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Trump Super PAC Goes Nuclear in Texas: $10 Million to Build Up Paxton, Tear Down Talarico [WATCH]
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Trump Super PAC Goes Nuclear in Texas: $10 Million to Build Up Paxton, Tear Down Talarico [WATCH]

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MAGA Inc, the powerful super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump, is charging into the Texas Senate battle with a $10 million advertising investment supporting Republican nominee Ken Paxton.

The move marks the group’s first major spending commitment of the midterm campaign.

The money will finance television and digital advertising across Texas as Paxton faces Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.

Recent polling has repeatedly shown the contenders running neck and neck, making the race a prime target for national political spending.

Paxton, the Texas attorney general, secured the Republican nomination after defeating incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the primary.

Trump endorsed Paxton earlier this year, giving the conservative challenger a crucial boost against a veteran senator with deep establishment connections.

The latest investment makes clear that Trump’s political operation is not taking Texas for granted.

Democrats have poured money into the state for years, hoping demographic predictions and liberal enthusiasm might finally deliver their long-promised breakthrough.

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Paxton welcomed the support Saturday while promoting his economic agenda and drawing a sharp contrast with Talarico’s record.

“While James Talarico has a record of raising taxes on working families, my Protecting the Texas Promise Agenda cuts costs and makes life more affordable.”

“Thank you, President @realDonaldTrump, for your support,” Paxton wrote on X.

“Together we will win for Texas and America.”

The spending decision follows weeks of speculation about whether MAGA Inc would enter the closely watched contest.

With roughly $400 million available, the organization has enough financial firepower to shape races well beyond Texas.

Talarico’s campaign responded by accusing wealthy conservative donors of trying to derail what it described as a movement powered by ordinary people.

The Democrat’s complaint arrived despite his own campaign reporting a massive fundraising advantage over Paxton.

Talarico has also attacked wealthy Republican donors expected to attend a midterm convention in Dallas.

“Next week, billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to clink champagne glasses and toast their own corruption,” he said.

The Democrat continued his populist pitch by accusing Republicans of supporting tariffs, tax relief for billionaires, and another prolonged war.

He claimed those policies were helping drive grocery prices higher for working families.

“They’re paying $20,000 for entry to a Billionaire Ball celebrating corrupt tariffs, billionaire tax breaks, and a new forever war that are all driving grocery costs through the roof. We’ll be doing something different.”

“We’re bringing Republicans, Democrats and independents together to collect groceries for our neighbors who have been screwed over by corrupt politicians.”

MAGA Inc is answering with a far less flattering portrait of Talarico.

The organization has labeled him “High Tax Talarico” and plans to focus heavily on his tax proposals and record in the Texas Legislature.

MAGA Inc spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer said the Democrat “wants to take money out of Texans’ pockets. MAGA Inc. is going to ensure Texas knows about Talarico’s radical policies and elects Ken Paxton to the U.S. Senate .”

Fundraising numbers show why outside support could prove important for Paxton.

Talarico has collected $72 million since entering the race while Paxton’s campaign has raised about $16.8 million, according to the Texas Tribune.

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The first two advertisements from MAGA Inc target Talarico over taxes and rural hospitals while presenting Paxton as the candidate focused on affordability.

They highlight his support for doubling the child tax credit and expanding tax relief for medical expenses.

The advertisements also promote a proposed $50,000 deduction for people buying their first home.

That gives Paxton a kitchen table message at a time when housing, groceries, health care, and other basic costs remain major concerns for Texas voters.

Trump has openly signaled that he intends to use the super PAC’s enormous reserves aggressively.

Speaking with reporters this week, he called the campaign funds “my money” and added, “I’m going to spend whatever amount of money necessary to try and help us.”

For Republicans, holding the Texas Senate seat is essential to protecting their strength in Washington.

MAGA Inc is betting that a forceful advertising campaign can expose Talarico’s liberal policy agenda, narrow his financial advantage, and send Paxton to the Senate.

Mamdani Hands Ceremonial 9/11 Pen to Lawyer Who Defended Al Qaeda Terrorist [WATCH]
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Mamdani Hands Ceremonial 9/11 Pen to Lawyer Who Defended Al Qaeda Terrorist [WATCH]

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani turned a solemn 9/11 ceremony at City Hall into a fresh controversy Friday by handing a symbolic signing pen to his chief counsel, Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer who once represented an Al Qaeda terrorist linked to the Pentagon attack.

