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Ukrainian Ambassador’s Reaction to Zelenskyy’s Volatile Meeting with Trump Goes Viral

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Ukrainian Ambassador’s Reaction to Zelenskyy’s Volatile Meeting with Trump Goes Viral

The fiery meeting on Friday between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy captured the tense moment when Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova realized the magnitude of the damage done. The viral moment showed Markarova appearing distraught, with her head in her hand, as Trump questioned Zelenskyy about not wanting a ceasefire with Russia in front of the entire world.

Markarova lowered her head to her right hand and closed her eyes as Zelenskyy continued to dig a hole for himself in front of President Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Trump addressed Zelenskyy, saying, “You’re saying you don’t want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire because you get a ceasefire faster than an agreement.”

The Ukrainian president responded, “I said to you … with guarantees. Ask our people about [a] ceasefire, [about] what they think.”

Trump immediately halted the conversation, saying, “That wasn’t with me.”

The picture of Markarova’s reaction to the car crash meeting paints a thousand words, demonstrating just how badly Zelenskyy had damaged U.S.-Ukraine relations following his contentious approach to keeping the gravy train going.

The CEO and co-founder of The Federalist published the moment in a post on the social media platform X.

“The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. appears to be the only Ukrainian in the room who understands how much damage Zelensky just did to his own cause,” Davis wrote. The confrontation ultimately ended with Zelenskyy being asked to leave the White House while the pending deal between Washington and Kyiv involving Ukrainian minerals was shelved.

Whatever Markarova was hoping for in terms of the outcome of the meeting, this was perhaps one of her worst nightmares—and it was clearly evident:

Perhaps the most notable and surreal part of the meeting was when Zelenskyy appeared to threaten America with consequences for not meeting his demands.

“[There are] a lot of questions. Let’s start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you, but you have a nice ocean [in between], and don’t feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you,” Zelensky told Trump.

As expected, Trump responded with fury:

“Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel… because you’re in no position to dictate that,” he said. “Remember this, you’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel good. We’re gonna feel very good and very strong.”

Not long after Zelenskyy was rushed out of the White House, Trump took to Truth Social, writing:

“President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE.”

Zelenskyy later posted to X, thanking America and Trump for their support and allowing the visit—perhaps coming to terms with the reality of what had just transpired.

“Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that,” he wrote in the post.

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National Affairs

State Looks To Outlaw Sexually Explicit Materials In Schools & Libraries

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North Dakota’s House received legislation Friday (Feb. 21) that could outlaw sexually explicit materials from schools and libraries in areas accessed by minors.

Senate Bill 2307 passed through North Dakota’s Senate on a second reading with a 27 – 20 vote on Feb. 20. The bill is sponsored by Republican State Sen. Keith Boehm, and requires specific safety policies to be in place to protect minors from sexually explicit materials.

The bill would also require North Dakota’s Attorney General to conduct a review of public libraries, school districts, and other state agencies to ensure compliance with the statues to protect children from sexual content. Complaints made against libraries alleging access of sexual materials to children will be investigated, and all funds to those institutions will be halted until the situation is rectified.

Pro-Family Laws Are On The Rise

Pro-family laws that protect children are on the rise across the country, and many are aimed at academic institutions. One key example is Texas Senate Bill 2, a pro-school choice legislation that is currently dividing Conservatives throughout the state, according to Politico. While many support the concept of school choice, there are concerns over a lack of accountability within the programs, particularly in relation to the allocation of funding and metrics used to rate overall success.

Speaking to the intricate nature of the bill, Families Engaged for Effective Education activist Tracy Hanes noted that “Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and vouchers are a Trojan horse for government control. By offering taxpayer-funded subsidies to private schools, virtual learning, and homeschool families, the government will ultimately dictate the terms of education in every sector. Once public funding enters, so do regulations, mandates, and oversight—eroding the very freedoms that make private and home education viable alternatives,” to Politico. “This isn’t “choice”—it’s a complete government takeover, turning students, teachers, and their data into commodities in a system that prioritizes profit and control over genuine learning and local autonomy. Public schools are already captive markets, and universal school choice would pull private and home educators into the same bureaucratic web, ensuring no child is truly free from government influence.”

