Category: Trump

Donald Trump will be giving his joint address to Congress Tuesday night.

He will be inviting many people who “come from all different walks of life with incredible stories about the disaster wrought by the previous administration, and the historic achievements President Trump has already enacted to usher in the Golden Age of America.”

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Meet the special people who will join the First Lady and President Trump at the U.S. Capitol when President Trump delivers his address to a joint session of Congress.

These men, women, and families come from all different walks of life with incredible stories about the disaster wrought by the previous administration, and the historic achievements President Trump has already enacted to usher in the Golden Age of America.

— Elliston Berry from Aledo, TX: Elliston is a 15-year-old who was the victim of computer-generated deepfakes created by a bully at her school intended to humiliate and degrade Elliston and her friends.

— The Comperatore Family from Sarver, PA: Helen, Allyson, and Kaylee are the widow and daughters of Corey Comperatore, a firefighter who was killed by the gunman who also shot President Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in July 2024.

— Jeff Denard from Decatur, AL: Jeff has spent nearly three decades working at a steel plant owned by Nucor Steel. His good paying, middle class job at the steel plant has allowed Jeff to serve as volunteer firefighter, provide a loving home to dozens of foster children, and organize his fellow steelworkers to respond to natural disasters, including Hurricane Helene.

— Stephanie Diller from Long Island, NY: Stephanie is the widow of Jonathan Diller, an NYPD officer who was murdered at a traffic stop in Queens in March 2024 by a repeat criminal who was allowed to roam the streets.

— Haley Ferguson from Spring Hill, TN: Haley is a former foster child, a senior at Middle Tennessee State University majoring in Elementary Education, and a Fostering the Future scholarship recipient, which was launched by the First Lady’s organization, Be Best.

— Marc and Malphine Fogel from Butler, PA: Marc is an American history teacher who was held hostage by the Russian government and wrongfully sentenced to 14 years in a Russian prison. On February 12th, President Trump fulfilled his promise to Malphine, Marc’s 95-year-old mother, that he would bring Marc home.

— January Littlejohn from Tallahassee, FL: January is a mother and parents’ rights advocate who sued the School Board of Leon County after school officials at her daughter’s middle school socially transitioned her daughter to a different sexual identity without January and her husband’s knowledge or permission. The school drove a wedge between January’s daughter and her parents, and deceived January about their covert plan to transition her daughter.

— Payton McNabb from Murphy, NC: Payton is a former high school athlete who had her dreams of competing in college sports crushed in a September 2022 volleyball match when a biological man playing on the opposing women’s team spiked the volleyball at Payton’s face, leaving her with a traumatic brain injury. Payton joined with the Independent Women’s Forum and has made it her mission to put an end to this brutal unfairness.

— Allyson and Lauren Phillips from Woodstock, GA: Allyson and Lauren are the mother and sister of Laken Riley, a young female nursing student who was murdered by an illegal alien during a morning jog. The Biden administration apprehended and released Laken’s murderer into the country under its reckless open border policies. The very first bill President Trump signed into law this year was named in Laken’s honor.

— Alexis Nungaray from Houston, TX: Alexis is an angel mom and the mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl who was murdered by two illegal aliens during a walk to a corner store. The Biden administration apprehended and released these vicious illegal aliens into the country just weeks before Jocelyn’s murder.

— Roberto Ortiz from Weslaco, TX: Roberto has served with U.S. Border Patrol for nearly a decade, and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and California State Guard. He has been shot at repeatedly by cartel members while performing his duties near the Rio Grande River in Texas.

By Theodore R. Malloch and Felipe Cuello
March 3, 2025

(Views expressed by guest commentators may not reflect the views of OAN or its affiliates.)

Donald Trump will be addressing Congress on Tuesday.

The address will be at 9 p.m.

Fox News reported:

President Donald Trump will address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4 at 9 p.m. ET.

The forum is not officially a State of the Union address, which traditionally comes during the second, third and fourth year of a presidency.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., invited Trump earlier this month to address Congress on Tuesday.

“Thanks to your strong leadership and bold action in the first days of your presidency, the United States is already experiencing a resurgence of patriotism, unity, and hope for the future,” Johnson wrote in a letter to Trump first obtained by Fox News Digital.

