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A new report reveals that Joe Biden, while in the White House, pressured a dozen corporations to debank Donald Trump, sending regulators to harass and investigate banks, even fining them, until they cooperated.
And a report in the Washington Stand reveals they used the concept of "reputational risk" in their threats against the banks.
The report comes on the heels of Trump actually signing an executive order that intends to do away with that option.
His "Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans" was just announced.
The report explained that the New York Post documented how Biden pushed for "at least 12 financial institutions to either refuse to do business with Trump or close accounts that he already had."
Trump earlier identified two of those who gave in to Biden's pressure as JPMorganChase and Bank of America.
The Stand explained, "The Biden administration used 'reputational risk' to send regulators to pressure major banks, harassing, investigating, and even fining banks until they complied. The 'reputational risk' rule was originally designed to be used against criminals, like mass fraudsters or notorious sex trafficker and self-styled financier Jeffrey Epstein, but the Biden administration cited the events of January 6, 2021, to turn 'reputational risk' against Trump."
Trump's new order now gives banks and others 120 days to rescind policies discriminating against clients on the basis of political or religious views. And they've been ordered to track down those they already punished, and offer them services.
The Post said the Biden campaign to harm Trump's banking abilities came in the months after Trump left the White House in 2021.
The Post warned, "It should be reported as much as possible for the simple reason that if any big bank can cancel a former president over politics as opposed to illegality, then every American citizen is in danger of facing the same mistreatment."
The Post reported, "Keep in mind, there are already laws preventing the likes of JPMorgan, BofA and Capital One — the banks Trump has publicly stated canceled him — from being conduits for drug kingpins and Mafiosi. (Trump has sued Capital One, which denied Trump's allegations.) Debanking takes it further. It forces banks to remove customers who might pose nothing more than 'reputational risk,' a flighty rule enforced by bank regulators in recent years to keep financial institutions from doing business with people like Jeffrey Epstein."
The Post explained Biden unleashed his "bank regulatory cops at the Office of Comptroller of Currency, the FDIC and the semi-independent Federal Reserve to go beyond nixing perverted financiers from their platform."
"They used the amorphous nature of what is reputational risk to enforce a political regime, the bank officials said."
In the bull's-eye then was anything to do with Trump, anything to do with crypto, as well as things to do with guns and "certain conservative religious organizations."
It explained, "As bad as the events of Jan. 6 were, Trump did tell the crowd that crazy afternoon to protest peacefully. Trump didn't break the law holding a rally."
Trump's new order says, "Bank regulators have used supervisory scrutiny and other influence over regulated banks to direct or otherwise encourage politicized or unlawful debanking activities. 'Operation Chokepoint,' for example, was a well-documented and systemic means by which Federal regulators pushed banks to minimize their involvement with individuals and companies engaged in lawful activities and industries disfavored by regulators based on factors other than individualized, objective, risk-based standards.
"As a result, individuals, their businesses, and their families have been subjected to debanking on the basis of their political affiliations, religious beliefs or lawful business activities, and have suffered frozen payrolls, debt and crushing interest, and other significant harms to their livelihoods, reputations, and financial well-being. Such practices are incompatible with a free society and the principle that the provision of banking services should be based on material, measurable, and justifiable risks. Such practices, when wielded to discriminate against customers and businesses in credit transactions due to their religion, are also unlawful under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.). They further undermine public trust in banking institutions and their regulators, discriminate against political beliefs and free expression of those beliefs, and weaponize a politicized regulatory state. "
He said, "It is the policy of the United States that no American should be denied access to financial services because of their constitutionally or statutorily protected beliefs, affiliations, or political views, and to ensure that politicized or unlawful debanking is not used as a tool to inhibit such beliefs, affiliations, or political views. Banking decisions must instead be made on the basis of individualized, objective, and risk-based analyses."
New York City is shutting down the last of its notorious migrant hotels, marking the end of a dark chapter that saw well over 200,000 flood the city under Joe Biden's open border policy.
