Day TWENTY-THREE of Presidential recovery
According to the New York Times, the test vote indicated that despite early reservations even among some Republicans, the former Democratic congresswoman had the necessary support to be confirmed in a vote expected by Wednesday.
The Senate on Monday voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence, signaling the collapse of Republican resistance to her nomination and placing her on a smooth path to confirmation.
President Trump ordered the Secret Service on Friday to provide him “every bit of information” about his two would-be assassins.
“I’m entitled to know,” he told The Post.
“I want to find out about the two assassins. . . . Why did the one guy have six cell phones and why did the other guy have [foreign] apps?
“No more holding back because of Biden. . . . I’m entitled to know. And they held it back long enough.
“No excuses.”
The CBS News poll is in, and here is what the country thinks about President Donald Trump:
It appears that our youth love him!
One of the best things is that Margaret Brennan was forced to announce the results on the air. Must have just about killed her. I can almost see those salty tears.
On the other side . . .
Bloomberg interviews Scott Bessent about a number of issues.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Elon Musk and his government efficiency team are not “tinkering” with any federal payment data. He says the group does important work. Bessent also talks about the strength of the US dollar, President Donald Trump’s agenda and meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Saleha Mohsin.
Regarding DOGE, Bessent says that nobody at Treasury can change data, since control of data and programs lies with the Federal Reserve.