Donald Trump touted the address saying it “will be big” and that he “will tell it like it is!”

Truth Social:

TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE BIG. I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS!

Honda is producing its next generation of Civic hybrids in Indiana and not Mexico.

This move is in response to Trump’s tariffs on Mexico.

Reuters reported:

Sources say Honda has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana.

The switch from Mexico is to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, the people familar with the matter have said.

The change underscores how manufacturers are scrambling to adapt to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada.

 

The truth is being exposed.

Michael LaRosa, longtime press secretary to former first lady Jill Biden, exposed in a recent seminar that the Biden White House covered up his mental decline from “Day One.”

LaRosa said that Biden’s team was “scared to death” of letting him do unrehearsed press conferences.

Fox News reported:

A former Biden White House official claims that his colleagues “gaslit” the public and journalists concerned about former President Biden’s age and cognitive abilities.

During a Wednesday seminar held by Puck reporter Tara Palmeri at the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics at American University, longtime press secretary to former first lady Jill Biden, Michael LaRosa, opened up about efforts to shield Biden from media exposure.

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While LaRosa was hesitant to characterize these efforts as a “cover-up,” he admitted that the White House was aware from “day one” that the former president’s age was an issue.

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The former White House official also claimed that Biden’s team was “scared to death” about letting the former president engage in impromptu and unrehearsed press conferences, telling Palmeri that Biden simply “couldn’t compete for the attention economy.”

“They just couldn’t do it. They didn’t have any idea. And they didn’t have the vessel either in Biden, by the way, who would have done anything. He loves TV. He loves doing stuff. It was the orbit that did not trust their own candidate,” he added.

JD Vance and Donald Trump blasted Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting in the Oval Office.

Vance told Zelenskyy, “I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media.”

JD Vance to Zelensky: “I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media.”

“You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for The United States Of… pic.twitter.com/RIhlL6NlOM

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 28, 2025

TRUMP: “Your country is in big trouble. I know you’re not winning. You’re not winning this. You have a damn good chance of coming out, okay?”

ZELENSKY: “We are staying in our country, staying strong. From the very beginning of the war, we’ve been alone, and we are thankful.”… pic.twitter.com/ddr8o637Gy

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 28, 2025

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán praised Donald Trump saying Trump “stood bravely for peace.”

Strong men make peace, weak men make war.

Today President @realDonaldTrump stood bravely for peace. Even if it was difficult for many to digest. Thank you, Mr. President!

— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) February 28, 2025

Jeff Bezos made major changes at the Washington Post.

Bezos announced, “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets…We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

Epoch Times reported:

Jeff Bezos has announced new guidelines for opinion pages published in the Washington Post.

“We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos wrote on social media platform X. “We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

Bezos revealed the changes on Wednesday by sharing a note he sent to his team.

Bezos added that he believes the topics are underserved in today’s media landscape and he’s excited to “fill that void.”

Liberal Pundits melted down over this.

Fox News reported:

The New Yorker’s David Remnick joined MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday to discuss the Post and said, “This is a terrible tragedy. This is the paper of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate and so much more.”

“And Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post for half the price of his boat, and he has treated it like a rubber dinghy, and it is a terrible tragedy,” Remnick continued. He argued that Bezos was “throwing up his hands and kissing the ring of the president of the United States,” out of fear of the president, “who is behaving himself as an incipient authoritarian.”

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Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron also slammed the Post during a conversation on “Morning Joe” Wednesday, when host Joe Scarborough asked him to talk about the shake-up, which he said was shocking.

“I’m in favor of free expression. You know, it’s right there in the First Amendment. And news organizations have always honored free expression by having a variety of points of view on their opinion pages.” Baron said.

“But Bezos now is just shutting that down. And he’s saying that only his point of view is going to be represented on those pages. And that really is a betrayal of the heritage of the Washington Post. And I think a betrayal of the very idea of free expression,” he added.

Republicans are working to clean up the mess Joe Biden left behind.

Donald Trump said that Republicans are working on a “government funding Bill” that would go “to the end of September.”

