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ICYMI: Trump’s Full Speech to Globalist World Economic Forum in Davos.

President Donald J. Trump made a virtual appearance at the globalist World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, drawing battle lines by emphasizing national sovereignty, rejecting its climate agenda, and threatening the European Union (EU) on trade.

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PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much, Klaus [Schwab]. And hello to everyone in beautiful Davos.

This has been a truly historic week in the United States. Three days ago, I took the oath of office, and we began the golden age of America. The recent presidential election was won by millions of votes and all seven — every one of them — all seven swing states. It was a massive mandate from the American people like hasn’t been seen in many years. And some of the political pundits, even some of my so-called enemies, said it was the most consequential election victory in 129 years. That’s quite nice.

What the world has witnessed in the past 72 hours is nothing less than a revolution of common sense. Our country will soon be stronger, wealthier, and more united than ever before, and the entire planet will be more peaceful and prosperous as a result of this incredible momentum and what we’re doing and going to do.

My administration is acting with unprecedented speed to fix the disasters we’ve inherited from a totally inept group of people and to solve every single crisis facing our country.

This begins with confronting the economic chaos caused by the failed policies of the last administration. Over the past four years, our government racked up $8 trillion in wasteful deficit spending and inflicted nation-wrecking energy restrictions, crippling regulations, and hidden taxes like never before. The result is the worst inflation crisis in modern history and sky-high interest rates for our citizens and even throughout the world. Food prices and the price of almost every other thing known to mankind went through the roof.

President Biden totally lost control of what was going on in our country but, in particular, with our high-inflation economy and at our border. Because of these ruinous policies, total government spending this year is $1.5 trillion higher than was projected to occur when I left office just four years ago. Likewise, the cost of servicing the debt is more than 230 percent higher than was projected in 2020.

The inflation rate we are inheriting remains 50 percent higher than the historic target. It was the highest inflation probably in the history of our country. That’s why, from the moment I took office, I’ve taken rapid action to reverse each and every one of these radical left policies that created this calamity — in particular, with immigration, crime, and inflation.

On day one, I signed an executive order directing every member of my Cabinet to marshal all powers at their disposal to defeat inflation and reduce the cost of daily life. I imposed a federal hiring freeze, a federal regulation freeze, a foreign aid freeze, and I created the new Department of Government Efficiency.

I terminated the ridiculous and incredibly wasteful Green New Deal — I call it the “Green New Scam”; withdrew from the one-sided Paris Climate Accord; and ended the insane and costly electric vehicle mandate. We’re going to let people buy the car they want to buy.

I declared a national em- — energy emergency — and it’s so important — national energy emergency to unlock the liquid gold under our feet and pave the way for rapid approvals of new energy infrastructure. The United States has the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we’re going to use it.

Not only will this reduce the cost of virtually all goods and services, it will make the United States a manufacturing superpower and the world capital of artificial intelligence and crypto.

My administration has also begun the largest deregulation campaign in history, far exceeding even the record-setting efforts of my last term.

In total, the Biden administration imposed $50,000 in additional regulatory costs on the average American household over the last four years. I have promised to eliminate 10 old regulations for every new regulation, which will soon put many thousands of dollars back in the pockets of American families.

To further unleash our economy, our majorities in the House and Senate — which we also took, along with the presidency — are going to pass the largest tax cut in American history, including massive tax cuts for workers and family and big tax cuts for domestic producers and manufacturers. And we’re working with the Democrats on getting an extension of the original Trump tax cuts, as you probably know by just reading any paper.

My message to every business in the world is very simple: Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on Earth. We’re bringing them down very substantially, even from the original Trump tax cuts. But if you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then, very simply, you will have to pay a tariff — differing amounts, but a tariff — which will direct hundreds of billions of dollars and even trillions of dollars into our Treasury to strengthen our economy and pay down debt.

Under the Trump administration, there will be no better place on Earth to create jobs, build factories, or grow a company than right here in the good old USA.

Already, American’s economic — and you can see this, I think, maybe even in your — in your wonderful, wonderful room that you’re all gathered together — so many of my friends — but, Americans, the economic confidence is soaring like we haven’t seen in many, many decades, maybe not at all.

Upon my election, it was just announced that small-business optimism skyrocketed by 41 points in a single month. That’s the highest ever. There’s never been anything like that.

SoftBank has announced between a $100 and $200 billion investment in the U.S. economy because of the election result. And just two days ago, Oracle, SoftBank, and OpenAI announced a $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure. Other companies, likewise, have announced billions and billions and billions — adding up to trillions — of investment in America, in the United States.

And it’s also reported today in the papers that Saudi Arabia will be investing at least $600 billion in America. But I’ll be asking the crown prince, who’s a fantastic guy, to round it out to around $1 trillion. I think they’ll do that because we’ve been very good to them. And I’m also going to ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down the cost of oil. You got to bring it down, which, frankly, I’m surprised they didn’t do before the election. That didn’t show a lot of love by them not doing it. I was a little surprised by that.

If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately. Right now, the price is high enough that that war will continue. You got to bring down the oil price; you’re going to end that war. They should have done it long ago. They’re very responsible, actually, to a certain extent, for what’s taking place — millions of lives are being lost.

With oil prices going down, I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately. And, likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. Interest rates should follow us.

All over, the progress that you’re seeing is happening because of our historic victory in a recent presidential election, one that has become quite well known throughout the world.

I think a lot of things are happening to a lot of countries. They say that there’s light shining all over the world since the election. And even countries that we aren’t particularly friendly with are happy because they understand what — there is a future and th- — how great the future will be.

Under our leadership, America is back and open for business. And this week, I’m also taking swift action to stop the invasion at our southern border. They allowed people to come in at levels that nobody has ever seen before. It was ridiculous. I decided a — and declared to dec- — to — to do — and very, very importantly — a national emergency on our border; immediately halted all entry of illegal border crossers, of which there were many; and began properly returning the illegal trespassers back to the place from which they came.

That action, as you’ve probably seen, has already started very strongly. I have deployed active-duty U.S. military and National Guard troops to the border to assist in repelling the invasion. It was really an invasion. We will not allow our territory to be violated.

After four long years, the United States is strong and sovereign and a beautiful nation once again. It’s a strong, sovereign nation.

In addition, I’m pleased to report that America is also a free nation once again. On day one, I signed an executive order to stop all government censorship. No longer will our government label the speech of our own citizens as misinformation or disinformation, which are the favorite words of censors and those who wish to stop the free exchange of ideas and, frankly, progress. We have saved free speech in America, and we’ve saved it strongly.

With another historic executive order this week, I also ended the weaponization of law enforcement against the American people — and, frankly, against politicians — and restored the fair, equal, and impartial rule of law.

