Enhance Your English with U.S. Government News – Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs , 2025. 4. 28.

0:00 afternoon everybody 0:03 how you doing thank you for coming today 0:06 it’s great to be with you this is our 0:08 first official influencer briefing here 0:11 at the White House i want to thank you 0:12 all so much for joining us on what is 0:15 day 99 of the Trump administration and 0:18 as I promised as my first briefing as 0:20 press secretary back in January the 0:23 Trump White House will speak to all 0:25 media outlets and personalities not just 0:27 the legacy media who traditionally has 0:30 covered this institution tens of 0:33 millions of Americans are now turning to 0:35 social media and independent media 0:37 outlets to consume their news and we are 0:39 embracing that change not ignoring it 0:42 it’s well past time that the White House 0:43 press operation reflected the media 0:45 habits of the American people in 19 in 0:49 2025 and not 1925 and thanks to 0:52 President Trump a select group of 0:54 DCbased journalists no longer have a 0:57 monopoly over press access here at the 0:59 White House all journalists outlets and 1:02 voices have a seat at the table now and 1:04 you being here today for this briefing 1:06 uh proves that today officially marks 1:09 the 99th day of promises made and kept 1:11 by President Trump our primary focus 1:14 today is how President Trump has 1:15 fulfilled one of his central campaign 1:18 promises to the American people in 1:19 record time ending the massive illegal 1:22 invasion and securing our nation’s 1:25 southern and northern borders as we know 1:28 Joe Biden allowed millions of criminal 1:30 illegal aliens to pour into our country 1:32 over the past four years and as we all 1:35 know a significant number of those 1:36 aliens have been vicious gang members 1:39 murderers rapists and pedophiles 1:41 innocent Americans like Lake and Riley 1:43 Jocelyn Nungre Rachel Morren and many 1:46 others are have been murdered because of 1:48 Joe Biden’s open border president Trump 1:51 made a promise to the American people to 1:53 all of you and your audiences to end the 1:55 carnage and keep our country safe and he 1:58 has overwhelmingly delivered on that 2:00 promise he immediately declared a 2:02 national emergency on the southern 2:03 border deployed the US military and 2:05 border patrol to repel the invasion and 2:08 ended reckless catch or new release 2:10 policies and as a result between the 2:12 inauguration and April 1st of this month 2:15 only nine illegal aliens were released 2:18 into the United States of America this 2:20 is a n staggering 2:23 99.99% decrease from more than the 2:26 184,000 illegal aliens who were released 2:29 into the country under Joe Biden during 2:31 that same period last year you can’t get 2:33 much better than 2:35 99.99% decrease total attempted illegal 2:38 crossings at the southwest border hit a 2:40 record low in February only f only to 2:42 fall to another record low again last 2:44 month month in March president Trump 2:47 signed the Lake and Riley Act into law 2:49 requiring illegal aliens arrested or 2:51 charged with theft or violence to be 2:53 detained and he reestablished the 2:55 successful remain in Mexico policy from 2:57 his first term the president has also 2:59 restarted construction of his signature 3:01 border wall more than 85 miles have been 3:04 built and are in various stages of 3:06 construction and planning he designate 3:08 designated cartels as foreign terrorist 3:10 organizations invoked the alien enemies 3:12 act to apprehend detain and remove these 3:14 massive threats who have flooded our 3:16 country and the Trump administration as 3:18 you heard from our border zar Tom Hman 3:20 earlier today is working literally 24/7 3:24 around the clock to successfully arrest 3:27 and deport illegal criminals and foreign 3:29 terrorists from our communities your 3:31 communities we’re in the be beginning 3:34 stages of carrying out the largest 3:36 deportation campaign in American history 3:38 and despite the legacy media’s 3:40 fear-mongering and lies about this we 3:42 will continue with these successful 3:43 operations because we know that’s what 3:45 the American people are expecting from 3:47 this president and that’s why they 3:48 overwhelmingly reelected him to this 3:50 office over the past weekend it was 3:52 announced Operation Title Wave was a 3:54 joint effort in ICE Miami and Florida 3:56 law enforcement agencies nearly 800 3:59 illegal aliens were arrested during the 4:01 four first four days alone i don’t know 4:03 if we have any Flidians in here but 4:05 you’re welcome operation Title Wave is a 4:07 preview as of what is to come around the 4:09 country largecale operations employing 4:12 our state and local law enforcement 4:13 partners to get criminal aliens off our 4:16 streets