Truth Social:

As usual, Sleepy Joe Biden left us a total MESS. The Budget from last YEAR is still not done. We are working very hard with the House and Senate to pass a clean, temporary government funding Bill (“CR”) to the end of September. Let’s get it done!

Government funding expires on March 14th.

CBS News reported:

Congress is barreling toward a deadline to avert a government shutdown in just over two weeks, with Democrats and Republicans at odds over whether there should be guardrails on President Trump’s ability to withhold funding approved by Congress.

Democrats want to insert language in the funding bill to ensure that the administration implements the spending directed by Congress, a reaction to Mr. Trump and top adviser Elon Musk’s work to downsize large swaths of the executive branch. But Republicans have made it clear that they won’t accept those terms.

Government funding expires on March 14, and keeping the government open past the deadline will likely require bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Republicans control 53 seats in the Senate, but a funding measure requires 60 votes for passage. In the House, Republicans are operating with a razor-thin majority and a divided conference in which conservatives regularly vote against government spending bills.

Donald Trump is signing an executive order making English the official language of the United States.

According to the Wall Street Journal, “Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the U.S., according to White House officials.”

Wall Street Journal reported: 

President Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the U.S., according to White House officials.

In its nearly 250-year history, the U.S. has never had a national language at the federal level. Hundreds of languages are spoken in the U.S., the byproduct of the country’s long history of taking in immigrants from around the world.

The executive order would rescind a federal mandate issued by President Bill Clinton that agencies and other recipients of federal funding are required to provide language assistance to non-English speakers, the officials said.

Agencies will still be able to provide documents and services in languages other than English, according to a White House summary of the order viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The summary of the order said the goal of making English the national language is to promote unity, establish efficiency in the government and provide a pathway to civic engagement.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to sign the US-Ukraine Mineral deal on Friday.

A Ukrainian news publisher alleges they have a leaked copy of the deal expected to be signed.

Breitbart reported:

A Ukrainian news publisher claims to have released the full text of the alleged Ukraine rare earths mineral deal ahead of expectations that President Volodymyr Zelensky will sign it on Friday, revealing language stopping short of the security guarantees Kyiv demanded but nevertheless establishing a clear future interest for the United States in the country’s wellbeing.

The United States and Ukraine agreed on the text of an initial framework for a mineral rights deal on Tuesday, and may be signed by President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky in person as soon as tomorrow. But now a Ukrainian newspaper claims to have published the full text of that deal, seeming to reveal the concessions made to both sides to get the agreement over the line.

While Ukraine had initially demanded full security guarantees in return for access to its vast, and mostly untapped, mineral wealth the Kyiv negotiation team did not succeed in that ambition. Nevertheless the document seems to use perhaps the strongest language in support of Ukraine’s future from the Trump Whitehouse yet.

The document, as published by the Kyiv Independent, proclaims the desire of the American people to “invest alongside Ukraine in a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine”, and furthermore that: “The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace.”

The Kyiv Independent released the text of what is reportedly the deal.

Here is the full text via the Kyiv Independent. 

WHEREAS the United States of America has provided significant financial and material support to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022;

WHEREAS the American people desire to invest alongside Ukraine in a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine;

WHEREAS the United States of America and Ukraine desire a lasting peace in Ukraine and a durable partnership between their two peoples and governments;

WHEREAS the United States of America and Ukraine recognize the contribution that Ukraine has made to strengthening international peace and security by voluntarily abandoning the world’s third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons;

WHEREAS the United States of America and Ukraine wish to ensure that those States and other persons that have acted adversely to Ukraine in the conflict do not benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine following a lasting peace;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine (each, a ‘Participant’) hereby enter into this Bilateral Agreement Establishing Terms and Conditions for a Reconstruction Investment Fund to deepen the partnership between the United States of America and Ukraine, as set forth herein.

1. The Governments of Ukraine and the United States of America, with the aim of achieving lasting peace in Ukraine, intend to establish a Reconstruction Investment Fund (Fund), partnering in the Fund through joint ownership, to be further defined in the Fund Agreement. Joint ownership will take into consideration the actual contributions of the Participants as defined in Sections 3 and 4. The Fund will be jointly managed by representatives of the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America. More detailed terms pertaining to the Fund’s governance and operation will be set forth in a subsequent agreement (the Fund Agreement) to be negotiated promptly after the conclusion of this Bilateral Agreement. The maximum percentage of ownership of the Fund’s equity and financial interests to be held by the Government of the United States of America and the decision-making authority of the representatives of the Government of the United States of America will be to the extent permissible under applicable United States laws.

