Thailand, Cambodia Declare Ceasefire in Border Conflict after Trump Intervenes

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Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to “an immediate and unconditional ceasefire with effect from midnight tonight,” Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Monday. Deadly clashes broke out on Thursday along the disputed border between the southeast Asian neighbors, and it only ended after both the U.S. and China brought pressure to bear. While the conflict underscores the reality that the world is growing increasingly dangerous, the speedy solution suggests strong U.S. leadership can effectively act to keep the peace.

It’s unclear which side started the fighting that has killed 38 people and caused hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee. Both sides blame each other for starting the fighting and escalating it (Thailand has launched airstrikes, while Cambodia has fired rockets).

Sadly, the fatal conflict has no better reason than pagan idolatry. Thailand and Cambodia dispute control over Preah Vihear, a Hindu temple dating from the Khmer empire in the 11th century, as well as other Hindu and Buddhist sites along the 508-mile-long border. The religious sites have inspired nationalistic passions in both countries, meaning that neither government has domestic permission to back down.

Thailand and Cambodia fought once before over the border region, in a series of clashes between 2008 and 2011 that resulted in 34 dead. The most recent clashes are already more deadly.

Fortunately, quick intervention by international powers brought a quick end to the fighting. At the urging of both China and the U.S., Thai and Cambodian leaders met in Malaysia to hammer out a ceasefire. The two sides still engaged in active fighting on Monday morning before they finally agreed to a midnight ceasefire. It’s unclear whether the ceasefire established any further agreement or will lead to any deeper peace; it seems that more powerful nations simply compelled the combatants to separate.

For its part, Chinese diplomats attended the ceasefire talks as observers. China is the largest trading partner for both nations, and it also operates a naval base in Cambodia.

The U.S. is also a major trading partner for both countries. It has a treaty alliance with Thailand, and the two countries conduct joint exercises. Yet the main pressure Trump exerted to force the two countries towards peace concerns tariffs. Earlier this month, Trump warned both nations that they would face a 36% tariff rate beginning August 1 unless they worked out a trade deal, and Trump threatened that the nations would not receive a trade deal while they were still fighting.

Trump was quick to take credit for the ceasefire. “I have now ended many Wars in just six months — I am proud to be the president of PEACE!” he announced on Truth Social.

“That was going to be a very bad war, and so we’re honored we got involved. It’s essentially settled,” he told reporters in Scotland. “That could’ve gone on for years. Millions of people could’ve been killed. We ended the war — and we’re very happy about it.”

“The United States applauds the ceasefire declaration between Cambodia and Thailand announced today in Kuala Lumpur,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio added Monday. “President Trump and I are committed to an immediate cessation of violence and expect the governments of Cambodia and Thailand to fully honor their commitments to end this conflict.”

With so many active hot spots around the world, it’s concerning to see yet another border burst into open conflict. This suggests a further fraying of the international order that has established widespread peace since World War II. At the same time, Trump’s quick action and its immediate result — even if aided by China — demonstrate that active leadership by world powers can maintain a measure of peace.

To this end, Christians should pray for our governing officials (1 Timothy 2:2), that they would show energy and forcefulness in seeking peace, and they would have the wisdom to bring it about. Many Christians do pray, and the Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire is one indication that those prayers are answered.

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The GOAT: Trump Announces Trade Deal With EU — “THE BIGGEST DEAL EVER”

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Greatest president of all time. 

The US will get ten times more in revenue from tariffs on EU imports, and $600B more in direct investment from EU. Even the mentally deranged anti-Trumpers it’s a big win for the US.

Financial Times: The agreement was struck following a meeting on Sunday between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. The deal marks a victory for Trump, who has spent months forcing America’s trading partners into bruising negotiations by threatening steep tariffs, although the terms are in line with what Brussels had told EU member states to prepare for. “This is probably the biggest deal ever reached in any capacity, trade or beyond trade,” Trump said as he announced the agreement.

Financial Times: More from FT: There is no hiding the fact the EU was rolled over by the Trump juggernaut, said one ambassador. “Trump worked out exactly where our pain threshold is”.

Townhall: Sarah Arnold of Townhall: The move comes in response to what Trump called one of the “largest trade deficits” between the U.S. and the EU, criticizing Europe’s failure to strike a fair deal by the earlier July 9 deadline. Even before talks began, von der Leyen acknowledged Trump’s reputation, telling him directly he is “known as a tough negotiator and dealmaker”—a nod to the kind of leadership that prioritizes American interests at the bargaining table. “The European Union is going to agree to purchase from the United States $750 billion worth of energy,” Trump said. “They are going to agree to invest into the United States $600 billion more than they’re investing already”.

Axios: Europe’s economy was reeling before Trump took office. Still, White House trade policy has targeted its most dominant sectors, including auto manufacturing. German carmakers — Mercedes, BMW and Audi — have been subject to a 25% tariff rate since April, while other goods faced a blanket 10% tariff. By the numbers: As a bloc, the EU is America’s top trading partner, with more than $600 billion worth of goods imported from European nations last year. The U.S. exported slightly more than half of that sum, with $370 billion worth of goods sent to Europe in 2024. That trade deficit has been one source of Trump’s frustration with Europe since taking office.

More winning for President Trump. The POTUS is fighting ferociously for the American people. Reversing the disastrous America-last policies of his inept predecessors. Who in their right mind would vote to obstruct these successes in next year’s mid-term elections? Watch President’s Trump’s statements about this monumental trade deal below. President Trump is the GOAT!

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the deal took ‘heavy lifting’

By Fox News, July 27th, 2025

President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a trade deal between the U.S. and European Union on Sunday.

The announcement came moments after the two had addressed the media, agreeing that the likelihood of an agreement was about 50-50. Von der Leyen said the negotiations had taken some “heavy lifting,” but the two leaders agreed they were happy with the result.

“We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles and everything else will be a straight-across tariff of 15%,” Trump said.

Trump strikes ‘biggest deal ever made’ with EU: Europeans will buy $750M in US energy, invest $600B after meeting with prez
By Ryan King · Published July 27, 2025 · Updated July 27, 2025, 3:20 p.m. ET

It took just 75 minutes for President Trump to get what he wanted out of the European Union.

