As the five-year deadline approaches, the Justice Department appears ready to pursue a perjury indictment against former FBI Director James Comey for his congressional testimony, Fox News reported.
The case revolves around whether Comey misled lawmakers in September 2020 about his management of the FBI's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, with a grand jury in Virginia now reviewing the matter for potential charges.
Back in 2016, the FBI opened an investigation into possible Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, an effort that drew sharp scrutiny for its handling under Comey's leadership.
That probe, known internally as Crossfire Hurricane, examined alleged ties between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, setting off years of political tension.
Trump, who won the election, repeatedly denounced the inquiry as a "Russia hoax" and a "rigged witch hunt" that harmed America's relations with Russia.
From his perspective, figures like Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan had politicized intelligence agencies to target his presidency, a claim that resonated with many skeptical of bureaucratic overreach.
In May 2017, Trump fired Comey, later stating he had done the country "a great service" by removing him from the FBI helm.
Trump's critics saw the dismissal as obstruction, but supporters viewed it as a necessary step to restore trust in law enforcement institutions long plagued by perceived biases.
The investigation then shifted to special counsel Robert Mueller, who after extensive review found no sufficient evidence of criminal conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Russia.
During Trump's first term, the Justice Department tapped special counsel John Durham to examine potential FBI mishandling in the Crossfire Hurricane operation.
Durham's findings led to charges against three lower-level FBI officials and highlighted serious bureau errors, though he concluded no illegal actions by top leaders like Comey.
Yet, those revelations fueled ongoing debates about accountability, reminding us that even well-intentioned probes can veer into problematic territory without proper oversight.
Fast forward to Sept. 30, 2020, when Comey testified before Congress about his role in the 2016 Russia investigation, statements now at the heart of the perjury allegations.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia is overseeing the current case, with the statute of limitations expiring next Tuesday under federal law's five-year window.
DOJ officials are nearing a decision on prosecution, as a source noted, with uncertainty lingering over which specific parts of Comey's testimony might trigger charges.
Trump has lambasted Comey for years, accusing him of dishonesty in handling the probe and related issues.
"I think they're very dishonest people. I think they're crooked as hell," Trump said in July about Comey and Brennan. "And maybe they have to pay a price for that."
Such pointed remarks, while blunt, underscore a broader conservative frustration with what many see as selective enforcement in Washington, where accountability often seems reserved for the politically inconvenient.
French President Emmanuel Macron was stranded on a New York City street behind a police barrier that closed the roads in anticipation of President Donald Trump's motorcade on Monday, Breitbart reported. In a video of the moment that went viral, Macron is seen good-naturedly calling Trump after a police officer denied his request to cross.
Macron was on his way to the French embassy when the street closures blocked his vehicle from making the trip. The French president attempted to negotiate with an officer from the New York Police Department to cross the barricade before he called Trump for help.
"Awkward moment: Macron stopped in New York because of Trump’s motorcade," the European news outlet Nexta posted to X, formerly Twitter. "Police who had blocked roads for Donald Trump’s motorcade mistakenly stopped the car of French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron got out of the vehicle, called Trump, and jokingly asked him to 'clear the road."
Awkward moment: Macron stopped in New York because of Trump’s motorcade
Police who had blocked roads for Donald Trump’s motorcade mistakenly stopped the car of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Macron got out of the vehicle, called Trump, and jokingly asked him to “clear the… pic.twitter.com/fcRd3Md336
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 23, 2025
As the New York Times reported, Macron and Trump are in the Big Apple along with other foreign dignitaries for this week's U.N. General Assembly meeting. From the video shared to X, which was originally captured by French news outlet Brut, Macron was seen taking the whole thing in stride.
"I have 10 people with me. I go to the French embassy," Macron first told a police officer in the video. Unfortunately, nobody, including the French leader, would be permitted past the police line while Trump's motorcade was expected through.
"I’m sorry, President, I’m really sorry. It’s just that everything’s been frozen right now. There’s a motorcade coming right now. I’m sorry," the NYPD officer told Macron.