and we will not apologize for 4:18 this this is the first of its kind 4:20 multi- agency immigration enforcement 4:22 operation coordinated by ICE with 4:24 federal partners and this multi-day 4:26 operation has so far resulted in nearly 4:29 800 illegal aliens apprehended in four 4:32 days including MS-13 murderers rapists 4:35 drug traffickers and human rights abuses 4:37 so safe to say President Trump made a 4:39 promise to all of you your audiences and 4:41 the American public to secure our 4:42 nation’s borders he has overwhelmingly 4:44 delivered on that promise and you will 4:46 see the legacy media has nitpicked 4:48 stories to try to drum up sympathy for 4:51 people who broke our nation’s laws uh 4:53 this White House has sympathy for 4:55 American citizens for law- abiding 4:57 families who are doing what’s right who 5:00 are came here the right way that’s 5:01 includes legal immigrants who have come 5:03 to this country paid their dues waited 5:05 their turn and are now being cheated and 5:07 ripped off by or were being cheated and 5:10 ripped off by the previous 5:11 administration we are putting Americans 5:12 first every day and we applaud the ICE 5:15 agents and border patrol agents who are 5:16 on the ground doing this important work 5:18 that’s just the border of course the 5:20 president has been working incredibly 5:21 hard to unleash the might of our economy 5:24 here at home he’s uh in the process of 5:26 negotiating trade fair trade deals 5:28 abroad with many countries around the 5:31 world who have come to the table because 5:32 the president is using the leverage of 5:34 this office of the United States of 5:36 America to leverage um our economic 5:39 might and to cut good trade deals you 5:41 also look at what’s happening on the 5:43 foreign on the on the world stage when 5:45 it comes to foreign policy the president 5:47 has put the world on notice they all 5:49 understand that we have a 5:50 commander-in-chief in the Oval Office 5:51 who is going to put America and our 5:53 troops first who’s going to do what’s 5:55 right for our country our nation our 5:57 people even if that means making tough 5:59 decisions and we are closer today to a 6:02 peace deal in Russia and Ukraine 6:03 certainly than we were when we took 6:05 office on January 20th if you look at 6:07 the situation in the Middle East uh 6:09 Israel has never had a stronger friend 6:10 than they do right now in the Oval 6:12 Office with President Trump we’ve had 6:14 more than 75 hostages who have returned 6:16 home from around the world or wrongfully 6:18 detained individuals you can only do 6:20 that if you have a president who’s 6:21 unafraid to use the leverage of the 6:23 United States so there are many 6:25 accomplishments to talk about this week 6:27 i haven’t even mentioned the restoring 6:29 common sense effort of this 6:30 administration to get men out of women’s 6:32 sports to root out DEI and waste fraud 6:35 and abuse from our federal bureaucracy 6:37 the president has done so much in such 6:39 little time and we’re working very hard 6:41 here every day we appreciate all that 6:43 you do on social media um to push what 6:46 the president is saying but also 6:47 sometimes question it and that and we 6:49 relish independent journalism um and I 6:51 hope you all have seen the president 6:53 myself anybody in this administration we 6:55 are unafraid to take questions this has 6:57 truly been the most transparent and 6:59 accessible presidency in American 7:01 history so with that let’s kick it off 7:03 and I’m happy to take your question 7:04 first aaron thank you so much Caroline 7:06 both for having us and for granting me 7:08 the first question here sure uh and I 7:10 can attest to the deportations in 7:11 Florida my Uber drivers finally speak 7:13 English again so thank you for that but 7:15 my my question for you is uh what are 7:17 the administration’s plans for those who 7:19 continue to defy the executive orders 7:21 most notably on my mind are the ones 7:22 related to what some would call transmen 7:25 I would call men mas trans women which 7:27 are men masquerading as girls in sports 7:30 sure um obey federal law or you will be 7:34 prosecuted obey federal law and you 7:36 could see your cut federal funding cut 7:38 whether you are a college or a 7:39 university we have seen the president 7:42 again using the leverage of this 7:44 administration and um to negotiate deals 7:47 with some of the biggest colleges and 7:48 universities in this country and if they 7:50 don’t want to come to the negotiating 7:52 table to apologize for the federal laws 7:54 they have broken to apologize for 7:56 allowing Jewish American students on our 7:58 nation’s campuses to be unlawfully 8:00 bullied and harassed um then there’s 8:02 going to be consequences for that 8:04 illegal behavior same thing with men in 8:06 women’s