During his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump pledged to usher in a new era of readiness and lethality for the United States military, and just two months into his second term, he is fulfilling that promise.

As the Associated Press reports, on Friday, Trump announced that Boeing had been awarded the contract to build what will be known as the F-47 Air Force fighter jet, a sixth-generation aircraft poised to replace the F-22 Raptor, built by Lockheed Martin.

Trump, Hegseth announce decision

During an event in the Oval Office, Trump, joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, revealed the administration's decision to move forward with production of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter jet platform, as a release from the Pentagon explained.

The platform is described as a “network-connected family of systems -- including a stealth fighter jet component, drone technology and others – that simultaneously interact to ensure air superiority.”

“Nothing in the world comes even close to it,” Trump said of the platform, the aircraft component of which will be dubbed the F-47 in a nod to his current term in office.

Trump added that the contract to build the NGAD is evidence of his commitment to making a “historic investment in the country's defense industrial base, keeping the U.S. on the cutting edge of aerospace technology.”

Hegseth was equally enthusiastic, declaring that the F-47 “sends a very direct, clear message to our allies that we're not going anywhere and to our enemies that we can, and we will, be able to project power around the globe, unimpeded, for generations to come.”

Impressive capabilities highlighted

The advanced technology set to be embodied by the project was outlined by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin as part of the administration's announcement.

Allvin explained that NGAD “is allowing us to look into the future and unlock the magic that is human-machine teaming.”

He went on, “We're going to write the next generation of modern aerial warfare with this” and noted that the program's structure will afford the government greater control to update and adapt the platform “at the speed of relevance [and] at the speed of technology.”

The F-47 is projected to cost less than the aging F-22, boast greater adaptability to threats and “have significantly longer range, more advanced stealth, be more sustainable, supportable, and have higher availability than our fifth-generation fighters."

Notably, cost estimates and timelines for production were omitted from the Oval Office announcement event, though Trump did indicate his belief that a fleet of F-47 aircraft would be “built and in the air” before his term ends.

Timely decision praised

Offering high praise for the project outlined by Trump and Hegseth was Dr. Rebecca Grant of the Lexington Institute, a defense and security policy think tank in Arlington, Virginia, who said, “By moving swiftly, the Trump administration has corrected yet another inexplicable Biden-era slip that delayed a program decision last summer,” Grant noted, adding that the move “comes not a moment too soon,” given China's massive existing investments in sixth-generation designs.

Grant concluded her words of support for the program by echoing Trump's bluntly stated belief that, when it comes to this type of advancement in an increasingly dangerous world, “You have to have it.”

Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell called on the New York Times to retract its "completely fake" report that Elon Musk was privy to top secret war plans with China, Breitbart reported. Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, was invited Friday as an adviser for a meeting at the Pentagon.

The Times claimed that Musk was scheduled to meet at the Pentagon to receive information about the "U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China" based on tips from two anonymous officials. A third allegedly told the newspaper just that it was "China-focused."

The news outlet ran with the story, but Parnell rebuked the Times for its false reporting in a post to X, formerly Twitter. "This is 100% Fake News. Just brazenly & maliciously wrong. Elon Musk is a patriot. We are proud to have him at the Pentagon," Parnell wrote.

Fake News

Parnell set the story straight on Friday's "Fox & Friends" morning program. "On the record, that is completely fake," Parnell asserted.

"And let me show you — this, this started with this New York Times headline, and they since changed it, but, ‘Musk Set to Get Access to Top Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War with China.’ This is egregious. This is fake. The New York Times should retract this story," the spokesman added.

"Five anonymous sources. I’ve been on bilat[arel] calls with the Secretary. I see how hard he’s working to implement the president's agenda and pursue peace through strength, this type of garbage from the New York Times undermines that process and undermines that mission, it shouldn’t happen at all," Parnell said.

"Elon Musk is just coming over here for a visit. Again, he’s an innovator. This is a guy that shot a rocket at thousands of miles an hour, that’s thousands of pounds, and as it landed back on the earth, it was grabbed out of mid-air by a giant robot arm," Parnell went on about the SpaceX mogul.