Supporters of SB2, and other school choice bills, note the importance of helping to fund private educational institutions and give low-income children the same opportunities as their higher-income peers. “We’re going to provide more funding and when this session ends we will provide more funding than ever in the history of our state for our public schools,” Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said of the bill.

Importance Of Being Politically Active In Your State

This rise in pro-family legislation centered on educational reform is coupled with a growing sentiment that Christ should be returned to our classrooms in 2025. States including North Dakota, Montana, Tennessee, Oklahoma and others are all poised to vote on bringing the Ten Commandments back to classrooms.

Legislation across multiple states would mandate that schools display a poster of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, along with an explainer of their historical significance to the founding of the U.S. The Ten Commandments would also become part of the core curriculum.

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National Affairs

Pete Hegseth Shuts Down Reporter’s Low Blow at Lt. Gen. Dan Caine

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made headlines Monday after swiftly shutting down a reporter’s question regarding President Donald Trump’s nomination of Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine to replace General Charles “CQ” Brown as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The exchange took place at the Pentagon during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman.

During the press briefing, a reporter challenged Hegseth on Caine’s qualifications, asking, “Why did you select an underqualified retired lieutenant general to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?”

Hegseth wasted no time dismissing the premise of the question. “I’m going to choose to reject your unqualified question. Who’s next?” he responded, moving on to the next topic.

President Trump announced his decision to replace Brown and nominate Caine as his successor on Friday.

The announcement was made on Truth Social, where Trump thanked Brown for his four decades of service before introducing his choice for the next leader of the Joint Chiefs.

“I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family,” Trump wrote.

Trump praised Caine’s qualifications, highlighting his role in dismantling the ISIS caliphate during Trump’s first term.

“General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a ‘warfighter’ with significant interagency and special operations experience,” Trump stated.

Trump credited Caine for the rapid defeat of ISIS, a mission that many military leaders had predicted would take years.

“Many so-called military ‘geniuses’ said it would take years to defeat ISIS. General Caine, on the other hand, said it could be done quickly, and he delivered,” Trump said.

Trump’s announcement also took aim at the previous administration, noting that despite Caine’s extensive military credentials, he was overlooked for promotion under President Joe Biden.

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National Affairs, Uncategorized

Non-Woke U.S. Military Shatters a 15-Year Recruitment Record after Trump’s Victory without Aggressive Transgender Enrolment Campaigns

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Trump’s return to the White House has encouraged more Americans to join the military.

In December 2024, nearly 350 soldiers were recruited per day, shattering a 15-year record. In January 2025, the army also continued to shatter records, breaking the Biden administration’s appalling downward trend.

“Our Recruiters have one of the toughest jobs – inspiring the next generation of #Soldiers to serve.

“Congratulations and keep up the great work!” The U.S. Army posted on X.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lauded the development, saying “America’s youth want to serve under the bold & strong “America First” leadership” of Donald Trump.

When Hegseth was appointed, he promised to dismantle woke policies in the military that discouraged brave men from enlisting. Trump also promised to rid the military of 15,000 transgender soldiers by declaring them unfit to serve.

“They would be medically discharged, which would determine that they were unfit to serve,” The Times reported.

Trump and Hegseth’s promise to end the transgender ideology angered the Left, which claimed it would discourage nonbinary individuals from joining an already understaffed military. 

“It would also lead to a ban on trans people joining the military and would come at a time when almost all branches of the American armed forces are failing to meet recruitment targets.”

Nonetheless, Hegseth said removing woke ideology from the military would encourage the traditional military demographics to join, which has now been proven true.

“There aren’t enough lesbians in San Fransisco to man the 82nd Airborne Division,” Hegseth said. “…and in trying to cater to that, they lost the boys in Tennessee and Kentucky and Oklahoma. The traditional dudes who did it because they wanted, they loved their country, or they wanted the adventure, or they wanted to try tough things….”