With border crossings at record lows under President Trump, the city announced the end of its $5.13 million contract with the Row NYC Hotel.
“We are proud to share that we will be closing another site — the Row Hotel, the last hotel in the city’s emergency shelter system — marking yet another major milestone in our administration’s recovery from this international humanitarian crisis,” Mayor Eric Adams told The New York Post.
As the border crisis peaked, New York City contracted with over 200 hotels and other make-shift facilities to house 238,000 people citywide.
The shelters ruined quality of life, bringing riotous parties, gang activity, and litter as taxpayers were forced to pay over $8 billion to care for the newcomers.
New York's luxurious accommodations for illegal aliens came to symbolize the backwardness of the Democrats' immigration agenda, which sowed chaos nationwide before it was forcefully rejected by voters in a crushing defeat last year.
The Row was the first luxury hotel in the city to be converted into a shelter in October 2022. The 1,300 room hotel is a short walk from Times Square, which is still feeling the impact of migrant crime.
Locals told the New York Post they are relieved the shelter at The Row is finally closing, noting the damage it caused to local business.
"Hallelujah. I’m happy that it’s happening,” one renter told the New York Post. “We pay a lot of money to live here, and it doesn’t seem fair.”
“There are people sitting here all day, littering, leaving food waste, water bottles…,” the resident said. “A lot of them have children, and there are women sitting around here smoking weed all day, the children are just playing on the street, on the bike lanes."
Since Trump began his second term, border crossings have swiftly fallen to record lows, hitting a new low in July.
With the border crisis over, Adams has shut down 64 migrant sites, and the remaining 35,400 migrants have been absorbed into the city's homeless shelters, which house 92,000.
The lingering effects of the Biden-era crisis are still being felt across the city. Two Dominican men were arrested in July for shooting an off-duty Border Patrol agent in a park on the Hudson River.
The city's potential next mayor, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, is a radical leftist who has pledged to keep immigration agents out of the city if elected.
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A published report describes the situation as "chilling" as it explains a public high school in Virginia has come under investigation for allegedly arranging and paying for abortions for underage students, without even letting their parents know.
The Washington Stand explained the scandal is in Fairfax County Public Schools, which is investigating reports Centreville High School was promoting abortions back in 2021.
"The news, first revealed by the W.C. Dispatch Substack, has sparked outrage among parents, pro-life advocates, and concerned citizens, raising serious questions about parental rights and school overreach," the report said.
It quoted WJLA as confirming one of the two girls involved was only 17 years old. And it continued:
"One girl underwent the procedure at 17; the other, five months pregnant and pleading to keep her baby, bolted from the clinic after social worker Carolina Díaz allegedly told her she 'had no choice.' Principal Chad Lehman, the girls insist, knew — and taxpayers footed the bill. … A handwritten statement from the first student, translated for clarity, lays out how Díaz scheduled the appointment, paid the clinic's fees, and swore her to secrecy."
The report continued, "That alone would be enough to raise the hair on the back of a patriotic taxpayer's neck, but there is more. A second Centreville minor, five months pregnant and wavering, was allegedly told by the same social worker that she 'had no other choice.' The girl, terrified, ultimately bolted from the clinic rather than go through with the procedure. She later confided in her teacher, Mrs. Zenaida Perez, who allowed her name to be used on the record and provided The W.C. Dispatch a recording of the family confirming that no one at the school had ever informed them of the intent to terminate their daughter's pregnancy."
The district said it had no prior knowledge of the scheming, and is investigating.
Supt. Michelle Reid stated, "I want to stress that at no time, would the situation as described in these allegations be acceptable in Fairfax County Public Schools."
State law, in fact, demands parental consent and notification for minors seeking abortions. The school's policy also has requirements to encourage students to discuss their situation with their parents.
