Bush, Obama Join Forces To Criticize Closing
Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama joined U2 frontman Bono on Monday to console USAID employees and take some final shots at President Donald Trump after the agency was shut down over fraud and mismanagement.
“Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy,” Obama said in a video message to outgoing staff, The New York Post reported. “Because it’s some of the most important work happening anywhere in the world.”
He called the move “a colossal mistake” and added, “Sooner or later, leaders on both sides of the aisle will realize how much you are needed.”
Bush, Obama, and Bono all appeared via videoconference to speak directly to USAID staff as the agency was officially shuttered following a federal probe into corruption and abuse. Media were not present, but clips from the event were reviewed by the Associated Press.
USAID, founded under the Kennedy administration, was created to provide foreign economic aid. But earlier this year, it became one of the first targets of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which was established by President Trump to root out government waste. Then-DOGE head Elon Musk slammed the agency as “a viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America.”
USAID was officially absorbed by the State Department on Tuesday.
In a rare public rebuke, Bush, who has largely avoided criticizing Trump, said the closure ends a major piece of his presidency—the AIDS and HIV relief initiative that is credited with saving 25 million lives around the world.
“You’ve showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart,” Bush told the staff. “Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.”
Bono read a poem he wrote to mark the end of the agency, claiming it would lead to widespread suffering.
“They called you crooks. When you were the best of us,” he said.
The Associated Press said Bono and Obama were emotional in their remarks, and Bush stayed focused on legacy. Fox News Digital reached out to both former presidents’ offices but did not receive a response.
Bono already claimed that cutting USAID would lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths. In 2016, he slammed Trump as “potentially the worst idea that ever happened to America.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who served as USAID’s acting administrator in its final weeks, announced the State Department would take over all foreign aid functions moving forward.
“Beyond creating a globe-spanning NGO industrial complex at taxpayer expense, USAID has little to show since the end of the Cold War,” Rubio said in his announcement.
“Development objectives have rarely been met, instability has often worsened, and anti-American sentiment has only grown.”
“This era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end,” he added. “Under the Trump Administration, we will finally have a foreign funding mission in America that prioritizes our national interests.”
He said that as of July 1, USAID “will officially cease to implement foreign assistance.”
“Foreign assistance programs that align with administration policies—and which advance American interests—will be administered by the State Department, where they will be delivered with more accountability, strategy, and efficiency.”
USAID’s closure comes after DOGE led the charge in early 2025 to root out federal waste. Trump has praised DOGE repeatedly, including during a March address to Congress where he celebrated $22 billion in identified waste, including massive spending at USAID.
“Forty-five million dollars for diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships in Burma,” Trump said, listing examples. “Forty million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. Nobody knows what that is.
“Eight million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of. Sixty million dollars for indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in Central America. Sixty million. Eight million for making mice transgender,” he added.
We'll Have to Arrest Him'
WASHINGTON D.C. — The ultimate political showdown has officially arrived in the Big Apple. Following a stunning electoral upset where self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo to become the Mayor of New York City, President Donald Trump is putting the city's new radical leadership on strict federal notice.
After Mamdani used his fiery victory speech to launch a blistering attack against the President, Trump joined Fox News host Bret Baier to deliver a massive reality check.
"A VERY ANGRY SPEECH"
During his victory address, the 34-year-old Mamdani called Trump a "despot" who has "betrayed" the nation, urging his far-left supporters to dismantle the conditions that allowed Trump to accumulate power.
Trump was completely unfazed but issued a stark warning about how Washington operates.
"I thought it was a very angry speech," Trump told Baier. "Certainly angry toward me, and I think he should be nice to me. I’m sort of the one that has to approve a lot of things coming to him, so he’s off to a bad start."
Trump noted that Mamdani's combative rhetoric is a "very dangerous statement for him to make," adding that if the new mayor isn't respectful to the federal government, "he doesn’t have a chance of succeeding."
The President was quick to clarify his actual priorities: "I want to make the city succeed, I don’t want to make him succeed."