He said most potential recruits took a wide berth at the military because they did not want to get involved in wokeism. “…if I wanted to do the woke cr*p, I could go to the local community college or local college. I don’t need it here.”

Under Biden, the military made many sacrifices, including introducing a program that assisted potential recruits in overcoming academic and physical fitness barriers, of course, without “sacrificing quality for quantity.” However, attempting to attract non-traditional demographics who need to be accommodated to serve already sacrifices the military’s preparedness and readiness. Hegseth and Trump promised to prioritize the military’s preparedness instead of identity.

In addition, the military carried out various outreach programs, which involved drag queens to attract potential non-binary recruits. Nonetheless, Biden’s military fell flat on its face in achieving recruitment targets, recording a 41,000 deficit in 2023. 

However, it took the Trump administration barely two months to break a 15-year record without conducting recruitment campaigns. The only thing Trump did was rid the military of the destructive woke ideology that discouraged traditional recruits in favor of potential non-binary recruits in order to feel more welcoming. 

Trump and Hegseth’s strategy seems to be working, and in a few years, the military will likely be turning down potential recruits due to over-enrolment.

President Donald Trump talks on the phone aboard Air Force One during a flight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address a joint gathering of House and Senate Republicans, Thursday, January 26, 2017. This was the President’s first Trip aboard Air Force One. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
National Affairs, Other, Uncategorized

Trump Keeps Major Campaign Promises In First Weeks

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President Donald Trump has held firm on a number of campaign promises to the American people, issuing a slew of Executive Orders (EO) in his first weeks in office, reshaping the future of our nation.

Immigration & The Border

Trump promised to fight the influx of illegal immigrants to the U.S., ending the Biden administration’s “catch-and-release” policy and restarting construction on the border wall. Within days of his second term in office, Trump issued orders designating the flood of immigrants as an “invasion,” ended birthright citizenship to children born of parents in the country illegally, and declared an emergency at our southern border, according to The Christian Post.

Reversal Of DEI, Fighting The Climate Oligarchy

In one order, Trump rescinded almost 80 EOs from the Biden administration, particularly those related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and climate change. He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization. The Paris agreement is one of countless annual “agreements” that elected officials make to claim they’re doing something to “fight climate change.” Such agreements have existed for decades and led to absolutely no impact on the so-called “climate crisis.”

Energy Independence

The soaring cost of energy, thanks in large-part to the pro-climate lobby and the war between Russia and Ukraine, was another area Trump promised to tackle. On Jan. 20 he signed the EO “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.”

“The State of Alaska holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources including, among others, energy, mineral, timber, and seafood. Unlocking this bounty of natural wealth will raise the prosperity of our citizens while helping to enhance our Nation’s economic and national security for generations to come,” the order stated. “By developing these resources to the fullest extent possible, we can help deliver price relief for Americans, create high-quality jobs for our citizens, ameliorate our trade imbalances, augment the Nation’s exercise of global energy dominance, and guard against foreign powers weaponizing energy supplies in theaters of geopolitical conflict.”

No More Weaponization Of Federal Government

Trump pardoned countless pro-life activists in his first week in office, ending a Biden-era trend of Christians being targeted by what many felt was a weaponized Department of Justice. Along with these pardons, Trump issued an EO stating that the “prior administration and allies throughout the country engaged in an unprecedented, third-world weaponization of prosecutorial power to upend the democratic process.” Another EO noted that the “previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve.” As a result, Trump signed the EO entitled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.”

Tackling Gender Insanity

Over the last four years, progressive lawmakers and activists have sought to destabilize American minds by pretending there are more than two genders: male and female. In an EO titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” Trump ordered that sex be defined as “an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female.” The order also stated that all inmates be housed in prisons aligned with their sex, and not their self-identified “gender identity.” 

He then ordered that ” it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

Military Support

Trump further signed a slew of orders related to the U.S. military, including one that reinstates more than 8,000 servicemembers who lost their jobs for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. The military will also return to a merit-based social hierarchy where people will be promoted based on their success, not their gender or skin color.