sports the president signed a 8:08 very strong executive order making it 8:10 the policy of the United States federal 8:12 government that there are only two sexes 8:14 male and female and we are not going to 8:16 tolerate biological men competing in 8:18 sports or impeding in private spaces for 8:21 women like myself or you and we’ve seen 8:24 states defy this federal order you’ve 8:25 seen the state of Maine unfortunately 8:28 because of their liberal governor who 8:30 nobody in that state disagrees with i 8:32 will add being from New England i can 8:33 attest to that people are incredibly fed 8:36 up with her trying to oppose this common 8:38 sense message you’ve seen young women 8:40 who have had to go on television to 8:42 plead with their governor please stop 8:44 letting men play against me in sports we 8:46 shouldn’t live in a country where that 8:48 even has to happen the president deeply 8:50 understands that that’s why he signed 8:51 that EO and when Maine decided not to 8:54 follow it the Department of Justice sued 8:56 them so anyone who disobys federal law 8:59 will be either prosecuted sued or say 9:02 goodbye to your federal funding sure how 9:05 about to the back in the red tie 9:08 hi um one of my main questions is when 9:12 will the border wall be completed 9:13 because it’s been talked about for a 9:15 very long time and a lot of people want 9:16 to know when can we expect that to be 9:18 done sure i don’t have an official 9:21 timeline for you but certainly it’s a 9:23 priority of the administration the 9:25 president has talked about this for 9:26 years right it was his signature 9:28 campaign promise dating back to 2016 9:30 people laughed at him when he originally 9:33 brought this idea up but now the whole 9:34 world recognizes a border wall is 9:36 effective uh it’s a necessary means to 9:39 secure your nation’s territorial borders 9:42 democrats like to have borders outside 9:44 of their homes or walls outside of their 9:45 homes for a reason because they know it 9:47 repels invaders and that’s why the 9:49 president wants to do that at the 9:50 southern border there has been more than 9:52 85 miles built just since January 20th 9:54 it’s obviously the goal of this 9:56 administration to build as much border 9:58 wall as we possibly can and we need 10:00 Congress’s help to do that we need more 10:01 federal funding president’s working 10:03 closely with Speaker Johnson and Senate 10:05 Majority Leader Thun um to pass a solid 10:08 reconciliation package that um not only 10:11 provides more funding for um our ICE 10:14 agents and border patrol agents on the 10:16 ground but to continue construction of 10:18 that border wall as well sure go ahead 10:21 madame Ne uh congratulations on this 10:24 endeavor to bring in new media and can I 10:26 start by thanking you for including the 10:28 British and deeply proud to be the only 10:32 uh British representative here i hope 10:34 future events you might include more 10:36 thank you uh I’ve got two questions if I 10:38 be maybe so bold uh regarding my little 10:41 old country across the pond uh first and 10:44 foremost uh it’s regarding trade uh 10:46 deals so your vice president vice 10:49 president Barn said no free speech no 10:52 deal the British uh business secretary 10:57 whose name is Jonathan Reynolds has said 10:59 that in the trade talks with the 11:01 commerce department the US commerce 11:03 department there has been no material 11:06 uh that free speech has been not a 11:08 material factor in negotiations so my 11:11 first question is is it the case that 11:13 free speech is no longer part of 11:15 negotiations and my second question if I 11:17 may is uh in Britain we have had over a 11:21 quarter quarter of a million people um 11:24 issued non-rime hate incidents uh as we 11:27 speak there are people in prison for 11:29 quite literally reposting memes uh we 11:32 have extensive uh prison sentences and 11:35 uh for for uh tweets social media posts 11:39 and uh general free speech issues would 11:43 the Trump administration consider 11:46 political asylum for British citizens in 11:49 such a situation well to your latter 11:51 question it’s a very good one i have not 11:53 heard that proposed to the president nor 11:55 have I spoken to him about that idea but 11:57 I certainly can and talk to our national 11:59 security team and see if it’s something 12:01 the administration would entertain yes 12:03 please to your first question about free 12:05 speech in the United Kingdom the vice 12:07 president has been incredibly outspoken 12:08 about this for good reason and the 12:11 president has spoken about this as well 12:12 directly with your prime minister when 12:14 he was here for a visit to the White 12:16 House so it remains a critical endeavor 12:18 of ours to uh show the Brits and your 12:21 your country which we love and admire