That’s how long he and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were away from the cameras.

When they returned, Trump was triumphant. Europe agreed to buy $750 billion in American energy products, invest $600 billion in new money in the US and purchase additional US military equipment, according to the terms of the preliminary agreement.

Tariffs on many American exports will drop to zero. Duties on most European goods coming into the US rise to 15%.
President Trump announced a new trade deal between the United States and the European Union after a meeting with European Commission President

“I think it’s the biggest deal ever made,” Trump proclaimed.

The stated terms of the tariff deal appeared to be remarkably lopsided in favor of the US. Von der Leyen suggested that the only real concession from the Americans was that Trump would not impose 30% tariffs he had threatened.

The 27-member bloc is America’s biggest trading partner if taken together, with total trade hitting $1.97 trillion last year. The US trade deficit for goods was $235 billion.

The deal avoids a trade war between two economies that account for about 44% of the world’s gross domestic product — less than a week before steep “Liberation Day” were set to bite.

“I think we both wanted to make a deal,” the president said. “It’s going to bring us closer together. I think this deal will bring us very close together.”

Before announcing the agreement, both Trump and Von der Leyen put the odds at making a deal at 50-50. The European leader had flown to Scotland to meet Trump at his Turnberry golf course, where the president spent the morning playing with son Eric.
Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen in a meeting. 6
Trump touted the agreement as the “biggest deal ever made.” AP

“The starting point was an imbalance — a surplus on our side and a deficit on the US side,” the EU boss said when asked about the concessions Trump made. “And we wanted to rebalance the trade relation, and we wanted to do it in a way that trade goes on between the two of us across the Atlantic.”

Both sides also agreed to have zero-for-zero tariff rates on “a number of strategic products” such as aircraft and component parts, certain chemicals, certain generics, semiconductor equipment, specific agriculture products, natural resources and critical raw materials, according to Von der Leyen.

Part of the arrangement also involved a European agreement to “purchase a vast amount of military equipment” from the US, though Trump noted, “We don’t know what that number is” yet.

Von der Leyen and Trump both shook hands and commended each other on the deal.

European negotiators had sought to score a 10% tariff from the US, mirroring Trump’s baseline rate against foreign countries and the preliminary trade deal he inked with the United Kingdom in May.

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EXCLUSIVE: John Thune Shares His ‘Big, Beautiful’ GOP Sales Pitch For The Midterms

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune is working on his pitch to persuade voters to turn out for the Republican slate of candidates during the 2026 midterms.

Following a major victory in passing President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, the majority leader is turning his focus to selling the public on the president’s landmark law, one of several prongs in his midterms success playbook to expand Senate Republicans’ 53-seat majority. Though Democrats are hitting the stump to argue the legislation is harmful to most Americans, Thune is calling on Republicans to defend their “record of accomplishment” and articulate a compelling message about the law’s benefits that will motivate voters to go to bat for Republicans in 2026.

“You’ve got to have a very targeted, focused way of turning voters out, and be able to deliver your message to them so that they’re motivated and have a reason to turn out,” Thune told the Daily Caller News Foundation from his office Wednesday, previewing his midterms strategy. “It will be a full on effort to make sure that the American people fully understand what was in the ‘big, beautiful’ bill and how it impacts and benefits them.”

Both Republicans and Democrats’ early messaging ahead of the midterms suggests Trump’s tax and immigration law could be a defining issue of the 2026 election cycle. Whether Republicans are successful in winning the messaging battle could determine the course of Trump’s final two years in office.

Republicans may have more work to do in informing voters of the law’s benefits given recent polling showing a majority of those surveyed viewing the president’s signature legislative accomplishment unfavorably. Opposition to the law outweighed support by ten percentage points, according to a Wall Street Journal poll published Thursday. The survey also found the legislation is viewed unfavorably by 54% of independents.

However, Thune and other Republicans are betting that voters will be open to persuasion and that many of the bill’s individual components will ultimately be viewed as popular. No Democratic lawmaker backed the president’s signature law and many dubbed the measure the “one big, ugly bill.”

A majority — 54% — of Americans said the law’s provisions permanently extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts, temporarily shielding certain Americans from taxation on tips and expanding tax relief for seniors and parents were more of a reason to support the bill than oppose it, according to a July CNN poll.

One Nation, a public advocacy organization linked to Thune, began running an eight-figure advertisement campaign in six states Wednesday emphasizing the law’s tax components.

“America is back — thanks to President Trump and Leader John Thune’s working family tax cuts,” an ad running nationally says in part. “Real relief for every American up early and home late.”

“That I think is probably the first message out of the gate,” Thune said regarding the outside groups’ “working family tax cuts” messaging. “But there’s a lot of stuff in the bill that you can talk about,” Thune said, mentioning a $1,000 tax-free contribution to a savings account for children born between 2025 and 2028, slowing the rate of spending in entitlement programs and a new tax maneuver subsidizing private school tuition.

Some Senate Republican hopefuls are already highlighting how the tax provisions will put more money back into the pocketbooks of their constituents.

“Our waitresses and waiters all across the state just got a huge lift by not having to pay taxes on their tips,” former Republican Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, a Trump-backed candidate running to flip Michigan’s open Senate seat red, told the DCNF on Saturday. “These are direct things that impact working families.”

Senate Democrats who opposed the law could be vulnerable to attack lines claiming they voted to raise taxes, according to recent polling. Just 12% of voters in four battleground states opposed “working family tax cuts” messaging, a July poll commissioned by One Nation found.

The group launched a $5 million ad campaign torching Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s vote against the president’s tax relief and immigration law on July 17. Ossoff is viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent running for reelection in 2026 due to the state’s Republican tilt and Trump carrying the state in November.

Democratic lawmakers are planning to use the August recess to make their case for why the president’s bill will hurt everyday Americans. Some have pledged to travel to Republicans’ backyards and hold rallies in GOP districts and states.

Thune hinted that Republicans will need to leave Washington for at least part of August to counter Democrats’ messaging.

