WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held a White House roundtable on Monday to formally announce the &#8220;Trump Accounts&#8221; Pilot Program included in his &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
Under the &#8220;Trump Accounts&#8221; program, the federal government will mark the birth of every United States citizen with a one-time $1,000 contribution into a deferred, low-cost index fund, the White House said. The account, which will track the stock market, will be controlled by the guardians of the child.
While the accounts start at $1,000 per child, they allow for $5,000 additional dollars to be added every year throughout the life of that child.
&#8220;They&#8217;ll really be getting a big jump on life,&#8221; Trump said of the babies benefiting from the investments as he spoke Monday at the White House. The event was also attended by House Speaker Mike Johnson, a number of high-profile Republican lawmakers, and top CEOs Trump described as some of the greatest minds in business today.
“The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill will literally change the lives of working, middle class families across America by delivering the largest tax cuts in history, increasing the child tax credit, AND by creating this incredible new &#8216;Trump Account&#8217; program, which will put the lives of young Americans on the right financial path,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement ahead of the roundtable.
The CEOs in attendance at the event also announced billions of dollars in their collective investments into &#8220;Trump Accounts&#8221; for the children of their own employees.
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“The Reconciliation Bill passed by the House and championed by the President will uplift every American child in every community by giving them private ownership of an investment account with $1000 from birth,&#8221; Invest America founder Brad Gerstner said ahead of the meeting.
&#8220;With just $750 of additional savings per year from family, employers, church, or philanthropy these accounts are worth $50k by age 18,&#8221; he added, describing the programs as, &#8220;a game changer for every family in America &#8211; especially those families too often left out of America’s upside.”
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, similarly praised the creation of the investment accounts, saying that they&#8217;ll &#8220;compound into substantial nest eggs providing support for education, home ownership, and starting families.&#8221;
&#8220;Dell Technologies will proudly match dollar for dollar the government’s seed investment into these accounts for all the children born to Dell team members,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This bold move to an ownership society for all included in the Reconciliation Bill will have profound and far-reaching benefits for the country.”

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President Donald Trump said Friday morning that he&#8217;s &#8220;not particularly&#8221; interested in speaking with Elon Musk after the massive blowup between the two former allies on Thursday.
Musk signaled his interest in smoothing things over with Trump Thursday night when he replied to an X <a href="https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1930738907081331040">post</a> from billionaire Trump supporter Bill Ackman calling for Trump and Musk to &#8220;make peace for the benefit of our great country.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re not wrong,&#8221; the Tesla and SpaceX CEO <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930798791806050496">replied</a>.
According to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/trump-white-house-aides-signal-a-possible-detente-with-musk-00391502">POLITICO</a>, White House aides urged the president to avoid escalating the fight with Musk and scheduled a phone call with Musk for Friday. Trump, however, doesn&#8217;t appear ready to take that step, <a href="https://x.com/jonkarl/status/1930953493797273708?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">telling</a> ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl in a phone call Friday morning that while Musk wants to talk, the president is &#8220;not particularly&#8221; interested in a discussion. Karl added that Trump didn&#8217;t &#8220;seem angry or even concerned about the feud.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-rift">told</a> CNN Friday morning, &#8220;I won’t be speaking to [Musk] for a while I guess, but I wish him well.”
“I’m not even thinking about Elon,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem.”
Just hours earlier, Trump said he was &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; with Musk for his comments on the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; sparking a back-and-forth between the two titans on social media, culminating in Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-goes-after-trump-over-epstein-files-time-to-drop-the-really-big-bomb?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Elon+Musk+Goes+After+Trump+Over+Epstein+Files%3A+%E2%80%98Time+To+Drop+The+Really+Big+Bomb%E2%80%99">accusing</a> Trump of sitting on the Epstein Files because he is implicated in them, and Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-musk-just-went-crazy-threatens-his-governmental-subsidies-and-contracts">threatening</a> to strip Musk&#8217;s companies of government subsidies and contracts.
In a Truth Social post, the president rebuked his former senior adviser, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-musk-just-went-crazy-threatens-his-governmental-subsidies-and-contracts">saying</a> that Musk &#8220;just went CRAZY.&#8221;
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“Elon was ‘wearing thin,’ I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!” the president posted.
“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts,” he added in a follow-up. “I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!”
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632555927229642">added</a> later on Thursday night, &#8220;I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago.&#8221;
&#8220;This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress,&#8221; he added, referring to his &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221; &#8220;It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;
Musk&#8217;s main <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-very-disappointed-with-elon-musk-fires-back?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+He%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Very+Disappointed+With+Elon%E2%80%99%3B+Musk+Fires+Back">criticism</a> of Trump&#8217;s key piece of legislation centers on the federal deficit and government waste, issues that Musk believes must be immediately addressed. The Tesla CEO denied that the bill&#8217;s lack of EV tax credits played a part in his opposition to it.
“Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil &amp; gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill,&#8221; Musk said in response to Trump&#8217;s comments.
Trump also told reporters that he “would have won Pennsylvania regardless of Elon,” a comment <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-floats-creating-a-new-political-party-amid-fallout-with-trump?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Musk+Floats+Creating+%E2%80%98A+New+Political+Party%E2%80%99+Amid+Fallout+With+Trump">sparking the ire</a> of Musk, who shot back on X, writing, &#8220;Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.&#8221;
Musk was Trump&#8217;s top campaign donor in the 2024 election, spending at least $277 million and launching an aggressive operation in Pennsylvania, a swing state Trump won by roughly 1.7 percentage points.
&#8220;Such ingratitude,&#8221; Musk added.