40 Days for Life said, "A Fairfax high school secretly arranged and paid for student abortions — without telling parents. This isn't 'healthcare.' It's state-funded child exploitation. Every official involved must be held accountable."
And Concerned Women for America said it is "an absolutely outrageous affront to parental rights."
Mary Szoch, of the Center for Human Dignity at the Family Research Council, called the charges a tragedy for students, a violation of parental rights and a "grave overstep" by the school.
"Schools not informing parents, and worse, paying for the killing of a teenager's unborn child is horrific," she said.
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For the graduates who cannot find jobs and the laid-off tech workers still searching for work, it can feel demeaning to hear Big Tech companies continue to claim there is a labor shortage when, in reality, there are more than enough willing and able Americans ready to step in. The repeated message that there are "no qualified Americans" does more than insult them: It leaves lasting damage that cannot be undone by simply finding new employment.
However, Big Tech's claims do not stand up to actual documented evidence. In fact, Amazon's own filings with the U.S. Department of Labor comprise a comprehensive record of the company's immigration submissions. And that data dismantles the "shortage" narrative, revealing a system in which loopholes are used, recruitment requirements minimized and federal certifications freely obtained for foreign labor – even as qualified Americans are sidelined.
Between 2009 and 2024, Amazon filed more than 111,000 petitions for H-1B visas, a program intended for positions requiring "specialized knowledge" that cannot be filled by any qualified U.S. workers. Of these filings, 39,012 were new H-1B visa applications, while 72,726 were renewal applications for existing foreign workers.
In addition to its H-1B activity, Amazon also made extensive use of the Department of Labor's Program Electronic Review Management, or PERM, process. Between 2020 and 2024, the company filed
21,012 labor certification applications through PERM, an essential step for sponsoring foreign workers for permanent residency in the United States.
How does the PERM process work?
The PERM program is the first step in sponsoring a foreign worker for a U.S. green card (permanent residence). Before applying, an employer must test the labor market to determine if there are any qualified, willing and available U.S. workers for the job. That is the U.S. Department of Labor's process for requiring employers to show they made a genuine effort to hire an American before receiving approval to sponsor a foreign worker.
Yes, despite Amazon tech jobs being highly sought after by Americans, the company claimed that for all 21,012 roles, no qualified U.S. workers applied – essentially asserting that only the foreign workers they hired were interested in, or qualified for, those positions.
Regulation on Qualifications for the Job:
The batch advantage: Circumventing the law and regulations to avoid hiring Americans
Wage-level "batching" is when a company reuses the same government-issued prevailing wage determination for multiple green card applications instead of getting a fresh wage review for each job. In Amazon's case, the company obtained only 3,875 wage determinations but used them to file 21,012 applications, allowing Amazon to lock in older, lower wage rates, keep salaries down and push applications through faster while doing less recruitment for each role. About 82% of Amazon's green card applications reused wage determinations, meaning the vast majority did not have a wage rate specific to that job.
How much could Amazon save by paying below-market wages? It's all about cheaper labor, not skilled labor
This estimate is calculated by comparing the true median wages for these roles, sourced from multiple independent wage datasets, to the prevailing wage rates Amazon used when sponsoring green cards. The methodology assumes that for each job level, the difference between the market median and the prevailing wage represents the per-position savings, multiplied by the number of positions at that level.
Level 1 wages: $285 million saved
Level 2 wages: $434 million saved
Level 3 wages: $20 million saved
Total estimated savings: Over $739 million
These figures are conservative estimates, while the real savings could be significantly higher. Under the prevailing wage system, the "or similarly employed" provision requires employers to use whichever is higher: the local average wage for the occupation or the wage paid to workers in similar roles. In Big Tech, market rates are typically far above local averages. If Amazon had followed this rule as intended, many roles would have been pegged to the higher Big Tech pay scale, not the lower local rate Amazon appears to have used.
This suggests Amazon did not apply the provision as required, allowing it to lock in far lower wages than the market rate for similar work in their industry.
