President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a trade agreement to cut tariffs between the two countries.
The two leaders announced the trade agreement on the sidelines of the Group of Seven Summit in Canada. The president said the deal is “fair to both sides.”
“We have our trade agreement with the [United Kingdom] and it&#8217;s a fair deal for both, and it&#8217;s going to produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income, and we have many, many other ones coming,” said Trump. “The level of enthusiasm is very good, but the relationship that we have is fantastic.”
Starmer called the deal a “really important agreement.”
“This is a very good day for both of our countries, a real sign of strength. So, thank you again, Donald. A really important day for both of us,” he said.
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A copy of the general agreement released by the White House would set a 10% tariff for the first 100,000 vehicles imported into the United States from Britain. The agreement would also remove a host of tariffs on aerospace products.
The agreement does not set final terms for trade on steel and aluminum. The outline said that the British government would be working to meet American standards for supply chain security.
“In the General Terms, the United Kingdom also committed to working to meet American requirements on the security of the supply chains of steel and aluminum products intended for export to the United States and on the nature of ownership of relevant production facilities,” the draft <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/implementing-the-general-terms-of-the-united-states-of-america-united-kingdom-economic-prosperity-deal/">agreement</a> says.
Trump and Starmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-announce-major-trade-deal-with-united-kingdom">announced</a> in May that the United States and United Kingdom had reached agreement on vehicles, steel, and aluminum.
“The agreement with the United Kingdom is a full and comprehensive one that will cement the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom for many years to come,” the president posted on Truth Social at the time. “Because of our long time history and allegiance together, it is a great honor to have the United Kingdom as our FIRST announcement.”

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A driver crashed his vehicle into a crowd of parade-goers in Liverpool, England, on Monday as thousands of soccer fans celebrated the city’s football club.
Police said a man rammed his vehicle through a crowded street, knocking down and running over pedestrians before he was stopped. Police <a href="https://www.merseyside.police.uk/news/merseyside/news/2025/may-2025/update-police-incident-water-street-liverpool-city-centre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that they had arrested “a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area.”
“The scenes in Liverpool are appalling — my thoughts are with all those injured or affected,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a post on X. “I want to thank the police and emergency services for their swift and ongoing response to this shocking incident.”
“I’m being kept updated on developments and ask that we give the police the space they need to investigate,” he added.
Video of the incident <a href="https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1927062568557826334" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> a gray van knocking a slew of pedestrians out of the way as it appeared to swerve into the crowd. Another angle appeared to <a href="https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1927068452679827949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> at least one person trapped beneath the car as emergency workers surrounded the area.
Video of the suspected driver’s arrest showed a team of police officers keeping the crowd back. Several men appeared to rush officers as if trying to get their hands on the suspect.
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Natasha Rinaldi, an eyewitness to the incident, said that police officers were forced to protect the suspect from furious members of the crowd.
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“Then people started rushing to go after the driver and they tried to break the car. The police did everything to block and to push people away,” she told <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/police-responding-to-incident-at-liverpool-fc-parade-after-reports-of-car-collision-with-pedestrians-13374978" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sky News</a>. “We could just hear screams. We were very confused. Some of my friends were down there and the car was so near them. It was a horrible scene, nobody was expecting it.”
Thousands of fans lined a 10-mile long parade route on Monday after Liverpool Football Club won the English Premier League. The club locked up the title last month before the end of the season, but players hoisted the Premier League trophy on Sunday.
“We are in direct contact with Merseyside Police regarding the incident on Water Street which happened towards the end of the trophy parade earlier this evening,” the club <a href="https://x.com/LFC/status/1927078543164342468" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement after the vehicle attack.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by this serious incident,” it continued. “We will continue to offer our full support to the emergency services and local authorities who are dealing with this incident.”

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Former President Joe Biden is suffering from an “aggressive” form of cancer. Hamas says it is ready to resume talks after massive strikes by Israel, and, as the UK struggles with the effects of mass migration, Britain’s liberal prime minister makes a major reversal.
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<h2>Biden Reveals Cancer Diagnosis Amid Bombshell Reports Of Cognitive Decline</h2>
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Topline: On Sunday, former President Joe Biden’s staff announced that the 82-year-old had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer on the heels of renewed public interest in his physical and mental decline.
A Biden spokesman revealed that an exam last month found a small nodule on his prostate, and further examination revealed it to be an “aggressive” form of cancer and that it has spread to his bones. Prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bones has a <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer/prostate-cancer-spread-to-bones#outlook">~33%</a> 5-year survival rate, and the <a href="https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/where-prostate-cancer-spreads-body-affects-survival-time">median life expectancy</a> after diagnosis is 21 months. The one silver lining is that it appears to be “hormone-sensitive,” making it more treatable.
After former President Biden dropped out of the race last summer, Democrat leaders made a concerted effort to shift their focus away from the president and toward Kamala Harris and other prominent, younger lawmakers. But a new book from Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson offers explosive details of “President Biden’s decline, its cover-up and his disastrous choice to run again.” The revelations have set Washington ablaze and brought the former president’s decline back into the national conversation.
Remember: The White House spent four years condemning anyone who questioned his cognitive fitness, labeling videos of his mental missteps “cheap fakes” and essentially gaslighting those who said he seemed off. 
