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January 22, 2025
Jack Montgomery
War
World

Carrot and Stick: Trump Offers Warm Words to Russian People, But Warns of Economic War Unless a Peace Deal Is Done ‘Soon.’

President Donald J. Trump has expressed his love and admiration for the Russian people but warned he wants a peace agreement ending the “ridiculous” war in Ukraine soon. He has made it clear that there will be a significant escalation of the economic warfare against Russia unless progress on peace is made.

“I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin – and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX,” President Trump said in a statement published on his Truth Social platform.

“We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process,” he continued—referencing a point of pride and sometimes irritation for the Russian people, who believe their role in Second World War is often overlooked.

“All of that being said, I’m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,” Trump continued. “If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries,” he warned.

“Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way – and the easy way is always better. It’s time to ‘MAKE A DEAL.’ NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!”

Economic action against Russia by Joe Biden and other Western leaders has so far proved ineffective. Trade statistics for former Soviet Socialist Republics in Central Asia strongly suggest exports to Russia are being routed through them, and much of the Russian energy once sold to Europe is now finding new markets in the likes of China and India.

However, President Trump’s reference to tariffs and sanctions on “various other participating countries” besides Russia suggests he may be contemplating a similar approach to the one used against Iran during his first term, with Russia’s trade partners as well as Russia itself being targeted. This strategy was highly effective against Iran, rapidly isolating it internationally.

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President Donald J. Trump has expressed his love and admiration for the Russian people but warned he wants a peace agreement ending the "ridiculous" war in Ukraine soon. He has made it clear that there will be a significant escalation of the economic warfare against Russia unless progress on peace is made. show more
January 22, 2025
Jack Montgomery
War
World

UN Boss Credits Trump for Gaza Peace Deal.

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has commended President Donald J. Trump’s pivotal role in achieving a ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, Guterres stressed, “There was a large contribution of the robust diplomacy of the at-the-time President-elect of the United States.”

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff notably influenced the deal. Witkoff met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and persuaded the Israeli leader to make crucial compromises. Arab officials described the meeting as “tense,” noting that Witkoff achieved more in this single session than now-former President Joe Biden did in a year.

Witkoff flew specifically to Israel for the critical meeting. His efforts underscore Trump’s proactive approach to conflict resolution. During his inaugural address on January 20, he vowed, “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier, that’s what I want to be, a peacemaker and a unifier.”

Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has commended President Donald J. Trump's pivotal role in achieving a ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, Guterres stressed, "There was a large contribution of the robust diplomacy of the at-the-time President-elect of the United States." show more
January 21, 2025
Economy

Trump Announces Tariff Start Date for Mexico and Canada.

President Donald J. Trump is moving forward with the introduction of 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, suggesting that these measures could begin as soon as next month. The announcement, made during the signing of executive orders, signals the potential onset of a trade conflict as the Trump White House looks to end trade imbalances that hurt American workers and ramp up pressure on the two U.S. neighbors to crack down on illegal immigration and the illicit drug trade.

Trump asserted in the Oval Office that both Mexico and Canada are allowing large numbers of people and fentanyl into the United States. He indicated that the tariffs are planned to commence on February 1, targeting key economic sectors such as the auto industry, agriculture, and oil production. The announcement arises from a campaign promise made in November to impose tariffs on these countries.

In response, officials from Mexico and Canada have expressed concern and discussed possible retaliatory efforts while advising caution. Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated Monday that Canada is prepared to respond but continues to caution against the imposition of tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emphasized the importance of the trade relationship and warned of potential disruptions arising from such measures.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum echoed similar sentiments, affirming Mexico’s commitment to defending its sovereignty. She called for a measured response to any tariffs imposed by the U.S. and criticized Trump’s assertion regarding illegal migration and drug infiltration. She argued that addressing regional instability and drug demand requires more comprehensive solutions.