Neither Participant will sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any portion of its interest in the Fund without the prior written consent of the other Participant.

2. The Fund will collect and reinvest revenues contributed to the Fund, minus expenses incurred by the Fund, and will earn income from the future monetization of all relevant Ukrainian Government-owned natural resource assets (whether owned directly or indirectly by the Ukrainian Government), as defined in Section 3

3. The Government of Ukraine will contribute to the Fund 50 percent of all revenues earned from the future monetization of all relevant Ukrainian Government-owned natural resource assets (whether owned directly or indirectly by the Ukrainian Government), defined as deposits of minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas, and other extractable materials, and other infrastructure relevant to natural resource assets (such as liquified natural gas terminals and port infrastructure) as agreed by both Participants, as may be further described in the Fund Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such future sources of revenues do not include the current sources of revenues which are already part of the general budget revenues of Ukraine. Timeline, scope and sustainability of contributions will be further defined in the Fund Agreement.

The Fund, in its sole discretion, may credit or return to the Government of Ukraine actual expenses incurred by the newly developed projects from which the Fund receives revenues.

Contributions made to the Fund will be reinvested at least annually in Ukraine to promote the safety, security and prosperity of Ukraine, to be further defined in the Fund Agreement. The Fund Agreement will also provide for future distributions.

4. Subject to applicable United States law, the Government of the United States of America will maintain a long-term financial commitment to the development of a stable and economically prosperous Ukraine. Further contributions may be comprised of funds, financial instruments, and other tangible and intangible assets critical for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

5. The Fund’s investment process will be designed so as to invest in projects in Ukraine and attract investments to increase the development, processing and monetization of all public and private Ukrainian assets including, but not limited to, deposits of minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas, and other extractable materials, infrastructure, ports, and state-owned enterprises as may be further described in the Fund Agreement. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine intend that the investment process will lead to opportunities for distribution of additional funds and greater reinvestment, to ensure the sufficient supply of capital for the reconstruction of Ukraine as set out in the Fund Agreement.

The Participants reserve the right to take such action as necessary to protect and maximize the value of their economic interests in the Fund.

6. The Fund Agreement will include appropriate representations and warranties, including those necessary to ensure that any obligations the Government of Ukraine may have to third parties, or such obligations that it may undertake in the future, do not sell, convey, transfer pledge, or otherwise encumber the Government of Ukraine’s contributions to the Fund or the assets from which such contributions are derived, or the Fund’s disposition of funds.

In drafting the Fund Agreement, the Participants will strive to avoid conflicts with Ukraine’s obligations under its accession to the European Union or its obligations under arrangements with international financial institutions and other official creditors.

7. The Fund Agreement will provide, inter alia, an acknowledgment that both the Fund Agreement and the activities provided for therein are commercial in nature.

The Fund agreement shall be ratified by the Parliament of Ukraine according to the Law of Ukraine ‘On International Treaties of Ukraine.’

8. The Fund Agreement will pay particular attention to the control mechanisms that make it impossible to weaken, violate or circumvent sanctions and other restrictive measures.

9. The text of the Fund Agreement will be developed without delay by working groups chaired by authorized representatives of the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America. Contact persons responsible for preparing the Fund Agreement on the basis of this Bilateral Agreement are: from the Government of the United States of America: the Department of the Treasury; from the Government of Ukraine: Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy.

10. This Bilateral Agreement and the Fund Agreement will constitute integral elements of the architecture of bilateral and multilateral agreements, as well as concrete steps to establish lasting peace, and to strengthen economic security resilience and reflect the objectives set forth in the preamble to this Bilateral Agreement.

The Government of the United States of America supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace. Participants will seek to identify any necessary steps to protect mutual investments, as defined in the Fund Agreement.

11. This Bilateral Agreement is binding and will be implemented by each Participant according to its domestic procedures. The Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ukraine commit to proceed forthwith to negotiate the Fund Agreement.