Tulsi Gabbard

And I won't go into detail here, but it really speaks to why President Trump recognized this as this greatest domestic threat, which goes back to the annual threat assessment and where I detailed this

and why, and also how the Department of Defense is now working with Department of Homeland Security really to secure our border and will play an integral role in going after and defeating these cartels, working very closely with Mexico and their government and their officials.

and why, and also how the Department of Defense is now working with Department of Homeland Security really to secure our border and will play an integral role in going after and defeating these cartels, working very closely with Mexico and their government and their officials.

and why, and also how the Department of Defense is now working with Department of Homeland Security really to secure our border and will play an integral role in going after and defeating these cartels, working very closely with Mexico and their government and their officials.

And that's where taking this very expansive approach all at once is so essential. No one is naive at all in thinking that this is just going to be like, oh, we'll conduct a few operations and then just knock this all out.

And that's where taking this very expansive approach all at once is so essential. No one is naive at all in thinking that this is just going to be like, oh, we'll conduct a few operations and then just knock this all out.

And that's where taking this very expansive approach all at once is so essential. No one is naive at all in thinking that this is just going to be like, oh, we'll conduct a few operations and then just knock this all out.

But also thinking through very carefully kind of the lessons learned from the last war on drugs that ultimately ended up just being a prolonged war that we never really saw much progress on.

But also thinking through very carefully kind of the lessons learned from the last war on drugs that ultimately ended up just being a prolonged war that we never really saw much progress on.

But also thinking through very carefully kind of the lessons learned from the last war on drugs that ultimately ended up just being a prolonged war that we never really saw much progress on.

I don't know why they can't find a single thing that they can agree with the president on. Not a single thing. You know, this deal was very important to the president to get done. And today was a big day. A lot of work went into getting this deal signed today.

I don't know why they can't find a single thing that they can agree with the president on. Not a single thing. You know, this deal was very important to the president to get done. And today was a big day. A lot of work went into getting this deal signed today.

I don't know why they can't find a single thing that they can agree with the president on. Not a single thing. You know, this deal was very important to the president to get done. And today was a big day. A lot of work went into getting this deal signed today.

because he values the fact that, as he talked about earlier in the cabinet meeting today, about how the American taxpayer has provided overall, when you look at all of the aid that's been given to Ukraine since the Russia-Ukraine war started, $350 billion.

because he values the fact that, as he talked about earlier in the cabinet meeting today, about how the American taxpayer has provided overall, when you look at all of the aid that's been given to Ukraine since the Russia-Ukraine war started, $350 billion.

because he values the fact that, as he talked about earlier in the cabinet meeting today, about how the American taxpayer has provided overall, when you look at all of the aid that's been given to Ukraine since the Russia-Ukraine war started, $350 billion.

And when you look at some of the deals that some of the other European countries made with the aid they provided with Ukraine, A, either they used frozen Russian money so they weren't using their taxpayer dollars. They found a way to give them, you know, frozen money from Russian funds. And in other areas, they said, OK, we'll loan you this money and we'll figure out a payback plan for the future.

And when you look at some of the deals that some of the other European countries made with the aid they provided with Ukraine, A, either they used frozen Russian money so they weren't using their taxpayer dollars. They found a way to give them, you know, frozen money from Russian funds. And in other areas, they said, OK, we'll loan you this money and we'll figure out a payback plan for the future.

And when you look at some of the deals that some of the other European countries made with the aid they provided with Ukraine, A, either they used frozen Russian money so they weren't using their taxpayer dollars. They found a way to give them, you know, frozen money from Russian funds. And in other areas, they said, OK, we'll loan you this money and we'll figure out a payback plan for the future.

But not us, not the Biden administration. This money was just given. That's it. So President Trump understood that, was very, very, very bothered by it, that the American people are just out of pocket on this without any means of any kind of repayment whatsoever. And so this minerals deal is a way for the American people to get some form of repayment.