Department of Labor: Prevailing Wage Information and Resources:
While Amazon claims there were no qualified Americans for these roles and that the foreign workers sponsored were on "high-skilled" visas, the overwhelming use of Prevailing Wage Levels 1 and 2 tells a different story. These wage levels are typically reserved for entry-level workers with little or no experience, such as recent college graduates. This means Amazon is either abusing the prevailing wage system or abusing the visa program itself. By sponsoring these workers at entry-level rates, Amazon not only undercuts wages for equivalent American jobs, but also eliminates opportunities for U.S. graduates and early-career professionals. Once these foreign workers obtain permanent residency, they remain permanently in an already oversaturated labor market, further reducing opportunities for Americans.
Amazon's recruitment tactics: Can't find qualified Americans … or not looking?
The lawis clear: When sponsoring a foreign worker for a green card, an employer must recruit in good faith and advertise the job in a way that gives qualified U.S. workers a real, fair chance to apply. The regulations require open, accessible recruitment that mirrors how the company normally hires.
Amazon's approach has undermined that requirement. For example, the company ran vague newspaper ads in the The Seattle Times' Sunday print edition, sometimes saying the job could be done "anywhere in the U.S.," but requiring applicants to mail in paper resumes, rather than applying online through Amazon's own career site.
Is this legal? The Department of Justice previously sued Facebook for using similar tactics, resulting in a $14.25 million settlement in 2021.
According to the DOJ's press release about the case: "Facebook routinely reserved jobs for temporary visa holders through the PERM process. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that, in contrast to its standard recruitment practices, Facebook used recruiting methods designed to deter U.S. workers from applying to certain positions, such as requiring applications to be submitted by mail only."
How 1 little ad was used to give 585 American jobs to foreign workers
Recruitment batching is a tactic whereby a company uses a single, minimal recruitment effort, such as one newspaper ad, to satisfy the Department of Labor's PERM recruitment requirement for hundreds of different jobs at once. Instead of advertising and recruiting separately for each open position, the company "batches" them together under one generic posting, often with vague descriptions and outdated application methods that discourage real applicants. This allows the employer to claim it "tested the labor market" without ever giving qualified Americans a meaningful opportunity to apply.
Amazon has used this strategy repeatedly. In one case, the company ran a single ad in the Seattle Times for "multiple positions," listed no clear skills or experience requirements, claimed the jobs could be done "anywhere in the U.S.," and required resumes to be postal mailed in, completely bypassing Amazon's own career website. That single ad was used to justify 585 PERM filings for Software Development Engineer II roles. Similar examples show the scale of batching:
This approach violates both the spirit and potentially the letter of the law, both in terms of 20 CFR § 656.10(c) (bona fide job requirements) and 20 CFR § 656.17(e) (good faith recruitment), as well as the BALCA precedent, which has repeatedly held that mail-only applications, generic ads and recycled prevailing wage determinations undermine recruitment integrity.
In plain terms, Amazon's "batching" is not legitimate recruitment, but it has been very successful in avoiding hiring Americans.
Finding that employers placed unjustified hurdles in the path of U.S. applicants in an apparent attempt to discourage their pursuit of the jobs.
Out with the Americans. In with the foreign labor
During Amazon's largest reported layoff on Nov. 16, 2022, which affected approximately 10,000 employees, the company submitted 2,341 PERM labor certification applications within the federally protected period designed to prevent the displacement of U.S. workers.
On each application, Amazon certified that no qualified U.S. workers were available or considered for the roles, as required by law. Despite the mass layoffs, the Department of Labor approved 2,217 of these applications, authorizing foreign labor for positions that may have been recently held by American workers who had just been terminated.