um 12:24 about the first amendment and and the 12:26 importance of free speech in a sovereign 12:28 nation uh as for the trade talks I 12:31 understand they are moving in a very 12:32 positive way with the United Kingdom i 12:35 don’t want to get ahead of the president 12:36 or our trade team and how those 12:38 negotiations are going but I have heard 12:40 they’ve been very positive and 12:41 productive with the United Kingdom and I 12:44 will say the president always both 12:47 publicly and privately speaks incredibly 12:49 highly of your country he has a good 12:51 relationship with your prime minister 12:52 though they disagree on uh domestic 12:55 policy issues um I’ve witnessed the 12:57 camaraderie between them firsthand in 12:59 the Oval Office and there is a deep 13:01 mutual respect between our two countries 13:03 um that certainly the president upholds 13:06 you’re welcome mr spicer it’s good to 13:08 see you here my predecessor yeah well 13:11 you know had to swing by uh thank you 13:14 for doing this i think it’s marvelous 13:16 what you guys have done to bring in new 13:17 voices and it’s it shows it reflects the 13:20 president’s commitment to transparency 13:22 and to bring this in so I’ve got two 13:23 quick ones for you uh the first is you 13:25 mentioned reconciliation beyond that and 13:28 what he hopes to get out of that 13:29 considering how slim the House majority 13:31 is what other legislative priorities 13:34 does he want to see codified in law 13:36 before this Congress adjourns it’s a 13:38 really good question Sean i think 13:40 reconciliation is the first and foremost 13:43 question on the president’s mind right 13:45 now it’s a huge deal we have to get it 13:47 done he’s working closely with Congress 13:49 in fact he’s meeting with Speaker 13:50 Johnson I think in a few minutes today 13:52 in the Oval Office to discuss uh this 13:54 very bill and measure aside from 13:56 reconciliation which we hope and are 13:58 very confident will include more funding 14:01 for border wall construction and mass 14:03 deportations as I mentioned earlier but 14:06 it’s also very important that we get tax 14:08 cuts passed that is the second step in 14:10 the Trump economic agenda the president 14:12 has used every executive lever he can to 14:15 slash burdensome regulation and we 14:17 continue to do that every day across 14:18 every agency administrator Zeldon is 14:21 doing a fantastic job at the EPA I may 14:23 add but every cabinet secretary is 14:25 taking getting rid of regulation very 14:27 seriously president is um certainly 14:30 working on unleashing American energy to 14:32 drive down costs but tax cuts are a 14:34 critical component of really seeing the 14:36 Trump economic formula be put together 14:39 um so he wants to see tax cuts passed in 14:42 this reconciliation package that 14:43 includes no tax on tips no tax on social 14:45 security no tax on overtime um no tax on 14:49 social security for our seniors of 14:50 course too um as for other measures that 14:52 would be codified into law um certainly 14:54 we’ve seen the president put forth 14:56 common sense executive orders and take 14:59 really common sense executive action 15:01 that we would love Congress to take 15:03 further action on to ensure that the 15:05 president’s executive actions can remain 15:06 long after his tenure so you don’t have 15:08 another president come in here in eight 15:10 years uh and um undo some of the 15:13 executive work the president has worked 15:14 so hard on so um we want Congress to 15:17 continue getting to work but we got to 15:18 get this reconciliation pass bill passed 15:21 first thank you the second thing I have 15:22 is just a question I get a lot and I 15:24 figured I’ best addressed to you the 15:26 you’ve done a phenomenal job opening up 15:28 the briefing room bringing in new voices 15:30 the president’s commitment during the 15:31 campaign to do long form podcasts was I 15:34 think extremely helpful to to this new 15:37 media environment that we live in but a 15:39 lot of conservatives will ask me why 15:40 does he sit down with people like Terry 15:42 Moran of ABC or Jeffrey Goldberg of The 15:45 Atlantic what what is the rationale 15:47 behind that rewarding people who have 15:50 very vehemently expressed disdain for 15:52 him personally because the president is 15:55 unafraid and he is inspired by 15:58 competition and he likes to talk to 16:01 people face to face and I think that’s 16:03 one of his best attributes and qualities 16:05 we live in an incredibly divisive 16:07 country unfortunately that has been 16:10 really the result and consequence 16:11 frankly of the fake news and the hoaxes 16:14 and lies they have driven at this 16:16 president for the better part of the 16:19 last decade now but the fact that we 16:20 still have a president who has been a 16:23 victim of