Haisten Willis

3 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis

Vice President JD Vance said the United States was “governed by complete morons” before President Donald Trump took office at a Tuesday night event during which he previewed the administration’s economic vision. “If I on Jan. 21 — in fact I did ask this question — ‘where are the biggest deficiencies in our supply chains? What are the 100 products that we’re completely reliant on some other entity to make for us?'” Vance said in a conversation with American Compass founder Oren Cass.

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis

Many people first heard the term “autopen” when President Donald Trump accused his predecessor of using it illicitly earlier this spring. “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen,” Trump wrote on March 17.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis

Billionaire Elon Musk showed up to his farewell White House press conference vowing to continue the fight — and with a bruise to show for it. Musk appeared to have a black eye on the right side of his face on Friday in the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump. After 130 days, he’s leaving his post as a special government employee, but said the wound had nothing to do with politics. “I was just horsing around with little X,” Musk said, referring to his young son.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis

President Donald Trump hit his predecessor over autopen use on Friday, predicting that it could become a legendary scandal in time. “I think the autopen is going to become one of the great scandals of all time,” Trump said during an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk. Republicans allege that former President Joe Biden was not in control of his own administration and that his aides may have been behind executive orders and pardons signed with an automatic pen device.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Haisten Willis

President Donald Trump faces a lot of headwinds as he makes a visit to U.S. Steel Friday to argue that his approach to the economy is working. Not only are Democrats and free trade-oriented Republicans criticizing him, but Trump also faces legal battles as he seeks to fundamentally rework U.S. trade policy during his second term. “The United States has run a trade deficit of goods every year since 1975,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.