"We want a guy like Elon Musk in the Defense Department to help us come up with creative solutions to the problems that we face of the day. But this article, this article is ridiculous. It’s fake, and I can confirm that on the record," Parnell said.

The President Responds

The Times report declared that Musk "is a leading supplier to the Pentagon and has extensive financial interests in China," it said. However, war strategies are "among the military’s most closely guarded secrets" and are kept secret to maintain the element of surprise.

The implication is that the Pentagon was sharing these with Musk and that it would put the U.S. in danger. However, President Donald Trump also attested that Musk was not privy to such plans.

"The Fake News is at it again, this time the Failing New York Times. They said, incorrectly, that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon tomorrow to be briefed on any potential 'war with China,'" Trump posted on his Truth Social Thursday.

"How ridiculous? China will not even be mentioned or discussed. How disgraceful it is that the discredited media can make up such lies. Anyway, the story is completely untrue!!!" Trump noted.

The mainstream media has it out for Musk, and this hit piece by the New York Times is another attempt to scare the public about his involvement in the administration. However, Musk has a unique set of skills that Trump is tapping into that can help make America even better.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is cashing in on thousands of dollars of taxpayer-funded perks, including a vehicle lease, lodging, and meals, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Crockett does this after claiming last month that she's "not in the business of giving out money" to those same taxpayers after Elon Musk floated $5,000 refund checks.

President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has been slashing wasteful spending and saving taxpayer dollars. Musk, DOGE's leader, suggested returning some of that savings in the form of checks to taxpayers.

Crockett, a rising star in the  Democratic Party, scoffed at that possibility. "We are not in the business of giving out money, and honestly, I don't know what $5,000 will do for you," Crockett claimed.

Another Washington Hypocrite

It's not that Crockett's objection comes because she is some fiscal conservative. On the contrary, she has no qualms about taking advantage of every benefit being in elected office has to offer.

For instance, House disbursement records indicate Crockett has enjoyed a $999.96 per month "vehicle lease" since January 2023, when she was sworn in. It's unclear what kind of vehicle Americans are footing the bill for, but the amount is sufficient for a luxury car.

Most of the lawmakers who utilize this obscure program, which is designed for those with vast districts to get around using EPA-approved vehicles, choose those that are moderately priced, sensible, and domestically produced. Well, that's true for the 15 Republicans who use the programs.

Many of Crockett's 27 fellow Democrats who use the program are leasing high-end vehicles made by Lexus, Tesla, and Volvo. It's not just that Crockett's lease is expensive but also that she has chosen to receive this benefit to jaunt around her Dallas, Texas, district that's only about 335 square miles.

When not in her home district, Crockett has taxpayers covering her expenses in Washington, D.C. In 2024 alone, she received $20,301 for "lodging" and another $2,670 to cover meals while Congress was in session.

Justifying DOGE's Mission

While Crockett is being miserly with taxpayer refunds from DOGE's efforts, her use of these lawmaker perks justifies the mission of the agency she railed against. Meanwhile, there's little transparency about exactly what type of vehicles House members are driving on our dime.

Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of the watchdog group Americans for Public Trust, finds it "disturbing" that the information is so difficult to nail down. "Riding around in a taxpayer-funded Lexus and not being forthcoming with constituents raises ethical questions and is unacceptable, particularly in our current era of rising accountability over government spending," Sutherland said.

"Taxpayers have the right to know what type of vehicle they’re subsidizing to ensure this program is not being abused," she added. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) is an example of that as she utilized the program for her 77.5-square-foot district with reimbursements for her state-funded vehicle going to Lexus Financial Services.

Notably, DOGE is uncovering pockets of wasteful spending all over the government while people like Crockett attack Musk, The Washington Examiner reported. "Starting with on March 29, it’s my birthday, and all I want to see happen on my birthday is for Elon to be taken down. Yes!" she said during a livestream on Wednesday.

Crockett is the sort of swampy politician who takes from the taxpayer coffers while giving nothing back to constituents. This conduct will not go unnoticed, even among Democratic voters who are increasingly disillusioned with their party members, and certainly not by DOGE.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday dissolving the Department of Education, Fox News reported. This is yet another campaign promise fulfilled as Trump said the department was overrun with "radicals, zealots and Marxists."

