The meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump has begun.
Trump praised Netanyahu:
"We have the right man who’s done a great job for a very long time."
"We are a winning combination."
"I deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, but they'll never give it to me."
"Netanyahu is a great leader."
TRUMP: "Some people want to put it out of their memory, but we’re not going to ever let that happen. It was a horrible day, October 7th...A lot of people like to pretend it didn't happen. It happened."
"Like, 'the Holocaust didn't happen.' Same mindset."
Netanyahu: "I want to secure the release of all hostages while achieving the three goals of this war—eliminating Hamas' military and governing capabilities and ensuring Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel. I believe the President can help us achieve this."
Trump's Response to Whether He Still Supports a Palestinian State:
This is how this historic night looked in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Australia, Singapore, Qatar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and countries across the globe.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him.
“If they did that they would be obliterated,” Trump said in an exchange with reporters while signing an executive order calling for the U.S. government to impose maximum pressure on Tehran. “I’ve left instructions if they do it, they get obliterated, there won’t be anything left.”
The Justice Department announced in federal charges in November that an Iranian plot to kill Trump before the presidential election had been thwarted..
The department alleged Iranian officials had instructed Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.
“We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,” Trump said a start of a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump added the U.S. would level destroyed buildings and “create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
Trump is not ruling out sending U.S. troops to secure Gaza, saying in response to a reporter’s question: “As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that.”
The comments came after Trump earlier suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was seemingly on the verge of tears over the latest budget cuts by DOGE—the Dept. of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk.
Instead of Schumer applauding DOGE for saving billions of dollars of your hard earned tax money, Chuck took to X and lashed out.
“An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government. DOGE is not a real government agency. DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions. DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law. DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand. Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.”
Musk responded to his post with the following:
“Hysterical reactions like this is how you know that @DOGE is doing work that really matters. This is the one shot the American people have to defeat BUREAUcracy, rule of the bureaucrats, and restore DEMOcracy, rule of the people. We’re never going to get another chance like this. It’s now or never. Your support is crucial to the success of the revolution of the people.”
Here are some of examples of government expenditures that have been highlighted by DOGE:
Approximately $100,000 was spent to study whether tequila or gin makes sunfish more aggressive.
Nearly $1 million was used to investigate if cocaine makes Japanese quail more promiscuous.
$419,470 was allocated to determine if lonely rats sought cocaine at a greater frequency than happy rats.
$2.3 million was used by the NIH to inject dogs with cocaine for research purposes.
Unusual Projects:
$6.9 million for studying ‘smart toilets‘
$1,513,299 to use kittens in a study analyzing motion sickness.
$28 million on licensing fees for a green “camouflage” pattern on Afghan National Army uniforms.
$2.5 million on a Super Bowl Ad for the Census.
$1.7 million for holograms of dead comedians.
$500,000 to build an IHOP in Washington, D.C.
Funds for studying if the moon landing line was “One small step for Man” or “One small step for a man.
Chuck Schumer has been in goverement for too long. If he can’t see what is wrong with the waste and fraud happening with our tax dollars, It’s time for his retirement.
Way back in 2014 Din posted how Frankfurter, editor of Ami Magazine was infatuated with this cult, Lev Tahor!
In 2022 I featured a Front Cover of Ami Magazine which made the Sex-crazed Helbrans a great tzaddik!
I'm very glad that the Rabbinic leaders got together to make sure that "lev Tahor is thrown out of our communities!
A historic gathering of leading rabbis convened Tuesday afternoon in Boro Park at the home of the Munkatcher Rebbe. The “Asifas Gedolei HaRabbonim” brought together top Hasidic leaders from Satmar, Pupa, Vizhnitz, Bobov, Vien, Skver, Belz, and Jaworzno, as well as prominent Rosh Yeshivas such as Rav Malkiel Kotler from Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood.
The meeting focused on addressing the controversial “Lev Tahor” group and the troubling reports emerging from within. The rabbis discussed possible actions, heard testimonies from respected figures involved, and received updates from activists. The goal was to unify the community against the group.