Election Interference

“Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information” is the title of another of Trump’s EO, this time focused on ” (i) the former intelligence officials who engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign; and (ii) John R. Bolton.” 

“In the closing weeks of the 2020 Presidential campaign, at least 51 former intelligence officials coordinated with the Biden campaign to issue a letter discrediting the reporting that President Joseph R. Biden’s son had abandoned his laptop at a computer repair business.  Signatories of the letter falsely suggested that the news story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign,” the EO notes, before detailing the importance of data from the intelligence community that is “accurate, crafted with professionalism, and free from politically motivated engineering to affect political outcomes.”

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National Affairs

Mexico Caves, Orders 10,000 Troops to Border; Trump Tariff On Hold 

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President Donald Trump has a knack for making deals.

In another impressive show of diplomatic power, Donald Trump announced on Monday that his 25% tariff on Mexico worked exactly as it was intended.

After a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico will deploy 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to combat fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration.

The 30 day respite from the tariff will allow for high-level negotiations between the two countries on a more robust border plan, with discussions headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Trump is moving so fast with his repeated wins that Democrats can’t even keep up.

https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1886443634821841200

Senator Chuck Schumer tried desperately to put a negative spin on the Trump Tariffs over the weekend, arguing that they’ll ruin Super Bowl Sunday by raising the prices of beer and guacamole.

I guess the Super Bowl guacamole and Coronas won’t be affected. Thank goodness.

Don’t believe anything Democrats and the media tell you. They tried to say that the Trump Tariffs would cripple our nation.

https://twitter.com/MediasLies/status/1886447397191987475
Big Government, National Affairs

Woke Harridan Preacher Tries to Humiliate Trump in National Cathedral

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The election of Donald Trump was only the beginning of a chance that the U.S. now has to tack back toward a normal and sane kind of politics. The country lurched so hard to the left over the past 15 years–and beyond into actual clinical insanity–that one election is not going to reset the board overnight. It will be years, perhaps a generation or longer, before “woke” is really rooted out of nearly every business, civic, and cultural institution. 

The hardest left voters and agitators truly believe they are “on the right side of history.” They truly believe that only they are moral, and that everyone to the right of them is fully and incurably immoral. Their minds work in black and white, all-good and all-bad. In psychiatric literature, this kind of thinking is called “splitting.” One “splits” another person into an all-wonderful or all-evil caricature of a whole human person. Splitting is a prominent feature of conditions like borderline personality disorder, a character disorder that includes emotional instability, histrionic emotions and accusations, and the false idea that one is a perpetual victim of others. 

To a close approximation, we can diagnose the U.S. as having a longstanding case of borderline personality disorder, at least the left half of the country. 

So it should be no surprise that on his second day in office, President Donald Trump and his wife Melania were the subject of an attempted humiliation from the pulpit. Preacher Mariann Budde stood at the lectern of the National Cathedral and excoriated Trump as he sat there, accusing him of frightening “trans kids” and illegal aliens. Naturally, Budde features what you might call the “modern mental illness presentation” affected by leftist women. Short, angry gray hair, deliberately awkward glasses, and the put-on “gentle mouse” voice used to cover over a vicious and hysterical rhetorical attack. 

Check it out: 

Budde claims there are “gay lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families. . .some who fear for their lives.”

“And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation,” she added.

This type of rhetoric is just insane. It’s not a difference of opinion. It’s insanity, if we define insanity as a complete disconnection from the objective real world. The hack even even went on CNN after to defend her comments.

Frankly, it is impossible to believe that Mariann Budde genuinely believes that Donald Trump is a threat to the lives and continued state of being alive to “LGBTQ” people. But she is willing to claim that she believes this, which is at least as disturbing as the possibility that she takes her own hysteria seriously. 

One thing’s certain; Twitter/X users don’t: 

Buckle up, friends. There’s going to be more of this before there’s less.

National Affairs

Biden Administration Targets Smokers As His Presidency Enters Its Final Days

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As it enters its final days, Joe Biden’s administration is targeting millions of Americans with a ridiculous regulatory rule.