Democrats are beside themselves about the possibility that Trump will "turn over education to families instead of bureaucracies," as the White House fact sheet stated about the move. It explained that "the agency has failed American students."

Journalist Christopher Rufo shared an invitation to X, formerly Twitter, for a ceremonial signing at 4 p.m. on Thursday. "This is the culmination of a long campaign. Republicans have promised to abolish the Department of Education for almost fifty years, but only President Trump is getting it done. An incredible moment in history," Rufo wrote.

Long Overdue

The Department of Education has been an abject failure and the test scores prove it. Even in the past two years alone, there has been no improvement in math for eighth graders and a two-point loss in reading scores for fourth and eighth graders.

"NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores reveal a national crisis — our children are falling behind. Over the past four years, Democrats have allowed millions of illegal minors into the country, straining school resources and diverting focus from American students," White House principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said to Fox News.

"Coupled with the rise of anti-American CRT and DEI indoctrination, this is harming our most vulnerable. President Trump's executive order to expand educational opportunities will empower parents, states, and communities to take control and improve outcomes for all students," Fields added.

Trump wants to return the responsibility to the states and to parents. "I want every parent in America to be empowered to send their child to public, private, charter, or faith-based school of their choice," Trump said.

"The time for universal school choice has come. As we return education to the states, I will use every power I have to give parents this right," Trump added.

The Left Pounces

The Department of Education has been around since 1980 and has demonstrably made things worse despite spending copious amounts of taxpayer money. In fiscal year 2024, the agency's budget was $79.1 billion as students were learning less.

Still, the left is protective over every government bureaucracy that funnels taxpayer dollars its way. Predictably, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and current vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, railed against Trump's move, according to The Hill.

"We should be focused on helping our kids with math and reading — the basics they need to succeed. Absolutely no one is asking for three out-of-touch billionaires to rip apart the Department of Education over some deranged far-right culture war," Murray said.

"In taking a wrecking ball to the department, Trump is making it harder for students to get help getting financial aid, jeopardizing the funding schools and families count on every day, and making it easier for predatory businesses to rip students off," she charged. Of course, the assumption is that the government is entirely above board and benevolent.

Although Trump may ultimately need Congress to abolish the Department of Education, his resolve to do something about it is commendable. It's time the people and those they elect hold these institutions accountable, even if it means their destruction.

A federal judge has blocked the Department of Government Efficiency's effort to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development, Fox News reported. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered all employees reinstated, even those on administrative leave in another pusbhak against President Donald Trump's agenda. 

DOGE was created to cut the size of the government. Republicans believe organizations like USAID are wasteful and that DOGE has a right to slash whatever is redundant or useless in the federal budget.

Chuang, an Obama appointee, didn't see it that way. On Tuesday, the judge wrote that DOGE's move "shut down USAID on an accelerated basis, including its apparent decision to permanently close USAID headquarters without the approval of a duly appointed USAID officer, likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways."

The judge also claimed the cuts "not only harmed the plaintiffs, but also the public interest, because they deprived the public’s elected representatives in Congress of their constitutional authority to decide whether, when, and how to close down an agency created by Congress." This case promises to be one of several that will test the court's power to stop Trump.

More Roadblocks

It's clear that the mission of DOGE is just too challenging for Democrats, who rely on government spending to entice voters to continue to pull the lever for them. However, they really have focused their ire on DOGE's leader, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk.

Many have questioned the legality of allowing Musk to operate in the government as an adviser to Trump. Chuang laid the groundwork for requiring Senate confirmation for Musk under the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

In the meantime, DOGE cannot make any more cuts to USAID. In a separate decision, U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali previously ruled that the Trump administration must pay off contractors for work already completed while admonishing it for "unlawfully impounding" almost $2 billion in aid.

Ali demanded the Trump administration pay $1.9 billion in foreign aid that was already promised by a deadline of Feb. 27. The judge claimed that withholding payments due overstepped the powers of the executive branch.

"Here, the executive has unilaterally deemed that funds Congress appropriated for foreign aid will not be spent. The executive not only claims his constitutional authority to determine how to spend appropriated funds, but usurps Congress’ exclusive authority to dictate whether the funds should be spent in the first place," Ali said.

