U.S. Politics
RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS proudly supported Trump in 2016, President Donald J. Trump for re-election in 2020, and support him again as president in 2025.
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Trump imposes new tariffs on cheap Chinese goods sold by companies like Temu and Shein
Victor Nave / NEW YORK POST
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday closing a trade loophole on cheap goods from China that were previously exempt from tariffs.
Trump, 78, argued that the so-called “de minimus” exception allowed shippers from the People’s Republic and Hong Kong to “hide illicit substances” in packaging and products.
“These shippers often avoid detection due to administration of the de minimis exemption,” the president wrote, claiming that duty-free exports from China “play a significant role in the synthetic opioid crisis in the United States.”
Packages subject to de minimus treatment are valued at less than $800.
Online Chinese retailers such as Temu and Shein have used the loophole to sell ultra-low-cost items to US consumers and could be hit hard by the new tariffs.
In February, Trump briefly suspended the loophole before restoring the exemption to give…Read more here.
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Secret Service Hired Applicant Who Failed Polygraph—Now He Reviews Clearances
Sarah Arnold – Townhall
The Secret Service is facing serious accusations of negligence and security failures after a whistleblower came forward alleging that the agency ignored critical “insider-threat” complaints. The whistleblower is accusing the agency of hiring an applicant who failed the terrorism section of a polygraph test. Even more alarming, this individual is reportedly responsible for evaluating others’ security clearances. These revelations raise serious concerns about national security and the agency’s commitment to adequately vetting those entrusted with safeguarding the country— especially since the Secret Service is tasked with literally protecting the country’s highest officials.
According to a former agent whistleblower who spoke before Congress, the Secret Service failed to investigate internal reports of an insider threat to the agency during the Biden…Read more here.
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ICE arrested 113K, deported over 100K since Trump’s return as prez maintains promise to boot illegal migrants, alleged gangbangers: sources
Jennie Taer and Anna Young / NEW YORK POST
Deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement surged above 100,000 since President Trump returned to the White House in January — as he maintains his promise to boot illegal migrants, alleged gangbangers and suspected terrorists from the United States, The Post has learned.
ICE officials have made 113,000 arrests and carried out “north of” 100,000 deportations since Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, a Department of Homeland Security source told The Post Monday.
“He’s doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!” an ICE source said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many detainees are convicted criminals, the status of their cases and their national origins — though sources believe the majority are being removed to Mexico.
Trump campaigned heavily on cracking down on illegal immigration, and on Day One, declared an emergency at the border, sent thousands of additional troops to the region, shut down the asylum…Read more here.
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Trump says Zelenskyy wants to back out of mineral deal, addresses 3rd term
By Greg Wehner – Fox News
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to back out of a rare earth deal with the U.S., adding if he does that he is going to have “some problems.”
“I think Zelenskyy, by the way, he’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal, and if he does that, he’s got some problems – big, big problems,” Trump said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday. “We made a deal on rare earths, and now he’s saying, ‘well, you know, I want to renegotiate the deal.’ He wants to be a member of NATO. Well, he was never going to be a member of NATO. He understands that, so, if he’s looking to renegotiate the deal, he’s got big problems.”
Zelenskyy said last month that Ukraine is ready to sign an agreement on minerals and security with the U.S. at any time, noting that the agreement is seen as a step toward greater securityguarantees…Read more here.
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