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Elon Musk has retaliated to President Donald Trump’s threat to pull all SpaceX contracts, with the SpaceX CEO announcing the decommissioning of the company’s Dragon spacecraft servicing NASA astronauts &#8220;immediately.&#8221;
Musk announced the move on X in response to President Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632206992330264">threat</a> to “terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts.” SpaceX alone has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/musk-trump-spacex-dragon-nasa.html">received</a> $20 billion in various government contracts since 2008, per CNBC.
Musk responded in kind, writing on X, “In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.”
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In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, <a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpaceX</a> will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately <a href="https://t.co/NG9sijjkgW">pic.twitter.com/NG9sijjkgW</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930718684819112251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump and Musk’s social media blow-up began soon after Musk left his leadership position in the Department of Government Efficiency, with Musk spending the days since repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-floats-creating-a-new-political-party-amid-fallout-with-trump?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Musk+Floats+Creating+%E2%80%98A+New+Political+Party%E2%80%99+Amid+Fallout+With+Trump">blasting</a> the president’s signature piece of legislation, expressing concern about it adding to the federal deficit.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is currently the only viable craft capable of servicing the International Space Station, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasa-awards-spacex-more-crew-flights-to-space-station/#:~:text=The%20amount%20includes%20ground%2C%20launch,cargo%2C%20to%20the%20space%20station">receiving</a> a $5 billion NASA contract in 2014, and until recently, it was slated to continue servicing the station until its retirement in 2030.
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According to SpaceX’s <a href="https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/">website</a>, “[The Dragon spacecraft] is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth, and is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the space station.”
Most recently, a Dragon craft <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rescued-astronaut-praises-trump-musk-theyve-earned-my-trust?fbclid=IwY2xjawKu4vxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF0YWpzbHI5Qkc4UXJDUUtRAR7mCyT2o8-6OKICXuZ2XKbCpPjuGCIjUulAbsI9hVsnuS_58F4S8B4lLSi9cw_aem_TJjOGsrMrY_Kh0ZxdVfUOQ">rescued</a> NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams after they spent nine months stranded on the ISS.
After Musk&#8217;s announcement, NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens <a href="https://x.com/NASASpox/status/1930728558558900435">said</a> in a post on X that the agency “will continue to execute upon the President’s vision for the future of space. We will continue to work with our industry partners to ensure the President’s objectives in space are met.”
UPDATE: After publication, an anonymous X user seemed to persuade Musk to retract his threat, with Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930796810928599163">replying</a>, “Good advice. Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon.&#8221;

