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President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami Beach, Florida, Feb. 19, 2025. | Pool photo | HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: As Lenin might have put it: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Donald J. Trump today celebrates his one-month anniversary as 47th president of the United States, and you don’t need me to tell you that the speed of change has been breathtaking. Since Jan. 20, Trump has reshaped everything — from the workings of America’s federal government to its relations with allies and foes overseas; from its approach to war and peace to its stances on trade and foreign aid. Trump has stretched the Constitution to its limits; upended historic law and order norms; transformed the conversation around deep-seated social issues. He shows no sign of slowing down. How Trump is celebrating: Having spent Wednesday laying into America’s (now-former?) ally Volodymyr Zelenskyy, cancelling New York City’s congestion pricing and portraying himself as America’s “king,” Trump will mark his one-month anniversary today with a White House reception for Black history month at 3 p.m., followed by a speech at 7:20 p.m. to Republican members of the National Governors Association, which is holding its winter meeting in D.C. Prior to that, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. Knowing Trump as we do, you can expect all three events to make news. How JD is celebrating: It’s one month in office, too, for Vice President JD Vance — who for all Trump’s daily fireworks has made perhaps the most significant speech of the new regime, with his blistering attack on European allies at the Munich Security Conference last week. Vance will today address prominent conservatives in D.C., kicking off the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at 10 a.m. Given the red-blooded audience, he may make headlines today as well. The neverending news machine: Trump last night issued yet another flurry of executive orders (putting him several steps closer to breaking FDR’s 100-day record, Wikipedia fans). Multiple federal programs and advisory committees were scrapped, including the Presidential Management Fellows Program, U.S. Institute of Peace and the Inter-American Foundation, as Axios’ Hans Nichols had earlier revealed. And a separate order from Trump last night barred federal money from benefiting undocumented immigrants, as Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Bill Melugin scooped — though, as the Times notes, they are already “largely not eligible for federal benefits, with only some exceptions allowed for emergency situations.” And there’s more: Speaking on Air Force One last night, Trump threw his backing behind GOP members of Congress who want to reassert federal control over Washington, D.C. Trump said he liked Mayor Muriel Bowser personally, but complained about the city’s governance. “I get along great with the mayor, but they’re not doing the job. Too much crime, too much graffiti, too many tents on the lawns," Trump said. “I think we should take over Washington, D.C. Make it safe.” Story here via Reuters’ Andrea Shalal. But there’s still more: The president also gave a speech last night to the Saudi-backed FII Priority investment summit in Miami, which turned into a classic Trump campaign rally, WaPo’s Natalie Allison and Abigail Hauslohner report. In a “winding, hour-long address,” Trump touched on numerous familiar themes, they write — attacking Joe Biden, warning about migrants from “insane asylums,” etc. — while doubling down on his blistering attacks on the “dictator” Zelenskyy. Speaking of which: European leaders are still scrambling to respond to Trump’s brutal attacks on Ukraine’s president, which — given their echoes of Russian war propaganda — are being seen by some on the continent as an era-defining realignment of the United States’ position, as my POLITICO colleagues in Europe report. French President Emmanuel Macron and British PM Keir Starmer will make separate visits to the White House next week to try to press Europe’s case to Trump. The stakes could hardly be higher. How they’re reacting: Trump’s comments are making wall-to-wall headlines across Europe, and POLITICO’s Joe Stanley-Smith and others have a useful roundup of political reaction. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been the most outspoken EU leader, describing Trump’s words as “wrong and dangerous.” Starmer phoned Zelesnkyy last night to reiterate Britain’s fulsome backing, with a Downing Street readout noting pointedly that he “expressed his support for President Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader.” Today’s POLITICO Berlin Playbook headline: “Trump macht Putin great again.” Also unhappy: GOP hawks who have spent the past three years decrying Vladimir Putin’s war-mongering and demanding full-blooded support for Ukraine. POLITICO’s Connor O’Brien, Joe Gould and Jack Detsch cite several Hill Republicans pushing back against Trump, including Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). But it’s pretty half-hearted stuff. As NYT’s Robert Jimison reports: “There has been no concerted effort to challenge [Trump] from GOP leaders or senators who play pivotal roles in overseeing military and foreign policy in Congress.” Checks and balances, this is not. So what is Trump up to? Speaking to WaPo, Thomas Graham — who led U.S.