City officials had gathered for the signing of two executive orders ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

One order established a Day of Remembrance, while the other sought to strengthen security against future terrorist threats.

After signing the final document, Mamdani handed the ceremonial pen to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and quietly asked, “Can you pass this?”

Tisch then gave the pen to Kassem, who had entered the press conference shortly before the presentation.

Video from the event showed Kassem smirking as he received the pen.

Tisch quickly left the Blue Room afterward, becoming the first city official to depart the press conference.

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Retired detective and John Jay College of Criminal Justice adjunct professor Michael Alcazar told The Post that the moment appeared intentional.

“It was calculated,” Alcazar said.

Alcazar argued that a ceremony dedicated to 9/11 victims should never have become a platform for an official whose legal work involved a terrorist tied to the ideology behind the attacks.

He also criticized the use of Tisch as little more than a messenger during a ceremony involving the department she leads.

The gesture drew a furious response from Dennis Warchola, whose brother Michael served with Ladder 5 and died in the North Tower.

Warchola condemned the decision and asked, “How can you defend a guy like that who wants to do Americans or any innocent person harm?”

Council Member Joann Ariola, a Queens Republican, also blasted the mayor’s conduct as stunningly disrespectful.

“It shows exactly where his loyalties truly lie,” Ariola said.

“The families who lost loved ones on 9/11 have every right to be outraged.

On the 25th anniversary, City Hall should be honoring their sacrifice with dignity, not forcing those families to endure yet another insult.”

Kassem previously represented Ahmed al Darbi, an Al Qaeda operative convicted in connection with the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker in the Middle East.

The attack was part of an Al Qaeda campaign targeting the global oil trade after 9/11.

Al Darbi was later held at Guantánamo Bay.

His sister married Khalid al Mihdhar, one of the hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 77, which terrorists crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

Kassem, 48, founded a legal clinic at the City University of New York that provides free representation to Muslims.

He also defended Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the pro Palestinian encampment at Columbia University who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The mayor’s chief counsel was not present for most of the press conference.

He arrived roughly 15 minutes late, entered near the end of the event, accepted the pen, and then left shortly behind Tisch.

Mamdani’s office told The Post that Kassem attended because he and his legal team had written both executive orders as part of his official responsibilities.

That explanation did little to calm critics who viewed the ceremonial handoff as an insult to grieving families and first responders.

Council Member Vicki Paladino, another Queens Republican, said Kassem’s involvement in any official 9/11 observance was offensive.

“His participation in anything related to 9/11 is an insult to every New Yorker who survived that day, and indeed all Americans. But I suspect that’s the point.”

Former Democratic political consultant David Sivella went even further, questioning whether the gesture was meant to send a political signal.

“Was it deliberate on your part to give your Muslim base a hint that this is all BS to pacify other New Yorkers?” he wrote on X.

For New Yorkers who still carry the scars of that terrible morning, however, City Hall’s bizarre pen ceremony offered another reminder that political theater can intrude even where basic dignity should prevail.

Rancher to Trump: Katie Hobbs Is Trying to Run Me Off My Family Land for a Solar Scam [WATCH]
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Rancher to Trump: Katie Hobbs Is Trying to Run Me Off My Family Land for a Solar Scam [WATCH]

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A warning with serious political weight surfaced during President Donald Trump’s Friday signing ceremony in the Oval Office.

While much of the Washington press corps chased its usual collection of distractions, an Arizona rancher explained why voters should pay close attention to Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs.

Trump used the event to discuss the August jobs report, the Federal Reserve, and several executive orders supporting American ranchers.

The agriculture measures addressed predator-related livestock losses, country-of-origin labeling for beef, enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, and improved market access for domestic meat producers.

Those policies reflect a simple America First principle that Washington routinely forgets.

American ranchers should not be sacrificed to bureaucrats, corporate interests, environmental activists, or politicians who treat productive land as a playground for ideological experiments.

Arizona rancher Casey Murph also described the dramatic improvement at the southern border under Trump.

The president said that “zero illegal aliens have come through the Southern border in the last 14 months.”

