Posted on 02/20/2025 5:11:07 AM PST by RandFan
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: As Lenin might have put it: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Donald J. Trump today celebrates his one-month anniversary as 47th president of the United States, and you don’t need me to tell you that the speed of change has been breathtaking. Since Jan. 20, Trump has reshaped everything — from the workings of America’s federal government to its relations with allies and foes overseas; from its approach to war and peace to its stances on trade and foreign aid. Trump has stretched the Constitution to its limits; upended historic law and order norms; transformed the conversation around deep-seated social issues. He shows no sign of slowing down.
How Trump is celebrating: Having spent Wednesday laying into America’s (now-former?) ally Volodymyr Zelenskyy, cancelling New York City’s congestion pricing and portraying himself as America’s “king,” Trump will mark his one-month anniversary today with a White House reception for Black history month at 3 p.m., followed by a speech at 7:20 p.m. to Republican members of the National Governors Association, which is holding its winter meeting in D.C. Prior to that, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. Knowing Trump as we do, you can expect all three events to make news.
How JD is celebrating: It’s one month in office, too, for Vice President JD Vance — who for all Trump’s daily fireworks has made perhaps the most significant speech of the new regime, with his blistering attack on European allies at the Munich Security Conference last week. Vance will today address prominent conservatives in D.C., kicking off the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at 10 a.m. Given the red-blooded audience, he may make headlines today as well.
The neverending news machine: Trump last night issued yet another flurry of executive orders (putting him several steps closer to breaking FDR’s 100-day record, Wikipedia fans). Multiple federal programs and advisory committees were scrapped, including the Presidential Management Fellows Program, U.S. Institute of Peace and the Inter-American Foundation, as Axios’ Hans Nichols had earlier revealed. And a separate order from Trump last night barred federal money from benefiting undocumented immigrants, as Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Bill Melugin scooped — though, as the Times notes, they are already “largely not eligible for federal benefits, with only some exceptions allowed for emergency situations.”
And there’s more: Speaking on Air Force One last night, Trump threw his backing behind GOP members of Congress who want to reassert federal control over Washington, D.C. Trump said he liked Mayor Muriel Bowser personally, but complained about the city’s governance. “I get along great with the mayor, but they’re not doing the job. Too much crime, too much graffiti, too many tents on the lawns," Trump said. “I think we should take over Washington, D.C. Make it safe.”
There is some new info in there regarding executive actions last night and his statement on DC that he wants to "take it over" which could happen with GOP control?
And in another month you, Politico, will hopefully be out of business
I am looking forward to the next 3.89 years under President Trump. Vice President JD Vance and their team of American Patriots. Hopefully, the USA will leave behind the sociopathic government we have had for decades and their sociopathic and mentally ill supporters.
How so? (There's nothing at the linked page but more links.)
Yes it’s a newsletter I do apologize for the generic link (you have to put something!)
They don’t elaborate on the allegation because you know why...
There is no evidence!
Yes
Ukraine is not, and never was, our ally, Pollute-ico.
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