these hoaxes these lies these 16:25 smears by so many legacy media outlets 16:27 and reporters yet he’s still willing to 16:29 sit down with them look them in the eye 16:31 look them face to face and take them to 16:33 task and share the truth with them and 16:36 his perspective I think is what the 16:37 American people deserve in a president 16:39 and it’s certainly a stark contrast to 16:41 what we had in the previous 16:43 administration a president who was 16:45 hiding um who actually used this this 16:48 beautiful South Court auditorium which 16:49 we’re happy to be in today but he used 16:51 this like it was a fake Oval Office 16:53 weirdly oddly uh he was missing an 16:56 action he called lids at 2:00 in the 16:59 afternoon for those who don’t know a lid 17:00 is when we tell the press to go home for 17:02 the night um and he was doing that 17:04 midday that is not acceptable around 17:06 here i will tell you we’re working very 17:08 early through uh the very late hours of 17:10 the night and the president’s willing to 17:12 to talk to anyone not just journalists 17:15 uh who have really been posing as 17:18 journalists but are actually leftwing 17:19 activists but also if you look at our 17:21 adversaries and our our competition 17:23 abroad on on a foreign policy scale you 17:25 know well in the first term he went to 17:27 North Korea um he talked to Putin 17:29 directly he talked to President Xi 17:31 directly the president believes in 17:33 direct diplomacy whether it is our 17:35 adversaries in compet competitors around 17:37 the world or left-wing activists like 17:39 Jeffrey Goldberg sure uh first of all 17:43 thank you for having us today it’s a 17:44 pleasure to be here um you mentioned 17:46 obviously it’s no secret America’s been 17:48 Israel’s strongest friend greatest ally 17:51 um unfortunately as you know Idan 17:53 Alexander is still being held in Gaza 17:54 he’s both an American and an Israeli 17:56 citizen last we heard allegedly Hamas 17:59 has lost all communication with him and 18:01 I was wondering if there’s been any 18:02 update in terms of getting Idan home 18:04 sure uh first of all the reports last 18:07 week were from Hamas media and so we uh 18:11 always take that of course with a grain 18:13 of salt we do our own verification on 18:16 those reports i talked to the National 18:17 Security Council about Eden Alexander 18:19 last week as this is obviously a 18:21 priority for the administration and all 18:23 I can tell you is that I can assure you 18:25 that the special envoy WhitF Adam Bowler 18:28 who’s been leading some of our hostage 18:30 negotiations Mike Waltz the entire 18:32 national security team um finding him 18:34 and bringing him home is a priority for 18:36 this administration and they continue to 18:38 work very hard on that every day thank 18:40 you you’re welcome Chad 18:42 first of all thank you for the 18:44 hospitality always open and welcome and 18:45 thank you for the access and I’ll say to 18:47 you again for everyone what I said to 18:49 you a few weeks ago when we were here i 18:51 said it’s so refreshing to have a press 18:53 secretary after the last few years who’s 18:55 both intelligent and articulate so thank 18:57 you for that uh I think a lot of people 19:00 would be curious to know if we have any 19:01 details of what the private conversation 19:03 between Vladimir Zillinsky and the 19:04 president was there at the Vatican i 19:06 imagine that we don’t know at this stage 19:08 in the game but more specifically uh 19:10 back to the border issue the that the 19:11 the DOJ stated on Friday that they were 19:14 floating the idea of potentially 19:16 subpoenaing journalists for uh to get 19:19 access to whistleblowers we know the 19:20 last administration did not treat 19:22 whistleblowers very well uh there’s 19:25 numerous ones who uh although still 19:27 employed by the FBI or the DHS uh have 19:31 not received back pay and haven’t truly 19:33 they’ve been employed but they’re not 19:34 reinstated so I’m wondering if does this 19:36 administration have um you know do they 19:39 believe that we should reinstate the 19:40 whistleblower you know like agents 19:42 Garrett or Oil or friend or you know 19:44 Stevenson with DHS who blew the whistle 19:46 on the child trafficking involving the 19:48 cartels under Joe Biden he too has yet 19:51 to be brought back do we have a position 19:52 on that sure well for each individual 19:55 agency secretaries uh of those agencies 19:58 obviously have difference over who they 19:59 hire who they fire who they promote i 20:02 can tell you certainly the president um 20:04 commends anyone who steps out and speaks 20:06 the truth especially against um the 20:10 malpractice that we saw over the last 20:12 four years under the previous 20:13 administration i can speak to the two 20:15 cases at the Treasury Department the