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[HEADING=2]Trump Set to Sign Order on One of His Dumbest Military Ideas[/HEADING]
Malcolm Ferguson

Forget about the price of eggs—Trump still wants to build the United States its own “iron dome.”

The president is set to sign an executive order that would begin the production of a “next generation” missile defense shield that would envelop the entire country.

“The order calls for an ‘Iron Dome’ for an America, borrowing the name of the short-range Israeli missile defense system that for years has been used to intercept launches from Gaza. The U.S. provided billions of dollars in funding to Iron Dome, and the US Army has its own system,” White House reporter Alayna Treene [wrote]('https://x.com/alaynatreene/status/1883926078848446497') on X.

The Israeli Iron Dome was a collaboration between Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and U.S. weapons manufacturer Raytheon that came online in 2011. It is not a literal iron dome but a system of “interceptor missiles” that can shoot down enemy missiles before they reach their targets

Even still, it’s hard to imagine a system that could do the same for the entirety of the continental U.S., as Trump has suggested multiple times before today.

“We will build a great iron dome over our country, a dome like has never seen before, a state-of-the-art missile defense shield that will be entirely built in America,” Trump [said]('https://www.c-span.org/program/campaign-2024/former-president-donald-trump-holds-rally-in-racine-wisconsin/643666') at a Wisconsin campaign rally last summer. “We are going to build the greatest dome of them all. You see what happened in Israel, they shot 3000 missiles and they knocked down almost all of them … we are entitled to that also, you know and it was our idea, by the way.”

The iron dome was also the eighth point of the first part of his campaign platform, as the president [promised to]('https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform') “BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY—ALL MADE IN AMERICA.”

National security analyst Joseph Cirincione has been highly skeptical since the beginning of Trump’s iron dome fantasy.

***“[The] Iron Dome is designed to intercept short-range rockets, not intercontinental ballistic missiles. Each Iron Dome system can [defend]('https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/iron-dome/') an area of roughly 150 square miles,” Cirincione [wrote]('https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/07/can-donald-trump-really-build-iron-dome-over-america/398394/?oref=d1-author-river') for the Defense One website last summer. “We would need to deploy more than 24,700 Iron Dome batteries to defend the 3.7 million square miles of the continental United States. At $100 million per battery, that would be approximately $2,470,000,000,000.”
***
Not only would this iron dome be a waste of time and effort, it would also cost three times more than America’s entire [military budget]('https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61017#:~:text=The%20proposed%20budget%20for%20DoD,2024%20(excluding%20supplemental%20funding).') for 2025.

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Please

Malcolm Ferguson.....another liberal demagogue.

Please

Malcolm Ferguson.....another liberal demagogue.

More fake news opinion.

Now you hurt my feelings.

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[The Trump administration has found and killed]('https://nypost.com/2025/01/28/world-news/state-dept-pulls-millions-in-funding-for-condoms-in-gaza-as-trump-admin-looks-to-trim-spending/') — thanks to Department of Government Efficiency scrutiny — a $50 million payment slated for Gaza condoms.

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President Donald Trump is taking executive action to override California's "actively harmful" state and local environmental policies in an effort to maximize water supply in the aftermath of January's [deadly wildfires]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/la-fires').

In an executive order issued Sunday, Trump called on federal agencies to overrule California regulations on endangered species to create more water availability, expedite the removal of debris in the areas affected by the fires, and conduct investigations into the city of Los Angeles' use of federal grants.

Trump also asked the attorney general to launch an investigation into Los Angeles' "misuse" of federal preparedness grants. "These Federal preparedness grants shall not be used to support illegal aliens," the executive order reads.

[SIZE=5]The city was [recently criticized]('https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe') for cutting the fire department budget by $17 million while hundreds of thousands of dollars were allocated to fund programs such as a "Gay Men’s Chorus" and housing for the transgender homeless.[/SIZE]

Fake case going away.

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WHOOPS
[HEADING=2]Trump administration rescinds funding freeze directive, memo shows[/HEADING]
[SIZE=7]The decision caused chaos for agencies across the country.[/SIZE]

[HEADING=2]WOW!!! SMFH..CLUELESS[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis[/HEADING]

Just a little over a week into his second term, President Donald Trump took steps to maximize his power, sparking chaos and what critics contend is a constitutional crisis as he challenges the separation of powers that have defined American government for more than 200 years.

The new administration’s most provocative move came this week, as it announced it would [temporarily halt]('https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce') federal payments to ensure they complied with Trump’s orders [barring diversity programs]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-orders-dei-7ef0bf4ce1d465f6b61f3fcfde544593'). The technical-sounding directive had [enormous immediate impact]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-federal-grants-pause-freeze-e5f512ae6f1212f621d5fa9bbec95e08') before it was blocked by a federal judge, potentially pulling trillions of dollars from police departments, domestic violence shelters, nutrition services and disaster relief programs that rely on federal grants. The administration on Wednesday [rescinded]('https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-6d41961940585544fa43a3f66550e7be') the order.

