European freeloaders will now have to carry their own weight.

While US President Donald J. Trump was already disembarking from a position of responsibility in the Ukrainian war effort, the perceived open betrayal by Euro-Globalists in NATO during have apparently sped up the process.

Today, an X thread by Pentagon’s top policy official laid out this new reality in minute detail, warning that from now on, military support for Ukraine cannot depend on the US, urging European allies to take the lead.

Politico reported:

“In remarks delivered at this week’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Berlin and published on X on Thursday evening, Elbridge Colby said Washington’s support had relied heavily on ‘drawing down finite U.S. stockpiles’, an approach he signaled is no longer sustainable.

‘Europe must accelerate its assumption of primary responsibility for the conventional defense of the continent,” Colby said. ‘This is not a matter of choice, but of strategic necessity’.

He added that continued assistance to Kyiv ‘must not rely on significant U.S. contributions’, urging allies to step up funding and production instead.”

After Zelensky (that Trump called ‘a P.T. Barnum’) got feeble Joe Biden to give him hundreds of billions to fund the Ukrainian war effort, now the US isn’t funding Kiev anymore.

There is a program (PURL) in which the US does sell weapons to NATO allies to transfer them to Ukraine.

But even that is uncertain, as right now, for example, already paid for weapons deliveries are being delayed, cause the military hardware is needed for the Iranian conflict.

My full remarks may be found here.https://t.co/1kmpKOKYq0 12/12

— Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby (@USWPColby) April 16, 2026

Read more:

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President Trump on Friday will deliver remarks at a TPUSA event in Phoenix, Arizona.

Trump will join Erika Kirk for a “Build the Red Wall” event ahead of this year’s midterms.

Air Force One touched down in Phoenix at approximately 4:45 pm ET.

The President briefly spoke with reporters on the tarmac in Phoenix about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

“The blockade will end when the agreement is signed. As soon as the agreement gets signed, that’s when the blockade ends,” Trump told reporters.

WATCH LIVE:

President Trump traveled out west on Thursday and made a stop in Las Vegas, Nevada

On Thursday President Trump traveled to Vegas to deliver a speech on his ‘No Tax on Tips’ policy.

I’m on Air Force One heading to Las Vegas and Arizona for Greetings and Speeches on NO TAX ON TIPS, a WINDFALL for our Great American Citizens.

I am watching one of the Least Attractive and Talented People on all of Television, Jessica Tarlov.

Her voice is so grating and terrible, I had to “turn her off!” Her Democrat soundbites are FAKE. She makes up “Poll Numbers,” and nobody challenges her, because she is so boring. I have among the best Poll Numbers I have ever had, and why shouldn’t I, ALL THE COUNTRY DOES IS WIN.

CNN had me at 100%, saying they never saw that before. GET HER OFF THE AIR, SHE IS BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY! I hear Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens are dying fast. Their numbers are terrible.

Nobody believes them anymore. They were FAKE MAGA, and now they’ve been exposed! President DJT

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While attending Tufts University, Rumeysa Ozturk, a medical graduate student from Turkey,  co-authored an anti- Israel op-ed and was accused of supporting the Hamas terrorist group. Now, after a lengthy legal battle with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Ozturk has self-deported back to Turkey.

In March 2025, the State Department under Secretary Marco Rubio quietly revoked her valid F-1 student visa.

Later, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehended the Turkish national outside her Massachusetts residence.

Masked ICE officers swiftly moved in on the terrorist sympathizer, confiscating her belongings and placing her in handcuffs after a months-long DHS investigation revealed that she had “engaged in activities in support of Hamas,” a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for murdering innocent civilians, including Americans.

“Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish national and Tufts University graduate student, granted the privilege to be in this country on a visa. DHS and ICE investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans,” a DHS spokesperson told ABC News.

“A visa is a privilege not a right. Glorifying and supporting terrorists who kill Americans is grounds for visa issuance to be terminated. This is commonsense security.”

Later, a federal judge in Massachusetts, Denise Casper, ordered that Ozturk not be removed from the U.S. without court approval.

After a flurry of multi-state transfers and hearings addressing jurisdiction and the lawfulness of her detention, an immigration judge initially denied bond, citing potential danger to the community.

But in May 2025, U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III (Vermont) ordered her immediate release on bail, with no travel restrictions beyond certain areas. She returned to Massachusetts shortly after.

In December 2025, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that her Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) record was wrongfully terminated and must be reinstated, allowing her to resume her research, teaching, and full participation in her PhD program at Tufts.

Ozturk completed and received her PhD from Tufts in February.

In February, an immigration judge terminated removal/deportation proceedings against her, determining that the DHS lacked legal grounds to deport her.

The DOJ, however, signaled continued attempts to deport Ozturk.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its attempts to deport Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi, after winning the Third Circuit case last week against Mahmoud Khalil: https://t.co/9p0FVlDxbu pic.twitter.com/jlQ7xvORtm

— Erik Uebelacker (@Uebey) January 23, 2026

Rather than continue the legal battle, Fox News reports that late Thursday night, Ozturk self-deported from the U.S. on a flight to Istanbul, Turkey.

The fallout from this immigration case and others has prompted President Trump to make changes.

In December, he fired eight immigration judges in New York City.