Amazon layoff graphs provided by Red Line Project (Data Source: Department of Labor):
Amazon's long-term use of U.S. visa and green card programs reveals a systemic strategy that leverages regulatory gaps to replace American workers with lower-cost foreign labor. Through wage-level manipulation, minimal recruitment efforts and large-scale filings timed alongside layoffs, the company has embedded a foreign labor pipeline deep into its operations while reducing domestic opportunities.
More than 100,o00 Americans have applied for 10,000 positions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the agency put out a call for hiring late last month, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ICE removed certain restrictions on who can be an ICE agent as well as offering incentives to those hired, including options like a signing bonus of up to $50,000 and student loan forgiveness.
Only two weeks after beginning the recruitment effort, more than 100,000 applications have been received.
"Our country is calling you to serve at ICE. In the wake of the Biden administration’s failed immigration policies, your country needs dedicated men and women of ICE to get the worst of the worst criminals out of our country," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News Digital in a statement. "This is a defining moment in our nation’s history. Your skills, your experience, and your courage have never been more essential. Together, we must defend the homeland."
Applicants must pass medical screening, drug screening, and a physical fitness test to be hired, the agency said.
In addition to field agent positions as deportation officers and criminal investigators, ICE is seeking some general attorneys, positions that may carry lower risks than field agent positions.
The ICE website describes the danger of these jobs as follows:
ICE law enforcement officers should expect a certain level of risk when performing their duties; however, they are expertly trained and every precaution is taken by ICE when it comes to protecting its officers' well-being.
The number of assaults on ICE agents has spiked 1000%, or more than 10 times what it was, due to recent immigration protests across the country.
Republicans in Congress recently allocated $30 billion in funding to hire the new agents; that works out to $300,000 per agent in salary, training costs, benefits, and other costs.
Time Magazine cautioned that it could take a significant amount of time to hire, train, relocate, and deploy that number of new agents, however.
"You’re talking three years before you see a significant increase of ICE agents on the street, which is the end of the administration,” predicted Obama-era ICE Director John Sandweg.
The hirings will be necessary to keep pace with a Trump goal to deport 3,000 illegal immigrants per day and 1 million in his first year in office.
Internal ICE data reported by NBC News suggested that deportations are far below those numbers, at about 15 to 17,000 per month in June and July.
Dean Cain, who played Superman in a previous TV series, signed up as an honorary ICE agent to support hte effort.
Bo Hines, the Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, has resigned to pursue opportunities in the private sector, The Hill reported.
Bo Hines's departure follows closely after the publication of a detailed digital assets regulation report by the White House Crypto Council.
Hines announced his resignation on Saturday via the social media platform X, marking a significant transition in his career from public service to private endeavors.
Appointed late last year by President Trump, Hines was tasked with leading the Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, focusing heavily on pioneering strategies for blockchain and cryptocurrency integration into the U.S. regulatory framework.
Under his leadership, the Council recently finalized a comprehensive 166-page report addressing various facets of digital asset management, including taxation and banking regulation.
This report has been pivotal in setting the stage for more structured crypto oversight in the U.S., envisioning clearer regulatory paths for cryptocurrency stakeholders.
President Trump signed the GENIUS Act in July, establishing a foundational legal framework specifically for stablecoins, which was a direct outcome of recommendations from the Crypto Council.
The passage of this monumental bill is part of a broader government initiative to ensure that the U.S. remains at the forefront of the cryptocurrency industry, maintaining a competitive edge internationally.
Hines played an integral role in the drafting and conceptualization of this major legislation, boosting America's stature as a global leader in the crypto realm.
David Sacks, the AI & Crypto Czar of the White House, praised Hines for his exemplary service and significant contributions to America's policy on cryptocurrencies.
"Serving in President Trump’s administration and working alongside our brilliant AI & Crypto Czar as Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council has been the honor of a lifetime," Hines reflected on his tenure.
"As I return to the private sector, I look forward to continuing my support for the crypto ecosystem as it thrives here in the United States," confirmed Hines, signaling his ongoing engagement with the industry.