Key speakers included the Satmar Dayan of Antwerp, the Sighet Rav, and renowned activist Moshe David Niederman, who has led legal efforts against the group. Testimonies came from Rabbi Ezra Moshe Kaira, Moshe Aharon Gutman, and a grandfather whose seven grandchildren are involved in the sect.
The gathering was concluded by activist Shimon Yisroel Posen, who provided a detailed overview of the ongoing situation.
President Donald Trump will watch a 40-minute closed film documenting the events of October 7, showing footage from the hellish attacks.
The initiative was led by White House Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Vitkoff, who watched the film last week during his visit to Israel and stated that Trump "must see it for himself" to understand the horrors of that morning.
According to sources familiar with the details, Vitkoff was left "shocked and appalled" after viewing the footage.
Soona Samsami, a US representative of the NCRI, said Tehran is desperately working to keep the international community out of Iran and maintain the status quo as a means to buy time to fulfill its nuclear ambitions.
One of the facilities the NCRI flagged as a nuclear weapons site was the Shahrud missiles facility, which is being run by Iran’s Organization for Advanced Defense Research and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The NCRI estimates that the nuclear warhead being developed at the site would be fitted on a Ghaem-100 missile and capable of reaching as far as Greece, with at least three successful rocket launchers reported at the Shahrud facility.
Those rocket launches were allegedly concealed as part of satellite launches, the NCRI claims, with the IRGC planning to test launch more advanced Ghaem rockets in the coming months.
The second testing facility is reportedly located more than 43 miles southeast of Semnan, where Tehran is developing Simorgh missiles based on North Korean designs.
Portions of the Semnan site are hidden underground, with Tehran steadily expanding the site since 2005, according to satellite images provided by the NCRI.
The program in Semnan allegedly kept under wraps by linking it to Iran’s space program and establishing the Khomeini Space Launch Terminal, according to the NCRI.
Samsami said that despite Iran’s advancement, Israel’s attacks against Tehran’s air defense systems have created the perfect chance for the West to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Israel launched two retaliatory airstrikes against Iran last year, with the attacks decimating Iran’s interceptor missile launchers, leaving the Islamic republic vulnerable for a devastating assault if it chooses to attack the Jewish state again.
“Tehran has never been as weak and vulnerable as it is today. The desperate Iranian regime is thus speeding up the development of nuclear weapons,” Samsami told The Telegraph.
“Now is the time to hold the regime accountable for internal killings, regional warmongering, and nuclear weapons development,” she added.
New York Attorney General Letitia James warned local hospitals Monday that they will be in violation of state discrimination laws if they comply with President Trump’s executive order aimed at outlawing sex-change procedures for minors.
“Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, military status, disability, or marital status,” James wrote in a letter to New York healthcare facilities.
“Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law,” she added.
James, 66, urged anyone who witnesses “potential violations” to contact the New York Attorney General’s Office.
Her letter comes as several hospitals across the country have already taken steps to cut back on so-called “gender-affirming care” in an apparent effort to comply with Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order “protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation.”
UKRAINE: What if 58% of the U.S. taxpayer dollars sent to Zelensky never even reached Ukraine? Where did it go? Did the CIA skim a cut? Did Ukrainian officials and generals pocket their share? Did The Big Guy get his usual slice? If Zelensky's claim is true—that he only received… pic.twitter.com/PYyZ9HOQ4M
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country has only received around $76 billion in aid from the United States despite America authorising around $175 billion to support the war-torn country.
In an interview with the Associated Press published over the weekend, President Zelensky said he doesn’t know where most of the money the United States allocated under the Biden administration to Ukraine has gone.
“When I hear – both in the past and even now – from the U.S. that America has provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions, as the president of a nation at war, I can tell you – we’ve received more than $75 billion,” he said. “We’re talking about tangible things because this aid didn’t come as cash but rather as weapons, which amounted to about $70 billion.”
“But when it’s said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war – that’s not true. I don’t know where all that money went,” Zelensky admitted.
“Perhaps it’s true on paper with hundreds of different programmes – I won’t argue, and we’re immensely grateful for everything. But in reality, we received about $76 billion. It’s significant aid, but it’s not $200 billion.”