Ever the diplomat, the French president tried to smooth-talk the officer some more. "I negotiate with you," Macron said, again to no avail. That's when Macron took out his cell phone and called a leader with infinitely more power than he has, whether on the streets of New York or the global political arena: Trump.
"How are you? Guess what? I am waiting the street because everything is frozen for you," Macron said into the phone and then chuckled. The video then cuts to Macron walking down the street with the phone still up to his ear. Later, the video shows Macron greeting a man and a woman on the street, with whom he takes a picture just after the man kisses Macron on the forehead.
The Times noted that Macron's staff confirmed that the video was accurate and that the French president reached out to Trump while waiting for permission to cross the street. His office also stated that Trump and Macron had a "very warm and amicable" conversation, which he hoped to carry over into a discussion of the situation in Gaza with Trump and officials from Qatar.
The NYPD thanked Macron for his generosity in handling the situation, as thousands of its officers are deployed to keep the city safe for world leaders during the yearly summit. "Merci to President Macron for recognizing the dedication and tireless efforts of our officers who safeguard this annual event,” the NYPD said.
Unfortunately, Macron didn't strike the same friendly tone when speaking about the war in Gaza during a bilateral meeting with Trump. According to Reuters, Trump disagrees with France and other nations that recognize Palestine as a state, particularly after the savage invasion of Israel launched by Hamas in October 2023.
"I think it honors Hamas, and you can't do that because of October 7. You just can't do that," Trump told reporters this week during the meeting. Macron disagreed on this critical issue while sitting alongside Trump. "Nobody forgets the 7th of October. But after almost two years of war, what is the result?" Macron said. "This is not the right way to proceed," he added.
Trump is very skilled at handling world leaders, such as Macron, and is known for his ease with those who head both friendly and adversarial nations. While Macron spoke out against Trump's viewpoint at the U.N., where America is routinely outnumbered in such matters and is too often disrespected, Macron was astute enough to know that aligning with Trump's interests was a winning strategy on the streets of New York.
Professional golfer Phil Mickelson has been vocal on social media since the shooting of Charlie Kirk on September 10, and he's not happy with what one Democrat in Congress had to say about the conservative icon.
Mickelson posted on X on Saturday that he thinks Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) came to the United States illegally and should be deported to Somalia after Omar said that she thinks Kirk "spread hate" and "should be left in the dustbin of history."
"Ilhan spews hate every time she opens her mouth, she came here fraudulently and will hopefully be sent back to Somalia soon," Mickelson posted, just one day before Kirk was honored in a massive, six-hour memorial in Arizona where he lived with his family.
Ilhan spews hate every time she opens her mouth, she came here fraudulently and will hopefully be sent back to Somalia soon. https://t.co/2kOhBM1abS
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) September 20, 2025
Mickelson's comments are similar to those of President Donald Trump, who has struck back at Omar over previous critical comments the Democrat and far-left member of The Squad made about him.
"Ilhan Omar's Country of Somalia is plagued by a lack of central Government control, persistent Poverty, Hunger, Resurgent Terrorism, Piracy, decades of Civil War, Corruption, and pervasive Violence," Trump wrote. "70% of the population lives in extreme Poverty, and widespread Food Insecurity.
"Somalia is consistently ranked among the World's Most Corrupt Countries, including Bribery, Embezzlement, and a Dysfunctional Government. All of this, and Ilhan Omar tells us how to run America!"
He then repeated an unsubstantiated story about Omar marrying her brother to gain citizenship in 2009.
Omar did marry Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in that year, and reports circulated that they were siblings, but nothing was ever proven.
She divorced Elmi and remarried her previous husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, after establishing herself in the U.S., and the couple has three children.
She then divorced Hirsi and is now married to her political consultant, Tim Mynett.
Besides Omar and Kirk, Mickelson has boosted Sable Offshore Corp. in recent months and suggested that the company be allowed to extract oil and black tar seepage from the ocean floor for the benefit of both wildlife and the U.S. oil markets.
