Trump's going to make some appointments. He's in the process of doing it, and the Republicans are already squabbling among themselves. They don't want Matt Gates to be the Attorney general.

Some of them don't, so let's hope they get there, get their act together, stop and think about it. Trump has got to do something about the Justice Department. He's going to do something about the FBI. The Justice Department had was becoming unjust and the FBI wasn't becoming a

police agency to protect the public. So keep your fingers crossed that the Republicans work together and they push forward what will be a big Trump agenda to make America great again and for successful maybe we can remain remain great for the next couple of decades and achieve Ronald Reagan's dream of being that shining city on the hill. Remember that's what he called the United States. Once again. This is and you've gotta believe me. I'm and I tell you this. This is the land of milk and honey,

which remains the envy of the world. We were losing it, ladies and gentlemen, but we were smart enough to hold it together, I guess, and put the right guy in charge in DC. Trump won, and that means the American people have spoken. We the people prefer peace and prosperity over war and poverty, but still are willing to fight instead of surrender. That sums it up. That's an American

for you. As the years race by and keep robbing us of our youthful optimism, it's nice to be getting it back again now that we've entered our senior years. You know, in a couple of weeks when we cut that Thanksgiving Turkey, we will have much to be thankful for because instead of looking into a future of gloom, we Americans now have the chance to see our America begin the process of regaining her strength and making a comeback into once again becoming the land of milk and honey.

At least I hope that's what happens. I had an uncle by marriage who was a who came to the United States. There's a uh from from Europe at the end of World War two, and he's always say to me, you don't know how good you have it. You live in the land of milk and honey. And he's right. So this Thanksgiving we we we we will have a lot to be thankful for and can look forward to

a Christmas season of joy and optimism. Really, just try to seize the moment right, even if you're having difficulty now right, if you're having difficulty, if you if you're out of work or you can't pay your bills, don't you know, don't despair. That's that's one thing I want to say to you. Don't despair. Having faith in the future is a wonderful thing in my way of thinking. So if you're presently down on your luck and gloomy, look up and be happy that better days are just

around the quarter. If you're already happy, be grateful. Your prosperity will continue as we the people beat back those who would seek to transform our government into yet another chapter of a socialist America because we did not stop them and make a comeback. But we did, we did.

Joe Biden is heading for the exit ramp, and like some Hollywood movie, Donald Trump is returning to take control of the country and boost opportunities for everyone to join in and rebuild the strength of this great nation of ours. That truly means we're going to go back to being that shining city on a hill, I believe it. We need to be thankful to Almighty God for his grace and benevolence on this land of ours where hope springs. The eternal and where poverty is only a tempt station

on the road to opportunity and success. Make no mistake about it, ladies and gentlemen. We have opportunity because we have the freedom to pursue life liberty, and we just have that freedom to have a better life because we have the freedom to pursue it. You know, when I look back on my own life in those days of yesteryear, when the odds seem stacked against my young family and myself, I realize now today the value of freedom and opportunity and what it brings to all all who embrace it.

You can't never give up on the United States. You can't give up on freedom. You can't really give up on it because this is the land of opportunity, and if you apply yourself and your dreams will all come true. You have to work for them, but you can accomplish it. You don't have to be born with that proverbial silver spoon in your mouth, because listen to me, opportunity is

all around you. Carpet d m Ladies and gentlemen. That's that's Latin for seize the day, I think, because happy days really are here again, or they're coming very soon. So what you have to do is just be golhead about it. The best is yet to come. And when those happy days when they get here, what I would hope you all would do. What we all have to do is hold on to them tightly and don't ever let them get away from us again. Now, I know we have all have up and downs in our lives,

you know, but eventually everything can work out okay. And that's the whole point that I'm trying that that's the message and trying to get across to everyone this morning. So be happy, don't worry. Be back after this.