My administration has taken action to abolish all discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion nonsense — and these are policies that were absolute nonsense — throughout the government and the private sector. With the recent, yet somewhat unexpected, great Supreme Court decision just made, America will once again become a merit-based country. You have to hear that word: merit-based country.

And I’ve made it official — an official policy of the United States that there are only two genders, male and female, and we will have no men participating in women’s sports, and transgender operations, which became the rage, will occur very rarely.

Finally, as we restore common sense in America, we’re moving quickly to bring back strength and peace and stability abroad. I’m also going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to 5 percent of GDP, which is what it should have been years ago — it was only at 2 percent, and most nations didn’t pay until I came along; I insisted that they pay, and they did — because the United States was really paying the difference at that time, and it’s — it was unfair to the United States. But many, many things have been unfair for many years to the United States.

Before even taking office, my team negotiated a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East, which wouldn’t have happened without us, as I think most of the people in the room know. Earlier this week, the hostages began to return to their families. They are returning, and it’s a beautiful sight. And they’ll be coming in more and more. They started coming back on Sunday.

Our efforts to secure a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine are now, hopefully, underway. It’s so important to get that done. That is an absolute killing field.

Millions of soldiers are being killed. Nobody has seen anything like it since World War II. They’re laying dead all over the flat fields. It’s a flat field — farmland, and there’s millions of Russians and millions of Ukrainians. Nobody’s seen anything like it since World War II. It’s time to end it.

And here in America, we have big events coming up. Next year we have the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. I’m so honored to be president during that. That’s been a big event. They’ve been talking about it for 10 years. We also have the World Cup, and I understand Gianni — Gianni is in the room — Infantino. He was very instrumental in helping us get it — he’s there with you someplace, I think — and I want to thank him for that.

And then we have the Olympics coming up, which I was instrumental in getting, also, in my first term. And who would have known that by skipping a term, I would get the Olympics? I was upset. I said, “You know, I got the Olympics to come and I won’t be president.” But it turned out, through a stroke of luck or whatever you might call it, that I’m going to be president during the World Cup and the Olympics and the 250th

anniversary. So, that’s going to be three big events.

And we’ve accomplished more in less than four days — we have really been working — four days — than other administrations have accomplished in four years, and we’re just getting started. It’s really an amazing thing to see, and the spirit and the light over our country has been incredible.

Under the last administration, our nation has suffered greatly, but we are going to bring it back and make it greater, bigger, stronger, better than ever before.

I want to thank everybody for being with you. I would have been there myself, except the inauguration was two days ago. I thought it might be a little bit quick to make it the first stop, but we’ll get there one day. We hope to get there.

But I — I do appreciate — I heard the audience is fantastic, and many of my friends are in the audience. And I will be taking questions now from some very distinguished people.

Thank you all very much. (Applause.)

MR. BRENDE: Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. President, for that very powerful speech, and I think you could hear the applause all the way from Davos to the White House. But next year, it will be even better, because then you can get the applause here in Davos. So, we wish you welcome to our village next year. We hope to see you.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.

MR. BRENDE: So, we also know, Mr. President, that you open up for interaction here. We have a great panel with some of the most distinguished businesspeople in the world.

Let me start with someone that you know really well, that I think is almost a neighbor of you in Mal-a- — in — in Florida, Mr. Steve Schwarzman, chairman, CEO, and cofounder of Blackstone Group.

So, Steve, floor is yours.

MR. SCHWARZMAN: Well, Mr. President —

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Steve.

MR. SCHWARZMAN: — I’m sure the crown prince of Saudi Arabia will be really glad you gave this speech today. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: I hope so.

MR. SCHWARZMAN: You’ve had the busiest four days that anybody can imagine, and congratulations for that.

And my question is — is about some of the things I’ve observed here at Davos. It’s a terrific forum. I’ve met lots of people, as usual. I think I’ve been here 30 years. And a lot of the European businesspeople have expressed enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the EU, and they attribute slower growth rates here because of numerous factors, but especially because of regulations.

And you’ve taken a completely different approach in this area. And if you could explain the theory of what you’re doing, how you’re going to do it, and what you expect the outcome to be, I’d appreciate it.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. And congratulations, Steve — you’re a friend of mine — but on a great career. You have had an amazing career and continues. So, I just want to congratulate you. Very inspirational to a lot of people.

I want to talk about the EU, because you mentioned specifically that I’ve also had a lot of friends and leaders of countries. I’ve gotten to know them all my first term and a little bit during this period of four years and know them well, like them a lot, but they’re very frustrated because of the time everything seems to take to get approved — environmental impact statements for things that you shouldn’t even have to do that, and many, many other ways that it takes.

And I’m going to give you a quick little example. I w- — in the private life, my beautiful private life — before I had all these things happening — the world is a little different — I had a nice, simple life. You knew that.

But when I had that simple life, I did projects, and I had a big project in Ireland, and it had to get approval on something that would have made it even better. And I got the approval from Ireland in a period of a week, and it was a very, very, very efficient, good approval.

And they informed me, though, “The problem is you’re going to have to get it from the EU, and we think that’ll take five to six years.” And I said, “You have to be kidding.” And this was before politics. And I said, “Wait a minute. It’s not that important. I don’t want to go five or six years.” But it would have been a big investment. It would have been nice, and it would have been good for the project.

And I sent the people to the EU to see if they could speed it up, and basically it was a five- or six-year wait just to get a simple approval that Ireland gave me in a period of, literally, not much more than a week.

And I realized right then — that was the first time I really was involved with the EU, but I realized right then, that’s a problem, and I didn’t even bother applying to do it, and — or if I did, I pulled it very quickly. I don’t wa- — I have to be very accurate, because I don’t want to be criticized. “He did apply, actually.” No, I want to be very accurate. So, I don’t think I did, but if I did, I pulled it very quickly. It was just something you — you couldn’t wait five years or six years to get an approval.

So, a lot of — in a very big business sense, a lot of people are — are claiming that’s the problem.

From the standpoint of America, the EU treats us very, very unfairly, very badly. They have a large tax that we know about and — a VAT tax — and it’s a very substantial one. They don’t take our far- — essentially, don’t take our farm products and they don’t take our cars. Yet, they send cars to us by the millions.

They put tariffs on things that we want to do, like, for instance, I think they actually — in terms of these are noneconomic or nonmonetary tariffs, and — and those are very bad, and they make it very difficult to bring products into Europe, and yet they expect to be selling and they do sell their products in the United States.

So, we have, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars of deficits with the EU, and nobody is happy with it. And we’re going to do something about it, but nobody is happy with it. So, I think the EU has to speed up their process.

Friends of mine that are in some of the nations within the EU, great people, they — they want to be able to compete better, and you can’t compete when you can’t get — go through the approval process fast. There’s no reason why it can’t go faster.

