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Can Trump Fix Our Broken Foreign Policy?

By the time most of you read this column, we will have a new US President. Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated for his second term today at 11:30 AM, Eastern time, and many Americans are hopeful that the disastrous foreign policy of the past four years under Biden will be improved. There is good news and bad news.

First the good news. It is no surprise that Trump’s appointees to foreign policy and national security positions are to the person very hawkish on China. However Trump, as he often does, has defied conventional wisdom on what his China policy might be by not only inviting Chinese leader Xi Jinping to attend the inauguration, but actually picking up the telephone and having a conversation with his Chinese counterpart.

According to a read-out of the call, the two discussed “trade, fentanyl, TikTok, and other subjects” and agreed to remain in regular contact. Winston Churchill is often (inaccurately) credited with the phrase “jaw-jaw is better than war-war,” but nonetheless it is an accurate statement. It is much better to engage even with “adversaries” than to refuse contact and add more sanctions. Those who prefer sanctions over communications are the true isolationists.

On TikTok, the popular application has credited Trump with preventing the Congressional ban from taking effect. If true, it is another good Trump move in favor of our Constitutional free speech guarantees.

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Trump Makes an Epic Move Against the Department of Justice

In an epic move, President Donald Trump has turned the tables on the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its abuses after Trump left office in 2021. In an executive order signed Monday evening, Trump has directed his own government to investigate the agency for its misconduct in the aftermath of the January 6th events. 

Through this new executive order, Trump aims to address the weaponization of the federal government under the Biden-Harris administration to target political opponents and suppress constitutionally protected activities.

“The American people have witnessed the previous administration engage in a systematic campaign against its perceived political opponents, weaponizing the legal force of numerous Federal law enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community against those perceived political opponents in the form of investigations, prosecutions, civil enforcement actions, and other related actions,” the executive order reads. 

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Trump to end federal DEI programs: ‘Very fitting on MLK Day’

President Trump will issue an order ending federal “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs on his first day in office Monday — with an aide calling it “very fitting on MLK Day.”

“It is ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing,” an incoming White House official told reporters on a press call.

“It’s actually very fitting on MLK Day,” the official said.

“This order is meant to return to the promise and the hope that is captured by the civil rights champion — that one day all Americans can be treated on the basis of their character and not by the color of their skin.”

The executive order — one of dozens Trump is expected to sign immediately — will instruct senior officials in the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to determine what programs need to be gutted.

“This order is meant to create equal treatment and end DEI inside the federal government,” the Trump aide said.

“It asks for OMB and OPM to coordinate with the various agencies to terminate all discriminatory programs in the agencies — so that is going to include illegal DEI mandates, policies, programs, preferences and activities.”

The order requests “a plan to dismantle the DEI bureaucracy,” the official said.

“This includes environmental justice programs, equity-related grants, equity action plans, equity initiatives, these types of things.”

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Trump to announce huge foreign aid crackdown to protect US interests in Day One executive order

Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday halting all new foreign aid unless it fits with U.S. strategic goals, according to two incoming senior White House officials.

The aim is to prevent American taxpayers’ cash falling into the hands of groups working against the U.S. or promoting ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ agendas, for example.

And it will likely immediately halt new U.S. money going to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). 

It is the agency that distributes aid in Gaza but it has repeatedly been accused of close ties to the terror group Hamas. The UN admitted that nine of its staff may been involved in the  Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

‘The United States and American citizens have been some of the most generous people in the entire world,’ an incoming White House policy adviser told DailyMail.com. 

‘But at this point, we have to understand that foreign policy is domestic policy, and if this is not aligned with our interests, then Uncle Sam should not be opening up his pocketbook any longer.’

The executive order comes among the first to be signed by Trump after being sworn into office for a second term.

It signals his desire to bring foreign aid spending into line with his America First policy agenda and to sync it with the work of the State Department.

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‘Woman means adult human female’: US President-elect Donald Trump to sign executive order on gender ideology after inauguration

United States President-elect Donald Trump has disclosed details of a sweeping executive order on gender he plans to sign after his inauguration, marking one of the first major policy actions of his new administration.

Independent media company The Free Press revealed details of the order on Monday (Australian time) after speaking with two incoming senior administration officials.

The order will reverse gender and sex-based laws from the Biden administration, ending policies allowing X gender on passports and forcing the use of preferred pronouns.

Titled, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”, the order will be signed within hours of the swearing in ceremony, the official said.

It seeks to redefine US federal policy by establishing “the biological reality of two sexes” as the guiding framework across all government agencies.

Among its key provisions, the order will remove guidance and policies that acknowledge gender identity, mandate that federal identification documents reflect biological sex rather than self-assessed gender identity and prohibit transgender-identifying males from participating in women’s sports or being housed in women’s prisons.

Trump’s incoming White House team has emphasised the order is rooted in protecting fairness, safety, and the opportunities of women.

“Women deserve protections, they deserve dignity, they deserve fairness, they deserve safety,” an official told The Free Press.

