Treasury Secretary Bessent: Thanks to Trump’s Pro-Growth Policies – Blue Collar Wages Are Up Nearly 2% in First Five Months of Administration
June 17, 2025
President Trump is in a league of his own. Only Trump has lifted blue collar wages by nearly 2 percent so far this year.
Trump Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced on Tuesday that real wages for hourly workers are up nearly 2 percent so far this year. This is the strongest growth in 60 years.
This is all thanks to President Trump’s pro-growth, America First policies.
Notice that Trump and Richard Nixon are the only two presidents that saw wage growth for blue collar workers.
The 1.7% growth by President Trump is even more impressive considering Joe Biden oversaw negative wage growth of 1.7% during his years as president.
This does not seem to be making many headlines in the mainstream media for some reason.
“UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump Seriously Considering Strike on Iran: Reveals the US Now Has Control Over Iran’s Skies, Says He Knows Where Supreme Leader is Hiding
June 17, 2025
President Trump on Tuesday revealed the US now has control over Iran’s skies and seemingly called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”
President Trump left the G7 Summit in Canada early and returned to DC on Monday evening after telling everyone to evacuate Tehran.
The White House said President Trump left the G7 Summit after he had dinner with Heads of State.
On Tuesday President Trump prepared to meet with his National Security Council in the Situation Room to discuss whether to strike Iran or not.
According to Axios, Trump is seriously considering a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
US officials told Axios that the US is focusing on Fordow Plant, a nuclear facility under a mountain and it would take a US-made bunker busting weapon to destroy the plant.
“We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA,” Trump said.
Trump said
“We know exactly where the so-called “Supreme Leader” is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said.
President Trump fired off a third post on Truth Social.
The $96 Billion Lie: How Liberal Economists Manipulate Immigration Statistics to Hide the Truth About America’s Job Crisis
June 17, 2025
Image: Wikimedia Commons Oliver White / Crops on the hill / CC BY-SA 2.0
An economic analysis reveals how selective statistics are used to portray illegal immigration as beneficial while obscuring its true impact on American workers.
For years, liberal advocacy groups and complicit media outlets have pushed a narrative that sounds almost too good to be true: illegal immigrants are contributing $96 billion annually in taxes while maintaining higher employment rates than native-born Americans. Like most things that sound too good to be true, this claim crumbles under basic economic scrutiny.
The recent surge in claims about immigrant “tax contributions” and “employment rates” represents a sophisticated misinformation campaign. The cornerstone of pro-illegal immigration propaganda is the claim that undocumented immigrants pay $96 billion in taxes annually. This figure, popularized by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and parroted by countless media outlets, is a masterpiece of statistical deception.
The $96 billion figure lumps together sales taxes paid by everyone, excise taxes on gasoline and utilities, property taxes supposedly “indirectly paid through rent”, which is an economic fallacy, and a small fraction of actual income taxes.
Advocates then present this mix as if undocumented immigrants are dutifully filing tax returns and contributing to Social Security like law-abiding citizens.
They are not.
One of the most egregious manipulations is counting rent payments as “indirect property tax contributions.” This violates basic economic principles. When someone pays rent, they are buying housing services from a landlord. The landlord pays property taxes from rental income, but tenants are no more “paying property taxes” than they are paying the landlord’s mortgage or maintenance costs. That’s why renters cannot claim these deductions on their tax returns.
Another major misrepresentation involves Social Security. Liberal groups claim undocumented workers “pay into Social Security without drawing benefits,” creating a net gain.
The way the scam works: multiple illegal workers use the same borrowed or false Social Security number, a crime, and all earnings are credited to that one legal person’s account. For example, five individuals might use the same SSN to drive for Uber or deliver for Grubhub. At retirement, the person who owns the SSN collects benefits based on all their combined earnings. Liberals argue that only 20% of illegal workers draw benefits, but one person receives payouts inflated by multiple workers’ contributions.
There’s no net gain. Contributions are misattributed, resulting in higher benefits for a single recipient.
While liberal groups exaggerate economic contributions, they downplay the negative impact on the U.S. job market. Basic economics: as labor supply rises and demand stays constant, wages fall. With an estimated 11–18 million undocumented workers, many from countries where U.S. minimum wage is aspirational, the labor supply is artificially inflated, especially in unskilled and semi-skilled sectors.