Murph quickly pointed toward resistance from Hobbs, who faces Republican Representative Andy Biggs in the Arizona governor’s race.

Murph said, “There’s a lot of them that Katie Hobbs is protecting,” before adding, “and we have to get those out.”

Trump agreed that his administration has been forced to battle Hobbs repeatedly. His verdict was refreshingly direct: “she’s bad news.”

That struggle extends beyond immigration enforcement and into election integrity.

A Republican backed dispute over whether Arizona can require people registering to vote to prove United States citizenship reached the United States Supreme Court this week, adding another major issue to an already consequential election.

The most powerful moment, however, came when Murph described what Hobbs and green energy interests could mean for his family’s livelihood.

It was not a polished speech from a consultant, but a blunt warning from a man whose family has worked the same land for generations.

Murph told Trump, “A ranch on state ground that I lease, it’s been in my family for over 100 years, Katie Hobbs has offered those lands up to solar development companies.”

That is what the green agenda looks like when the slogans disappear and ordinary Americans receive the bill.

Trump responded that the project could leave a “10 mile by 10 mile solar piece of black plastic” where ranching land once stood.

For environmental activists who romanticize industrial solar development, the destruction of a working ranch apparently counts as progress.

Murph then credited Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins with preventing the project from wiping out his operation.

Gesturing toward Rollins, he said, “If it had not been for your secretary of agriculture, I would already be gone, sir,”

The rancher made clear that the threat has not vanished.

“She’s managed to hold them off, not permanently, but if it had not been for her, I would not be a rancher anymore,” Murph added.

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That testimony should be heard across Arizona before voters cast their ballots.

Hobbs has attempted to present herself as a reasonable figure, even selecting a former Republican mayor as her running mate, but her governing record tells a far different story.

Hobbs has issued a record number of vetoes against legislation passed by Arizona’s Republican majority legislature.

She has also faced corruption allegations while refusing to give voters the direct answers they deserve, a familiar maneuver from Democrats who suddenly lose their appetite for transparency when scrutiny arrives.

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Arizona Republican Party Chairman Sergio Arellano has urged voters to reject the carefully manufactured disguise and support Biggs and his running mate.

Murph’s story gives Arizonans a concrete reason to listen, since radical policy is no longer theoretical when it threatens a family ranch that has survived for more than a century.

The election will help determine whether Arizona protects ranchers, secures its border, and supports Trump’s agenda, or continues down the path favored by Hobbs and the green lobby.

For Murph, this is not partisan theater because his land, livelihood, and family legacy are all on the line.

Masked Socialist Declares Fitness Fascist as Chicago Conference Descends Into Peak Crazy Town [WATCH]
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Masked Socialist Declares Fitness Fascist as Chicago Conference Descends Into Peak Crazy Town [WATCH]

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The Socialism 2026 Conference in Chicago is producing exactly the sort of spectacle Americans might expect from an event devoted to failed ideology.

Videos circulating from the gathering show masked speakers wrapping radical political claims in layers of academic jargon.

One particularly bizarre clip features a masked woman explaining why socialists should reject physical fitness.

In her telling, becoming stronger and healthier apparently risks helping fascists, which is quite a leap even by modern left wing standards.

The speaker, identified as Beatrice Adler Bolton, argues that “fitness is a measure of relative disposability under capitalism” and should not be treated as a worthy personal objective.

She contends that socialists should avoid becoming “more useful to the ruling order.”

That argument turns ordinary habits such as exercise, preparation, and physical discipline into evidence of political submission.

For millions of Americans who visit the gym, walk after dinner, or simply want better health, this theory probably sounds detached from reality.

Adler Bolton also warns the left against attempting to defeat fascists “at their own game” by becoming “fitter, more eugenic.”

The implication appears to be that pursuing fitness somehow represents acceptance of a dangerous political hierarchy.

Then came the line almost guaranteed to spread across social media. “In fact, the more dysgenic, the better, I think.”

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That declaration captures the upside down logic on display at the conference.

Instead of encouraging people to improve their health and capabilities, the speaker treats weakness or physical decline as a form of ideological resistance against capitalism.

Adler Bolton concludes that revolution is not “a contest between optimized and properly prepared bodies” and argues that the concept itself is fascist.