Though the Republican administration denied Medicaid was affected, [it acknowledged the online portal]('https://apnews.com/article/head-start-medicaid-federal-funding-4fe440e35df70c7ede8ce8e0409cb581') allowing states to file for reimbursement from the program was shut down for part of Tuesday in what it insisted was an error.

Legal experts noted the president is explicitly forbidden from cutting off spending for programs that Congress has approved. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to appropriate money and requires the executive to pay it out. A 50-year-old law known as the Impoundment Control Act makes that explicit by prohibiting the president from halting payments on grants or other programs approved by Congress.
“The thing that prevents the president from being an absolute monarch is Congress controls the power of the purse strings,” said Josh Chafetz, a law professor at Georgetown University, adding that even a temporary freeze violates the law. “It’s what guarantees there’s a check on the presidency.”

Democrats and other critics said the move was blatantly unconstitutional.

“What happened last night is the most direct assault on the authority of Congress, I believe, in the history of the United States,” Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, said Tuesday.
While some Republicans were critical, most were supportive.

“I think he is testing the limits of his power, and I don’t think any of us are surprised by it,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican who is close with Trump.

At first blush, the Trump administration appeared to be following the correct procedures in identifying potential spending cuts, and the Impoundment Control Act outlines a procedure for how they could become permanent, said Rachel Snyderman, a former official at the Office of Management and Budget who is now at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Congress must eventually sign off on any cuts the administration wants to make, Snyderman said, though she noted that no president since Bill Clinton, a Democrat, has been successful in getting that done. Congress did not act on $14 billion in impoundment cuts Trump proposed during his prior term, she said.

“We have to see what the next steps are,” Snyderman said.

The attempt to halt grants came after Trump, who during the campaign pledged to be [“a dictator on day one,”]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-hannity-dictator-authoritarian-presidential-election-f27e7e9d7c13fabbe3ae7dd7f1235c72') has taken a number of [provocative moves]('https://apnews.com/article/what-has-trump-done-trump-executive-orders-f061fbe7f08c08d81509a6af20ef8fc0') to challenge legal constraints on his power. He fired [the inspectors general]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-inspectors-general-fired-congress-unlawful-4e8bc57e132c3f9a7f1c2a3754359993') of his Cabinet agencies without giving Congress the warning required by law, declared that there is [an immigrant “invasion”]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-immigration-homan-asylum-inauguration-ac10480dc636b758ab3c435b974aeb19') despite low numbers of border crossings, is requiring [loyalty pledges]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-loyalty-white-house-maga-vetting-jobs-768fa5cbcf175652655c86203222f47c') from new hires, challenged the constitutional guarantee of [birthright citizenship]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-birthright-citizenship-native-chinese-executive-order-c163bbadd20609bd09fd5c5bccc6ba8d') and is moving [career staff]('https://apnews.com/article/trump-firings-prosecutors-dei-federal-government-2042969d1855feb2753b6237f1022666') out of key positions at the Department of Justice to ensure his loyalists control investigations and prosecutions.

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President [Donald Trump]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump') signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration.

"This horrific atrocity should never have been allowed to happen," Trump told reporters Wednesday ahead of signing the legislation. "And as president, I'm fighting every single day to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again."

Riley's mother, Allyson Phillips, expressed her gratitude at the signing for everyone who pushed to advance the legislation.

[SIZE=5]"We also want to thank [/SIZE][SIZE=7]President Trump[/SIZE][SIZE=5] for the promises he made us," Phillips said. "He said he would secure our borders and that he would never forget about Laken. And he hasn't. [/SIZE][SIZE=7]He's a man of his word."[/SIZE]

Pretty typical. Sad.

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[A longtime New Jersey]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-jersey') elected official was caught on body camera footage berating a police officer and spewing profanities during a routine traffic stop.

Democratic Paulsboro, New Jersey Councilman Theodore D. Holloway II was stopped for allegedly running a stop sign shortly after 10 a.m. on Jan. 4 at Penn Line Road and West Adams Street. The routine traffic stop deteriorated into a profanity-laden debate.

The councilmember proceeded to call Kille from his car.

"You actually pulled over [an elected official]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/state-and-local')," Holloway added before calling the chief. "You’re not pulling over a random. You’re pulling over your boss. I am literally your boss!"

[HEADING=2]‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico[/HEADING]

By Michael Rios, CNN, and Verónica Calderón and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN en Español

When [Google announced]('https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/tech/google-maps-gulf-of-mexico-america/index.html') it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, [SIZE=6]many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.[/SIZE]

At her daily press briefing on Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum largely shrugged off Google’s move, noting that Trump’s order only applies to the US continental shelf, suggesting that her country would not abide by it.

