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Aug 29 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
🚨 TRUMP JUST DID IT AGAIN.

Last night, President Trump CUT ANOTHER $4.9 BILLION in foreign aid—using a bold maneuver that bypasses Congress.

It's called a "pocket rescission".

American tax dollars will no longer bankroll globalist schemes. America First is back. 🧵 Image
2/ How did he do it?

👉 By using a rare move called a “pocket rescission.”
If Congress doesn’t act before the fiscal year ends (Sept. 30), the money simply expires.

Better yet: it's removed from the budget baseline for next year!

Result: taxpayers save billions, permanently. Image
3/ This isn’t the first cut.

✅ In July, Trump used a rescission bill to slash $9.4 billion in foreign aid & public broadcaster funding.

Now another $4.9 billion is gone.

That’s nearly $15 billion in just two swipes—and the end of USAID and PBS/NPR.

4/ Of course Democrats are furious.

Chuck Schumer called Trump’s cuts “proof” Republicans are “rejecting bipartisanship.”

Translation: Schumer is mad that elections have consequences.

Odd that he never felt so "bipartisan" when he ran the Senate. Image
5/ Remember: every dollar spent on foreign aid is a dollar NOT spent on…

🇺🇸 Securing our border
🇺🇸 Rebuilding our cities
🇺🇸 Supporting veterans & families
🇺🇸 Repaying our national debt

Trump gets it. Charity begins at home. It has to. Image
6/ And here’s the kicker:

Pocket rescissions are so rare the last attempt was in 1983 under Ronald Reagan.

Trump is the first president since Reagan bold enough to use it—on a much bigger scale.

If it sticks, get ready for FAR more next year. Image
7/ Bottom line:

Trump just cut billions in America Last foreign aid without a single vote from Congress.

But the means is even more important than the cuts. If this works, the President just clawed back BIG budget powers!

Not power to spend. Power to CUT.💥 Image
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Aug 31
🚨 RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS 🚨

International tourists spent $126.9 BILLION in the U.S. in just the first 6 months of 2025.

The so-called “experts” said Trump’s policies would kill tourism.

Instead, he just turned America into the hottest destination on Earth.

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2/ The International Trade Administration confirmed the record spending in its Aug. 27 report.

That’s more money spent by foreign visitors than EVER before in U.S. history.

Tourists aren’t running from Trump’s America. They’re flocking to it.
3/ Why?

Because safety + prosperity = attraction.

As Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick put it:

“With historic prosperity and Trump’s focus on public safety, people from around the world are coming to visit in record numbers.” Image
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Aug 31
🚨 BREAKING: Trump just announced he will issue an Executive Order requiring Voter ID in federal elections.

“No exceptions,” he declared.

The Left is already panicking. Here’s what this means for 2026 and beyond

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2/ Trump:

“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. No exceptions! I will be doing an Executive Order to that end!!!”

This comes on top of his earlier EO requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register for federal elections. Image
3/ The timing is clear:

The 2026 midterms are Nov. 3.

Trump is moving to lock in election integrity now—before Democrats can flood the system with mail-ins and machines again.

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Aug 30
🚨 Trump just checkmated India’s oil game.

🇮🇳 Saved $17B buying Russia’s “discount” crude.
🇺🇸 Trump’s new tariffs will cost them $37B.

Wipeout.

And that’s just the warning shot, to ALL Putin's customers. It can get much worse.

They'll start pushing Putin to make peace.

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2/ After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, India became Putin’s lifeline—snapping up cheap oil no one else would touch.

Today, nearly 40% of India’s crude comes from Russia.

That cash pays for Putin’s war machine.

Trump decided: enough. Image
3/ On Wednesday, Trump’s 25% general tariff + 25% penalty tariff for Russian oil imports went live.

Result: India’s “savings” from cheap Russian oil → totally erased.

They’ll LOSE about $20B this fiscal year compared to sticking with free-world suppliers. Image
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Aug 30
🚨 TRUMP JUST FIRED 500+ DEEP STATERS AT VOA

Voice of America was hijacked decades ago—turned from anti-communist truth-telling into a taxpayer-funded megaphone for globalist propaganda.

Now Trump is dismantling it, job by job.

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2/ The U.S. Agency for Global Media (which runs VOA, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, etc.) is slashing 532 jobs.

That’s HALF of what's left of the agency.

Why? Because Trump refuses to let American tax dollars fund unaccountable Democrats who hate America. Image
3/ VOA was born in WWII to counter Nazi lies.

It carried freedom’s message through the Iron Curtain.

But under Obama & Biden, it morphed into an echo chamber for the Left, soft-pedaling China, trashing Trump, and boosting globalism. Image
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Aug 30
🚨 BREAKING: Trump just moved to ELIMINATE labor unions at NASA.

The Deep State thought it could hide behind space suits. Now, America’s greatest builder-president is dismantling their bureaucracy—even at the launch pad.

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2/ In an Aug. 28 executive order, Trump invoked the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 to strip collective bargaining rights at NASA.

Why? National security.

NASA develops satellites, propulsion systems, and advanced aerospace tech vital to U.S. defense. Image
3/ Over 50% of NASA’s workforce belongs to unions like the IFPTE and AFGE—many of the SAME unions whose members call themselves "the resistance" and sued Trump to keep their privileges.

They’ve strangled innovation, slowed projects, and protected mediocrity for decades. Image
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Aug 30
🚨 BOMBSHELL: Trump may deploy a private army to Ukraine.

No U.S. troops. No endless wars. No blank checks.

Instead: American contractors protecting our interests, deterring Putin, and making peace possible.

This is brilliant. 🧵 Image
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2/ Here’s the genius:

🔹 Trump promised no U.S. troops in Ukraine.
🔹 He also promised effective security.
🔹 The solution? Use private American contractors — not soldiers — to secure bases, borders, & U.S. business.

Smart. Legal. Deterrence without an offensive army. Image
3/ They would:

⚡ Rebuild fortifications & bases
⚡ Guard American businesses & interests
⚡ Deter Putin by putting Americans (with U.S. passports) on the ground

If Putin breaks the peace, he knows he risks a U.S. response. But there's no army he has to fear invading Russia. Image
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