-Russia relations at the NSC during the George W. Bush administration — guesses Trump may be undermining Zelesnkyy as a tactic to soften the public ahead of a swift deal on Putin’s terms. “He’s misrepresenting the situation in Ukraine, and I don’t know what he hopes to get by that,” Graham says. “Is this a way to sort of prepare the ground for the American public to accept basically a capitulation to Putin?” Seemingly backing up that theory … were comments Trump made to the BBC on board Air Force One last night. "I think the Russians want to see the war end,” Trump said. “I think they have the cards a little bit, because they've taken a lot of territory. They have the cards." Words which do not seem to bode well for Ukraine. Warning shot: Trump’s former national security adviser — turned arch-enemy — John Bolton tells POLITICO’s Anne McElvoy that the president’s proposed deal to end the war “comes pretty close to surrender.” Speaking on the latest edition of our Power Play podcast, Bolton said the likely settlement “could have been written in the Kremlin.” Pushing back hard: Plenty of MAGA world podcasters and social media warriors, as well as the more vocal GOP critics of Ukraine. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) posted on X: “Zelenskyy has laundered billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars into Ukraine. Glad to see @realdonaldtrump calling out Ukraine's abuse of the American people's goodwill.”
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Protect seniors' affordable health care. Protect Medicare Advantage. Learn more at SupportMedicareAdvantage.com. | | | MEANWHILE ON THE HILL KASH IS KING: If you can tear your eyes off the Trump Show for just one minute, there’s an awful lot going down on the Hill today. Perhaps most importantly, the final member of Trump’s quartet of ultra-controversial cabinet picks — Kash Patel — should be confirmed as FBI director this afternoon. We’re expecting a cloture vote on Patel’s nomination around 11 a.m., with his final confirmation vote at 1:45 p.m. Despite the warnings of doom from Democrats — and the undoubted concerns of certain GOP types — everyone in Washington expects Patel to sail through. My zone runneth over: Patel’s straightforward path to the helm of the FBI illustrates — again — the two great success stories of Trump’s first month in office. First, the president’s total control over Republican members of Congress, who have thus far placed not a single obstacle in his path. And second, the stunning success of the Steve Bannon-hatched plan to “flood the zone” with so many explosive political moves that, for example, pushing through an FBI chief with a history of saying truly extraordinary things is relegated to the eighth most interesting story of the day. Shouting into the void: Senior Democrats including Senate Judiciary ranking member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will hold a news conference outside the FBI headquarters this morning to protest Patel’s nomination. VOTE-A-RAMA: Shortly after Patel’s confirmation, attention will turn to the main event of the day — the so-called vote-a-rama session on the Senate GOP’s budget plan. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pressing ahead this afternoon with his two-bill plan for reconciliation, despite President Trump’s unexpectedly vocal backing yesterday for the rival House Republican strategy for a single, omnibus bill. How they’re justifying it: “The president prefers one big, beautiful bill — so do I,” Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters yesterday. “But you always need a Plan B around here.” A long night lies ahead: Senate Dems are expected to lay a long line of amendments which will drag today’s session long into the night — and possibly way beyond. The expectation is the Senate will finally vote to adopt the budget blueprint either very late tonight or — more likely — sometime on Friday, once everyone gets tired and is ready to go home. Living his best life: Speaker Mike Johnson, whose alternative single-bill plan won the ultimate endorsement yesterday. He now has the small task of rallying every single GOP member to his cause before trying to press ahead with his alternative plan. Johnson will be speaking at the CPAC conference at National Harbor this afternoon. The biggest battle ahead … May be over Medicaid, which many Republicans believe will have to be cut dramatically to pay for the party’s other priorities — chiefly tax cuts and border enforcement. But plenty of House Republicans are worried about voter pushback, as POLITICO’s Meredith Lee Hill reports, and Trump promised on Fox News this week Medicaid would not be touched. He told reporters on Air Force One last night — perhaps optimistically — that his trade tariffs would cover the cost instead, per CBS News’ Kathryn Watson.