Foreign-born workers make up over 19% of the U.S. workforce, more than 32 million out of 169 million, and consistently have higher labor force participation rates than native-born Americans. This displaces U.S. workers and puts downward pressure on wages across the employment ladder, pushing some out of the labor force entirely. Due to the lack of Social Security numbers, it’s likely that undocumented immigrants are undercounted in these figures, meaning the actual percentage of foreign-born workers is even higher.
Take California, where the minimum wage is $16.50. Illegals have driven down wages in building trades, where construction workers now earn just $20.66–$24.83 per hour, and in agriculture, where wages average $17.23–$17.75. When people say Americans “don’t want these jobs,” the truth is they don’t want them at those wages. Why do years of hard training for a $22/hour trade job when you can work at Walmart or McDonald’s for $16.50 in air conditioning?
And under current unemployment calculations, working even one hour per week counts as “employed.” So if an American loses a good construction job to an illegal and ends up working part-time at McDonald’s, it doesn’t change the unemployment rate.
Advocates also ignore the massive public costs. Undocumented immigrants’ children strain public schools. Emergency room visits and uncompensated healthcare burden hospitals and taxpayers. Local and state benefits are provided regardless of legal status. Increased wear on roads, utilities, and public infrastructure leads to costly maintenance and expansion. Most importantly, direct competition with American workers in construction, hospitality, and agriculture depresses wages across entire industries.
Liberals claim illegals don’t get welfare and don’t qualify for Social Security or federal programs. But that’s a myth. Undocumented immigrants qualify for a range of benefits, including Emergency Medicaid, WIC, school meals, Head Start, emergency disaster aid, and treatment at Federally Qualified Health Centers. Federal law guarantees access to ER care. Many states go further, 14 states and D.C. provide state-funded healthcare for all children regardless of status, and 7 states plus D.C. extend this to adults. California offers full healthcare to all low-income immigrants, regardless of legal status.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates the net cost of illegal immigration at over $150 billion annually, even after subtracting tax contributions.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee Sends President Trump Powerful Text Message with a Historical Analogy as Trump Weighs His Options On Israel-Iran War
June 17, 2025
One underrated voice in President Trump’s ear has broken his silence on the ongoing Israel-Iran war with a lengthy and powerful statement this morning that contains significant historical context.
As The Gateway Pundit’s Kristinn Taylor previously reported, Israel carried out a massive bombing campaign on Iran’s nuclear sites. The Jewish state conducted the preemptive strike, called “Strength of a Lion,” after receiving dire intelligence that its sworn enemy had enough enriched uranium to build several bombs within days.
Iran, of course, has made the complete destruction of Israel its primary mission. Just imagine what would happen if the Islamic Republic ever achieved its nuclear aims.
While Trump has pushed both sides to make peace, he has also stated that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and that “it’s possible” America could get involved in the war. Moreover, he has harshly criticized former ally Tucker Carlson for criticizing his handling of the conflict.
As Trump continues to consider his options, another important voice has shared his thoughts. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee recently sent the president a powerful text message that Trump thought was significant enough to share.
Huckabee starts by expressing his heartfelt belief that God had a hand in saving President Trump’s life and noted that Trump is the one person made for the moment.
The ambassador then encourages Trump to listen to God and let Him help make the most important foreign policy decision (at least in Huckabee’s opinion) since former president Harry Truman ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki back in 1945.
Huckabee closed by noting he is honored to serve Trump during this critical moment in history.
Here is the full message:
Mr President, God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century—maybe ever. The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else.
You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice. I am your appointed servant in this land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts.
No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945.
I don’t reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you. I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s. You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears, and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave.
I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU! It is my honor to serve you!
Huckabee’s line on Truman is raising eyebrows on social media with many wondering why he included that to begin with.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in a text to Trump likens his possible decision on Iran to Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan https://t.co/bDVxum8RJI
Did you all read the memo Mike Huckabee sent to the President. The one line sent chills through me…..that this might just be the second biggest decision a president has had to make since Truman in 1945
Woman Charged For Assaulting Ed Martin Detained in DC Jail for Threatening Neighbor with Crowbar
June 17, 2025
The woman who was charged for assaulting DOJ official Ed Martin has been detained in a DC jail for threatening a neighbor with a crowbar.
Last month, the Justice Department charged the unhinged woman who spat on DOJ official Ed Martin.
The woman, identified as Emily Gabriella Sommer, was charged with violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and employees of the United States).
Earlier this month the DOJ asked the Court to detain Emily Sommer pending trial because she threatened Ed Martin and Jeannine Pirro in a series of X posts.