He has dropped the stock ticker $SOC on his socials and said Sable "is a win for EVERYONE including environmentalists!"
Of course, there has been backlash from his liberal followers, but Mickelson doesn't seem to care. It's nice to see boldness like that on the right where it hasn't been before.
The surgeon who tried to save Charlie Kirk after an assassin shot him in the neck at an event in Utah has proclaimed that his miraculously strong bones stopped the bullet that hit him from exiting and hitting more people.
Turning Point spokesperson Andrew Kolvet wrote on X about the “absolute miracle” the surgeon discovered, that the bullet stayed in Kirk's body due to his "strong bones" and was found just under the skin.
“I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know,” Kolvet wrote.
“I just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital … He said the bullet ‘absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high-powered, high-velocity round,'" he added. "I’ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc."
There had been speculation online that authorities were lying about the circumstances of Kirk's death because the high velocity round would normally have gone through the flesh and exited on the other side.
“But it didn’t go through. Charlie’s body stopped it," Kolvet said.
Kolvet said he described to the doctor how staffers, students and others were standing in the trajectory of the bullet behind Kirk, had it passed through him.
"'It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed,’ ” Kolvet said the doctor told him. ”‘His bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he’s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too.’"
“In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin. Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him. Remarkable. Miraculous,” Kolvet wrote.
Estimates for attendance at Kirk's memorial yesterday ranged from 90,000 to 200,000, and more than 100 million people streamed the six-hour event online.
Reports said that the attendance was greater than for both slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and President John F. Kennedy Jr.'s memorials.
Vice President and close personal friend to Kirk, J.D. Vance labeled Kirk a "martyr for the Christian faith" and Trump called him a "martyr for America's freedom."
While many on the right will no doubt use Kirk's death to galvanize support for conservatism, he said in one of his last interviews that he wanted to be remembered most for his faith and devotion to Jesus Christ.
Kirk was mocked after his death for being "hateful" because of comments he made about the LGBT community and affirmative action, but many have been surprised by the way he debated and many times gently addressed those who were affected by these realities in a way that showed compassion while also expressing what he viewed as truth.
A Florida federal judge tossed out a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times in a stunning decision on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday made the bizarre declaration that Trump's lawsuit was overly long and full of “tedious and burdensome” language, which seems like an odd judgment considering the inherently long and tedious nature of litigation.
Judge Merryday gave Trump's legal team 28 days to file an amended complaint that should not exceed 40 pages. The option to amend the complaint seems to further reinforce suspicions that this is an attempt to undermine justice and delay Trump's case.
Judge Merryday didn't rule on the merits of Trump's defamation case, but instead is kicking the can down the road.
In his decision, Judge Merryday wrote, "A complaint is not a megaphone for public relations or a podium for a passionate oration at a political rally. This action will begin, will continue, and will end in accord with the rules of procedure and in a professional and dignified manner.”
Defamation Case Lives On
A spokesman for Trump's legal team, Aaron Harison, confirmed that the lawsuit would continue “in accordance with the judge’s direction on logistics."
The lawsuit is pointed at four New York Times journalists and cited a book and three articles published within a two-month period prior to the 2024 election that Trump's team argue defamed Trump and attempted to influence the outcome of the election.
A book written by Times reporters Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig focused on Trump’s finances and his pre-presidency role in “The Apprentice," which was partly but far from entirely responsible for Trump's nationally recognizable profile.
Trump's lawsuit posits that Buettner and Craig “maliciously peddled the fact-free narrative” that "The Apprentice" was what made Trump a national celebrity. The article also included defamatory claims about Trump’s early business dealings and his father, Fred.
This lawsuit is one of many lawsuits filed against major media organizations, including ABC News, CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” and the Wall Street Journal.
Trump has already scored out of court settlements but the New York Times has chosen to go to court and is banking on a friendly anti-Trump judge to protect them from a serious financial hit.
Winning a defamation case is extremely difficult but Trump has already secured major wins in his settlements with ABC and CBS. Should he succeed against the New York Times, it will usher in an era where individuals have more power to hold the media accountable.