According to numerous administration and campaign officials, both on and off the record, Biden’s physical deterioration was so severe that some of his closest advisers believed he would need to use a wheelchair if re-elected. While Biden’s staff routinely assured the American people that behind closed doors, he was running laps around his staff, numerous officials now say that due to his old age, he was limited to a six-hour work window, typically from 10 am to 4 pm, with time often scheduled for naps.
As this new evidence has come to light, Democratic leaders have come out on the record saying Biden never should have run for re-election and that his mental state was clearly compromised. But it’s important to note how different that message is from what we heard from them when he was actually in power:
<blockquote>Former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas: The most difficult part about a meeting with Joe Biden is preparing for it. Because he is sharp, intensely probing and detail oriented and focused.
Former Attorney General Merrick Garland: “I have watched him expertly guide meetings of staff and cabinet members. I could not have more confidence in the president.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “It&#8217;s as good as it&#8217;s been over the years I&#8217;ve been, he&#8217;s fine. All this right-wing propaganda that his mental acuity has declined is wrong.”
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D): “He is on the ball. The man knows more than most of us have forgotten.”</blockquote>
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<h2>Israel Launches New Offensive; Hamas Returns To Diplomatic Talks</h2>
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Topline:  Israel forces Hamas back to the bargaining table after a new ground offensive.
In a new operation, <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408548">called</a> Operation Gideon’s Chariots, Israeli troops moved into portions of northern and southern Gaza while the air force launched hundreds of strikes against terrorists. Israel’s objectives have been the same since the war began: to free the hostages and destroy Hamas. Over the weekend, Israel made measurable progress toward both of those goals. According to a Hamas spokesman, the terror group decided to return to the negotiating table without preconditions. 
An Israeli official <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408546">told</a> Israel’s I24 News that talks in Qatar are “intense” but still short of a “breakthrough.” While officials are more optimistic than last week, it’s still unclear if a deal can be reached.” One possible agreement, proposed by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, would secure the release of 10 hostages.  Israeli officials believe 23 of the October 7 hostages that remain in Hamas’ custody are still alive, although there are concerns that three of them are in critical condition. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said he is willing to end the war altogether, but only if Hamas surrenders and Gaza is disarmed. The Israeli official said the delegation in Qatar “won&#8217;t be there forever. If there won&#8217;t be progress shortly, we will progress in the fighting.”
Over the weekend, Israeli planes carried out at least 670 strikes against Hamas terror targets. Dozens of terrorists are <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408532">reportedly</a> dead, and one of those might have been Hamas’ head of military operations, Mohammed Sinwar – the brother of Yahya Sinwar, who led Hamas until Israeli forces killed him in October.
New documents have also shed light on what inspired the October 7 terror attack on Israel that began this war. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-wanted-to-torpedo-israel-saudi-deal-with-oct-7-attacks-documents-reveal-a70ec560">The Wall Street Journal</a> got a peek at the minutes of an October 2, 2023, meeting of Hamas’s political leadership, which show that this attack that had been years in the making, was launched less than a week later to disrupt Israeli-Saudi relations. Israel and Saudi Arabia were close to normalizing relations under the Abraham Accords from President Donald Trump’s first term. According to the minutes, Yahya Sinwar was concerned that normalizing relations between the Saudis and Israelis would “open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.” So – with Iran’s approval – Hamas launched the attack to “bring about … a strategic shift in the paths and balances of the region with regard to the Palestinian cause.”
In his second term, President Trump has continued to try to bring Israel and Saudi Arabia together. In his recent visit to the Middle East, the president said, “It&#8217;s my fervent hope, wish, and even my dream that Saudi Arabia, a place I have such respect for… will soon be joining the Abraham Accords.”
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<h2>UK&#8217;s Left-Wing Prime Minister Makes An About-Face On Immigration</h2>
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Topline: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a landmark speech in which he attacked mass migration and said his government would significantly reduce it.
At a press conference unveiling his government’s new policy, Prime Minister Starmer said that he wanted to “take back control of our borders,” calling the previous era of mass immigration “squalid.” He blamed the previous Conservative government for the significant increase in immigration since 2021, which saw net migration quadruple. In 2023, migration was more than 1 million, which is nearly the same size as Birmingham, the second-largest city in the country. Starner called this a “one-nation experiment in open borders,” warning that Britain risked becoming an “island of strangers.” 
“When you have an immigration system that seems designed to permit abuse, bring in lower paid workers, sold by politicians on a false premise, then you are not championing growth or justice!” Starmer said. “You&#8217;re actually contributing to the forces that are slowly pulling our country apart.”
Although he praised diversity and described migration as part of “Britain’s story,” Starmer said that immigrants should commit to integrating, including learning English. He also extended the period required to apply for permanent settlement from five years to 10.
“That will reassure a lot of people who were worried that the millions of low-skilled immigrants who have come here in the last few years would soon be eligible for settlement, at which point they could fully access the welfare state,” Guy Dampier of the Prosperity Institute told The Daily Wire. “Immigration policy in Britain has been dominated for the last few decades by the idea that immigration was good for the economy and that it was only illegal immigration which was the problem. So this is a major rhetorical shift.”
The ideological pivot provoked outrage within the Labour Party’s left-wing base – many party activists resigned, and some sitting members of parliament condemned their party leader’s speech. However, <a href="https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/uk-public-opinion-toward-immigration-overall-attitudes-and-level-of-concern/">polling</a> indicates that public support for reducing immigration is quite high.
