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And despite the acclaim for the Iran strike from many Republicans — polls showed better than 80 percent support from GOP voters — some sources say the restrainers retain the upper hand, at least for now. “I can’t overemphasize this enough: There are not a lot of very hawkish voices inside the administration,” said another defense expert familiar with the thinking inside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon as well as the White House, who was granted anonymity to avoid retribution.
“It’s not an evenly matched fight. Ever since the departure of [former National Security Adviser] Mike Waltz, there hasn’t been a large faction of more hawkish voices concentrated in one place in the administration. There are people here and there, but not at the level you think,” he said. “Even [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio is a lot different than he was six-seven years ago, when he was very hawkish.”
Waltz, arguably the most prominent representative of the older neocon wing of the party, was ousted from the White House on May 1 and nominated to be U.N. ambassador. On June 12, after Israel began strikes on Iran, Rubio at first fought to distance the administration, saying, “We are not involved.”
Elon getting upset because the BBB raises the debt ceiling, increases spending, and fails to eliminate Medicaid for illegals.
But Vance is right. The only thing that matters right now is securing the funding to get the illegals out of the country. Once that's done, the next bill can address some of the finer points and slowly start to ratchet down the debt ceiling.
But if the illegals aren't removed, and this is really our best and only chance at doing that, this country is perma-socialist-blue once the illegals' children start voting. Then the debt ceiling doesn't mean a thing.
I’ve advocated for lethal border control and you were opposed to that. Lethal border control is cheaper and more efficient than deporting illegal immigrants.All the Trump haters will defend China/Japan, both of which are going bankrupt, claiming, "But at least they will both remain ethnically Chinese/Japanese."
And yet these same exact people will criticize Trump for trying to keep America White, claiming the bill to deport millions of illegals will make us go bankrupt.
Are Trump haters actually American? Are Trump haters actually White? Serious questions must be asked for those oppose Trump's bill. If this bill fails then America becomes a third-world shithole, and Democrats will rule over the ashes like they do in South Africa.
Elon is also pathetic for not seeing the writing on the wall, himself a refugee of South Africa.
I’ve advocated for lethal border control and you were opposed to that. Lethal border control is cheaper and more efficient than deporting illegal immigrants.
I’ve advocated for lethal border control and you were opposed to that. Lethal border control is cheaper and more efficient than deporting illegal immigrants.
In May 2025, the U.S. Border Patrol released 0 illegal aliens into our country—a staggering drop from more than 62,000 that USBP was forced to release along the southwest border in May 2024.
In May 2025, the Border Patrol encountered 8,725 illegal aliens crossing the southwest border between ports of entry. This was a 93% decrease from May 2024 when USBP encountered 117,905 aliens.
Are we sure?You and I both know that's impossible in today's political climate. Please post in good faith.
Fair point.Illegal border crossings aren't really the problem anymore. They dropped significantly under the current administration:
Lethal measures weren't even necessary.
The problem is the tens of millions of aliens who already got in, and have to be tracked down and deported one by one.