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Things are going so well for the Democratic Party that Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary under Joe Biden and someone who clearly knew the man was no longer mentally capable, has now decided she&#8217;s no longer a Democrat; she is now an Independent.
I know, I know, it&#8217;s a little late to run away from the sinking ship, especially when you&#8217;re the person who actually drilled the holes. 
But Karine Jean-Pierre is now trying to do just that — and make money off of it. She has a brand-new book coming out titled “Independent,” which is hilarious coming from the least independent person of all time.
According to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/karine-jean-pierre-leaving-democratic-party-00385060">Politico</a>:
<blockquote>Karine Jean-Pierre’s announcement that she’s leaving the Democratic Party — timed with the rollout of a new book — has detonated long-simmering grievances among her former White House colleagues about Jean-Pierre’s pursuit of celebrity and personal media exposure while serving as then-President Joe Biden’s press secretary.
The attention-grabbing ploy lit up Democratic and Biden alumni texting groups and reignited frustrations that burned for years about Jean-Pierre, according to seven former Biden administration officials granted anonymity to describe private conversations.</blockquote>
First of all, we should point out that everyone knew she was incompetent. For years I called her history’s worst White House Press Secretary because she was awful at her job, truly terrible, a joke.
And Democrats kept defending her.
Why? Because, of course, she was intersectional. She was a black lesbian who was also the White House Press Secretary even though she was wildly incompetent. We had a DEI hire covering for a dead man in the White House. And everyone in the Democratic Party thought this was perfectly fine until the moment it imploded on them.
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Politico continued:
<blockquote>One former official recalled that Jean-Pierre had joked about becoming an independent even while on the job in the Biden White House, an off-key comment for someone ostensibly serving as a major messenger for the Democratic Party. Another former official said that Jean-Pierre had begun working during the Biden administration with a New York-based publicist and had copied that person on official emails before some of Jean-Pierre’s White House colleagues intervened. “Everyone thinks this is a grift,” the first former official said of Jean-Pierre’s book project.</blockquote>
This is objective reporting because it happens to be true:
<blockquote>As Biden’s press secretary, Jean-Pierre’s halting, ineffectual briefings exasperated reporters and routinely offered material for the Republican Party’s main account on X. She frustrated colleagues throughout the West Wing for focusing on raising her own profile while leaving the hands-on management of media relations and the White House press shop to other aides. 
While it’s unclear how she will portray Biden or her time in the White House in the book, titled ‘Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines,’ several former colleagues expressed confusion at how Jean-Pierre seemingly intends to paint Biden as a victim while pinning her own decision to leave the party on his “broken” White House.</blockquote>
This is going to be fun to watch Democrats tear each other apart over all of this.
This self-sabotage of the Democratic Party is the realistic response of a party of people who can&#8217;t build things. And right now, they are facing down a relatively impregnable Trump administration.
They&#8217;ve decided not to attack any of the vulnerabilities of the Trump administration. They&#8217;re spending all their time focusing inward, and they can&#8217;t help but do so because the reality is that their own politics are so broken and so angry and vicious and just anti-American in so many ways that they&#8217;re just tearing one another apart.

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Jumping Ship: Karine Jean-Pierre And The Democratic Party’s Meltdown

Jumping Ship: Karine Jean-Pierre And The Democratic Party's Meltdown

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk polled his followers on Thursday, asking if there should be a &#8220;new political party in America&#8221; as he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-very-disappointed-with-elon-musk-fires-back?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Says+He%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Very+Disappointed+With+Elon%E2%80%99%3B+Musk+Fires+Back">sparred</a> with President Donald Trump over the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
&#8220;Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?&#8221; Musk asked his 220 million followers on X, the platform he owns.
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Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930685402631053403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Musk, who took a step back from his White House role last week, has been increasingly critical of Trump&#8217;s signature piece of legislation. The former senior Trump adviser and brainchild behind the Department of Government Efficiency project argues that the president&#8217;s bill doesn&#8217;t do enough to cut waste and fraud in the federal government and is concerned about it adding to the federal deficit.
While Trump remained quiet on Musk&#8217;s criticism for days, the president finally addressed Musk&#8217;s comments, telling reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; with Musk &#8220;because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here.&#8221; Trump also said he &#8220;would have won Pennsylvania regardless of Elon,&#8221; sparking the ire of Musk, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars in 2024 to help elect Trump and other Republicans and appeared on stage with Trump at some of his rallies.
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“Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930667528696828120">shot back</a>.
&#8220;Such ingratitude,&#8221; he added.
Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-done-enough-musk-says-he-will-spend-a-lot-less-on-future-political-campaigns">said</a> last month that he was “going to do a lot less in the future” in regards to political donations, but left the door open.
“I think I’ve done enough,” Musk said at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum, adding, “If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I do not currently see a reason.”
Musk also dug up old tweets from Trump, such as when Trump called out Republicans in 2012 and 2013 for neglecting fiscal responsibility.
&#8220;Where is the man who wrote these words?&#8221; Musk asked. &#8220;Was he replaced by a body double!?&#8221;
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Where is the man who wrote these words?
Was he replaced by a body double!? <a href="https://t.co/N4Mliip5U4">https://t.co/N4Mliip5U4</a>
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930683435280167193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Journalist Megyn Kelly weighed in on former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announcing that she was leaving the Democratic party and becoming an independent.
“You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me. … What a lie. … She&#8217;s going to tell us what it&#8217;s like to be an independent?” Kelly said on Wednesday’s episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show.” She went on to explain her own history as an independent, describing Jean-Pierre’s abrupt rebranding as having the “stank of desperation,” considering how she worked for the Obama and Biden administrations. 
“She ran for the hills trying to pretend she knows what independence is,” Kelly added.
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Kelly went on to speak on others who had been in the role and how Jean-Pierre compares.
“You have had press secretaries &#8230; Dana Perino, Kayleigh McEnany, Tony Snow back in the day &#8230; who are smart people. Who are not, really, let&#8217;s face it, utter morons who are just out there as mouthpiece,” Kelly said. 
She added, “Obviously. Karoline Leavitt … very smart person. But Karine Jean Pierre is not on the list. All right? Even Jen Psaki, she&#8217;s not a moron, but Karine Jean Pierre is a total moron. You only need to have watched her for two days to pick that up.” 
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“There is literally nobody in the country who wants to hear her political analysis on anything,” Kelly said. 
The journalist was reacting to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-press-sec-karine-jean-pierre-says-shes-leaving-democrats-selling-inside-look-at-broken-wh">news</a> of Jean-Pierre’s new memoir, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.” 
“In a country obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system, Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House press secretary to the Biden-Harris administration, shares why Americans must step beyond party lines to embrace life as Independents (sic),” the book description says. “Jean-Pierre didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent (sic) lightly. She has served two American presidents, Obama and Biden.” 
In the book, Jean-Pierre “urges Americans to think outside of the blue-and-red box as we consider what’s next to save our democracy,” per the description.
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Megyn Kelly Reacts To Karine Jean-Pierre Abandoning Dems: ‘Ran For The Hills’

