Trump sent Congress a bill to cut $9.4 BILLION in Biden-era waste — no filibuster needed. It's the first of Trump's rescission bills.
The RINOs are trying to kill it. Of course.
Here’s what’s happening (and why it matters): 🧵
2/ Trump’s rescission bill would slash:
❌ $3M for Iraqi television
❌ $3.6M for male prostitutes in Haiti
❌ $67K to feed insect powder to kids in Madagascar
❌ $1.1B for NPR and PBS
And a HUGE amount of graft from USAID.
All Biden-era waste. All gone — if the Senate acts.
3/ This is what Trump promised:
💥 Expose the swamp
💥 Cut the waste
💥 Use rescissions to stop Biden spending without needing 60 votes
It passed the House on party lines. It only needs 50 in the Senate.
No filibuster. No excuses. First of many making the DOGE cuts permanent.
4/ So what’s the holdup?
Senator Susan Collins — the RINO running Senate Appropriations — says she’s “concerned” about cutting just $400 million from PEPFAR, a 22-year-old AIDS program in Africa.
We spend $7 billion a year on it.
5/ Even if you like PEPFAR, this is nuts:
📉 AIDS deaths in Africa have fallen by 70%
🩺 Most countries can run it themselves now
💰 That $400M will cost us $4.26 billion over 10 years with interest
This isn’t compassion. It’s just stupid. The $400M is identified waste.
6/ And Collins isn’t just a random RINO.
She’s the one in charge of spending. And she’s blocking the Republican President’s bill, in a Republican Senate, less than two weeks before the deadline.
Why is she still Appropriations Chair? Paging @LeaderJohnThune.
@LeaderJohnThune 7/ The Senate GOP leader gave her that job.
And now he’s letting her sabotage Trump’s agenda — again.
Coming of the Big Beautiful Bill victory, we'd expect better.
He has to make her stop.
@LeaderJohnThune 8/ John Kennedy’s right: this is a layup.
The Impoundment Act gives Trump the power to stop the spending madness — but only if Congress passes the rescissions.
This first one cuts $9.4 billion in waste.
More rescissions are coming.
This is just the start.
@LeaderJohnThune 9/ If Thune doesn’t whip the votes and push this over the finish line…
❌ The waste stays
❌ The RINOs win
❌ Trump’s power to govern is crippled
❌ Elon's point is made
And conservatives will know exactly who to blame.
@LeaderJohnThune 10/ Congress has until July 18 to pass the rescission bill.
No excuses. No delays. No RINO games.
Pass it. Now.
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has canceled his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping and announced 100% tariffs on Chinese goods starting Nov. 1.
His reason? Beijing just imposed global export controls on rare earths — the materials that power the modern world. 🧵👇
2/ China controls 92% of rare earth refining — metals essential for EVs, semiconductors, fighter jets, & submarines.
Beijing is weaponizing that — sending letters to nations warning it’ll restrict exports on “virtually anything.”
Trump called it “sinister and hostile.” ⚠️
3/ “They’re holding the world captive,” Trump said.
But he’s striking back:
💥 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports starting Nov. 1
💥 New U.S. countermeasures against Chinese trade blackmail
💥 Full economic response to defend U.S. supply chains & sovereignty 🇺🇸
🇮🇱🇺🇸 BREAKING: Celebrations erupt across Israel and Gaza.
Trump’s 20-point peace plan has reached its first major breakthrough: agreement for Hamas to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — with a ceasefire to follow.
History is happening. 🧵👇
2/ After talks in Egypt, both sides agreed to the first phase.
📦 All 48 remaining Israeli hostages will be freed within days.
💥 Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be released.
🕊️ A formal ceasefire follows Israel’s ratification tomorrow.
Families are calling Trump a peacemaker.
3/ One hostage’s wife wrote on X:
“My heart is overflowing with gratitude... Thank you, President Trump.”
At Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, Israelis chanted “Thank you Trump! Thank you Netanyahu!”
That's EIGHT peace deals in eight months for Donald Trump.
New York AG Letitia James — who spent years failing to destroy Donald Trump for mortgage fraud — has now been indicted by a federal grand jury for...mortgage fraud.
The same woman who weaponized the law now faces justice herself. 🧵👇
2/ The indictment stems from an investigation into fraudulent mortgage filings.
James falsely claimed her Norfolk, Virginia home was her primary residence — to score a lower interest rate on a government-backed loan.
She allegedly lied on bank documents and property records.
3/ Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte first blew the whistle, alleging James may have also misrepresented a Brooklyn property to qualify for federal assistance.
He wrote:
“Letitia James falsified documents to obtain favorable terms and government-backed loans.”