So, you know, I’m — I’m trying to be constructive, because I love Europe. I love the countries of Europe. But the process is a very cumbersome one, and th- — and they do treat the United States of America very, very unfairly with the VAT taxes and all of the other taxes they impose.

One other — just to finish up, I got a call from the head of a major airline, one of the biggest airlines in the world. And he said, “Sir, could you help us?” “What?” “Landing in Europe is brutal. They charge us fees for everything, and it’s so unfair.” I said, “How does it compare to China?” He said, “It’s — it’s much worse.”

And the other thing, as you know, they took court cases with Apple, and they supposedly won a case that most people didn’t think was much of a case. They won $15 or $16 billion from Apple. They won billions from Google. I think they’re after Facebook for billions and billions.

These are American companies. Whether you like them or not, they’re — they’re American companies, and they shouldn’t be doing that. And that’s — as far as I’m concerned, it’s a form of taxation.

So, we have some very big complaints with the EU.

Thank you.

MR. BRENDE: Tha- — thank you very much, Mr. President. We’ll now go to one of your friends in the EU, Patrick Pouyanné. He’s the chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies.

I guess you have a question ready, Patrick, for the president.

MR. POUYANNÉ: Mr. President, as we understand, energy is at the top of your agenda, and it’s an honor for me to represent the energy industry tonight in this panel. TotalEnergies is indeed the fourth largest oil and gas and electricity company in the world.

I will not ask you a question about the oil price. It’s quite clear what you expect from us. I will more go to gas more. And we, our company, is the largest, number one exporter LNG from the U.S. company. We are a strong contributor to and we invest in mammoth LNG projects in Texas, $20 billion. It’s far from $200, but it’s $20 billion. And we contribute with that to security of supply to Europe as we export this LNG to Europe.

Some experts fear that if there are too many projects developed in the U.S. on LNG, this could have an inflat- — inflationary impact on the U.S. domestic gas price, and they recommend a pause on these projects.

I would ask you the following question: What are your views on — about such a pause on investments on LNG in the U.S.? What would happen if you would observe an increased domestic gas price because of these exports? And final question, which is important for Europe: Would you agree to guarantee security of supplies of U.S. LNG to Europe?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, on the last part of your question, yes, I would. I would make sure that you get it. If we make a deal, we make a deal; you’ll get it. Because a lot of people do have that problem. They make a deal, and then it can’t get supplied because of war-type problems and other problems. So, we would absolutely do that.

LNG is very interesting, because when I took office for the first term, one of the first things I looked at was two — there were two very massive plants in Louisiana, a state that has been very good to me. I won it by many, many points, and

I felt strongly indebted to it, actually.

And they said there are two plants that have been under environmental consideration for more than 10 years, and they were costing — as you say, you know how expensive those plants are — but they were costing like $12 billion and, I think, $14 or $15 billion. But they couldn’t get their permits. It was — they were in review for years — many, many years — like a decade or more.

And I said, “So ridiculous.” I know so much about that, because in the construction industry, I had to go through it too, but I got good at it after a while.

But I — I went — I saw the projects, and you’re talking about a total investment of $25 to $30 billion, and it looked like it was going to end. They couldn’t get their permits, and I got them done in less than a week. It was done, completed.

In fact, when they called them to announce that it was done, the countries — largely countries — Japan was involved and — and another country and some very big investors — they couldn’t believe it. They actually couldn’t believe it.

And I said, “Just do yourself one favor. Don’t pay any consultants, because the only one that got it done was me.” I got it done because it was the right thing to do for the U.S. and for the world, but the consultants had nothing to do with it, you know? The consultants go in and they say, “Give us millions of dollars because Trump did it.” Nobody called me about it. I just heard it was a problem for years, and I got it done because it was the right thing to do for the U.S. and the right thing to do for beyond. It had to do with energy — very important.

So, I think it’s very important. I think the — the — you know, I disagree with one. I think the more that you do, the lower the price is going to go. And what I’d like to see is rapid approvals.

We’re going to give very rapid approvals in the United States, like with the AI plants, talking to — many people want to build them. That’s going to be a very big thing.

We’re going to build electric generating facilities — they are going to build. I’m going to get them the approval. Under emergency declaration, I can get the approvals done myself without having to go through years of waiting.

And the big problem is we need double the energy we currently have in the United States — can you imagine? — for AI to really be as big as we want to have it. Because it’s a very competitive — it will be very competitive with China and others.

So, I’m going to give emergency declarations so that they can start building them almost immediately.

And I’m — I’m — I think it was largely my idea, because nobody thought this was possible. It wasn’t that they were not smart, because they’re the smartest, but I told them that what I want you to do is build your electric generating plant right next to your plant as a separate building, connected. And they said, “Wow, you’re kidding.” And I said, “No, no. I’m not kidding.” You don’t have to hook into the grid, which is old and, you know, could be taken out. If it’s taken out, they wouldn’t have any way to get any electricity.

So, we are going to allow them to go on a very rapid bas- — basis to build their plant — build the electric generating plant. They can fuel it with anything they want, and they may have coal as a backup. Good, clean coal.

You know, if there were a problem with a — with a pipe coming in — as an example, you’re going with gas — oil or gas — and a pipe gets blown up or, for some reason, doesn’t work, there are some companies in the U.S. that have coal sitting right by the plant so that if there’s an emergency, they can go to that short-term basis and use our very clean coal.

So, that’s something else that a lot of people didn’t even know about. But nothing can destroy coal — not the weather, not a bomb — nothing. It might make it a little smaller, might make it a little different shape. But coal is very strong as a backup. It’s a great backup to have that facility, and it wouldn’t cost much more — more money.

And we have more coal than anybody. We also have more oil and gas than anybody.

So, we’re going to make it so that the plants will have their own electric generating facilities attached right to their plant. They don’t have to worry about a utility. They don’t have to worry about anything. And we’re going to get very rapid approvals.

MR. BRENDE: Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. President. We’ll now go to another CEO that you know very well: Brian Moynihan, the CEO and chair of Bank of America.

MR. MOYNIHAN: Good afternoon, Mr. President, and congratulations — an obviously eventful week for you and your family.

If you remember, five years ago, you came here and we walked among 150 CEOs from all over the world, and you engaged with them about your policies and your procedures.

This year, you’re not here. And yet this week was eventful, from the orders that you mentioned earlier — literally a wave of orders coming out on immigration, on trade, and many other matters.

And so, as a representative of the United States here,

we got a lot of questions about what does all this mean and how would the president square this with his clear focus on growth, prosperity, market gro- — stock market growth, a good bond market, and bringing down prices.