Megyn Kelly Reacts To Karine Jean Pierre Abandoning Dems: 'Ran For The Hills'

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President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; with Elon Musk after the former senior adviser to the president ratcheted up criticism of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that Musk &#8220;only developed the problem [with the bill] when he found out we&#8217;re going to have to cut the EV [electric vehicle] mandate.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;Better than you people. He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. Then, all of a sudden, he had a problem.&#8221;
The president said that Musk hasn&#8217;t said anything negative about him &#8220;personally,&#8221; but added, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure that will be next.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m very disappointed in Elon. I&#8217;ve helped Elon a lot,&#8221; Trump remarked.
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Trump: I&#39;ve always liked Elon and I was very surprised. You saw the words he had for me. And he hasn’t said anything about me that’s bad. I would rather have him criticize me than the bill. The bill is incredible. <a href="https://t.co/XAbPiPBTFR">pic.twitter.com/XAbPiPBTFR</a>
&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1930656626081714423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930660788739698878">fired back</a> at Trump on X, writing, &#8220;Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil &amp; gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill. In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way.&#8221;
Musk said he &#8220;was never shown&#8221; the bill, calling Trump&#8217;s statement &#8220;false.&#8221;
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False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it! <a href="https://t.co/V4ztekqd4g">https://t.co/V4ztekqd4g</a>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1930662301792977094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump went on to tell reporters that he &#8220;would have won Pennsylvania regardless of Elon.&#8221; Later, Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930667528696828120">responded</a> on X, writing, &#8220;Such ingratitude.&#8221;
&#8220;Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,&#8221; he added.
Trump was “caught off guard” but &#8220;not entirely surprised&#8221; by Musk&#8217;s fierce opposition to the president&#8217;s bill that was passed by the House and is now before the Senate, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/elon-musk-breaks-trump-agenda-rcna210746">NBC News</a>. A &#8220;senior White House official&#8221; told NBC News that Trump &#8220;wanted to be a nice guy,&#8221; sending Musk off on a positive note last week as he takes a step back from advising Trump to focus more on his companies.
The Wall Street Journal also <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/elon-musk-trump-tax-spending-republicans-5b779d6b?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAiDcE48rqwkiKQHyz2YIkfFujA3BPBGbBL2VD7KhsvllP8CiYwbwfVoPxhqexM%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68418c2c&amp;gaa_sig=Ky--4wdJMn2L1dNLsGo8QGGQlR8GAxU-iYf0Tf1JqWLHah_JPIEf_cBnN4cjlZGpFglZwnnb_L6QDBbFl91TJg%3D%3D">cited</a> a &#8220;senior White House official&#8221; who reportedly said that Trump was upset and confused by Musk&#8217;s increased opposition to the bill.
&#8220;The official said that Trump could be forgiving, but that he doesn’t forget slights like this,&#8221; the WSJ reported.
The White House did not respond to a Daily Wire request to comment.
In recent days, Musk has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-cant-stand-it-anymore-goes-nuclear-on-big-beautiful-bill?author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Elon+%E2%80%98Can%E2%80%99t+Stand+It+Anymore%2C%E2%80%99+Goes+Nuclear+On+%E2%80%98Big%2C+Beautiful+Bill%E2%80%99">ramped up</a> his attacks on the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; saying it would likely add to the federal deficit and arguing that it doesn&#8217;t go far enough in implementing some of the cuts recommended by his Department of Government Efficiency project, a pivitol part of Musk&#8217;s role within the Trump administration.
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk said in a <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929954109689606359?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">post</a> on X on Tuesday. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
“It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America (sic) citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929955052527202503">added</a>.
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The Tesla and SpaceX CEO continued his criticism of the legislation on Wednesday, <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930144270973129042">writing</a>, &#8220;It more than defeats all the cost savings achieved by the @DOGE team at great personal cost and risk.&#8221; He then coined a new name for the legislation: &#8220;It is the Debt Slavery Bill,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930390978436968869">said</a>. Musk also suggested that he would oppose lawmakers who voted in favor of the legislation.
&#8220;In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929984535456035202">wrote</a>.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO also spent time on Thursday digging up some of Trump&#8217;s past tweets showing the president&#8217;s previous desire to address the budget deficit.
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Trump has publicly lambasted Republicans, such as Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, for opposing the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told NBC News on Wednesday that the administration knows Musk&#8217;s criticism &#8220;comes from a place of business and is not personal.&#8221;
“Everyone here in a senior role understands who Elon Musk is, understands how he acts, understands how he plays,” the official said. “There’s been no surprise when it comes to Elon Musk, because he’s been such a friend to the administration.&#8221;
