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The White House Articles September 23, 2025 Today, in remarks to the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald J. Trump delivered a powerful rebuke to the destructive globalism that has fueled endless conflict and chaos around the world. During the address, President Trump was unapologetic in proclaiming American strength as he unveiled a bold vision for sovereign nations to unite against the true threats of terrorism, unchecked migration, biological warfare, and loss of cultural identity. Here are highlights from President Trump’s speech: “America is blessed with the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, the strongest friendships, and the strongest spirit of any nation on the face of the earth. This is indeed the Golden Age of America.” “Four months in a row, the number of illegal aliens admitted and entering our country has been zero… Our message is very simple: If you come illegally into the United States, you’re going to jail or you’re going back to where you came from.” “In a period of just seven months, I have ended seven ‘un-endable’ wars… No President or Prime Minister — and for that matter, no other country — has ever done anything close to that… It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them — and sadly, in all cases, the United Nations did not even try to help.” “What is the purpose of the United Nations? The UN has such tremendous potential… All they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter, and then never follow that letter up. It’s empty words — and empty words don’t solve war.” “Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize… but for me, the real prize will be the sons and daughters who live to grow up with their mothers and fathers because millions of people are no longer being killed in endless and un-glorious wars. What I care about is not winning prizes, it’s saving lives.” “A dramatically better future is …

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United States Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York, New York September 24, 2025 AS DELIVERED BRIAN KILMEADE: Meanwhile President Trump is saying, quote, in a huge truth social post, I’ll take an excerpt. “I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of their, Ukraine’s back in its original form.” Here to discuss this, is Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, in his first interview since being sworn in officially. Ambassador, congratulations. AMBASSADOR MIKE WALTZ: Thanks Brian. KILMEADE: You were in the eye of the storm. The change in positions of President Trump to where he is right now with President Zelenskyy. How would you characterize it? AMBASSADOR WALTZ: Well, I think you’re seeing, the President’s frustration and disappointment, frankly, with Putin. He has made innumerable calls. We had the summits in Saudi Arabia, in Turkey, in Alaska, obviously, and look, at the end of the day, Putin has to end this war. The President has made it very clear. His intent, and what you’re seeing now is you’re seeing, with the President’s urging, you’re seeing Europe increasingly stepping up. They’re now committing 5 percent of their GDP, which for years, it was not only, it wasn’t even just half, it was just a third that was meeting the bare minimum of 2 percent. So, they’re stepping up, they’re buying our weapons, they’re taking more responsibility for their security, and eventually, one way or another, Putin’s going to get the message. And one other point, Brian, that I think is, that we have to hammer – and the President hammered home in his speech yesterday – Europe can’t be buying Russian oil and gas at the same time they’re demanding help to fight this war. That has to stop. KILMEADE: And do you also believe we have to lift the restrictions on the weapons we give Ukraine and let them hit the country that invaded them with long range …

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The White House Fact Sheets September 19, 2025 Protecting American Jobs Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation to restrict the entry into the United States of certain H-1B aliens as nonimmigrant workers, requiring a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions for new applications to curb abuses that displace U.S. workers and undermine national security. The Proclamation restricts entry for aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in specialty occupations in the H-1B program unless their petition is accompanied by a $100,000 payment. It directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to restrict approvals for petitions from aliens that are currently outside the United States that are not accompanied by the payment, and allows case-by-case exemptions if in the national interest. The Proclamation requires employers to retain documentation of payment remittance, with the Secretary of State verifying payment during the petition process and the Departments of State and Homeland Security denying entry for non-payment for the relevant aliens and taking other relevant steps needed to implement the Proclamation. It requires the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security to issue joint guidance for verification, enforcement, audits, and penalties. The Proclamation directs the Secretary of Labor to initiative rulemaking to revise the prevailing wage levels for the H-1B program and directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to initiate rulemaking to prioritize high-skilled, high-paid H-1B workers. Combating H-1B Abuses American workers are being replaced with lower-paid foreign labor, creating an economic and national security threat to the nation. The share of IT workers with H-1B visas has risen from 32% in FY 2003 to over 65% in recent years. Unemployment among recent computer science graduates has reached 6.1% and 7.5% for computer engineering graduates — more than double the …