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Millions of seniors are experiencing higher costs and fewer benefits due to Medicare Advantage cuts. Seniors can't afford to be squeezed more. Protect Medicare Advantage. | | | THE MAGA REVOLUTION THE PURGE: The Trump administration’s sledgehammer of mass firings across the federal government is descending on the IRS, where NYT’s Andrew Duehren and Michael Schmidt report that 6,000 newer employees will begin to get laid off today. (Reuters’ Nathan Layne has the number at 6,700.) The agency, which expanded under Biden, has long been a GOP target, but the big question is how the firings will affect tax filing season. Also on the chopping block: As early as this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may dismiss generals and flag officers whom the Trump administration has targeted for their political affiliations or work on diversity initiatives, NBC’s Courtney Kube and Julie Tsirkin scooped. Hegseth also ordered proposals for 8 percent cuts to Pentagon spending annually for five years, WaPo’s Dan Lamothe, Alex Horton and Hannah Natanson report — a rare effort to cut defense funds that could run into congressional opposition. They’re looking for $50 billion to be moved toward other Trump priorities. And more is coming: The Post reports that the NSA has identified 4,000 probationary employees, some of whom could be axed. FEMA has been tasked with compiling lists of civil servants — and not just probationary ones — with climate change- or equity-related work, who could be booted, POLITICO’s E&E News’ Thomas Frank reports. On the flip side: Energy Secretary Chris Wright admitted to Scripps that he’d erred in firing nuclear security officials. TRUMP VS. THE COURTS: Trump-appointed federal judge Carl Nichols said yesterday that Pete Marocco, the architect of USAID’s destruction, had unleashed a “mess” for the agency’s employees abroad, POLITICO’s Kyle Cheney reports. Nichols’ freeze of the administration’s plans lasts until Friday unless he extends it. Nonprofits separately asked Biden-appointed judge Amir Ali to hold Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Marocco in civil contempt for failing to restart foreign aid, as they’ve been ordered to do, per POLITICO’s Carmen Paun. The bigger picture here: Marocco and other Trump officials are finding ways to defy the spirit of court rulings, “systematically exploiting loopholes to effectively keep much of the president’s blanket spending freezes in place,” NYT’s Charlie Savage reports. “The administration’s strategy is to have political appointees embedded in various agencies invoke other legal authorities to pause spending, while posturing as if those officials had undertaken the efforts independent of President Trump’s original directives.” ESSENTIAL READ: “How Trump Is Undermining His Own Constitutional Crusade,” by POLITICO's Ankush Khardori WEAPONIZATION WATCH: Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin said he would crack down on threats against government officials, with an apparent focus on targeting Democrats who have criticized Elon Musk, WaPo’s Spencer Hsu reports. Martin demanded information from Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) for saying on TV that “what the American public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight.” Legal experts told the Post the move was “highly irregular,” “troubling” and potentially intended to chill dissenting speech. More notable legal news: Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship could be headed for the Supreme Court soon, after an appeals court declined for now to overturn a lower judge’s block. More from CNN … Top Justice Department ethics official Bradley Weinsheimer took the “buyout” to resign after being ordered to switch to a focus on sanctuary cities, Reuters’ Sarah Lynch reports. … And multiple rights groups have filed a legal challenge to Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity initiatives and transgender people, per The Hill’s Cheyanne Daniels. The fallout: Early effects of Trump’s spending cuts and firings are rippling out across the government and the country. National parks have seen longer lines and general “chaos,” WaPo’s Maxine Joselow and Andrea Sachs report. Experts tell Roll Call’s Lia DeGroot they fear the cuts will leave the country less prepared for pandemics. And a massive $500 million infrastructure project in Nepal is now in doubt, handing China a big opening, NYT’s Bhadra Sharma, Mujib Mashal and Edward Wong report. IN THE DOGE HOUSE: As Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency seizes control of the federal apparatus, his team “now has full, unrestricted access to [USAID’s] digital infrastructure — including total control over systems that Americans working in conflict zones rely on, the ability to see and manipulate financial systems that have historically awarded tens of billions of dollars, and perhaps much more,” The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel, Ian Bogost and Matteo Wong report. It gets better: DOGE is working its way toward the same level of “god mode” access at several other agencies. It has placed Kyle Schutt and 19-year-old Edward Coristine (a.k.a. “Big Balls”) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Kim Zetter reports in Wired. And DOGE and Musk’s private SpaceX company have gone into the FAA, POLITICO’s Oriana Pawlyk and Chris Marquette report. The world’s wealthiest person: Musk’s public perception is underwater in new polls from Quinnipiac and Pew. For legal and political reasons, Trump world is casting Musk simultaneously as an all-powerful savior of the country and just a regular employee who’s not even in charge of DOGE — “the Elon Musk paradox,” POLITICO’s Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein and Holly Otterbein write. Trump said yesterday that of the cost savings DOGE finds — which are rife with errors, CBS notes — 20 percent should be refunded to Americans and 20 percent should pay down debt. BEST OF THE REST NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Two major Trump administration legal battles are about to play out in NYC. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy yesterday revoked the approval for the city’s congestion pricing program, seeking to kill the innovative but controversial measure in lower Manhattan, as the N.Y. Post’s Jon Levine, Vaughn Golden and Chris Nesi scooped. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly sued to stop Duffy, saying he and other officials broke multiple laws, per WaPo’s Ben Brasch and Allyson Chiu. “This is an attack on our sovereign identity, our independence from Washington,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared. “We’re in fight mode.” Duffy’s letter … which castigated congestion pricing as a financial burden on the working class, was “meant more as a negotiating tactic than a final move,” the N.Y. Post reports. But Trump treated it like the last word: “LONG LIVE THE KING!” he posted on Truth Social, referring to himself. More from the NYT Rule of law watch: Acting deputy AG Emil Bove’s decision to end the corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams seems unlikely to be blocked, POLITICO’s Erica Orden reports. Judge Dale Ho concluded the high-stakes hearing without yet issuing a decision, but his signals didn’t look good for critics who accused DOJ of a quid pro quo — which could increase the pressure on Hochul to ax Adams. Laying it out: Bove said explicitly at the hearing that it’s appropriate to drop the corruption probe in order for Trump’s immigration crackdown to proceed better — and that the same could yet apply for other key officials. “His answer underscored how the Justice Department has begun to shift into an enforcement arm of Mr. Trump’s agenda,” NYT’s Jonah Bromwich, Benjamin Weiser, Hurubie Meko and William Rashbaum report. “Even the suggestion that the president can decide who should be immune from prosecution based on political or policy considerations would seem to set an extraordinary precedent.” EXPORT CONTROL: “Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro,” by NYT’s Jack Nicas in Rio de Janeiro: “The lawsuit appeared to represent an astonishing effort by Mr. Trump to pressure a foreign judge as he weighed the fate of a fellow right-wing leader who, like him, was indicted on charges that he tried to overturn his election loss. … Trump Media and Rumble accused Justice [Alexandre de] Moraes of censoring political discourse in the United States by ordering Rumble last week to remove the account of a prominent supporter of [Jair] Bolsonaro.” WHAT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM IS WATCHING: The U.S. officially designated six Mexican drug cartels, along with a Venezuelan gang and a Salvadoran gang, as foreign terrorist organizations, per WSJ’s José de Córdoba. That could open the door to more sanctions or even military action (“That means they’re eligible for drone strikes,” Musk tweeted after the news broke). RFK JR. LEAVES HIS MARK: Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS yesterday ended a CDC ad campaign to encourage people to get the flu vaccine, NPR’s Will Stone reports. Kennedy also issued guidance declaring that the department would define male and female based on sex at birth, NYT’s Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports. Related read: “Where Do Trans Kids Go from Here?” by The New Yorker’s Emily Witt PAGING ELON: The Partnership for Public Service and USAFacts this morning inaugurated the Federal Data Excellence Awards, which honor the best data practices and transparency across the federal government. Winners include the State Department and USAID’s Foreign Assistance Dashboard, among others. All the winners and their work EYES ON THE SKIES: Top airlines and their trade group filed a lawsuit against major Biden-era regulations that sought to expand accessibility for disabled people, WaPo’s Lori Aratani reports. The challengers said the rules had overstepped their legal bounds.