With Hines's departure, the onus to continue the vital work of the Crypto Council falls to Patrick Witt and Harry Jung, who have been critical supporters of implementing the Council’s recommendations.
"We’re sorely going to miss Bo, but fortunately, we have a deep bench at the White House, with Patrick and Harry ready to step up and help us get the Clarity Act passed," stated David Sacks, showing confidence in the continuing leadership.
This transition marks a new chapter for the White House Crypto Council as they work to further refine and implement crypto regulations under the Clarity Act.
President Trump is reopening deportation cases against illegal aliens who had their cases dismissed, in a stark reversal from Joe Biden's "quiet amnesty."
Democrats have often cited the overwhelmed immigration courts as an excuse to go soft on immigration. During the Biden era, "quiet amnesty" was all but official policy as immigration officials threw out hundreds of thousands of cases - supposedly to ease the burden on the "broken system" that many say Biden tried to destroy deliberately.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the Trump administration has been opening dormant cases back up - causing panic among "thousands of immigrants who have built lives around the assumption they are safe from being detained and deported."
Illegal aliens have long taken advantage of the overwhelmed system by lodging spurious asylum claims to get a foothold in the country - with the assumption that once they get in, they will never be removed. That is because cases take years to adjudicate, and by the time they are found meritless - as they almost always are - those facing removal have already set down roots in the country.
Some of the cases that Trump officials are bringing back were closed years ago, well before Biden became president. But under Biden, immigration cases were dismissed at a historic pace as border crossings hit record highs.
An investigation by House Republicans last year, led by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), concluded that 700,000 aliens had their immigration cases dismissed or "administratively closed," allowing them to live on U.S. soil without facing consequences for illegal entry.
"This sort of quiet amnesty has become a staple of the Biden-Harris Administration’s immigration courts," said the House Judiciary report.
In April, the Trump administration rescinded Biden's liberal approach to granting administrative closures, which Sirce E. Owen, acting director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, described as "a de facto amnesty program with benefits."
Now, immigration lawyers throughout Los Angeles and San Diego report "shock and despair" from their clients, many of whom believed they were safe, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The newspaper cited the case of a woman who was charged with a misdemeanor DUI, and then obtained relief from deportation during the Biden administration after marrying a U.S. citizen. She was close to getting her visa when her immigration lawyer called to notify her that she is facing removal proceedings once again.
This is another example of how Trump is putting immigration policy on a path back towards strict enforcement after years of chaos under his predecessor.
"Biden chose to release millions of illegal aliens, including criminals, into the country and used prosecutorial discretion to indefinitely delay their cases and allow them to illegally remain in the United States,” DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said.
“Now, President Trump and Secretary Noem are following the law and resuming these illegal aliens’ removal proceedings and ensuring their cases are heard by a judge."
The Trump administration is taking definitive steps to dismantle the vaccine mandate records established during the Biden era for federal employees, The National Pulse reported.
The policy shift entails erasing all remnants of COVID-19 vaccine requirements from federal databases.
The mandate, introduced by President Biden in 2021 through an Executive Order, was intended to bolster pandemic control measures within federal operations.
The mandate required federal employees to submit proof of vaccination, aligning with broader public health strategies at the time. However, the mandate was met with resistance, leading to several legal confrontations.
Among the challengers was Feds For Freedom, a group representing 9,000 federal workers, who successfully won a temporary injunction in 2022 against the enforcement of the mandate.
With shifting public health advisories and increasing opposition, Biden rescinded the mandate in May 2023, thereby ceasing enforcement based on vaccination status.
Post-mandate, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) initially advised against mandating vaccines in job postings, reflecting a stand-down from the prior requirements.
The new OPM directive ensures that neither vaccine status nor history will impact federal employment decisions, highlighting a shift towards more privacy-focused employment practices.
These changes are aimed at securing the privacy rights of federal employees, ensuring their personal health choices remain confidential and do not influence their career progression.