So, how do you think about the impact of all these orders and how fast they come out and how you’re going to balance them with that scorecard of being successful on both contan- — continuing GDP growth, bringing down inflation, and also having a good stock price appreciation for the American citizen?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think it’s going to actually bring down inflation. It’s going to bring up jobs. We’re going to have a lot of jobs. We’re going to have a lot of companies moving in.

You know, Brian, we’re at 21 percent. It was at 40 percent, and I got it down to 21 percent — the corporate tax. And it was — actually, if you look at state and city, it was, in many cases, much higher than 40 percent. I got it down to 21 percent. And now we’re going to bring it down from 21 to 15 percent if — this is a big “if” — if you make your product in the U.S.

So, we’re going to have the lowest — just about the lowest rate. It will be — the 21 is on the low side worldwide; the 15 is about as low as it gets, and by far the lowest of a large country — a large, you know, rich, powerful country — by far, not even a contest.

So, we’re going to bring it down to 15 percent if you make your product in the USA. So, that’s going to create a — a tremendous buzz.

We’re also probably going back to the one-year deduction, where we deduct — you know, we — we did that originally, and that was amazing what — the impact that that had, the one-year deduction, which built up over a period of time and then it expires. But we’re going to go back to that when we do the renewal of the Trump tax plan.

We have to get Democrats to approve it. But, you know, if the Democrats didn’t approve it, I don’t know how they can survive with about a 45 percent tax increase, because that’s what it would be. And so, I think they’re going to b- — w- — we’ve been working along with them pretty well.

I think it’s very hard for a political group to say, “Let’s charge people 45 percent more.” So, I think we’re in good shape.

But we’re actually doing a reduction for business and small businesses, where you’re going to b- — bring it down to 15 percent, which is really something.

And, by the way, speaking of you — and you’ve done a fantastic job — but I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives, because many conservatives complain that the banks are not allowing them to do business within the bank, and that included a place called Bank of America. This conserve- — they don’t take conservative business. And I don’t know if the regulators mandated that because of Biden or what, but you and Jamie and everybody, I hope you’re going to open your banks to conservatives, because what you’re doing is wrong.

MR. MOYNIHAN: Mr. President —

MR. BRENDE: (Inaudible.)

MR. MOYNIHAN: — I’ll say that your friend Gianni was — said hello — told me tell you hello, and we look forward to sponsoring the World Cup when it comes, both this summer for the club and next year. So, thank you for getting that for the United States.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Brian.

MR. BRENDE: Thank you, Mr. President. We’ll now go to Ana Botín. She’s the executive chairman of Banco Santander, one of the big European banks and also in the U.S.

So, Ana.

MS. BOTÍN: Mr. President, congratulations on a historic victory.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.

MS. BOTÍN: I believe you don’t know me as well as my fellow panelists, so a few words. Santander is one of the largest banks in the world by number of customers, 170 million. That’s more than my friend Brian or my friend Jamie have. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: Wow.

MS. BOTÍN: And those — (applause) —

MR. MOYNIHAN: If they fix the regulation (inaudible).

MS. BOTÍN: That’s coming. That’s coming.

MR. BRENDE: That was cheeky. (Laughter.)

MS. BOTÍN: We are — we are a big investor in the United States. We have many million customer, 12,000 employees. We’re one of the largest auto lenders, and we recently launched a fully digital bank called Openbank.

We strongly believe banks have a pivotal role in the economy, and we can accelerate growth and help many more customers. That’s what we do in the United States. So, as Brian pointed out, we very much welcome your focus on deregulation and reducing bureaucracy.

So, my question is: What are your priorities in this regard, and how fast is this going to happen? Thank you very much.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think it’s going to — thank you and congratulations. I know very much about your bank, and you’ve done a fantastic job. Congratulations.

We are going to move very quickly. We’ve moved very quickly. We’ve done things in the last three days that nobody thought were possible to do in years. And it’s all taken — it’s all taken effect. It’s going to have a huge impact on the economy, a huge positive impact. Money was being wasted on crazy things.

I mean, the Green New Deal was such a total disgrace — what — what — how that was perpetrated. And it was conceived of by people that were average students — less than average students, I might add — and never even took a course in energy or the environment. It was just a game. Remember, the world was going to end in 12 years? Remember that? Well, the 12 years has come and gone. It was going to end. It was going to all foam into earth. But, you know, the time has come.

The — these people — and they — they really — they really scared the Democrats large- — I can’t say the Republicans. Republicans maybe could have fought harder to stop it, but it’s been a tremendous waste of — a tremendous waste of money.

You know, during my four years, we had the cleanest air, we had the cleanest water, and yet we had the most productive economy in the history of our country. We had the most productive economy. Until COVID came, we had the most productive in the history of our country, by far.

And — and actually, you could look worldwide, we — we’re — we were beating everybody from China to everybody else. So — and we think we really — now, with what we have learned and all of the other things that have taken place, we think we can even far surpass that — a- — actually, far, far surpass it. But we do — one thing we’re going to be demanding is we’re going to — be demanding respect from other nations.

Canada. We have a tremendous deficit with Canada. We’re not going to have that anymore. We can’t do it. It’s — it’s — I don’t know if it’s good for them. As you probably know, I say, “You can always become a state, and if you’re a state, we won’t have a deficit. We won’t have to tariff you, et cetera, et cetera.”

But Canada has been very tough to deal with over the years, and it’s not fair that we should have a $200 billion or $250 billion deficit. We don’t need them to make our cars, and they make a lot of them. We don’t need their lumber because we have our own forests, et cetera, et cetera. We don’t need their oil and gas. We have our — we have more than anybody.

So, you know, just as an example, with Mexico — we’re dealing with Mexico, I think, very well. And we’re just — you know, w- — we just want to be treated fairly with other nations, because there’s hardly a nation in the world — and I blame this on us, and I blame it on politicians that for some reason — and probably mostly it’s stupidity, but you could also say other reasons, but mostly stupidity — they’ve allowed other nations to take advantage of the U.S. And w- — we can’t allow that to happen anymore.

You know, we have debt. It’s a very small debt when you compare it to value — the value of the assets that we have, but we don’t want to do that. We want to just have debt be obliterated, and we’ll be able to do that fairly rapidly. And a lot of good things are going to happen.

And — and honestly, good things are going to happen for the world, and good things are going to happen for the people that are dealing with us — allies and beyond allies.

One thing — very important — I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon and get that war end — ended, and — and that’s not from the standpoint of economy or anything else. It’s from the standpoint of millions of lives are being wasted. Beautiful, young people are being shot in the battlefield. You know, the bullet — a very flat land, as I said, and the bullet goes — there’s no — there’s no hiding. And a bullet — the only thing going to stop the bullet is a human body. And you have to see — I’ve seen pictures of what’s taken place. It’s a carnage.

