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Trump himself sounded off from the Middle East, saying in a Truth Social post, and I'm quoting here, birthright citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent citizens of the United States of America and bringing their families with them all the time, laughing at the, quote, suckers that we are.
Trump himself sounded off from the Middle East, saying in a Truth Social post, and I'm quoting here, birthright citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent citizens of the United States of America and bringing their families with them all the time, laughing at the, quote, suckers that we are.
The United States of America is the only country in the world that does this. For what reason? Nobody knows. But the drug cartels love it.
The United States of America is the only country in the world that does this. For what reason? Nobody knows. But the drug cartels love it.
Good morning, Ben. It's great to be here.
Good morning, Ben. It's great to be here.
Good morning, Ben. It's great to be here.
Absolutely. So, of course, we know that since January, late January, February, the Trump administration has been taking steps to cut funding for things that they call like woke or ideological purposes, grants to things like transgenderism or DEI.
Absolutely. So, of course, we know that since January, late January, February, the Trump administration has been taking steps to cut funding for things that they call like woke or ideological purposes, grants to things like transgenderism or DEI.
Absolutely. So, of course, we know that since January, late January, February, the Trump administration has been taking steps to cut funding for things that they call like woke or ideological purposes, grants to things like transgenderism or DEI.
And we've seen this in the Department of Transportation, Department of Education, and now in the Department of Justice, where we reported this week exclusively that the Trump administration is hacking away, slashing away grants to causes like transgenderism and DEI, and instead turning that money and those funds towards supporting our law enforcement.
And we've seen this in the Department of Transportation, Department of Education, and now in the Department of Justice, where we reported this week exclusively that the Trump administration is hacking away, slashing away grants to causes like transgenderism and DEI, and instead turning that money and those funds towards supporting our law enforcement.
And we've seen this in the Department of Transportation, Department of Education, and now in the Department of Justice, where we reported this week exclusively that the Trump administration is hacking away, slashing away grants to causes like transgenderism and DEI, and instead turning that money and those funds towards supporting our law enforcement.
And we learned about this because Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for clarification on these grants.
And we learned about this because Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for clarification on these grants.
And we learned about this because Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for clarification on these grants.
And there had been a big hubbub in the media about how the Department of Justice was slashing, I think, around $800 million in grants and taking a look at those funds and if they weren't being appropriately used, aligned with the missions of the Trump administration, reallocating them. So Grassley wanted to know more about what was in these grants and where they were going.
And there had been a big hubbub in the media about how the Department of Justice was slashing, I think, around $800 million in grants and taking a look at those funds and if they weren't being appropriately used, aligned with the missions of the Trump administration, reallocating them. So Grassley wanted to know more about what was in these grants and where they were going.
And there had been a big hubbub in the media about how the Department of Justice was slashing, I think, around $800 million in grants and taking a look at those funds and if they weren't being appropriately used, aligned with the missions of the Trump administration, reallocating them. So Grassley wanted to know more about what was in these grants and where they were going.
And we exclusively obtained his letter to Bondi, also the Department of Justice's response to him, in which we learned that the majority of the grants that the Department of Justice slashed were going to non-governmental entities. And some of those included some very woke causes. For example, there was a massive amount of money going to the Washington State Department of Corrections