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Trump: Week 8

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President Donald Trump rounded out his eighth week in office with a historic visit to the Department of Justice.

The history-making was in the fact that the president aired his grievances about the ‘Department of Injustice’ in person, making it clear he has not forgotten one minute of the years-long weaponization of the federal government against him.

“Our predecessors turned this Department of Justice into the Department of Injustice, but I stand before you today to declare that those days are over and they are never going to come back,” he said from the DOJ’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Trump declared he was “turning the page on four long years of corruption, weaponization, and surrender to violent criminals, and we’re restoring fair, equal, and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law.”

Week 8 of the Trump presidency saw many more wins, with the White House publishing its own “non-comprehensive list.”

Biden administration

The president moved this week to rescind 19 more executive actions that had been issued by the Biden administration.

“Global ISIS #2 leader” killed

Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, aka “Abu Khadijah”, and one other ISIS operative were killed in an airstrike in Iraq.

“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed. He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!” Trump shared on social media.

Spending Bill

Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats agreed to a procedural move to advance a bill to fund the government until September. It was a vote that infuriated other Democrats but scored a major win for the president who even tipped his hat to Schumer.

The Democrats’ move allowed the bill to go for a full vote in the Senate where, on Friday, lawmakers voted 54-46 to pass the bill, sending it to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.

Tariffs/Trade

Trump continues to remain optimistic about the country and the economy even as critics sound alarms that the sky is falling. The president’s back and forth with world leaders prompted occasions of tense word exchanges and then conciliatory moves by foreign leaders.

After tariff battles with Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford vowed to not “back down.” However, in a joint statement with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Ford later said on X, “Today, United States Secretary of Commerce @howardlutnick and Premier of Ontario Doug Ford had a productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada.”

With an agreement to meet to discuss a renewed USMCA, Ontario backed off on its 25 percent tariff threat on electricity to Michigan, New York and Minnesota. Trump responded by holding back on his threat to increase from 25 percent to 50 percent the tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum and other metals.

The president also put the European Union on notice as he continued to stand up for American companies.

“The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States, has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES.”

“This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S,” he added.

The bold moves by the president saw even more manufacturing wins for America.

“Cra-Z-Art — the biggest toymaker in the country — is expanding its domestic manufacturing by 50%,” the White House announced, adding other investment by GE Aerospace, one of Japan’s largest beverage makers, a Taiwan-based artificial intelligence server maker, as well as a planned $8 billion investment by Merck.

Economy

“Consumer inflation “eased more than expected” in February, with core inflation at its lowest level in nearly four years,” the White House noted. With a drop in egg prices and gas prices, the economic upturn got even CNN to admit the good news.

EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency ended the Green New Deal and launched the “biggest day of deregulation in American history,”  canceling more than 400 “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “environmental justice” grants, for a total of $1.7 billion.

Immigration

Trump’s strong border policies have made rapid progress in a short time, with the Department of Homeland Security this week repurposing the Biden-era CBP One App so illegal immigrants can self-deport. DHS also announced that a Columbia University student had her visa revoked and another was arrested for being involved in pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

Deportations also continued as the number of illegal border crossings dramatically dwindled.

The president continued delivering on his campaign promises, with efforts to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia still ongoing and work on de-regulating the federal government and eliminating waste and fraud. And he’s only been in office a few weeks.

“The past week was marked by another series of triumphs that underscore the commitment of President Donald J. Trump and his administration to making America stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before,” the White House said.

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