During President Trump’s first administration, tariffs enacted against China accelerated the decoupling of the U.S. economy from its Asian communist rival.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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President Donald J. Trump is moving forward with the introduction of 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, suggesting that these measures could begin as soon as next month. The announcement, made during the signing of executive orders, signals the potential onset of a trade conflict as the Trump White House looks to end trade imbalances that hurt American workers and ramp up pressure on the two U.S. neighbors to crack down on illegal immigration and the illicit drug trade. show more
January 21, 2025
William Upton
NatSec
TRUMP TRANSITION 2024/5

Trump Strips Neocon John Bolton of His Security Clearance.

Former Republican National Security Advisor John Bolton will be stripped of his security clearance, according to an executive order issued by President Donald J. Trump. A staunch neoconservative, Bolton emerged as one of Trump’s most over-the-top critics after he was fired from the America First leader’s first administration over his extreme hawkish foreign policy views.

“National security is also damaged by the publication of classified information. Former National Security Advisor John R. Bolton published a memoir for monetary gain after he was terminated from his White House position in 2019,” Trump’s executive order states, continuing: “The book was rife with sensitive information drawn from his time in government. The memoir’s reckless treatment of sensitive information undermined the ability of future presidents to request and obtain candid advice on matters of national security from their staff.”

“Publication also created a grave risk that classified material was publicly exposed,” Trump concludes. Subsequently, the executive order, issued late Monday after Trump’s inauguration, directs “the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency…” to “revoke any current or active clearances held by…” Bolton and a number of other former intelligence officials.

Most recently, Bolton engaged in hysterics over Trump’s nomination of former Congresswoman and current military officer Tulsi Gabbard as his Director of National Intelligence.

During the 2024 presidential election, Bolton announced he was considering writing in the late President Ronald Reagan—who died in 2004—instead of voting for Trump. In 2020, Bolton says he wrote in former Vice President and Iraq War architect Dick Cheney.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Former Republican National Security Advisor John Bolton will be stripped of his security clearance, according to an executive order issued by President Donald J. Trump. A staunch neoconservative, Bolton emerged as one of Trump's most over-the-top critics after he was fired from the America First leader's first administration over his extreme hawkish foreign policy views. show more
January 21, 2025
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration

Homan: ICE Immigration Raids Are Underway.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are already underway, according to President Donald J. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan. During an interview, news anchor John Roberts put it to Homan that “roundups of criminal illegal aliens” appeared to have been “put on hold for a little while.” Homan responded, “No, it’s started.”

“ICE teams are out there as of today,” Homan confirmed. “We gave them a direction to prioritize public safety threats; they’re what we’re looking for. So, we’re working up the target list.”

Referencing a rumored major operation in Chicago, the border czar said this had been reevaluated due to the leak of the plan, which presented safety issues. However, he added that these concerns have now been “addressed.”

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are already underway, according to President Donald J. Trump's border czar, Tom Homan. During an interview, news anchor John Roberts put it to Homan that "roundups of criminal illegal aliens" appeared to have been "put on hold for a little while." Homan responded, "No, it's started." show more
churchill
January 21, 2025
TRUMP TRANSITION 2024/5
UK

Trump Once Again Restores Churchill Bust to Oval Office.

President Donald J. Trump has restored the bust of Sir Winston Churchill to its place of display in the Oval Office. The bronze likeness of the late Prime Minister was originally a gift from the United Kingdom in 2001. However, both Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden removed the bust during their tenures in office.

After the 2016 presidential election, The National Pulse’s Editor-and-Chief, Raheem Kassam, and Nigel Farage, Brexit crusader and now leader of Britain’s Reform Party, urged then President-elect Trump to restore the Churchill bust after it had been removed by Obama.

‘A CHEEKY FAVOR’

“I’m reminded of November 12th, 2016, when [Nigel Farage] and I went to visit President Trump in his penthouse apartment in New York. After our meeting, Nigel and I realized we had forgotten to mention something we had discussed ahead of time: the Churchill bust that Obama had removed from the Oval Office,” Kassam recalled in a post on X (formerly Twitter) last year. He continued: “So as we were approaching the door to leave, I said to then President-Elect Donald Trump, something along the lines of, ‘Er, excuse me Mr. President-Elect, but I couldn’t ask a cheeky favor could I?'”

