The following is an installment of Trump-Vance team accomplishments (each article is linked for further info):
1. Stocks Rebound as Trump Touts Trade Progress
The propaganda media, Leftist economists, and the Federal Reserve would all have us believe President Trump does not know what he is doing. However, Trump is cautiously weaving We the People through his intended change of financial systems from a Private Central Bank debit system to a People Centered Financial system. Trump knows full well—as the financial pains of 1971 are sufficient example when we were taken off the gold standard and placed on the fiat currency standard—there will be growing pains and what may seem to be indecision on his part is actually caution and gamesmanship.
Trump announced the tariffs on April 2, leading to a major stock market tumble. Markets rallied on April 9 when he paused the higher tariffs for 90 days, but big swings in either direction followed. Stocks plummeted Monday before Tuesday’s rebound. The Dow Jones industrials climbed 2.6%, the S&P 500 ended up 2.5% higher and the Nasdaq gained 2.7%.
The market rally came as Trump and the White House announced progress on trade deals. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday 18 nations have trade proposals on paper, up from 15 nations last week. Trump also said Tuesday he expects to reach a trade deal with China, the world’s second-largest economy. He has not disclosed details of any of the pending trade agreements, has not tipped his hand on what a deal with China could look like.
Trump said Tuesday after U.S. markets closed for the day:
We’re doing really well, I see the stock market was up nicely, but this is a transition period and it’s going to be a little while.
But we are doing well with every country. Ultimately, we have something they want.
2. Advice to Ivy League Universities: Take the Trump Deal Before It Is Too Late
These universities are raising tuition higher than the rate of inflation. And that started when the federal government said, “We will ensure these loans for students.” Once that happened, the moral hazard shifted away from the university. So, they have been gouging students for room and board.
The second thing is universities do not obey the first ten amendments of the Constitution. (Please, go to the original article for the details or view below.)
The affirmative action ruling by the Supreme Court outlawed the use of race in admissions. And we have civil rights statutes that also do that. But the universities do something funny. They have safe spaces. They have theme houses. And they have auxiliary graduations. But the common denominator, they are predicated on race. So, a black theme house, a Latino theme house has almost very few people.
Nobody would want a European, so-called white theme house or an alternate white graduation. “Why not?” Because it would be considered racist.
But at Stanford, only 22% of the student body is white. Are they going to say, “Well, we’re one of the minorities now. Why don’t we do this?” That’s where it will lead if tribalism is enhanced.
There is no intellectual diversity. The National Association of Scholars did a study not long ago. They found not one of the 133 faculty members at Bryn Mawr was a Republican. At Williams, I think they found one or two. They found a lot of elite universities where there was nobody who openly acknowledged they were a Republican.
There are a couple of other things that are disturbing too. And that is the universities get individual faculty grants—Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health. And usually, in most private foundations, the university is not following their model.
What I mean is, a private scholar at a think tank, they might deduct 15% for the use of the phone or office that they would get out of that federal grant. But universities like Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, they can go from 40% to 50% to 60% and they are relying on that multimillion-dollar price gouging from the federal government.
And finally, these universities do not have multimillion-dollar endowments anymore. They have multibillion-dollar—$30 billion, Stanford $53 billion—endowments. And they are predicated—the income—on that. And sometimes they get almost 10%. They’re very good at investing. This $5 or $6 or $7 or $4 billion a year in income is tax-free, for the most part.
So, does the university really want to get in a fight with the Trump administration and then bring all of this information about their endowments; their lack of intellectual diversity; their segregation; their lack of due process for people who undergo inquiries or accusations; their separate racial graduations, safe spaces, theme houses; the use of student loans?
3. Trump-Approved Strikes Killed 74 Terrorists Seeking to Attack U.S. Homeland
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz revealed Tuesday to Just the News the counter-terrorism casualty statistics during a television interview.
Waltz, a former Army Green Beret colonel and Florida congressman, gave the administration’s most definitive accounting of renewed U.S. counter-terrorism operations, which lagged under The Regime after reaching a crescendo at the end of Trump’s first term with a 2020 air strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general who oversaw Tehran’s feared Revolutionary Guard and was identified by the U.S. as the man who organized terror proxies across the globe.
Waltz said the strikes have reached far beyond the Houthi rebels in Yemen that have garnered the most media attention and have also been focused on groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS in the Middle East and Al-Shabab in Africa. He confirmed such terror groups have active plans to strike the U.S. homeland, after capitalizing on the open border of the Biden years.
He said:
I can tell you, from ISIS to al-Qaeda, to groups like Al-Shabab, all have plots and plans to hit the homeland once again, And if you look under [The Regime], with a wide-open border, that was incredibly dangerous.
Further:
President Trump has eliminated 74 named terrorist leaders [The Regime] wasn’t going after. You add to that 45 Americans who are being held hostage by various regimes and groups around the world that he’s brought home and that is just an incredible achievement in just a couple of months.
For emphasis, Waltz added:
Americans should sleep better at night. We’re only three months in, and look at the results President Trump is getting. The mainstream media doesn’t want to talk about those.
4. So Close, Yet So Far: Jimmy Kimmel Actually Nailed One Reason Trump Is Winning
Kimmel acknowledged that cancel culture was a key issue that has fueled Trump’s rise.
Learning that about Kimmel is shocking, and he is not wrong. Rampant cancel culture over the past decade has made people hypersensitive, with jokes—oftentimes meant to offend at least a little—becoming grounds for exile.
Trump, seemingly uncancelable, thrives in this sort of climate.
The president’s resilience against cancellation resonates with those tired of walking on eggshells. His 2024 landslide victory proved this, with America rejecting political correctness for raw authenticity.
Kimmel clearly understands part of why Trump won, but his brain/heart/leftism will not allow him to accept it. He is suffering from a political disconnect.
He sees the symptom—cancel culture—but misses the cure: Americans rejecting progressive overreach for Trump’s no-nonsense approach.
Kimmel’s still stuck in the past, believing America should align with his liberal ideals. He cannot grasp that voters prioritized economic promises and border security over “doing the right thing” by his standards.
5. Tulsi Gabbard Criminally Referred Two Intel Officials to DOJ for Prosecution Over Leaks to WaPo, NYT
ODNI Tulsi Gabbard criminally referred two and a third criminal referral is on its way.
Gabbard told Fox News Digital:
Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation’s security at risk and must end. Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
Further:
Today, I referred two intelligence community leakers to the Department of Justice for criminal referral, with a third criminal referral on its way, which includes the recent illegal leak to the Washington Post.
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