two 20:17 whistleblowers there who blew the 20:18 whistle on the Hunter Biden tax fraud 20:20 case have been promoted by Secretary 20:22 Bessant so certainly we commend anyone 20:24 who has the courage to step up and speak 20:26 the truth and as for those who 20:28 unfortunately try to to leak especially 20:30 classified information to the legacy 20:32 media to put our troops in harm’s way 20:35 our law enforcement officials at law 20:37 harm’s way leaks like that will not be 20:39 tolerated uh but those who are seeking 20:42 to protect um the truth will certainly 20:44 be commended and applauded for that sure 20:48 rogan go ahead hi Caroline good to see 20:49 you again great to see you as well great 20:51 job this morning and as always you’re 20:53 really crushing it uh my question is 20:55 about the Epstein files and a couple 20:58 months ago uh the DOJ released what they 21:01 called phase one of the Epstein files 21:04 and they announced that a lot of those 21:06 files the remaining files probably the 21:09 bulk of the files are actually in the 21:10 New York field office they requested 21:13 that they be returned the day after and 21:16 uh some uh legacy media reports show 21:19 that not only were those files returned 21:21 to the DOJ but that hundreds of FBI 21:24 agents are going through them day after 21:27 day and getting them ready for public 21:29 release do you have any updates from the 21:31 DOJ or the FBI on when those files are 21:34 expected to be released and also uh when 21:37 we might start seeing some arrests of 21:38 the client list sure um I can assure you 21:42 that the attorney general and her team 21:43 at the Department of Justice are working 21:45 on this diligently for a specific 21:47 timeline I’d have to check in with them 21:49 um and we can certainly do that for you 21:51 Rogan in the effort of transparency but 21:53 I will tell you the attorney general is 21:56 a bulldog she is someone you want on 21:58 your team and when she wants to get 22:00 something done she gets it done i’ve 22:02 seen her do it in various instances 22:04 already in her time as attorney general 22:06 and when she makes a promise she keeps 22:08 it um so I I think uh I don’t have a 22:11 specific timeline on you for that but I 22:12 do know that they’re working on it over 22:14 there thank you sure go ahead thank you 22:16 for having us here um I’ve noticed um 22:18 this is kind of like a repeat of 2016 22:20 the legacy media has gone back to not 22:23 reporting anything on President Trump in 22:25 the beginning we had them reporting um 22:27 everything that he was doing now they’re 22:29 kind of going back again to not 22:30 reporting everything that he is actually 22:32 doing um I’m kind of the nerd when it 22:35 comes to reporting um I’m not the 22:37 headline news girl i’m the nuts and 22:39 bolts i’m the policy type nerd so what 22:42 direction um do you advise kind of me to 22:44 go into um like the White House files 22:46 that y’all send out every single day um 22:48 because that’s what people are used to 22:50 when they want to ask me questions they 22:51 want to know kind of like the nuts and 22:52 bolts of everything um secondly I know 22:55 going into the first 100 days uh 22:57 Johnson’s meeting with President Trump 22:59 today um President Trump has issued a 23:01 lot of executive orders um what about 23:04 codifying is that going to be a a 23:06 conversation President Trump is going to 23:08 have with him about possibly a timeline 23:10 of just taking them from EOS um into 23:13 cottifying them into making them 23:15 permanent so we don’t have another 23:16 president that comes in possibly a 23:19 Democrat that completely overturns 23:21 everything that President Trump has done 23:23 yes as I spoke to to Sean’s um question 23:26 earlier absolutely we want Congress to 23:28 get to work first thing is the 23:30 reconciliation package like I said 23:32 border and tax cuts that’s on the 23:33 president’s mind but of course he wants 23:35 to see Congress move to codify all of 23:38 the incredible things and work that he’s 23:39 done via executive order to your first 23:41 question about the nuts and bolts I wish 23:43 more people in the legacy media were 23:45 like you and didn’t focus on the 23:47 sensationalist headlines but actually 23:49 cared about the facts the president is 23:51 doing so many phenomenal things every 23:52 day that will never be mentioned on 23:54 cable news at night signing executive 23:56 orders we are do our absolute best to 23:58 message that uh which is again why we’re 24:00 welcoming independent voices like yours 24:02 with following on social media because 24:04 that’s the best way to get those those 24:06 truths and those facts out there we put 24:08 out fact sheets on the daily about what 24:10 the president is signing and they do get 24:12 into the nuts and bolts