The media claims that these defamation lawsuits are an attack on the 1st Amendment but the media has held the power to ruin lives and dominate political discourse for decades.
The media's monopoly on public discourse has been to the detriment of the nation and the fundamental Constitutional freedoms of the average American. America's journalist class has gotten away with lying for years, and it's time for consequences.
President Donald Trump tore into radical Democrat Ilhan Omar amid revelations about a massive $8.4 million fraud scheme in Minnesota.
Eight individuals have been charged in a fraud scheme in Minnesota that allegedly resulted in over $8.4 million in stolen billings, and spotlights a growing issue of corruption in Minnesota, often tied to the massive Somali immigrant community.
The eight individuals have been identified as Moktar Hass Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, Christopher Adesoji Falade, Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, Asad Ahmed Adow, and Anwar Ahmed Adow.
They are all accused of orchestrating a massive wire fraud scheme targeting the state's Housing Stabilization Services program. This program is a Medicaid-funded initiative designed to help poor Americans get stable housing.
This massive fraud scheme caught Trump's attention, who wasted no time in calling out Ilhan Omar, an avowed enemy of Trump's. Omar has been a prominent figure in national politics, but her home state appears to be a total mess.
Following the news of the charges, Trump took to Truth Social writing, “Does Ilhan Omar know these people? Are they from her wonderfully managed Home Country of Somalia?"
Continuing on, Trump explained, "Ilhan Omar’s Country of Somalia is plagued by a lack of central Government control, persistent Poverty, Hunger, Resurgent Terrorism, Piracy, decades of Civil War, Corruption, and pervasive Violence. 70% of the population lives in extreme Poverty, and widespread Food Insecurity."
Trump also pulled no punches in taking a direct shot at Omar over rumors that have swirled about her committing marriage fraud in order to enter the United States.
Trump wrote, "Somalia is consistently ranked among the World’s Most Corrupt Countries, including Bribery, Embezzlement, and a Dysfunctional Government. All of this, and Ilhan Omar tells us how to run America! P.S. Wasn’t she the one that married her brother in order to gain Citizenship??? What SCUM we have in our Country, telling us what to do, and how to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Trump isn't just blustering on Truth Social; this fraud scheme is massive, and Democrats like Ilhan Omar have allowed their home states to fall into decline while daring to attack Trump for taking real action to solve serious issues.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson stated during a press conference on Thursday that, "The level of fraud in these programs is staggering. Unfortunately, our system of trust but verify no longer works. These programs have been abused over and over to the point where fraud has overtaken the legitimate services."
This isn't just a one-off; there is a growing system of organized crime around defrauding federal and state welfare services and its Democrat politicians who have been looking the other way while this issue festers.
The program was started in 2020 and it was estimated that it would have an annual cost of $2.6 million. However, the program paid out a total of $302 million in claims over 4.5 years, which has now been confirmed to have been mostly fraud.
Adam Jobes, an agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation, stated, "The charges filed today represent another big blow to organized program fraud in Minnesota. The Minnesota Housing Stabilization Service program was supposed to be a groundbreaking resource to provide stability, assistance, and dignity to seniors and individuals with disabilities."
Minnesota is another strongly Democrat state that has experienced out-of-control crime and fraud, and it's worth wondering which well-connected Democrat politicians may have been involved in a fraud scheme this massive.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC on Thursday, posting on social media that it was bad ratings plus comments about Charlie Kirk that got him canned.
Kimmel "was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anything else," Trump said on X, acknowledging that Kimmel's insensitive comments about the death of Charlie Kirk were another factor in his show's removal.
.@POTUS: "@jimmykimmel was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anything else, and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk... Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person... and they should've fired him a long time ago." pic.twitter.com/4PVhcHkIzr
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 18, 2025
"Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person... and they should have fired him months ago," Trump concluded.
Kimmel has not actually been fired, just suspended, but his future in late-night TV at ABC is very much in doubt.