Apparently pushups are now counterrevolutionary, while avoiding the treadmill qualifies as courageous resistance to the ruling class.

Another conference clip turns to what speaker Da’Shaun L. Harrison describes as “Black fat flesh.”

Harrison argues that the policing of bodies is foundational to broader “entire systems of governance.”

“Without a population to discipline, there would be no BMI, no obesity epidemic, and no medical or scientific institutions organized around managing fatness,” Harrison says.

That sweeping claim recasts common medical measurements and public health concerns as tools of political control.

Harrison further claims that diet culture trains “obedience,” personal denial, and “discipline,” before placing those ideas beneath the label “body fascism.”

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Once again, routine choices involving food and health are transformed into sinister machinery operated by oppressive institutions.

The language in both clips sounds less like a practical political program and more like an advanced seminar designed to prevent ordinary people from understanding what is being said.

Every sentence arrives soaked in the sort of campus jargon that turns simple ideas into elaborate grievances.

The widespread use of masks at the 2026 gathering adds another layer to the spectacle.

Years after the Covid lockdown era, numerous attendees appear determined to preserve one of its most visible symbols, perhaps longing for the days when government officials dictated daily behavior.

The fitness discussion may also be interpreted as a reaction to the health agenda associated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement.

If so, the response from these activists is not a competing health plan, but an argument that the pursuit of fitness itself carries fascist implications.

There may be no clearer example of how far activist politics has drifted from the concerns of working Americans.

Families are worried about grocery bills, safe neighborhoods, education, jobs, and the cost of medical care, while conference speakers debate whether physical conditioning serves capitalism.

This brand of socialism survives by redefining personal responsibility as oppression and ordinary discipline as authoritarianism.

When exercise, nutrition, and preparation can all be condemned as fascist, the ideology has created a convenient excuse for rejecting almost any standard of personal improvement.

The clips also reveal how deeply radical academic culture has shaped the modern socialist movement.

Rather than persuading voters with clear proposals, these activists bury their message beneath fashionable terminology and expect the public to applaud the confusion.

Americans watching these videos are unlikely to come away inspired by a revolutionary vision.

They are more likely to wonder how a political movement became so consumed by grievance that even getting healthy must be treated as surrender to the enemy.

Steak n’ Shake Goes Full MAHA, and Customers Are Eating It Up [WATCH]
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Steak n’ Shake Goes Full MAHA, and Customers Are Eating It Up [WATCH]

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Steak n’ Shake has embraced President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement, overhauling ingredients, eliminating microwaves and incorporating patriotic branding as the burger chain reports stronger sales.

The changes include fries cooked in 100% beef tallow, cane sugar Coca-Cola, Grade A Wisconsin butter, and A2 whole milk.

The company has also moved away from seed oils in several products and introduced 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef burgers nationwide in June.

The changes have accompanied improved financial results for the chain.

Biglari Holdings, Steak n’ Shake’s parent company, reported that same-store sales for company-operated and franchise partner restaurants combined increased 10.2% in 2025.

Company-operated locations recorded a 10.5% increase.

Chairman and CEO Sardar Biglari said in his annual shareholder letter that 2025 marked a major improvement in the quality of Steak n’ Shake’s products, with the company’s messaging about food quality resonating with customers.

The company generated $22.6 million in pre-tax operating earnings during the year.

Steak n’ Shake took another step in April by creating the position of Chief MAHA Officer and appointing Michael Boes, who previously served as a senior adviser within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.

The company said the position focuses on nutritional integrity, ingredient transparency and customer health.

“Customers should never have to choose between taste and health, when restaurants commit to both, they serve better food and they build lasting trust,” Boes said.

The company’s changes extend beyond its ingredients. Steak n’ Shake has also removed microwaves from its restaurants as part of a return to more traditional cooking methods.

“Quality restaurants don’t need microwaves. It is part of our journey to improve food quality and use traditional methods of cooking only. Eat Real Food,” the company wrote in a Facebook statement.

Steak n’ Shake has also attracted support from prominent figures associated with Trump and the MAHA movement.

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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly celebrated Kennedy’s MAHA agenda before her falling out with Trump and posted about eating at the chain.