of each and 24:14 every policy and each and every 24:16 executive action that he’s taking uh 24:18 he’s signing three uh phenomenal 24:20 executive orders today um I will share a 24:22 preview with those on on with you on 24:25 those one of them is an executive order 24:26 focused on um sanctuary cities it will 24:29 direct the attorney general Pam Bondi to 24:31 provide a list of sanctuary cities back 24:33 to the administration uh we will review 24:35 those if those sanctuary cities are 24:37 breaking federal law well then the 24:39 office of management and budget is going 24:40 to look at their federal spending again 24:42 if you’re defying federal law you are 24:44 threatening your own federal spending by 24:46 doing that um there is another executive 24:48 order the president will sign tonight we 24:49 can provide the fact sheet for you on 24:51 ensuring law and order and ensuring that 24:53 federal law enforcement and local law 24:54 enforcement can work together and 24:56 communicate more easily and then the 24:58 third executive order which actually 24:59 speaks to the heart of your question 25:00 earlier about the Uber drivers um will 25:03 be a u order directing the Department of 25:06 Transportation to include English 25:08 literacy tests for our truckers this is 25:10 a big problem in the trucking community 25:12 that unless you’re in that community you 25:13 might not know but there’s a lot of 25:15 communication problems between truckers 25:17 on the road um with federal officials 25:19 and local officials as well which 25:21 obviously is a public safety risk so 25:23 we’re going to ensure that our truckers 25:24 who are the backbone of our economy are 25:27 all able to speak English that’s a very 25:29 common sense policy in the United States 25:31 of America so the president will be 25:32 signing that later this afternoon yeah 25:34 you’re welcome to the back in the yellow 25:35 tie thank you Caroline president Trump 25:38 has recently made statements about 25:40 eliminating the federal income tax and 25:42 creating the external revenue service 25:45 when could we see that start to play out 25:47 well I will tell you this is something 25:49 the uh secretary of commerce and the 25:51 secretary of treasury are both equally 25:53 as excited about as is the president and 25:57 you know part of there’s many reasons 25:59 for the tariffs the president has 26:01 implemented and the trade deals that he 26:03 is currently negotiating number one we 26:05 need to shore up our critical supply 26:06 chains here at home number two uh we 26:09 need to increase our revenue here in the 26:11 United States we are running trillions 26:12 of dollars of deficits our country will 26:14 if we continue down this path 26:17 and so how great it would be uh for the 26:19 external revenue to completely replace 26:22 the internal revenue service uh so I 26:24 know the administration is focused on on 26:26 the external revenue service getting 26:28 that up and running and as you know 26:30 Customs and Border Protection is charged 26:31 with bringing in the money from tariffs 26:33 every day and they are bringing in 26:34 billions and billions of dollars per day 26:37 with the current tariff rates and where 26:39 they are at so we will continue with 26:40 that effort i think I went around the 26:42 room oh nope one more in the back all 26:44 good so we know President Trump has been 26:46 a champion for the 2A ever since he got 26:48 into office both times um my question is 26:51 do we see anything is there any ongoing 26:54 efforts for national reciprocity so we 26:55 can carry in all 50 beautiful states 26:58 this is something the president talked 27:00 about on the campaign trail for sure we 27:02 need Congress to do it but the president 27:04 will always support our law-abiding gun 27:06 owners and as you mentioned is a ardent 27:08 supporter of the Second Amendment it’s 27:10 more important now than ever as we see 27:13 violent crime rates in our inner cities 27:15 uh I’ve said this repeatedly over the 27:17 past four years the Second Amendment was 27:18 never more important than when we had an 27:21 illegal immigrant crime epidemic spiking 27:23 in this country um America law-abiding 27:26 Americans have a constitutional right to 27:28 defend themselves and the president 27:29 absolutely supports that but um to 27:31 national reciprocity we do need 27:32 Congress’s help on that one so thank you 27:35 guys it’s so good to see you i could go 27:37 around the room all day but 27:38 unfortunately there’s work to be done um 27:40 thank you for coming to our very first 27:42 influencer briefing to kick off the 27:44 first 100 days of the Trump White House 27:46 it’s great to see you all here and 27:47 thanks for what you do thank you 27:51 thank you i’m going to walk off now

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