“The month of August, historically, has been an opportunity for our members to criss-cross their states and hit the events and interact with people and be out there on the stump delivering the message,” Thune told the DCNF. “So we want to make sure that opportunity is available to them — whatever we do in terms of nominations.”

Thune has threatened to keep the Senate in session during August to grind out the president’s nominees awaiting floor consideration if Democrats do not agree to a deal to fast-track confirmations.

The majority leader is also making strides in the other buckets of his midterms strategy: raising an avalanche of cash to tout Senate Republicans’ record across a variety of platforms and recruiting “quality candidates” to face off against Democratic challengers.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, outraised its Democratic counterpart by roughly $8 million during the first six months of the year. The Senate GOP leadership-aligned Senate Leadership Fund and its affiliates also smashed a fundraising record for the first half of 2025, bringing in roughly $85 million.

Thune is also working with the president to ensure electable candidates are positioned to win the Republican nomination in key swing states.

The majority leader will head to North Carolina this fall to fundraise for RNC chairman Michael Whatley in an effort to hold the seat in 2026, Axios first reported. Whatley, who is expected to announce a Senate bid for the open seat as early as this week, will enter the race with the president’s endorsement.

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Trump Announces EU Trade Deal

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reached a trade deal with the European Union Sunday after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Trump in Scotland, Reuters reported.

WATCH: Trump says U.S.-EU trade deal is one of the ‘biggest ever’ as tariffs drop

The deal would see the E.U. shoulder a 15% tariff on E.U. imports to the U.S. and on large-scale purchases of American energy and military equipment, according to the outlet. Trump on July 11 had written to von der Leyen that the U.S. would levy a 30% tariff on E.U. imports, decrying “long-term, persistent, and large” trade deficits.

The two leaders met in Turnberry, Scotland, according to a White House video of the two at a press conference there.

The E.U. would not impose tariffs on U.S. goods entering the supranational entity’s market, under the terms of the new deal, Trump said, according to NBC News.

Asked by a reporter if he could offer the E.U. lower than 15%, Trump said no. Europe had hoped for a deal without any tariffs imposed by both sides but European companies would still likely welcome the deal, according to Reuters.

Trump said the U.S. has had a great relationship with the E.U. “but it has been a very one-sided transaction, very unfair to the United States.”

The U.S. and the E.U. are the two largest global economies with a trade volume of $1.7 trillion between both economies and a combined market of 800 million people, von der Leyen told reporters. She expressed optimism that the new trade deal, if successful, would be the biggest deal each entity has ever made.

Trump went into the meeting only half-certain about making the deal and that there were three or four issues to address, according to the livestream. “I think the main sticking point is fairness,” he said.

The deal would be about rebalancing, von der Leyen said. “We have a surplus, the United States has a deficit, and we have to rebalance it,” she added.

The U.S. trade deficit with the E.U. stood at nearly $236 billion in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It stood at just over $137.3 billion between January and May 2025 — up from $92,482.7 within the same period in 2024, according to the data.

The E.U. market is closed to American cars while the U.S. imports millions of cars from the E.U., according to Trump. While the U.S. imported 749,170 cars from the E.U. in 2024, the E.U. imported 164,857 cars from the U.S., according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.

Trump praised von der Leyen for having “done a terrific job for them [the E.U.] — not for us — but she’s done a great job and she’s highly respected by us also.”

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John Oyewale

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Trump Explains Why He Might Not Make Trade Deals With Thailand And Cambodia

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President Donald Trump explained on Truth Social Saturday why he might not pursue trade deals with Thailand and Cambodia.

He said he would not pursue trade deals with either country while the conflict between them continues.

“Just spoke to the Prime Minister of Cambodia relative to stopping the War with Thailand. I am calling the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, right now, to likewise request a Ceasefire, and END to the War, which is currently raging. We happen to be, by coincidence, currently dealing on Trade with both Countries, but do not want to make any Deal, with either Country, if they are fighting — And I have told them so!” Trump said in his post.

“The call with Thailand is being made momentarily. The call with Cambodia has ended, but expect to call back regarding War stoppage and Ceasefire based on what Thailand has to say. I am trying to simplify a complex situation! Many people are being killed in this War, but it very much reminds me of the Conflict between Pakistan and India, which was brought to a successful halt,” he continued to say.

The conflict started Thursday over a long-disputed border between the countries, DW News reported Thursday. Neither side has taken accountability, with Thailand blaming Cambodia for killing its citizens and Cambodia blaming Thailand for bombing targets with fighter jets, the outlet said.

So far, at least 14 people have been killed and thousands have been displaced in the dispute, the Associated Press reported.

Soon after his initial Truth Social post, Trump said that both sides are looking to agree on a ceasefire and end the conflict.

“I just had a very good call with the Prime Minister of Cambodia, and informed him of my discussions with Thailand, and its Acting Prime Minister. Both Parties are looking for an immediate Ceasefire and Peace,” Trump said in his post.

He added that both sides want to negotiate trade deals, but talks won’t begin until the conflict is fully resolved.

“They are also looking to get back to the ‘Trading Table’ with the United States, which we think is inappropriate to do until such time as the fighting STOPS. They have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a Ceasefire and, ultimately, PEACE!” Trump said.

Both countries are facing 36 percent reciprocal tariffs, according to a Fact Sheet posted by the White House on July 7.

“It was an Honor to deal with both Countries. They have a long and storied History and Culture. They will hopefully get along for many years to come. When all is done, and Peace is at hand, I look forward to concluding our Trading Agreements with both!” Trump concluded his post by saying.

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The White House | Trade, AI, & The Federal Reserve

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AMERICA FIRST. In trade. In AI. In everything.

President Trump hosted a Reception with Members of Congress, spoke at the AI Summit where he signed executive orders, and met with President Bongbong Marcos of the Philippines.

In getting back to his builder roots, the President also decided to take a trip down Constitution Avenue to visit the construction site of the Federal Reserve  undergoing major renovation. While there, he had a tour of the site with Fed Chair Jerome Powell and held a press gaggle.

Before leaving for Scotland to meet with the UK Prime Minister next week, his crowning achievement of the week was the BIGGEST DAY IN TRADE EVER making deals with Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Vice President Vance also attended the Reception with Republican Members of Congress where he spoke to promote the work of the administration and sat down with the All-In podcast to discuss AI and other relevant issues the White House has been working on.