“I just had a cheeseburger and fries cooked in beef tallow today for lunch! Delicious,” Greene wrote in a post that included a picture of Kennedy visiting a Steak n’ Shake location in Florida.

Elon Musk and Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump, have also publicly supported the restaurant chain.

An exchange between Musk and Steak n’ Shake on X was followed by a partnership with Tesla to install Supercharger stations at more than 100 Steak n’ Shake locations across the United States.

Biglari Holdings also referenced the Tesla Supercharger partnership in its annual report.

“The only burger chain in America to switch to 100% Beef Tallow. No chemicals, no preservatives. Just pure quality! That’s called leadership,” Steak n’ Shake wrote on social media.

“And the fries taste way better!” Musk replied.

Lara Trump visited a Steak n’ Shake location during an interview segment in August and spoke with Boes about changes to the menu and federal nutrition guidance.

“We live and exist in a time right now where you finally have transparency in a space where I think for so long people were just kind of blind,” Trump said.

Boes later discussed the interview in a LinkedIn post.

“The media’s embrace of our MAHA changes has been remarkable. I truly enjoyed my conversation with Lara Trump, who is a genuine MAHA mom,” Boes wrote.

The company has paired its menu overhaul with patriotic promotions.

For America’s 250th anniversary, Steak n’ Shake offered milkshakes for $2.50 throughout January.

Another promotion offered the first 10 Tesla guests a free jar of beef tallow and a red hat carrying the slogan “make frying oil tallow again.”

Steak n’ Shake’s broader ingredient changes include eliminating vegetable oil previously used to par-fry its fries and tots before they arrived at restaurants.

The company says its fries and tots are now seed-oil-free and that its beef tallow contains no additives, preservatives or chemicals. It has also replaced a buttery blend containing seed oils on select products with Grade A Wisconsin butter.

The chain’s MAHA approach has generated questions from nutrition experts about whether replacing ingredients such as seed oils substantially changes the health profile of fast food.

“Regardless of how you fry your french fries, they are still fried,” Alison Steiber, chief impact officer for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, told The Wall Street Journal.

Despite that debate, Steak n’ Shake has continued expanding the changes.

Its 2025 same-store sales performance was its strongest since 1992, while double-digit same-store sales growth continued into the first quarter of 2026.

Go Woke, Go Broke: S&P 100 Boots Fading Nike as Once Rebel Brand Loses Its Cool [WATCH]
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Go Woke, Go Broke: S&P 100 Boots Fading Nike as Once Rebel Brand Loses Its Cool [WATCH]

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Nike is getting bounced from the S&P 100, a bruising demotion for a company that once defined athletic cool and corporate disruption.

The change takes effect Sept. 21, while Nike remains in the broader S&P 500.

The distinction matters, but it hardly makes the news flattering.

Nike shares have been hovering near $38 to $40, their lowest range in roughly 12 years and about 75 percent below the company’s 2021 peak.

Analysts point to stagnant sales, “shrinking gross margins,” and deepening trouble in China, both a major manufacturing base and a crucial consumer market.

Those explanations are accurate, but they describe the wreckage more than the driver who put the car in the ditch.

Nike is not leaving alone.

Honeywell Aerospace, Simon Property Group, and Colgate Palmolive are also being removed, while Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, Arista Networks, and Sandisk are moving into the index.

The contrast is difficult to miss. The incoming companies operate in technology, cyber security, cloud infrastructure, data centers, and storage, while the departing names represent mature industries where growth can no longer be taken for granted.

Simon Property Group’s removal is especially unsurprising to anyone who has visited a shopping mall lately.

The closest parking spaces and food court tables are often easier to find than customers, which is not exactly the picture of a booming growth business.

Nike’s troubles, however, go beyond changing markets.

The company put a numbers focused executive in charge rather than a sports marketing visionary, then disrupted established management relationships, distribution arrangements, and partnerships in ways that created openings for hungry competitors.

That mattered because Nike has never been merely a shoe manufacturer.

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The swoosh became a cultural signal, telling consumers they were buying status, quality, athletic credibility, and membership in a fashionable club that once seemed almost impossible for rivals to penetrate.

Nike reinforced that image through dominant relationships with superstar athletes.

Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods helped make the company unavoidable, and athletes knew they had not truly become “somebody” until Nike came calling with a major endorsement contract.

The company also backed those stars with enormous advertising campaigns across television, magazines, billboards, and later digital media.

Nike could generate so much word of mouth excitement that a product launch became a cultural event instead of another shoe appearing on a store shelf.

That rebellious instinct was once Nike’s greatest advantage.

It entered markets where established players expected it to fail, then used bold promotion, athlete partnerships, and relentless brand building to turn skepticism into sales and Wall Street enthusiasm.

An iconic consumer name also offered investors a familiar and supposedly “safe choice” for their portfolios.

Yet Nike’s success eventually made it the “status quo,” while younger consumers discovered competitors that looked fresher, moved faster, and did not carry decades of corporate baggage.

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The advertising landscape changed as well.

Younger audiences do not gather around scheduled television the way earlier generations did, and social media has allowed smaller rivals to reach targeted customers without matching Nike’s enormous traditional advertising budgets.

Founder Phil Knight is now 88, Michael Jordan has long since retired, and Tiger Woods is no longer the unstoppable figure who once moved mountains of merchandise.

A brand built around youth and disruption inevitably looks older when its defining personalities age with it.

Nike has reportedly lost about $230 billion in market value over the past 12 years.

The company still generates massive revenue and remains one of the world’s most recognizable brands, but recognition alone cannot reverse falling sales, pressured margins, or strategic drift.

The obvious prescription is more revenue, stronger margins, and a serious answer to the company’s China problems.

As the original analysis bluntly put it, “Duh?!” The difficult part is achieving those goals without throwing away the brand equity that still gives Nike a fighting chance.

Nike should revive the spirit behind “Just Do It” and rediscover the nerve that once allowed it to shake up entire industries.

What it should not do is imitate Bud Light or Cracker Barrel by staging a fashionable corporate reinvention that alienates a huge portion of its customer base.

Michael Jordan supplied the best advice years ago when he reportedly said, “Republicans buy sneakers, too.”

If Nike wants to regain its place among America’s corporate heavyweights, remembering who actually buys the product would be an excellent first step.

Trump Torches Barack Obama and Climate Alarmism as a ‘Big Hoax’ [WATCH]
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Trump Torches Barack Obama and Climate Alarmism as a ‘Big Hoax’ [WATCH]

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President Donald Trump rejected the environmental pressure embraced by many other major governments during an exchange with Bev Turner, arguing that fossil fuels remain the most powerful and least expensive energy source while criticizing the expansion of wind energy across parts of Europe.

Turner asked Trump why his approach differs from leaders who have made environmental concerns a major component of government policy.

The exchange came during a broader interview in which Trump discussed energy and the United Kingdom.

“You’re very much an outlier on the planet, really, as a as a leader of a major country and economy that doesn’t isn’t troubled by that same pressure to save the planet. Why is that?” Turner asked.

Trump responded by rejecting the premise behind that pressure and pointing to former President Barack Obama’s travel aboard Air Force One while discussing carbon emissions.

“Well, I think it’s been proven false, you know. It’s been proven false. We had President Obama, and he talked about the carbon footprint and all, and then he’d hop into a 747, Air Force One, and he’d fly to Hawaii to play a round of golf, and fly back,” Trump said.

Trump then dismissed the broader argument and turned to the role of fossil fuels in producing affordable energy.

“It’s, no, it’s it’s all a big hoax. Fossil fuel is the most powerful, and it’s the least expensive, and you can totally watch the environment. It’s very safe,” Trump said.

The president contrasted fossil fuels with wind energy, focusing much of his criticism on the number of wind turbines he has seen while traveling in Scotland and England.

Trump has repeatedly criticized wind energy and its effects on landscapes during previous appearances in Scotland and other public remarks.

“I mean, they have windmills all over England. They have windmills all over Scotland,” Trump said.

“You fly over Scotland; it’s the most beautiful place in the world. And you fly; they have thousands of windmills.”

Trump connected his observations to his golf properties in Scotland and Ireland.

He specifically mentioned Turnberry and Aberdeen in Scotland as well as Doonbeg in Ireland.

“I fly in a helicopter over to Turnberry, let’s say, because we have Turnberry, we have Aberdeen, and we have one where you’re going to have the in Ireland, as you know, it’s so great,” Trump said.

