Donald Trump Jr. arrived in Greenland on Tuesday as his father, President-elect Trump, made remarks that sparked speculation that the U.S. may seek to acquire the Danish territory. Trump Jr. landed in Nuuk, the Arctic territory’s capital, to meet with locals, visit cultural sites and shoot video for a podcast. The president-elect posted a video showing a plane emblazoned with the word ‘TRUMP’ landing in Nuuk. ‘Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland,’ Trump...
President-elect Trump announced the Gulf of Mexico is getting a new name. ‘We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring. That covers a lot of territory,’ Trump said on Tuesday. ‘The Gulf of America. What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate.’ Trump made the announcement in his first press conference since Congress certified his election win over Vice President Kamala Harris...
Iran’s nuclear program is nearing the ‘point of no return,’ French President Emmanuel Macron is now warning. Iran is the top ‘strategic and security challenge’ for France and Europe this year, Macron said this week during an annual foreign policy conference with French ambassadors, according to Reuters. ‘The acceleration of the nuclear program leads us nearly to the point of no return,’ the French leader was quoted as saying. ‘In the coming months we will...
The newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is preparing to roll out once the Trump administration is sworn in with the stated goal of slashing government waste and providing increased transparency when it comes to government spending. DOGE is not a Cabinet-level department but rather a blue-ribbon committee outside of the government that will be tasked with examining issues of government spending, waste, efficiency and operations. Proponents of DOGE, headed by Tesla and Space...
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen emphasized that Greenland is not for sale, as President-elect Trump has ramped up calls for the U.S. to acquire the island. Frederiksen’s comments to a Danish TV station come as the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., paid a visit to Greenland on Tuesday. The trip is a personal one and Trump Jr. is not expected to meet with any government officials. The Danish prime minister said in an interview that...
House Republicans are pushing to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office later this month. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., is unveiling the bill on Tuesday and already has several co-sponsors in Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Mike Collins, R-Ga., Bob Onder, R-Mo., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Mary Miller, R-Ill., Keith Self, R-Texas, and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. Burlison argued that the ATF was an ‘unconstitutional agency’ and that its...
Trump trolling Canada as 51st state could boost Democrats with ‘blue-state behemoth’
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President-elect Donald Trump is keeping up his push to make Canada the United States’ 51st state. ‘Canada and the United States. That would really be something,’ Trump said Tuesday at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. ‘They should be a state.’ Trump highlighted that if Canada were to join the U.S., it wouldn’t be by using military force but instead through ‘economic force.’ A day earlier, the president-elect argued in...
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing his report relating to his now-suspended investigations into President-elect Trump’s alleged 2020 election interference and alleged improper retention of classified records. Trump co-defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira filed an emergency motion to block the reported imminent release of Smith’s final report. U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Aileen Cannon ruled in favor of Nauta and De Oliveira...
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the certification of the 2024 presidential election results on Monday, but Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asserted in a post on Tuesday that the political battle was only beginning. Blumenthal, who has served in the Senate since 2011, claimed President-elect Donald Trump has tapped ‘malignly motivated’ nominees who are not qualified. ‘Now that the Electoral Count is done we can move on? No. Not with Trump planning blanket pardons. Not...
Trump says Meta has ‘come a long way’ after Zuckerberg ends fact-checking on platforms
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: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Meta’s move to end its fact-checking program on Facebook, Instagram and its other platforms, telling Fox News Digital that the company has ‘come a long way.’ Fox News first reported that Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to ‘restore free expression’ across its platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have ‘gone too far.’ In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Trump said...