“He said: ‘What’s a cheeky favor?’ I explained that his predecessor had removed the Churchill bust. He was aware, and I asked if he planned to put it back. He thought about it for a second, and asked us, ‘Would that mean a lot to you?’ We all said it would. He then asked, ‘Would that mean a lot to your country?’ Again, we all said yes, it would,” Kassam wrote. He concluded: “And I remember finding out, that on his first day in office, he had the Churchill bust put back in its rightful place. ”

REMOVED BY BIDEN & OBAMA.

After its initial placement, the Churchill bust was moved by President Barack Obama in 2009. This action ignited controversy, with allegations suggesting an underlying anti-British sentiment. In its place, a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. was installed.

President Trump reinstated the Churchill bust in 2017. The bust’s return was highlighted during Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to the White House in 2017. In 2021, President Joe Biden once again removed the Churchill bust, replacing it with the busts of Robert F. Kennedy Sr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

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President Donald J. Trump has restored the bust of Sir Winston Churchill to its place of display in the Oval Office. The bronze likeness of the late Prime Minister was originally a gift from the United Kingdom in 2001. However, both Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden removed the bust during their tenures in office. show more
January 21, 2025
Immigration
Politics

Democrat States Challenge Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order in Court.

Democrat attorneys general from 18 states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, challenging his executive order that denies birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants. The legal action was initiated in the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, with San Francisco and Washington, D.C., joining as co-complainants. This lawsuit represents the beginning of what is anticipated to be an extended legal dispute over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin (D), leading the lawsuit along with counterparts from California and Massachusetts, claims the executive order is presidential overreach, stating that Trump cannot unilaterally amend constitutional rights. Platkin emphasized, “Presidents are powerful, but he is not a king. He cannot rewrite the Constitution with a stroke of the pen.”

The executive order was signed by Trump on Monday, at the onset of his second term in the White House. Under Trump’s order, if both parents are immigrants, their children born in the United States are not automatically granted citizenship. The order argues that these children are not covered by the 14th Amendment‘s citizenship clause.

This interpretation challenges late 19th and early 20th-century legal precedent affirming birthright citizenship, with only a specific exclusion for children of accredited diplomats. However, there is division within the judiciary. For instance, Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has shown some agreement with Trump’s perspective.

Nonetheless, this court’s jurisdiction does not extend to cases in Massachusetts, where the current lawsuit was filed.

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Democrat attorneys general from 18 states have filed a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, challenging his executive order that denies birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to illegal immigrants. The legal action was initiated in the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, with San Francisco and Washington, D.C., joining as co-complainants. This lawsuit represents the beginning of what is anticipated to be an extended legal dispute over the Trump administration’s immigration policies. show more
January 21, 2025
Jack Montgomery
Immigration

India Agrees to Take Back 18,000 Illegals as Trump Wields Tariff Club.

The Indian government has pledged to help identify and deport approximately 18,000 of its citizens illegally residing in the United States. This action signals New Delhi is ready to submit to President Donald J. Trump’s anti-illegal immigration agenda to mitigate any potential tariffs on trade.

The U.S. has pinpointed these individuals for removal, with India committing to verify and expedite their deportation. These migrants hail predominantly from Punjab and Gujarat, states in western India.

President Trump, who has made cracking down on illegal immigration a cornerstone of his agenda, acted swiftly upon his Monday inauguration. Among other measures, he has moved to abolish birthright citizenship and deploy military personnel to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, emphasizing the urgency of his campaign promises.

H-1Bs.

In exchange for its cooperation on deportations, India hopes that the Trump administration will safeguard legal migration routes for Indians, such as student visas and the H-1B program. In 2023, Indians received nearly 75 percent of the H-1B visas issued. H-1Bs theoretically target “skilled” immigrants, although skeptics such as journalist Anna Slatz are questioning “why any country would actively lobby to get rid of their ‘best and brightest elite human capital’ if that’s what those people really were.”

Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, confirms, “As part of India-U.S. cooperation on migration and mobility, both sides are actively deterring illegal migration to foster more legal migration opportunities from India to the U.S.”

