Trump toughens crackdown on immigration and diversity

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  • January 23, 2025

Close advisor and world’s richest man Elon Musk revealed budding tensions when he bashed an AI investment mega project that Trump himself publicly touted at a televised White House event, flanked by top Silicon Valley tycoons.

And Trump prompted questions when he threatened Russia with sanctions if it doesn’t accept an unspecified Ukraine peace deal — something he previously had claimed he would broker within 24 hours.

His predecessor Joe Biden had left him a “lot of work,” Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity in his first television interview since taking office.

As Los Angeles continues to be scorched by wildfires, he also floated the idea of ending federal disaster aid and disbanding FEMA, the government agency that manages disasters.

“I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” he told Hannity.

Migrants and diversity fight

Trump, who has more than a dozen ex-Fox News employees in his adminstration, discussed his barrage of executive orders and his plans for the first 100 days.

But it was a typically divisive conversation, with Trump — investigated for leading unprecedented efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss — calling Democrats “stupid” and claiming that “the only thing they’re good at, really, is cheating.”

Since reentering the White House, Trump has focused heavily on harsh migration measures.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump was dispatching 1,500 troops to add to the 2,000-plus contingent already at the Mexican border.

He likewise halted arrivals of refugees already cleared to enter the United States as part of the crackdown, according to a State Department memo.

Trump’s other main target has been on anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.

He ordered related government websites and social media accounts to go offline and federal workers involved to put on paid leave.

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