Earlier in April, Trump fired six more immigration judges for blocking deportations, including two of the immigration judges who blocked the deportation of Ozturk and another pro-Palestinian activist.

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The successful return of the Artemis II crew saw Cmdr. Reid Wiseman experience a shift in his heart toward Jesus Christ; hopefully this is only the beginning for him.

The crew returned to Earth April 10, landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California.

The nine-day mission was a historic one — this was the farthest a human crew had traveled from the planet.

The weight of the moment was not lost on Wiseman who told reporters he sought a chaplain after returning, despite saying, “I’m not really a religious person. [00:03]

“There was just no other avenue for me to explain anything or to experience anything, so I asked for the chaplain on the Navy ship to just come visit us for a minute,” he said. “And when that man walked in, I’d never met him before in my life, but I saw the cross on his collar and I just broke down in tears.

“It’s very hard to fully grasp what we just went through.”

NEW: Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman reflects on being MOVED to tears by the Christian cross after returning to Earth from the historic expedition:

“When I got back on the on the ship — I’m not really a religious person — but there was just no other avenue for me to explain… pic.twitter.com/yk2JBIkxrN

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 16, 2026

As it is written in Psalm 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”

The Artemis II crew saw God’s work in all its magnificence and were left awestruck by the experience.

Wiseman doesn’t proclaim himself a Christian or religious otherwise, but even he could not ignore that what he witnessed was not random circumstance.

He seems to be waking up to the truth, but the consciousness must catch up to his psyche.

The German physicist Werner Heisenberg said, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”

Wiseman, in the context of what humanity has experienced up to this point, glimpsed the bottom of the glass and proved Heisenberg’s statement holds true.

According to Premier Christian News, fellow crew member and pilot Victor Glover, an outspoken Christian, professed his faith before the mission and stated how important it was throughout his career.

“My career is fed by my faith, and you know, anytime I do something that’s pretty risky, I pray — before I fly, every time I fly. I fly airplanes a few times a week. Definitely when you go sit on top of a rocket ship.

“In the military, there’s a saying that there are no atheists in foxholes. There aren’t any on top of rockets, either,” said Glover, a member of the Church of Christ and a Sunday School teacher.

Before Artemis II’s launch he commented,  “I pray that God will bless this mission.

“But I also pray that we can continue to serve as a source of inspiration, for cooperation and peace, not just between nations but in our own nation.”

God blessed the mission in ways perhaps Glover did not anticipate, planting the seeds of faith in his commander.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch on Friday released FBI records that reveal would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was involved in an altercation before the shooting.

Thomas Crooks was able to climb on the roof of the AGR building, put President Trump in his scope from an elevated position, and fire his weapon at Trump.

A countersniper killed Crooks.

President Trump was shot in the ear, and firefighter Corey Comperatore was fatally shot.

According to the newly-released FBI documents, Crooks made “hateful comments” directed at Trump before he climbed on the roof of the AGR building and shot Trump.

Judicial Watch reported:

Judicial Watch announced today that it forced the release of 27 heavily redacted pages from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that show that would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was reportedly involved in an altercation with a group of people and making “hateful comments” directed at President Trump at the Butler, PA, rally site before the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt.

A July 17 FD-302 investigative report states that a woman who attended the Trump rally was interviewed by the FBI and reported that Crooks “had an altercation with a group of people in the area [where the woman was standing] prior to the shooting.” The witness continued that “she observed Crooks climbing the building a short time after the interaction.”

The report shows that another rally attendee interviewed by agents said he also heard the altercation involving Crooks at the rally. The report states, “[Redacted] reported just before Donald Trump came on the stage, CROOKS was making ‘hateful’ comments toward Trump. [Redacted] wasn’t sure if Crooks was filming the event or speaking with someone on his cell phone.”

A July 17 FD-302 investigative report shows that a woman contacted the National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) to report that she had attended the Trump rally in Butler and that she had seen a “suspicious individual” at the rally who was acting “very nervous” in the parking lot and she took a picture of the license plate of his Hyundai vehicle.

“It should not have taken two years and a federal lawsuit to find out that the Butler shooter was involved in an altercation with Trump supporters and made hateful comments towards Trump at the Butler rally minutes before he nearly killed Trump. These new FBI documents are disturbing and astonishing, detailing more conduct by the shooter that should have gotten the attention of Secret Service,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

BREAKING: FBI Reports Uncovered by @JudicialWatch Lawsuit Reveal Butler Shooter Got Into Altercation With @RealDonaldTrump Supporters and Made Hateful Comments About Trump Minutes Before Assassination Attempt! https://t.co/8F64teEAfT

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 17, 2026

The FBI last year concluded that Thomas Crooks acted alone.

The so-called ‘security lapses’ and circumstances surrounding the assassination attempt against Trump raise questions about how Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to pull everything off by himself.

Thomas Crooks flew a drone over the Butler fairgrounds at least twice on the day of the Trump rally.

He flew his drone at approximately 3:50 – 4:05 pm that day – during the time the Secret Service was having connectivity issues.

A photo of Thomas Crooks was taken shortly before he somehow managed to get up onto the roof of the building.

At 5:14 pm, just one hour before the assassination attempt of Trump, a member of the Beaver County sniper team took a photo of Crooks checking his cell phone.

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