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past shows anytime you want to. And outsigned for that segment of the show that we referred to as the dirty Little Secret because it always the goal of this segment of the show is to expose things that need to be exposed. And here we go. It was all Kumbai yah when incoming President Donald Trump met without going President Joe Biden this past week, but there was no meeting between First Lady Joe Biden and former First Lady

Milania Trump. Malania declined to meet with Missus Biden because of the way of the Biden administration treated Donald Trump last time around. And for all the subsequent lawfair the Biden administration launched against mister Trump over the last four years. Nonetheless, Biden invited the incoming mister Trump and the two presumably

had a cordial meeting. But all of that is behind us now, and Donald Trump has won back the laurels of victory, so to speak, and re enters the world stage as the American president come January twentieth, twenty twenty five. Who would have believed this outcome a few years ago. Of course, Biden should be as gracious as possible due to all the so called lawfair his administration through at

Donald Trump. Hey, listen, make no mistake about President Biden had every intention of locking up Donald Trump and throwing the key away when he launched an assault on mister Trump. From the moment he Biden assumed the presidency, that was what they wanted to do. They wanted to just take their political opponent, Donald Trump. Biden did lock them up, put them in a cage. I'm telling you, it's hard to believe. I mean, we're talking about the United States

of America. Well, Biden and Trump sat down together here a few days ago to discuss the passing of the presidency back to Trump from Biden, which in itself was

a remarkable event. Think about that, and like I said a while back, Hollywood could not have scripted such an event as has occurred when Trump was defeated four years ago and Biden launched an attack which if it had work, instead of the two having a friendly chit chat, Trump would have been sitting in a jail cell somewhere and walk Washington, d C. Instead of being sworn in for another term as President of the United States. Imagine that.

I doubt most of us realize how close we Americans came to seeing the complete collapse of the office of the presidency and perhaps another civil war. I mean, we could have been headed for another civil war. On how the presidency changed hands four years ago, when Biden was coming in and Trump was going out. That has often been said truth truth is stranger than fiction. And so we've had a transition of government and for the most part, our country moves ahead into a new era and face it.

The transition four years ago with Americans storming the US Capitol building and all the accopying chaos is going to be an event. His was will It was an event in US history that the history books will eventually write volumes about. Makes one wonder if all will go smoothly or off this coming January twentieth, when a triumphant Donald Trump returns to the Capitol and takes the office of the presidency back. Hope all moves peacefully when that day occurs,

and it probably will, at least, I hope so meantime. Meantime, the i Atollos and Iran and the petty despots around the world are now watching in fear as the powerful and mighty United States government resumes its status in the world. You know, one can almost hear the drums and bugles of the Hollywood production as if Trump is returning to power as Caesar did when he marched on Rome and

declared himself emperor a couple thousand years ago. But my imagination, when I think of things like that, it gets carried away with itself, and the transition is going to be cordial and peaceful. I guess a peaceful transition of power from Biden back to the back to the presidency Donald Trump.

But you can bet your bottom dollar that in the annals of history, the return of Trump to the US presidency has been a unique event and displays the undercurrent of freedom that still beats beats in the hearts of most Americans. We still, you know, we still have the will to stand up against injustice. Yes we do. But as they say on television, wait there's more. Yes, there will be more and more coming in the Trump administration and overhaul of the US military leadership is going to

be a big one. And by that I mean there's going to be a lot of new generals, generals and other high ranking officers. They might find themselves, the ones that are in power right now, like Milly and that crowd, they may find themselves removed or encouraged to step aside for younger, less less political military officers to lead our troops into future conflicts. Because I'm going to tell you, like it or not, there's bad people in the world

and our military is going to be called to action eventually. Again, you know it as well as I do. It's just wish that wasn't the case, but it is. We will subpot we will soon have a reinforced Donald Trump back at the Helm. So for the next several years, we're going to be okay, a wiser, more politically educated President Trump and one who is determined to lead our country back to its destiny of freedom and justice. All ladies and gentlemen, y'all of witness something amazing here, really, really,

really and truly. You have, you've, you've, you've, you've, it's it's it's it's been tremendous. That's it. So I guess we're a witness to to the resurrection of the United States of America, at least I hope so at this point. But unfortunately, you know, you know what they say. They say that history, that all of us mankind, history is

doomed to repeat itself. So while we feel that we're entering into the this new era after this past election, and everything's going to be everything's going to be good again, that's gonna happen. It's gonna be good for a while, But then unfortunately, it's gonna it's gonna fall back. It's gonna fall back down into to where it was. And that's the thing you have to guard against. You have to think about that, and you have to think about

your financial independence. You know what that means. Financial independence means you have the ability to meet your financial goals. I want you to listen to this show I want you to call us at Asset Growth Associates if you have questions about investing money. Four oh nine eight four oh sixty nine hundred. That's the phone number to call, and also the toll free number. If you live in far away places, you can dial one eight six six

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