During a press conference in the Oval Office <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-only-grow-stronger-musk-says-its-still-the-beginning-of-doge-as-he-steps-back-from-role?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Will+Only+Grow+Stronger%E2%80%99%3A+Musk+Says+It%E2%80%99s+Still+%E2%80%98The+Beginning%E2%80%99+Of+DOGE+As+He+Steps+Back+From+Role">announcing</a> Musk&#8217;s departure from the White House last Friday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/totally-committed-trump-promises-to-codify-doge-cuts-after-big-beautiful-bill?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Totally+Committed%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Promises+To+Codify+DOGE+Cuts+After+%E2%80%98Big%2C+Beautiful+Bill%E2%80%99">said</a> he remained &#8220;totally committed to making the DOGE cuts permanent,&#8221; but added that the &#8220;Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; needed to pass Congress first.
&#8220;After that, we’re going to be — we put some of this into the bill, but most of it is going to come later. We’re going to have it [codified] by Congress,&#8221; Trump said.
Musk told reporters that the &#8220;DOGE influence will only grow stronger,&#8221; adding, &#8220;It is permeating throughout the government, and I am confident that, over time, we will see … a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump ordered on Wednesday an investigation into whether aides improperly used autopen for executive actions in an effort to conceal former President Joe Biden&#8217;s health issues while in office.
In a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/reviewing-certain-presidential-actions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a>, Trump tasked the Counsel to the President with determining if &#8220;certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden&#8217;s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President.&#8221; Trump noted the U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, and other relevant agency heads would provide consultation.
&#8220;Given clear indications that President Biden lacked the capacity to exercise his Presidential authority, if his advisors secretly used the mechanical signature pen to conceal this incapacity, while taking radical executive actions all in his name, that would constitute an unconstitutional wielding of the power of the Presidency, a circumstance that would have implications for the legality and validity of numerous executive actions undertaken in Biden&#8217;s name,&#8221; Trump said.
A president is allowed to use a machine to sign off on various documents. However, the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Oversight Project examined records with Biden&#8217;s signature over the course of his presidency and found many important documents featuring autopen signatures, including his 11th-hour <a href="https://x.com/ItsYourGov/status/1899520975156216146" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardons</a> for Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, January 6 Committee members, and certain Biden family members.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump went as far as to <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@Hua341/posts/114451007070972131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insist</a> Biden&#8217;s pardons using autopen were &#8220;VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT.&#8221; He also said members of the &#8220;Unselect Committee&#8221; should &#8220;fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level.&#8221;
Other presidential signatures on documents, such as the pardon for Hunter Biden and the president&#8217;s announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race after a fumbling debate performance against Trump, appear to have been done by hand, the Oversight Project <a href="https://oversight.heritage.org/Autopen_Memorandum_(Final).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">determined</a>.
In a <a href="https://x.com/mviser/status/1930449726538670156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, Biden pushed back on the notion that he did not dictate his executive actions. “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,&#8221; the 46th president said.
Republicans in Congress have been skeptical, looking into any efforts to cover up Biden&#8217;s condition and the potential unauthorized use of autopen. House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-demands-testimony-from-bidens-doctor-former-white-house-aides-on-cover-up-of-mental-decline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> testimony from various former White House aides and, on Wednesday night, announced he would be <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1930413180200652905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaing</a> Biden&#8217;s doctor.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-impersonation-of-the-president-expert-lays-out-the-stakes-of-bidens-autopen-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Daniel Turner, founder of Power The Future, testified to Congress on Wednesday that White House staff may have used an autopen of Biden’s signature in a &#8220;deceit of the American people&#8221; in which orders were signed with &#8220;no evidence of Joe Biden in first person, in his voice as president talking about them.&#8221;
A new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, &#8220;Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,&#8221; as well as the recent disclosure that Biden is fighting an &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aggressive form</a>&#8221; of prostate cancer and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/audio-of-bidens-special-counsel-interview-is-out-and-its-painful-to-listen-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">audio</a> of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with him fueled scrutiny.
While at a public event in Delaware last week, former President Biden issued a defiant response when confronted about the controversy over his mental and physical health while in office. “You can see that I’m mentally incompetent and I can’t walk, and I can beat the hell out of both of them,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-says-he-can-beat-the-hell-outta-jake-tapper-jokes-hes-mentally-incompetent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, apparently referencing Tapper and Thompson.