The Ukrainian leader suggested that perhaps the additional funds went to humanitarian programmes, which he said he was “uninformed about, except for knowing of their existence”.
“Perhaps the U.S. President’s administration will audit these programmes and find additional billions, but I don’t know where those funds went,” Zelensky said.
He went on to note that following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many organisations fled the country and suggested that they may have also received U.S. taxpayer dollars.
While the U.S. Congress has authorised around $175 billion for Ukraine-related spending since 2022, much of the money has been directed to defence firms in the United States.
An analysis by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) found last year that nearly 70 per cent of Ukraine aid was spent in America, including replenishing U.S. weapons stockpiles, purchasing weapons to be sent to Ukraine, and funding Defence Department accounts.
There have been long-held concerns in Washington over sending billions of dollars to Ukraine given its issues with graft. In 2023, Transparency International ranked Ukraine as the second-most corrupt European nation, only behind Russia, with a score of 33 out of 100.
The Oversight Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has found that “Ukrainian government officials allegedly engaged in bribery, used government vehicles for personal use, and purchased inflated food supplies for Ukrainian forces.”
Despite previously downplaying the widespread corruption in the former Soviet state, the New York Times reported in 2023 that unnamed Ukrainian officials admitted U.S. taxpayer money intended for military contracts had “failed to produce weaponry or ammunition and that some money has vanished.”
US President Donald Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon about a variety of issues including Israel and the chances of the ceasefire holding.
“It certainly is a small country in terms of land.” He demonstrated how small Israel is compared to the rest of the region using his pen.
“It’s a pretty small piece of land, and it’s amazing that they’ve been able to do what they’ve been able to do when you think about it. There’s a lot of good, smart brainpower, but it is a very small piece of land,” he added.
Despite its small size, Israel has made remarkable strides in technology, defense, and diplomacy. With a land area of just about 8,550 square miles—smaller than the state of New Jersey—Israel has managed to establish itself as a powerhouse in cybersecurity, medicine, and military innovation.
New York Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler, long known for his harsh criticism of Israel, has once again launched an unfair attack on the Jewish state. Nadler, whose voting record has consistently aligned with the far-left agenda, voted against key measures aimed at combating rising antisemitism in the United States and abroad. This troubling move is further compounded by his financial ties to J Street, an organization notorious for undermining Israel’s interests and promoting policies that weaken its security.
Nadler’s stance is not new. Despite claiming to be a staunch supporter of Israel, his actions have repeatedly contradicted this claim. From voting against Israel’s right to defend itself during past conflicts to aligning with progressive factions that openly criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, Nadler’s rhetoric has emboldened Israel’s enemies.
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His latest remarks come at a time when Israel is facing unprecedented security challenges. Hamas and Hezbollah continue to escalate their threats from Gaza and Lebanon, and Iran remains steadfast in its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. In this environment, it is crucial for American leaders to show unwavering support for Israel and its democratically elected government. Yet, Nadler’s words and actions seem to play into the hands of those seeking to delegitimize and isolate Israel on the global stage.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars on some shocking expenditures.
USAID was established in 1961 to provide money made by Americans to help countries develop abroad.
However, the agency has been shuttered because Donald Trump and his pal Elon Musk have found that the aid being doled out overseas often does not accomplish core U.S. missions, like and expanding education and improving infrastructure.
'You've got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It's beyond repair,' Musk said of USAID on Monday. 'We're shutting it down.'
Now Musk and his DOGE officials are readying to dissolve the agency and roll it into the State Department, an idea theTeslaCEO says Trump is on board with.
Just after taking office, Trump and Secretary of StateMarco Rubioimplemented a 90-day freeze on mostforeign aidexpenditures to give the new administration time to review what USAID's $30 billion FY2025 budget is being used on. Rubio announced Monday he is now the acting director of USAID.
But some Republicans have been sounding the alarm on USAID for weeks, saying the agency is more focused on advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) than diplomacy.
And some USAID receipts show it. DailyMail.com breaks down some of the most shocking ways the agency has spent U.S. taxpayer money.
