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POTUS: "With the reckless Democrat Shutdown, virtually every Democrat in Congress has voted to hold the American People hostage in an effort to extort hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending. They're demanding free healthcare for illegal aliens..."

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POTUS: "Since January, 100,000 bureaucrats have left the federal payroll. Government spending is down 2.5% this quarter compared to one year ago... 100% of all new jobs created in America under my administration have been created in the private sector." 🔥

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POTUS: "If you want to see what Congressional Democrats wish to do to America, just look at the result of yesterday’s election in New York—where their party installed a COMMUNIST as the mayor...our opponents are hellbent on turning America into Communist Cuba or Socialist Venezuela."

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POTUS: "The Communists, Marxists, Socialists, and Globalists had their chance—and they delivered nothing but disaster... their day is OVER, their grip is BROKEN, and their time is absolutely DONE. The Golden Age of America has begun and we are just getting started."

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🚨 "If you bring us to a week from today, Democrats, you WILL see mass chaos," says Secretary Sean Duffy as the Democrat Shutdown means air traffic controllers are about to miss another paycheck.

"You may see us close certain parts of the airspace because we just cannot manage it."

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Karoline Leavitt on the Senate filibuster: "Republicans need to play tough and they need to play smart — that's how the President feels. We know that Democrats, if they are ever given a chance at power again in this city, they will absolutely take away the filibuster."

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James Blair: "We know that this [shutdown] is performative for the Democrat base... what they are doing is wrong — it's hurting people. They should stop hurting people."

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Scott Bessent: Tariffs are "a matter of national security and this is one of POTUS' signature policies — and it would be very unusual for the Supreme Court to overrule a President's signature policy. The Supreme Court gave President Obama a lot of room on Obamacare..."

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Karoline Leavitt: "We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war... The best way to get the full amount of SNAP benefits to those beneficiaries is for Democrats to reopen the government."

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Karoline Leavitt: "We are 100% confident in the President and his team's legal arguments... and we remain optimistic that the Supreme Court is going to do the right thing. The importance of this case cannot be overstated—POTUS MUST have the emergency authority to utilize tariffs."

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Travelers at Newark Airport on the impacts of the government shutdown: "To be in the airport for ten hours, just waiting — I feel sorry for these guys."

Democrats have yet ANOTHER opportunity to end their disastrous shutdown today.

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Cristiano Ronaldo: President Trump is "one of the guys that can help to change the world." 🙏

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"This is what could be coming to an airport near you thanks to the government shutdown."

"I've been here for four hours. My feet hurt..."

Dems voted for a 14th time today to keep the government shut down—forcing travelers to suffer and airport workers to continue going unpaid.

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"This is a Democrat-led boycott and I'm just not sure what they're doing," says Scott Bessent on the Democrat Shutdown.

"By November 15th, our troops and service members — who are willing to risk their lives — aren't going to be able to get paid. What an embarrassment."

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Secretary Scott Bessent on talks with China: "I think we have addressed the farmers' concerns — and I'm not going to get ahead of the President, but I believe when the announcement of the deal with China is made public, that our soybean farmers will feel very good."

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"I'm about to pull $160M from California — and as we pull more money, we also have the option of pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses," says Secretary Duffy.

"Newsom cares more about illegals getting CDLs than he does the citizens of his own state."

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POTUS on meeting with Schumer and Jeffries: "I would like to meet with both of them, but I set one little caveat: I will only meet if they let the country open. The people want to go back to work."

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REPORTER: At the UN, you said that Ukraine could possibly win the war...

POTUS: "Well, they could. They could still win it. I don't think they will, but they could still win it... anything can happen. You know, war is a very strange thing."

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POTUS: "I think China’s been very respectful of us. They’re paying tremendous amounts of money to us in the form of tariffs. As you know, they’re paying 55% — that's a lot of money... China’s paying 55% and a potential 155% come November 1st unless we make a deal."

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POTUS scolds the Fake News for hitting up against an historic mirror that was just moved into the Cabinet Room at the White House: "You gotta watch that... You're not allowed to break that. That mirror is 400 years old!"

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