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Trump Orders Investigation Into Biden Autopen Scandal

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The United States has notified trading partners of a Wednesday deadline to submit proposals for new deals to avoid heightened tariffs, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative “sent this letter to all of our trading partners just to give them a friendly reminder that the deadline is coming up,” Leavitt said at a White House press briefing on Tuesday.
Leavitt added that President Donald Trump’s trade team – led by Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick – is “in talks with many of our key trading partners around the globe.”
“This letter was simply to remind these countries that the deadline is approaching, and the president expects good deals. And we are on track for that, I will emphasize,” the press secretary added.
Leavitt’s comments confirm an earlier <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/us-pushes-countries-best-offers-by-wednesday-tariff-deadline-looms-2025-06-02/">Reuters</a> report that the U.S. Trade Representative sent letters to trading partners warning of the upcoming deadline.
On April 2, Trump announced “Liberation Day” and rolled out substantial tariff hikes on dozens of countries while complaining about the United States’ trade deficit and unfair trade practices used against the United States. The president paused the tariffs for 90 days on April 9 until July 8 to give affected nations a chance to negotiate for new trade agreements.
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Leavitt said that trade agreements will be negotiated and finalized on a case-by-case basis based on the unique circumstances of each trading partner. Each deal could contain various exemptions and reprieves, such as <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-u-s-uk-reach-historic-trade-deal/">lowering</a> the tariff on the first 100,000 cars imported from the United Kingdom to 10% from 25%.
“Each country has unique advantages, unique challenges based on their markets and what they export to us and what we export to them,” said Leavitt. “That’s why the president smartly advised his trade team to engage in tailor-made dealmaking. We saw that with the United Kingdom and we will see that with other countries, as well.”
Last month, the United States and United Kingdom announced the outline of a trade deal and hailed it as the first trade deal since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement.
Trump’s tariff regime is under review in the courts. The New York-based Court of International Trade ruled last month that Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs were outside the bounds of the president&#8217;s authority. An appeals court temporarily <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/appeals-court-puts-trumps-sweeping-liberation-day-tariffs-back-in-place">reinstated</a> Trump’s tariffs the next day while a series of legal challenges continued to wind through the court system.
Trump&#8217;s tariff announcements have caused chaos in markets, with stock prices swinging wildly on news of tariffs, tariff pauses, trade deals, and other related issues.
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WASHINGTON—A nationally recognized crime analyst says 2025 may see the lowest murder rate ever recorded, and the White House is touting the news as evidence of President Donald Trump&#8217;s tough-on-crime policies.
“Since President Trump took office, murder rates have plummeted across the entire United States,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday morning.
&#8220;American families were promised their communities would be safer and President Trump swiftly delivered by vocally being tough on crime, unequivocally backing law enforcement, and standing firm on violent criminals being held to the fullest extent of the law,&#8221; she added.
Her remarks come after analyst Jeff Asher, <a href="https://www.ahdatalytics.com/about-us/">co-founder</a> of AH Datalytics, <a href="https://jasher.substack.com/p/how-2025-could-feature-the-lowest">found more than</a> a 20% decrease in murders from 2024, including murders down 31.6% in Baltimore, 34.5% in St. Louis, 36.8% in Cleveland, 63% in Denver, 30.6% in New Orleans, 26.8% in New York, and 23.7% in Chicago.
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Asher hedges that the trend could &#8220;regress back towards a more normal rate of decline,&#8221; but he still argues that &#8220;it’s fairly clear that a decline in the direction we’re currently seeing would safely give 2025 the title of lowest US murder rate ever recorded.&#8221;
Rafael Mangual, a Manhattan Institute fellow and member of the Council on Criminal Justice, told The Daily Wire that there are a number of factors behind the drop in homicides, including &#8220;depopulation in urban America, more police activity across the country, an increase in the incarceration rate over the last couple of years, as well as the fact that, the homicide spikes and shooting spikes took a lot of would-be shooters off the street permanently.&#8221; 
Homicide rates in the United States rose in 2020, peaked in 2021, and have steadily fallen since.
Trump has made fighting crime a major goal of his second term, particularly in Washington, D.C. Violent crime rose 33% in the nation&#8217;s capital in 2023, making it Washington&#8217;s <a href="https://thespectator.com/topic/donald-trump-move-fast-break-things-tactic-washington-dc-safer/">deadliest year</a> in two decades. Violent crime <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low">dropped</a> 35% between 2023 and 2024, likely the result of the appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia deciding to ramp up prosecutions towards the end of his term.
On the campaign trail, Trump said he would &#8220;take over our horribly run” capital, a promise he delivered on in March, when he signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/making-the-district-of-columbia-safe-and-beautiful/">executive order</a> creating the “D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force.&#8221; The task force is directed to combat crime and restore public order by clearing homeless encampments and cracking down on lower-level offenses like turnstile jumping and public urination.
But Trump&#8217;s efforts to restore public order have gone beyond Washington, as well. His administration&#8217;s crackdown on illegal crossings at the southern border has led to the largest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-make-largest-fentanyl-bust-in-history-arrest-illegal-alien-with-ties-to-deadly-cartel?author=Spencer+Lindquist+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Feds+Make+Largest+Fentanyl+Bust+In+History%2C+Arrest+Illegal+Alien+With+Ties+To+Deadly+Cartel">fentanyl bust</a> in history, and his Treasury Department has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-treasury-dept-launches-sanctions-targeting-sinaloa-cartel?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump%E2%80%99s+Treasury+Dept+Launches+Sanctions+Targeting+Sinaloa+Cartel">issued sanctions</a> against the notorious Sinaloa Cartel in an effort to disrupt their operations.
Late last month, The Washington Post reported on &#8220;The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border,&#8221; quickly drawing criticism from Republicans. On X, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls wrote that there was &#8220;nothing &#8216;mysterious&#8217; about the drop in fentanyl seizures at the southern border,&#8221; noting that &#8220;President Trump’s America First border security policies are working.&#8221;
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There’s nothing “mysterious” about the drop in fentanyl seizures at the southern border.
President Trump’s America First border security policies are working. <a href="https://t.co/w8jkLfqQli">pic.twitter.com/w8jkLfqQli</a>
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTroyNehls/status/1929707387596034132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Department of Homeland Security also weighed in on X, saying, &#8220;It’s no mystery. On day one, @POTUS Trump closed our borders to drug traffickers. From March 2024 to March 2025 fentanyl traffic at the southern border fell by 54%.&#8221;
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It’s no mystery. On day one, <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> Trump closed our borders to drug traffickers. From March 2024 to March 2025 fentanyl traffic at the southern border fell by 54%.
The world has heard the message loud and clear. <a href="https://t.co/7RJVY8ISwS">pic.twitter.com/7RJVY8ISwS</a>
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1929357886448091400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Fentanyl killed over <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2025/20250514.htm">48,000 Americans</a> in 2024, according to the CDC.