Wasteful Spending

These judges have cut DOGE off at the knees through these decisions despite all of the apparent waste that's already been uncovered. Just after DOGE's investigation effort was underway, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt outlined some of the most egregious expenditures.

A video of her statement was shared to X, formerly Twitter, by Libs of TikTok last month. Leavitt said there were some "insane priorities" the agency used taxpayer dollars to fund.

"$1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia's workplaces; $70,000 for production of a DEI musical in Ireland; $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia; $32,000 for a transgender comic book in Peru. I don't know about you, but as an American taxpayer, I don't want my dollars going toward this crap..." Leavitt said.

DOGE did its job by rooting out some of the most wasteful uses of money from one of the most useless government sectors. These judges are thwarting that noble mission at the moment, but the White House is scrambling to mount a counterattack on these efforts.

President Donald Trump has removed Secret Service protection from Hunter Biden, Breitbart reported. This comes as the son of former President Joe Biden has been vacationing in South Africa as Trump spars with its leaders over treatment of its citizens.

Trump also revoked the Secret Service protection from the former president’s adult daughter, Ashley Biden. Protecting the adult children of the president isn’t part of the stated mission of the agency.

The Secret Service website says it protects “the president, the vice president, (or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President), the president-elect and vice president-elect.” Minor children under 16 are included in that description as well.

Beyond that, visiting dignitaries are also given protection. The Secret Service says it’s charged with guarding “heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses traveling with them” plus “other distinguished foreign visitors.”

Trump’s argument

Trump explained the move on his Truth Social platform on Monday. “Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United States Taxpayer,” the president wrote.

”There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous! He is currently vacationing in, of all places, South Africa, where the Human Rights of people has been strenuously questioned,” Trump added.

“Because of this, South Africa has been taken off our list of Countries receiving Economic and Financial Assistance. Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection,” Trump continued.

“Likewise, Ashley Biden, who has 13 agents, will be taken off the list,” the president added. Although he fathered four children, Joe Biden’s son, Beau Biden, and daughter, Naomi Biden, are both deceased.

Ongoing tension

Whether it figured into his decision or not, it’s noteworthy that the news came as Hunter Biden traveled to South Africa. As Fox News reported, the 55-year-old is vacationing in a nation that Trump has taken on over the treatment of its citizens.

South Africa has laws that allow it to arbitrarily seize land from citizens without compensation or recourse. Trump has also accused the nation of being anti-White.

Moreover, South Africa supports Iran and sided with Hamas in the Palestinian terror group’s war with Israel. This led to Trump’s accusations in the post about Hunter Biden’s visit.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed a similar viewpoint last week, stating the South African ambassador “is no longer welcome" in the U.S. The nation’s top diplomat, Ebrahim Rasool, similarly accused Trump of a “supremacist instinct” in another provocation.

Hunter Biden should not visit nations that are hostile to any group of citizens. He also shouldn’t be relying on the government to provide for his protection indefinitely, especially while visiting places hostile to the U.S. point of view.

Vice President JD Vance announced Friday during an appearance in Michigan that businesses and corporations that "invest in America" will be rewarded with tax cuts, deregulation and lower energy costs. 

During the appearance at Vantage Plastics, a plastic manufacturing plant in Bay City, Vance said the Trump administration’s “goal is to make it easier and more affordable to make things again” in the U.S.

“President Trump has been clear about his plan, about our administration’s plan — our goal is to make it easier and more affordable to make things again in the United States of America,” Vance said. “If you invest in America, in American jobs, in American workers and in American businesses, you’re going to be rewarded. We’re going to cut your taxes, we’re going to slash regulations, and we’re going to reduce the cost of energy and build things right here in this country that all of us love.”

On the other hand, Vance warned, if companies choose to go outside the U.S., they will not get anything from the administration.

"Simple as that"

Vance said the message was "simple" but powerful.

“But, if you try to undercut us and build outside of our borders, President Trump’s administration has got nothing for you,” Vance said. “If you want to be rewarded, build in America. If you want to be penalized, build outside of America. It’s as simple as that.”

Vance also said that the Trump administration had already planned to invest almost $2 trillion into American businesses, according to Spectrum News NY1.