MAJOR EVENTS

JAM-PACKED MAGA MINUTE! 

  •  AI Summit
  •  Japan, Indonesia & PH Deals
  •  6 Months of Trump
  •  Fed Reserve
  •  Real Earnings Surge
  •  $200M Columbia Settlement
  •  Jewish Students Protected
  •  Intel Scandal Exposed
  •  DOJ Strike Force
  •  Scotland

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WINS

 RUSSIA HOAX | Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard exposed how the Obama Administration manufactured the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment, creating the Russia Hoax. In her words, “…they conspired to subvert the will of the American people…”

 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | The Administration has taken a stance to lead the world in AI. To do so, they released an AI action plan, launched AI.gov, and signed several executive orders.

 TRADE DEALS | Australia agreed to allow US beef to be imported into their country, but even more importantly, the President negotiated three trade deals on the same day with Japan, Indonesia, and Philippines who all agreed to open their markets to American goods and more.

 CIVIL LIBERTIES | Columbia University agreed to pay a penalty of $200 million to the United States for violating federal law and an additional $20 million settlement to their Jewish employees who were unlawfully targeted and harassed.

 THE BORDER | CBP broke their previously set a new record in June for the lowest number of migrant encounters and the lowest number of encounters in a single day. This record saw a 15% decrease in encounters from their previous record set in March.

 MAJOR EVENTS

President Trump Visits the Federal Reserve

 IN THE NEWS

  • WATCH | Vice President JD Vance – All-In Podcast – Winning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD Vance
  • READ | Department of Energy – Daily Caller – STEVE MILLOY: Trump’s Energy Report Card
  • WATCH | White House Officials – New York Post – ‘I don’t know what you’re saying’: James Blair SPARS with Kaitlan Collins
  • READ | Department of Homeland Security – Daily Wire – Trump Admin Locates 13,000 Unaccompanied Minors, Arrests Hundreds Of Sponsors: Report
  • WATCH | Border Czar Tom Homan – MSNBC– ‘Don’t believe the polls’: Border Czar Homan rebukes reports that Trump’s support is waning
  • READ | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin – Fox News – US-Mexico Tijuana River sewage crisis deal is ‘massive’ win for Americans

 FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media with the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, July 23, 2025

 PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS

 ABOVE THE FOLD

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

THE SACRAMENTO BEE

THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE

THE NUMBER OF THE WEEK

$9.4 BILLION

President Trump signed his first rescissions bill into law. He sent it to Congress seeking to “claw back” $9.4 Billion in taxpayer funds going to foreign aid, NPR, PBS, and other wasteful allocations.

 PHOTO OF THE WEEK

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House AI Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

 SURVEY

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We’ve had the BUSIEST and MOST SUCCESSFUL 6 months of any administration! From mass deportations and a closed border to sweeping tax cuts, President Trump has been NONSTOP!

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ROOKE: Democrats Seem To Be Setting Themselves Up For More Chaos And Division

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President Donald Trump and Republicans could have a short-lived victory in passing their One Big Beautiful Bill. In just ten weeks, Republicans will face another funding battle to avoid a government shutdown. But, fortunately for them, Democrats are still undecided on how to respond.

There are open discussions about Democrats’ limited options when fighting against Republicans, Politico reported Monday. Rather than come up with a plan to find leverage to get what they want, Democrats, such as Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, blame Republicans for following Trump’s lead and complain that Republicans are unwilling to include Democrats in the budget decision-making process.

“They’re just throwing stuff against the wall because they’re losing this fight,” Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy told Politico.

Democrats don’t seem to understand why they were defeated in November or how to gain back voter confidence in the new Trump era. While Democrats are “furious with the Trump administration and their Republican counterparts for undercutting government funding negotiations,” there is no “unified strategy” in place for the next major funding bill, set to be voted on before the government shutdown Oct. 1, according to Politico.

“To be blunt, I don’t think there’s one tactic or approach that is going to solve this from any individual Democrat,” Schatz told the outlet. “The Republicans have to decide whether they want to be totally lobotomized or not.”

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to work with Republicans on Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, but received significant pushback from his fellow party members.

“‘He’s done a great deal of damage to the party,’ said Ezra Levin, co-founder of the liberal group Indivisible, which has scheduled an emergency call with its New York chapter and other local leaders to “seriously consider if the current [Democratic] leadership is equipped to handle the moment we’re in,’” Politico reported.

This puts any Democrat looking to side with Republicans in a terrible position. If they cross the aisle, they risk the Schumer treatment, but if they don’t, they get blamed for shutting down the federal government and all that entails.

Of course, Republicans have a few stragglers who seem to sympathize with the Democratic Party’s position against slashing funding for abortion and DEI hiring practices for the federal government.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the lone two votes against Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package, which ended funding for some of the establishment’s favorite projects, including foreign aid, PBS, and NPR. As Appropriations Committee chair, Collins told her fellow members that countering Trump and his White House budget chief, Russ Vought, is “to continue to work in a bipartisan way.”

One faction of the Democratic Party aims to persuade more Republicans to join their side during these budget negotiations. The other seems to think the only way to stop the “Trump train” is to derail it using their favorite weapon: lawfare.

Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the House’s top-ranking Democrat appropriator, appears to strike a balance between both sides. She told reporters that Democrats need “to make sure that there are several others on the other side of the aisle who have the stomach and the strength and the spine to stand up” to Trump and Republicans. Still, she added that her party needs to boost the number of lawsuits against the Trump administration.

Democrats have one major card in their pocket to play before it is all over. With their slim majority in both chambers of Congress, Republicans need Democratic votes to pass their budget bill and avoid a government shutdown. However, despite that obvious strategy, Democrats have been reluctant to use it against Republicans.

I guess they realize that some money is better than no money.

Democrats are increasingly becoming a neutered party with no real message to win, except that “Trump is bad.” But outside of its hardcore base, the rest of American voters are looking for someone who will answer questions on how to fix the issues that directly affect them, like the economy and illegal immigration.