“In a lot of ways the Prime Minister is reflecting the mood of the country, rather than driving it,” Dampier told The Daily Wire. “And which the anti-immigration Reform party (led by Nigel Farage) did very well in. So some people think this is an attempt to win back voters and stem the collapse in popularity. For people on the right, this was something of a vindication. The Prime Minister said things they have argued for years.”

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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a major immigration overhaul that doubles the residency requirement for citizenship and imposes stricter English language requirements, declaring settlement in Britain &#8220;a privilege, not a right.&#8221;
The new policy increases the residency requirement from five to ten years before migrants can apply for citizenship, with exceptions for those making a &#8220;high contribution&#8221; to the island nation.
The overhaul is being <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/new-english-language-and-british-citizenship-requirements-for-migrants-13365884">spearheaded</a> by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, promising English language requirements across every visa route, extending to adult dependents for the first time.
&#8220;We will create a migration system that is controlled, selective, and fair &#8211; a clean break from the past,&#8221; Starmer said at a press conference on Monday, per <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw5oI3qJmFA">Sky News</a>. “When people come to our country, they should also commit to integration and to learning our language.&#8221;
The reforms come as net migration to the U.K. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4vlyly0l2o">reached</a> record levels, climbing to 906,000 in June 2023 and standing at 728,000 last year, according to the BBC.
&#8220;That is what this White Paper will deliver: lower net migration, higher skills and backing British workers,&#8221; with the reforms estimated to cut migrant numbers by 50,000 annually.
Starmer accused industries of being &#8220;almost addicted to importing cheap labour&#8221; instead of &#8220;investing in the skills of people here and want a good job in their community.&#8221; He singled out engineering as a sector &#8220;where visas have rocketed while apprenticeships have plummeted.&#8221;
The government&#8217;s immigration White Paper reflects months of research and comes after Reform U.K. made significant gains in local elections, applying political pressure on Labour to address migration concerns.
While previously critical of Conservative immigration policies, Starmer now finds himself implementing restrictions that in some ways go beyond those proposed by his conservative predecessors.
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If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense.
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Conservative critics remain skeptical of Labour&#8217;s commitment to immigration control, as <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce810e3z6dkt?post=asset%3Ae2d3062c-3d44-4892-8559-94757c56adaa#post">polls</a> show increasing popular support for reduced immigration.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp dismissed the proposal, saying the idea that Starmer &#8220;is tough on immigration is a joke&#8221; and promised to push Parliament to introduce a binding cap on migration, which Starmer has declined to implement thus far.
Labour Party MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee in Parliament, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce810e3z6dkt?post=asset%3A9a4b165e-3442-46ba-a81f-b0ea797d5317#post">slammed</a> Starmer from the Left, writing on Bluesky that the PM is &#8220;chasing the tail of the right&#8221; and is putting the U.K. on &#8220;a very dark path.&#8221;
Starmer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/uk-risks-becoming-island-of-strangers-without-more-immigration-curbs-starmer-says">warned</a> that without &#8220;fair rules,&#8221; Britain risked becoming &#8220;an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump, joined by representatives from the United Kingdom in the Oval Office, announced on Thursday that the two countries will cut back on trade barriers in the first major trade deal for the president.
The agreement will allow the United States to gain increased market access in the United Kingdom — the sixth-largest economy in the world — for billions of dollars worth of American exports, according to Trump. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who spoke to the president over the phone, told Trump he is &#8220;really pleased&#8221; with the deal between the two allies. The final details are still being worked out, but Trump will keep some tariffs in place on British imports. The president emphasized that the deal would boost both countries&#8217; industrial bases and help protect steel.
&#8220;Both countries have agreed that economic security is national security and will be working together as allies to ensure that we have a strong industrial base and appropriate export controls and protections for key technologies and industries like steel,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Steel was a big factor. Both countries will become stronger with steel.&#8221;
Shortly after announcing the deal, President Trump posted a chart on social media, showing that Britain&#8217;s tariffs on U.S. goods will drop to 1.8% while &#8220;reciprocal tariffs&#8221; on the United Kingdom will remain at 10%. Trump said other nations should not view the 10% tariff on Britain as a template for how the administration will negotiate future deals.
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Asked by Daily Wire White House Reporter Mary Margaret Olohan if the trade deal includes any assurances from Britain to protect free speech and freedom of religion, Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the agreement is solely focused on the economy.
Lutnick added that the deal will also allow the United Kingdom to export up to 100,000 vehicles to the United States for a 10% tariff. Lutnick said the agreement will enable the U.K. to maintain access to the U.S. market while also protecting American jobs. The United States will be able to gain more access to U.K. markets to sell agricultural products such as “ethanol, beef, [and] machinery,&#8221; according to Lutnick. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the deal will &#8220;exponentially increase our beef exports&#8221; to the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom will also be allowed to export Rolls-Royce engines and airplane parts to the United States tariff-free, and Britain will purchase $10 billion worth of Boeing airplanes from the United States, Lutnick added.
Starmer praised Trump and his trade team for working out the trade deal.