[COLOR=rgb(235, 107, 86)]“The Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,”[/COLOR] she said.

Another resident told CNN that “many Veracruzanos express annoyance, others confusion, and for many it is amusing … because people do not care that the name of the Gulf of Mexico will soon change, and they find it fun to play with the name change.”

[SIZE=7]Another Mexico City resident called Trump’s order “so childish,” telling CNN, “Obviously it is not right.”[/SIZE]

Google said on Monday its move was in line with its “practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.” The company noted that the change would be applied only in the United States. Users in Mexico will continue to see the “Gulf of Mexico” on Google Maps. The rest of the world will see both names.

Trump, in his [executive order]('https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/') last week, said he directed that the body of water be renamed the Gulf of America “in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our nation’s economy and its people.” The order calls for all federal government maps and documents to reflect the change.

He also ordered that the nation’s highest mountain, Denali, change its name back to Mount McKinley, in honor of President William McKinley. Google said it would also update the name of its maps when the Geographic Names Information System, a government database of names and location data, is updated.

Sheinbaum responded with ridicule at the time. At a press conference, she presented a 1607 map that labeled parts of North America as “[Mexican America]('https://www.cnn.com/trump-sheinbaum-gulf-of-mexico-ldn-digvid'),” and dryly proposed that the gulf should be renamed as such.

She said: “It sounds nice, no?”

LOL...WHAT A CLOWN SHOW

[SIZE=7]He's a man of his word."[/SIZE]

sure he is.....................

[HEADING=2]‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico[/HEADING]

By Michael Rios, CNN, and Verónica Calderón and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN en Español

When [Google announced]('https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/tech/google-maps-gulf-of-mexico-america/index.html') it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.

At her daily press briefing on Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum largely shrugged off Google’s move, noting that Trump’s order only applies to the US continental shelf, suggesting that her country would not abide by it.

“The Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,” she said.

Another resident told CNN that “many Veracruzanos express annoyance, others confusion, and for many it is amusing … because people do not care that the name of the Gulf of Mexico will soon change, and they find it fun to play with the name change.”

Another Mexico City resident called Trump’s order “so childish,” telling CNN, “Obviously it is not right.”

Google said on Monday its move was in line with its “practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.” The company noted that the change would be applied only in the United States. Users in Mexico will continue to see the “Gulf of Mexico” on Google Maps. The rest of the world will see both names.

Trump, in his [executive order]('https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/') last week, said he directed that the body of water be renamed the Gulf of America “in recognition of this flourishing economic resource and its critical importance to our nation’s economy and its people.” The order calls for all federal government maps and documents to reflect the change.

He also ordered that the nation’s highest mountain, Denali, change its name back to Mount McKinley, in honor of President William McKinley. Google said it would also update the name of its maps when the Geographic Names Information System, a government database of names and location data, is updated.

Sheinbaum responded with ridicule at the time. At a press conference, she presented a 1607 map that labeled parts of North America as “[Mexican America]('https://www.cnn.com/trump-sheinbaum-gulf-of-mexico-ldn-digvid'),” and dryly proposed that the gulf should be renamed as such.

She said: “It sounds nice, no?”

LOL...WHAT A CLOWN SHOW

it's not just the Mexicans.....

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President [Donald Trump]('https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump') signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration.

"This horrific atrocity should never have been allowed to happen," Trump told reporters Wednesday ahead of signing the legislation. "And as president, I'm fighting every single day to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again."

Riley's mother, Allyson Phillips, expressed her gratitude at the signing for everyone who pushed to advance the legislation.

[SIZE=5]"We also want to thank [/SIZE][SIZE=7]President Trump[/SIZE][SIZE=5] for the promises he made us," Phillips said. "He said he would secure our borders and that he would never forget about Laken. And he hasn't. [/SIZE][SIZE=7]He's a man of his word."[/SIZE]

If the Biden administration had written this law he'd be making all illegal criminals take anger management classes.

[HEADING=2]‘It was leaked to us:’ Army in chaos over Trump orders[/HEADING]
Confusion around the new administration’s spending freezes and executive orders has caused disarray inside the Pentagon.

The Army rushed to satisfy President Donald Trump’s executive orders this week, sparking so much confusion that top officials directed a halt on new contracts and then walked it back —[SIZE=7] the latest muddled response to a series of chaotic actions by the White House.[/SIZE]

sure he is.....................

Ask Riley's mother, Allyson Phillips.

If the Biden administration had written this law he'd be making all illegal criminals take anger management classes.

And released them to kill again. And that is how that young women died.

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

[HEADING=2][Former Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison, no fine in federal bribery case]('https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-sen-bob-menendez-sentenced-to-11-in-prison-in-federal-bribery-case/ar-AA1y49l2?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=1c2fd7a1024f433e8edf1c518bd28e31&ei=7')[/HEADING]

amazing how they bypassed, JOSEPH BIDEN… cell..