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White House Touts Plummeting Murder Rates Under President Trump

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A key group of fiscal conservatives is calling on the GOP-led House to immediately get to work on passing President Donald Trump&#8217;s first second-term rescissions package slated to be sent to Congress this week.
In an &#8220;Official Position&#8221; released Monday, the House Freedom Caucus argued that codifying spending cuts sought by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative should be a top priority for lawmakers, who just returned to Capitol Hill after the Memorial Day recess.
&#8220;When the White House submits its first rescissions package to enact DOGE spending cuts to Congress, the House of Representatives should immediately move this to the floor for swift passage,&#8221; the group <a href="https://x.com/freedomcaucus/status/1929628818060235147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The House Freedom Caucus strongly supports these critical rescissions, and we will support as many more rescissions packages the White House can send us in the coming weeks and months.&#8221;
Altogether, the rescissions package is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-budget-director-confirms-first-targets-for-clawing-back-spending" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to cover roughly $9.4 billion. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funds to NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid are slated to be the targets of the first request to claw back funds appropriated by Congress. More rescissions packages could follow.
&#8220;These first DOGE cuts target taxpayer-funded public broadcasters notorious for their liberal bias like NPR and PBS, as well as billions in wasteful foreign aid dollars. Passing this rescissions package will be an important demonstration of Congress’s willingness to deliver on DOGE and the Trump agenda,&#8221; the House Freedom Caucus said.
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&#8220;While the Swamp will inevitably attempt to slow and kill these cuts, there is no excuse for a Republican House not to advance the first DOGE rescissions package the same week it is presented to Congress then quickly send it for passage in the Republican Senate so President Trump can sign it into law,&#8221; the group added.
Dealing with a narrow majority and Democrats who largely vote in a block against anything they do, House GOP leaders have been under pressure from many in the Republican rank-and-file to codify the DOGE cuts, particularly after the lower chamber narrowly passed the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; that is estimated to add trillions of dollars to the national debt.
Fiscal hawks who do not think enough is being done to rein in spending could revolt if the Senate makes changes to the legislation, and it gets sent back to the House. The Trump administration wants the bill ready to go by July 4.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-reveals-two-ways-house-act-doge-findings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed</a> rescissions as being one of two actions the House will take based on findings from the DOGE initiative, in addition to using the appropriations process to &#8220;swiftly implement&#8221; Trump&#8217;s proposed 2026 budget. &#8220;When the White House sends its rescissions package to the House, we will act quickly by passing legislation to codify the cuts,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1927749395363045819" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Wednesday post on X.