On Tuesday, Emily Sommer was put in a DC jail after threatening a neighbor with a crowbar.
Emily Sommer is being screened for competency.
The woman charged for spitting on Ed Martin has been detained in DC jail for threatening a neighbor and banging on her door with a crowbar. She’s being screened for competency.
Prosecutor in the local case? The demoted Jason McCullough, who put the Proud Boys in jail after J6. pic.twitter.com/NBmEJM1EjK
Sommer spat on then-Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin last month while he was interviewing with Newsmax.
“We need to stay focused,” Ed Martin said during an interview with Newsmax when he was interrupted by a leftist protester who approached him.
Ed Martin backed up as the woman became aggressive and spat on him.
“Whoa!” Ed Martin said.
“You’re a disgusting man!” the woman said as she walked away with her dog in tow.
In the uncensored version, the woman is heard screaming, “who the f*ck are you?! You are Ed Martin!” before spitting on him.
WATCH:
This afternoon acting DC US Atty Ed Martin was spit on by a psychotic lib during our interview. Hope she’s ready for a nice stretch in jail. pic.twitter.com/2Y5hj41V0l
In a recent court filing, the DOJ said additional assault charges and a stalking charge are possible.
The DOJ filing argued that Emily Sommer’s X posts threatening Ed Martin and Judge Pirro violated her probation.
@EagleEdMartin you mad, bro? You got fired, and then caught a loogie to the shoulder. I don’t think that makes you any sort of “active” official. You’re in the wrong court, you red-nose Rudolph stumbling bumbling alcoholic. You have quite literally no brain. Come at me dawg,…
Sommer issued a veiled threat to Judge Jeanine Pirro.
“And lmaoooooo @JudgeJeanine is the bish that took your job That’s gotta hurt. And she’s got so much trash talk comin her way too, don’t worry bish, you’ll get it too,” Sommer said.
And lmaoooooo @JudgeJeanine is the bish that took your job That’s gotta hurt. And she’s got so much trash talk comin her way too, don’t worry bish, you’ll get it too.
THE OTHER WAR: Russian Missiles and Drones Target Kiev Airport and Other Military Facilities (VIDEOS)
June 17, 2025
Zhulyany airport in Kiev is burning.
While the eyes of the world are fixated on the Israel-Iran war, back in Europe Russia and Ukraine continue in their fourth year of war.
Last night, a massive air raid on Kiev left several targets burning, including drone-filled hangars at the National Aviation University.
Following a massive geranium drone strike, the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces also launched missile strikes against Ukraine, reportedly including 3 Kinzhal Hypersonic ballistic missiles.
Watch:
Everything is on fire: A new wave of missiles and drones attacked the Kiev airport “Zhulyany” with the positioning area of the “Patriot” air defense system
The airport was first hit by Geranium drones and cruise missiles for the second time that night. pic.twitter.com/J9RnpJJ6yy
Kiev has been burning for hours: after the Geranium drones, a strike was launched by Kinzhal missiles from MiG-31 aircraft and Kalibr missiles from Navy ships.
A major fire is concentrated on the territory of the Zhulyany airport, where launchers and other elements of the Patriot air defense system are located.
Zhulyany airport in Kiev.
Dozens of hits on this base tonight with a mix of weapons.
“Last night, Geraniums carried out a group strike on the Zhulyany airport and the town near it. A number of buildings of the aviation institute were reportedly damaged, and a Patriot air defense system was destroyed.
According to preliminary data, the night attack on Kiev was aimed exclusively at military and paramilitary infrastructure, which is confirmed by the geography of the fires, recorded by thermal anomalies.
Those hit were:
Kiev Armored Plant
482nd Design and Technology Center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (military unit A-2070)
1899th Central Base for Repair and Storage of Communication Equipment (military unit A-0476)
195th Central Base of Railway Equipment (military unit T-0710)
Warehouses southeast of the Antonov plant – according to unofficial data, there could have been already assembled drones there, ready for use.
The territory of Zhulyany airport, where, apparently, at least three flights landed.
Particular emphasis was placed on facilities that ensure the restoration and repair of armored vehicles, the assembly of drones and their subsequent dispatch closer to the front line.”
Kiev
Last night, Gerani carried out a group strike on the Zhulyany airport and the town near it. A number of buildings of the aviation institute were reportedly damaged, and a Patriot air defense system was destroyed. pic.twitter.com/8Ns2Y2wkTm
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