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The White House Presidential Actions The Gold Card September 19, 2025 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United States to perform additive, high-skilled functions, but it has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor. The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program has undermined both our economic and national security. Some employers, using practices now widely adopted by entire sectors, have abused the H-1B statute and its regulations to artificially suppress wages, resulting in a disadvantageous labor market for American citizens, while at the same time making it more difficult to attract and retain the highest skilled subset of temporary workers, with the largest impact seen in critical science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The number of foreign STEM workers in the United States has more than doubled between 2000 and 2019, increasing from 1.2 million to almost 2.5 million, while overall STEM employment has only increased 44.5 percent during that time. Among computer and math occupations, the foreign share of the workforce grew from 17.7 percent in 2000 to 26.1 percent in 2019. And the key facilitator for this influx of foreign STEM labor has been the abuse of the H-1B visa. Information technology (IT) firms in particular have prominently manipulated the H-1B system, significantly harming American workers in computer-related fields. The share of IT workers in the H-1B program grew from 32 percent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 to an average of over 65 percent in the last 5 fiscal years. In addition, some of the most prolific H-1B employers are now consistently IT outsourcing companies. Using these H 1B-reliant IT outsourcing companies provides significant savings for employers: one study of tech workers showed …

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The White House Fact Sheets September 19, 2025 STABLISHING THE GOLD CARD: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to create the Gold Card visa program, facilitating expedited immigration for aliens who make significant financial gifts to the United States. The Order directs the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, to establish a “Gold Card” program. The program facilitates expedited immigrant visas for aliens donating $1 million individually or $2 million if paid for by a corporation or similar entity on behalf of an individual. The Order instructs that these gifts serve as evidence of exceptional business ability and national benefit, expediting adjudication consistent with legal and security concerns. The Order directs the Secretary of Commerce to deposit the gifts into the Treasury and use them to promote commerce and American industry. The Order requires the Secretaries to take all necessary and appropriate steps to implement the Gold Card program, including establishing application processes, fees, and potential expansions to other visa categories. REFORMING IMMIGRATION FOR NATIONAL BENEFIT: This Order will realign Federal immigration policy with the Nation’s interests and bring prosperity to America. The Biden Administration’s lax immigration policies enabled cartels, terrorists, and malign actors to exploit our borders, overwhelming our communities and forcing emergency declarations in border towns. The Biden Administration also permitted abuse of the refugee process, straining resources without regard for America’s economic or security interests. The Gold Card prioritizes entry for high-value contributors to American society, including successful entrepreneurs, investors, and businessmen. By requiring substantial gifts, the program will generate revenue and provide certainty to immigrants who can make significant contributions to the …

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The White House Presidential Actions The Gold Card September 19, 2025 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  My Administration has worked relentlessly to undo the disastrous immigration policies of the prior administration.  Those policies produced a deluge of immigrants, without serious consideration of how those immigrants would affect America’s interests. Most significantly, the prior administration permitted millions of aliens to enter the United States illegally, to the detriment of public safety, national security, and the rule of law.  International cartels, transnational criminal organizations, terrorists, and foreign malign actors took advantage of those open borders policies.  The prior administration also permitted abuse of the refugee process, swamping towns and cities with aliens and, in some cases, forcing them to declare emergencies to combat the crisis. It is a priority of my Administration to realign Federal immigration policy with the Nation’s interests by ending illegal immigration and prioritizing the admission of aliens who will affirmatively benefit the Nation, including successful entrepreneurs, investors, and businessmen and women. To advance that policy, I hereby announce the Gold Card, a visa program overseen by the Secretary of Commerce that will facilitate the entry of aliens who have demonstrated their ability and desire to advance the interests of the United States by voluntarily providing a significant financial gift to the Nation. Sec. 2.  The Gold Card.  (a)  The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a “Gold Card” program authorizing an alien who makes an unrestricted gift to the Department of Commerce under 15 U.S.C. 1522 (or for whom a corporation or similar entity makes such a gift) to establish eligibility for an …

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