Democrats are so far unable to determine the path to victory in the new Trump era, let alone take any action to help Americans, leaving them in a difficult position as they enter what will be a challenging midterm battle against a more unified Republican opponent.

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PODCAST: AI Ranks Trump’s First 6 Months as Most Successful Since FDR!

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President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2025 has been ranked as one of the most successful starts to a presidency in modern history—second only to Franklin D. Roosevelt—according to a new artificial intelligence analysis published by Newsweek.

The ranking was generated using OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, which compared the first six months of every U.S. president since the early 1900s. Trump’s performance received a “very high” effectiveness score due to a burst of early legislative wins and executive actions. Chief among those achievements were the Laken Riley Act and the sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill, both of which prioritized border security, energy independence, and cutting bureaucratic waste.

The AI model credited Trump’s focused leadership style and policy execution as key reasons for his high marks…..

The Laken Riley Act fast-tracked the deportation of violent illegal immigrants and imposed penalties on sanctuary cities.

The broader One Big Beautiful Bill, meanwhile, consolidated a range of conservative reforms—including regulatory rollbacks, aggressive energy expansion and government downsizing.

These reforms are designed to boost economic growth while reducing government interference in daily life. Trump’s early momentum also included dozens of executive orders that dismantled Biden-era climate mandates, curbed foreign influence in federal agencies and restored several Trump-era immigration policies.

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6 Months of Power: President Trump’s Comeback. America’s Revival.

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Six months in, President Trump took command—launched an all-out offensive to crush the left’s mess and bring American power roaring back. The border is fortified. The economy is unleashed. The One Big Beautiful Bill is law. This is unapologetic, America-first leadership.

President Donald J. Trump campaigned on a list of “20 core promises to Make America Great Again” — and in just six months, he has unquestionably delivered. From lowering costs to securing the border to enhancing public safety, President Trump has done more to make good on his promises than any president in modern American history, and he’s just getting started.

The list goes far beyond these promises. President Trump has successfully forced hospitals nationwide to abandon their so-called “gender-affirming care“ and chemical castration programs for kids, defunded biased PBS and NPR, ended woke DEI programming across higher education and corporate America, weeded out nonsense “climate” initiatives, made English our official language, and so much more.

Promises Made, Promises Kept

  1. Seal the border and stop the migrant invasion: Under President Trump, the number of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border are at historic lows and border wall construction has resumed. Last month, illegal border crossings were the lowest ever recorded, while this fiscal year is on track to see the fewest illegal crossings in five decades. For two straight months, zero illegals were released into the country’s interior.

  2. Carry out the largest deportation operation in American history: Every single day, the Trump Administration is removing illegal immigrant killers, rapists, gangbangers, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals off our streets — and sending them back.

  3. End inflation, and make America affordable again: Core inflation is near its lowest level in four years, prices for everyday goods continue to fall, and Americans are growing increasingly confident about the economic outlook. Jobs numbers have trounced expectations for four straight months, gas prices are at their lowest level in four years, blue-collar wage growth has seen the largest increase in nearly 60 years, and Wall Street sentiment is surging as the stock market reaches new record highs.

  4. Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far: President Trump has unleashed American energy independence like never before, approving record numbers of drilling permits, lifting burdensome regulations, exporting to foreign countries, and expanding pipelines — and as a result, U.S. oil and natural gas production has surged, driving down global prices while creating hundreds of thousands of high-paying energy jobs.

  5. Stop outsourcing, and turn the United States into a manufacturing superpower: As President Trump pursues his bold commitment to an America First trade agenda, scores of companies have announced trillions of dollars in new investment as they onshore workers from foreign countries and create tens of thousands of new American jobs — positioning the U.S. as the dominant player for the jobs of the future.

  6. Large tax cuts for workers, and No Tax on Tips: The largest tax cut in history for working- and middle-class Americans — including No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and No Tax on Social Security — is now the law of the land, along with unprecedented tax relief for small businesses, farmers, workers, and families.

  7. Defend our constitution, our bill of rights, and our fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms: President Trump signed executive orders dismantling censorship, protecting religious freedoms, and safeguarding Second Amendment rights, and has directed his administration to take all necessary steps to defend Americans’ constitutional rights from overreach.

  8. Prevent World War III, restore peace in Europe and in the Middle East, and build a great iron dome missile defense shield over our entire country — all made in America: President Trump has achieved remarkable success by employing his Peace Through Strength doctrine around the world —preventing war between India and Pakistan, ending the 12 Day War, brokering a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and averting escalation in other areas. Meanwhile, the One Big Beautiful Bill delivers funding for the Golden Dome missile defense system to protect our homeland from 21st Century threats.

  9. End the weaponization of government against the American people: President Trump has purged corrupt elements from the DOJ and FBI, pardoned pro-life Americans wrongly targeted by the Biden Administration, and launched full-scale investigations into deep state abuses — bringing the era of weaponized government to an end and restoring fairness and trust in American institutions.

  10. Stop the migrant crime epidemic, demolish the foreign drug cartels, crush gang violence, and lock up violent offenders: The Trump Administration is dismantling human smuggling networks, sanctioning cartels and designating them as foreign terrorist organizations, and deporting gang members in droves — ridding our country of these public safety threats for good and making our streets safer than they’ve ever been.

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President Trump Marks Six Months in Office with Historic Successes

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump celebrated the most successful first six months in office for any President in modern American history.

  • Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, thereby delivering the largest tax cut in American history, increasing Americans’ take-home pay by as much as $13,300, and terminating benefits for at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants who were gaming the system.
  • Congress passed President Trump’s historic rescissions package, which will save taxpayers $9 billion in wasteful, politically-motivated funding for leftwing foreign aid scams and biased NPR and PBS.
  • The wholesale price of a dozen eggs is down 53%, or $3.09, since the inauguration and is down 62%, or $5.08, from its March peak.

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The World Woke Up

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In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo.

The unthinkable has become the banal.

Take illegal immigration—remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under former President Joe Biden?

Recall the only solution was supposedly “comprehensive immigration reform”—a euphemism for mass amnesties.

Now, there is no such thing as daily new illegal immigration. It simply disappeared with commonsense enforcement of existing immigration laws—and a new president.