&#8220;Really important deal,&#8221; Starmer said. &#8220;This is going to boost trade between and across our countries. It&#8217;s not only going to protect jobs, but create jobs, opening market access.&#8221;
The deal is a significant step for the Trump administration as it seeks to negotiate new trade agreements with dozens of countries worldwide following the president&#8217;s &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; tariffs rollout last month.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer&#8217;s latest promised effort to combat violent crime has so far only resulted in him taking a virtual beating on social media.
Starmer announced via X that he was going to make good on his promise to ban ninja swords, and critics were far from impressed.
&#8220;Knife crime is at epidemic levels and is ruining lives across Britain. As Prime Minister, I&#8217;ll crack down on sales of these lethal weapons once and for all. When I announce a ban, you’ll get a ban,&#8221; Starmer posted in late January of 2024, along with an article from The Sun stating that ninja swords would be included in such a ban.
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Knife crime is at epidemic levels and is ruining lives across Britain. 
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&#8220;Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer. When we promise action we take it,&#8221; Starmer posted on Thursday.
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Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.
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The Daily Wire&#8217;s Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro shared a &#8220;Kill Bill&#8221; clip showing actress Uma Thurman wielding such a blade, adding the comment, &#8220;If you tried this s*** in America.&#8221;
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&#8220;At last, Britain&#8217;s nagging Ninja problem has been solved,&#8221; David Burge posted.
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At last, Britain&#39;s nagging Ninja problem has been solved <a href="https://t.co/6HDJC0o0mO">https://t.co/6HDJC0o0mO</a>
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&#8220;Pictured: a young King Arthur moments before being imprisoned for life for possession of a bladed weapon,&#8221; another said, sharing a frame from Disney&#8217;s animated version of &#8220;The Sword in the Stone.&#8221;
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Pictured: a young King Arthur moments before being imprisoned for life for possession of a bladed weapon <a href="https://t.co/V2i3H20UTC">https://t.co/V2i3H20UTC</a> <a href="https://t.co/9D2JPszwSD">pic.twitter.com/9D2JPszwSD</a>
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&#8220;Great news everyone! They’re tackling the ninja epidemic,&#8221; another said.
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Great news everyone! They’re tackling the ninja epidemic. <a href="https://t.co/HV83iM8BBx">https://t.co/HV83iM8BBx</a> <a href="https://t.co/WYf4AzzorT">pic.twitter.com/WYf4AzzorT</a>
&mdash; Gill, womb haulier and gorgon 🇮🇱🐍 (@Gillian_Philip) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gillian_Philip/status/1905300728869990911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is beyond stupid. Will you ban cricket bats, sharp sticks and sharpened hunks of metal? You need to lock up the criminals and allow the decent folks to arm themselves against such attackers,&#8221; Chris Loesch said.
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This is beyond stupid. Will you ban cricket bats, sharp sticks and sharpened hunks of metal? You need to lock up the criminals and allow the decent folks to arm themselves against such attackers. <a href="https://t.co/GxDOzOY7C8">https://t.co/GxDOzOY7C8</a>
&mdash; Chris Loesch 𝕏 (@ChrisLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisLoesch/status/1905267626546176198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Musician Zuby went straight to the heart of the matter, saying, &#8220;Maybe one day, they will address fatherless homes, masculinity crisis, loss of faith, soft on crime policies, unchecked mass immigration, abandoned communities, and other pertinent stuff. But until then &#8230;&#8221;
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This is the UK version of the way the USA skirts around the gun violence issue.
Always targeting the individual TOOLS instead of having a serious conversation about the state of society, and why there are so many lost, violent young men.
Those conversations could offend people.
&mdash; ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZubyMusic/status/1905269262500982905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is the UK version of the way the USA skirts around the gun violence issue. Always targeting the individual TOOLS instead of having a serious conversation about the state of society, and why there are so many lost, violent young men. Those conversations could offend people,&#8221; he added.

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President Donald Trump marked six weeks in office on Friday as his administration continued to aggressively implement his agenda at home and seek peace abroad.
This week, Trump turned his attention to the war in Ukraine, capping the week with an explosive on-camera shouting match in the Oval Office with the Ukrainian president.
Here are this week&#8217;s highlights.
Foreign Leaders
On Friday, Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. The visit was friendly until an Oval Office meeting devolved into an heated argument between Trump, Zelensky, and Vice President JD Vance in front of media cameras.
The back and forth began when Zelensky interrupted questions from the press to challenge Vance on diplomacy with Russia.
&#8220;During the war, everybody has problems, even you, but you have nice ocean and don&#8217;t feel now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless, you will not have war,&#8221; Zelensky told Vance.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell us what we&#8217;re going to feel. We&#8217;re trying to solve a problem,&#8221; Trump interrupted, adding, &#8220;you don&#8217;t have the cards right now&#8221; and accusing Zelensky of &#8220;gambling with the lives of millions of people.&#8221;
The exchange went on for several minutes with Trump reminding Zelensky that the United States has sent Ukraine vital and expensive military equipment.
&#8220;Have you said thank you once?&#8221; Vance asked.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve empowered you to be a tough guy,&#8221; Trump told Zelensky. &#8220;You&#8217;re either going to make a deal, or we&#8217;re out.&#8221;
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Afterward, a joint press conference was canceled, and Trump asked Zelensky to leave the White House. The two presidents had also planned to sign a deal where Ukraine would trade rare minerals for defense help from the United States, but that signing was also canceled, leaving the deal in peril.