And we really have to stop that war. That war is horrible. And I’m not talking economy, I’m not talking economics, I’m not talking about natural resource. I’m just talking about: There’s so many young people being killed in this war, and that’s not including the people that have been killed as the cities are being, you know, knocked down building by building. So, we really should get that stopped.

Likewise, in the Middle East, I think we’ve made a lot of progress in the Middle East, and I think that’s going to — that’s going to come along pretty well.

Thank you very much.

MR. BRENDE: Thank you, Mr. President. We know that most consequential relationship in the world is between the U.S. and China. U.S., 28 percent of the global economy; China close to 20. That’s almost half of the global GDP.

And we know that you called President Xi Jinping last Friday. We heard that you had a good discussion.

How do you see the relationship between the U.S. and China in the next four years under your leadership?

THE PRESIDENT: He called me. But I see it very good. I think that we’re going to have a very good relationship. All we want is fairness. We just want a level playing field. We don’t want to take advantage. We’ve been having massive deficits with China. Biden allowed it to get out of hand. He’s — $1.1 trillion deficit. It’s ridiculous, and it’s just an unfair relationship.

And we have to make it just fair. We don’t have to make it phenomenal. We have to make it a fair relationship. Right now, it’s not a fair relationship. The deficit is massive, as it is with other countries — a lot of Asian countries, actually. But we have deficits that are very big, and we can’t keep doing that, so we’re not going to keep doing that.

But I like President Xi very much. I’ve always liked him. We always had a very good relationship. It was very strained with COVID coming out of Wuhan. Obviously, that strained it. I’m sure it strained it with a lot of people, but that strained our relationship. But we always had a great relationship, I would say, and we look forward to doing very well with China and getting along with China.

Hopefully, China can help us stop the war with, in particular, Russia-Ukraine. And they have a great deal of power over that situation, and we’ll work with them.

And I mentioned that with — during our phone conversation with President Xi, and hopefully we could work together and get that stopped.

We’d like to see denuclearization. In fact, with President Putin, prior to a — an election result, which was, frankly, ridiculous, we were talking about denuclearization of our two countries, and China would have come along. China has a — a much smaller, right now, nuclear armament than us or field than us, but they’re — they’re going to be catching it at some point over the next four or five years.

And I will tell you that President Putin really liked the idea of — of cutting way back on nuclear. And I think the rest of the world, we would have gotten them to follow. And China would have come along too. China also liked it.

Tremendous amounts of money are being spent on nuclear, and the destructive capability is something that we don’t even want to talk about today, because you don’t want to hear it. It’s too depressing.

So, we want to see if we can denuclearize, and I think that’s very possible. And I can tell you that President Putin wanted to do it. He and I wanted to do it. We had a good conversation with China. They would have been involved, and that would have been an unbelievable thing for the planet.

And I hope —

MR. BRENDE: Mr. President, when you’re —

THE PRESIDENT: — it can be started up again.

MR. BRENDE: — back here in Davos next year, will — will there be then a peace agreement with — with Ukraine and Russia by then?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, you’re going to have to ask Russia. Ukraine is ready to — to make a deal.

Just so you understand, this is a war that should have never started. If I were president, it would never have started. This is a war that should have never, ever been started. And — and it wasn’t started during my — there was never even talk about it. I knew that it was the apple of President Putin’s eye, but I also knew that there was no way he was going in, and he wasn’t going to go in.

And then, when I was out, bad things happened, bad things were said, a lot of stupidity all around, and you end up with what you have. Now you have all these bombed-out cities — they look like demolition sites — with many people killed.

I think the — the thing that you’ll see about Ukraine is that far — far more people have died than is being reported. And I’ve seen that. But far, far more people have died.

When you look at a city that’s become a demolition site, where big buildings have been collapsed by missiles hitting them and everything else, and they say, “One person was slightly injured.” No, no, many people were killed. Those are big buildings. I was surprised at how — that was my business. These are buildings that go two and three blocks long. They’re 20 stories high. They’re big, powerful buildings. Then they were knocked down, and there were a lot of people in those buildings. They had announced that two people were injured. That’s not true. So, I think you’re going to find that there were many more people killed in Ukraine and the Ukraine war than anybody has any idea.

But if you look now, so many of the — the people being killed are soldiers just facing each other with guns, rifles, and drones — the new form of warfare — drones. And it’s a very sad thing to see.

And when you see pictures of the fields that I see, nobody wants to see it. You’ll never be the same.

MR. BRENDE: Thank you very much, Mr. President. On behalf of all the 3,000 participants here in Davos, we really, really underline that joining us, the third day in your presidency, live, taking questions here, it’s so appreciated. And we are already ready for receiving you next year in person.

So, thank you very much, and all the best from Davos. (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.)

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The Supreme Court Is Reviewing Transgender Sports Bans.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court will review state bans on transgender athletes’ participation in school sports amid two cases in Idaho and West Virginia.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. Supreme Court, West Virginia, Idaho, West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, and the Trump administration.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women’s Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX.” — West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey

🎯IMPACT: The enforcement of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, may become more stringent depending on how the Supreme Court rules. The position of the Trump administration and several conservative-led states is that forcing women and girls to compete with biological males who identify as transgender is discriminatory.

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided to review state bans on transgender athletes participating in public school sports. Oral arguments will be heard this fall regarding two cases in Idaho and West Virginia focused on state laws that prevent biological males from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams.

West Virginia enacted the “Save Women’s Sports Act” in 2021, but a lower court ruling allowed a transgender athlete who goes by Becky Pepper-Jackson to compete in cross country and track teams. In April 2024, the US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Pepper-Jackson.

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey said of the Supreme Court review in a statement, “It’s a great day, as female athletes in West Virginia will have their voices heard,” He added, “The people of West Virginia know that it’s unfair to let male athletes compete against women; that’s why we passed this commonsense law preserving women’s sports for women.”

“We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women’s Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX,” McCuskey added. “And most importantly: it protects women and girls by ensuring the playing field is safe and fair.”

Raul Labrador, the Attorney General for Idaho—where a similar law protecting women’s sports from transgenders has also been blocked by judges—also expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court review, saying, “Idaho’s women and girls deserve an equal playing field.” He added, “For too long, activists have worked to sideline women and girls in their own sports. Men and women are biologically different, and we hope the court will allow states to end this injustice and ensure men no longer create a dangerous, unfair environment for women to showcase their incredible talent and pursue the equal opportunities they deserve.”

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Trump Admin Moves to Build Waterborne Barrier in Rio Grande Swiftly.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem signed a waiver to allow for the construction of a waterborne barrier on the southern border in Texas.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Secretary Kristi Noem, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Construction planned in the Rio Grande River, Cameron County, Texas, with awards expected by the end of Fiscal Year 2025.