Previously, GE Aerospace announced a nearly $1 billion investment in American manufacturing.

Pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly said they would invest $27 billion to "boost domestic drug production."

"Terrible economy" under Biden

Vance did criticized the previous Biden administration for inflation and other economic woes.

“The last administration left us with a terrible economy,” Vance said. “They left us with sky-high prices. They left us with home values that had doubled in just four short years, meaning a lot of American families couldn’t afford to buy or to rent a home. They left us with a historic debt crisis. Did you know, in the history of the United States of America, we have never had deficits and debt so high as we had under Joe Biden’s leadership?"

Trump may be trying to cut the federal budget and address its more than $36 trillion in debt now, but Vance ignores the deficit spending Trump did in his first term with these comments.

We'll see if the new administration can turn things around, or if they will be all talk and little action once again.

A rash of severe weather took hold across a large portion of the eastern United States over the weekend, leaving a wide swath of death and destruction in its wake.

According to ABC News, the unusually strong storm system, which included more than 50 powerful tornadoes, has left at least 36 dead in seven states and caused untold damage in several others.

Weather brings death, devastation

The true extent of the destruction wrought by the expansive weather pattern was just becoming evident with the arrival of daylight, with the death toll continuing to rise and the property damage bringing a sense of shock to those in the path of the storms.

Missouri has thus far reported the largest number of any of the impacted states, with 12 deaths on record as of Sunday morning.

Kansas was said to have suffered eight deaths, Mississippi saw six fatalities, four died in Texas, three in Arkansas, and one person was said to have lost their life in Oklahoma, according to ABC News, with multiple individuals still missing in affected areas.

Adding to the weather-induced chaos were multiple wildfires sparked in Oklahoma due to strong wind gusts which continued to fan the flames, according to AccuWeather.com.

Kansas as well as west and central Texas also saw the emergence of a far-reaching dust storm that resulted in poor visibility on the roadways and compromised air quality, and flight cancellations stemming from the weather conditions only contributed to the upheaval.

Risks persist on Sunday

Unfortunately, the severe weather dangers were not isolated to Friday and Saturday, as Sunday was also expected to bring with it the need for increased vigilance.

As AccuWeather.com reported separately, the very same storm system was poised to bring further danger to the East Coast on Sunday, encompassing roughly 10 states.

Travel disruptions, power outages, downed trees, flash flooding, and risk to life and property were all expected to present themselves again as the weekend wound its way to conclusion.

“Strong wind gusts, hail and torrential downpours will be the greatest threats from the storms on Sunday as they progress from the I-81 and I-85 corridors to I-95; however, isolated tornadoes can still develop within the strongest storms,” AccuWeather meteorologists explained.

Fortunately, the outlet noted that the severe weather threat was poised to end late Sunday to early Monday when a cold front was expected to push off the Atlantic Coast.

Meteorologists set to probe causes

Though the wave of death and destruction seen in recent days was certainly tragic, the storm event did not reach the historic proportions some feared it might, as Axios noted, but that is not to say that the reasons behind it will not be studied in great detail for some time to come.

Though some meteorologists continue to argue that climate change has contributed the severity of storm systems such as the one that took hold of the eastern U.S. in recent days, others have cast doubt on that theory, virtually ensuring that the debate among scientists in a range of disciplines will continue well into the future.

Golf legend Tiger Woods, 49, is allegedly dating Vanessa Trump, 47, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., the Daily Caller reported. If the two get married, it would be the second wedding for both of them. 

The pair have much in common. Woods is a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, Vanessa Trump's former father-in-law. Vanessa Trump has a 17-year-old daughter, Kai, who is gifted at golf and looking forward to a future in the sport.

Woods has a 16-year-old son, Charlie, with the same aspirations. Kai and Charlie are also students at The Benjamin School in Florida. The UK Daily Mail was the first to report their romance.

Not So Secret

Although the pair have not made their relationship public, there are many signs that they are together. Four sources who claim to be close to the matter confirmed their union and said that all five of Vanessa Trump's children, plus the rest of the Trump family, are aware.

“She comes to his place on Jupiter Island. They’re not living together," a source said. The Daily Mail noted that the two live about twenty minutes from each other in the Palm Beach, Florida, area.