“I have determined that President Zelensky is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations,” Trump wrote on Truth Social afterward. “I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”
Trump also hosted French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Monday. They displayed their friendly relationship with plenty of handshakes, but clashed on the Ukraine war.
Macron said &#8220;peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine,&#8221; while Trump emphasized how much money the United States has spent on aid to Ukraine and said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make a deal.
Trump hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday, where Starmer <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/27/trump-presidency-news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Trump to continue supporting Ukraine, as well as not to put tariffs on the United Kingdom.
Trade and American Investment
Trump said China will be hit with an additional 10% tariff next week on top of the first 10% tariff Trump already imposed this month. The president cited China&#8217;s major role in fentanyl flowing into the United States.
Trump also said tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will go into effect on March 4 &#8220;as scheduled,&#8221; saying those countries have not done enough to stop the flow of drugs into the United States either.
On Monday, Apple <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the tech giant will invest $500 billion in the Unites States over the next four years. Apple CEO Tim Cook <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1893048920047018379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met</a> with Trump last week. The move will create 20,000 jobs in the United States and comes amid Trump&#8217;s tariffs aimed at encouraging United States manufacturing.
Trump also <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/addressing-the-threat-to-nationalsecurity-from-imports-of-copper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an executive order aimed at addressing national security threats from copper imports, saying copper products are &#8220;vital&#8221; for defense products and other technology. The order <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-reliance-on-foreign-copper-poses-a-direct-threat-to-national-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directs</a> the Commerce Secretary to look into tariffs on copper imports to encourage domestic production. The order also references China, the global leader in copper smelting and refining, saying China&#8217;s dominance &#8220;poses a direct threat to United States national security and economic stability.&#8221;
Immigration
Illegal crossings at the southern border are <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1892771191787508153" target="_blank" rel="noopener">down</a> to about 285 a day, 94% lower than in February a year ago, and migrants are <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/new-trend-of-migrants-turning-around-and-heading-back-toward-home-under-trump-border-crackdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> giving up and returning home <a href="https://apnews.com/article/panama-united-states-migration-trump-beb125ce0ecbebb2895ea9dd18c4c53b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">due</a>, in part, to the end of the Biden administration&#8217;s CBP One app.
Arrests inside the country are up 137% <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1891631396214493594" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared</a> to a year ago. The illegal migrant criminals the administration has arrested <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> a Salvadoran migrant convicted of sodomy with a victim under 13, a Sudanese migrant convicted of rape of a victim under 13, and a Mexican migrant who had an order of removal from 2006 and was convicted of drunk driving resulting in a death.
On Thursday, the White House said 29 Mexican cartel members were extradited to the United States for prosecution, including a cartel boss who tortured and murdered a DEA agent in the 1980s.
Health Care
Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/making-america-healthy-again-by-empowering-patients-with-clear-accurate-and-actionable-healthcare-pricing-information/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> an executive order aimed at making sure patients have clear and accurate information about the price of their health care. Several departments, including Health and Human Services, are directed to enforce new price transparency regulations to make sure hospitals and insurance companies disclose their actual prices, not estimates, and make prices comparable across the board, including prescription drug prices.
DOGE
Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/implementing-the-presidents-department-of-government-efficiency-cost-efficiency-initiative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> a new executive order giving the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) more power to slash government spending.
The order tells federal agency heads to work with DOGE team leads to justify government spending over the next month, starting with investigating grants and contracts to educational institutions and foreign entities for waste, fraud, and abuse. Agency heads also have to explain taxpayer-funded conference travel and identify federal properties that are no longer needed. The order also freezes all agency credit cards except those for disaster relief or other critical services.
Meanwhile, one million federal workers responded to Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE email asking them to describe five things they got done the week before.
The administration continues to slash the federal workforce, with thousands of employees <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/tracking-federal-workforce-firings-dg/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already</a> fired and more taking buyout offers.
Epstein Files
Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to release the FBI&#8217;s files on millionaire sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, but she was stymied by the FBI allegedly withholding thousands of Epstein documents.
On Wednesday, Bondi said on Fox News that she hoped to release some Epstein files the next day. On Thursday, Bondi <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/right-wing-influencers-get-binders-labeled-the-epstein-files-but-downplay-revelations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave</a> a group of right-wing influencers at the White House binders labeled &#8220;The Epstein Files: Phase 1.&#8221; However, the binders contained little new information, certainly not Epstein&#8217;s sex trafficking client list.
Bondi then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pam-bondi-says-fbi-lied-to-her-about-turning-over-all-of-the-epstein-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the FBI of lying to her about turning over all the Epstein documents after someone at the FBI&#8217;s New York office told her there were thousands more documents.
Also this week, Bondi <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pam-bondi-dismisses-dei-lawsuits-involving-police-officers-and-firefighters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the Justice Department has dropped several Biden-era DEI lawsuits against police and fire departments over their supposedly racist hiring practices such as written exams and credit checks.
Other Moves
Trump held his first official Cabinet meeting, which Elon Musk attended.
Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1894500240863969327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1894500240863969327%7Ctwgr%5E8f59ae9134259fc75a25aea5ffa53ea38b57d4e5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftrump-yanks-clearances-from-jack-smiths-team-scolds-reporter-worried-about-who-hes-targeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nixed</a> the security clearances of a law firm, Covington &amp; Burling LLP, that provided free legal services to Special Counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s office in the cases against Trump before the election.