How about the 40,000-50,000 shortfall in military recruitment?

Remember all the causes that the generals cited for their inability to enlist soldiers: generational gangs, obesity, drugs, and stiff competition with private industry?

And now?

In just six months, recruitment targets are already met; the issue is mostly moot.

Why? The new Pentagon flipped the old, canceling its racist DEI programs and assuring the rural, middle-class Americans—especially white males—that they were not systemically racist after all.

Instead, they were reinvited to enlist as the critical combat cohort who died at twice their demographic share in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How about the “end of the NATO crisis,” supposedly brought on by a bullying U.S.?

Now the vast majority of NATO members have met their pledges to spend 2% of gross domestic product on defense, which will soon increase to 5%.

Iconic neutrals like Sweden and Finland have become front-line NATO nations, arming to the teeth. The smiling NATO secretary-general even called Trump the “daddy” of the alliance

What about indomitable, all-powerful, theocratic Iran, the scourge of the Middle East for nearly 50 years?

Although it had never won a war in the last half-century, its terrorist surrogates—Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis—were supposedly too dangerous to provoke.

Now?

Most of their expeditionary terrorists are neutered, and their leaders are in hiding or dead. Iran has no air force, no real navy, no air defenses, and no active nuclear weapons program.

Its safety apparently depends only on the mood of the U.S. or Israel on any given day, not to fly into its airspace and take out its missiles, nuclear sites, generals, or theocrats at will.

What happened to the supposedly inevitable recession, hyperinflation, stock market collapse, unemployment spikes, and global trade war that last spring economists assured us would hit by summer?

Job growth is strong, and April’s inflation rate is the lowest in four years. GDP is still steady. The stock market hit a record high. Trade partners are renegotiating their surpluses with the U.S.

It turns out that staying in the U.S. consumer market is the top priority of our trading partners. It seems their preexisting and mostly undisclosed profits were large enough to afford reasonable U.S. symmetrical tariffs.

For now, news of tax cuts, deregulation, “drill, baby, drill” energy policies displacing Green New Deal strangulation, and $8-$10 trillion in potential foreign investment has encouraged—rather than deterred—business.

Then there were our marquee elite universities, whose prestige, riches, and powerful alumni made them answerable to no one.

And now, after the executive and congressional crackdown on their decades of hubris?

Supposedly brilliant university presidents have resigned in shame. The public has caught on to their grant surcharge gouging.

Campuses have backed off their arrogant defiance of the Supreme Court’s civil rights rulings.

They are panicked about the public exposure of their systemic antisemitism.

They are scrambling to explain away their institutionalized ideological bias and their tawdry profit-making schemes and mass recruitment of wealthy foreign students from illiberal regimes.

So, the mighty Ivy League powerhouses are now humbling themselves to cut a deal to save their financial hides and hopefully return to their proper mission of disinterested education.

What happened to the trans juggernaut of sex as a social construct and its bookend gospel that biological men could dominate women’s sports?

People woke up. They were no longer afraid to state that sex is binary and biologically determined. And biological men who dominate women’s sports are bullies, not heroes.

Where are the millionaire-scamming architects of Black Lives Matter now? Where is the “DEI now, tomorrow, and forever” conventional wisdom?

Where is professor Ibram X. Kendi and his $30,000 Zoom lessons on how to fight racism by being racist?

They have all been exposed as the race hustlers they always were. Their creed that it is OK for supposed victims to be racist victimizers themselves was exposed as an absurd con.

So, what flipped everything?

We were living in an “emperor has no clothes” make-believe world for the last few years. The people knew establishment narratives were absurd, and our supposed experts were even more ridiculous.

But few—until now—had the guts to scream “the emperor is naked” to dispel the fantasies.

When they finally did, reality returned.

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Economists Say Trump Was Right All Along On Tariffs

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BREITBART — The Great Trade Reversal: Trump’s Tariffs are gaining fans in academic economists

President Trump has long believed that America’s economic leverage has been systematically squandered by its own ruling class. For this he has been accused—by economists, editorial boards, and the entirety of Davos—of misunderstanding trade. But the latest word from the economics profession is… not so fast.

A new CESifo working paper, blandly titled “Making America Great Again? The Economic Impacts of Liberation Day Tariffs,” lands with all the drama of a footnote—until you read what it actually says. If the U.S. can impose tariffs without sparking retaliation, it can come out ahead. Higher wages. Smaller trade deficit. Slightly lower taxes. A net gain in welfare. That’s not a MAGA slogan. That’s a math-based result.

The study, authored by economists from UC Davis, the Norwegian School of Economics, Indiana University, and the University of Milan, builds a global trade model to simulate Trump’s April 2 tariff policy—what he called “Liberation Day.” 

The tariffs include a 10 percent base rate, with surcharges for countries that run persistent trade surpluses with the U.S. — 20 percent for the European Union, 54 percent for China, etc. The CESifo authors run the numbers and conclude: If foreign governments don’t retaliate, the U.S. gains. The trade deficit drops by 18 percent. Welfare ticks up by 1.13 percent. Tariff revenue offsets income taxes. Even employment nudges higher.

Of course, there’s a catch—one that the economists are at pains to highlight. Retaliation reverses the gains. If the EU or China responds in kind, the U.S. loses. The benefits evaporate. Prices rise. Output and employment fall. It’s all in the model.

This would be the part where the policy gets shelved — except Trump has read the same model and responded accordingly.

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Trump Economy Defies Doomsday Predictions

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Many so-called experts predicted that President Donald Trump’s economic agenda would usher in an inflationary Armageddon. This projection was so often repeated in the media that many Americans, especially Democrats, believed a depression was imminent. Yet the economy is thoroughly beating expectations and consumers’ expectations are becoming increasingly optimistic.

Upon taking office again, Trump reiterated the economic policy goals that he laid out during the campaign: reductions in excessive taxation, burdensome regulations, and government spending, coupled with increases in tariffs and energy production.

This was labeled as some kind of toxic mixture. Thus far, though, it’s been an elixir for the American economy, which was suffering from inflation and a general malaise.