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More than 34 million Americans rely on Medicare Advantage for affordable health care. Learn more. | | | | | TALK OF THE TOWN | | Mike Johnson fondly recalled the 37 seconds he was technically acting president when JD Vance was slightly late to his oath of office. Alan Ritchson, star of “Reacher,” called his former classmate Matt Gaetz a “motherfucker. We are adversaries.” Jake Tapper is coming out with a new book about the hunt for an al Qaeda fighter. IN MEMORIAM — Craig Roberts, long-time Capitol Hill Club secretary and former chief of staff to former Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), died this week at 62. “[Craig] held several positions in state government before joining Mr. Shimkus in Washington. Most recently, Craig held the role of Senior Vice President at Milne, Wiener, & Shofe Global Strategies. … Stop by the Grill Room almost every afternoon and you would find him there, holding court with new friends and old, telling stories and dispensing advice to anyone who sought wisdom and counsel.” Full obituary MEDIA MOVES — Samuel Benson will return to POLITICO as a food and agriculture policy reporter. He most recently was national political correspondent at the Deseret News. … Democracy Docket is adding Zachary Roth as managing editor and Jacob Knutson as a reporter on the Trump accountability content vertical. Roth previously was a national democracy reporter at States Newsroom, and is a Brennan Center for Justice and MSNBC alum. Knutson previously was a breaking news reporter for Axios. … … Regina de Heer is now an audio producer for WaPo’s “Impromptu” podcast. She previously was an audio producer at New York Public Radio. … Patrick Reap is now the booker for Newsmax’s “The Record with Greta Van Susteren.” He most recently was a senior producer at Washington Post Live and is a CNN alum. WHITE HOUSE ARRIVAL LOUNGE — Trump announced a host of new hires in the Office of Political Affairs: Trevor Naglieri as deputy director, Christopher Escobedo as Western regional political director, Jon George as Southeast regional political director, Marshall Moreau as Midwest regional political director and Ashley Walukevich as Northeast regional political director (all special assistants to the president), plus Samantha Feldman as a staff assistant and Jack Mahoney and Trey Senecal as political coordinators. … … And Trump also announced several new hires in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: Alex Meyer as director and deputy assistant to the president, Jared Borg as deputy director for state governments and special assistant to the president, Christine Serrano Glassner as deputy director for local and tribal governments and special assistant to the president, Connor Reardon, Chase Wilson, Michael Silvio and Sam Martinez as associate directors, Hope Moreland as deputy associate director, Finley Varughese as coordinator and Elizabeth McAlindon as staff assistant. TRANSITIONS — Kati Unger is joining the Democratic Governors Association as CFO. She previously was COO at Vote.org, and is a For Our Future and Giffords alum. … HUD is staffing up with Kasey Lovett as head of public affairs, Robbert Myers III as deputy assistant secretary for strategic comms, Sadie Thorman as deputy assistant secretary for stakeholder engagement, Jacklyn Ward as press secretary, Samantha Seal as press assistant and Lillian Hauser as special assistant. … Danny Meza is now director of trade at the Global Business Alliance. He is a former chief of staff to Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) and a State Department alum. … … Abigail Orlaski is now senior adviser for intergovernmental affairs at the Transportation Department. She previously was senior legislative assistant to Rep. David Rouzer (R-N.C.). … Ted Thompson is joining Easterseals as SVP of government relations. He previously was SVP of public policy for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. … Ola Craft is now a senior trade adviser at Lowenstein Sandler’s global trade and national security group. She previously was director of strategic trade and nonproliferation for the Biden NSC and is a State and Commerce alum. ENGAGED — Marianna Sotomayor, congressional reporter at WaPo, and Jack Solano, a Harris campaign and Senate Judiciary alum, got engaged Feb. 12, on her birthday. He proposed in Sevilla, Spain, her favorite city. Pic … Another pic WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Janelle Relfe, head of Washington office for Mutual of Omaha, and Mitch Relfe, a government affairs principal at Cigna, welcomed Francis David Relfe on Feb. 12. Pic … Another pic — McKenzie Urry, legislative director for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Alex Urry, senior policy adviser for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and a Pelosi alum, welcomed Ava Monroe Urry on Friday. Their marriage is the first of two Pelosi staffers, and Ava is the first ever Team Pelosi baby. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) … Doug Mills … David Corn … Bob Davis … POLITICO’s David Cohen, Juan Perez, Carmen Paun, Zoe Pan and Joseph Kenol … Walter Shaub … Democratic strategist Keith Edwards … Tamara Fucile … Greg D’Angelo … Andrew Hanna of Boeing … Arc Initiatives’ Aaron Florence-Weinberg … Kaylin Dines … Michael Zona of Bullpen Strategy Group … TikTok’s Ben Rathe … David Blair … Keosha Varela … Vox’s Dylan Matthews … Miguel Rodriguez of the Gates Foundation … Herald Group’s Julianne Haggerty … Ashkon Eslami … Michael Clemente … Rokk Solutions’ Elizabeth Northrup … Mark Knoller … Chris Cillizza … Trevor Noah … Caleb Fisher … Bloomberg Government’s Liam Quinn … Amy Spitalnick … SoFi’s Elana Zak Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here. Send Playbookers tips to playbook@politico.com or text us at 202-556-3307. 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