“And so this is going to help establish that in federal policy and in federal laws.”

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Trump’s Border Czar develops groundbreaking new RULE to force illegals to self-deport…

It seems like every week we’re hearing more clever, unique, and revolutionary ideas from President Trump’s incoming administration to fix the catastrophic mess created by Joe Biden’s regime while he was installed in the White House.

One of the most dangerous and deadly disasters to unfold under Biden’s so-called “leadership” was his open-border policy and the horrific invasion that followed. An estimated 10 million (or more) illegals poured into the US under Biden’s failed regime. These criminals overran American cities, draining billions of taxpayer dollars. And let’s not forget—many of them were housed in fancy hotels with all expenses covered, courtesy of the hardworking, always overlooked US taxpayer.

George Behizy:

BREAKING: Border Patrol just released final border invasion data under the Biden regime, and it got much worse.

Since 2023, 936,500 illegals entered through Biden’s app, and 531,690 migrants were flown in.

YET, Democrats still don’t want to pass the Laken Riley Act to streamline the arrests of dangerous illegals. It’s almost like they’re hoping to one day retake power and give all of them citizenship so they’ll be voters forever.

The deportation operation shouldn’t be casual. It needs to be aggressive, fast, and, quite frankly, ruthless. We can’t even begin to estimate what it will cost us in the future if we don’t SEND THEM ALL BACK.

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Trump Vows to Revoke Security Clearances for 51 Former Intel Officials Who Peddled Hunter Biden Laptop ‘Russian Disinfo’ Hoax

In yet another move to drain the swamp, President Donald Trump has vowed to revoke the security clearances of the 51 former intelligence officials who notoriously signed a letter dismissing Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation—a claim that has since been debunked.

Trump plans to revoke the security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials who, in October 2020, signed a letter suggesting that reports about Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

This action is set to occur on Trump’s first day in office as part of a series of more than 200 executive orders that will be signed on Monday, according to Fox News.

It can be recalled that during the second presidential debate in 2020, Joe Biden and hack reporter Kristen Welker from ABC teamed up against President Trump.

At one point, Joe Biden interrupted Welker for his planned response to the Hunter Biden ‘Laptop from Hell’ scandal. Joe Biden told the audience 50 intelligence leaders signed a letter saying the laptop was “Russian propaganda.”

This was a lie and Joe Biden knew it was a lie.

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TikTok Officially Banned in the United States – President Trump Expected to Reinstate App

TikTok has been officially banned following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the app’s availability in the United States.

This comes after a Friday decision upholding a law forcing China-owned ByteDance to divest from TikTok by Sunday or face a ban from U.S. app stores.

President Trump previously asked the Supreme Court to pause the ban so his administration could be given “the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in the case.”

Trump also said in an interview with NBC that he will “likely” give Tiktok a 90-day extension when he takes office.

Per NBC:

“I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate. You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation,” Trump said in the phone interview.

“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he said.

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Local Police Departments Are Refusing To Help DC Secure Trump’s Inauguration

More than half a dozen local D.C.-area police departments will not be assisting Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) with security for the 2025 Presidential Inauguration, the Daily Caller has learned. The MPD has been lambasted by both progressives and conservatives for its methods of policing, and the department refused to answer several questions from the Caller.

The decision by these departments could leave MPD with hundreds fewer officers than they would typically be able to rely on for an event of this magnitude.

While MPD claimed thousands of officers will assist with security, several local departments told the Caller they will not be helping. Most were vague with their reasons for skipping this year’s inauguration, but one department confirmed in an email that it was because of a dispute over a memorandum of understanding (MOU), or agreement between departments, with MPD.

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Maryland Police ‘Unable To Assist’ With Inauguration Security Due To ‘Use Of Force’ Policy

Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) cited recent changes in Maryland’s use-of-force policy for why multiple law enforcement agencies were reported as being unable to assist with security for the 2025 presidential inauguration ceremonies.

Just days before the inauguration, seven Maryland-based police departments confirmed to The Daily Caller that they will not be working with MPD, despite having assisted with security in the nation’s capital in previous years. At least one department, the Montgomery County Police Department, revealed it was due to issues with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the departments. Some of these departments, including those in Anne Arundel County and Prince George’s County, as well as Maryland State Police, said they would be assisting the United States Capitol Police instead.

“Due to differences in the interpretation of Maryland’s recent legislation on Use of Force compared to the District of Columbia’s Use of Force policies, some Maryland agencies are unable to assist MPD directly for the inauguration. However, many of these agencies are contributing to the event’s security efforts through agreements with the United States Capitol Police,” Washington, D.C. police told The Daily Caller in a statement.

Maryland state legislators passed new restrictions on police use-of-force and repealed the nation’s first Police Bill of Rights in April 2021 following the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. The sweeping police reform bill stipulates force can be used only to prevent “an imminent threat of physical injury” to a person or to “effectuate a legitimate law enforcement objective.” It also upgraded the standard for using force from “reasonable” to “necessary and proportional.”

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