The show was taken off the air after two major local broadcasting groups, Nextstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcasting Group, said they would not continue to air Kimmel's show after the remarks.
There was considerable public outcry about them, and ABC quickly realized that it would have trouble on its hands if it didn't capitulate.
There were also some vague threats by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, but those do not seem to have been a major factor in what happened.
If Kimmel is willing to own up to what he did and grovel a bit, he can get back on the air.
Nextstar is demanding an apology and a donation to Turning Point USA, Kirk's organization.
But don't hold your breath, because Kimmel is said to be fighting mad about ABC's action to remove the show and was prepared to double down on his remarks before that happened.
If Kimmel would rather dig in his heels than commit to a mea culpa, well, that may be the end of his show on ABC forever.
Maybe an even more left-wing outlet will pick it up for streaming or broadcast the show on a niche channel, but the viewership will probably be even smaller than the dismal ratings it had before.
I mean, who really watches late-night TV anymore anyway? There are way more interesting things to do at 11:30 at night in the age of the internet and streaming.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said in a Breitbart News exclusive interview that he has everything set up to move a block of 48 Trump nominees through the Senate for confirmation as soon as Thursday, the first step in breaking a Democrat logjam that has prevented hundreds of nominees from being confirmed using the normal methods.
The process of changing the rules to stop Democrats from slow-walking virtually all of President Donald Trump's nominees has taken the last two weeks, but Thune is adamant that the obstruction tactics end so that Trump can have his nominees in place.
“As we’ve discussed in the past, President Trump deserves to have his team members in place so he can enact his agenda which the American people voted for last November,” Thune said on Tuesday afternoon. “He’s the only president on record in history to not have a single civilian nominee confirmed via voice vote or unanimous consent at this point in his presidency. So the Democrats’ long, unprecedented blockade has gone on for way too long and it’s going to end soon and we intend to start that this week."
Thune said that the block of 48 will be the first in history, but that it's necessary because of the Democrats' obstructionist tactics, which are also unprecedented.
"So what will happen is, on Thursday, we’ll have a bloc," he said. "It will be 48. It’s the first bloc that we will move in bloc so that this blockade, these dilatory tactics, this unprecedented obstruction that the Democrats have engaged in has to end. So we took the steps to do that. We set it up last week, and we will conclude it this week. Then in the future we’ll be able to do a lot of the Trump nominees in batches, if you will, as opposed to individually, which is what the Democrats have forced us to do, and in ways that have never been done in history, in the past.”
It's kind of surprising that Republicans in the Senate have put up with these obstruction tactics for as long as they have.
Trump has been in office for nine months; it is about time that they do something to break the blockade.
Thune even told Breitbart that the Democrats are "putting America’s national security interests at risk all around the world" just because they have Trump Derangement Syndrome.
“These are key positions that need to be filled, and in the past they would have been filled by unanimous consent because everybody recognized that a president who wins is a duly elected president and won a huge mandate in an election and deserves to have their team in place," he said.
"We live in a dangerous world," he added. "We need representation in a lot of these key posts around the world today, and the Democrats have been blocking it now for going on nine months since the President took office. So it’s got to come to an end."
After Democrats rejected a bipartisan solution to the logjam that would have kept the current rules intact, there was complete unity among the GOP senators for the change.
"Thankfully all our Republicans understood what was at stake and we’ve all hung together," Thune said. "We had all 53 Republicans to do this and we’re going to finish it this week.”
Really, what choice did they have?
As Thune noted, the Democrats have been "almost pathological" in their hatred of Trump, so it was time to do what needed to be done.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his killing last week.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) celebrated the passage of the resolution in a post on X by saying, "The United States Senate has unanimously passed my resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and praising his outstanding legacy. This is just a flag, planted on a hill. What matters is where we carry it next."
The resolution “condemns” Kirk’s assassination “in the strongest possible terms," even as many in the Democrat Party have been openly celebrating Kirk's death due to his prominent status as a right-wing activist.