Despite India contributing only about three percent of America’s illegal migrant numbers overall, the increase in Indian migrants crossing America’s less-guarded northern border recently has been dramatic, with Indians accounting for around a quarter of all northern crossings. This surge is part of the reason President Trump plans to hit Canada with a 25 percent tariff at the beginning of February.

In 2022, the total number of Indian illegals present in the U.S. was estimated at 220,000 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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The Indian government has pledged to help identify and deport approximately 18,000 of its citizens illegally residing in the United States. This action signals New Delhi is ready to submit to President Donald J. Trump's anti-illegal immigration agenda to mitigate any potential tariffs on trade. show more
January 21, 2025
Immigration
News

Trump DHS Reverses Mayorkas Memo, Tightens ICE and Parole Policies.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday announced the reversal of restrictions placed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations by former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The changes involve rescinding a 2021 policy that designated certain areas as off-limits to ICE enforcement. The initial directive aimed to protect access to vital services by preventing ICE actions in locations such as educational institutions, healthcare facilities, religious sites, and social service establishments.

The newly issued memo suggests enforcement personnel use discretion and common sense when determining operational locations. The memo posits that broad guidelines are unnecessary for determining where immigration laws should be enforced. Some ICE agents expressed the view that this change will enable more effective action against illegal immigration, as they will no longer be restricted from operating near schools and other formerly protected areas.

Additionally, a second memo targets the use of humanitarian parole, which had been broadly applied by the previous administration to admit migrants en masse. This parole previously allowed several hundred thousand migrants, including nationals from countries like Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Afghanistan, to enter the U.S. The memo emphasizes that humanitarian parole should be applied on a “case by case basis,” aligning with the statute that critics claim has been misused.

The DHS memos instruct ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leaders to review existing parole policies and identify any that may not comply with legal statutes. This includes developing strategies to modify, pause, or end any non-compliant programs.

These policy changes follow a series of executive orders signed by President Donald J. Trump just after his inauguration, which included deploying military forces to the southern border, terminating certain parole programs, and voiding birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. The orders also announced a national emergency and the renewal of border wall construction efforts, with the goal of drastically reducing illegal entry.

Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday announced the reversal of restrictions placed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations by former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The changes involve rescinding a 2021 policy that designated certain areas as off-limits to ICE enforcement. The initial directive aimed to protect access to vital services by preventing ICE actions in locations such as educational institutions, healthcare facilities, religious sites, and social service establishments. show more
January 21, 2025
Immigration

Migrant Caravan Heads to U.S.-Mexico Border Post-Trump Inauguration.

A caravan of roughly 2,000 illegal immigrants is moving through Mexico, heading towards the United States border. The group, comprising individuals from various countries, set off on January 20 from Tapachula, Mexico, coinciding with the date of President Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House. The illegal immigrants are continuing their journey despite President Trump’s moves to close the U.S. southern border and execute mass deportations of illegal immigrants already in the United States.

Moments after he was inaugurated on Monday, President Trump suspended the Department of Homeland Security’s CBP One app, which saw hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants paroled into the interior of the country under the Biden government. Additionally, military forces have been deployed at the southern border, reinforcing Trump’s commitment to enhancing border security measures.

The caravan from Tapachula is the latest in a series of similar mass migrations. Although this caravan is notable in size, it represents only a fraction of the overall illegal immigrant flow toward the U.S. border from Mexico. Historically, Mexican authorities often intervene to disperse these groups into smaller contingents. As a result, some illegal immigrants continue their journeys in smaller groups or make temporary arrangements within Mexico.

President Trump, who commenced his second term as the 47th U.S. President on January 20, has rapidly begun executing his immigration policy agenda. This includes an executive order to terminate birthright citizenship, a move likely to provoke legal challenges.

The President has also labeled certain Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and declared a national emergency at the southern border to secure funding for border wall construction without waiting for congressional approval.

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A caravan of roughly 2,000 illegal immigrants is moving through Mexico, heading towards the United States border. The group, comprising individuals from various countries, set off on January 20 from Tapachula, Mexico, coinciding with the date of President Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House. The illegal immigrants are continuing their journey despite President Trump’s moves to close the U.S. southern border and execute mass deportations of illegal immigrants already in the United States. show more