Trump also pointed to an upcoming golf tournament at his Doonbeg property while discussing what he described as a noticeable difference between Ireland and other parts of the United Kingdom.

“They’re going to have the Irish Open there in a couple of weeks at my course, Doonbeg,” Trump said.

“But actually, it’s interesting, in Ireland you don’t see that many windmills.”

The president returned to Scotland and England, saying wind turbines have become a common part of the landscape when traveling through those areas.

“But when you fly over Scotland and you fly fly over the you know if you land in Heathrow, they have windmills all over the place,” Trump said.

Trump concluded by challenging claims that wind power provides an environmental advantage.

His criticism focused on what he described as the environmental consequences of widespread turbine construction despite support for wind energy from environmental advocates.

“And it’s so bad environmentally,” Trump said. “You know, the environmentalists say, Oh, it’s wonderful. It’s it’s a big hoax.”

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Crazy vs Common Sense: JD Vance Lays Out His Midterm ‘Elevator Pitch’ [WATCH]
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Crazy vs Common Sense: JD Vance Lays Out His Midterm ‘Elevator Pitch’ [WATCH]

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Vice President JD Vance made the case for electing congressional Republicans over Democrats, arguing that the GOP has produced results on government fraud, energy and crime while pursuing policies intended to strengthen American industry.

Vance framed his argument around what he described as three basic priorities for voters: safety, security and prosperity.

“My elevator pitch is actually very simple. Do you want to live in a country that has safety and security and prosperity?” Vance said.

“If the answer is yes, and I think most Americans do, then vote for congressional Republicans over congressional Democrats.”

The remarks come as Vance has taken a prominent role in the Trump administration’s anti-fraud campaign.

In August, Vance wrote that the administration was targeting fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other federal benefits.

He argued that fraud diverts resources from Americans who legitimately depend on those programs.

Vance made the same case in his latest remarks, accusing Democrats of siding with people who defraud government programs.

“On every single issue, the Democrats have taken the side of fraudsters, of criminals, and of far-left interest groups over the side of the American people,” Vance said.

Vance said the administration’s goal is to remove fraudulent recipients from government programs while preserving assistance for eligible Americans.

“So, on fraud, we are trying to take money out of the hands of fraudsters so that people who rely on Medicaid, or people who rely on food stamp benefits, they’re able to get what they need because we’ve ensured that Americans people’s tax dollars actually go where it’s supposed to go rather than fraudsters,” Vance said.

He then drew a partisan distinction over those efforts.

“Democrats have fought for the fraudsters, and Republicans have fought for the people who deserve these benefits, and the American taxpayers who are paying those benefits,” Vance said.

Democrats have disputed Republican characterizations of their positions on federal benefits and have argued that GOP-backed changes can reduce access to programs such as Medicaid.

The major Republican tax-and-spending legislation signed by President Donald Trump in July 2025 included changes to both Medicaid and SNAP along with tax, energy, defense and immigration provisions.

Vance also focused on energy, accusing Democrats of pursuing policies hostile to domestic production while saying Republicans have spent the previous 18 months working to expand capacity.

“If you look at oil and gas policy, Democrats for a generation have gone to war against energy,” Vance said.

“We’ve tried to make it easier to build additional energy capacity, and we’ve done that for the past 18 months.”

Crime was another central part of Vance’s argument.

He credited the administration with a substantial reduction in violent crime and said Democrats had opposed Republican approaches to incarceration and law enforcement.

“If you look at crime, we have had, I think, the most successful anti-crime policy, maybe in the history of, I can’t think of a single 18-month period where you’ve seen violent crime drop so significantly thanks to the work of a single administration,” Vance said.

Vance went on to accuse Democrats of opposing efforts to incarcerate violent offenders and support police.

“They’ve fought us to prevent us from putting people, violent criminals, behind bars,” Vance said.

“They’ve fought us on basic things like funding and supporting law enforcement. They fought us on giving tax breaks to our police officers.”

The administration has frequently pointed to falling crime as one of its accomplishments, although assessments of the magnitude and causes of national crime trends can depend on the time period and data being compared.

Independent fact-checkers have previously challenged some sweeping administration claims about crime statistics.