"She comes over maybe a few nights a week," the source said. "They just love hanging out, having dinner, and schmoozing together," the person added.

"They’re sticking close to home, have decided not to make it a thing and go out in public. Not just yet, anyway," the source said.

It's possible the couple hasn't made public appearances because Woods is still recovering from a torn Achilles tendon. Notably, Vanessa Trump took her daughter to watch a round of TGL golf, a league Woods co-created with Rory McIlroy.

Their Breakups

Vanessa Trump's 2018 split from Donald Trump, Jr. was an uncontested divorce and hasn't caused any public stir. While her ex-husband has had some high-profile relationships, Vanessa Trump hasn't been linked publicly to anyone since then.

By contrast, Woods had a very public and tumultuous breakup with ex-wife Elin Woods in 2009 after she found out that he was unfaithful to her, Fox News reported. An incident outside their Orlando home made headlines at the time.

Tiger Woods reportedly backed into a fire hydrant while coming out of his home in a gated community. Elin Woods confessed that she "broke the back window with a golf club," Windermere, Fla., Police Chief Daniel Saylor said.

"She supposedly got him out and laid him on the ground. He was in and out of consciousness when my guys got there," Saylor told the press then.

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are public figures, but they still have a right to their privacy. If their relationship progresses, there will no doubt be public announcements and features written about them.

Dr. Marty Makary is one step closer to becoming the head of the Food and Drug Administration after Republicans and even some Democrats on the Senate committee voted 14-9 in his favor Thursday, Fox News reported. Makary's nomination will move to the Senate for a confirmation vote. 

President Donald Trump picked Makary to collaborate with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institute of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on his Make America Healthy Again initiative. Makary is seen as a solid choice.

Trump said Makary will join Kennedy to "properly evaluate harmful chemicals poisoning our Nation’s food supply and drugs and biologics being given to our Nation’s youth, so that we can finally address the Childhood Chronic Disease Epidemic." The 54-year-old is a pancreatic surgeon and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Makary was one of the voices championing natural immunity while the vaccine push was well underway. In 2021, Makary wrote an op-ed calling for "fresh leadership at the FDA to change the culture at the agency and promote scientific advancement, not hinder it."

Health Overhaul

Thursday's vote came after the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing last week. Makary made the case for himself and the MAHA agenda.

"We now have a generational opportunity in American healthcare. President Trump and Secretary Kennedy's focus on healthy foods has galvanized a grassroots movement in America. Childhood obesity is not a willpower problem, and the rise of early-onset Alzheimer's is not a genetic cause," Makary said at last week's hearing.

"We should be, and we will, be addressing food as it impacts our health. Thanks to the courage of President Trump and Secretary Kennedy, we now have a generational opportunity to usher in radical transparency to facilitate more cures, meaningful treatments, and diagnostics at the FDA to help people take care of their own health," Makary added.

His responses hit all the right notes for supporters, as evidenced by a video shared to X, formerly Twitter, after the hearing. Some of those statements included the fact that the U.S. is "drugging our nation's children at scale" while Americans "eat foods with a lot of molecules that do not appear in nature."

Democrats Push Back

Although Makary's answers delighted conservatives and two Democratic defectors that voted for him, leftists pushed back on Makary about hot-button issues, including his stance on abortion. They pressed the pro-life Makary about whether he would outlaw the chemical abortion treatment of Mifepristone.

Despite his views, Makary promised a scientific examination of it. "I have no preconceived plans on Mifepristone policy except to take a solid, hard look at the data and to meet with the professional career scientists who have reviewed the data at the FDA, and to build an expert coalition to review the ongoing data," he told the committee.

Makary also promised to streamline the agency the same way the Department of Government Efficiency is doing throughout the government. "If confirmed, I will do my own independent assessment on personnel," Makary promised.

"I welcome input on efficiencies at the agency. At the same time, I want to make sure that the scientists and food inspectors and staff, central to the core mission of the agency, have all the resources they need to do their job well," Makary said during the hearing.

Trump has recently made some political missteps to be sure. However, when it comes to the MAHA agenda, he's doing exactly what he promised to his voters before the election, and that covers a multitude of missteps.

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