“I was the target of corrupt politicians for four years, and then four years after that. So don’t talk to me about targeting,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-yanks-clearances-from-jack-smiths-team-scolds-reporter-worried-about-who-hes-targeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> a reporter at the signing.
On Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-my-plan-to-lower-egg-prices-6be0f881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laid out</a> her plan to lower egg prices, an economic sticking point for years. The strategy will involve spending up to $1 billion to curb avian flu, protecting egg farmers from regulations like California&#8217;s minimum space requirements for hens, and considering temporary egg imports.
Vance, a Catholic, addressed the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Friday. The vice president said ahead of his remarks that during the election cycle, he was &#8220;moved to witness the joyful devotion&#8221; of Catholics &#8220;praying for the future and success of our country,&#8221; and &#8220;thanks to their faithful prayers, hope has returned to America again.&#8221;
Meanwhile, a new poll conducted last week <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HHP_Feb2025_vFinal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> Americans are more optimistic about the economy, more say their personal financial situation is improving, and a majority, 52% approve of the job Trump is doing as president.

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Britain announced on Tuesday that it will ramp up its military spending in the coming years as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
Trump has long pushed European allies to spend more on their own militaries and contribute more to NATO&#8217;s defense. Starmer told Parliament that the U.K. would increase its military spending from 2.3% of gross domestic value to 2.5% by 2027 and then to 3% by 2034, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/world/europe/uk-defense-spending-starmer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;It is my first duty as Prime Minister to keep this country safe. That is why we are increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027,&#8221; Starmer, the liberal Labour Party leader, <a href="https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1894372457370316803" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;In an ever more dangerous world, it’s vital that we protect British people at home.&#8221;
Britain will pay for the increase in military spending by cutting back on foreign development aid from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%, according to Starmer, who said the move was unfortunate but necessary. “At times like this, the defense and security of the British people must always come first,” he said.
The prime minister added that the announcement means the U.K. will be taking on more responsibility in its commitment to NATO and &#8220;the collective defence of our continent,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyrkkv4gd7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a>.
The U.K.&#8217;s move amounts to the nation&#8217;s largest military spending increase since the Cold War, a decision Starmer <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/ap-business/ap-starmer-commits-to-raise-uk-defense-spending-to-2-5-of-gdp-by-2027/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> is necessary because &#8220;tyrants like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin only respond to strength.&#8221; The Labour Party leader added that Britain will remain committed to supporting Ukraine&#8217;s defense as the U.S. continues peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine.
&#8220;We will walk with [Ukraine] through this conflict and we will continue to do so for as long as is necessary,&#8221; Starmer <a href="https://x.com/Keir_Starmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding, &#8220;We will not falter in our support for Ukraine. We will not stop our efforts to end this war. And we will not rest until the people of Ukraine can live peacefully and safely in their own country.&#8221;
President Trump, meanwhile, has been critical of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the U.S. seeks to broker a peace deal with Russia and Ukraine. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-zelensky-shouldnt-attend-meetings-with-russia-he-makes-it-very-hard-to-make-deals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week that he&#8217;s had “very good talks” with Putin but “not such good talks with Ukraine” after calling Zelensky a &#8220;dictator&#8221; and blaming him for starting the war.
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U.K. Says It Will Increase Military Spending As Prime Minister Set To Meet With Trump

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British Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/keir-starmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keir Starmer&#8217;s</a> far-Left Labour Party blocked a push by the Conservative Party to open an investigation into child rape gangs that garnered significant international attention in recent weeks.
The Labour Party killed the push in a 364 to 111 vote, which comes after Elon Musk has repeatedly drawn attention to the Pakistani gangs that have predominately targeted young white children.
&#8220;The Prime Minister cannot tell the House the full scale of the scandal,&#8221; said Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. &#8220;He does not want questions asked of Labour politicians who may be complicit. He won&#8217;t listen to the victims who are calling for a National Inquiry.&#8221;
She called the scandal &#8220;one of the worst in British history.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer&#8217;s far-left Labour Party votes against opening up an investigation into child rape gangs
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Earlier this week, Starmer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britains-keir-starmer-those-who-want-probes-into-rape-gangs-are-far-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> those who were wanting an investigation of jumping “on a bandwagon of the far-Right.”
Musk fired back at Starmer on X: “What an insane thing to say!”
“The real reason is that it would show how Starmer repeatedly ignored the pleas of vast numbers of little girls and their parents, in order to secure political support,” Musk said. “Starmer is utterly despicable.”
The British newspaper The Telegraph highlighted the coverup of the mass rapes by British officials who were worried that exposing the crimes could lead to mass civil unrest and disrupt social cohesion.
The report highlighted extremely graphic and highly disturbing detailed accounts of the violent sexual assaults that the rape gangs inflicted upon young girls.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britains-keir-starmer-those-who-want-probes-into-rape-gangs-are-far-right">Britain’s Keir Starmer: Those Who Want Probes Into Rape Gangs Are ‘Far Right’</a>

Keir Starmer’s Far-Left Party Blocks Investigation Into Child Rape Gangs

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Far-Left British Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed on Monday that those who are demanding that there be investigations and accountability over the mass rapes of predominately white children in the country by Pakistani rape gangs — and the subsequent coverup by British officials — were trying to &#8220;jump on a bandwagon of the far-Right.&#8221;
Starmer&#8217;s remarks come after Elon Musk has repeatedly hammered the British government for days over the scandal, pumping out posts to his 210 million followers and exposing the violence that young girls have been subjected to along with the British government&#8217;s efforts to keep the scandal quiet so that riots would not break out.
“Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves,” claimed Starmer, who appeared nervous at times.
He said that those calling for investigations were doing so because they wanted to &#8220;jump on a bandwagon of the far-Right.&#8221;
“This is actually an important point about our politics, not what about what anybody may or may not say on Twitter,” he claimed.
Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1876245946348208601">fired back</a> at Starmer on X: &#8220;What an insane thing to say!&#8221;
&#8220;The real reason is that it would show how Starmer repeatedly ignored the pleas of vast numbers of little girls and their parents, in order to secure political support,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;Starmer is utterly despicable.&#8221;
The British newspaper The Telegraph highlighted the coverup of the mass rapes by British officials who were worried that exposing the crimes could lead to mass civil unrest and disrupt social cohesion.
The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250104123556/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/04/grooming-gangs-scandal-cover-up-oldham-telford-rotherham/">report</a> highlighted extremely graphic and highly disturbing detailed accounts of the violent sexual assaults that the rape gangs inflicted upon young girls.

Britain’s Keir Starmer: Those Who Want Probes Into Rape Gangs Are ‘Far Right’

Child rape

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The national scandal in Great Britain, where for years “predominantly Pakistani&#8221; men reportedly groomed and raped young British girls only to have the government seemingly turn a blind eye, has come to a boil, with many people, including billionaire Elon Musk, publicly calling for the resignation of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The Labour Party has blocked an investigation into Starmer, who served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Jess Phillips, Labour’s safeguarding minister, insisted it was &#8216;<a href="https://archive.is/o/vGgYG/https:/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/20/sex-offender-assaulted-14-year-old-oldham-council-renewed-taxi/">&#8220;for Oldham council alone&#8221;</a> to decide whether to launch an investigation into alleged exploitation between 2011 and 2014,” The Telegraph <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/02/elon-musk-jess-phillips-oldham-council-grooming-inquiry/">reported</a>.
“In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service&#8217;s approval for the police to charge suspects,” Musk wrote on X. “Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice?  Keir Starmer, 2008 -2013. Who is the boss of Jess Phillips right now? Keir Stamer. (sic) The real reason she&#8217;s refusing to investigate the rape gangs is that it would obviously lead to the blaming of Keir Stamer (head of the CPS at the time).”
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Who is the boss of Jess Phillips right now? Keir Stamer.
The real reason she&#8217;s refusing to investigate the rape gangs is that it would obviously lead to the blaming of Keir Stamer (head of the CPS at the time).
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They oppose an inquiry, because it will show that those in power were complicit in the cover-up <a href="https://t.co/uLdWVRcEIg">https://t.co/uLdWVRcEIg</a>
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Starmer is done. Just a question of how long it takes at this point.
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These appalling rape gang cases of girls as young as 11 shame our country. Not only do the perpetrators need to be punished. So do the authorities who turned a blind eye in the name of not inflaming &#8220;racial tensions&#8221;. <a href="https://t.co/D0xG4BaoV3">https://t.co/D0xG4BaoV3</a>
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) <a href="https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1874478696259817522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The dam appears to have broken on this most shameful chapter in Britain’s history: where children were sacrificed by politicians to “avoid inflaming racial tension”.<a href="https://twitter.com/Con_Tomlinson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Con_Tomlinson</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CourageMedia___?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CourageMedia___</a><a href="https://t.co/PoTnEbFTeO">https://t.co/PoTnEbFTeO</a> <a href="https://t.co/SqNqCjry21">pic.twitter.com/SqNqCjry21</a>
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1875153947804959198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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British writer Matt Goodwin <a href="https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/what-i-told-oxford">wrote</a> in November 2023: “For readers who might not know about the ‘grooming scandal,’ we are talking about tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of children being systematically raped and abused by organised gangs of men while people in power, the very people charged with protecting these children, turned a blind eye.”
In Alexis Jay’s <a href="https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/downloads/file/279/independent-inquiry-into-child-sexual-exploitation-in-rotherham">independent report</a> from 2014, which was commissioned by the Rotherham Metropolitan Border Council, she noted:
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It is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered. They were raped by multiple perpetrators, trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England, abducted, beaten, and intimidated. There were examples of children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone. Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators.