🎯IMPACT: The barrier aims to close capability gaps, deter illegal crossings, and create safer conditions for border agents.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has signed a waiver for the rapid construction of around 17 miles of waterborne barrier in Texas. The barrier will be built in the Rio Grande River in Cameron County, Texas, within the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector, to help combat human and drug traffickers.

The RGV Waterborne Barrier Project has been solicited and is planned for award by the end of Fiscal Year 2025, using U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) FY 2021 appropriations. This marks the sixth waiver signed by Secretary Noem for border barrier construction projects along the southern border.

Addressing a capability gap in waterways along the Southwest border, CBP has identified the need for waterborne barriers to combat drug smuggling, human trafficking, and other illegal activities. These barriers are also intended to create safer conditions for patrolling agents and deter illegal crossings through hazardous waterways.

The Secretary’s waiver authority, granted under Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, allows DHS to bypass certain legal requirements, including environmental laws, to expedite the construction of these physical barriers and roads.

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The New York Times Finally Admits Trump Was Right About Migrant Gangs in Colorado.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The New York Times has finally admitted that President Donald J. Trump was right in his claims about the violent illegal immigrant crime crisis that plagued the city of Aurora, Colorado, in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The New York Times, President Donald J. Trump, illegal immigrants from Venezuela, Tren de Aragua, residents of Aurora, Colorado, and journalist Ted Conover.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Aurora saw a series of violent crimes perpetrated by illegal immigrants between 2023 and 2024, with the NYT acknowledging Trump was correct on July 3, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “[T]heir refusal to acknowledge the violence that some residents were seeing with their own eyes came off not as reassurance but as erasure,” writes Ted Conover, describing Democrat lawmakers and the corporate media who waved off the incidents of violent illegal immigrant crime in Aurora in 2024.

🎯IMPACT: The issue of illegal immigrant crime became a major presidential campaign issue for Trump, with his administration subsequently enacting a sweeping nationwide crackdown on those in the country unlawfully.

IN FULL

The New York Times has finally acknowledged that President Donald J. Trump was right about the illegal immigrant Venezuelan gangs that have plagued residents in Aurora, Colorado. In a sprawling exposé, author and journalist Ted Conover details a violent series of incidents perpetrated by illegal immigrants believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, that became a core focus of President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

Conover admits that, at the time, the corporate media and Democrat politicians ignored the city’s illegal immigrant gang crisis, writing, “[T]heir refusal to acknowledge the violence that some residents were seeing with their own eyes came off not as reassurance but as erasure.” Notably, the NYT itself ran a story with the headline, “How the False Story of a Gang ‘Takeover’ in Colorado Reached Trump” and waved away the crisis, stating: “The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city’s fight with a landlord.”

While city officials in Aurora had been engaged in a protracted battle with CBZ Management—a Brooklyn, New York-based landlord company—over sanitation and blight conditions at three apartments along East Colfax Avenue, these issues appear only tangentially connected to the spike in violent crime perpetrated by illegal immigrants at the complexes. Speaking with several former residents of the CBZ Management properties in Aurora, Conover details incidents that far exceed the claims made by Trump during the election.

While a video of a group of young male Venezuelan illegal immigrants brandishing firearms and breaking into a residential unit at the Edge at Lowry apartment complex last year garnered some corporate media attention, the details surrounding the incident and the frightening extent of criminal activity were largely ignored. Notably, while the illegal immigrants appeared to leave after briefly entering the apartment unit, they subsequently confronted the resident, Oswaldo José Dabion Araujo, outside the complex and shot and killed him. “It looked like Beirut, with bullet holes in the front,” a local pastor said, describing the state of the property after a wave of illegal immigrants, mostly young men in their twenties, arrived from Venezuela in late 2023.

In addition to the murder of Dabion Araujo, the three apartments owned by CBZ Management saw other violent assaults. In one incident, a man and a woman arguing in a parking lot outside one complex were attacked by a group of illegal Venezuelans, ending with the man being shot several times in the leg. Other residents reported illegal immigrants stealing motorcycles and riding them through the hallways of the buildings. All three properties were plagued with drug dealing, theft, and prostitution.

Two Venezuelan nationals appear to have controlled a bulk of the criminal activity in at least one of the apartment buildings. Brothers Jhonnarty and Jhonardy Pacheco Chirinos ran what Aurora Police now believe was a local affiliate of Tren de Aragua, financing their gang operations through—among other things—the theft of items from a nearby Walmart. Both brothers have subsequently been arrested.

While President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has begun to turn the tide—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in Colorado are up over 250 percent—Aurora is still seeing some violent incidents. In June, the city’s Chief of Police, Todd Chamberlain, publicized a new video of an apartment break-in perpetrated by illegal immigrants believed to be members of a gang. “This might sound like déjà vu,” Chamberlain said at the time, adding: “This is something that we are proactively addressing with everything that we can.”

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Federal Judge Rules Trump Can Deport Boulder Terror Suspect’s Family.

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WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge ruled that the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, accused of a firebomb attack on pro-Israel demonstrators, can be deported.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mohamed Sabry Soliman, his wife, five children, U.S. District Court Judge Orlando Garcia, and Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack took place on June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. The ruling was issued on Wednesday, July 2.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This horrific act of terror has now claimed the life of an innocent person who was beloved by her family and friends.” – Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty.

🎯IMPACT: The ruling clears the way for the family’s deportation while Soliman faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder and federal hate crime violations.

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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian illegal alien accused of a firebomb attack on peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, can be deported. U.S. District Court Judge Orlando Garcia rejected the Soliman family’s lawsuit to halt their removal, stating that the Trump administration followed proper legal procedures for deportation.

The decision overturned a temporary stay issued last month by Biden-appointed Judge Gordon Gallagher. Soliman’s wife and five children had sought to block the expedited deportation process, but Garcia ruled he lacked jurisdiction to grant their request.

The case stems from a June 1 terror attack, where Soliman allegedly threw Molotov cocktails and used homemade flamethrowers against elderly participants in a “Run for Their Lives” event supporting Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023. The attack injured 29 people, eight of whom were hospitalized with burns. Karen Diamond, an 82-year-old victim, died from her injuries this week.

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty called the attack a “horrific act of terror” that took the life of a beloved community member, vowing to seek justice for the victims. Following Diamond’s death, prosecutors upgraded two of Soliman’s charges from attempted murder to first-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence without parole if convicted.

Federal prosecutors charged the 45-year-old Egyptian with a 12-count indictment, including nine hate crime violations and three counts related to using fire or explosives during a felony. The indictment claims Soliman targeted the demonstration due to its support for Israeli hostages, with witnesses reporting him shouting anti-Zionist phrases like “How many children you killed” and “They are killers.”