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Fiscal Hawks Make Urgent Demand For ‘DOGE Cuts’

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Americans have waited long enough, and now real relief from sky-high prescription drug prices is finally here. Recently, President Donald J. Trump signed a landmark Executive Order to end the decades-long injustice that has forced American families — especially Hispanic households — to pay more for lifesaving medications than almost anyone else in the world.
Hispanics, who are more likely to be uninsured or underinsured compared to other groups, are disproportionately burdened by high out-of-pocket prescription costs. In fact, according to the CDC, nearly one in four Hispanic adults report not taking prescribed medications due to cost, compared to just 13% of non-Hispanic White adults. This Executive Order directly addresses that disparity by demanding lower drug prices and making medications more affordable and accessible for millions of working families across the country.
This bold order reaffirms the President’s unwavering commitment to putting American patients first by stopping foreign free-riding, crushing the stranglehold of pharmaceutical middlemen, and bringing fairness back to a rigged system.
Under President Trump’s leadership, America is no longer the world’s piggy bank for pharmaceutical giants and socialized healthcare systems abroad. This Executive Order directs the U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Commerce to hold foreign nations accountable for the unfair practices that underpay for prescription drugs and undermine lifesaving drug development. In essence, Americans — who fund the bulk of pharmaceutical innovation through our taxpayer dollars and higher prices — have been subsidizing socialism abroad. No more.
For many Americans across the U.S., especially those economically impacted by high healthcare costs, this Executive Order is a game changer. Families working long hours, often balancing multiple jobs, should not have to choose between buying insulin for their children or groceries for the week. President Trump’s directive ensures that low-income patients, seniors, and working-class Americans will now have direct access to the same steep discounts that pharmaceutical companies give to patients overseas through government-negotiated prices.
That means bypassing the costly middlemen and securing medicines at “most-favored-nation” prices that reflect the best deal given to any other country in the world. If drug manufacturers refuse, the Order empowers the Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to act decisively: impose these pricing standards through regulation and take additional aggressive steps to drive costs down. This is what America First leadership looks like.
Let’s not forget: President Trump has been down this road before. In his first term, he introduced bold reforms to ensure that Medicare would no longer overpay pharmaceutical companies — specifically, by requiring that prices for Medicare-covered drugs be no higher than those paid in comparable countries. These common-sense measures were rescinded by the Biden-Harris Administration before they could take effect. The result? A so-called “victory” for Medicare that actually left American taxpayers and seniors paying an average of 78% more for prescription drugs than patients in eleven other advanced nations. That’s not a win — it’s a disgrace.
Now, in his second term, President Trump is finishing what he started. This new action builds upon earlier victories, including transparency in hospital pricing, the push for generics and biosimilars, and expanded drug importation options. These initiatives are part of a comprehensive, America First healthcare agenda focused not on enriching bureaucracy, but on empowering patients.
For those disproportionately affected by chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, this move provides tangible economic relief. It ensures families can access the medicine they need to stay healthy. It means hardworking Americans can afford care without risking financial ruin. And it signals that forgotten communities are no longer overlooked — they are being heard and prioritized.
We should also be clear: this isn&#8217;t just good policy. It’s great politics. President Trump is showing the American people that he’s not afraid to stand up to entrenched interests to deliver real results. He’s not beholden to Big Pharma, nor is he willing to play nice with foreign governments who exploit our generosity while we suffer at home.
In an era where politicians too often offer empty promises and soaring rhetoric, President Trump delivers. His commitment to reforming healthcare pricing is not just about economics—it’s about justice. And make no mistake: justice is exactly what millions of Americans, especially those in underserved communities, have been demanding for years.
President Trump said it best: “Our citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory.” That ends now.
This is more than an Executive Order. It’s a promise fulfilled, a burden lifted, and another bold move in President Trump’s mission to restore prosperity, fairness, and dignity to the American people.
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Bobby Jindal is the former Governor of Louisiana and Chair of the Center for a Healthy America at America First Policy Institute.
Jorge Martinez is National Director for Hispanic Outreach for America First Policy Institute. He previously served as press secretary for the U.S. Department of Justice.

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