Consider that when Trump took office in January, inflation (as measured by the consumer price index) was running at an annualized rate of 5.7%, at which pace prices double in less than 13 years. With Trump back at the helm, however, inflation has averaged an annualized rate of just 1.4%.

The lower inflation means people’s income isn’t being so quickly eroded by lost purchasing power. Under President Joe Biden, the average American’s weekly paycheck grew almost 20% but they bought 4% less because inflation so outpaced wage growth. Conversely, under Trump, the average weekly paycheck buys 1% more today than when he was inaugurated in January.

This is precisely the opposite of what many analysts and so-called experts predicted would happen. Of course, the same folks who said Trump’s tariffs would cause runaway inflation also said Biden’s profligate spending wouldn’t cause inflation. They’re perpetually wrong, but never in doubt.

Simultaneously, the labor market is quickly transitioning off its dependence on government and back to the productive private sector. During Biden’s tenure, job growth was disproportionately the result of increasing government payrolls and burgeoning bureaucracy—a completely unsustainable, and expensive, pattern.

But what a difference a president makes. Every month of 2025 has seen a reduction in the federal workforce as the Trump administration takes steps to make the government more efficient. Far from crashing the labor market, these public-sector layoffs have coincided with the private economy adding many more jobs than expected this year.

This good news probably comes as a shock to the average American consumer, and certainly to the average Democrat, who earlier this year thought Trump would usher in America’s Dark Ages. A variety of consumer surveys beginning in January showed many people souring on the economy, particularly their economic outlook for the year ahead.

For example, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey, which oversamples Democrats, showed the worst inflation expectations in the survey’s history, coupled with the economy falling off a cliff. On the other hand, Republicans largely ignored the so-called experts quoted in the press and expected inflation to be low.

The latter were clearly correct and were wise to ignore the hyperbolic predictions of politically motivated pundits. With each month that goes by, all Americans, regardless of party registration, are becoming increasingly optimistic about the economy. Survey data from the regional Federal Reserve Banks confirms this, as well as private sources like the Conference Board.

That’s not to say everything is sunshine and rainbows, however. Many American families are still hurting.

Having just experienced the fastest rise in both inflation and interest rates in over 40 years, many people are drowning in debt with punitively high interest payments on that debt.

American families are paying over $300 billion annually just in finance charges on their credit cards from the deadly combination of large outstanding balances and high interest rates.

The current cost-of-living crisis didn’t arise overnight, and it won’t disappear that quickly either. But the nation has course-corrected and is once more heading in the right direction. As Trump continues shrinking the government, leaving room for the private economy to grow, folks will work, spend, save, and invest more, and things will keep improving—including people’s expectations.

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U.S. Posts $27 Billion SURPLUS Thanks to Record Tariff Revenues

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The U.S. government posted a surplus in June as tariffs drove a sharp increase in receipts, the Treasury Department said Friday.

June saw a surplus of just over $27 billion, following a $316 billion deficit in May.

Customs duties totaled about $27 billion for the month, up from $23 billion in May and a 301% gain from June 2024.

The Democrat media axis and Jerome Powell was wrong about everything.

U.S. posts surprise $27 billion budget surplus in June, boosted by tariffs

Frank DeMatteo, Investing.com, July 11, 2025:

— Just one week after President Trump signed the “Big Beautiful Bill” into law, the administration is celebrating again. The U.S. government posted a budget surplus for June, driven in large part by Trump’s aggressive tariff policies.

The June 2025 budget recorded a surplus of over $27 billion, the first monthly surplus since 2017. Economists had expected a deficit of $41.5 billion for the month. A key factor was the surge in customs duties, which totaled roughly $27 billion for the month. That’s up from $23 billion in May and a staggering 301% increase compared to June 2024.

So far this year, tariff collections have reached $113 billion, up 86% from the same period last year. Much of the increase is tied to the across-the-board 10% import tariffs Trump implemented in April, in addition to the targeted reciprocal tariffs on individual countries.

Despite the strong June surplus numbers, the broader fiscal picture remains challenging. The federal deficit for the year stands at more than $1.34 trillion.

Interest payments on the national debt continue to be a major burden. Net interest totaled $84 billion in June alone, and $749 billion year-to-date, making it the second-largest federal expense after Social Security. Interest payments are on track to hit $1.2 trillion for the full fiscal year.

President Trump has repeatedly called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates, arguing that lower rates would reduce debt servicing costs and “save billions.”

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Dems’ ‘Project 2029’ May Not Actually Bode Well For Party’s Future

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Some Democrats’ latest attempt to develop a winning political agenda to help the party retake the White House in 2028 could be destined for failure.

Former Arizona Democratic Party chair Andrei Cherny is assembling a group of well-connected party members to craft a ready-made agenda, dubbed “Project 2029,” to help serve the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee, the New York Times first reported on Monday. Though, several analysts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the effort is unlikely to succeed in helping the party win back voters they lost in 2024.

Cherny told the NYT that former Vice President Kamala Harris lost her 2024 White House bid because she leaned into attacking President Donald Trump’s agenda instead of touting her own policies, telling the outlet that “the oldest truism in politics is you can’t beat something with nothing.” Cherny’s project — which some people have already panned on social media — draws similarities to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a policy outline and personnel list created to help serve the next GOP president, which Democrats had repeatedly used to attack Trump during the 2024 election cycle.

Cherny could not be reached for comment.

Adolph Mongo, a Democratic political commentator and former journalist, told the DCNF he thinks that Project 2025 is a “fantastic” idea, but likely not attainable.

“Project 2029 is a fantastic idea but unrealistic,” Mongo told the DCNF. “The Democratic Party is fractured. The far left has destroyed the party. Look at New York [City], a socialist Democrat might become mayor. In Detroit, a long time Democratic mayor left the party. Democrats across the country are quitting the party and turning Republican. Their once loyal base is black and brown voters, [who] have abandoned the party.”

Moreover, when asked if he thinks the Democratic Party will be able to successfully persuade voters to embrace their ideas through efforts such as Project 2029, Mongo replied “no.”

“For the last 50 years Democrats have made promises and not were able to deliver them,” Mongo told the DCNF. “Democratic run cities have been left out in the cold. Look at the crime and unemployment in our urban area.”

