Trump information at this time: Stefanik seems on Fox News hours after President withdraws her UN ambassador nomination
Donald Trump has pulled Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be his UN ambassador over fears that a special election in her upstate New York district might endanger the slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives — crucial to enacting the Trump agenda.
U.S. trading partners continue to respond to the president’s announcement of a 25 percent tariff on all imported fully-assembled cars, the latest escalation of his chaotic trade war intended to boost American manufacturing but which could hurt consumers.
His administration, meanwhile, remains under fire over the alarming security breach that saw Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, added by mistake to a Signal group chat in which the president’s most senior security officials discussed upcoming military action.
The magazine published their text exchange in full on Wednesday in response to denials that classified information had been compromised. There have been calls for the resignations of both Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.
Elsewhere, Elon Musk and members of his DOGE team appeared on Fox News to talk about their efforts to make drastic cuts to the federal government, including tens of thousands of layoffs.
Elise Stefanik says she’s ‘proud to be a team player’
Elise Stefanik has said she is “proud to be a team player” after Donald Trump withdrew her nomination for UN Ambassador, so that she can remain in Congress, to help the GOP further its agenda.
“I was honored to have earned that nomination by President Trump, and I’m proud to be one of his top allies on Capitol Hill,” she told Fox News on Thursday night, hours after Trump announced his decision on Truth Social.
“I have been proud to be a team player, the president knows that – he and I had multiple conversations today, and we are committed to delivering results on behalf of the American people.
“And as always, I’m committed to delivering results on behalf of my constituents.”
Watch: Canadian PM responds to new Trump tariffs
Carney responds to new 25% tariff on non-U.S. cars in direct message to Trump
Kristi Noem criticized for filming video in front of caged prisoners in El Salvador
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing backlash for using a crowded prison cell filled with deported migrants in El Salvador as the backdrop for a video threatening to prosecute people who come to the United States illegally.
Ariana Baio reports.
Even Tomi Lahren is blasting the White House for attempts to shift blame on Signal blunder
“Trying to wordsmith the hell outta this signal debacle is making it worse,” rightwing pundit Tomi Lahren wrote on X on Wednesday.
Gustaf Kilander has the story.
COMMENT: The ‘Coalition of the Willing’ summit in Paris proved that the US and Europe are an ocean apart
Mary Dejevsky writes:
Despite their designation as joint chairs, the French and UK leaders held separate press conferences. As Starmer noted in his, this was the fourth meeting to consider what is termed either a “coalition of the willing” (UK) or a “reassurance force” (France and Germany). He noted that more than 200 military specialists had spent days planning in London. Both he and Macron did their best to avoid directly cutting across the US’s peace efforts, stressing that European plans were designed for “the day after” a deal. Both went out of their way to appear positive about President Trump.
It was hard, nonetheless, to escape the impression that they were waiting for the US effort to fail, and so were banking on some rather different tactics.
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Elise Stefanik to sit down with Sean Hannity
Elise Stefanik is due to sit down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity at 9 p.m. ET.
It comes after Donald Trump has pulled her nomination to be his UN ambassador over fears that a special election in her upstate New York district might endanger the slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives.
Elon Musk claims all those who complain about DOGE cuts are ‘fraudsters’
Concerned about whether the world’s richest man has the power to unilaterally shut down federal agencies or cut off your social security benefits at will?
He says that’s probably because you’re committing fraud against the government.
Andrew Feinberg has more:
Musk says attacks on Teslas are being driven by ‘far-left propaganda’
Elon Musk said that attacks on Tesla vehicles across the country were being driven by “propaganda [from] the far left.”
“It’s not the crazy guy that fire bombs a Tesla, it’s the people pushing the propaganda that caused that guy to do it,” he said, speaking to Fox News.
“Those are the real villains here.”
Source: independent.co.uk