The resolution also “extends its deepest condolences and sympathies” to Kirk’s family, including his wife, Erika, and their two children.
Kirk's family witnessed his assassination and has had to endure extreme abuse from monstrous leftists openly and proudly celebrating the assassination of someone who believed very strongly in open dialogue to resolve issues instead of resorting to violence.
For those on the left celebrating Kirk's death, seeing every single Democrat Senator condemn them must have been shocking.
No Democrat Senator was brave enough to stand against this resolution, and it makes sense considering the reaction of the public to Kirk's assassination. News of Kirk's shooting quickly raced around the nation and shocked Americans of all political persuasions, especially centrists.
Despite attempts to frame Kirk as a radical right-wing figure, the truth is that he was an activist who believed in civil discourse on college campuses and advocated for free speech.
Kirk's appearances on college campuses converted college students by the hundreds as he used discourse, not violence, to push his beliefs. Leftists have claimed that Kirk was a hateful figure, even as many of them celebrate Kirk being killed in front of his two young daughters.
The aftermath of Kirk's death has been eye-opening for many regular Americans, even those who generally consider themselves liberals. Not since MLK Jr.'s assassination has the nation been more shocked and outraged.
While it was safe to assume the shooter had leftist political motivations in shooting Kirk, it wasn't until a few days after that it was confirmed that Kirk's shooter was a radical leftist.
The shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology" despite growing up in a strongly conservative household. High school friends stated he adopted leftist ideas, and Robinson was also dating a trans individual.
Furthermore, the bullets alluded to anti-fascist ideology, and one bullet had been engraved with "Hey fascist! Catch!" It's undeniable that Robinson was a radical leftist who bought into the lies that Kirk was a fascist and threw away his life in a political crusade.
The left is undoubtedly responsible for this tragedy, and anyone celebrating Kirk's assassination has no place in American society. Some leftists are already finding this out the hard way.
President Donald Trump is set to finalize a new nuclear energy deal with the UK this week when he visits London for a state visit and banquet with King Charles III.
On Thursday, Trump will meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for bilateral meetings, and both will sign the final agreement, the Washington Examiner reported.
British government officials said that the agreement “will turbocharge the build-out of new nuclear power stations in both countries and clear the way for a major expansion of new nuclear projects in the UK.”
"This landmark UK-US nuclear partnership is not just about powering our homes, it’s about powering our economy, our communities, and our ambition. These major commitments set us well on course to a golden age of nuclear that will drive down household bills in the long run, while delivering thousands of good jobs in the short term,” Starmer said in a statement. “Together with the US, we’re building a golden age of nuclear that puts both countries at the forefront of global innovation and investment.”
Trump administration officials were also bullish on the impact of the new agreement on the U.S.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the administration is “ushering in a true nuclear renaissance — harnessing the power of commercial nuclear to meet rising energy demand and fuel the AI revolution.”
“Strengthened nuclear cooperation with the UK reinforces our unshakable commitment to technological leadership, global security and the responsible stewardship of nuclear power. This is how we unleash the full power of American Energy Dominance — with innovation, strength, and key geopolitical collaboration," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum added.
As part of the agreement, America’s X-Energy will partner with British energy supplier Centrica ining build 12 modular nuclear reactors in northern England to power a reported 1.5 million homes and add 2,500 jobs to the economy.
Why does the U.S. want to do this?
Simply put, it will reduce the UK's dependence on Russian oil, the sale of which in Europe is helping to keep the war in Ukraine going.
Trump has been increasing pressure on NATO allies in Europe to end their imports of Russian oil or add stiff new tariffs to those sales in order to sanction Russia for its aggression against Ukraine and for not coming to an agreement to end the war.
Sanctions like this could deprive Russia of the money it needs to keep fighting, or at least force its leaders to think harder about stopping.
In addition, countries will need a lot more electrical power to run the energy-sucking machines that power AI and blockchain. Nuclear power is free of emissions, and unless an accident or meltdown occurs, it produces very little waste.
It will be Trump's second state visit to the UK since taking office.