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Journalist Ed West added <a href="https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-tragedy-of-telfords-girls">this</a> of what reportedly occurred in Telford:
<blockquote>Here, in a town of 140,000 or so people, some 1,000 young girls were systematically raped and sexually abused by gangs of men over a number of years — and this figure has been described as ‘tame’ by a witness to a recent inquiry. The perpetrators were mostly Pakistani men, the victims were overwhelmingly poor, white and English. The girls, as young as 11 or 12, were given drink and drugs, gang raped and passed around, and threatened if they told the police. Countless such testimonies were confirmed by the authorities, and investigations here reported quite extreme and unprintable forms of sexual abuse. In this town seven men went to jail, although five were given relatively short sentences and are most likely out again. The strangest thing about this story is that this was happening in dozens of cities across England over the course of two decades before it became a national story. As many as 10,000 girls were raped in this way, and countless people in positions of authority, in children’s services and police, knew about it.</blockquote>
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Her study:<a href="https://t.co/HiRJaw1SuM">https://t.co/HiRJaw1SuM</a> <a href="https://t.co/qL8b5RbOye">pic.twitter.com/qL8b5RbOye</a>
— i/o (@eyeslasho) <a href="https://twitter.com/eyeslasho/status/1874679499117478374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Some of the purported details of the scandal are absolutely harrowing:
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The grooming gangs trial summary transcripts are utterly grotesque. It’s incredible we haven’t had mass civil unrest. Media reporting guidelines helped bottle it up. Some of these people are going to walk free soon. <a href="https://t.co/nz2O0OKPwS">https://t.co/nz2O0OKPwS</a> <a href="https://t.co/e3TtyWkYsv">pic.twitter.com/e3TtyWkYsv</a>
— max tempers (@maxtempers) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxtempers/status/1873835392627302765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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This is the same media that hid the fact that a quarter million little girls were – still are – being systematically raped by migrant gangs in Britain.
They are beneath contempt. Despicable human beings. <a href="https://t.co/B6ZQjqRj0m">https://t.co/B6ZQjqRj0m</a>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1874864996397846961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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By the way, grooming gang leaders were allowed to stay in the UK when it was decided that deporting them would breach their human rights. <a href="https://t.co/pJ1WhffiG8">https://t.co/pJ1WhffiG8</a> <a href="https://t.co/YGJ8XkIEga">pic.twitter.com/YGJ8XkIEga</a>
— Sam Ashworth-Hayes (@SAshworthHayes) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAshworthHayes/status/1874103195422896449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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It is really important that more people are becoming aware of the mass rape gangs which were (and still are) allowed to operate in the UK.
The first time we interviewed a survivor I tried my best to get the mainstream media to talk more about it to no avail.
If you want to…
— Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) <a href="https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin/status/1874730183820796023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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ADMIN POST.
Over 6 years ago now, Lord Pearson questioned the CONservatives over the upwards of 250,000 British children gang raped by predominantly Pakistani men across every major city of the UK, this century alone!
Murmurs and snarls from the others in the house ring out.… <a href="https://t.co/n1ckZsTZwc">pic.twitter.com/n1ckZsTZwc</a>
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) <a href="https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1875177597321015699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah Visits UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Great Britain Explodes Over Mass Rape Of British Girls. Musk Leads Charge To Oust Starmer.

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Kemi Badenoch, the new leader of the Conservative Party in Great Britain, ripped into the ruling Labour Party Wednesday for sending representatives to aid Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed presidential effort.
Badenoch, who was named the leader of her party just three days before the U.S. presidential election, took Prime Minister Keir Starmer to task during Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions, a weekly session where the PM faces inquiries from Parliament. Badenoch was referencing Labour Party operations head Sofia Patel&#8217;s announcement that the party would help the Harris campaign.
“I have nearly 100 Labour party staff (current and former) going to the US in the next few weeks heading to North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia. I have 10 spots available for anyone available to head to the battleground state of North Carolina — we will sort your housing.”
“Yet another reason to vote for President Trump,” Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) said at the time.
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Yet another reason to vote for President Trump. <a href="https://t.co/HA4Beade4T">https://t.co/HA4Beade4T</a>
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&#8220;I’m very sure that President Trump will soon be calling to thank him for sending all of those North London Labour activists to campaign for his opponent,” Badenoch said.
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Kemi Badenoch challenges Keir Starmer on Donald Trump in first PMQs <a href="https://t.co/kwrg0uuXv2">pic.twitter.com/kwrg0uuXv2</a>
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Badenoch began by asking Starmer of Foreign Secretary David Lammy would apologize for remarks he made about Trump in 2018, while serving as a parliamentary representative for Tottenham in North London.
“On Friday, a 19-foot a ‘Trump Baby’ balloon is set to float over the Houses of parliament in London, as President Donald Trump makes his first official visit to the United Kingdom. I will be one of tens of thousands on the streets, protesting against our government’s capitulation to this tyrant in a toupee,” Lammy wrote in <a href="https://time.com/5333087/david-lammy-trump-uk-visit/">TIME</a> magazine in 2018.  “Trump is not only a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath. He is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of Western progress for so long.”
“As leader of his Majesty’s opposition, I have been taking a different approach to the last opposition by being a constructive opposition,” Badenoch said Wednesday.
“And so I would like to start by congratulating President-Elect Trump on his impressive victory this morning. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary met him in September. Did the Foreign Secretary take the opportunity to apologize for making derogatory and scatological references including, and I quote, ‘Trump is not only a woman-hating neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath, he is also a profound threat to international order.’ And if he did not apologize, will the Prime Minister do so now on his behalf?”
“The Foreign Secretary and I did meet President-elect Trump just a few weeks ago for dinner about a couple of hours; we discussed a number of issues of global significance; it was a very constructive exercise,” Starmer answered.
“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister did not distance himself from the remarks made by the Foreign Secretary, Badenoch said..
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Yet another reason to vote for President Trump. <a href="https://t.co/HA4Beade4T">https://t.co/HA4Beade4T</a>
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1846908146129801249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Candidates Make Their Pitches For Leadership Of The Conservative Party On The Final Day Of Conference

New British Conservative Party Head Blasts Labour Party For Helping Kamala

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