This move sets a new precedent for handling sensitive health information within government employment, shifting away from previous public health policies that mandated personal medical disclosures.
This policy shift is likely to influence future government approaches to employee health and privacy, potentially leading to a reevaluation of how such data is used in employment contexts across all levels of government.
In summary, the administration's latest actions are not just about removing outdated data but are part of a larger conversation about the balance between public health security and personal privacy rights.
President Donald Trump made major headlines at a recent fundraiser when he announced that he's considering reclassifying marijuana at the federal level, which Republicans have generally pushed back on over the years.
According to Fox Business, Trump made the announcement "at a $1 million-a-plate fundraiser at his New Jersey golf club," sources familiar with the situation reportedly told The Wall Street Journal.
Cannabis groups have contributed millions of dollars to Trump's various political groups, and it appears as if the contributions could pay massive dividends, as those same groups have fought for years to change the drug's classification at the federal level.
Because it's only legal in various forms in various states, cannabis businesses have had extremely difficult transactional issues, as most major banks and processors have strict restrictions on those businesses, to say the least.
Kim Rivers, chief executive of Trulieve, one of the largest marijuana companies, was one of the guests at the high-end fundraiser, and she clearly used her time at the table to encourage the president to reclassify the plant.
Rivers also urged the president to expand medical marijuana research. Cannabis groups and advocates have pushed the federal government for years to research the plant's greater uses in the medical realm.
Fox News noted:
The potential move to remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I controlled substances and make it a Schedule III drug would make it significantly easier to buy and sell cannabis and make the industry more profitable.
Notably, the Biden administration also pushed for the plant to be reclassified to make it easier to buy and sell and use for medical purposes, but was never able to get it done before his time in office ended.
Though it's mostly Democrats who have attempted to have the drug reclassified or taken off of the controlled substances list altogether, some Republicans have also made the same push.
Fox News noted:
At least 40 states have legalized medical marijuana, while 24 states and Washington, D.C., have also legalized recreational marijuana.
Users across social media reacted to the idea of Trump reclassifying the plant. Some supported the idea, and some didn't.
Trump eyes reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug: report https://t.co/J2Yittesry pic.twitter.com/uiiGv8cHgM
— New York Post (@nypost) August 9, 2025
"It will help the drug dealers. No one goes to jail for a couple joints anymore. @realDonaldTrump don’t do it. Ty," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "A no brainer. Marijuana is no worse than alcohol."
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Saying the American public "is not going to put up with it any longer," President Donald Trump is now providing some details about cleaning up the nation's capital city of Washington, D.C.
On Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said a news conference is slated for 10 a.m. Monday in the White House Press Briefing Room to address the matter.
"I'm going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before," the president began.
"The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital. The Criminals, you don't have to move out. We're going to put you in jail where you belong.
"It's all going to happen very fast, just like the Border. We went from millions pouring in, to ZERO in the last few months. This will be easier – Be prepared! There will be no "MR. NICE GUY." We want our Capital BACK."
In a follow-up message, Trump indicated the news conference "will not only involve ending the Crime, Murder, and Death in our Nation's Capital, but will also be about Cleanliness and the General Physical Renovation and Condition of our once beautiful and well maintained Capital.
"We are not going to allow people to spend $3.1 Billion Dollars on fixing up a building, like the Federal Reserve, which could have been done in a far more elegant and time sensitive manner for $50 to $100 Million Dollars. The Renovation would have actually been better, and we would have saved $3 Billion Dollars, Traffic Jams, and never-ending Construction.
"The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive.
"The American Public is not going to put up with it any longer. Just like I took care of the Border, where you had ZERO Illegals coming across last month, from millions the year before, I will take care of our cherished Capital, and we will make it, truly, GREAT AGAIN!
"Before the tents, squalor, filth, and Crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the World. It will soon be that again. Thank you for your attention to this matter – See you tomorrow at 10 A.M.!"