Soliman entered the U.S. legally on a tourist visa in 2022, which expired in February 2023. Despite his unlawful status, the Biden government granted him work authorization in March 2023. After the attack, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained his wife and five children. Their deportation is expected to proceed in the coming weeks, pending any appeals.

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EPA Places 144 Deep Staters on Leave for Signing Anti-Trump Letter.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed 144 officials on leave after they signed a public letter criticizing the agency’s direction under the Trump administration.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, 144 EPA officials, and over 400 current and former government employees who signed the letter.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The action was taken on Thursday at the EPA, which employs over 15,000 staff nationwide.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We have a ZERO tolerance policy for agency bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the agenda of this administration,” said Lee Zeldin.

🎯IMPACT: The decision underscores the administration’s commitment to enforcing its policies and sends a message to fifth-column staff.

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The 144 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees who signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration’s reorganization of the agency and shift in its policies have been placed on leave. Sent to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin earlier this week, the letter accused the agency of sidelining environmental protections and undermining public trust. Among the complaints leveled was the EPA’s abandonment of far-left progressive environmental justice initiatives.

Speaking on the matter, Zeldin emphasized that the majority of EPA employees remain committed to implementing the Trump White House’s agenda, describing the letter as the product of a small minority. “We have a ZERO tolerance policy for agency bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the agenda of this administration as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” Zeldin said in a statement.

“Unfortunately, a small number of employees signed onto a public letter, written as agency employees, using their official work title, that was riddled with misinformation regarding agency business,” Zeldin stated, adding: “Our ZERO tolerance policy is in full force and effect and will be unapologetically implemented unconditionally.”

The letter, signed by more than 400 current and former government officials, listed five primary concerns, including claims that the EPA is ignoring science, gutting environmental justice initiatives, and fostering a “culture of fear.” However, only 144 signatories were identified as active EPA employees, with the rest being former Biden government appointees, retirees, or individuals from other agencies who signed anonymously or under pseudonyms.

Since taking office, Zeldin has focused on rolling back regulations he argues are overburdensome and harm economic growth, while targeting wasteful green spending programs introduced during the Biden government. The National Pulse has previously reported that under Zeldin’s leadership, the agency uncovered a $14 billion scheme that saw taxpayer dollars funneled by the Biden-era EPA to an external account with Citibank, which disbursed the funds to three Democrat-aligned environmental nonprofits. Notably, one of the nonprofit groups, which received $2 billion in grants, is affiliated with Georgia election denier Stacy Abrams.

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Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Has Been Arrested by ICE for Alleged Cartel Ties.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been arrested and is facing “expedited removal” from the U.S. over allegations of cartel involvement in his home country.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., son of legendary three-weight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Sinaloa Cartel.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Chavez Jr. was arrested on Wednesday, July 2, as announced by DHS on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Under President Trump, no one is above the law—including world-famous athletes,” said DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

🎯IMPACT: Chavez Jr. faces deportation proceedings from the United States.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., a well-known Mexican boxer and son of the legendary three-weight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., has been arrested by U.S. immigration authorities over alleged ties to Mexican organized crime. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Thursday that Chavez Jr. is being processed for “expedited removal” from the United States.

“Under President Trump, no one is above the law—including world-famous athletes,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said. According to DHS, Chavez Jr. has “an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives.”

The arrest was carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday. Federal officials state that Chavez Jr., originally from Mexico’s Sinaloa region, is allegedly linked to the infamous Sinaloa Cartel. In February this year, the Sinaloa Cartel was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by President Donald J. Trump.

Notably, the boxer legally entered the United States in 2023 on a B2 tourist visa, which expired in February of last year. Subsequently, on April 2, 2024, Chavez Jr. filed for Lawful Permanent Resident status, citing his marriage to a U.S. citizen. “Chavez’s application was based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, who is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel through a prior relationship with the now-deceased son of the infamous cartel leader Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman,” DHS revealed.

“On December 17, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made a referral to ICE that Chavez is an egregious public safety threat,” the department noted, adding: “However, an entry in a DHS law enforcement system under the Biden administration indicated Chavez was not an immigration enforcement priority.” According to the arrest announcement, Chavez Jr. re-entered the United States on January 4, 2025, and was paroled by the Biden government. The Trump administration determined on January 27, 2025, that the boxer had made “multiple fraudulent statements on his application to become a Lawful Permanent Resident,” making his continued U.S. residency unlawful.

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Farage: Rock Legend Rod Stewart’s Surprise Endorsement Shows ‘Millions’ Are Now Thinking Differently.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Rock legend Rod Stewart has endorsed Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, with the Trump ally expressing surprise and praising Stewart’s performance at the Glastonbury Festival.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nigel Farage, Rod Stewart.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Farage made his comments on British radio on July 3.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Politically, I never would have expected him to say that, but I think he’s reflecting what many millions of the country are reflecting.” — Nigel Farage

🎯IMPACT: The endorsement shows a broadening acceptance and support for Reform UK among celebrities and mainstream figures as the party leads in many national polls.

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Nigel Farage has praised rock legend Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury set as the highlight that “saved” the festival, following a storm of controversy over an anti-Semitic and anti-British performance aired live by the BBC. Stewart closed the weekend’s Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage, joined by fellow icons Lulu and Ronnie Wood.

Farage took aim at the BBC for broadcasting punk-rap artist Bob Vylan’s set, during which he led the crowd in chanting “Death, death to the IDF” and performed a song including the lyrics, “I heard you want your country back? Shut the f**k up… you can’t have that!”

Farage said Stewart’s classic set that brought a sense of unity and relief: “Thank goodness, at the end, for Lulu and Rod Stewart! That sort of saved the whole thing, didn’t it, really?” The Reform Party leader also expressed surprise that Stewart had endorsed him and his party, saying it was not something he expected.

“Politically, I never would have expected him to say that, but I think he’s reflecting what many millions of the country are reflecting,” he said. Stewart expressed his support during an interview, saying, “We’re fed up with the Tories. We’ve got to give Farage a chance. He’s coming across well.”

Farage also slammed the BBC’s handling of the Bob Vylan incident, questioning why the broadcaster, with 400 staff on-site, failed to cut the controversial stream. “They should have used the delay, which they could have done quite comfortably,” Farage said. “Why did no one exercise any discretion at all?”

The BBC has since admitted fault, saying: “The team were dealing with a live situation but with hindsight we should have pulled the stream during the performance. We regret this did not happen.”

Meanwhile, Bob Vylan has been dropped by the UTA talent agency in the wake of the performance. President Donald J. Trump’s administration has also revoked the duo’s visas, meaning they cannot perform in the United States.