Vance nevertheless presented the issue as a clear distinction between the parties.

“So, on every issue where we’ve been successful in promoting law and order, the Democrats have been for the criminals, and we’ve been for the American people,” Vance said.

Vance ended by turning toward another administration priority: expanding domestic production and investment.

“And finally, just just one other very, very important issue, and that’s building in the United States of America,” Vance said.

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Blockbuster August Jobs Report Leaves Democrats Reeling Before the Midterms [WATCH]
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Blockbuster August Jobs Report Leaves Democrats Reeling Before the Midterms [WATCH]

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America’s economy delivered Democrats a brutal Friday surprise just weeks before the midterm elections.

The Labor Department reported that employers added 162,000 jobs in August 2026, tripling expectations and shredding the left’s preferred story of an economy supposedly collapsing under President Donald Trump.

Economists had forecast a gain of only about 65,000 jobs, making the final number a substantial beat.

For Democrats and their media allies, who spent the summer predicting economic misery, the report arrived with all the subtlety of a freight train.

The August numbers were not the only good news buried in the report.

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The Labor Department also revised July’s initial estimate from a loss of 23,000 jobs to a gain of 21,000, while June payroll figures received an upward revision as well.

Those revisions matter because Democrats had used the preliminary summer figures to declare Trump’s economic agenda a failure.

Once the more complete data arrived, that supposedly ironclad narrative turned out to be built on little more than partisan wishful thinking and conveniently gloomy headlines.

The unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1 percent after declining in both June and July.

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Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate increased from 61.4 percent in July to 61.6 percent in August, showing that more Americans were entering the job market.

That combination presents a serious political problem for Democrats.

Job creation exceeded expectations, prior months were revised upward, wages increased, and participation improved, leaving the opposition with fewer places to hide as voters begin focusing on their economic choices.

The White House quickly celebrated the report and credited Trump’s policies for helping expand private sector employment.

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Senior Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai noted that private businesses have created more than one million jobs during the Trump administration.

Desai said, “The private sector has now created over one million jobs under President Trump, whose reindustrialization agenda continues to drive manufacturing and factory construction job growth.”

He added, “The best is yet to come with even more job, wage, and economic growth in store for everyday Americans.”

The administration has argued that its push for domestic industry, factory construction, investment, and lower economic barriers is beginning to produce measurable results.

August provided the kind of hard data that is considerably more difficult for partisan critics to dismiss than another cable news panel.

Republicans also drew a sharp contrast between their tax agenda and the policies being promoted by Democrats.

They emphasized efforts to let working Americans keep more income, particularly workers who depend on tips and overtime to pay household bills.

“Senate Republicans are fighting to ensure Americans keep more of every paycheck.

Meanwhile, Democrats want to raise taxes on tips and overtime, squeezing waiters, hairstylists, bartenders, and other hardworking Americans trying to make ends meet,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee National Press Secretary Bernadette Breslin.

The strength of the report caught independent economic observers by surprise as well.

“Wow. A huge August jobs report,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, wrote on X. “The US economy added +162,000 jobs in August. On top of that June and July were revised higher by a total of +55k.”

Even CNN acknowledged that the labor market had regained significant momentum.

Matt Egan reported, “We’re seeing that this rollercoaster job market, it bounced back and raced back to life in a big way last month,” before adding,

“And this should ease some of those concerns about the labor markets.”

Egan also conceded, “In fact, this is the most jobs that the economy has added in a month since March.”

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That admission is especially inconvenient for Democrats who spent months insisting that Trump’s policies had left the American worker stranded.

The political timing could hardly be worse for the left.

Democrats built much of their midterm economic argument around claims of stagnation, weak hiring, and shrinking opportunity, only to watch the government’s own figures expose just how badly those predictions missed the mark.

Americans remain concerned about prices, paychecks, and long term financial security, but a report this strong changes the campaign conversation.

Voters now have fresh evidence that hiring is growing, workers are returning, and businesses are expanding despite relentless forecasts of disaster.

Trump and congressional Republicans will almost certainly carry these numbers onto the campaign trail.

Democrats can keep repeating the same tired economic talking points, but August handed voters something much more persuasive than partisan spin: jobs, rising participation, and another failed liberal prediction.


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