As per Fox News, the federal government is seeking to implement tough restrictions on smokers by limiting the amount of nicotine in each cigarette. The theory behind the proposal would be that a lower amount of nicotine would lower the addictiveness of smoking for new smokers, but raises questions as to whether smokers would merely light up more often throughout the day to compensate. After all, if the amount of nicotine per cigarette were cut in half, why wouldn’t smokers just smoke twice as much? Which budget constraints wouldn’t allow every smoker to do that, it’s still an obvious unintended consequence.

Of note, nicotine itself is the least harmful part of cigarettes.

“The proposed rule, ‘Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Certain Tobacco Products,’ is displaying in the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces (ROCIS) system as having completed regulatory review on January 3,” a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told Fox News. “As the FDA has previously said, a proposed product standard to establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products, when finalized, is estimated to be among the most impactful population-level actions in the history of U.S. tobacco product regulation.”

Given the administration is set to be dissolved in a matter of days, concerns have been raised that the proposal is rushed, without scientific analysis and a restriction on civil liberties. Such a move could also open up a black market as smokers seek stronger cigarettes for a lower cost.

Some on social media also questioned whether the administration had its priorities right.

It’s not the first time that the Biden administration has targeted smokers. In 2024, the federal government scrapped an attempt to ban menthol cigarettes outright, citing “feedback” as a reason for the policy shift – though other credible sources such as Barron’s reported that it was out of fear that it would reduce his share of the black vote.

National Affairs

Joe Biden Falls Asleep During Prayer Service for Victims of New Orleans Terror Attack

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President Joe Biden drifted off into slumber during a prayer service for the victims of the New Orleans terror attack on January 1st.

Before the prayer service began, Biden sat with his head down and eyes closed while everyone else looked alert.

A pastor spoke in honour of the 14 people who lost their lives in the horrendous attack.

Biden dropped his down and closed his eyes during the service… and his was not praying.

42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar ploughed through a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 5 people and 35 injured .

Biden already displayed contempt for the victims after his handlers sent out a tone-deaf ‘Happy New Year’ tweet after the attack occurred.

“Happy New Year, folks,” Biden said just hours after the terrorist ploughed over innocent New Year’s revelers.

The president also checked his watch, saying he wanted to “get this damn thing done” while holding a press conference on the attack.

“The Sugar Bowl is back on. Kick off is going to take off very shortly. If I don’t get this damn thing done we’re gonna be in real trouble,” Biden said as he checked his watch.

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump issued a fiery statement condemning the New Year’s Day terror attack, calling it a “disaster” which was was a result of the Biden-Harris administration opting to go after political opponents.

Trump’s post read: “They are incompetent and corrupt, having spent all of their waking hours unlawfully attacking their political opponent, ME, rather than focusing on protecting Americans from the outside and inside violent SCUM that has infiltrated all aspects of our government, and our Nation itself. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen to our Country.”

“The CIA must get involved, NOW, before it is too late. The USA is breaking down – A violent erosion of Safety, National Security, and Democracy is taking place all across our Nation.”

“Only strength and powerful leadership will stop it. See you on January 20th. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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National Affairs

Presidential Medal of Freedom Award Winner Was Photographed With Would-Be Trump Assassin Months Before Arrest

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President Joe Biden has awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom to a man who appeared in a photo with the would-be assassin of Donald Trump.

José Andrés, who was among 19 people awarded the medal, was photographed with Ryan Wesley Routh – the man arrested on suspicion of attempting to assassinate the Republican on his Florida golf course in Sept. 2024.

The background, which features an array of miniature Ukrainian flags, suggests the photo taken some time after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022 but likely before Routh’s Sept. 2024 arrest.

It is not known if Routh and Andrés had any connection prior to the photograph. The chef, credited with popularizing the concept of tapas dining, received the award for his humanitarian work with the World Central Kitchen.

Although most likely a coincidence, some questioned the optics of Biden’s decision to award Andrés a medal.

Others believed, given the photo’s widespread circulation following Routh’s arrest, that Biden had intended to send a message.


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