The Ideological Clash
The PoliticianCurrent RolePolitical Stance / FocusDonald TrumpU.S. PresidentAmerica First, strict ICE enforcement, border security.Zohran MamdaniNYC MayorDemocratic Socialist, anti-ICE, sanctuary city advocate.
When asked about Mamdani's far-left ideology, Trump did not mince words. "Look, for thousands of years communism has not worked. Communism, or the concept of communism, has not worked. I tend to doubt it will work this time," he stated, though he admitted he was "torn" because of his deep love for his hometown of New York City.
"WE'LL HAVE TO ARREST HIM"
The tension between the two leaders goes far beyond campaign rhetoric; it is rooted in a massive upcoming legal battle over federal immigration enforcement.
Throughout his campaign, Mamdani aggressively vowed to obstruct federal authorities, explicitly promising to "stop masked ICE agents from deporting our neighbors."
When previously asked about this exact threat to block federal law enforcement, President Trump delivered the ultimate bombshell response:
"Well then, we’ll have to arrest him."
"Look, we don’t need a communist in this country, but if we have one, I’m going to be watching over him very carefully on behalf of the nation," Trump added.
While Trump noted during his Fox News interview that it would be "more appropriate" for Mamdani to reach out to the White House first to establish a working relationship, the battle lines have clearly been drawn. If the socialist mayor attempts to physically obstruct ICE agents from cleaning up the streets of New York, the Trump administration is fully prepared to hold him legally accountable.
Their Luck FINALLY Ran Out: Bill & Hillary Clinton In Legal Hot Water - Top Republican NAILS Them
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The political and legal walls have rapidly closed in on the Clinton political dynasty. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued a brutal, unprecedented ultimatum to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: stop dodging congressional subpoenas regarding Jeffrey Epstein, or face criminal contempt of Congress charges.
The subpoenas, originally issued in August 2025, demanded the Clintons sit for formal depositions regarding their knowledge of and associations with the notorious, late sex-offender and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
"DELAYED, OBSTRUCTED, AND IGNORED"
For months, the Clintons managed to push back the dates of their testimony. But Comer officially ran out of patience, moving to advance criminal contempt charges in early 2026.
“It has been more than four months since Bill and Hillary Clinton were subpoenaed to sit for depositions related to our investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s horrific crimes,” Comer fired off in a blistering public statement late last year. “Throughout that time, the former President and former Secretary of State have delayed, obstructed, and largely ignored the Committee staff’s efforts to schedule their testimony."
Faced with the very real threat of massive fines and potential incarceration, the Clintons ultimately caved. In late February 2026, both Bill and Hillary Clinton finally sat for closed-door, filmed depositions. While a spokesperson for Bill Clinton has continually insisted the former President knew nothing of Epstein's criminal conduct, his well-documented travels on Epstein’s private aircraft remain a massive focal point for Republican investigators.
THE 95,000 PHOTOS
The stakes were raised even higher when committee Democrats released a batch of 19 photographs obtained directly from Epstein's sprawling estate, showing high-profile figures including Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Prince Andrew.
However, those 19 photos are merely a drop in the bucket. The committee is currently sitting on a trove of more than 95,000 images recovered from the estate, sparking intense panic across Washington over who else might be exposed in the coming months.
INTERNAL FBI CHAOS
The congressional push for transparency occurred against a backdrop of absolute chaos inside the Justice Department over how the Epstein files are being handled.
Journalist Rachel Bade previously revealed explosive details regarding a "fiery confrontation" between former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi. The clash centered around a highly controversial DOJ memo that definitively stated there was no evidence of a secret Epstein "client list" and no proof Epstein was blackmailing prominent individuals.
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The memo contradicted years of speculation and deeply angered the MAGA base. Bongino reportedly clashed so severely with senior officials over the release of the memo that he ultimately stepped down from his FBI role in January 2026, signaling a massive internal fracture over the Deep State's handling of the Epstein saga.
With thousands of photos still hidden and a slew of former Attorneys General and FBI Directors—including James Comey, Bill Barr, and Merrick Garland—also facing subpoenas, the fight for total accountability in the Epstein network is just getting started.
