Trump Transforms America And The World In Just 100 Days

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – In his first 100 days, President Trump exerted his power in a sweep and scale that has no easy historical comparison.

His actions target the failed liberal architecture of the New Deal and the Great Society, but they hardly stop there. He is also rewriting the sometimes outdated Reagan Republican orthodoxy of free trade and international alliances.

All of it is in service of fundamentally altering the role of government in American life and the U.S. place in the world.

To implement parts of his vision, he deployed Elon Musk to dismantle the federal workforce.

Trump also has begun to remake the mostly outdated post-World War II alliance with Europe. He has made emergency declarations to rewrite the rules of global trade and ordered the removal of illegal criminal migrants to a prison in El Salvador.

He has also taken aim at law, media, public health and culture, attempting to bring them all to heel, with some surprising success.

Most of his actions were promised during his campaign and he has implemented them with blunt force aggressiveness. WELL DONE.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.

Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:    

NATIONAL SECURITY

US nuclear arsenal will cost $946 billion over the next decade, an estimated total that rose by 25% over the last two years. (RELATED: Team Trump’s Warning Ignored — Enemy Races To Strengthen Nuclear Sites)

Interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals has become a routine feature of military conflict across the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and parts of Asia.

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HOMELAND SECURITY

A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act. (RELATED: FBI Arrest Unleashes Dangerous Threat From Wisconsin Judge)

More than 100 undocumented immigrants detained in Colorado nightclub raid: DEA.

Afghans who fled the Taliban, including some who helped the US military, are facing the risk of deportation as Team Trump moves to end legal protections for them.

POLITICS

House and Senate Armed Services Committees unveiled legislation to increase DOD spending by $150 billion, with $25 billion earmarked for a new missile defense initiative known as Golden Dome.

Shipbuilding, Golden Dome and munitions win big as GOP unveils $150B bill to boost defense.

Four senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were named Thursday after the firing of three officials for leaking information. (RELATED: Hegseth’s Inner Circle Crumbles — Top Aide Out In Pentagon Shakeup)

Trump order has expanded the reasons agencies may fire probationary employees, a group he has sought to dismiss en masse as part of efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

US POWER OVERSEAS

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Philippine Sea following a port visit to Guam.

Marines prepare to defend islands with new weapon amid rising drone threats during training along the west coast of Luzon, the Philippines’ main island.

SINKEX – Marine F/A-18C/D Hornets will be participating in a South China Sea maritime strike drill against a Second World War-era Corvette during Balikatan 2025.

Intelligence Marines demonstrated using civilian drone and powered paragliding technology to provide commanders with a clearer battlefield picture during a recent drill on this Okinawa island.

Army wants to use 3D-printed drones to spot threats soldiers can’t see, testing them during an exercise in Poland to see if the service can mass produce its own small aerial systems at a much lower cost than the defense industry.

CHINA THREAT

Philippine Marines, National Police and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today to assert Manila’s maritime jurisdiction following a similar China Coast Guard action earlier this month.

Taiwanese authorities this month charged the Chinese captain of a cargo vessel for damaging an underwater communications cable connecting Taiwan to the Penghu Islands near the Chinese coast. (RELATED: CNN Commenters Exposed On TV For Backing America’s Enemy)

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s army was still fighting in Russia’s Kursk a day after Moscow claimed the “full liberation” of its western region.

Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea Monday for fighting alongside his troops against Ukrainian forces and promised not to forget their sacrifices, hours after North Korea confirmed its deployment for the first time.

IRAN THREAT/MIDEAST

Four steps Trump can take during his Middle East visit to contain Iran, preempt Iranian retaliation and keep Iran on the defensive.

A massive explosion at an Iranian port possibly linked to chemical to make missile fuel kills 25, injures some 800.

US carrier-based F-35Cs have been shooting down Iran-backed Houthi drones during recent operations over and around the Red Sea, in addition to striking targets in Yemen.

Hundreds of US strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen have dealt a serious blow to the terror group’s ability to keep up attacks on military and commercial ships in the Middle East.

StormBreaker, GBU-53/B, Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II), advanced glide bomb lands in Yemen largely intact.

NORTH KOREA THREAT

North Korea’s new frigate has ballistic missile launchers. The Choi Hyon, the air defense-capable frigate previously seen under construction, was supposedly built in just over a year. It carries the hull number 51, likely to emulate the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyer that it slightly resembles.

South Korean solider accidentally discharged a machine gun last week while inspecting the weapon at a guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

SPACE THREAT

L3Harris gains edge in race to build Golden Dome missile sensors with satellites that can track hypersonic missiles from space.

Space Force said its newest weather satellite is now operational and will soon be collecting and sharing key weather data with military planners and operators.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Brit carrier to host largest ever fifth-gen air wing. The most powerful deployment of U.K. air power at sea this century has begun assembling aboard HMS Prince of Wales as its Carrier Strike Group heads towards the Indo-Pacific.

Germany surges to fourth largest global military spender in Central and Western Europe for the first time since its reunification in 1990, soaring to $88.5 billion in 2024.

In a bid to surpass NATO capability targets, Estonia approves $3.2B defense spending spike, locks in 5.4% GDP target.

Netherlands to buy $2.2bn worth of US Tomahawk missiles.

The suspect in a car-ramming attack that killed 11 people and injured dozens at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, Canada has been charged with eight counts of murder.

Canadians head to the polls on Monday for an election overshadowed by tariffs, economic uncertainty and annexation threats from the US.

Fears of Boko Haram terror group’s comeback stir in Nigeria.

US MILITARY

As the 101st Airborne Division prepared to receive their first M10 Bookers combat vehicles for infantry forces—staff planners realized that 8 of the 11 bridges on Fort Campbell would crack under the weight of the “light tank.”

Two years ago, I represented the Marine Corps at a summit in Warsaw. A Ukrainian commander there poked me and said, “Stop sending us your American drones. They’re shit. They don’t work on the modern battlefield.”

END of PDB

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