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This European NATO Member Just Started Drafting Women.

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WHAT HAPPENED: Mandatory military conscription has been introduced for women as well as men in Denmark, with all over-18s required to enroll in a national service lottery.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Danish Armed Forces, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, and Chief of Defense General Michael Wiggers Hyldgaard.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Effective immediately for young women turning 18, across Denmark.

💬KEY QUOTE: “[G]et used to the fact that every citizen capable of bearing arms, and not just men, is obligated to contribute to the defense of the fatherland. – Danish Armed Forces.

🎯IMPACT: The policy expands the recruitment base for Denmark, a NATO and European Union (EU) member, at a time when the West is increasingly close to open conflict with Russia.

IN FULL

Men and women in Denmark are now subject to equal conscription requirements, as the government expands its mandatory military service program in response to what it describes as a deteriorating security situation in Europe.

Young women turning 18 on or after this week will receive “invitations” to attend a military base on Denmark’s national ‘defense day’ for assessment. If deemed fit, they will be entered into a lottery, and those selected will be legally obligated to serve. Previously, conscription applied only to men.

The Danish Armed Forces described the inclusion of women as a “historic change” and warned Danes to “get used to the fact that every citizen capable of bearing arms, and not just men, is obligated to contribute to the defense of the fatherland.” Additionally, chronic health conditions such as diabetes and asthma no longer automatically disqualify individuals, with assessments now tailored to specific roles within the military.

The length of mandatory service will now be more than twice as long, increasing to 11 months. This will include five months of training followed by six months in active service. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen emphasized the seriousness of the European security situation, stating, “A broader basis for recruiting that includes all genders is needed.”

Denmark joins other European nations in revisiting conscription policies. Sweden reinstated the draft in 2017 and included women, citing Russian aggression as a key factor. Norway became the first NATO member to conscript women in 2013, while Germany is reconsidering its decision to end conscription in 2011. The United Kingdom has also faced recruitment challenges, with former Defense Minister Ben Wallace expressing admiration for Sweden’s model.

European states are also now looking to spend more money on their militaries, with many responding to pressure from U.S. President Donald J. Trump to pull their weight more by pledging to increase spending to required NATO minimums or higher. Germany, in particular, has promised billions of dollars towards rearmament amid the ongoing tensions with Russia.

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BREAKING: ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Passes the House, Heads to Trump’s Desk.

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WHAT HAPPENED: House Republicans have adopted a final version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which passed the chamber largely on a party-line vote. The legislation enacting much of President Donald J. Trump’s domestic policy agenda will now head to the White House for the America First leader’s signature.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, House Republicans, Vice President J.D. Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

📍WHEN & WHERE: The procedural vote to advance the bill began Wednesday evening and concluded early Thursday morning in the U.S. House of Representatives, clearing the way for the legislation’s final passage.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Trump was directly engaged, as he always is, and that was very important.” – House Speaker Mike Johnson.

🎯IMPACT: The bill extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and fulfills other economic promises, including Trump’s no tax on tips, overtime, and social security campaign pledge. The passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” marks a significant political victory for the America First leader.

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House Republicans voted to adopt the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on Thursday largely along party lines, following delays that began on Wednesday evening. The landmark legislation enacts much of President Donald J. Trump’s domestic policy agenda; extending his 2017 tax cuts, fulfilling his campaign pledge for no tax on tips, no tax on social security, no tax on overtime, and providing significant increases in funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The procedural vote began at approximately 9:30 PM on Wednesday and concluded at 3:20 AM on Thursday. Much like the bill’s passage in the Senate, Congressional leadership was forced to keep the floor vote open for an extended period as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Trump White House worked to flip five Republican holdouts.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke before the final vote, abusing party leaders’ right to unlimited debate time to ramble for close to nine hours. Vice President J.D. Vance noted that a Republican Congressman texted him, stating, “I was undecided on the bill but then I watched Hakeem Jeffries’ performance and now I’m a firm yes.”

Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) lauded President Trump’s involvement in securing the votes for the bill’s final passage. “Trump was directly engaged, as he always is, and that was very important,” Johnson said. He added that members sought assurances from Trump regarding the bill and future plans, which helped solidify support.

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Trump DOJ Targets Media-Tech Alliance in Antitrust Lawsuit.

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WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered a legal battle involving allegations that major media outlets and tech corporations coordinated to suppress independent journalism through the Trusted News Initiative (TNI).

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Plaintiffs include Children’s Health Defense (CHD), independent publishers, and reporters. Defendants include TNI participants such as the BBC, Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), The Washington Post, and tech firms like Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed in 2023, with the DOJ filing its notice of intent last week in federal court.

💬KEY QUOTE: The DOJ highlighted the CHD lawsuit’s focus on “anticompetitive collusion among competitors over product features” as of particular interest.

🎯IMPACT: The DOJ’s involvement could signal a shift in addressing anticompetitive practices and bolster the plaintiffs’ case against TNI.

IN FULL

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is entering a legal battle challenging an alliance between establishment media outlets and technology corporations accused of stifling independent journalism. According to the lead plaintiff, the Children’s Health Defense (CHD), the Trusted News Initiative (TNI)—a BBC-led international consortium that includes the likes of Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), and The Washington Post—unlawfully coordinated with technology companies to throttle independent media competitors by labeling their reporting as “misinformation” or “disinformation.”

In federal filings, the plaintiffs argue that the collusion between TNI and the technology industry constitutes a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, contending the scheme is an anti-competitive practice. While the lawsuit was initially filed in 2023, it languished in federal court until last week, when the DOJ indicated it would soon submit a statement of interest in the case. Notably, a statement of interest is a filing where the DOJ informs a court of its stance on a particular legal issue or argument. Specifically, the DOJ highlighted the CHD lawsuit’s focus on “anticompetitive collusion among competitors over product features” as of particular interest.

Mary Holland, the CEO of CHD, welcomed the Trump administration’s involvement in the case, which could help advance the lawsuit. Plaintiffs argue that the collusion between TNI and social media companies resulted in shadow bans and targeted content removals under the guise of fighting “disinformation.” The plaintiffs state these measures were aimed at restricting their media reach and ability to conduct business.

Founded by the BBC’s former Chief of Staff, Jessica Cecil, TNI publicly presents itself as an international coalition of media outlets, technology corporations, and social media companies working to counter “disinformation.” However, CHD and its co-plaintiffs contend that the organization’s true purpose is to protect the corporate media’s market monopoly, using anti-competitive practices to stifle independent news companies.

In court filings, they cite comments by figures close to TNI’s operations, like former BBC news controller Jamie Angus, who stated that independent media competitors had unleashed “a tidal wave of unchecked [reporting] that’s being piped out mainly through digital platforms.”

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