“The Democrats’ problem is several-fold,” Tom Basile, a Daily Caller contributor and host of Newsmax’s “America Right Now,” told the DCNF. “They don’t have credible messengers to even attempt to convince Americans that the party is capable of governing for the vast majority of Americans. The highest profile members of the Democratic Party are [Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] AOC, [Independent Vermont Sen.] Bernie Sanders, and now [Democratic New York Assemblyman] Zohran Mamdani – all socialists. Socialism is not compatible with American life and most Americans know that.”

Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, is not a registered Democrat, but still caucuses with the party in the Senate.

Mamdani on June 2024 notched a surprise win in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary election. Some analysts previously told the DCNF that the socialist’s mayoral primary victory may push the Democratic Party to lean into more far-left policies in future elections.

In the wake of the 2024 election cycle, the Democratic Party has been attempting to strengthen their messaging, amid some party leaders claiming the party brand has become too “woke.” Democrats are also facing various polls showing Americans are largely unimpressed with their leadership.

Additionally, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is reportedly grappling with rampant intraparty tensions and a drop in major donations this year.

“Delivering a message doesn’t only require a credible messenger, but also money and the DNC is flat broke at this point,” Basile told the DCNF. “Additionally, because this flirtation with socialist policies is now a pattern over several election cycles, any claims on the part of Democrats that they are ready to moderate will be met with tremendous skepticism on the part of the public. This week, every Democrat in the U.S. Senate voted for the largest tax hike in American history.”

Some prominent Democratic leaders have recently been growing their national profiles amid speculation that they are sizing up runs for the White House in 2028. Though, some political strategists previously told the DCNF they are skeptical that several of the prospective 2028 Democratic presidential candidates will be able to reunify the party.

“For nearly a decade, Democrats have said loud and clear to the American people that they care far more about transgenderism, militant censorship, boys playing in girls sports and open borders than making Americans more financially secure,” Basile told the DCNF. “The party has become anti-Democratic and intolerant while doubling down on an extreme fidelity to government programing that has proven to be a failure. The Biden-Sanders Unity platform, from the 2020 campaign and the gaslighting over the border from last year are both prime examples of what looks like an entrenched, radical agenda. That’s clearly not where the nation is ideologically.”

“Donald Trump is the blue-collar billionaire who is speaking directly to the needs of the working men and women of this country and the middle class,” Basile added. “His program of reform and realignment of power away from government systems to the empowerment of people has stolen core issues from the Democrat [Democratic] Party who have fallen back on radical social agendas to motivate voters. In that fight, the Republicans win regardless of what some document concocted by the DNC says.”

Daisy Roser contributed to this report.

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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Thomas Massie Reveals What Would Get Him To ‘Yes’ On Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

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Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie revealed in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller that he could vote “yes” on President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” if a “skinny” version of the legislation materializes.

Massie has said he will not support the bill in its current form because it does not cut government spending substantially enough. Massie’s opposition to the bill is one reason Trump and his political allies have threatened to primary him in the 2026 midterms. Pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is also trying to primary Massie, according to a source who spoke to the Caller.

There is a version of the bill, though, Massie said he could support. In a group text with about ten other congressmen, called “Budget Hawks,” Massie said they have floated the idea of splitting the bill in two.

“I can tell you the conservatives in the house are getting antsy with every change that happens in the Senate, and there’s a concern that maybe they need to just skinny this thing down and try to do just a few things,” he asserted, adding that they may try to do “two bills instead of one.”

“The first one should be just the absolute essentials to the president’s priorities, which would be, secure the border and extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” he explained.

Massie said he could theoretically support that bill depending on its impact on the deficit.

“It would be a lot of speculation to say that’s where we’re going to end up. But if we did end up there, and there was a repeal of the Green New Deal subsidies, I could be for that, possibly — I’d have to see the total budget impact in the House,” he told the Caller.

There have been several changes to the Senate version of the bill that have raised red flags for Massie. They stripped the REINS Act Provision — something Massie personally lobbied for in the House version — which requires congressional approval for major federal regulations before they take effect. The Senate is also mulling over a longer phaseout of renewable energy tax credits and whether to reduce the income cap for State and Local Tax (SALT) deductions. Massie said that lowering the threshold would benefit blue states more than red states.

“If they make that tweak, let’s say they limit the SALT deduction to people who make less than $400,000 a year, that means that more of the benefit of that tax provision will go to blue states instead of red states, because to be under whatever the threshold is — let’s just say $400,000 a year annual income and have $40,000 of state and local taxes or property taxes — means that you’re probably in a blue state,” he explained.

“I think the ultimate bill that the Senate passes, if they can pass one, is going to have an even worse impact on the deficit than the House bill,” he said.

Massie speculated that the president’s July 4 deadline is unlikely to be met by Congress and that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s promise to force Congress to meet over the holiday is likely an empty threat meant to appease Trump. The real deadline, Massie alleged, is sometime in August.

“I think they’ll use the threat of canceling the August recess … they’ll take a week off the August recess and say we’re in session, and then they’ll give it back to us if this bill passes,” he said.

Another sticking point for Massie is that he is using a shorter window to score the bill’s impact on the deficit. While the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) typically scores bills on a ten-year timeline, Massie is only looking at the next three or four years. Trump’s plans for no tax on tips and overtime, and tax reform for seniors, for example, are set to expire after three years in the bill.

“The deficit impact is great over the next three years in the Big Bill that passed the House, and it’s only five years out when it starts to go in the other direction because they plan on having those tax cuts expire, and they plan on having that military spending expire,” he told the Caller. “But what will happen four years from now … is they’ll say, oh my gosh, that Congress four years ago and that president set up this fiscal cliff, and the impact to our military is going to be too great [if they let] the spending expire.”

“So we’ve got to use the current policy as the baseline,” he said.

Massie alleged that the House is effectively doing nothing while they wait for the Senate to deliver its version of the Big Beautiful Bill.

“The House is just sort of over here … treading water,” he asserted. “We’re just not doing much in the House. Where the speaker has the House looking like it’s busy … it’s not really that busy.”

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